Isomura Voice Studio

Isomura Studio Recital 2021:

Studio Recital 2021: “La Vie en Rose”

a “mélange” of French and English songs on the themes of springtime and roses


Isomura Studio Recital 2020

“Bella Notte”

Classical Italian art song and opera meet Walt Disney hits:)

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Isomura Studio Recital 2022:

“If Music be the Food of Love- Singet-an!”

Classical and musical theater repertoire in German and English with a Shakespearean thread


Dr. Isomura’s students are regularly accepted into prestigious programs at the high school, university, pre-professional, and professional levels.  In classical voice, her students are annually invited to be members of the Houston Grand Opera Bauer Family High School Voice Studio, and have been selected for the Metropolitan Opera High School Opera Singers Intensive, Curtis Institute of Music Young Artist Summer Program, and Opera Camp, Oberlin Conservatory Summer Academy, Boston University Tanglewood Institute Pre-College Program, The Colorado Vocal Institute, and The Schmidt Vocal Institute.  Her students have placed in such competitions as the Hal Leonard Voice Competition, Houston Masterworks Choir Young Singers Competition, C.S. Music Voice Competition, Schmidt Vocal Arts Competition, and many have ranked in the top of their sections in the Texas All-State Choir Festival. On Stage, her students have been offered leading and supporting roles in productions at TUTS, HITSThe Alley Theater, Wildfish Theater, Queensbury Theater, Perry Mansfield Pre-College Intensive, Stage Door Manor, Houston Grand Opera, and Opera in the Heights.  Dr. Isomura has also guided many students through successful auditions for the High School for Performing and Visual Arts Voice and Theater programs and then, once accepted, prepared them for their song recitals and culminating senior recitals. Monica Isomura is a member of NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) and her students annually place in the Greater Houston NATS Auditions in both classical and musical theater divisions.  She has many students who have gone on to major in voice and musical theater at prestigious universities and conservatories including Northwestern University, Rice University, University of Houston, Lawrence University, Oberlin College, University of Northern Colorado, and Cincinnati Conservatory

The Isomura Voice Studio presents an ANNUAL STUDIO RECITAL in which all students are invited to participate in a program that features each student individually and gives them the opportunity to sing in small and large ensembles and in multiple languages and styles. Every year, there is a different cohesive theme that includes repertoire, in English and one foreign language, from the classical, musical theater, and popular genres. The last five years’ recitals are displayed below:

Isomura Studio Recital 2024:

“A song or two…If I May”

Classical and musical theater repertoire in a variety of languages with titles that begin with “If”, “I”, and “May” 😉


Isomura Studio Recital 2023:

“Una Mañana de España a Miranda”

Classical Spanish art song and opera meets musical theater with Latin American influence



Studio Information

Each student has one regularly scheduled private lesson every week and based on availability may choose between:

30 minute lesson ($50)

45 minute lesson ($75)

60 minute lesson ($100)

90 minute lessons (two siblings) ($150)


Lessons focus on:

Vocal technique

Foundations of classical production

  • Breath support

  • Resonant space

  • Vowel purity

  • Freedom from tension

A healthy approach to musical theater
and popular styles

  • Belt

  • Mix voice

Guiding the changing male voice

Repertoire

Classical

  • Art song

  • Opera & Operetta

Musical theater

  • “Legit” 

  •  Contemporary

Less frequently

  • Pop

  • Rock

  • Jazz 

Interpretation

  • Study of text

  • Phrasing

  • Expression

  • Characterization

  • Physicality 

Presentation

  • Audition conduct

  • Recording preparation

  • Recital preparation

Musicianship

  • Music theory

  • Ear-training

  • Sight-singing

 

Lyric Diction

  • English

  • Italian

  • French 

  • German

  • Spanish


Monica Isomura teaches all lessons in her home studio in the Houston Heights. She accepts payment through Zelle.