I have developed extensive experience as a vocal instructor in diverse teaching environments, allowing me to become extremely flexible and sensitive to pupils’ aims and potential. Both in classroom and in one-to-one tutorials, I aim to create with my pupils a fruitful exchange of ideas. Constant recall to my own experience as a performer enhances my ability to evaluate my students’ learning needs and to communicate my instructions.
We never finish learning. When I teach, I keep an open mind while observing and instructing my pupils. Singing is experimenting, researching, feeling the sounds in our body and finding their best quality. I assist my pupils in such personal research, providing technical directions and imaginative inspiration.
Academic Lectureships
Aug. 2014-31 Jan. 2015
LECTURER IN MUSICOLOGY, Maynooth University, National University of Ireland (NUIM) (6-month cover for sabbatical leave). Convening, teaching and administrating Musicology, Music History and Performance and Musicology modules both at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
27 Jan-4 July 2014
LECTURER IN PERFORMANCE STUDIES, Maynooth University, National University of Ireland (NUIM) (5-month cover for sabbatical leave). Covering for Performance Coordinator: Administrating and Managing the Performance Department. Convening, teaching and administrating Music History, Performance and Performance and Musicology modules both at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
LECTURER (OCCASIONAL)
June 2005 Graduate seminar “Italian Monody” Master in Communication Sciences University of Calabria, Italy
TEACHING ASSISTANT
Oct 2010-May 2011
University of Southampton, Department of Music:
Introduction to Performance Studies, 1-2. Lecturer: Dr. Ben Piekut.
Marking and assessing students’ papers.
Jan-May 2011 Music History Seminar “Antique Music Roadshow II”. Lecturers: Prof. Jeanice Brooks, Dr. Valeria De Lucca.
Delivering seminars, marking and assessing students’ papers.
Oct 2009-May 2010 Music History Seminar “Antique Music Roadshow I-II” Lecturers: Dr. Thomas Irvine, Dr. Danuta Mirka.
Delivering seminars, marking and assessing students’ papers.
Sep – Dec 2007 Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of Arts
Italian Diction for Voice Students. Lecturer: Mr. Dale Dietert
Teaching Italian pronunciation; coaching students on Italian vocal repertoire.
Aug 2005-May 2006
SINGING TEACHER Courses assisted: Introduction to Graduate Studies, Women in Music, Inter-Departmental Undergraduate Seminar “Like a Virgin: From Hildegard von Bingen to Madonna,” Postgraduate Seminar in “Music in Paris at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.” Dr. Donna Mayer-Martin.
Assisting lecturer and delivering seminars at undergraduate level.
Private Teaching
Peripatetic Tuitions Available.
Types of Tuitions
Adult Singing Master Classes (all levels)
Children Classes
One-to-One Tutorials (all ages and levels)
Qualifications
Diploma in Voice (Conservatory of Vibo Valentia, Italy)
Master’s in Voice Performance (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
Master’s of Music (SMU Dallas, TX)
Previous Voice Teaching Experience
Jan 2001 – Present
Private Voice Teacher
Beginner to Advance level students
Sept 2007 – May 2008
Singing Teacher
The Heights Fine Arts Institute, Richardson, TX.
Sept 2007 – Dec 2007
Assistant Lecturer
Italian Diction for Voice Students at the Meadows School of the Arts, SMU Dallas, TX. Teacher: Mr. Dale Dietert.
Sept 2006 – May 2007
Children’s Voice WS Leader
Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian Church of Dallas, TX.
Jan 2004 – July 2004
Vocal Technique Coach
“University of Calabria Chorus,” Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.