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The American soprano and voice teacher, Bernadette Rose Mondok, was introduced to music as a toddler through the Harmony Road program and then continued her study of both piano and voice throughout the last 20 years. She was the winner in the VOCE Competition and the Young Artist Guild (the highest honor of CM program) of the Music Teacher's Association of California. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from the Herb Alpert School of Music from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a double concentration in Music Education (Class of 2014) and Vocal Performance Class of 2014; and her Master of Music degree from the Conservatory of the Cleveland Institute of Music (August 2014-May 2016). Through her Music Education concentration, she learned choral conducting methods, and took vocal pedagogy and vocal literature courses.
While in Cleveland, Bernadette Mondok worked as Distance Learning Performer at Cleveland Institute of Music (September 2014-May 2016); Mailroom Assistant at Cleveland Institute of Music (August 2015-February 2016); Distance Learning Technician at Cleveland Institute of Music (September 2015-May 2016); Distance Learning Office Assistant at Cleveland Institute of Music (September 2015-June 2016). While in Davis, she she has worked as Lab & Office Assistant at Music Stream Center (November 2016-May 2017); MTAC Certified Voice Instructor at Music Stream Center (since November 2016); Harmony Road Program Certified Course Instructor at Music Stream Center (since November 2016); Beginning Piano Instructor at Music Stream Center (since November 2016).
Bernadette Mondok is Soprano Section Leader/Soloist at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Sacramento, California (since November 2016); Community service chairperson at MTAC Music Teachers' Association of California (since August 2018); Secretary at MTAC Music Teachers' Association of California (since August 2018). Since June 2019, she is active as a freelance soprano.
As a voice teacher, Bernadette Mondok believes that a choice of age-appropriate repertoire while learning proper breathing techniques and aural skills promotes the healthy development of a young voice. She is a certified Harmony Road Music Course in Davis, Clifornia teacher. She is excited to teach the courses that began her musical journey. She is confident that the skills developed in this program, such as ear training, Solfége singing, finger awareness, a keen sense of rhythm and harmony, ensemble, composition, and sight-reading, are essential to the lifelong enjoyment and understanding of music. She believes that a solid foundation in piano is important to effective and independent practice for all other instruments and voice learning. |
