Voice Teacher
Music Educator
Mezzo-soprano
DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS (DMA) Voice Performance Stony Brook University
MASTER OF MUSIC (MM) Voice Performance University of Michigan
BACHELOR OF MUSIC (BM) Voice and Music Education Northwestern University
Studio News: Fall 2022 Student Successes and Performances!!
Olivia Gonzales and Elizabeth Hsu
Congratulations to Studio Alum, Olivia Gonzales, and Elizabeth Hsu for placing 2nd and 3rd, respectively in the Houston Masterworks Chorus Young Singer Competition!!
Elizabeth Hsu and Aaron LaVohn
Elizabeth and Aaron were both selected as finalists in the Regional Schmidt Vocal Competition and received excellent feedback!!
Sabine Lesniewicz and Aaron LaVohn
Congratulations to Sabine (soprano 1) and Aaron (Bass 1) for both advancing to the pre-area level of the TMEA All-State Choir Festival Auditions!!
Liam Norton
Liam gave a stunning performance as Peter Ginz, the leading role, in the Garden Theater’s production of the powerful new musical, While Childhood Slept, at both The Match and The Houston Holocaust Museum.
Hannah Otness
Congratulations to Hannah on her beautiful performance as Belle in Beauty and the Beast at St. Francis Episcopal!
Meredith Otness
Congratulations to Meredith on performing in two productions at Queensberry Theater this fall: Puffs and Frozen!
Mia Van De Mark
Congratulations to Mia on being cast in the lead role of a workshop of a new Broadway musical in the Northwestern University musical theater program- and in her very first semester!!
Michael Karash
Congratulations to Michael on his superb performance as Harry in Mamma Mia, the all-school musical at HSPVA!
Daniel Karash, Ella Theurer,Peter Theurer, and Kanade Motomura
Daniel, Ella, and Peter sang the children’s roles in the Shepherd School of Music production of Street Scene at Rice. Ella even played violin on stage! Studio alum Kanade Motomura, now an undergraduate voice major at Rice, sang in the production as well!
Daniel and Michael Karash
Daniel was cast as Michael Banks in the TUTS mainstage production of Mary Poppins that goes up this Christmas, and Michael will be in the youth ensemble !!
Peter Theurer
Congratulations to Peter for being cast in A Christmas Carol, the musical, at the Alley Theatre.
Daniel Karash, Liam Norton, Ella Theurer, and Peter Theurer
These four have all been cast in the children’s chorus of the next two productions at Houston Grand Opera: Massenet’s Werther and Puccini’s Tosca!!
The Isomura Voice Studio
About Monica
& the Isomura Voice Studio
Ella Theurer (far left) and Liam Norton (far right) as the First and Third Spirits in Die Zauberflöte at Houston Grand Opera, February 2022
Mezzo-soprano, Monica Isomura, is a professional classical singer and dedicated voice teacher. She maintains a thriving private voice studio of gifted young and adult singers. Dr. Isomura served as the Education Coordinator for Opera in the Heights for five seasons, and previously taught at HSPVA, Lone Star College-Cyfair, TUTS Humphrey’s School of Musical Theater, HGOco, The Emery/Weiner School, and The Kinkaid School. She is currently a Teaching Artist with Young Audiences of Houston, Inc. She holds a doctorate (DMA) in voice performance from Stony Brook University, a Master’s (MM) in voice from The University of Michigan, and a Bachelor’s (BM) in voice and music education from Northwestern University.
Her students regularly perform with Houston’s premier music ensembles and theater companies, earn leading roles in school productions, receive high honors in voice competitions, and are accepted into the most prestigious programs, colleges, and universities.
