A lyric-coloratura soprano who's a resident scholar, Bachelor of Music graduate major in voice under the tutelage of Prof. Rachelle Gerodias and is now pursuing her Master's Degree in Voice under Prof. Ronan Ferrer. She's a soprano Soloist for Coro Tomasino and Annual Summer Camp and Music Festical accompanied by the UST Symphony Orchestra sponsored by NCCA.
She's also the Soprano Soloist for The Centennial Concert of the Philippine Army Band, Concert at the Park, Manila. She had also been part of the MACBETH OPERA (April 2001)/ CARMEN OPERA (April 2002) produced by the Singapore Lyric Opera Company, performed at Esplanade and Victoria Theater, Singapore.
Mona is also a Soprano Soloist with String Quartet Tour at Genting Highlands Malaysia (April 2003). For 4 years, she's been part of The San Miguel Master Chorale, with their 7th World Symposium on Choral Music Tour in Kyoto Japan (July 27-August 3, 2005) and their various performances under Prof. Jonathan Velasco, Prof. Eudenice Palaruan and Mr. Ryan Cayabyab.
She's also a part of the San Miguel Master Chorale's recordings out in record bars today produced by Mr. Cayabyab himself - Missa 2000, Great Filipino Love Songs 1 & 2, Pasko CD 1 & 2, and Great Filipino Movie Themes that was just been released December 2006, accompanied by The San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Prof. Arnel Feliciano.
Recently, Mona sang for the "Mother Earth Day Special" entitled GAIA MYSTICA, featuring various classical artists held last April 20th, 2007 at Luneta Grandstand, Manila. Mona is now teaching one-on-one voice at St. Pedro Poveda in Ortigas and Voice Workshops at ABS-CBN Talent Center in Quezon City.
Below are her demo audio (with some songs duet with Brian Moralde, who is also our in-house male singer & a member of The San Miguel Master Chorale).
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Jeanne Marcelle Velasco-Vicars
She is the fourth child of lyric tenor Noel Velasco and coloratura soprano Zonia Elvas-Velasco. As a child Jeanne and her siblings were often brought to choir rehearsals and performances, as well as opera concerts and musical plays featuring their parents. At times voice lessons her parents conducted in the house would be playfully imitated by Jeanne and her siblings. Eventually her parents decided to include all five children in one of their choral concerts, even had them featured in Uncle Bob’s Lucky Seven Club on Channel 7. Little did she know that all of this exposure would greatly influence her to be a musician and a teacher someday.
Jeanne’s choral training started at the age of 9 when she joined her brother and two sisters in the University of the Philippines Cherubims and Seraphims under Dr. Flora Zarco-Rivera. With this choir Jeanne was able to go on tour to the
Jeanne credits Aileen Espinosa-Cura, Joel Navarro, Jonathan Macarambon, Celine Valdes-Fabella, Zonia Elvas-Velasco and Noel Velasco for her voice training. Her teaching technique on the other hand is greatly influenced by Eudenice Palaruan, Jonathan Velasco, and Prof. Carmencita Arambulo, pioneer of the Suzuki Method in the
Jeanne proved to be an impressionable child because as early as 13 years old she started teaching her first choir. She taught her high school freshman class the song “Payapang Daigdig” in three voices for their Christmas Choral Competition – they won second place. For the next three years she would teach her high school classmates and help them win this competition. In her senior year she was single-handedly conducting the Trinity High School Glee Club which performed only acapella pieces under her baton. To date Jeanne has handled 10 church choirs, 4 company choirs, 8 praise bands and 6 school choirs (high school and university). She has also conducted 38 voices workshops and taught more than 200 voice students individually. At present she is General Manager of her mother’s school SHOWSTOPPERS Center for Music and Arts since 2005. As an on-call voice instructor at ABS-CBN Workshops and recording coach for ABS-CBN Talent Center, Jeanne was voice coach for the pre-launch of
Jeanne, with the Lord’s guidance, has developed her own approach to voice teaching called Vocal Sound Management. This approach proves to be most effective in terms of intonation and volume, most versatile in the number of styles the technique is applicable to, effective in correcting vocal faults, technical but more understandable, and above all it’s easy for students of whatever age and background. Her students experience 100% improvement in the shortest span of time, and their artistry and musicality is also increased. Students at different levels who take Vocal Sound Management develop a great sense of fulfillment and express satisfaction concerning their corrected singing technique.
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didnt know how talented you are! great testimonial...rock on!!!
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