About Erica
Erica has been teaching voice and piano in Palo Alto for nearly 15 years. Erica graduated from the USC Thornton School of Music with a degree in classical voice and is a trained opera singer. Erica is also an experienced musical theater performer and coaches many students for musical theater auditions and competitions.
Erica's voice students have performed with the Palo Alto Players, Los Altos Stage Company, Hillbarn Theater, Woodside Musical Theater, CMT San Jose, Peninsula Youth Theater and the Palo Alto Children's Theater.
Erica's students participate in the Music Teacher's Association of California (MTAC)'s prestigious Certificate of Merit (CM) program. Additionally Erica's students have won 1st, 2nd, 3rd and honorable mentions at local SF Bay NATS Singing Festivals and have placed in Regional and National NATS Student Auditions in Classical, Musical Theater and Commercial Music Categories.
Erica has spent the last three summers singing opera in Italy, Greece and Spain. She performed in Woodside Musical Theater's Seussical in 2023 and is performing in A Christmas Story with Los Altos Stage Company in December 2024.
Erica is currently pursuing a vocal pedagogy degree from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David in conjunction with The Voice Study Centre. Her research has largely focused on teaching students with poor pitch skills and improving the vocal pedagogical literature for teachers to make them more adept at teaching students who have trouble matching pitch correctly. She presented her research at the NATS Central West Region 2024 Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Student Achievements: Competition Winners
Winners of Cal-West NATS Regional Finals - Jan 2024:
2nd place - Middle School Musical Theater
3rd Place - Upper High School Commercial Music TTB
Honorable Mention - Lower High School Classical TTB
Student Winners of NATS SF Bay Area Chapter Fall Festival November 2023
1st Place - Middle School Commercial Music
2nd Place - Lower High School Musical Theater - Treble
3rd Place - Youth Musical Theater
Honorable Mention - Middle School Musical Theater
Honorable Mention - High School Commercial Music
NATS National Semi-Finalists June 2024, Knoxville, TN
Upper High School Commercial Music
Lower High School Classical Music
Students Performing with:
Palo Alto Players
Palo Alto Children's Theater
Sunnyvale Players
Children's Musical Theater San Jose
Los Altos Youth Theater
Offering: Voice Lessons via Zoom
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In-person Voice lessons in Palo Alto, California - available to broader San Francisco Bay Area Community.
Styles: Musical Theater, Classical (Bel Canto), Country, Pop, EDM, Rock
Private Music Lessons
Voice Lessons
Improve your pitch
Expand your Vocal Range
Build Confidence
Prepare for an Audition
Become a Karaoke Superstar
Learn to Harmonize
Piano Lessons
Erica teaches Piano Lessons in Palo Alto to children 5 and up and adults. Piano lessons range from 30 to 60 minutes once a week depending on the student’s age, abilities and goals. During each lesson a new concept is taught and the student is assigned complementary exercises, pieces and written homework in order to solidify the musical or technical concept. At the following lesson the student is expected to have practiced the exercises and pieces and to have completed their written assignments. In addition to music theory and technique, Erica helps the student develop his or her performance skills through preparation of pieces for student recitals, which are held twice a year. Students can learn pieces in any genre including pop, rap, dance, kids songs, musical and movie songs, classical and standards.
Private Piano Lessons via Zoom.
In Person Piano Lessons in Palo Alto, California
Lesson lengths: 30 Minutes, 45 Minutes, 60 Minutes.
Group Music Lessons
Erica has offered the following group classes, choirs and camps in the past:
Hamilton Summer Camp
Hamilton Choir
Glee Club Choir
Sing & Move
Musical Theater Workshop
Sing! at Palo Verde Elementary
Barron Park Noon Chorus
Erica can create custom and concierge group classes upon requests for specific school communities or groups of friends.
Erica is launching a baby and toddler music class for children ages 6 months - 18 months and 18 months to 3 years old. These classes will be held outdoors at a park in Palo Alto, California