Patricia C

Soprano-Harpist: Bachelor and Teaching Degree in Lyric Singing by ESMU / UFMG; with more than 28 years of experience in the music scene, acting as a singer, performer, instrumentalist, teacher, arranger and composer. Has been teaching Vocal Technique, Instrument Techniques (harp) and Music Theory since 2001.  Formed in lyric singing and music pedagogy with emphasis on harp studies and performance, she has been acting since 15 years of age as an artist in Brazil, where she has lived since young. Now, she is starting her artistic and teaching work in her country of origin, the USA. She has been dedicated to the study and execution of Historical Music,and has performed as a soloist singer and instrumentalist with groups with the same musical style in Belo Horizonte (MG, Brazil), as well as in other states.She participated in several operas as part of the Coral Lirico of the Palace of Arts, and sang in Coral Ars Nova with the regency of the renowned Maestro Carlos Alberto Pinto Fonseca. As a soloist of Operas and other artistic montages, she interpreted the roles of the following characters.    Since 2001 she has been teaching vocal technique lessons, and during these years she has developed a unique didactic and a methodology, as a result of her research in singing as an important expression form. During such surveys and studies, she also began to understand and discover the voice as a powerful healing resource; therefore, she has also worked on music in its medicinal uses. She also likes to work with traditional music, having performed in diverse repertoire: Jazz, Blues, Samba, Bossa, MPB, ethnic-World Music, etc.  Some of her work is made her own compositions and musical arrangements. She participated as a singer and arranger of the songs in the CD recordings  of "Jardim de Cerejeiras", music made for children in partnership with music artist Fernanda Sander. In April 2016, her first CD copyright Music, “Cama de Nuvem” (Cloud Bed), was launched.