EDUCATION

Vielka is grateful for the world-class mentors with whom she has studied.
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Degrees

Bachelor of Music in Classical Voice
​Manhattan School of Music

Master of Arts in Music Education
​New York University

CERTIFICATIONS  IN  MUSIC  EDUCATION  METHODS

• Dalcroze Level I Pre-Certificate, Dalcroze Teacher Training Institute, Lucy Moses School
• Kodály Certificate, Kodály Summer Institute, New York University
• Montessori Music Heritage Certificate, Marcia Perez
• Orff Level I Completion, New York University
• Kindermusik Certification (ages infant to seven years)

CERTIFICATIONS AND COURSES IN VOCAL PEDAGOGY

• Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute, LoVetri Method Level I and II, Shenandoah University, VA
• Voiceworks Method Total Singer Workshop with Lisa Popeil
• Acoustics of the Vocal Tract, The Oren L. Brown Professional Development Program Courses, NYSTA
• Vocal Health, The Oren L. Brown Professional Development Program Courses, NYSTA
• Singer’s Developmental Repertoire, The Oren L. Brown Professional Development Program Courses, NYSTA
• Comparative Voice Pedagogy, The Oren L. Brown Professional Development Program Courses, NYSTA

voice  TRAINING

David Jones

Lori McCann

Hedley Nosworthy

Rita Shane

Patricia Misslin

Anne Phillips

DICTION 

Thomas Muraco
French

Robert Cowart
​German & Italian

Gait Sirguey
​French Literature &
Recital Coach

Kathryn LaBouff
​English Diction

ACTING

Carolyn Marlow

DANCE

Francis Patrelle