Monica Rumpel

Voice Teacher

Monica’s life is like one big musical! Whether it’s on stage in opera chorus’, choirs, bands or impromptu solos at restaurants in Italy, she loves to sing. Her childhood was filled with music-making and she happily remembers singing and playing instruments with her mom, dad and siblings.

Monica first joined the choral world in elementary school and then continued as a choral singer throughout high school and postsecondary education. She caught the performing bug during high school when she toured with the ‘Spirit Alive’ Concert and Chamber choirs to Banff, Alberta and then New York, Chicago, and San Francisco to compete in the choral competition ‘Festival of Gold’. After that she started to train with a vocal coach and attended an opera camp held in Vernon, BC. She has performed a duet and sung in the chorus for a few amateur opera productions including The Mikado, The Marriage of Figaro and Cavalleria Rusticana.

Monica graduated with honours from Capilano University with a Bachelor’s of Music Therapy after completing studies in classical voice performance in 2012 at Douglas College. In 2010, Monica collaborated with one of her friends and directed a choral camp called ‘Sing Out!’ for young girls. Monica has successfully completed the Music Together Teaching Workshop developed by the Center for Music and Young Children, Princeton, New Jersey and has been teaching sold out Music Together classes for the past 7 years.

Monica’s years of experience in leading music therapy groups for seniors, children and hospital patients and teaching music in the community and elementary schools have prepared her well for working with musicians of all ages. She loves empowering and equipping singers, is passionate about the role of music making to achieve a fulfilling life, and believes that singing is better than speaking.