Soprano MONICA MUSIC has recently performed as a soloist in Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with the Assabet Valley Mastersingers and in Mozart’s Requiem with the Masterworks Chorale. Additionally, Monica was featured in The Lives They Lived with the Boston Opera Collaborative and covered the role of Naomi in their production of Naomi in the Living Room.

Before moving to New England, Monica completed her graduate degree at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University where she made her debut as the Littler Zegner Sister in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up and prepared the role of Seleuce in Handel’s Tolomeo (canceled due to COVID-19). Prior to attending Rice University, Monica was an Apprentice Artist with the Des Moines Metro Opera. She also spent two seasons at Opera in the Ozarks, making her role debuts as Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. While completing her Bachelor of Music degree at Louisiana State University, Monica sang the roles of Aveline Mortimer in Elizabeth Cree (collegiate premiere), Nannetta in Falstaff, and Polly Peachum in Die Dreigroschenoper. Equally active on the concert stage, Monica has collaborated as a soloist with the LSU Symphony in Mahler's 4th Symphony and with LSU choirs in Haydn’s Missa Brevis in F Major, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, and Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard.

Monica holds award titles from the Metropolitan Opera National Council, Orpheus Vocal Competition, the James Toland Vocal Arts Competition, and the Kristin Lewis Foundation Vocal Competition. Monica is a graduate of the Dandelion Opera Institute and Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artists Vocal Academy. A native of Dallas, TX, Monica now lives in Haverhill, MA with her husband.