| Monica
Robinson has been teaching for the last 20 years
and is responsible for the vocal training of thousands
of students, both at her studio in Manhattan and
in her Yorktown home. She has taught voice classes
at the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan,
Master Classes for arts councils in Westchester
County, New York, and at the University of Hartford's
Hartt School of Music, and continues to conduct
her popular "Break Through!" audition
workshops in Manhattan and Westchester. Her students
are currently performing with opera companies, on
Broadway and National Tours, and appearing in commercials,
television and movies. She is a member of the National
Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and the
New York Singing Teachers’ Association (NYSTA).
A Wisconsin native, she earned her Masters of
Music Degree in Opera at the Hartt School, University
of Hartford, Connecticut. Her opera and operetta
credits include performances with the Connecticut
Opera Company, the Long Wharf Theatre, Central
City Opera, Eastern Opera Theatre, Fargo-Moorhead
Civic Opera Co., St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble,
and the Manhattan Savoyards. Ms. Robinson has
performed at Town Hall and the Brooklyn Academy
of Music in New York City. Other engagements included
tours of the United States and Canada in The Merry
Widow and a revue entitled An Evening of Sigmund
Romberg, both sponsored by Columbia Artists, and
she appeared at the Royal Palm Dinner Theatre
in Florida as "Kathie" in The Student
Prince. Monica has been a finalist in the Baltimore
Opera Competition, the San Francisco Merola auditions
and is a Connecticut Opera Company Scholarship
winner.
In addition to her teaching schedule, she is
the President of Monica
Robinson Ltd., a classical artist management
company, representing conductors, opera singers,
instrumentalists and several Pops artists.
On a personal note, she is married to singer/
actor Craig
Schulman and is the proud mother of two boys
and a girl.
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