Bringing Out the Music in You
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About Mintas Music
Mintas Music Academy came into existence as a place where people of any age could feel comfortable expressing themselves through music, savoring their journey, and confidently mastering their music.
Our lessons are fun, engaging, and most of all, functional in working towards your musical goals.
Meet Your New Teacher
Sophia Mintas
Owner and Founder
Sophia Mintas brings her excitement for music to every interaction with every student. Each lesson is an opportunity for exploration, learning to create music, honing the skills to express oneself through music, and growing and gaining confidence in one’s artistic expression as it relates to life experience. There is music all around us. We just have to learn to feel it inside of ourselves.
Sophia brings years of experience to the Mintas Music Academy. She studied opera with Claudia Pinza at the Ezio Pinza Council for American Singers of Opera (EPCASO) Summer Program in Oderzo, Italy (2011, 2012, 2014,and 2015), and in Feltre, Italy (2016). Sophia completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Duquesne University’s Mary Pappert School of Music as a student of Claudia Pinza (2014) and Xiu Ru Liu (2015-2018). In 2017, she traveled to Bologna, Italy to study at the Bologna International Opera Academy and participated in the Fiorenza Cossotto International Voice Competition. After graduation, Sophia studied with Mayda Prado at the Estudio para el Bel Canto Nuestro Circulo: “La Dinastia del Bel Canto” in Cuernavaca and Mexico City. She returned the following year to continue her studies with Mayda Prado at the Centro Morelense de las Artes in Cuernavaca, and later, continued her studies with Mayda Prado in New York City and later with Adriana Valdés. Ms. Mintas has also studied opera with Sharon Chang, Wei En Hsu, and William Barto Jones in New York City through the Metropolitan International Music Festival Summer Institute for Intensive Role Study (SIFIRS). In 2020, she studied with Jennifer Rowley and Abdiel Vasquez at the International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia (ISOFOM), as well as, with Genady Mierson’s Eugene Onegin Workshop. She is always happy to bring her experience to your educational journey.
Sophia has performed nationally in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and New York City and internationally in the cities of Bologna, Fietre, and Oderzo in Italy and in Cuernavaca and at the Palace of fine Arts in Mexico City in Mexico.
In 2011, a woman who heard Sophia vocalizing in the hall of a hotel in L.A., walked in off the street and invited Sophia to perform at the L.A. Mission College Annual Awards Ceremony several days later. Although Sophia couldn’t stay to do this at that time, she returned to Los Angeles the following year to perform 5 opera arias as part of a cultural presentation about the origins of opera for the L.A. Mission College EOP&S/CARE Annual Awards Ceremony. Her performances included:
- Preparing the roles of the Countess and Marcellina in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at the International
Summer Opera Festival of Morelia (ISFOM)-2020 - Preparing the role of Tatyana from Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugen Onegin at the Russian Opera Workshop, coached by its founder, Ghenady Meirson.
- Performed the part of Aida in the duet “Fu la sorte dell’armi a’ tuoi funesta” from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera AIDA at the Morelense Center for the Arts (CMA) Estudio Lirico del CMA in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
- Performed “Les temps de lilas” (an art song composed by Ernest Chausson) and “Il est doux, Il est bon” (an aria from the opera HÉRODIADE composed by Jules Massenet) at the Centro Morelense de las Artes (CMA) in Cuernavaca,
Morelos, Mexico.
Services
Piano Tuning
Voice Lessons
Instrumental Lessons
Coaching
Piano tuning
Piano tuning is important because if your child is taking piano or voice lessons (or any instrument or performing that requires a piano), you should make sure that the piano is tuned. Otherwise, their ear is going to get used to an out-of-tune piano.
Coaching
Do you have a big performance or audition coming up? Take control of your preparation time with Mintas Music by tapping into our expert level performance and audition lessons and coaching. This unique service also includes acting coaching. We’ll make sure you have mastered your performance and provide you with unique insight to enhance your audition piece or performance repertoire.
Voice Lessons
Get to know your voice and efficient techniques to make your vocal performance really shine. Our team focuses on guiding you through techniques and essential training that not only protects your natural instrument but makes it sound even better. Let’s expand your range, together!
Instrumental Lessons
We prepare you for auditions, performances and more! If you are interested in piano, violin, guitar, or ukulele, or if you have an instrument that you would like to learn that is not on this list, let us know. MintasMusic supports you to work on techniques, how to practice, and have fun playing your instrument.
Get Prepared
What to Gather as You Begin Your Journey
your instrument
We’re happy to provide you with the education and guidance for your musical journey. If you do not yet have an instrument, you can ask my team for more information on where and how to buy instruments.
lesson & instrument essentials
If you have any questions about what you need to get for your lessons, i.e. a shoulder rest for your violin or where to repair your instrument, ask our team.
*Be open to learning new things and taking corrections quickly.
