PRIVATE LESSON FACULTY: VOICE

AMANDA ZOE VEST (voice, piano, GLee Club) holds a Master of Music in Voice Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Pepperdine University.  She has been teaching at Music Spectrum School since 2016.  She is a two-time winner of the National Association of Teachers of Singing—Los Angeles vocal competition and a semi-finalist in the Advanced Division of the 2015 NATS Eastern Region Conference Auditions. She graced stages in concert and opera performances in Europe and across the United States. Her opera roles include Zemfira (Aleko) and Gianetta (L’elisir d’amore.) In addition to being an accomplished singer, Ms. Vest is an experienced violinist and pianist that has performed with festival orchestras, in guild auditions, and as an accompanist. Ms. Vest believes the study of music is a holistic experience that combines physical awareness, theoretical knowledge, and guided intuition through performance and practice. Her teaching emphasizes mindful practice. She is an experienced and successful teacher of classical, crossover, and contemporary styles.

Ms. Vest teaches Mondays to Thursdays

Senior Teaching Artist rate:

(instructors with advanced degrees

and/or extensive teaching experience)

$56/30-minutes; $81/45-minutes; $104/hour

ANICA HEEYUN LEE (voice, piano, Music Together® Mixed Age classes) graduated from the Eastman School of Music with a double major, achieving Bachelors of Music in both Voice Performance and Music Education.  She has been teaching at Music Spectrum School since 2017. While attending Eastman, she attained broad experience teaching in many Rochester area schools from Preschool through Elementary School, Middle School and High School. She was also a Secondary Vocal Teacher at Eastman, providing weekly voice lessons to vocal performance undergraduate students. At Eastman, Ms. Lee performed featured roles in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and Montiverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea. She also sang in the Eastman Chorale, Repertoire Singers and Women’s Chorus. She has performed onstage at the Eastman Theatre and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Ms. Lee is a native of Northern Virginia. Before attending Eastman, she attended Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, where she served as the Student Music Director of the Concert Choir and Women’s Choir. She also attended and was a soloist at the Virginia Governor’s School at Radford University. Ms. Lee has been teaching private lessons in Ashburn and Rochester since 2011.

Ms. Lee teaches Tuesdays through Thursdays Senior Teaching Artist rate:

(instructors with advanced degrees

and/or extensive teaching experience)

$56/30-minutes; $81/45-minutes; $104/hour

 MADELINE MANAKER (voice, piano, Harmony Road piano/musicianship classes) holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Science from Vanderbilt University with dual degrees in Education and Mathematics as well as a minor in Music.  Ms. Manaker joined the teaching faculty at Music Spectrum School in 2022. As a classically trained mezzo-soprano, her recent performance credits include the title role of Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Armelinda in Viardot’s Cendrillon, as well as Leonore in scenes from Beethoven’s Fidelio. Ms. Manaker has sung with companies such as Maryland Lyric Opera, La Musica Lirica, the Russian Opera Workshop, and the Berkshire High Peaks Music Festival. Ms. Manaker is an active performer in the Washington DC area, holding a section leader position at First Baptist Church of the City of Washington DC and as a member of a professional quartet at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine. In addition to her classical vocal training, she is a trained jazz vocalist. Ms. Manaker loves bringing the joy of music to her students through her teaching.

Ms. Manaker teaches Mondays toThursdays Private Lesson rate:

$53/30-minutes; $77/45-minutes; $97/hour

W. CHRISTOPHER CLARK (voice, piano, Piano Express group piano classes) earned his Bachelors degree in Sacred Music cum laude from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ after attending the exclusive St. Thomas Choir School in Manhattan., NY. Mr. Clark joined the Music Spectrum School Faculty in 2022. He is also currently the choir director at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church of Alexandria as well as a teacher at the founding school for The Piano Express program in Ashburn, VA. As a performing artist he has recorded multiple works, including "Martin: Mass for Double Choir" with the Westminster Choir and Handel's Messiah with the Saint Thomas Choir. He has done commercial tours in Beijing, China; Berlin, Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark; and, throughout the United States, performing at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Kimmel Center, Lincoln Center, Julliard, Tanglewood and the Spoleto Festival. Mr. Clark believes that music making is a mix of physical awareness, emotional presence and a tremendous amount of preparedness (aka practice!) Although his degree is in sacred music, he is also no stranger to more contemporary music styles.

Mr. Clark teaches Monday, Tuesday,

Thursday and Friday

Private Lesson rate:

$51/30-minutes; $74/45-minutes; $94/hour