ANA GUIGUI, DMA

Bilingual: Spanish/English

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION                                                                                                                                                                       

Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) – University of Southern California (August 2013)

Vocal Arts - Classical Voice/Opera: Major

Jazz voice, Opera Stage Direction, Music Education: minor

(Member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society)

Master of Arts, Opera/Voice Performance – Claremont Graduate University (2010)

Bachelor of Arts, Communications – University of Vermont (1986)

Minor in Voice Performance

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE                                                                                                                                   

Berklee College of Music | Boston                                                                                                  

·        Associate Professor of Voice (part-time), 2014 - ongoing

·        Vocal Instructor, Vocal Lab, “Ace Your Audition” Master Class, Vocal Summit, Summer 2015, 2014

·        Vocal Instructor, Lead and Background Lab, Songwriting intensive, Twelve-week,                         

Five-Week Summer Program, 2015, 2014

·        Special Programs Instructor, Music Theory, Musicianship/Aural Skills, Pop/R&B Ensemble Coach,            

Vocal Instructor, and Co-Director Musical Theatre, Five Week Summer Program, 2015, 2014, 2011

·        City Music Boston | Boston, MA, 2014 - ongoing

Marymount California University | Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

·        Vocal Instructor/Adjunct Music Professor, Choral Ensemble conductor, American Music History, Applied Music Lessons. Fall 2013 – 2014

Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences | Santa Monica, CA

·        Vocal Instructor/Adjunct Professor Commercial Voice, Musical Director Musical Theatre, Summer 2013

University of Southern California (USC) Thornton School of Music | Los Angeles

·        Vocal Instructor/Adjunct Professor Commercial Voice and Piano. Teach Voice majors and non-majors,

Spring 2011-2013

California State Polytechnic University | Pomona, CA

·        Vocal Instructor/Adjunct Professor Commercial Voice. Teach Voice majors and non- majors, 2008-2010

·        Jazz Piano. Teach Music and non-music majors, 2008-2010

·        Music Industry Studies. Teach Music majors, 2009-2010

Lee Strasberg Institute | West Hollywood, CA

·        Vocal Instructor: Broadway Songs/Musical Theater. Taught 5th grade through high school age students, 2008, 2009, 2010

·        Vocal Instructor/ Musical Director: The Ballad of Low Moon Mountain, high school students. Composed original music and directed all musical aspects of production, 2008

Private Instructor | New York, Los Angeles, Boston

·        Piano and Voice Teacher, 1996 – ongoing

LECTURES, INTERVIEWS, AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS                                                                    

·        College Music Society Paris Study Tour | Paris, France, May 2014

·        42nd Annual Voice Foundation Symposium Poster Presentation | Philadelphia, PA May 2013

·        Guest Lecturer/Master Class, Santa Monica College | Santa Monica, CA June 17, 2008

·        Guest Lecture Series, MELC, Music Experience Learning Center | Fallbrook, CA, June 17, 2008

·        Guest Vocal Jazz Clinician | Southern Wesleyan University, Central, SC, June 24-June 28, 2008

·        Guest Vocalist, co-producer, The Wendy Greuel’s Children’s Symphony Educational Concert | City of Los Angeles, Madison Middle School, September 17, 2007

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT                                                                                                                   

·        Simmons Women's Leadership Conference | Boston, MA, January 2015

·        Berklee Faculty Learning Communities | Boston, MA, 2014 - ongoing

·        L.A. Vocal Lab | Los Angeles, CA, June 2014

·        SongFest, The Colburn School | Los Angeles, CA, June 2012

·        Master Class – jazz voice, Luciana Souza | Los Angeles, CA, May 2012

·        OperaWorks, California State University at Northridge | Northridge, CA, July-August 2010

·        Mele a Hakuwale – To Sing and Improvise, Rhiannon’s Advanced Improvisation Retreat | Kona/Big Island, HI, November 16-23, 2008

·        Biz of the Musical Theatre Biz, Academy for New Musical Theater (ANM) |

North Hollywood, CA, June 29, 2008

·        Musical Theater Performance, Bill Reed | University of Vermont, June 2006

·        Creative Rites workshop: one person show, Terrie Silverman | Venice, CA, 2004-2008, 2014, 2015

·        Interpretation of Lyrics in Song, Lucie Arnaz | Poughkeepsie, NY, July 1999

WORKS CREATED/PERFORMED                                                                                                                    

·        Ana vs. the World, original one-woman show, Beyond Baroque Theatre | Venice, CA March 2015

·        God Box, original one-woman show, Actors Forum Theatre | N. Hollywood, CA, July 10 – August 16, 2009 – supported by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Grant of $20,000

·        God Box, Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival, Highways Theatre | Santa Monica, CA, March 29, 2009

·        God Box, original one-woman show, Whitefire Theatre | Sherman Oaks, CA, April 2007

SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS/GRANTS                                                                                                              

·        Berklee College of Music Guilford Recording Residency, August 2015

·        Hispanic Scholarship fund/Cheech Marin Endowment ($2,000), 2011-2012

·        JVS Scholarship ($2,000), 2011-2012

·        University of Southern California Thornton School of Music Marni Nixon Scholarship ($10,000 per year), 2010-2013

·        2009 Artistic Director Achievement Award (ADA) for “One-Person Play or Musical” (God Box with Ana Guigui, Actors Forum Theatre), 2009

·        Hispanic Scholarship Fund/2008-2009 McNamara Family Creative Arts Scholarship ($20,000)

·        Walker/Parker Memorial Fellowship (40% of tuition at CGU) 2007, 2008, 2009

·        Willard Swire Scholarship Actors Equity Association ($2,000), 2007-2008

·        JVS Scholarship ($1,800), 2008

·        S.O.S. (Society of Singers) ELLA/Herb Alpert Scholarship ($1,500), 2008

·        Mary Berrer/Virginia Leibler Scholarship ($1,000), 2007-2008

·        Thornton Board of Councilor’s Mentoring Program, 2010-2011

PERFORMANCES/RECORDINGS OF NOTE                                                                                                 

CDs and collaborative efforts:

·        Ana Guigui’s Love is on the Line, produced by Andrew Gold, Val Garay Engineer, 2005

·        Grammy Best Pop Female Vocal nomination for animation, 2002. Elmo Aardvark: Outer Space Detective, Va Va La Voom, “Out of This World and Back Again.” Will Ryan’s Annie Award-winning animated classic soundtrack, 2002

·        Turning Back Beautiful, Diana Winn-Levine, 2007

·        David Morgan (The Association), 2004

·        Paul Vance, 1999

·        Fear of Pop, Ben Folds, 1998

·        Hit Man, Chip Taylor’s Greatest Hits, 1996

·        Bar Girls, Sue Hadjopoulous, 1994

Television Appearances:

·        Bo Bice, The Craig Ferguson Show, 2006

·        Juan Gabriel, Latin American Networks, 2005

Television Co-Star/Featured/Recurring Roles:

      ·    JAG, General Hospital, Strong Medicine, The Sopranos, The Bold & The Beautiful, MTV Beatnik Beat

 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFILIATIONS                                                                                        

·        Voting Member, National Association of Recording Artists (NARAS/Grammy Awards Association)

·        Local 47 American Federation of Musicians (AFM) (Los Angeles)

·        Local 802 AF of M (NYC)

·        Boston Musician’s Association (BMA)

·        Screen Actors Guild (SAG)

·        American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)

·        Actor’s Equity Association (AEA)

·        Hispanic Organization of Latin American Actors (HOLA)

·        Hispanics for L.A. Opera

INSTRUCTIONAL ABILITIES                                                                                                                              

·        Acting Techniques

·        Applied voice lessons (all genres)

·        Aural Skills

·        Choral conducting

·        Diction for singers (Spanish, French, English)

·        Ensemble coaching (various genres)

·        Group voice lessons (all genres)

·        History of Music

·        Improvisational Theater

·        Master classes (various genres)

·        Music Appreciation

·        Music Industry

·        Musical Theater Staged Reading and Performance

·        Music Theory

·        Singing for Actors

·        Songwriting (Bilingual – Spanish and English)

·        Spanish Language

·        Survey of Musical Theatre

·        Vocal Literature (various genres)