Mariana Karpatova has been recognized as a specialist in training singers for contemporary and classical music, in both the youth and advanced professional categories. She has maintained a private practice teaching singing since 2002 and is currently on the vocal teaching staff at Farleigh Dickinson University in Madison and the Jewish Community Center’s School of Drama in Tenafly. Her students ha
ve sang on Broadway, Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus, the Tanglewood festival, Bel Canto Summer Program in Florence, Italy. Some have been accepted at prestigious college music programs (Paper Mill Summer Conservatory, Northwestern University, The Catholic University of America) and competed in many national vocal competitions. Karpatova is also a renowned opera singer and has appeared with major US opera companies such as the Metropolitan Opera, New Jersey State Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Sarasota Opera, Baltimore Opera, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Sofia National Opera, Palm Beach Opera and others. In concert and recital she has performed at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Spoleto Festival USA, Mexico National Symphony and others. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School’s Professional Studies Program and the Juilliard Opera Center. At the end of a school year her students will perform in a recital at a public venue. That will give them opportunities to demonstrate what they have learned throughout the year.