B.M. in Music at the Crane School of Music in New York

Amandine Edwards hails from a Military family, growing up in Europe before coming to the United States. Ms. Edwards has performed across North America, most rcently as part of the Fresno State Art Song Festival where she won Best Performer for her interpretation of Pauline Viardot’s “Désespoir.” She has performed with the Crane Opera Ensemble, debuting as The Female Chorus in scenes from Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, and most recently as one of the sisters in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance.

1st place winner in the first round of the Classical Singer Competition, Advanced Undergraduate division in 2018, and 1st place winner of the North State Symphony Young Artist Competition in 2015. She studied with Sherrill Milnes in his V.O.I.C.Experience summer program and performed in scenes from Don Giovanni and Les Contes d’Hoffmann in the Savannah Voice Festival in 2014, and debuted with the Paradise Symphony Orchestra singing Violetta in 2013.

Ms. Edwards greatly looks forward to bringing her passion and expertise in music and singing to the Sacramento area, and is able to teach students from beginning to advanced levels. Students can expect to learn about: classical technique, diction, posture and movement, dramatic and artistic interpretation, solfege and sight singing, methods of memorization and effective practice, and music theory.

Now accepting students of all ages and levels at Mr. D’s Music School in Folsom.