Founder's Profile at Naperville Music Academy

Founder's Profile

BIOGRAPHY

  Dr. Sonja Mihelcic has been a music teacher for over 30 years. She is the founder and CEO of Naperville Music Academy, LLC, founded in 2007.   Dr. Mihelcic is the President of the Naperville Music Teacher Association, board member of the Illinois State Music Teacher Association and Illinois Music Association Contest. She is Illinois Chair for the annual exams in voice which are part of the NMTA program called Achievement in Music. Dr. Mihelcic is the author of the syllabus and the workbooks for the state voice exams. In the past she served on the board of Chicago Chapter NATS, and she is a frequent judge at vocal and piano competitions.   Dr. Mihelcic has been a teacher for over 30 years, teaching voice and piano students on elementary, high school, and college levels. She has been teaching in the district #204 since 2001. Dr. Mihelcic possesses great expertise in the areas of technique and style, and she continuously studies both disciplines in order to stay current with the latest developments. In vocal music, Dr. Mihelcic is an expert technician in all styles of vocal music and achieves fast and audible results with each student. In piano, Dr. Mihelcic devotes her attention towards developing solid technique, musicianship, and sense of musical style. She tailors her teaching style to the specific demands and goals of each individual student, relying on the latest developments in vocal science, and piano pedagogy. Many of Dr. Mihelcic’s students participate in the Illinois State exam programs for voice and piano and regularly rank at the top of various competitions.   In addition to helping her younger students in being accepted and receiving scholarships from some of the most prestigious colleges in the country, Dr. Mihelcic helped a number of professional pop, country, classical, rock, folk, and musical theater singers to maximize their vocal potential, and confidently embark upon their professional music careers. Dr. Mihelcic is also the creator of Illinois Music Society syllabi for the Annual Exams in voice and piano.   Dr. Mihelcic had a 15-year international singing career as a principal soloist, performing on the concert and operatic stages in the USA, Japan, Germany, Slovakia, Mexico, and Serbia. She has performed with the Dallas Opera, Forth Worth Opera, Florentine Opera, Ash Lawn Opera Festival, Pacific Music Festival in Japan, East Slovak National Opera and Belgrade Opera. With these companies she performed the roles in The Magic Flute, Aida, Der Rosenkavalier, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Eugene Onegin, and many others. She also appeared as a principal soloist with the South Bend Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Wichita Symphony, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, East Texas Symphony, Downer Grove Choral Society and Northwest Indiana Symphony.   Dr. Mihelcic has founded Naperville Music Academy with the intention of offering innovative teaching approach to music lessons, which would allow for high quality of instruction, fun and affordability. More than 300 NMA students participate in numerous and unique programs offered exclusively at NMA. These programs include:
   - IL State Exams in piano, violin and voice,
   - Illinois Music Society Annual Exams in guitar, drums, piano and voice,
   - National Music Theory Honor Roll Exams
   - Illinois Music Association Contest
   - Illinois Music Society Annual Competition and
   - Three performances per year
These programs are not only fun and confidence building, but also enhance the students’ college applications.

Dr. Sonja Mihelcic: Voice/Piano $32 per 30-minutes lesson;
Special rates for WVHS students.

Dr. Sonja Mihelcic

Naperville Music
Academy, LLC

4260 Westbrook Dr.,
Ste 102-103
Aurora, IL 60504

Dr. Sonja Mihelcic
Voice and Piano Teacher

Founder and CEO of
Naperville Music Academy, LLC

Dr. Sonja MihelcicVoice and Piano Teacher

Founder and CEO ofNaperville Music Academy, LLC

Dr. Sonja Mihelcic
Voice and Piano Teacher

Founder and CEO of
Naperville Music Academy, LLC