Teaching Philosophy: "As a performing artist, I am aware that my role does not end at the concert hall, church, or opera house. Every day is an opportunity on the world’s stage for sharing and connecting with others. I seek to bring hope, inspiration, healing, light and joy through music in my daily actions, whether I am performing, teaching, or having the simplest of interactions. By means of the stories told in the music I perform and teach; memories are created, emotion is experienced, and the magic of catharsis manifests itself. Thus, I not only achieve personal emotional and inner growth, but I am blessed with the joy of empowering other individuals and communities.
I believe in empowering students through reinforced encouragement. Sometimes students believe that they need a special talent or gift to learn music, and perhaps someone told them before that they did not have in them what it takes to be a musician. The first point I make in my lessons is that anyone can learn how to sing or play any instrument, that it is possible with time and dedication to become whatever they want to be. I make sure my students always feel that they can and will succeed at a particular task or at short and long-term goals, and that obstacles are there to be overcome. I make my students eager to learn by learning first about them and what excites them most about music, and from there I develop a plan by choosing things that they will find engaging and interesting and that at the same time I can use to work on technical skills. It is my belief that through positive reinforcement, and by portraying good personal values and attitudes such as enthusiasm, a teacher can positively influence a student's life. And this can only be achieved by creating an engaging, warm, positive environment where students are not merely recipients of knowledge but also contribute actively to their own learning process with their input and constant feedback that should be gathered by the educator regularly. I make sure to ask my students if they have questions during and at the end of my lessons, and for regular feedback to check on their engagement and attention levels, and reassess the strategy if needed to ensure the student's positive learning experience.”
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players (…)”
William Shakespeare
Biography: Lucia Panizza is a creative, multifaceted musician and lyric singer who founded two nonprofit organizations for the Performing Arts to enrich Florida and Boston’s communities by performing Opera, Zarzuela, and Oratorio. The soprano graduated from Longy School of Music of Bard College with a Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance, and from University of Florida with the highest honors, as well as from Universidad de la República. In Uruguay, she attended Escuela Nacional de Arte Lirico, SODRE, and the Escuela de Música Vicente Ascone. Lucia was awarded two full scholarships by the Uruguayan Association of Musicians (SUDEI) and was later chosen to take part in a summer program at the Instituto Superior del Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires, Argentina). In the United States, she has engaged with The Opera Atelier, Miami Lyric Opera, Miami Classical Music Festival, Florida Opera Prima, and La Zarzuela Inc., performing in their programs, concerts, and full productions. Furthermore, she participated actively in international summer opera programs including the European Music Institute in Vienna, and the Russian Opera Workshop. She also attended numerous Master Classes with such notables as Francisco Araiza, Ghenady Meirson, Juliana Gondek, Frederica von Stade, Deborah Voigt, Jake Heggie, and Manny Perez, among others.
Lucia began teaching in 2016 and joined Note-worthy Experiences in September 2022, where she teaches voice, piano, guitar, bass guitar and ukulele.
I believe in empowering students through reinforced encouragement. Sometimes students believe that they need a special talent or gift to learn music, and perhaps someone told them before that they did not have in them what it takes to be a musician. The first point I make in my lessons is that anyone can learn how to sing or play any instrument, that it is possible with time and dedication to become whatever they want to be. I make sure my students always feel that they can and will succeed at a particular task or at short and long-term goals, and that obstacles are there to be overcome. I make my students eager to learn by learning first about them and what excites them most about music, and from there I develop a plan by choosing things that they will find engaging and interesting and that at the same time I can use to work on technical skills. It is my belief that through positive reinforcement, and by portraying good personal values and attitudes such as enthusiasm, a teacher can positively influence a student's life. And this can only be achieved by creating an engaging, warm, positive environment where students are not merely recipients of knowledge but also contribute actively to their own learning process with their input and constant feedback that should be gathered by the educator regularly. I make sure to ask my students if they have questions during and at the end of my lessons, and for regular feedback to check on their engagement and attention levels, and reassess the strategy if needed to ensure the student's positive learning experience.”
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players (…)”
William Shakespeare
Biography: Lucia Panizza is a creative, multifaceted musician and lyric singer who founded two nonprofit organizations for the Performing Arts to enrich Florida and Boston’s communities by performing Opera, Zarzuela, and Oratorio. The soprano graduated from Longy School of Music of Bard College with a Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance, and from University of Florida with the highest honors, as well as from Universidad de la República. In Uruguay, she attended Escuela Nacional de Arte Lirico, SODRE, and the Escuela de Música Vicente Ascone. Lucia was awarded two full scholarships by the Uruguayan Association of Musicians (SUDEI) and was later chosen to take part in a summer program at the Instituto Superior del Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires, Argentina). In the United States, she has engaged with The Opera Atelier, Miami Lyric Opera, Miami Classical Music Festival, Florida Opera Prima, and La Zarzuela Inc., performing in their programs, concerts, and full productions. Furthermore, she participated actively in international summer opera programs including the European Music Institute in Vienna, and the Russian Opera Workshop. She also attended numerous Master Classes with such notables as Francisco Araiza, Ghenady Meirson, Juliana Gondek, Frederica von Stade, Deborah Voigt, Jake Heggie, and Manny Perez, among others.
Lucia began teaching in 2016 and joined Note-worthy Experiences in September 2022, where she teaches voice, piano, guitar, bass guitar and ukulele.
