BIOGRAPHY
Darci brings twenty-plus years of formal study and hands-on experience as a professional musician and performer to her coaching. She offers training in contemporary vocal styles (with a basis in classical technique), basic musicianship (sight reading and ear training) and songwriting consultation. Darci's clients have appeared in national commercials, on Broadway, L.A.'s best clubs and everywhere in between.
Darci Monet is a classically and commercially trained professional vocalist, vocal coach, independent recording artist and award-winning songwriter. She gave her first professional performance at age eleven in Upstate New York in a local production of "Annie", began her professional career during college at Belmont University in Nashville as a studio singer, songwriter and recording artist and continues now in Los Angeles.
Her vocal credits include principal performances in film and television ("Napoleon Dynamite", "How I Met Your Mother"), live performances and master recording sessions with major label artists (Dolly Parton, Steve Winwood, Amy Grant, The Judds, etc.), songwriter demos (ABC sitcom "Hope and Faith") and national ads (Subway Corporation).
As a vocal coach, Darci's studio is exclusive and she accepts students by audition only. Darci's clients have appeared in national commercials, on Broadway, L.A.'s best clubs and everywhere in between. She also utilizes her coaching expertise as the author of the popular web column "A Working Musician's Review", in which she reviews contestants' performances on shows like "American Idol".
Songs she has written (primarily with co-writer Levi Kreis) have been featured in indie movies and major network television shows ("Kiss The Bride" starring Tori Spelling, "The Apprentice", "The Young & The Restless", "Days of Our Lives"), won prestigous awards (first place in Pop Uptempo/Dance in the 11th Annual Unisong Songwriting Contest, several honor awards in the Great American Song Contest), and have been cut on major label albums (Music With A Twist, distributed by Columbia).
Darci has just finished recording songs for her second CD, which is projected for release by spring 2009.
EDUCATION
Darci has studied vocal performance and instruction with some of the best vocal educators in the country. She continues to take opportunities to study whenever she can. Below is a list of some of her instructors and classes.
Belmont University - Nashville, TN
Commercial Music Vocal Performance
SUNY Schenectady County - Schenectady, NY
Traditional Music Education and Performance
~Gerald White
Music1on1
Los Angeles, CA
Private lessons, sight singing classes
~Elisabeth Howard
Vocal Power Academy
Los Angeles, CA
Music Business Seminar hosted by Just Plain Folks
~James R. Wigginton
The Vocal Studio On Music Row
Nashville, TN
Mentor, Private Coaching Audit
~Janet Kenyon
Kenyon Artist Development
Nashville, TN
Mentor, Private Coaching Audit
~Carolyn Binkley
Belmont University
Nashville, TN
Private Vocal Training, Commercial and Traditional
~Bruce Bennett
Belmont University
Nashville, TN
Commercial Vocal Performance
~Jeanine Walker
Belmont University
Nashville, TN
Jazz Vocal Studies
~Eileen Bush
Eileen Bush Vocal Studio
Schenectady, NY
Private Vocal Study, Traditional
~Elizabeth Bolibaugh LaBelle
Albany, NY
Private Vocal Study, Commercial
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