BERNARDETTE MEDEIROS

Voice

Bernardette Medeiros, also known by many as Ms. Bernie, is a full time voice teacher. She has been singing since she was 13 years old and has been teaching for the last 14 years. Ms. Bernie received her Bachelor's of Music in vocal performance, cum laude from University of the Pacific in 2001. She attended the Conservatory of Music on a full ride scholarship by receiving the Excellence in Performance Award, given to one incoming freshman. Some of her musical milestones include performing at Disneyland and working with several Grammy, Academy and Tony award winning artists. She also had the pleasure of playing a leading role in a west coast premiere opera. Ms. Bernie's long term goals are to continue to change lives with music as well as see one of her students accept a Grammy, Academy or Tony award. She is proud to have past students try out for or appear on America's Got Talent, The Voice, X Factor, American Idol, Steve Harvey and Ellen. Bernardette is a third generation Tracyite, where her husband also grew up, and they have one son in the GATE program.

PHOENIX THANATOS

Voice

Phoenix is one of our phenomenal multi-instrumentalist teachers. His primary instruments are the flute and piccolo, as well as voice. In addition, much of his teaching workload involves the piano. Phoenix has been teaching for the last 5 years, with a total of 14 years playing the flute including a performance degree from California State University- East Bay under the direction of Michelle Caimotto. His favorite musicians are a collection that includes Elliot Smith, Coheed and Cambria, Maximum the Hormone, Thelonius Monk, Kendrick Lamar and Yoko Kanno. Among the biggest musical accomplishments, in 2015 Phoenix had the opportunity to perform in an Amy Porter master class and also sang in the Legend of Zelda symphony chorus in 2016. Going forward, his biggest goals include learning to play the contrabass flute as well as to master and perform the Nielsen flute concerto.