Melissa Garcia
DIRECTOR

DIRECTING CICC DESCANT CHOIR AND CONCERT CHOIR

Melissa M. Garcia is a passionate instructor who inspires children by allowing them to experience music from many genres and cultures. She is an expert at motivating young singers through activities aimed at music literacy while giving them a foundation of healthy and age-appropriate singing techniques.

Mrs. Garcia has served as a conductor with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir for the past nine years. She has been fortunate to work with ICC singers of many different ages spanning from the Intermediate-Advanced Choir and Beginning Level Choirs for the Indianapolis Children’s Choir as well as all choirs for the Columbus Indiana Children’s Choir. As a specialist in youth choirs, Mrs. Garcia has served as a guest conductor for numerous honor choir festivals and Circle the State with Song in Indiana. Additionally, she is on the summer staff of the Heartland Youth Choir in Des Moines, Iowa where she serves as conductor of the Summer Tunes Choir and teaches Kodály Musicianship classes.

Mrs. Garcia is the lower school music teacher at Park Tudor, a private school in Indianapolis. Mrs. Garcia’s teaching career spans from pre-school music through high school choral programs. Prior to her work in Indiana, Mrs. Garcia was the Associate Director of the Northern California Children’s Choir where she also served as an elementary music educator. While living in Iowa, she served as a private voice teacher and instructor for the Heartland Youth Choir in Des Moines, and as a music instructor for the Des Moines Children’s Choruses and the Iowa Youth Chorus. In addition, she served as a director for the middle school and high school choral department in Earlham, Iowa. While a student at Iowa State University, she held an internship position as the Assistant Conductor for the Preparatory Choir with the Ames Children’s Choir.

Mrs. Garcia received her BME from Iowa State University in 2005. In addition, she has completed her Kodály Certification from Indiana University. She recently served as a Co-President of Indiana Kodály Educators. Mrs. Garcia has presented at ACDA regionally and this year nationally. Her passion is inspiring others to continue in Music Education.