Monica Berovides Hidalgo

Monica Berovides Hidalgo
MA Florida Atlantic University

Areas of Expertise:
Voice

Email: mberovid@fau.edu
Office Phone: 561.297.3820
Office: AL 115

Monica Berovides-Hidalgo, mezzo-soprano, is currently Director of Worship at First United Methodist Church of Coral Springs and adjunct professor of voice at Florida Atlantic University. Ms. Berovides-Hidalgo is also assistant conductor and artist in residence with Schola Cantorum of Florida, fulfilling the role of soloist, section leader, and director of the SCOF Music Academy for elementary through high school students since 2009.

She is currently Music Director with Torch and Trumpet Theater Company and is playing the role of Bertie in the production of “God Bless Us Everyone” by Robert Sterling. Ms. Berovides-Hidalgo currently serves as co-chair of the Summer Workshop of the Florida Chapter of the Fellowship of Worship Arts. She also served as Operations Manager of the Palm Beach Symphony for five consecutive seasons (2009- 2014) and sang with the Palm Beach Opera Chorus for five consecutive seasons (2009-2014). She was vocal instructor and vocal coach with Heather Schmulian's DramaWorks from 2015-2017.

Ms. Berovides-Hidalgo has performed and recorded throughout South Florida and the United States, and she is an accomplished and sought-after soloist with experience in studio recording and cross-over styles including opera, musical theater, art song, Contemporary Commercial Music, Contemporary and Traditional Christian music and Latin American popular songs. She received a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance and a Master of Arts with a concentration in choral conducting from Florida Atlantic University under the tutelage of Dr. Patricia P. Fleitas. Ms. Berovides-Hidalgo was the recipient of the Department of Music Graduate Honors Scholarship for two consecutive years. In 2008 she received the first-place award in the Michael and Madelyn Savarick Competition and was selected to present an honor’s voice student recital in the President’s mansion at Florida Atlantic University. She is certified in Somatic Voicework; The LoVetri Method, and certified with The Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University and he has completed the Lyric Diction Workshop at Vanderbilt University. Ms. Berovides-Hidalgo is an active coach, clinician, and private voice instructor.