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Kara Kupecki
Kara Kupecki
Director of Choirs
Ms. Kara Kupecki is excited to be starting her 9th year of teaching as Director of Choirs at Cedar Ridge High School. As a graduate of Round Rock ISD, Ms. Kupecki is thrilled to be back in the Austin area.
Prior to teaching in Round Rock ISD, Ms. Kupecki taught in Waco, Odessa, and most recently in Houston. She received a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Northern Colorado in 2017. While at UNC, Ms. Kupecki had the honor of performing at the CMEA convention and a Choral Festival in Rome, Italy.
When not teaching, Ms. Kupecki enjoys spending time with friends and family, as well as watching her favorite shows.
Paige Patrick
Paige Patrick
Voice Teacher
Paige Patrick is a San Antonio native who has dedicated her life to music education and great singing. She holds a BM in Vocal Music Education from Texas State University, where she performed with VocaLibre, Chorale, and Opera Workshop, and an MM in Vocal Performance from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Paige served as Liberal Arts faculty at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville from 2010-2014, lecturing in Music Appreciation and teaching private studio voice lessons for majors and non-majors. In 2014 she relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she appeared with various companies, including the San Francisco Choral Society, Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra, Goat Hall Opera, Valhalla Opera, Verismo Opera, and Bayshore Lyric Opera. Also during her years there, she served as soprano section lead for Chorus Eclectic, soprano/alto section lead/Interim Director for St. Stephen's Episcopal, and Vocal Coach to the Campolindo High School Choral Department (Moraga, CA), where she worked technique with all ensembles and coached principals for Titanic, Cinderella, and West Side Story.
Paige finally moved back to her Texas roots in summer 2024. When she’s not teaching, she is either working as Operations Manager at Oakland-based singing competition, James Toland Vocal Arts, or performing opera, choral music, jazz, and cabaret. Most recently she appeared with Gilbert and Sullivan Austin as Josephine in HMS Pinafore. Favorite roles include Amelia (Un Ballo in Maschera), Blanche de la Force (Dialogues of the Carmelites), Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus), Leonora (Il Trovatore, La Forza del Destino), Rose Maurrant (Street Scene), and Katherina Cavalieri (Amadeus).
A lifelong learner, Paige believes in an interdisciplinary approach as a private teacher, working to encourage and empower students through singing, according to their musical and performance goals.
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