We Are Aria

PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR | FOUNDER

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. Always. I move forward with Aria knowing that this is what is expected of me and what I have promised. To be honest, I didn’t really think I’d get so far as an educator, but here I am, carrying the weight of those who trusted me to bring a better future. It was always easy to be tempted into creating various schemes to generate pseudointellectual classes where students didn’t learn. It was easy to manipulate others out of their money and give them false confidence with generic performance and theater information.

But Aria doesn’t offer easy paths. Aria was built to challenge you, push you, condition you into a better reflection of yourself. All of my trainees have greatness in them, a greatness that cannot be brought out through mindless classes. Where others seek solely to profit from your wallets, I believe in your tears, and I want you to succeed. The spirit to continue the Herculean task of founding Aria comes from trainees who endured hardships and continued with hardship. To me, the spirit of Aria is made from the sacrifices trainees have made to better themselves.

Should I still be honest? Well, Aria has often faced all sorts of adversity. There are those who would smear our name because they could not face themselves in Aria. There are those who would see this institution drown because it undermines their pretty and expensive certificates. Even global instability threatens the integrity of Aria Drama & Voice as trainees are forced to deal with crisis after crisis. Yet Aria remains a school, and a school survives wars and the rise and fall of nations. Against the odds, Aria stands as a rising pillar of performing arts education.

For seven years I have taught voice actors. Regrets are something an educator should live by, I think. Sometimes I wish my younger self was kinder and didn’t break so many hearts. Sometimes I wish that I could have found methods sooner. But regrets do not make a man or a trainer, it is the choice to stand and face your regrets or run away from them.

To the community who reads this letter, let us move forward together. We are imperfect humans who want to see dreams come true, so let’s do our best so our voices may reach heaven.

LEAD DIRECTOR OF KITSUNE ACADEMY

To all who may pass our way, The first act of life is a breath and the last is a sigh; yet, everything which happens in the space between is what defines your life. 

Dearest reader, you find yourself at the gates of this path not by mere coincidence, but perhaps by a calling of the wind: an epiphany of how the voice–your voice– is not merely a tool of speech, but also a vessel of power—-I have always believed in this, and sharing my beliefs, my knowledge to others, especially towards those who wish it, is my passion. 

In Aria Drama & Voice, we do not simply “train”. We reclaim. I am your aide in de/constructing concepts, to re/build your natural connection to your voice. 

Join us to better your tomorrow. For once you have learned to ride the breath of the world and share warmth upon the hearts of those who hear you, you shall never walk, nor speak, unheard again. 

All my best, Bianca/Sera

DIRECTOR OF VIRTUAL CAMPUS

Jet has faithfully overseen Aria’s virtual campus for more than two years! He has taken great care in managing the community but also taking the time to help trainees and other staff with an array of IT problems or helping to find solutions for the future

OUTREACH DIRECTOR

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FOUNDATIONAL | ENSEMBLE | PERFORMANCE | BROADCASTING

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ENSEMBLE TRAINER

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DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND INTEGRITY

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