MIA GIMENEZ is the founder and principal voice teacher of the Award-winning Gimenez Voice Academy (formerly known as Fryvecind Voice Studio) since 2015.

Mia has performed with conductors and directors from all over the globe including Juilliard, Paris National Opera, New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera.  She has performed with great American companies including the Lyric Opera of Chicago (Die Miestersinger), Tony® Award winning TheatreWorks in Silicon Valley (Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman), San Francisco's Ray of Light Theatre (Andrea, Jerry Springer the Opera), and Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle award-winning Broadway By the Bay (Les Misérables (Fantine)). Regionally, Mia performs with Timberlake Playhouse (Mamma Mia (Rosie)), Riverside Theatre (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Hélène Bezukhova), Sonnets for an Old Century (Cordelia Gonzalez)), Old Creamery Theatre (Elephant & Piggie 'We Are In A Play' (Piggie)), Theatre Cedar Rapids (Cinderella (Fairy Godmother)), City Circle Theatre Company (Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett), Evita (Eva Peron)), Nolte Productions (Rock of Ages (Justice)), and the University of Iowa (Fun Home (Helen), (Sunday in the Park with George (Dot)).

Mia is a theatrical director and theatre faculty at Nolte Academy and the Iowa Conservatory ("ICon").

On the horizon, you can see Mia in Revival Theatre’s Passion (June 2022). 
 
Mia is the founder and principal voice teacher at the award-winning Gimenez Voice Academy (formerly known as Fryvecind Voice Studio).  Six FVS students will make their Carnegie Hall solo debut in the summer of 2022 (May and June). 

Mia has directed Nolte Academy's Side Show, James and the Giant Peach, and School of Rock. Mia is thrilled to be working with the talented youth in the area as a director, music director and vocal coach. 

She is the Vice President of the Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). Mia recently earned her Performing Arts Industry Essentials credential from New York University, as well as her Music Industry Essentials credential from the Clive Studio at NYU. 

Follow your bliss! ​

PERFORMANCES - Upcoming & Current 

PAST  PERFORMANCES

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Riverside Theatre's Sonnets for an Old Century
Written by José Rivera
Directed by Adam Knight
In a land of unimaginable distance, can a stories forge connection? Can a life be encompassed in the space of a sonnet? A cast of twenty attempts to give voice to the meaning of their existence in José Rivera’s riveting quiltwork drama, inescapably modern with echoes of Spoon River Anthology.
A diverse kaleidoscope of expressions on what it means to be alive.
​Get ready to be taken to church! Featuring vocal harmonies, tap and ballet dancing, an audience quiz, and comic surprises, Nunsense is an international phenomenon. 

Mia appearing as Reverend Mother/Mother Superior
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Timber Lake Playhouse
July 28th- August 7th, 2022
Tickets:  ​app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=129302

​​The Iowa premiere of an Obie-Award winning “electropop opera” based on a scandalous slice of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. As Napoleon gathers a huge invasion force at the border, the young and impulsive Natasha Rostova arrives in Moscow to await the return of her fiancé from the front lines. When she falls under the spell of the roguish Anatole, it is up to Pierre, a family friend in the middle of an existential crisis, to pick up the pieces of her shattered reputation. A bold, ambitious, and celebratory piece of theatre to mark Riverside’s first season in its new home.

​Mia will appear as Hélène Bezukhova. 

​​Review: ‘Cinderella’ brings magic to Theatre Cedar Rapids stage 
Modern twists cast a spell over Rodgers & Hammerstein classic
"...Making the magic
​More cheers erupted when the Fairy Godmother (Mia Fryvecind Gimenez) began the series of transformations that elicited oohs and aahs throughout the show. Fryvecind Gimenez is stunning visually and vocally. She may sing of “fol-de rol and fiddle dee dee,” but nothing is impossible when she waves her wand over Ella, a pumpkin and animals, and urges everyone in the audience wielding a glowing wand, saber and tiara to add their light to her spells.
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www.thegazette.com/article/review-cinderella-brings-magic-to-theatre-cedar-rapids-stage/?amp=1&fbclid=IwAR19koXC2y9c2frxlC2tWnP-OBfpLYyDLaZS68cQlAM4JEjVAkEu99liook

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In the Press: "It’s a poetic masterpiece, and I could go on for paragraphs about its themes and throughlines and artistry....I also want to note the distinct physicality and engaging expressiveness of Barrington Vaxter as Kevin (my notes on the moment literally just say “Barrington Barrington-ing”); the all-consuming, full-throated wholeness of Mia Fryvecind Gimenez as Cordelia; the exceptional honesty of Diviin Huff as Alene; the tireless focus of John William Watkins as Sam. But again, the whole cast shone, offering gracious, heartbreaking and heart-mending performances.

​[Posted on Apr 20, 2021 by Genevieve Trainor in Little Village Magazine]
Songs to Make You Smile: A Virtual Encore! is coming to you this Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 7:30 pm! No donation is too small to help Riverside Theatre, Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, Theatre Cedar Rapids, and Old Creamery Theatre continue to bring you entertainment, even in these extraordinary times. Learn more at https://donorbox.org/encore and we will see you at the show!!
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​CONGRATULATIONS!!  SIX Fryvecind Voice Studio Students to make Carnegie Hall Debut in May 2022!
Congratulations to the winners of the American Protégé 'We Sing Pop!' international voice competition.  
Ian Allen, Lovella Varner (2nd Place winners)
Abril Hamity, Julia Kartvelishvilli and Allison Reed (3rd Place winners)
We are planning a trip to NYC in May !  We couldn't be prouder!
​Ella Vakiner (2nd Place) in Musical Theatre
​CONGRATS!

​Thank you for the MUSIC, the Magic and the Memories!
Here is a clip of Mia and two of her students in a 2020 virtual cabaret.