Music

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Mrs. Garcia comes from a tight-knit family in the Sacramento area. Being born deaf in one ear, it made it hard to interact with people and it made her shy, quiet and independent. Her choir teacher in high school changed her life by telling her that she could sing, even though she believed she was tone deaf. From that moment, her love for theatre and music grew, as did her self-confidence, and she ended up majoring in Theatre Arts at California Polytechnic: San Luis Obispo.

While directing her senior project, Songs for a New World, Mrs. Garcia dreamed of combining theatre with her Catholic faith. After graduation she joined PLACE Corps (Partners of Los Angeles Catholic Education) to do just that! She taught Choir, English, and Theatre for two years at a Catholic high school, while completing her masters in Education and receiving her teaching credential in Secondary English.

In 2012, Mrs. Garcia was married to her husband in a gorgeous Cathedral wedding in Sacramento. In their spare time, they enjoy traveling to historic places, visiting Disneyland, and spending time with family and friends.

This is her seventh year at St. Anthony of Padua and is proud to have directed: Annie Jr., Getting to Know The Sound of Music, The Lion King Jr., Beauty and the Beast Jr., Singin’ in the Rain Jr., and Aladdin Jr. during her years here. She has had an amazing time at St. Anthony and is looking forward to introducing students to more musical classics. Mrs. Garcia feels excited and truly blessed to have the opportunity to teach students about the beautiful power of music and theatre!

“Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love and it will decide everything.” — Rev. Pedro Arrupe, SJ

Mrs. Garcia’s Email: jgarcia@stanthonygardena.org

Quick Links

2019-2020 Choir

October 3, 2019 By jgarcia Leave a Comment

Congrats to the 2019-2020 choir! Please note, that this year we will have alternates in case students drop out or do not show up to Mass events. This choice is extremely difficult. Please know that I try to take as many students as possible since it is such an important job to sing and it is so amazing and great that so many of you want to use … [Read more...]

Music Homework 6-8

September 20, 2019 By jgarcia Leave a Comment

Autobiographical Playlist: Choose 5 songs that you connect to and have them written down along with who sings the song. Due on our next music class the week of September 24, 2019. … [Read more...]

Musical Theatre Reflection 2019

June 6, 2019 By jgarcia Leave a Comment

Hi Everyone! Students, please fill out this link so we can get feedback about music and theatre for next year. Thank you! … [Read more...]

Musical Show Week

May 24, 2019 By jgarcia Leave a Comment

Dear St. Anthony of Padua Families, Next week is my favorite week of school, our musical theatre week! I wanted to give you some reminders to make the week run smoothly! Small Classroom Shows: Parent Performance on Weds. May 29th at 8:15am (K, 2, 4) The K, 2, and 4 grades will be performing on Weds at 8:15am. They have a dress rehearsal next Tuesday, May … [Read more...]

Classroom Musical Shows

May 3, 2019 By jgarcia Leave a Comment

Dear K-5th Grade Families, I hope you are doing well. I wanted to remind you that our classroom shows are in less than a month! On Weds. May 29th, 2019 at 8:15am K, 2, 4 will perform. On Thursday, May 30th, 2019 at 8:15am 1, 3, 5 will perform. We will be asking for donations and there will be some grahms and items for sale you can purchase with cash to congratulate your … [Read more...]