LaDonna Manternach
Associate Professor of Music
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Degrees Held
BA, Clarke College
MMEd, Holy Names College
DMA, University of Hartford
LaDonna Manternach is a lyric soprano originally from rural Cascade, Iowa. After completing a bachelor of arts degree in vocal performance at Clarke College with a concentration in music education, she went on to teach elementary school music at St. Joseph's Elementary School, in Bellevue, Iowa; St. Augustine School, in Oakland, Calif.; School of the Madeleine, in Berkeley, Calif.; St. Paul Elementary School, in San Francisco, Calif.; and St. Anthony Grade School, in Des Moines, Iowa.
In 1991, Manternach completed her master’s degree in music education with an emphasis in the Kodály methodology from Holy Names College, in Oakland, Calif. Manternach joined the Clarke staff in 1996, serving on the campus ministry team as liturgical minister and as an instructor of music for three years. She then took a three-year sabbatical to complete her doctoral degree in vocal performance from the Hartt School of Music in West Hartford, Conn.
Even though her focus has continually been on teaching music, she has been a soloist for the Women’s Chorus of San Francisco, the Bay Area Community Chorus, and the Des Moines Concert Singers. She also performed the roles of Mrs. Gobineau in The Medium by Menotti, and Annina in Verdi’s La Traviata while at the Hartt School. Manternach conducts the Clarke Collegiate Singers and teaches private voice, elementary music methodology, and conducting.