Sonya Murphy-Lyons:

Sonya began her musical journey as a young child learning Piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. At the age of 8, she undertook learning Classical Guitar and studied under Tony lee for number of years, completing her grades in Trinity College London Exam Syllabus.

With music in her heart from a young age, Sonya continued with piano lessons and sang in a community choir for many years, performing at various recitals and concerts in Dublin before embarking on a Music Degree at UCD. She studied under Professors Harry White, Seóirse Bodley and Thérèse Smith, and graduated with a BMus (Hons) degree.

Having successfully auditioned to continue her Classical Guitar studies under the tutelage of John Feely, Sonya continued her studies part time at the College or Music in to her 20’s and achieved her Licentiate Diploma during this time.

Sonya began teaching Classical Guitar while studying in UCD and for many years afterwards, continued to teach private students before eventually founding Mezzo Music Academy in 2011. Having spent some time abroad working and training in sales and marketing roles, Sonya returned to Dublin to assume the position of sales and marketing manager for a well known hotel group.

A mother of 2 boys, Ethan and Nevan, she brought them to Kindermusik classes from the age of 6 weeks, which she believes gave them an essential grounding in music. She soon realised the benefits of early music education and became a Fully Licensed Kindermusik Instructor, before introducing the award winning music and movement programme to the academy in 2012. Sonya’s boys are a big part of the Mezzo family and perform regularly at our biannual recitals.