Mimi O'Neill soprano, pianist, author, and educator, originates from Pasadena, California. Excelling first on the piano, Mimi O'Neill traveled to Europe in the 1970s where she studied the “Zen of Sound” with coloratura soprano Kammersaengerin Elinor Junker-Giesen in Stuttgart, Germany. After returning to the US she furthered her vocal studies with Spanish soprano, Montserrat Alavedra, of the University of Washington and coach, Suzanne Szekeley, of the Seattle Institute of Allied Arts, both in Seattle, WA. A resident of Los Angeles again in the 1980's Mimi O'Neill completed her vocal studies with soprano, Pollyanne Baxter of Cal State, Los Angeles. During this time she was the featured coloratura soprano in several U.S. premiered operas including Cendrillon (Cinderella) by Pauline Veradot, and Il Crociatto in Egitto (The Crusades in Egypt) by Giacomo Meyerbeer with the Malibron Society in Los Angeles, CA.

In the early 1990's Mimi O’Neill developed her work in Europe, primarily in Germany, France, and Holland, where, besides offering concerts of classical and contemporary music, she developed her new workshop, Music For Health, creatively utilizing the transformational effects of music and sound. She was also a frequent teacher and contributor with Sufi teacher, Pir Vilayat Khan, in the Zenith Institute in Chateau Queyras, France, and Olivone, Switzerland.

In 1994, Mimi O’Neill developed a new workshop called Soulsong: Empowering Voice and Self through Sound. In Soulsong Mimi O’Neill presents a process that explores an authentic and empowered sense of self as well as the opening of the natural voice. Mimi O’Neill offered Soulsong in many cities in the US, but developed her main work in Bremen, Germany, where she created an ongoing eight-year Soulsong training group. Her book, Journey to the Sound God, reflects this work. (Self published in 2002. Available: www.mimioneill.com.)