About Me

Hi! I’m Coach Illona

—a professional singer, vocal coach, mindset coach, choir conductress, songwriter, and worship leader with over two decades of singing experience. I studied AB Theology, major in Church Music Education with a focus on Voice, at FEBIAS College of Bible, and Christian Music at the COP School of Christian Music Arts. I started my vocal training at the age of six and eventually pursued my passion for music and singing in college.

Studying music in college wasn’t a smooth-sailing journey for me. I faced many delays due to unfortunate circumstances and struggled with discouragement because I started music completely from scratch. Without any background in music theory or classical singing, learning felt especially difficult, and I often found it hard to keep up with my classmates. There were moments when I honestly thought music just wasn’t meant for me.

But my passion and determination to grow in music pushed me to persevere. Even if what others learned in a day would take me a week, I kept going. I learned to embrace my own pace while always giving my best. Against all odds, I moved forward and eventually graduated with the highest honors in college.

My music journey shaped my mission as a vocal coach: to help passionate aspiring singers around the world learn and improve their singing one step at a time, because growth happens at their own pace. For me, slow progress is still progress. I now support hundreds of aspiring singers worldwide in overcoming their limiting beliefs, believing that with hard work and true determination, anyone can achieve their goals.