Doctor of Music in Collaborative Piano, 2007
New England Conservatory, Boston, MAFellow,
Vocal Piano
Tanglewood Music Center, Lenox, MA, 2001, 2002
Double Master of Music in Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano, 1998
Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, OH
Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance with an English minor, Dec. 1995
Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, OH
Undergraduate Double-degree program in English and Piano Performance, 1989-1992
Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music,
Oberlin, OH |
| Visiting Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
(current). |
- Partner with voice teachers and other faculty in building new, performance-based
department.
- Weekly coaching sessions for approximately 18 voice students, undergraduate and graduate
levels.
- Create and collaborate in several concerts with faculty, student, and guest performers.
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| Co-founder and Faculty, Vancouver International Song Institute,
Vancouver, BC, (ongoing) |
- Create and implement curricula for new summer institute, focusing on song repertoire.
- Teach and perform with several Canadian and internationally renowned artists.
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| Musical Artist-in-Residence, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 2007-2009
(current) |
- Coordinate and participate in residency activities at renowned liberal arts college as
member of Florestan Recital Project.
- Create interdiscliplinary song projects that involve entire college community.
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| Faculty, Songfest, Malibu, CA, summer 2007. |
- Created and implemented new course in American Song for Young Artist program, ages
17-23.
- Taught and performed song repertoire with renowned faculty and guest artists.
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| Faculty, Collaborative Piano Dept., Cleveland Institute of Music,
Cleveland, OH, spring 2005 (interim). |
- Coached collaborative pianists in wide range of vocal and instrumental repertoire
- Coached and prepared full production of Mozarts opera La Finta Giardiniera
- Created and taught Opera Literature course (MUSC 328)
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| Teaching Associate, Boston University, Boston, MA, 2003-2005. |
- Taught Song Literature III (MU 481), a semi-weekly, 1-hour class for senior voice majors
- Created syllabus surveying Italian-, Spanish-, and English-language song repertoire
- Assigned weekly in-class and final performance projects to students
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| Teaching Fellow, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, Spring 2001-
Spring 2002 |
- Taught Introduction to Accompanying (ACMP 304T, 504T) and Advanced Accompanying classes
(ACMP 303T, 503T).
- Assigned and coached weekly performance projects for classes of undergraduate and
graduate pianists.
- Explored wide range of styles in vocal/instrumental chamber music.
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| Professor of Chamber Music, 32nd Festival de Inverno da UFMG, Diamantina,
Brazil, July 2000. |
- Taught daily chamber music class during two-week arts festival.
- Emphasized issues of style and performance in a variety of classical and Brazilian
repertoire.
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| Artistic Co-Director, Florestan Recital Project, 2003-current. |
- Co-create and administrate artistic vision for growing song organization.
- Develop short- and long-term artistic residencies for college music departments,
including Dickinson College, Boston Conservatory, and SUNY Fredonia.
- Plan and coordinate premieres, artists, and repertoire for concert season.
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| Vancouver International Song Institute, Vancouver, BC, 2006-current. |
- Co-create and administrate artistic vision for summer song institute
- Coordinator of 10-day performance festival in 2007, which included daily noon and
evening concerts, featuring internationally renowned guest faculty such as Graham Johnson,
Margo Garrett, Tracy Dahl, Stephen Varcoe, and many others.
- Coordinated daily teaching, masterclass schedules, and repertoire assignments for
Professional Performance program.
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| Guest Artist/Teacher, ongoing. |
- Guest teacher for masterclasses and individual lessons in a wide variety of vocal and
instrumental repertoire.
- Engagements since 2004 include: University of Toronto, Royal Conservatory of Music,
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, SUNY Fredonia, Dickinson College, Boston
University, Boston Conservatory.
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| Staff Pianist, Steans Institute for Young Artists, Ravinia Festival,
Chicago, IL, August 2006. |
- Rehearse and perform with several singers in intensive 3-week program.
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| Director, Music at the Cloud, Cloud Foundation, Boston, MA, 2002-2003. |
- Planned and produced concerts for a semi-monthly chamber music series.
- Devised varied chamber music programs for a wide-ranging audience.
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| Assistant, New England Conservatory Collaborative Piano Department, Jan
2001-May 2002. |
- Scheduled pianists in weekly lessons for voice department.
- Acted as administrative liaison between voice and collaborative piano departments.
- Arranged meetings and studio classes for collaborative piano department.
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| Vancouver International Song Festival (VISI), Vancouver, BC |
- Pianist in several concerts throughout 10-day concert series, including recitals with
celebrated recitalists Martha Guth, Lynne McMurtry, and Paul Sperry.
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| Opera in Concert, Toronto, ON |
- Pianist and Musical Director for acclaimed production of Poulencs Les
Dialogues des Carmelites, featuring soprano Isabel
Bayrakdarian.
- Review in the Globe and Mail stated [The music] had a superb presentation
The
strength of Opera in Concert's costumeless, setless, only symbolically staged presentation
Sunday was the authoritative grasp of the whole work by its music director Alison
d'Amato.
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| Florestan Recital Project, Boston, MA and Carlisle, PA. |
- Pianist in several concerts throughout yearly concert series.
- Pianist and director of original presentation of Wolfs Italienisches
Liederbuch (2006).
- Collaboration with composer Ned Rorem for Boston premiere of Rorems evening-length
song cycle, Evidence of Things Not Seen (2003 premiere, continuing repeat
performances in various locations).
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| One Hour of Madness and Joy: Walt Whitman in Song, various
locations in Canada and U.S. |
- Collaboration with mezzo-soprano Lynne McMurtry on song recital featuring North American
composers settings of Walt Whitman.
- Featured in list of Top Recitals of 2006 by Toronto Star reviewer John
Terauds, who stated Art doesnt get any better than this.
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| Buffalo Chamber Players, Buffalo, NY |
- Performance of Faures Quartet for Piano and Strings in g minor.
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| Radius Ensemble, Pickman Hall, Cambridge, MA |
- Performance of Claude Viviers Paramirabo and Beethovens Quintet for Piano
and Winds?
- Review of concert in the Boston Globe deemed Paramirabo a radiant performace of an
unusual work.
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| Firebird Ensemble, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA |
- Produced and performed in special Contemporary Music Concert, featuring new
collaborations between Firebird Ensemble and composers Osvaldo Golijov and Shirish Korde.
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| College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH |
- Pianist/coordinator for Florestan Recital Projects guest performance of Evidence
of Things Not Seen.
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| Opera Unlimited, Boston, MA |
- Pianist/keyboardist for North American premiere of Peter Eotvoss opera Angels
in America.
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| Concert, Weill Recital Hall, New York, NY |
- Recital with Concert Artists Guild mezzo-soprano Krista River.
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| Concert, Casa Italiana, Columbia University, New York, NY |
- Program of song and piano music, created with Concert Artists Guild mezzo-soprano Krista
River, inspired by Lorenzo Da Pontes activities at Columbia University.
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| Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
- Guest appearance of Florestan Recital Project in conjunction with Edgar Degas exhibit.
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| Nadia Boulanger: A Memorial Symposium, The American Music
Research Center, Boulder, CO |
- Guest appearance with Florestan Recital Project in centerpiece concert of international
symposium, presenting works of renowned composer Daniel Pinkham.
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| William Meredith: A Celebration in Words and Music, various
locations |
- Concert tour with soprano Janna Baty, featuring world premieres of commissioned works in
collaboration with poets William Meredith and Richard Harteis
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| National Anthem: Boston's Classical Musicians Unite for
Kerry, Pickman Hall, Cambridge, MA |
- Special fundraising event for Senator John Kerry, featuring collaborations with baritone
Sanford Sylvan, soprano Janna Baty, and other Boston celebrities
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| New Gallery Concert Series, Boston, MA |
- Performance of Three Preludes for solo piano by Elena Ruehr on innovative new
music series
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| Composers Series, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA |
- Guest appearance with Florestan Recital Project at concert honoring composer Daniel
Pinkham.
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| Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
- Performance of chamber music by Roger Sessions and Mario Davidovsky, featured on
concerts devoted to music by Fromm lecturers at Harvard University.
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| Opera In Concert, Toronto, ON, November 2006 |
- Music Director/pianist for acclaimed production of Poulencs Les Dialogues des
Carmelites featuring soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian.
- Music Director/pianist for Fall 2008 production of Donizettis Roberto
Devereux.
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| Okanagan Vocal Arts Festival, Vernon, BC, summer 2006 |
- Perform and prepare concerts with several artists in celebrated festival
- Pianist and repetiteur for productions of The Mikado and Le nozze di Figaro
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| Opera Boston, Boston, MA, 2003-2006 |
- Assess artists materials for award-winning companys seasonal roster
- Assist in coordinating auditions
- Pianist for music/staging rehearsals for seasonal productions
- Lead rehearsals in conductors absence
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| Opera Unlimited, Boston, MA, 2003 and 2006 |
- Pianist for North American premiere of Peter Eotvoss Angels in America.
- Pianist for operas by Thomas Ades (Powder Her Face) and John Harbison (Full
Moon in March) in award-winning festival of fully staged/orchestrated contemporary
opera.
- Led rehearsals in conductors absence.
- Pianist for performances and commercially released recording.
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| Boston Academy of Music, 2002-2003 |
- Pianist for music/staging rehearsals for several productions.
- Led rehearsals in conductors absence.
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| Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Spring/Summer 2002 |
- Pianist for Boston and Tanglewood Festival production of Lukas Foss opera, Griffelkin.
- Led rehearsals in conductors absence
- Assisted in preparing chorus for Boston and Tanglewood Festival performances
- Pianist for performances and commercially released recording
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| Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston, MA |
- Frequent keyboardist for performances and recordings, 2000-present
- Pianist on commercially released recordings of music by Michael Gandolfi, Arthur Berger
and operas by Lukas Foss (Griffelkin) and John Harbison (Full Moon in March)
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| Boston Musica Viva, 2002-2004 |
- Reheasal pianist for Thea Musgrave opera premiere, The Mockingbird
- Pianist for chamber and orchestral performances
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The Complete Songs of Daniel Pinkham (compact disc: Florestan
Records, 2008)
Debut of commercially-released album for
Florestan Recital Project.Y2K Compliant: works by Michael Gandolfi (compact
disc: BMOP Sound, 2008)
Featured chamber pianist with Boston Modern
Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor
Griffelkin, by Lukas Foss (compact disc; Chandos 10067, 2003)
Featured orchestral pianist with Boston Modern
Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor
Arthur Berger: Complete Orchestral Works (compact disc: New World, 2003)
Featured orchestral pianist with Boston Modern
Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor |
| 2002 |
Grace B. Jackson Prize for 'extraordinary commitment of talent and
energy, Tanglewood Music Center |
| 1998 |
Dr. and Mrs. K.L. Wu Memorial Award in Piano, recognizing an outstanding
graduating Master of Music degree student, Cleveland Institute of Music |
| 1996 |
First Prize, LaSalle Spier American Music Piano Competition, Washington
D.C.
First Prize, Ohio Federation of Music Clubs/Venetia Hall Concerto Competition
Academic Honors, Cleveland Institute of Music |
| 1995 |
Winner, Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition |
| 1989 |
Oberlin Conservatory Deans Talent Award
Frances B. Lanier Award for Outstanding Musical Achievement, New England Conservatory
First Prize, Harvard Musical Association Award for Achievement in the Musical Arts,
Boston, MA
First Prize, New England Piano Teachers Association Senior Scholarship Competition
First Prize, Young Performers Competition, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA |
| 1988 |
First Prize, Marian Angelini Young Performers Competition |
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