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Faculty

The CoOPERAtive Program’s resident faculty artists are among some of the most sought after performers, directors and conductors and artistic administrators in the operatic world today. They are regularly engaged at such opera companies as the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, The Paris Opera, London’s Covent Garden, Milan’s La Scala, St. Louis Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia and Lake George Opera.


Master Coach, Daniel Beckwith in a lesson with a coach/accompanist

 

Steven Crawford - Opera coach/accompanist, assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera for many years, Classical Singer Coach of the Year 2007

Kathleen Kelly -Music director for Houston Grand Opera Studio and music director for Berkshire Opera

Mark Moliterno - Faculty, Westminster Choir College, Yoga instructor for CoOPERAtive

JJ Penna - Associate Professor of accompanying and coaching at Wesminster Choir College, faculty at Julliard, accompanist in recital for Denyce Graves, William Burden, Kathleen Battle

Debra Scurto-Davis - Musical/Language Coach. Swarthmore College, Westminster Choir College, Florence Voice Seminar

Susan Shiplett Ashbaker - Coach. The Curtis Institute of Music; Opera/Artistic Consultant; former Director and Music Administration, Opera Company of Philadelphia

Jamie Stover Schmitt - Ed.D; C.M.A - Alexander/Body Awareness Coach.  Founder: Spanda, The Yoga of Movement and author of Every Woman’s Yoga

Ted Taylor - Conductor/Coach/Accompanist, New York City Opera, recital accompanist for Sylvia McNair, Christine Shaefer

Nova Thomas - Drama Coach.  Opera singer, The New School for Drama, Westminster Choir College

Marc Verzatt - Drama Coach.  Lyric Opera of Chicago, Lake George Opera, Yale University

Deborah Birnbaum - www.breathsupport.com

William Hobbs - San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera

Yelena Kurdina - Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera

 


Master Coach, Marc Verzatt in a private dramatic coaching

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