Faculty
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Thursday, June 18th, 2015Margaret Vignola (Assistant Director) After 15 years working in Artist Development, Publicity, Marketing and Sales and Distribution for international Music Industry giants like Capitol, MCA, Geffen, IRS, Motown Records, and the Universal Music Group, Ms. Vignola left a successful career to study Voice and Opera full time at the Purchase Conservatory of Music. In 1998 […]
Joan Krueger
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011Joan Krueger, vocal coach, maintains a private coaching studio in New York City and in 2004 was named Classical Singer Magazine’s Coach of the Year. Ms. Krueger is also active as a recitalist and accompanist. She appeared on A&E’s Breakfast with the Arts with soprano Carol Vaness and has performed as a guest artist at […]
Sherry Overholt
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011Sherry Overholt, soprano has combined a long and successful career with operatic and concert performances in addition to her teaching positions here at Purchase College and at Queens College. She has sung numerous lyric coloratura roles including Gilda, Violetta, Zerlina, Valencienne, Serpina and Marzelline. On the concert stage, Ms. Overholt has appeared as guest soloist […]
Kaori Sato
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011“Soprano Kaori Sato is recognized for her superb voice and natural acting ability. Her singing was loud enough to carry the entire orchestra’s playing, yet it was never strained. From her very first appearance on the stage, her presence was riveting” (Indian Hill Gazette, April 1996). While still a graduate student, Ms. Sato was […]
Derek Greten-Harrison
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011Derek Greten-Harrison earned his Bachelor of Music from Manhattan School of Music and his Master of Music in opera performance from Purchase College, State University of New York. He is highly sought after for his compelling work both as a baritone and as a countertenor. As a baritone, he has sung the roles of Betto […]
Joshua Benevento
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011Joshua Benevento most recently made his Metropolitan opera debut singing in the highly anticipated new production of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. Dedication leads Mr. Benevento into a ‘12/13 Metropolitan Opera season including performances of Götterdämmerung, Turandot, Les Troyens, and Parsifal. The Liederkranz Foundation Competition resulted with him as a finalist in the Opera Division, as well as […]
Thomas Baird
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011Since 2003, Thomas Baird has taught Movement Styles for Singers in the Opera Division at Purchase. Beginning with the Purchase Opera production of Die Fledermaus in 2000, he has choreographed most of the annual productions. Mr. Baird is a Baroque Dance specialist, and is the co-director of Apollo’s Banquet, a New York City-based Baroque dance […]
Jacque Trussel
Monday, October 11th, 2010In 1998, Mr. Trussel became the chair of Opera Performance/Vocal Studies in the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, State University of New York. Since then he has been named 2005’s Stage Director of the Year by Classical Singer Magazine and has lead the Purchase Opera to five National Opera Association awards for Best Production […]
Hugh Murphy
Monday, October 11th, 2010Hugh Murphy is a highly respected New York City-based conductor, pianist and vocal coach. Opera productions and recordings that he has conducted have been positively reviewed in The New York Times, Opera News Magazine, Fanfare Magazine, The American Record Guide and by the National Opera Association. His conducting has been praised for it’s musical sensitivity […]
Bonnie Hamilton
Monday, October 11th, 2010Ms. Hamilton has been teaching professional singers in New York City for over twenty years. Her singers have performed leading roles with major opera companies throughout the world including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, La Scala, The Royal Opera House, Bayerische Staatsoper, La Teâtre de la Monnaie as well as […]
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