Composers & the Voice : INSTRUCTORS
PROGRAM Directors / MUSIC DIRECTORS / Mentors / Instructors / SINGERS
PROGRAM DIRECTORS
MUSIC DIRECTORS
Jeanne-Minette Cilliers
Music Director
2011-12
Jennifer Peterson
Music Director
2005-08
Mila Henry
Music Director
2011-Present
Elaine Rinaldi
Music Director
2002-04
Kelly Horsted
Music Director
2006-Present
Ron Robinson
Music Director
2021-22
James Lowe
Music Director
2005-06
Charity Wicks
Music Director
2013-17
Artistic Chairs (Mentors)
With each new group of fellows, sponsorships are named in honor of mentors and their support of Composers & the Voice. During the workshop session these “Composer & the Voice Artistic Chairs" make themselves available to our fellows for one-on-one discussions and feedback.
Mark Adamo
composer
Little Women, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Lysistrata
Daron Hagen
composer
Amelia, Little Nemo in Slumberland
Libby Larsen
composer
A Wrinkle in Time, Picnic, Mrs. Dalloway
Tobias Picker
composer
Emmeline, Dolores Claiborne, Thérèse Raquin
Tan Dun
composer
Peony Pavilion, The First Emperor, Marco Polo
Mark Campbell
librettist
As One, Silent Night, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
Jake Heggie
composer
Moby Dick, Dead Man Walking, Three Decembers
David T. Little
composer
Dog Days, JFK, Soldier Songs
Kimberly Reed
librettist / filmmaker
As One, Today it Rains, Hometown to the World
Royce Vavrek
librettist
JFK, Dog Days, 27, Breaking the Waves
John Corigliano
composer
The Ghosts of Versailles, The Red Violin
Lee Hoiby
composer
The Tempest, This Is the Rill Speaking, The Scarf
Missy Mazzoli
composer
Breaking the Waves, Proving Up, Song From the Uproar
Kaija Saariaho
composer
L'Amour de loin, Émilie, Adriana Mater
Richard Wesley
librettist
The Black Terror, The Mighty Sirens, The Gents
David Cote
librettist
Blind Injustice, Three Way, The Scarlet Ibis
Huang Ruo
composer
An American Soldier, Sun-Yat Sen, M. Butterfly
John Musto
composer
Volpone, Later the Same Evening, The Inspector
Gene Scheer
librettist
Three Decembers, Moby Dick, Cold Mountain
Du Yun
composer
Angel’s Bone
Michael Korie
librettist
Grey Gardens, The Grapes of Wrath, Harvey Milk
Nkeiru Okoye
composer
Harriet Tubman, Invitation to a Die-In, Black Bottom
Stephen Schwartz
composer / librettist
Wicked, Pippin, Godspell, Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Ricky Ian Gordon
composer
27, The Grapes of Wrath, Morning Star
Kristin Kuster
composer
A Thousand Acres, When There Are Nine
Richard Peaslee
composer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Gregory Spears
composer
Fellow Travelers, Paul’s Case
skillbuilding INSTRUCTORS
Kathleen Amshoff
Acting, 2011-12
Pat Diamond
Acting, 2015-17
Elena Araoz
Acting, 2021-Present
Terry Greiss
Improv Studies, 2002-Present
Mary Birnbaum
Acting, 2017-21
Richard Wesley
Libretto Writing, 2021-Present
Mark Campbell
Libretto Writing, 2015-Present
GUEST INSTRUCTORS
Michael Korie
Libretto Writing, 2021-Present
Composition, 2021-present
Paul Moravec
Composition, 2021-Present
Notation, 2021-present
Jessie Montgomery
Composition, 2021-Present
Norman Ryan
Publishing, 2021-Present
Resident Ensemble of Singers
Dominic Armstrong
tenor, 2013-14
Brandon Coleman
bass, 2019-21
Blake Friedman
tenor, 2015-18
Keith Jameson
tenor, 2002-03
Max Potter
mezzo-soprano, 2021-Present
Tookah Sapper
soprano, 2015-18
Jorell Williams
baritone, 2011-14
Justine Aronson
soprano, 2019-Present
Jennifer Goode Cooper
soprano, 2015-17
Blythe Gaissert
mezzo-soprano, 2015-18
Rebecca Ringle Karamei
mezzo-soprano, 2011-12
Deborah van Renterghem
soprano, 2002-04
Amy Shoremount-Obra
soprano, 2011-12
Stephanie Woodling
mezzo-soprano, 2002-04
Derrick Ballard
bass, 2002-04
Matthew Curran
bass, 2005-08
Matthew Garrett
tenor, 2007-08
Deborah Lifton
soprano, 2013-14
Aaren Rivard
tenor, 2021-Present
Donna Smith
soprano, 2007-08
Jonathan Woody
bass-baritone, 2015-16
Matthew Burns
bass-baritone, 2013-14
Mario Diaz-Moresco
baritone, 2017-Present
Anne Graczyk
mezzo-soprano, 2005-06
Robert Mack
tenor, 2005-07
Amy van Roekel
soprano, 2002-07
Brandon Snook
tenor, 2011-12
Caroline Worra
soprano, 2005-08
Rachel Calloway
mezzo-soprano, 2013-14
William Ferguson
tenor, 2003-04
Kofi Hayford
bass, 2021-Present
Andrea Arias Martin
soprano, 2011-12
Adrian Rosas
bass-baritone, 2017-18
Timothy Stoddard
tenor, 2019-21
Matthew Worth
baritone, 2007-08
Augusta Caso
mezzo-soprano, 2019-21
Abigail Fischer
mezzo-soprano, 2006-08
Justin Hopkins
bass-baritone, 2011-12
Jasmine Muhammad
soprano, 2019-Present
Kristin Sampson
soprano, 2013-14
Michael Weyandt
baritone, 2015-17
Michael Zegarski
baritone, 2002-07