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Christopher Foley |
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Christopher Foley |
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EDUCATION Doctor
of Musical Arts in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music, Eastman School
of Music, 1994. Studied with Jean Barr.
Minor field in Twentieth-Century Music, Theory, and History.
(A list of related coursework is available upon request.) Master
of Music in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music, Eastman School of
Music, 1991. Studied with Jean Barr (Accompanying and Chamber Music) and
David Burge (Solo Piano). Bachelor
of Music, University of British Columbia, 1989.
Studied with Robert Rogers (solo piano), Rena Sharon
(accompanying) and Douglas Finch (chamber music).
Graduated with the highest marks in Music. A.R.C.T., Royal Conservatory of Music, 1985. Studied piano with Margaret Brew and Margot Ehling. Studied harmony and counterpoint with Mary Fraser. Faculty,
Royal Conservatory of Music, 2003-. Duties include vocal
coaching for the Community School, as well as teaching classes for the
Glenn Gould Professional School. Coach/Repetiteur
for Tapestry New Opera Works, 2002-2003.
Productions include Facing South by librettist Don Hannah
and composer Linda C. Smith, and a workshop for Over the Japanese
Sea: An Office Opera by
librettist Julie Salverson and composer Juliet Palmer.
Duties also include serving as coach/pianist on the creative team
for Tapestry’s unique Composer/Librettist and Director/Musical
Director workshops held in August. These one-week intensive
workshops highlight interdisciplinary collaborations in order to explore
the full potential of music in live performance and to take full
advantage of a shared artistic vision. Participants have access to
singers, repetiteurs and dramaturgical staff while collaborating on
selected works in development. Sessional
Faculty, University of British Columbia, 1996-2002.
Duties included coaching students enrolled in collaborative piano
courses in both the vocal and chamber fields. This year has featured the development of a new chamber music
survey course intended for first and second year piano performance
majors. Other duties
include a two-year song repertoire course that covers the history of the
solo vocal repertoire from the Middle Ages to the present.
In the last few years, an influx of pianists into the course has
changed the focus and content to accommodate a current 50-50 enrolment
split between singers and pianists. Sessional
Faculty, Vancouver Academy of Music, 1994-2002.
Duties included coaching singers and
instrumentalists enrolled in the Academy's Bachelor of Music and Artist
Diploma programs; playing for lessons, recitals, auditions; coaching the
Academy's opera Training program for productions of The Magic Flute and
Albert Herring as well as numerous opera scenes workshops; teaching
vocal repertoire; teaching sight-singing and ear training to students
enrolled in the first two years of the Bachelor of Music program.
Many singers coached at the Academy have gone on to success in
major competitions such as the Metropolitan Opera National Council
Auditions (Tamara Hummel and David Lee were both finalists in New York)
and the Eckhardt-Grammaté National Music Competition (Heather Pawsey
won first prize in 1996). Also
served as adjudicator for the Academy’s Senior Secondary Piano
Competition in 1998 and 2001 Faculty
Resident Accompanist, Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, 1994-.
Pianist for the studios of Lewis Kaplan, Zakhar Bron, Lynn
Blakeslee, Cheryl Staples, Peter Kurau, Steven Doane, James Dunham,
Yehuda Gilad, Cynthia Hoffman, Sylvia Rosenberg, and Rami Solomonow,
involving coaching and rehearsing with students, as well as playing on
both faculty and student recital programs. Undergraduate
Chamber Music, Eastman School of Music, 1993-94.
Coached students regularly for their undergraduate piano
chamber music requirement. Teaching
assistant for Undergraduate Accompanying class, Eastman School of Music,
1993-94. As Jean Barr's assistant, coached students regularly in
both the instrumental and vocal repertoires. Teaching
assistant for Freshman Sight-Reading class, Eastman School of Music,
Fall 1993. As Jean Barr's assistant, provided individualized instruction
to students in class on such subjects as ornamentation, transposition,
keyboard harmony, and clef-reading. PROFESSIONAL
PERFORMING EXPERIENCE DISTILLATION:
the water project, a production of Continuum Contemporary Music at the
DeLeon White Gallery, April 2003.
Performed with the Continuum ensemble for this multimedia project
that explores water and its nature through interaction between different
media. This instillation/concert featured the work of video artist
Ramona Lamlochand as well as the music of Linda C. Smith, Andriy Talpash,
and Juhan Puhm. First Annual
Karin Kieser Award Ceremony, Glenn Gould
Studio, Toronto, Jan. 2003.
Performed with Ryan Scott, percussion, and Sanya Eng, harp in
Abigail Richardson’s dissolve,
winner of the first annual Karen Kieser Prize in Canadian Music,
presented at the Glenn Gould Studio at CBC Toronto. This concert will be
broadcast on the CBC Radio Two program Two New Hours this April.
Loras
College Guest Artist Series, Dubuque, Iowa, Jan. 2003.
Performed with violinist Mitchell Johnson, first prize
winner in the 2002 Concert Artists International Competition in works of
Grieg, Beethoven, Debussy, and Kreisler. Six
at the Beginning, a presentation of the School of Toronto Dance Theatre,
Dec. 2002. Performed
with Mike Kane and Linda C. Smith in John Sherlock’s Line Dance
Variation for three vintage electric pianos with dancers.
This work was a result of the first musical commission ever
offered by the School of Toronto Dance Theatre.
Canadian
Contemporary Music Workshop, Toronto, September 2002.
World Premiere of Space for solo piano by Toronto composer
Jackie Shin. furtherEASTfurtherWEST
Festival, Vancouver, June 2002. Presented by
Vancouver ProMusica, this is a festival that highlights connections and
collaborations between Eastern and Western ensembles and musical
traditions. Performed Eliot Weisgarber's Japanese Miscellany for
solo piano, as well as with the Vietnamese ensemble Tak Chi in works of
Mark Armanini. Filumena
Workshop, Banff Centre, May 2002. Coach, repetiteur, and
member of the creative team for this musical and dramaturgical workshop
for John Estacio's opera Filumena, to be premiered at the Calgary
Opera in early 2003. E
120 Songs for the Marquis de Sade, Modern Baroque Opera and
Vancouver NewMusic co-production, Vancouver, Feb.-March 2002.This
work was the winner of the 2001 Alcan Performing Arts Award.
Vocal coach and pianist/MIDI keyboardist for the production.
Libretto by Peter Hinton, music by Peter Hannan, co-directed by
Kate Hutchinson and Peter Hinton. This
work will be the subject of an upcoming television documentary
co-produced by French and English CBC to be broadcast nationally, in
addition to a radio broadcast on both CBC networks.
Vancouver
New Music Ensemble, Core member, 1996-. Pianist for
Vancouver New Music Ensemble. Recent
highlights include Shifting Tides, a concert featuring women composers
as part of the VNMS’s Vox Femina festival; Inner Space, featuring
chamber music with brass and electronics; and was a featured soloist on
Countdown: The Odd Decades, a six-hour retrospective of music from the
10’s, 30’s, 50’s 70’s, and 90’s. Other concerts include the
first three Vancouver International New Music Festivals, the VNMS's 25th
Anniversary Concert, a tour of eastern Canada featuring concerts in
Toronto and Montreal, and solo appearances on a concert entitled The
Wanderer: Chamber Music of Africa. Musical Director and Pianist
for The 3 Divas, 2001-2002 season.
The 3 Divas are a “trio of talented entertainers with beautiful
voices, gorgeous stage presence, and a delightful sense of
irreverence.” Musical
selections are chosen from the operatic, art song, and popular
repertoires. Recent
engagements include two sold-out concerts in Kelowna and Vernon, British
Columbia. B.C. Tour
with Canadian violinist Judy Kang, September 2001.
Music of Beethoven, Massenet, and Wieniawski. Concerts in Prince Rupert, Kitimat, Terrace, and Summerland.
Ms. Kang performs on a 1689 Baumgartner Stradivarius on loan from
the Canada Council Nikolai
Korndorf Memorial Fundraiser Concert, University of British Columbia,
September 2001.
Pianist for Music for Owen Underhill and his Magnificent Eight.
Broadcast for future broadcast on the CBC Radio 2 Program 2 New
Hours. All proceeds toward
the Korndorf Foundation. Sonic
Boom New Music Festival, Vancouver, Spring 2001. Performed
solo piano works of John Baker and Matt Rogers at the Western Front. Ric
Richardson's Roundup on CBC Radio One, Fall 2000.
Two performances with soprano Heather Pawsey of Canadian parlour
music from the 19th and 20th centuries have been
featured on this popular and eclectic radio show. CBC
Regina Galleria Series, May 2000. Performed
with soprano Heather Pawsey a program of historical Canadian music
written before 1914. Works
chosen were from the art song, opera, parlor music, patriotic, ragtime,
and march genres. Highlights
from this performance will be performed in September 2000 on the
nationally broadcast CBC Radio Two program “Richardson’s Roundup”. Visiting
Composers Series, Cleveland State University, April 1998. Performed
Pointillisms, a work for solo piano by American composer Laura
Schwendinger. Vancouver
Art Gallery Recital Series, 1998-99.
Performed on three of the series’ concerts, with
mezzo-soprano Wendy Hatala Foley, clarinettist Gene Ramsbottom,
violinist Mark Ferris, and cellist Susan Round. Works of Brahms, Haydn,
Mozart, de Falla, Gerschwin, and Sondheim. April
in Santa Cruz New Music Festival, April 1998.
Performed Pointillisms, a work for solo piano by
American Composer Laura Schwendinger. Eckhardt-Grammaté
National Music Competition Winners' Tour 1996.
Pianist for the winner of the 1996 competition, soprano Heather
Pawsey. The tour included
recitals at McGill University, Carleton University,
Mount Allison University, the
University of Toronto, Lakehead University, the Winnipeg Art Gallery,
Brandon University, the University of Regina, the University of
Saskatoon, the Calgary Centre for the Performing Arts, and the Vancouver
Academy of Music, in addition to a residency at the Banff Centre.
Gamper
Festival of Contemporary Music, Brunswick, Maine, 1994-. Works of Elliott Schwartz, Colin Holmiski, Witold Lutoslawski,
Christopher Winders, Gordon Beeferman, and Laura Schwendinger, broadcast
on National Public Radio station WPKM Portland. Vocal
Arts in Concert, Vancouver, February 1995.
Performed with soprano Diane Lewarne and baritone Craig Morash in
a program in honor of the 50th anniversary of Anton Webern's death. Inaugural
Concert of Eastman-Dickinson Concert Series, Dickinson College, February
1994. Performed with flutist Julie Tunstall and cellist Richard
Eckert.
Faculty
Recital Series, Houghton College, February 1994. Performed
with Houghton faculty members Shannon Nance, violin, and Julie Tunstall,
flute. Opus
Classics Concert Series, SUNY Buffalo, January 1994.
Performed
with violinist Shannon Nance, broadcast live on National Public
Radio station WBFO Buffalo. Faculty
Artist Series, Colgate University, October 1993.
Performed with Colgate faculty member and cellist Richard Eckert. Performed
with Francesco Manara, concertmaster of the Orchestra del Teatro dalla
Scala, Milan, August 1993.
Platten Stenen Brug, Alkmaar, Holland.
The performance was broadcast live on North Holland Radio. Guest
Artist Series, Cornell University, October 1992.
Performed with violinist Shannon Nance. Toured
Japan with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, June 1992.
Performances in Hiroshima, Osaka, Gifu, Tokyo, and other
cities on the main island to promote their new Sony Classical disc. Toured
with Toru Miura, February 1992.
Toru Miura is an internationally recognized euphonium soloist and
records for Denon. Concerts in Mount Holyoke College, Ithaca College, Cornell
University, and Eastman School of Music. Faculty
Artist Series, SUNY Geneseo, March 1990.
Performed with SUNY Geneseo faculty member and cellist James
Kirkwood. Performances with Intermusica Ensemble at Eastman. Sonatas
and Interludes for Prepared Piano (selections) by John Cage, as part of
a concert In Memoriam of John Cage; Nocturnes for violin and
piano by George Crumb; Warble for Lilac-time for soprano and piano by
Elliot Carter; Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo for tenor and piano by
Benjamin Britten Pianist
with Musica Nova Ensemble at Eastman, 1992-94.
Works
by Simon Bainbridge, Christopher Rouse, Ned Rorem, Ruth Crawford, James
Willey, Leslie Bassett, and Peter Maxwell Davies. Over
150 recitals at the Eastman School of Music, 1989 to 1994, with students
of voice, violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, trumpet,
trombone, french horn, and percussion. Vice-President
of Special Projects, National Association of Teachers of Singing Ontario
Chapter, 2002-. Full member of NATS since 1997.
Current duties include serving on executive committee, as well as
creating and organizing activities bringing together the talents of the
diverse chapter membership, the Toronto musical community, and the
broader NATS community throughout Canada and the United States. Currently in the planning stages is a panel discussion for
the fall NATS workshop that highlights the unique difficulties and
challenges facing high-school level singers as they go through the
audition process for universities and conservatories.
Board
Member and Treasurer, National Association of Teachers
of Singing Vancouver Chapter, 1998-2002. Duties included managing finances for the chapter,
finding investment opportunities for the scholarship fund, budgeting for
workshops by visiting artists, as well as participating in the process
of re-writing the chapter's constitution and by-laws. Cofounder,
Vancouver Song Club, 1998-2002.
Begun along with NATS member Carol Brauner, the Vancouver Song
Club is a round-table discussion group and performing venue for young
singers. Membership
includes young professionals, students, and amateurs that meet on a
monthly basis to perform for each other and exchange input regarding
their professional development.
French,
German, Italian--Reading knowledge, knowledge of diction in
the International Phonetic Alphabet. Latin--Knowledge
of diction in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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