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RÉSUMÉ
CREDENTIALS
President
Orient Heights Music, Inc.
Boston, MA
Founder
La Scena Concert Duo
Eunyoung Kim, pianist
Boston, MA
Member / Soloist
Musica Anatolia International Contemporary Music Ensemble
Boston, MA
Voice, Piano & Drums Instructor
Faculty Member
Quincy Point Music Academy
Quincy, MA
AWARDS / HONORS
Certificate of Recognition
By Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
Boston, Massachusetts
2009
Recognition with Official Citation
By The Massachusetts State Senate
2009
Omaggio al Bel Canto Best Interpretation Award
Stelle dell'Anno Nuovo Festival
Organized by Consulate General of Italy and
The Dante Alighieri Society Italian Cultural Center
Boston, MA
2009
3rd Place
NATS Boston Chapter Musical Theater Festival
Boston University, MA
2008
Winner
Honors Concert Competition
Longy School of Music, MA
2000
Winner
Orchestra Soloist Competition
Longy School of Music, MA
1999, 2000
Roberto Stagno Vocal Scholarship
Boston Donaudy Society, MA
1999
Vocal Scholarship
Austria Culture Center, Istanbul, Turkey
1997, 1998
RECENT MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
Don Magnifico
Italia Chiama Italia TV Program
RAI International, Italy
2009
Feature Program
Bandwidth TV
Cambridge Community TV, MA
2009
Emile de Becque
Quincy Cable Access TV, Channel 3
Quincy, MA
2009
Solo Performance
Pegasus TV
Natick, MA
2009
COMPLETE OPERA PERFORMANCES
Jewish Man / The Prioress's Tale
Andover-Newton Theological School
Newton, MA
2009
Jewish Man / The Prioress's Tale
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2009
Jewish Man / The Prioress's Tale
Roslindale, MA
2009
Spinelloccio / Gianni Schicchi
Boston Opera Collaborative, MA
2008
Don Magnifico / La Cenerentola
Opera del West, MA
The Center for Arts
Natick, MA
2008
Palace Guard/ The Wooden Sword bySheila Silver
Winner of the 2007 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Composition Prize
Workshop performance
University of Connecticut, CT
2008
Jewish Man / Prioress's Tale - World Première
Cove Fine Arts Center, Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA
Delvyn Case, composer
Christopher Hood, librettist
Andrew Ryker, director
Benoit & Alcindoro / La Bohème
Opera Company of the Highlands, NY
2007
Spinelloccio / Gianni Schicchi
Opera del West, MA
2007
Le Marquis de La Force / Dialogues des Carmélites
Boston Opera Collaborative, MA
2007
Colline / La Bohème
Riverside Theatre Works & Boston Opera Collaborative, MA
2007
Balthazar / Amahl and the Night Visitors
Mass Theatrica, MA
2006
Balthazar / Amahl and The Night Visitors
Riverside Theatre Works, MA
2005
OPERA EXCERPTS
Don Pasquale / Don Pasquale
Worcester Opera Works
Worcester, MA
2009
Don Magnifico / La Cenerentola
Once Upon An Opera
Opera del West
2008
Don Giovanni / Don Giovanni
Rebecca Grimes, soprano
6th Annual Sing-To-Cure-MS Concert
Arlington, MA
2008
Don Giovanni / Don Giovanni
Billy Bigelow / Carousel
The Pirate King / Pirates of Penzance
Worcester Opera Summer Concerts
Worcester, MA
2008
John Claggart / Billy Budd
Longwood Opera Rising Stars Night
Scott Brumit, general director
Needham, MA
2008
Wolfram / Tannhäuser
Boston Opera Collaborative Inaugural Gala Concert
Dante Alighieri Society, Italian Cultural Center
2008
Once Upon an Opera
Don Magnifico / La Cenerentola (Scene)
Eve Budnick, music director, pianist
Rebecca Grimes, stage director
Opera del West, MA
The Center for Arts in Natick
2008
Colline / La Bohème - Act I
David / L'Amico Fritz - Act III
Orient Heights Music, MA
Leonardo Ciampa, founding director, pianist
2007
Méphistophélès / Faust (Gounod)
Halloween Concert
Boston Opera Collaborative, MA
2007
Alcindoro / MetMania - La Bohème - Act II
Hudson Valley Philharmonic, NY
Randall Craig Fleischer, music director & conductor
Bardavon Opera House, Puoghkeepsie, NY
2007
Don Giovanni / Don Giovanni
Opera Scenes Night
Scott Brumit, general director
Longwood Opera, MA
2007
Figaro / Le Nozze di Figaro
Aria Night
Scott Brumit, general director
Longwood Opera, MA
2007
MUSICAL THEATER EXCERPTS
Sky Masterson / Guys & Dolls
New England Light Opera
Hamilton, MA
2009
Emile de Becque / South Pacific
Quincy Maritime Festival
Salute to Shipbuilders and Sailors
USS Salem, Quincy, MA
2009
Jud Fry / Oklahoma!
Longwood Opera Broadway Night
Scott Brumit, general director
Needham, MA
2008
Don Quixote / Man of La Mancha
Billy Bigelow / Carousel
Longwood Opera Broadway Night
Scott Brumit, general director
Needham, MA
2008
Broadway Night
Scott Brumit, general director
Longwood Opera, MA
2007
Emile de Becque / South Pacific
Broadway Night
Scott Brumit, general director
Longwood Opera, MA
2007
Arthur / Camelot
Leonardo Ciampa, founding director
Orient Heights Music, MA
2007
CONCERT /SOLOS in ORATORIOS and SACRED WORKS
Soloist Handel's Messiah Oratorio Delvyn Case, conductor Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA 2009 Guest Artist Delvyn Case - Composition Faculty Recital Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA 2009 La Scena Concert With Marianne Pasts, guest artist, singer & song writer Morse Institute Library, Natick, MA 2009 Canzoni Dantesche (Op. 211) by Leonardo Ciampa - World Première Dante Alighieri Society, Cambridge, MA 2009
Händel’s Messiah Oratorio
Delvyn Case, conductor
Eastern Nazarene College Choral Union, MA
Wollaston Church of the Nazarene, MA
2008
Händel’s Messiah Oratorio (Part I) &
Christmas Cantata by Kenneth Grinnel
Kenneth Grinnel, conductor
First Congregational Church, Manchester, NH
2008
Brahms' Requiem
Coro Polifonico of Boston
Charlestown, MA
2008
Paul
Mendelssohn's Saint Paul Oratorio
First Baptist Church, Worcester, MA
2008
Missa Patri Pio by Leonardo Ciampa - World Première
Leonardo Ciampa, organist
First Church, Cambridge, MA
Orient Heights Music, MA
2007
Brahms' Requiem
Sharon Brown, conductor
Masterworks Chorale, MA
2006
Handel's Messiah Oratorio
Anne Born, conductor
Masterworks Chorale, MA
2006
Mendelssohn's Elijah (excerpt)
Paul Thistle, music director
Quincy Point Congregational Church, MA
2006
Saint-Saëns' Christmas Oratorio (excerpt)
Paul Thistle, music director
Quincy Point Congregational Church, MA
2005
Bacalov's Misa Tango (excerpt)
William Thomas, conductor
Phillips Academy Chamber Orchestra, MA
2004
Handel's Messiah Oratorio
William Thomas, conductor
Tokyo Opera City Orchestra
Tokyo, Japan
1998
Saygun's Yunus Emre Oratorio
Fahrettin Kerimov, conductor
CRR Chorus and Orchestra
CRR Concert Hall
Istanbul, Turkey
1997
EDUCATION
The Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA
Graduate Performance Diploma in Voice, 2003
Longy School of Music, Boston, MA
Opera Performance Program, 1999-2000
Istanbul University State Conservatory, Istanbul, Turkey
Voice-Opera Program, 1990-1998
OTHER MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
Chorus Director / Uygarlik Coplugu
Rock Musical by Murat Bavli
Karaca Theater, Istanbul
1997
Drummer & Percussionist
Istanbul City Theater Orchestra
Onder Bali, conductor
1997 - 1998