Rhonda Rider, Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Rhonda Rider, Chair of Strings at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, served as the cellist of the Naumburg Award winning Lydian Quartet and Triple Helix Piano Trio for over twenty years. Rider has adjudicated and served on the panels of Concert Artists Guild, Fischoff and Stulberg Competitions, American String Teachers’ Association and the National Endowment for […]

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Mark Madama, University of Michigan

Before starting his tenure at Michigan, Madama worked as a director, writer, and actor throughout the world. He has been one of the resident directors at Music Theatre of Wichita for over twenty years. He has also worked regionally at such theatres as The Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, Studio Ensemble Theatre in New […]

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David Pepin, Boston Conservatory at Berklee

David Pepin joined the Wicked orchestra on Broadway in January 2017 after a three-year appointment at Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio where he was associate professor of music theatre. Prior to teaching, he was an active member of the Broadway community as music director/conductor of Bring It On The Musical, as well as conductor, pianist […]

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Cameron Knight, Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts

Previous Teaching: Associate Professor of Acting and Directing UNCSA Assistant Professor, Head of BFA Acting The Theatre School at DePaul University Assistant Professor Carnegie Mellon University Directing credits include: Richard III (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Down in the face of God (UNCSA), Fences (Resident Ensemble Players Rep) A movie star has to star in black and […]

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Gary Kline, Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama

Gary Kline is Professor and Assistant Head of Acting and Musical Theatre at Carnegie Mellon University. He has taught private singing and music theatre courses such as Cabaret and Acting A Song for Carnegie Mellon University’s prestigious School of Drama since 1990, where he currently oversees the Vocal Curriculum. He is the artistic director of […]

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Kevin Kittle, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts

Kevin Kittle has worked as Joseph Chaikin’s assistant director and with Arthur Miller and Sam Shepard for the Signature Theater Company. He has directed numerous productions and readings in such New York City theaters as The John Houseman, The Neighborhood Playhouse, Theater Row Theaters, Ensemble Studio Theater, HERE, Sullivan Street Playhouse, and The Irish Repertory […]

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Lise Houlton, Minnesota Dance Theater

A native of Minneapolis, best known for her effortless, fluid style and dramatic sensibility, began her dance career with MDT, then moved at the age of 19 to the world renowned Stuttgart Ballet under the leadership of Glen Tetley. After joining American Ballet Theatre, she danced principal roles and worked closely with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia Makarova, […]

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Caterina Falli, English as a Second Language, Sierra College

Caterina has worked in the field of English language teaching for over twenty years. She recently relocated back to familiar territory in California and is currently on staff at the Sierra College Writing Center in Nevada County, California. From 2004 to 2016, Caterina served as the Director of the Eastman Writing Center and Associate Professor […]

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Byron Easley, NYU’s New Studio on Broadway (Tisch School of the Arts)

Byron was awarded the 2011 Society of Director’s and Choreographer’s Joe A. Callaway Award and an Audelco Award for excellence in choreography for the Off-Broadway production of Langston in Harlem.  A two-time winner of Atlanta’s Suzi Bass Award in choreography for the Alliance Theatre’s productions of Sophisticated Ladies and Jelly’s Last Jam, his work as […]

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Alison d’Amato, Eastman School of Music

Pianist Dr. Alison d’Amato is passionately engaged as performer and teacher in the full spectrum of collaborative musical genres, particularly skilled in song and text-based genres. A valued colleague and innovative mentor, she is Artistic Co-Director of Florestan Recital Project, Assistant Professor of Vocal Coaching at Eastman School of Music, Program co-Director of Art song […]

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