Patty Thom is currently the Chair of Voice and Opera at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, a position she has held since 2003. Previous to that she was the Director of Music at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, MA, a boarding high school for young performing and visual artists. She was also Director of the New England Conservatory at Walnut Hill in a partner program with the New England Conservatory Preparatory School. In addition to her administrative role at Boston Conservatory, she teaches studio voice and performance skills classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels and co-directs the Vocal/Choral Intensive summer program for young singers. Ms. Thom graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1980 with a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance. In 1985 she received a Masters of Music in Vocal Accompanying from Boston University where she studied piano with Allen Rogers and Anthony di Bonaventura and accompanied and coached in the voice studio of Phyllis Curtin. She continued her affiliation with Miss Curtin both at Boston University and at Tanglewood as Head Vocal Coach of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists’ Vocal Program and as instructor of voice and a member of the accompanying staff at the University. Ms. Thom has given concerts and masterclasses around the world and is a regular presenter at the National Classical Singer Convention. She is currently on the Board of Visitors at the Walnut Hill School and the Advisory Board of Boston Opera Collaborative. A native of North Dakota, she lives in Boston.