Presented By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD)
Voice & Piano Master Class with Cameron Stowe
Sally Fleming Master Class Series
Pianist Cameron Stowe is a leading specialist in the study and performance of song recital repertoire, and he will lead a master class with SMTD voice and collaborative piano students in a variety of art songs. Free and open to the public; presented with generous support from the Sally Fleming Master Class Series.
ABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST
Dr. Stowe has appeared in concert venues and music festivals in the Far East, Europe, South America, and throughout the United States and Canada, playing with some of the most prominent singers of his generation, including Randall Scarlata, Denyce Graves, Reginald Mobley, Susan Graham, Danielle DeNiese, Faith Esham, Vinson Cole, Sari Gruber, Jesse Blumberg, and Oral Moses.
Stowe serves as Chair of Collaborative Piano at New England Conservatory and Director of Collaborative Piano and Art Song Programming at Aspen Music Festival. Formerly a professor for fifteen years at The Juilliard School, he has given master classes to pianists and singers in the US and abroad, including residencies at Vancouver International Song Institute, Toronto Summer Music Festival, and National Taiwan Normal University.
Recent educational projects include the creation of the innovative Song Lab at NEC and extensive work with musicologist Benjamin Binder, with whom he has designed song workshops and summer courses for performers, musicologists, theorists, and literary scholars. Together, they led the Scholarship in Song Performance summer festival at University of British Columbia for four years, assembling students and professionals, including Susan Youens, Jane Brown, Richard Kramer, Michael Musgrave, Graham Johnson, Thomas Allen, Ann Murray, and Margo Garrett, to encourage cross-disciplinary approaches in the study of song. In addition, Stowe served as keynote speaker and artist-teacher at the first Chinese National Conference on Collaborative Piano.
Stowe holds a doctorate from The Juilliard School with a specialized focus in song and vocal chamber music, as well as degrees from Peabody Conservatory and Oberlin College Conservatory.
ABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST
Dr. Stowe has appeared in concert venues and music festivals in the Far East, Europe, South America, and throughout the United States and Canada, playing with some of the most prominent singers of his generation, including Randall Scarlata, Denyce Graves, Reginald Mobley, Susan Graham, Danielle DeNiese, Faith Esham, Vinson Cole, Sari Gruber, Jesse Blumberg, and Oral Moses.
Stowe serves as Chair of Collaborative Piano at New England Conservatory and Director of Collaborative Piano and Art Song Programming at Aspen Music Festival. Formerly a professor for fifteen years at The Juilliard School, he has given master classes to pianists and singers in the US and abroad, including residencies at Vancouver International Song Institute, Toronto Summer Music Festival, and National Taiwan Normal University.
Recent educational projects include the creation of the innovative Song Lab at NEC and extensive work with musicologist Benjamin Binder, with whom he has designed song workshops and summer courses for performers, musicologists, theorists, and literary scholars. Together, they led the Scholarship in Song Performance summer festival at University of British Columbia for four years, assembling students and professionals, including Susan Youens, Jane Brown, Richard Kramer, Michael Musgrave, Graham Johnson, Thomas Allen, Ann Murray, and Margo Garrett, to encourage cross-disciplinary approaches in the study of song. In addition, Stowe served as keynote speaker and artist-teacher at the first Chinese National Conference on Collaborative Piano.
Stowe holds a doctorate from The Juilliard School with a specialized focus in song and vocal chamber music, as well as degrees from Peabody Conservatory and Oberlin College Conservatory.