A native of Southwestern Pennsylvania, young baryton-martin Amitabha Chakrabarti is a professional emerging artist holding a Master’s of Music degree from the University of Southern California. He has performed in venues throughout the Tri-State area, with D’Angelo Opera Theater, After Dinner Opera Company, and Undercroft Opera in Pittsburgh. In Los Angeles 2008, he was a principal role in USC Opera Theater’s The Rape of Lucretia as Junius, and as the Vicar in the 2009 production of Albert Herring. Other roles throughout his years of study are Papageno from Die Zauberfl%F6te, Belcore from L’Elisir D’Amore, Marcello from La Boheme, and Guglielmo from Cosi fan tutte. Amitabha has been teaching for about 5 years, and has several promising students in various genres of music. His method is through classical voice training, which enables a singer to perform freely and without tension in sound%97this in the end proves to be as beneficial for pop, rock, country, jazz, and musical theater singers as well. He also has 7 years of piano training, 6 years in music theory and composition, speaks several European/Asian languages and can work theoretical and performance piano with students depending on their skill level. Amitabha instills freedom of artistry with his students, be it for competitive edge or for fun with music.
Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher
Instructor:
Maureen Miller
Focus Areas:
Voice
Instruments:
Voice ($26/30 minutes, $47/1 hour)
Locations:
Golden Mile
Description:
Maureen Miller, mezzo-soprano, is a singing artist of distinction whose beautiful timbre has pleased audiences throughout the eastern U.S. and abroad. Performance credits include solo recitals, opera, and concert appearances in New York City, St. Louis, and Philadelphia among others. International credits include performances in Kyoto and Osaka, Japan with the Sakai Opera Company, and solo recitals in Paris and Larnaca, Cyprus. Featured among her concert repertoire are the Rossini Stabat Mater, Beethoven’s Symphony #9, and the Durufle Requiem. In addition she has won vocal competitions in Milwaukee, New Hampshire, and Detroit and placed third in the National opera Association competition in Boston. More recently Ms. Miller sang the role of Mother Theresa (The Proposal) with the newly formed Microscopic Opera of Pittsburgh, was soloist with the St. Vincent Camerata in performances of Messiah and the Vivaldi Gloria, and was a featured artist for the “Joy of Music Concert Series” at Manchester United Methodist Church in St. Louis. In May 2010 she was soloist for the Durufl%E9 Requiem for Music in a Great Space at Shadyside Presbyterian Church where she currently serves as a regular soloist and member of the Chancel Choir. Dr. Miller lives also teaches in her home studio and for WCCC. A former Associate Professor at Ball State University, she has earned degrees in vocal performance from Duquesne University (B.M.), the University of Michigan (M.M.), and Florida State University (D.M.) while studying with such notables as Thomas Houser (New Holland, PA.), Edward Zambara (CASA), Donna Loewy (CCM),Yvonne Ciannella (FSU) and Nico Castel and Joan Dornemann (MET).
Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher
Instructor:
Raquel Winnica
Focus Areas:
Voice
Instruments:
Voice
Locations:
Bridgeville
Description:
Raquel Winnica Young earned her Degree in Vocal Performance from the Colon Opera House in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received her Artist Diploma in Voice from Duquesne University. A winner of the 2010 Pittsburgh Concert Society Major Auditions, she attended the prestigious Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute in 2012. Raquel’s singing career has taken her locally (Quantum Theatre’s productions of Ainadamar and Maria de Buenos Aires, Chatham Baroque, Altoona and Johnstown Symphonies, Pittsburgh Baroque Ensemble, Pittsburgh Camerata), nationally (Apollo’s Fire in Cleveland, Helios Early Opera in Boston, Strings Festival in Colorado) and across South America and Europe. She is also a member of the Living Room Chamber Music Project here in Pittsburgh.
In addition to giving master classes and clinics, Raquel has been teaching private students for over fifteen years. Her philosophy of freedom and confidence has helped singers of all ages, and she believes that singing is a learning process that requires discipline, commitment, love for music and the integration of the mind and the mechanics of the body.
Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher
*Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher* This means that the teacher has received Act 33/34 Clearances from the State of Pennsylvania. Act 33/34 Clearances are designed to ensure that people who work with children have a record clear of child abuse and crime. All schools in Pennsylvania require that teachers and school staff have Act 33/34 Clearances. In June of 2005, Johnstonbaugh’s Music Centers implemented a policy that all new teachers are required to have Act 33/34 Clearances.
