FACULTY

Dr. Madelyn Spring Gearheart,
Artistic Director

Dr Madelyn Spring Gearheart earned a Bachelor of Music degree, magna cum laude from the University of New Hampshire, a Master of Science in Music Education from the University of Illinois and a Doctorate in Music and Music Education from Columbia University.

A lyric coloratura soprano, Dr. Gearheart performed with the Venice opera,
Teatro La Fenice, and the Verona opera, L'Arena di Verona during the seven years
that she lived in Italy. She was a finalist in the international opera competition,
"R. Stracciari" in Bologna. She studied with notable teachers such as Mario Del Monaco, William Warfield and William Eddy.

Dr Gearheart is the founder and conductor of the New Hampshire Youth Chorus
and the New Hampshire Women's Chorus. She has been a guest conductor and
vocal coach for the Summer Youth Music School at the University of New Hampshire and Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter. She operates a private voice studio and appears as a soloist, clinician and adjudicator.

Dr. Gearheart is a member of the National Music Educators Conference (MENC) and is President of the
New Hampshire chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA).

Anna D´Errico,
Accompanist

Born near Venice in 1980, pianist Anna D’Errico studied with Giorgio Lovato at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude and her Masters degree, summa cum laude. She furthered her studies.

  A prize winner in several international competitions, Ms D’Errico has performed as soloist with prestigious orchestras, including the Orchestra of La Fenice in Venice and the Padova Orchestra.  She has given masterclasses and recitals at the Weber Music Hall at the University of Minnesota, Duluth and Farley’s House of Pianos in Madison, Wisconsin.

  Ms D’Errico is deeply interested in modern and contemporary music.  She is currently scheduled to take part in the Lucerne Festival, under the direction of Pierre Boulez, and will perform a program dedicated to the him that will tour Tokyo, Carnegie Hall and the Julliard School in New York.  She has performed with several contemporary music ensembles, including the Simultaneo Ensemble and the Ensemble ad Hoc.  Anna has also recorded a cycle of compositions for piano four-hands set to her original poetry.

Since 2004, Ms D’Errico has been the director of the Cultural Association, “Musici Mojanesi”, whose aim is to support young musicians and new artistic projects.

 

DIVA FOR A DAY
P.O.BOX 216
DURHAM, NH, USA, 03824

www.divaoperaviva.com