Carolyn Herrington

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Originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Carolyn Herrington obtained her Doctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano from the University of Michigan, where she studied with world-renowned pianist and coach, Martin Katz. Her reputation as an outstanding collaborative pianist is quickly growing. Currently she is Assistant Professor in the Don Wright Faculty of Music at The University of Western Ontario. She holds a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano Performance from that same school, where she was honored to study with John Hess. In addition, Carolyn has studied on numerous occasions with esteemed collaborative pianist Rudolph Jansen, and has also worked with pianists Margo Garrett, Alan Smith, Antoine Palloc, Ken Griffiths, Kathleen Kelly, Rena Sharon, and Michael McMahon. She has performed in several masterclasses for singers such as Shirley Verrett, Elly Ameling, and Edith Wiens.

She currently maintains active performing and coaching careers throughout North America. Ms. Herrington’s festival appearances include Songfest in Malibu, the Song in Collaboration Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Mountainview International Festival of Song in Calgary. Last summer she was hired as coach for the University of Michigan’s summer opera workshop in Florence, Italy and this summer for the University of Western Ontario Intersession Vocal Arts Intensive. In May 2009 she will be coaching at the first ever Canadian Operatic Arts Academy in London, Ontario.

E-mail: cherrin@uwo.ca
Phone: 519-661-2111 ext. 85378
Web-site: http://carolynherrington.com/

 

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