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Dr. Gwendolyn Hillman
Gwendolyn Hillman has performed both solo and chamber engagements throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Her voice has been praised by critics as “graceful, lush and uniquely beautiful”
Her most recent operatic credits include Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Parasha in Stravinsky’s Mavra, Marguerite in Faust, and Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte. She has appeared as a principal artist with the Sanibel Music Festival, Opera Theater of Connecticut, Ashlawn-Highland Festival, Colorado Opera Festival, Ridotto Concert Opera, Stony Brook Opera, the Canterbury Chorale Society of New York, the Wallingford Symphony and the Middletown Chorale. In performance and masterclass she has worked with several notable musicians including Elaine Bonazzi, Frederica Von Stade, John Cage, Richard Cross, David Lawton and Garold Whistler.
Ms. Hillman has also been invited to premiere several 20th century works, among them the title role of Princess Vidya in Sheila Silver’s acclaimed opera, The Thief of Love recently released on DVD by Hummingbird Films. Opera News praised her performance, “…hers is a voice that truly matters, and deserves international attention.” (March, 2007) Ms. Hillman has won numerous awards and prizes including the Galli-Campi Coloratura Award, the Jensen Foundation Competition in New York, First place in the professional division of the Amici Vocal Competition and First place in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Vocal Competition. Most recently she was a finalist in the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Vilar Young Artist Auditions in London. Ms. Hillman earned her Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from the New England Conservatory, her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts (both in vocal performance) from the State University of New York at Stony Brook./www
Dr. Hillman is a member of the Voice Faculties of the University of New Haven and Choate Rosemary Hall.
Dr. Hillman is currently the Director of Music and Organist for the First Church of Round Hill in Greenwich, CT.
Students of Dr. Hillman have been accepted by the New England Conservatory, Peabody Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, Yale School of Music, NYU, Columbia and Westminster Choir College.
To schedule a lesson, please call 203-315-8171
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