MICHAEL MONROE

Pianist Michael Monroe has performed throughout the Boston area at such venues as Jordan Hall, the Gardner Museum, and the French Library, collaborating in recital with acclaimed violinists Stefan Jackiw and Arturo Delmoni and countless students at the New England Conservatory and other area schools. While completing his DMA at the New England Conservatory he taught classes in accompanying and music history and coached for the NEC Opera Workshop. Dr. Monroe also has degrees in piano performance from the University of Arkansas and the University of Maryland and has been a guest opera coach at the North Carolina School of the Arts and music director for a Boston Aria Guild production of Hänsel und Gretel. His principal teachers have been Alan Chow, Thomas Schumacher, and Irma Vallecillo and he has studied with Martin Canin, Margo Garrett, and members of the Guarneri Quartet.

Visit his blog MMmusing.