Eva Kendrick
Professional Experience
• Chair, Composition/Theory Department, Voice Instructor, Composer-in-Residence, Community Music Center of Boston, Boston, MA. September 2007-present.
• Music Director, Pianist/Organist, Choir Director, First Parish Unitarian-Universalist, Medfield, MA. September 2006-present.
• Opera Educator for OPERAtunity Afterschool Program, Opera Providence, Olneyville, RI. 2006 & 2007.
• Voice Teacher, grades 7-12, SMARTS Summer Institute, Attleboro, MA. Summers 2006 & 2007.
• Guest Accompanist and Soloist at St. Matthew-Trinity Lutheran Church, Holy Name of Jesus, St. Edward’s, and St. Anthony’s Churches in Providence, RI.
• Music Director, Shining Song Cycle performances in New England and Los Angeles. 2006.
• Music Director and Rehearsal Pianist, Le Bistro Cafe, Los Angeles, CA. 2003.
• Music Director and Rehearsal Pianist, Emily, Productions at the Pasadena Balcony Theatre, Ebell of Los Angeles, The Music Mansion (Providence, RI) and the Longfellow National Park (Cambridge, MA). 2001, 2002, 2004.
• Theory and Solfege Tutor for students at the Longy School of Music, Rhode Island College, the Community College of Rhode Island, and the University of Rhode Island.
• Guest Conductor, St. Mel Singers Holiday Concert, Woodland Hills, CA. 2002.
• Tutor in voice, piano, and chorus at St. Mary’s Home for Children in Providence, RI.
Education
• M.M. Composition, with Distinction, Longy School of Music, 2003-2006
• B.M. Vocal Performance, cum laude, Rhode Island College, 1993-1997
Honors
• ASCAPLU$ Award, 2000-present
• American Composers Forum, Los Angeles Chapter: Subito Grant Recipient
• Longy School of Music Scholarship
• National Film Challenge Award: Best Sci-Fi, Realizing Glen (Composer), Coal Miner Films
• USA Today Award, All-USA College Award, Honorable Mention
• Robert J. Graves Music Scholarship
• National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) awards: 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd places, Providence, RI; 3rd place, Boston, MA
Professional Development
• Unitarian-Universalist Musicians Network Conference, Boston, MA, 2008.
• Guest Speaker, Life (As an Art Form) Experiential Workshop by Jesh De Rox, Boston, MA, 2008.
• Project Coordinator, SWAN Day RI (Support Women Artists Now) Festival, Cranston, RI, 2008.
• American Conservatory Theatre Summer Training Congress, San Francisco, CA, 1999
Commissions
• Dinosaur Annex Young Composers Festival Grand Concert Commission, 2009.
• Jessica Sherer, flute and viola duets, 2009.
• New Gallery Concert Series, 2009.
• Anthology a cappella female quartet, 2009.
• Rialto Arts, documentary film score and music for live performance, 2008.
• To a Man documentary film score, funded by a COHASI Grant, 2008.
• Community Music Center of Boston Orchestra and Chorus, 2008.
• William O’Neill, Bass-Baritone, 2008.
• First Parish Needham and Grace Church Choirs, 2007.
• Providence Mandolin Orchestra, 2006.
• Jessica Sherer, Flutist, 2006.
• Second Star to the Right, violin, flute, and piano trio, New England tour, 2005.
• Quincy Quartet, clarinet and three cellos, Summer Music Clinic, 2005.
Recent Venues for Original Music
Longy School of Music SeptemberFEST Concert Series * John Kleshinski Concert Series * SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day RI Festival * Pickman Hall * Herring Run Arts Fest * Birth of a Musical Festival * The Magdalena Project (USA) * Voices of the Spirit: Voices of New England * Arts in the Village Concert Series * Twin River Casino * Longfellow National Park Concert Series * Summer Shorts Festival * First Parish Medfield * Perishable Theatre’s Live/Whirled Series * Waterfire Providence * The Lilypad * EBELL of Los Angeles * Mary K. Hail Music Mansion * Whitmore-Lindley Theatre * Allen Hall
Masterclasses
• Judith Christin, Frances Devlin-Epsen, Suzanna Guzman, Daniel Helfgott, Nina Hinson, Barry Jones, Edward Markward, Alan Smith, Henri Venanzi, William Vendice.
Primary Instructors
• Composition: John Howell Morrison, 2003-present.
• Voice: Shigemi Matsumoto, Karyl Ryczek, Donald St. Jean, Susan Rodgers.
Affiliations
• ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Performers)
• American Composers Forum
• IAWM (International Alliance of Women in Music)
• Unitarian-Universalist Musicians Network
Special Skills
Piano, organ, Baroque recorder, Alexander Technique, fencing, Dalcroze Eurythmics, Software programs: Sibelius, Finale, Cubase, Protools, Peak, Garageband.
