Featured Artists
The Grandin Festival is honored to welcome these outstanding artists to the 2008 Season.
Process
Each concert is individually programmed, prepared, and presented by an esteemed coach of the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) faculty or an internationally renowned guest artist.
Full Artist Biography
Featured Guest Artists
William Averill | Pianist
William Averill is truly a “collaborative keyboardist”, at home not only at the piano, but equally at the harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ. Mr. Averill spent four years honing and refining his skills at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he completed a MM in Vocal Accompanying, studying with Kenneth Griffiths and Donna Loewy, and an Artist Diploma in Opera Coaching. Mr. Averill began his studies at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, where he completed bachelor degrees in piano, flute, and music education. He has recently completed his doctoral degree at the Early Music Institute of IU, Bloomington, majoring in harpsichord and fortepiano with Elisabeth Wright.
Mary Dibbern | Pianist
The American pianist Mary Dibbern is internationally known as a specialist in the field of vocal accompaniment. Her activities include opera coaching, recitals, recordings, master classes at the University level, Young Artists Program teaching, television and radio appearances in Europe, the United States and Asia. She is also the author of four books for Pendragon Press, with a fifth book in progress. For further information, please visit her web site: www.Mary-Dibbern.com.
Warren Jones | Pianist
Warren Jones frequently performs with many of today's best-known artists, including: Barbara Bonney, Ruth Ann Swenson, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Denyce Graves, Stephanie Blythe, Håkan Hagegård, Bo Skovhus, Samuel Ramey, James Morris, John Relyea, and Joseph Alessi. Mr. Jones has appeared with the Juilliard, Borromeo and Brentano string quartets. His collaborations have earned consistently high praise from many publications: The Boston Globe termed him "flawless" and "utterly ravishing"; The New York Times ,"exquisite"; and The San Francisco Chronicle said simply, "He is the single finest accompanist now working."