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Eric Kramer continues to oversee the growth of the Collegium Westchester Chorus and Orchestra. He is its first music director since Collegium Westchester's inception in 1996. He also serves as assistant conductor for the Bronx Opera. He has also been active in Europe: He has conducted the Kromeriz Chamber Orchestra, the Moravian Philharmonic, and the Solti Chamber Orchestra in performance and/or recording, and worked with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Opéra National de Lyon as assistant conductor to Iván Fischer. Mr. Kamer came to New York in 1994 to pursue graduate study in conducting at the Mannes College of Music. While studying there, he conducted performances by the Mannes Orchestra and Mannes Opera. Subsequently he has served as chorus director for the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera and the Connecticut Grand Opera, coach/pianist and education tour music director for the Virginia Opera, and guest conductor for the Westchester Chorale. Since 1995, he has also served as music director of the First Presbyterian Church of Ossining, NY. Before leaving high school, Mr. Kramer played his own Piano Concerto with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. As an undergraduate at Harvard University, he received accolades from Leonard Bernstein for a performance in which he conducted some of his own compositions. He has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist in various North American cities, often playing his own compositions. Eric Kramer's principal teachers in music have included Michael Charry, Louis Lane, Peter Lieberson, Easley Blackwood, and Carlo Levi Minzi. |