Artistic Director Cynthia Powell
Artistic Director Cynthia Powell
Cynthia Powell assumed the position of Artistic Director of the Stonewall Chorale in September,2002. She has conducted choirs throughout the NY metropolitan area and currently serves as Music Director of West End Collegiate,NYC and Organist/ Choirmaster of Temple Sinai in Tenafly. As a pianist and organist,she toured the U.S. and Europe with Meredith Monk’s opera ATLAS,and Monk’s Celebration Service and Quarry at the Spoleto,USA Festival,the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis and Lincoln Center. She has conducted Stonewall’s collaborations with Meredith Monk at Merkin Hall and at the BAM Next Wave Festival in October 2009.
A graduate of Westminster Choir College,she has been a guest conductor at Sarah Lawrence College,the St. George’s Choral Society in NYC and the International Choral Festival in Havana,Cuba. She has produced recitals and concerts to benefit Bailey House,the animals injured in the Exxon-Valdez disaster,and Doctors without Borders. Cynthia is also the conductor of Melodia Women’s Choir of NYC.
Accompanist Eric Sedgwick
Accompanist Eric Sedgwick
Eric Sedgwick,accompanist,is a collaborative pianist and vocal coach from Worcester,Massachusetts. He holds a Masters degree in piano performance from Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Marc Silverman,as well as a B.A. in English Literature from Brown University. Mr. Sedgwick serves as accompanist for the Riverdale Choral Society and staff accompanist and coach at the Manhattan School of Music,and he performs regularly with Broadway Concerts Direct in upstate New York. He has won numerous awards as a solo pianist,including the Brown University Concerto competition (Brahms 2nd) and the Steinway Competition of Boston. He has also appeared at such varied venues as Merkin Hall,Birdland and the Metropolitan Room in New York,and the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia.
