Audrey Vardanega
Phone: 510-590-8824 E-Mail: [email protected]
Education M.M. The New School, Mannes School of Music, New York, NY, Received May 2019, Private Teacher: Richard Goode B.A. Columbia University, Columbia College, New York, NY. Received May 2017. Major: Political Science.
Experience Musaics of the Bay, Berkeley, CA January 2019-Present Artistic Director and Founder
Neighborhood Classics, New York, NY March 2019-Present Director of Neighborhood Classics at PS 234
Piano Teacher, New York, NY September 2017-Present
Zhejiang Arts School, Hangzhou, China March 2015 Visiting Teacher
New York Philharmonic, New York, NY January 2014-June 2014 Musical Composition Teaching Assistant, The Bridge Program
Columbia University New Opera Workshop, New York, NY December 2013-2014 Assistant Music Director/Music Director
Columbia University Forte Collaborative, New York, NY January 2015-2016 Vice President
WKCR FM New York 89.9, New York, NY January 2014-2017 Radio Programmer and Host, The Early Music Show, Afternoon Classical
Tiffany and Company Global A-List Ambassador, New York, NY September 2016-May 2017 Global A-List Ambassador
The Creative Coalition, New York, NY May –August 2015 Intern
China Radio International, Beijing, China June-August 2014 Research Intern
Festivals Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Highland Park, Illinois June 2017-2018
IMS Prussia Cove, Cornwall, UK March-April 2018 Audrey Vardanega Page 2
Carnegie Hall Workshops, New York, NY February 2017
Publications/Presentations McGill University Musicology Graduate Symposium, Montreal, Canada March 14, 2018 Academic Presenter
Djerassi “Dance Lumiere” Presenters Forum, Djerassi, CA June 2017, June 2018 Presenter
Columbia University Undergraduate Review Journal, New York, NY September 2017 Published A uthor
Columbia University Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies Essay Prize, New York, NY May 2017 Honorable Mention
Performance Experience Tri-Institutional Series at Rockefeller University, New York, NY March 2019 Solo Recitalist
The Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL June 2017-July 2018 Solo and Collaborative Performer
Camera Music, New York, NY June 2015-Present Co-director and soloist
Conservatorio de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain December 2018 Presented concerts with violist Gonzalo Martin Rodriguez
Old First Church Series, San Francisco, CA August 2013-Present Solo Recitalist
The Maybeck Studios for Performing Arts and The Hillside Club, Berkeley, CA August 2015-Present Five-time Solo Recitalist
The Crowden School Sundays at 4 Series, Berkeley, CA September 2016 Solo and Chamber Performer
The Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, Hangzhou, China March 2015 Solo Recitalist
The Hangzhou Grand Theater, Hangzhou, China March 2015 Solo Recitalist
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The Midsummer Mozart Festival, San Francisco, CA 2009-2013 Three-time soloist under Maestro George Cleve
IMG Artists Festival del Sole, Napa Valley, CA August 2007 Debut Solo Recitalist
The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco, CA 2006 Debut Soloist with Orchestra