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 Mr. Merrill is a faculty member in the College for the following department(s) and division(s):
| Telephone | (212) 749-2802 x7876 | | E-mail | kenwmerrill@yahoo.com |
| | | Kenneth Merrill is currently on the coaching faculty of The Juilliard School vocal arts department. He is also on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music, where he teaches song repertoire, accompanying, and vocal-instrumental ensemble. He has been associated with the Aspen Music Festival since 1980, acting as head coach for the Aspen Opera Theater Center, which is directed by Edward Berkeley. In 1998 he began an association with the Chautauqua Institution voice program, led by Marlena Malas. In 1999 he was appointed a visiting lecturer in vocal repertoire at Princeton University. Most recently, he has become affiliated with the New National Theater of Tokyo.
As conductor of opera, he has led productions of Britten's The Burning Fiery Furnace, The Beggar's Opera, Mozart's The Impresario, Handel's Acis and Galatea, Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Cavalli's La Calisto, and, most recently, Rossini's La Cenerentola with the Juilliard Opera Center in November 2000, and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Britten's Albert Herring with the Juilliard Opera Theater in April and May 2001.
He was head of musical preparation for the Houston Grand Opera productions of Rossini's La Cenerentola in 1995, with Cecilia Bartoli in the title role and in which he also played harpsichord-continuo, and Mozart's Die Zauberflote in 1997.
As pianist he has appeared in concert with such artists as Gérard Souzay, Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill, Eleanor Steber, James King, Jan DeGaetani, John Aler, Neil Rosenshein, Paul Groves, Charlotte Hellekant, Faith Esham, and Jeanette Thompson. He has recently begun an association with Regina Resnik Presents, which features recitals built around specific composers or themes accompanied with narrations by Mme. Resnik and assisted by sopranos Jennifer Aylmer and Ruth Golden and tenor Michael Philip Davis.
As harpsichordist and organist, he has appeared in many concerts of early music, particularly with the baroque ensemble Affetti Musicali, which he helped to found in 1992. He has performed continuo in nearly all the operas of Mozart and Rossini and in many of those of Handel.
Mr. Merrill received his bachelor of music degree from the University of Arkansas and his master of music degree from The Juilliard School.
Manhattan School of Music faculty since 1995.
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