Ms. Bers is a faculty member in the College for the following department(s) and division(s): Voice (College) Telephone  (212) 749-2802  x7621

b. Winnetka, IL. Education: M.A. Brandeis University; B.S., Columbia University. Studied Voice With: Tourel, Callas, Popper, Berl, Guth, Faull, Cuenod, Brown, Hotter, Stader; acting with Stella Adler. Opera, recitals, concerts, college concert tours. Credits: U.S. premiere of Schumann’s Des Sangers Fluch Television production of Britten’s Turn of the Screw Auditor for New York State Council on the Arts. Master Classes: Symposium on the Care of the Professional Voice, Metropolitan Opera Auditions, Korean Broadcasting System. Summer Programs: Istituto Bel Canto, Aspen Music School. Adjudication: Concert Artists Guild, Metropolitan Opera Auditions, Queen Elizabeth International Music Competition (Belgium). Quoted: Opera News, Wall Street Journal, Lettre du Musicien. Faculty: The Juilliard School faculty since 1985; chair, voice department, 1991-95, 2006. New York University since 1999. Bard College Dawn Upshaw Graduate program in voice, 2006. Manhattan School of Music faculty since 1983.

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