Gary Race, director and
performance coach
Most recently, stage director, teacher, arts educator (and occasional
performer) Gary Race served as Interim Artistic Director for the
national touring ensemble TALES & SCALES. Before this he
served as Director of the Martha Ellen Tye Opera Theater at the
University of Iowa, and previously as Director of Opera for the
Cleveland Institute of Music. For two seasons he was also
Artistic Director of Lyric Opera Cleveland. His thirty-some years
of experience have included directing over 100 productions for regional
companies including Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati Opera,
Tri-Cities Opera, Ithaca Opera, Whitewater Opera, The Kennedy Center in
Washington DC, and Utah Opera among others. In 1994 he made his
European debut directing MADAMA BUTTERFLY for the Stadttheater
Lueneburg in Germany. As an educator he has presented workshops
on performance techniques in many colleges and universities including
The Manhattan School of Music, Carnegie-Mellon, Cornell, Duquesne,
Syracuse, Miami University, Ithaca College, Colgate, and the University
of Maryland at College Park, among others. He has created and
directed arts education programs for many opera companies, for Gateway
to the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh, and the National Symphony
Orchestra, where he continues to serve as Education Consultant.
His programs have won several awards including a national “A+” award
from the National Education Association. Currently, he teaches
privately in both Binghamton and New York City.
Gary Race Biography 2009
Gary Race as the Major General with Joanna Manring (front R) as Kate
and Amanda Chmela as Edith (front L)
also pictured: Laurie Hemmings (rear L), Laura Gladd (rear R). August
2009 CRS Barn production of Pirates
of Penzance
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