HEATHER ROSE PINKHAM

Education
University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Majors: Music & Italian Studies
Graduation Date: December 16, 2010
GPA: 3.50
Universit degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
Education Abroad Program: Academic Year 2008-2009
GPA: 3.50
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Musicology Masters Program: 2014-2015
Expected Graduation Date: July, 2015

Activities

European American Musical Alliance, Paris, France

July 2-July 30, 2014
Chamber Musician
Fantasy Recording Studios, Berkeley, CA
April 2013-June 2014
Session Player, Recording Artist
Contra Costa Childrens Choir, Lafayette, CA
September 2012-June 2014
Accompanist
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra, Berkeley, CA
March 2012-June 2014
Rehearsal Accompanist
Orchestral Pianist/Organist
Arlington Church Choir, Kensington, CA
September 2011-June 2014
Accompanist
Substitute Conductor
Adda Clevenger Junior Preparatory School, San Francisco, CA
September 2011-June 2014
Accompanist
Vocal Coach/Language Consultant (Italian & French)
Teachers Assistant
Private Piano Studio, San Francisco, CA
September, 2011-June 2014
Vocal coach
Piano teacher

Teachers

Diane Hidy, San Francisco, CA

October 2011-June 2014

Jacqueline Chew, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
& Sep. 2009-Dec. 2010

Jan. 2007-May 2008

Debora Petrina, Centro Artistico Musicale, Padua, Italy

September 2008-June 2009

Masterclasses
Roy Howat, La Schola Cantorum, Paris, France
July, 2014
Chamber Music Masterclass, Debussy Petite Suite (4 hands) &
Poulenc Oboe and Piano Sonata
Simone Dinnerstein, La Schola Cantorum, Paris, France
July, 2014
Bach Masterclass, Bach English Suite No. 2
Henri Gronnier, La Schola Cantorum, Paris, France
July, 2014
Chamber Music Masterclass, Brahms 2 Piano Sonata in F minor
Geoffrey Govier, Royal College of Music, London, UK
August, 2013
Piano masterclass
Bart Van Oort, Royal Conservatory of the Hague, the Hague,
Netherlands
July, 2013
Fortepiano masterclass
Westfield Academy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
August, 2011
Fortepiano summer workshop
Sezi Seskir, Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
March, 2010
Erhard Masterclass
Malcolm Bilson, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA
February, 2010
Fortepiano Masterclass
Malcolm Martineau, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA
October 2007 & October 2009
Accompaniment Masterclass

Teaching Experience
Private Piano Studio
September 2011-June 2014
Teaching private lessons of classical piano, music theory, songwriting, vocal coaching, and improvisation for students of all levels
Vocal coaching for opera singers; teaching Italian language meaning

and pronunciation to singers, as well as teaching pronunciation in

German, French, and Spanish to singers
Adda Clevenger Junior Preparatory Theatre School
August 2011-June 2014
Taking over the choir when the conductor is absent
Making sure the kids are adequately prepared for their
performances.
Vocal coaching kids ages K-8

Notable Performances

Sweelinckzaal, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, the Netherlands

January 18, 2015
Hans Otte, The Book of Sounds
Original Works, Heather Pinkham
De Doelen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
October 17, 2014
George Crumb, Celestial Mechanics
La Schola Cantorum, Paris, France
July 14 & 28, 2014
Debussy Petite Suite for piano four hands, Mvts. 1 & 2
Poulenc Oboe and Piano Sonata
Brahms F minor Sonata for two pianos, 1st movement
Arlington Church, Kensington, CA
January & March, 2014
Solo concert
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra, St. Josephs Church,
Berkeley, CA
Nov, 2013
Organist, Charles Gounod, St. Cecilia Mass,
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra, Dvorak Hall, Prague,
Czech Republic June, 2013
Organist, Dvorak Requiem
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra, St. Josephs Church,
Berkeley, CA
May, 2013
Orchestra Pianist, Mozart C Minor Mass
Our Saviors Church, Lafayette, CA
March, 2013
Solo Concert
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra, St. Josephs Church,
Berkeley, CA
Dec, 2012
Orchestral Pianist
Opus Q Chorus, St. Johns Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, CA
December 2011 & June, 2012
Pianist
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

August, 2011
Solo Pianist
Brahms Requiem, Arlington Church, Kensington, CA
June, 2011
Pianist
UC Berkeley Schumann Bicentennial, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA
October, 2010
Solo pianist
UC Berkeley Symphony Concert, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA
February & May, 2010
Orchestral pianist
Centro Artistico Musicale Padovano, Padua, Italy
November 2008 & April, 2009
Solo concert
UC Berkeley Piano Competition, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA
March, 2008
Solo pianist
Young Musicians Scholarship Program, Mendocino, CA
June, 2007
Chamber Musician
Mendocino Presbyterian Church, Mendocino, CA
June, 2006
Solo fundraising recital for victims of the earthquake in Pakistan and
India in 2006.
Mendocino Womens Choir, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
May, 2006
Pianist

References

Professor Nicholas Mathew, Assistant Professor of Musicology

Department of Music, Morrison Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
nicholas.mathew@berkeley.edu
Diane Hidy
Pianist |Teacher |Composer |Writer |Presenter
diane@dianehidy.com
dianehidy.com
Ming Luke, Conductor
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra | San Francisco Ballet |Berkeley
Symphony
ming@mingluke.com
mingluke.com