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First Soprano

Perhaps the best way to describe Ceinwen is that she is a musical and multi-cultural virtuoso.  A naturally gifted musician, she is blessed with an exquisite voice with only ½ year of training.  She has studied Chinese folksong for ½ year, and has played piano for 5 years, violin for 2 years, flute for 3 years, and autoharp for 43 years.  She has sung first soprano in a multitude of choirs, including the  Bach Choir for 6 years, the Mendelssohn Choir for 1 year, the  Pittsburgh Camerata for 20 years, the Pittsburgh Oratorio for 25 years and the Latin- American Choir for 2 years.  She has soloed for the Bach Choir and the Camerata, and has been Choir Director/Pianist Substitute for the Community of  Reconciliation for 10 years and a Church Organist for 1 year.  Ceinwen is also active as a music teacher.  She has taught music to children with learning disabilities for 7 years and piano for 5 years.  She is on the faculty at Calliope House for Elementary Voice.  She is also a UPMC Folk Singing Volunteer.    Fluent  in Chinese, Russian, Spanish, French, German, Polish and Portuguese as well as English,  Ceinwen holds a B.A. in Russian from Stanford University in 1966, has studied Russian and Chinese for 1 year at the Graduate School at the University of  Warsaw in 1967, and went on to receive an M.A.T. from Harvard in 1968 and a Certificate in Math from Duquesne University in 1974.  She currently teaches Russian and Chinese at a Pittsburgh elementary school.  Ceinwen’s creativity takes many forms.   Every Halloween, she can be seen wearing an elaborate costume of her own design and making.  She hails from the Chicago area.

Ceinwen

(pronounced “Kine’-wen)

 

♪  Hear Me Sing Summertime