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A \u2018music-infused\u2019 life: mezzo-soprano Katherine Ciesinski \u201918M (MS)<\/h1>\n

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The Martin E. and Corazon D. Sanders Professor of Voice at the Eastman School of Music says that teaching has been the fulfillment and greatest gift of her life<\/h3>\n

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Katherine Ciesinski \u201918M (MS), the Martin E. and Corazon D. Sanders Professor of Voice at the Eastman School of Music
Photo: Jim Caldwell<\/p><\/div>\n

Since winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions at the age of 23, Katherine Ciesinski \u201918M (MS) has achieved worldwide recognition as a performer and recording artist. The New York Times <\/em>has called her a \u201csinger of rare communicative presence, and a musician of discrimination and intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2008, Ciesinski joined the faculty at the Eastman School of Music, where she is now the Martin E. and Corazon D. Sanders Professor of Voice. A decade later, she earned a master\u2019s degree in medical humanities from the School of Medicine and Dentistry.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic has infused, inspired, and directed my life,\u201d says Ciesinski. \u201cI will sing and teach for as long as I can until it ceases to give me the great joy that it does.\u201d<\/p>\n

My family<\/strong><\/h3>\n

My father, a Michigan native, was a World War II prisoner of war in Germany. He earned Purple Heart and Bronze Star medals for his service. My mother was in the USO. They met on a train on Long Island just after the war. They fell in love, married, and moved to Delaware where they raised me, my brother, Raymond, and my sister, Kristine, who also became an international opera singer. My parents were educators, and my father was also inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame for track and field coaching.<\/p>\n

My childhood<\/strong><\/h3>\n

My parents told me that I babbled musically to the radio when I was a baby. As a toddler, they couldn\u2019t tear me away from the piano at my grandmother\u2019s house (which soon made its way to our family\u2019s living room). I sang in our church choir and throughout grade school, middle school, and high school. At an early age, my teachers recognized that I had perfect pitch.<\/p>\n

My early training and career<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I earned a bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s in applied voice performance from Temple. After Temple, I went to Curtis Institute of Music for a three-year intensive opera certificate program. During that time, I went to a summer music academy in Salzburg, Austria\u2014Mozart\u2019s hometown. It was an eye-opening experience. International opera stars were treated like movie stars and every storefront featured life-sized portraits of them. After Curtis, I spent the summer in France and won major competitions in Geneva and Paris. Soon, I was performing at acclaimed opera houses and with leading orchestras around the globe.<\/p>\n

My lucky breaks<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When I was living in New York City in my early 30s, an opera company in Mexico called me, desperate. They were doing Samson and Delilah<\/em>, and they needed a new lead, fast, to perform live and on TV with Pl\u00e1cido Domingo, the lead tenor who played Samson. I was given the score just a day or two before getting on a plane. I was awestruck by Pl\u00e1cido and all the talent there, and people were shocked I\u2019d never performed this opera before.<\/p>\n

My life as a teacher<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In my heart and soul, I am a teacher. I enjoy the ardor, the problem-solving, and the experience of working with very talented students. Teaching allows for the full circle of what I\u2019ve learned and practiced musically. It has been the fulfillment and greatest gift of my life to be a voice teacher, to be a conduit to advance the artistic abilities of others.<\/p>\n

My interest in the medical humanities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To be a strong singer, I\u2019ve always known that I must be a healthy person. At one point, I made a connection between why I sing and why others go into medicine. We share a desire and capacity to heal people. I started dreaming of a time when I could offer some understanding of the healing aspects of music to the medical community. I loved being in the inaugural class of the UR medical humanities program. I am currently interested in exploring long-haul COVID and how singing affects lung function.<\/p>\n

My life today<\/strong><\/h3>\n

My husband, Mark Powell \u201919E (DMA), is a conductor who teaches at Queens College in New York City and commutes from Rochester. In the summers, I teach in Italy and Mexico. I also attend international music conferences throughout the year, where I sometimes present, and I chair Eastman\u2019s voice, opera, and vocal coaching department. I serve my community in all these roles with great joy. Eastman is truly my home.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1678884510693{background-color: #e7e7e7 !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Photos through the years<\/h3>\n

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Op\u00e9ra-Comique, Paris<\/div>\n
La Favorite, title role<\/div>\n
Photo: Michel Boutefeu<\/em><\/div>\n

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Theater St. Gallen, Der Rosenkavalier<\/div>\n
with Gunter von Kannen<\/div>\n

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Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra concert staging, November 2021
\nHansel und Gretel, Mother
\nPhoto: Tyler Cervini<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Join us<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To learn how you can support music and medicine, contact the Eastman School of Music’s<\/a> or the Medical Center’s<\/a> Advancement teams.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1678718717842{border-top-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;border-top-color: #999999 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}”]<\/p>\n

\u2014 Interview by Kristine Kappel Thompson, Spring 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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