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Shiela Kibbe is currently Assistant Professor and chairman of the Collaborative Piano Department at Boston University's School of Music.

Hailed by Richard Dyer in The Boston Globe as a "superb collaborative pianist," Ms. Kibbe has been recital partner to French hornist Eric Ruske, violist Michelle LaCourse, trumpeter Terry Everson, and singers Mark Aliapoulios, Penelope Bitzas, Gui-Ping Deng, D'Anna Fortunato, William Hite, Sarah Pelletier, and William Sharp. She has been the pianist for baritone Stephen Salters, recording with him on the Qualiton 'Cypres' label, and concertizing with him throughout Belgium, Germany, Japan, and Russia.

For several years, Ms. Kibbe was rehearsal pianist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood Festival Chorus, as well as accompanist for the John Oliver Chorale, recording with them on the Koch label. She has served as principal keyboardist and vocal coach for the Symphony and Opera Association in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and as pianist for the Pennsylvania Opera Theatre, the Philadelphia Orchestra Woodwind Quintet Seminars, and the International Suzuki Institute in Ithaca, New York.

Ms. Kibbe holds two Master of Music degrees from Temple University in Philadelphia, and was twice a fellow in Vocal Accompanying at the Tanglewood Music Center. She has taught at New England Conservatory and began her association with Boston University as a vocal coach in the Opera Institute.

Performances

Distler Performance Hall at Tufts University | September 27, 2009
Distler Performance Hall at Tufts University | September 25, 2009

News and Press

[Concert Review] Florestan, BMOP offer sublime tribute to vocal music

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project had a good idea last weekend. They paired with the Florestan Project, a superb vocal group, to present three days of concerts named “Voice of America” at Tufts University’s Distler Performance Hall. Florestan presented the complete songs of Samuel Barber, some 75 in number. The Sunday afternoon concert I attended then featured a chamber-music-sized BMOP with concerted songs of Samuel Barber and Virgil Thomson. Florestan and BMOP together offered a sublime tribute to the voice.

The Boston Musical Intelligencer Full review
[Concert Review] Florestan and BMOP join forces to celebrate American vocal repertoire

This evening’s double concert in the Distler Performance Hall of Tufts’ Granoff Music Center began a 3-day festival involving a partnership between the Florestan Recital Project and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project to highlight American vocal music. The former’s presentation was the 1st of 3 concerts which together would span the entire vocal opus of Samuel Barber, aptly titled, “BarberFest,” while the latter highlights contemporary compositions for vocalist(s) and chamber orchestra.

Classical Voice of New England Full review