.:Susan Eichhorn Studio:.

Biography
Susan Eichhorn : Alan Johnson

Susan Eichhorn has been onstage since the age of five! Beginning as an actor, she has walked the boards in roles from Moliere and Shakespeare, to Dan Greenberg and Tom Stoppard! She has worked as a singer in many genres - music theatre, concert and recital repertoire in five languages and several dialects, opera and cabaret. She has had critical acclaim in contemporary concert repertoire as well as Kurt Weill and Stephen Sondheim. Opera credits include Suor Angelica, Carmen, Magic Flute, The Medium, Cosi fan tutte, Le Nozze di Figaro, The Mary Shelley Opera among others.

She holds associate diplomas from The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, in Piano Performance, Voice Performance and Vocal Pedagagy. She was awarded a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance with Great Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan and a Master of Music in Voice Performance and Vocal Literature from the University of Western Ontario, London. She has studied internationally with many different master teachers and coaches including Obie-award winning musical director/coach/pianist Alan Johnson, Opera Ebony's Wayne Sanders, Renowned soprano Irena Welhasch-Baerg, baritone Theodore Baerg and Drama-Desk Award Winner, Suzanne Ishee among others.

Susan continues to have a thriving private studio now in 2 countries! Her primary studio is located in New York City and she also continues to freelance in London. Other cities are forthcoming! She has had professorship positions at schools such as University of Western Ontario and Sarah Lawrence College.

As a freelance teacher and coach for 20 years, Susan works with beginning singers through working professionals in many genres: music theatre, opera, concert, cabaret, and jazz. Singers from many different walks come to study with her depending on their needs and goals.

Susan continues to freelance as an adjudicator and clinican throughout North America and is in high demand. She also is a senior examiner for The Royal Conservatory of Music which conducts voice examinations world-wide.

She has worked as a director for opera and musical theatre as well as an artistic director for works such as Cabaret, Little Red Riding Hood, Die Fledermaus as well as galas and one-act plays.

She continues to freelance commercially as a vocal consultant - most recently for the RCA recording artists "Cook Dixon & Young".

Alan Johnson has led numerous opera, music theater, concert, and dance works by today’s most innovative composers, including Nicholas Brooke, Mary Ellen Childs, Douglas Cuomo, Tina Davidson, Anthony Davis, Jonathan Dove, John Duffy, Michael Gordon, Allan Jaffe, Leroy Jenkins, Michael John LaChiusa, David Lang, John Moran, Polly Pen, and Michael Torke. His work has garnered Bessie, Drama Desk, Jefferson, and Obie Awards, including an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Music Direction and a Joseph Jefferson Award for Outstanding Music Direction of THE SOUND OF A VOICE, two one-act operas by Philip Glass and David Henry Hwang.

His long association with Philip Glass has included music direction for the premieres of In the Penal Colony, The Mysteries and What’s So Funny?, Henry IV Parts I and II, and Cymbeline. Johnson has also prepared premiere casts in operas by Glass including The Making of the Representative for Planet 8, Hydrogen Jukebox, Orphée, and La Belle et La Bête. He has led dance performances with music by Glass for Molissa Fenley and David Gordon’s Pick-Up Performance Company.

Performances at venues across the United States include the American Repertory Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, City Center – NY, Lincoln Center, New York Shakespeare Festival, Opera Delaware, A Contemporary Theater – Seattle, Court Theater – University of Chicago, Long Wharf Theater, McCarter Theater, and Spoleto Festival USA and Italy.

Active in New York City since 1986 as a vocal coach and pianist, Alan has prepared and collaborated with singers holding national and international engagements. As a soloist and collaborative pianist, he has performed at venues including Alice Tully Hall, The Walker Art Center, The Kitchen, Diverseworks, Dia Center for the Arts, Jacob’s Pillow, and The Joyce Theater.

He is on the faculty of the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami (FL) where he is Co-Director of the Frost Opera Theater program and Vocal Coach in the Department of Vocal Performance. Other Education affiliations have included positions with New Jersey City University, The Metropolitan Opera Guild, and New York City Opera Education Program. Alan holds a Bachelor of Music in piano performance from the University of Miami and a Master of Music in vocal coaching/accompanying from the University of Illinois.

In September 2006 he conducted the world premiere of THE DIFFICULTY OF CROSSING A FIELD, an opera by David Lang and Mac Wellman at Montclair State University. In 2007 he will lead the world premiere of COINCIDENTS, an opera by Leroy Jenkins and Mary Griffin in Milan, Italy.





	Biography Susan Eichhorn : Alan Johnson Susan Eichhorn has been onstage since the age of five! Beginning as an actor, she has walked the boards in roles from Moliere and Shakespeare, to Dan Greenberg and Tom Stoppard! She has worked as a singer in many genres - music theatre, concert and recital repertoire in five languages and several dialects, opera and cabaret. She has had critical acclaim in contemporary concert repertoire as well as Kurt Weill and Stephen Sondheim. Opera credits include Suor Angelica, Carmen, Magic Flute, The Medium, Cosi fan tutte, Le Nozze di Figaro, The Mary Shelley Opera among others. She holds associate diplomas from The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, in Piano Performance, Voice Performance and Vocal Pedagagy. She was awarded a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance with Great Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan and a Master of Music in Voice Performance and Vocal Literature from the University of Western Ontario, London. She has studied internationally with many different master teachers and coaches including Obie-award winning musical director/coach/pianist Alan Johnson, Opera Ebony's Wayne Sanders, Renowned soprano Irena Welhasch-Baerg, baritone Theodore Baerg and Drama-Desk Award Winner, Suzanne Ishee among others. Susan continues to have a thriving private studio now in 2 countries! Her primary studio is located in New York City and she also continues to freelance in London. Other cities are forthcoming! She has had professorship positions at schools such as University of Western Ontario and Sarah Lawrence College. As a freelance teacher and coach for 20 years, Susan works with beginning singers through working professionals in many genres: music theatre, opera, concert, cabaret, and jazz. Singers from many different walks come to study with her depending on their needs and goals. Susan continues to freelance as an adjudicator and clinican throughout North America and is in high demand. She also is a senior examiner for The Royal Conservatory of Music which conducts voice examinations world-wide. She has worked as a director for opera and musical theatre as well as an artistic director for works such as Cabaret, Little Red Riding Hood, Die Fledermaus as well as galas and one-act plays. She continues to freelance commercially as a vocal consultant - most recently for the RCA recording artists "Cook Dixon & Young". Alan Johnson has led numerous opera, music theater, concert, and dance works by today’s most innovative composers, including Nicholas Brooke, Mary Ellen Childs, Douglas Cuomo, Tina Davidson, Anthony Davis, Jonathan Dove, John Duffy, Michael Gordon, Allan Jaffe, Leroy Jenkins, Michael John LaChiusa, David Lang, John Moran, Polly Pen, and Michael Torke. His work has garnered Bessie, Drama Desk, Jefferson, and Obie Awards, including an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Music Direction and a Joseph Jefferson Award for Outstanding Music Direction of THE SOUND OF A VOICE, two one-act operas by Philip Glass and David Henry Hwang. His long association with Philip Glass has included music direction for the premieres of In the Penal Colony, The Mysteries and What’s So Funny?, Henry IV Parts I and II, and Cymbeline. Johnson has also prepared premiere casts in operas by Glass including The Making of the Representative for Planet 8, Hydrogen Jukebox, Orphée, and La Belle et La Bête. He has led dance performances with music by Glass for Molissa Fenley and David Gordon’s Pick-Up Performance Company. Performances at venues across the United States include the American Repertory Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, City Center – NY, Lincoln Center, New York Shakespeare Festival, Opera Delaware, A Contemporary Theater – Seattle, Court Theater – University of Chicago, Long Wharf Theater, McCarter Theater, and Spoleto Festival USA and Italy. Active in New York City since 1986 as a vocal coach and pianist, Alan has prepared and collaborated with singers holding national and international engagements. As a soloist and collaborative pianist, he has performed at venues including Alice Tully Hall, The Walker Art Center, The Kitchen, Diverseworks, Dia Center for the Arts, Jacob’s Pillow, and The Joyce Theater. He is on the faculty of the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami (FL) where he is Co-Director of the Frost Opera Theater program and Vocal Coach in the Department of Vocal Performance. Other Education affiliations have included positions with New Jersey City University, The Metropolitan Opera Guild, and New York City Opera Education Program. Alan holds a Bachelor of Music in piano performance from the University of Miami and a Master of Music in vocal coaching/accompanying from the University of Illinois. In September 2006 he conducted the world premiere of THE DIFFICULTY OF CROSSING A FIELD, an opera by David Lang and Mac Wellman at Montclair State University. In 2007 he will lead the world premiere of COINCIDENTS, an opera by Leroy Jenkins and Mary Griffin in Milan, Italy.