Caren Levine Young Artist Manager and Principle Coach A native of New York City, Ms. Levine completed the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program in the spring of 2004. Since the 2003-2004 season, she has been on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera House as Assistant Conductor. This past September, she joined Florida Grand Opera as the Manager of the Young Artist Program and Principal Coach. An active performer, Ms. Levine’s collaborators include Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zuckerman, and Barbara Bonney. Ms. Levine is a winner of the Munz-Chopin Piano Competition in Maryland and gave a recital in Carnegie Hall as the winner of the 1999 Artist’s International Auditions. During the 2004-2005 season, Ms. Levine was Musical Director of the Outreach Program at Sarasota Opera and served on the music staff at Palm Beach Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and Wolf Trap Opera. She has been a faculty member of the San Diego Chamber Music Workshop, the Musicorda Summer Chamber Music Festival, the Music Festival of the Hamptons and the Marlboro Music Festival. Ms. Levine received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music and her Master of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts (a.b.d.) from the Juilliard School. RESIDENT FACULTY Ramon Tebar, Music Director John Keene, Head of Music Staff, Chorus Master