Download File - Richard Pittsinger

Eighteen year-old Richard Pittsinger is a senior in high school
and attends precollege Juilliard, where he studies with
Lorraine Nubar.
Richard began his musical studies as a student at St Thomas
Choir School in New York, from 4th through 8th grade. While
there, he received the esteemed Donald S. Candlyn Award, two
years in a row, for exemplary solo work. In his final year, he
was Head Chorister and received the T. Tertius Noble Award,
upon graduation, for outstanding musical contribution.
At St. Thomas, the young treble recorded with conductor John
Scott and the St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra as the soprano
soloist in Faure's Requiem. He also had the honor of
performing as Soprano I soloist with the Dresden Symphony,
under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski, in Lera Auerbach's
world premiere of the Dresdner Requiem "Ode of Peace" at the
Frauenkirche and Semperoper in Dresden. Before leaving New
York, Richard recorded the incidental music for the Broadway
play, Next Fall, by composer John Gromada, which was released
on the Nyack Label. He was also the treble soloist in
Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with judith Clurman and
Essential Voices for the Bernstein Festival and the soloist in
Marvin Hamlish's Anatomy of Peace for the Marvin Hamlisch
Memorial Concert at Lincoln Center, alongside legends Barbra
Streisand, Liza Minelli, Aretha Franklin, Itzhak Perlman, and
others.
Richard made his operatic debut in 2010, when the eleven
year-old performed at the Castleton Festival as
"El Trujaman" in Manuel de Falla's El Retablo de Maese
Pedro. The following year, he sang "Little Jake" in Annie Get
Your Gun at the Glimmerglass Festival. He has since appeared
there as "Tom of Warwick" in Camelot and as "The Rocket" in
Laura Karpman's world premiere, Wilde Tales, for which he
received a special mention in The Wall Street Journal,
"especially delightful...Richard Pittsinger as the egomaniacal
Rocket." In addition, Richard attended the Tanglewood
Institute of Voice and performed in the Honors Recital.
After leaving St Thomas Choir School, Richard attended The
Williams School where he appeared as Marius in Les Miserables
and received "Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role." He
also won MVP for Cross Country at Williams. The highlight of
that year, was recording Scott Eyerly's world premiere,
Arlington Sons, which was commissioned by Richard's father,
David Pittsinger, in memory of his father's service as Guard at
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. A piano version for two
males voices is available on iTunes and father and son
performed this version with the United States Air Force Band
in Arlington, VA. They also performed the orchestral world
premiere at Heinz Hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony, under
the direction of Leonard Slatkin.
Richard is a member of the National Honor Society, the French
National Honor Society, and captain of the Cross Country Team
at his high school. He is also the recipient of the George
London Foundation Scholarship for continued studies at
precollege Juilliard and received the Carolyn Greenleaf
Memorial Award at the Community Music School, as well as the
Maestro Award at the Worldstrides Heritage Conference. Since
September 2016, Richard has been employed as the tenor
soloist with St. John's Episcopal Church Choir. Richard is the
son of opera singer, David Pittsinger and Patricia Schuman, and
he has a twin sister, Maria.