Festival Soloists: Michael Beattie

Organ; Harpsichord; Adams Vocal Master Class Accompanist – Cambridge, MA

Michael enjoys an international career as keyboardist, vocal coach and conductor. As Associate Conductor of Boston’s Emmanuel Music, he has conducted Handel’s Ariodante, Bach’s Johannespassion, and more than 50 cantatas of J.S. Bach.

He has been keyboard artist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Handel and Haydn Society, Les Violons du Roy and Boston Baroque, among others. Currently he is on the music staff of Glimmerglass Opera and Chicago Opera Theater and is a teaching associate at Boston University. His recordings are on KOCH and Nonesuch labels.