Stephanie Beatrice

Conductor, Music Director, Soprano

BIO

Conductor Stephanie Beatrice makes her debut in her first season as Music Director of the Cambridge Chamber Ensemble. Knowing from an early age she wanted to pursue a career in music, Beatrice earned her first directorship at the age of 19 while in her undergraduate degree. Since she has worked in leading various ensembles as both director and guest conductor. As a conductor she has been accepted in to programs such as Distinguished Concerts International New York as a Conducting Mentor, working with DCINY musicians at Carnegie Hall, and with composer Sir Karl Jenkins in performances of his works Symphonic Adiemus, and The Armed Man. Her role as a conductor has also inspired her greatly in the importance of music education. In other aspects of her professional life Beatrice maintains and active career as an educator, serving currently as choral music director at Franklin High School, and Adjunct Professor of Music at Eastern Nazarene College. Beatrice’s tutelage extends to notable conductors Michael Adelson (New York Philharmonic), Erica Washburn (New England Conservatory), Simon Carrington, and Doreen Rao. Beatrice holds degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music where she earned her MM in Choral Conducting, and the University of Maine earning a BME in Music Education.

Reviews

Critically Acclaimed for her Conducting and Directorial work, Beatrice has been revered as

"A Force of Nature with a Baton" praised for her "Smart" musical direction and capturing the "dynamism" of the music " and every shifting moods with great sensitivity."

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And dramatic it was, despite the small forces — a cast of three main characters, a chorus of four spirits, and an orchestra of two flutes, English horn, three violins, two violas, two cellos, and a bass — the ensemble soared exquisitely with ever-building intensity and dynamism, in part due to Holst’s skillful writing for small forces, but also due to the enthusiasm and skill of the performers smartly directed by Music Director Stephanie Beatrice.

- Young Cast Shines in Holst’s Savitri, Stephen Martorella, Boston Musical Intelligencer

The visionary Cambridge Chamber Ensemble chooses unique and underperformed operatic gems and seeks bright, energetic, and enthusiastic performers and directors to create an artistic experience that enlightens as well as entertains.

- Young Cast Shines in Holst’s Savitri, Stephen Martorella, Boston Musical Intelligencer

Music Director Stephanie Beatrice booked an orchestra of 2/2/2/2 strings plus 2 recorders and a harpsichord which filled the space with spirited but legato sounds that were, to my great pleasure, not infected by flippant Baroqueisms or weird tunings. She maintained balances perfectly and captured the ever-shifting moods with great sensitivity…whether for stately dance forms, romantic embraces, comic pratfalls, or tear-inducing laments. She also served as makeup artist. I register no complaints for the two-on-a-part strings…very refined sounding

CCE made a conquest of this writer. He could barely control his emotions at the end. With highly imaginative and effective use of space and forces, this small company can outperform its larger and older brethren.

- D’ye Ken John Blow? Lee Eiseman, Boston Musical Intelligencer

The vocalists and orchestra led by Stephanie Beatrice sounded beautiful. Beatrice was a force of nature with a baton.

Everyone sounded glorious!

- Sexy & Romantic "Venus and Adonis", Kitty Drexel, The New England Theater Geek

Stephanie Beatrice

Stephanie Beatrice