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Modern Musical Arts is the creative agency representing Katherine Ciesinski, Mark Powell, and the New York New Music Collective.

Katherine Ciesinski
Mezzo Soprano
Voice Professor
Opera Director
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Mark Powell
Conductor
Conducting Professor 
Program Director

An acknowledged American treasure of the performance world, a sought after teacher, and a university professor of music whose teaching studio alumni list spans all facets of the professional vocal world, Katherine Ciesinski is the Martin E. and Corazon D. Sanders Endowed Professor of Voice at the Eastman School of Music.

After launching his conducting career at the Malko & Besançon Competitions, then winning the Ford Foundation American Conductor's Prize, Mark Powell went on to found the American Radio Chamber Orchestra. He is Director of Orchestra Activities at the University of Rochester's Arthur Satz Music Department and Lead Conductor of the New Conductors Orchestra in Manhattan.

NYNMC
New York New Music Collective

With a roster of artists from the United States, Europe, and Asia, the ensemble performs music of the present day, commissions and produces projects across the breadth of the performing arts, and supports forward looking efforts in music education and research.

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