Liminal Spaces | Graduating Student Recital | Paige Burke, composer

Mx. Burke has been commissioned by several ensembles, including the Chamber Singers at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and the L.A. Choral Lab. As a former member of the UMass Lowell Chamber Singers, Mx. Burke, an alto, has performed master works including movements from Bach’s Magnificat, Brahms’ Nänie and Schicksalslied, and Mozart’s Requiem, under the direction of Brian O’Connell and Dr. Jonathan Richter. Mx. Burke has also performed internationally, as a participant in the Sarteano Choral Conducting Workshop in Italy, directed by Brian O’Connell, Simon Carrington, and Broni Falinska.

​As an educator, Mx. Burke has experience teaching all ages and skill levels, in both private studio and classroom settings. Their work with elementary- and middle-school aged students in the general music classroom, as part of their undergraduate coursework, has been heavily composition-based. Mx. Burke also teaches piano, voice, and composition lessons from their private studio near Worcester, Massachusetts.

Mx. Burke holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Studies from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, and is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Composition at the Longy School of Music at Bard College. Their teachers include Meredith Borden (applied voice), Dr. Amy Beth Kirsten, and Dr. John Morrison (both composition). They currently reside in Central Massachusetts with their family and two cats.