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Richard Boldrey, Music Director of Kol Zimrah, is well known as a pianist, vocal coach, conductor, professor, and author. In 1960 he began a long tenure as a pianist for the Chicago Symphony Chorus, culminating in becoming the Assistant Conductor of the Chorus from 1972 to 1977. In 1964, he was pianist, organist, timpanist, and assistant conductor for the Robert Shaw Chorale on tours of the United States and South America. He has been pianist in several chamber groups, including the Delft Trio, which performed at Carnegie Hall, and the Buccheri-Boldrey piano duo, which made two commercial recordings in the 1970s.
In 1977 he soloed with the Chicago Symphony under the baton of Carlo Maria Giulini. He was harpsichordist and organist with the renowned Chicago Music of the Baroque from 1977 to 1985. He has accompanied many singers in recital, including such world-renowned artists as Sherrill Milnes, Robert Merrill, June Anderson and Grace Bumbry, and has accompanied violinists and cellists on tours of Europe, Central America, and South America.
Besides being the musical leader of Kol Zimrah, Richard Boldrey is also the choir director at Lakeside Congregation in Highland Park, Illinois, where he conducts an annual Chanukah sing-along concert of Handel’s Judas Maccabeus.
Richard has also been involved most of his life in Biblical studies, and his authorship in this area includes several unpublished monographs, including Discovering the Mishnah, and Biblical Lineages.
He has also been involved in the opera world for over thirty years, in Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa, Italy, and the greater Chicago area. He was a member of the Lyric Opera of Chicago staff from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1993 to 2003, as pianist, backstage organist, coach, and assistant conductor. He has been a Professor at Northwestern University since 1995, where he coaches singers, teaches foreign language diction courses, and presents specialized courses such as Recitative Singing, Introduction to the Diction of Other Languages, The Voice Fach System, Styles and Performance Practices, English Diction, and Translating Opera Librettos.
Mr. Boldrey has four children, Celina, Andrew, Electra and Drew, all of whom are or have been involved in music.
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