Boston-based conductor and keyboardist Michael Beattie has been a guest conductor at Pittsburgh Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Glimmerglass Opera and Emmanuel Music. Recent keyboard highlights include concerts with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Les Violons du Roy, Pegasus Early Music, La Jolla SummerFest, and the Carmel Bach Festival (where he is Music Director of the Adams Vocal Masterclass.) Beattie holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Boston University where he is currently a Teaching Associate in Vocal Literature. He has recorded for KOCH International and Nonesuch records. http://www.michaelwbeattie.com