Anna Betka
Czech-Canadian artist Anna Betka is an active solo and collaborative pianist. In North America, Ms. Betka has performed in venues such as Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall and Mazzoleni Hall, Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater in New York and the National Sawdust in Brooklyn. Ms. Betka has also performed in Germany, France, Czech Republic and the UK. Summer festivals and residencies have included the Banff Centre for the Arts, Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, Aspen Music Festival and School, Toronto Summer Music Festival and Academy and The Glimmerglass Festival.
As a chamber musician, Ms. Betka has performed, premiered and recorded many contemporary works at venues in New York, Indiana, Colorado and Alberta, Canada. Her playing can also be heard on Mark Applebaum’s newest album “Speed Dating” as part of the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players. This past May, she received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from SUNY Stony Brook University, where she studied with Gil Kalish and Christina Dahl. As an educator, Ms. Betka serves as adjunct faculty at Adelphi University and previously served for four years on faculty at Stony Brook University’s Pre-College Division. She is also Choir Director and Organist at St. James Episcopal Church in New York.
Ms. Betka has a background in singing and holds an Associate of the Royal Conservatory Toronto Diploma in Singing (ARCT) and has a passion for writing and communication. She combines her three passions of language, piano and singing in vocal coaching and specializes in Czech diction. For the past two seasons she was a Young Artist Coach at The Glimmerglass Festival.