Penelope BItzas

Mezzo-soprano Penelope Bitzas is an Associate Professor of Music in Voice at Boston University and in 2007 she received the prestigious Metcalf Award, which is Boston University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching.  She received her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance and Music Education from Ithaca College, magna cum laude and the Masters of Music in Voice Performance from The New England Conservatory of Music.

She has performed in a wide variety of musical genres, including opera, contemporary music, solo recital, orchestral performances and Greek music.  She has appeared as a soloist under such notable conductors as Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, Gustav Meier, Luciano Berio, Richard Westenberg and George Tsontakis.  She has concertized in the United States, Germany, Cyprus, Turkey and Venezuela.  As a frequent performer of new music and Greek music she has been heard at Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Jordan Hall and other venues in concerts and world premiers of this repertoire.

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Ms. Bitzas has presented master classes for the Master Teachers of Singing at Westminster Choir College, NATS, Boston Chamber Ensemble, Longy School of Music, Ithaca College, Opera Theater of St. Louis, the University of Las Vegas,  the New England Conservatory Prep and the Walnut Hill School. She has been an adjudicator for the Classical Singer Convention, National NATS Convention, Metrowest Opera Competition, the Schmidt Vocal Competition and has served several times on the Fulbright Screening Committee in New York.  She has been on the faculty of the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy and the Bel Canto Institute in Florence, Italy.  In 2013 she took over the reigns as the director of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Vocal Program. Ms. Bitzas  has been on the faculty of Boston University since 1993 and has previously taught at Gustavus Adolphus College, Wagner College and Ithaca College.