Ricky Oliver is Chair of Actor Training within the The Hartt School Theatre Division at the University of Hartford. He has taught at Brown University, CAP21, DeSales University, Education Unlimited, and Molloy College.
MUSICAL THEATRE
EXCEPTIONAL FACULTY ARTISTS
The Trentino Music Festival has an outstanding reputation as the premiere young artist training program in Europe. Our faculty artists are regularly engaged as music directors, stage directors on the Broadway Stage, National Tours, and Regional Theaters. As educators, they bring passion to the training process and are committed to helping each student cultivate their unique strengths and develop outstanding performance skills.
Priscilla Bagley
Master Teacher – Voice
Priscilla enjoys a successful career including over 20 years of performing internationally in opera, musical theatre, concertizing with orchestras, and in cabarets.
Vince DeGeorge
Stage Director
Vince is on the faculty of University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) as the Joseph Weinberger Chair of Acting for the Lyric Stage in Musical Theater and Opera.
Robert Meffe
Music Director/Conductor
Robert Meffe, Head of the SDSU MFA Musical Theatre Program, spent twenty-two years in New York City as a professional conductor, music director, keyboardist, orchestrator, arranger and music copyist.