Maeve Berry

A recent graduate of the Master of Music in Accompanying and Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music, Maeve Berry is a collaborator who finds immense joy in working with both singers and instrumentalists. Prior to studying at Eastman, Maeve received a Bachelor of Music in piano performance at The Pennsylvania State University as a cum laude graduate in the studio of Dr. Christopher Guzman. She received several awards throughout her college years, including the prestigious Presser Scholarship in 2018. In the spring of 2019, Maeve was awarded the Creative Achievement Award from the College of Arts and Architecture and was also inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda at Penn State.

At Eastman, Maeve pursued an Advanced Certificate in Music Theory Pedagogy concurrently with her Master’s studies. Now, Maeve is actively pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music under the tutelage of Dr. Andrew Harley and holds graduate assistantships in studio accompanying, music theory, and opera. She was awarded the Brooks Smith Fellowship and the Jean Barr Endowed Scholarship to continue her subsequent degree studies at Eastman. She received the Barbara M. H. Koeng award in 2020 for excellence in vocal collaboration and the Jean Barr Award in 2021. 

In 2021, Maeve was a finalist in the Kneisel Lieder Competition. Maeve is also an Encouragement Award Winner along with her singer in the Gerda Lissner International Lieder Competition in New York City. Maeve has also been a finalist along with her singers in the Friends of Eastman Opera Competition for the past three consecutive years. This summer, Maeve will be collaborative piano fellows at SongFest and the Toronto Summer Music Festival Art of Song, fulfilling her prior acceptances to these programs in 2020. She will also be attending the Source Song Festival in Minnesota in August with her duo partner, Susannah Stewart. 

Maeve is currently a faculty accompanist at the Eastman Community Music School, an active member in Schola Cantorum at Christ Church in Rochester, and a choral scholar at Church of the Ascension.