Eric Schwartz, Music Director and Accompanist

Mr. Schwartz was awarded a BA in Music, Queens College in NYC and was subsequently awarded an MFA in Composition by the New England Conservatory where he held fellowships in choral and vocal accompaniment under Lorna Cooke DeVaron and John Moriarty, respectively.

While serving in Viet Nam, he had the extreme good fortune to accompany world-renowned tenor Richard Tucker on his tour of the country.

Returning to civilian life, he spent more than 25 years with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston as a computer programmer. Now retired, he is again devoting himself to music. It is Lowell Opera Company's extreme good fortune to count Mr. Schwartz among its membership and to receive his skill and guidance as its Music Director.

Mr. Schwartz made his onstage debut with LOC last season in the role of Frosch the Jailer in Strauss' Die Fledermaus, conducted by Valerie Taylor with the Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra.