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ADAM EGGLESTON is Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Conductor of The Astoria Choir. He has extensive experience as a chorister, educator, and conductor. He has appeared as a conductor with the Astoria Symphony Orchestra, AMDA Chorale, and serves as an associate conductor for The Baldwin Festival Chorus of New York. As a chorister he has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Berkshire Opera Company, Spoleto Festival Chorus (Italy), Tucson Chamber Artists, and the Baldwin Festival Chorus of New York. Additionally, he has prepared children's choirs for performances with the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, and the Curtis Institute of Music's Opera Theatre. Over the past 20 years, he has taught choral music to countless children in grades K-12. He is currently the Visual and Performing Arts Chair for the prestigious Buckley School where he presides over a glee club of 200 plus boys. Mr. Eggleston holds degrees in Music Education and Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College and The University of Arizona. Email: aeggleston@astoriachoir.org
CHRISTOPHER BRADSHAW serves as The Astoria Choir's Associate Director and Collaborative Pianist. A native of Monticello, New York, he graduated with distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance. He then pursued his graduate studies at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, earning a Master of Music in piano performance, and completing the requirements for doctoral candidacy. He has performed at chamber music festivals in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in Morges, Switzerland.
In September 2008, Christopher relocated to Manhattan, after teaching and performing in the Philadelphia area for nearly a decade. He is now on the faculties of the Opus 118 Harlem School of Music and the Little Red School House, and accompanies the choirs at the Buckley School. His students, who range in age from 6 to adult, have received honors and awards for their playing. Equally at home with beginners as with advanced players, he is widely sought after for his patient, gentle approach to teaching. Mr. Bradshaw is currently accepting new students in the New York City area.
YUI KITAMURA, Assistant Director, is a versatile composer and arranger of solo, chamber, and orchestral music in various styles including classical, jazz, pop, film, and theatre. Her works are often actualized in collaborations with dancers, actors, and animators. Ms. Kitamura’s original compositions and arrangements are garnering international attention with concerts in Asia, Europe, and North America. Her works have been performed at such venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Joe’s Pub, Berlin’s Akademie der Künste, Kiev’s National Catholic Cathedral, and Tokyo’s Suntory Hall. Her music was nominated for a 2011 Hollywood Music in Media Award in the classical/orchestral genre and her song “Omoide” was performed by world renowned bassist Gary Karr at the Sendai Classic Fesival in Japan. She was the recipient of the New Work Grant funded by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Greater New York Arts Development Fund in 2018.
Ms. Kitamura is also the co-founder and artistic director of Multicultural Sonic Evolution (MuSE), a non-profit organization based in New York that creates unique concerts and shows with artists from different fields. She holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in composition from The Juilliard School and a Master of Fine Arts from New York University’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.
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