Unforgettable Moments: Richard Skipper Celebrates Eden Casteel
8A “stunning coloratura soprano” with “a great sense of comic timing,” performer/producer Eden Casteel is a singer, pianist, and creative consultant for performers all over. \n\nEden writes and music directs solo musicals, coaches vocal technique and performance in person and online, plays piano as a soloist and with dueling pianos teams, and assists clients with songwriting and music production.\n\n“The Eden Show” is Eden’s weekly interactive online show featuring musical guests who sing, play, and love to talk. Using livestream technology, Eden is able to perform live with her guests, even if they are hundreds of miles apart. \n\nEden recently premiered Kahn Artist: Madeline And Me, a solo musical show about how Tony Award-winner (and film star) Kahn inspired her own performing. The show was co-written with MAC Award winner Rod Ferguson and directed by Tony Award winner Faith Prince, and has played to sold-out houses in New England, Chicago, and beyond.\n\nEden has played diverse regional theatre roles including The Proprietor in Assassins, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Yum-Yum in The Mikado, Mama Rose in Gypsy, Francesca Johnson in The Bridges of Madison County, Victoria Grant in Victor/Victoria, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd. She also performed all the soprano arias and most of the tenor arias in a re-imagined Handel’s “Messiah” with full orchestra.\n\nEden is a co-creator of The Co-Eds, a musical duo with guitarist Ed Vallee. She’s also a co-creator of The Benchwarmers, a musical improv trio with fellow improv pianists Mark Meritt and Keith Munslow.\n\nEden recently arranged, coached, accompanied, recorded and released “Peace Dale Hayride Vol. 2,” the third studio album created by her students since mid-2020. “Holly Days,” the studio holiday album, was released in mid-December 2020. “Six Feet From Stardom,” an online album featuring 13 of her private students, was released in June 2020.\n\nA native of Dublin, Ohio who moved to Rhode Island in 2010, Eden holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from The University Of Cincinnati College-Conservatory Of Music and a Master of Music degree from The University of Maryland. She is a past president of the Rhode Island chapter of NATS, a member of the American Guild of Organists, and a charter member of The Speakeasy Cooperative.\n\nA go-to consultant during the the lockdowns of 2020, Eden gave presentations on recital alternatives, low-latency technology, and home studio setups to national and international groups, including The National Association Of Teachers Of Singing (NATS), The Speakeasy Cooperative, Vocology In Practice, the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, and The Pandemic-Proof Singer Summit.\n\nBefore she opened her private studio in 2011, Eden was adjunct voice faculty at Community College of Rhode Island, Salve Regina University, Spring Arbor University, Hillsdale College, Kellogg Community College, and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School.