Eve Budnick serves as the Voice Department Chair as well as a pianist for RSC. She is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Opera del West, the resident opera company for the last 10 years at The Center for Arts in Natick. In this capacity, she music directs fully staged operas in March and August each year. Eve has taught Vocal Diction and Vocal Literature at Boston University, University of Connecticut, and New England Conservatory’s Continuing Ed Department. Eve received a Bachelor’s Degree in Music History from Princeton University, a Master’s in Accompaniment from Boston University, and a Graduate Diploma in Collaborative Piano from New England Conservatory.