Repertoire Studies

Ernest Liotti is a graduate of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University where he was a piano student of Lillian Freundlich. He studied choral conducting with Alan Harlen, Jan Harrington, and with Kenneth Kiesler at the Aspen Institute. Mr. Liotti is the director of choral activities and an instructor of music history at Loyola College in Baltimore. He is also a member of the school’s film minor’s faculty.  He is the founder/director of the DaCamera Singers, a 16-voice professional chamber chorus, currently ensemble in residence at Loyola College. Mr. Liotti has adjudicated various choral festivals in Maryland, commissioned and premiered numerous compositions by regional composers, has organized and conducted concerts to benefit local non-profit organizations, and has served as Music Project evaluator for the United States Department of Education. In addition to his regular teaching schedule Mr. Liotti pursues a career as a freelance lecturer and has spoken for such organizations as Johns Hopkins University, Brandeis University, Friends of Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. and various continuing education programs.