Mildred Ann Roche
Director of Accompanying
mildred.roche@converse.edu
864-596-9008
Blackman Music Hall, Room105

Mildred Ann Roche holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Converse College and a Master of Music in Vocal Accompanying from Boston University, where she studied with Allen Rogers.

While in Boston, she served as coach/accompanist for the Boston University Opera Theater, as staff accompanist for the BU Vocal department, and worked with many local opera and choral groups. Mrs. Roche was a coach/accompanist for the Brevard Music Center Opera Workshop from 1981-1987, and Principal Coach of the group from 1988-1996.

Besides her duties at Converse, Mrs. Roche is organist/choir director for St. Paul's Catholic Church in Spartanburg, and has been Music Director for many of the productions of the Spartanburg Repertory Company, a community opera/operetta group. She has worked with singers and directors such as Phyllis Curtin, John Haber, Richard Cassily, Shirlee Emmons, Frederica von Stade, and Thomas Dunn, and she has performed in recital with Mark Oswald and Sylvia McNair.