Holsworth, Richard

Assistant Professor

richard.holsworth@tri-c.edu

(216) 987-2210

Department: Music and Dance

Office Location: Eastern Campus, EEC 107

Education: B.M., Berklee College of Music
M.M., Cleveland State University

Seaton, Kira

Assistant Professor

kira.seaton@tri-c.edu

(216) 987-5279

Department: Music and Dance

Office Location: Western Campus, WLA B106

Education: Master of Music, Ohio University
Bachelor of Music, Ohio University

About: Kira Seaton is a singer, music director, church musician, composer and conductor in Northeast Ohio. She has performed or conducted choirs in Italy and Canada and at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and the National Cathedral. She has sung for former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama in visits to Tri-C. A member of the world-acclaimed Cleveland Chamber Choir, Seaton has sung with the Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Opera and in a number of other venues in the eastern United States. As a musical theater director, she staged children's opera productions, which were performed for over 10,000 school children over the course of a decade. She was the director for the popular theater performing arts camps at Tri-C for over 20 years. She has taught music theory, voice, choir, music history and piano at the Western Campus since 1987, serving as the music faculty coordinator since 1997.