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Biography
Dr. Penny Prince (BM, MM, PhD) is Professor of Music at Lehman College, City University of New York. She is Music Graduate Coordinator, and Supervisor of the music student teachers and interns. Dr. Prince has devised curricula for a number of courses including “Music in the Elementary School: Advanced Techniques,” “Community Music and Arts,” and “Piano for Music Educators.” She has received several PSC-CUNY grants for her original collaborative musical theatre productions which she composes and directs each year, and for her academic research; and was awarded a Bronx Recognizes Its Own award by the Bronx Council for the Arts, and the Outstanding Educator Award from the Music Educators Association of New York City.
Dr. Prince was named an Honored Artist of The American Prize in 2024 after previously being awarded The American Prize for Musical Theatre in 2022, for her original musical, “Cinderella ’21”.