Jim Burns
Jim Burns is an active participant in Pittsburgh’s musical community, performing with such groups as Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, The Mendelssohn Choir, and The Bach Choir of Pittsburgh. As a pianist for the Civic Light Opera, he has performed in over 100 musical theater productions. He has had the pleasure of bringing music to young students through his work with educational outreach programs for Gateway to Music and Pittsburgh Opera. As an organist, he serves the congregations of Westminster Presbyterian Church and Temple Emanuel. Jim holds piano performance degrees from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and The Juilliard School, as well as a master’s degree in Sacred Music from Duquesne University. He has been on the accompanying staff at Carnegie Mellon University since 1996.