Musical Background
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For the past twelve years, I have studied voice with soprano Ellen
Hargis. I have also studied voice with Patrick Craig of the Tallis
Scholars and studied Medieval and Renaissance performance practice with Peter
Phillips and the Tallis Scholars,
with members of the Newberry Consort and with Robert Harre-Jones and
Francis Steele.
I originally trained as a baritone, singing
(among other places) with the
Chicago Symphony Chorus
for nine years. Among the ensembles I have recently performed with are
The Rookery Men's Choir,
Schola Antiqua of Chicago,
and
The Texas Early Music Project.
I recently appeared in
Haymarket Opera's
critically acclaimed production of Charpentier's
La descente d'Orphée aux enfers,
in a semi-staged performance of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
with
La Follia Austin Baroque
(winner of the Austin Critics' Table Award for Ensemble Performance),
in three performances of
The Cantigas de Santa Maria
with Ellen Hargis and
The Newberry Consort,
and in the premiere of James Kallembach's St. John Passion.
In the summer of 2010, I founded
King Solomon's Singers,
a new ensemble devoted to the performance of Renaissance polyphony
and chant. Our most recent recording, Out of the Shadows: Sacred
Music of Francisco Guerrero and Thomas Crecquillon is
available on CD or via digital download at
cdbaby,
Amazon, and
iTunes, and has been featured on WORT's Musica Antiqua.
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