4 year varsity letter winner in music (choir and state solo/ensemble accomplishments)
EHS Spring Musicals: Chip, Beauty and the Beast (2007); Ensemble, Annie Get Your Gun (2008); Grandpa Joe, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2009)
Madison Opera’s chorus in Spring of 2010 for production of Der Fliegende Holländer
Spring 2010, performed 45 minute solo vocal program (with selections in English, Italian, French, and German) with Cathy Nevel as collaborative pianist
After High School
Training programs at Des Moines Metro Opera, Boston University Opera Institute, Music Academy of the West; Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, UW–Madison
Professional Achievements
The Dallas Opera as Marullo in Rigoletto; Virginia Opera as Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro; Carnegie Hall baritone soloist in Mark Hayes’ Gloria; Atlanta Opera for Escamillo (cover) in Carmen; Carnegie Hall baritone soloist in Michael Glasgow’s Gloria
Future engagements include: The Dallas Opera as Jean-Dominique Bauby (cover) in Joby Talbot’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; Count Paris in Roméo et Juliette; Marcello in La bohème with Painted Sky Opera
Recognition in competitions including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Gerda Lissner Foundation, and the Giulio Gari Foundation
