David Tahere Baritone 5407 N Margie Ct. Assistant Professor of Music Bloomington, IN 47404 Covenant College 267-815-1010 14049 Scenic Highway [email protected] Lookout Mountain, GA 30750 [email protected]
EDUCATION Degrees
Indiana University DM in Voice Performance and Literature Bloomington, Indiana Voice Teacher: Wolfgang Brendel Temple University MM in Voice Performance 2012 Philadelphia, PA Voice Teacher: Philip Cho Lee University BM in Voice Performance 2008 Cleveland, TN cum Laude Voice Teacher: Tony Deaton Professional Training Programs
Fellow SongFest at Hidden Valley 2017
Professional SongFest at Colburn 2015 Fellow (Marc and Eva Stern Fellow - 2016 2016) Studio Artist Opera Theatre and Music Festival Cincinnati Conservatory of Music 2007 - Lucca TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Instructor Indiana University Jacobs School of 2017-2019 Music
Duties: Teaching private lessons to non-majors, teaching class voice to non-majors
Assistant Professor of Music Covenant College 2014-Present Duties: Teaching private voice to majors, minors, and non-majors (undergraduate); music direction for Musical Theatre productions; Teaching major specific and general distribution courses. Courses Introduction to Musical Style, Introduction to Musical Theatre , Introduction Taught: to Diction, German Diction, Italian Diction, French Diction, Vocal Literature, Singing for Actors, Opera Scenes, Context of Dramatic Music, Artist as Entrepreneur Visiting Instructor Covenant College 2012-2014 Duties: Teaching private voice to majors, minors, and non-majors (undergraduate); music direction for Musical Theatre productions; Teaching major specific and general distribution courses. Courses Introduction to Musical Style, Introduction to Musical Theatre, Introduction Taught: to Diction, German Diction, Vocal Literature, Singing for Actors
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS Competitions and Honors
Honors Recital Lee University 2007, 8
Division Winner NATS Mid-South Region 2006-8
Scholarships and Grants
Graduate Assitantship Indiana University 2017-2019 Georgia Wash Hollbeck Fellow Indiana University 2016-2017 Stern Fellow SongFest at Colburn 2016 SongFest Professional Grant SongFest at Colburn 2015 Young Alumni Grant Lee University 2015 Vocal Graduate Assistantship Temple University 2009-2011 Voice Scholarship Lee University 2004-2008 President’s Scholarship Lee University 2004-2005 PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE Opera Roles
Der Lakai Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss Indiana University Opera Theater 2018 Mr. Potter It's a Wonderful Heggie Indiana University Opera Theater 2017 Life Colonel Patience Sullivan IU Gilbert and Sullivan Society 2017 Calverly Adam Eve Apart Hinck Alia Musica 2015
Adam Eve Apart Hinck Opera Tennessee 2014 Sam Trouble in Tahiti Bernstein Opera Tennessee 2013 Leporello Don Giovanni Mozart Delaware Valley Opera 2011 Malatesta Don Pasquale Donizetti Delaware Valley Opera 2011 Ramiro L’Heure espagnole Ravel Temple University Opera Theatre 2011
Le Gendarme Les mamelles de Poulenc Temple University Opera Theatre 2011 Tirésias Don Alfonso Così fan tutte Mozart Temple University Opera Theatre 2010
Harašta The Cunning Little Janáček Temple University Opera Theatre 2010 Vixen St. Peter Too Many Sopranos Penhorwood Temple University Opera Theatre 2009
Olin Blitch Susannah Flloyd Lee University Opera Theatre 2008 Daniel Webster The Mother of Us Thomson Lee University Opera Theatre 2007 All
Oratorio and Concert
Baritone Mass in c minor (Great), Mozart Chattanooga Bach Choir 2015 Soloist (Levin) Baritone Five Mystical Songs, Vaughan Covenant College 2015 Soloist Williams Baritone Opera Raves and Faves Chattanooga Symphony and Opera 2015 Soloist Baritone Requiem, Durufle Tenth Concert Series 2014 Soloist Bass Soloist Magnificat, Bach Chattanooga Bach Choir 2013
Baritone Requiem, Fauré Tenth Concert Series 2013 Soloist
Guest Soloist Chamber Orchestra Concert Covenant College 2012 Soloist The Messiah, Handel Chattanooga Choral Arts 2012 Soloist 120th Anniversary Vespers Lookout Mountain Presbyterian 2012 Soloist Christmas Eve Lessons and Tenth Concert Series 2011 Carols Soloist Premiere Concert Philadelphia Chamber Choir 2011 Bass Soloist Magnificat, Bach Saint Christopher’s Church, Philadelphia, 2011 PA Soloist Christmas Eve Lessons and Tenth Concert Series 2010 Carols Guest Soloist Requiem, Fauré Lee University Masterworks 2010 Soloist Vom Himmel Hoch Cantata, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia 2009 Mendelssohn
Bass Soloist The Messiah, Handel Temple University Concert Choir 2009
Baritone Easter Symphony, Holsinger Lee University Masterworks 2009 Soloist
Bass Soloist The Messiah, Handel Lee University Masterworks 2008 Bass Soloist Lord Nelson Mass, Haydn Lee University Masterworks 2008 Baritone Ein Deutches Requiem, Brahms Lookout Mountain Presbyterian 2007 Soloist
Bass Soloist Mass in C Major, Beethoven Lee University Masterworks 2007 Baritone Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Chattanooga Choral Arts 2006 Soloist Vaughan Williams
Recitals and Master Classes
Collaborative recital with David Gatchel Indiana University 2018
Doctoral Recital Indiana University 2018
Recital with The Lysander Trio John Hamm Performing Arts Series 2017
Collaborative recital with Brock Tjosvold Indiana University 2017
Faculty Recital with Liza Stepanova Covenant College 2016
Recovered Voices Recital SongFest at Colburn 2015 Coordinated by Liza Stepanova Je Chante! SongFest at Colburn 2015 Coordinated by Amy Burton and John Musto The Songs of Libby Larsen SongFest at Colburn 2015 Coached by the composer The Songs of John Musto SongFest at Colburn 2015 Coached by the composer Schubert Master Class SongFest at Colburn 2015 with Graham Johnson Poulenc Master Class SongFest at Colburn 2015 with Graham Johnson Dichterliebe Master Class SongFest at Colburn 2015 with Martin Katz Master Class SongFest at Colburn 2015 with Jake Heggie Master Class SongFest at Colburn 2015 with John Aler Guest Artist Series Lee University 2014
Faculty Composition Recital Lee University 2014
Faculty Recital Covenant College 2014 with Kara Funke, Susan Hadden Faculty Recital Covenant College 2013 with Rosella Ewing, Perry Mears, II An Evening with Hans Christian Anderson Tenth Concert Series 2012 with Paul Jones, Christine Biller-Mattson
Masterclass Temple University 2011 with Eric Owens Christmas Recital Deerfield Concert Series 2011 with Sarah Shafer, Evelyn Larter Masters Recital Temple University 2011 with Reese Revak Masters Conducting Recital of Amelia Garbisch Temple University 2011 Soloist Masters Conducting Recital of John Schnelle Temple University 2010 Soloist Masters Conducting Recital of Ryan Mullaney Temple University 2010 Soloist Advent Recital St. Luke’s Episcopal 2008 with Mary Beth Wickes Cleveland, TN Senior Recital Lee University 2008 with Perry Mears, II Masterclass Lee University 2007 with Stella Zamballis Masterclass Opera Theatre and Music Festival - Lucca 2007 with Diane Zola Junior Recital Lee University 2007 with Tausha Plate
Repertoire Selections
Recital
Bach, “Et in Spiritum Sanctum” from Mass in B Poulenc, selections from Tel jour, telle nuit Minor Barber, Dover Beach Presser, Seven Secular Songs for Bass and Piano Beethoven, An die ferne Geliebte Quilter, Seven Elizabethan Lyrics Brahms, Vier Duette Schumann, Dichterliebe Butterworth, selections from A Shropshire Lad Thomson, Five Songs from William Blake Copland, Old American Songs Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs Fauré, La Bonne Chanson
Heggie, Of Laughter and Farewell
Holst, Vedic Hymns
Poulenc, Banalites
Opera Scenes
Opera, Role Program Pasatieri Washington Square, Morris Temple University Bizet Carmen, Don Cairo Temple University Mozart Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni Temple University
Mozart Die Zauberflöte, Papageno Temple University Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro, Figaro Opera Theatre and Music Festival - Lucca
Mozart Così fan tutte, Guglielmo Opera Theatre and Music Festival - Lucca PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Professional Associations
National Association of Teachers of Singing, since 2012 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, since 2007
Related Work
Language: 1 semester of French at Ivy Tech Community College 1 summer in Paris, France 2 semesters of German at Lee University 2 summers in Frankfurt, Germany 2 semesters of Italian in Lucca, Italy, through CCM
Diction: French - Advanced Study
German - Advanced Study
Italian - Advanced Study
Swedish - Study
Movement: Three years of Ballet Three years of Jazz
Three years of Tap
One year of Ballroom