1 James Taylor, tenor 525 Williamsdale Drive Bon Air, VA 23235 804.615.9773 [email protected] EDUCATION Master of Music, Opera Performance, Yale University, New Haven, CT B.A., Music Performance, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL ADJUNCT PROFESSOR 2006-2014 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA • Served as advisor and consultant for a student-led opera program. • Recruited, taught and mentored private students, and provided advice on career options. Seven students have gone on to careers in opera in the US and Europe. • Assisted students with major recitals and gaining admissions to graduate programs. • Taught private lessons to Majors and non-majors. Directed 8 Distinguished Major recitals. ADJUNCT PROFESSOR 2006-2014 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA • Taught private lessons to Music Majors and theater students. • Assisted students with preparation for recitals. • Taught master classes in the region. DIRECTOR OF OPERA/ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF VOICE 2001-2006 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL • Developed relationships with students, parents and high school choral directors from 5 states to aid admissions. • Recruited 100+ students annually and assisted in acquiring needed scholarships. • Increased program visibility in the community and state by establishing relationships with Fortune 500 and Fortune 50 companies to raise funds for the department. • Created and managed an opera performance program. • Grew the department budget over 5 years through media promotion, fundraising activities and increased ticket sales. • Hired and supervised performers and stage staff; planned, directed and conducted performances. • Negotiated with music publishing companies to reduce the costs of performance rights. • Raised $5K for a high school voice competition by developing partnerships with prominent businesses. DIRECTOR OF OPERA/ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF VOICE 2000-2001 Drake University, Des Moines, IA • Managed the program budget and handled all personnel issues. • Developed relationships with potential students, parents, and choral directors to aid recruitment. • Supervised all aspects of the opera performance program - chose material, directed and conducted all major performances. • Held multiple off campus performances to aid in recruiting and fundraising. DIRECTOR OF OPERA/ADJUNCT PROFESSOR 1998-2001 Connecticut College, New London, CT • Managed the program budget and handled all personnel issues. • Developed relationships with potential students, parents, and choral directors to aid recruitment. • Supervised all aspects of the opera performance program - chose material, directed and conducted all major performances Operatic Repertoire Florestan Fidelio Beethoven Don Jose Carmen Bizet Danilo The Merry Widow Lehar Nerone L’Incoronazione di Poppea Monteverdi Pinkerton Madama Butterfly Puccini Cavaradossi Tosca Puccini Max (WP) Addressee Unknown Roven Alfred Die Fledermaus Strauss Eisenstein Die Fledermaus Strauss Lenski Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky Manrico Il Trovatore Verdi Parsifal Parsifal Wagner Siegmund Die Walküre Wagner Baritone Repertoire: Lafitte The Cabildo Beach Claudio Beatrice et Bnedict Berlioz Escamillo Carmen Bizet Sid Albert Herring Britten Belcore L’Elisir D’Amore Donizetti Enrico Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti Pelleas Pelleas et Melisande Debussy Valentin Faust Gounod Mercutio Romeo et Juliette Gounod Araspe Tolomeo Handel Tonio I Pagliacci Leoncavallo Silvio I Pagliacci Leoncavallo Zar Zar und Zimmermann Lortzing John Sorel The Consul Menotti Melchior Amahl and the Night Visitors Menotti Tom/John The Face on the Barrom Floor Mollicone Figaro Le nozze di Figaro Mozart Count Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro Mozart Masetto Don Giovanni Mozart Guglielmo Cosi fan Tutte Mozart Papageno Die Zauberflöte Mozart Barney(Lackey) The Ballad of Baby Doe Moore Marcello La Boheme Puccini Schaunard La Boheme Puccini Sonora La Fanciulla del West Puccini Sharpless Madama Butterfly Puccini Figaro Il Barbiere di Siviglia Rossini Dandini La Cenerentola Rossini Falke Die Fledermaus Strauss Posa Don Carlo Verdi Germont La Traviata Verd Ford Falstaff Verdi Marullo Rigoletto Verdi Alfred (cv) Der besuch der alten Dame Von Einem Thomas Putnam The Crucible Ward Musical Theatre Cervantes/Don Quihote Man of La Mancha Sweeney Sweeney Todd John Adams 1776 Billy Bigelow Carousel Captain von Trapp The Sound of Music Carl Magnus A Little Night Music Robert Mission New Moon Pierre/Red Shadow Desert Song Adam Pontipee Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Joe Cable South Pacific Tony West Side Story John the Baptist/Judas Godspell Lun Tha The Kind and I Concert Repertoire Tenor Soloist An die ferne Geliebte Beethoven Tenor Soloist Symphony No. 9 Beethoven Tenor Soloist Magnificat Bach Tenor Soloist Messiah Handel Samson Samson Handel Obadiah Elijah Mendelssohn Paul St. Paul Mendelssohn Tenor Soloist Requiem Mozart Tenor Soloist Christmas Oratorio Saint-Saens Tenor Soloist Mass Schubert Tenor Soloist Mass in G Schubert Tenor Soloist On Wenlock Edge Vaughan-Williams Tenor Soloist Hodie Vaughan-Williams Tenor Soloist The Songs of Travel Vaughan-Williams Tenor Soloist 8 Romanze per Tenore Verdi Bass Soloist Cantata 56 Bach Bass Soloist Cantata 76 Bach Bass Soloist Cantata 82 Bach Bass Soloist Cantata 140 Bach Bass Soloist Magnificat Bach Jesus/Bass Soloist Johannes Passion Bach Bass Soloist Weinachts Oratorium Bach Baritone Soloist Dover Beach Barber Baritone Soloist An die ferne Geliebte Beethoven Baritone Soloist Ein Deutsches Requiem Brahms Baritone Soloist Liebeslieder Waltzes Brahms Baritone Soloist Vier ernste gesänge Brahms Baritone Soloist A Shropshire Lad Butterworth Baritone Soloist Love Blows Where the Wind Blows Butterworth Baritone Soloist Old American Songs I & II Copland Baritone Soloist Requiem Fauré Baritone Soloist Requiem Durufé Raphael/Adam The Creation Haydn Simon The Seasons Haydn Bass Soloist Messiah Handel Bass Soloist Dettingen Te Deum Handel Baritone Soloist Selected Opera/Oratorio Arias Handel Baritone Soloist A letter from Sullivan Ballou Kander Baritone Soloist Selected Operatic Arias Lortzing Baritone Soloist Kindertotenlieder* Mahler Baritone Soloist Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Mahler Bass Soloist Missa Brevis in G Mozart Bass Soloist Mass in C Minor Mozart Baritone Soloist Selected Operatic Arias Mozart Baritone Soloist Carmina Burana Orff Baritone Soloist Come Ye Sons of Art Purcel Baritone Soloist Don Quichotte a Dulcinée Ravel Baritone Soloist Mourning Scene Rorem Baritone Soloist Mass in A-flat Major Schubert Baritone Soloist Mass in G Major Schubert Baritone Soloist Schwanengesang Schubert Baritone Soloist Five songs from William Blake Thomson Baritone Soloist Dona Nobis Pacem Vaughan-Williams Baritone Soloist Fantasia on Christmas Carols Vaughan-Williams Baritone Soloist Five Mystical Songs Vaughan-Williams Baritone Soloist Hodie Vaughan-Williams Baritone Soloist Sea Symphony Vaughan-Williams Baritone Soloist Serenade to Music Vaughan-Williams Baritone Soloist Songs of Travel Vaughan-Williams Baritone Soloist Four Walt Whitman Songs Weill Baritone Soloist Soldier Songs Weisgal Repertoire Directed Le nozze di Figaro Die Zauberflote Cosi fan Tutte Don Giovanni The Impressario The Crucible L’Elisir D’Amore La Boheme The Tragedy of Carmen Did and Aeneas La Serva Padrona The Ballad of Baby Doe The Telephone The Consul Il Barbiere di Siviglia Die Fledermaus Amahl and the Night Visitors The Old Maid and the Thief South Pacific Conductors: William Boggs, David Itkin, Christopher Larkin, James Caraher, Mark Graf, Timothy Myers, Robert Hart Baker, Patrick Summers, Peter Mark, Thomas Beveridge, L. Thomas Vining, Victoria Bond, Mark Flint, Chris Nance, Raymond Harvey, Mattias Kuntsch, Lawrence Gilgore, Lawrence Leighton Smith, Mark Gibson, Giampolo Bracali, Shinik Hahm, Paul Polivnik Directors: Sir John Copley, Sir Colin Graham, Ned Canty, Ken Cazan, Matthew Lata, Lillian Groag, Joshua Major, Scott Parry, Bruce Donnel, David Malis, Marciem Bazell, Hans Nieuwenhuis, Cynthia Edwards, Paula Williams, Michael Ehrman, Chris Mattaliano, Rhoda Levine, David Pfeiffer, Paula Suozzi, Gary Race, Keturah Stickhan, Karen Coe Miller Master Classes/Coaches: Placido Domingo, William Hicks, Sherrill Milnes, Lili Chookasian, Eleanor Steber, Benjamin Luxon, Irwin Gage, Nico Castel, Jon Spong, Benno Schollum, John Moriarty, Ted Taylor, Joseph Walsh, Armen Guzelimian, Mikael Eliason, Alan Darling, Mark Lawson, Emily Olin, Brian Suits, Susan Morton, Joan Krueger, Douglas Dickson, Dale Girard, Teachers: Jackson Sheats,, Melvin Brown, Richard Cross, Doris Yarick-Cross, Sherrill Milnes, Andrew Gainey, Vahan Kanzadian, Dale Girard, David Leong Opera Companies: New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Virginia Opera, Anchorage Opera, Opera Carolina, Nederlands Reis Oper, Oper Stuttgart, Theatre Augsburg, Gottigen Handel Festpiele, Dutch International Opera centrum, Opera Company of North Carolina, Central City Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Virginia Opera, El Paso Opera, Western Opera Theatre, Asheville Lyric Opera, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Connecticut Opera, Connecticut Grand Opera, Tampa Bay Opera, Sarasota Opera, Miami Lyric Opera, Harrisburg Opera, Ash Lawn-Highland Summer Festival, Natchez Opera, Pensacola Opera, Huntsville Opera, Birmingham Opera Theatre, SORG Opera, Whitewater Opera, Regina Opera, Treasure Coast Opera, Brevard Music Center, Academy of Vocal Arts, Yale Opera Orchestras/Oratorio Goups: Choral Society of Durham (NC), St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra, Prince William Symphony, Fresno Philhatrmonic, Duke Choral,
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