UPCOMING PERFORMANCES AND PROJECTS
April 8th, 2018 - 3:00pm
Schmidt Guest Artist Masterclass
Masterclass for the students of the University of Evansville voice department.
Wheeler Concert Hall, University of Evansville - Evansville, Indiana
April 10th, 2018 - 8:00pm
Thereseinmesse, Missa in B, Hob. XXII/12 - Joseph Haydn
Tenor soloist as a Schmidt Guest Artist with the University of Evansville University Choir, Mixed Choir, and Kantorei.
Neu Chapel, University of Evansville - Evansville, Indiana
May 3rd, 2018 - 7:00pm
New Voices Opera Double Bill
The 2018 Spring Double Bill will showcase two brand new one act operas: Abel Esbenshade's Ex Paradisum and Paul Mortilla's Alcibiades (Special Advisor, ED-Emeritus)
Buskirk-Chumley Theater - Bloomington, Indiana
July 21st and 22nd, 2018
Calling All Kates by Emily Goodson and Jeremy Schonfield
Marc gets dumped by his fiancé the night before the wedding spurring an online ad for anyone named Kate to join him
on his honeymoon so he doesn't lose his deposit... (Music Director/ Narrator/ Percussionist)
Adirondack Theatre Festival - Glen Falls, NY
April 28th, 2017 - 4:00pm
Benjamin Smith Studio Cabaret - Fall 2017
A showcase of music theatre works from the students of Benjamin Smith
Wheeler Concert Hall, University of Evansville - Evansville, Indiana
October, 2018
Doctoral Recital
The last of three recitals, this evening features works entirely by American composers from genres spanning classical, contemporary art-song and opera, as well as musical theatre.
Ford-Crawford Hall - Bloomington, Indiana
PAST PERFORMANCES AND PROJECTS ARCHIVE
December 9th, 2017
Benjamin Smith Studio Cabaret - Fall 2017
A showcase of music theatre works from the students of Benjamin Smith
Wheeler Concert Hall, University of Evansville - Evansville, Indiana
November 27th, 2017
The "X" - 2017
An evening of new vocal and operatic works with a preview of the Spring 2018 Double Bill operas (Special Advisor, ED-Emeritus)
Ford-Crawford Hall - Bloomington, Indiana
October 15th, 2017
Doctoral Recital
The second of three recitals, this evening features the Dichterliebe and other works by Robert Schumann as well as Johannes Brahms with Wilbur Lin at the Piano
Ford-Crawford Hall - Bloomington, Indiana
June 13th, 2017
Vintage Songs
An evening of song among the grapes with favorites from past Bloomington Playwrights Project productions. (Music Director, Tenor)
Oliver Winery's Creekbend Vineyard - Elletsville, Indiana
May 4th, 2017
New Voices Opera Spring Double Bill
the 2017 Spring Double Bill will showcase two brand new one act operas: Kyle Rotolo's Marilyn's Room and
Matthew Recio's In Memorium (Executive Director)
Buskirk-Chumley Theater - Bloomington, Indiana
April 12th, 2017
5 for Five Years Series - Prof. Kim Carballo
Your New Music Toolbox - Prof. Carballo coaches opera and song at IU Jacobs, founded Reimagining Opera for Kids, and she has built a niche in new music interpretation. She will offer a workshop on approaching new opera and contemporary song. (Executive Director)
Musical Arts Center- Bloomington, Indiana
March 31st - April 15th, 2017
Calling All Kates by Emily Goodson and Jeremy Schonfield
Marc gets dumped by his fiancé the night before the wedding spurring an online ad for anyone named Kate to join him
on his honeymoon so he doesn't lose his deposit... (Music Director/ Narrator/ Percussionist)
Bloomington Playwrights Project - Bloomington, Indiana
March 8th, 2017
5 for Five Years Series - Walter Huff
Audition Do's and Don'ts - The ins and outs of proper headshots, resumés, and audition day etiquette with Walter Huff, Associate Professor of Music in Choral Conducting, with other 30 years with Atlanta Opera and IU Opera Theater. (Executive Director)
Simon Center- Bloomington, Indiana
January 22nd, 2017
NSAL Competition - 2017
Local Bloomington, Indiana chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters voice competition
Ford-Crawford Hall - Bloomington, Indiana
November 30th, 2016
The "X" - 2016
An evening of new vocal and operatic works with a preview of the Spring 2017 Double Bill operas (Executive Director)
Ford-Crawford Hall - Bloomington, Indiana
November 16th, 2016
5 for Five Years Series - Amy Osajima
Marketing and audeince development is not an easy task in today's market, especially in the arts.
Amy Osajima Director of Marketing and Communications at IU's Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance
can help shed some light, however (Executive Director)
Simon Center- Bloomington, Indiana
November 15th, 2016
Doctoral Recital
The first of three recitals, this particular evening featuring the music of Handel, Chausson, Tosti, Finzi, and Wolf
with Wilbur Lin at the Piano
Ford-Crawford Hall - Bloomington, Indiana
October 29th - November 5th, 2016
Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim
Experience the Demon Barber of Fleet Street performed up close and personal (Music Director)
Rose Firebay at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana
October 16th, 2016
5 for Five Years Series - Prof. Ursula Kuhar
A talk on operating a performance in the mass market. Dr. Kuhar is perfectly positioned to enlighten on this subject
from her new position at IU's SPEA and her recent experience as ED of Washington Concert Opera in DC (Executive Director)
Simon Center- Bloomington, Indiana
May 5th, 2016
New Voices Opera Spring Double Bill
the 2016 Spring Double Bill will showcase two brand new one act operas: Nicolas Chuaqui's Forest of Dreams and
Maxwell Ramage's Swann's Way (Executive Director)
Buskirk-Chumley Theater - Bloomington, Indiana
February 19, 2016
And You Shall Be A Blessing by Deborah Yarchun
A public reading of the new play with music based on the life of transformative sacred Jewish
singer-songwriter, Debbie Friedman (Music Director)
Performance Pavilion- Bloomington, Indiana
January 29 - February 13, 2016
TOAST by Sam Carner and Derek Gregor
Another world-premire, this time of the exciting and beautfiful new electronically influenced musical TOAST (Music Director)
Bloomington Playwrights Project - Bloomington, Indiana
December 2, 2015
The "X" - 2015
An evening of new vocal and operatic works with a preview of the Spring 2016 Double Bill operas (Executive Director)
Ford-Crawford Hall - Bloomington, Indiana
October 26, 2015
NVO Music Theatre Revue
A first for New Voices Opera, an evening of cabaret style music theatre! (Executive Director and Performer)
Bloomington Playwrights Project - Bloomington, Indiana
October 23, 2015
NVO Music Theatre Revue
A first for New Voices Opera, an evening of cabaret style music theatre! (Executive Director and Performer)
First United Methodist Church - Columbus, Indiana
October 21, 2015
Interview with Jake Heggie
Benjamin will be leading a live-stremaed interview with composer Jake Heggie from Bloomington
Sweeney Hall - Bloomington, Indiana
July 30 - August 2, 2015
Youth Music Theatre Ensemble presents Just Grow With It an Original Musical
Members of the ensemble write, compose, and choreograph their very own musical! (Director)
Bloomington Playwrights Project - Bloomington, Indiana
May 8, 2015
New Voices Opera Spring Double Bill
NVO's double billing of Kimberly Osberg's Thump and Melody Eotvos' The King in Yellow (Executive Director)
Buskirk-Chumley Theather - Bloomington, Indiana
March 12, 2015
Impressions of Brown County
An evening of new works as a reaction to Frank Hohenberger's historic photographs of Brown County and its residents
A collaboration with New Voices Opera and the Novocane Quartet (Project Director and Performer)
Brown County Playhouse - Nashville, Indiana
March 10, 2015
Composition Recital with Max Ramage
Trialogue: Nature Aligns by Max Ramage for Tenor and Orchestra (Tenor Soloist)
Auer Hall, Jacobs School of Music - Bloomington, Indiana
March 1, 2015
Mozart's Requiem
Mozart's Requiem Mass in D Minor, Matthew Latta, Conductor (Tenor Soloist)
Vincennes University's Red Skelton Performing Arts Center - Vincennes, Indiana
January 30-February 13, 2015
Make Me Bad by Drew Gasparini and Alex Brightman
Bloomington Playwrights Project's World Premiere of the new rock-thriller musical (Music Director)
Bloomington Playwrights Project - Bloomington, Indiana
December 13, 2014
16th Annual ISO Classical Christmas
Apollo's Voice chamber ensemble in concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Raymond Leppard
Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts - Indianapolis, Indiana
November 7 and 14, 2014
New Voices Opera Second Annual Fall Exhibition
NVO's collaborative evening of new vocal and operatic works, with a preview of the Spring 2015 Double Bill (Executive Director)
Ford-Crawford Hall, Jacobs School of Music - Bloomington, Indiana (Nov 7th)
Bloomington Playwrights Project - Bloomington, Indiana (Nov 14th)
November 14-21, 2014
The Last Savage by Gian Carlo Menotti
Menotti's satirical commentary on American society. Conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos and Directed by Ned Canty
Musical Arts Center, Jacobs School of Music - Bloomington, Indiana
September 4-13, 2014
1776 by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards
The story of America's beginnings, a production with Cardinal Stage Company (James Wilson)
Buskirk-Chumley Theather - Bloomington, Indiana
June 19-29, 2014
Les Miserables by Claude-Michel Schönberg
Victor Hugo's epic tale of the June Rebellion, a production with Cardinal Stage Company (Combferre)
Buskirk-Chumley Theather - Bloomington, Indiana
May 2-3, 2014
New Voices Opera Spring Double Bill
NVO's double billing of Ezra Donner's Ile and Eric Lindsay's Cosmic Ray and the Amazing Chris (Business Manager)
Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center's Whikhart Auditorium - Bloomington, Indiana
April 15, 2014
Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131 by J.S. Bach
A concert performed in conjunction with the Jacobs Symphonic Choir, Conducted by Livia Gho (Tenor Soloist)
Musical Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana
April 11-19, 2014
La traviata by Giussepe Verdi
A cutting edge new production, Conducted by Joseph Rescigno and Directed by Jeffrey Buchman
Musical Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana
February 28-March 8, 2014
H.M.S. Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan
G&S's first American success, Conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos and Directed by Michael Shell (Ralph Rackstraw)
Musical Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana
November 3, 2013
New Voices Opera First Annual Fall Exhibition
The inaugural Fall Exhibition concert featuring three new operatic excerpts (Business Manager)
Whittenberger Auditorium - Bloomington, Indiana
September 29, 2013
Tower Art Series
A musical revue from the golden age favorites to the up-and-coming broadway best, Thomas Drury, Piano
Trinity United Methodist Church - Evansville, Indiana
September 20-28, 2013
Le nozze di Figaro by W. A. Mozart
One of the classic Da Ponte libretti, Conducted by Arthur Fagen and Directed by Christopher Alexander
Musical Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana
April 26-27, 2013
Intoxication: America's Love Affair with Oil by Chappel Kingsland
New Voices Opera's Innaugural production, Conducted by Carlos Botero and Directed by Lee Cromwell (President Taft)
Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana
April 5-13, 2013
Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi
The audience favorite inspired by Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of WIndsor," Conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, and Directed by Robin Guarino
Musical Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana
March, 11 2013
Music Teacher National Association Young Artist Competition National Finals
National Finals recital competition for MTNA in Disneyland
Disneyland Convention Center - Anaheim, California
February 22, 2013
Master's Recital
A solo recital of Handel, Copeland, Donizetti, Schubert, and Hahn; Nicholas Dold, Piano
Evangelical Community Church - Bloomington, Indiana
February 17, 2013
MIsssa Sancti Gabrielis, MH 17 by Michael Haydn
A concert performance with the Jacobs Symphonic Choir, Conducted by Jack Templeton (Tenor Soloist
Auer Hall - Bloomington, Indiana
October 18-21, 2012
Die lustige Witwe by Franz Lehar
A wonderful opertta comedy updated to the 1920s, Conducted by Dale Rieling and Directed by Vincent Liotta (Kromow)
Musical Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana
August 5, 2012
Tower Art Series
A solo recital of Britten, Mozart, Brahms, and Paladhile; Thomas Drury, Piano
Trinity United Methodist Church - Evansville, Indiana
April 27, 2012
Senior Recital
A solo recital of Mozart, Brahms, Britten, and Paladhile; Ardalan Vossoughi, Piano
Evangelical Community Church - Bloomington, Indiana
April 6-14, 2012
Candide by Leonard Bernstein
A hilarious social commentary still relevant for our time, Conducted by Kevin Noe and Directed by Candace Evans (Charles Edward)
Musical Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana
Novemeber 11-19, 2011
La bohème by Giacomo Puccini
A masterpiece of the opera stage, Conducted by David Effron and Directed by Tito Capobianco
Musical Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana
Novemeber 23 - October 1, 2011
Così fan tutte by W. A. Mozart
A tale of lovers and deciept, Conducted by Arthur Fagen and Directed by Tomer Zvulun
Musical Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana
August 9-13, 2011
Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini and Buoso's Ghost by Michael Ching
A double bill of the last of the Trittico and it's modern sequel, Conducted by Emmanuale Andrizzi and Directed by George Cedarquist (Gherardo)
Bay View Music Festival - Petoskey, Michigan
April 27, 2012
Junior Recital
A solo recital of Bach, Schumann, Fauré, Vaughan Williams, Duke, and Head; Luke Norell, Piano
Evangelical Community Church - Bloomington, Indiana
February 25 - March 5, 2011
Faust by Charles Gounod
When you sell your soul to the Devil... beautful music happens, Conducted by David Effron and Directed by Tomer Zvulun
Musical Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana
November 13-21, 2009
Die Zauberflöte by W. A. Mozart
Mozart's final opera, a fantastical, farcical tale, Conducted by Mark Gibson and Directed by Tomer Zvulun
Musical Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana
January 3, 2009
Four Tenors in Concert
A Celebration of the Tenor Voice, Benfit for the Public Education Foundation of Evansville, Inc.
North High School Performing Arts Center - Evansville, Indiana
October 24 - November 1, 2008
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor by Otto NIcolai
A wonderfully hilariously telling of the Shakespeare comedy, Conducted by David Effron and Directed by Vincent Liotta
Musical Arts Center - Bloomington, Indiana