Tenor
knight@baldmt.com
Non-electronic contact info available on request.
VOCAL EDUCATION
- Study with Alice Hughes,
February 2012 - present.
- Study with Mary Kay Schmidt,
August 1994 - May 1998.
- Study with Geraldine Braden,
MacPhail Center for the Arts,
September 1987 - March 1991 and September - December 1993.
- Study and coaching with Maria Jette,
February 1991 - November 1992.
- Study with various instructors
while an undergraduate at
St. Olaf College.
OTHER MUSICAL EDUCATION
- Attended the
Workshop in Algorithmic Computer Music,
June 2009.
Instruction by David Cope and Peter Elsea.
- Attended the
Vancouver Medieval Music Programme,
August 1993 and August 1994.
Two-week performance practice seminars
taught by Sequentia
(Barbara Thornton, Benjamin Bagby, Elizabeth Gaver).
- Music theory
(while a theory composition major at St. Olaf College,
through May 1981);
instructors include
F. Marian Walker,
Arthur Campbell,
Alice Walker,
Janet Gilbert.
- Music history tutorials with
Robert Antley,
February 1980 - May 1981.
- Piano performance with Kenneth Graber,
September 1980 - May 1983.
Presented senior piano recital
(works by
Bach,
Beethoven,
Hovhanness,
Brahms),
April 1983.
CHORAL EXPERIENCE
- Pacific Collegiate School Community Choir (director Alice Hughes), September 2010 - present.
-
Tenor section leader with
Ariose Singers
(Santa Cruz, CA; director Michael McGushin),
September 2009 - present.
Performances of works by:
Poulenc,
Bach,
January 2010;
Irving Fine,
Ross Lee Finney,
William Hawley,
June 2010;
Bach, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Praetorius, Gesius
(Santa Cruz Baroque Festival), October 2010;
Paul Bowles
(Centennial Festival at UCSC),
January 2011;
Henry Mollicone (Beatitude Mass), April 2011;
Phil Collins
(score of Metropolis),
October 2011;
Hyo-Shin Na, February and June 2012.
-
Tenor and alto with
L'Armonia
(Santa Cruz, CA; director Michael Tierra),
December 2010 - May 2011 (approximate).
Madrigal concert, May 2011 (approximate).
-
Tenor with
Consortium Carissimi
(Minneapolis, MN; director Garrick Comeaux),
October - November 2007.
Inaugural concert of the North American branch of this ensemble,
featuring works by Graziani, Cavalli and, yes, Carissimi.
-
Tenor with re-formed
Waltham Abbey Singers
(St. Paul, MN; director Brian Link),
February - May 2007.
Concert of works by Victoria, Palestrina, Lassus and Josquin.
(An excerpt
from the Victoria Requiem is available at YouTube.)
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Tenor and alto in the
Rose Ensemble
(St. Paul, MN;
director Jordan Sramek),
August 1998&nbp;- June 2001.
-
Tenor in the
Dale Warland Singers
(Minneapolis, MN;
director Dale Warland),
June 1996 - May 1998;
substitute, September 1998 - May 2001.
-
Tenor section leader at the
Cathedral of St. Paul
(St. Paul, MN;
director Kevin Vogt),
April 1996 - May 1997.
-
Tenor section leader at the
Church of St. Louis, King of France
(St. Paul, MN;
dirs. James Frazier, Douglas Shambo),
March 1995 - June 1995.
-
The Early Music Ensemble of St. Paul
(St. Paul, MN;
director John Baboukis, 1991 - 1994;
director Douglas Shambo, 1994 - 1996),
September 1991 - April 1996.
Concert presentations (in style influenced by Thomas Binkley)
of laude spirituali, plainsong,
Byzantine chant, works by
Lassus, Schutz, Josquin, Machaut, Palestrina, Morales,
Cicconia.
- Waltham Abbey Singers
(St. Paul, MN; director Brian Link),
February 1991 - March 1996.
An a capella ensemble in the Anglican/Tallis Scholars mold.
Concert presentations of works by
Tallis, Shepherd, Josquin, Machaut, Palestrina, Schutz,
van Wilder.
- Ex Machina Baroque Opera Ensemble
(Minneapolis, MN;
artistic director James Middleton,
musical director Barbara Weiss),
December 1988 - December 1992.
Concerts of Spanish Colonial music,
April 1989 and December 1992;
Requiem (Gilles), November 1991.
See also under MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE, below.
- Gregorian Singers
(Minneapolis, MN; director Monte Mason),
September 1990 - May 1991.
Worship-service performance of liturgical choral music,
from Anglican plainsong to contemporary.
- Concentus Cantorum
(Minneapolis, MN; director Arthur Maud),
September 1989 - May 1990.
The a capella component
of Maud's Concentus Musicus organization.
Concert presentations of works by
Josquin, Gibbons, Hassler, Othmayr,
Palestrina, Janequin, Brumel, Rogier, Weelkes.
- Dale Warland Symphonic Chorus
(Minneapolis, MN; dirs. Dale Warland, Sigrid Johnson),
July 1988 - November 1990.
Concert presentations of
Tosca,
Boris Godunov,
Voices (Stephen Paulus, world premiere),
Aida,
Symphony No. 9
(Beethoven),
Madama Butterfly,
Falstaff
(Carnegie Hall appearance).
- Quire
(Washington, D.C.; director Robert Eisenstein),
September 1984 - May 1985.
Early music a capella group founded by Eisenstein,
a Folger Consort instrumentalist.
Concert presentations of works by
Taverner, Tye, Lambe, van Wilder, Resinarius, Sennfl,
Browne.
- Collegium Cantorum
(Reston, VA; director Tim Kendall),
September 1984 - May 1985.
Then-fledgling a capella early music group.
Study of works primarily by Josquin and Ockeghem.
- Various choirs while a student at
St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN),
including Viking Chorus (director Robert Scholz,
September 1979 - May 1980;
also served as choir president),
Chapel Choir (director Robert Scholz, September 1979 - May 1982;
director Timothy Carney, January 1983 - May 1983),
Repertory Singers (director Gerald Hoekstra,
September 1982 - May 1983).
MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Senator Fipp
in
Urinetown
(director Andrew Ceglio)
at
Cabrillo Stage,
Aptos, California,
January 2015.
Wigs
in
Enter the Guardsman
(director/choreographer Art Manke)
at
Jewel Theatre Company,
Santa Cruz, California,
November 2014.
Mr. Brownlow
in
Oliver!
(director Dustin Leonard)
at
Cabrillo Stage,
Aptos, California,
July - August 2014.
Robert
in
LUNCH
(director/choreographer Andrew Ceglio)
at
Cabrillo Stage,
Aptos, California,
January 2014.
Henry T. Dobson / Quartet / Crew / Passenger
in
Anything Goes
(director/choreographer Kikau Alvaro, musical director Michael McGushin)
at
Cabrillo Stage,
Aptos, California,
June 2012 - August 2012.
Curio
in
Giulio Cesare (Handel)
(director James Middleton, musical director Barbara Weiss)
at
Ex Machine Baroque Opera Ensemble,
Minneapolis, Minnesota,
October 1991.
Aladino
in
Cunegonda (Scarlatti)
(director James Middleton, musical director Barbara Weiss)
at
Ex Machine Baroque Opera Ensemble,
Minneapolis, Minnesota,
March 1989.
Enemble
in
Intermedii della Pellagrina
(director James Middleton, musical director Barbara Weiss)
at
Ex Machine Baroque Opera Ensemble,
Minneapolis, Minnesota,
January 1989.
High school musical performances at
Robbinsdale Armstrong High School,
Plymouth, Minnesota:
Rudolf in Hello, Dolly!, spring 1978;
cast in Free to Be: You and Me, spring 1979.
RECORDINGS
-
Co-producer,
The Rose Ensemble:
Seasons of Angels / Harmony of the Spheres.
Recorded and released 2001.
Plainchant, laude spirituali,
and works by
Francisco Guerrero, Hildegard von Bingen, Gilles Binchois, Johan Fux.
-
Singer on
The Rose Ensemble:
Lôbo Requiem / van Wilder motets.
Recorded November 1998;
released May 1999.
Wrote liner notes.
MUSICAL THEATER TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
- Stage manager for the
1995 Boston Early Music Festival
production of Purcell's King Arthur
(artistic director Jack Edwards,
musical directors Peter Holman and Paul O'Dette),
June 1995.
- Stage manager for
Ex Machina Baroque Opera Ensemble
(artistic director James Middleton),
September 1992 - June 1995.
- Stage manager for the
1993 Boston Early Music Festival
production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
(artistic director Simon Target,
musical director Andrew Parrott),
June 1993.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL EXPERIENCE
- Member of the Board of Directors for the
Rose Ensemble,
December 1999 - 2001.
- Chair of the Board of Directors for the
Early Music Ensemble of St. Paul,
September 1993 - 1996.
Primary administrator,
including having filed Articles of Incorporation
and preparing organization Bylaws,
keeping financial books,
coordinating concert logistics.
- Member of the Board of Directors for
Ex Machina Baroque Opera Ensemble,
April 1994 - June 1995.
PERSONAL DATA
Age: 52
Formal Education: B.A., Computing Science,
St. Olaf College
(Northfield, MN). Class of 1983, degree awarded 1986.
Employment: Member of Technical Staff / Software Engineer,
Google, Inc.,
Mountain View, CA.
Last modified: January 2015
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