THAD SHIREY - Baritone

Opera:

Operetta - Musical Theatre
La Traviata Germont - Hilton Head Symphony
Madame Butterfly - Sharpless Chestnut Hill Opera
Carmen Escamillo - Kennett Symphony
Father Louise - Immaculata College
Lucia Di Lammermoor Enrico - Berks Grand Opera
The Merry Widow Danillo - Berks Grand Opera
Pagliacci Silvio - New York Grand Opera
Cavalleria Rusticana Alfio - New York Grand Opera
Manon Lescaut - Delaware Valley Opera
La Boheme Marcello - The Boheme Society
Marriage of Figaro Count Almaviva - Chestnut Hill Opera
H.M.S. Pinafore Captain Corcoran - Academy of Music
Amahl & The Night Visitors Melchior - Kennett Symphony
Noye’s Fludde Noye - Berks Grand Opera
Mikado Poo Bah - Chestnut Hill Opera
Student Prince Dr. Engel - Delaware Valley Opera
Land of Smiles Sou Chung - Delaware Valley Opera
Old Man & The Thief The Tramp - Chestnut Hill Opera
The Telephone Bob - Chestnut Hill Opera
Showboat Ravenal - Syracuse Symphony
Carousel Billy - Syracuse Symphony
Man of La Mancha Cervantes - Syracuse Symphony
1776 Edward - Rutledge Performing Arts Center
Little Night Music - Fredrik Performing Arts Center

Concerts:

Carmina Burana - Hilton Head Symphony
Beethhoven Ninth - Kennett Symphony
Carmen - Kennett Symphony
Mozart Requiem - Paris
Christmas concerts - St. Peter Orchestra

Conductors:

Mary Woodmansee-Green - Father Alphonse Stevenson
Andrzej Jurkiewicz - Carl Suppa
Roland Fiori - Calvin Custer
Steven Mosteller - Robert Cooper, Sr.
Ferdinand Liva - Vincent La Selva

Teaching Experience:

2007 to present – Community Music School, Collegeville, PA
1985-1988 - Adjunct Voice Instructor at Chestnut Hill College and Harcum College, Philadelphia, PA
1980-1983 - Voice Faculty of Combs College, Philadelphia, PA

Education:

1974-1976 Combs College of Music, Philadelphia, PA, Bachelor Degree
1970-1972 Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore Maryland
1968-1970 Essex Community College, Baltimore, Maryland
1965-1968 Peabody Prep School, Baltimore, Maryland

References - Furnished Upon Request