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 - Soverign Arts Center
A 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