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OPERATIC EXPERIENCE

* Hamlet
* Colonel James Bailey
* Lincoln
Memory I
King Kaspar
KeHoTeque
The Ghost of W.H. Auden
Larry / Matt
Polissard
Patachon
Cavaradossi
Oronte
Torquemada
Erice
Monsieur Vogelsang
Laurie
Duke of Dunstable
Tamino

H  [WP]
The Final Cause
Lincoln: A Poetic Opera
.Gabriel [WP]
Amahl & The Night Visitors
Antigon  [WP] 
From Sandover [WP] 
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Les deux pecheurs
Les deux aveugles
Tosca
Alcina
L'Heure Espagnole
L'Ormindo
The Impresario
Little Women
Patience
The Magic Flute

Boston Metro Opera
Boston Metro Opera
Boston Metro Opera
Boston Metro Opera
Boston Metro Opera
Boston Metro Opera
Harvard / NYC Composers'
Boston Metro Opera
Boston Metro Opera
Boston Metro Opera
Longwood Opera
Boston Opera Collaborative
OperaHub
Harvard Early Music Society
NEC Opera Studio
Stoughton Opera
Madison Savoyards
Wartburg College

2012
2012
2012
2011
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2007
2006
2006

THEATRE EXPERIENCE

Cast Member
Beadle Bamford
Francis

Side by Side by Sondheim
Sweeney Todd
Forever Plaid

NEC Opera Theater
Four Seasons Theatre
Edgerton PAC

2009
2006
2005

CONCERT EXPERIENCE

Tenor Soloist
Tenor Soloist
Tenor Soloist
Tenor Soloist
Tenor Soloist
Tenor Soloist
Tenor Soloist
Tenor Soloist
Tenor Soloist
Tenor Soloist
Tenor Soloist

9th Symphony
Fantasia 
Song of Evolution
Christmas Oratorio
Carmina Burana
Lord Nelson Mass
Messiah
In Memoriam, Dylan Thomas
Magnificat
Requiem
The Seven Last Words of Christ

Paul Madore Chorale
Paul Madore Chorale    Boston College
PACC
Paul Madore Chorale
Masterworks Chorale
Paul Madore Chorale
New England Conservatory
Masterworks Chorale
Masterworks Chorale
Good Shepherd Church

2011
2011 2010
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2007

SELECTED NEW MUSIC EXPERIENCE
* World Premiere (+)
World Premiere
World Premiere
World Premiere (+)
World Premiere (+)
World Premiere
World Premiere
World Premiere
World Premiere
Folk Songs
Nine Spirituals
Cal'mus Songs
Sleep now, o you unquiet heart
A Coney Island of the Mind
Three Songs on Texts of Walt Whitman
Fiddler's Three
Three Songs from 'Walden'
Phantasmagoria
Randal Despommier
David Edgar Walther
David Edgar Walther
Randal Despommier
Randal Despommier
Monica Houghton
Andrew Wilson
Jason Belcher
Jeffrey Brody
2012
2012
2012
2011
2010
2010
2010
2009
2009


* denotes Upcoming Performance
(+) denotes Written for Christopher Aaron Smith
[WP] denotes World Premiere

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2007 - 2009
2002 - 2006

Master of Music in Vocal Performance
Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance

New England Conservatory
Wartburg College

(Deg. Earned: 2009)
(Deg. Earned: 2006)


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Coaches:

Directors:
Conductors:


Patricia Craig, Susan Blumer, Daniel Gast, Rosemary Gast, David Katz
Jeffrey Brody, Michael Strauss, Terry Decima, Timothy Steele, Timothy Shaindlin, 
Bill Lutes, Simon Estes
Trish Weinmann, Greg Smucker, Terry Kiss Frank, William Farlow 
Bill Sano, Jane Ring Frank, Steven Karidoyanes, Blake Walters

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

New England Conservatory Merit Award
Peter Elvins Vocal Competition
NEC Vocal Concerto Competition
Harold Whitworth Pierce Provost Scholarship
Wisconsin NATS Competition
Metropolitan Opera Auditions
Metropolitan Opera Auditions

Winner
Opera Encouragement Award
Second Place
Winner
First Place
Skylight Opera Theatre Award
MMTA, Inc. Award

2008
2008
2007
2007
2006
2006
2005