Jay White
Countertenor
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Amber Bowers
Jay White, countertenor and Grammy-award winning artist, has enjoyed a variety of performing experiences ranging from the works of Bach, Handel, and Haydn to the works of Bernstein, Britten, and Vaughan Williams. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Bach Sinfonia, Orchestra of the 17th-Century, Armonia Nova, and members of the Smithsonian Players, Tafelmusik, and the Seattle and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestras. Sought after as an interpreter of medieval, renaissance and baroque repertoire, he has appeared at the Berkeley, Bloomington and Washington, DC early music festivals and sung under the batons of Christopher Hogwood, Nicholas McGegan, Donald Burrows and Kenneth Merrill. Trained by countertenors Drew Minter and Michael Chance, tenor Paul Elliott, and soprano Linda Mabbs, Mr. White has been hailed by the press as Òmost impressiveÓ, Òdisplaying beauty and flexibilityÓ, and Òa voice with a full measure of passion.Ó
Mr. White sang eight seasons with the internationally acclaimed ensemble, Chanticleer with whom he traveled to over 40 states and 15 foreign countries, appeared in such venues as Chicago's Orchestra Hall, Cleveland's Severance Hall, Boston's Symphony Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY), the National Theatre of Taipei (Taiwan), performed at the Tanglewood, Ravinia, Interlochen, Schleswig-Holstein, and Brisbane (Australia) Music Festivals, and shared the stage with Frederica von Stade, Dawn Upshaw, the San Antonio, Atlanta, and Virginia Symphonies, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.
Mr. White's discography includes Chanticleer's GRAMMY¨ Award-winning recordings, Colors of Love and Tavener: Lamentations & Praises, and recordings on the Angel/EMI, Focus, New Albion, and Teldec labels. He has also been heard on National Public Radio and Public Radio International programs such as Harmonia, St. Paul Sunday, Around New York, Weekend Edition Sunday, and Performance Today as well as radio broadcasts in eight foreign countries.
After receiving his DMA in 2005, Dr. White has taught at the University of Maryland, the University of Delaware, Columbia Union College (MD) and is currently Assistant Professor of Voice at DePauw University (Greencastle, IN). Information on master classes, choral workshops and vocal training by Dr. White, please click here.
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