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He is a bass singer, pianist, organist, composer and
arranger born in Chicago, Illinois, who began learning the piano when in
his second grade of school, gained an interest in classical music by the
fifth grade and took organ lessons in his senior year of high school. He went on to study at the
University of Illinois and graduated with a degree in chemical engineering,
but during his years there he still managed to play and be given lessons on
the organ. He took up his professional
career as an engineer but never stopped being involved in music and
he is currently a member of the Saint
Louis Chamber Chorus
. With them he has appeared in
several concerts and also on CDs of theirs such as A Spanish Christmas
and Songs of the Soul.
He has appeared with many other ensembles in his musical career including
the University of Illinois Repertory and Oratorio Societies, the Bach
Society of Saint Louis, the Saint Louis Symphony Chorus and on the piano in
the Friends of Music Concerts #4 with the soprano Pamela Triplett and the
English horn player Robert Herman.
His compositions have included Sonata for Flute and Piano in D
Major, Suites I and II for Piano and Two Choral Responses and he
has arranged several of Bach's works.
Saint
Louis Chamber Chorus Recordings
The
Angel Gabriel (Traditional Basque/Sabine-Baring
Gould )
SLCC 04 (CD: St Louis Chamber Orchestra:
A Spanish Christmas)
Arranger: Edgar
Pettman
Conductor - Philip
Barnes
Sources:
- http://matthewchapman.net/music/index.html
- http://www.chamberchorus.org/personnel.html
- http://www.ketc.org/community/community_eventsCal.asp?et=art&date=4-5-2005
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