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He is a baritone/bass singer, choral director,
conductor and teacher born in Des Moines, Iowa. He studied at Southwest Missouri State University and
moved into teaching in Odessa, Missouri, for the next four years. He later studied at Lindenwood
University and Truman State University. In 1996 he relocated to Creve Coeur, Missouri and became
the choral director at Parkway North High School, being honoured with the
award of parkway North Teacher of the Year in 2000. His musical performances have seen
him singing with the Chorale Francis Poulenc and the Kansas City Symphony
Chorus and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Ladue, among others, as well as
acting as director for the Congregation Shaare Emeth choir. He has also been a member of the Saint Louis Chamber
Chorus where he was an Assistant Conductor and singer and appeared on their
recordings such as Songs of the Soul and A Spanish Christmas
where he sang a solo on Missa O Magnum Mysterium. He is also a busy clinician and adjudicator in Missouri,
having directed several honors choirs.
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://www.pnhmusic.com/choirbio.html
- http://www.chamberchorus.org/personnel/breeves.html
- http://www.chandos.net/pdf/GMCD%207272.pdf
- CD
Liner Notes: A Spanish Christmas
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