Jonathan Murphy, tenor

2500 GA Highway 130 E Vidalia, Georgia 30474

912.245.8360 [email protected]
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Education
D.M.A. in Voice Performance
University of Oklahoma
M.M. in Voice Performance
University of Tennessee
B.M. in Vocal Performance
Georgia Southern University
Selected Operatic Performances
Iphigenie en Tauride (Gluck), Pylade -- University of Oklahoma Opera
Lincoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi), Nerone -- University of Oklahoma Opera
Mavra (Stravinsky), Mavra -- University of Oklahoma Opera
Street Scene (Weill), Sam Kaplan -- University of Tennessee Opera
Don Giovanni (Mozart), Don Ottavio -- University of Tennessee Opera
La Traviata (Verdi), Gastone -- University of Tennessee Opera
The Turn of the Screw (Britten), Peter Quint -- University of Tennessee Opera
Rigoletto (Verdi), Borsa Knoxville Opera
La Bella Dormente nel Bosco (Respighi), Principe Aprile -- Oberlin in Italy
Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti), Kaspar Georgia Southern Opera
The Elixir of Love (Donizetti), Nemorino -- Georgia Southern Opera
Cosi fan tutte, Act I (Mozart), Ferrando -- Georgia Southern Opera
H.M.S. Pinafore (Sullivan), Ralph Rackstraw -- Georgia Southern Opera
A Little Night Music (Sondheim), Henrik Egerman -- Georgia Southern Opera
Selected Orchestral Concert Performances
War Requiem (Britten), selections Knoxville, Tennessee
Messiah (Handel) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Mass in C Major (Mozart) Augusta, Georgia
Mass in C Minor (Mozart) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Requiem in D minor (Mozart) Knoxville, Tennessee
Vesperae solennes de confessore (Mozart) Augusta, Georgia
Elijah (Mendelssohn) Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

Die erste Walpurgisnacht (Mendelssohn) University of Oklahoma, Norman

Vespro della Beata Vergine (Monteverdi) University of Oklahoma, Norman
Oratorio de Nol (Saint-Sans) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Gloria (Vivaldi) University of Oklahoma, Norman
Teaching Experience
University of Oklahoma
Taught non-music major students
Prepared students for recital performance
University of Tennessee
Taught non-music major students
Prepared students for recital performance
Private Voice Studio
Taught private voice in Tennessee, Oklahoma, Indiana, and Co. Cork, Ireland
Taught over two dozen students, varying in age from 16 to 60
Coaching Experience
Wichita Grand Opera
Coached full operas, including Turandot, Don Carlo, and La Grande-Duchess de
Grolstein
Coached leading artists and young artists on roles
Coached young artists on audition repertoire
Accompanied staging rehearsals
Worked with major artists, including Sam Ramey, William Powers, Annalisa
Raspagliosi, and Ricardo Tamura
University of Oklahoma, Norman
Coached and accompanied students of Bill Neill, Bradley Williams, and Kim
Josephson
Played over 20 undergraduate, graduate, and faculty recitals as collaborative pianist
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2007-2010)
Coached and accompanied students of Andrew Wentzel, Andrew Skoog, Cecily Nall,
and Lorraine DiSimone
Coached University of Tennessee Opera productions of Gianni Schicchi and The
Crucible under Carroll Freeman and Dr. Kevin Class
Played over 20 undergraduate, graduate and faculty recitals as collaborative pianist
Private Coaching Studio
Coached major artists, including Jay Hunter Morris, Clifton Forbis, and Dmitri Pittas

Coached singers for productions at the Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera,
Dallas Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Santa Fe Opera, among others

Additional Musical Experience

First Presbyterian Church, Wichita, Kansas (2015-2016)
Accompanied hymns, service music, and choral and solo music on organ and piano
Accompanied choir rehearsals
Accompanied on organ a performance of John Rutters Gloria
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Lafayette, Indiana (2013-2015)
Accompanied hymns, service music, and choral and solo music on organ and piano
Conducted and accompanied chancel choir
Conducted hand bell choir
Managed choral library
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2011-2013)
Accompanied chapel services on organ and piano
Conducted hand bell choir
Accompanied chancel choir rehearsals
Collaborated with well-known artists, including Leona Mitchell, Robert Hale, and
Arnold Rawls
Helped to coach and produce performances of Handels Messiah; Duboiss The Seven
Last Words of Christ; a concert with Ovid Young and Robert Hale; and Faith, Hope,
and Love, a concert for tornado victims of Moore, Oklahoma
Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tennessee (2007-2010)
Accompanied services on organ and piano
Accompanied choir rehearsals
Served as Assistant Choir Conductor
Managed choral library
Selected Voice Teachers

Bill Neill, former professor, University of Oklahoma

Bradley Williams, professor, New England Conservatory
Marilyn Horne, professor, University of Oklahoma
Andrew Skoog, professor, University of Tennessee
Dr. Kyle Hancock, professor, Georgia Southern University

Selected Vocal Coaches

Dr. Elizabeth Avery, professor, University of Oklahoma

Lorne Richstone, professor, University of Oklahoma
Benton Hess, professor, Eastman School of Music
Dr. Kevin Class, professor, University of Tennessee
Patrick Harvey, vocal coach, Houston Grand Opera
Brian Salesky, conductor, Knoxville Opera
Gabriel Dobner, professor, James Madison University

Selected Directors

Dr. Tamara Watson Harper

Sarah Hancock
Carroll Freeman
Michael McConnell
Edward Crafts
William Ferrara

Selected Conductors

Dr. James Fellenbaum

Dr. Kevin Class
Dr. Eugene Enrico
Josh Phelps
Steve Bixler
Dr. Jonathan Shames

Selected Piano Teachers

Dr. Kevin Class, professor, University of Tennessee

Dr. Pierce Dickens, professor, Georgia Southern University
Dr. Natalia da Roza, former professor, Georgia Southern University

Selected Organ Teachers

Eleanor Whitsett, former professor, Southern Nazarene University

Dr. John Brock, former professor, University of Tennessee
Dr. Karen Ladd, former professor, University of Tennessee

Honors

Weitzenhoffer Opera Fellow (University of Oklahoma)

First Place, Benton Schmidt Vocal Competition (University of Oklahoma)
Musicology Prize (University of Tennessee)
Graduate Assistant (University of Tennessee)
Knoxville Opera Young Artist
Presser Scholar (Georgia Southern University)
Two-time GNATS Division Winner

Complete Operas/Roles Coached

Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio
Georges Bizet
Carmen
Jake Heggie
Moby Dick
Ruggiero Leoncavallo
I Pagliacci
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
Le Nozze di Figaro
Jacques Offenbach
La Grande-Duchesse de Grolstein
Giacomo Puccini
La Bohme
Gianni Schicchi
Madama Butterfly
Tosca
Turandot
Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier
Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo
Otello
La Traviata
Richard Wagner
Siegfried
Tannhuser
Tristan und Isolde
Robert Ward
The Crucible

Selected Recital Repertoire (Singer)

Samuel Barber
Three Last Songs
Benjamin Britten
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo
Canticle I: My Beloved is Mine
Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac
Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain
Winter Words
Johannes Brahms
Zigeunerlieder
Gerald Finzi
Farewell to Arms
Charles Ives
Three Songs of War
Franz Liszt
Tre Sonetti del Petrarca
Franz Schubert
Die Schne Mllerin
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
Liederkreis, op. 24
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Songs of Travel
The House of Life
Selected Recital Repertoire (pianist/coach)
Dominick Argento
Miss Manners on Music
Six Elizabethan Songs
Samuel Barber
Hermit Songs
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Amy Beach
Three Browning Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven
An die ferne Geliebte
Ah perfido!
Vincenzo Bellini
Tre Ariette
Sei Ariette
Alban Berg
Sieben frhe Lieder

Leonard Bernstein
I Hate Music
William Bolcom
Cabaret Songs
Johannes Brahms
Vier Ernste Gesnge
Alto Rhapsody
Benjamin Britten
Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac
Cabaret Songs
George Butterworth
A Shropshire Lad
Bredon Hill
Ernest Chausson
Pome de lamour et de la mer
Aaron Copland
Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
Claude Debussy
Ariettes oublies
Ftes galantes
Chanson de Bilitis
John Duke
Four Poems by Edward Arlington Robinson
Henri Duparc
Complete works for voice and piano
Antonin Dvorak
Cignsk melodie
Manuel de Falla
Siete cacniones populares espaolas
Gabriel Faure
La chanson dve
Pome dun jour
Gerald Finzi
Earth and Air and Rain
A Young Mans Exhortation
Let Us Garlands Bring
Charles Griffes
Three Poems of Fiona MacLeod
John Harbison
Mirabai Songs
Libby Larsen
Songs from Letters
Franz Lehar
Fieber

Peter Lieberson
Neruda Songs
Gustav Mahler
Kindertotenlieder
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Rckert-Lieder
John Musto
Shadow of the Blues
Francis Poulenc
Le Bestiare
Banalits
Airs chants
Fianailles pour rire
Maurice Ravel
Shhrazade
Don Quichotte Dulcine
Ottorino Respighi
Il tramonto
Erik Satie
Trois melodies
Franz Schubert
Vier Gesnge aus Wilhelm Meister
Der Hirt aus dem Felsen
Robert Schumann
Liederkreis, op. 39
Frauenlieben und Leben
Lieder der Mignon
Richard Strauss
Drei Lieder der Ophelia
Brentano Lieder
Vier Letzte Lieder
Michael Tippett
Boyhoods End
Richard Wagner
Wesendonck Lieder
Kurt Weill
Four Walt Whitman Songs
Eric Whitacre
Five Hebrew Love Songs

References
Mr. Bill Neill
159-00 Riverside Drive West #4L-70
New York, NY 10032
(646) 808-5959
[email protected]
Retired professor, University of Oklahoma

Mr. Carroll Freeman

603 Bassett Court, S. E.
Smyrna, GA, United States 30080
(865) 387-1861
Professor of Opera Studies,
Georgia State University

Mr. Josh Phelps

4400 Shartel Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
(865) 548-2832
[email protected]
Director of Music and Worship,
Westminster Presbyterian
Church

Mr. Bradley Williams

405-436-3142
[email protected]
Professor, New England
Conservatory of Music
Mr. William Powers
(847) 526-0528

[email protected]
Internationally known operatic
bass-baritone