Adam Walton
Bass-baritone
adamrwalton@gmail.com / arwalton.com
Education
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
DMA, In Progress
Minor: Music Education
Committee: Costanza Cuccaro, Mary Ann Hart, Alice Hopper, Brent Gault
Final Project: Multimedia Learning Aids for Collegiate Song Literature Courses
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
MM, May 2013, 3.7 GPA
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
BM, August 2010, 3.25 GPA
Opera Roles
Role
Work (Composer)
Date
Venue
Figaro
Mr. Bluff
Leporello
Cappellio (Cover)
Sergeant Budd
Marco
Su Cu (New Work)
Paul Gauguin
Simone
Il Visconte di Suze
The Four Villains
Leporello
Il Commendatore
Dr. Bartolo
Don Alhambra
Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
The Impressario (Mozart)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini)
Albert Herring (Britten)
A View from the Bridge (Bolcom)
The Tale of Lady Thi Kinh (Phan)
Vincent-World Premier (Rands)
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Maria di Rohan (Donizetti)
Les contes d'Hoffman (Offenbach)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
The Gondoliers (Gilbert and Sullivan)
Sept. 2013
June 2013
Sept. 2012
July 2012
Feb. 2012
Oct 2011
Aug 2011
Apr 2011
Feb 2011
July 2010
Oct 2009
Oct 2008
Oct 2008
Oct 2007
June 2007
IU Opera Theater
IU Opera Theater
IU Opera Theater
Caramoor Festival
IU Opera Theater
IU Opera Theater
IU Opera Theater
IU Opera Theater
IU Opera Theater
Caramoor Festival
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Teaching Experience
IU Assistant Instructor – Group Voice Classes
Served as the sole instructor
Developed entire class syllabus
Taught every class period
Evaluated and graded student writing and performance
Assigned final grades
IU Assistant Instructor – Private Voice Lessons
Taught private (non-major) students once per week
Chose repertoire for students
Coached them in technique, diction, and performance practice
Prepared student for a jury performance in front of a full-time voice teacher
Private Voice Studio
Taught private and group lessons to high school and junior high aged students
Developed Curriculum for Vocal Pedagogy Class
Created a comprehensive curriculum for a vocal pedagogy class, including syllabus, tests, and
assignments
Developed Private Studio Handbook for teaching college voice.
Included philosophical assumptions, teaching philosophy, repertoire, exercises, and teaching
observations of experienced teachers
Oratorio and Concert Performances
Role
Work (Composer)
Date
Venue
Haman
Esther (Handel)
Nov. 2013
Jesus
Bass Soloist
Johannes-Passion (Bach)
Messiah (Handel)
March 2013
Dec. 2007
Nat’l Collegiate Choral
Organizations Conference
Anderson University
Maple Valley, WA
Partial Roles
Role
Scene Opera
Date
Venue
Porgy
Horace Tabor
Don Pasquale
Sulpice
II/i
I/iv
III/i
II/i
Feb. 2009
Feb. 2009
Feb. 2008
Feb. 2007
Brigham Young U.
Brigham Young U.
Brigham Young U.
Brigham Young U.
Porgy and Bess (Gershwin)
The Ballad of Baby Doe (Moore)
Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
La Fille du Régiment (Donizetti)
Recitals
Doctoral Recital II, Indiana University, 2016
Doctoral Recital I, Indiana University, 2016
Master’s Recital, Indiana University, 2012
Senior Recital, Brigham Young University, 2010
Junior Recital, Brigham Young University, 2009
Choral Experience
Apollo’s Voice, 2015
Professional chorus performing Schubert Mass no. 2 in G Major, D. 167, under the direction of
Maestro Raymond Leppard
Apollo’s Voice, 2013
Professional chorus performing Bach cantata Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140, under the
direction of Maestro Raymond Leppard.
Bach Kammerchor, 2013
Professional chorus performing Bach Johannes-Passion at Anderson University
IU Pro Arte, 2011-12
University chorus focusing mainly on pre-classical music.
IU Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, 2010-2011
University chorus focusing mainly on 20th century and contemporary compositions.
BYU Singers, 2007-2008
University chorus focusing on smaller chamber works.
BYU Men’s Chorus
University chorus singing repertoire exclusively for male chorus.
Principal Teachers
Costanza Cuccaro, 2010 - Present
J. Arden Hopkin, 2006 - 2010
Martha Glissmeyer, 2001 – 2003
Conductors
Arthur Fagan
Numerous operas, including Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni
David Effron
The world premiere of The Tale of Lady Thi Kinh
William Gray
Pro Arte choir and Bach Kammerchor
Will Crutchfield
Director at Caramoor Bel Canto Center for the Arts
Ronald Staheli
BYU Singers
Awards and Honors
Winner, “Singer’s Club of Cleveland” S. Livingston Mather Scholarship Competition, 2011
Nancy Peery Marriott BYU Male Singer of the Year, 2009
Winner, NATS Southern Utah Chapter Adjudication Finals, College Division, 2009
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Encouragement Award Recipient, Utah District, 2008
Recording experience
Sang “The Evangelist” for new composition by Edwin Penhorwood The Christmas Story, 2013
Sang with Vox Reflexa (a student-led semi-professional choir) on their kickstarter-funded
recording project: The New Millennium Composer’s Forum, 2012
Performed in Passion with Tropes, a new composition by Don Freund, 2011
Sang with BYU Singers to record “Brigham Young University Choirs and Eric Whitacre 2,” a cd of
Whitacre’s choral works written between 2001 and 2008, 2008
Related Skills
Basic Pass in unarmed combat by the SAFD, 2013
Basic Pass in sword and shield by the SAFD, 2013
*References available upon request