Jay Blake                                      Tenor                             (818) 398-5164

5322 ½ Circle Drive, Unit A

Sherman Oaks, CA  91401

 

Experience

 

1976  America's Youth in Concert, an all-nation youth choir, on a European concert tour of eight

cities in six countries.

 

1976  UW-Eau Claire Concert Choir, Oratorio Society, Chamber Choir and Opera

 

1979  The University of Minnesota Chorus.  Solo quartet at their concert at the Basilica of St. Mary.

 

1980  The Bach Society of Minnesota

 

1981–1982  The Paul Kaye Singers

 

1984–1986  The Minnesota Chorale

 

1986  The Dale Warland Symphonic Chorus

 

 

Training

 

1976–1978  Majored in Music (Vocal Performance) at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

 

1976–1989  Studied voice with Margaret Severson, Kathryn Proctor, Michael Suzuki, Oksana Bryn,

Angela May, Michael Foreman, and Glenda Maurice

 

 

Repertoire (partial list)

 

Bach Magnificat

Bach Mass in B Minor

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

Brahms’ Neue Liebeslieder

Bruckner Mass in E Minor

Bruckner Te Deum

Ginastera Psalm 150

Handel’s Messiah

Hayden Creation

Mozart Requiem

Mozart Vespers

Poulenc Gloria

Poulenc Salve Regina

Poulenc Sanctus

Puccini’s Turandot

Rachmaninoff Vespers

Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms

Verdi Requiem