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