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Handel's MESSIAH
Camerata Singers*
(*debut)
Dr. Allan Birney, Founder and Conductor
Saturday, December 13, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church, Allentown
www.pacameratasingers.org
Allentown, PA
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Handel's MESSIAH
Shadyside Chamber Choir and Chatham Baroque
Mark Anderson, Conductor
Saturday, December 6, 2014, at 4:00 p.m.
www.shadysidepres.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Goro)
Utah Opera
OCT 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 (7:30 PM)
OCT 19, 2014 (2 PM)
Cio Cio San: Yunah Lee
Suzuki: Nina Yoshida Nelsen
Lieutenant B.J. Pinkerton: Eric Fennell
Sharpless: Troy Cook
Goro : Joseph Gaines
Conductor: Robert Tweten
Director: Garnett Bruce
www.utahopera.org
Salt Lake City, UT
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Central City Opera's 2014 Summer Festival
Mozart's LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Basilio)
Matinees at 2:30 pm: July 2, 4, 6, 8, 16, 20, 22, 26
Evenings at 8:00 pm: June 28; July 10, 12, 18
DEAD MAN WALKING by Jake Heggie/Terrence McNally (Howard Boucher)
Matinees at 2:30 pm: July 9, 13, 19, 23, 25
Evenings at 8:00 pm: July 5, 11, 17 
www.centralcityopera.org
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The Akron Symphony Chorus in Concert
Maria Sensi Sellner, Conductor
Joseph Gaines - Tenor Soloist
For complete details, casting, and tickets, please visit company website.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
at
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
www.akronsymphony.org
Akron, OH
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The Philadelphia Orchestra and Opera Philadelphia
present
SALOME
by Richard Strauss
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Camilla Nylund, Salome
Birgit Remmert, Herodias
John Mac Master, Herod
Alan Held, Jochanaan
Andrew Staples, Narraboth
Cecilia Hall, Page of Herodias
Wayne Tigges, First Nazarene
Keith Miller, First Soldier
Donovan Singletary, Second Soldier
Dominic Armstrong, First Jew
Roy Hage, Second Jew
Joseph Gaines, Third Jew
Corey Bix, Fourth Jew
Nicholas Masters, Fifth Jew
Eric Dubin, Second Nazarene & Cappadocian
Alison Sanders, Slave
Stage Director: Kevin Newbury
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Verizon Hall
www.philorch.org
Philadelphia, PA
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The University of Houston's Moores School of Music presents
Leonard Bernstein's
CANDIDE
in concert.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
at
The Moores Opera House
Featuring the University of Houston's Choruses and Symphony Orchestra.
Artists include:
Franz Anton Krager, Conductor
Joseph Gaines, Candide
Complete details and casting TBA.
www.uh.edu/music
Houston, TX
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Franz Josef Haydn's 
SEVEN LAST WORDS OF CHRIST
Good Friday Service
with the Choir of Shadyside Presbyterian Church 
Joseph Gaines, tenor soloist
More details TBA.
Friday, April 18, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
www.shadysidepres.org
Shadyside Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh, PA
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The Erie Philharmonic
presents
CARMINA BURANA
by Carl Orff
Daniel Meyer, Music Director
Erie Philharmonic Chorus
Joseph Gaines, Tenor, and other soloists from Pittsburgh Opera
For complete details, casting, and tickets, please visit company website.
Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.
Warner Theater
www.eriephil.org
Erie, PA
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AMERICAN WOMEN POETS IN SONG
Presented by Lyric Fest,
Philadelphia's premier organization devoted to art song.
Concert features newly commissioned songs by composers
Abbie Betinis, Benjamin Boyle, Douglas Cuomo, Michael Djupstrom, 
Daron Hagen, James Primosch, Maurice Wright, 
presented together as a composite songbook. 
Performers include:
Kiera Duffy, Soprano
Suzanne DuPlantis, Mezzo-soprano
Elizabeth Shammash, Mezzo-soprano
Joseph Gaines, Tenor
Randall Scarlata, Baritone
Laura Ward, Piano
Friday, March 28, 2014 at 7:30 pm --Bryn Mawr College, Music Room
Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 3pm -- The Academy of Vocal Arts
www.lyricfest.org
Philadelphia, PA
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Puccini's TURANDOT -- Pong*
Utah Opera
*Company Debut
Production created by Renaud Doucet and André Barbe.
March 15 – 23, 2014
Turandot: Maida Hundeling
Calaf: Jonathan Burton
Liu: Kelly Kaduce
Ping: Danny Belcher
Pang: Julius Ahn
Pong: Joseph Gaines 
Conductor: David Agler
Director: Renaud Doucet
Designer: André Barbe
www.utahopera.org
Salt Lake City, UT
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The Pittsburgh Song Collaborative and Duquesne University
present
Insatiable Love: Songs for Valentine's Day
Friday, February 14, 2014 at 7:30 pm -- PNC Recital Hall, Duquesne University 
Benjamin Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, op. 22; On This Island, op. 11
Hugo Wolf: Selections from Mörike-Lieder
Robert Schumann: Duets for Tenor and Soprano, op. 34
Benjamin Binder, Piano
Laura Knoop Very, Soprano
Joseph Gaines, Tenor
Karen Roethlisberger Verm, piano
www.pghsong.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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 Verdi's FALSTAFF -- Caius (Cover*)
The Metropolitan Opera
*First season on company's Artist Roster.
Oropesa, Meade, Blythe, Johnson Cano, Fanale, Maestri, Vassallo
James Levine, Conductor
Friday, December 6, 2013, 8:00 pm
Monday, December 9, 2013, 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 14, 2013, 1:00 pm
Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 21, 2013, 12:30 pm
Friday, December 27, 2013, 7:30 pm
Monday, December 30, 2013, 7:30 pm
Friday, January 3, 2014, 7:30 pm
Monday, January 6, 2014, 7:30 pm
Saturday, January 11, 2014, 8:00 pm
www.metopera.org
New York, NY
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Resonance Works
presents its inaugural production
Giuseppe Verdi's MACBETH
*Company Debut
Friday, October 25, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Performed at
The Charity Randall Theater, University of Pittsburgh
4301 Forbes Avenue
Cast includes
Lady Macbeth -- Amelia D'Arcy
Macbeth -- Galen Bower
Dama di L.M. -- Brooke Larimer
Macduff -- Christopher Lucier
Malcolm -- Joseph Gaines*
Banco -- Jonathan Stuckey
Conductor: Maria Sensi Sellner
Stage Director: David Gram
www.resonanceworks.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Opera Omnia presents
Claudio Monteverdi's THE RETURN OF ULYSSES (Irus)
September 9-12, 2013
*Company Debut 
Cast
Jesse Blumberg, Ulysses
Hai-Ting Chinn, Penelope
Karim Sulayman, Eumaeus
Tammy Coil, Minerva
Owen McIntosh, Telemachus
Joe Chappel, Neptune
Joseph Gaines, Irus*
Richard Lippold, Antinous
Brandon Snook, Amphinomous
Nicholas Tamagna, Peisander
Elaine Lachica, Love 
Creative Team
Music Director: Avi Stein
Stage Director: Crystal Manich
Producer: Wesley Chinn
Stage Design: Julia Noulin-Mérat
Costume Design: Muriel Grabe Stockdale
Lighting Design: Evan Purcell 
Performances at
The Baryshnikov Arts Center
Manhattan, New York
Tickets and further information at
www.operaomnia.org
New York City
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Opera Theater of Pittsburgh's 2013 SummerFest
Offenbach's TALES OF HOFFMANN, RETOLD (The Four Servants)
A New Edition by Jonathan Eaton and Robert Frankenberry
Saturday, July 6 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 13 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 21 at 2:30 pm
Cast
Robert Chafin as Hoffmann
Julia Engel as Olympia
Lara Lynn Cottrill as Antonia
Toni Esker as Giulietta
Sarah van der Ploeg as Stella
Evgenia Chaverdova as Nicklausse
Dimitrie Lazich as The Four Villains
Joseph Gaines as The Four Servants
Christopher Lucier as Spalanzani
Errin Brooks as Crespel
Alethea Stone as the Voice of the Mother of Antonia
Antonio Watts as Schlemil
Creative Team
Brent McMunn, Conductor
Jonathan Eaton, Stage Director
Britton Mauk, Scenic Designer
Cindy Alpert, Costume Designer
Stevie Agnew, Lighting Designer
Taylor Malott, Hair and Makeup Designer
Lee Marc Molnar, Production Stage Manager
Mozart's THE SECRET GARDENER (Belfiore)
The Twentieth Century Club, 
Pittsburgh (Oakland), PA
Sunday, July 14 at 2:30 pm
Saturday, July 20 at 2:30 pm
Cast
Benjamin Robinson as Don Anchise
Catherine O'Rourke as Violanta (Sandrina)
Julia Turnbull as Arminda
Joseph Gaines as Count Belfiore
Andrey Nemzer as Ramiro
Rebecca Shorstein as Serpetta
James Rodriguez as Roberto (Nardo)
Creative
Maria Sellner, Conductor
Michelle Sutherland, Director
Mitch Marois, Choreographer
Jessica Emerson, Scenic Designer
Cindy Alpert, Costume Designer
Stevie Agnew, Lighting Designer
Haley Schott, Hair and Makeup Designer
Timothy Sutter, Stage Manager
*
Both productions performed in English at
The Twentieth Century Club, 
Pittsburgh (Oakland), PA
Tickets and further information at
www.otsummerfest.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Inaugural East End Choral Festival
Tenor Soloist, Rejoice in the Lamb (Britten)
David Hill (Bach Choir of London / BBC Singers), Guest Conductor
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.
Featuring the combined choirs of 
Shadyside Presbyterian Church
Calvary Episcopal Church
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
www.cathedralofhope.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Allegheny Intermediate Unit -- Career Symposium
Guest Panelist -- Arts & Humanities Panel
Point Park University
Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at 9:30 a.m.
www.aiu3.net
Pittsburgh, PA
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Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE (Monostatos*)
Opera Philadelphia
*Company Debut 
Friday, April 19, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 2:30 pm
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Friday, April 26, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 2:30 pm
Antonio Lozano, Tamino
Elizabeth Zharoff, Pamina
Rachele Gilmore, Queen of the Night
Mark Stone, Papageno
Jordan Bisch, Sarastro
Joseph Gaines, Monostatos
Devon Guthrie, First Lady
Tammy Coil, Second Lady
Katherine Pracht, Third Lady
Ben Wager, Speaker
Corrado Rovaris, Conductor
Ashlie Corcoran, Director
Production Originally created for Canadian Opera Company
www.operaphila.org
Philadelphia, PA
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Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Goro)
Pittsburgh Opera
Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 8:00 PM
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 7:00 PM
Friday, March 22, 2013 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Maria Luigia Borsi, Butterfly
Bryan Hymel, Pinkerton
Mika Shigematsu, Suzuki
Dwayne Croft, Sharpless
Joseph Gaines, Goro
Jean-Luc Tingaud, Conductor
Crystal Manich, Director
New Production by John Conklin
www.pittsburghopera.org
Pittsburgh, PA 
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"Organ PLUS: Music for Organ, Piano, and Tenor"
Cathedral Concerts
Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 5:00 p.m.
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Admission is free. A freewill offering will be accepted.
Dr. Ed Moore will be joined by pianist Nathan Carterette and tenor Joseph Gaines.
Featured on the program will be selections from Louis Vierne's Third Symphony for Organ; 
vocal solos by Benjamin Britten, Ned Rorem, and Samuel Barber; Franz Liszt's epic "Totentanz"; 
and selections from George Gershwin.
www.cathedralofhope.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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"New Journey into Song: A Winter's Journey"
Lyric Fest
Saturday, January 27, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
The Academy of Vocal Arts
WORLD PREMIERE
Daron Hagen's "After Words"
Inspired by Franz Schubert's monumental Winterreise,
and commissioned for Lyric Fest's 10th Anniversary
Justine Aronson, Soprano
Joseph Gaines, Tenor
Laura Ward, Piano
lyricfest.org
Philadelphia, PA 
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"Continental Christmas"
Chatham Baroque
December 14, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.
St. James Church, Sewickley, PA
December 15, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.
Synod Hall (St. Paul Cathedral), Pittsburgh, PA
December 16, 2012 at 2:30 p.m.
Laughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
Seasonal music from the European Continent:
Bach, Handel, Schutz and Carissimi. 
Chatham Baroque rounds out the holiday program
with music for strings by Buxtehude, Biber and Corelli.
Andrew Fouts, baroque violin
Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba
Scott Pauley, plucked instruments
Erica Cutler, violin
Alan Lewis, chamber organ
Joseph Gaines, Tenor 
www.chathambaroque.org 
Sewickley, PA / Pittsburgh , PA 
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Handel's MESSIAH
Music in a Great Space
Mark Anderson, Music Director
Sunday, December 9, 2012, 4:00 p.m.
Shadyside Presbyterian Church
Joseph Gaines, Tenor
Additional Soloists TBA
http://www.shadysidepres.org/node/2980
Pittsburgh, PA
Handel's MESSIAH
Masterworks Concert Chorale
Milutin Lazich, Founder/Music Director
Saturday, November 17, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Beulah Presbyterian Church, Churchill
Dana Solida, Soprano
Natasha Lazich, Alto
Joseph Gaines, Tenor
Dimitrie Lazich, Baritone
http://mccsings.com/index.html
Churchill, PA
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Benefit Performance
ART ON THE ROCKS
"A Knight in Camelot"
supporting the Father Ryan Arts Center
and honoring Dr. John Pastin
Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 6:00 p.m.
Sean Patrick Regan, Bagpipes
Joseph Gaines, Tenor
Mid-Atlantic Contemporary Ballet
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Chorale
Jay Breckenridge as Will Cricket, the Leg-Scraping Jester
ZEPHYR: Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Recorder Society
Shaun Rolly, Medieval Fight Choreography
Brian Edward, “Confessions of a Magic Mirror”
David Vinski, Medieval Courtly Dance 
http://www.fatherryanartscenter.org/ArtOnTheRox_Arts&Artists.html
McKees Rocks, PA
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
by Benjamin Britten
Friday, October 12, 2012, at 7:30 p.m.
The Erie Chamber Orchestra
Matthew Kraemer, Music Director
Joseph Gaines, Tenor
Chris Rapier, Horn
Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel
Gannon University
http://www.velocity.net/~eco1/concerts.html
Erie, PA
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Lyric Fest, Philadelphia
and the Music in a Great Space Concert Series,
Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh,
present 
Four Hands, Warm Heart
Music for Piano, Four Hands, and Solo Quartet
Sunday, September 30, at 4:00 p.m.
Shadyside Presbyterian Church
Liebeslieder Waltzes, by Johannes Brahms
Liebesleid-Lieder, by John Greer
Laura Ward and Harold Evans, piano
Sari Gruber, soprano
Suzanne duPlantis, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Gaines, tenor
Randall Scarlata, bass
www.lyricfest.org
www.shadysidepres.org/migs
Pittsburgh, PA
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"Kings and Commoners" (Tenor Soloist)
The Washington Bach Consort
Opening Concert of the WBC's 35th Anniversary Season
Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 3 pm.
National Presbyterian Church
John Blow: God spake sometime in visions
William Boyce: The king shall rejoice
George Frideric Handel: My heart is inditing
Orlando Gibbons: Te Deum (The Second Service)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Election Cantatas Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 69 and
Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119
Rebecca Kellerman Petretta, soprano
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, alto
Joseph Gaines, tenor
Jon Bruno, bass
J. Reilly Lewis, Music Director
www.bachconsort.org
Washington, D.C.
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The Pittsburgh Song Collaborative and The Carnegie Museum of Art
present
La Belle Époque Cabaret: An Evening in the Bohemian Style
Carnegie Music Hall Foyer
(part of the Carnegie Museum of Art complex)
Friday, July 27, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Benjamin Binder, Piano
Olga Perez Flora, Mezzo-Soprano
Joseph Gaines, Tenor
Rob Frankenberry, Tenor, as the EmCee
Sponsored in Part by Pernod Absinthe
Pernod Absinthe Logo
www.pghsong.org
www.cmoa.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Bernstein's CANDIDE (Maximillian)
Opera Theater of Pittsburgh 2012 Summer Fest
Richard E. Rauh Theater, The Hillman Center for Performing Arts
423 Fox Chapel Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238
Saturday, July 7 at 7:30pm
Friday, July 13 at 7:30pm
Sunday, July 15 at 2:00pm
CAST
Candide: Daniel Teadt
Voltaire/Pangloss: James FitzGerald
Cunegonde: Abigail Dueppen
Paquette: Emily Sanchez
Maximilian: Joseph Gaines
Old Woman: Andrey Nemzer
Governor: Raymond Very
Opera Theater SummerFest Orchestra and Chorus
PRODUCTION TEAM
Conductor: Brent McMunn
Stage Director: Scott Wise
Set Designer: Joseph Gourley
Lighting Designer: Christopher Popowich [C&C Lighting]
Costume Designer: Kenneth Chu
Jonathan Eaton, Artistic Director
www.otsummerfest.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Mozart's THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO (Pedrillo) 
Pittsburgh Opera
Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Friday, May 4, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Lisette Oropesa, Constanze
David Portillo, Belmonte
Ashley Emerson, Blonde
Paolo Pecchioli, Osmin
Joseph Gaines, Pedrillo
Adam Fry, Pasha Selim
Michael Shell / Director
James Robinson, Production/Original Direction
Antony Walker, Conductor
www.pittsburghopera.org
Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Johnstown Chamber Music Series
Recital
with Patricia Jennings, Piano
First Presbyterian Church, Johnstown
www.johnstownmusic.org
Johnstown, PA
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Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE (2nd Priest & 1st Armed Man)
Apollo's Fire
Ross Hauck, Tamino
Tess Wakim, Pamina
Kelly Markgraf, Papageno
Rachel Copeland, Queen of the Night
Lianne Coble, Papagena & 1st Lady
Amanda Powell, 2nd Lady
Racquel Winnica Young, 3rd Lady
Edward Crafts, Sarastro
Jeffrey Strauss, Speaker-Priest
Jeremy Gilpatric, Monostatos
Joseph Gaines, 2nd Priest & 1st Armed Man
Carlos Fittante & Robin Gilbert, Dancers

Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. 
Finney Chapel, Oberlin College
Friday, March 23, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.
Severance Hall, Cleveland
Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. 
Cartwright Hall, Kent State University

Jeanette Sorrell, Conductor
Linda Brovsky, Director
Carlos Fittante, Choreographer
www.apollosfire.org
Cleveland, OH
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Rachmaninoff's Vespers (Tenor Soloist)
The Pittsburgh Concert Chorale
Susan Medley, Music Director/Conductor

Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.
Ingomar United Methodist Church
Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church
www.pccsing.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Lenten Vespers Service with Chatham Baroque (Tenor Soloist)
Music of Bach and Handel
Shadyside Presbyterian Church
www.chathambaroque.org
www.shadysidepres.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Sunday, February 12 at 4:00 p.m.
A Bach Tryptich: Three Cantatas
with Chatham Baroque, the Pittsburgh Baroque Ensemble
and the Calvary Choirs
BWV 21: Ich hatte viel bekümmernis (Tenor Soloist)
BWV 77: Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben (Tenor Soloist)
Calvary Episcopal Church
Alan Lewis, Music Director
www.calvarypgh.org
www.chathambaroque.org
www.pittsburghbaroque.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. 
Tenor Soloist
Glenn Lewis, Head of Music Staff at Pittsburgh Opera, in Recital
Music of Shubert
Four Impromptus, Opus 90
Schubert Lieder, and the "Trout" Quintet. 
www.pittsburghopera.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Friday, December 9, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.
Handel's MESSIAH, Part I (Tenor Soloist)
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Brian-Paul Thomas, Music Director
www.stmarksnewcanaan.org
New Canaan, CT
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Mozart's REQUIEM (Tenor Soloist)
Calvary Episcopal Church
Alan Lewis, Music Director
www.calvarypgh.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh Concert Society
Winners Concert
Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.
Works by Mozart, Poulenc, Barber, and Cage
with Glenn Lewis, Piano
www.pittsburghconcertsociety.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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September 2011
Recording for SONO LUMINUS
Domenico Scarlatti's
LA DIRINDINA
Ars Lyrica
Jamie Barton, Mezzo-soprano (Dirindina)
Joseph Gaines, Tenor (Liscione)
Brian Shircliff, Baritone (Don Carissimo)
Matthew Dirst, Music Director
www.arslyricahouston.org
www.sonoluminus.com
Houston, Texas
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Riccitelli's I COMPAGNACCI (Noferi) 
Giordano's IL RE (Colombello/cover)
Teatro Grattacielo
David Wroe, Music Director/Conductor
www.grattacielo.org
The Rose Theater / Jazz at Lincoln Center
New York City
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
"Illumniations: Music, Poetry and Art"
at
The Carnegie Museum of Art
Sari Gruber, Soprano
Joseph Gaines, Tenor
Benjamin Binder, Piano
Robert Frankenberry, Piano
Benjamin Binder, Artistic Director
and
Curatorial Staff of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
www.pghsong.org
www.cmoa.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Saturday, April 30 - 8:00pm
Sunday, May 1 - 4:00pm
Bach St. John Passion (aria soloist)
Bach Choir of Pittsburgh
Thomas W. Douglas, Artistic Director
PPG Wintergarden
www.bachchoirpittsburgh.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh Concert Society
Annual Competition
Friday, April 15: 
Works by Mozart, Poulenc, Barber, and Cage
WINNER
with Glenn Lewis, Piano
2011 Pittsburgh Concert Society Major Auditions
www.pittsburghconcertsociety.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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March 26-April 3, 2011
Puccini's TURANDOT
Pittsburgh Opera
Susan Neves, Princess Turandot
Frank Porretta, Prince Calaf
Hao Jiang Tian, Timur
NaGuanda Nobles, Liù
Joseph Frank, Emperor Altoum
Craig Verm, Ping
Joseph Gaines, Pong
Jamie Flora, Pang
Renaud Doucet, Stage Director and Choreographer
Antony Walker, Conductor
www.pittsburghopera.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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March 2010
Haydn's The Creation (Uriel)
The Pittsburgh Concert Chorale
Susan Medley, Music Director/Conductor
Saturday, March 5 at 8:00 p.m.
Ingomar United Methodist Church
Sunday, March 6 at 4:00 p.m.
Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church
www.pccsing.org
Pittsburgh, PA
Friday, December 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Handel's MESSIAH
Calvary Episcopal Church
Lily Abreu, Soprano
Susan Schafer, Alto
Joseph Gaines, Tenor
Richard Teaster, Baritone
Alan Lewis, Conductor
with
Chatham Baroque
www.calvarypgh.org
www.chathambaroque.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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November 2011
Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Pittsburgh Opera
Arturo (cover)
Antony Walker, Conductor
www.pittsburghopera.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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November 21, 2010
BWV 29 "Wir danken dir, Gott" (Tenor Soloist)
The Choir of Sewickley Presbyterian Church
and members of the
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Craig Dobbins, Conductor
http://www.sewickleypresby.org/
Pittsburgh, PA
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October 2010
Fifth Annual Charles A. Lynam Vocal Competition
October 23: SEMI-FINALIST
October 24: FINALIST
University of North Carolina Greensboro Opera Theater
and
The Greensboro Symphony
http://www.uncg.edu/mus/opera/CALVC/index.html
Greensboro, NC
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
"A Warhol Life Imagined in Song"
A Recital Featuring Works of
Cage, Barber, Musto, Rorem, Harbison, and Bolcom
Pittsburgh Song Collaborative
A Special Event for Carnegie Museum Members
at
The Andy Warhol Museum
Joseph Gaines, Tenor
Benjamin Binder, Piano
and Visual Elements from the Warhol Collection
by Eric Shiner, Curator
5:30 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. Performance
www.warhol.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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September 2010
Domenico Scarlatti's LA DIRINDINA
Ars Lyrica Houston
Jamie Barton, Mezzo-soprano (Dirindina)
Joseph Gaines, Tenor (Liscione)
Brian Shircliff, Baritone (Don Carissimo)
Matthew Dirst, Music Director
Tara Faircloth, Stage Director
Friday, September 24 at 7:30 p.m. 
Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Monday, September 27 at 7:30 p.m.
San Jacinto College
www.arslyricahouston.org
Houston, Texas
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Summer 2010
Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Goro)
Central City Opera
Matthew Halls, Conductor
Catherine Malfitano, Stage Director
www.centralcityopera.org
Central City, CO
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May 24, 2010
** LINCOLN CENTER DEBUT **
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's I GIOIELLI DELLA MADONNA (Cicillo)
Teatro Grattacielo
David Wroe, Music Director/Conductor
www.grattacielo.org
The Rose Theater / Jazz at Lincoln Center
New York City
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May 15, 2010
Masterworks of Mozart and Beethoven (Tenor Soloist)
The Combined Choirs of
Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church and
Sewickley Presbyterian Church
Katherine Mueller, Conductor
http://www.sewickleypresby.org/Music_Arts_Events.html
Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh, PA
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April 24-May 2, 2010
Mozart's LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Don Basilio/Curzio)
Pittsburgh Opera
Oren Gradus, Figaro
Sari Gruber, Susanna
Kevin Glavin, Bartolo
Lindsay Ammann, Marcellina
Zheng Cao, Cherubino
Joseph Gaines, Basilio/Curzio
Michael Todd Simpson, Count
Pamela Armstrong, Countess
Liam Moran, Antonio
Lara Lynn Cottrill, Barbarina
Gary Thor Wedow, Conductor
www.pittsburghopera.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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April 18, 2010
Bach's B-Minor Mass (Tenor Soloist)
The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Betsy Burleigh, Conductor
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh, PA
www.themendelssohn.org
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February 14, 2010
Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 (Tenor Soloist)
Calvary Episcopal Church
with
Chatham Baroque
and
The Spiritus Collective
Alan Lewis, Conductor
www.calvarypgh.org
Pittsburgh, PA
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Britten's Serenade (Tenor Soloist)
Charlottesville Chamber Orchestra
Ian Zook, Horn
Kate Tamarkin, Conductor
www.cvillesymphony.org/
Charlottesville, VA
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Stravinsky's THE RAKE'S PROGRESS (Sellem)
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
William Burden, Tom Rakewell
Heidi Stober, Anne Trulove
Peter Coleman-Wright, Nick Shadow
Nancy Maultsby, Baba the Turk
Kevin Langan, Trulove
Judith Christin, Mother Goose
Joseph Gaines, Sellem
Edo de Waart, Conductor/Artistic Partner
www.thespco.org
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
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