Salzburg

I am studying to become an Opera Singer. Singing is the discipline and joy that defines me. An avid tennis player and sportsman, I find pleasure and delight in many activities. It is singing the lyrics and melodies of master composers, that lifts me to a level of expression that I find no where else.

I hope to build a career through hard work and determination, which will allow me to bring the beauty of these musical masterpieces to people throughout the world.

I am beginning this artistic quest with studies in Salzburg, Austria this summer. My travels in Salzburg will be with the KIIS (Kentucky Institute for International Studies) program. While there, I plan on exploring all that Salzburg has to offer: native food, beer, hikes, festivals, and (cross my fingers) vocal training at the Mozarteum. Preparations for this excursion have already been a great and exciting journey.

A native of Harlan, Kentucky, I grew up singing. An eight year member of the Harlan Boys Choir, my inspiration for music comes from my family. My mother is trained as a classical pianist, and made sure that all her children had the opportunity to learn to play and sing. Both my grandfathers sang in their church choirs, as well as my maternal grandmother, my father, all my uncles, aunts, brother and sisters. Music has always been an integral part of my life.

Through the opportunities made for me by my professors at Georgetown College the last three years, I have grown tremendously, and found my calling: an Opera Singer is what I shall become, and a very good one, at that. My goal is to work with the most renowned and respected vocal teachers of our day, and to sing with all the Major Opera Companies in the world. I am working, one step at a time, toward achieving this goal.