Education
 
University of Kentucky School of Music
BA, Vocal Performance, emphasis in Music Theory and Compostion
 
Music Theory/Composition:
  • Richard Crosby, Eastern Kentucky University
  • Joseph Baber, University of Kentucky
  • Kenneth Jacobs, University of Tennesse
Vocal Training:
  • Steely Veach, Peabody School of Music
  • Joanne Bonnemann, Eastern Kentucky University
  • Michael Forest, Metropolitan Opera, Shenandoah University
  • Rebecca Straney-Russell, University of Kentucky
  • Tedrin Blair Lindsey, University of Kentucky
Piano:
  • Steely Veach, Peabody School of Music
  • Richard Crosby, Eastern Kentucky University
Acting:
  • Janet Scott, The New Performance Group, Lexington, Kentucky
Experience
 
Premiered works:
  • Teruah: Fanfare for Brass and Percussion
  • The Little Prince (Opera in One Act)
  • A Few Choice Words (Song Cycle for Soprano)
  • Songs of Passing (Song Cycle for Bass-Baritone)
  • Narcissus and Echo (Choral)
  • Litany of Spring (Choral)
  • Benedictus (Choral)
 
Original Music for Theatre:
  • "If you take a mouse to the movies...", Lexington Children's Theatre
  • Alice in Wonderland, Lexington Children's Theatre
  • Hana's Suitcase, Lexington Children's Theatre
  • Dracula...a variation, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Zoo Southside
  • A Christmas Carol, Lexington Children's Theatre
  • "If you give a mouse a cookie...", Lexington Children's Theatre
  • Corpus Christie, ActOut, Lexington, Kentucky
Sound Design:
  • "If you take a mouse to the movies...", Lexington Children's Theatre
  • Alice in Wonderland, Lexington Children's Theatre
  • Hana's Suitcase, Lexington Children's Theatre
  • Dracula...a variation, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Zoo Southside
Recorded/Seqenced Music:
  • "If you take a mouse to the movies...", Lexington Children's Theatre
  • Alice in Wonderland, Lexington Children's Theatre
  • Hana's Suitcase, Lexington Children's Theatre
  • Dracula...a variation, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Zoo Southside
  • Bridge to Terabithia, Lexington Children's Theatre
  • A Christmas Carol, Lexington Children's Theatre
  • "If you give a mouse a cookie...", Lexington Children's Theatre
Music Arranger/Copyist:
  • Aesop's Fables, Lexington Children's Theatre
Music for Media:
  • Theme Song and Jingles for "Book Discussion with Dr. Todd Lindsay", funded by The Literature for Life and Learning Foundation, Radio Show Pilot, Insight Studios, Las Vegas, Nevada
Instruction:
 
Musical Director, Performance and Reahearsal Pianist:
  • Honk!, Lexington Children's Theatre
  • Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Lexington Children's Theatre
  • Seussical, the Musical, Lexington Children's Theatre
  • Corpus Christie, ActOut, Lexington, Kentucky
  • South Pacific, Tates Creek High School, Lexington, Kentucky
  • Pump Boys and Dinettes, Studio Players, Lexington, Kentucky
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Henry Clay High School, Lexington, Kentucky
  • My Fair Lady, Henry Clay High School, Lexington, Kentucky
  • School House Rock, Henry Clay High School, Lexington, Kentucky
  • Little Shop of Horrors, Henry Clay High School, Lexington, Kentucy
Teaching-Artist:
 
Musical Theatre Review Classes, Lexington Children's Theatre:
  • Welcome to the 50's (ages 10-16)
  • Let us Entertain You (ages 8-14)
  • Hooray for Hollywood (ages 10-16)
  • Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! (ages 8-14)
  • Fascinating Rhythm (ages 10-16)
  • Strike up the Band (ages 8-12)
  • You Can't Stop the Beat (ages 8-12)
  • There's No Business Like Show Business (ages 10-16)
Performance:
 
Lexington Children's Theatre:
  • A Year with Frog and Toad, Piano/Squirrel
  • A Christmas Carol, Marley
  • Tuck Everlasting, Man in the Yellow Suit
Paragon Musical Theatre:
  • Damn Yankees, Rocky
Lexington Shakespeare Festival:
  • Fiddler on the Roof, Ensemble, (US) Lazar Wolf
The New Performance Group:
  • Love Always, Ensemble
Studio Players:
  • Fantasticks, El Gallo
Opera of Central Kentucky:
  • Amahl and the Nightvisitors, Balthazaar
University of Kentucky Opera Theatre:
  • Falstaff, Pistola
  • Susannah, Chorus/Second Man
  • Die Fledermaus, Chorus
  • Cosi fan Tutte, Chorus
Copyright 2007 Christopher A. Tolliver