Performance Resume

Opera/Musical Theatre Performance
King Balthazar "Amahl and the Night Visitor" Red Hen Opera Company (2004)
Don Alfonso ìCosi Fan Tutteî MSU Opera Theatre (2003)
Jupitor "Orpheus in the Underworld" (English) MSU Opera Theatre (2002)
Count Robinson "Il Matrimonio Segretto" (English) MSU Opera Theatre (2001)
Figaro "Le Nozze Di Figaro" (English) MSU Opera Theatre (2001)
King Balthazar "Amahl and the Night Visitor" Midland Music Society (2000)
Dr. Falke "Die Fledermaus" CMU Opera Theatre (1999)
Guglielmo "Cosi fan tutte" Dorian Opera Theatre of Iowa (1999)
Dr. Malatesta "Don Pasquale" Dorian Opera Theatre of Iowa (1999)
Lazar Wolf "Fiddler on the Roof" Dorian Opera Theatre of Iowa (1999)
William Still "Delawareís Railroad to Freedom" Delaware Humanities Players
Alfio "Cavalleria Rusticana" BCV Performing Concert Artist (1998: Scenes)
Giorgio Germont "La Traviata" BCV Performing Artist Opera (1998: Scenes)
Polyphemus "Acis and Galatea" BCV Performing Artist Opera (1998: Scenes)
King Bull Spara "Legend of Redwall Abbey" Opera Deleware (1997: World Premiere)
Lackey #4 "The Student Prince" Opera Deleware (1997)
Chorus "Le Nozze Di Figaro" Opera Deleware (1997)
Don Giovanni "Don Giovanni" BCV Performing Artist Opera (1997: Scenes)
Count Almaviva "The Marriage of Figaro" BCV Performing Artist Opera (1997: Scenes)
Count Almaviva "The Marriage of Figaro" WCU Opera Theatre (1996: Scenes)
Zurga "Les Pecheurs de Perles" WCU Opera Theatre (1996: Scenes)
Don Giovanni "Don Giovanni" WCU Opera Theatre (1996: Scenes)
Porgy "Porgy and Bess" BCV Performing Artist Opera (1995: Scenes)
Porgy "Porgy and Bess" WCU Opera Theatre (1995: Scenes)
Polyphemus "Acis and Galatea" WCU Concert Choir (1994: Scenes)
Musician/Police "Barber of Seville" Grand Teton Music Festival Opera of Wyoming
Concert/Oratorio (Select Repertoire)  
Carmina Burana (Orff)
Messiah (Handel)
Requiem (Mozart)
Lord Nelson Mass (Haydn)
Requiem (Faure)
Creation (Haydn)
Vesperae solennes de Dominica (Mozart)
Christmas Oratorio (Bach)
Christmas Oratorio (Saint Saens)
Cantate Domino (Buxtehude)
 
Education  
Bachelor of Science degree, West Chester University School of Music, West Chester Pennsylvania (1995)
Master of Music degree, Central Michigan University School of Music, MT. Pleasant Michigan (2000)
Doctorate of Musical Arts, Michigan State University School of Music, East Lansing Michigan (candidate)
Awards & Grants  
2001/02 ALANA Foundation grant at Michigan State University
$1,800 for academic research and special studies project on the performance of African American Art Song with University of Michigan professor and former tenor of the New York Metropolitan Opera Mr. George I. Shirley

2001 Sing Lansing Vocal Competition" Lansing Symphony Orchestra
Finalist/Classical division winner

2000-03 King/Chavez/Parks Future Faculty Doctoral Fellowship Award
$35,000 fellowship award towards completion of the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree at Michigan State University

2000 Opera Memphis/University of Memphis National Singer Search Auditions Winner

2000 Nominee for Graduate Student of the Year at Central Michigan University

2000 Gil Rau Choral Scholar Grant ($700) at First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant, MI

1999 Gil Rau Choral Scholar Grant ($700) at First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant, MI

1998 Gil Rau Choral Scholar Grant ($700) at First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant, MI

1998 N.A.T.S. Regional Finalist

1998 King/Chavez/Parks Future Faculty Master's Fellowship

$15,000 fellowship award towards academic study at the masterís level

1998 William Penn Foundation Grant
$30,000 grant awarded to the Darlington Fine Arts Center for a special ìAt Risk Music Outreach projectî in Chester Pennsylvania. I was the co-author of the grant proposal and musical director of the project.

1994 Voice Area Concerto Competition winner, West Chester University School of Music

1994 Recipient of the John Gutscher Memorial Award

$200 academic award towards musical studies at the undergraduate level in Music Education.

Related Experience  
Voice teacher
Opera Director
Artist Model
Clinician
Choral Conductor
Stage Manager
Studio/session singer
African American Art Song Specialist
Professional Vocal Quartet
Music Educator
Recordings  
With A Song In My Heart
Gerald J. Blanchard, baritone
Sergei Kvitko, pianist
Dominic Dousa, pianist/composer
Blue Griffin Records (2003)

I Can Tell The World
Earl Nelson Singer's Live In Concert
Gerald Blanchard, lyric baritone
Verna Holly, conductor

Mozart Requiem Mass
Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra
Charles Burke, conductor
Jennifer Brennan-Horndorp, soprano
Kristin Walukas, mezzo
Brian Pfaltzgraff, tenor
Gerald Blanchard, baritone