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James
K. Bass, D.M.A.
James K. Bass
is Director of Choral Studies in the
School of Music at the University of South Florida
and the Artistic Director of The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. At USF he conducts
the University Chamber Singers, Collegium and the Collegiate Singers, and
teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in choral conducting, philosophy, and
literature. Previously he was on the faculty at Western Michigan University and
the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Bass received the Doctor of
Musical Arts degree from the University of Miami–Florida, where he was a
doctoral fellow, and Master of Music and Bachelor of Science degrees from the
University of South Florida.
Bass’ conducting experience includes a variety of choral and orchestral
ensembles including chamber choirs, women’s choruses, mixed-voice choirs,
symphony orchestras, string orchestras, and string chamber ensembles. The
Western Michigan University Chorale was one of eleven nationally auditioned
choirs to appear as a featured performer at the 2008 Convention of the National
Collegiate Choral Organization held in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has conducted choirs
at the University of Central Florida and University of Miami–Florida and has
appeared as a guest conductor and clinician. He has served as director of choral
and orchestral activities at Howard W. Blake High School for the Performing Arts
in Tampa, Florida, and conductor of the Tampa Bay Youth Orchestra. He has
prepared choirs for Sir Colin Davis, Sir David Willcocks, Jahja Ling, Michael
Tilson Thomas, and Robert Shaw.
Bass was selected by the master conductor of the Amsterdam Baroque Soloists, Ton
Koopman, to be one of only 20 singers for a presentation of Cantatas by J.S.
Bach in Carnegie Hall, and was an auditioned member of Robert Shaw’s workshop
choir at Carnegie. As a bass soloist, he has performed at Winchester Cathedral
in London, has sung three world-premieres of major works, and appears on CD
recordings on the Albany label. He has appeared with the New World Symphony and
Michael Tilson Thomas as bass soloist.
Bass is a bass soloist and
chorus master for
Seraphic Fire,
the Miami-based professional choir, and has served as choirmaster for the
Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria. His professional affiliations
include the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National
Conference, American Symphony Orchestra League, Pi Kappa Lambda national music
honor society, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity.
Read John Fleming's article in the St.
Pete Times published Wednesday, May 12, 2010:
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