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Thomas B. Dawkins

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Education:

1998 - 2002 Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.

B.A. in Music with Highest Honors, magna cum laude.

Winner of the 2002 Ira Gershwin Prize.

Winner of the 2001 Florence and Charles Milender Prize.

Winner of the 2001 Concerto Competition.

 

1994 - 1998 The Waring School, Beverly, Massachusetts.

Three time recipient of the Music Prize.

 

Union Affiliation: AFM Local 9-535; Boston Musician's Association.

Piano:

* Piano with Shaylor Lindsay and Mary R. Johnson.

* Piano / Organ for Boston Jewish Spirit (in residence at Emmanuel Church), 2005-2008.

* Piano / Vocal Coaching, Longy School of Music. 2004-present.

* Piano / Celesta with The Concord Orchestra, 2002-present.

* Piano soloist with The Brandeis Symphony Orchestra, 2001. (Concerto Competition Winner)

* Piano soloist with The Waring School Chorus and Orchestra, 1998.

* Piano soloist with The Salem Philharmonic, 1998.

* Piano soloist with The New England Philharmonic, 1997. (Young Artist Competition Winner)

* Piano soloist with The Longy School Prep. Orchestra, 1997. (Prep. Concerto Competition Winner)

* Collaborative recitals, workshops, masterclasses with many instrumentalists and vocalists at Brandeis, NEC, Longy and MIT.

* Substitute piano and organ with The Follen Church, Lexington; Church of St. John the Evangelist, Boston; St. Peter's Church, Weston; Temple B'nai Torah, Sudbury; Harvard Evangelical UCC Church; The Master Singers, The Reagle Players, and others.

 

Conducting:

* Choir Director and Organist, Congregational Church of Harvard, 2008-present.

* Music Director and Conductor, Sudbury Savoyards, Yeomen of the Guard, February 2008.

* Interim Choir Director and Organist, Congregational Church of Harvard, 2007-2008.

* Music Director and Conductor, MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players, The Threepenny Opera, August 2006.

* Music Director and Conductor, MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Yeomen of the Guard, April 2005.

* Music Director and Conductor, Temple B'nai Torah High Holidays, September 2004.

* Orchestra Director and Conductor, MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Ruddigore, November 2003.

* Prepared Chorus for Brandeis University Commencement Exercises, May 2003.

 

Voice:

* Voice with D'Anna Fortunato, Frank Kelley.

* Union Affiliation: American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) - applies only to equity houses.

* Chorus of Handel & Haydn Society, (Messiah, Holiday Sing), 2007.

* Baritone Soloist (Hovhaness Look Toward the Sea) with The Master Singers, 2007.

* Member of The Orpheus Singers, 2007.

* Bass-Baritone Soloist (Haydn Paukenmesse) with Belmont Open Sings, 2007.

* Bass-Baritone Soloist (Beethoven Ninth Symhpony) with Boston Repertory Orchestra, 2007.

* Baritone cover (Florian) with MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Princess Ida, 2007.

* Bass-Baritone Soloist (Mozart c minor Mass) with Belmont Open Sings, 2007.

* Bass-Baritone Soloist (Handel Messiah) with The Masterworks Chorale, 2006.

* Bass-Baritone Solost (Fauré Requiem) with Paul Madore Chorale, 2006.

* Baritone Soloist (Purcell Dido & Aeneas) with Nashoba Valley Chorale, 2006.

* Bass-Baritone Soloist (Handel Messiah) with The Masterworks Chorale, 2005.

* Bass-Baritone Soloist (Handel Messiah) with Assabet Valley Mastersingers, 2005.

* Bass-Baritone Soloist (Bach Cantata 106) with Brandeis University Chorus, 2005.

* Bass-Baritone Soloist (Bach Magnificat, Fauré Requiem) with Chorus Pro Musica, 2005.

* Baritone Soloist (Brahms Requiem) with Paul Madore Chorale, 2005.

* Member of Longwood Opera. 2004-present.

* Member of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, 2002.

* Chorus of Opera Aperta, 2002.

* Member of the Brandeis University Chamber Choir, 2000-2003.

* Vocal recitals and solos at Brandeis with Chamber and University Choirs.

* Professional vocal work at Temple B'nai Torah, Sudbury; Church of the New Jerusalem, Boston; Old South Church, Boston.

 

Timpani and Percussion:

* Percussion with Ron Savage.

* Percussion with Concord Orchestra, 2001-2004.

* Timpani with Brandeis-Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, 2003-2004.

* Timpani with Brandeis University Symphony Orchestra, 1998-2002.

* Timpani with Wellesley College Orchestra, 1999-2002.

* Timpani with Harvard Summer School Orchestra, 1999.

* Timpani with Gordon College Symphony Orchestra, 1995-1999.

* Substitute timpani and percussion with Essex County Orchestra, Brandeis Tympanum Euphorium, Brandeis University Wind Ensemble, MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Tufts University Symphony, others.

 

Bassoon & Contrabassoon:

* Principal Bassoon with Harvard Summer School Orchestra, 2007, 2008.

* Contrabassoon with The Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra, 2007-present.

* Bassoon III & Contrabassoon (Acting principal for Pops) with The Concord Orchestra, 2006-present.

* Bassoon with MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players, 2004.

 

Other:

* Viola for OperaHub's inaugural production of Idomeneo, 2007.

* Saxophone solo (Moussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition ), The Concord Orchestra, 2007.

* Section viola with The Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra, 2005-2006.

* Section viola with The Concord Orchestra, 2004-2006.

* Recorders with The Oriana Consort, 2004-2005.

* Recorders with Ars et Amici, 2004.

* Reeds with Brandeis Tympanum Euphorium, 2002.

* Recorders, Renaissance winds, Viola da Gamba with Brandeis University Early Music Ensemble, 1998-2003.

* Oboe with The Salem Philharmonic, 1999.

* Percussion with Brandeis Tympanum Euphorium, 1999.

* Oboe with Brandeis Symphony Orchestra, 1998-1999.

* Oboe/English Horn with Brandeis University Wind Ensemble, 1998-2002.

* Oboe with Gordon College Opera Orchestra, 1998.

* English Horn with Gordon College Symphony Orchestra, 1997-1998.

* Saxophone with Waring Jazz Ensemble, 1998.