Dr. Thomas King

TK ACTIVITIES – over 25,000 visits to my web site

TK —  Performance Anxiety workshop, DePauw University July 21, 2016, Greencastle, IN  *PARTICIPANTS- See “Stage Fright” heading on my web site.  Go to it for review of the activities we did.  Contact me as needed.  I want YOU to be the best and most confident performer you can possibly be!

Daisy Cabaret invitation

TK narrated DAISY CABARET, the life and times of Daisy Hinkle-Garton, Farmstead, Bloomington, IN, April 16-17, 2016 (see flyer)

TK judged Classical Singer High School division first round, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, March 12, 2016

TK judged AllTech competition, University of Kentucky, Lexington, March 6, 2016

TK judged DePauw University Concerto Competition, Greencastle, February 25, 2016

TK and Vicki King perform an “overview of opera” concert, Meadowwood Retirement Village, Bloomington, February 12, 2016

TK and Vicki King perform at the Trinity Episcopal Church pops concert, Bloomington, February 7, 2016

TK and Vicki King perform Guest Faculty Recital, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, February 1, 2016

TK sang solos, Delmar Gardens Retirement Home, Atlanta, GA, January 17, 2016

TK sang solo in Messiah, Bloomington Chamber Singers, Bloomington, IN December 13, 2015

TK judged Indiana State  NATS, DePauw University, October 2015

TK received 50 year Phi Mu Alpha pin, 2015, New Orleans, LA

TK and Vicki gave recital, July 12, 2015, Hickory, MS

TK gave Performance Anxiety workshop, DePauw University June 15, 2015, Greencastle, IN

TK  judged NATS, GREAT LAKES Region, Anderson University, March 2015, Anderson, IN

TK judged AllTech Competition, University of Kentucky, March 2015, Lexington, KY

TK judged Concert Competition, DePauw University, February 2015, Greencastle, IN

VISIT  Thomas King on YouTube & on the web sites below.                                                                                          Thomas King sings Rote Rose  Tenors – Once Again Thomas King         Visit the sites below for more of  TK’s singing. http://soundcloud.com/joshua-alan-lindsay/sets/of-snow-ice-burning-sand-1?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=facebook&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fjoshua-alan-lindsay%2Fsets%2Fof-snow-ice-burning-sand-1      CHOOSE MOVEMENT 3 “THE GOOD KNIGHT”

 http://tadmor.ws/Cantata/ThankYouDrsKing_8-27-2011.html

Of snow, ice, burning sand. (Second Performance) 

choose movement 3  “The Good Knight”

soundcloud.com

Libby Larsen website, go to voice, go to I Cried unto God

DePauw Syllabi SP 2016

Vocal Lit II and French Diction for Singers are both available under DePauw. Also, see MOODLE for more information.

Guest Faculty Recital DePauw University

Drs. Vicki and Thomas King performed at DePauw University School of Music on February 1, 2016. Thomas has been teaching there since Fall of 2015 and will continue this spring and the entire school year of 2016-2017.  The Kings have been performing together since they met in graduate school at Indiana University in 1968.

Among the repertoire for the recital are songs by Indiana composers, Ned Rorem and David Baker. Also included are three DePauw premiers, songs by Al Benner and a song by Libby Larsen, commissioned by Dr. Vicki King for her husband on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

Pictures from past performances

There have been over 25,000 visits to my web site.

My various roles over the years I most CERTAINLY have had fun

Anguished Witch, Hansel & Gretel, Roxy 2009

Witch Atlanta 1978

KISMET, summer stock St. Louis, 1969

King Kaspar Atlanta 1978

Old Deuteronomy CATS Roxy 2009

The Conferencier in CABARET – Germany 1984

1969 Handsome Prince in Snow White, Muny

Wenzel – Bartered Bride – Atlanta 1985

Fridolin – Rose von Stambul – Germany 1983

Eisenstein – Fledermaus – Atlanta 1979

Tannhäuser – Tannhäuser Spoof – Germany 1985

Tannhäuser

Magic Flute Santa Fe 1968 Slave

Conferencier in Cabaret 1984 Germany

w/ Gateway Chamber Orchestra 2012

Witch Hansel and Gretel, Roxy 1998

Longfellow 2013

Polenblut Operetta Germany 1984

Old Arithmetic Man 2014 Ravel “L’enfant et les sortilèges”

Official Announcements of TK University Teaching 2015

I was engaged to teach voice at the prestigious Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University-Bloomington, for the SPRING semester of 2015 and I continued for FALL 2015 and in SPRING 2016.  I was Visiting Professor of Voice, substituting for two voice professors on sabbatical. To be teaching at my own alma mater (from 1968-70) was thrilling indeed.

FALL of 2015 I taught Vocal Literature and German Diction for Singers at DePauw University School of Music and in SPRING 2016, I taught Vocal Literature and French Diction.  In FALL 2016 and SPRING 2017, I will be teaching the same courses AND I will teach a few private voice students as well.

Tenors Again starring Vicki King, Randall Black, Jeremy Easley & Thomas King

TK and Vicki King perform Barber Songs

Sure on This Shining Night

The Crucifixion

Rain has Fallen

These three Barber Songs are among our favorites, performed in Kentucky in 2013

See Libby Larsen web site

<Libbylarsen.com>  web site features Thomas and Vicki King, “I Cried unto God.”

See and hear us listed under VOICE choices. Vicki commissioned this song in 2010 for my 65th birthday.

TK FUTURE performances and activities

Bring Him Home from Les Misérables – for cousin Richard.

Solo, St. Mark’s Methodist Church, Bloomington, IN, August 23, 2015

Solo, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bedford, IN, August 2, 2015

Sacred Concert, First Methodist Church, Hickory, MS, July 12, 2015

Solo, Gravesite Memorial, Daisy HInkle Garton, Bloomington, IN July 1, 2015

Solo, Free Methodist Church, Bedford, IN, June 21, 2015

Workshop on Performance Anxiety, DePauw University, Green Castle, IN, June 15, 2015

Atlanta Boychoir and Men Tour, Los Angeles, CA and Hawaii, May 28-June 6, 2015

Judge for Bloomington Friday Musicale Festival, May 16, 2015

Broadway Festival,  Hinkle-Garton Farm, Bloomington, IN, April 25, 2015

St. Patrick’s Day, Danny Boy, HausKonzert, March 25, 2015

Trinity Episcopal Church POPS Concert, Bloomington, IN,February, 2015

Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music, King Voice Studio Class, Bloomington, IN, February 2015

Hauskonzert bei Kings, December 20, 2014, Friends will share Christmas stories and music

Trinity Episcopal Church, December 19, 2014 VK, Couchet harpsichord selections; TK Early carol, Some Children See Him-Burt, Ave Maria-Santiago —  Advent Concert

Hauskonzert bei Kings, December 17, 2014,  Alle Instrumenten und Gesang

Bloomington Chamber Singers, St. Mark’s Methodist Church, December 14, 2014, Messiah, “Comfort Ye,”

Friday Morning Music Club of Bloomington, IN, December 12, 2014, Christmas Songs of John Jacob Niles

Trinity Episcopal Church, December 12, 2014, Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (French Carol) — Advent Concert

Trinity Episcopal Church, December 5, 2014  Balulalow-Peter Warlock — Advent Concert

Bloomington Chamber Singers Choral Concert, November 15, 2014, Bloomington, IN    WORKS by:  Poulenc, Lilli Boulanger, Ravel, Martin, Fauré, Canteloube

Guest recital, Honeywell House, Wabash, IN, October 14, 2014

[2014–over 2000 visits, TOTAL visits – close to 24,000]

Dr. Brian Horne Studio Master Class, October 8, 2014 IU

Dr. Thomas King, guest presenter  <thomasroyking@gmail.com>

Vocal Technique Tips

[basic ideas]
KEEP THE STERNUM HIGH

EXPAND THE RIB ACCORDION
TOOTHPASTE TUBE
RESIST THE COLLAPSE

KEEP THE TONE SPINNING

RESONANCE SPACE – VOWEL SIZES
(CHURCH, NOT CHURCH BASEMENT – BELL OF THE HORN)

THE SINGING TONE

ELEGANCE

ENJOY – SEND A MESSAGE
[advanced, artistic, sophisticated ideas]
STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
NO ONE EVER ACHIEVES IT, BUT IT SURE IS FUN TO TRY.

“WORK” LONG NOTES, KEEP THEM ALIVE < >

NEVER BE SATISFIED

HAVE THE JOY OF MUSIC ON YOUR FACE AT ALL TIMES

SEND A MESSAGE IN EVERY SONG

SHOW YOUR LOVE OF MUSIC

THINK LIKE A SINGER — SING LIKE A THINKER

*INFUSE INTO YOUR ARIA ALL OF THE EMOTIONS OF YOUR CHARACTER FROM THE ENTIRE OPERA

Voice Instruction, Diction for Singers, other university courses

Mission Statement: To produce vibrant, noble singers with secure vocal technique, good communication through excellent diction and appropriate moods, even tone throughout the voice, legato singing and well-crafted phrasing, strong musical skills, and an elegant artistic approach to the art of singing and stage craft.

SING AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. PERFORMING IS SO IMPORTANT.

Find the COMPLETE voice syllabus and syllabi for diction and other courses under APSU, IU and DePauw