Bios

AIMS in Graz – Uhrturm

TK CV

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Thomas King Scholarly and Creative Activity Highlights

Miscellaneous Honors for Scholarship and Creativity

Received Master of Arts in German, University of Mississippi, 1989
Inducted into Delta Phi Alpha German honor society, 1989
Received Doctor of Arts in Vocal Pedagogy, University of Mississippi, 1992
Won “Monte” Award for best male performer, Roxy Regional Theatre, as Harold Hill in The Music Man, 1994
Elected Governor of Province #15, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, 1994
My recital of Ives songs played on German radio, Leipzig, Germany, 1994
Inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda, Music honor society, 1995
Received the Orpheus award, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, National music fraternity, 1997
Soloist for the operetta, Der Vogelhändler, International meeting, Association of University Women, Austria, 1998
Elected President, Southern Chapter, College Music Society, 1999
Performed Concert, National Women’s Museum, Washington, D. C. 2003
Inducted into Sigma Alpha Iota as a distinguished member, National Arts Associate 2003

College Music Society Presentations and Offices held:

1990 Neidhart von Reuenthal, Minnesinger 1180-1246, Board member for Performance
1991 Richard Dehmel poem “Waldseligkeit,” settings by Alma Mahler, Joseph Marx, and Richard Strauss, Board member for Performance
1992 Robert Schumann Liederkreis, translation and explanation
1992 (Munich, Germany) Explaining the Opera Theater system of Germany
1993 How to overcome Stage Fright in Singers, performed Richard Heuberger songs, Secretary/Treasurer
1994 Charles Ives, Song composer Anniversary, Secretary/Treasurer
1995 Hosted the meeting at APSU, performed Juusela songs, Benner songs
1995 (Berlin, Germany), performed songs of Constantinides, Ovides
1996 Lecture on Counter-tenor and Falsetto Registers
1997 Schwanengesang of Franz Schubert on his 200th birthday, President-Elect
1998 Four Songs of Clara Schumann, performed Mansfield songs, Benner songs, President-Elect
1999 The 24 Italian Greatest Hits, President
2000 President
2001 Past-President
2002 Past-President
2003 Host

Miscellaneous Activities:

Several trips to Italy for language study
Guest soloist on choir tours to Canada, Austria, Czech Republic, England, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia
Tenor soloist for over 20 Messiah performances in the last 15 years
Soloist in 25 different churches in the middle Tennessee/Kentucky area
Teacher, Administrator, Performer, Conductor & Artistic Director, American Institute of Musical Studies, Graz, Austria for 28 years.
Author of manual for Auditions Training Seminar course, Graz, Austria
Presented many workshops on performance anxiety
Taught APSU Interdisciplinary Heritage classes five years, Director one year
Author of new APSU course, Latin and English Diction for Singers
Reviewed Music Appreciation text and book on William Grant Still Operas

E-mail: thomasroyking@gmail.com

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