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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