Joseph Shore
Joseph Shore (16 April 1948 - 6 July 2021) was an American operatic Baritone and voice teacher. He has excelled particularly in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi.
Early life and studies
Born in
Career
Shore performed with the
In 1988, Shore became a voice teacher and accepted appointments to the faculties of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of British Columbia and Indiana University. In 1995, he published an interview with Jerome Hines in the NATS Journal.[4] Among his students in the pop field were Alexz Johnson and Michael Bublé, and in opera Campbell Vertesi, Bryn Vertesi, David Fankhauser,[5] Davide di Ragusa,[6] Siphiwe McKenzie, Le Roy Jameson, Tyler Lincoln,[7] and Paul Grindlay.[8] His most famous student was Jerome Hines himself who studied informally with Shore and dedicated his book, The Four Voices of Man,[9] to him.
Shore's heart disease worsened over the years and shortened his career. He received an
Shore lived in Burnaby, B.C. teaching voice. Much of his pedagogical writing, including his biography, is available from his web site.[10]
Awards
In addition to the Metropolitan Opera auditions Shore also won the Bruce Yarnell Memorial Award for Baritones in 1981[11] and the WGN Auditions in 1976.
References
- ^ Laven Sowell, My Music Notebook, pp. 92-93
- YouTube
- ^ "Home". cesarebardelli.com.
- ^ NATS Journal, vol 51, January 1995, page 19
- YouTube
- ^ Davide di Ragusa (LinkedIn)
- ^ "Tyler Lincoln Bio (Oakland Lyric Opera)". Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ^ "Paul Grindlay Bio (Alberta Baroque Ensemble)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ^ Four Voices of Man (Google Books)
- ^ http://www.josephshore.com Archived 2009-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Central Opera Service Bulletin, vol 23, no 3, pg 55