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THOMAS KING
Professor of Music
Vocal Instruction
 Dr.
Thomas King, Professor of Voice at Austin Peay State University,
received a Bachelor of Music Education degree in Choral Music
from the University of Kansas, a Master of Music degree in Vocal
Pedagogy, magna cum laude, from Indiana University, a
Performer’s Certificate in opera from the Mozarteum in Salzburg,
Austria, a Master of Arts degree in German from the University
of Mississippi, and a doctorate in Vocal Pedagogy also from the
University of Mississippi.
He was a professional opera singer in the German
theater system for five years, singing over 400 performances
during that time. In the States, Dr. King has performed with
the Memphis Opera, the Germantown Symphony, the Lancaster
Pennsylvania Symphony, the Atlanta Chamber Opera, the Municipal
Opera of St. Louis, the Kennesaw Opera, the Cobb Community
Symphony, and with the Rapides Symphony and the Lake Charles
Symphony, both in Louisiana. He has premiered five operas in
the last 11 years, three of which have been written especially
for him.
He is an active recitalist and has performed all
over the southeastern and midwestern states with his wife, Dr.
Vicki King, as accompanist. He has been a member of the faculty
and staff of the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz,
Austria since 1983, teaching auditions training for singes and
offering stage fright remedies. He is now the co-artistic
director in Graz.
He is the Deputy Governor of Province 15 of Phi
Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the men’s’ music fraternity. He is also a
member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and
was inducted into Delta Phi Alpha, the German honor society in
1987. He is a member of the College Music Society, Southern
Chapter, and has been Board member for Performance,
Secretary/Treasurer, and President of the 900 member
organization.
Email:
KingT@apsu.edu
Phone:
(931) 221-7648
Music/Mass Communication Building, Room 322 |
