Benjamin D. Laur
710
7th Street Apt. 6, Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
blaur@bgsu.edu
▪ (989) 590-06511
EDUCATION
Master of Music – Voice
Performance, May 2013, Bowling Green
State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
Bachelor of Music – Voice
Performance, December 2010, Central
Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dr. Sigmond Frog (The Fowl
Trilogy, Benjamin)—Bowling Green Childen’s Opera, June 2013.
Customs Official; chorus (La bohème, Puccini)—Toledo Opera, October 2012.
Dandini
(The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Davies)—Bowling Green Childen’s
Opera, June 2012.
Bass
soloist (The Messiah, Handel)—Port Clinton Community
Choir, December 2012.
Giuseppe, a servant; chorus (La
Traviata, Verdi)—Toledo Opera,
October 2011.
OTHER ROLES PERFORMED
Orfeo (L’Orfeo,
Monteverdi)—Bowling Green State University Early Music Ensemble, April 2013.
Baron Cascada (The Merry
Widow, Lehar)—Bowling Green State University Opera Theatre, March 2013.
King Hildebrand (Princess
Ida, Gilbert & Sullivan)—Bowling Green State University Opera Theatre,
January 2013.
Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas, Purcell)—Bowling Green State University Opera Theatre, November 2012.
Hercules (Hercules, Handel—Operatic staging)—Bowling Green State
University Opera Theatre, April 2012.
Koko (The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan)—Bowling Green State University
Opera Theatre, February 2012; Central Michigan University Opera Theatre, April
2008.
Don Giovanni (Don
Giovanni, Mozart)—Central Michigan
University Opera Theatre, March 2010.
Papageno (Die Zauberflöte,
Mozart)—Central Michigan University
Opera Theatre, April 2009.
Fred/Petrucchio (Kiss Me,
Kate, Porter)—Central Michigan
University Music Theatre Program, November 2008.
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS
AND GRANTS
2011-2013 BGSU Graduate
Assistant Instructor – Taught voice
class and applied study; tuition waiver and stipend included.
2009 CMU Summer Scholars
Grant Program - Composed and
performed “The Letter of Jesse Givens,” a set of songs for
Baritone and orchestra.
2009 R. Cedric Colness
Vocal Scholarship Award - Awarded to
music student who exhibits excellence and proficiency in voice performance.
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