Professional Biography

Timothy Morningstar, M.Mus. earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Voice from the University of Michigan where he studied chamber music and song repertory with Martin Katz and Opera with Gustav Meier. He has sung with the Papagena Opera, Arkansas Opera Theatre, Des Moines Metro Opera and the Opera De Lille, France. He has worked with stage directors Jay Lesenger, Robert Larsen and Robert Altman. Quite active in concert, Mr. Morningstar has sung with the National Arts Chamber Orchestra, the Contemporary Directions Ensemble, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra-ARTEA, the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra and the Baroque Magnificat Orchestra. San Francisco Bay Area recital performances include Noontime Concerts-Old St. Mary's, San Francisco Performances at Six and the San Francisco radio program Westcoast Weekend - KQED. He presented a concert of music by British and American composers for Performances Today broadcast on National Public Radio. Mr. Morningstar has served as tenor soloist for Christ Church (Grosse Pointe, MI), Saint Mary's Cathedral and Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. He was also the music director/accompanist for Holy Spirit Church in Michigan. As an opera director, Mr. Morningstar has staged over twenty standard and contemporary operatic works, some of which include Cosi Fan Tutte, Madame Butterfly, The Coronation of Poppea, Il Segretto di Susanna, Cavalleria Rusticana, The Merry Widow, The Barber of Seville, The Old Maid and the Thief, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Roman Fever and The Impresario. He has directed for California Chamber Opera Theatre, Livermore Valley Opera, Oakland Lyric Opera, California State University Hayward, San Francisco State University and Donald Pippin's Pocket Opera. Mr. Morningstar has presented staged pieces for the National Opera Association's 38th Annual Convention and the National Association of Composers-USA. An active voice teacher and clinician, he is a frequent adjudicator, clinician and guest speaker at vocal competitions, conferences and workshops. Mr. Morningstar has served on the music faculty of Patten College, San Francisco State University and California State University Hayward, where he taught voice, vocal repertoire, vocal pedagogy, stage basics and directed the Opera Workshop. He was also the Director of the Opera Program for Summer Song, a vocal workshop for young singers. A recipient of numerous scholastic and musical awards, he is also past President of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. Mr. Morningstar is currently on the music faculty at Plattsburgh State University of New York and the University of Vermont where he teaches Applied Voice, Voice Class, Musical Theater History, Opera Workshop and Lyric Scenes. He is also the Vermont District Governor of the National Association of teachers of Singing and a member of the College Music Society.