Performer's Resume
James Chi-shin Liu, M.D.
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Baritone
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Personal:
Height: 5'9"; Weight: 195 lbs; Hair: Black; Eyes: Brown
Biography (Boston Opera Collaborative)
Opera:
Art Song Recitals:
- Chabrier: Vollailleries; Ravel: Histoires naturelles; Poulenc: Le bestiaire (ou Cortège d'Orphée); Poulenc: The Story of Babar. St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Scituate MA, October 5, 2008.
- Schubert: Winterreise, D.911. Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory, August 17, 2008
- Schumann: Dichterliebe, Assorted Spanish Songs; Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée. Wellesley College, Pendleton Recital Salon, February 25, 2007.
- Schubert: Assorted Songs, excerpts from Winterreise; Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn. First Parish Church, Watertown MA, April 2, 2006.
- Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin. Harvard Musical Association, Boston MA, May 16, 2005.
Oratorio Solos:
Back Bay Chorale, Boston MA
- J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion - Judas Iscariot; Pontifex II (Es taugt nicht duet). Sanders Theatre, Cambridge MA, March 24, 2007.
- Howells: Requiem - I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes. First Church in Cambridge, March 5, 2005.
- Handel: Judas Maccabeus - Eupolemus. Sanders Theatre, Cambridge MA, May 15, 2004.
- Stravinsky: Les Noces - Bless Me, My Father (lower voice in baritone duet). Sanders Theatre, Cambridge MA, May 9, 2003.
- J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion - Petrus; Pontifex II (Es taugt nicht duet). Sanders Theatre, Cambridge MA, April 21, 2000.
Chorus Experience:
- Cantata Singers, Boston MA, 2008 - present.
- Back Bay Chorale, Boston MA, 1995 - 96, 1999 - present.
Bass section leader, 2000 - 2008.
- New World Chorale / Longwood Symphony Orchestra, Boston MA: Janáček Glagolitic Mass, December 2007.
- New World Chorale / Boston Ballet, Boston MA: Stravinsky Les Noces, May 2006.
- Yale Camerata, New Haven CT, 1997 - 1998.
- Yale Glee Club, New Haven CT, 1996 - 1997.
- Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus, Cambridge MA 1985 - 1989, 1994 - 1995.
- Rutgers Concert Choir, Piscataway NJ, 1991 - 1993.
- Rutgers Collegium Musicum, Piscataway NJ, 1990 - 1991.
- National Cathedral Men's Choir, Washington DC, Summer 1990.
- Rutgers University Choir, Piscataway NJ, Spring 1990.
Spoken Word Experience:
- WHRB-FM, Cambridge MA, 1986 - 1990, 2000 - present.
Producer, announcer and studio controlman for classical music broadcasts, weekly special features and extended Orgy presentations. Significant productions as programmer and announcer include:
- Hunan Medical University, Changsha, Hunan, China, 1998 - 1999
Recorded spoken text for audio tapes to accompany English textbooks for mainland Chinese market.
Essays about Classical Music and Texts and Translations:
Available on my Classical Music web page. Excerpts from my notes and translations have been used by the following organizations:
Contact:
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Department of Internal Medicine
40 Holland Street
Somerville, MA 02144
Last updated: October 5, 2008
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