Bray Wilkins |
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Bray Wilkins, tenor Bray Wilkins, originally from Monroe, Louisiana, is a graduate of the University of Idaho. While there, he sang Basilio in the Marriage of Figaro, Marco Palmieri in The Gondoliers, and Frederic in Pirates of Penzance. Mr. Wilkins was also a member of the 2003 College Light Opera Company, MA, where he performed the roles of Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd, Paul Berthalet in Carnival, and Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls. He was district winner of the Northwest Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions in 2004, and again in 2007 for the Midsouth region, where he placed 3rd in the Regional Finals. Other awards include prizes in the classical division at NATS (WA-ID-MT) competitions in 2001-2003, winner of the Washington-Idaho Symphony Young Artists Competition, and the recipient of the 2006 Lys Symonette Award for Outstanding Performance of an Individual Number at the Lotte Lenya Singing Competition for Young Artists in Rochester last spring. Mr. Wilkins had the privilege of being under the tutelage of Marilyn Horne at the Music Academy of the West in CA in 2005, and is returning for the 2007 Summer Festival. |