Biography
Lyric Baritone Dale Throness, a native of Grande Prairie, Alberta, received his early musical training in Winnipeg and subsequently obtained his Master of Music in Voice Performance at the University of British Columbia. Post-graduate studies were undertaken at the Vancouver Academy of Music and the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies in Aldeburgh, England.
He has sung a number of operatic roles in including the title role in Don Giovanni under director David Walsh, and Marcello in La Boheme with conductor Tyrone Patterson and the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra for Viva Musica in Kelowna. Recent concert engagements include Tea & Trumpets with the Vancouver symphony Orchestra, a concert of Brahms lieder for the VSO's Brahms Festival, and performances of the B Minor Mass and the Mozart, Brahms and Faure Requiems. He has also sung Carmina Burana on a number of occasions, including a performance at the Orpheum Theatre under conductor Kazuyoshi Akiyama.
Education
B.A. (Winnipeg);
B.R.E. (Mennonite Brethren Bible College);
M.Mus. (British Columbia)
Areas of Expertise
Voice
Courses Taught at TWU
Applied Music Lessons - Voice