BiographyGregory Austin has been studying music for over 10 years and has received his Masters degree in both Voice Performance and Choral Conducting.
As a conductor, Gregory has conducted many ensembles in concert including the Houghton College Women's Choir, Houghton College Men's Choir, Roberts Wesleyan College Chorale, and Kantorei, an undergraduate mixed ensemble. He has also conducted multiple church choirs, recital choirs, and he conducted Daniel Pinkham's Wedding Cantata at his own wedding. As a graduate student, Gregory gave a lecture recital entitled "The Compositional Techniques of Daniel Pinkham as Showcased in His Cantatas." As a choral performer, Gregory has sung with many ensembles, both academic and professional. As a student at Dryden High School, he performed with the nationally competitive a cappella ensemble BeyondMeasure. Throughout his undergraduate studies, he sang with the Roberts Wesleyan College Men's Choir, Chorale, and Opera Choir. He was also an active member of a barbershop quartet that performed at choir concerts, presidential luncheons, and individually paid gigs. As a graduate student, Gregory was a member of the Houghton College Choir and several recital choirs. He has also sung several times with the professional ensemble Vox Lumine under the baton of Dr. Brandon Johnson. As a solo performer Gregory has performed in two operas and sung with a full orchestra. He has portrayed Pooh-Bah in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, Monostatos in Mozart's The Magic Flute, and performed the baritone solo from Lt. Kije Suite by Sergei Prokofiev. Gregory has also given several voice recitals. As an undergraduate, Gregory's two recitals were voice and composition and featured variety of musical stylings from solo voice, barbershop music, a Brahms quartet, and original compositions for voice, choir, piano, and organ. As a graduate student, he has given two voice recitals consisting of large variety of repertoire including 17th century English oratorio, 19th century French chanson, 20th century English art song, 18th century German lieder, 20th century American folk music, 19th century German opera aria, and a set of 21st century local composers. |