SCOTT LaGRAFF is a graduate of the Resident Artist Training Program of Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton , New York , where he performed the title roles in Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro , as well as The Villains in Les Contes d'Hoffmann , Reverend Hale in The Crucible and Capulet in Roméo et Juliette , among others. He has also appeared with the Syracuse , Tulsa , Pensacola , Westchester Hudson and Ithaca opera companies. A selected list of his concert engagements includes performances of the Fauré Requiem and Handel's Messiah with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra , the Dvorak Te Deum with the Baton Rouge Symphony, the Bruckner Te Deum at Carnegie Hall with MidAmerica Productions and solo appearances with the Ocean City Pops , the Binghamton Pops, and the Syracuse Oratorio Society. Furthermore, he has sung solo recitals at various venues in the Midwest and South. The Athens , Ohio native received the Bachelor of Music degree from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, the Master of Music degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton and is currently a doctoral candidate at Louisiana State University . A member of the voice faculty at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches , TX , Mr. LaGraff has also held teaching positions at Simpson College in Indianola , Iowa , Cornell University in Ithaca , New York and Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania . |
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