Blake Beckemeyer

Tenor & Power Platform Evangelist

Performances

Fully-Staged Roles with Orchestra

First Hermit, The Three Hermits, IU Summer Music, 2019
Nireno, Giulio Cesare, IU Opera Theatre, 2019
Marco, The Gondoliers, IU G&S Society, 2018
Basilio, Le Nozze di Figaro, DePauw Opera, 2018
Wood Sprite, King Arthur, Amherst Early Music Festival, 2017
Abraham Kaplan, Street Scene, DePauw Opera, 2017
Laurie, Little Women, DePauw Opera, 2016
Grimoaldo, Rodelinda, Halifax Summer Opera, 2016
King Arthur, Amherst Early Music Festival, 2017
Herr Engel, Der Schauspieldirektor, FAVA: Austria, 2015
Basilio, Le Nozze di Figaro, FAVA: Austria, 2015
First Soldier/Lucano, L'incoronazione di Poppea, DePauw Opera, 2015
Bastien, Bastien und Bastienne, FAVA:Austria, 2015
Pluto, Orpheus in the Underworld, Halifax Summer Opera, 2014
Conte Belfiore (cover), La finta giardiniera, DePauw Opera, 2014
Remendado (cover), Carmen, Undercroft Opera, 2014
Ralph Rackstraw, H. M. S. Pinafore, Pittsburgh Savoyards, 2013
Frederic, Pirates of Penzance, Pittsburgh Savoyards, 2012

Solo Concert Performances

//Evangelist/Arias, Johannes-Passion, J. S. Bach, Christ Church/Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, 2023
BWV 21, J. S. Bach, Second Presbyterian Church, 2021
BWV 123 (also codir.), J. S. Bach, Second Presbyterian Church, 2021
BWV 40, J. S. Bach, Bloomington Bach Cantata Project, 2020
(COVID-19 Cancellation)Requiem in d minor, W. A. Mozart, Dana Marsh/IU HPI, 2020
(COVID-19 Cancellation) Infedeltà, Oratorio per la Sanctissima Trinità, A. Scarlatti, 2020
Intelletto, Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Concentus, 2020
BWV 38, J. S. Bach, Bloomington Bach Cantata Project, 2020
Messiah, G. F. Handel, Beecher Singers/Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, 2019
BWV 105 (also dir.), J. S. Bach, Bloomington Bach Cantata Project, 2019
Missa brevis in D, W. A. Mozart, Christ Church Cathedral, 2019
Tirsi, Ballo: Tirsi e Clori, SV 145, Concentus, 2019
Evangelist, Weihnachtshistorie, Heinrich Schütz, Concentus, 2018
Magnificat, J. S. Bach, Christ Chruch Cathedral-Indianapolis, 2018
BWV 75, J. S. Bach, Bloomington Bach Cantata Project, 2018
In Ecclesiis, Giovanni Gabrieli, Grant Farmer Chorus and Orchestra, 2018
"Verschmähe nicht...Nimm mich dir," BWV 65, J. S. Bach, DePauw Symphony Orchestra, 2018
Weihnachts–Oratorium (I), J.S. Bach, Indie Baroque, 2015
Mass in C, Ludwig von Beethoven, Carnegie-Mellon PCC, 2013
Stabat Mater, Franz Josef Haydn, DePauw School of Music, 2016 (selection)
Giuliano, Rodrigo, G.F. Handel, Junior Degree Recital, 2016 (selection)
Glory to God on High, Henry Purcell, Indie Baroque, 2015
Messiah, G.F. Handel, St. Andrew's Episcopal (Pittsburgh), 2016 (selections)
Hymn to St. Cecilia, Benjamin Britten, DePauw University Choirs, 2016

Professional Choral

Christ Church Cathedral, 2018–pres.
Seraphic Fire, 2020-pres.
//The Thireen, beginning 2022
Vox Chor/Orchester, 2019
Air Borne Group (session singer), 2019–2020
Beecher Singers/Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, 2019
Beecher Singers/Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, 2019
IU Oratorio Chorus, 2019
IU Conductor's Chorus, 2019-2020
Border CrosSing, Minnesota Orchestra, 2019
Indianapolis Early Music Festival, 2019
IU Opera Chorus, 2019
Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, 2018
Emerging Artist, Bach Akademie Charlotte, Scott Allen Jarrett, 2018
Bach Ensemble Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgart, 2017
Weimar Bach Cantata Academy, Helmuth Rilling, Weimar, 2017, 2018
Bach Cantata Institute, John Harbison, SongFest at Colburn, 2017

Partial Roles

(COVID-19 Cancellation) Ottavio, Don Giovanni (II), Carol Vanness Opera Workshop, 2020
Chato, La púrpura de la rosa, Bloomington Early Music Festival, 2019
Fenton, Falstaff, DePauw Opera Scenes, 2017
Conte, Il barbiere di Siviglia, DePauw Opera Scenes, 2017
Colin, Le Devin du Village, DePauw Opera Scenes, 2015
Eisenstein, Die Fledermaus, DePauw Opera Scenes, 2015
Ralph Rackstraw, H.M.S. Pinafore, DePauw Opera Scenes, 2015
Frederic, Pirates of Penzance, DePauw Opera Scenes, 2015
Anfinomo, Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, DePauw Opera Scenes, 2014

Choral-Orchestral Repertoire

Alphabetical by composer
Magnificat, Mass in h-moll, Cantatas: BWV 11, 21, 31, 38, 40, 63, 65, 75, 76, 104, 105, 106, 123, 136, 161, Weihnachts-Oratorium 1-3, Bach; Mass in C, Symphony No. 9, Beethoven; Schicksalslied, Brahms; Rejoice in the Lamb, Britten; Fern Hill, Corigliano; Requiem, Durufle; Requiem, Fauré; La Pasion según San Marcos, Golijov; Messiah, Handel; Parnasso in festa, Handel; Requiem, Howells; Missa Brevis in D, Mozart; Gloria, Poulenc; King Arthur, Purcell; Fairy Queen, Purcell; Requiem, Rutter; Weihnachtshistorie, Schutz; Deus Judicium Tuum, Telemann; The Peaceable Kingdom, Thompson; Serenade to Music, R. V. Williams

Discography

Chorister, Alexander's Feast (English), Sony Classical—Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Vox Orchester, Lorenzo Ghirlanda, Kathy Romey, Kloster Michaelstein, Germany, recorded 2019. Nominated for 3 Opus Klassik Awards: Best Ensemble, Best Conductor, Best Choral Performance.

Awards

Winner, DePauw University Concerto Competition, 2018
National Semifinalist, James Toland Vocal Arts Vocal Competition, 2017
1st Place, Kalamazoo (MI) Young Vocalists Competition, Kalamazoo Bach Festival, 2017
National Finalist, Winston Voice Scholarship, 2017
Finalist, DePauw Concerto Competition, 2016, 2017
National Semifinalist, NATS Nationals, 2014
1st Place, NATS Great Lakes Regional, 2015
1st Place, NATS Great Lakes Regional, 2014
2nd Place, NATS State (IN), 2015
1st Place, NATS State (IN), 2013
Finalist, Ferid Murad Medal (DePauw's highest academic honor), 2018

Societal Membership

Pi Kappa Lambda, Omicron Chapter
Phi Beta Kappa, Indiana Alpha Chapter
Cum Laude Society, Shady Side Academy '13

Education

Master Classes as Soloist

Jeffrey Thomas; Lynne Dawson; Sanford Sylvan; Martin Katz; Graham Johnson; Libby Larsen; Roberta Alexander; Scott Allen Jarrett; Thomas Cooley; Alan Louis Smith; Mark Adamo; Michael Sylvester; Christopher Theofanidis; Gabriela Lena Frank; Lisa Vroman, William Sharp & Kim Kowalke; Sylvia Stone; Kevin Mallon; Adam Guettel; Javier Arrebola (Swedish Song).

Summer Training

SongFest: Young Artist, 2017
Amherst Early Music Festival:Baroque Academy, 2017
Halifax Summer Opera Festival, 2014 & 2016
Franco-American Vocal Academy:Austria, 2015

Collaborations in Performance as Soloist

Music Directors/Coaches: Mark Cudek, Nell Snaidas, Gary Thor Wedow, Dana Marsh, Stanley Ritchie, Adam Pearl, Scott Allen Jarrett, David Bowlin, Nicholas Gillmore, Natasha Fransblow, John Clodfelter, Amanda Hopson, Andrew Casey, Mia Elezovic, Rick Rowley, Orcenith Smith, Dan Brill, Guy Russo, Kathy Romey, Michael Boney, Walter Huff.
Stage Directors: Robin Guarino, Drew Minter, Michael Scarola, Nina Scott-Stoddart, Joachim Schamberger, Rick Rowley, John McGwire, Benjamin Viertel, Robert Hockenberry.

Composers: Mark Adamo, Gabriela Lena-Frank, Mark Adamo, Libby Larsen.

Major Teachers

Steven Rickards, 2018-pres
Caroline Smith, 2012-2018
Brian Horne, 2017

Education

M.M. Early Music Voice, IU-Jacobs, '20
B.M. Vocal Performance, DePauw University '18
B.A. Mathematics, DePauw University '18