Mr. Paul Spencer Adkins

A winner in the First Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition, as well as the Philadelphia and Princeton Metropolitan Opera auditions, tenor Paul Spencer Adkins enjoys a career in the United States and abroad.He has performed with a number of opera companies which include the Greater Miami Opera, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Tulsa Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Delaware, Orlando Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Virginia Opera, Cleveland Opera, Sarasota Opera, Lake George Opera, Opera Columbus and the touring company of Sarah Caldwell's Opera Company of Boston.
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Mr. Adkins' European operatic debut was with the Netherlands Opera Forum as Nadir in The Pearl Fishers.
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Mr. Adkins has performed with the Flanders Opera Orchestra (Britten's War Requiem) in Antwerp, Belgium; with the RAI Orchestra in Milano, Italy; the Swedish Radio Orchestra along with the Bournemouth and Portsmouth Symphony Orchestras of Great Britian.Mr. Adkins has participated in a number of world premiers, including Menotti's The Hero, Anthony Davis' X, and Leslie Adams' opera Blake.
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Paul Spencer Adkins is a senior lecturer for The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He was also the first vocal director for Peter Nero and The Philly Pops® Voices of the Pops, a resident ensemble.Adkins has toured nationally as soloist with the famed Norman Luboff Choir and sang a solo performance for the Israeli Consulate, New York City, honoring jazz legend Lionel Hampton.
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Paul is a principal of Creative Leaps International (www.creativeleaps.org) and its parent company, Associated Solo Artists, Inc.

How Can I Keep From Singing? is the latest release by Paul Spencer Adkins and Tom McCoy.

Paul Spencer Adkins
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Paul Spencer Adkins is a principal of Creative Leaps International and its parent company, Associated Solo Artists, Inc.A graduate of West Virginia University, the University of the Arts and the Academy of Vocal Arts, Adkins, a winner of the First Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition, is today a leading tenor with opera companies and orchestras throughout the USA and abroad.He produced and starred in the PBS television special The Musical Legacy of Roland Hayes and has served as artist in residence at a dozen universities coast to coast.Paralleling his work on stage and in the classroom, Adkins has worked to open a creative dialogue on cultural diversity in the workplace and centers of learning.His seminar Of Color & Courage is a positively premised forum for candid, profound and progressive dialogue on this most important subject.Visit www.paulspenceradkins.com for more about Paul Spencer Adkins.

PAUL SPENCER ADKINS,

COMES TO FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL

Mr. Paul Spencer Adkins, winner in the first Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition, as well as the Philadelphia and Princeton Metropolitan Opera auditions, will be visiting Franklin High School during the week of February 17.Mr. Adkins will be conducting vocal master classes and coaching students currently enrolled in the Advanced Voice classes.He will be speaking about training, auditioning, and performing skills that are required in the professional arena of the arts.

Mr. Adkins has performed with a number of opera companies, including the Greater Miami Opera, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Tulsa Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Delaware, Orlando Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Virginia Opera, Cleveland Opera, Sarasota Opera, Lake George Opera, Opera Columbus, and the touring company of Sarah Caldwell's Opera Company of Boston.

His performances are extraordinary and known worldwide.He is a senior lecturer for the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

His expertise and love of music will be presented at a special recital on February 21, 2003 at 7:30 p.m.The location is the Middlebush Reformed Church in Somerset, New Jersey.He will be joined by the Franklin High School vocal students, under the direction of Mrs. Betty DeMonic.

Paul Spencer Adkins - 11/15/02First Congregational Church of Ridgefield - Fountain Music Series - November 15 2002
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PAUL SPENCER ADKINS, world-renowned tenor
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This extraordinary evening will feature the Southwestern Connecticut debut of the spectacular and renowned tenor, PAUL SPENCER ADKINS.A winner in the First Luciano Pavorotti International Voice Competition, Mr. Adkins has appeared with major opera companies and orchestras throughout Italy, Great Britain, Holland, Sweden, Belgium, and the United States, and is, without question, one of the foremost tenors in the world today.An opera singer, music historian, and music educator, Adkins has served as Artist in Residence at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, and the University of Nevada, at Las Vegas.He has appeared on television numerous times, more than once as a guest artist on each "Mr.Rogers' Neighborhood" and the "Hour Of Power"-the latter telecast from the Crystal Cathedral in California, and was the featured artist on the PBS-TV program "The Musical Legacy of S. Roland Hayes."In addition to his operatic performances, symphonic engagements, and TV work, Mr. Adkins is currently on the faculty of the University of the Arts, in Philadelphia.

First Congregational Church's Minister of Music, Edwin R. Taylor, who has collaborated with Mr. Adkins in several voice recitals since the two met in the early 1980's, will accompany Mr. Adkins.