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Baritone André Chiang
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Baritone Andre Chiang has been described as “vocally commanding” (Oregonian), “handsome of voice” (Opera News), and lauded with “let’s hear more from this singer” (Washington Post). Chiang’s recent and upcoming engagements include Ping (Turandot) with OperaDelaware, Gianni Schicchi (Gianni Schicchi) with Opera Mississippi, Marcello (La bohème) and Captain Corcoran (H.M.S. Pinafore) with Opera Las Vegas, Escamillo (Carmen) with Opera Western Reserve, and Wáng Yuè/Nephew/Snakehead/Ensemble (Stuck Elevator) with Knoxville Opera. Previous highlights include Young Galileo/Salviati (Galileo Galilei), for which he was commercially recorded, and Ford (Falstaff) with Portland Opera; Anthony Hope (Sweeney Todd) with Virginia Opera; Lancelot in the Young Artist Matinee of Camelot at the Glimmerglass Festival; Dandini (La cenerentola) with Dayton Opera; and Escamillo (Carmen), with Mobile Opera. Chiang has also been seen with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Opera Philadelphia, the Atlanta Opera, New Orleans Opera, Portland Opera, Virginia Opera, and other American opera companies.
Competition honors include Regional Finalist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Winner of the 59th National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) 2017 Biennial Young Artist Award, and Winner of the 45th National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards Competition (NATSAA). Chiang’s Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall debut came as the Baritone soloist in the World Premiere of Martin Palmeri’s Gran Misa. Chiang has also been seen in concert with the Louisiana Philharmonic, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Richmond Symphony, Rapides Symphony, Baton Rouge Symphony, Missouri Symphony, Huntsville Symphony, and Canterbury Voices in recent seasons singing the solos in Handel’s Messiah, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Duruflé’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, and many others.
Throughout his career, Chiang has championed the creation of new art songs and has presented nationally on demystifying the commissioning process for song and opera. His debut art song album, Choice Pages: Songs by Sterrs-Howard, Thompson, Malhotra, and Trần, releases in August 2024, on Spotify, Apple Music, and other streaming platforms, and is composed of newly commissioned songs from a variety of composers. He has also been involved with world premiere operas singing Artist Martinez/Ecce Homo in Fowler’s Behold the Man and Pridament in Cummings’ Again and Again and Again. Chiang has also been featured in roles such as Older Thompson (Glory Denied) and Charlie (Three Decembers) with Painted Sky Opera, Clint (Fearless (workshop)) with OperaDelaware, and Captain Smith (A Capacity for Evil) with Opera Las Vegas. In 2025, he will lead a panel to further promote new American opera composition in higher education and industry wide at the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and National Opera Association (NOA) joint national conference. Chiang has been granted multiple Love of Learning Awards from the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and received funding for projects involving commissioning and commercially recording new art song from a variety of underrepresented composers. He can also be heard on the commercial recording of Philip Glass’ Galileo Galilei.
As an educator, Chiang was a 2018 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Intern, designated a 2019 “National Center for Voice and Speech trained Vocologist”, featured at the 2020, 2022, and 2024 NATS National Conference, and a part of the first cohort of Pan American Vocology Association – Recognized Vocologists (PAVA-RV) in 2022. He also attended the CCM Institute at Shenandoah Conservatory focusing on contemporary vocal techniques and amplified genre pedagogy. His research regarding new American art song, voice range lower extension, and inclusivity in the voice studio has been seen at national and international conferences for the NOA, NATS, PAVA, and the College Music Society (CMS). He has given recitals, master classes, and lectures around the world at institutions such as the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Belmont University, the University of Memphis, Louisiana State University, Oklahoma City University, Penn State University, the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and University of the Arts Singapore, and the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in China to name a few. Notable student accomplishments include winning a district Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Audition; placing in state and regional NATS Auditions, Trumbauer Festivals, and the NFMC Young Artist Competition; and performing with the Glimmerglass Festival, Des Moines Metro Opera, Kentucky Opera, Opera Las Vegas, Baton Rouge Symphony, Onstage at the Freeland, Rivertown Theaters, and Swine Palace to name a few. Students have participated in the Seraphic Fire Choral Institute, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, and have studied music at the University of Miami, University of Michigan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Northern Arizona, and musical theatre at Carnegie Mellon University and Oklahoma City University.
Chiang is an Assistant Professor of Voice at Emory University, an Instructor of Voice at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, and maintains a private online and in-person studio teaching acoustic and amplified styles. He was formerly an Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, as well as Oklahoma State University; and he is a frequent contributor to Classical Singer magazine. As an administer, Chiang was the Artistic Director of Opera NexGen and Vice President of the Las Vegas Chapter of NATS, and currently is the Chair of the NFMC Young Artist Competition for Man’s Voice, Chair of the NATS Art Song Coalition, Treasurer of the Southwestern Region of CMS, and Secretary and board member of the Asian Opera Alliance.
See Emory for more information and this link for research, writing, and teaching examples.
Opera Las Vegas
in Las Vegas, NV
Pridament
in Again and Again and Again
(World Premiere)
October 11, 12, 13, 2024
Las Vegas Philharmonic
in Las Vegas, NV
Baritone Soloist
in Messiah
November 23, 2024
Music on Site
in Wichita, KS
Commendatore
in Don Giovanni
December 18-22, 2024
Opera Idaho
in Boise, ID
Barone in La traviata
March 7, 9, 2025
Knoxville Opera
in Knoxville, TN
Wáng Yuè, Nephew, Snakehead, Ensemble
in Stuck Elevator
May 14, 16, 17, 18m, 2025
Opera Las Vegas and Pacific Opera Project
in Las Vegas, NV and Los Angeles, CA
Captain Corcoran
in H.M.S. Pinafore
June 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 2025
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)
and the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS)
in Singapore, Singapore
Master Class Clinician
August 21, 2024
Pan American Vocology Association
International Symposium
in Houston, TX
2D Tool Talk of “Voice tools for the road without a practice room”
October 4-6, 2024
Colorado Mesa University
in Grand Junction, CO
Lecture on “Finances and Budgeting for a Multi-Faceted Career”
October 9, 2024
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
in Minneapolis, MN
Artist-in-Residence Recital, Master Class Clinician, and Lecture
November 4 & 5, 2024
College Music Society
National Conference
in Washington, DC
Asynchronous Presenter of “Performance and Teaching Careers in the 21st Century: The Balancing Act of the Artist Scholar”
November 7-9, 2024
National Association of Teachers of Singing and National Opera Association
Joint National Conference
in Savannah, GA
Presenter of “Inspiring Student and New Opera Creation: A Panel and Town Hall from Composers Throughout Their Careers”
January 5-8, 2025
Florida State University
in Tallahassee, FL
Revírník (Forester)
in Příhody lišky Bystroušky (The Cunning Little Vixen)
April 5, 7, 2024
Opera Philadelphia
in Philadelphia, PA
The Imperial Commissioner
in Madama Butterfly
April 26, 28, May 3, 5, 2024
Opera Delaware
in Wilmington, DE
Ping
in Turandot
May 17, 19, 2024
Opera Las Vegas
in Las Vegas, NV
Marcello
in La bohème
June 7, 9, 2024
Traverse City Philharmonic
in Traverse City, MI
Featured Soloist
in “Bridgerton Meets Amadeus”
July 18, 2024
April 4, 2022 - Master Class at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, LA. Photo: Johnnie Bankens
January 25, 2024 - Master Class at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS. Photo: Olivia Yokers
January 26, 2024 - Master Class at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts in tandem with New Orleans Opera. Photo: Dylan Trần
August 21, 2024 - Master Class at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and the University of the Arts, Singapore in Singapore, Singapore. Photo: Jessica Chen
October 7, 2024 - Master Class at the Vegas Singing School in Las Vegas, NV. Photo: Valentine Baron and André Chiang
“André Chiang’s vocal instruction has been invaluable to me as I pursue singing - especially professional ensemble work - as a more significant component of my musical career. His technical pedagogy is an excellently-balanced combination of function and sensation, which is magic in the hands of an intuitive and creative teacher with his precise ear, eye, and vocal model. By all accounts, too, our lessons are great fun. He is a joy to work with!
I've enjoyed new and exciting exploration of the capabilities and potential of my voice, and André’s teaching has facilitated immediate tangible improvements in all facets of my singing life, which has opened doors to more work and opportunities. He has also helped me develop routines for vocal health and consistency that suit my lifestyle as a frequent traveler with a busy and variable schedule. And, as a conductor, our time together has directly enriched my group vocal pedagogy. I highly recommend voice lessons with André!”
-Sarah Bowe, Conductor and Soprano; Boston, MA
"My experience working with Mr. André Chiang this past year has been an absolute wonder. As a gender fluid transgender, I have taken on both male and female roles. Mr. Chiang has been able to work with me to strengthen both voices, focusing primarily on the male modal voice. His technique of maintaining optimum oropharyngeal spacing, with minimal excess subglottal pressure, constant and adequate breath flow, and freedom in the bodies natural resonators has helped me achieve more volume and projection in my sound while compensating for tonsils and adenoids that are twice and triple the normal size. It has given me more masculine and distinguishable sound. With his guidance, I have sung songs and roles like Sebastian from “The Little Mermaid” all the way to Celie from “The Color Purple”. Mr. Chiang, during lessons, is very forward with vocal progression and has a realism of the professional world that reinforces my want to continue my studies with him. I recommend him for beginners to professional singers and I promise that you will not be disappointed."
-Shanarrous Briggins-Pollard, Registered Respiratory Therapist; Mobile, AL and New York, NY
“Andre Chiang has fundamentally modified my understanding of vocal production, and has given me tools to continue the process on my own journey. Being an Avocational singer I have been privileged to participate in diverse musical venues, but do not have a formal education in music or singing. Andre assisted me in understanding the basics, has great ability in identifying tension points that block a healthy release of tone, and continues to work towards releasing such tension. In a sense this has given me a fresh start with a voice that is again healthy.”
-Grant Parks, Avocational Singer; Dayton, OH
“André Chiang is an amazing voice teacher! He talks with, rather than at, his students, and has a wide array of knowledge in the anatomy and physiology of the human body and how that relates back to singing! André notices when his students don’t quite understand what he says and will readily present whatever concept in a different way, so as to clear up any confusion! André cares for his students and helps them get ready to perform, audition, teach, etc.!”
-Jonathan Thomas, Louisiana State University student majoring in Biological Engineering and minoring in Music; Baton Rouge, LA
Coaching with André has been the best decision I’ve made in my Undergrad. André has gone above and beyond to help me improve my craft. His unique and adaptive style of teaching ranges from pedagogical to hands on learning (of course with the students permission) to spectrogram. The ways in which I have grown as an overall musician solely due to his mentorship and advice are numerous. I was able to finish in 1st place in the Louisiana State NATS Auditions only because of the coachings and advice that André gave me. The experience he has a professional singer and trained vocologist has gifted him with an immense amount of knowledge on multiple music genres. Whenever I work with André, I know I’m in a safe space in which I can discuss any problems I’m having at all. Without his guidance and expertise, I wouldn’t be where I am today.
-Josh Thomas, Master of Music from the University of Michigan, Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance at Louisiana State University