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Jerome Barry, Baritone, one of America's most versatile performing artists, was born in Boston Massachusetts. Lukas Foss referred to the noted baritone as "a rare phenomenon." Barry received a B.A. in Modern Languages from Northeastern University and an M.A. in Languages and Literature from Tufts University. He studied concurrently at Boston Conservatory, Boston University School of Fine and Applied Arts and attained a diploma from the Goethe Institut in Germany. He began his studies in Italy and attended Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Music in Rome, Italy.

His teachers in Italy included Romeo Arduini, Luigi Ricci and Paulo Silveri. He made his debut in Italy in the role of Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and went on to sing over one hundred twenty performances in German Opera houses and later sang many roles in the Israeli Natonal Opera. In Israel he sang more that three-hundred concerts, including recitals, oratorio, opera and rochestral concerts. He sang with the Israel Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony and the Israel Festival. His name became synonymous with versatile programs that contain diverse elements such a humor, pathos, drama, poetic diction and beauty of tone.

Upon his return to the United States, he continued his career giving recitals in many prestigious opera halls, singing with the Boston Pops, the Baltimore and National Symphonies and many other orchestras and opera houses. In addition, his recital career has spanned the United States and fifteen different countries. His performance credits include DBS records, Premier Recordings, Inc., recordings of the National Radio and Television Stations of numerous countries. The Baltimore Sun hailed a performance saying "...interpreted with refinement and sensitivity by Mr. Barry, his phrasing marked by ease and gracefullness, tone quality warm and burnished ... communicating a sense of joy--Triumphant!"

He has given master classes all over the world, is a laureat of the McClosky Institute of Voice and has been on the faculties of Tel Aviv University, Northeastern University, Tufts University, the University of Maryland, and The American University. He co-founded the Washington Music Ensemble in 1981 and has produced hundreds of concerts with music of twenty countries. Barry is a Bouml;sendorfer artist. He is currently consultant on vocal enhancementt at the George Washington Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngoglogy and at the department of Speech and Hearing at the University. He recently gave the first concert in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. He will sing in Vienna at the Jewish Museum and will record for the second time on Austrian National Radio.

Skills:

  • Baritone, specializing in recitals and chamber works of diverse styles and languages - CBS Records, Premier Recordings; concerts in fifteen countries
  • Languages: Fluency in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Hebrew, Yiddish, Dutch, Spanish, (Sings in twenty-five languages)
  • Cultral liason between Washington, Europe and Asia
  • Director, Washington Music Ensenmble (1981 - Present)
  • Director, Embassy series (1994 - Present)
  • Founder, InterArts Production, Inc. (1992)
  • Executive Director, Voice Treatment Center, The George Washington University Medical Center

Education Highlights:

  • M.A., Tufts University (Languages and Literature)
  • B.A., Northeastern University (Modern Languages)
  • Diploma, Goethe Institut, Germany
  • University of Rome (PhD Candidate, three years, Languages and Literature)
  • Conservatory of Santa Cecilia - Rome
  • Boston Univerity School of Fine and Applied Arts
  • McClosky Institute of Voice, Accreditation
  • Alexander and Feldenkrais Technique, Israel, USA
  • Neurolinguistics and Biofeedback: Dr. Lawrece Fisher, Dr. Lorenz Ng, Washington
  • Private Teachers: David Blair McClosky, Boston; Romeo Arduini, Luigi Ricci. Paolo Silveri, Rome; Pierre Bernac, Gerard Souzay, Re Koster, Paris; Elly Ameling, Amsterdam; Jennie, Tourel, Jerusalem; Domenic Cossa, Metropolitan Opera
Performance:
Helsinki Festival, Israel Festival, Ein Gev Festival, Kuhrmos Festival, Finland, Israel Philharmonic, Brooklyn Philharmonia, New Haven Symphony, Boston Pops, National Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Baltimore Opera, Long Island Opera, Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Carnegie Hall, Washington Music Ensemble, National Public Radio and television, CBS Records, Premier Recordings, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Austrian Radio and Television, Finnish Radio, Radio svizzera italiana, Bayerisher Rundfunk, Radio vaticana, Isareal Radio and Television, Jeusalem Symphony, Opera House, Trieste, Stureneator Gothenberg, Sweden, Liseberg (Gothenberg), Israel National Opera, Landesbuuml;ne Schleswig-Holstein Fairfax Symphony, National Gallery of Art, Steirischer Herbst, Phillips Callestion, Washington, D.C., Smithstonian Institution, Library of Congress, ORF, Austria, Radio Z;uumlrich, Saarlauml;ndischer Rundfunk, Jewish Community Center, Cincinnati, Atlanta Federation, Atlanta Choral Guild, Goethe Institut, British Council, Jefferson memorial, Presidential performance, Jewish Museum, Vienna, Lithuanian Festival, Alphen a/Rijn, Holland, Musicultra, Holland.

Performed with the following conductors: Lukas Foss, Richard Kapp, Yuval Waldman, Juan Pablo Izquierda, Abraham Kaplan, Gary Bertini, Stanley Sperber, Sergiu Commisionia, Alberto Zeddo, Mowens W;oumldige, Noam Sheriff, Paul Hill, Kim Kluge, Wlliam Hudson, Arthur Fiedler et al.

Faculty:
Tufts University, Boston; Northeast University, Boston; Tel Aviv University; university of Maryland; The American University The George Washington University,Washington; Prince Georges School of Visual and Performing Arts

Master Calsses: University of Salzburg; Musikhochschule, Graz, Austria; University of New Hampshire; University of Pennsylvania; Bas-Ilan University, Israel; University of Helsinki; Sibelius Academy; Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria; Smithstonian University; SUNY.

Recordings:
CBS Records- Israel Chamber Music Ensemble with Gary Bertini; Premier Recordings "In Bygone Days" - Released November, 1995.

Other:
Who's Who in American Music; The International Who's Who of Musicians; Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Music and Musicians; B;oumlsendorfer Distinguished Artist, State Department Accreditation; National Association of Teachers of Singing (1975 - Present); American Guild of Musical Artists; Cantors Assembly; Associate Member, American Conference of Cantors; Scottish Rite (32nd Degree Mason); B'nai B'rith Lecture Bureau; Speakers Bureau, U.S. Memorial Holocaust Museum; UJA Speakers Bureau.

E-mail: JerBarry@aol.com

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