2009 RECENT PERFORMANCES

Saturday, January 24 and Sunday, January 25, 2009
Scott Joplin's Treemonisha
Frank Ward, Bass-baritone (role of Ned)
Opera Memphis
7:30 p.m. (January 24th)
3:00 pm (January 25th)

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Saturday, February 21, 2009
"Lift Every Voice...Celebrating the African-American Spirit"  
Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts
Indiana University - South Bend
Frank Ward, Jr., Guest Artist
1700 Mishawaka Avenue
South Bend, IN  46634

For more information, please contact the Event line at Indiana University South Bend
524.570.4872
events.iu.edu/iusb.shtml
events@iusb.edu

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Monday, February 23 - Friday, April 10, 2009

Mozart's The Magic Flute
(Role of Sarastro)
Boston Lyric Opera
New England Touring Production
Performances throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire
www.blo.org

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2009
 
Providence String Quartet with
Frank Ward, Jr. (Bass-baritone)
 
Anthony Green's EARNED for
Double String Quartet and Narrator
 
United South End Settlements
566 Columbus Avenue (at Massachusetts Avenue)
Boston, MA
 
Admission:  FREE!  Call 401.861.5650 for more information
www.communitymusiworks.org
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FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2009
Providence String Quartet with
Frank Ward, Jr. (Bass-baritone)
 
Anthony Green's EARNED for
Double String Quartet and Narrator
 
John Hope Settlement House
7 Thomas P. Whitten Way
Providence, RI
 
Admission:  FREE!  Call 401.861.5650 for more information


2008 RECENT PERFORMANCES

Performances with the Providence String Quartet
"Dvorak in America" - featuring songs by H.T. Burleigh

Friday, January 25, 2008
7:00pm
Symphony Space
Broadway at 95th Street
New York, NY

Saturday, January 26, 2008
1:00pm
Third Street Music School Settlement
235 East 11th Street
New York, NY

Saturday, February 2, 2008
8:00pm
Tufts University
The Granoff Music Center
Medford, MA


February 11-29, 2008
Mobile Opera
Touring program celebrating Black History Month
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" - African-American Theater Music
circa 1900
www.mobileopera.org/education.php

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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008
Providence String Quartet
with
Frank Ward, Bass-baritone and
Minna Choi, violin

Antonin Dvorak:  String Quintet, Opus 97
H.T. Burleigh:  Songs and Spirituals

FREE Community Dinner and performance by the
Providence String Quartet.  Bring your entire family!

JOHN HOPE SETTLEMENT HOUSE
7 Thomas P. Whitten Way
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Admission:  FREE!  Call 401.861.5650 for more information

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SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2008
Providence String Quartet
with
Sakiko Mori, piano and
Frank Ward, Bass-baritone and
Minna Choi, violin

Antonin Dvorak:  String Quintet, Opus 97
H.T. Burleigh:  Songs and Spirituals
Marilyn Currier:  Piano Quintet
Shostakovich:  Sonata for Viola and Piano

MUSIC MANSION
88 Meeting Street (at Congdon Street)
8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Admission:  $15 suggested donation
$5 children, $5 CMW Family Pass
Call 401.861.5650 for more information

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SUNDAY, MARCH 30 through THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2008
 Hansel and Gretel (Humperdink)
Frank Ward, Bass-baritone (role of the father)

Boston Lyric Opera New England Touring show
Performances throughout
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine

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THURSDAY, JULY 18 and FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2008
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
Frank Ward, Bass-baritone (role of Bartolo)

Performing as Guest Artist with
Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, NC

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2008
Handel's Messiah
performing with the Providence Singers
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
8:00 p.m.
Providence, RI

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2007 PAST ROLES

Sunday, February 11, 2007
Frank Ward, Jr. in Recital - Stephen Martorella, piano
Music composed by African-American Composers, circa 1900
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN AMERICA
75 North Main Street
Providence, RI  02903
4:00 p.m.
401.454.3418



Sunday, February 18, 2007
Spirituals
STOCKBRIDGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
45 Main Street
 
West Stockbridge, MA  01266
10:00 a.m.
413.232.4256



February 26, 2007 - March 13, 2007
In-School Preview Programs for
The Barber of Seville Spring Tour
BOSTON LYRIC OPERA OF NEW ENGLAND
Sixteen (16) programs in schools in Northeast CT and MA



Tuesday, April 10 - Sunday, May 13, 2007
Barber of Seville (Rossini)
(role of Basilio)
BOSTON LYRIC OPERA OF NEW ENGLAND
TOURING SHOW
Performances through MA, CT, ME and NH
For more information, link to
Boston Lyric Opera of New England
617.542.4912



Friday, April 27 - Saturday, April 28, 2007
MICHELANGELO - Enrico Garzilli
(roles of Lodovico and The Pope)
OPERA PROVIDENCE
83 Park Street
Providence, RI  02903
8:00 p.m.


Friday, May 18 & Sunday, May 20, 2007
Providence Quartet Concerts

The Providence Quartet will perform concerts at Greenvale Vineyards in Portsmouth and Providence's Bell Street Chapel. Joining the PSQ will be violist Chloe Kline, cellists Laura Thomas-Merino and Heath Marlow, and bass-baritone Frank Ward. Music by Mozart, Montgomery and Tchaikovsky.



Friday, May 18, 2007
7:30 p.m.

Admission:  $25 in advance, $30 at the door
Call Greenvale Vineyards for reservations (401.847.3777)

Greenvale Vineyards
582 Wapping Road
Portsmouth, RI


Sunday, May 20, 2007
3:00 p.m.

Admission:  $15, Children $5,
Community MusicWorks Families $5

Bell Street Chapel
5 Bell Street
Visit Community MusicWorks for more information regarding these concerts.



Sunday, July 15, 2007
Opera on the Hill
(the beauty and art of opera in a neighborhood park)
DePasquale Square, Federal Hill
Providence, RI

The Opera on the Hill series is sponsored in part by the Providence Neighborhood Arts Initiative, the Providence Department of Art, Culture and Tourism, the City of Providence, and David N. Cicilline, Mayor.

OPERA PROVIDENCE
83 Park Street
Providence, RI  02903
5:00 p.m.
www.operaprovidence.org
401.331.6060


December 7-9, 2007
Amahl and the Night Visitors
(role of Balthazar)
Sandy Creek Barn
Greensboro, GA


December 22, 2007
Amahl and the Night Visitors
(role of Balthazar)
Athena Grand Opera
Athens, GA

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2006 PAST ROLES

February 27, 2006 - March 9, 2006
In-School Preview Programs for
DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT
2006 Spring Tour BOSTON LYRIC OPERA NEW ENGLAND Twenty-four (24) programs in schools in Northeast CT

April 11, 2006 - May 14, 2006

DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT
(Donizetti) (Role of Sulpice) BOSTON LYRIC OPERA NEW ENGLAND Touring Show Thirty-nine (39) performances throughout
Massachusetts, Connecticut & Maine



May 24, 2006
OPERA PROVIDENCE presents
OPERA AT THE CHAPEL
Chapel settings provide the backdrop to some of opera's most dramatic moments.  Audience members will enjoy an operatic evening in the peaceful setting of St. Francis Chapel and the glorious melodies of Puccini, Massenet, Joplin, and Gershwin.
St. Francis Chapel
58 Weybosset Street
Providence, RI
7:00 p.m.
Call 401.331.6060 for tickets ($30);
order online (
www.arttixri.com);
or $25 in person at the St. Francis Chapel Hospitality Desk


July 21 - 22, 2006
THE MAGIC FLUTE (Mozart)
(Role of Sarastro)
Performing as Guest Artist with
FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY
Fayetteville, NC


November 2, 2006
TREEMONISHA (Scott Joplin)
(Role of Ned)
PARAGON RAGTIME ORCHESTRA
Stillwater, OK


November 4, 2006
TREEMONISHA (Scott Joplin)
(Role of Ned)
PARAGON RATIME ORCHESTRA
Texarkana, TX


2005 PAST ROLES



Sunday, January 23, 2005
VOCAL RECITAL
with Dancer/Choreographer Melody Joy Ruffin
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN AMERICA
75 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
For more information regarding this program, please contact
First Baptist Church in America
401.454.3418




Saturday, February 12 - Sunday, February 20, 2005
TREEMONISHA
(Roles of Parson Alltalk and Simon)
NORTH STAR OPERA
E.M. PEARSON THEATRE
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
275 Syndicate Street North
St. Paul, MN 55104
For more information regarding this program, please contact
Steve Stucki, Artistic Director, North Star Opera



Tuesday, March 1, 2005

Recital - Lawrence Goldman, Piano
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
H.G. CARPENTER AUDITORIUM - 8:00 P.M. Itta Bena, MS


Saturday, March 13, 2005
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
VOCAL MASTER CLASS
FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY
1200 Murchison Road
Fayetteville, NC 28301
For more information regarding this program, please contact
Fayetteville State University
910.672.1571



April 4 - May 6, 2005

THE MAGIC FLUTE(Mozart) Role of Sarastro
BOSTON LYRIC OPERA
New England Touring Show Thirdy-seven (37) performances throughout MA, CT and ME



May 22, 2005

Recital
First Baptist Church in America
Providence, RI


October 22, 2005
World Premiere: CRISPUS ATTUCKS - by Adolphus Hailstork
Virginia Symphony
Attucks Theater

Norfolk, VA
attuckstheatre@verizon.net


October 27, 2005
TREEMONISHA
by Scott Joplin (Roles of Ned and Parson Alltalk)
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
Winston-Salem, NC


October 29, 2005
TREEMONISHA
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
Lewisburg, PA


December 5, 2005
Recital and Master Class
Cheyney State University
Cheyney, PA



2004 AND EARLIER


March 26 & 27, 2004

Role of Ned and Parson Alltalk in Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha
(Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, KS)

February 7, 2004
Recital - Brown University, Providence, RI
(program of music by Black composers with dancer/choreographer
Melody Joy Ruffin)

December 19 & 20, 2003
Role of Balthazar in Menotti's Amahl and The Night Visitors
(New London, CT)

June 22, 2003
Role of Ned in Treemonisha with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
(Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco, CA)

May 31, 2003
Soloist, Jamestown Chamber Music Series
(program of musical theater scenes, Jamestown, RI)

February 8, 2003
Soloist, Foxwood Resort Casino (CT)

December 21, 2002
Soloist, Holiday Program
(Opera Providence)

OPERATIC ROLES

Alido - La Cenerentola
Bartolo - Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Marhis - La Traviata
Colline - La Boheme
Bartolo - Le Nozze di Figaro
Antonio - Le Nozze di Figaro
Mr. Gobineau - The Medium
Pooh-Bah - Mikado
Don Pedro - La Perichole
Ned & Parson Alltalk - Treemonisha
Balthazar - Amahl and the Night Visitors

ORATORIOS

Handel - Messiah
Bach - Cantata No. 4 - Magnificat
Faure - Requiem
Brahms - Requiem
Haydn - Lord Nelson Mass; Mass in Time of War
Vaughan-Williams - Five Mystical Songs