Nmon Ford

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Nmon Ford is a Panamanian-American born two-time Grammy award winning baritone noted primarily for his numerous appearances in opera houses around the world.

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[edit] Education

He earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Southern California where he graduated cum laude, and was named Outstanding Vocal Arts Graduate, for both degrees.[1]

[edit] Appearances and roles

Having begun musical training at the age of three, Nmon has gone on to perform in many venues with many organizations including the Hamburg Opera, San Francisco Opera, Spoleto Festival USA, Los Angeles Opera, Utah Opera, Portland Opera, Opera Memphis, Virginia Opera, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City

His roles have included:

[edit] Discography

[edit] "Songs of Innocence and of Experience"

(Winner of three 2006 Grammy awards)
Music by William Bolcom
Text by William Blake
Conducted by Leonard Slatkin
University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra
University Musical Society
Naxos Records

[edit] Symphony #10, "Amerindia"

Music by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Conducted by Gisèle Ben-Dor
Santa Barbara Symphony
Various Choirs
Koch International Classics Records

[edit] "The Sweetest Brilliance - Songs of Bolcom and Weinstein"

Music by William Bolcom
Poems by Arnold Weinstein
Victoria Kirsch, piano
Three Things Records

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Biography, Official Site of Nmon Ford. Retrieved on October 19, 2007.