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CALENDAR
2024/2025 SEASON ENGAGEMENTS
Mapping Ancestral Discoveries
U OF MARYLAND,
BALTIMORE COUNTY
SOLOIST / SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
Mr. Bell joins composer, poet, and scholar Toni Lester as she shares her journey of discovery about ancestors who migrated from DelMarVA to New York to form one of the oldest, continuous free Black communities in the North. This afternoon of poetry, art songs and discussion, entitled Mapping Ancestral Discoveries From The Eastern Shore to New York in Poetry and Song, will feature Mr. Bell as soloist alongside soprano Adia Evans, and pianist/percussionist Bill Solomon.
Into the Woods
UNION AVENUE OPERA
BAKER / AUGUST 16,17,23,24, 2024
Mr. Bell steps into the shoes of the Baker in Into the Woods in his role and house debut with Union Avenue Opera. Marking his first leading performance in a musical theater role, Mr. Bell excitedly takes on the music of Stephen Sondheim in this dynamic story featuring the likes of characters such as Cinderella, Jack, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rapunzel. The production is led by an artistic team including conductor Scott Schoonover and director Jennifer Wintzer.
Carmen
VIRGINIA OPERA
MORALÈS / NOVEMBER 8,10,16,17,22,24, 2024
Mr. Bell makes his house principal debut in Virginia Opera's production of Carmen, directed by Kyle Lang and conducted by Adam Turner. Mr. Bell is thrilled to be portraying the role of Moralès, a corporal in the Spanish Dragoons, in this bold interpretation of Bizet's classic. This production also marks Bell's homecoming back to Hampton Roads, since graduating from Nansemond River High School (Suffolk, VA) and the Governor's School for the Arts (Norfolk, VA), as well as his return to Virginia Opera since participating in their S.T.A.R. high school program in 2009 and 2010.
Home for
the Holidays
DELAWARE THEATRE COMPANY
ELEVATION ENSEMBLE /
DECEMBER 3,4,5,6,7,8,18, 2024
This holiday season, Mr. Bell joins the esteemed Wilmington-based vocal ensemble, Elevation, as featured in Delaware Theatre Company's production of Home for the Holidays. Elevation, Delaware's singular professional vocal ensemble, will contribute two spectacular holiday numbers to this heart-warming story of belonging in the holidays. Mr. Bell joins Elevation as a guest artist.
An Elevated Holiday
ELEVATE VOCAL ARTS
GUEST ARTIST / DECEMBER 7, 2024
Mr. Bell joins Elevation, Delaware's singular professional vocal ensemble, as a Guest Artist in the ensemble. An Elevated Holiday is a joyous concert featuring holiday tunes spanning the ensemble's diverse repertoire from Handel to Kirk Franklin. Under the baton of Arreon A. Harley-Emerson, Elevation seeks to create performance and programming opportunities for individuals from historically marginalized communities to develop as professional Vocal Artists.
D'Angelo
Competition
OPERA TAMPA
SEMI-FINALIST / JANUARY 5, 2025
Mr. Bell is thrilled to appear and compete as a Semi-finalist in this year's D'Angelo Young Artist Vocal Competition, presented by Opera Tampa and the Opera Tampa League. Competing for cash grand prizes and future performance opportunities with the company, the D'Angelo Competition selects young singers from across the country to showcase their artistry in selections of operatic and art song repertoire.
Song of Myself
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
RECITALIST / FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Mr. Bell is proud to reunite with collaborators Jared Hiscock, William Shomos, and composer Philip Daniel, as they present an encore performance of Daniel's cycle Song of Myself. Scored for three baritones with acoustic and synthesized keyboards, the style merges classical elements, minimalist soundscapes, cinematic qualities, and improvisation, while weaving a story incorporating the beloved Walt Whitman poem of the same name. Commissioned as part of the Salt Creek Song Festival's 2024 season, Song of Myself premiered to audience acclaim, and the original quartet of performers is excited to bring this piece to life once more.
Song of Myself
SALT CREEK SONG FESTIVAL
RECITALIST / FEBRUARY 27, 2025
After appearing as a Festival Artist with Salt Creek Song Festival the past two seasons, Mr. Bell returns to participate in their intimate Social Club series for a special Live Recording Party for Song of Myself. Hosted at Omaha's Café Postale, attendees will be able to relive the May 2024 premiere that left audiences buzzing. The piece returns for an intimate live performance where you can sip a drink, connect with fellow music lovers, and be part of the recording process that will preserve this remarkable work.
Mozart
Requiem
MERCERSBURG AREA COMMUNITY CHORUS
BASS SOLOIST / APRIL 12,13, 2025
Mr. Bell joins the Mercersburg Area Community Chorus under the baton of Dr. Mark Hartman as the Bass Soloist in Mozart’s Requiem. This deeply emotional work, known for its profound exploration of life, death, and the hope of redemption, will feature a quartet of acclaimed soloists as a highlight of the choir's Spring 2025 season. The performance promises to be an evening of intense musicality, as the musicians bring to life both the haunting and sublime moments of Mozart's final work.
Lost/Found II
BROOKLYN ART SONG SOCIETY
RECITALIST / MAY 4, 2025
Mr. Bell returns as a recitalist with Brooklyn Art Song Society, alongside pianist Michael Brofman, as part of the second installment of their 2025 New Voices Festival: Lost/Found. Mr. Bell will perform selections from Will Liverman's Dunbar Songbook, as well as Carlos Simon's American Sonnets - a 2023 BASS comission, with text by Terrance Hayes. Additionally, sopranos Amy Owens and Laura Strickling, pianist Joy Schreier, and cellist Carrie Stute, perform pieces by Juhi Bansal, Tom Cipullo, Evan Fein, and present a World Premiere BASS comission by Herschel Garfein.
Faust
HEARTBEAT OPERA
WAGNER / MAY 13-25, 2025
Mr. Bell is ecstatic to be making his role and house debut as Wagner in Gounod's Faust, in an exciting new production with Heartbeat Opera. Co-Adapted by Jacob Ashworth and Sara Holdren with new musical arrangements by Dan Schlosberg, this production will present a wild retelling of the classic tale. The production premieres a brand new 100-minute adaptation of Goundod's work, sung in French with new English dialogues.
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Artist
Residency
MARLBORO MUSIC FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL ARTIST / JULY 20-AUG 17, 2025
Mr. Bell is ecstatic to spending part of his Summer 2025 as a musician in residence at the Marlboro Music Festival. While in residence, artists have the rare luxury of virtually unlimited time to rehearse works of their own choosing from the vast chamber music repertoire. These special, in-depth collaborations allow the musicians to exchange ideas, test new approaches, get to the heart of the music, and make lasting discoveries. After three weeks of rehearsals, Marlboro shares its music-making on five weekends of public concerts. Due to this unique artistic environment, specific programs and personnel are determined and announced only about one week in advance of each concert.
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