Jay White is appointed artistic director of Quire Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, effective July 2018. He succeeds Ross W. Duffin.
White holds a Master of Music degree in historical performance practice from the Early Music Institute of the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland, College Park. He sang for eight seasons with the San Francisco-based a cappella group, Chanticleer. He has sung with Quire Cleveland since 2012.
White has held choral positions with Washington National Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, Maryland Handel Festival, Washington Bach Consort, Folger Consort, Spire, Carmel Bach Festival Chorale, and Apollo’s Fire Singers, among others. He has served on the faculties of University of Maryland, University of Delaware, and DePauw University. White is currently professor of voice at the Kent State University Hugh A. Glauser School of Music, Kent, Ohio.
For information: www.quirecleveland.org.
