McCarthy & Wiggins - Donald Wiggins

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Don Wiggins - Tenor
Education:
	University of Florida - Electrical Engineering Converse College B.Mus., M.Mus. - Theory / Composition University of Illinois - DMA Voice Performance
Vocal Studies with:
	Guy B. Webb - John Richards McCrae - Ronald Hedlund - Todd Duncan
Vocal Coaching with:
	Eric Dalheim - John Wustman - Luigi Ricci
Major Operatic Roles include:
	Alfred in Die Fledermaus - Tom Rakewell in The Rake's Progress - Loge in Das Rheingold - Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana - Canio in I Pagliacci - Alfredo in La Traviata - Manrico in Il Trovatore - Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly - Tamino in The Magic Flute - Ferrando in Cosi fan Tutte - Don Jose in Carmen - Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Sevilia
Oratorio performances include:
	Bach , St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, B minor Mass, Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio - Mozart, Requiem - Haydn, Creation - Beethoven, Missa Solemnis, Christ on the Mount of Olives - Mendelssohn, Elijah - Rossini, Stabat Mater - Puccini, Missa di Gloria - Liszt, Missa Solennis, Festival Mass - Verdi, Requiem - Honegger, King David - Persichetti, Creation - Orff, Carmina Burana, Catuli Carmina
Other Concert Repertoire includes:
	Schubert, Selected songs, Die Schöne Müllerin, Die Winterreise - Wolf, Selected songs - Brahms, selected songs, Magelone Lieder - Strauss, Selected songs - Schumann, Liederkreis, op 39, Liederkreis, op 25, Dicterliebe - Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Rückert Lieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - Ravel, Don Quichotte - Duparc, selected songs - Faure, L’hoizon Chimerique, selected songs - Vaughan Williams, On Wenlock Edge, Songs of Travel - Britten, Serenade for Tenor and Horn
Musical Theater Roles include:
	Padre. Man of La Mancha - Captain Andy, Showboat - Max, The Sound of Music Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Guys and Dolls - Bellomy, The Fantasticks Charlie, Annie Get your Gun - Parson Jenkins, The Real McCoy
Vocal Ensemble Concerts include:
	Die Kapital Kämmer Kappel - A quartet based in the Nations Capital, singing around the country. Duet Concerts with Mary McCarthy - Duets from the song, operatic and music theater repertoire.
In addition to his performing, Dr. Wiggins has served on the faculties of Converse College, State University of New York at Fredonia, and the Catholic University in Washington, DC, teaching voice, theory, directing choruses and directing and conducting opera and musical theater. He has also directed and conducted opera, conducted symphony and oratorio professionally. Currently he maintains a thriving vocal studio in Manhattan and one in Washington, DC, and continues his singing and concertizing.