{"id":785,"date":"2015-10-18T22:30:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T03:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=785"},"modified":"2015-10-18T22:33:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T03:33:29","slug":"kevin-ezell-bass-baritone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=785","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Ezell, bass-baritone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin-ezell-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin-ezell-web-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"Praeclara bass-baritone Kevin Ezell\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin-ezell-web-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin-ezell-web-114x150.jpg 114w, https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin-ezell-web.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a>Kevin Ezell\u00a0<\/strong>is a section leader for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.secondpreslr.org\/worship-services\/adult\/\" target=\"_blank\">Second Presbyterian Church Adult Choir<\/a>.\u00a0He has toured internationally with the choir and has served as the choir&#8217;s assistant conductor since 2014. His recent work for Praeclara includes singing the role of Captain Balstrode in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=27\">Peter Grimes<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2014), as well as ensemble roles in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=507\">Carmina Burana<\/a><\/em> (2014) and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=328\">Dracula Unearthed<\/a><\/em> (2015).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He graduated <em>cum laude<\/em> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ualr.edu\" target=\"_blank\">University of Arkansas at Little Rock<\/a> in 2014, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. From 2008 &#8211; 2014, he performed\u00a0in the <a href=\"http:\/\/ualr.edu\/music\/voice\/index.php\/home\/ensembles\/concert-choir\/\" target=\"_blank\">UALR Concert Choir<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ualr.edu\/music\/voice\/index.php\/home\/ensembles\/community-chorus\/\" target=\"_blank\">UALR Community Chorus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ualr.edu\/music\/voice\/index.php\/home\/ensembles\/chamber-singers\/\" target=\"_blank\">UALR Chamber Choir<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/ualr.edu\/music\/voice\/index.php\/home\/ensembles\/chamber-singers\/\" target=\"_blank\">UALR Opera Theatre<\/a>. His previous stage credits\u00a0include Captain Corcoran in Gilbert and Sullivan&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">H.M.S. Pinafore<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Baritone in Johnson&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four Note Opera<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Saint Ignatius in Thomson&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four Saints in Three Acts<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the Page in Menotti&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amahl and the Night Visitors, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all for UALR Opera Theatre.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0He also played the role of the King in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theroyalplayers.com\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Benton Royal Players<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0production of Rogers and Hammerstein&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinderella<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Photo credit:\u00a0<\/strong>Headshot courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kellyhicksphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kelly Hicks Photography<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Ezell\u00a0is a section leader for the\u00a0Second Presbyterian Church Adult Choir.\u00a0He has toured internationally with the choir and has served as the choir&#8217;s assistant conductor since 2014. His recent work for Praeclara includes singing the role of Captain Balstrode in\u00a0Peter Grimes\u00a0(2014), as well as ensemble roles in\u00a0Carmina Burana (2014) and\u00a0Dracula\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=785\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":695,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-785","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/785\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}