Tenor, Jeff Prillaman is the co-founder and executive director of the Da Capo Institute in Richmond VA, an organization committed to building musical communities and musicians. His versatile repertoire and experience has provided performances venues ranging from Dvorak Hall in Prague, to opera and concert stages in Italy, France, and Germany, to the vaunted stages at Lincoln Center in New York City. While completing his Master of Music degree at the Juilliard School, he was a winner of the NY Vocal Artist Competition and enjoyed a Carnegie Hall solo debut with the Opera Orchestra of New York. He has recorded with both Elysium and Chesky records.
Mr. Prillaman is an accomplished conductor with a passion for ministry through music in the local community and holds a Bachelors Degree from Westminster Choir College in Princeton NJ. Most recently, he was the Minister of Music for Branch’s Baptist Church in Richmond, and he is now a proud member of the music ministry at Huguenot Road Baptist Church with his wife, and four wonderful children.
As a businessman, strategist and technologist, Mr. Prillaman has worked for corporations in NJ and VA and holds an executive certificate in management from the Darden School of Business at the University of VA. Currently, he serves Capital One as an IT Director responsible for HR Business and Technology Solutions. His career there has included the design and support of award winning workplace innovation programs such as the “Future of Work”, as well as a world class/scale VOIP deployment. A recipient of the prestigious Circle of Excellence award, he has been recognized in the top 1% of Capital One's workforce.
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Lyric Tenor, Jeff Prillaman has enjoyed a variety of solo engagements in both national and international venues. While completing his Master of Music degree at the Juilliard School in New York City, he enjoyed a Carnegie Hall debut in Donizetti's Caterina Cornaro with the Opera Orchestra of New York. His wide ranging repertoire has provided performances venues ranging from Dvorak Hall in Prague, Czech Republic to recitals in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. He is the founder and executive director of the Da Capo Institute in Richmond, Va., an organization dedicated to building communities of musicians through passion, discipline and application.
Equally at home on the opera stage and the concert stage, he has a special affinity for art song and is excited by the unique communication medium provided by the intimate concert events generally associated with song and lecture recitals. Mr Prillaman was recently awarded honorable mention in the collaborative piano division of the International Garrison Piano Competition sponsored by the American Liszt Society.
He "blogs" regularly about his life experiences and performances at Consistently Inconsistent. For his family and personal web pages, visit the Prillaman Profile.
Equally at home on the opera stage and the concert stage, he has a special affinity for art song and is excited by the unique communication medium provided by the intimate concert events generally associated with song and lecture recitals. Mr Prillaman was recently awarded honorable mention in the collaborative piano division of the International Garrison Piano Competition sponsored by the American Liszt Society.
He "blogs" regularly about his life experiences and performances at Consistently Inconsistent. For his family and personal web pages, visit the Prillaman Profile.
As a recording artist, Mr Prillaman is the featured tenor on Elysium records' "Haydn in Hellenic Antiquity" released 1995 and was the tenor soloist in '94 on Chesky records' "Like as a Hart" with Joseph Flummerfelt and the Westminster Choir.
In addition to his solo performing career, Mr Prillaman is an accomplished conductor and experienced Minister of Music with a passion for arts in the local church and surrounding community. He holds a a Bachelors Degree from Westminster Choir College in Princeton NJ where he studied under Joseph Flummerfelt, and pursued specialized studies in group vocal technique under the esteemed Frauke Haasemann. His dedication to working with young singers and amateurs in churches, public schools and at the collegiate level has provided teaching opportunities from Virginia to Connecticut and is the foundation of his passion for the Da Capo Institute. His most recent university teaching position was on the teaching faculty at Rutgers University in NJ.
Mr Prillaman is an accomplished conductor with a passion for ministry through music in the local church and surrounding community. He has served as the Minister of Music for churches in both NJ and VA and was most recently on the staff at Branch’s Baptist Church in Richmond, VA from 2000-2005. He holds a Bachelors Degree, summa cum laude from Westminster Choir College in Princeton NJ.
As a businessman, strategist and technologist, Mr Prillaman has worked for corporations in NJ and VA and recently completed an executive certificate in management from the Darden School of Business at the University of VA. Currently, he serves Capital One as the IT Director responsible for HR technology. His career there has included award winning workplace innovation programs such as the “Future of Work”, as well as a world class/scale VOIP deployment branded My Phone My Way. He has been recognized as a Circle of Excellence award winner in the top 1% of Capital One's workforce.
"Concerts to Go"
Current Recital Programs Available for Performance:
- "Serenade" a celebration of traditional and popular tenor repertoire with tributes to Mario Lanza and Luciano Pavarotti.
- Love ? a collection of classical art songs featuring Franz Liszt's "Petrarch Sonnets(Tre sonetti del Petrarca" and additional works of Handel, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Duparc, and Poulenc
In The Press
Education
Master of Music -- The Juilliard School 1994
Principal Teachers/Coaches: Simon Estes, Charles Kellis, Thomas Grubb, Corradina Caporello, Marshall Williamson, Bertha Melnik, Diane Richardson
Master Classes with: Martin Katz, Eve Queler, Benton Hess
Bachelor of Music -- Westminster Choir College 1992 (summa cum laude)
Principal Teachers/Coaches: Elem Eley, Thomas Faracco, Dalton Baldwin, Glenn Parker, Constantina Tsoulainou, Frauke Haasemann, Joseph Flummerfelt, Allan Crowell
Master Classes with : Margaret Harshaw, Martin Katz, Steven Mercurio, Spiro Argiris, Gian Carlo Menotti
Principal Teachers/Coaches: Simon Estes, Charles Kellis, Thomas Grubb, Corradina Caporello, Marshall Williamson, Bertha Melnik, Diane Richardson
Master Classes with: Martin Katz, Eve Queler, Benton Hess
Bachelor of Music -- Westminster Choir College 1992 (summa cum laude)
Principal Teachers/Coaches: Elem Eley, Thomas Faracco, Dalton Baldwin, Glenn Parker, Constantina Tsoulainou, Frauke Haasemann, Joseph Flummerfelt, Allan Crowell
Master Classes with : Margaret Harshaw, Martin Katz, Steven Mercurio, Spiro Argiris, Gian Carlo Menotti
Professional Discography/Recordings
Haydn and Hellenic Antiquity----Elysium Records
Like as a Hart----Chesky Records
O Magnum Mysterium----Chesky Records
I Pagliacci(with L Pavarotti)----Phillips Records
Tosca(with Carol Vaness)----Phillips Records
Like as a Hart----Chesky Records
O Magnum Mysterium----Chesky Records
I Pagliacci(with L Pavarotti)----Phillips Records
Tosca(with Carol Vaness)----Phillips Records
Solo Concert work of note
Navidad Nuestra, Misa Criolla - Ariel Ramirez --- James River Singers
Insect Songs - Maurice Saylor --- Ground Zero Dance Company
Seven Last Words of Christ - Dubois --- Cornerstone Music Series
Christmas Oratorio - Saint Saens ---1st Presbyterian Richmond
Galileo Galilei - Lee Hoiby --- Princeton ProMusica
Mass in Eb -Hummel --- Rutgers University
Mass in C - Beethoven --- Festival International de Colmar,France
L'Amphiparnaso - Orazio Vecchi----Spoleto Festival dei due Mondi
Missa Solemnis - Beethoven --- Morristown Conservatory
B-minor Mass --- Bach Choir of Bethlehem
Magnificat --- Bach Choir of Bethlehem
Messiah - Handel ---Singing City of Philadelphia, Univ of Richmond, Numerous Regional Events
Insect Songs - Maurice Saylor --- Ground Zero Dance Company
Seven Last Words of Christ - Dubois --- Cornerstone Music Series
Christmas Oratorio - Saint Saens ---1st Presbyterian Richmond
Galileo Galilei - Lee Hoiby --- Princeton ProMusica
Mass in Eb -Hummel --- Rutgers University
Mass in C - Beethoven --- Festival International de Colmar,France
L'Amphiparnaso - Orazio Vecchi----Spoleto Festival dei due Mondi
Missa Solemnis - Beethoven --- Morristown Conservatory
B-minor Mass --- Bach Choir of Bethlehem
Magnificat --- Bach Choir of Bethlehem
Messiah - Handel ---Singing City of Philadelphia, Univ of Richmond, Numerous Regional Events
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