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The American tenor, Barrett Radziun, obtained his Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from University of Northwestern-St. Paul (2010); his Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Bard College-Conservatory of Music (2013); and his DMA degree in Vocal Performance from University of North Texas (2017). Awards and Honors: Recipient of Oliver Mogck Outstanding Male Vocalist Scholarship (2007-2010); Finalist at The Schubert Club Scholarship Competition, St. Paul (2010-2011); 2nd Place at NATS Competition, Saint John’s University (2010); 1st Place at University of Northwestern, St. Paul Aria Competition (2010); 1st Place at Thursday Musical Competition, University of Saint Thomas (2011); Recipient of Vocal Arts Fellowship from Bared College Conservatory of Music (2011-2013); Recipient of Vocal Arts Fellowship from Tanglewood Music Center (2015); Recipient of Academic Achievement Scholarship from Toulouse Graduate School (2014-2016); Recipient of Teaching Fellowship from University of North Texas (2014-2017).
Barrett Radziun reaches audiences by combining his “silvery tenor” (The Berkshire Edge) with a stage presence that is “elegant and profound…with poise and maturity that betrays his youth” (The Berkshire Edge). Critics hail the Minnesota native as “brilliant in his solo performances” (Cleveland Classical), “effortless in rendering sensitivity” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), and as a “rising star” (The Millbrook Independent).
Barrett Radziun made his New York City debut at the Morgan Library in a program titled First Songs: Dawn Upshaw and the Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program World Premieres, performing works by Aaron Jay Kernis and Bard Colleague Martínez de Velasco. He also shared the stage of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts with Dawn Upshaw, his mentor, in a program titled Dawn Upshaw and Friends: A Winter SongFest, singing works by Rogers & Hart and Marc Blitzstein. As a chamber musician, he has been heard in performances of Benjamin Britten's Canticle Still Falls the Rain, Messiaen's La Mort du Nombre, and various chamber works of J.S. Bach. Solo Orchestral Performance: Uriel in Haydn’s Creation with University of North Texas Grand Chorus (2016); Tenor soloist in Heroes and Villians of the Stage: A Gala Concert with University of North Texas Concert Orchestra (2016); Tenor soloist in Delalande’s Super Flumina Babylonis with University of North Texas Collegium Singers and Baroque Orchestra (2016); Tenor soloist in A Tribute to the Music of Rogers & Hammerstein and Andrew Lloyd Webber with The Enid Symphony Orchestra (2017); Tenor soloist in Haydn’s Missa Cellensis with University of North Texas Concert Orchestra (2017); Evangelist in J.S. Bach's St. John Passion BWV 245 with Austin Baroque Orchestra (2017); Tenor soloist in J.S. Bach's St. John Passion BWV 245 with University of North Texas Collegium Singers and Baroque Orchestra (2017); Tenor Soloist in Abendmusiken, featuring works by Franz Tunder, Dietrich Buxtehude, Matthias Weckmann with University of North Texas Collegium Singers and Baroque Orchestra (2017); Phoebus in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen with Dallas Bach Society (2017).
Barrett Radziun's passion for community engagement has led him to sing in recitals for the Beattie Powers Concert Series (Catskill, New York), the Hudson Valley Chamber Music Society (Bard College), the Piano Plus! Concert Series (curated by composer George Tsontakis), and at the Woodbourne Correction Facility, a medium security men's prison in Woodbourne, New York. He co-created In Thanksgiving: Music of Need and Nourishment, a benefit recital sponsoring a local food bank in the Hudson Valley. In order to share music with people it would not normally reach, he contacted the Bard Prison Initiative and made arrangements to perform the recital within the prison walls.
As an ensemble singer, Barrett Radziun currently performs with Orpheus Chamber Singers, Verdigris Ensemble, the Tennessee Chamber Chorus, and the South Dakota Chorale, the latter with whom he has recorded, Marcel Tyberg: Music Lost in the Holocaust on the Pentatone label, 2016. He is also Staff Singer at Christ Church Plano (since November 2021).
Selected Music Festivals: SongFest, Pepperdine University (2008-2009); Hawaii Performing Arts Festival (2009); Tallis Scholars Summer School, Seattle University (2010); Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, Oberlin College-Conservatory of Music (2010); Accademia d’Amore, Cornish College of the Arts (2011-2012); Amherst Early Music Festival, Connecticut College (2012); Boston Early Music Festival, EMA Young Performer’s Festival (2015); Tanglewood Music Center, Vocal Arts Fellow Recipient (2015); National Collegiate Choral Organization Conference (2015); Boston Early Music Festival, Fringe Concert Performance (2017).
Academic Positions: Instructor, Voice Music, University of North Texas (2014-2017); Instructor, Voice Music, Texas A&M University-Commerce (since 2017); Assistant Professional Track Faculty Voice at Texas A&M University-Commerce (since September 2019). He currently lives in Lives in Dallas, Texas. |
