About Timothy Wilds
Current Employment
- Assistant Professor of Music, Montreat College, Montreat, NC
- Director, Asheville Symphony Children's Chorus
- Co-Founder, Opera Creations, LLC
- Founder-Teacher, Soundings Studio for musical, choral and vocal training, the three ensembles/choirs of the Soundings Choral Group, and Soundings Studio Summer Camps
As a choral conductor, church musician, music educator, musical theatre director and voice teacher, Mr. Wilds has served community music schools, private schools, churches, colleges and universities in FL, GA, MO, NC, NJ, and TN. While working at a school in St. Louis, MO, Mr. Wilds received several honors for his work with high school-level musicians. He was awarded an Outstanding District Director Award for the St. Louis Metro District by the Missouri Choral Directors Association; a Merit Award by the St. Louis Metropolitan District Eight of the Missouri Music Educators Association; and his high school choir was invited to sing at the 2003 Missouri Music Educators Association annual convention. Mr. Wilds earned a master’s degree with distinction in choral conducting and church music with additional studies in vocal pedagogy/performance from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, where he was a member of the acclaimed Westminster Choir under the direction of maestro Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt.
Vocal performer
Mr. Wilds is a seasoned performer in recital, in concert and on stage. His most recent appearances have been a with the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (Mr. Lindquist in A Little Night Music) in June 2010 and the Echo Early Music Festival (the Sorceress in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas) in January 2010.
Oratorio and Concert Experience
Orchestras, Choral Societies, Music Festivals, Professional Ensembles, College and/or Church Concert/Recital Series, and Church Music Choral Programs with which he has performed as a soloist:
- Alton Symphony Orchestra (Alton, IL)
- Alton Summer Chamber Music (Alton, IL)
- American Kantorei (St. Louis, MO)
- Asheville Choral Society (Asheville, NC)
- Asheville Lyric Opera (Asheville, NC)
- Asheville Symphony Children's Chorus (Asheville, NC)
- Asheville Symphony Chorus (Asheville NC)
- Asheville Symphony Orchestra (Asheville, NC)
- Brandywine Baroque (Delware Valley, DE)
- Brevard Philharmonic (Brevard, NC)
- Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church (Knoxville, TN)
- Chattanooga Bach Choir (Chattanooga, TN)
- Church Street United Methodist Church (Knoxville, TN)
- Connecticut Early Music Festival (Connecticut College, CT)
- Covenant College (Lookout Mountain, GA)
- Covenant Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, MO)
- First Baptist Church (Asheville, NC)
- First Baptist Church (Greenwood, SC)
- First Presbyterian Church (Asheville, NC)
- Fuma Sacra (Princeton, NJ)
- Garden State Philharmonic (Toms River, NJ)
- Hendersonville Chorale (Hendersonville, NC)
- Lander College (Greenwood, SC)
- Mars Hill College (Mars Hill, NC)
- Masterwork Chorus (Morristown, NJ)
- Masterworks Chorale (Belleville, IL)
- Miami Chorale (Miami, FL)
- Midday Musicals (Asheville, NC)
- Montreat College (Montreat, NC)
- New York Philharmonic (New York, NY)
- Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church (Signal Mountain, TN)
- Spoleto Festival USA (Charleston, SC)
- Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival (Swannanoa, NC)
- Tempesta di Mare (Philadelphia, PA)
- Trinity Presbyterian Church (Asheville, NC)
- Raritan Valley Community Orchestra and Chorus (Raritan, NJ)
- UNC-Asheville Community Chorus (Asheville, NC)
- Weaverville Music Study Club (Weaverville, NC)
- Westminster Summer Bach Festival (Princeton, NJ)
- Westminster Summer Choral Festival (Princeton, NJ)
Opera/Operetta/Musical Theatre Experience
(R) role; a fully staged and costumed production
(ACV) abridged concert version
(AV) abridged version; a staged and costumed production
(S) scene; staged and costumed
(CV) concert version
(ME) musical excerpts in a recital setting
- Adamo - Little Women - Professor Bhaer (ME) with Amanda Horton, Amanda Porter, Vance Reese, Jonathan Ross, Karen Svites, Simone Vigilante at St. Matthias Church, Asheville, NC: July 2010
- Sondheim - A Little Night Music - Mr. Lindquist (R) SART: Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre, Mars Hill, NC: June 2010
- Purcell - Dido and Aeneas - Sorceress (CV) Echo Early Music Festival, Asheville, NC: January 2010
- Gounod - Romeo et Juliet - Duke of Verona (R) Asheville Lyric Opera, Asheville, NC: October 2008
- Monteverdi - L’Orfeo - Apollo (CV) Echo Early Music Festival, Asheville, NC: January 2008
- Weill - Down in the Valley - The Leader (R) Asheville Lyric Opera, Asheville, NC: November 2007
- Lehar - Merry Widow - Baron Popoff (R) Asheville Lyric Opera, Asheville, NC: February 2007
- Menotti - Amahl and the Night Visitors - Melchior (R) Asheville Lyric Opera, Asheville, NC: December 2006
- Respighi - Sleeping Beauty - Third Doctor (R) Lincoln Center Festival, New York, NY: July 2005
- Menotti - Amahl and the Night Visitors - Melchior (R) DaySpring School of the Arts, St. Louis, MO: December 2001
- Bizet - Carmen - Morales (R) Union Avenue Opera Theatre, St. Louis, MO: August 2001
- Rossini - Barber of Seville - Fiorello and Ambrosius (R) Union Avenue Opera Theatre, St. Louis, MO: July 2001
- Puccini - La Boheme - Benoit and Alcindoro (R) Union Avenue Opera Theatre, St. Louis, MO: August 2000
- Smetana - Bartered Bride - Krusina (R) MasterWorks Festival, Houghton, NY: July 2000
- Menotti - Amahl and the Night Visitors - Melchior (R) DaySpring School of the Arts, St. Louis, MO: December 1999
- Floyd - Susannah - Elder MacLean (R) Union Avenue Opera Theatre, St. Louis, MO: August 1999
- Mozart - Magic Flute - Papageno (AV) MasterWorks Festival, Houghton, NY: July 1999
- G & S - H.M.S. Pinafore - Sir Joseph Porter (ACV) UNC-Asheville Community Chorus, Asheville, NC: May 1998
- Minter - Emperor’s New Clothes - Emperor (R) Mockingbird Theatre Productions, Asheville, NC: April 1998
- Mozart - Marriage of Figaro - Figaro and Count (ME) Asheville Light Opera at Biltmore House, Asheville, NC: April-May 1998
- Mozart - Don Giovanni - Don Giovanni (ME) Asheville Light Opera at Biltmore House, Asheville, NC: April-May 1998
- Sousa - El Capitan - Don Medigua/El Capitan (R) Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC: October 1997
- Minter - L’il Red - Anxious Evermum (R) Mockingbird Theatre Production, Asheville, NC: April 1997
- G & S - Mikado - Ko-Ko (AV) Asheville Light Opera at Biltmore House, Asheville, NC: April 1997
- Puccini - La Boheme - Marcello (Act II) Asheville Light Opera at Biltmore House, Asheville, NC: April 1997
- G & S - Iolanthe - Lord Chancellor (AV) Asheville Light Opera at Biltmore House, Asheville, NC: April 1997
- Strauss - Die Fledermaus - Eisenstein (S) Asheville Light Opera at Biltmore House, Asheville, NC: April 1997
- Planquette - Bells of Corneville - Henri d’Corneville (AV) Asheville Light Opera at Biltmore House, Asheville, NC: April 1996
- Strauss - Gypsy Baron - Ottokar (S) Asheville Light Opera at Biltmore House, Asheville, NC: April 1996
- Puccini - Gianni Schicchi - Betto (R) Princeton University and Westminster Choir College Opera Theatre, Princeton, NJ: April 1990
- Menotti - Amahl and the Night Visitors - Melchior (R) Westminster Choir College Opera Theatre, Princeton, NJ: December 1989
- Poulenc - Dialogue of the Carmelites - Monsieur Javelinot (R) Westminster Choir College Opera Theatre, Princeton, NJ: April 1989
- Offenbach - La Pericole - Second Notary (R) UT Opera Theatre, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN: 1980
- Cimaorsa - The Secret Marriage - Count Robinson (R) UT Opera Theatre, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN: 1980
- Gounod - Romeo and Juliet - Gregorio (R) Brevard Music Center Opera Workshop, Brevard, NC: Summer 1977