About Timothy Wilds
Vocal performer
Timothy Wilds, a native of Asheville, NC, is an accomplished and experienced performer in concert and on stage. He regularly performs with Fuma Sacra, a professional vocal ensemble based in NJ, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Megill. The ensemble specializes in Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music and has recently performed with such notable Baroque wind and string ensembles as Tempesta di Mare and Piffaro of Philadelphia; Brandywine Baroque of the Delaware Valley and at the Connecticut Early Music Festival. Recent concerts by Fuma Sacra featured music by Monteverdi, Schütz, Schein and J.S. Bach's St. John Passion.
Other recent concert/recital appearances for Mr. Wilds include:
- Gilbert and Sullivan Revue at Christ School in Arden, NC
- Broadway medleys, with soprano Stacy Stephens, with the Brevard (NC) Philharmonic
- A Taste of Opera--a benefit concert presented by members of the Asheville Lyric Opera at Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place in Asheville, NC;
- Homemade Operetta by the Guerilla Divas featuring the music of Gilbert and Sullivan in Brevard, NC;
- Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri and Bach's Cantata 4 at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. Dr. Andrew Megill conducting a choir composed of members from the Westminster Choir and Fuma Sacra;
- a solo artist recital for the Asheville Lyric Opera Guild in Asheville, NC;
- a joint recital by Ashevile Lyric Opera members for Midday Musicals in Asheville, NC;
- a joint benefit recital by Asheville Lyric Opera members for St. Matthias Church in Asheville, NC;
- a joint faculty recital at Montreat College in Montreat, NC;
- two benefit concert performances of a Gilbert and Sullivan revue for Temple Beth Ha Tephila in Asheville, NC;
- the bass solos in the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah for the Weaverville (NC) Music Study Club's Messiah Sing-A-Long;
- Monteverdi's L'Orfeo singing the role of Apollo for the Echo Early Music Festival in Asheville, NC;
- Rutter's Mass for the Children with the Asheville Symphony Chorus and Asheville Symphony Children's Chorus;
- Bach cantatas 56 and 78 with the Chattanooga Bach Choir of Chattanooga, TN;
- as well as numerous Bach works with the American Kantorei of St. Louis, MO.
He has also performed as a soloist with the Alton (IL) Symphony Orchestra; the Asheville (NC) Symphony Orchestra; the Asheville Choral Society; the Asheville Symphony Chorus; the Garden State Philharmonic in Toms River, NJ; the Hendersonville (NC) Chorale; the Masterworks Chorale in Belleville, MO; the Masterwork Chorus in Morristown, NJ; the Raritan Valley (NJ) Community Orchestra and Master Chorale; and the UNC-Asheville Community Chorus.
He is equally at home on stage and most recently performed the roles of:
For Asheville Lyric Opera in Asheville, NC::
- The Duke of Verona (Gounod's Romeo and Juliet)
- The Leader (Kurt Weill's Down in the Valley)
- Melchior (Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors)
- Baron Popoff (Lehar's The Merry Widow)
For the Union Avenue Opera Theatre in St. Louis, MO:
- Morales (Bizet's Carmen)
- Fiorello and Ambrosius (Rossini's Barber of Seville)
- Benoit and Alcindoro (Puccini's La Boheme)
- Elder MacLean (Floyd's Susannah)
- two productions of Amahl and the Night Visitors in the role of Melchior for DaySpring School of the Arts in Maryland Heights, MO
- Krusina (Smetana's Bartered Bride) and
- Papageno (Mozart's Magic Flute) for the Masterworks Festival in Houghton, NY.
Choral director
In his thirty years as a choral director, Mr. Wilds has directed choirs for essentially every age group while serving as a choral director in community music schools, churches, private schools, 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 award 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.
Current employment
During the 2009-2010 academic year, Mr. Wilds will be teaching at
- Montreat College in Montreat, NC
- Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, NC
He will also be serving as the Interim Director of the Asheville Symphony Children's Chorus.
Upcoming performances in 2009-2010
- Bach Cantatas with Fuma Sacra in Princeton, NJ: January 2010
- Joint Faculty Recital at Montreat College: February 2010
