Joseph D. Welch

Pianist | Coach | Teacher | Country Bumpkin

[Joseph D. Welch @drjoewelch]

@schildress_ @slso It was wonderful!

[Joseph D. Welch @drjoewelch]

So glad I was able to see some of the excellent presentations at the ISMTA Conference this year!

[Joseph D. Welch @drjoewelch]

Today was another beautiful day for an outdoor concert! This one was with the SLSO In Unison Young Artists at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation’s Spring Church. This is such a cool space with a fascinating history!

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@SopranoBrewer Thank you! It’s always a pleasure to make music with you!

[Joseph D. Welch @drjoewelch]

It was a cool and beautiful evening for Opera Edwardsville’s second outdoor concert! There was so much amazing singing on this program and we had a great audience. This is one of my favorite gigs!

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Tonight was so much fun! Moving the Blackburn Music Showcase to Homecoming weekend made for a wild eight rehearsals to get to tonight, but it was all worth it. So many people pitched in to make this a success. Congrats to everyone involved!

[Joseph D. Welch @drjoewelch]

The weather was perfect Saturday morning for the Gateway Arch East Music Teachers’ picnic! We had a great time sharing our favorite studio resources and visiting over some delicious food!

[Joseph D. Welch @drjoewelch]

At Monday night’s In Unison Young Artist rehearsal, Maestro Denève offered to turn pages for me. We ended up improvising four hand accompaniments. It was so much fun!

[Joseph D. Welch @drjoewelch]

Is this really the beginning of my tenth year of teaching?

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Last month, Blackburn hosted its first Sing Your Song! workshop for high schoolers. We focused on working the repertoire these students already love and sing in one-on-one lessons and a group scene. We’re already looking forward to next year!

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It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas… Opera Edwardsville wrapped their 12 Days of Opera Edwardsville yesterday! Make sure you’re following OE and signed up for their emails so you catch these videos in December!

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“Goldie B. Locks and the Three Singing Bears” was a hit! It’s been a great week putting this together with an excellent cast and creative team. What a fun way to start Opera Edwardsville’s 5th season!

[Joseph D. Welch @drjoewelch]

@SopranoBrewer It is always a pleasure to see you!

[Joseph D. Welch @drjoewelch]

I spent the week with some of my favorite people at SING OUT! Camp! I get to hang out with some ridiculously cool people - students, colleagues, and friends. We know how to make a scene!

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Artists-in-Training is such a remarkable program. Students finished a three day retreat where they put up a very fine seven minute performance with just eight hours of preparation. Direction was by my new friend, Doug Finlayson. The students looked and sounded great!

[Joseph D. Welch @drjoewelch]

It has been so fun preparing “Family” with the In Unison Chorus! I really love this new work by @NathalieJoachim and was so excited for the SLSO to share it with St. Louis. The cancellation was a reminder of the grip covid still has on us. Looking forward to revisiting it soon!

[Joseph D. Welch @drjoewelch]

After Songs of Cole Porter, it was fun playing a house concert for Opera Edwardsville with Cole looking over my shoulder! The 2022 season will be a great fifth anniversary for OE!

[Joseph D. Welch @drjoewelch]

We had a great opening night of Songs of Cole Porter at Blackburn!

[Joseph D. Welch @drjoewelch]

OTSL’s Artists in Training performed their first live recital since 2019 today. There was so much great singing! Congratulations to Katie Furby, this year’s Bayer Fund Prize Award Winner!

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Tonight was the @slso IN UNISON Showcase! It was fun to share the stage with eighty of my closest friends, including these wonderful people.