Declared as one of "the very greatest bass voices of the century", Mr. Maynor has sung throughout the world in both concert halls and opera houses, he has sung roles with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Orchestra of New York, Cinncinnati Opera, Teatro Municipal of Santiago, Edmonton Opera, L'Opera de Montreal ,Florida Grand Opera, Pittsburg Opera, Opera National du Rhin of France, Dallas Opera,Opera Company of Boston, The Spoleto Festival, Opera Pacific, The Saratov Opera in Russia and Scottish Opera,among others. He has also sung with the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Forth Worth,Quebec, New Orleans, Milwaukee and the Buffalo and Long Island Philharmonic, The New World Symphony,The American Symphony, among others. Mr. Maynor has sung everywhere from Carnegie Hall to The Beijing Concert Hall in China. As a recitalist, Kevin Maynor has received praise throughout North America, South America. Europe, Australasia and Africa as well as Asia including India and China.
Reviewing Kevin Maynor's CD Paul Robeson Remembered, Fanfare magazine exclaimed. "This is a super voice, a voice to compare not only to Robeson but also to Alexander Kipnis, to Boris Christoff, even to Ezio Pinza-in other words to the very greatest bass voices of the century."
Mr. Maynor has scored success in over 50 operatic roles in five different languages. The first apprentice artist from the West to study at the Bolshoi in Moscow, Mr. Maynor is a Fulbright Award winner and a recipient of the George London Award as well as a Richard Tucker Career Grant winner. Critics have praised his charismatic stage presence as well as his superb voice and powerful, resonant tone" and the jewel in his dark bass voice."
Kevin Maynor's 2010-2011 season will include Franz Schubert's Schwanegesang in New York, followed by Arigo Boito's Mefistofele, performing the Prologue scene in Virginia Beach, Newport News, and Norfolk , virginia with Maestra Joann Faletta and the Virginia Symphony. Mr. Maynor was recently named Cultural Envoy to the Pacific Islands and Eastern Asia as ordered by the United States Congress. In 2009 - 2010, the Basso performed Schubert's Die Winterreise in NEW YORK and the role of NED in Scott Joplin's Treemonisha at Newark New Jersey's Trilogyaoc. The American bass will perform an all english program for Seton Hall University at THE SOUTH ORANGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, with the great violinist Joshua Bell for the Prestigious S.Rose Thering Endowment. Maynor continues recording, adding three new cd's "ME AND VERDI", OLD MAN RIVER, and THE SPIRITUAL: AN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, as a Barnes and Noble artist. Highlights of Mr. Maynor's 2008 - 2009 season are a CARNEGIE HALL RECITAL appearance, "Honor the Voice", with Jessye Norman, a nine state and 14 cities concert tour in America, followed by the VERDI REQUIEM and BRAHMS REQUIEM in Santa Fe with the SANTA FE SYMPHONY AND IN ROANOKE,VIRGINIA. In 2007 - 2008, Mr. maynor performed recitals in New York at Adelphi University and St. Francis college. Traveling over seas to perform a United States State Department Recital Tour in Europe, including Paris,Strasburg,Berlin, Munich, and Nuremberg, among other cities. The celebrated basso performed the role of Grabeau in Anthony Davis' opera "AMISTAD" during the SPOLETO ,U.S.A. festival. Kevin Maynor, was once again with The Little Orchestra Society in Gian Carlo Menotti's "Amahl and The Night Visitor" at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. Last season, Kevin Maynor's performances included Anchorage Opera (Viva Verdi)[ Bass arias and duets from Don Carlo,Macbeth, Simon Boccanegra, and La Forza del Destino] , the WQXR broadcast for the MLK Jr. holiday, Opera Birmingham, and The Midland Symphony ,with recitals in Freeport, NY and Newark NJ. as well as a concert performance of Turandot singing the role of TIMUR with the New York City Opera and the Westfield Symphony. Recently ,Kevin Maynor joined soprano Jessye Norman in a fund raiser for the homeless in NYC with Partnership For The Homeless. Mr. Maynor was also the winner of an Audelco Award for excellence in theatre for his performance as Paul Robeson with the New Federal Theatre in NYC and Producer Woodie King Jr. In 2005-2006 Mr. Maynor sang the roles of Sarastro in Mozart's The Magic Flute and Sparafucile in Verdi's Rigoletto with The Des Moines Metro Opera. He performed in Recital at Winston Salem University , a concert at The Schomburg in New York City, Phillip Hayes Dean's one man show PAUL ROBESON, with The New Federal Theatre in New York City at the Henry Street Settlement Theatre, followed by the Beethoven Ninth in West Virginia with The Wheeling Symphony. Mr. Maynor then performed a Mozart concert at Avery Fisher Hall with The Little Orchestra Society, performing excerpts from Le Nozze di Figaro and Bastien und Bastienneof Mozart. He then performed the featured recital in the Lincoln Booth Theatre in Washington D.C. during The Here I stand Awards honoring DICK GREGORY.
During 2004-2005 Kevin Maynor performed Tom with nFlorida Grand Oera in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, and sang three multi-media thematic concerts at the prestigioug AUCKLAND FESTIVAL. Mr. Maynor's 2003 - 2004 season included performances at the Kravis Center of WestPalm Beach. Florida, where he performed his thematic MULTIMEDIA recital, The Repertoire of Paul Robeson and the Verdi Requiem in Eugene Oregon with the Eugene Concert Choir and gave a recital at the University of Oregon with master classes.The American Bass sang at the Vivaldi Festival at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York. . Returning to Avery Fisher Hall with The Little Orchestra Society singing the role of Balthazaar in Menotti's Amahl and The Night Visitors and performing a Dvorak Centenial Concert for the Dvorak Society of New York. Kevin Maynor performed the World Premiere of new songs by Jack Beeson and the Pulitzer prize winner George Walker , at Smith College in North Hampton, Massachusetts. .Mr. Maynor's engagements for the 2002-2003 season included performances of Samuel in Un Ballo in Maschera with the Pittsburgh Opera, Verdi's Requiem with the Canton Symphony Orchestra , the Prologue to Mephistopheles with the Virginia Symphony and Julius Rudel, King Balthazaar in Amahl and the Night Visitors with the Little Orchestra Society of New York at Avery Fisher Hall, Dumar's American Requiem with the Phoenix Symphony, and recitals in New York , New Jersey and The U.S. State Department for the Kala Ghoda Festival in India. Mr. Maynor's engagements for the 2001-2002 season included performances as Joe in Showboat with Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg,France,and as Sparafucile in Rigoletto with the Sacramento Opera, recitals in Chicago at Northwestern University, in Boston at The Afro-American History Museum,and Long Island ; and a special concert of spirituals with The New World Symphony . During July of 2001, he performed at the Grant Park Music Festival.
Mr. Maynor's 2000-2001 season included performances as Timur in Turandot with Minnesota Opera; as Sparafucile in Rigoletto with Knoxville Opera: as Hunding in Die Walkeure with Austin Lyric Opera; and as Zaccaria in Nabucco with Pacific Opera Victoria. During this season, Mr. Maynor also appeared in recital throughout the United States,and he hosted 17 different shows for the New York City PBS stations Metro Arts/ Thirteen/WNET. In May of 2000, he sang at The Supreme Court of the United States of America.
Most Recently, Mr. Maynor gave performances as Don Basilo in IL Barbiere di Siviglia with the New York City Opera, both Fafner in Das Rheingoldand Colline in La Boheme with Dallas Opera, Daland in Der Fliegende Hollander with Sacramento Opera, Sparafucile in Rigoletto with Mississippi Opera, Shostakovich's Song of the Forest with the Kalamazoo Symphony, a centenary tribute to Paul Robeson in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, and appeared in recital in Beijing , China sponsored by Arts America. Highlights of his 1997-98 season include Pimen in Boris Goudonov with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the cook in the world premiere of Anthony Davis Amistad with Lyric Opera of Chicago, and a series of recitals and master classes in China sponsored by the Rockefeller foundation and the Pew Charitable Trust Foundation. In the summer of 1997 he had great success in South Africa with The Biko Project a recital program he designed and performed at both the Grahamstown Festival and the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. In the 1999-2000 season he appeared at the Sobinov Festival in Russia where he sang the King in Aida and did a tribute recital to Paul Robeson. Mr. Maynor sang in Akhnaten with Boston Lyric Opera, performed the King in Aida with Austin Lyric Opera ,the title roles in Boris Gudonov and Mephistofele with the Erie Philharmonic, Fafner in Das Rheingold with L'Opera de Montreal ; the Berlioz Romeo et Juliette with the Flint Symphony , Raimondo in Lucia di Lammemoor with Mobile Opera and returned to China to sing a series of Recitals.
Mr. Maynor has sung Hunding in Die Walkeure with both Scottish Opera and Opera Pacific,Fafner in Das Rheingold with the Opera del Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile, and has sung Sarastro in Die Zauberflote in many theaters. Mr. Maynor made his New York City Opera debut in Philip Glass' Akhnaten, and later appeared at the
Metropolitan Opera House, where he sang the roles of both the Armchair and the Tree in Ravel's L 'Enfant et Les Sortileges with the Netherlands Dance Theater. His impressive list of opera credits also include the San Francisco, Boston ,Seattle ,and Santa Fe Operas. His festival credits include Wolf Trap, Spoleto, the American Opera Festival in Cincinnati and the Music Under the Stars Festival in Milwaukee. He performed in the world premieres of Ulyssess Kay's Frederick Douglass with New Jersey State Opera (in which he sang the title role) and Anthony Davis' X with the America Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia.
Mr. Maynor is also a gifted recitalist and has performed a wide variety of programs throughout North America as well as France, England and Spain. He has appeared as soloist with orchestras across the country including the Buffalo Philharmonic, Fort Worth Symphony, New Orleans Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony , the Long Island Philharmonic as well as the Quebec Symphonie in Canada. He has worked with such conductors as Dennis Russell Davies, Sarah Caldwell,Roberto Manfredini, Christopher Keene,Klaus Donath, Gabor Otvos, Ferdinand Leitner, John Maucieri, Alberto Veronese, Richard Woitach, Eve Queler,Robert Shaw and Julius Rudel. Stage directors include Patrice Courier, Moshe Leiser, Bliss Hebert, Colin Graham, Mary Zimmerman, Gian Carlo Menotti, Roberto Oswald, Mark Lamos, Nathaniel Merrill, Bodo Igesz, George C. Wolfe and many more.
Kevin Maynor has recorded for Telarc , Fleur de Son
Classics,Guild, Legato Records, and Sony Music (Beijing). Mr. Maynor has a
diploma from the Manhattan School of Music, a Bachelor of Music Education
degree from Bradley University, a Masters degree from Northwestern University
and an Honarary Degree from the Moscow Conservatory. While in Bologna, Italy he
studied with Paula Molinari at the Teatro Communale di Bologna. He is currently
a Doctoral Candidate at Indiana University in Bloomington.
OPERATIC ROLES
1.SARASTRO
2.OSMIN
3,MEFISTOFELE
4.HAGEN
5.PIMEN
6.KING PHILLIP
7.DALAND
8.JOE
9.COMMENDATORE
10.ARKEL
and ETC....
RING PRODUCTIONS:
1.SCOTTISH OPERA
2.TEATRO MUNICIPAL DE SANTIAGO
3.DALLAS OPERA
4.SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
5.SEATTLE OPERA
Upcoming Engagements
San Francisco, ca//the ring//summer 1999Flint Symphony April 6-8, 2000 Romeo & Juliet (Berlioz)
L' Opera de Montreal April 26-29, 2000 Das Rheingold (Wagner)
Sobinov Fest ival (Russia)May 26 & 28, 2000 Robeson Recital & Aida (Verdi)
Seattle Opera June 14 - August 25, 2000 The Ring (Wagner)
Knoxville Opera September 11 - October 1, 2000 Rigoletto (Verdi)
Bethany Baptist Church Oct. 15,2000 RECITAL(Jazz Hymns)
Minnesota Opera October 16, - November 18,2000 Turandot (Puccini)
Roanoke Friends of the Symphony December 8,2000 RECITAL (multi Language)
Bayshore February 10, 2001 Recital
Austin Opera February 13 - March 11, 2001 Die Walkure (Wagner)
WNET/THIRTEEN Television/PBS Cable METROARTS Feb.19 - 26,2001 (HOST)
Queens College (NY)March 20,2000 Robeson recital
Victoria Opera March 28 - April 28, 2001 Nabucco (Verdi)
New York City; WNET/Thirteen; May 28 - June 3,2001; Museum for African Art
Seattle Opera June 1, 2001 - August 26, 2001 The Ring (Wagner)
WFMT radio; (Chicago) July 3,2001 (Interview)
BOSTON,MA; The African Meeting House; Oct.5, 2001 Amadou: Slaughter in Harlem (Max Roach,Amiri Baraka,Kevin Maynor,Coleridge Taylor - Perkinson.,Michael Raphael,Eric Olsen,Pheroan Aklaff)
Sacramento Opera Oct.28 - Nov.20, 2001 RIGOLETTO (Verdi)
Rutgers University; @ The Priory; Newark ,NJ. JAZZ HYMNS CD CELEBRATORY Dec.16, 2001 ; 6PM
Freeport; Long Island,NY; Library rECITAL;. GANHDI ,KING : ASPECTS OF AGRESSION
Northwestern University;.Recital; MLK ;January 21 ,2002: Evanston, IL.
NEW WORLD SYMPHONY; Miami,Florida: Feb.15,2002; THE SPIRITUAL.
Strasbourg (France) February 18, 2002 - April 3, 2002 SHOWBOAT (Kern)
Colmar (Germany/France) April 7&8, 2002 SHOWBOAT (Kern)
Mulhouse (Fance/Germany) April 13&14,2002 Showboat (Kern)
Hewelett ,NYRecital :FROM ANOTHER AMERICAN: April 21, 2002: Hewlett-Woodmere Library
NORFOLK,VA.: CD SIGNING; PLANET MUSIC - AUG. 31,2002 (JAZZ HYMNS)
PHOENIX,ARIZONA; An American Requiem Sept. 11, 2002
PITTSBURGH OPERA;SEPT.30-OCT.27,2002; SAM; UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
WQXR/RADIO - NEW YORK CITY: HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS BROADCAST / NOVEMBER 9, 2002
NEW YORK: AVERY FISHER HALL;LINCOLN CENTER :DEC.21,2002: AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS,
NAACP/BENJAMIN HOOKS,;KEVIN MAYNOR://OLD MAN RIVER/NEWARK , NJ 07103
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT ; INDIA/KALAGHODA FESTIVAL/ FEB.6-19, 2003
E/ AUGUST
LONG ISLAND RECITAL/MARCH 7 , 2003
BENEFITS FOR BETHANY ACADEMY/ FEB.28; MAR.28, APR.25, 2003
1. GANDHI,KING:ASPECTS OF AGGRESSION
2. SCHUBERT THE MAN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
3. THE REPERTOIRE OF PAUL ROBESON
CANTON,OHIO/CANTON SYMPHONY. APRIL 13, 2003; VERDI REQUIEM
VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL/MEFISTOFELE / BOITO MAY 24, 2003/EXCERPTS (JULIUS RUDEL}
****TRILOGY / 3 AFRICAN AMERICAN OPERAS / FREDERICK DOUGLASS ; NAT TURNER ; HARRIETT: THE WOMAN CALLED MOSES / a showcaseALJIRA, A CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART / JUNE 7,2003.
SCIENCE PARK/ NJPAC; NEWARK, NJ//SEPT. 15, 2003
AFRICAN AMERICAN BURIAL GROUND REMAINS CEREMONY/ OCT.2, 2004/7PM
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS/ AVERY FISHER HALL/NYC ; DEC.20, 2003 ; 11AM AND 1PM
WEST PALM BEACH ,FLORIDA ; KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: FEBRUARY 4,2004 / THE REPERTOIRE OF PAUL ROBESON
DVORAK TRIBUTE/ FEB. 15, 2004; ST. PAULS NYC/ELLINGTON BURLEIGH,DVORAK,COPLAND,ETC.
FROM MOZART - W.C. HANDY/ NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS/ MARCH 5, 2004.
EUROPE / MARCH 8-22,2004
APRIL 21, 2004/ BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC
EUGENE, OREGON ; EUGENE CONCERT CHOIR: VERDI REQUIEM ; MAY 1-8, 2004
THE REPERTOIRE OF PAUL ROBESON: OREGON. MAY 1-6 , 2004
MASTERCLASS/EUGENE OREGON/MAY 1, 2004
TITO MANGLIO/Vivaldi// tito/Alice Tully Hall:Lincoln Center/NYC/ VIVALDI FESTIVAL;June 16, 2004 - 8pm/LOS
MILANO,LONDON,GENEVA/JUNE 2004.
T R I L O G Y / NAT TURNER/ nat /Newark,NJ: /JULY 29,2004 /THE ATRIUM(at the NEWARK CLUB) 8pm
NEWARK SCHOOLS GALA/ NEWARK, NJ// SEPT. 4, 2004
THE SYSIPHUS SYNDROME/SEPTEMBER 10 AND 17,2004/SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR BLACK RESEARCH/ NEW YORK CITY
WORLD PREMIERE/JACK BEESON AND GEORGE WALKER SONGS; SMITH COLLEGE/OCT.30,2004/NORTHHAMPTON, MA
WQXR/ HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS/ NOV.13, 2004
Freeport, New York/ MEMORIAL LIBRARY/FEB. 8, 2005/ ITALIAN ART SONGS FOR BASS VOICE AND GUITAR AND :LUTE;
NEW ZEALAND 2005/ The Auckland festival 2005/ RECITAL; malcolm x: a comentary MARCH12,2005
NEW ZEALAND/ The Auckland arts festival/CONCERT/gandhi,king: aspects of aggression/MARCH 9,2005
NEW ZEALAND/ The AUCKLAND Festival /thematic recital/ MARCH 11, 2005/ the repertoire of paul robeson
TSUNAMI BENEFIT - AUSTRALASIA/MARCH
FLORIDA GRAND OPERA: MIAMI, FLORIDA; UN BALLO IN MASCHERA/VERDI/ /APRIL 4, 2004 - MAY 14, 2004//TOM
NEW YORK CITY/COSMOPOLITAN CHAMBER PLAYERS//GLINKA,SCHBERT,RAPHAEL: (LIBERMAN, GROSSMAN,LIDA, MAYNOR\\JUNE 8,2005 :8PM
FREDERICK DOUGLASS/ CABLEVISION/TV// AUG 9, , 2005 //:TRILOGY: AN OPERA COMPANY
NYC// AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND PROJECT - SCHOMBURG CENTER; 135TH ST.& MALCOLM X BOULEVARD /CONCERT//THE SPIRITUAL: AN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD// SPECIAL GUESTS<THE NEWARK BOYS CHORUS/ OCT 2. 2005//3PM
NEWARK ,NJ / ARTS HIGH SCHOOL//THE REPERTOIRE OF PAUL ROBESON(SPONSORED BY KEVIN MAYNOR AND TRILOGY AOC//OCT. 14, 2005 12:30PM.
WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTH CAROLINA:/OCT. 18, 2005//MASTER CLASS /3:30PM
WINSTON SALEM U./RECITAL OCT. 18, 2005//7:30PM//SCHUBERT,SAINT-SAENS,MOUSORGSKY, BELLINI,VERDI,SWANSON,RAPHAEL,G.WALKER,ETC
NEW YORK CITY //PAUL ROBESON( BY DEAN
)/ WOODIE KING JR.(PRODUCER) FEDERAL THEATRE PR0OJECT//( Henry Street
Settlement Theatrre)NOV. 17-DEC.11, 2005
LITTLE ORCHESTRA SOCIETY// AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS//AVERY FISHER HALL: LINCOLN CENTER; NYC//DEC.17,2005
MLK CELEBRATORY//NEWARK , NJ.//JAN. 16,2006
FREDERICK DOUGLASS BY DOROTHY RUDD - MOORE// JAN. 13, 2006//NEWARK ,NJ.//12PM; Mary Burch Theatre
WEST VIRGINIA WHEELING) BEETHOVEN 9TH SYMPHONY; JANUARY 27, 2006/ WHEELING SYMPHONY
NYC//MOZART CONCERT/ FIGARO(LE NOZZE DI FIGARO)...COLAS (BASTIEN UND BASTAIENNE) AVERY FISHER HALL; FEB 1-4,2006//LOS
WASHINGTON, D.C.//BOOTH THEATRE//PAUL ROBESON TRIBUTE, WITH DANNY GLOVER AND HARRY BELAFONTE//DICK GREGORY////APRIL 2006-RECITAL.
DES MOINES METRO OPERA//SPARAFUCILE-RIGOLETTO//MAY 28-JULY 11,2006
DMMO/IOWA; THE MAGIC FLUTE(DIE ZAUBERFLOETE- MOZART SARASTRO//MAY-JULY 2006
HARRIET : THE WOMAN CALLED MOSES/Sept. 15 & 17, 2006
LONG ISLAND , NEW YORK/RECITAL/6 LANGUAGES//SEPT. 9, 2006 - 7:30PM/freeport
PNC BANK ARTS CENTER///NEW JERSEY;SEPTEMBER 27, 2006//TURANDOT//(Timur.)
New Jersey//WESTFIELD SYMPHONY// CONCERT PERFORMANCE-TURANDOT (TIMUR) SEPT. 27 AND 30, 2006
ALASKA///ANCHORAGE OPERA//VIVA VERDI//NOV. 6-112006
JESSYE NORMAN AND KEVIN MAYNOR//BENEFIT FOR "PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS" ST. BARTS : NYC//NOVEMBER 20, 2006
NYC//AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS//LOS; DECEMBER 9, 2006//BALTHAZAAR: 11AM AND 1PM
queens public library//MLK JR. PROGRAM//JAN. 14,2007
WQXR//96.3 : MLK BROADCAST//HSA:NYC :arias and songsVERDI,SWANSON,BROWN,MOZART,BURLEIGH,BOITO,RACHMANINOV,MOUSORSKY//JAN. 15,2007.
OPERA BIRMINGHAM//FEB. 11, 2007//SPIRITUALS
a. Hawthore ,NJ//fundraiser//spirituals; Feb.15, 2007
b.TAOC FUNDRAISER//SCIENCE PARK HS//EMMETT TILL//FEB.23, 2007. 7:30PM///NORFOLK AND MARKET ST.
c. NEWARK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS//RECITAL//THE BLACK ART SONG: FEB.24, 2007//12PM
d. East Orange, NJ//St.Marks AME//7pm//benefit,blk-history
e. NEW YORK{TUCKAHOE-SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH} FEB.25, 2007//8AM
f. NEWARK, NJ//METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH//BLACK COMPOSERS CONCERT: FEB. 25, 2007
BARNES AND NOBLE ARTIST LAUNCH//ALL NEW YORK STORES//MARCH 2007
MIDLAND SYMPHONY//BEETHOVEN 9//APRIL 2007
NEWARK,NJ//EMMETT TILL: THE ORATORIO//TRILOGY: AN OPERA COMPANY JUNE 9, 2007
NEW YORK CITY//CD RELEASE - "PURE BASS"// QUALITON IMPORTS LABEL// INDEPENDENCE DAY RELEASE (7/4/07)
NEWARK, NJ//TRILOGY:AOC; CALL SHOUT AND HOLLER WITH KEVIN MAYNOR and SONIA SANCHEZ special guest. JULY 28, 2007 - 6PM/PASSAIC RIVER (CENTER ST. AND ROUTE 21)
FAIRYSTONE PARK//OPERA ON THE BEACH/AUGUST 2007 STUART, VA.;operatic recital...
NORFOLK,VA.//DOUG WILDER HALL; OCT. 28, 2007//CONCERT WITH ORCHESTRA// THE SPIRITUAL: AN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
New York City//ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE; NOV. 5, 2007//RECITAL//THE BLACK ART SONG
WQXR 96.3FM// HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS -NOV.3, 2007
THERIESENSTADT MEMORIAL CONCERT//NOV. 3, 2007//JOHN JAY COLLEGE// WITH GEORGE HEARN, LYNN REDGRAVE, AND CAMIELIA JOHNSON - DON GIOVANNI/VERDI REQUIEM EXCERPTS
NEW YORK CITY//AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS//"BALTHAZAAR" - DEC. 8, 2007.//AVERY FISHER HALL - LINCOLN CENTER
NEW YORK,NY; ADELPHI UNIV.//FEB. 3, 2008/RECITAL;some brothers............BEETHOVEEN-PUSHKIN-SHAKESPEARE...MEET MALCOLM AND ROBESON??
//U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT EUROPEAN TOUR - FEB. - MARCH 2008//
1. PARIS (FEB.4-9)
1a. STRASBURG, 1b. mulhouse, 1c. REIMS.2. LEIPZIG
3.BERLIN
4.NUREMBERG
5. MUNICH
6.TUEBINGEN
NEW YORK CITY//NEW FEDERAL THEATRE - FEB.22,23,24, 2008//"PAUL ROBESON" NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE
NEWARK, NJ//NEWARK ARENA//PRUDENTIAL CENTER//GOAL BAR ROOM //t;OPERA SCENES" - 1. NAT TURNER 2. FREDERICK DOUGLASS 3. HARRIET : THE WOMAN CALLED MOSES - ORANGE BALL - 6:30PM....MARCH-15,2008*
NEW JERSEY//ESSEX CHORALE - MOZART REQUIEM ; MARCH 16,2008GREAT NECK, NY RECITAL//MARCH 30, 2008
THE SPOLETTO FSTIVAL//CHARLESTON, S.C.//"AMISTAD" BY ANTHONY DAVIS//APRIL 28 - JUNE 17, 2008
*
NEW JERSEY//TILL: AN OPERA ON THE MURDER OF THE BOY EMMETT//AUGUST 2, 2008. LIBRETTO....MUSIC BY CHARLES LLOYD,JR.
FAIRYSTONE FEST 2008//AUG. 23, 2008
NEWARK,NJ//DARFUR,DARFUR - a dramatic cantata by MICHAEL RAPHAEL//OCT. 16, 2008 WISOMMM CULTURAL CENTER -8pm;
JAPAN 2008
World Premiere// America's Son BY MICHAEL RAPHAEL; Newark, NJ\prince hall- NOVEMBER 2, 2009//////////"BARACK OBAMA GET OUT THE VOTE EVENT"
Newark,NJ.....kevin maynor and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra..Nov. 13,2008
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY...GERRI ALLEN, KEVIN MAYNOR//"CHRISTMAS EVE @ BETHANY
HARLEM, NY///"AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS" (MENOTTI)...BALTHAZAAR ; HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS THEATRE//JAN.9, 2009//7PM
CARNEGIE HALL//NYC //MARCH 23, 2009 - 8PM
NEW YORK CITY//"BODY AND SOUL" BY OSCAR MICHEAUX - VOCAL SCORE//WALTER READE THEATRE - FEB. 7, 2009
NEWAK , NEW JERSEY//PRUDENTIAL CENTER - ASPECTS OF TREEMONISHA...BY SCOTT JOPLIN//KEVIN MAYNOR AND FRIENDS OF TAOC - SPONSORED BY IRONMEN SOCCER TEAM//FEB. 18, 2009
NEWARK, NJ//newark public schools...."THE SPIRITUAL: AN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD"//FEB, 27, 2009
ALLIED CONCERTS U.S. TOUR MARCH- APRIL 2009
1.FAIRMONT,MN//MARCH 10,2009//TROPR
2.WORTHINGTON,MN//MARCH 12,2009//TROPR
3.GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA//MARCH 13, 2009//TROPR
4.OGALLALA, NE.//MARCH 14,2009//TROPR
5.MC COOK, NE//MARCH 15, 2009//TROPR
6.FAIRFIELD, IOWA//MARCH 17, 2009//TROPR
7.MARTINSVILLE,INDIANA//MARCH 19, 2009//TROPR
8 HICKSVILLE, OH//MARCH 20, 2009//TROPR
8.PERRYVILLE,MO//MARCH 21, 2009//TROPR
*************NEW YORK CITY - "HONOR THE VOICE " ..KEVIN MAYNOR WITH JESSYE NORMAN...MARCH 23, 2009// 8PM -CARNEGIE HALL****
9.CHANUTE,KS//MARCH 26,2009//TROPR
10.JOPLIN,MO//MARCH 24,2009//TROPR
12.OSAGE,IOWA//MARCH 27, 2009//TROPR
13.HURON,SOUTH DAKOTA//MARCH 29, 2009//TROPR
14.DILLON,MONTANA//MARCH 31, 2009//TROPR
{ILLINOIS,INDIANA,IOWA,SOUTH DAKOTA,OHIO,MISOURI,KANSAS,MONTANA,NEBRASKA....2009}
cd release1.the spiritual: an underground railroad 2. me and verdi, 3. old man river...2x's?? SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO/ SANTA FE SYMPHONY//VERDI REQUIEM - MAY 3 and 4,2009 NEW YORK/ BRONXVILLE....BENEFIT RECITAL....JUNE 12, 2009
NEWARK,NJ - TREEMONISHA BY SCOTT JOPLIN//JULY - AUGUST 1 , 2009
long island, ny -FREEPORT//..."DIE WINTERREISE" BY FRANZ SCHUBERT - SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 (LIBRARY)
NEWARK, NJ 2009 - OCT. 15, 2009 - janjaweed/DARFUR, DARFUR: A DRAMATIC CANTATA and..SUITE FOR THE NEWARK CHILD by M.RAPHAEL
1.masterclass< harlem, ny==oct.2009///CANNAN BAPTIST....2.HANDEL MESSIAH//Bethanny Baptist.Newark,NJ//dec.20,2009...3. Orange ball//feb.272009.opera scenes on TV ..LIVE!!
Newark,NJ 2010; Essex County College..."paul robeson moments" feb. 23, 4:30pm
TRILOGY : AN OPERA CO. FUNDRAISER.///FEB. 27, 2010; 6:00PM///KEY CLUB - 58 PARK PLACE-NEWARK, NJ 07103
SOPAC - NEW JERSEY///SETON HALL UNIVERSITY;RECITAL W/ JOSHUA BELL - (VIOLINIST) April 18, 2010.
.NEW JERSEY///GEORGE WALKER TRIBUTE - JUNE 12, 2010
three one acts.....TAOC ...AUGUST 2010
New York//long island...SCHWANEGESANG by FRANZ SCHUBERT//2010-2011
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.....STABAT MATER by G. ROSSINI//BASS SOLOS - OCTOBER 22-23, 2010
NEWPORT NEWS, VA////MEFISTOFELE (BOITO) OCT. 28, 2010/8PM
NORFOLK, VA. CHRYSLER HALL VIRGINIA SYMPHONY....OCT.30, 2010///8PM
VIRGINIA BEACH.....SANDER HALL ///PROLOGUE TO MEFISTOFELE (BOITO)
Eastern Asia - Pacific Islands tour//nov.1-Dec.8, 2010*NEW YORK,NY//AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS-"BALTHAZAAR...DEC. 18, 2010
African tour2011//west ,east,central*
TAIWAN TOUR - MARCH 2011
NEWARK, NJ//AFRICA FEST...TRILOGY: AN OPERA COMPANY - 2011
12 , 2004 Contacts Management
PINNACLE ARTS MANAGEMENT MGMT. Telephone Number (212) 397 -
7915 PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: JOHN
MILLER (212) 397 - 7911 Fax : 212 - 397
7920 Publicist:YMA -
212 397 - 7915
KEVINAYNOR@EARTHLINK.NET(Opera) KEVINMAYNOR@EARTHLINK.net (COLLABORATIVE
PROJECTS) PROJECT
SPECIALS
O.E.N.=opera exposure newark
presents: THE TRILOGY 1.) NAT TURNER (RAPHAEL)
2.) FREDERICK DOUGLASS (RUDD-MOORE)
3.)HARRIETT: the woman called moses
(MUSGRAVE)
M.M.M.T.C. { music multi media
thematic concerts } a.) FROM ANOTHER AMERICAN
(overview of american life...tradgedy...triumph) b.) THE
LOW BASS (film and song of the classical period)
c.) JAZZ HYMNS ( a
study of the hymns by way of film and song of the jazz artists who influenced
the project TRILOGY: AN OPERA
COMPANY This new festival
will perform opera by african -american composers with artists from across the
world..
KEVIN MAYNOR'S MANY CLOSE COLLABORATORS INCLUDE, LIONEL HAMPTON, BILLY TAYLOR, RITA MCINTYRE,WILLIAM HURT, GLENN CLOSE, HARRY CONNICK JR., DAVE BRUBECK, GWENDOLYN BROOKS, JEFFREY LYONS, LYNN REDGRAVE, JESSYE NORMAN, TONY RANDALL,VANESSA REDGRAVE, HOWARD THURMAN, ALVIN POUSAINT, JOHN HENRIK CLARKE, WOODIE KING JR. GEORGE O'HEARN, HARRY CARSON, AMIRI BARAKA, DICK GREGORY, DON MATERA, DANNY GLOVER,HAL PRINCE, ANTHONY CHISHOLM, BETTY ALLEN,GEORGE WALKER, JOHN HOUSEMAN, KOFI ANON, PHILIP GLASS, JOSHUA BELL, AND MANY MORE...
THEMATIC RECITALS AND
CONCEPTUAL CONCERTS !. Malcolm X: A Commentary 2.The Repertoire of PAUL
ROBESON 3. Frederick Douglass: A Life in Speech and
Song 4.Gandhi, King: Aspects of Aggression
5. The Spiritual: An
Underground Railroad 6.Schubert: The Man and his
Contemporaries 7. Shout,Call,and Holler: An Acapella
Evening 8. The Russian Romance and the Bass
Voice 9.Bel Canto and the Bass Voice 10. Howard Swanson - Margaret
Bonds: An Exploration of the Black Art Song 11.The French Chasson and the Bass Voice
12. Langston Hughes vs. Paul Lawrence
Dunbar 13. The Bass Voice Sings Duke Ellington
14. MLK JR. 15. Frederick Douglass and Beyond 16. JAZZ
HYMNS 18.
AMADOU: SLAUGHTER in HARLEM CD's Kevin Maynor, Bass The
Black Art Song , Eric Olsen, piano .Kevin
Maynor, Bass PAUL ROBESON REMEMBERED(FLEUR DE
SON) GRAND and
GLORIOUS GREAT OPERATIC CHORUSES Robert Shaw Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra & Choruses (TELARC) DOM SEBASTIEN
Two CD set Leech Takacs Miller Koptchak Queler (LEGATO) JAZZ HYMNS Kevin Maynor,Bass(GUILD) WORLD
FAVORITES NEW,
NEW , NEW ,NEW ,NEW!!!!!!!!! PURE
BASS BASS ARIAS with RICHARD WOITACH// BASSO A
LA BAROQUE
/Zelenka,Landi,Scarlatti,Purcell,Monteverdi,Vivaldi
FROM ANOTHER AMERICAN (GUILD) SONGS OF AMERICA
THE LOW BASS (GUILD)
LIEDER,CHASSON,ROMANCES,and AMERICAN ART SONGS THE SPIRITUAL: AN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD(Barnes and Noble)
OLD MAN RIVER 2X'S(Barnes and Noble)
ME AND VERDI(Barnes and Noble)
VHS projects lll llll 
E-Mail:
-KEMaynor@Juno.com (Recitals)
