Robert Bracey
Education
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), The University of Michigan
Master of Music (MM), The University of Michigan
Bachelor of Music in Music Education (BM), Michigan State University
Biography
Robert Bracey, Tenor was awarded first place in the Oratorio Society of New York’s International Solo Competition at Carnegie Hall. He made his Detroit Symphony debut at Orchestra Hall and his Kennedy Center debut in Washington, DC with the Choral Arts Society of Washington.
He has performed as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of India and the Paranjoti Academy Chorus at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai, India, the Telemann Chamber Orchestra in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, Oratorio Society of New York, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, World Youth Symphony at Interlochen, Detroit Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic, Choral Arts Society of Washington, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic, Syracuse Symphony, Wichita Symphony, Elgin Symphony, Southwest Florida Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Duluth-Superior Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Greensboro Symphony, Illinois Symphony, Flint Symphony, Midland Symphony, East Texas Symphony, Duke University Chapel Choir, Boise Philharmonic, Independence Messiah Festival, Choral Arts Society of Greensboro, Ann Arbor Symphony, Greater Lansing Symphony, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Messiah Choral Society of Orlando, Choral Society of Durham, Asheville Choral Society, Kalamazoo Bach Festival, and the University Musical Society in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
A Regional Finalist in the New York Metropolitan Opera Auditions, he won first place in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Regional Competition. Other previous honors include the Jessye Norman Award for the most outstanding soloist at Regional NATS, Rose Marie Jun Voice Award, Betty Brewster Award from the Cranbrook Music Guild, Joy Whitman Weinberger Opera Award, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award at the University of Michigan, and a Dean’s Award from Bowling Green State University.
He has previously served on the faculties at Bowling Green State University and Michigan State University where he was Chair of the Voice Area. He also taught on the voice faculty of the Michigan All-State program at the Interlochen Arts Camp for twelve summers.
Dr. Bracey has been a music educator for over forty years. Students have performed with New York City Opera, Salzburg State Theatre, Brevard Music Center, Chautauqua Institution, Opera Roanoke, Music Academy of the West, Seagle Music Colony, Oregon Bach Festival, Opera North, Des Moines Metro Opera, Pensacola Opera, Charlotte Opera, Opera Kentucky, Ohio Light Opera, Santa Fe Opera, La Musica Lirica, Harrower Opera Workshop, and others.
Others have won or placed in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Awards (Laffont Competition), Coeur d’Alene Symphony Competition, Symphony in the Valley Competition, Harold Haugh Vocal Competition, Shreveport Opera Singer of the Year Competition, Orpheus Competition, Partners for the Arts, S. Livingston Mather Scholarship, Heafner/Williams Competition, Carol Brice Branch Competition, The American Prize in Voice-Friederich and Virginia Schorr Award-Opera Division and Art Song Division, NATS, and NATSAA.
Alumni have been admitted to well-known graduate programs and held faculty positions at colleges and universities across the US.
Dr. Bracey is particularly proud of numerous former Music Education students who have gone on to land teaching positions in North Carolina and throughout the country.
Subjects Taught
Undergraduate and Graduate Voice