James Douglas

James Douglas

James Douglas, assistant professor of collaborative piano and vocal coach, has been involved in diverse genres including chamber music, vocal arts, opera, choral arts, symphonic repertoire, jazz, cabaret and musical theater. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in keyboard collaborative arts at the University of Southern California (USC), as a student of Dr. Alan L. Smith.

His Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees in piano performance were obtained from the University of Alabama as a student of Amanda Penick.

At USC, he was awarded a Koldofsky Fellowship and the Outstanding Keyboard Collaborative Arts recognition in 2004. Douglass has served on the faculties of Mississippi College, Occidental College (LA), USC and Middle Tennessee State University. In 2003, he began teaching in the summer study program AIMS (American Institute of Musical Studies) in Graz, Austria as instructor of collaborative piano and a vocal coach in the Lieder Studio.

Performances as a chamber musician and vocal accompanist include broadcasts (TV and/or radio) in Wales, California, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi; in master classes given by vocal artists Dawn Upshaw, Carol Vaness and Vladimir Chernov, choral directors Norman Luboff and Paul Salamunovich, and pianists Leon Bates, Natalie Hinderas, Anne Epperson and Martin Katz.

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