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Jason McStoots has performed throughout the US in the genres of opera, oratorio, recital, and musical theater. He has been described by critics as "a natural, a believable actor and a first-rate singer," "a born comic," "light and bluff, but neither lightweight nor bland, and with exemplary enunciation" and as having "a silken tenor voice" and "sweet, appealing tone." He has performed with numerous organizations including Boston Lyric Opera, The Early Music Guild of Seattle, Handel Choir of Baltimore, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Emmanuel Music, Granite State Opera, Opera Providence, Tragicomedia, Blue Heron Renaissance Choir, and the Boston Early Music Festival.

He is particularly noted for his interpretations of new or modern music and music of the Baroque era. For the latter he has been called one of the "singers who are beginning to make their names in Baroque opera" by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and has received praise for his turns in Lully's Pysché with the Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF), Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea with the Early Music Guild of Seattle, and Handel's Acis and Galatea with Vox Consort. In addition he is a frequent interpreter of the works of J.S. Bach performing regularly as a part of Emmanuel Music's weekly cantata cycle where he was honored to be the Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson Fellow for the 2007-2008 concert season.

In the world of new music, McStoots is respected as a consistent and skilled interpreter, having created five operatic roles for the stage as well as giving the world premiers of over ten songs and concert pieces. In addition to being a champion of living composers' works, he has performed many of the works of Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughn Williams. He has long standing relationships with Intermezzo: The New England Chamber Opera Series, a group committed to the performance of new and modern operatic works; and the Florestan Recital Project, a group dedicated to the art of the song recital. He can be heard on recordings with Blue Heron on the Blue Heron Label and on BEMF's recording of Lully's Pysché on the CPO label.

In addition to his solo performing career he is an established voice teacher in the Boston area. In 2008 he joined the voice faculty at Brandeis University as well as continuing his long relationship with the prestigious and innovative Walnut Hill School . He was recently added to the faculty of the Berkshire Choral Festival and has taught at the Boston Conservatory and Phillips Exeter Academy.

He is a sought after ensemble artist, performing with professional ensembles around the US and in Europe. He is a regular with The Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, Boston Lyric Opera Chorus, The Boston Camerata, Blue Heron Renaissance Choir, and is a founding member of Exsultemus Period Vocal Ensemble. He is the Artistic Director for Rehearsal Arts in the production of their SingleParts™ Choral Learning Method.

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My preferred method of contact is email - jmcstoots@gmail.com