“A shining tenor…”
Artwork: Lee Becker, Lindsborg, KS. Sketched live during a performance in 2024.
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James Reese sings with a voice The Washington Post praises as "bright, agile, and full of heart." Known for expressive immediacy and connection to text, he brings eloquence and intimacy to repertoire spanning from the medieval period to the present day.
In the 2026-27 season, James enjoys a wide range of projects and repertoire, giving performances throughout the United States and Canada. Of particular note: Purcell's King Arthur with Tafelmusik in Toronto; Handel's Messiah at the Grand Rapids Symphony and the Tucson Symphony Orchestra; two engagements with the Victoria Symphony, and Handel's La Resurrezione with Early Music Vancouver. James also looks forward to Mozart by the beach with Bach Collegium San Diego, and Bach in the mountains with Baroque Music Montana.
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Fall 2026
Tenet Vocal Artists
James Reese, Apollo & Pastore
The earliest complete musical drama. Can Orfeo's beautiful music move Plutone to release Euridice from the Underworld? Join the chorus of Nymphs and Shepherds as the tale unfolds.
Variant 6 on Tour
Program details forthcoming.
Mozart – Requiem
St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue
Richard Tanner, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Sara Couden, alto
James Reese, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone
Bach Collegium San Diego · Ruben Valenzuela, conductor
Mozart – Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
Michael Haydn – Requiem in C minor, MH 155
Mozart – Ave verum corpus, K. 618
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Tyler Duncan, baritone
Mozart – Mass in C Minor
Kollective366
Nola Richardson, soprano
Michaela Larsen, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone
Grand Rapids Symphony · Patrick Quigley, conductor
Hannah De Priest, soprano
Diana Moore, alto
James Reese, tenor
Douglas Williams, bass
Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus · Pearl Shangkuan, director
Victoria Symphony · Giuseppe Pietraroia, conductor
Sarah Dufresne, soprano
Georgia Burashko, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Sumner Thompson, baritone
Victoria Choral Society · Brian Wismath, conductor
Christ Church Cathedral Young Choristers
Tucson Symphony Orchestra · Patrick Quigley, conductor
Kathryn Mueller, soprano
Emily Marvosh, contralto
James Reese, tenor
Jonathon Adams, baritone
Winter & Spring 2027
Music for Low Voices
Variant 6
Details forthcoming.
Tenet Vocal Artists
James Reese, tenor
Heartwarming Scottish folk songs featuring the poetry of Robert Burns, near the anniversary of his birth. An intimate chamber program that transports you to the beauty of the Scottish countryside.
Twelfth Night at the Morgan Library
Twelfth Night Ensemble · The Morgan Library
James Reese, tenor
Details forthcoming.
Blue Heron
Philadelphia Bach Collective
Bach – Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Bach – Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196
Rebecca Myers, soprano
Gabriela Solis, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Daniel Schwartz, bass-baritone
Brandon Acker & James Reese — In Recital
Immanuel Church on the Green
Colorado Bach Ensemble · James Kim, artistic director
Nola Richardson, soprano
Abigail Nims, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone
Harrison Hintzsche, baritone
Tenet Vocal Artists & Philadelphia Bach Collective
James Reese, Evangelist
Paul Max Tipton, Jesus
Harrison Hintzsche, Pilate
Jolle Greenleaf, soprano
Rebecca Myers, soprano
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano
Tim Parsons, countertenor
Dann Coakwell, tenor
Gene Stenger, tenor
Baroque Music Montana
Jessica Beebe, soprano
Aryssa Burrs, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Edmund Milly, bass-baritone
Victoria Symphony · Otto Tausk, conductor
Yulia Van Doren, soprano
Danielle Reutter-Harrah, soprano
Sara Couden, alto
James Reese, tenor
Sumner Thompson, baritone
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Handel – La Resurrezione
Early Music Vancouver
Angelo: Emma Feket
Maria Magdalena: Jacqueline Woodley
Maria Cloephas: Rose Naggar-Tremblay
St-John Evangelist: James Reese
Lucifer: Jonathan Wood
with the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, directed by Alexander Weimann
Bach – St. Matthew Passion
Cape Fear Chorale
James Reese, Evangelist
Aaron Peisner, Conductor
Tafelmusik · Ivars Taurins, conductor
R.H. Thomson, narrator
Ellen McAteer, soprano
James Reese, tenor
Nicholas Higgs, baritone
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Music for the Burgundian Chapel
Blue Heron
Tenet Vocal Artists
James Reese, tenorprogram curator
An evening of airs de cour for voices and lute — songs of the 17th-century French court by Lambert, Moulinié, and Boësset. Supremely sophisticated and elegant, offering singer and listener an intimate connection with poetry.
Bach Choir of Bethlehem · Christopher Jackson, conductor
Bach – St. Matthew Passion
Bach – Mass in B Minor
Full cast details forthcoming.
Summer 2027
On Tour: French Airs de Cour
Baroque Music Montana
James Reese, tenor
The Crossing
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James Reese delivers dynamic performances that connect audiences to music. A specialist in early repertoire and a champion of new works, James’ rare ability to impart emotional immediacy on music from Bach to the present day has earned him overwhelming critical acclaim over the course of a multifaceted career.
He brings his "shining tenor and forthright delivery” to a wide range of projects in the 2025-26 season. Of particular note: Messiah with the Kansas City and Baltimore Symphonies and St. Thomas Fifth Avenue (NYC); a featured recital with soprano Maya Kherani at Opera Lafayette; A Bach Celebration with Tafelmusik alongside soprano Myriam LeBlanc; a re-staging of Concert Theatre Works’ Markus Passion with storied actor Joseph Marcell; and a series of recitals with his collaborator, lutenist Brandon Acker. He also looks forward to collaborating with the Apple Hill String Quartet, recording and giving the world premiere of Gregory W. Brown’s Rural Hours.
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