Rockland Osgood, tenor, has distinguished himself in a wide variety of musical idioms from the Baroque to the latest in Contemporary compositions. He is frequently praised for his exemplary musicianship, eloquence of expression, and immaculate diction.
Highlights of his present season include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Te Deum of Berlioz, Carmina Burana, various Bach cantatas, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, and Donald Sur’s Slavery Documents in Boston’s Symphony Hall. Last season’s performances included Britten’s War Requiem with the Sioux City Symphony, Messiah with the Jacksonville Symphony and with the Peniel Concert Choir at Avery Fisher Hall, and Bach’s Mass in B minor with the National Chorale at Lincoln Center. He returned to Northwest Bach Festival to sing Bach’s Mass in B-minor with Gunther Schuller conducting. Last season also included Les Noces and Carmina Burana with the Providence Singers, as well as Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Musica Sacra, Britten’s Saint Nicholas with the Chatham Chorale and Mozart’s Mass in C minor at the Berkshire Festival.
Mr. Osgoods talents in operatic and concert roles have gained critical recognition at venues on the West and East Coasts too numerous to mention here. Memorable area engagements have been with Longwood Opera, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the New England Bach Festival, the Handel and Haydn Society, the Newport Music Festival, and Assabet Valley Mastersingers.
Mr. Osgood holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from Huntingdon College and a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music and currently teaches voice at Tufts University.
He was a featured soloist with the New York Choral Society on the 1985 tour of Greece and toured nationally with the Boston Camerata. In competition he was a winner of the New York Oratorio Society Solo Competition in 1991 and the National Association of Teachers of Singing Solo Competition in 1992.