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Thomas W. Douglas is a compelling and passionate conductor having performed more than 400 opera, oratorio, orchestral and musical theater productions. He is also the Artistic Director of the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh who is regularly receiving accolades for innovative, creative and dramatically provocative productions. Career highlights include conducting Webber's Phantom of the Opera in Basel, Switzerland, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, the Pittsburgh premiere of the classic silent films The Passion of Joan of Arc, with live orchestra and chorus, the U.S. premiere of David Chesky's The Agnostic, Ain't Misbehavin' in the US and Malaysia, the rousing Camina Burana Africana, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni with the Neighborhood Opera Co. and an all Black cast.

He works regularly as Musical Director at the Music Theater Wichita where he has done many productions including Smokey Joe's Café, 9 to 5, and Ragtime with Darcie Roberts, Hairspray, The Full Monty, Miss Saigon, Beauty and the Beast and Les Misérables among many others. Maestro Douglas worked with the Anchorage Opera, Pittsburgh's City Theater, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Canton Symphony, Wichita Symphony, Dallas Symphony, River City Brass Band and the Pittsburgh Symphony. He has also conducted classical guitarist and Latin Grammy winner, Berta Rojas, Tony winner, Kelli O'Hara, and has conducted Tony and Grammy award winning artist, Leslie Odom, Jr with the symphonies in Des Moines, Seattle, San Diego and Pittsburgh.. Mr. Douglas has been the recipient of the Mary Jane Teall Award and the Robert Frankle awards for his contribution to theatre in Wichita, KS and Pittsburgh, PA.

Thomas has enjoyed the stage roles of Amonasro in Elton John's Aida, Caiaphas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Balthazar in Amahl and the Night Visitors. He has been a vocal soloist with the River City Brass, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Symphony, Canton Symphony, the Children's Festival Chorus and sings frequently with jazz legend, Joe Negri in his Mass of Hope. Mr. Douglas is the Director of Opera Studies and the Director of Choral Activities at Carnegie Mellon University.

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