James Knox, Associate Professor of Music at Central Oregon Community College, directs the Cascade Chorale, the College Choir and is the founder of vocal jazz ensemble, Central Singers. In addition to teaching music courses, he also is very active as a guest clinician locally and throughout the Northwest.
Prior to COCC he was the Vocal Jazz Director at Portland State University and the Choral Director at Mt. Hood Community College. Through James' studies he has had the privilege of working with distinguished conductors and composers from around the world, such as Arvo Pärt, Frieder Bernius, Veljo Tormis, Fred Stoltzfus, Simon Carrington, Joseph Flummerfelt, Morna Edmundson, and Yaccov Bergman.
His involvement and love for music is also displayed as a baritone soloist. James' work included principal role-Guglielmo in W.A Mozart's Cosi fan Tutti PSU Opera Production, guest artist at Seattle, Washington's Opera Banquet, Metropolitan Opera Guild's regional finalist. He has been featured with Douglas Webster in the Oregon Symphony's production of Leonard Bernstein's Mass, and Peace Through Music pieces Dona Nobis Pacem by R.V. Williams, Cantata Misericordium by Benjamin Britten, Faure's Requiem, Portland's Baroque Ensemble, portrayed Jesus in the premiere of J.S. Bach's St. Mark's Passion, principal role-Cascada in The Merry Widow, and Menotti's one act opera The Telephone, and he was Pooh-Bah in Obsidian Opera's Production of The Mikado. Recently, James was nominated to be the representative for all 2-year colleges for the upcoming American Choral Directors Association, Northwest Division for the upcoming Convention held in Vancouver, BC in 2008.
COMPOSITIONS
Choral
Images - SSATB
Ave Maria - SSAA, alto soli
Greensleeves - TTBB
Battle of Konig - TTBB, bass soli
The Highlands - SATB divisi
Alleluia - SATB
Sanctus - SATB, 2 flutes
Hosanna - SATB, organ
I'm Gonna Sing! - SATB
A Mother's Love - SATB
Give Thanks and Praise to the Lord - TTBB
A Journey Home I, II - SATB, baritone soli
Mass in F - SATB
Alleluia - SATB, violin, soli (work in progress)
Images II - SSATB (work in progress)
Mass in Db - SATB, strings, soli (work in progress)
Jazz
Sound Check - vocal
Sound Check (this is the) - vocal
Charlie Brown "theme song" - vocal
The Wag - vocal
Lemon Samba
Aerius
Friday's Funk
What's That?
Samba Cavaquinho - vocal
Blue - vocal
If you are interested in any of the pieces above, please contact James W. Knox at 541.383.7512 or jwknox@cocc.edu