Past Events

Woodlawn Farm Fall Festival
Selection of Spirituals
Soloist

Minstrel Music
11th Annual Prarieland Chautauqua

A Collection of Spirituals - Solo Concert
First Presbyterian Church
Springfield, IL

The Beatitude Mass
Composed & Conducted by Henry Mollicone
Rammelkamp Chapel at Illinois College
Soloist

The Spirit of Lincoln - * WORLD PREMIERE *
by Ken Bradbury and Roger Wainwright
Sophie Leschin Theater, Jacksonville, Illinois
Hoogland Arts Center, Springfield, Illinois
Role:  Ben Henderson

Lincoln Seen and Heard
Rammelkamp Chapel at Illinois College
Written and Narrated by Harold Holzer
Featuring Richard Dreyfus
Soloist

Abraham Lincoln 200th Birthday Gala
Celebration
Illinois College
Soloist

The Messiah
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Soloist

First Presbyterian Church
Jacksonville, IL
Soloist

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Springfield, IL
Soloist

First Presbyterian Church
Springfield, IL
Soloist

The Life of a Slave, Through Song
10th Annual Prarieland Chautauqua
One Man Show

The Civil War
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
Role:  Fredrick Douglas

Jacksonville Juneteenth
Jazz selections
Soloist

MacMurray College Choir
Spring Concert
Soloist

Big River
Jacksonville High School
Role:  Jim

Jacksonville NAACP Fundraiser
A selection of spirituals
Soloist

All Kinds of People:  
Exploring Issues of Prejudice through the
Words of Oscar Hamerstein II
MacMurray College

Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
“It Is Enough" from Elijah, Mendelssohn
Soloist

Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
2008 Talent Among Us
Grand Prize Winner

A Christmas Carol the Musical
Jacksonville Theater Guild
Co-Director
Role:  Ghost of Christmas Present

Habitat for Humanity Fundraiser
Various selections
Soloist

A Haunted Bed and Breakfast
Halloween Musical
The Imagine Foundation
Director

A Portrayal of Paul Robeson
9th Annual Prarieland Chautauqua

Peter Pan
The Muni Opera Theater
Role:  Smee

To Kill a Mockingbird
Jacksonville Theater Guild
Role:  Tom Robinson

A Night at the Opera
The Imagine Foundation
Director / Soloist
Upcoming Events

Parade
March 19-23, 2010
Hoogland Center for the Arts
Springfield, IL

Messiah (Handel)
Part II: The Passion & Part III: The Aftermath
May, 2010
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Soloist

Looking Over the President's Shoulder
TBA, 2010
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
One man show
Springfield, IL
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Joel B. Tinsley, Baritone
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