Vance Reese, a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, received his academic
training at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Southern Methodist
University in Dallas, Scarritt College in Nashville, and Indiana University
in Bloomington. A Doctor of Music since 1997, his teachers include Larry
Smith and Marilyn Keiser (organ). While at Indiana University, Vance served
as an opera coach and accompanist with the IU Opera Theater in fifteen
productions. He has played for many of the Asheville Lyric Opera productions
since its inception in 1999.
While living in Asheville, he has worked as an organist, a coach/accompanist, a double bass player, a conductor, a singer (tenor), and a teacher. Currently, he is the organist/choirmaster at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, and an organist at Temple Beth Ha-Tephilah (Asheville) and Christ School (Arden). He also has made recordings for the Biltmore Estate, accompanies the Asheville Choral Society, and plays double bass in the Asheville Symphony Orchestra.
During the past four summers, he has worked as an coach/accompanist for the Crested Butte Music Festival (Colorado). He has served as accompanist/recital pianist for flute masterclasses led by Eldred Spell, Patricia Harvey, and Martha Kitterman. The summer of 2008 will mark his fifth season at the Wildacres Flute Retreat.
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