Patrick Dailey

Patrick Dailey has been described as possessing “a powerful and elegant countertenor voice” (Los Angeles Daily News) and a “VOCAL STANDOUT” (Boston Classical Review). He has appeared with the Grand Rapids Symphony, Opera Memphis, Pacific Opera Project, Tete a Tete New Opera Festival(UK), Austin Baroque Orchestra, Shreveport Opera, Opera Louisiane, Woodhouse Opera Festival(UK), White Snakes Projects, Il Festival de Ópera Barroca de Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and many others. A versatile artist, Dailey made his Kennedy Center debut in a finale duet with Aretha Franklin at the annual Let Freedom Ring MLK Celebration on the eve of President Obama’s 2009 inauguration and In 2017, made his NYC cabaret debut at Subculture NYC at the invitation of Tony Award winning composer Jason Robert Brown. Additionally, he appears regularly with Cook, Dixon, and Young(formally of Three Mo’ Tenors). Mr. Dailey appears in the documentary, Fatherhood (FUSE TV, 2019) directed by London based director, Ben Gregor and featured on recording projects from Louis York (American Griots, 2019), Adrian Dunn (Redemption Live in Chicago, 2020), The Aeolians of Oakwood University (2020). His last two seasons saw debuts with the Chicago Philharmonic, Bourbon Baroque, Missouri Symphony, Nashville Symphony, and Gotham Early Music Scene along with performances at the Opera America and ACDA Southern Conferences. 

Mr. Dailey is a frequent lecturer, vocal/choral clinician, curator and consultant in the areas of classical and commercial vocal technique, Black sacred music, Black vocality, inclusive teaching practices for singers, and community arts development and programming. He has presented and developed programs for the National Civil Right Museum, National Museum of African American Music, Center for Black Music Research, Tufts University, New England Conservatory, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and the Narnia Festival (Italy) among others. A proud HBCU alumnus and advocate, Mr. Dailey is a graduate of  Morgan State University and received his Masters of Music from Boston University. Currently, he serves on the voice faculty of Tennessee State University. At TSU, he is the founding director of the Big Blue Opera Initiatives and curator and founder of the Harry T. Burleigh Spirituals Festival. Mr. Dailey is also the founder and artistic director of the W. Crimm Singers (aka Wakanda Chorale) and co-founder of Early Music City. For more information, visit www.PatrickDaileyCT.com.