Patrick's Experience: Patrick Dailey is a 2012 graduate of Morgan State University and received his Master of Music from Boston University. He currently serves on the voice faculty of Tennessee State University where he established the Big Blue Opera Initiatives (BBOI) and the annual Harry T. Burleigh Spirituals Festival. Additionally, he is the founding artistic director of the W. Crimm Singers (aka Wakanda Chorale), professional ensemble in residence of BBOI, He is also a co-founder and executive director of historically informed progressive ensemble, Early Music City and co-producer of its Music City Messiah Festival.
Mr. Dailey serves on the boards of ALIAS Chamber Ensemble, Nashville Rep, the Artistic Planning Committee of the Nashville Symphony and was recently elected president of the International Florence Price Festival (Price Fest). He also serves as community project curator with Intersection Contemporary Music Ensemble and creative arts coordinator of the NAACP-Nashville. A passionate advocate for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, community development, and education, he serves on Opera America's Learning and Leadership Council and is a consultant of Early Music America and New Music USA. Dailey is an artist ambassador of the Music Inclusion Coalition, heads Black Opera Alliance's Education Taskforce and is the program coordinator of the Nashville Opera- HBCU Fellowship, an initiative of the the company in partnership with TSU andFisk University. Additionally, he develops programming and is a national conductor of the 105 Voices of History National HBCU Choir of which he is a 2008 alumnus.
Mr. Dailey was named to the 2020 class of the Nashville Black 40 Under 40 and was recognized for Outstanding Service from the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts of Washington, DC. He is a 2020 recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Tennessee Arts Commission and he was named Best Classical Singer in Nashville Scene's 2022 Best of Nashville. |
