Carson Lott

Instructor of Voice

MM University of Oregon

BA Seattle University

Tenor Carson Lott, known for his light and lyrical approach, has performed with Inland Northwest Opera, Harmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Byrd Ensemble, Choral Arts Northwest, the Oregon Bach Festival Berwick Chorus, the Musicking Conference, Premier Vocal Entertainment, a touring group of Boston Camerata members, Cabaletta Productions, and Orpheus PDX.

 As a concert soloist, Carson’s repertoire includes Bach cantatas 106 and 140, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Winter Words (Britten), Le Jaloux (Clérambault), Let Us Garlands Bring (Finzi), Collegium Regale (Howells), and Dichterliebe (Schumann). Past roles include King Belshazzar in The Play of Daniel, Paolino in Il matrimonio segreto (Cimarosa), Ferdinand in Carmen and the Bull (LaBarge), Pastore I in L’Orfeo (Monteverdi), Monaca Seconda and Voce in La beata Imelde (Perti), and the Rooster in Renard (Stravinsky). In the spring of 2022, Carson premiered the role of Arthur Owen in Free Men, a new operetta by Oregon composer Ashley Hastings.

As a chorus member, Carson has performed Handel’s Messiah, Roméo et Juliette (Berlioz), the world premiere of The Passion of Yeshua (Danielpour), Orfeo ed Eurydice (Gluck), L’Orfeo (Monteverdi), The Little Match Girl Passion (Lang), Elijah (Mendelssohn), Tosca (Puccini), and the Duruflé, Fauré, Mozart, and Verdi Requiems.

Carson holds music degrees from Seattle University and the University of Oregon, and can be heard singing regularly with the choirs of Epiphany Parish Seattle where he works as a staff soloist and voice instructor.

Carson also operates as a freelance visual artist, specializing in hand-drawn fantasy cartography. 

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