Baritone Michael McAvoy is acclaimed as demonstrating “range, resonance and interpretive skill” (Naples Daily News). Recently, he was seen singing in Josh Groban’s backup quartet at Radio City Music Hall, the Nassau Coliseum, Madison Square Garden, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Good Morning America, and on PBS.
McAvoy was the New York Classical Music Society’s Gold Prize Winner, received a certificate of achievement in The Progressive Musicians Online Classics Competition, second place winner of the American Prize Competition (men in art song and oratorio) and first prize winner in the oratorio division of the Lyra New York International Vocal Competition.
Having won first place in Opera Theater of Connecticut’s Amici Vocal Competition, McAvoy has participated in several of their concerts and opera productions. Most notably he played Figaro in OTC’s The Barber of Seville, Baron Douphol in La Traviata, Le Dancaïre in Carmen, Tadeo in L’italiana in Algeri and the Father in Hansel & Gretel.
Having graduated with his degree in Vocal Performance from the University
of Connecticut, McAvoy continues to study voice with UCONN’s Dr. Constance Rock. He is also the baritone soloist and section leader at Rye Presbyterian Church in Rye, NY and teaches voice at Eugene’s Music and Learning Studio and the Rye Arts Center.