Education
MM, Southern Seminary Louisville, KY in Sacred Music and Vocal Performance, Advanced Study in Choral Conducting
BS, University of Southern Mississippi, Vocal Performance
About Me
Joseph Wilkinson, bass-baritone, is the Director of Music Ministries at Auburn United Methodist Church. He also serves as Assistant Conductor and Bass for the professional vocal ensemble, Cahaba Chamber Chorale.
Wilkinson has twice been a featured Conductor Artist with Vox Anima London, conducting Dan Forrest's Te Deum at Cadogan Hall in London, England (2019) with the composer, and for the London Priemere of Missa
Deus Nobiscum by Philip Stopford (2023) with the composer.
Wilkinson received a Master's in Music, majoring in Sacred Music and Vocal Performance, with advanced study in Choral Conducting from Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Prior to earning his Master’s degree,
Wilkinson received a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from The University of Mississippi. His postgraduate studies took him to England, where he was a Choral Scholar at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities through the Oxbridge Institute.
As a Solo Artist, Wilkinson has performed frequently as bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Faure’s Requiem, Brahms’ Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, and Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs; appearing
with the Louisville Orchestra, Chattanooga Symphony, Mississippi Symphony, and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra (England). He has additionally performed with Kentucky Opera, Des Moines Metropolitan Opera, and Chautauqua Opera; roles include Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro; Banco in Macbeth; Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni; Phanuel in Herodiade; Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin, Rocco in Fidelio; Lodovico in Otello.