James Reese, tenor, is a recent graduate of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, where he studied with Kurt R. Hansen, Alan Darling, and Donald Nally. This season, James will sing with The Crossing, Choral Arts Philadelphia, Chicago Bach Project, Music of the Baroque, Lyric Fest Philadelphia, The Bridge Ensemble, and vocal ensemble Variant 6, of which he is a founding member. In addition, he will join the Philadelphia Orchestra for their 2015 Messiah concert series under Maestro Yannick N_zet-S_guin, and will be a member of the first-ever Dallas Choral Festival, presenting Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis.