Resident Artists

Cole McIlquham · tenor

AVA Second-year Resident Artist

Hometown

Osseo, Wisconsin

Education:
Wichita State (MM), University of Minnesota Twin Cities (BM)

Awards:
Naftzger Concerto Competition (two-time Vocal Winner), Orpheus Vocal Competition (Strauss Award), Meadows Concerto Competition (Winner).

Recent Roles:
Italian Singer in Capriccio, Don Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro (The Academy of Vocal Arts), Tom Rakewell (cover) in The Rake’s Progress (Des Moines Metro Opera), Federico in L’amico Fritz, and Ferrando in Così fan tutte (The Academy of Vocal Arts), Le Remendado in Carmen, La rainette/La théière in L’enfant et les sortilèges (Music Academy of the West), Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi (Southern Methodist University), Parpignol in La bohème (Music Academy of the West), Sam Polk in Susannah (Wichita Grand Opera), Acis in Acis and Galatea, Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter, Podestà in La finta giardiniera (Wichita State University).

Roles at AVA