THOMAS BAGWELL has accompanied in recital such singers as Susan Graham, Marilyn Horne, Frederica Von Stade, Roberta Peters, Denyce Graves, Andrea Rost, Ying Huang, James Morris and Richard Leech. He has performed with the violinists Midori and Scott St. John, and has been a participant at the Marlboro Music Festival. At the Metropolitan Opera, Thomas Bagwell has served as assistant conductor since the1997-98 season. His other music staff affiliations have included the Santa Fe Opera, New York City Opera, Washington Opera, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

One of the highlights of his Met tenure was the Jonathan Miller production of Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress” in which he performed the harpsichord continuo under the baton of James Levine. Thomas Bagwell’s career has taken him to such venues as the Brahmsaal in Vienna’s Musikverein, the Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw, Cologne’s Symphonie Hall, and Carnegie Hall. His work with the rising generation of singers includes recitals with Marcus DeLoach (winner of the first Wigmore Hall International Song Competition), Michelle DeYoung, Gregory Turay, and Eric Cutler. Under the auspices of the Marilyn Horne Foundation he has performed numerous recitals and galas. For his accompanying, Peter G. Davis in New York Magazine wrote: “Thomas Bagwell’s bejewelled playing showed that the art of the accompanist is alive and well.”

Mr. Bagwell has recorded violin and piano works by Antonin Dvorak with violinist, Scott St John, as well as American songs with baritone, Marcus DeLoach. As a teacher Thomas Bagwell has taught at Yale University and is currently on the faculty of the Mannes College of Music. He has taught master classes at the Santa Fe Opera, Simpson College, Portland State University and the New Jersey Opera Theatre. Mr. Bagwell has served as musical director and pianist for many concerts at the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York and Washington.