Associate Professor of Voice Dominic Armstrong is a tenor of ‘impeccable control’ (Opera News), ‘blistering intensity’ (Seen and Heard International), and is ‘nothing short of thrilling’ (Parterre Box). In a career spanning repertoire from Monteverdi to Mazzoli in recital, chamber performances, orchestral works, and opera productions, Professor Armstrong has traveled nationally and internationally sharing his talents for eager and appreciative audiences. 

During his role as voice faculty at The University of South Carolina, Dominic has maintained an active performance schedule, including leading and supporting roles in Finding Wright (Orville Wright, world premiere, Laura Kaminsky, Dayton Opera), The Falling and the Rising (Jump Master, Zach Redler, Opera Carolina), Der Fliegender Holländer (Der Steuermann, Utah Opera), La Traviata (Alfredo, Opera Carolina), Tosca (Mario Cavaradossi, Maryland Opera), and Lysistrata (Nico, Mark Adamo, Odyssey Opera). He has performed as a soloist with symphonies in Bangor, ME; Amarillo, TX; Indianapolis; Baton Rouge; North Carolina; Salisbury, MD; South Carolina, and sang the major role of Waldemar from Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder with the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. An eager and avid recitalist, he has performed in concerts all over the country and internationally, particularly with Brooklyn Art Song Society, where he has been a member of the roster since 2013.  Upcoming, he will perform Don José in Bizet’s Carmen with Piedmont Opera, perform Lembit Beecher’s After the Fires with Brooklyn Art Song Society, and debut a lead role in a new opera by Tom Cipullo with Music of Remembrance on a nationwide tour.

As an educator, he has served on the faculty of programs at Brevard (Janiec Opera Studio), Juilliard (Summer Performing Arts at Juilliard), Chautauqua (Chautauqua Opera Conservatory), and with colleague Rachel Calloway and director Dietlinde Turban Maazel, developed the USC/Castleton Immersion at Lorin Maazel’s Castleton in Virginia.  Professor Armstrong has been invited to do masterclasses all over the country, including at The University of Missouri, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, The University of Maine, The University of Louisville, Georgia Southern University, and Binghamton University.

Previous seasons have found Mr. Armstrong making important debuts with companies all over the United States including Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Opera Philadelphia, Chicago Opera Theatre, Lyric Opera of Chicago (A Streetcar Named Desire with Renée Fleming), New York City Opera, LA Opera, Hudson Hall Opera House, Syracuse Opera, Memphis Opera, Dayton Opera, Opera Colorado (creating the role of Arthur Dimmesdale in Lori Laitman’s The Scarlet Letter, a recording of which is on the Naxos label), the Ojai Festival (Steven Stucky and Jeremy Denk’s opera The Classical Style), Wolf Trap Opera, Lorin Maazel’s Castleton Festival (Macheath in The Beggar’s Opera, amongst many others), Charlottesville Opera, Chautauqua Opera, and Opera Omaha.  Other career highlights include operas, concerts, and recitals with companies such as Wexford Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera Regio Torino, Musica Viva Opera (Hong Kong), New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Symphony, Boston Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Russian National Orchestra, National Orchestra (US), the Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Evgeny Svetlanov), the Kaoshiung (Taiwan) Symphony Orchestra, and more.  

Professor Armstrong has collaborated and been mentored by pianists such as Mikael Eliasen, Craig Rutenberg, Brian Zeger, Michael Brofman, Joel Harder, Milos Repicky, and Shannon McGinnis amongst many others.  He was featured on multiple tours with Curtis on Tour, singing the full Brahms Liebeslieder with current students, as well as for the centenary celebration of fellow Curtis alum Leonard Bernstein with such colleagues as clarinetist David Shifrin and The Dover Quartet.  He also shared the stage with soprano Susanna Phillips and pianist Roman Rabinovich at the Twickenham Festival for a concert of the complete songs of Henrí Duparc.  He is featured on a recent release of the music of Lori Laitman: Living in the Body, with pianists Warren Jones and Andrew Rosenblum.

While earning degrees from The Curtis Institute (MM-Opera), The Juilliard School (MM-Vocal Performance, and Truman State University (BM-Vocal Performance), Mr. Armstrong studied with Dr. Tom Hueber and Marlena Kleinman Malas, as well as continuing studies or working in masterclass with director Jonathan Miller, tenor Matthew Polenzani, tenor Francisco Araiza, tenor Neil Shicoff, bass Alan Held, conductor Stephen Lord, soprano Linda Watson, and instructor Neil Semer.  He has won top prizes from The Sullivan Foundation, The George London Award, The Liederkranz Art Song Competition, The Opera Index Awards, The Gerda Lissner Prize, The Opera Foundation, and was a Metropolitan Opera National Council Grand Finalist.