Career
Cornelison started singing the anthem for the Blackhawks part-time in 1996. He has been singing the national anthem for the Blackhawks full-time since 2007. He has also performed the anthem before Chicago Bears home games at Soldier Field during the 2010-2011 NFL playoffs, as well as the 2011 season opener against the Atlanta Falcons, which fell on the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Cornelison graduated from Seattle Pacific University with degrees in music and psychology.
He then went on to post graduate work and earned a Masters in Music from Indiana University in 1992. In 1995, he moved to Chicago and joined the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists.
The William Matheus Sullivan Foundation Award
First place in the American Opera Society of Chicago’s 1997 Vocal Competition
The George London Foundation Encouragement Grant.
