Background
Cheatham, Wallace McClain was born on October 3, 1945 in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States. Son of Martin Luther and Ollie Frances (Simpson) Cheatham.
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Opera audiences around the world are swept away by the magnificent voices of African-American singers like Leontyne Price, Kathleen Battle, and Jessye Norman. But growth opportunities for African-American opera singers are comparatively recent. Thus, Cheatham's work is especially timely and relevant. He engages in conversations with ten prominent African-American operatic artists: Carmen deLavallade, Andrew Frierson, Everett Lee, Sylvia Olden Lee, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Benjamin Matthews, Wayne Sanders, George Shirley, Shirley Verrett, and William Warfield. In their conversations with Cheatham, these artists candidly discuss the uniqueness of being African-American within the operatic mainstream. They also articulate their inspiration, their dedication, and their travails as they rose within the opera world. With photographs.
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Cheatham, Wallace McClain was born on October 3, 1945 in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States. Son of Martin Luther and Ollie Frances (Simpson) Cheatham.
Bachelor of Science, Knoxville College, 1967. Master of Science, University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1972. Doctor of Fine Arts, University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2002.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia Pacific University, 1982.
Music teacher Knoxville (Tennessee) City School Systems, 1967—1968, Unified School District, Racine, Wisconsin, 1968—1971, Milwaukee Public Schools, 1971—2003. Presenter, consultant in field. Composer in residence Menasha (Wisconsin) High School, 2004.
Director music Brookfield (Wisconsin) Presbyterian Church. Music director African American Children's Theatre, Milwaukee. Panelist National Education Association, 2005.
Museum director, adjunct professor Cardinal Stritch University, 2006. Artistic director New Jubilee Choral Ensembles, Milwaukee. Scholar American's Art Form Milwaukee Public Library., 2007.
Pianist, featured composer, panelist African American Art Song Alliance Conference University California, Irvine, 2007, Intercultural Music, volunteer 6. Lecturer, Shakespeare in Color, A Symposium on Macbeth Rhodes College, 2008. Organist Operation Crossroads Africa Fiftieth Anniversary Service Thanksgiving Remembrance And Hope, 2008.
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Participant Operation Crossroads Africa, 1966. Member of Association Study African American Life and History, Lyrica Society, National Association Negro Musicians, International Consortium for the Music of Africa and its Diaspora (board directors), Wisconsin Alliance Composers, American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, American Guild Organists (service playing certified), MacDowell Club Milwaukee Centennial Celebration Concert Season (featured composer & artist 2008-2009), Phi Beta Sigma.
Married Willie Faye Watson, May 22, 1971. Children: Tosca Carmé, Kimberly Annual.