export var data = {
description: 'Here’s a copy of my headshot and singer program bio.',
image: {
src: 'headshot.jpg',
alt: 'Reuben’s headshot'
},
tags: 'activities',
templateEngineOverride: '11ty.js,md',
title: 'Singing',
weight: 1
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export async function render(data) {
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var headshot = await this.headshot({
src: image.src,
alt: image.alt,
width: 300,
height: 300,
classList: ['float', 'float-left', 'padding-inline-end', 'headshot']
})
return `<!--content/pages/singing/index.11ty.js-->
${headshot}
Known for his “virile sound” and “reliable technique” (_Opera News_), Reuben L. Lillie’s [stage](/stage/ "Check out my stage repertoire") appearances include DuPage Opera Theatre’s _The Merry Widow_ (Kromov), Chicago Summer Opera’s _Le comte Ory_ (Raimbaud), Des Moines Metro Opera’s _Galileo Galilei_ (Salviati), Vero Beach Opera’s _Die Fledermaus_ (Frank), Sugar Creek Opera’s _The Magic Flute_ (Papageno), and the Santa Fe Opera’s world premiere of _Oscar_ (Jury Foreman).
In [concert](/concert "Check out my concert repertoire") Reuben has sung with a variety of chamber music groups including Fourth Coast Ensemble, Gaudete Brass Quintet, and Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
Reuben is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene University (where he now serves as an [adjunct professor](/teaching/ "Learn more about my teaching")), the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, and McCormick Theological Seminary.
Reuben performed the Chicago premiere for the orchestrated version of Vaughan Williams’s _Songs of Travel_ at Orchestra Hall, receiving subsequent broadcasts on WFMT. He has also been a Central Region Finalist to the Metropolitan Opera National Council.
Reuben, his wife Stephanie, their son Corban, and their cat Sgt. Tibbs live in Chicago’s Loop.`
}