DeWayne Trainer

DeWayne Trainer, tenor, is a native of Florence, South Carolina, but has spent most of his life in Atlanta metro area. He holds a Bachelor’s of Music Degree in Voice from Birmingham-Southern College and a Master’s of Music Degree in Voice from The University of Akron. He has also participated in the AIMS (American Institute of Musical Studies) program in Graz, Austria. Mr. Trainer has sung the Evangelist in Bach’s St. John Passion, and was the tenor soloist in Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Haydn’s Harmoniemesse and Missa Sancti Nicholai, Amy Beach’s Grand Mass in E-Flat Major, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Regina Coeli, Douglas Major’s Requiem Mass in C Minor, Handel’s Messiah, many Bach cantatas, including the Magnificat, Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb and Canticle No. 2: Abraham & Isaac, and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria. His operatic engagements have included Gomatz in Mozart’s Zaide, Kaspar in Menotti’s Amahl and the Nigh Visitors, Belmonte in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Peppe in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci and Martin in Copland’s The Tender Land. He has sung with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choruses under the direction of Robert Shaw, the Atlanta Singers, the Atlanta Opera and the Michael O’Neal Chamber Singers. He currently serves as a staff singer at All Saint’s Episcopal Church. His “day job” as Web Merchandising Manager overseeing the online paint, flooring and décor businesses for Home Depot keeps him busy.