In aChord is proud to announce our new Artistic Director, Jim Tompkins-MacLaine.
Jim Tompkins-MacLaine began his formal musical education at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, studying choral conducting and vocal performance. He then attended Arizona State University, where he was co-founder of their jazz vocal program.
Currently, he is finishing a masters degree in Music History at San Diego State University, where he taught a laboratory class in the history of Vocal Jazz in America. An accomplished tenor, he has sung on six continents, and toured the globe with the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers.
Jim Tompkins-MacLaine began his formal musical education at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, studying choral conducting and vocal performance. He then attended Arizona State University, where he was co-founder of their jazz vocal program.
Currently, he is finishing a masters degree in Music History at San Diego State University, where he taught a laboratory class in the history of Vocal Jazz in America. An accomplished tenor, he has sung on six continents, and toured the globe with the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers.
