Darrin James Hassevoort has been hailed as “a singer with a superb tenor voice” by the Shakespeare Bulletin. The Chattanooga Times Free Press has claimed that Hassevoort “boasts a bright, clear tenor voice.…” He made his operatic debut in the role of Borsa from Verdi’s Rigoletto and has performed operatic roles in Madama Butterfly, The Barber of Seville, Lucia di Lammermoor, Faust, Amahl and the Night Visitors, and La Boheme. Hassevoort has sung roles with companies such as the Bob Jones University Opera, The Classic Players of South Carolina, Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, The Chattanooga Theatre Centre, and Cartersville Opera. He was also a featured soloist in the Chattanooga Symphony’s Christmas Pops concert entitled, It’s a Wonderful Night with conductor Bob Bernhardt. He sang the tenor role in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with conductor Kenneth Kiesler and Mozart’s Requiem with conductor Joseph Flummerfelt at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival. He has also had the privilege of working with Maestro Donald Pippin of Radio City Music Hall, Harry Connick Jr., Tomer Zvulun (MET and Atlanta Opera director), Garnett Bruce (Chicago Lyric Opera, director), and Thomson Smillie (Louisville Opera). Hassevoort has also soloed with Choral Arts of Chattanooga and with the renowned Atlanta Sacred Chorale. He has performed in many oratorio productions including Schubert’s Mass in G Major, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Haydn’s Theresienne Messe, Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s Cantata #12, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Bach’s Coffee Cantata, Dubois’ The Seven Last Words of Christ, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, Nelson/Ferrell’s modern oratorio Saviour, and more. He currently serves as the Chorus Master for the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, Artistic Director for Choral Arts of Chattanooga, and Director of Music and Worship at First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga.