Pianist James Maverick is currently Head of Music Staff for Cincinnati Opera, where he was also repetiteur and Assistant Chorus Master from 2021–2024. Outside of the summer months, he is based in Austin, TX, where he serves on the collaborative piano faculty at the University of Texas and works as music staff with Austin Opera. He has prepared workshops of new operas through Austin Opera's Latinx Residency, Cincinnati's Opera Fusion: New Works, and Opera Philadelphia. He was chorus master for productions of Les pêcheurs des perles and Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, where he was also a Resident Artist from 2017–2019. While in Kansas City, he served on the coaching faculty at the UMKC Conservatory, and he has previously been a fellow with Wolf Trap Opera, the Merola Opera Program, and the Tanglewood Music Center. He holds degrees in piano, choral conducting, and collaborative piano from Lawrence University and Indiana University–Bloomington.