Concert with Logan Williams, tenor, and Mark Carver, piano

Join us for this free performance of our Music and More and Rodef Shalom series with Logan Williams, tenor, and Mark Carver, piano.

From community singing groups and state choirs to world-premiere operas and masterworks, Williams has rooted himself in the musical industry. With his Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from Carnegie Mellon University, he is studying there to gain his Advanced Musical Studies Certificate. 

Williams actively engages in community outreach initiatives with Aria412, a rotating group

of Pittsburgh singers. Among his performances are the roles of Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Decio in Ottone in Villa, and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicci for which he has earned critical acclaim and a loyal following. Securing his first professional contract with the Pittsburgh Opera, Williams will be a chorus member for the upcoming performances this season of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci double feature in November at the Benedum Center.

Performing with Williams is Mark Carver, piano. Carver studied locally with Natalie Phillips and Ralph Zitterbart as well as with famed pianists Earl Wild and Jorge Bolet among others. He made his debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at age fifteen and has been a guest artist at both national and local stages.

Carver has established himself locally, nationally, and internationally as a collaborative pianist and has been a member of the piano faculty at Carnegie Mellon since 1995 where he currently serves as Associate Teaching Professor of Collaborative Piano. “Total command” and delightful" are words used by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review to describe his performances of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the River City Brass Band. Called “a stalwart presence in the local music scene” and “refined and tasteful” are reviews by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for his accompanying the Pittsburgh Camerata.  His work has been acclaimed by The American Record Guide, Chamber Music America magazine, and Epoch Times.

Carver is a recording artist for Urtext Digital Classics, the number-one classical label in Mexico, where he is currently preparing a fourth recording.