Kurt Phinney is a Tenor and Chorus Manager with the Metropolitan Opera, which he joined in 1994.He holds a D.M.A., and M.A. from Columbia, and a B. Mus. Cum Laude from the University of Massachusetts.Career Highlights include: ASCAP Young Composers Award, 1988; Music Theory Faculty member: Columbia University, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Performer with: Musica Sacra, New York Choral Artists, New York Virtuoso Singers Bio courtesy of the Met Opera.