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Michael Parks Masterson
Vocalist, Dancer, Choreographer and Director
Michael Parks Masterson is a sought-after performer, director, and choreographer in the United States and Japan. He has performed as Hoke in Driving Miss Daisy, Teen Angel in Grease, Ophelia in 15 Minute Hamlet, and Jim in Big River in addition to performing as a bass soloist in multiple Broadway revues. He also performed on Broadway in Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables. His most memorable moment was performing at the White House with renowned soprano, Renee Fleming, in the 2000 “Christmas at the White House” concert.
Michael has also taught dance, music, and theatre in youth and young adult programs such as the Angelo Conservatory of the Arts in San Angelo, TX; Broadway Dance Theatre in Atlanta, GA; The Armory Performing Arts Centre in Montgomery, AL; the Vivace Performing Arts Program in Tokyo, Japan and American Voices’ own American Broadway Academy in Taiwan.
His directing credits include Grease, Beehive, Annie, Cotton Patch Gospel, Forever Plaid, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Songs for a New World, and Seussical the Musical as well as two teen theatre workshops including Godspell and Once on This Island.
His studies include a degree from Angelo State University in Texas and graduate studies at the University of Texas and the Peabody Conservatory.
Michael’s tours with American Voices have taken him to Sri Lanka, Maldives, Taiwan, Turkey and Iraq where he performed in Baghdad with the Iraq National Symphony Orchestra and in Erbil where he taught Hip Hop dance and musical theater to over 100 Iraqi dancers and actors.
