After graduating the American Boychoir School 1999 Amadeus became a vocal major at S.C.A.P.A. in Lexington Kentucky. Earning the outstanding male vocalist award four years in a row. He was also accepted into KMEA's all state choirs three years in a row. He never scored lower than distinguished in all of the solos he sang and was judged on. He graduated with a regular high school diploma from Lafayette High School along with one from S.C.A.P.A. in vocal performance. He was awarded the Bel Canto award along with the Jean Wake award for outstanding male vocal performance. During his time at the school he was in 12 shows playing the lead role of Joseph in Joseph (ATATDC) and Tommy in Brigadoon.
After graduating he was accepted into The Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin Ireland where he studied Improv, Singing, Theater Projects, Stage Craft, Acting, Mime, Fencing, Dance, Tap Dance, Shiatsu, Film, Theater History, Voice, Stage Combat, and movement. He was also required to attend a show in Dublin every week while enrolled. While studying acting in Dublin Amadeus auditioned for the professional choir at Christ Church. He was hired as a choral scholar and was quickly promoted to a Lay Clerk. Which meant getting to sing as a soloist on some beautiful as well as challenging pieces.
After 10 months in Dublin Amadeus moved to Los Angeles and within three months got an agent with the dpm talent agency. He also became a registered member of LA casting and Central Casting. He then began to do work on television shows such as Company Town, Monk, Day Break, Las Vegas, Criminal Minds, Ghost Whisperer, Heroes, Jericho, Dexter, The Loop, Studio 60, and 24. He was then hired as poker player in an Industrial Dealer DVD. After that he played a security guard on the movie Blades of Glory. And then was cast in a national NFL commercial.
Once shooting wrapped on the commercial he moved back to Kentucky to take some time off and decide what to do next. During this time he started work on a solo project entitled G.O.V.N.A. and performed at a local bar in Lexington called Redmons. He also performed at The Dame and hosted a music festival which he also performed at called Fratstock 07' in which over 3,000 people showed up.
After the music festival he released his first mixtape G.O.V.N.A. the official mixtape from Amadeus. It included 15 tracks of original material, covers, remixes, and a few collaborations with local artists such as Nick Tenorio, Ryan Dedman, and Jimi Owens. A few months later he would release another project titled the Freedom Fighter EP. It included 7 tracks of original material.
Following the release of the Freedom Fighter EP in 2007 he went on to release another free mixtape titled G.O.V.N.A. Reelected. In the summer of 2008 he released his first full length album titled "23". The release was globally through iTunes and various other music outlets such as Napster,Amazon,Rhapsody,Shockhound ect. That summer he performed a role in a staged production of "Hair" in the Lexington Summerfest production.
In 2009 Amadeus performed extensively in Lexington as well as Cincinnati with the band Watson Park. Recording a cover of the track "Beautiful" which was released as a free download. Amadeus performed with bands such as The Ataris, Mayday Parade while guest appearing with Watson Park. In the fall of 2009 Amadeus released the Laptop Rapper EP for free onto his website. Giving the option to pay or to download for free.
Currently in 2010 Amadeus is working on a brand new album which will feature production from Jimi Bigwater and guest features from Shawna P., Branden Hayes, and possibly Philip Dunn of Watson Park and many more TBA.
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