Steve Pence


Steve Pence
Bio:
Steve Pence has recently appeared as a soloist in the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s Baroque Conversations series, and as Hercules in The Civil Wars by Phillip Glass with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is a frequent soloist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, having recently appeared in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, B-minor Mass, Magnificat and St. John Passion, and Handel’s Messiah. He has also performed solos in Bach’s B-minor Mass and Mozart’s Requiem with the Los Angeles Chamber Choir, as Elijah with the Mountainside Master Chorale, and in Brahms’ Requiem with the Orange County Choral Society.

Mr. Pence has performed several opera roles, including Sharpless in Madame Butterfly with the Pasadena Schubertiade, and Alonso in Hoiby’s The Tempest with USC Thornton Opera. He created and recorded the role of Kaiser Wilhelm II in John Powell’s oratorio A Prussian Requiem. Film credits include Muppets Most WantedDespicable Me 2Happy Feet 2, and Godzilla. He lives in Long Beach with his wife and son.
 

Concerts

Concert Details Date
Handel's Messiah
Bass/Baritone, Messiah
Dec 16, 2018
Handel's Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 05. Thus saith the Lord
Dec 16, 2018
Handel's Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 06. But who may abide
Dec 16, 2018
Handel's Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 47. Behold, I tell you a mystery
Dec 16, 2018
Handel's Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 48. The trumpet shall sound
Dec 16, 2018
Stravinsky & Adams
Bass/Baritone, Cheers!
Mar 26, 2017
Christmas with Eric Whitacre
Bass/Baritone, The Rose
Dec 4, 2016
Alexander's Feast
Baritone, Alexander's Feast (The Power of Musick)
Apr 17, 2016
Alexander's Feast
Bass/Baritone, 9. Bacchus, ever fair and young
Apr 17, 2016
Alexander's Feast
Bass/Baritone, 21. Revenge, Timotheus cries
Apr 17, 2016
Alexander's Feast
Bass/Baritone, 26. Let old Timotheus yield the prize
Apr 17, 2016
Alexander's Feast
Baritone, Alexander's Feast (The Power of Musick)
Apr 16, 2016
Alexander's Feast
Bass/Baritone, 9. Bacchus, ever fair and young
Apr 16, 2016
Alexander's Feast
Bass/Baritone, 21. Revenge, Timotheus cries
Apr 16, 2016
Alexander's Feast
Bass/Baritone, 26. Let old Timotheus yield the prize
Apr 16, 2016
Handel: Messiah
Bass, Messiah
Dec 20, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 5. Thus saith the Lord
Dec 20, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 6. But who may abide
Dec 20, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
Dec 20, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 11. The people who walked in darkness
Dec 20, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 40. Why do the nations so furiously rage together?
Dec 20, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 47. Behold, I tell you a mystery
Dec 20, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 48. The trumpet shall sound
Dec 20, 2015
35th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Dec 16, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass, Messiah
Dec 6, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 5. Thus saith the Lord
Dec 6, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 6. But who may abide
Dec 6, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
Dec 6, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 11. The people who walked in darkness
Dec 6, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 40. Why do the nations so furiously rage together?
Dec 6, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 47. Behold, I tell you a mystery
Dec 6, 2015
Handel: Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 48. The trumpet shall sound
Dec 6, 2015
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Bass/Baritone, Matthäus-Passion (St. Matthew Passion)
Feb 1, 2015
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Bass/Baritone, Matthäus-Passion (St. Matthew Passion)
Jan 31, 2015
LA Phil: Philip Glass' the CIVIL warS
Bass-Baritone, the CIVIL warS
Apr 19, 2014
LA Phil: Philip Glass' the CIVIL warS
Bass-Baritone, the CIVIL warS
Apr 17, 2014
Bach B Minor Mass
Baritone, Mass in B minor, BMV 232
Jan 26, 2014
Bach B Minor Mass
Bass/Baritone, Quoniam tu solus sanctus
Jan 26, 2014
Bach B Minor Mass
Baritone, Mass in B minor, BMV 232
Jan 25, 2014
Bach B Minor Mass
Bass/Baritone, Quoniam tu solus sanctus
Jan 25, 2014
50th Season Celebration
Baritone
Sep 22, 2013
50th Season Celebration
Bass/Baritone, I Dream of Jeanie
Sep 22, 2013
Rejoice! Bach Magnificat
Baritone
Dec 16, 2012
Rejoice! Bach Magnificat
Bass/Baritone, Quia fecit mihi magna
Dec 16, 2012
Rejoice! Bach Magnificat
Bass/Baritone, Virga Jesse floruit
Dec 16, 2012
Bach: St. John Passion
Bass/Baritone, St. John Passion
Apr 1, 2012
Bach: St. John Passion
Bass/Baritone, St. John Passion
Mar 31, 2012
31st Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, Messiah
Dec 12, 2011
31st Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 5. Thus saith the Lord
Dec 12, 2011
31st Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 6. But who may abide
Dec 12, 2011
31st Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 47. Behold, I tell you a mystery
Dec 12, 2011
31st Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 48. The trumpet shall sound
Dec 12, 2011
Rejoice! Messiah
Bass/Baritone, Messiah (Mozart)
Dec 12, 2010
Rejoice! Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 5. Thus saith the Lord
Dec 12, 2010
Rejoice! Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 6. But who may abide
Dec 12, 2010
Rejoice! Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
Dec 12, 2010
Rejoice! Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 11. The people who walked in darkness
Dec 12, 2010
Rejoice! Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 40. Why do the nations so furiously rage together?
Dec 12, 2010
Rejoice! Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 47. Behold, I tell you a mystery
Dec 12, 2010
Rejoice! Messiah
Bass/Baritone, 48. The trumpet shall sound
Dec 12, 2010
29th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, Messiah
Dec 20, 2009
29th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 5. Thus saith the Lord
Dec 12, 2009
29th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 6. But who may abide
Dec 12, 2009
29th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 50. Behold, I tell you a mystery
Dec 12, 2009
29th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 51. The trumpet shall sound
Dec 12, 2009
28th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, Messiah
Dec 15, 2008
28th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 5. Thus saith the Lord
Dec 15, 2008
28th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 6. But who may abide
Dec 15, 2008
28th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 50. Behold, I tell you a mystery
Dec 15, 2008
28th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 51. The trumpet shall sound
Dec 15, 2008
Great Opera Choruses
Bass/Baritone, Suite from The Grapes of Wrath
May 18, 2008
Great Opera Choruses
Bass/Baritone, 1. The Last Time There Was Rain
May 18, 2008
Great Opera Choruses
Bass/Baritone, 3. The Plenty Road/"Okies"
May 18, 2008
Great Opera Choruses
Bass/Baritone, 4. The Zephyr/One Star
May 18, 2008
Great Opera Choruses
Bass/Baritone, 5. Like They Promised
May 18, 2008
Great Opera Choruses
Bass/Baritone, 10. The Day The Rain Began
May 18, 2008
Haydn and Górecki
Bass/Baritone
Apr 6, 2008
Haydn and Górecki
Bass/Baritone, Theresienmesse (Theresa Mass)
Apr 6, 2008
Spanish Renaissance and Mexican Baroque
Bass/Baritone
Feb 10, 2008
Spanish Renaissance and Mexican Baroque
Bass/Baritone, Loa.- Prologo from La púrpura de la rosa (Prologue from The Blood of the Rose)
Feb 10, 2008
Britten and Susa
Bass-Baritone, Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest
Dec 9, 2007
Ignite: Haydn + Ramirez
Bass/Baritone, Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass)
Apr 22, 2007
26th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, Messiah
Dec 18, 2006
26th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 5. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts
Dec 18, 2006
26th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
Dec 18, 2006
26th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 11. The people who walked in darkness
Dec 18, 2006
26th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 50. Behold, I tell you a mystery
Dec 18, 2006
26th Annual Messiah Sing-Along
Bass/Baritone, 51. The trumpet shall sound
Dec 18, 2006
Embark: Haydn + Glass
Bass/Baritone, Schöpfungsmesse (Creation Mass)
Oct 22, 2006
Treasure
Bass/Baritone
Apr 30, 2006
Treasure
Bass/Baritone, Quae Est Ista Quae Processit (Responsory from the Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe)
Apr 30, 2006
Rejoice!
Bass/Baritone, 5. Aria
Dec 13, 2005
Rejoice!
Bass/Baritone, Cantata No. 5 (Sunday after New Year)
Dec 11, 2005
Rejoice!
Bass/Baritone, 5. Aria
Dec 11, 2005