Tyler Oliphant is a confident and accomplished performer in every classic genre and style. From Bach and Mozart to Floyd, Britten, and Janacek his "rich and expressive Baritone" is comfortable on both the opera or concert stage. Mr. Oliphant was recently heard on the international broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir where he premiered Mack Wilberg's new Requiem under the baton of Craig Jessop. In 2007 he was a Regional Finalist in Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

A young father of four, Mr. Oliphant's stage works include appearances with Michigan Opera Theatre, Ohio Light Opera, Pine Mountain Music Festival, Third Angle Opera Company, and Utah Opera. His roles include Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte, Papageno in The Magic Flute, and his favorite role as the title character in Verdi's Falstaff. Italian critics praised his "rich, nuanced voice" and his perfect command of the language when he made his international debut as Falstaff under the baton of Joseph Rescigno with La Musica Lyrica of northern Italy. Mr. Oliphant's credits also include Sulpice in La Fille du Regiment, Elder McLean in Susannah, Benoit/Alcindoro in La Boheme, the Sergeant of Police in Pirates of Penzance, and the Sacristan in Tosca.

In concert Mr. Oliphant has performed Mozart's Requiem, Handel's Messiah, and Haydn's Creation numerous times as well as Orff's Carmina Burana, Bruckner's Te Deum, Britten's Cantate Misericordium and Dona Nobis Pacem, and Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs. Bach has become a particular staple in Mr. Oliphant's repertoire with performances of St. John's Passion, solo Cantatas 56 and 82, Cantata No. 192, as well as excerpt arias from St. Matthew's Passion and Mass in B Minor.

In Fall of 2008 Mr. Oliphant will perform again with Utah Opera in Madama Butterfly in the role of The Bonze. Additionally he will perform with the Cathedral of the Madeleine in the Durufle Requiem and in Medelssohn's Paulus.

Mr. Oliphant received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Utah and his Master's Degree from the University of Michigan where he studied with Martin Katz, Lorna Haywood, and Luretta Bybee.