Aaron Thacker is an accomplished pianist, who has performed extensively in the realm of Opera. He has served as rehearsal pianist for North Carolina Opera, Baltimore Lyric Opera, Peabody Conservatory, and The Ford’s Theatre. He has appeared on NPR with famous tenor Noah Stewart and played for many other of the greatest and most sought after opera singers in the country, including Christine Goerke, Anthony Dean Griffey, Nathan Gunn, Soloman Howard, Denyce Graves, and Steven LaBrie.  He has also recently begun studying voice with widely-acclaimed Verdi baritone Stephen Powell and is in the process of building his career as an operatic dramatic bass. He currently is full-time faculty at a specialty high school, George Washington Carver Center for the Arts and Technology, in Towson, MD.