Fredrick Redd
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Fredrick Redd | |
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| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Occupations | Operatic baritone, and businessman |
| Years active | 1993-present |
Fredrick Redd is an operatic baritone.[1][2][3][4] Redd has performed in concert, opera, musical theatre, recitals, radio, television and film. As a lead baritone opera singer, he has performed over 20 roles including the Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York City Opera, Opera North, Opera Carolina, Connecticut Grand Opera, Teatro Grattacielo, New York Grand Opera, Harrisburg Opera, Verismo Opera, Piedmont Opera, and Houston Opera Ebony, among others.[5]
In 2025, Fredrick became the Artistic Director of the William Warfield Vocal Competition for High School Students.[6] He previously served an adjudicator for five years[7] and is currently a Board Member with William Warfield Scholarship Fund. In 2025, Fredrick joined the Board of Directors for the State Opera of New Jersey.[8]
As an educator, Redd was assistant professor of construction management from 1996 to 1999 at Utica College of Syracuse University (now Utica University).[9][10] He was an adjunct faculty member at the New York University School of Continuing Education from 1993 to 1996 and at the University of Phoenix from 2014 to 2015.
As a business executive, he serves as Chief Business Development Officer and Vice President of Technical Services at PACO Group, Inc., where he leads strategic growth initiatives, technical service delivery, and infrastructure-focused consulting efforts in the public and private sectors.[11] In 2025, Redd became a member of the Forbes Business Development Council, an invitation-only organization of senior business leaders. through this platform, he contributed 5 thought-leadership articles in 2025 published on Forbes.com [12]
Redd was born in Beaumont Texas, and six months later he moved with his family to Houston, Texas. He studied piano and trombone while attending the High School for Engineering Professions in Houston Texas. After graduating from high school, Redd went on to complete his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Redd continued his musical studies at the Juilliard School and in Italy at the Accademia Chigiana and the Spoleto Vocal Institute. He then returned to the United States, and worked on his graduate architecture coursework at Syracuse University.[13] Redd decided not complete his master’s degree in architecture and ultimately completed Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Rochester Institute of Technology.[14]