Hoyt Neal

Hoyt Neal received his Bachelor of Science in Music from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas and Master of Music Education degree from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. After returning from military service in Vietnam, he was admitted to the Doctor of Musical Arts vocal performance program at UNT where he continued his musical studies and studied vocal performance with the late Eugene Conley, former leading tenor with the Metropolitan Opera, and Harold Heiberg.

He has been a soloist in numerous music organizations in Dallas. His solo credits include: Britten’s St. Nicholas cantata, Schubert’s Mass in G, Haydn’s Creation, Mozart’s Requiem with the combined choirs of LLUMC and Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with the Dallas Symphony Chorus, Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Brookhaven Chorus and numerous performances of Handel’s Messiah.

In musical theatre, he has performed a number of leading roles in works by Mozart, Puccini, Menotti, and Gilbert and Sullivan including the role of Nankipu in The Mikado to sold out audiences with the Dallas Repertory Theater.