James White III is a lyric tenor from Boynton Beach, Florida. He is a proud member of the Actors Equity Association (AEA) and the American Guild of Musical Arts (AGMA).  He has earned both a BM in Vocal Performance and BM in Commercial Music Business from Florida Atlantic University. In 2010 he became an Artist in Residence with the Bak Middle School of the Arts. In 2011 he won 1st place in the NATS Advanced Men’s Competition. He has done 5 seasons singing with the Florida Grand Opera and the Palm Beach Opera. He has participated in young artist programs nationally and internationally. In 2012 he attended OperaMaya young artist program in Mexico. In 2013 he attended Music in the Marche in Italy and the Sherrill Milnes VOICE studio in Savannah, Georgia. In 2014 he was a performer for the Muse Awards hosted by the Council of Palm Beach. He made his debut as Don Carlos in Rameau’s opera Les Indes Galantes in the Amherst Early Music Festival. He was a finalist in the 2016 Classical Singer Competition in the Musical Theatre Emerging Artist division. In 2017 he made his Musical debut as Curtis in Dreamgirls with Marquee Theatre Company. He made his debut in the title roles of Benny in the Production of In the Heights with Miami Acting Company, Mitch Mahoney in Spelling Bee with Entr’acte Theatrix, Phantom in Phantom of the Opera in Concert, Marius in Les Miserable with CurtainCall and  Marty in Dreamgirls with StageDoor Theatre Company. In 2018 he created the role of Tuttle in the world premiere of The Luck of Roaring Camp with the Palm Beach Atlantic Theatre Department. In 2019 he made his debut as Mingo in the Production of Porgy and Bess with South Florida Symphony. He also made his Cincinnati Opera debut in the production of Porgy and Bess. In 2021 he performed alongside Jodi Benson as Sabastian in The Little Mermaid with the Gulf Coast Symphony. In 2022 he made his debut as Eddie Souther in Sister Act with the MNM Productions Company. He returned to MNM Productions Company as Mitch Mahoney in the production of Spelling Bee. In 2023 he will play the Role of Tony in West Side Story with the Alhambra Orchestra. He will make his debut with MasterWorks Chorus of the Palm Beaches as the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Coronation Mass in C and Bach’s Cantata Wachet auf  ruft und die Stimme. He has also created the James White III Scholarship for Performing Arts for high school seniors.