Wade Rogers began vocally performing in 1973 during his Freshman year at Page High School in Page, Arizona. During four years of high school choir, Wade performed in various musical venues, including summer music camps in the 1,491 seat Ardrey Auditorium at Northern Arizona State University, four years of High School choir, four High School musicals, solo vocal performances for which he won gold and silver medals, was selected for the Arizona All State Choir (one of 50 basses statewide), and for two years, he played trombone in jazz and marching band.

As a Theology major at a private Christian college, Wade majored with a B.A .in Theology and minored in Music. His ‘ear’ for vocal harmony was refined during two years of performances with the Bartlesville Wesleyan Madrigals. Since then, Wade has obtained a Masters Degree in Information Technology.

During the 1982 inaugural season for the Bartlesville Theatre Guild and the opening of the Bartlesville Community Center, Wade was actively involved as their Publicity Chair. For two years, Wade emceed ‘The Concert under the Stars’ event on the lawn of the Frank Phillips mansion in Bartlesville Oklahoma, a weekly live musical event featuring local orchestras, bands, and entertainers.

His vocal work has included a 32 year stint as a Radio Personality at radio stations KPGE in Arizona, KYFM and KWON in Bartlesville Oklahoma, KBRD/KTAC in Seattle Washington, and KSUP/KINY in Juneau Alaska.

Renewing his theatrical performances, Wade performed the role of the philosopher Colline in Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme, was Guglielmo in Mozart’s opera buffa, Cosi fan Tutte, and performed in the Opera to Go production of Madama Butterfly. In 2007, Wade performed as a choral member in the Opera to Go production of Puccini’s Tosca and sang bass with the Juneau Victorian Carolers, a strolling group of holiday carolers.