Dr. Allan Mosher was pursuing his master's degree at the Eastman School of Music when he decided his musical career would not have a single focus.

One of his professors, Thomas Paul, managed to juggle careers in teaching and performance, which inspired Mosher to try the same.

"That intrigued me to have all those balls going," Mosher said.

The baritone is associate professor of voice and director of the opera program at Youngstown State University, a recitalist and opera singer, president of the Youngstown Opera Guild and a key organizer in efforts of Valley Lyric Opera.

Oh, and two months ago he married Jennifer Davis Jones.

Mosher, 50, of Austintown, Ohio, will sing at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Greenville. His wife will join for a couple of numbers.

Mosher will perform works in English, French, German and Italian, including songs by Aaron Copland, Johannes Brahms and Peter Warlock, Maurice Ravel's "Don Quixote," arrangements of spirituals such as "Jacob's Ladder" and "Wayfaring Strange" by his colleague, Larry Harris, a retired YSU professor, and a couple of opera pieces by Leon Cavallo and George Gershwin.

"There's something here for everybody, except rock aficionados," Mosher quipped.

Paula Kubik of West Middlesex will accompany him on piano.

Lately, Mosher has been concentrating on opera, so this concert will be his first full-length recital in four years.

"It's fun to go back and do something with this much music," he said.

Mosher, who frequently sings at Lenten services at St. John's Episcopal Church in Sharon, said he has performed all of the pieces before, and likes to return to material that is familiar to him. He said he always discovers new things about a piece.

"I like to perform things over and over again because it's like an old friend," said Mosher, who has bachelor's degrees in theater from San Francisco University and music from the University of California at Berkeley, and a doctorate in music from the University of Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music.

Unlike many classical singers, whose voices deepen over time, Mosher's has done the opposite.

"I started out with a very low voice and basically it's gotten higher over time," he said.

The former bass-baritone said he has worked to be able to perform higher-pitched pieces, and had good training to allow the upward migration.

With a higher voice, he can tackle more romantic material.

"A baritone is usually more of a lover, less than a father," he said.

His voice has qualities of both a dramatic baritone and a lyric baritone, he said.

As a teacher, Mosher said he trying to overcome "the myth of Dana," which states that YSU's Dana School of Music only turns out great instrumentalists.

"Our vocalists are very good, too," he said. "Our vocalists go onto the best graduate schools -- some of the best in the world."

Mosher said that's one of the reasons he works with Dr. Francisco Cano of Hempfield Township to organize Valley Lyric Opera's annual opera production, which usually has roles for Dana students.

"They can show what they got," said the native of Berkeley, Calif.

Mosher's other upcoming public events include singing the role of Sharpless in Puccini's "Madam Butterfly" in April at YSU, and he and Cano hope to stage Verdi's "Il Trovatore" in the fall with Valley Lyric Opera.

Sunday's show is free, but a freewill offering will be taken at intermission. Information: (724) 588-8870.