is a native Washingtonian, a graduate of the famed Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and the creator of "The Savoy Series Emerging Artist Project." Savoy holds a BM in Performance from the University of Northern Iowa and also holds a MM in Opera from the University of Maryland at College Park, where he graduated ...

Mr. McIlwain played the role of Spencer Coyle in Britten's Owen Wingrave, presented by the Maryland Opera Studio and the National Orchestral Institute and Festival. Recently debuting at Annapolis Opera as Officer Jones in Nailah Nombeko's Sunder.

As a 2022-23 Tulsa Opera Filstrup Resident Artist he debuted as ...