James Maverick is lecturer in music in voice and collaborative piano at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

He was previously head of music staff at Cincinnati Opera, where he played productions including Salome, Tosca, Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, ThePirates of Penzance, and Il barbiere di Siviglia and has served as recitalist for the company’s Studio Sessions series. As assistant chorus master from 2021 to 2024, he worked on numerous other productions, including Carmen, Aida, and the stage premiere of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio.

At Austin Opera, Maverick served as music staff for productions of Verdi’s Requiem, Kevin Puts’ The Manchurian Candidate, and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, among others. He was chorus master and keyboardist for productions of Les pêcheurs des perles and Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, where he was also a resident artist from 2017 to 2019. He has prepared workshops of new operas for Opera Philadelphia, Austin Opera's LatinX Residency, and Cincinnati’s Opera Fusion: New Works program.

Prior to joining IU, Maverick served on the collaborative piano and opera faculty at the University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory. He has served as staff pianist for the Kansas City District of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and the Butler Opera International Competition and has been a fellow with Wolf Trap Opera, the Merola Opera Program, and the Tanglewood Music Center. He holds degrees in piano performance, choral conducting, and collaborative piano from Lawrence University and Indiana University.