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Eric S. Brenner       Soprano/Countertenor


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American soprano/countertenor Eric S. Brenner's voice has been described as "dazzling," "startlingly true," and "arrestingly beautiful." A Long Island, New York native, Eric began his training on violin and viola before beginning to sing — as a tenor — in high school. Several years later, he discovered his soprano/countertenor voice, and all of the remarkable repertoire (both very old, and very new) available to him.

Some career highlights include performances of Copland's In the Beginning and Mozart's Laudate Dominum with the choirs of University of Honolulu, Manoa; alto solos in Messiah & soprano solo in Purcell's Evening Hymn with the St. Thomas choir in New York; solo & ensemble work on Toby Twining's Chrysalid Requiem, and on his music to Sarah Ruhl's play, Eurydice; a one-on-a-part performance of Monteverdi's Vespers with New York Collegium; Jonathan Miller's semi-staged production of Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the BAM Baroque Ensemble, and; Erica/Valkyrie/Zombie in Rob Reese's Survivor: Vietnam, with Amnesia Wars, NY. Eric is a frequent soloist with such groups as Early Music New York, Voices of Ascension, St. Patrick's Cathedral, and Trinity Wall Street. He made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall in 1999 singing Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the New York City Gay Men's Chorus. Eric has also been a soloist and guest clinician with Studio Arsis Vocal Workshop in Tokyo, Japan.

A fervent lover of ensemble music, Eric spent three seasons with the Grammy award winning ensemble Chanticleer. During that time, Eric sang dozens of premieres, taught master classes to individual singers, choirs, and conductors, and traveled all over the world, performing in major halls throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. He also appears on three Chanticleer recordings — Sound in Spirit; And on Earth Peace — A Chanticleer Mass; and Let It Snow. Eric also co-founded and sang soprano on repertoire ranging from medieval chant to the Beatles with all male vocal quartet Consensus. More recently, he has been a regular guest singing soprano with the male vocal quartet New York Polyphony.

Eric is represented in the US by Wade Artist Management.

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