Curriculum Vitae

Brian Manternach, D.Mus.
508 Steep Mountain Drive                                (574) 386-2973 (c)
Draper, UT  84020                            bmantern@gmail.com
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Education:

• Doctor of Music, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington (5/09)
  

Voice Performance and Literature
Minor in Music History and Literature
    GPA: 3.86 (4.0)    
Vocal study with Dr. Robert Harrison

• Master of Music, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (5/99)
  

Vocal Performance
Graduate Assistantship in Vocal/Choral Departments
Music Scholarship recipient
    GPA: 3.9 (4.0)
Vocal study with Dr. William Lavonis

• B.A. in Music, St. John’s University/College of St. Benedict, MN (5/97)
  

Major in Music with a concentration in Vocal Performance
Minor in Theology
    GPA: 3.6 (4.0)
Vocal study with Prof. Scott Dewese and Dr. Carolyn Finley

Additional training:
    Completed Sessions I, II, & III at the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute, Shenandoah
Conservatory, VA (7/16)

Employment:

• Assistant Professor (Clinical), University of Utah, Department of Theatre (1/11-present)
  

Teach Studio Voice (Classical and Music Theatre techniques) to students in the Music Theatre Program and Actor Training Program; Teach Class Voice/Pedagogy/Music Theory to students in the Actor Training Program

• Adjunct Professor of Music, Westminster College, UT (8/16-5/17)
  

        Taught Studio Voice; Performed in faculty recitals and as featured soloist
with college ensembles

• Director of Choral/Vocal Activities, Juan Diego Catholic High School, Draper, UT (8/07-5/13)
  

Fine Arts Department Chair; Director of Concert Choir and Chamber Choir; Music Director/Conductor of musical theatre productions; Taught Intro to Music Theory and AP Music Theory; Music Coordinator for Campus Ministry

• Associate Director of Music/Adult Choir Director, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Draper, UT (8/08-2/11)
  

Directed Adult Choir in weekly liturgy; Provided vocal instruction to cantors

• Voice Instructor, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (8/01-12/05)
  

Taught Studio Voice to majors and non-majors; Taught Class Voice to non-majors; Vocal preparation of the Opera Chorus; Guest lecturer in French Diction and Vocal Pedagogy; Taught high school voice students through the University Prep Program

• Adjunct Lecturer/Instructor, Indiana University South Bend (1/02-5/04)
  

Taught Studio Voice to graduate and undergraduate majors; Taught Vocal Pedagogy and Supervised Practice Teaching for graduate students

• Adjunct Instructor, Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, IN (8/02-12/03)
  

Directed Liturgical Choir, which provided music at weekly liturgy and collaborative concerts with the Holy Cross Chamber Ensemble

• Director of Music, Sacred Heart Parish, Notre Dame, IN (6/01-1/06)
  

Selected music, trained cantors, and directed two choirs in three Sunday liturgies; Chair of the Liturgy Commission

• Choir Director, St. Thomas More High School, Rapid City, SD (12/99-6/00)
  

Directed school choir in competitions, concerts, and guest performances; Coordinated musicians for weekly school liturgy

• Have maintained a private voice studio since 1995
  

Performance:

Opera/Musical Theatre

• Utah Lyric Opera & Utah Valley Symphony
  
  • Remendado in Carmen (5/16)
    
• Rocky Mountain Reader’s Theatre
  
  • Mr. Lindquist in A Little Night Music (concert version) (6/15)
    
• University of Utah (Faculty Guest Artist)
  
  • Miles Gloriosus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (4/15)
    
  • Tiger Brown (cover Street Singer) in The Threepenny Opera (11/14)
    
• Lyrical Opera Theatre, Utah
  
  • Goro in Madama Butterfly (6/14)
    
• Salt Lake Shakespeare
  
  • King Sextimus in Once Upon a Mattress (6-7/13)
    
• Oper im Park, Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Austria
  
  • Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail (8/12)
    
• Utah/Idaho Performing Arts Company/Utah Midwinter Song Festival
  
  • Ferrando in Cosí fan tutte (concert version, 1/12)
    
  • Artaban in The Other Wise Man by M. Ryan Taylor (12/09)
    
• Utah Light Opera Company
  
  • Opera Vignettes, arias and scenes in concert (5/09)
    
  • Ferrando in Così fan tutte (scenes, 5/09)
    
• New Opera Works of Utah
  
  • Lasus in The Lion & the Wood Nymph by Jonathan Price (premiere, 8/07)
    
  • The Quantum Mechanic in Quantum Mechanic by John G. Bilotta (premiere, 8/07)
    
  • Stag/Sun in The Dreamweaver by Erica Glenn (premiere, 8/07)
    
  • Artaban in The Other Wise Man by M. Ryan Taylor (premiere, 12/06)
    
• Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
  
  • Nemorino (cover) in L’Elisir d’Amore (6/07)
    
• Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN/Purcellville Public Library, VA
  
  • Johnny in Witness by Zae Munn (premiere, 4/06)
    
• Cleveland Chamber Symphony
  
  • Voice from the Mob in Santa Claus by Edwin London (12/02)
    

• Apprentice Artist, Skylight Opera Theatre, Milwaukee, WI (1997/98, 1998/99);
  
  • Samuel in The Pirates of Penzance (9-10/98)
    
  • Bob in The Threepenny Opera (1-2/98)
    

• Carroll College Summer Opera Theatre, Waukesha, WI
  
  • Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus (7/99)
    
  • Tamino in The Magic Flute (7/98)
    

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Opera Theatre
  
  • Chevalier/First Commissioner in Dialogue of the Carmelites (4/99)
    
  • Don Basilio/Don Bartolo in The Marriage of Figaro (4/98)
    

• Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
  
  • Don Basilio in The Marriage of Figaro (scenes) (2/99)
    
• Colorado Lyric Theatre Festival, University of Colorado-Boulder
  • Ferko in The Gypsy Baron (7/96)
• Quite Light Opera Company, MN
  • Giuseppe in The Gondoliers (7/95)
• St. John’s University/College of St. Benedict Opera Workshop, MN
  • Paquillo in La Périchole (4/97)
  • Valetto/Lucano in The Coronation of Poppea (4/96)
  • Leon in Segnor Deluso by Thomas Pasatieri (3-4/95)

Oratorio/Concert Work

• Westminster College Choirs and Orchestra (UT)
  
  • Tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah (Christmas portion) (12/16)
    
• Davis County Symphony (UT)
  
  • Tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah (Christmas portion) (12/12)
    
• Utah Lyric Opera
  
  • Tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah (selections) (12/10)
    
• Utah Premiere Brass and Utah Light Opera
  
  • Tenor soloist in Karl Jenkins’s The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace (5/09)
    
• Utah Chamber Chorale and Orchestra
  
  • Tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah (selections) (5/07, 12/08)
    
• Timpanogos Chorale and Orchestra, UT
  
  • Tenor soloist in Schubert’s Mass in G (3/08)
    
• Viva Voce Chorus of Salt Lake City
  
  • Tenor soloist for Broadway Pops concert (5/07)
    
• American Fork Symphony, UT
  
  • Tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah (Christmas portion) (12/06)
    
• Orchestra and Chorus of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Park City, UT
  
  • Tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah (Christmas portion) (12/06)
    
• University of Notre Dame Liturgical Choir
  
  • Guest soloist, national broadcast, Hallmark Channel (7/06)
    
  • Guest soloist in Buxtehude Cantata BuxWV 4, Alles, was ihr tut (9/05)
    
• South Bend Chamber Singers, Heartland Chamber Chorale, Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, IN
  
  • Tenor soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana (5-6/06)
    
• Women’s Choir and Collegiate Choir of Saint Mary’s College, IN
  
  • Tenor soloist in Stravinsky’s Cantata (5/06)
    
• South Bend Symphony, South Bend Chamber Singers, Notre Dame Chorale, IN
  
  • Tenor soloist in Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass (4/06)
    
• LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra, IN
  
  • Guest soloist for “A Night on Broadway” Pops concert (4/05)
    
• University of Notre Dame Chorale and Chamber Orchestra
  
  • Tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah (selections) (12/03 and 12/05)
    
  • Tenor soloist in Bach Cantata BWV 131, Aus der Tiefen (11/03)
    
• Black Hills Symphony Orchestra and Dakota Choral Union, SD
  
  • Tenor soloist in Bach’s Magnificat (12/01)
    
  • Tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah (Christmas portion) (12/01)
    
• Black Hills Chamber Orchestra and Dakota Voices
  
  • Tenor soloist in Bach Cantata BWV 140, Wachet Auf (9/01)
    
• UW-Milwaukee Orchestra and Combined Choirs
  
  • Tenor soloist in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music (10/99)
    
• UW-Milwaukee Concert Chorale
  
  • Tenor soloist in Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore (4/98)
    
• Minnesota Center Chorale and Orchestra
  
  • Tenor soloist in Hovhaness’ Magnificat (3/97)
    
• St. John’s Boy’s Choir, Abbey Schola and Chamber Orchestra, MN
  
  • Tenor soloist in Mozart’s Coronation Mass (5/96)
    

Recital

• California: California State University Sacramento (3/03); Humboldt State University (3/03); Pacific Union College (3/03)
  
• Idaho: Robert Burns Supper (1/18)
  
• Indiana: Saint Mary’s College (4/03, 2/06); University of Notre Dame (10/03); Indiana University South Bend (5/03); LaPorte Concert Series (4/03); Holy Cross College (4/02)
  
• Iowa: Coe College (3/06); Waldorf College (3/06)
  
• Kentucky: Georgetown College (10/06)
  
• Minnesota: University of Minnesota Morris (11/10); St. John’s University Alumni Recital (9/08)
  
• South Dakota: Black Hills Summer Festival of the Arts (7/00); Black Hills Chamber Music Society (4/00); St. Thomas More High School, Rapid City (1/00)
  
• Texas: Texas Lutheran University (3/07); University of Texas-Austin (10/03); Saint Mary’s University (10/03)
  
• Utah: University of Utah Faculty Recital (2013, 2014, 2015); Westminster College Faculty Recital (9/16); Robert Burns Supper (2008-2017); Classic Voice Recital Series, American Fork Arts Council (3/07); Salt Lake Opera Appreciation Guild (3/07)
  
• Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Alumni Recital (3/06); Milwaukee Music Teachers’ Association Debut Award Recital (4/98)
  

Significant recital repertoire includes Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte, Finney’s Chamber Music, Finzi’s A Young Man’s Exhortation and Let Us Garlands Bring, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Schumann’s Dichterliebe, Vaughan Williams’s Songs of Travel, and more than ninety settings of James Joyce poems. World and regional premieres by Frank Ferko, Bryan Beaumont Hays, Garth Neustadter, and Axel Theimer.

Master Classes/Private Lessons

• Dalton Baldwin, Michael Belnap, Richard Boldrey, Robert Breault, Richard Cumming, Faith Esham, Kurt Hansen, Sharon Mabry, Elizabeth Mannion, Erie Mills, Patti Peterson, Regina Resnik, Joseph Rescigno, Giorgio Tozzi, Roger Vignoles, Clifton Ware, William Watson
  

Musical Direction/Stage Direction:

• Music Director/Orchestra Conductor
  
  • Sandy Arts Guild, UT
    

• • • Shrek the Musical (8/15)
      
    • Footloose (8/14)
      
  • Juan Diego Catholic HS
    
    • The Drowsy Chaperone (11/12)
      
    • Crazy for You (11/11)
      
    • Once Upon a Mattress (2/11)
      
    • Cinderella (10/10)
      
    • Thoroughly Modern Millie (10/09)
      
    • Beauty and the Beast (3/09)
      
    • Funny Girl (10/08)
      
    • South Pacific (10/07)
      
• Orchestra Conductor
  
  • Bluffdale Arts Council, UT
    
    • 42nd Street (8/13)
      
    • Annie (8/10)
      
  • Murray Arts in the Park, UT
    
    • West Side Story (8/16)
      
    • Aida (John/Rice, 8/11)
      
    • Anything Goes (8/08)
      
  • West Valley Arts Council, UT
    
    • West Side Story (6/17)
      
    • Peter Pan, (6/10)
      
  • Draper Arts Council, UT
    
    • Beauty and the Beast (8/09)
      
• Stage Director/Music Director
  
  • Draper Arts Council
    
    • Amahl and the Night Visitors (12/07)
      
• Music Director
  
  • Utah Midwinter Song Festival
    
    • Cosí fan tutte (concert version), (1/12)
      
• Stage Director
  
  • New Opera Works of Utah
    
    • The Lion and the Wood Nymph by Jonathan Price (premiere, 8/07)
      
• Assistant Stage Director
  
  • Juan Diego Catholic HS
    
    • The Curious Savage, (2/10)
      
• Vocal preparation
  
  • Juan Diego Catholic HS
    
    • A Grand Night for Singing musical revue (1/07)
      
    • Calamity Jane (9/06)
      
• Opera Chorus Director
  
  • University of Notre Dame
    
    • Dido and Aeneas (spring 2003)
      
    • The Happy Prince by Malcolm Williamson (spring 2003)
      

Publications:Associate Editor, NATS Journal of Singing

• Author/Editor, “The Independent Teacher” column (appointed 7/16)
  

Author, “The Singer’s Library” book review column, Classical Singer

Books:
Contributing author, The Voice Teacher’s Cookbook, Ed., Brian Winnie, Meredith Music Publications, 2018.

Journals:
Music Theatre Educators’ Alliance Journal:

• “Inside the (Singing) Actor’s Studio: Grooming Smarter Actors (1/18)
  

Journal of Voice:

• “Perceptual Differences Between Novice and Professional Music Theater Singers,” co-written with Lynn Maxfield, PhD (in press, available online, 9/17)
  

NATS Journal of Singing:

• “Conference Syndrome” (5/18)
  
• “Teaching Transgender Singers. Part 2: The Singers’ Perspectives” (11/17)
  
• “Teaching Transgender Singers. Part 1: The Voice Teachers’ Perspectives,” co-written with Michael Chipman, Ruth Rainero, and Caitlin Stave (9/17)
  
• “Hesitant to Refer” (5/17)
  
• “The Value of Performing” (3/17)
  
• “So You Want to Sing?” (9/15)
  
• “Teaching Singers with Emphysema and other Pulmonary Diseases,” co-written with Robert Sataloff, M.D., D.M.A. (1/08)
  

Classical Singer:

• “The Singer’s Library: Like No Business I Know” (4/18)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Progressive Pedagogy: An insider’s look at Inside View Press” (3/18)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Directing Conductors” (2/18)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: So You Still Want to Sing?” (1/18)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Finding Your Vocal Compass” (12/17)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Acoustic Insights” (11/17)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Exploring the Estill Voice Model” (9/17)
  
• “The Singers’s Library: A Hybrid Profession: Singing Voice Rehabilitation Specialist” (7/17)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: New Books Demystify Unconventional Songs” (5/17)
  
• “Ryan Speedo Green: From low points to high notes” (4/17)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Sing for Your Life” (4/17)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Three-Step Singing Essentials” (3/17)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Matters of the heart: A new book melds yogic philosophies and classical singing technique” (2/17)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Inside the (Singing) Actor’s Studio: Grooming smarter actors” (1/17)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Let the games begin: Training Singers to be Vocal Athletes” (12/16)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Telling Secrets: Crucial Clues for Constructing a Career” (11/16)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: All that Jazz: The third installment in the So You Want to Sing series takes on the sounds and styles of jazz” (10/16)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Awakening Your Business Brain: Taking a Business-Minded Approach to Music” (9/16)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Overcoming a voice disorder: A book’s new edition clarifies the roles of voice teachers, singing voice specialists, and speech-language pathologists” (7/16, online edition)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: The Alexander Technique Leads to a Journey of Vocal Discovery” (5/16)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Cantabile: A Class Voice Text for a Student Budget” (4/16)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Savvy Strategies for Successful Teaching” (3/16)
  
• “Stephanie Blythe: With a song in her heart” (1/16)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Singing in Greek: A new guide to lyric diction explores the sounds and songs of Greek culture” (1/16)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Tenor Talk: Historical tenors analyzed by one of their towering representatives,” Franco Corelli and a Revolution in Singing: Fifty-Four Tenors Spanning 200 Years” (12/15)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Master Singers: Advice from the Stage” (11/15)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Strategies for the 21st-Century Singer: Interview with author Susan Mohini Kane” (10/15)
  
• “Joyce DiDonato: The power in one voice” (9/15)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Conquering Performance Anxiety: Interview with author Sharon L. Stohrer” (Summer 2015)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Defining Moments: A new dictionary offers standard definitions for modern singers” (5/15)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: The Modern Castrato: Gaetano Guadagni and the Coming of a New Operatic Age” (4/15)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: Are You Ready to Rock: Interview with Matthew Edwards” (3/15)
  
• “The Singer’s Library: So You Want to Sing: Interview with Author Karen Hall” (12/14)
  
• “Princess of Persistence: Lise Lindstrom” (11/14)
  
• “Fired Up: Soprano Jennifer Rowley is Blazing Ahead” (Summer 2014)
  
• “Between the Moon and New York City: Isabel Leonard” (4/14)
  
• “Bel Canto Can Belto: Exploring Musical Theatre Vocal Techniques with Mary Saunders-Barton” (3/14)
  
• “Georgia on Her Mind: BBC’s Cardiff Singer of the World Jamie Barton” (10/13)
  
• “Home Bass: Samuel Ramey Returns to His Alma Mater as Artist-in-Residence” (9/13)
  
• “Voice Lessons via Videoconference” (3/13)
  
• “Music Theater Degree Programs: BM vs. BFA” (9/12)
  
• “Gender Bender: Is it best to study with your own voice type?” (9/12)
  
• “Put Me In, Coach! The Role of the Vocal Coach in Young Artist Programs” (Summer 2011)
  
• “Paul Kiesgen, In Memoriam: Lessons on Listening” (6/11, online edition)
  
• “Finding Your Voice at Bard College Conservatory” (9/10)
  
• “Handled with Care: Dolora Zajick and the Institute for Young Dramatic Voices” (1/10)
  
• “Choral Pedagogy: A New Kind of Choral Music Education,” co-written with Jeremy Manternach, Ph.D. (3/09)
  
• “Recent Winners of the Met National Council Auditions Tell All” (1/09)
  
• “Making a Lasting Career: Conductor Joseph Rescigno Tells How” (8/08)
  
• “Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre: Ten Years of Bringing Professional Opera to Eastern Iowa” (1/08)
  
• “Staying Physically and Mentally Well” (4/07)
  
• “Adolescence Again?” (10/06)
  

Guest Masterclasses/Vocal Workshops:

• One Voice Children’s Choir, Utah (8/17)
  
• SummerSong, Westminster College, Utah (6/17, 6/16, 6/15)
  
• Central Utah NATS Chapter (3/17)
  
• Westminster College, Utah (11/17, 11/15, 4/15, 4/11)
  
• St. John’s University, Minnesota (10/15, 9/08)
  
• Northern Utah NATS Chapter (2/15)
  
• University of Minnesota Morris (11/10)
  
• Indiana University, Student NATS Mocksterclass (2/06)
  
• Saint Mary’s College, Indiana (4/06)
  
• Andover High School, Minnesota (10/05)
  
• Apple Valley High School, Minnesota (4/02)
  

Guest Lectures/Presentations:

• “Bridging the Choral/Vocal Divide: The Farmer and the Cowman Should be Friends,” National Association of Teachers of Singing 54th National Conference, Las Vegas (6/18)
  
• “Music Theater Singing: From Beginning to Broadway,” Idaho State Thespian Festival, Boise (1/18)
  
• “Teaching Music Theater & Commercial Music in a Classical World,” with Kerilyn Johnson & Errik Hood, DMA, NATS Cal-Western Regional Conference & Auditions, University of Utah (1/18)
  
• “What I Wish I Knew About Studio Voice Teaching When I Was in College,” panel discussion, NATS Cal-Western Regional Conference & Auditions, University of Utah (1/18)
  
• “Belt does not have to be a four-letter word,” Utah Theatre Association, Davis Conference Center (1/18)
  
• “Music Theater at the Next Level: A Video Exploration of Skills and Expectations,” SummerSong 2017, Westminster College, UT (6/17), Utah Theatre Association, Davis Conference Center (1/18), Idaho State Thespian Festival, Boise (1/18)
  
• “The Impact of Various Semi-Occluded Exercises on Music Theatre Singing,” Pan American Vocology Association Symposium, Toronto (10/17)
  
• “Perceptual Differences between Professional and Novice Musical Theatre Singers,” presentation with Lynn Maxfield, PhD, The Voice Foundation’s 46th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Philadelphia (6/17)
  
• “Vocal Mythbusters Q&A,” Panel member with Ingo Titze, PhD, Kristine Tanner, PhD, and Marshall Smith, MD, FACS, moderated by Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, PhD, CCC-SLP, Performance Voice Conference, University of Utah Voice Disorders Center & National Center for Voice and Speech (4/17)
  
• “Singing Music Theatre: A Guide to Styles and Techniques,” guest lecture for Science-Based Voice Education and Measurement graduate class, University of Iowa (4/17)
  
• “CCM Singing,” Central Utah Chapter, NATS (3/17)
  
• “Can’t We All Just Sing Along?” TEDxSaltLakeCity (9/16)
  
• “Acoustic Differences between Professional and Novice Musical Theatre Singers,” poster paper presentation with Lynn Maxfield, PhD, National Association of Teachers of Singing 54th National Conference, Chicago (7/16)
  
• “Vocal Health Mythbusters Q&A,” Panel member with Ingo Titze, PhD, Kristine Tanner, PhD, and Marshall Smith, MD, FACS, moderated by Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, PhD, CCC-SLP, Performance Voice Conference, University of Utah Voice Disorders Center & National Center for Voice and Speech (4/16)
  
• “Music Theatre Singing, Part I & II,” Idaho State Thespian Festival, Boise (4/16)
  
• “Music Theatre Singing—How it’s Done!” Utah Theatre Association, University of Utah (1/16)
  
• “Music Theatre Vocal Techniques,” SummerSong vocal camp, Westminster College, UT (6/16, 6/15), Vocal Pedagogy Class, University of Utah School of Music (11/15)
  
• “Acting through Singing,” Kensington Theatre Company, Daybreak Community Theatre, South Jordan, UT (9/15)
  
• “Ping! (Not Press): Breathing and Resonance Strategies to Avoid Heavy Adduction in CCM/Belt Singing,” Performance Voice Conference, University of Utah Voice Disorders Center & National Center for Voice and Speech (4/15)
  
• “Musical Theatre Singer’s Workshop,” Utah Theatre Association, Brigham Young University (1/15)
  
• “Beginning to Belt: Breaking Down the Basics,” Utah Theatre Association, Weber State University (1/14)
  
• “An Introduction to Opera” & “Tosca: An Introduction,” Saint Joseph Catholic Schools, Fort Atkinson, WI (10/13)
  
• “Philosophy of Music,” University of Utah, Philosophy Club (2/12)
  
• “Music and the Psalms” for Diaconate Formation Class, Diocese of Salt Lake City (12/09)
  
• “The Primary Instrument: Vocal Music Workshop” for Annual Diocesan Pastoral Congress, Diocese of Salt Lake City (10/09)
  
• “Opera Characterization” for St. John’s Univ./College of St. Benedict, MN (9/08)
  
• “How to Listen to Music,” and “Music in Our Lives/Music in Our Church,” for Youth Music Retreat, Diocese of Salt Lake City (5/07)
  
• “Pursuing a Career in Music” for Recital Forum, Saint Mary’s College, IN (2/06)
  
• “Teaching Singers with Emphysema and other Pulmonary Diseases” at the 2006 New Voice Educators Symposium, Indiana University (2/06)
  
• Guest Clinician, SummerSong 2005: Renewal for Church Musicians sponsored by the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Theology, Center for Liturgy, and Office of Campus Ministry
  

• Presented clinics entitled: “The Body/Voice/Spirit Connection” and “Practical Vocal Technique”
  
• Taught individual voice lessons
  

• “Auf Gottes begehren…: Treatment of Religious Figures in Gustav Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn Settings” at the 2005 New Voice Educators Symposium, Indiana University (1/05)
  
• “Registers in the Male Voice” for Vocal Pedagogy class at Saint Mary’s College, IN (3/05)
  
• “The Alexander Technique” for Vocal Pedagogy class at the University of Notre Dame (11/03)
  

Awards/Honors/Additional Experience:

• Governor Elect, Utah District NATS (5/17-present)
  
• On-site Coordinator, 2018 Cal-Western NATS Conference & Auditions, University of Utah (1/18)
  
• Adjudicator, Singer of the Year Competition, Snow College Student NATS Chapter (2/17)
  
• 2016 Voice Pedagogy Award, NATS Foundation
  
• President, Northern Utah NATS (5/14-present)
  
• Adjudicator, Classical Singer Competition, University of Utah (4/16)
  
• Regional Governor Nomination Committee, Cal-Western NATS (spring 2014)
  
• Board Member, Northern Utah NATS (spring 2012-present)
  
• Adjudicator, Northern Utah NATS auditions (2012-present)
  
• Adjudicator, Utah NATS Artist Award Competition (NATSAA), Cal-Western Region (2/12)
  
• Music Director/Conductor for Crazy for You which was a finalist for “Best Musical,” “Best Ensemble,” and “Best Orchestra” in the 2012 Utah High School Music Theater Awards
  
• Music Director/Conductor for Once Upon a Mattress which was a finalist for “Best Orchestra” in the 2011 Utah High School Music Theater Awards
  
• Appointed by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City to serve a two-year term on the Diocesan Liturgical Music Committee (1/09-1/11)
  
• Board member, Draper Arts Council, UT (2006-2009)
  
• Judge, Opera-in-a-Month Competition for original one-act operas, sponsored by Vocalworks.org (5/07)
  
• Judge, Sacred Voice 2007 International Art Song Competition, Vocalworks.org (2/07)
  
• Officer (Membership Secretary), Indiana University Student NATS (2004-2006)
  
• Symposium Chair, 2006 IU Student NATS New Voice Educators Symposium
  
• Host/Producer, WSND 88.9 FM Classical Radio, Notre Dame/South Bend, IN
  
• Festival Coordinator, Hugo Wolf: A Festival of Song (2003), which presented three collaborative faculty and student recitals between the University of Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s College, Indiana University South Bend, and Bethel College (IN)
  
• Guest Adjudicator, South Dakota Young Vocal Artist of the Year Competition (2000)
  
• Outstanding Student of Choral Music, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1999)
  
• Winner, Debut Recital Competition sponsored by the Milwaukee Music Teacher’s Association (1998)
  
• Division Winner, State NATS auditions in both Minnesota (1994) and Wisconsin (1997, Graduate Division)
  

Student Accomplishments:

• Students cast in professional productions
  
  • National Tour, Book of Mormon (AEA)
    
  • Disney’s “Frozen—Live at the Hyperion” in California Adventure (AEA)
    
  • Universal Studios Japan
    
  • Cats the Musical, Royal Caribbean International Oasis of the Seas
    
  • New York Musical Festival 2016
    
  • New York Stage and Film (AEA)
    
  • Musical Theatre West, CA (AEA)
    
  • McCoy Rigby Entertainment, CA (AEA)
    
  • 3D-Theatricals, CA (AEA)
    
  • Moonlight Amphitheater, CA
    
  • Theatre By the Sea, RI (AEA)
    
  • Peterborough Players, NH (AEA)
    
  • Pioneer Theatre Company, UT (AEA)
    
  • Salt Lake Acting Company, UT (AEA)
    
  • New York Lyric Opera Theatre
    
  • Soloists, Utah Symphony, Jerry Herman: The Broadway Legacy Concert
    
  • Hale Center Theatre, UT (Sandy, West Valley, and Orem)
    
  • The Grand Theatre, UT
    
  • Egyptian Theatre, UT
    
  • The Ziegfeld Theater, UT
    
  • Salt Lake Shakespeare Company, UT
    
  • Live Shows at Lagoon! Theme Park, UT
    
• 2nd Place, 2016 Classical Singer International Vocal Competition, Musical Theatre University-Young Artist Division, Boston
  
• 2 singers in the finals (top 7), 2017 Classical Singer International Vocal Competition, Musical Theatre University-Young Artist Division, Chicago
  
• Apprenticeships
  
  • Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble, Manhattan
    
  • New York Lyric Opera Theatre
    
  • Ohio Light Opera
    
  • Open Jar Institute (NYC)
    
  • Pine Mountain Music Festival (MI)
    
  • Utah Lyric Opera/Utah Vocal Arts Academy Summer Opera Workshop
    
  • University of Utah Youth Theatre
    
• 2 recipients of the The ASCAP Foundation Jerry Herman Broadway Legacy Prize
  
• Regional Finalist, New York Lyric Opera’s National Vocal Competition
  
• State and Regional NATS auditions placewinners
  
  • Advanced Musical Theatre, Upper College Musical Theatre, Lower College Musical Theatre, and High School Musical Theatre categories
    
• “Best Actress” finalist in the 2011 Utah High School Music Theater Awards
  
• Numerous Superior (I) ratings at State High School Solo & Ensemble Competitions in Indiana, Michigan, South Dakota, and Utah
  
• High school students have earned admission to college performing arts programs including the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (NY), Berklee College of Music (MA), Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.), Chapman University (CA), Peabody Conservatory of Music (MD), New York University, Oklahoma City University, University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theatre Actor Training Program, University of Southern California
  
• 1st place, Vocal Division, South Bend Symphony Concerto Competition (IN)
  

Professional Membership:

• National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Full Membership
  
• Pan-American Vocology Association (PAVA), Voting Member
  
• Music Theatre Educators’ Alliance (MTEA)
  

Press:

• Two articles referenced in “Welcoming Transgender Singers: Resource List,” by Ari Agha at ChorusAmerica.org, https://www.chorusamerica.org/conducting-performing/welcoming-transgender-singers-resource-list (1/18/17)
  
• Featured in The Finer Points, the official blog of the University of Utah College of Fine Arts, in “Brian Manternach: Taking the Art of Singing to a Whole New Level,” by Adam Griffiths, http://finearts.utah.edu/news/the-finer-points-blog/item/287-brian-manternach-taking-the-art-of-singing-to-a-whole-new-level (10/26/17)
  
• Featured in the Utah Music Educators Association Journal in “Can’t We All Just Sing Along?” by Debby Wetzel (Winter issue, 2017)
  
• Interview/Feature for Studio 5 on KSL TV (Salt Lake City NBC affiliate) for segments on “You can sing, even if you think you can’t” https://studio5.ksl.com/?nid=71&sid=42547676 (12/12/16)
  
• Referenced in “Singing for Health” by Maggie Spicer on the Salt Lake County Healthy Lifestyles Blog, http://slco.org/healthy-lifestyles/blog/ (11/30/16)
  
• Featured in the “Achievements” section of the Westminster College Griffin Gazette (11/30/16)
  
• Interviewed for The Daily Utah Chronicle in “TEDx Time in Salt Lake City,” by Erin West (9/16/16)
  
• Interviewed for The 21st Century Voice Teacher: Blending Tradition and Innovation, the official blog of Einerlei Publishing, in “Pro Bono Performing: To Sing or Not to Sing (9/16/16)
  
• Featured in The Finer Points blog in “TEDx Salt Lake City features CFA Professors” (9/13/16)
  
• Featured in The Finer Points blog in “Celebrating 5 faculty members’ latest achievements” (4/25/16)
  
• Interviewed for The Intermountain Catholic in “Singer gives students insight into life at the opera,” by Christine Young (11/25/11)
  
• Interviewed for South Bend Tribune in “Of love, spring, they sing: Chamber Singers to present Carmina Burana” by Michael Snyder, http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2006-05-19/news/26930294_1_love-poetry-nazis-choral-sections (5/19/06)
  

Reviews:
“Everyone fit their roles perfectly, from the lovely dancers that played the courtesans, to the forceful General Gloriosus (Brian Manternach), to the philandering Senex (Lucas Goodrich). There wasn’t a weak singer in the cast.”
            -Utah Theatre Bloggers, 4/7/15

“Brian Manternach’s Police Chief Tiger Brown was an especially amusing character due to his straight-faced nonchalance in the face of dramatic circumstances.”
            -Utah Theatre Bloggers, 11/13/14

“...particular mention must be made of Alexandra Camastro as Jenny; Brian Manternach as Tiger Brown, the police commissioner; Austin John Smith as the Street Singer; and Lauren Rathbun as Lucy, Tiger Brown’s daughter. They were all invested in their characters and gave convincing portrayals.”
            -Salt Lake Magazine and reichelrecommends.com, 11/10/14
*This production was named by Salt Lake Magazine to be one of  “Utah’s Top 10 Classical Performances of 2014”

“Brian Manternach played King Sextimus the Silent. Although the character communicates entirely through actions and facial expressions, the role is one of the most enjoyable to watch in the play (much like the Mute in The Fantasticks). Manternach fully capitalized on the comedic nature of his character, especially in “Man to Man Talk,” which, combined with Marshall Barer‘s lyrics (sung by Yerke), made me laugh harder than at any other time in the play.”
            -Utah Theatre Bloggers, 6/29/13

“Shalee Mortensen Schmidt as Queen Aggravain and Brian Manternach as King Sextimus also give vivid portrayals. Manternach is ingenious in the comic ‘Man to Man Talk.’”
            -Deseret News, 6/26/13