Brian DeMaris has served as Associate Conductor at New York City Opera, Assistant Conductor and Chorus Master at Florida
Grand Opera, Assistant Conductor at Glimmerglass Opera, and Resident Conductor of the Ash Lawn Opera Festival in Virginia.
He is presently Artistic Director of the New York based Alpha Omega Ensemble and Guest Conductor of Music Saint Croix in
Minneapolis. In New York he conducted the world premiere of Stefan Weisman's and Lee Hoiby's Darkling through American
Opera Projects at Classical Stage Company, with additional performances at the New York City Opera VOX Festival and a tour
to Berlin, Germany and Gniezno, Poland. He also currently serves as Resident Conductor for The American Lyric Theater, and
has worked for Florida Grand Opera in Miami, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Lancaster Opera Company,
Emmanuel Music, Actor’s Company of Pennsylvania, Ephrata Playhouse in the Park, and The American Music Theater. Upcoming
engagements include Little Women at the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv, Isreal and further appearances with
Music Saint Croix. In August he will join the conducting faculty of Ithaca College to serve as Director of Opera and Musical
Theater.
As a pianist he has performed at Boston’s Jordan Hall and New York’s Studio 54, Symphony Space, Alice Tully Hall, Skirball
Center, and La Maison francaise, as well as several recitals and competitions at churches, colleges and universities throughout
the U.S. His principle studies were with Veronica Jochum at New England Conservatory, Read Gainsford at Ithaca College,
Phyllis East at the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts, and Xun Pan at the Pennsylvania Academy of Music. Other
teachers from festivals and masterclasses include Theodore Letvin, John Perry, Angela Hewitt, Jean David Coen, Jacob
Latteiner, and Mark Sullivan. He has performed with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and the Ithaca College Symphony
Orchestra, and has been featured on Vermont Public Radio and Colorado Public Radio, and winner of the 1998 Youth
Opportunities United Instrumental Competition in Washington, D.C., the 2000 Joseph Hopff Memorial Chamber Music
Competition, and the 2000 and 2002 Ithaca College Concerto Competition.
As a collaborative artist he studied primarily with John Moriarty and John Greer at New England Conservatory. Other teachers
through summer festivals and masterclasses include Martin Katz, Pierre Valet, Rita Sloan, Leonard Hokansen, David Finkel and
Wu Han. He has played for private lessons and masterclasses of such solo artists as Ruth Falcon, Deborah Voigt, Carole
Vanness, Marilyn Horne, Virginia Zeanni, Evelyn Lear, Thomas Stewart, Diana Soviero, Ruth Golden, Vincent Cole, Benita
Valente, and Katherine Malfitano, and worked closely with such conductors such as Richard Bonynge, Stewart Robertson,
Bernard Labadie, Craig Smith, Alberto Veronesi, and Benjamin Zander. He has worked for Glimmerglass Opera, Florida Grand
Opera, Lancaster Opera Company, and Opera Festival of New Jersey. He is currently an Associate Conductor at New York City
Opera and Resident Conductor for Ash Lawn Opera Festival in Charlottesville, Virginia. In musical theater, Mr. DeMaris has
played and conducted over two dozen shows. Of particular interest is the series of Sondheim musicals he conducted at the
Ephrata Playhouse in the Park, including Sunday in the Park with George and Assassins, which received special front-page
coverage in Sondheim Review magazine. He has played or conducted over two dozen musical theater shows including
Anything Goes, Annie, Annie Get Your Gun, Boys From Syracuse, Cinderella, Evita, Godspell, Grease, Into the Woods, Kiss of the
Spider Woman, Passion, The Secret Garden, West Side Story, and The Wiz.
A frequent performer and advocate of contemporary music, he has worked closely with composers Stefan Weismann, Lee
Hoiby, Stephen Stuckey, John Heiss, John Harbison, Mark Adamo, and Richard Rodney Bennett. He conducted the world
premiere of Weisman's Darkling in New York with American Opera Projects at the Classical Stage Company, and performed the
production premiere of Lee Hoiby's "Darkling Thrush". He was also involved with the professional American premiere of Bennett’
s Mines of Sulphur at Glimmerglass Opera, which was broadcast on NPR and BBC, released on the Chandos label, and nominated
for a Grammy Award in 2006. He also serves as Resident Conductor of American Lyric Theater in New York, through which he
musically directed several workshops of new works including The Golden Ticket at Roundabout Theater studios, a new opera
based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Mr. DeMaris is also a composer himself. His musical The Portrait of Dorian Gray, in
collaboration with writer and lyricist Daniel Jurman, was premiered in a workshop at the Ephrata Playhouse in the Park in
Ephrata, Pennsylvania, and is currently being performed in several abridged and experimental versions. His artsongs have
been performed at Central City Opera, Ash Lawn Opera Festival, and in recitals throughout the United States.
Grand Opera, Assistant Conductor at Glimmerglass Opera, and Resident Conductor of the Ash Lawn Opera Festival in Virginia.
He is presently Artistic Director of the New York based Alpha Omega Ensemble and Guest Conductor of Music Saint Croix in
Minneapolis. In New York he conducted the world premiere of Stefan Weisman's and Lee Hoiby's Darkling through American
Opera Projects at Classical Stage Company, with additional performances at the New York City Opera VOX Festival and a tour
to Berlin, Germany and Gniezno, Poland. He also currently serves as Resident Conductor for The American Lyric Theater, and
has worked for Florida Grand Opera in Miami, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Lancaster Opera Company,
Emmanuel Music, Actor’s Company of Pennsylvania, Ephrata Playhouse in the Park, and The American Music Theater. Upcoming
engagements include Little Women at the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv, Isreal and further appearances with
Music Saint Croix. In August he will join the conducting faculty of Ithaca College to serve as Director of Opera and Musical
Theater.
As a pianist he has performed at Boston’s Jordan Hall and New York’s Studio 54, Symphony Space, Alice Tully Hall, Skirball
Center, and La Maison francaise, as well as several recitals and competitions at churches, colleges and universities throughout
the U.S. His principle studies were with Veronica Jochum at New England Conservatory, Read Gainsford at Ithaca College,
Phyllis East at the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts, and Xun Pan at the Pennsylvania Academy of Music. Other
teachers from festivals and masterclasses include Theodore Letvin, John Perry, Angela Hewitt, Jean David Coen, Jacob
Latteiner, and Mark Sullivan. He has performed with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and the Ithaca College Symphony
Orchestra, and has been featured on Vermont Public Radio and Colorado Public Radio, and winner of the 1998 Youth
Opportunities United Instrumental Competition in Washington, D.C., the 2000 Joseph Hopff Memorial Chamber Music
Competition, and the 2000 and 2002 Ithaca College Concerto Competition.
As a collaborative artist he studied primarily with John Moriarty and John Greer at New England Conservatory. Other teachers
through summer festivals and masterclasses include Martin Katz, Pierre Valet, Rita Sloan, Leonard Hokansen, David Finkel and
Wu Han. He has played for private lessons and masterclasses of such solo artists as Ruth Falcon, Deborah Voigt, Carole
Vanness, Marilyn Horne, Virginia Zeanni, Evelyn Lear, Thomas Stewart, Diana Soviero, Ruth Golden, Vincent Cole, Benita
Valente, and Katherine Malfitano, and worked closely with such conductors such as Richard Bonynge, Stewart Robertson,
Bernard Labadie, Craig Smith, Alberto Veronesi, and Benjamin Zander. He has worked for Glimmerglass Opera, Florida Grand
Opera, Lancaster Opera Company, and Opera Festival of New Jersey. He is currently an Associate Conductor at New York City
Opera and Resident Conductor for Ash Lawn Opera Festival in Charlottesville, Virginia. In musical theater, Mr. DeMaris has
played and conducted over two dozen shows. Of particular interest is the series of Sondheim musicals he conducted at the
Ephrata Playhouse in the Park, including Sunday in the Park with George and Assassins, which received special front-page
coverage in Sondheim Review magazine. He has played or conducted over two dozen musical theater shows including
Anything Goes, Annie, Annie Get Your Gun, Boys From Syracuse, Cinderella, Evita, Godspell, Grease, Into the Woods, Kiss of the
Spider Woman, Passion, The Secret Garden, West Side Story, and The Wiz.
A frequent performer and advocate of contemporary music, he has worked closely with composers Stefan Weismann, Lee
Hoiby, Stephen Stuckey, John Heiss, John Harbison, Mark Adamo, and Richard Rodney Bennett. He conducted the world
premiere of Weisman's Darkling in New York with American Opera Projects at the Classical Stage Company, and performed the
production premiere of Lee Hoiby's "Darkling Thrush". He was also involved with the professional American premiere of Bennett’
s Mines of Sulphur at Glimmerglass Opera, which was broadcast on NPR and BBC, released on the Chandos label, and nominated
for a Grammy Award in 2006. He also serves as Resident Conductor of American Lyric Theater in New York, through which he
musically directed several workshops of new works including The Golden Ticket at Roundabout Theater studios, a new opera
based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Mr. DeMaris is also a composer himself. His musical The Portrait of Dorian Gray, in
collaboration with writer and lyricist Daniel Jurman, was premiered in a workshop at the Ephrata Playhouse in the Park in
Ephrata, Pennsylvania, and is currently being performed in several abridged and experimental versions. His artsongs have
been performed at Central City Opera, Ash Lawn Opera Festival, and in recitals throughout the United States.
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