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Brian DeMaris

Brian DeMarisBrian DeMarisBrian DeMarisBrian DeMaris

Conductor, Pianist, Composer

Brian DeMaris

Brian DeMarisBrian DeMarisBrian DeMarisBrian DeMaris

Conductor, Pianist, Composer

WELCOME

Equally at home in opera and musical theatre, and involved with the development of over two dozen new works, Brian DeMaris currently serves as Principal Conductor of Anchorage Opera and Artistic Director of Music Theatre and Opera at Arizona State University. He has led productions with Anchorage Opera, Opera Columbus, El Paso Opera, Mill City Summer Opera, Syracuse Opera, Tri-Cities Opera, Ash Lawn Opera, American Lyric Theatre and American Opera Projects. He has served as Associate Conductor of New York City Opera, Assistant Conductor of Florida Grand Opera and Glimmerglass Opera, Resident Conductor of Ash Lawn Opera Festival, and Répétiteur at Opera Theater of Saint Louis. He has led concerts with the St. Cloud Symphony, Music St. Croix, the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, Syracuse Symphoria and the Israel Chamber Orchestra, and as pianist has appeared at the United Nations, the Aspen Music Festival, Boston’s Jordan Hall, New York’s Studio 54, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Alice Tully Hall, and in recitals, competitions, and master classes throughout the United States and abroad. He is the 2nd place winner of the 2013 and 2015 American Prize in Opera and Musical Theater Conducting. He was previously Director of Opera and Musical Theatre at Ithaca College and founding Music Director of the Mill City Summer Opera in Minneapolis.  (Read more...)

RECENT AND UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS

La Traviata

The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

June 4-6, 2022

The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

October 21-23, 2022

The Nutcracker

The Pirates of Penzance

The Nutcracker

December, 2022

Carmen

Guys and Dolls

The Nutcracker

May 5-7, 2023

Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls

June, 2023

Tosca

Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls

July, 2023

Arizona State University

2022-23 productions include The Daughter of the Regiment, Head Over Heels, The Rake's Progress, Into the Woods, plus Philip Glass' Songs from Liquid Days and Little Women The Musical.

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REVIEWS

"warmly expressive..."

"energy and precision..."

"energy and precision..."

“… conductor Brian DeMaris drew some warmly expressive playing at relaxed tempos, which gave welcome scope for the subtle nuancing of Mozart’s scoring to register.” – Star-Tribune

"energy and precision..."

"energy and precision..."

"energy and precision..."

“Under conductor Brian DeMaris, who marks his fifth production with Anchorage Opera, the ensemble brings energy and precision to the score.” – Anchorage Daily News

"richness and depth..."

"energy and precision..."

"impressed throughout..."

“Under the direction of Brian DeMaris, the band roars with richness and depth, capturing the ebb and flow of the ship’s journey and, in the final poignant moments of the show, becoming an exaltation of those lost at sea and the survivors who shared their memories.” – Broadway World

"impressed throughout..."

"never heard the orchestra sound better"

"impressed throughout..."

“The orchestra impressed throughout under Brian DeMaris’ direction…” – Pioneer Press

"excellently paced..."

"never heard the orchestra sound better"

"never heard the orchestra sound better"

“The band… played punchily under the excellently paced direction of Brian DeMaris. They turned the screw effectively on Sondheim’s sizzling music…” – Star Tribune

"never heard the orchestra sound better"

"never heard the orchestra sound better"

"never heard the orchestra sound better"

“DeMaris polished the singing and the orchestral accompaniment until it sparkled. I’ve never heard the orchestra sound better, as under DeMaris’ baton.” – Broom Arts Mirror

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