Brian Mextorf

Bass-Baritone Brian Mextorf’s 2019/2020 schedule included engagements as bass soloist in Messiah and Beethoven Mass in C, Jesus in Saint Matthew Passion, baritone soloist in Fauré’s Requiem Mass at Carnegie Hall, a recital of Sibelius songs with Brooklyn Art Song Society, and baritone soloist in Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem. Brian’s 2018/19 season saw a role debut singing Raphael in Creation, a recital with the Brooklyn Art Song Society singing Barber’s Despite and Still, op. 41, four iterations of the bass solos in Mozart’s Requiem including a performance at Alice Tully Hall, a return to Carnegie Hall as bass soloist in Haydn’s Missa in Tempore Belli, and additional ensemble performances with the New York Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and Santa Fe Desert Chorale. His 2017/18 season featured solo debuts at Carnegie Hall (Schubert’s Mass No. 2), Lincoln Center (La traviata) and National Sawdust (AIDS Quilt Songbook). Additional 2017/18 engagements included baritone soloist in Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, recitals with pianists Seymour Bernstein and Brent Funderburk, and performances with the Brooklyn Art Song Society, New York Philharmonic, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and New York City Ballet. A native of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Brian is an alumnus of The Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Westminster Choir College.