Piano Faculty: Grant Wenaus
| Grant Wenaus Pianist, Vocal Coach, Music Director Artist Teacher |
Grant Wenaus, born in Regina, Canada, joined the Program in Vocal Performance at the Steinhardt School at New York University in 2001. Since then, he has conducted NYU productions including "The Magic Flute", "L'enfant et les sortilèges", "Dido and Aeneus", "The Merry Widow", "Street Scene" and "Ragtime". He is also on staff as a vocal coach and collaborative pianist for the Florence Voice Seminar, a summer opera program in Italy, alongside Benita Valente and Sally Wolf. Equally comfortable with classical and musical theatre repertoire, his prior appointment was at the University of Michigan as a faculty music director for the Musical Theatre Program for three years ("Of Thee I Sing", "A Little Night Music" and "Anything Goes"). In addition, he was the music director for the Interlochen Arts Camp and MPulse All-State Music Theatre Programs for seven summers. In New York, Dr. Wenaus is the primary pianist for the New Voices Collective, a concert series for Broadway composers and performers, where he worked with such luminaries as John Kander, Jason Robert Brown, Victoria Clark, Rebecca Luker and Brian D'Arcy James. As a pianist, his work is eclectic: he was the head of music for the Toledo Opera Outreach and Education program, played keyboards in the Broadway touring production of "Grease!", and performed aboard the Italian Costa Riviera Cruise Liner. A highlight of his performing career was playing alongside Martin Katz at Carnegie Hall with such singers as Sylvia McNair and Sanford Sylvan in a tribute to Isaac Stern. He also worked for two summers as an opera repetiteur for Seiji Ozawa at the Tanglewood Music Festival, participating in the 50th Anniversary of the American Premiere production of "Peter Grimes". The recipient of the Sir Ernest MacMillan Canadian National Endowment for Piano Accompanying, he also freelanced in Toronto for several years, working for the Canadian Opera Company, Tapestry New Opera Works, Opera Ontario and The University of Toronto.
Dr. Wenaus received his B.M. at University of Regina (Piano Performance), his M.M. at Indiana University (Piano Performance) and his D.M.A. from the University of Michigan (Accompanying and Chamber Music).
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