BRIAN MUMMERT, CONDUCTOR & BARITONE www.brianmummert.com

EDUCATION Master of Music, Choral Studies University of Cambridge, Trinity College 2017 • Graduated with Distinction; Major Teachers: Geoffrey Webber, Stephen Layton, Tim Brown • Supported by the Trinity Overseas Bursary; Vocal Instructor: Peter Harvey; Thesis Adviser: Edward Wickham Master of Music, Voice Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University 2015 • Major Teacher: William Sharp • Winner of the George Castelle Memorial Award in Voice; GPA: 3.98/4.0 Bachelor of Arts, Music Yale University 2010 • Major Teachers: Lielle Berman, Richard Lalli • Winner of 2010 Creative and Performing Arts Award; GPA: 3.5/4.0 CONDUCTING & MUSICAL DIRECTION Founder & Artistic Director The New Consort 2014-18 • Founder & director of this conductorless ensemble, winners of the 2015 American Prize in Chamber Music • In change of programming repertoire, planning & running rehearsals; perform as a member of the ensemble Assistant Conductor The Thirteen 2016-17 • Assistant and cover conductor for Director Matthew Robertson with this professional ensemble for a season including the Monteverdi Vespers at the Kennedy Center and performances at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music • Responsibilities include running consort rehearsals, contracting musicians, program content creation, etc. Graduate Assistant Conductor The Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 2016-17 • A frequent assistant to Geoffrey Webber in running sectionals and full rehearsals with the Choir during a busy season of high-profile international concerts and recording projects; also a singing member of the Choir • Further tasked with conducting 2-4 chapel services per term, including Lessons & Carols and Ash Wednesday Graduate Conductor Cambridge University Chamber Choir 2016 • Assisted Tim Brown in preparing CUCC for a December program of Bach and Buxtehude • Conducted Buxtehude’s Jesu, meine Freude on final concert with the Buxtehude Ensemble Chorusmaster Stinney, Baltimore, MD 2015 • Cast and prepared the chorus for the world premiere of this work in collaboration with composer/director Frances Pollock and conductor Michael Repper • Tasked with teaching & polishing the most difficult score passages utilizing non-traditional notation Founder & Music Director Compline services, St. Paul’s Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 2012-13 • Instituted monthly Compline services sung by professional musicians at this Anglican parish • In charge of programming repertoire, contracting singers, running rehearsals, and conducting services Cantor & Associate Conductor Christ Church New Haven 2007-10 • A frequent soloist & cantor with this acclaimed professional ensemble • Called upon to conduct several services in the absence of the Music Director during 2009-10 Music Director Yale Whiffenpoofs 2008-9 • Lead & artistically shaped America's oldest collegiate a cappella singing group for its Centennial year • Chose repertoire and assigned solos for our 160-concert season spanning 15 countries and 6 continents • Co-produced an album, CENTURY, in association with Grammy-winning producer Steve Barnett ADDITIONAL TEACHING & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Executive Director The New Consort 2014-18 • Responsible for contracting singers & venues, organizing touring logistics, associated administrative tasks SAT & Subject Tutor Streamline Tutors, Pinnacle Prep, etc., NYC, CT, Baltimore 2012-16 • Provided excellent tutoring services in subjects including Calculus, SAT Prep, Literature & English, and Music Theory, for several exclusive Northeast tutoring companies; increased students’ SAT scores by 322/2400 points Writing Tutor & Administrative Assistant Music Entrepreneurship and Career Center, Peabody 2013-15 • Aided Peabody students and alumni in winning auditions by editing resumes, application letters and essays • Created and edited a variety of singer resource documents, many of which can now be found on the MECC site • Ran the Musician Referral Service, connecting local event venues with excellent Peabody students and alumni Workshop Specialist Apple Store Grand Central, NYC 2011-12 • Taught hundreds of people to use a wide variety of Apple products as a member of the Workshop Team • Assisted Cupertino executives and store leaders in writing and editing a Store Operations and Protocols Manual Lead Recruitment Coordinator Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions 2008-09 • Oversaw campus visits for all admitted students and coordinated student Recruitment & Yield team • Produced all e-mail correspondence with admitted students • Ran information sessions for Yale applicants involving extensive interaction and Q&A with visiting families OPERA ROLES Apollo, Charpentier’s Orphée Cambridge University Opera Society 2016 Aeneas, Dido and Aeneas Church of the Transfiguration, New York City 2015 Osman & Ali, Les Indes galantes Amherst Early Music Festival, New London, CT 2014 Mother, The Seven Deadly Sins Heartbeat Opera, New York City 2014 Doctor, The Shape, Skeleton & Foliage (WP) Peabody Opera Études, Baltimore, MD 2014 Demetrius, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Peabody Opera Theater, Baltimore, MD 2014 Bob, The Old Maid & The Thief Opera Theatre of Yale College 2010 Apollo, L’Orfeo Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk, CT 2008 Aeneas, Dido and Aeneas Yale Institute of Sacred Music 2007 ORATORIO & CONCERT SOLO VOCAL PERFORMANCES Schubert Mass in G, music of Vaughan Williams Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra 2017 Baritone, Bach BWV 82 ‘Ich habe Genug’ Trinity College Music Society’s Nachtmusik Series 2017 David Lang’s little match girl passion The New Consort, Cambridge, UK 2017 Pilate & Arias, St. John Passion Cambridge University Collegium Musicum 2017 Christus, St. Matthew Passion; addl. concerts Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival 2016 Illuminations: Vocal Chamber Music of the Past Century Griswold Hall, Peabody Institute 2015 , Pärt Passio Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD 2015 Arias, Bach Magnificat Peabody Concert Orchestra 2014 An Evening of Monteverdi Madrigals Bel Pianto, Baltimore, MD 2014 British & American Folksongs (Colburn Fellows concert) SongFest, The Colburn School, Los Angeles 2014 Arias, B Minor Mass American Bach Soloists Festival, San Francisco 2013 Arias, St. Matthew Passion Spire Chamber Ensemble, Kansas City, MO 2013 A Melancholy Beauty (WP) National Philharmonic, Kennedy & Lincoln Centers 2011 Wish You a Swingin’ Xmas/Celebrate the Holidays! New York Pops, Carnegie Hall 2010-11 Christ Church New Haven 2009 Yale Collegium Musicum Beinecke Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art 2005-09 ENSEMBLE SINGING EXPERIENCE Vivanco concerts & recording De Profundis; Robert Hollingworth 2017 Israel Bach tour & broadcast English Voices; Tim Brown 2017 Conducting Fellow & Singer The Crossing at Big Sky; Donald Nally 2016 Berwick Chorus Oregon Bach Festival; Matthew Halls 2016 Empowering Silenced Voices Chorosynthesis Singers; Jeremiay Selvey & Wendy Moy 2016 Immortal Giants: Yale and East Coast tours The Thirteen; Matthew Roberston 2015 Staff singer Choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine; Peter Latona 2014-15 Staff singer Chantry; David Taylor 2014-15 Substitute Gentleman Choir of the National Cathedral; Michael McCarthy 2013-15 Carols & Lullabies Santa Fe Desert Chorale; Joshua Habermann 2012-13 Mozart Requiem, Bach B Minor Mass New York Choral Artists & NY Phil; Joseph Flummerfelt 2013 Core singer & frequent soloist Choral Chameleon; Vince Peterson 2011-13 Substitute chorister Choirs of Trinity Wall Street & St. Thomas, New York City 2010-13 The Awakening (WP) Norfolk Choral Festival, Norfolk, CT; Simon Carrington 2012 Requiem (Hannah Lash, WP) Park Avenue Christian Church; Paul Vasile 2012 Funeral Music for Queen Caroline Yale Choral Artists, Carnegie Hall; William Christie 2012 Die Liebe der Danae Bard Summerscape, Hudson, NY; Leon Botstein 2011 RECORDINGS Soloist, Choral Works of Julian Anderson Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, UK 2017 Soloist, Music from Salamanca De Profundis, Cambridge, UK 2017 Soloist, Te Deum: Music of Peter Latona Choir of the Basilica, Washington, DC 2015 Soloist, Voice Eternal The Thirteen, Washington, DC 2015 Soloist, Christmas at the Basilica EWTN Broadcast, Choir of the Basilica, Washington, DC 2015 Singer & Co-arranger, Blue Echo Bloom, Bunker Studios, New York City 2013 Singer, It’s About Love The Marble Choir, New York City, Tim Martyn, producer 2012 Singer, Sing Out, Mr. President! Essential Voices USA for NPR, David Frost, producer 2011 Singer, Rumi Symphony Sony Classics, Avatar Studios NYC, David Frost, producer 2010 Music Director & Soloist, CENTURY Yale Whiffenpoofs, Steve Barnett, producer 2009

AWARDS & FESTIVALS Sarteano Choral Workshop Conductor Sarteano, IT; supported by Trinity College Graduate Fund 2017 John Burnaby Fund for Music Trinity College Cambridge 2017 Trinity Overseas Bursary Trinity College Cambridge 2016-17 Career Development Grant, The New Consort Peabody Institute 2014-16 Winners, Chamber Ensemble (New Consort) The American Prize 2015 George Castelle Memorial Award in Voice Peabody Institute 2015 Colburn Fellowship SongFest, The Colburn School, Los Angeles 2014 Russell Trusso Scholarship Art Song Festival at Baldwin-Wallace College 2014 ABS Scholarship American Bach Soloists Academy 2013 Ellen Battel Stoeckel Fellowship Norfolk Chamber Music Festival 2012 Programme Scholarship Vancouver Early Music Programme 2012 Creative and Performing Arts Award Yale University 2010 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Choral Directors Association 2014-17 The Recording Academy 2013-17 American Guild of Musical Artists 2012-17 Cum Laude Society 2005-17 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Sing Inside; Singer & Song Leader 2016-17 Sing for Hope Volunteer Roster; Guest Artist for Summer Arts Intensive 2014-18 Yale AIDS Memorial Project Profile Coordinator 2014-15 Performer, Road Scholar Program at Peabody 2013-14 Volunteer, Yale Day of Service 2011-16 SECONDARY INSTRUMENTS & ADDITIONAL SKILLS Music: 13 years piano, experience with percussion and harpsichord/continuo; significant vocal arranging experience Languages: Conversational in French, some Italian; basic comprehension/advanced diction in German, Latin, Hebrew Technology: Microsoft Office Suite; iWork Suite; Sibelius, Finale, Pro Tools, GarageBand, Logic, Reaper (music software); highly proficient in and able to troubleshoot for Mac OS and associated software as well as Windows INSTRUCTORS & COLLABORATORS Conducting: Geoffrey Webber, Stephen Layton, Tim Brown Master Clinicians: Simon Carrington, David Skinner, Graham Ross, Mark Williams, Sian Edwards, Donald Nally Voice: Peter Harvey, Dann Coakwell, William Sharp, François Loup, Lielle Berman Master Clinicians: Sanford Sylvan, Andreas Scholl, Julianne Baird, Roger Vignoles, Joan Rodgers, Nicholas Mulroy, Andrew Garland, Warren Jones, Ellen Hargis, Judith Malafronte, , Rufus Müller, Drew Minter Coaches: Patrick O’Donnell, Richard Stone, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Kathleen Tagg, Liza Stepanova, John Musto, Ray Nurse, Michael Jarvis, Richard Lalli, Sarah Kohane, Christa Patton, Maggie Faultless