is an operatic bass and voice instructor residing in New York City. They have appeared with the Lyric Opera Theatre of Arizona State University, Miami University Opera, Janiec Opera Company, and Trilogy: An Opera Company, On Site Opera, the New York Opera Festival, a guest artist in concert with New Camerata Opera, and recently debut with Tapestry Opera in Toronto for the world premiere of Ian Cusson’s Of The Sea. Most recently, Brian returned to On Site Opera covering the role of Talpa in the company’s production of Puccini’s Il Tabarro. As a recitalist, Brian has served as Artist in Residence with the Tohno International Arts Association (Japan), Manchester Literary Festival, Poetry International (London), Poetry Press Week, and The Metropolitan Opera Guild. Brian holds a BA in Music from the University of South Carolina, an MM in Voice Performance from Miami University of Ohio, and is an alumnus of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. As an actor Brian has performed in Alexandro Segade’s Future St. at both the We’re Watching series (Bard College residency) as well as in the series Tip of Her Tongue (Broad Museum). They were also seen playing the role of Cleopatra in Here, Serpent (Dixon Place, NYC), a trans-gender liminal experimental theatre piece devised by both Brian and actor C. Bain. Brian returned to ChaShaMa as artist-in-residence for 2019-2020 season after their 2018 debut in their original performance piece We Wear the Masc, presented by ChaShaMa in their Anita’s Way performance space. This month They will be seen in a workshop of the opera Exagoge by composer Avner Finberg and librettist Edward Einhorn presented at Opera America followed by a recital of Mahler’s Ruckertlieder in the A Train Festival presented by the Harlem School of the Arts. As a voice instructor, Brian maintains a vibrant private voice studio. They are also a Teaching Artist with the Bronx Arts Ensemble and the Harlem School of the Arts. Brian is a 2017 fellow with Emerging Leaders in New York Arts, a finalist in Opera Ebony’s 2021 Benjamin Matthews Voice Competition, and formerly served as Artistic Liaison for ChaShaMa. Brian is a fierce advocate for housing rights and the fight to end homelessness. They currently serve as Senior Ambassador for Hearts of Gold, a charity that works to transition unhoused mothers and their children off the streets & out of shelters into permanent housing in the New York City community.