Sacred Music Drama: The Producer's Guide Second Edition

Dr. Carl Gerbrandt is Professor Emeritus of Opera and Voice at the University of Northern Colorado. Prior to his work at UNC, Dr. Gerbrandt held opera directing positions at Peabody Conservatory of Music of Johns Hopkins University, Southern Baptist Seminary where he began their Sacred Music Drama program, and Tabor College. While he made his mark in the field of operatic performance, Gerbrandt has also presented many recitals, masterclasses, and choral workshops nationwide, while having performed over seventy opera and oratorio roles. He has appeared as bass soloist with the Annapolis Naval Academy in filmings of Handel's Messiah, and frequently sung with major symphonies and opera companies throughout the country. Gerbrandt made his professional directing debut at Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Additionally, his staged production of Mendelssohn's Elijah was filmed by PBS-TV and broadcast nationwide. He has staged over 40 operas, and his "Opera in Education" productions have been seen at three national music conventions and by thousands of young people. In 1990, Dr. Gerbrandt held a Visiting Scholar position at Cambridge University, England. He has edited The Songs of Louis Cheslock, a collection of the complete songs of the late American composer. In 2004, he returned to Cambridge as a Visiting Fellow, traveling repeatedly to Spain to research Zarzuela, the highly popular Spanish operetta form. Conductor of the heralded Greeley Chorale from 1987-2005, Dr. Gerbrandt directed the 100-voice choir on five International concert tours and presented 10 world premieres. Dr. Gerbrandt holds conducting and performances degrees from Tabor College and Wichita State University, and a doctoral degree in Voice Performance from Peabody Conservatory of Music. Post-doctoral studies in voice and opera were taken at Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie in Detmold, Germany.