gary ruschman | tenor

Gary Ruschman is a freelance tenor vocalist, and a current Artistic Co-Director/performer with Cantus male vocal ensemble. He appears regularly in concert, opera, studio, and chamber music settings, but with special love for contemporary music and historically-informed Baroque performance.

Gary is also very active as a choral and vocal clinician and teacher, working with tens of thousands of students nationwide in opera, choral, and vocal programs. He recently joined the faculty of the Mount Calvary Academy of Music in Minnesota. His choral, chamber, and popular arrangements have been performed throughout the United States by Cantus and by numerous groups in the Cincinnati and San Francisco Bay Areas.

news:

Hear Gary as a soloist on two new Cantus albums: All is Calm (original cast recording), and While You are Alive, a collection of new masterpieces and commissions.

This season will also include a performance with Bobby McFerrin, a national tour of All is Calm (and a run at the Pantages Theater in Minneapolis), as well as a collaboration with the James Sewell Ballet on a new work by Mary Ellen Childs.

Hear Gary on numerous Cantus CDs: at the Cantus Store or buy albums at iTunes. Check the schedule page for upcoming performances.

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