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Edward Bryant
Associate Professor of Music
E-mail Professor Bryant

BM Gordon College
MM New England Conservatory

Biography
As a graduate student at the New England Conservatory, Edward Bryant performed several leading tenor roles with the Boston Conservatory/New England Conservatory opera theatre such as Fenton in Verdi’s Falstaff, Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, among others. While in Boston he served as tenor section choir leader with the Tremont Temple Baptist Church in downtown Boston and later as the tenor section choir leader at historic Park Street Church on the Boston Commons.

Bryant has apprenticed with the Orlando Opera. He also was a resident artist briefly with the Daytona Beach opera and a resident artist for five years with the Central Florida Lyric Opera under Maestro Bill Doherty. His other credits include two summer seasons with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera at the Heinz auditorium, three seasons as a vocalist with the Mantovani Orchestra’s national Christmas tour, and a member of the Walt Disney World Voices of Liberty.

Bryant previously taught voice at Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.), Brevard Community College (Melbourne, Fla.), and Valencia Community College (Orlando, Fla.). In addition to his classroom duties, Bryant teaches private voice, conducts the Southeastern University Chamber Singers, serves as coordinator for the Presbyterian artist series, and is the artistic and stage director for the Southeastern lyric theatre.