Resume

This page displays my performance resume. Opera, musical theatre, music instruction experience and more are chronologically listed here. More information, music tracks and more are available via the online music studio

Bryant Belin
Bass – Baritone

vpmusicstudios@yahoo.com
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 280-9594

Music Instruction
Kindermusik Instructor Polk County School System Polk County, NC       2013 - Present
Kindermusik Instructor Tryon Fine Arts Center Tryon, NC                          2012 - Present
Music Teacher/Chorus Hville Christian School Hendersonville, NC             2011 - 2012
Kindermusik Educator Hville Children’s Chorus/
                                           VP Music Studios         Hendersonville, NC              2010 – 2012
Voice & Music Fund       VP Music Studios         Hendersonville, NC          2009 – Present
Voice, Music,  Theory       Jim Beaver’s Music Studios Hendersonville, NC                   2009
Music Summer Camp         RLC SC Gov School for Arts/Hum Greenville, SC               2008
Voice Instructor                 USC Community Music Sch Columbia, SC                        2008
Voice Instructor                 Black Creek Arts Council Hartsville, SC                         2007
Voice Instructor/               SC Gov School for Math/Sci Hartsville, SC             2006 – 2008
                                               Adjunct Music Director/
Gospel Choir Director
Vocal Pedagogy Class Coker College         Hartsville, SC                                        2006
Acting independently Voice & Music Instructor Hartsville, SC              2004 - 2008
Brotherhood Choir Dir Liberty Christian Assembly Hartsville, SC                2004 - 2007
Assistant Choir Master Trinity Collegiate School         Hartsville, SC                        2004
Assistant Choir Director    Liberty Christian Assembly Hartsville, SC               2000 – 2007

Opera Theatre Experience
Mikkado                             Pish Tush                 Asheville, NC                                2013
Die Zauberflöte Chorister                 Asheville Lyric Opera                  2010
Tales of Hoffmann, The Crespel/Chorus Longstreet Theater                     2008
Die Zauberflӧte 2nd Priest                 Longstreet Theater                     2008
Die Zauberflӧte 2nd Armored Man        Longstreet Theater                 2008

Musical Theatre Experience
True Story of Cinderella Hermit II                 Spartanburg Rep Company     2011
Music of the Night: A Concert Tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber
                                           Chorister                 Flat Rock Playhouse                     2011
Dr. MLK, Jr. Chorister                 Tryon Fine Arts Center                 2011
-Commemoration
Carousel                             Sailor, Captain       Coker College Theater                  2007
Songs for a New World Man #1                   Coker College Theater                 2005

Scenes
A Shephard’s Tale             Shepherd #4                 Tryon Community Choir         2011
Man of La Mancha            “The Impossible Dream”   Coker College Theater       2007
Phantom of the Opera “All I Ask of You”         Hartsville Country Club         2007
Cosi fan tutte                    “Soave sia il vento”         Hannah Lide Recital Hal      2006
Don Giovanni                   “La ci darem la mano” Hannah Lide Recital Hall       2006
Die Fledermaus “Trio, Act I (Terzettino)” Hannah Lide Recital Hall      2006
Candide                             “O Happy We”                 Hannah Lide Recital Hall      2005
A Funny Thing Happened… “Comedy Tonight”     Hartsville Country Club     2005

Solo Concert
Der Doppelgänger
(arr. for brass & cello)         Schubert                  Trinity Presbyterian Church            2013

Mass in G                            Schubert                1st United Methodist Church         2010

Requiem                              Faure                     Blue Ridge Sacred Chorale             2010

Messiah                               Handel                  1st United Methodist Church          2009
                                         Tim Shepard, cond
Mass in G                           Schubert                 Shandon Presbyterian Church       2008
                                                                           Lillian Quackenbush, cond 
Creation                              Haydn                    St. Matthews Epis. Church              2006
“The Heavens are Telling”                                William Carswell, cond

International
Rome, Italy                                                        Rome Festival                                 2013
International Spanish         Music Festival      Madrid, Spain                                 2007

Recitals
Solo Recital Hartsville, NC Coker College                                2013
Music Series Hendersonville, NC 1st United Methodist Church       2013
AAPF Benefit Concert Asheville, NC Diana Wortham Theatre                 2012
VPMS Faculty Recital Hendersonville, NC Covenant Presbyterian Church 2011
A Recital Trio of Spanish Songs & Spirituals
Hendersonville, NC Covenant Presbyterian Church                                           2011

Masterclass
Arlene Shrut Daniel Recital Hall Converse College                  2012

Other
Chorister/Bass II Maurice Durufle Requiem Dr. Joel Reed             April 2013 Central United Methodist
Interim Chorister/Soloist Central United Methodist Russell Nelson Jan – June ‘13
Asheville, NC
Guest Soloist Good Shepherd Church Father Walter Bryan   Decem 2012
Soloist/Messiah Sing Tryon Fine Arts Center Mark Schweitzer, Dir   Decem 2012
Tryon, NC
Soloist/Messiah Sing Trinity Presbyterian Church Robert Hudson      Novem 2012
Hendersonville, NC
Chorister Taste of Opera Asheville Lyric Opera                     2011
Asheville, NC
Soloist YMI Cultural Center Kimberly Cann, Dir       April 2011
Asheville, NC
Section Leader/Soloist Congregational Church Diane Pickens, Dir  2010 – 2013
Tryon, NC
Soloist Christian Science Church Howard Bakken,   2009 - 2012
Hendersonville, NC
Soloist St. James Episcopal Brad Gee, Dir                             2009
Hendersonville, NC
Section Leader/Soloist  Grace Lutheran Church Ricky Duckett, Dir                    2009
Hendersonville, NC
Section Leader/Soloist Shandon Presbyterian                 Lillian Quackenbush       2008
Columbia, SC
Vocal/Music Instructor Jim Beaver’s Music Studios Jim Beaver             2009 – 2010
Hendersonville, NC
Owner/Director VP Music Studios Bryant Belin 2010 - Present
Western North Carolina
Advertisement The Skyland PAC/ Kate Brighton, Dir            2010
The Absolute Theatre Company


Education/Special Skills
Entertainment Business Master of Science: Full Sail University, June 2013
Graduate Studies:  Converse College, 2011 - 2012
MM Music Performance (Special Graduate Studies):  Converse College, 2010 - 2011
MM Music Education (Graduate Studies):  Boston University, 2010 - 2011
Graduate Certificate Program:  USC Columbia, SC 2008
BA Music Performance:  Coker College, December 2007
Vocal Training:  Arlene Shrut, Beverly Hay, Jacob Will, William Carswell, Serena Hill, Helen T. Schuermann
Piano Instruction: Melanie Foster Taylor, Connie Elder, Stephen Carson, Billie C. Mozingo
Collaboration: Daniel Weiser, John Cobb, Michael Brannon, Mary Barr, Marilyn Munson, Howard Bakken, Tim Shephard, Kimberly Cann
Vocal Coaching: Arlene Shrut, Lynn Kompass, Julio Alexis Muñoz, Mabel Perelstein, Avelina Vidal Seara
Directors:  William Carswell, Diane Pickens, Margaret Leach, Michael Brannon, Tim Shepard, Ricky Duckett, Ellen Schlaefer, Lillian Quackenbush, Graham Wood, David Starkey, Russell Nelson
Ballroom Dance Lessons, Drawing/Stippling