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Brett
Karlin,
a native of Boca Raton, Florida, received his B.A. in Music from Florida State
University where he studied conducting with André Thomas and voice with Larry
Gerber. While at FSU, he was awarded two grants which he used to found the
Arcadian Ensemble, a semi-professional vocal and instrumental consort that
focuses on the performance of early and new music. Brett also held the position
of Music Director for La Cosa Nostra, a student production company at FSU, where
he conducted and stage directed several chamber operas. Since completing his
undergraduate degree, he has trained to tune and maintain harpsichords, positiv
organs, and pianos under the tutelage of Robert Heath, and has been resident
tuner for Seraphic Fire, the University of South Florida, and University of
Miami, in addition to maintaining instruments in private homes throughout south
Florida.
An avid lover of Early Music and HIP (historically informed performance), Brett
most recently recently participated in a Chorus America workshop hosted by
Jeffrey Thomas and the American Bach Soloists in San Francisco, CA.In 2009, Brett became the Assistant Conductor for Seraphic Fire & Firebird Chamber Orchestra where he was the antiphonal conductor in eight performances of the ensemble’s nationally acclaimed continuo version of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. Recently, Brett was involved in a recording of the London version of Brahm’s Ein Deutches Requiem as Assistant Chorus Master and singer for the Professional Choral Institute in Tampa, FL.
Brett currently holds the position of Assistant Conductor for the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, and has just finished his first year of the Master's Choral Conducting program at the University of South Florida under the direction of Dr. James K. Bass.
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