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Nathan Granner
“…Granner makes each of his numbers an event. He's blessed with a commanding personality and a rich, resonant voice… perhaps more impressive are his control and finesse, the emotional logic with which he paces his solos, the way his singing takes on fresh timbre suited to whatever character he's singing…”
ALAN SCHERSTUHL, THE PITCH WEEKLY, MARCH 10, 2009
Operatic Tenor - Nathan Granner, one of The American Tenors (www.theamericantenors.com) – a trio of world-class, classically-trained tenors, is recognized throughout the U.S. and the world. The American Tenors debut eponymous CD and concert DVD, released on the Sony- BMG Masterworks label (under the watchful eye of then label-head now general director of Metropolitan Opera, Peter Gelb) were hits for PBS during their 2003 and 2004 festival seasons and reached the top five on the Billboard Classical Crossover charts.
"The (three) American Tenors delivered a vibrant, fast-paced show that showcased their excellent voices…two standing ovations"
SHERLI LEONARD; THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE; MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2004
On his own, Nathan has received critical acclaim from The Boston Globe, The London Times, The New York Times, Opera News, Washington Post, and USA Today from his appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Irish Radio Orchestra, the Tulsa Philharmonic, Opera Theatre Saint Louis, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Tampa, and Tulsa Opera. He was the featured soloist with the Kansas City Symphony for Maestro Michael Stern’s debut performance as Music Director, furthermore appearing as tenor soloist in The Messiah with the quintessential Handel/Haydn Oratorio Society under the baton of Maestro Grant Llewellyn.
Throughout his career, Granner has developed long-lasting friendships and partnerships. He continues to work wirh guitarist - Beau Bledsoe, having released two classical albums as well as having toured the world with him. Granner has collaborated many times with Brad Cox premiering a number of Cox’s original compositions. He has also worked extensively with award winning dancer/choreographer Jennifer Owen, with Civic Artist, Barnaby Evans' WaterFire - performing and helping coordinate their first large scale performance on the Country Club Plaza.
With his successful singing career, Nathan saw an opportunity to develop outside the realm of a performing artist. Citing Placido Domingo and James Brown as his idols (truly) in the music business world, he set out to learn the ropes in the administration world. He became the Artistic Director of Musical Theater Heritage (a small theater and media organization) For two years Nathan developed performances that fit within MTH's complex multi-tiered mission, namely, as an internationally syndicated radio production and as a theatrical producer.
His next endeavor was to start The Super Group, LLC, an entertainment development company whose mission is to develop artistic ideas and translate them into organizations that work both as art and as business.
This line of work has empowered Nathan and his colleagues to pursue many of their generative ideas turning them into something that can sustain their rent and mortgages as well as sustaining their souls.
The recent and tragic crisis in the print media industry led Nathan and his friend Marcy Chiasson to open up KCMETROPOLIS.org, Kansas City's online journal of the Performing Arts. Utilizing new technology and the new paradigm in the publishing sector, KCMETROPOLIS.org, a 501(c)(3) organization, publishes weekly columns, reviews and previews covering Classical, New Classical (New Deco), Dance, Theatre, Independent Film and Jazz. Nathan serves on the board of KCM.
Mr. Granner keeps a rigorous national performance schedule and acts as a facilitator for KC Artist, INC, a series of in-depth entrepreneurial seminars that will reach more than 100 artists over the next two years.
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