William Remmers

Artistic and Musical Director at Utopia Opera
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New York, New York, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Performing Arts
    • Artistic and Musical Director
      • Mar 2011 - Present

      Company founder. Performed in, stage directed, and music directed all of the following: Iolanthe, Yeomen of the Guard, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Trial By Jury, The Gondoliers, La Fille du Régiment, Le Médecin Malgré Lui, & The Pirates of Penzance Conducted orchestra and stage directed for Pagliacci, Patience, Don Quichotte, Der Freischütz, Falstaff, Susannah, L'italiana in Algeri, L'enfant et les Sortileges, Princess Ida, Cendrillon, The Grand Duke, & Martha. Performed in:… Show more Company founder. Performed in, stage directed, and music directed all of the following: Iolanthe, Yeomen of the Guard, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Trial By Jury, The Gondoliers, La Fille du Régiment, Le Médecin Malgré Lui, & The Pirates of Penzance Conducted orchestra and stage directed for Pagliacci, Patience, Don Quichotte, Der Freischütz, Falstaff, Susannah, L'italiana in Algeri, L'enfant et les Sortileges, Princess Ida, Cendrillon, The Grand Duke, & Martha. Performed in: King Arthur, Dido & Aeneas Conducted orchestra and music directed: Ariadne auf Naxos, The Rape of Lucretia, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Hydrogen Jukebox, Passion, The Martyr of Antioch, The Story of Harriet Tubman, Albert Herring, Some Light Emerges Stage directed and appeared in: The Zoo Produced: Eugene Onegin (http://www.facebook.com/utopiaopera)

    • Singer/Director/Conductor
      • Sep 2009 - May 2012

      With Amore Opera, NYC Sergente/Doganiere - La Bohème (Dec. '09) Soloist - New Year's Gala (Dec. '09) Soloist - Valentine's Gala (Feb. '10) Niejus - The Merry Widow (Mar. '10) Montague/Lars/Jules - The Merry Widow (Mar. '10) Pooh-Bah - The Mikado (Mar. '10) Monostatos - The Magic Flute (May '10) 2nd Priest - The Magic Flute (May '10) 2nd Armed Man - The Magic Flute (May '10) Carpenter's Mate - H.M.S. Pinafore (May '10) Sciarrone - Tosca (Oct. '10) Carciere -… Show more With Amore Opera, NYC Sergente/Doganiere - La Bohème (Dec. '09) Soloist - New Year's Gala (Dec. '09) Soloist - Valentine's Gala (Feb. '10) Niejus - The Merry Widow (Mar. '10) Montague/Lars/Jules - The Merry Widow (Mar. '10) Pooh-Bah - The Mikado (Mar. '10) Monostatos - The Magic Flute (May '10) 2nd Priest - The Magic Flute (May '10) 2nd Armed Man - The Magic Flute (May '10) Carpenter's Mate - H.M.S. Pinafore (May '10) Sciarrone - Tosca (Oct. '10) Carciere - Tosca (Oct. '10) 2nd Priest/2nd Armed Man - The Magic Flute (Oct. '10) Frosch - Die Fledermaus (Dec. '10) Ivan - Die Fledermaus (Dec. '10) Ko-Ko - The Mikado (Dec. '10) Pooh-Bah - The Mikado (Dec. '10) Soloist - New Year's Gala (Dec. '10) Carpenter's Mate - H.M.S. Pinafore (May '11) Le Dancaïre - Carmen (May '11) Lillas Pastia - Carmen (May '11) Un Guide - Carmen (May '11) Plagio - I Due Figaro (Oct '11) Sergente - Barber of Seville (Dec '11) Soloist - New Year's Gala (Dec '11) Marquis d'Obigny - La Traviata (May '12) Commissionario - La Traviata (May '12) Un Servo - La Traviata (May '12) Soloist - New Year's Gala (Dec '12) Soloist - New Year's Gala (Dec '13) Soloist - Valentine's Gala (Feb '15) Soloist - New Year's Gala (Dec '15) Soloist - New Year's Gala (Dec '16) Also: Assistant Director - The Magic Flute (May '10) Assistant Director - H.M.S. Pinafore (May '10) Director - The Magic Flute (Oct. '10) Backstage Conductor - Tosca (Oct. '10) Backstage Conductor - Carmen (May '11) Backstage Conductor - La Traviata (May '12)

    • Videographer/Sound and Video Technician
      • Sep 2009 - May 2012

      With Amore Opera, NYC Film, edit, and distribute videos of the performances. Rig setups for sound effects, instrument amplification, and video monitors for backstage conducting.

    • Music Director
      • Jun 2015 - Present

      Company music director and soloist.

    • United States
    • Retail
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Music Teacher
      • Dec 2017 - Present

      New York, New York, United States Private lessons in piano, guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, voice, sightreading/singing, music theory, composition, recording. Currently remote and taking new students.

    • Performer
      • Nov 2009 - Present

      I perform regularly in shows and, when possible, produce and direct. I have sung the roles: Old Adam - Ruddigore (Nov. '09) Arac - Princess Ida (Jan. '10) Capt. Corcoran, K.C.B. - Utopia, Ltd. (Mar. '10) Antonio/Giorgio/Francesco - The Gondoliers (May '10) Pooh-Bah - The Mikado (Oct. '10) Usher/Foreman - Trial By Jury (April '11) Lord Chancellor - Iolanthe (Oct '11) The Pirate King - The Pirates of Penzance (Nov '11) Simon - The Beauty Stone (Jan '12) Thomas… Show more I perform regularly in shows and, when possible, produce and direct. I have sung the roles: Old Adam - Ruddigore (Nov. '09) Arac - Princess Ida (Jan. '10) Capt. Corcoran, K.C.B. - Utopia, Ltd. (Mar. '10) Antonio/Giorgio/Francesco - The Gondoliers (May '10) Pooh-Bah - The Mikado (Oct. '10) Usher/Foreman - Trial By Jury (April '11) Lord Chancellor - Iolanthe (Oct '11) The Pirate King - The Pirates of Penzance (Nov '11) Simon - The Beauty Stone (Jan '12) Thomas Brown - The Zoo (May '12) Dick Deadeye - H.M.S. Pinafore (Nov '12) King Gama/Florian - Princess Ida (Dec '12) The Prince of Monte Carlo - The Grand Duke (Oct '13) Sancho - The Contrabandista (May '14) Sultan - The Rose of Persia (Dec '14) King Paramount - Utopia, Ltd (Oct '15) Cox - Cox & Box (May '16) Pooh-Bah - The Mikado (Sept '17) Lieutenant - The Yeomen of the Guard (Jan '20) I have also performed as a soloist in revues in Sept '10, April '11, and Oct '12, Nov. '18. In March '11, I directed and starred in a revue of G&S that I arranged called "We Are All Single Gentlemen." I directed a production of Iolanthe in October of 2011 and a production of Yeomen of the Guard in March of 2012. In Nov 2011, I conducted and produced a concert of Pirates of Penzance put together at less that 24-hours notice. In May of 2012, I produced a double bill of The Zoo and Trial By Jury, and was conductor for both pieces. I produced and conducted H.M.S. Pinafore in Nov. '12. I performed in the chorus of the 3rd Annual Jay Newman Memorial Lecture. I conducted The Grand Duke and played in a 4-hands piano overture in October 2013. Performed one-man show in Spring 2016. Former President of the Society. Show less

    • Musical Director
      • May 2016 - Nov 2016

      New York City Music Director/Conductor for Fall 2016 production of The Pirates of Penzance.

    • Musical Director
      • Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

      AMD for Pirates in August '15. MD/Conductor for Utopia, Ltd. in August '16.

    • United States
    • Manufacturing
    • Musical Director
      • Feb 2013 - Oct 2013

      Greater New York City Area Conductor (w/orchestra) and Musical Director on The Pirates of Penzance, May 2013. Musical Director and Stage Director on Accommodating Kate, Oct. 2013.

    • United States
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Stage Director
      • 2013 - 2013

      Stage director for Ernani.

Education

  • New York University
    Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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