Brad Cresswell is an American radio broadcaster and former opera singer who is currently based at WGTE-FM in Toledo, Ohio.
16 Facts About Brad Cresswell
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Brad Cresswell is the creator and host of Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green, a radio series sponsored by Bowling Green State University and syndicated internationally by The WFMT Radio Network.
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Brad Cresswell subsequently attended Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa; the St Louis Conservatory and School for the Arts, and Boston's New England Conservatory of Music.
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Brad Cresswell made his professional debut in Richard Strauss's opera Elektra with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, a performance which was later released on Philips Records.
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Brad Cresswell sang several premieres for both Opera Theatre of St Louis and Santa Fe Opera, including Judith Weir's The Vanishing Bridegroom and Blond Eckbert.
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Brad Cresswell created the role of the poet John Lorimond in David Carlson's The Midnight Angel, to a libretto and original story by author Peter S Beagle, which was commissioned by Opera Theatre of St Louis, Glimmerglass Opera, and Sacramento Opera.
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For Chicago Lyric Opera, Brad Cresswell created a role in Anthony Davis' opera Amistad, based on the 1839 slave revolt aboard the Spanish schooner La Amistad.
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Brad Cresswell appears in the original cast recording of Amistad under conductor Dennis Russell Davies on New World Records.
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At WNYC, Brad Cresswell helped to create one of the first contemporary classical music services on the internet and HD radio, WNYC2.
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Brad Cresswell has made guest appearances on the popular Public Radio programs Studio 360 and Radiolab.
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In 2007 Brad Cresswell received the first ASCAP Deems Taylor Multimedia Award for his work on the online music festival 24 Hours and 33 Minutes, The Playful and Playable Cage.
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Brad Cresswell has written extensively for the Metropolitan Opera Radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio.
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Brad Cresswell has been a regular panelist for the popular Opera Quiz intermission feature heard during the Met's live Saturday matinee broadcasts.
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In 2012 Brad Cresswell was named one of three revolving hosts for the Opera Quiz, which is broadcast by more than 300 stations worldwide.
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In 2009 Brad Cresswell joined WGTE-FM in Toledo, Ohio as Music Director and Host.
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At WGTE, Brad Cresswell created a radio series called Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green, which is distributed by The WFMT Radio Network to more than 160 radio stations worldwide.