Brian Carter

Heralded by the San Francisco Classical Voice as “a Wagnerian vocalist who can sing the sword out of Wotan’s tree,” Greensboro, NC native Dr. Brian Carter began his musical career as a cellist.  In his late twenties, he discovered classical singing and went on to pursue vocal studies earning a Bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, a Master’s degree from the University of Houston, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Michigan.  He has performed with companies including San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program, Opera North, the Wagner Society of Washington DC, Greensboro Opera Company, the Washington-Idaho Symphony, the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, the Northwest Symphonic Orchestra, the Dearborn Symphony, the Washington State University Symphonic Orchestra, Piedmont Wind Symphony, the Michigan Pops Orchestra, the Mid-Columbia Master Singers, and the Royal Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. Dr. Carter has been a faculty member at Elon University since 2018 where he teaches classical and musical theater voice lessons and American Music History, and at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro where he specializes in Rock and Classical Music History. In addition to his degrees in music, he also holds a degree in Communications/Broadcasting from Appalachian State University.