Festival Soloists: Alan Bennett

Tenor – Bloomington, IN

Ninth season in Carmel.  Alan has performed extensively throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Central and South America, and Asia, singing with prominent festivals and orchestras, as well as in recitals and opera.  He has appeared with numerous symphony orchestras throughout North America including the Atlanta Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, National Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony, Calgary

Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Honolulu Symphony and others, as well as with period instrument ensembles including the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, the Handel & Haydn Society, Tafelmusik, Apollo's Fire and Les Violons du Roy. He is a frequent guest at music festivals and, in addition to the Carmel Bach Festival, has appeared at the Tanglewood Festival, Oregon Bach Festival, Bethlehem Bach Festival,

Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival, Boulder Bach Festival, the Caramoor Festival, the Grand Tetons Music Festival, the Augsburg Mozart Festival and many others.  He has collaborated with some of the world's most prominent conductors including Sir David Willcocks, Christopher Hogwood, Helmuth Rilling, Nicholas McGegan, Bernard Labadie, the late Robert Shaw and of course, Bruno Weil.  He is a member of the voice

faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington where he lives with his lovely wife and 3 wonderful children.

On a personal note, he enjoys woodworking.