Profile
Glenn Amer was born in Sydney in 1974. He is a pianist, singer, operatic and choral conductor, and organist. He studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music between 1986 and 1993, his studies also including composition, clarinet and horn. At the age of thirteen, he was invited to London to study with, and participate in the studios of the late Geoffrey Parsons (piano), and Erich Vietheer (voice).
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I was knocked out by the lovely tone and delivery of your voice coupled with your piano accompaniment – well – it’s all very beautiful. Congratulations!
-Helen Zerefos (Star of stage & screen) |
From 1997 to 2004 he was on the staff at the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney as both a voice teacher and vocal
coach/accompanist, and he is a guest coach/accompanist for the National Academy of Music (based in Melbourne). In the recent series of classes for the National Academy, held in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Glenn worked with Marilyn Richardson and Daniel Ferro (Head of the Vocal Doctoral Programme at the Julliard School in New York), to give a detailed, intense, short course of study to Australia's most talented young vocalists.
Glenn is the Director of Music and Organist and Choral Master to St. Andrew's Congregational Church, Balmain (1853). St. Andrew's possesses a fine 1867 J. W. Walker pipe organ that was recently restored to original condition. Glenn acted as the consultant to the work on behalf of the church, and gave the re-dedication recital on the newly restored instrument. From 2000-2002, he was also the Organist to St. Paul's Anglican Church, Burwood, NSW. This magnificent church houses the largest Australian built nineteenth century pipe organ.
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Glenn Amer is one of a kind. Not only a brilliant pianist; his well-rounded musical knowledge makes him a walking encyclopedia on any song written in the last hundred years. Add to this his tenor voice, which is simply adorable.
- Ian Cooper, fiddler |
Glenn's repertoire encompasses a wide-ranging variety of styles, and he is equally at home playing a major Bach organ or a popular work by Burt Bacharach! For many years, Glenn was the exclusive accompanist to soprano Rita Hunter, CBE and dramatic tenor Horst Hoffmann. Glenn also regularly appears in concert with Yvonne Kenny, soprano and David Hobson, tenor at the magnificent Sydney Town Hall.
In 1997, with soprano Tarita Carbo, he performed in concert for the Australian Prime Minister, the Hon. John Howard, at the Wrest Point Casino in Hobart, Tasmania.
In 1999 he was invited to perform at the Westpac Master Musician's Series held at Somerset College, Surfer's Paradise, and in September 2000 he returned for a repeat performance.
Glenn recently recorded his fourth CD for EMI with the Three Irish Tenors, and has made other recordings at the Sony Music Studios, as well as two Japanese music albums. Glenn has just released his latest solo album “A Personal Collection”.
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Just to let you know that Saturday's celebration went off extremely well with fantastic reception to Glenn's performance. Everyone loved it and it was certainly the right performance for the evening. They all want to know when I am bringing him back.
- Cheryl Jorgensen, Manager, Mackay Entertainment Centre.
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Glenn appears as a headline entertainer on the Radisson, Royal Caribbean, Silver, Celebrity, Crystal, Norwegian, Orient, Holland America, NHK, Saga and Seabourne cruise lines. Touring with these lines has taken him to Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Noumea, Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Tahiti, The Cook Islands, Kiribati, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and all over Australia.
Glenn has toured Australia extensively as both a soloist and accompanist. His popular, Liberace style of piano playing is always extremely popular with his audiences who are also impressed with his Robert Goulet/Mario Lanza style singing! He has also appeared in the jazz world with renowned Diva, Su Cruickshank and popular violinist Ian Cooper.
In October 2001 Glenn performed at Parliament House, Canberra. This was a busy month which also saw him performing at the opening of the National Wine Centre in Adelaide. Glenn recently returned from a month long tour of New Zealand, which saw him performing for over 5000 people in a single day at Christchurch Town Hall.
A recent highlight was “Opera on the Beach” at Cronulla in Sydney in front of an audience of over 20,000 people.
Glenn is constant demand for recitals, shows and recordings, as well as coaching and teaching. He recently added eisteddfod adjudication to his list of credits and enjoys this challenging work tremendously.
He has recorded extensively over the years for 2MBS-FM. He broadcasts weekly on 2RPH. Glenn performed live to air on the Kerri-Ann Kennerly programme (TV TCN9) in October with baritone Jose Carbo, and has been seen on all the free to air television stations, as well as major appearances on TV Suisse, Tokyo TV and various NZ television stations. Glenn was recently interviewed by John Kerr on his midnight to dawn programme on 2UE and this was syndicated to over forty stations around Australia.
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