Jeffrey Brillhart

Biography

In June 1999, Jeffrey Brillhart was appointed the fourth Music and Artistic Director of Singing City, having served as Associate Director in the 1998-99 season, when he worked closely with then Music Director Joseph Flummerfelt. Mr. Brillhart provides artistic leadership for a rich program of concerts, educational instruction in local schools, and outreach to diverse communities. He directs the choir and oversees all aspects of Singing City’s musical initiatives. During his tenure with Singing City the choir has traveled to Cuba, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Brazil, the Balkans, South Africa and most recently, Mexico. Under his leadership, the choir has presented more than three-hundred concerts, collaborating with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Black Pearl Orchestra, the Kronos Quartet, Symphony in C and with such internationally renowned artists as Helmuth Rilling, Dave Brubeck, Nick Page, Moses Hogan, Andre Thomas, Anton Armstrong, Weston Noble, Rossen Milanov, and Melanie DeMore. In April 2007, he conducted Singing City and Kronos Quartet at the Kimmel Center in the Philadelphia premiere of “Sun Rings”, an oratorio commissioned by NASA.