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Will Prapestis (Baritone)

Born: Elmira, New Yok, USA

The American bartitone singer and bass player, Will Prapestis, earned his Bachelor of Music in Performance at SUNY Fredonia (Class of 2010). He the 2019-2020 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Fellow. Currently he studies for his Masters of Music degree in Voice at Boston University.

Possessing a “resonant, beautiful” sound and heralded for his “expressive, florid" singing, Will Prapestis performs frequently as a soloist and ensemble member in the USA and Europe. He has had the pleasure of singing as a soloist and chorister with Emmanuel Music, Renaissance Men -of which he is a founding member - Boston Baroque, Orpheus Singers, Exsultemus, BEMF, Cappella Clausura, Labyrinth Choir, Cantata Singers, Sound Icon, Monadnock Music Festival, Augmented, Copley Singers, Oriana Consort, Boston University Chamber Chorus, and the Fredonia College Choir. He was also Former chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral in Buffalo, New York (May 2009-June 2010). He was a participant in the 2019 Carmel Bach Festival, where he was featured as a Virginia Best Adams Fellow.

Will Prapestis is also a very busy bass player, thoroughly active in the Boston and New York City Pop Music scenes, performing with as many as five bands as a bass guitarist, vocalist, writer, and arranger. He is also a highly-sought session artist. He currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts.


Sources:
Renaissance Men Website
Will Prapestis profile on Facebook
Photo 02: Ethan DePuy
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (May 2022)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Ryan Turner

Bass

Emmanuel Music [C21-6] (2021, Video): BWV 60
Emmanuel Music [C21-9] (2021, Video): BWV 70 [Conductor: John Harbison]
Emmanuel Music [C21-14] (2022, Video): BWV 3
Emmanuel Music [C21-17] (2022, Video): BWV 88
Emmanuel Music [C21-22] (2022, Video): BWV 46
Emmanuel Music [C21-23] (2022, Video): BWV 1
Emmanuel Music [C21-27] (2022, Video): BWV 158
Emmanuel Music [C22-1] (2022, Video): BWV 75
Emmanuel Music [C22-3] (2022, Video): BWV 47
Emmanuel Music [C22-12] (2022, Video): BWV 186a
Emmanuel Music [C22-17] (2023, Video): BWV 72
Emmanuel Music [C22-18] (2023, Video): BWV 107
Emmanuel Music [C22-20] (2023, No video): BWV 9
Emmanuel Music [C22-25] (2023, Video): BWV 39
Emmanuel Music [C22-27] (2023, Video): BWV 85
Emmanuel Music [C22-30] (2023, Video): BWV 194
Emmanuel Music [C23-1] (2023, Video): BWV 75
Emmanuel Music [C23-6] (2023, Video): BWV 98 [Conductor: Michael Beattie]
Emmanuel Music [C23-9] (2023, Video): BWV 106 [Conductor: Michael Beattie]
Emmanuel Music [C23-10] (2023, Video): BWV 70
Emmanuel Music [C23-12] (2023, Video): BWV 30
Emmanuel Music [C23-14] (2023, Video): BWV 61
Emmanuel Music [C23-15] (2023, Video): BWV 151 [Conductor: Michael Beattie]
Emmanuel Music [C23-16] (2024, Video): BWV 7
Emmanuel Music [C23-23] (2024, Video): BWV 94

Links to other Sites

Will Prapestis (Renaissance Men)
Will Prapestis on Facebook


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