| Hear Ken Sing!! "Gloria" from Misa Criolla |
| Hear Ken Sing!! "Nessun Dorma" With Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and Chorus |
Ken Goodenberger has been a prominent member of the musical scene in
Phoenix for over 20 years. He is a well-rounded musician, who is active as a
conductor, choral clinician, voice teacher, actor and singer. All of his musical
endeavors are dedicated to making music of the highest caliber accessible to
students, choirs and audiences.
As Music Director of Showcase Concerts, Ken directs the Royal Renaissance
Singers and OperaTunity. These two groups perform as many as 100 times a year
for a wide variety of audiences. Under Ken’s direction, The Royal Renaissance
Singers recorded their first CD: “Sing a Song of Merry Christmas”. OperaTunity has
delighted hundreds of audiences, ranging from elementary schools to featured
performances with the Phoenix Symphony. These groups are among the best in
the state when working with children and Ken’s ability as a teacher and
communicator helps this to be true. Ken is a former director of The City of Phoenix
Children’s Chorus, and a past Director of the Arizona Elementary All State Choir.
Mr. Goodenberger currently serves as Director of Music at Shepherd of the Hills
United Methodist Church in Sun City West, Directs the Shir Ami Choir for Temple
Kol Ami High Holidays, and is the Artistic Director of the West Valley Chorale.
Ken is even better known to Valley audiences as a singer than as a conductor. In
addition to his abundant performances with OperaTunity and the Royal
Renaissance Singers, Mr. Goodenberger performs The Ken and Brenda Show at
Theater Works, Arizona Broadway Theatre and many other venues on a regular
basis and is also a tenor with the Southwest Palestrina Singers and a regular
soloist with the St. Thomas Aquinas Schola. Ken has been the featured Soloist
with The Grand Salon Orchestra, and in 2008, was featured tenor in Aria ready for
an OPERAtunity? with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic in addition to being a
featured vocalist for the Phoenix Sister Cities Chengdu Earthquake Relief Fund
Benefit at the Orpheum Theatre and featured tenor with the West Valley Symphony.
In 2002 he recorded Ramirez’ Misa Criolla with Khenany and the Grammy Award
Winning Phoenix Boys Choir, and is an Arizona District Winner of the Metropolitan
Opera Competition. Ken has been a frequent soloist and narrator with the Phoenix
Symphony, singing as featured tenor in a concert of operatic favorites and also
performing Kurt Weill's Street Scene, Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio, and a
staged version of Menotti's Help, Help, the Globolinks! Ken was the featured tenor
for the Phoenix Symphony’s first ever sold out weekend of performances with the
magnificently reviewed Broadway Showstoppers. Ken most recently received rave
reviews as King Arthur in Theater Works' Camelot. He was nominated for an ariZoni
as Judge Turpin in Theater Works' Sweeney Todd, and for Tony in Southwest
Shakespeare Company’s West Side Story. Other musical credits include Frederick
in The Pirates of Penzance, Jacob/ Potiphar in Phoenix Theater’s Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Nanki Poo in The Mikado. Ken’s operatic
credits include Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, the title role in Gounod’s
Faust, Cavaradossi in Tosca, and Rodolfo in La Boheme, both by Puccini.
Ken maintains a private voice studio and lives in Glendale with wife Brenda and
their eight children.
Phoenix for over 20 years. He is a well-rounded musician, who is active as a
conductor, choral clinician, voice teacher, actor and singer. All of his musical
endeavors are dedicated to making music of the highest caliber accessible to
students, choirs and audiences.
As Music Director of Showcase Concerts, Ken directs the Royal Renaissance
Singers and OperaTunity. These two groups perform as many as 100 times a year
for a wide variety of audiences. Under Ken’s direction, The Royal Renaissance
Singers recorded their first CD: “Sing a Song of Merry Christmas”. OperaTunity has
delighted hundreds of audiences, ranging from elementary schools to featured
performances with the Phoenix Symphony. These groups are among the best in
the state when working with children and Ken’s ability as a teacher and
communicator helps this to be true. Ken is a former director of The City of Phoenix
Children’s Chorus, and a past Director of the Arizona Elementary All State Choir.
Mr. Goodenberger currently serves as Director of Music at Shepherd of the Hills
United Methodist Church in Sun City West, Directs the Shir Ami Choir for Temple
Kol Ami High Holidays, and is the Artistic Director of the West Valley Chorale.
Ken is even better known to Valley audiences as a singer than as a conductor. In
addition to his abundant performances with OperaTunity and the Royal
Renaissance Singers, Mr. Goodenberger performs The Ken and Brenda Show at
Theater Works, Arizona Broadway Theatre and many other venues on a regular
basis and is also a tenor with the Southwest Palestrina Singers and a regular
soloist with the St. Thomas Aquinas Schola. Ken has been the featured Soloist
with The Grand Salon Orchestra, and in 2008, was featured tenor in Aria ready for
an OPERAtunity? with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic in addition to being a
featured vocalist for the Phoenix Sister Cities Chengdu Earthquake Relief Fund
Benefit at the Orpheum Theatre and featured tenor with the West Valley Symphony.
In 2002 he recorded Ramirez’ Misa Criolla with Khenany and the Grammy Award
Winning Phoenix Boys Choir, and is an Arizona District Winner of the Metropolitan
Opera Competition. Ken has been a frequent soloist and narrator with the Phoenix
Symphony, singing as featured tenor in a concert of operatic favorites and also
performing Kurt Weill's Street Scene, Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio, and a
staged version of Menotti's Help, Help, the Globolinks! Ken was the featured tenor
for the Phoenix Symphony’s first ever sold out weekend of performances with the
magnificently reviewed Broadway Showstoppers. Ken most recently received rave
reviews as King Arthur in Theater Works' Camelot. He was nominated for an ariZoni
as Judge Turpin in Theater Works' Sweeney Todd, and for Tony in Southwest
Shakespeare Company’s West Side Story. Other musical credits include Frederick
in The Pirates of Penzance, Jacob/ Potiphar in Phoenix Theater’s Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Nanki Poo in The Mikado. Ken’s operatic
credits include Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, the title role in Gounod’s
Faust, Cavaradossi in Tosca, and Rodolfo in La Boheme, both by Puccini.
Ken maintains a private voice studio and lives in Glendale with wife Brenda and
their eight children.
Ken Goodenberger - Bio
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