| 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 25 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.
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 also an experienced Children’s director as the Musical Director of Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast at Theater Works, the former director of The Theater Works’
Youth Works Choir, The City of Phoenix Children’s Chorus, and a past Director of
the Arizona Elementary All State Choir. As the Music Director for 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 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 is currently in rehearsals to
play the Narrator and the Mysterious Man in Into the Woods, he most recently
received rave reviews as King Arthur in Camelot and he was nominated for an
ariZoni as Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd (all at Theater Works). He was also Zoni
nominated as 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 25 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.
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 also an experienced Children’s director as the Musical Director of Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast at Theater Works, the former director of The Theater Works’
Youth Works Choir, The City of Phoenix Children’s Chorus, and a past Director of
the Arizona Elementary All State Choir. As the Music Director for 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 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 is currently in rehearsals to
play the Narrator and the Mysterious Man in Into the Woods, he most recently
received rave reviews as King Arthur in Camelot and he was nominated for an
ariZoni as Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd (all at Theater Works). He was also Zoni
nominated as 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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