Bass-baritone Steven Berlanga resides in Salinas, CA where he teaches choir at Youth Orchestra Salinas, maintains a private studio, and works with local wineries. He is finishing his doctorate in Choral Conducting at Indiana University, and has also studied at College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, California State University – Long Beach, and Cabrillo College. In the genres of opera, oratorio, musical theater and concert repertoire, Mr. Berlanga has worked with organizations such as Cabrillo Stage, The Opera Institute at CSULB, IU Opera, New Voices Opera, the IU Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Cabrillo Summer Chorus and Orchestra, Santa Cruz Symphony, and Ensemble Monterey.
As a choral artist, he has sung with professional chamber choirs in the United States, such as Santa Fe Desert Chorale, The Thirteen, Kinnara, Exigence, Chorosynthesis, Brevitas, Vocal Arts Ensemble, BorderCrosSing, and the Quartz Ensemble. As a conductor and educator Mr. Berlanga worked with organizations such as the Williston Northampton School Choirs, Indiana University Choirs, University of Cincinnati Cabaret Singers, CSULB Bel Canto Chorus, and Cabrillo Youth Choir, the Fairfield County String Festival, and the Summer Music Clinic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.