Britt Quentin

Britt Quentin
Tallinn in December 2011
Background information
Born	(1973-07-11) 11 July 1973 Detroit, Michigan, USA
Genres	vocal, pop
Occupation(s)	singer, writer, arranger, producer, vocal coach, director, actor, voiceover actor
Instruments	vocals, piano, violin
Years active	1996–present
Associated acts	m-pact, Thriller – Live
Website	www.brittquentinmusic.com

Britt Quentin (born 11 July 1973) is an American artist acting as singer, writer, arranger, producer, vocal coach, director, actor, voiceover actor.

Life and career

Early life

Britt Quentin is born on 11 July 1973. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where he studied voice, piano, classical violin for 11 years, and music education at Wayne State University.^[1]

M-pact years (1996-2009)

Britt Quentin was part of M-pact vocal group from 1996^[2] to 2009 as artistic director.

Thriller Live years (2009-2016)

• In 2009, he was cast to be lead vocal in Thriller Live^[3] musical. He first toured in Europe and more distant countries like Korea, then was part of the west end cast in London in this show which is a tribute to Michael Jackson. Britt has been the resident director and lead vocal until May 2016.^[4]
• After 5 months away from Michael Jackson's universe, Britt Quentin is back on Thriller Live for 7 weeks of shows in Macau, China - from September 30 to November 13, 2016. The musical has been chosen to open the new Parisian Theatre, from The Parisian Macao integrated resort.^[5]
• Britt Quentin is part of Thriller Live European tour in from January to April 2017. The cast is giving shows in UK, Ireland and Germany.^[6]
• Britt Quentin is the resident director and lead vocal in the second Thriller Live residence at the Parisian Theatre in Macau, China in from April to September 2017.^[7]

Others

• In the 1990s, he was part of a vocal trio named Chosen Vessel with Dana M. Dahlstrom and Colleen A. Gallaher. They appeared on some songs, including on Emily Danielson's CD "A Temple of Clay" in 1995, on vocal backgrounds.^[8]
• From 2002 to 2004, Britt Quentin made a few representations for the contemporary classical work "Cafe Desire", as he was cast lead counter tenor soloist.^[9]
• In 2011, Britt Quentin and Estonian Voices gave a concert at Christmas Jazz Festival.^[10][11]
• In 2014, Britt Quentin arranged a title for the album “One savior one voice” : “Where can I turn for peace?”. This song has been written by Emma Lou Thayne and composed by Joleen G. Meredith in 1973. “One savior one voice” project is aimed to gather many arrangers and singers together in order to produce a CD of hymns to religious gospel in different music styles (vocal jazz, R&B gospel, some Latin and rock grooves…). Bradley Hampton is behind this project.^[12]

External links

• Thriller Live website: web.archive.org/web/20160406015451/http://thrillerlive.com/cast/britt-quentin/
• Britt Quentin's website: www.brittquentinmusic.com

References