Aaron Russo, countertenor

Aaron Russo, countertenor, is a Master’s candidate in vocal performance at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He began his study as a countertenor while a student at Phillips Academy Andover, where he is still a regular guest soloist. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from Dartmouth College, where he studied under Louis Burkot and was a frequent soloist with the Dartmouth College Glee Club. As a Senior Fellow at Dartmouth Mr. Russo produced and sang the role of Cupid in a critically acclaimed period performance of John Blow’s opera Venus and Adonis. Mr. Russo has also studied in London at the Royal College of Music under Margaret Cable, in Boston with Sally Sanford of the Longy School of Music and Wellesley College, and at UMass with William Hite.