The Ten Tenors Line up

xcept · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: The Ten Tenors Line up

November 2008 Ten Tenors line up...

* Craig Hendry (Chendry)

Craig, or "Chendry", as he is affectionately known by the others, first joined The Ten Tenors back in August 2000 as the group's keyboard player and backing programmer. Previous experience in this area included accompanying various choirs, playing in numerous jazz ensembles and musical theatre orhestras and creating demo tracks in his home studio.But it was Chendry's vocal background that would eventually come to the fore and in January 2003, he joined the "front line" of The Ten Tenors. Despite a largely classically-based training, Chendry's main experience was forged in the field of vocal jazz, having both participated and performed in jazz festivals and master classes in Australia and Asia. Highlights include the 1998 Singapore Fringe Festival, singing with Michael Crawford on his Australian tour of the same year and performing the lead boy soprano line in his Grade 3 choir's rendition of "Don Gatto".

Chendry also brings inspiration from the world of theatre. You may remember him in roles of varying degrees of importance in such critically acclaimed plays as Camelot and West Side Story, to name but a few.When he's not on stage, Chendry enjoys reading, exercising and Smirnoff Vodka and continues his involvement in the creation of the group's orchestrations, arrangements and original material.

* Jason Short (shorty)
Jason is a 24 year old Sagittarian who was born and bred in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. At the age of ten, he moved to Queensland and through friends was introduced to the world of the performing arts. Since then, the passion to perform in front of the masses has taken hold, and it's unlikely he will ever look back! From performances in Les Miserables to a televised rendition as Frankenfurta from the Rocky Horror Show, Jason has loved every minute of his performing life.

As a young lad, sport also played a significant role in Jason's life. After some strict instruction and his first blue and white beanie and scarf from his Great Aunt Gladis, Jason will forever be an avid supporter of the AFL team, Geelong Cats. GO THE CATS!

Jason is forever grateful to have been given the opportunity to tour and perform to audiences all around the world with The Ten Tenors.

* Drew Graham (Creamy)

A potential career as a professional saxophonist threw Drew together with the other members of The Ten Tenors. While studying saxophone at university, Drew saw the fun that his mates in the vocal department were having and quickly transferred to the vocal course. Shortly thereafter, in 1998, Drew became a member of The Ten Tenors and since then his saxophone has languished in its case, except for occasional cameo appearances on stage and on The Ten Tenors' recordings.

Prior to joining The Ten Tenors, Drew undertook critically acclaimed performances in The Bartered Bride, Brahms' Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and numerous performances with Studiopera.

Through his passion for digital video and photography, Drew has become a self-styled multi-media biographer of the group; he is currently shooting a documentary-style film of The Ten Tenors' touring life.

* Stephen Sowden (Biscuit)

Steven pursued music from an early age, and graduated from the Central Queensland University Conservatorium of Music with a Bachelor of Music Theatre in 2004. Steve has played leading roles in Aspects of Love, Chess, Chicago, Kiss Me Kate and Footloose.

In 2006, Steven completed an extended contract performance in the Broadway Musical Theatre Revue 'Encore' at Japan's Tokyo DisneySea.

Steven is delighted to be the most recent addition to The Ten Tenors, and eagerly anticipates performing to The Tenors' legion of devoted fans!

* Benjamin Clark (Ben C)

Ben graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts musical theatre course in 2005, and has since been striving for a career on the stage.A country boy at heart, Ben grew up in the small rural town of Mernda in the outskirts of Melbourne. He began performing as soon as he started high school appearing on stage first in Anything Goes! He performed in anything and everything he could whilst at school, resulting in Ben becoming captain of drama in his final year.Ben has played leading roles in The Wiz, Baby, My fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar, Sweeney Todd, Pirates of Penzance, Guys and Dolls and the Australian premiers of Superfreaks and Boxed In. He has also performed corporately for Mazda, Royal Doulton and the Australian Football League.Ben's other great loves include all types of sport, poker, funky shoes and has recently developed a fondness/obsession for mixed martial arts.Ben considers himself amazingly fortunate to be a part of the Ten Tenors and even more fortunate that he has been given the opportunity to fulfil his dream of performing to adoring fans worldwide.

* Graham Foote (G-Train)

Graham graduated from the Ballarat Arts Academy (Music Theatre) in 2006. Since graduating, Graham has fast established himself as one of the most promising upcoming talents in Australian Music Theatre.

Professional credits include: Jesus/Judas Standby - Ensemble in "Jesus Christ Superstar" Korean Tour, Chris in "Metro Street", Lead Vocalist in "Orchestra Victoria Rocks Queen", Morales in "Carmen", John in "King of the World". Also, in 2007, Graham worked as Musical Director on two productions with the Adamson Theatre Company and performed two sell-out cabarets at the Butterfly Club, Melbourne. Television credits include: Christopher in "Saturday Disney - A Page in Time Series 1

* Stewart Morris (Sancho)

A man with a reputation for controversy, Stewart loves making grand entrances. Most famously he welcomed guests to his 21st birthday celebrations with a powerful rendition of "Di Quella Pira" from Verdi's Il Trovatore, while entering the party on horseback!

Stewart's musical career has been similarly colourful with appearances in productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Les Miserables, Angelique, Ravel's Les Enfant et les Sortiliges (in which Stewart made his operatic debut as a FRUIT BAT!), and Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, before finally making his debut with The Ten Tenors in 2001.

Stewart loves include relaxing with his family and friends, fishing, hunting, listening to heavy metal and watching horror films. Stewart's encyclopedic knowledge of B-Grade films is legendary.

* Luke Kennedy

Luke began performing at the age of 15 in rock bands and musical theatre in Townsville, Queensland. He appeared in productions of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, THE KING AND I (as Louis), MY FAIR LADY, VICTOR VICTORIA (as The Jazz Singer), FAME (as Nick Piazza), JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT (as Judah) and CHICAGO (as Mary Sunshine).

His first principal role came in 2001 as Jesus in NQOMT's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR followed by Marius in LES MISERABLES with NQOMT. Luke then moved to Brisbane to again play Jesus, this time in Harvest Rain Theatre Company's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. This was the first of a host of principal roles with Harvest Rain Theatre Company including The Lion in THE WIZ, The Beast in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and Cain/Japheth in CHILDREN OF EDEN.

In 2007 Luke appeared as Jamie in the Queensland premier of THE LAST FIVE YEARS, produced by Oscar Theatre Company. Luke has also appeared in the 2006 and 2007 Brisbane Carols in the City, which was televised nationally on Australia's 10 Network. This gave him the opportunity to sing with many talented performers including Marina Prior, Guy Sebastian, James Morrison and Silvie Paladino.

Luke feels that he is extremely fortunate to be given the opportunity to venture beyond Australian shores and see many of the world's weird and wonderful places thanks to The Ten Tenors.

* Dominic Smith (Panda)

Dominic Smith was born and raised in Brisbane, Australia. He first performed with The Ten Tenors in 1997 and has been a member, on and off, ever since. Before joining The Ten Tenors Dominic had an illustrious career as a Shoe Salesmen, a Banker, a Delivery Driver and his favorite, a Lawn Mower Man!

His singing career began when he asked his best mates sister to teach him to sing and since that day he has never looked back. Dominic loves travel and over the years he has been to 25 countries and well over 500 cities and towns all over the world. Dominic has plenty of great stories to tell about his worldly travels but until you corner him in a bar somewhere, what goes on tour stays on tour.

When he's not on the road with The Ten Tenors Dominic loves to disappear to a quite part of the world and fish, play golf and dream of all those far off places he hopes to one day see.

* Josh Piteman (Tooch)

Josh graduated from the University of Ballarat Arts Academy (Music Theatre) in 2006. He has been described by Australian newspapers as "Powerful" and "Show Stealing" and is quickly becoming one of Australia's most exciting young performers. His Theatre credits include; 'The Rocky Horror Show', at Melbourne's Regent theatre, Fred/Petruchio in 'Kiss Me, Kate' at Melbourne's Princess theatre. Josh also played the role of The Registrar in 'Madame Butterfly' with The Melbourne Opera Company. In 2007 Josh was lead vocalist in the Tokyo Disney revue, 'Big Band Beat', and in 2008 Josh performed the role of Rost in the new Australian musical 'Dutch Courage'. Josh has also had several sell out cabaret seasons at Melbourne's critically acclaimed Butterfly Club.Josh is utterly obsessed with all things sport, be it Football, Cricket or Tennis. He is a fanatical Western Bulldogs supporter and whilst on tour he suffers severely from AFL withdrawal.Josh loves being a part of the Ten Tenors, as it has always been his dream to entertain the world singing great music.

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The current line up:

Todd Strike
After having gained his Bachelor of Arts in Music, Tod quickly moved into the professional performance arena with appearances in The State Opera Of Queensland's (Australia) productions of "Turandot" and "Otello" and went on to play Goro in "Madame Butterfly" for the State Music Festival. After discovering a love for Musical Theatre he pursued a career in musicals with performances in "The Merry Widow", "Kiss Me Kate” (Gremio), "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Forum" (Protean, U/S Hero), "Grease" (Sonny, U/S Kenickie), "They're Playing Our Song", "South Pacific", "Footloose" (Travis, U/S Williard) and the Australasian and International touring productions of "CATS" (Rum Tug Tugger, Gus, Munkustrap, Old Deuteronomy). Tod later went on to perform with the critically acclaimed international touring act "The Three Waiters".

Tod is looking forward to a great year with The Ten Tenors and intends to enjoy every minute of this thing he's lucky enough to call 'work'. He dedicates each and every performance to his mother, Eva, who was and will always be his source of inspiration, and to his amazing support network.

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Ben Clark
Ben graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts musical theatre course in 2005, and has since been striving for a career on the stage.A country boy at heart, Ben grew up in the small rural town of Mernda in the outskirts of Melbourne. He began performing as soon as he started high school appearing on stage first in Anything Goes! He performed in anything and everything he could whilst at school, resulting in Ben becoming captain of drama in his final year.Ben has played leading roles in The Wiz, Baby, My fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar, Sweeney Todd, Pirates of Penzance, Guys and Dolls and the Australian premiers of Superfreaks and Boxed In. He has also performed corporately for Mazda, Royal Doulton and the Australian Football League.Ben's other great loves include all types of sport, poker, funky shoes and has recently developed a fondness/obsession for mixed martial arts.Ben considers himself amazingly fortunate to be a part of the Ten Tenors and even more fortunate that he has been given the opportunity to fulfil his dream of performing to adoring fans worldwide.

Stewart Morris
A man with a reputation for controversy, Stewart loves making grand entrances. Most famously he welcomed guests to his 21st birthday celebrations with a powerful rendition of "Di Quella Pira" from Verdi's Il Trovatore, while entering the party on horseback!

Stewart's musical career has been similarly colourful with appearances in productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Les Miserables, Angelique, Ravel's Les Enfant et les Sortiliges (in which Stewart made his operatic debut as a FRUIT BAT!), and Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, before finally making his debut with The Ten Tenors in 2001.

Stewart loves include relaxing with his family and friends, fishing, hunting, listening to heavy metal and watching horror films. Stewart's encyclopedic knowledge of B-Grade films is legendary.

Dom Smith
Dominic Smith was born and raised in Brisbane, Australia. He first performed with The Ten Tenors in 1997 and has been a member, on and off, ever since. Before joining The Ten Tenors Dominic had an illustrious career as a Shoe Salesmen, a Banker, a Delivery Driver and his favorite, a Lawn Mower Man!

His singing career began when he asked his best mates sister to teach him to sing and since that day he has never looked back. Dominic loves travel and over the years he has been to 25 countries and well over 500 cities and towns all over the world. Dominic has plenty of great stories to tell about his worldly travels but until you corner him in a bar somewhere, what goes on tour stays on tour.

When he's not on the road with The Ten Tenors Dominic loves to disappear to a quite part of the world and fish, play golf and dream of all those far off places he hopes to one day see.

Jeff Teale
Jeff Teale was only really introduced to the world of performing arts at the age of 19. As a young lad, sport played a significant role in his childhood, particularly AFL. His dreams of a career in the Australian Football league took a turn when he eventually explored his love for music and singing.

The young singer then began exploring all different styles of music and performance. He played Enjolras in Ignatians production of Les Miserables in 2005, began writing his own songs and was even known to busk with his guitar on the streets of Brisbane.

Jeff first joined the Tenors in January 2006. He was very fortunate to be a part of both the worldwide release of the album, Here's to the Heroes, and also the DVD, 'A night with The Ten Tenors'. Some of his most memorable experiences with the Tenors so far have been performing at London's Royal Albert Hall, and being part of the album production at Abbey Rd and Air Studios in London. He was also very lucky to be a part of the two-week run of shows at Hollywood's, Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Recently, Jeff has had some time off from the rigours of worldwide touring in order to complete some more vocal training and pursue other goals back in Australia. He is very excited to be back on the road with the Tenors in his new role, and looks forward to learning as much as he can and exploring the rest of the world.

Steven Sowden
Steven pursued music from an early age, and graduated from the Central Queensland University Conservatorium of Music with a Bachelor of Music Theatre in 2004. Steve has played leading roles in Aspects of Love, Chess, Chicago, Kiss Me Kate and Footloose.

In 2006, Steven completed an extended contract performance in the Broadway Musical Theatre Revue 'Encore' at Japan's Tokyo DisneySea.

Steven is delighted to be the most recent addition to The Ten Tenors, and eagerly anticipates performing to The Tenors' legion of devoted fans!

Graham Foote
Graham graduated from the Ballarat Arts Academy (Music Theatre) in 2006. Since graduating, Graham has fast established himself as one of the most promising upcoming talents in Australian Music Theatre.

Professional credits include: Jesus/Judas Standby - Ensemble in "Jesus Christ Superstar" Korean Tour, Chris in "Metro Street", Lead Vocalist in "Orchestra Victoria Rocks Queen", Morales in "Carmen", John in "King of the World". Also, in 2007, Graham worked as Musical Director on two productions with the Adamson Theatre Company and performed two sell-out cabarets at the Butterfly Club, Melbourne. Television credits include: Christopher in "Saturday Disney - A Page in Time Series 1

Luke Kennedy
Luke began performing at the age of 15 in rock bands and musical theatre in Townsville, Queensland. He appeared in productions of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, THE KING AND I (as Louis), MY FAIR LADY, VICTOR VICTORIA (as The Jazz Singer), FAME (as Nick Piazza), JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT (as Judah) and CHICAGO (as Mary Sunshine).

His first principal role came in 2001 as Jesus in NQOMT's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR followed by Marius in LES MISERABLES with NQOMT. Luke then moved to Brisbane to again play Jesus, this time in Harvest Rain Theatre Company's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. This was the first of a host of principal roles with Harvest Rain Theatre Company including The Lion in THE WIZ, The Beast in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and Cain/Japheth in CHILDREN OF EDEN.

In 2007 Luke appeared as Jamie in the Queensland premier of THE LAST FIVE YEARS, produced by Oscar Theatre Company. Luke has also appeared in the 2006 and 2007 Brisbane Carols in the City, which was televised nationally on Australia's 10 Network. This gave him the opportunity to sing with many talented performers including Marina Prior, Guy Sebastian, James Morrison and Silvie Paladino.

Luke feels that he is extremely fortunate to be given the opportunity to venture beyond Australian shores and see many of the world's weird and wonderful places thanks to The Ten Tenors.

Josh Piterman
Josh graduated from the University of Ballarat Arts Academy (Music Theatre) in 2006. He has been described by Australian newspapers as "Powerful" and "Show Stealing" and is quickly becoming one of Australia's most exciting young performers. His Theatre credits include; 'The Rocky Horror Show', at Melbourne's Regent theatre, Fred/Petruchio in 'Kiss Me, Kate' at Melbourne's Princess theatre. Josh also played the role of The Registrar in 'Madame Butterfly' with The Melbourne Opera Company. In 2007 Josh was lead vocalist in the Tokyo Disney revue, 'Big Band Beat', and in 2008 Josh performed the role of Rost in the new Australian musical 'Dutch Courage'. Josh has also had several sell out cabaret seasons at Melbourne's critically acclaimed Butterfly Club.Josh is utterly obsessed with all things sport, be it Football, Cricket or Tennis. He is a fanatical Western Bulldogs supporter and whilst on tour he suffers severely from AFL withdrawal.Josh loves being a part of the Ten Tenors, as it has always been his dream to entertain the world singing great music.

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