Brian Hotchkin
Brian Hotchkin is a baritone, voice teacher and stage director as well as an arts administrator, graphic designer, and marketing/public relations professional. He is on the voice faculty at Ventura College, where he is a voice instructor and stage-director who has led productions including The Light in the Piazza and Sweeney Todd. As an arts administrator, he was chosen to participate in Opera America’s Leadership Intensive and has held administrative positions including Company Manager, Artistic Administrator, and Public Relations Manager for Opera Santa Barbara and Marketing/PR Lead for the Schwab Academy of Music and the Ventura College Performing Arts Department. Brian is also a graphic designer and marketing/public relations professional who has worked with many arts and non-profit clients including The Santa Barbara Choral Society, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Opera Santa Barbara, and Sarah House Santa Barbara. As a baritone, Brian has been praised for his "strong and effortless voice" and his "unerring, witty sense of theater.” His recent engagements including role debuts as Leporello (Don Giovanni) and Zuniga (Carmen) with the Mediterranean Opera Festival in Sicily, and as Filippo Maria Visconti in Bellini’s Beatrice di Tenda with the London Bel Canto Festival.
