Travis Bregier
Assistant Choir DirectorAssistant Choir Director
Assistant Choir Director
From West Fargo, ND, Travis attended North Dakota State University in Fargo, where he earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in vocal performance. As a student of Dr. Robert Jones at NDSU, he performed solo recitals, featuring music from the Baroque to the twenty-first century, appeared as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah, and as a soloist in Europe with the NDSU Concert Choir while touring Croatia and Italy. He also sang with the Fargo-Moorhead Choral Artists.
On the stage of the NDSU Festival Concert Hall, Travis appeared in operatic roles , including Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus (Strauss), Mr. Gobineau in The Medium (Menotti), a priest in The Magic Flute (Mozart), the Learned Judge in Trial by Jury (Gilbert & Sullivan), and Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten). As an undergraduate, Travis was a first-place finalist in multiple National Association of Teachers of Singing ND regional competitions, as well as in the graduate division, allowing him to compete in the semi-final round at the National NATS student auditions.
Travis conducts the Bell Choir and assists with Sunday services, Celtic Evensong, the TGIF Concert Series, and with Chancel Choir rehearsals and concerts. In addition to supporting the music programs at First Presbyterian, he teaches private piano and voice lessons through Candyman: Strings and Things, and is a music mentor in the Santa Fe Public Schools through Dream Big (Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival), Performance Santa Fe, and Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra. He regularly performs musical theater roles with Tri-M Productions, has been a soloist with Santa Fe Symphony Chorus, Zia Singers, NM Bach Society, and Vocal Artistry Art Song Festival, and has appeared with Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico, Chanticleer (Performance Santa Fe), and Opera Southwest. Travis also appears regularly on the TGIF Concert Series.