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BRETT VALLIANT

Brett Valliant is an American organist in
demand for his ability to perform many different genres of music on the
instrument he loves. Whether at an organ in a concert hall, a majestic
church organ on Sunday morning, a mighty Wurlitzer in a theatre, or a
Hammond B-3, Brett is right at home. Critics internationally have defined
his performances as “exciting,” refreshing, “unorthodox, and astonishing.”
Brett was inspired by the organ at church when he was just three years
old. He soon excelled at the piano, but that early love of the pipe organ
propelled him to his position as a full time church musician at the First
United Methodist Church of Wichita, Kansas, a post he has held since his
teen years. While at the church he plays a large and unique Schantz pipe
organ and oversees a music department seen by thousands across the Midwest
on the church's television programs. Brett studied organ at Wichita State
University, and he has been a featured performer on National Public
Radio's Pipe Dreams as well as the National Bible Broadcasting Network
where his imaginative hymn arrangements are heard daily throughout the
United States.
At fifteen, he played his first Wurlitzer and exhibited a natural talent
for the popular music loved by fans of theatre organ. In the world of
silent film, Brett is known for scoring and accompanying many films but is
best known for dramatic films such as King Of Kings, Phantom Of The Opera,
The Ten Commandments, Broken Blossoms, Wings, and The Eagle. He plays
annually for several film festivals including the International Film
Festival hosted by the American Film Institute, and has been a featured
performer at national conventions of the American Guild of Organists and
the American Theatre Organ Society. He has toured extensively as a solo
artist, featured soloist with orchestras, and film accompanist abroad and
throughout the United States.
As of late 2009, Brett has three solo recordings to his credit as well as
a number of studio projects with other musicians.
For his innovative approach to musicianship and performance, Brett credits
his love and passion for rock 'n' roll, classical, jazz, and popular
music. He resides in Wichita with his tiny Chihuahua, Mabel. |