Grant Loehnig

Pianist and vocal coach Grant Loehnig serves as Head of Music Staff at Opera Philadelphia and is a Master Opera Coach on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music. He has worked regularly on the music staffs of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Aspen Opera Theater, Spoleto Festival USA, Festival Napa Valley, and Wolf Trap Opera. He also frequently serves as a judge for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

In recital Grant has collaborated with such artists as Anthony Roth Costanzo, Morris Robinson, Paul Groves, John Holiday, Will Liverman, Lawrence Brownlee, Marcus DeLoach, and the dance company BalletX. Recent recordings include art songs of Carlisle Floyd with Susanne Mentzer, songs of Karim Al-Zand, the premiere recording of David Hertzberg’s The Wake World, and the premiere of a piece by Tyshawn Sorey written expressly for Grant and countertenor John Holiday.

He served as Head of Music Staff for Wolf Trap Opera for over 10 years, where he was also the music director of the Studio Artist program. As a chorus master with Wolf Trap Opera, Opera News praised his “finely honed, spirited chorus.” He prepared the chorus and small roles for the Houston Symphony’s performances of Wozzeck, which was recorded for commercial release and awarded the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.

Grant holds degrees from Macalester College and Manhattan School of Music, and is a graduate of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Music Academy of the West, and San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program. Before joining the Curtis faculty in 2015, Grant served on the faculty of the opera studies program at Rice University in Houston.