Martín Benvenuto

Martín Benvenuto has established a reputation for excellence in choral performances in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, and has extensive expertise in treble choir repertoire and vocal production. A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he has been artistic director for WomenSing since 2002. Active as a clinician, panelist, and guest conductor, Benvenuto is also Artistic Director for the Peninsula Women’s Chorus, served on the faculty of the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir for eight years, and is artistic director of the Contra Costa Children’s Chorus.

Benvenuto has prepared choirs for organizations such as the San Francisco Opera, the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the Redwood Symphony, and the Kronos Quartet in works by Bach, Monteverdi, Britten, Mahler, Holst, Stravinsky, and Orff. Benvenuto also regularly appears as tenor soloist with leading Bay Area ensembles.

Benvenuto holds a DMA in choral conducting from Boston University, where he studied with Ann Howard Jones and the late Robert Shaw. He earned his master’s degree from Westminster Choir College, majoring both in choral conducting and voice performance and pedagogy. His undergraduate degrees in choral conducting and composition are from the Universidad Católica Argentina.