Betting on Breman

Santa Barbara Choral Society member Will Breman is hitting a high note!

Tenor Will, who has sung under the baton of veteran conductor Jo Anne Wasserman for four years, has been wowing TV audiences on NBC’s hit show The Voice.

He attended a blind audition at the studio and both judges, John Legend and Gwen Stefani, vied to be his season coach after hearing him sight unseen.

But following an impressive impromptu duet with John, Will chose Legend.

Cheering Will on from the wings was Bob Rockabrand, his Westmont College voice professor, who sings tenor from time to time with the choral society.

Will’s journey to The Voice began at age 17 in Montecito when a female acquaintance suggested the Asperger’s sufferer try out for the show. He’d heard of American Idol and America’s Got Talent, but not The Voice.

Alas, life as a vocal performance major at Westmont, touring and the demands of the choral society postponed his auditioning.

Will had just left his bluegrass band two years ago and went to an open call in L.A., which went nowhere.

Now 25, he sent “a bare minimum” demo to the show and forgot about it.

A few months later he received a call from a show rep and was invited back for another audition. And, as they, the rest is history.

Clearly a rising star…