Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance

Hailed for his "sonorously good voice," Peruvian-American Jeremy Gussin has been seen recently in operatic roles with Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Winter Opera St. Louis, and Opera Quad Cities. Favorite musical theatre roles have included Kevin Rosario (In the Heights), Voice of Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors), in addition to work at the keys for shows such as Into the Woods, Murder Ballad, The Last Five Years and Hunchback of Notre Dame. As a session vocalist he has been active in the Indianapolis area since 2013, recording over 400 choral demos. His professional music career began at 19 as the director and bass of The Offbeats, the Iowa State Fair Talent Search Champions. With the vocal quintet he had the opportunity to open for Simon Estes and Dennis Edwards’ Temptations Revue while pursuing a degree in music education from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

A proponent of contemporary a cappella, he presented at the 2013 National ACDA convention in Dallas. In the past decade he has directed vocal ensembles who have had the opportunity to coach with and perform for members of Accent, Take 6, the New York Voices and the late Steve Zegree. His arrangements have been performed around the world and viewed online over 600,000 times. He also had the opportunity to provide demo recordings and supplementary arrangements for Joshua Weiss’ Perfect Harmony, available through Concord Theatricals

Jeremy performed nine roles with IU Opera and was in over 120 concerts while in Bloomington with the Singing Hoosiers, Vocal Jazz Ensembles, Crimson Cadence and the African American Choral Ensemble. A student of Andreas Poulimenos, he completed his doctorate in music with research on contemporary musical theatre repertoire for the bass voice. He is an Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre Voice at Ball State University.