Ed Kruczynski
is a multi-talented performing artist. First and foremost he is a tenor soloist whom God has blessed with a warm
and expressive singing voice that has been known to move even grown men to tears. Equally at home singing classical, Broadway, jazz,
traditional Gospel hymns, spirituals, and operatic music, Ed has sung many solos at local churches and on local stages
as well ensemble work for Boston Pops Holiday Chorus (22 Holiday Pops concerts in the northeastern USA conducted by Keith
Lockhart and others), Granite State Opera (a professional opera company with guests soloists from the Metropolitan and New
York City operas), and the New World Chorale (along with some of the best ensemble singers in New England including members
of the famed Tanglewood Festival Chorus).
In addition Ed Kruczynski
is a versatile actor who is currently seeking work in feature films as an extra and actor. His stage roles have
ranged from the British butler Drake in Annie to the lazy, whining deputy sheriff Tom Winston in the psychological
thriller The Desperate Hours. His roles in opera and operetta have included Arturo Bucklaw in Donizetti's Lucia
di Lammermoor and Arturo Bucklaw in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera Patience.
During his first season
as soloist at First Congregational Church in Pembroke, New Hampshire, Ed's singing became so popular that he was asked
to sing solos in a dozen Sunday morning worship services and sang three solos ("One Hand, One Heart" from West Side Story,
"Perhaps Love," and "The Lord's Prayer") plus a duet with the mother of the bride ("All I Ask of You" from Phantom of
the Opera) at wedding. He has also sung solos at numerous funerals.
Ed made his oratorio solo
debut in December 2006 with the Mont Vernon (NH) Community Chorus when he sang "Comfort Ye My People" and "Every Valley Shall
Be Exalted" during two performances of Handel's Messiah.
Ed Kruczynski's experience
as a singer of songs from the Great American Songbook grew out of his collection of early 78 RPM records, which he started
while in high school. He especially enjoys singing such ballads as "What'll I Do?" "I'll Be Seeing You," "It's
Been a Long, Long Time," and such up-tempo numbers as "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder," "I'd Like to Take Orders from
You," and "The Lady in Red," the last three of which were recorded by Al Jolson many years ago. He has sung songs like
these on his radio show, in variety shows, and also at coffeehouses.
The most influential soloists
in Ed's life thus far have been Mario Lanza, John McCormack, Jane Olivor, Priscilla Herdman, and Hayley Westenra--the
last of whom served as guest soloist in 9 of the concerts in which Ed sang with the Boston Pops in December 2004. Ed's
goals include singing at many more weddings, memorial services, and benefit concerts, as well as guest solo appearances with
the leading orchestras.
You'll find much more
information on Ed Kruczynski's acting and singing experience on the various pages of this website. For additional performance
photos, please visit http://www.myspace.com/edwardkruczynski
Ed thanks God for the gift
of a solo voice and is dedicated to using that gift wherever the Lord leads and as the Lord enables.
