Bruce Ensinger, Accompanist for Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota, Joins the Club

08/26/21 • 43 min

He taught music in the public schools of West Virginia for 38 years before finding the cultural scene of the Suncoast too good to pass up. Since moving here in 2015, he has become the piano accompanist at Sunnyside Village Retirement Community, the Sarasota Jewish Chorale, director of music ministry at St. Andrew United Church of Christ in Sarasota, performs with the Players Center for Performing Arts, is on the board of the Sarasota Ballet, attends every cultural arts performance in town, AND is the accompanist for Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota.
It is in that capacity that Bruce Ensinger talks to us today about the mission of Diversity, how singers can be a part of this "more than music" choir, and their concert plans for the 2021-2022 season.
All that and more on this week's episode of the Suncoast Culture Club Podcast. Come along a join the club!
• Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota Website & Facebook & Instagram
• The Players Centre for the Performing Arts Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube
• Manatee Performing Arts Center Website & Facebook & Twitter & YouTube
• Venice Theatre Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube & Twitter & Trip Advisor
• Sarasota Ballet Website & Facebook & Instagram
• Sarasota Orchestra Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube
• Sarasota Opera Website & Facebook & Instagram
• Florida Studio Theatre Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube
• Asolo Repertory Theatre Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube
• The Ringling Museum of Art Website &

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Suncoast Culture Club - Bruce Ensinger, Accompanist for Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota, Joins the Club

Transcript

Robyn Bell: I am so thrilled to have with me today. The amazing Bruce Ensinger who plays so much piano around town, I don't even know where to start. Bruce. You are the accompanist at Sunnyside Village Retirement Community. The accompanist at the Sarasota Jewish. Director of ministry at St. Andrew United church of Christ in Sarasota. And you've been performing with the Player Center for Performing Arts, but a day I invited you here to talk to me about your role as the accompan