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Artist
Connor O'Brien
12+ albums
rockpoppop rockpower popSoft-Rock
about
Connor O'Brien's music is powerful. In fact, Ohio's largest newsweekly, Scene Magazine, may have described it best when it called Connor's music "a near-perfect blend of buoyant pop and acrobatic rock." A classical violinist since the age of five, Connor seemed set for a future in the orchestra until he learned that he could sing... and sing like no one else. His rare voice led him to be accepted into all 11 music conservatories he auditioned for after high school, but he chose to attend the prestigious Eastman School of Music of New York, with it's world- renowned opera department. After fine tuning his performances touring the country in a nationally ranked a cappella group, and playing some of the nation's major venues; Connor set his mind to turning a musical 360° and launching his rock career. Connor's eponymously titled first CD featured the hit song "Inside Out," a self-penned tune that received radio airplay all over the U.S. and eventually, along with other accolades, charted to the #1 spot in France. And audiences have responded. Connor has shared the stage with such national acts as Mariah Carey, Vertical Horizon, Edwin McCain, and Huey Lewis among others. He has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers along with making several national television appearances, including a position as the executive music supervisor for a Discovery Channel series in 2004. Connor's second album, “Soliloquy”, and its regional hit single "Ready To Fall" was a tight, ele
