Described as being "on the verge of becoming an opera star " (EagleHerald), Brenda Bushera lights the stage as a "talented and gracious young woman" (Peshtigo Times). Originally from Wausaukee, WI, Brenda began her professional career with her debut as Blanche in Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Chicago Cultural Center. Completing her education in June of 2004, Brenda received a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Northwestern University where she studied with both Sunny Joy Langton and Sherrill Milnes, adding to her Bachelor degrees in Music Theatre and Human Resources from Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI.

Brenda has been seen as Madame Pernelle in Tartuffe, Alice in Falstaff (sung in Italian), Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte, the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, and Rapunzel in Into the Woods, while performing solos with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, La Crosse Symphony Orchestra and at Viterbo University in the Messiah, Elijah and Holst's Planets. Brenda also has performed a concert series with Classical International Performers, presenting famous opera arias and art songs in the Chicago and surrounding areas. In 2005, Brenda made her presence with the One Theatre Company in Chicago by understudying with 3 performances in City of Angels, both as the Alto in the Angel City Four, and also as Alaura Kingsley/Carla Haywood. Just in 2008, Brenda performed around Chicago with the Chicago Cabaret Company, with two new productions: Geisha, Gaysha & Howdy & Ho and their Cowboy Show.

In her day job to help support her art, Brenda is an Assistant Vice President of Mortgage Lending at a very competitive and stable mortgage company in Chicago called Guaranteed Rate and is very passionate about her job and the mortgage industry.

Currently, Brenda is putting most performances on hold due to her upcoming deployment to Iraq with the 34th Infantry Division Band out of Rosemount, MN. She will proudly be serving her country by performing Hard Rock & Opera for the troops for most of 2009 and the beginning of 2010. Prior to transferring to the 34th Band, Sergeant Bushera served as a part-time saxophonist and vocalist performing throughout the country including a tour of Germany with the Wisconsin 132nd Army National Guard Band.