Curricula Vitae
Puy Calvel, France | London, England
Languages French, German
Teaching | Conducting
2009-present
Freelance Conductor | Yale University Professor Emeritus
2003-2009
Professor of Choral Conducting & Conductor of the Yale School Cantorum | Yale University
2001-2003
Director of Choral Activities | New England Conservatory . Boston
1994-2001
Director of Choral Activities . Professor and Artist in Residence | University of Kansas
Performing Career
1968-1993
The King’s Singers | Founding Member and original Musical Director [see King’s Singers CV]
Freelance Singer
1966-1976
The Monteverdi Orchestra | Principal Double Bass
Freelance member of all the London Symphony and Chamber Orchestras
1965-1966
BBC Philharmonic | Sub-principal Double Bass
Honors | Awards
2016
Visiting Professorship | University of Birmingham . UK
2014
Honorary Doctorate | New England Conservatory . Boston
2009
Emeritus Professorship | Yale University
2007
Yale Schola Cantorum invited to ACDA National Convention in Miami
2006
Yale Schola Cantorum invited to first convention of the NCCO in San Antonio
2003
Krasner Teaching Excellence Award, New England Conservatory
2001
KU Chamber Choir, one of only six college choirs selected:
American Choral Directors Association National Convention, San Antonio, Texas
2000
KU Chamber Choir selected for ACDA SouthWestern Convention, Oklahoma City
1996
Faculty Fellowship Award
1995
Faculty Research Grant
1994
Marshal Bartholomew Award for distinguished contribution to Male Voice Music Harvard University
1990
Performance To-day Lucien Wulsin Award Best National Radio Performance
1986
Grammy Nomination The Madrigal History Tour (EMI Records)
1979
Deutscher Schallplattenpreis in der Kategorien “Alte Musik” Tallis & Byrd Chorwerke
Deutscher Schallplattenpreis in der Kategorien “Volkstümliche Unterhaltungsmusik”
1976
“Silver Disc” from the UK Recording Industry Out of the Blue (EMI Records)
Education
1965-1966
New College, Oxford Choral | Scholar in the Chapel Choir
Teaching Certificate: Department of Education, Oxford University
1961-1965
King’s College Cambridge Choral | Scholar in the Chapel Choir
MA (Cantab) Degree in Music and English, Cambridge University
1956-1961
The King’s School,Canterbury | Music Exhibitioner
A levels: Music, English, French, German
1951-1956
Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford | Chorister in the Cathedral Choir
King’s Singers
1968-1993
Founder Member | Original Music Director
Primarily responsible for Repertoire selection and Artistic Policy for the first 15 years of the group’s career.
Latterly also responsible for the group’s business administration.
Latterly also responsible for the group’s business administration.
3000+ Concerts and Recitals Worldwide Including:
• BOSTON | Symphony Hall
• NEW YORK | Carnegie Hall . Lincoln Center. Shea Stadium[!]
• TORONTO | Roy Thomson Hall
• VANCOUVER | Orpheum Theatre
• AMSTERDAM | Concertgebouw
• BERLIN | Philharmonie
• BRUSSELS | Palais des Beaux Arts
• BUDAPEST | various halls
• COPENHAGEN | Tivoli
• LONDON | Royal Festival Hall . Royal Albert Hall . The Barbican
• MADRID | Auditorio Nacional
• MILAN | Conservatorio Verdi
• PARIS | Théatre des Champs Elysées . Opera Comique . Sorbonne
• VIENNA | Musikverein & Konzerthaus
• WARSAW | Philharmonic Hall
• ZURICH | Tonhalle
• SYDNEY | Opera House
• TOKYO | Suntory Hall
» Complete list available upon request
72 Recordings
• Repertoire ranging from the highly esoteric to the overtly entertaining
» Complete discography available upon request
• Repertoire researcher for the following EMI recordings of Renaissance Music:
MADRIGAL COLLECTION, COURTLY PLEASURES, FRENCH COLLECTION,
CONTINENTAL COLLECTION, MADRIGAL HISTORY TOUR
MADRIGAL COLLECTION, COURTLY PLEASURES, FRENCH COLLECTION,
CONTINENTAL COLLECTION, MADRIGAL HISTORY TOUR
• Repertoire researcher for the following EMI recordings of mixed repertoire:
DECK THE HALL, CONCERT COLLECTION, VICTORIAN COLLECTION
DECK THE HALL, CONCERT COLLECTION, VICTORIAN COLLECTION
• Partly responsible for repertoire selection for all the recordings of ‘popular music.’
Television | Radio
Countless broadcasts and recordings of all kinds from live concerts to in-depth interviews and talk shows, including the following in the UK and USA:
• A Madrigal History Tour | BBC/A&E
• The King’s Singers World of Music | BBC (series of 6)
• On Stage at Wolftrap | PBS
• PBS Evening at Pops – with John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra | PBS (2 appearances)
• The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson | NBC (8 appearances)
• St. Paul Sunday Morning | MPR (7 appearances)
• All Things Considered | NPR
Principal Guest Conducting Engagements
2017
• University of Birmingham
• Cor de Cambra de Palau de la Música | Barcelona . Spain
• Grinnell Singers & Lyra Baroque | Grinnell . Minneapolis & Rochester MN
• Bach Saint John Passion | Stetson University . FL
• Bach B Minor Mass | University of Amherst . MA
• Chorus Angelorum | Houston . TX
• Ateneo College de Manila . Philippines
• Celebration Concert | Edinburgh . Scotland
• Coro Amici Musicae | Zaragoza . Spain
2016
• KI Concerts | Athens, Greece
• Bach B Minor Mass | University of Northern Colorado
• University of Southern California . Jeanette MacDonald Recital Hall
• Walton Belshazzar’s Feast Glens Falls Symphony & Chorus . NY
• The Ascending Voice Festival | Pepperdine University . CA
• Chorus Angelorum | Houston . TX
• Serenade Festival | Strathmore . DC
• Summer Sing | Braga . Portugal
• Elgar Concert Hall, University of Birmingham | UK
• Miami University | Oxford . OH
2015
• Tokyo Cantat | Japan
• Coral da Cámara de Pamplona | Spain
• New England Conservatory Choirs | Jordan Hall . Boston . MA
• Choir of the West | Pacific Lutheran University . Tacoma . WA
• National Collegiate Choral Organisation Convention | Portland . OR
• Yale Schola Cantorum Advent Concert
2014
• Gondwana Choirs | Sydney . Australia
• Brisbane Concert Choir | Australia
• John Eliot Gardiner Monteverdi Vespers 50th Anniversary concert | Cambridge . UK
• Bach Saint Matthew Passion | University of Northern Colorado
• Coro Casa da Musica | Porto . Portugal
• Yale Schola Cantorum Italian Tour
• Yale Schola Cantorum Advent Concert
2013
• Houston Chamber Choir | Texas
• Manhattan Concert Productions | Orchestra Hall . Chicago . IL
• Choral Festival | St Petersburg . Russia
• Tokyo Cantat | Japan
• Heinrich Biber Vespers | Collegium Musicale . Tallinn . Estonia
• Gurzenich Chor | Cologne . Germany
• Yale Schola Cantorum Advent Concert
2012
• KI Concerts International Festival | London
• Alabama All State Choir
• Bach Saint John Passion | University of Northern Colorado
• Yale Schola Cantorum tour | Greece and Turkey
• Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
• Manhattan Concert Productions | Alice Tully Hall . New York
• ACDA Honor Youth Choir | London and Bristol . UK
• Rundfunk Chor | Berlin . Germany
• Canto Armonico | Boston
2011
• Yale Schola Cantorum
• Tokyo Cantat | Japan
• Manhattan Concert Productions | Orchestra Hall . Chicago
• Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
• Canto Armonico | Boston
• Competition
• National Chamber Choir of Ireland
• Coro Casa da Musica | Porto . Portugal
2010
• Tokyo Cantat | Japan
• Coro de Camara Amalthea XXth Anniversary: Purcell Hail Bright Cecilia | Valencia . Spain
• Choir Casa da Musica | Porto . Portugal
• Mendelssohn Magnificat | Opera House . Sydney . Australia
• Florida All State Choir
• Residency with Schola Cantorum | Yale University
• Kantorei | Denver
• Simon Carrington Chamber Singers | Kansas City
• Cherry Creek Meistersingers | Denver
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute
• Northport Choral Festival | New York
• Canto Armonico | Boston
2009
• Tokyo Cantat | Japan
• Goyang Civic Choir | Korea
• Schola Cantorum Reykjavicencis | Reykjavik . Iceland
• Sarteano Chamber Choir | Italy
• En Musique l’An Neuf | Alsace . France
• Messiah | Christ Church Cathedral . Dublin
• Sing Aotearoa | Rotorua . New Zealand
• Pro Coro: British Connections | Edmonton . Alberta
• Simon Carrington Chamber Singers | Kansas City
• Experience Weekend: British Choral Masterworks | Lawrence University . Appleton . Wisconsin
• National Youth Choir: Field Studies International | Carnegie Hall
• Princeton Festival Chorus: Duruflé Requiem
• Hotchkiss Summer Concerts series
• Fauré Requiem, Mendelssohn Magnificat & Hear My Prayer | Berkshire Choral Festival
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
2008
• Desert Chorale, Glorious Voices, Sacred Spaces | Santa Fe . New Mexico
• French Baroque Masterpieces | Trinity Church, Wall Street . New York City
• International Choir Festival: Alexander Nevsky, Prokofiev | Szczecin . Poland
• Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
• Field Studies Concert | Carnegie Hall
• ‘King’s Songs, Kunst und Spass’ | South Tyrol . Austria
2007
• Tokyo Cantat | Japan
• Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
• ‘Sport, Song, Spass’ | South Tyrol . Austria
• British Columbia Choral Federation
• ACDA National Convention | Miami
• National Collegiate Choral Organisation Convention | San Antonio
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival | Connecticut
• American Federation of Baptists Musicians Summer Convention | Wisconsin
2006
• Canto Armonico | Boston
• Chorpodium Choir . Rachmaninov Vespers | Victoria . BC
• Johnson County Community College Festival of Song
• Nebraska Wesleyan Choral Festival
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival
2005
• Canto Armonico | Boston
• Carnegie Hall Mozart Vespers
• Dornoch Cathedral Festival | Scotland
• New Mexico All State Choir | Las Cruces
• Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Choral Festival
• Texas All State Choir | San Antonio
• TMEA Regional Festival | Houston
2004
• Manhattan Concert Productions | Chicago & Dornoch, Scotland
• ACDA Southwestern Convention Honor Choir
• ACDA Eastern Division Convention Honor Choir
• Connecticut All State Honor Choir
• Georgia MEA Honor Choir
• Zamir Chorale | Boston
2003
• Europa Cantat Youth Choirs | Barcelona . Spain (Monteverdi Vespers 1610)
• California All State Honor Choir
• Canto Armonico | Cambridge . MA
• Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus
• Indiana University | PA
• Manhattan Productions | San Francisco . CA & Dornoch . Scotland
• MENC Eastern Division Chorus | Providence . RI
• Nelson Songfest | BC . Canada
2002
• Choral Festival | Bluffton College . Ohio
• Brookline Community Chorus, MA
• Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus (Walton Belshazzar’s Feast)
• Iowa All State Honor Choir
• Nelson Songfest | BC . Canada
• Pennsylvania Region IV Honor Choir
• Portland State University Chamber Choir | Oregon
• Washington ACDA Summer Convention | Washington
• Westminster Choir College | New Jersey
2001
• Ars Nova Singers | Boulder, CO
• North Carolina Honor Choir | Winston-Salem
• Liszt Akademie | Budapest . Hungary
• St. John the Divine, New York (Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs – Manhattan Productions)
• University of North Texas, Summer Convention
• Oklahoma All State Women’s Chorus
2000
• Colorado All State Men’s Honor Chorus
• Carnegie Hall New York (Fauré Requiem | May – Manhattan Productions)
• Carnegie Hall New York (Haydn Te Deum & Chilcott Jubilate | June – Mid-America Productions)
• Utah All State Honor Choir . Mormon Tabernacle
• Missouri Male Voice Honor Choir
• Singapore Choral Convention Choirs
1999
• Internationaler Kammerchor-Wettbewerb | Marktoberdorf . Germany
• Volksdorf Choral Music Retreat | Hamburg . Germany
• Kansas City Youth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
• Oklahoma City College Choral Days
• South Carolina All-State Chorus
1998
• SNK Vocal Jazz Days | Soesterberg . Holland
• Delaware All-State Chorus
• Texas Music Educators Regional Choir
• Virginia Music Educators All-State Honor Choir
1997
• North Carolina Summer Institute of the Choral Arts Chorus
• Oklahoma Baptist University (Walton Belshazzar’s Feast)
• Pennsylvania’s Region-State Choral Festival
• Stetson University Florida All-State Chorus
• Valley Chamber Chorale, Minneapolis
• Wyoming All-State Choir
1996
• Fort Worth Civic Chorus
• Kettwiger Bach Ensemble | Essen . Germany
• Carnegie Hall (Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339)
• Michigan State University Invitational Choir
• Missouri Music Educators All-Collegiate Choir
• Nebraska Intercollegiate Choral Festival Choir
• South Carolina Intercollegiate Choir
1995
• Carnegie Hall (Mozart Coronation Mass)
• Kansas City Choral Festival
• Kansas Music Educators Collegiate Honor Choir
• Louisiana Collegiate Honor Choir
• Michigan State University Invitational Choir
Selected Masterclasses | Choral Workshops
Panel Discussions
2017
• Westminster Choir College, Choral Institute | Princeton . NJ
• Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
2016
• Residency | University of Southern California
• Choral Institute | Westminster Choir College . Princeton . NJ
• Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
• Eton Choral Course | Saint John’s College . Cambridge
2015
• Residency | University of Missouri . Columbia
• Ohio ACDA Summer Convention
• William Byrd Workshop | St Mark’s Church . Philadelphia
• Choral Institute | Westminster Choir College . Princeton . NJ
• Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
• Liederkranz | Portland . Oregon
• National Collegiate Choral Organisation Convention | Portland . Oregon
2014
• American Choral Directors Easter Convention | Baltimore
• Choral Workshop | Shrewsbury . UK
• Choral Institute | Westminster Choir College . Princeton . NJ
• Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
• Residency | University of Michigan . Ann Arbor
2013
• Residency | University of Indiana School of Music . Bloomington
• Residency | University of Western Michigan . Kalamazoo
• Conducting Masterclasses | Marktoberdorf . Germany
• Choral Institute | Westminster Choir College . Princeton . NJ
• Perspectives | Santa Fe . NM
• Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
• Residency | Colorado State University
• Choral Academy | Busan . Korea
2012
• Residency | Furman University . SC
• Santa Clara University . CA
• Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
• Jacksonville Sings | Florida
• Valdosta State University | Florida
• Residency | University of Oregon
2011
• Residency | Temple University . Philadelphia
• Residency | University of Georgia
• Residency | Grinnell College
• Maryland State Boychoir
• Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
• Leipzig A Cappella Festival | Germany
• Gorizia Choral Competition | Italy
• IFCM Choral Symposium | Argentina
• Budapest Choral Conducting Competition
2010
• En Musique L’An Neuf | Alsace . France
• Residency | Cherry Creek High School . Denver . CO
• Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
• Residency | East Carolina University
• Residency | Eastman School of Music
• Masterclass Media Foundation DVD | Three Choirs Festival . Gloucester . UK
2009
• Hotchkiss Summer Portals | Connecticut
• Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
• Residency | Westminster Choir College . Princeton . NJ
• Sing Aotearoa | New Zealand
2008
• International Choral Festival | Leipzig . Germany
• IFCM World Symposium on Choral Music | Copenhagen
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival and Conducting Institute | Connecticut
• Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
• Boston University
• Brookline High School . Boston
• Lexington High School . Massachusetts
• Davis High School Madrigals | California (on tour)
2007
• Tokyo Cantat | Japan
• International Choral Festival | Leipzig . Germany
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival
• Cherry Creek High School
• Central Bucks High School-West Chamber Choir
2006
• Exultemus | Boston
• Georgia ACDA Summer Convention
• Northern Illinois University Residency
• Oak Ridge . Tennessee
• Sarteano Chamber Choir Workshop | Italy
• Norfolk Chamber Choir Festival | Connecticut
2004
• ACDA Robert Shaw Institute
• Georgia ACDA Summer Convention
• Nelson Song Fest | BC . Canada
• University of Georgia | Athens
• Wright State University | Dayton . OH
• Mississauga Children’s Choir Festival | Toronto . Canada
• Ball State University | Muncie . IN
2003
• Rassegna Internazionale | Città di Mondovì . Italy
• ACDA National Convention | New York City
• Festivals of Excellence | Chicago . New York City . Williamsburg VA
• ACDA Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey Summer Conventions
2002
• Deutsche Chorwettbewerb | Osnabrück . Germany
• Albany Pro Musica | New York
• Algonquin High School | Massachusetts
• Harvard Krokodilos
• Lexington High School | Massachusetts
• Musicate | New York . Chicago . Williamsburg VA
• Oregon Music Educators Association Spring Convention
• Portland State University
• Rivers School of Music | Massachusetts
• Smokey Mountain Festival
• Winthrop University Chamber Choir Festival | South Carolina
• Wyoming Seminary | Pennsylvania
2001
• Choral Conducting Course | Liszt Akademie . Budapest . Hungary,
• Emporia University Summer Convention | Kansas
• Harvard Memorial Chapel Choir | Cambridge . MA
• Harvard Krokodilos
• Idaho ACDA Fall Convention | Sun Valley
• Musicate | New York
• Shoreline Community College Choral Festival | Seattle
• University of North Texas . Summer Convention
• Ward Music Choral Clinic | Vancouver . BC
• Winthrop University Chamber Choir Festival | South Carolina
2000
• Iowa State Workshops and Masterclasses
• San José State Masterclasses
• Conducting Masterclass for the ACDA Southwestern Convention | Oklahoma City
• Santa Fé Summer Choral Perspectives
• International Choral Convention | Singapore
1999
• Fifth World Symposium on Choral Music | Rotterdam . Holland
• Internationaler Kammerchor-Wettbewerb | Marktoberdorf . Germany
• Volksdorf Choral Music Retreat | Hamburg . Germany
• American Musicological Society National Convention | Kansas City
• South Carolina All-State Choir
1998
• Association of British Choral Directors Convention | Exeter . England
• University of Northern Colorado Summer Institute
• California State University Long Beach Summer Arts
• Oklahoma Institute for the Arts
• University of Wyoming Choral Leadership Conference
1997
• Amarillo Community College
• Bellefield Singers | Pittsburgh
• Liederkranz for Oregon Choral Directors
• Westminster Choir College Summer Institute
• York Early Music Festival | York . England
1996
• ACDA Choral Directors Workshop | Richmond . VA
• Central Missouri State University Choral Festival
• Mount Hood Invitational Choral Festival | Portland . OR
• Westminster Choir College Summer Institute
• St Paul’s Choral Festival | Des Moines . IA
• Wright State University Summer Institute
1995
• International Choral Festival | Arnhem . Holland
• SNK National Vocal Group Festival | Ammersfoort . Holland
• Week-end Choral Workshop | Bolzano . Italy
• Radford University Choral Festival | Radford . VA
• Nebraska Intercollegiate Choral Festival
• ACDA National Convention | Washington . DC
• Miami University Choral Workshop | Oxford . OH
1994
• Harvard University Intercollegiate Festival
• Singposium at Festival of Youth Choirs | London . England
• CASA A Cappella Summit | San Raphael . CA
• University of Wyoming Choir Leadership Conference
• Kansas Music Educators Association In Service Workshop Day
1994-2004
• Clinician every year at the Winthrop University Invitational Chamber Choir Clinic
National & International Competition Jury Member
2015
• Leipzig A Cappella Festival
• Choral Competition | Berlin . Germany
• Cor Cymru Choral Competition | Aberystwyth . Wales
2013
• ACDA National Convention Choral Conducting Competition
• Choral Competition | Marktoberdorf . Germany
• Choral Competition | Busan . Korea
2012
• Leipzig A Cappella Festival
• SCL Choral Festival | Vienna . Austria
‘The Jury’ | John Morgan
2010
• Leipzig A Cappella Festival
2008
• International Choral Festival | Leipzig . Germany (President of the Jury)
2007
• International Choral Festival | Leipzig . Germany (President of the Jury)
2004
• Florilège Vocal de Tours | France
2003
• Deutsche Chorwettbewerb | Osnabrück . Germany
1999
• Internationaler Kammerchor-Wettbewer | Marktoberdorf . Germany
1998
• Deutscher Musikwettbewerb | Bonn . Germany
‘The Jury’ | John Morgan
1997
• York Early Music Festival | York . England
1996
• Dutch International Choir Festival | Arnhem . Holland
• Deutscher Musikwettbewerb | Bonn . Germany
1995
• Florilège Vocal de Tours | France
• Dutch International Choir Festival | Arnhem . Holland
• Kansas University Jazz Festivals
1994
• Young Musician of the Year | United Kingdom
• Deutscher Musikwettbewerb | Bonn . Germany