MEET THE SOLOIST: Andrew Garland, bass

Bass Andrew Garland performs Handel's Messiah
December 4, 2022, 3PM

Background: Garland is the winner of the Lavinia Jensen, NATSAA, Washington International, American Traditions, NATS and Opera Columbus Competition and was a prize winner in the Montreal International, Jose Iturbi, Gerda Lissner, McCammon and Palm Beach International Competitions. He was an apprentice at the San Francisco Opera Center and the Seattle Opera and Cincinnati Opera Young Artists programs. In addition to sustaining a busy performance schedule, Garland has recently joined the voice faculty at The University of Colorado-Boulder.

Highlights: 

• His latest solo CD, American Portraits, (with Donna Loewy, piano) went to number one on Amazon classical. Garland has five other recordings on the Telarc, Naxos, Roven Records and Azica Labels.
• Garland is a regular with the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) and has given multiple recitals at Carnegie Hall, the Ravinia festival as well as Vocal Arts DC, Marilyn Horne Foundation, The Bard Festival, Camerata Pacifica, Andre-Turp Society in Montreal, Voce at Pace, Huntsville Chamber Music Guild, Fort Worth Opera, Seattle Opera, Fanfare in Hammond, LA, Cincinnati Matinee Musicale, Cincinnati Song Initiative, Tuesday Morning Music Club and dozens of college music series around the country. In 2014, he was the featured recitalist for the NATS National convention where that organization’s president declared him “the next Thomas Hampson.”
• This season, Garland can be heard as the baritone soloist in Handel's Messiah with the Colorado Symphony and the Colorado Bach Ensemble, the Nashville Symphony’s production of Frank’s Conquest Requiem, the Santa Fe Pro Musica’s production of The Creation, and in recital with Warren Jones for Coastal Concerts.

Critical Praise:

• Andrew Garland’s warm and beautiful tone combined with virtuosic agility made this one of the expressive highlights of the evening." The Boston Musical Intelligencer
• “Andrew Garland as Prior [Walter] sang with vocal allure and dramatic urgency.” The New Yorker
• “Baritone Andrew Garland, conveyance of authority, intelligence and emotional sensitivity was a constant pleasure. He alone clearly searched for something deeper than mere musicality.” The Boston Musical Intelligencer

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