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Baritone Andrew Garland is hailed as a performer whose artistry is a perfect combination of 鈥渂aritone of strength and vocal opulence鈥� (Opera News) and 鈥渃osmic energy and suavity鈥� (Opera News).听He is widely recognized as a leader in recital work with dozens of performances around the country including Carnegie Hall with pianist Warren Jones, and programs of modern American songs across the United States and Canada.听Jones, Marilyn Horne, Steven Blier, many American composers and several major music publications all endorse Garland as a highly communicative singer leading the way for the song recital into the 21st听century. This season, Garland makes his Boston Symphony Orchestra debut soloing in the Holiday Pops. He will also be heard in Gabriela Frank鈥檚听鈥淐onquest Requiem鈥澨�(Columbus Symphony) the Bach听B Minor Mass听(Colorado Bach Ensemble), Mozart听Requiem听(Colorado Symphony), and in recitals of new American music in Colorado and the East Coast.
Garland brings his highly communicative style to the concert stage with orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony, Boston Baroque, the Handel and Haydn Society, Emmanuel Music, Boston Youth Symphony, National Philharmonic, Albany Symphony, Houston Symphony, UMS Ann Arbor, Washington Master Chorale at the Kennedy Center and National Chorale at Lincoln Center.
Garland has been a regular with the New York Festival of Song and has given multiple recitals at Carnegie Hall, the Ravinia Festival as well as Vocal Arts DC, Marilyn Horne Foundation, Bard Music Festival, Camerata Pacifica, Moab Music Festival, Andr茅-Turp Musical Society in Montreal, Voce at Pace, Huntsville Chamber Music Guild, Fort Worth Opera, Seattle Opera, Fanfare in Hammond, Louisiana, 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 Conference where that organization鈥檚 president declared him 鈥渢he next Thomas Hampson.鈥� (Garland prefers to think of himself as 鈥渢he first Andrew Garland.鈥�)
In addition to numerous song and concert premieres, Garland has created operatic roles in the world premieres of听鈥淒inner at Eight,鈥� William Bolcom/Mark Campbell, Minnesota Opera;听鈥淪teal a Pencil For Me,鈥� Gerald Cohen/Deborah Brevoort, Opera Colorado; 鈥淭he Book Collector,鈥� Stella Sung/Ernest Herbert, Dayton Opera; and听鈥淎rtemisia,鈥� Laura Schwendinger/Ginger Strand, Prototype Festival. He has also sung with Opera Philadelphia, New York City Opera, Seattle Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Fort Worth Opera and Hawaii Opera Theater, among others.
His last solo CD鈥斺�淓l Reblde: Gabriela Frank|Dmitri Shostakovich鈥�听with Jeremy Reger and Javier Abreu鈥攔eceived rave reviews in听Opera News, BBC Magazine, Voix des Arts and a dozen other journals. His previous solo CD鈥斺�淎merican Portraits鈥� with pianist Donna Loewy鈥攚ent to #1 on Amazon Classical. Garland has six other recordings on the Telarc, Naxos, Roven Records and Azica labels.
Chamber music appearances have included the Ravinia Festival, Camerata Pacifica, Maverick Concerts and Huntsville Chamber Music Guild, and he has sung with the Tak谩cs, Dover, Calder, Amernet and Daedalus string quartets.
Garland is the winner of the Lavinia Jensen, NATS Artist Awards, Washington International, American Traditions, NATS and Opera Columbus competitions, and 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.
Garland believes strongly in service and education. He raises money for the Pan Massachusetts Challenge (the Jimmy Fund / Dana Farber Cancer Institute) and does educational outreach for local public school students.
Garland teaches on the voice faculty at the 精品SM在线影片 and is a mentor with Bel Canto Boot Camp.