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The American tenor, David Vanderwal, studied at Portland State University in Oregon and Oregon State University in Corvallis. His teachers were: David Jones (New York); Michael Paul (New York), Ruth Dobson (Portland); his coaches were: Neal Goren (New York), Max van Egmond (Amsterdam) and Franco Iglesias (Portland).
David Vanderwal is in high demand for his clarion lyric vocal qualities. The American Bach Soloists, the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, the Austin Symphony Orchestra, the Oregon Symphony, Sacred Music for a Sacred Space, as well as many other regional orchestras across the nation have featured him in roles.
During this last year (2005?) David Vanderwal has been busy with performances of Bach’s B Minor Mass (BWV 232) with the American Bach Soloists in San Francisco, and Händel’s Messiah with the Concert Royale and the St. Thomas Church Choir in New York. He performed Bach’s St. John Passion (BWV 245), and Händel’s Israel in Egypt with the New York Collegium under Andrew Parrott, and made solo appearances in concerts of Charpentier and Dvořák with the Choral Arts Society of Westchester, and the Westchester Chorale, respectively. He also performed the Mozart Coronation Mass with the Norristown Chorale in Pennsylvania and sang several performances under Helmuth Rilling at the Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene. Previously he has also appeared with such groups as Western Wind (New York: 1998, 2002), The Four Nations Ensemble, The Waverly Consort (New York: 2000), New York Ensemble for Early Music (2003), the Folger Consort (Washington, DC: 2003), St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue (New York: 1998-2003), New York Collegium (New York: 1999-2002).
David Vanderwal has recorded under the Allegro, Delos, Pro Musica Gloriae, and Koch International record labels, and with Western Wind of New York on their own label. He has also won several awards in national and local vocal competitions.
Now based in New York City, David Vanderwal has several upcoming engagements including Händel's Messiah with the Masterwork Chorale in Carnegie Hall, New York. He will be reprising his performance of Händel’s Messiah with the Concert Royale and the St. Thomas Church Choir in New York. He will perform Stravinsky's Les Noces with the Cornell University Chorus, Mozart's Requiem with the Fairfield County Chorale, and is also presenting a set of song recitals through the year. |
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“David Vanderwal sang with a burnished baritone timbre, thoughtful phrasing and a combination of intimacy and intensity that underscored the drama of the tenor sections.” – The Oregonian, December 17, 2001.
"Vanderwal's invincible mastery of some of Händel's most glorious tenor melismas was a delight." - The Advocate & Greenwich Time, November 5, 2000.
" Tenor David Vanderwal brought an almost hallucinatory ecstasy to his aria..." - The Austin American Statesman, March 14, 2000.
"David Vanderwal brings a forthright tenor and a fine sense of shape to his difficult arias." - Fanfare magazine, March/April 1997, in its review of PGM's Bach St. John Passion CD. |
