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David Grogan (Baritone)

Born: USA

The American baritone and music pedagogue, David Grogan, holds Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music degrees from Texas Christian University, where he studied voice with Sheila Allen and pedagogy with Vincent Russo. His love of choral music was solidified under the tutelage of the late Ronald Shirey, who taught Grogan much of his musicality. He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy in 2010 from the University of North Texas, where he studied voice with Jeffrey Snider, pedagogy with Stephen Austin, and worked closely with Lyle Nordstrom in the early music program. Grogan’s dissertation was on the vocal pedagogy of Frederic W. Root, who was an American vocal pedagogue of the 19th century. A shorter version of the dissertation was published in the January 2010 Journal of Singing under the title, “The Roots of American Pedagogy.”

David Grogan has performed extensively throughout the Southwest to critical acclaim. The Dallas Morning News hailed Grogan as the “perfect Christus” after a performance of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) with the Dallas Bach Society. The Albuquerque Tribune, in reference to a performance of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah with the New Mexico Symphony, said, “David Grogan had all the range and power required of the part, sounding like the voice of doom in ‘The people that walked in darkness’ and the light of revelation in ‘The trumpet shall sound.’" A recent performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah had critics praising his ability to “move easily from stentorian declamation to lyrical aria.” Another critic said that he “….brought an impressive vocal power to the lead role of Elijah, and his rich emotive gift set the level for the other chief performers.” He has performed as a soloist with many Dallas area arts groups including the Dallas Bach Society, Texas Baroque Ensemble, Orpheus Chamber Singers, Mesquite Civic Chorus, and the Allegro Artists, as well as at several Texas universities. Recent performances include Elijah with the New Mexico Symphony, Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Arlington Master Chorale, and the L.v. Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Plano Civic Chorus. Grogan looks forward to his performance of the Johannes BrahmsRequiem under Helmuth Rilling this fall.

David Grogan joined the faculty at the University of Texas Arlington in the fall of 2009, first as visiting professor and in 2010 as tenure-track Assistant Professor of Voice. In addition to providing private vocal instruction for voice majors, Grogan teaches vocal pedagogy, voice class, and choral methods. His background in choral music education is extensive, including experience directing programs in both private and public schools across the metroplex. As choir director at Dallas Christian School from 1996 to 2000, Grogan increased choir participation from 15 members to 115, and took the choir to one of the first TPSMEA competitions. He has taught voice and served as assistant choral director in some of the most prominent programs in the area, including at Arlington High School under Dinah Menger, and Manor Middle School under Tommy Haygood.


Source: University of Texas at Arlington Website
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (December 2013)

David Grogan: Short Biography | Recordings of Vocal Works under his name

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Works

Mathhew Dirst

Bass

Audio (2016): BWV 28, BWV 36c, BWV 248/5

Links to other Sites

David Grogan Channel on YouTube
David Grogan on MySpace
David Grogan – Bartone (Ars Lyrica)

UT Arlington Department of Music: Dr. David Grogan, Vocal Arts
David Grogan, Baritone (InstantEncore)


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