William Wood (Baritone)

Born: Scotland, UK

The Scottish baritone, William (Will) Wood, came to Switzerland in 1999 to study singing with Kurt Widmer at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel. In 2003 he graduated with a teaching diploma für solo singing and then went on to study choral conducting with Raphael Immoos from which he graduated in 2006, as well as taking a post-graduate course for Free Improvisation on the instruments piano, mouth organ and voice with Walter Fähndrich.

Besides singing with the Umbrella Singers since 2002, William Wood also gives solo concerts, teaches singing privately, conducts and is a school music teacher. Since 2007 he is a member of the Chor der J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen directed by Rudolf Lutz and dedicated to perfoming and recording all the J.S. Bach Cantatas.

Sources:
Umbrella Singers Website; Bits & pieces from other sources
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (September 2014)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Rudolf Lutz

Bass

Member of Chor der J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen:
DVD/CD: BWV 1, BWV 7, BWV 9, BWV 12, BWV 18, BWV 20, BWV 24 [2016], BWV 26, BWV 33, BWV 34, BWV 36, BWV 46 [2016], BWV 47, BWV 55, BWV 61, BWV 66, BWV 67, BWV 69a [2017], BWV 70, BWV 92 [2016], BWV 94, BWV 95, BWV 96, BWV 97, BWV 98, BWV 99, BWV 103, BWV 107, BWV 108, BWV 109, BWV 116, BWV 119, BWV 121, BWV 127 [2017], BWV 137, BWV 138, BWV 144, BWV 161, BWV 173, BWV 176, BWV 191, BWV 198
DVD/CD (2007): BWV 182, BWV 36
DVD/CD (2008): BWV 125, BWV 129, BWV 78, BWV 139, BWV 140
BSSG [D11-11] (2017, Video): BWV 248/1
DVD/CD (2018): BWV 248/2
DVD/CD (2019): BWV 126, BWV 105, BWV 2, BWV 248/3
BSSG [D15-12] (2021, Video): BWV 122
BSSG [D16-1] (2022, Video): BWV 14
BSSG [D16-12] (2022, Video): BWV 117
BSSG [D17-1] (2023, Video): BWV 153
BSSG [D17-7] (2023, Video): BWV 178

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