David Hayes (conductor)
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David Hayes (b. May 15, 1963 in Framingham, Massachusetts) is an American conductor.
Hayes was educated at the University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music (BM cum laude, musicology) and The Curtis Institute of Music (Diploma in Orchestral Conducting) where his teacher was Otto-Werner Mueller. In addition, he studied viola with Richard Rusack at Hartt and conducting with Charles Bruck at the Pierre Monteux School in Hancock, ME.
David Hayes serves on the Board of Directors of Chorus America, the national service organization for choruses.
He is currently Music Director of The Philadelphia Singers (a professional chorus), Director of Orchestral and Conducting Studies at Mannes College The New School for Music in New York, Staff Conductor of The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and a member of the conducting staff of The Philadelphia Orchestra having been appointed by Wolfgang Sawallisch. In addition to his other duties, he serves as Artistic Advisor to The Washington Chorus during the 2007-2008 season.
David Hayes is a conductor with an unusually broad range of repertory, spanning the symphonic, oratorio/choral and operatic genres. He has made his Philadelphia Orchestra conducting debut in May, 2003 sharing a program with Wolfgang Sawallisch. He has made conducting appearances with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Springfield (MA) Symphony, Lancaster (PA) Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Curtis Symphony Orchestra, Mannes Orchestra, Rutgers Orchestra, Relâche Ensemble, Los Angeles Master Chorale, The Washington Chorus, Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Berkshire Choral Festival, Curtis Opera Theatre and the European Center for Opera and Voice (ECOV) in Belgium and Prague. He made his debut at the Verbier Festival in 1999 with a concert featuring percussionist Evelyn Glennie.
He has assisted and prepared orchestras for many of the world's leading conductors including Wolfgang Sawallisch, Kurt Masur, Christoph Eschenbach, Sir Andre Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Charles Dutoit, Yuri Temirkanov, David Zinman, Leonard Slatkin, Sir Roger Norrington, Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos and Mstislav Rostropovich. He served as Assistant Conductor to Sir Andre Previn for the Curtis Symphony Orchestra's 1999 European Tour with Anne-Sophie Mutter and served as cover conductor for Kurt Masur with the New York Philharmonic.
Chorally, he has prepared ensembles for Wolfgang Sawallisch, Kurt Masur, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, James Levine, Sir Andrew Davis, Nicholas McGegan, Sir Simon Rattle, Yuri Temirkanov, Jeffrey Tate, Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos and Neeme Järvi.
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Over the 35 years of its existence (15 with David Hayes as Music Director), The Philadelphia Singers has consistently garnered critical acclaim in both Philadelphia and New York, prompting Wolfgang Sawallisch to call the ensemble "one of Philadelphia's musical treasures". In 2001, The Philadelphia Singers Chorale was named "Resident Chorus of The Philadelphia Orchestra", the only chorus in the history of The Philadelphia Orchestra to receive such a distinction. The Philadelphia Singers Chorale will be featured on an upcoming CD release by The Philadelphia Orchestra of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, "Auferstehung" on the Ondine label. In addition, The Philadelphia Singers Chorale has twice appeared at the Lincoln Center Festival with Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic giving the U.S. Premieres of works by Krysztof Penderecki and Dov Seltzer. With The Philadelphia Orchestra, the ensemble has given the U.S. Premieres of works by Sir James MacMillan, Luciano Berio and Augusta Read Thomas as well as World Premieres of works by Daniel Kellogg and Jennifer Higdon.
The Philadelphia Singers maintains its own annual subscription series and is the only Philadelphia ensemble to have a regular national radio broadcast on PRI: Christmas with The Philadelphia Singers. The ensemble is devoted to presenting concerts of choral music from all periods with a particular focus on the creation and preservation of American choral music. With The Philadelphia Singers, Hayes has conducted numerous Philadelphia and World Premieres including works of Jennifer Higdon, Ezra Laderman, Robert Capanna, Thomas Whitman and Morton Feldman.
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