David Kellett - Schedule

Schedule

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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES - 2017

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2017

June 15, 2017	David participated in the New York Continuo Collective's offering of selections from 17th and early 18th century Spanish Zarthuela including the music of Sebastian Duron at the Boston Early Music Festival. The concert was presented on Thursday, June 15, 2017 in the Gordon Chapel, Old South Church 645 Boylston St, Boston. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Richard Kolb, Paul Shipper, Judith Malafronte and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
May 22, 2017	David sang the tenor solos in Handel's Ode to St. Cecilia with the Shrewsbury Chorale under the baton of Neil F. Brown at the Manasquan United Methodist Church at 23 Church Street, Manasquan, NJ. Visit their website.
May 16, 2017	David participated in the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective concert presenting selections from 17th and early 18th century Spanish Zarthuela including the music of Sebastian Duron. The concert was presented at St. Michael's Church at 225 West 99th Street, New York, NY. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Richard Kolb, Paul Shipper, Judith Malafronte and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
May 9, 2017	David participated in the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective concert presenting selections from 17th and early 18th century Spanish Zarthuela including the music of Sebastian Duron. The concert was presented at St. Michael's Church at 225 West 99th Street, New York, NY. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Richard Kolb, Paul Shipper, Judith Malafronte and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
April 30, 2017	David sang the tenor solos in Handel's Ode to St. Cecilia with the Shrewsbury Chorale under the baton of Neil F. Brown at the Christ Episcopal Church at 90 Kings Hwy, Middletown, NJ at 3 pm. Visit their website. This was his debut with this organization.
March 31, 2017	David sang several Irish songs as an offering on the Fund for Irish Studies at the James Stewart Theatre on the Princeton University campus with Dasha Koltunyuk at the piano.
March 4, 2017	David sang the tenor solos in the Mozart Requiem with the Princeton Unversity Glee Club in Richardson Auditorium under the baton of Renatka Dworkin Berlin with fellow soloists Rochelle Ellis, Barbara Rearick and Kevin Deas.
March 3, 2017	David sang Geduld, Geduld from Bach's St. Matthew Passion as an offering on Early Music Princeton's concert entitled Stabat Mater with Isaac Louth on viol da gamba and Jane Hines on the portative organ. The concert was presented in the Princeton University Chapel.
February 20, 2017	David sang two selections from Lawes' Comus (Sweet Echo, Sweetest Nymph and From the Heavens now I fly) with theorboist, John Orluk Lacombe as part of Nigel Smith's class on John Milton at Princeton University.
February 19, 2017	David appeared in concert with the Richardson Chamber Players in a concert entitled England's Green and Pleasant Land presented in Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus.He sang Ralph Vaughan Williams' song cycle Merciless Beauty for tenor and string trio for the first time and several of the Benjamin Britten folksong arrangements.
January 28, 2017	David appeared in the role of Eduoardo in Rossini's Il Cambiale di Matrimonio as part of the Bronxville Reformed Church's' Concert Series. The opera was conducted by Dr. Sándor Szabó.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2016

December 20, 2016	David participated in the Fall Semester New York Continuo Collective concert presenting the music of early monody singing selections by Tromboncino and Francesco Rasi at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, New York, NY. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Richard Kolb, Paul Shipper, Judith Malafronte and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
December 4, 2016	David returned to sing with Handel's Messiah with the Putnam Chorale under the baton of Douglas Anderson.
November 19, 2016	David appeared in concert with Early Music Princeton singing several songs by John Danyel with lutenist John Orluk-Lacombe and da gambist, Issac Louth as part of the Channel Crossings concert presented at Taplin Hall.
October 16, 2016	David appeared in concert with lutenist John Orluk-Lacombe at the Guild of Early Music's annual presentation at the Grounds for Sculpture.
June 26-July 2, 2016	David attended the Lute Society of America's summer sessions at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio participating in classes with Emma Kirkby and Ellen Hargis.
June 9, 2016	David sang selections from Beethoven's arrangements of Scottish Folksongs with soprano Rochelle Ellis, pianist Francine Kay, violinist Ellen dePasquale and cellist Susannah Chapman for member of the Nassau Hall Society in Richardson Hall on the Princeton University campus.
May 15, 2016	David and countertenor Michael Manning reprised their Canticle II at the Princeton University Chapel.
May 1, 2016	David sang several airs de cour on Princeton Early Music's second concert. The new student, faculty and community early music ensemble at Princeton University appeared in the intimate Rocky Common Room.
April 16, 2016	David sang Britten's Canticle II with Princeton countertenor, Michael Manning on his junior recital in Taplin Hall.
March 20, 2016	David sang the tenor solos in Part II and III of Handel's Messiah with Christopher Greene at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Jersey City. Fellow soloists included soprano Darlene Wyzga, alto Allison Gish, and bass James Splond.
March 5, 2016	David sang selections by Monteverdi and Verdelot with lutenist John Orluk Lacombe on the inaugral concert of Princeton Early Music, the new student, faculty and community early music ensemble at Princeton University. The concert was held in Taplin Auditorium.
January 18, 2016	David attended the Amherst Early Music Festival Winter Weekend Workshop at Rutgers in Camden, New Jersey participating in the Sigismondo D'India Project and a masterclass led by Baroque specialist, Julianne Baird. The project culminated with a final concert with Richard Stone leading the continuo artists.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2015

December 22, 2015	David participated in the Fall Semester New York Continuo Collective concert presenting the music of Barbara Strozzi at St. Michael's Church 225 West 99th Street, New York, NY. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Richard Kolb, Paul Shipper, Judith Malafronte and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
November 22, 2015	David appeared as tenor soloist in Verdi's Requiem at the Reformed Church of Bronxville in Bronxville, New York with the orchestra of the Oratorio Society of New Jersey under the baton of Dr. Sándor Szabó at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Montclair, New Jersey.
November 14, 2015	David appeared as tenor soloist in Verdi's Requiem with Oratorio Society of New Jersey under the baton of Dr. Sándor Szabó at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Montclair, New Jersey.
July 12-19, 2015	David attended the Amherst Early Music Festival and performed in Grant Herreid's and Larry Rosenwald's pastiche entitled Music of the Spheres: The Celestial Lyre.
June 28, 2015	David sang the role of Don Basilio in the Princeton Festival's production of Nozze di Figaro at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ.
June 21, 2015	David sang the role of Don Basilio in the Princeton Festival's production of Nozze di Figaro at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ.
June 13, 2015	David sang the role of Don Basilio in the Princeton Festival's production of Nozze di Figaro at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ.
May 13, 2015	David participated in the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective concert presenting selections from Luigi Rossi's Orfeo at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, New York, NY. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Richard Kolb, Judith Malafronte and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
May 12, 2015	David participated in the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective concert presenting selections from Luigi Rossi's Orfeo at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, New York, NY. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Richard Kolb, Judith Malafronte and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
March 24, 2015	David sang the Act II/Scene I trio from Turandot and 'Donna non vidi mai' from Manon Lescaut for the Chelsea Opera's Puccini Gala. The performance was held at Christ and St.Stephen's Church in NYC.
March 21, 2015	David appeared as tenor soloist in Haydn's The Creation with Oratorio Society of New Jersey under the baton of Dr. Sándor Szabó at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Montclair, New Jersey.
March 14, 2015	David sang his second Bach B-Minor Mass with the Long Island Choral Society under the direction of Meredith Baker. The performance was held at Adelphi University in Garden City, Long Island.
February 22, 2015	David appeared with Les Agrément de Musique in a concert entitled Le Goût Français: An Afternoon of French Baroque Music in Taplin Hall on the campus of Princeton University . John Burkhalter (recorders) and Minju Lee (harpsichord) and David presented works by composers who were associated with the courts of Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
January 19, 2015	David attended the Amherst Early Music Festival Winter Weekend Workshop at Rutgers in Camden, New Jersey participating in the Monteverdi Project and a masterclass led by Baroque specialist, Julianne Baird. The project culminated with a final concert with Richard Stone leading the continuo artists.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2014

December 14, 2014	David sang the tenor solos in the Handel's Semele with the Concordia Chorale at the Brookdale Community College Performing Arts Center at 7:00 pm. See the Chorale's web-site for further information.
December 9, 2014	David participated in the Fall Semester New York Continuo Collective concert exploring music from 1614 including music by Caccini and Monteverdi. The final concert was presented at 8:00 pm at Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, New York, NY. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Richard Kolb, Judith Malafronte and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
December 7, 2014	David returned to sing Messiah with the Monmouth Civic Chorus at 7:00 pm at the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth Street in Red Bank, New Jersey. See their web-site for further information.
November 16, 2014	David appeared in concert entitled Banquetto - A Musical Banquet with Affetti, a new vocal ensemble that he co-founded. The concert took place at the United Methodist Church in Madison, New Jersey at 4:00 pm. Specializing in solo and ensemble vocal music, Affetti presented an afternoon of vocal chamber music and instrumental songs and dances with lute, guitar and renaissance recorders, featuring selections by Des Prez, Monteverdi, Caccini, Peri, Dowland and Morley. Consisting of sopranos Anne McKenna and Lieve Hendren, alto Christine Bancroft, tenor David Kellett and baritone Matthew Walsh. For Banquetto, the vocal group was assisted by guest artists John Burkhalter on renaissance recorders and John Orluk Lacombe on lute and baroque guitar.
November 5, 2014	David sang two settings of Robert Herricks' poetry set to music for voice and lute by Henry Lawes and a selection from Lawes' Comus (Sweet Echo, Sweetest Nymph) with lutenist, John Orluk Lacombe as part of Nigel Smith's Eng 326 class The 17th Century at Princeton University.
October 12, 2014	David appeared with Les Agrément de Musique in concert on the Guild for Early Music's 10th Anniversary of performing at the Grounds for Sculpture. John Burkhalter (recorders) and Minju Lee (harpsichord) and David presented works by composers who were associated with the courts of Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
September 13, 2014	David sang with the NYCC in a rendition Monteverdi's Ave Maria Stellis as part of the celebration of the life of beloved lutenist and teacher Patrick O'Brien held at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, organized by Tony Elitcher and Andy Taras under the auspices of the New York Continuo Collective, the teaching and performing organization which Pat was responsible for creating.
September 2014-January 2015	David directed the Princeton University Music 214 production of a double bill of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Jonathan Dove's Tobias and the Angel. .
July 29, 2014	David appeared with Les Agrément de Musique in a concert entitled Le Goût Français: An Evening of French Baroque Music at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ at 7:30 in the Bristol Chapel. John Burkhalter (recorders) and Minju Lee (harpsichord) and David presented works by composers who were associated with the courts of Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
July 9, 2014	David sang the tenor solos in the Verdi Requiem for the Masterwork Chorale's Summer Sing with Thomas Juneau on the podium. David joined fellow soloists Elizabeth Perryman, Diane Fox and Tom Goldstein.
June 14, 2014	David sang the role of Mr. Splinters in the Chelsea Opera production of Copeland's The Tender Land at St. Peter's Church in Chelsea, 346 W 20th St (8th/9th Ave), NYC during their 10th year anniversary season. For more information on this scrappy, little company, visit the Chelsea Opera web-site.
June 13, 2014	David sang the role of Mr. Splinters in the Chelsea Opera production of Copeland's The Tender Land at St. Peter's Church in Chelsea, 346 W 20th St (8th/9th Ave), NYC during their 10th year anniversary season. For more information on this scrappy, little company, visit the Chelsea Opera web-site.
June 8, 2014	David sang in La Fiocco's The Lion & The Lamb: The Jewish Baroque. The concert was held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 6587 Upper York Road (Rt 263 and Sugan Road), Solebury, PA 18693. This was his debut with Lewis Baratz's early music ensemble. For more information on their performances, visit the La Fiocco web-site.
May 15, 2014	David participated in the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective which explored music from Francesco Cavalli's operas, Giasone and La Callisto. The final concert (8:00 pm) was held at Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, New York, NY. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Pat O'Brien, Paul Shipper and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
May 14, 2014	David participated in the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective which explored music from Francesco Cavalli's operas, Giasone and La Callisto. The final concert (8:00 pm) was held at Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, New York, NY. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Pat O'Brien, Paul Shipper and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
May 4, 2014	David sang the tenor solos in the Mendelssohn's Elijah with the Concordia Chorale at the Brookdale Community College Performing Arts Center at 7:00 pm. See the Chorale's web-site for further information. His student, Matthew Walsh, sang the role of Elijah in this performance.
May 3, 2014	David joined soprano, Anne McKenna, lutenist, John Orluk and recorder player, John Burkhalter in selections hearalding the return of Spring and the Maypole in a private function for the Princeton Friends of Opera.
April 26, 2014	David sang the tenor solos in the Mozart Requiem with the Drew University Chorus and Chorale in the Concert Hall of the Dorothy Young Center for Arts at Drew with Jason Bishop on the podium.
April 13, 2014	David appeared as the tenor soloist in a concert with the Concordia Chorale and Camerata in a concert that included Schubert's Mass in G and selections from Mendelssohn's Elijah under the baton of Jason Thoms at Concordia College in Bronxville, NY.
April 6, 2014	David appeared as the tenor soloist in a concert entitled This England with faculty members of the Princeton University Department of Music. Appearing with Elaine Christy, harpist, he performed selections from Benjamin Britten's song cycle A Birthday Hansel. The concert was presented at Richardson Auditorium at 3:00 pm. Click here for more information on the concert.
March 23, 2014	David sang the role of Samson in Handel's Samson with the VOICES Chorale. The concert was presented at St. James Catholic Church, 115 E. Delaware Avenue, Pennington, New Jersey 08534 at 3:00 pm.
March 16, 2014	David returns as tenor soloist with the Long Island Choral Society's performance of Orff's Carmina Burana. The concert will be presented at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center at 4:00 pm under the baton of Meredith Baker with fellow soloists Jeremy J. Moore (baritone) and Kimberly Christie (soprano).
March 6, 2014	Dr. Wendy Heller from Princeton University, and Dr. Lyn Ransom from VOICES Chorale discussed Milton's play, Newburgh Hamilton's libretto, and Handel's music in preparation for VOICES' March 23 performance of Handel's Samson at the Princeton Public Library. David, performing the role of Samson on March 23rd shared selected arias during the event.
February 10, 2014	David stepped in at the last minute to perform two songs of Henry Lawes (From the Heavens Now I Fly, Sweet Echo, Sweetest Nymph) from Comus with lutenist, John Orluk Lacombe as part of Nigel Smith's Eng 325 class on Milton.
February 8, 2014	David appeared as tenor soloist in the Chinese New Year Spectacular produced by HX Chinese School at Plainsboro celebrating the lunar Chinese new year, also called Spring Festival. The Spectacular was a variety show mixing Chinese and western acts, featuring Chinese folk dances, ballet, Kung Fu, acrobatics, comedy play and various genres of music. The concert was presented at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey.
January 30, 2014	David joined the Drew Camerata for their debut concert. This new ensemble is 24-member, professional chamber choir in residence at Drew University. The Camerata rehearses and performs during the off-seasons of the academic year, primarily in the winter and summer months. Under the direction of Jason Bishop, Drew's Director of Choral & Vocal Studies, Camerata's membership represents a cross-section of Drew faculty, staff, and students with extensive singing experience, as well as professional musicians from the wider community. The concert was presented in the Concert Hall of the Dorothy Young Center for Arts at Drew.
January 20, 2014	David attended the Amherst Early Music Festival Winter Weekend Workshop at Rutgers in Camden, New Jersey participating in the Steffani Project and a masterclass led by Baroque specialist, Julianne Baird and centered around the wonderful duets of Agostino Steffani. The project culminated with a final concert with Richard Stone and Mark Rimple leading the continuo artists.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2013

December 21, 2013	David returned as tenor soloist with the Long Island Choral Society's performance of Handel's Messiah. The concert was presented at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center at 8:00 pm under the baton of Meredith Baker with fellow soloists Victoria Wolfe (soprano), Andrea Saposnik (mezzo-soprano) and Jeremy J. Moore (baritone).
December 8, 2013	David sang the tenor solos in the Puccini Messa di Gloria for the third time, returning to sing with the Putnam Chorale under the baton of Douglas Anderson.
December 3, 2013	David participated in the Fall Semester New York Continuo Collective which explored the music of Claudio Saracini. The final concert was held at Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, New York, NY. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Pat O'Brien, Paul Shipper and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
November 23, 2013	David sang the tenor solos in Carmina Burana. He appeared for the first time with the Ars Musica Chorale under the baton of Dusty Francis with fellow soloists Elizabeth Smith, soprano and Daniel Klein, bass-baritone. The concert will be held at the West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe Street in Ridgewood, NJ at 8:00pm.
November 16, 2013	David appeared as tenor soloist in Mendelssohn's Elijah with Oratorio Society of New Jersey under the baton of Dr. Sándor Szabó at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, 30 North Fullerton Avenue, Montclair NJ 07042 at 8:00pm.
October 27, 2013	David appeared in concert with Sarah Pelletier, soprano, Nicholas Lockey, pianist and John Burkhalter, narrator in a program of music from the 1840's to 1860's at Morven, in Princeton, NJ.
October 6, 2013	David returned to the Bach in Baltimore Concert Series with T. Herbert Dimmock, music director and conductor singing the tenor solos in Bach's Cantata 208: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd. The concert was presented at Christ Lutheran Church, 701 S. Charles St in the Inner Harbor.
June 13, 2013	The New York Continuo Collective took its spring project (17th century English, French and Italian songs) as a a fringe event at the Boston Early Music Festival, at Gordon Chapel, Old South Church. The project was part of NYCC's 15 year anniversary celebration!
May 14, 2013	David participated in the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective which explored 17th century English, French and Italian songs. The spring concert was be held at St. Luke's Lutheran Church. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Pat O'Brien, Paul Shipper and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
April 28, 2013	David sang with the Princeton University Glee Club at Comuniversity. He reprised the Gloria from Ramirez's Missa Criolla soloing with his student James Walsh under the baton of Gabriel Crouch.
April 21, 2013	David sang his first Evangelist (along with the tenor solos) in the Johannespassion with the Concordia Camerata by J.S. Bach under the baton of Jason Thoms at Concordia College in Bronxville, NY at 4:00 pm.
April 12, 2013	David appeared with the The Practitoners of Musick in a mini-recital as part of the Princeton University History Department's 1763 Conference held in the History Department Faculty Lounge/Dickenson Hall.
February to April, 2013	David stage-directed a student composed thesis opera entitled Weehawken by Princeton University composer Flannery Cunningham. The production was presented at the Forbes theatre on campus with performances on April 5th and 6th.
February to April, 2013	David stage-directed the State Repertory Opera's production of the children's opera, Sid the Serpent who wanted to sing. The opera was performed on April 7th at the Kolo Club, 1422 Grand Street in Hoboken, New Jersey. Visit SRO's web-site for details.
March 9, 2013	David appeared as tenor soloist with the Long Island Choral Society's performance of Mozart's Requiem. After 30 years of singing the Süssmayer version, this was his first outing with the Levin edition. The concert was presented at the Adelphi University Performing Arts center under the baton of Meredith Baker with fellow soloists Kimberly Christie (soprano), Cybele Gouveneur (mezzo-soprano) and Robert Osborne (bass).
February 27, 2013	Hark, how the songsters: David appeared in recital with fellow PU vocal faculty member, Sarah Pelletier and Shiela Kibbe at Taplin Hall at Princeton University. Shiela is the chair of the Department of Collaborative Piano at the CFA School of Music, Boston University. The concert included selections of Purcell, Mendelssohn, Donaudy and duets by Mascagni, Gilbert and Sullivan and Bernstein. The performance capped a two-day residency for Ms. Kibbe in the Princeton University Music Department during which she presented several masterclasses for voice and piano students.
February 22, 2013	David stepped in at the last minute to replace an ailing student to sing on a lecture recital presented at the American Handel Society 2013 Conference at Princeton University. Entitled A Mirror of Changing Tastes: New Light on Miss Baring's Keyboard Manuscript, David appeared with Nicholas Lockey (harpsicord) & John Burkhalter (flute) singing selections from the manuscript by Hawthorn, Giardini and Handel.
January 25, 2013	David appeared on the Chesea Opera concert celebrating the bicentennial birth year of composers Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner singing excerpts from Macbeth and Il Trovatore at Christ & St. Stephen's Church in NYC.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2012

December 16, 2012	David sang as the tenor solos in From the Song of Songs by Christos Hatzis, a Greek-Canadian composer. It is a 3 movement work, calling for Sop & Tenor soli, string orchestra, and oud, and is a wonderful blend of Middle Eastern and Baroque musical idioms and Bach's cantata 140 with the Arcadia Chorale. The peformance took place at St. Rose of Lima RC Church, 18 McLean Street, Freehold, NJ.
December 11, 2012	David participated in the Fall Semester New York Continuo Collective which covered French Airs de Cour including songs by Moulinié and Guédron. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Pat O'Brien, Paul Shipper and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
December 9, 2012	David sang as the tenor soloist in Puccini's Messa di Gloria with the Concordia Chorale at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, New Jersey. The performance was held at the Performing Arts Center.
December 9, 2012	David sang as the tenor soloist in Missa Criolla with the Princteon University Glee Club under the baton of Gabriel Crouch. The performance was held in Richardson Auditorium.
June 30, 2012	David sang the role of Gherardo in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi at the Princeton Festival with Richard Tang Yuk at the podium. The performance was presented at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ.
June 23, 2012	David sang the role of Gherardo in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi at the Princeton Festival with Richard Tang Yuk at the podium. The performance was presented at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ.
May 20, 2012	David sang on the enCANTA Collective's concert entitled The Art of Letters. The concert included music by Argento, Cipullo, Puccini, Bizet and Sondheim and was presented at the Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen Street in New York City.
May 16, 2012	David participated in the second performanc of the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective's opera workshop project with performances of selections from Monteverdi's Orfeo, Ritorno d'Ulisse and L'Incoronazione di Poppea. For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
May 15, 2012	David participated in the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective which included 3 classes in early baroque ornamentation and an opera workshop project culminating with performances of selections from Monteverdi's Orfeo, Ritorno d'Ulisse and L'Incoronazione di Poppea. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Pat O'Brien, Paul Shipper and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
May 6, 2012	David sang Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte on the Richardson Chamber Players concert entitled Constable & Landscape. This concert was presented in collaboration with the Princeton University Art Museum and featured music by Beethoven, Debussy, Britten and Schumann in the Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. For more information on the Richardson Chamber Players, visit the Princeton University Concerts website.
April 29, 2012	David sang the tenor solos in Handel's Samson with the Putnam Chorale under the baton of Douglas Anderson. The performance was presented at the Temple Beth Alohim in Brewster, New York.
March 25, 2012	David sang the tenor solos in Haydn's Creation at Concordia College in Bronxville, NY under the baton of Jason Thoms.
March 11, 2012	David sang the tenor solos in Carmina Burana with the Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs under the baton of Gabriel Crouch with fellow soloists Jessica Mary Murphy and Brian Duane.
January 21, 2012	David sang the tenor solos in Mendelssohn's Paulus with the Choral Arts Society of New Jersey with James Little at the podium. The concert was held at the The Presbyterian Church in Westfield at 8:00 pm.
February-April 2012	David will be taught and directed the Princeton University Music 214 course with conductor/musical director Gabriel Crouch. This semester the Project in Vocal Performance was be a full production of Benjamin Britten's opera, Albert Herring. Performances were held on April 13th and 14th at 8:00 pm in Richardson Auditorium.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2011

December 18, 2011	David sang the tenor solos in Messiah with the BMCC Downtown Symphony under the baton of Douglas Anderson with fellow soloists soprano Cynthia Simeone, mezzo-soprano Ester Heidi Hickman, and bass Steven Fredericks.
December 13, 2011	David appeared in a Christmas concert sponsored by the Princeton Festival as part of their Bookfair with soprano Sarah Pelletier, mezzo-soprano Sage Lutton, and baritone Jonathan Britt.
December 11, 2011	David appeared in a Christmas concert sponsored by the State Repertory Opera at the Van Vleck Gardens in Upper Montclair.
June 26, 2011	David sang 4 Brahms songs on a program entitled An Afternoon of Chamber Music in Yorktown Heights, NY. The program also included Brahms' Waltzes for four Hands, Trio for Piano, Violin and Horn and Lizst's transcription of Widmung with performers Jennifer Tao (piano), Ray Thornton (piano), Julie Pilant (french horn) and Louise Owen (violin).
June 10, 2011	David appeared in a concert entitled A Musical Tour of Rome with the Practitioners of Musick and Friends at the Princeton University Art Musuem. The performance featured music by Pasquini, Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, Handel, Corelli, Vivaldi, Vinci, Valentine, Jommelli and Mozart.
May 21, 2011	David sang the tenor solos in the Mozart Requiem and Haydn Theresienmesse with the Summit Choral under the direction of Dr. Thomas Juneau. The concert was presented at the Prospect Presbyterian Church, 646 Prospect Street, Maplewood, NJ.
April 17, 2011	David sang the tenor solos in the Rossini Stabat Mater with the Glen Ridge Choral Society with Tom Mustachio, music director and conductor. The concert was presented at the Glen Ridge Congregational Church in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
April 10, 2011	David appeared on a fundraising concert at the Van Vleck House and Gardens in Montclair, New Jersey for the State Repertory Opera company with Bridget Hogan, Kate Hurney, Katy Sumrow and Robert Taylor with Warren Helms at the keyboard. The program included favorites from operetta and broadway musicals. For more information, click here.
April 8, 2011	David reprised the tenor solos in two of Schubert's part songs for male voices: Nachthelle D 892 and Mondenschein D 875 with the men of the Princeton University Chamber Choir. The concert will presented in Taplin Hall on the Princeton University campus. For more information, click here.
April 3, 2011	David sang the tenor solos in the Bach B-minor Mass with the Bach in Baltimore Concert Series with T. Herbert Dimmock, music director and conductor. The concert was presented at Christ Lutheran Church, 701 S. Charles St in the Inner Harbor.
February 20, 2011	David appeared on the Richardson Chamber Players Schubertiade with Gabriel Crouch, the newly appointed conductor of the Princeton University Glee Club and Chamber Choir. He sang the tenor solos in two of Schubert's part songs for male voices: Nachthelle D 892 and Mondenschein D 875. The concert was presented in the Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus.
January 30, 2011	David sang on the 10th Anniversary Concert of the New Jersey Arts Collective: Ionization at the Westminster Arts Center in Bloomfield, New Jersey. The program included music by Leonard Bernstein, Steve Reich, George Walker, Charles Wuorinen and Charles Ives. David presented Ives' At the River with Tom Mustachio at the keyboard.
January-March 2011	From January through March, David stage-directed a Princeton University thesis production of a new opera based on Nero entitled Nero Artifex. Composed by senior, Theo Popov, this chamber opera was one of the largest student productions during this academic year with a cast of ten singers, a chamber orchestra of twenty players, chorus and dancers. Over 50 Princeton University students participated in this production. With funding from the Princeton Departments of Classics, Music and Theater, the production was fully-staged with costumes designed by Kerry Brodie '12, a set design conceived by David and Theo, and music direction by Tim Keeler '11 and Flannery Cunninham '13. The premiere performances of Nero Artifex were presented in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University Campus on March 24th and 25th. For more information on this project, click here to access the official website for the production. You can also check out pictures from the production here.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2010

December 19, 2010	David sang the tenor solos in Messiah with the Monmouth Civic Chorus at the Count Basie Theatre - 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank with Mark Shapiro conducting and fellow soloists, soprano Elisa Singer, mezzo-soprano Silvie Jensen and baritone Andrew Cummings.
December 12, 2010	David appeared as tenor soloist in Hodie of Ralph Vaughan Williams with the Concordia Chorale in Middletown, New Jersey.
November 21, 2010	David sang the tenor solos in Messiah at Concordia College in Bronxville, NY with the Concordia Festival Choir and Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Jason Thoms.
October 15, 2010	David and several of his private students (tenors Vijay Ramani and Saumitra Sahi, baritone Matthew Walsh and basses Brad Baron and Kevin Zhu) sang on a special program: Long Life to Nassau Hall. Appearing with The Practitoners of Musick, they sang selections from music that was performed in Princeton in the 1760s.
September 17, 2010	David assisted Taotao Liu on her Graduate Accompanying Recital at Westminster Choir College in the Bristol Chapel.The program included Nuit d'été by Hector Berlioz, Les Illuminations by Benjamin Britten and the scena, La Poète mourant by Giacomo Meyerbeer.
May/June 2010	David returned to the Princeton Festival to direct their production of Kurt Weill's The Three Penny Opera at the Matthews Acting Studio on the Princeton University campus.

June 13th, 2010	David appeared as tenor soloist in Handel's Judas Maccabaeus with the Concordia Chorale in Red Bank, New Jersey.
May 2, 2010	The Richardson Chamber Players presented the first book of Brahm's Liebeslieder Waltzes with Sarah Pelletier, Barbara Rearick, David, Kevin Deas and pianists, Margaret Kampmeier and Elizabeth Felice at Alexander Hall on the Princeton University Campus.
April 17, 2010	David sang the role of Ahasuerus in the Princeton Glee Club's spring concert of Handel's Esther in Richardson Hall on the Princeton University Campus under the baton of Robert Issacs.
March 26th, 2010	David appeared on the Chelsea Opera concert Shakespeare in Opera at The New Church - 114 East 35th St in New York City.
Feb 14, 2010	David premiered the role of the Tenor Narrator in Hollis Thoms's new oratorio, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner at St. John's College Annapolis, MD.
Jan 15, 2010	David appeared on the Chelsea Opera concert Winternacht at The New Church - 114 East 35th St in New York City. Playing to a packed house, arias and duets from German opera and operetta were presented by sopranos Sara Murphy, Elizabeth Beers Kataria, Jennifer Furst, Michele Paape and Terina Westmeyer, mezzo-soprano Erika Hennings, tenors Antonio Abate and Willie Morales, and baritone Nathan Bahny with Lloyd Arriola at the piano.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2009

Nov 12-15, 2009

David sang the role of Kaspar in the Chelsea Opera production of Amahl and the Night Visitors at St. Peter's Church - 346 West 20th Street in New York City. Here is the cast breakdown:

Role	Thurs - 7:30 pm (Nov 12)	Fri - 7:30 pm (Nov 13)	Sat - 4:00pm (Nov 14)	Sun - 4:00pm (Nov 15)
AMAHL	Benjamin Percy	Kyrian Friedenberg	Benjamin Percy	Kyrian Friedenberg
MOTHER	Alexandra Lobianco	Lara Stevens	Alexandra Lobianco	Lara Stevens
KASPAR	DAVID KELLETT	Gilbert Mendoza	DAVID KELLETT	Gilbert Mendoza
MELCHIOR	Justin Ryan	Kenneth Overton	Justin Ryan	Kenneth Overton
BALTHAZAR	Michael Blake O'Hearn	Matthew Anchel	Michael Blake O'Hearn	Matthew Anchel
PAGE	Brian DuBois	Brian Dubois	Brian DuBois	Brian Dubois

June 14th, 2009

David appeared as tenor soloist in Rossini's Petite messe solennelle with the Concordia Chorale in Red Bank, New Jersey.

May/June 2009

David returned to the Princeton Festival to direct their Young Stars production of The Fantasticks at the Matthews Acting Studio on the Princeton University campus.

April 25th, 2009

David sang as tenor soloist in Mendelssohn's St. Paul with the Oratorio Society of New Jersey with fellow soloists, soprano Elizabeth Perryman, contralto Marion Gayle, and baritone Mark Wilson. Dr. Sándor Szabó conducted the orchestra and chorus at Union Congregational Church at 176 Cooper Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey.

March 22nd, 2009

David appeared as tenor soloist in Hadyn's Creation with the Concordia Chorale in Middletown, New Jersey.

March 17th, 2009

David appeared in recital with pianist Masako Hayashi-Ebbesen in a program entitled Amours du poète which included Schumann's Dichterliebe and Fauré's La Bonne Chanson on the Illiade Saison Culturelle arts series in Strasbourg, France.

January 18th, 2009

David appeared with William Tracy on the piano in a recital of 20th century British composers entitled We'll to the Woods No More in Taplin Hall on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The program included The Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams, A Young Man's Exhortation by Gerald Finzi, songs by John Ireland and George Butterworth on the poetry of A.E. Housman and folksong settings by Roger Quilter and Benjamin Britten.

January 9-10, 2009

David appeared as a guest artist with the students of Music 214 - Projects in Performance singing the role of Eumete in the Princeton University's production of Monteverdi's Return of Ulysses. For more information, see the Baroque Opera at Princeton website.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2008

December 8th, 2008	David sang the tenor solos in Messiah with the Concordia Chorale in Red Bank, New Jersey with his wife, Anne McKenna as soprano soloist.
November 9th, 2008	David directed the operatic revue Senza Vergogna for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
November 2nd, 2008	David sang as tenor soloist in Mozart's Requiem with the Concordia Chorale.
September 27th, 2008	David returned to his alma mater (Rowan University/Glassboro State College) to sing on a recital honoring Clarence Miller. Reuniting with one of his college accompanists, Harriet Lombardelli (Snader), David sang Tosti's Ideale and Whither must I wander by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Clancy Miller was the choral conductor at GSC for many years. The recital was part of a celebratory day of music to raise money for a scholarship fund in his memory.
September 7th, 2008	David sang music from Westside Story, Secret Garden, and Sweeney Todd in the revue Together and Apart for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
September 6th, 2008	David sang music from Westside Story, Secret Garden, and Sweeney Todd in the revue Together and Apart for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
June 4rd, 2008	David reprised the roles of the Mad Hatter and the Gryphon (amongst others) in Peter Westergaard's Alice in Wonderland" at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater in Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th Street in New York. The opera's singers included soprano Jennifer Winn as Alice, countertenor Marshall Coid, mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer, bass Eric Jordan and sopranos Karen Jolicoeur and Amaia Urtiaga.
June 3rd, 2008	David reprised the roles of the Mad Hatter and the Gryphon (amongst others) in Peter Westergaard's Alice in Wonderland" at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater in Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th Street in New York. The opera's singers included soprano Jennifer Winn as Alice, countertenor Marshall Coid, mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer, bass Eric Jordan and sopranos Karen Jolicoeur and Amaia Urtiaga.
May 22nd, 2008	David sang the roles of the Mad Hatter and the Gryphon (amongst others) in the world premiere of Peter Westergaard's Alice in Wonderland" in Richardson Auditorium of Alexander Hall at Princeton University. The opera's singers included soprano Jennifer Winn as Alice, countertenor Marshall Coid, mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer, bass Eric Jordan and sopranos Karen Jolicoeur and Amaia Urtiaga.
April 13th, 2008	David sang as tenor soloist in Mozart's Requiem with the Concordia Chorale in Red Bank, New Jersey.
March 8th, 2008	David sang the role of Mr. Erlansen in a production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
March 7th, 2008	David sang the role of Mr. Erlansen in a production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
March 2nd, 2008	David sang the role of Mr. Erlansen in a production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
March 1st, 2008	David sang the role of Mr. Erlansen in a production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
February 29th, 2008	David sang the role of Mr. Erlansen in a production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
January 2008	David directed Mozart's Marriage of Figaro with the students of Princeton University's Music 214: Projects in Vocal Performance. Dr. Richard Tang Yuk conducted the university's orchestra.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2007

December 9rd, 2007	David sang as tenor soloist in selections Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Concordia Chorale in Middletown, New Jersey.
December 3rd, 2007	David sang as tenor soloist in selections Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Concordia Chorale in Red Bank, New Jersey.
December 1st, 2007	David sang his first Verdi Requiem with the Oratorio Society of New Jersey with Elizabeth Perryman, soprano, Mary McAlee, mezzo-soprano and Arthur Woodley, bass. Dr. Sándor Szabó conducted the orchestra and chorus at Church of the Immaculate Conception in Montclair, New Jersey.
November 17th, 2007	A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare: An Afternoon with David Amram. Mr. Amram's guests included Midhat Serbagi, viola; Heidi Upton, piano, Anne McKenna, soprano, David Kellett, tenor, John Ventimiglia, narrator, Gail Merrifield Papp, and Adira, Alana, and Adam Amram. Works performed included "The Wind and the Rain" for viola and piano; Variations on a Theme from Macbeth from Amram's Piano Sonata; excerpts from Amram's opera Twelfth Night (libretto by Joe Papp); and songs for various productions of the New York Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Amram, who celebrated his 77th birthday on the day of this program, composed music for the New York Shakespeare Festival from 1956-1967. This was my Lincoln Center debut!
September 16th, 2007	David sang scenes from La Traviata and La Boheme with sopranos Anne McKenna, Jennifer Winn, Michelle Pretto, and baritone, Dirk McCoy in an operatic revue entitled L'Amour: Opera's Love Songs for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
September 15th, 2007	David sang scenes from La Traviata and La Boheme with sopranos Anne McKenna, Jennifer Winn, Michelle Pretto, and baritone, Dirk McCoy in an operatic revue entitled L'Amour: Opera's Love Songs for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
June 2007	David directed and sang the role of the Padre in Princeton Festival's Young Stars production of Man of La Mancha at the Matthews Acting Studio on the Princeton University campus.
February 25th, 2007	David appeared with The Richardson Chamber Players as they continued their ?Patronage Appreciated? concert series in Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus singing the tenor solo from Bach's Cantata number 78, 'Das Blut, so meine Schuld' and songs by Duparc and Poulenc.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2006

November 11th, 2006	David sang the tenor solos in the Mozart Missa in C Major and the Pergolesi Magnificat with the Oratorio Society of New Jersey.
June 2006	David directed Princeton Festival's Young Stars production of Menotti's Old Maid and the Thief.
April 15th, 2006	David sang the tenor solos in Bach's Cantata No. 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden and Cantata No. 34 O ewiges Feuer with the Princeton University Glee Club. Dr. Richard Tang Yuk conducted the orchestra and chorus.
March 31st, 2006	David sang as tenor soloist in Handel's Solomon with the Concordia Chorale in Red Bank, New Jersey.
January 2006	David directed a production Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience with the students of Princeton University's Music 214: Projects in Vocal Performance. Dr. Richard Tang Yuk conducted the university's orchestra.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2005

November 12th, 2005	David sang the tenor solos in the Saint Saëns Christmas Oratorio with the Oratorio Society of New Jersey.
July 2005	David sang the role of the Pirelli in Princeton Festival's inaugural production of Sweeney Todd at the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
February 18, 2005	David appeared on a concert with the Princeton University Glee Club and fellow guest artist Mary Nessinger singing lieder by Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2004


February 24th, 2004	David appeared with The Richardson Chamber Players singing Schubert songs based on texts of greek and roman legends and characters.