DANN COAKWELL, TENOR

Praised as a “vivid storyteller” (The New York Times), has performed internationally under acclaimed conductors such as Helmuth Rilling, Masaaki Suzuki, Nicholas McGegan, and Matthew Halls. Coakwell has appeared at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center as well as Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and Trinity Church Wall Street. He has been a soloist with organizations such as Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart in Germany, Bach Collegium Japan, Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco, and Oregon Bach Festival. Specializing in the Evangelist and tenor roles of J.S. Bach, he frequently performs the composer’s major oratorios — St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, Christmas Oratorio, and Mass in B-Minor.  Other prominent solo roles include Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Mozart’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. Dr. Coakwell serves as Assistant Professor of Voice at Ithaca College. He holds an Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music, a Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degree from Texas Tech University, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Texas at Austin.