YCA Season Finale
Daniel McGrew joins current and former YCA musicians for this year’s season finale. Daniel presents a selection of songs by Noël Coward. More information here.
All About Songs
Daniel joins mezzo-soprano Katherine Beck and pianist Sophia Zhou for a recital.
The Other Mozart Effect
Young composers have been hailed as "the next Mozart" for generations, but how did composers interpret Mozart’s legacy? Parlando explores Mozart’s impact on classical music, culminating in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Mozart and Salieri, the precursor to the Oscar-winning film Amadeus. The program includes Reynaldo Hahn’s charming Mozart Overture and Alfred Schnittke’s witty tribute to the 18th century, Moz-Art à la Haydn, before concluding with Rimsky Korsakov’s one-act opera, Mozart and Salieri, featuring Joseph Parrish as Salieri and Daniel McGrew as Mozart. More information here.
Remember me my deir: Scottish music from 1500–1850
Everything but highland pipes! Daniel joins Shira Kamen, Harrison Hintzsche and instrumentalists of the Elm City Consort in a concert of Scottish Music. More information here.
Recital
Daniel joins pianist Sophia Zhou for a recital presented by Abbey Church. More information here.
Recital
Daniel presents a recital featuring two world premiere song cycles by John Harbison. More information forthcoming.
Recital
Daniel joins pianists Sophia Zhou and Nathaniel LaNasa for a recital featuring Fauré's La bonne chanson, Op. 61, Schumann’s Liederkreis, Op. 24 and the world premiere of Matthew Ricketts's Lunch Poems 2. More information here.
St. John Passion, BWV 245
Marking the 300th anniversary of Bach’s St. John Passion, Daniel sings Evangelist with Bach Collegium Fort Wayne and director Koji Otsuki. More information here.
New York Festival of Song: All Together Now
In a collaboration with YCA, this program travels through six centuries of vocal ensembles, from the Renaissance to the present day with music by W.A. Mozart, Emmanuel Chabrier, Libby Larsen, the Bobs and many others. Featuring mezzo-sopranos Megan Moore and Erin Wagner, bass-baritone Joseph Parrish and soprano/pianist Chelsea Guo. More information here.
YCA on Tour
Daniel joins violinist Lun Li, cellist Jonathan Swensen, pianist Albert Cano Smit and bass-baritone Joseph Parrish for an eclectic program of chamber music and song. More information here.
Eros Walked Softly
With Lisel Mueller's poem Romantics as inspiration, Eros Walked features stunning gems from Clara and Robert Schumann and Brahms. Daniel joins pianist Ingrid Keller for Schumann’s Liederkreis Op.24. More information here.
YCA on Tour
Daniel joins violinist Lun Li, cellist Jonathan Swensen, pianist Albert Cano Smit and bass-baritone Joseph Parrish for an eclectic program of chamber music and song. More information here.
YCA on Tour
Daniel joins violinist Lun Li, cellist Jonathan Swensen, pianist Albert Cano Smit and bass-baritone Joseph Parrish for an eclectic program of chamber music and song. More information here.
YCA on Tour
Daniel joins violinist Lun Li, cellist Jonathan Swensen, pianist Albert Cano Smit and bass-baritone Joseph Parrish for an eclectic program of chamber music and song. More information here.
YCA on Tour
Daniel joins violinist Lun Li, cellist Jonathan Swensen, pianist Albert Cano Smit and bass-baritone Joseph Parrish for an eclectic program of chamber music and song. More information here.
Clemson University: YCA on Tour
Daniel and his colleagues on the Young Concert Artist Roster present a chamber music program featuring music by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Julian Anderson, Joseph Marx, and others.
Forgetful Hearts: Ballads and Songs for Tenor and Harp
Daniel joins forces with eminent harpist, Parker Ramsay, for a program of music by Rossetter, Fauré, Schubert, Britten, Copland, and selections from the American Songbook.
Forgetful Hearts: Ballads and Songs for Tenor and Harp
Daniel joins forces with eminent harpist, Parker Ramsay, for a program of music by Rossetter, Fauré, Schubert, Britten, Copland, and selections from the American Songbook.
Recital: Mostly About Love
Daniel and pianist Sophia Zhou present a program of love songs in German and English, including songs by Robert and Clara Schumann, Virgil Thomson, Christopher Berg, and Stephen Sondheim.
Mirror Visions Ensemble: Journeys
The Mirror visions ensemble presents a beloved program of songs of travel and adventure, including music by Lyons, Schubert, Berlioz, Porter, Duparc, Weill, Cipullo, Poulenc, and more!
To Ornament Things Devine
Brooklyn’s The New Consort joins forces with the Elm City Consort to mark the 400th anniversary of William Byrd’s death. Built around Byrd’s Mass for Three Voices (ca. 1592), the performance will include additional works in English and Latin from all of Byrd’s major collections, as well as pieces for viol consort.
To Ornament Things Divine
Brooklyn’s The New Consort joins forces with the Elm City Consort to mark the 400th anniversary of William Byrd’s death. Built around Byrd’s Mass for Three Voices (ca. 1592), the performance will include additional works in English and Latin from all of Byrd’s major collections, as well as pieces for viol consort.
Newport Classical: YCA on Tour
Daniel joins his colleagues on the Young Concert Artist Roster for a program of chamber music by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Marx, and Anderson.
YellowBarn Festival 2023
Daniel’s YellowBarn residency will include the following performances:
July 7, Cage: Aria
July 8, Barry: Jabberwocky
July 15, Haas: Vyvolena; Wolpe: An Anna Blume
July 22, Bach: BWV 164, “Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal”
July 25, Paredes: Papalote, for voice and string quartet
July 27, Paredes: Papalote, for voice and violin
August 2, Schumann: Songs from Op. 39
August 3, Britten: Hölderlin Fragmente
August 5, Sokolovic: Dawn Always Begins in the Bones; Schumann: Songs from Op. 39
Britten: Nocturne Op. 60
Daniel will join conductors Rita Castro Blanco and Nicolo Foron as well as members of the Mendelssohn Orchester-academie and Gewandhaus Orchester for a program of chamber music, to include Britten’s song cycle for tenor, string orchestra, and seven obbligato instruments.
PCMS presents Gamut Bach Ensemble
A unique collaboration between outstanding young musicians and an expert on the music of J.S. Bach, the Gamut Bach Ensemble prides itself on stylistically sensitive, earnest, and insightful performances. Directed by Koji Otsuki, the Ensemble embarks on a program of cantatas in the luminous Church of the Holy Trinity.
Bach: Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende, BWV 27
Bach: Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 44
Bach: Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42
Mirror Visions Ensemble: Secrets
Daniel joins his MVE colleagues for a performance of Tom Cipullo’s “Secrets,” and a host of world premieres by the winners of the ensemble’s competition for young composers.
Mirror Visions Ensemble: Midnight Magic
Mirror Visions Ensemble presents their program Midnight Magic. Admission is free and information on the program can be found here.
Mirror Visions Ensemble: Mirror Visions Ensemble
Mirror Visions Ensemble’s Midnight Magic reflects upon the witching hour as musical favorites by Wolf, Poulenc, and Fauré intermingle with Bonds, Sondheim, and more. Three stunning voices (mezzo Abi Levis, tenor Daniel McGrew, and baritone Mischa Bouvier) are alongside pianist Max Hammond. Performances of commissioned works feature Carlos Simon’s “Dreams” and Andrew Gerle’s arrangement of “That Old Black Magic.”
Mirror Visions Ensemble: Midnight Magic
Mirror Visions Ensemble’s Midnight Magic reflects upon the witching hour as musical favorites by Wolf, Poulenc, and Fauré intermingle with Bonds, Sondheim, and more. Three stunning voices (mezzo Abi Levis, tenor Daniel McGrew, and baritone Mischa Bouvier) are alongside pianist Max Hammond. Performances of commissioned works feature Carlos Simon’s “Dreams” and Andrew Gerle’s arrangement of “That Old Black Magic.”
Mirror Visions Ensemble: Midnight Magic
Mirror Visions Ensemble’s Midnight Magic reflects upon the witching hour as musical favorites by Wolf, Poulenc, and Fauré intermingle with Bonds, Sondheim, and more. Three stunning voices (mezzo Abi Levis, tenor Daniel McGrew, and baritone Mischa Bouvier) are alongside pianist Max Hammond. Performances of commissioned works feature Carlos Simon’s “Dreams” and Andrew Gerle’s arrangement of “That Old Black Magic.”
YCA on Tour
Daniel joins four of his YCA colleagues for a program of chamber works by Felix Mendelssohn, Julian Anderson, Selina Fischer, Hugo Wolf, and Robert Schumann.