Malcolm J. Merriweather
About this Artist
GRAMMY nominated conductor and singer Malcolm J. Merriweather is Director of the New York Philharmonic Chorus and Music Director of New York City's The Dessoff Choirs and Orchestra. He is a Professor and the Tania León Endowed Chair at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
He is a sought-after interpreter of symphonic choral works most recently conducting grand performances of the Requiems by Verdi and Brahms, Bach's St. John Passion, Mendelssohn's Elijah, and Handel's Messiah. In addition to core symphonic repertoire, he is known for the world premiere recordings of The Ballad of the Brown King, Credo, and Simon Bore the Cross by Margaret Bonds (AVIE Records) with The Dessoff Choirs and Orchestra. A frequent guest conductor, he has conducted the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Novus Orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra, and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Ensembles under his baton have performed at venues that include The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Madison Square Garden, Brooklyn Academy of Music Westminster Abbey, and at the Vatican before Pope Francis. At the invitation of Solange Knowles, he joined the interdisciplinary studio and creative agency, Saint Heron, for performances with Voices of Harlem and The Clark Sisters in Glory to Glory: A Revival of Devotional Art.
Merriweather has earned degrees from Eastman, Manhattan School of Music, and Syracuse University and was a fellow at Tanglewood.