Baritone Andrew Garland is hailed as a performer whose artistry embodies both “baritone of strength and vocal opulence” (Opera News) and “cosmic energy and suavity” (Opera News). He is widely recognized as a leader in recital work, with dozens of performances across the country, including Carnegie Hall with pianist Warren Jones, and programs of modern American songs throughout the United States and Canada. Jones, Marilyn Horne, Steven Blier, many American composers, and leading music publications endorse him as a highly communicative singer, carrying the song recital into the 21st century.
Garland brings his distinctive, communicative style to the concert stage with appearances alongside the Boston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Boston Baroque, The Handel and Haydn Society, Nashville Symphony, Brevard Festival, Emmanuel Music, Boston Youth Symphony, National Philharmonic, Albany Symphony, Houston Symphony, UMS Ann Arbor, Washington Master Chorale at the Kennedy Center, and National Chorale at Lincoln Center.
A frequent performer with the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), Garland has given multiple recitals at Carnegie Hall and the Ravinia Festival, as well as with Vocal Arts DC, the Marilyn Horne Foundation, The Bard Festival, Camerata Pacifica, the Moab Music Festival, Andre-Turp Society in Montreal, Voce at Pace, Huntsville Chamber Music Guild, Fort Worth Opera, Seattle Opera, Fanfare in Hammond, LA, Cincinnati Matinee Musicale, Cincinnati Song Initiative, Tuesday Morning Music Club, and dozens of university series nationwide. In 2014, he was the featured recitalist for the NATS National Convention, where the organization’s president called him “the next Thomas Hampson.” Garland himself prefers: “the first Andrew Garland.”
In addition to numerous song and concert premieres, he has created operatic roles in the world premieres of Dinner at Eight (William Bolcom/Mark Campbell, Minnesota Opera), Steal a Pencil for Me (Gerald Cohen/Deborah Brevoort, Opera Colorado), The Book Collector (Stella Sung/Ernest Herbert, Dayton Opera), and Artemisia (Laura Schwendinger/Ginger Strand, Prototype Festival). He has also sung with Opera Philadelphia, New York City Opera, Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Fort Worth Opera, and Hawaii Opera Theater, among others.
His latest CD, El Rebelde: Gabriela Frank | Dmitri Shostakovich, recorded at CU with Jeremy Reger, has received rave reviews from the BBC, Opera News, Voix des Arts, San Francisco Classical Voice, Earrelevant, and other publications. His previous solo CD, American Portraits (with Donna Loewy, piano), reached No. 1 on Amazon Classical. Garland has six additional recordings on the Telarc, Naxos, Roven Records, and Azica labels.
Chamber music appearances include the Ravinia Festival, Camerata Pacifica, Maverick Concerts, and the Huntsville Chamber Music Society. He has also performed with the Takács, Dover, Calder, Amernet, and Daedalus string quartets.
Garland is the winner of the Lavinia Jensen, NATSAA, Washington International, American Traditions, NATS, and Opera Columbus Competitions, and was a prizewinner in the Montreal International, Jose Iturbi, Gerda Lissner, McCammon, and Palm Beach International Competitions. He was an apprentice at the San Francisco Opera Center, Seattle Opera, and Cincinnati Opera Young Artists programs.
An avid cyclist, Garland has participated in the Pan Mass Challenge for 34 years.
He is also a mentor with Bel Canto Boot Camp, a contributor on tonebase.com, and a frequent guest teacher at institutions including The Juilliard School, CCM, Yale, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, New England Conservatory, Boston University, Longy School of Music of Bard College, The Cleveland Art Song Festival, The Seagle Colony, Harvard, Princeton, and Brown. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Voice at the University of Colorado Boulder.
