Kansas native, Andrew Jurden sings in a number of musical mediums, from the bass solo in Mozart's Requiem with the Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus to backing up Madonna at the Met Gala music performance with Clarion Choral Society. In 2019, he was the recipient of the Pro Art Chorale Young Singers Award; he sang the baritone solo for Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem with Ensemble NYC; sang Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte along with other recitals of only Mozart with Mountain Opera; the bass solo in Schubert’s Mass no. 6 in E flat major with the Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus; and at The Metropolitan Opera Guild’s Masterly Singing Series: Don Giovanni Masterclass with Jane Marsh. He is a Choral Scholar at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York.

 

He sang, directed and shot the virtual, world-premiere of The Oval Portrait, a new micro-opera by Felix Jarrar for Opera Elect’s New Works Concert Series.He has appeared in three opera films:  Something Blue: l’Opera Del Bachelor music by Scott Joiner, Someone Like Me: l’Opera di Facebook, and Rumsprinawakening music by Nathan Fletcher, all of which were written and directed by Adam Taylor. During the pandemic, he virtually premiered Happy: a song cycle for mezzo-soprano and bass-baritone by Felix Jarrar. In 2017, he premiered the baritone solo of Michael Brinzer’s new arrangement of Charles Ives's "General William Booth Enters into Heaven" for piano, bass drum and saxophone orchestra with The Manhattan School of Music Sax Ensemble.

 

In opera, he sang Schaunard with the Vienna Summer Music Festival’s production of La BohèmeForrester in Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen and a Gypsy chorister in Johann Strauss's Der ZigeunerbaronHe has sung with many New York City opera companies, for chorus and solo opportunities, such as: Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance production of Falstaff, The Bronx Opera's production of The Abduction from the Seraglio, International Masters’ Academy of Opera's production of L’enfant et les sortilèges, and William Remmers’s Utopia Opera productions of Martha and Eugene Onegin.

 

In addition, he has sung in scenes from Un Ballo in MascheraLe Nozze di Figaro, and Così fan tutte with Washington National Opera’s Institute for Young Singers, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with The New York Philharmonic and The Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus, and David Lang’s Little Match Girl Passion at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with the Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir.

 

 

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ANDREW JURDEN, Baritone

Bachelor of MUSIC class of 2017, classic voice

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC

 
 

Past Performances

Requiem by mozart
Bass solo, manhattan school of music symphonic chorus

something blue: l'opera del bachelor by adam taylor
(scott joiner)

someone like me: l'opera di facebook by adam taylor
(nathan fletcher)

la bohéme by giacomo puccini
(schaunard), vienna summer music festival

the cunning little vixen by leos janacek
(forrester), manhattan school of music

der zigeunerbaron by johann strauss
(gypsy chorister)

un ballo in maschera by giuseppe verdi
le nozze di fegaro and cosi fan tutte by mozart
washington national opera's institute for young singers

new york city opera companies (singer):
martina arroyo's prelude to performance
the bronx opera
international masters' academy of opera
william remmers' utopia opera

ninth symphony by beethoven
new york philharmonic, manhattan school of music chamber choir

little match girl passion by david lang
manhattan school of music chamber choir at the met

general william booth enters into heaven by charles ives;
new arrangement for piano, bass drum and saxophone orchestra by michael brinzer
baritone solo, manhattan school of music sax ensemble

Madonna & clarion choral society (backup singer) 
the met Gala

 
 
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