Described as a “rich-voiced” and “vivid” singer by a recent New York Times review, Peter Walker enjoys a varied career as a singer of early and classical music. Recent performances include bass solos in BWV 236, BWV 36 and BWV 147 with the Handel + Haydn Society, appearing with Kuhmo Kamarimusiikki in Kuhmo, Finland, the title role in Telemann’s Pimpinone with the Texas Early Music Project, and singing in St. Petersburg, Moscow, and London with the Clarion Society Choir. Peter also appears with Handel + Haydn Society, Three Notch’d Road, Clarion Society Choir, Early Music New York, Pomerium, Blue Heron, Cappella Romana, Texas Early Music Project, Staunton Music Festival, Kuhmo Kamarimusiikki, Gotham Early Music, Academy of Sacred Drama, and Skylark Ensemble. Peter is a member of the choir of St. Luke in the Fields in New York City, has lectured on early music at Vassar College and the University of Virginia, and won the Overseas Class in the Lowland and Border Pipers’ Society Competition in 2016. He holds degrees from Vassar College and McGill University, where he studied with Drew Minter and Sanford Sylvan.
Solo and Chamber Performance:
Bass soloist and piper - Hail, Mother Poland - Three Notch’d Road, 2018
Bass soloist, bagpipes, lecturer - Music of New Spain - Three Notch’d Road, 2018
Bass soloist - Eucharist and Song - Three Notch’d Road, 2018
Singer, bagpipes, musical direction and transcription - The Book of Beasts - Marginalia - 2018
Bass soloist, bagpipes, musical co-direction - Salute to St. Patrick - Three Notch’d Road - 2018
Bass soloist, lecturer - Venetian Splendor - Three Notch’d Road, 2017
Bass singer, lecturer, musical direction - Reformation and Rebirth - Vassar College, 2017
Singer, bagpipes, musical direction and transcription - Channsonier du Roi - Marginalia - 2017
Singer, harp, lyre, bagpipes - Out of the Mist - Twa Corbies - 2017
Singer, harp, bagpipes - Songs and Stories of the Scottish Seas - Skylark Spotlight Series, 2017
Singer and wind player - The Play of Adam - Cloisters Museum, 2016-2017
Bass soloist - Bach Comes to America - Three Notch’d Road, 2016
Highland bagpipe soloist - Orkney Wedding with Sunrise - Stamford Symphony Orchestra, 2016
Singer and bagpipes - The Piper in the Parlor - Midtown Concerts, 2016
Chorister and piper -“Christmas in Latin America” - Early Music New York, 2015
Bagpipe soloist - Sacrum Mysterium - Apollo’s Fire, 2015
Bagpipe soloist - Die Bauernhochzeit - Three Notch’d Road, 2015
Highland bagpipe soloist - Orkney Wedding with Sunrise - Little Orchestra Society, 2015
Chorister and piper -Dutch Christmas in the Age of Rembrandt - Early Music New York, 2014
Singer, hurdy gurdy, bagpipe - Carmina Gothica - Ensemble Aevum, 2014
Singer -“Collegium Vocale” (world premiere of The Golden Key, Z. Wadsworth), Staunton Music Festival, 2014
Chorister and piper - Good King Wenceslas: a Bohemian Christmas - Early Music New York, 2013
Founder - Marginalia medieval ensemble - 2015-present
Upcoming:
Singer, winds, musical direction and transcription - Launcelot: Sword and Sorrow - Marginalia - 2019
Bass soloist and piper - Celtic Fancies - Texas Early Music Project - 2019
Song recital - The Road Goes Ever On - 2019
Bass soloist - Devotion and Delight - Three Notch’d Road, 2019
Oratorio:
Chorister - Messiah - Handel and Haydn Society, 2018
Bass soloist - BWV 236 - Handel and Haydn Society, 2018
Chorister - Harmoniemesse - Clarion Society Choir, 2018
Chorister - Te Deum (Haydn) - Clarion Society Choir, 2018
Chorister - B Minor Mass - Handel and Haydn Society, 2018
Bass soloist - BWV 36, BWV 147 - Handel and Haydn Society, 2017
Bass soloist - BWV 63 - Choir of St. Luke in the Fields, 2017
Bass soloist - Messiah - Handel Choir of Baltimore, 2017
Chorister - Messiah - Handel and Haydn Society, 2017
Chorister - Beethoven 9 - Handel and Haydn Society, 2017
Ozia - Giuditta (Freschi) - Academy of Sacred Drama, 2017
Bass soloist - Beethoven 9 - Staunton Music Festival, 2017
Schlendrian - Coffee Cantata - Staunton Music Festival, 2017
Bass soloist and Chorister - Monteverdi Vespers - Texas Early Music Project, 2017
Chorister - Monteverdi Vespers - Handel and Haydn Society, 2017
Chorister - Semele - Handel and Haydn Society, 2017
Bass soloist - Carmina Burana - Dalton Choral, 2017
Chorister - Messiah - Handel and Haydn Society, 2016
Chorister - Bach Magnificat - Handel and Haydn Society, 2016
Bass Soloist and Chorister - Pathways to Bach - Texas Early Music Project, 2016
Bass soloist - Sacred Mysteries: a Narrative of the Life of Christ - Three Notch’d Road, 2016
Bass Soloist and Chorister - B Minor Mass - Staunton Music Festival, 2016
Bass soloist - Messiah - Hudson Valley Philharmonic - 2015
Jesus - St. John Passion - Staunton Music Festival, 2015
Haman - Esther - Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 2015
Abraham - Ishmael (Scarlatti) - Academy of Sacred Drama, 2016
Pilatus, Petrus, Mache Dich - St. Matthew Passion - Staunton Music Festival, 2014
Samuel - Mors Saulis et Jonathae (Charpentier) - Academy of Sacred Drama, 2014
Schlendrian - Coffee Cantata - Richmond Chamber Music, 2014
Bass soloist - BWV 131 - Richmond Chamber Music, 2014
Bass soloist - BWV 172 -Big Apple Baroque - 2014
Bass soloist - Messiah -Danbury Concert Chorale, Ars Musica - 2013
Bass soloist - Carmina Burana - Summer Sing at Symphony Space - 2013
Bass soloist - Verdi Requiem -Summer Sing - 2013
Bass soloist - Rachmaninov Choral Symphony -Danbury Symphony Orchestra - 2013
Jesus, bass soloist - St. Luke Passion (Telemann) - Church of St. Luke in the Fields - 2013
Bass soloist - Messe H-Moll - King’s College Choir, 2012
Pilatus - St. Matthew Passion - Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, 2012
Upcoming:
Getro - La Creatione de’Magistrati (Gianettini) - Academy of Sacred Drama, 2019
Bass soloist - Welcome to All the Pleasures (Purcell) - Handel and Haydn Society, 2019
Chorister - Mozart Requiem - Handel and Haydn Society, 2019
Bass soloist - Mozart Requiem - Kuhmo Kamarimusiikki, 2019
Bass Soloist - Mozart C Minor Mass - Handel and Haydn Society, 2019
Chorister - Messiah - New York Philharmonic with Handel and Haydn Society, 2019
Choral:
Chorister - Creator of the Stars - Pomerium, 2018
Chorister - Rachmaninov Vespers - Chamber Choir of St. Tikhon’s Monastery - 2018
Chorister - Kastalsky Requiem - Clarion Society Choir, 2017-2018
Chorister - Steinberg Passion Week - toured Russia and London with Clarion Society Choir, 2016
Chorister - Rachmaninoff Vespers - Skylark Vocal Ensemble, 2016
Chorister - Figure Humaine - Skylark Vocal Ensemble, 2015-2017
Performed and toured with Santa Fe Desert Chorale, 2015
Performed, recorded, and toured with The Thirteen, 2015
Chorister - Die Erste Walpurgisnacht - Musica Sacra, 2014
Chorister - Samson - American Classical Orchestra, 2014
Performed Spem in Alium with Pomerium, 2013
Performed with the Bard Festival Chorale, 2013
Core member Western Wind, beginning 2016
Core member Skylark Vocal Ensemble, beginning 2016
Professional Chorister at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields, beginning 2012
Performed The Lost Generation with Vivavoce, 2012
Professional Chorister at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, 2010-2012
Performed and recorded with Blue Heron Renaissance Choir, 2011
Core member Skylark Vocal Ensemble, 2014-present
Core member Choir of St. Luke in the Fields, 2012-present
Upcoming:
Chorister - A Colonial Christmas - Early Music New York, 2018
Chorister - Rachmaninov Vespers - Clarion Society Choir. 2018-2019
Chorister - Lost Treasures of Armenia - Cappella Romana, 2019
Chorister - Missa Prolationem - Blue Heron, 2019
Opera:
Commendatore - Don Giovanni - Kuhmo Kamarimusiikki, 2018
Hercules - Hercules (Handel) - Staunton Music Festival, 2018
Pimpinone - Pimpinone (Telemann) - Texas Early Music, 2018
Chorister - Fairy Queen - Handel and Haydn Society, 2017-2018
Bass soloist - “A Baroque Pastiche” - Texas Early Music Project, 2017
Balthasar, Habbakuk - Ludus Danielis - Gotham Early Music, Connecticut Early Music, Rockport Chamber Music, Trinity Wall Street, 2013 - 2016
Chorister - La Cantada Vida y Muerte del General Malbru - Early Music New York, 2015
Pimpinone - Pimpinone (Telemann) - Texas Early Music, 2014
Pimpinone - Pimpinone - Helios Opera, 2012
Socrates - Der Geduldige Socrates (Telemann) - Amherst Early Music, 2012
Seneca - l'Incoronazione di Poppea - Opera McGill, 2012
Leporello - Don Giovanni - Opera McGill, 2012
Argenio - Imeneo - Opera McGill, 2011
Colline - La Boheme - Opera McGill, 2011
Don Alfonso - Cosi Fan Tutte - McGill Opera Scenes, 2010
Diocles - Dioclesian - Amherst Early Music, 2009
Wolkenstein - Wolkenstein - San Francisco Early Music, 2009
Balthasar, Habbakuk - Ludus Danielis - Gotham Early Music, 2008
King Minos - Ariadne (Conradi) - Amherst Early Music, 2008
Aeneas - Dido and Aeneas - Vassar College Opera Workshop, 2008
Upcoming:
Flacco - La Caduta de’ Decemviri - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and ACRONYM, 2019
Chorister - Dido and Aeneas - Handel and Haydn Society, 2019
Recording:
Eternal Memory - Clarion Society Choir, 2018-Grammy Nominated, 2018
The Keys to Heaven -Choir of St. Luke in the Fields, 2018
Out of the Mist - Twa Corbies, 2018
Seven Last Words - Skylark, 2017-Grammy Nominated, 2018
Two Part Motets - David Adam Smith, 2016
Missa Reges Terrae - Choir of St. Luke in the Fields, 2016
Snow on Snow - The Thirteen, 2015
Voice Eternal - The Thirteen, 2015
Crossing Over - Skylark, 2015
Forgotten Dreams - Skylark, 2013
Scenes from the Gospels - VivaVoce, 2012
Missa Regnum Mundi - Blue Heron, 2011
Education:
Master of Music, Opera - McGill University, 2010-2012, 3.98 GPA, Schulich Scholarship
Bachelor of Arts, Music, Correlate Sequence Medieval Studies - Vassar College, 2005-2009, 3.75 GPA, Departmental Honors
Vocal Artist Fellow - Staunton Music Festival, 2014
Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute - 2012, Vocal Scholarship
Queens College Baroque Opera Workshop - 2012, Partial Scholarship
Amherst Early Music Festival Baroque Opera Project - 2008, 2009, 2012, Opera Scholarship
San Francisco Early Music Festival Theater Project - 2009, Artist in Residence Scholarship
Vancouver Early Music Festival Medieval Program, studied with Benjamin Bagby, Norbert Rodenkirchen, and Eric Mentzel - 2008
Teachers:
Sanford Sylvan, Drew Minter, Curtis Streetman, Peter Harvey
Conductors:
Harry Christophers, Frederick Renz, James Judd, Joshua Haberman, Pablo Heras-Casado, Carsten Schmidt, David Shuler, Scott Allen Jarrett, Dylan Sauerwald, Nicholas McGegan, Phillip Cheah, Avi Stein, Ivars Taurins, Paul Halley, Gordon Gerard, Hank Knox, Julian Wachner, Jordan DeSouza, Randal Fleischer, Drew Minter, Christine Howlett
Stage Directors:
Drew Minter, Patrick Hansen, Francois Racine, Grant Hereid
Solo and Chamber Performance:
Bass soloist and piper - Hail, Mother Poland - Three Notch’d Road, 2018
Bass soloist, bagpipes, lecturer - Music of New Spain - Three Notch’d Road, 2018
Bass soloist - Eucharist and Song - Three Notch’d Road, 2018
Singer, bagpipes, musical direction and transcription - The Book of Beasts - Marginalia - 2018
Bass soloist, bagpipes, musical co-direction - Salute to St. Patrick - Three Notch’d Road - 2018
Bass soloist, lecturer - Venetian Splendor - Three Notch’d Road, 2017
Bass singer, lecturer, musical direction - Reformation and Rebirth - Vassar College, 2017
Singer, bagpipes, musical direction and transcription - Channsonier du Roi - Marginalia - 2017
Singer, harp, lyre, bagpipes - Out of the Mist - Twa Corbies - 2017
Singer, harp, bagpipes - Songs and Stories of the Scottish Seas - Skylark Spotlight Series, 2017
Singer and wind player - The Play of Adam - Cloisters Museum, 2016-2017
Bass soloist - Bach Comes to America - Three Notch’d Road, 2016
Highland bagpipe soloist - Orkney Wedding with Sunrise - Stamford Symphony Orchestra, 2016
Singer and bagpipes - The Piper in the Parlor - Midtown Concerts, 2016
Chorister and piper -“Christmas in Latin America” - Early Music New York, 2015
Bagpipe soloist - Sacrum Mysterium - Apollo’s Fire, 2015
Bagpipe soloist - Die Bauernhochzeit - Three Notch’d Road, 2015
Highland bagpipe soloist - Orkney Wedding with Sunrise - Little Orchestra Society, 2015
Chorister and piper -Dutch Christmas in the Age of Rembrandt - Early Music New York, 2014
Singer, hurdy gurdy, bagpipe - Carmina Gothica - Ensemble Aevum, 2014
Singer -“Collegium Vocale” (world premiere of The Golden Key, Z. Wadsworth), Staunton Music Festival, 2014
Chorister and piper - Good King Wenceslas: a Bohemian Christmas - Early Music New York, 2013
Founder - Marginalia medieval ensemble - 2015-present
Upcoming:
Singer, winds, musical direction and transcription - Launcelot: Sword and Sorrow - Marginalia - 2019
Bass soloist and piper - Celtic Fancies - Texas Early Music Project - 2019
Song recital - The Road Goes Ever On - 2019
Bass soloist - Devotion and Delight - Three Notch’d Road, 2019
Oratorio:
Chorister - Messiah - Handel and Haydn Society, 2018
Bass soloist - BWV 236 - Handel and Haydn Society, 2018
Chorister - Harmoniemesse - Clarion Society Choir, 2018
Chorister - Te Deum (Haydn) - Clarion Society Choir, 2018
Chorister - B Minor Mass - Handel and Haydn Society, 2018
Bass soloist - BWV 36, BWV 147 - Handel and Haydn Society, 2017
Bass soloist - BWV 63 - Choir of St. Luke in the Fields, 2017
Bass soloist - Messiah - Handel Choir of Baltimore, 2017
Chorister - Messiah - Handel and Haydn Society, 2017
Chorister - Beethoven 9 - Handel and Haydn Society, 2017
Ozia - Giuditta (Freschi) - Academy of Sacred Drama, 2017
Bass soloist - Beethoven 9 - Staunton Music Festival, 2017
Schlendrian - Coffee Cantata - Staunton Music Festival, 2017
Bass soloist and Chorister - Monteverdi Vespers - Texas Early Music Project, 2017
Chorister - Monteverdi Vespers - Handel and Haydn Society, 2017
Chorister - Semele - Handel and Haydn Society, 2017
Bass soloist - Carmina Burana - Dalton Choral, 2017
Chorister - Messiah - Handel and Haydn Society, 2016
Chorister - Bach Magnificat - Handel and Haydn Society, 2016
Bass Soloist and Chorister - Pathways to Bach - Texas Early Music Project, 2016
Bass soloist - Sacred Mysteries: a Narrative of the Life of Christ - Three Notch’d Road, 2016
Bass Soloist and Chorister - B Minor Mass - Staunton Music Festival, 2016
Bass soloist - Messiah - Hudson Valley Philharmonic - 2015
Jesus - St. John Passion - Staunton Music Festival, 2015
Haman - Esther - Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 2015
Abraham - Ishmael (Scarlatti) - Academy of Sacred Drama, 2016
Pilatus, Petrus, Mache Dich - St. Matthew Passion - Staunton Music Festival, 2014
Samuel - Mors Saulis et Jonathae (Charpentier) - Academy of Sacred Drama, 2014
Schlendrian - Coffee Cantata - Richmond Chamber Music, 2014
Bass soloist - BWV 131 - Richmond Chamber Music, 2014
Bass soloist - BWV 172 -Big Apple Baroque - 2014
Bass soloist - Messiah -Danbury Concert Chorale, Ars Musica - 2013
Bass soloist - Carmina Burana - Summer Sing at Symphony Space - 2013
Bass soloist - Verdi Requiem -Summer Sing - 2013
Bass soloist - Rachmaninov Choral Symphony -Danbury Symphony Orchestra - 2013
Jesus, bass soloist - St. Luke Passion (Telemann) - Church of St. Luke in the Fields - 2013
Bass soloist - Messe H-Moll - King’s College Choir, 2012
Pilatus - St. Matthew Passion - Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, 2012
Upcoming:
Getro - La Creatione de’Magistrati (Gianettini) - Academy of Sacred Drama, 2019
Bass soloist - Welcome to All the Pleasures (Purcell) - Handel and Haydn Society, 2019
Chorister - Mozart Requiem - Handel and Haydn Society, 2019
Bass soloist - Mozart Requiem - Kuhmo Kamarimusiikki, 2019
Bass Soloist - Mozart C Minor Mass - Handel and Haydn Society, 2019
Chorister - Messiah - New York Philharmonic with Handel and Haydn Society, 2019
Choral:
Chorister - Creator of the Stars - Pomerium, 2018
Chorister - Rachmaninov Vespers - Chamber Choir of St. Tikhon’s Monastery - 2018
Chorister - Kastalsky Requiem - Clarion Society Choir, 2017-2018
Chorister - Steinberg Passion Week - toured Russia and London with Clarion Society Choir, 2016
Chorister - Rachmaninoff Vespers - Skylark Vocal Ensemble, 2016
Chorister - Figure Humaine - Skylark Vocal Ensemble, 2015-2017
Performed and toured with Santa Fe Desert Chorale, 2015
Performed, recorded, and toured with The Thirteen, 2015
Chorister - Die Erste Walpurgisnacht - Musica Sacra, 2014
Chorister - Samson - American Classical Orchestra, 2014
Performed Spem in Alium with Pomerium, 2013
Performed with the Bard Festival Chorale, 2013
Core member Western Wind, beginning 2016
Core member Skylark Vocal Ensemble, beginning 2016
Professional Chorister at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields, beginning 2012
Performed The Lost Generation with Vivavoce, 2012
Professional Chorister at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, 2010-2012
Performed and recorded with Blue Heron Renaissance Choir, 2011
Core member Skylark Vocal Ensemble, 2014-present
Core member Choir of St. Luke in the Fields, 2012-present
Upcoming:
Chorister - A Colonial Christmas - Early Music New York, 2018
Chorister - Rachmaninov Vespers - Clarion Society Choir. 2018-2019
Chorister - Lost Treasures of Armenia - Cappella Romana, 2019
Chorister - Missa Prolationem - Blue Heron, 2019
Opera:
Commendatore - Don Giovanni - Kuhmo Kamarimusiikki, 2018
Hercules - Hercules (Handel) - Staunton Music Festival, 2018
Pimpinone - Pimpinone (Telemann) - Texas Early Music, 2018
Chorister - Fairy Queen - Handel and Haydn Society, 2017-2018
Bass soloist - “A Baroque Pastiche” - Texas Early Music Project, 2017
Balthasar, Habbakuk - Ludus Danielis - Gotham Early Music, Connecticut Early Music, Rockport Chamber Music, Trinity Wall Street, 2013 - 2016
Chorister - La Cantada Vida y Muerte del General Malbru - Early Music New York, 2015
Pimpinone - Pimpinone (Telemann) - Texas Early Music, 2014
Pimpinone - Pimpinone - Helios Opera, 2012
Socrates - Der Geduldige Socrates (Telemann) - Amherst Early Music, 2012
Seneca - l'Incoronazione di Poppea - Opera McGill, 2012
Leporello - Don Giovanni - Opera McGill, 2012
Argenio - Imeneo - Opera McGill, 2011
Colline - La Boheme - Opera McGill, 2011
Don Alfonso - Cosi Fan Tutte - McGill Opera Scenes, 2010
Diocles - Dioclesian - Amherst Early Music, 2009
Wolkenstein - Wolkenstein - San Francisco Early Music, 2009
Balthasar, Habbakuk - Ludus Danielis - Gotham Early Music, 2008
King Minos - Ariadne (Conradi) - Amherst Early Music, 2008
Aeneas - Dido and Aeneas - Vassar College Opera Workshop, 2008
Upcoming:
Flacco - La Caduta de’ Decemviri - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and ACRONYM, 2019
Chorister - Dido and Aeneas - Handel and Haydn Society, 2019
Recording:
Eternal Memory - Clarion Society Choir, 2018-Grammy Nominated, 2018
The Keys to Heaven -Choir of St. Luke in the Fields, 2018
Out of the Mist - Twa Corbies, 2018
Seven Last Words - Skylark, 2017-Grammy Nominated, 2018
Two Part Motets - David Adam Smith, 2016
Missa Reges Terrae - Choir of St. Luke in the Fields, 2016
Snow on Snow - The Thirteen, 2015
Voice Eternal - The Thirteen, 2015
Crossing Over - Skylark, 2015
Forgotten Dreams - Skylark, 2013
Scenes from the Gospels - VivaVoce, 2012
Missa Regnum Mundi - Blue Heron, 2011
Education:
Master of Music, Opera - McGill University, 2010-2012, 3.98 GPA, Schulich Scholarship
Bachelor of Arts, Music, Correlate Sequence Medieval Studies - Vassar College, 2005-2009, 3.75 GPA, Departmental Honors
Vocal Artist Fellow - Staunton Music Festival, 2014
Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute - 2012, Vocal Scholarship
Queens College Baroque Opera Workshop - 2012, Partial Scholarship
Amherst Early Music Festival Baroque Opera Project - 2008, 2009, 2012, Opera Scholarship
San Francisco Early Music Festival Theater Project - 2009, Artist in Residence Scholarship
Vancouver Early Music Festival Medieval Program, studied with Benjamin Bagby, Norbert Rodenkirchen, and Eric Mentzel - 2008
Teachers:
Sanford Sylvan, Drew Minter, Curtis Streetman, Peter Harvey
Conductors:
Harry Christophers, Frederick Renz, James Judd, Joshua Haberman, Pablo Heras-Casado, Carsten Schmidt, David Shuler, Scott Allen Jarrett, Dylan Sauerwald, Nicholas McGegan, Phillip Cheah, Avi Stein, Ivars Taurins, Paul Halley, Gordon Gerard, Hank Knox, Julian Wachner, Jordan DeSouza, Randal Fleischer, Drew Minter, Christine Howlett
Stage Directors:
Drew Minter, Patrick Hansen, Francois Racine, Grant Hereid
