Frank Nemhauser joined the faculty of BCI in 1986 and has been Music Director since 1992. He is currently Associate Professor and Director of Vocal Studies at Mannes School of Music in New York.
Mr. Nemhauser has held the positions of Music Director of the Hartford Chorale, Chorus Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Associate Director of the Collegiate Chorale. He has been a guest conductor with the Houston Masterworks Chorus, The Dessoff, Choirs, The Greenwich Choral Society, and The Handel Choir of Baltimore. He has led workshops and clinics for the Metropolitan Opera Guild, the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, The New Amsterdam Singers, The Augusta Choral Society, The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and the Southwestern Virginia Spotlight on the Arts Festival.
Berkshire Choral International performances include Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, the Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessor, Mozart Requiem, Dvořák Stabat Mater, Bach Magnificat, the Brahms Alto Rhapsody and Nänie, the Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms, the Fauré Requiem, the Lauridsen Lux Aeterna, the Britten cantatas St. Nicholas and Rejoice in the Lamb, the Rutter Gloria and Handel’s Solomon. In addition to conducting at our previous home in the Berkshires, Mr. Nemhauser has led BCI performances in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Canterbury, England, and Salzburg, Austria. Other recent performances include an all Fauré concert with the Westchester Choral Society and Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus with the Berkshire Bach Society.
As a singer, Mr. Nemhauser has appeared throughout the United States and Europe, appearing with The New York City Opera National Company, The Ensemble for Early Music, Chanticleer, and has performed at numerous festivals, including Tanglewood, Edinburgh, Aspen, and Spoleto.
Mr. Nemhauser can be heard singing back-up on the Pet Shop Boys album Go West and he confesses that, at the time he made the recording, he did not know who the Pet Shop Boys were.
Credentials
- Music Director at Berkshire Choral International
- Associate Professor and Director of Vocal Studies at Mannes School of Music in New York
Phone: 212-749-2825