Mannes Orchestra

This concert will be led by Mannes graduating student conductors Guillaume Pirard and Bryan Dunnewald. Beethoven – Coriolan Overture de Falla –  El sombrero de tres picos Stravinsky – The Firebird Suit...

Celebration

A New York Choral Christmas NYCHORAL celebrates the holiday season with a selection of choral works in a concert of music that features glowing harmonies and festive sounds.  Be delighted with old and new favorites from the 20th and 21st centuries. Our concert concludes with you, the audience, joining our singers,...

Interview: The Choir Conductor

In episode 019 of The Choir Conductor Podcast, David talks about the upcoming season for the New York Choral Society. Go to nychoral.org for more information about the chorus. “David Hayes David is a conductor with an unusually broad range of repertory spanning the symphonic, choral, and operatic genres...

Teaching Master Classes in China

In November, 2019, I was invited to teach orchestral conducting master classes at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. It was a very rewarding experience to meet so many eager, accomplished, students wanting to hone their skills. With the Head of the Conducting Program at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music...

Promises

WISDOM SEES A LIGHT DRAW NEAR What do a 21st Century Californian and a 19th Century German Romantic have in common? A lot!  Come hear a new work from Frank Ticheli, Until Forever Fades Away, for chorus and string orchestra that Music Director David Hayes has paired with Brahms’ beloved...

Mannes Orchestra performs Akhnaten

On November 2, 2019, David Hayes led the Mannes Orchestra in selections from the Philip Glass opera, Akhnaten, at the Brooklyn Museum as part of the museum’s ‘First Saturdays’ series . Joining them were Metropolitan Opera counter-tenor, Anthony Roth Costanzo, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Gandini Juggling....

Serenades Choral – Spain 2017-2018

Conducting a wonderful group of singers in Soria, Spain The Serenades Choral 2017-2018 program ventured into the province of Soria in northern Spain. This unique, comprehensive, artistic, program gave participants the opportunity to savor what the local region offered culturally-be it exquisite art, architecture, and history. David Hayes has...

Serenades Choral Sicily 2019

Summer 2019 marked the first time the Serenades Choral program was held in Southeastern Sicily, performing in the Noto Valley, home of the Sicilian Baroque towns of Noto, Ragusa, and Siracusa (Ortigia Island) “My ongoing relationship with Serenades Choral has broadened both the scope of my activities and enriched...