Peter Walker

bass-baritone, bagpiper

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New York, NY

Peter Walker

bass-baritone, bagpiper

About

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 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. For more information: http://www.peterdwalkermusic.com/

Music

I perform music ranging from songs of the Middle Ages, through baroque chamber music, to the art song of the early 20th century. I collaborate with pianists, and also present solo concerts in which I accompany myself on a variety of early instruments.

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