Malcolm Merriweather enjoys a professional career as a baritone, conductor and educator. He began his professional musical training as a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, in Buffalo, NY. He earned a BM degree in Music Education (Syracuse University), summa cum laude; MM degrees in Choral Conducting and Vocal Performance (Eastman School of Music); and DMA degree in Conducting (Manhattan School of Music).
Merriweather is Director of the New York Philharmonic Chorus and Music Director of New York City's The Dessoff Choirs and Orchestra. He is a Professor and the Tania León Endowed Chair at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. He was the founding Artistic Director of “Voices of Haiti,” a 60-member children’s choir in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, operated by the Andrea Bocelli Foundation.
In addition to core symphonic works, he is known for the world premiere recordings of The Ballad of the Brown King, Credo, and Simon Bore the Cross by Margaret Bonds (AVIE Records) with The Dessoff Choirs and Orchestra. A frequent guest conductor, he has conducted the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Novus Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
More information can be found on Merriweather's website.