Dana' Wilson's performance repertoire extends from early renaissance music to contemporary jazz. Mr. Wilson earned his education at the Loyola College of Music and Fine Arts in his native New Orleans. He now performs in the Philadelphia region, throughout the US, and internationally in opera, operetta, oratorio, in recital, and as a chamber music soloist.
Here's a photo of Dana with two
alumni of the Adams Master Class.
Dana is particularly noted for his communicative expression, musicality, and his musical sensitivity in works of the Renaissance and Baroque genres, for being equally and artistically versatile in his performance of the Classical and Romantic repertoire as well as his distinctive and authentic musical interpretation of German Lied, French Melodie and of the" Art Song" genre.
His oratorio credits include Mozart’s Requiem with the Festival de St. Louis Orchestra in Paris, Handel’s Israel in Egypt with the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, Bach’s St. John’s Passion with the Philadelphia Singers and Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Bach’s Coffee Cantata with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with the Pensacola Symphony, and Haydn’s Creation, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Respighi’s Laud to the Nativity with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra.Mr. Wilson has performed recently in concert appearances in Texas and Nebraska with Conspirare; the role of "Damon" in Handel's Acis and Galatea at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center; as the tenor soloist in the Easter Oratorio with the Vox Amadeus Ensemble, Handel's Messiah with The Helena Symphony and most recently with Steven Sametz and the Lehigh University Philharmonic as the Roasted Swan in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.
In 2002, Mr. Wilson was a finalist in Grammy Award Winning Chanticleer’s auditions. He performs and has recorded with leading choral and chamber music organizations throughout the country. He has toured with The Santa Fe Desert Chorale and has recently recorded with Grammy nominated, and nationally renowned vocal ensemble, Conspirare.
Other appearances have included performances with The Operetta Company of Philadelphia and in recital on New York City’s popular concert series at Trinity Wall Street.
Upcoming performances include Carmina Burana with the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and engagements with Conspirare in the Winter and Spring of 07.
Dana Wilson