Professional Experience
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Distinguished Visiting Professor DePauw University 2005 Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Westminster Choir College 1971 - 2004 Artistic Director of Choral Activities Spoleto Festival USA Charleston, SC 1977 - Present Chorus Master The New York Philharmonic 1979 - Present Founder and Conductor New York Choral Artists 1979 - Present Music Director Singing City Philadelphia, PA 1994 - 1999

Maestro del Coro Festival dei Due Mondi Spoleto, Italy Gian Carlo Menotti, Founder 1971 - 1993 Visiting Professor Indiana University Fall 1987 Director of Choral Activities Florida State University 1968 - 1971 Director of Choral Activities DePauw University 1964 - 1968 Instructor in Choral Music University of Illinois 1963 - 1964

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Professional Collaborations
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Conductors and orchestras with which Joseph Flummerfelt has collaborated during his career.

Conductors
Alphabetically by last name

Claudio Abbado Daniel Barenboim Leonard Bernstein Pierre Boulez Riccardo Chailley Sir Colin Davis Christoph von Dohnányi Antal Dorati Charles Dutoit Carlo Maria Giulini Christopher Keene Rafael Kubelik Enrich Leinsdorf James Levine Lorin Maazel Zdenek Macal Sir Neville Marriner

Kurt Masur Nicholas McGegan Zubin Mehta Riccardo Muti Roger Norrington Seiji Ozawa Krzysztof Penderecki Helmuth Rilling Esa-Pekka Salonen Wolfgang Sawallisch Thomas Schippers Robert Shaw Leonard Slatkin William Steinberg Michael Tilson Thomas Roger Wagner

Orchestras

Orchestras conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt

New York Philharmonic New Jersey Symphony Orchestra of St. Luke’s Spoleto Festival Orchestra

San Antonio Symphony Fort Worth Symphony Phoenix Symphony Hartford Symphony

Orchestras with which Joseph Flummerfelt’s choirs have sung

American New York Philharmonic Philadelphia Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Pittsburg Symphony Boston Symphony National Symphony Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra of St. Luke’s San Antonio Symphony San Francisco Symphony

European Berlin Philharmonic Vienna Philharmonic Gewandhaus Orchestra Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestre de Paris

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Selected Performances 1988 - 2005
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Fauré Requiem and Duruflé Requiem
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Montgomery Choral Society
2005

Fauré Requiem and Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Joseph Flummerfelt at DePauw University
2005  

Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music, Five Mystical Songs, Dona nobis pacem
The Westminster Choir and The Charleston Symphony Chorus
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
2004 Spoleto Festival USA

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
The Westminster Choir and The Charleston Symphony Chorus
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
2005 Spoleto Festival USA

Brahms Concert in A minor for Violin and Cello, Op 102 and Mozart Requiem
Sewanee Church Music Conference Festival Chorus
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Sewanee Festival Orchestra
2003 Sewanee Summer Music Festival

Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde and Elgar Enigma Variations
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Sewanee Symphony
2003 Sewanee Summer Music Festival

Verdi Requiem
Hartford Chorale
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Hartford Symphony
2002-2003 Season

Haydn Theresienmesse and Verdi Stabat Mater & Te Deum
The Westminster Choir and the Charleston Symphony Chorus
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
2003 Spoleto Festival USA

Honegger King David and Bernstein Chichester Psalms
The Westminster Choir and the Charleston Symphony Chorus
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
2002 Spoleto Festival USA

Mozart Requiem and Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
The Westminster Choir and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
2001 Spoleto Festival USA

Paulus Voices of Light
The Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the New York Philharmonic
World Premier
2000-2001 Season

Brahms Alto Rhapsody and Schicksalslied, Poulenc Gloria
The Westminster Choir and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
2000 Spoleto Festival USA

Brahms Ein Deutches Requiem
The Westminster Symphonic Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Westminster Festival Orchestra
1999-2000 Season

Poulenc Mass in G and Organ Concerto
The Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt
Poulenc Centennial Festival, New York City and St. Ignatius Orchestra
1999-2000 Season

Haydn Lord Nelson Mass and Duruflé Requiem
The Westminster Choir and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
1999 Spoleto Festival USA

Bach Magnificat and Beethoven Mass in C
The Westminster Choir and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
1998 Spoleto Festival USA

Bach St. John Passion
The Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
1997-1998 Season

Bach Magnificat
The Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Christmas at Carnegie Hall
1997-98 Season

Verdi Requiem
The Westminster Choir and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
1997 Spoleto Festival USA

Poulenc Gloria
The Westminster Symphonic Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Christmas at Carnegie Hall
1996-1997 Season

Christmas at Carnegie Hall
The Westminster Choir with guest soloist George Shearing
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s
1995-1996 Season

Bach B-minor Mass
The Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the New Jersey Symphony
1994-1995 Season

Brahms Requiem
The Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
1995 Spoleto Festival USA

Christmas at Carnegie Hall
The Westminster Choir with guest soloist George Shearing
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s
1994-1995 Season

Haydn Lord Nelson Mass; Handel Zadok the Priest
The Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
1994 Spoleto Festival USA

Christmas at Carnegie Hall
The Westminster Choir with guest soloist Jennifer Larmore
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s
1993-1994 Season

Haydn Symphony No. 100 and Lord Nelson Mass
The Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
1993-1994 Season

Floyd A Time to Dance
The Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the San Antonio Symphony
World Premiere at ACDA Convention
1992-1993 Season

Brahms Requiem
The Westminster Symphonic Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Westminster Festival Orchestra
1992-1993 Season

Verdi Va Pensiero
The Westminster Symphonic Choir
Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra
Lutkin The Lord Bless You and Keep You
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Westminster Choir
Muti Farewell Concert
1991-1992 Season

Honegger King David
The Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Westminster Festival Orchestra
1991-1992 Season

Mozart Requiem
The Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Westminster Festival Orchestra
1991 Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto, Italy

Handel Messiah
The Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra
1990-1991 Season

Handel Messiah
The Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
1990-1991 Season

Bernstein Almighty Father; Adonai (Chinchester Psalms);
To What You Said (Songfest)
The Westminster Symphonic Choir
Michael Tilson Thomas and the Bernstein Memorial Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert, Carnegie Hall
1990-1991 Season

Haydn The Creation
New York Choral Artists
Joseph Flummerfelt and the New York Philharmonic
1987-1988 Season

Opera Performances

Britten Curlew River (staged)
Musical Director and Conductor
1997 Spoleto Festival USA

Handel Acis and Galatea (staged)
Musical Director and Conductor
Joseph Flummerfelt and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra
1994 Spoleto Festival USA

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Education
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Doctor of Musical Arts, 1971 University of Illinois Choral Conducting Master of Music, 1962 Philadelphia Conservatory of Music Choral Conducting Bachelor of Music, 1958 DePauw University Organ and Church Music

Summer Study, 1964 Nadia Boulanger Fountainebleu, France Summer Study, 1958 Julius Herford and Roger Wagner San Diego, California

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Recognition, Honors, and Awards
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Conductor of the Year Musical America, 2004 DePauw University, Gold Medal, 2005 Greencastle, Indiana Highest alumni award Distinguished Alumni Award, 1992 Vincennes High School Vincennes, Indiana Distinguished Alumni Award, 1988 DePauw University Greencastle, Indiana Honorary Doctoral Degree, 1988 Vincennes University Vincennes, Indiana Honorary Doctoral Degree, 1986 Ursinus College Collegeville, Pennsylvania Honorary Doctoral Degree, 1985 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana Member of the Choral Panel, 1984 - 1986 National Endowment of the Arts Honorary Doctoral Degree, 1983 DePauw University Greencastle, Indiana

Grammy Nomination, 2004 Best Choral Performance, Classical John Adams: On the Transmigration of the Souls Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic Grammy Nomination, 1986 Best Choral Performance, Classical Berlioz Romeo et Juliet The Westminster Symphonic Choir Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra Grammy Nomination, 1978 Best Choral Performance, Classical Haydn Mass No. 9 in D Minor ‘Lord Nelson Mass’ The Westminster Symphonic Choir Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Mobil "Pegasus" Award, 1975 For his remarkable contribution to the Festival dei due mondi, Spoleto, Italy Le Prix de President de la Republique, 1973 Messiaen Transfiguation of Our Lord Jesus Christ L’Academie de Disque Francais Inclusion in the International Who’s Who in Music Inclusion in the Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 7th Edition

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