CONDUCTOR
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Over his career Tim Harbold has conducted a wide range of collegiate, community and church choirs. His repertoire is remarkably diverse, and his choirs have sung classical and folk music spanning 10 centuries, 6 continents, over 35 countries, and over 30 languages, plus chant, spirituals, gospel music, jazz standards, shape note singing, and a variety of American vernacular traditions.
Currently Tim serves as Professor of Music and Choral Director at Wheaton College in Norton, MA, where he has directed the Chorale and Chamber Singers since 1995. |
FEATURED VIDEO: Wheaton Chamber Singers present and past join to sing Whitacre's Go Lovely Rose.
Professor of Music and Choral Director
Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Additional choirs have included
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Collegiate Choirs
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Overview of Wheaton Choral Program
Sample recordings
New England Conservatory Choruswith soloist Karen Tobin pianist Phillip Woods.
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Community Choirs
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Church Choirs
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Instrumentals
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Repertoire
Recordings samples above provide just a small sample of Tim Harbold's diverse repertoire, which covers 10 centuries, 6 continents, over 35 countries, and over 30 languages.
At Wheaton College, musical exploration often takes place in the context of Visiting Artist residencies, in which guest experts bring music of their own, and the Wheaton choirs learn additional music in related genres. Visiting Artists in recent years have incuded Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Roomful of Teeth, the King's Singers, Rockapella and Take 6, Tatiana Sarbinska (Bulgarian), Celia Malheiro (Brazilian jazz), Dominique Eade (vocal jazz), Donnell Patterson, Jonathan Singleton and Phillip Woods (gospel), Karan Casey (Celtic fok), Issa Coulibaly (West African), Orchid Ensemble (southeast Asian), Valerie Naranjo (Native American), and more. Shorter Works (classical) Works of Adams, Adler, Barber, Bartok, Bateson, Belmont, Bennet, Bernstein, Boulanger, Brahms, Byrd, Cage, Chilcott, Cima, Costeley, Convery, Darke, Distler, Dowland, Dufay, Duruflé, Eccard, Encina, Gabrieli, Gallus, Gastoldi, Gramann, Grieg, Guastavino, Harbold, Hassler, Haydn, Hensel, Hildegard of Bingen, Holst, Howells, Jannequin, Janowski, Josquin, Kim, Lauridsen, Madkour, Marenzio, Marshall, Martinson, Mendelssohn, Morley, Morrison, Mozart, Mundy, Navok, Palestrina, Parry, Pärt, Patriquin, Persichetti, Poulenc, Praetorius, Purcell, Rabuck, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Rutter, Sherck, Schickele, Schütz, Senfl, Stanford, Susa, Tallis, R. Thompson, Vandervelde, Van Ness, Vaughan Williams, Victoria, Vulpius, Walker, Walther, Whitacre, Willan, Work, and much more |
Larger Works, partial listing
Bach, Der Herr denket an uns (Cantata 196) Bach, Johannespassion BWV 245 Bach, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Cantata 61) Bach, Magnificat BWV 243 Bach, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Cantata 140) Barber, Reincarnations Bartok, Slovak Songs Beethoven, Mass in C Beethoven, Ninth Symphony Choral Bernstein, Chichester Psalms Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem Brahms, Fest’ und Gedenkspruche Brahms, Liebeslieder Brahms, Schicksalslied Brahms, Zigeunerlieder Britten, Ceremony of Carols Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb Cooman, There Will Be Stars Corigliano, Fern Hill Duruflé, Requiem Fauré, Requiem Dove, The Passing of the Year Durante, Magnificat Handel, Messiah (Part 1) Handel, My Song Shall Be Always (Chandos Anthem 7) Harbold, Song of My Heart Haydn, Missa Brevis Saint Joannis de Deo Haydn, Missa in Tempore Belli Kim, Some Thoughts on Keats and Coleridge Lauridsen, Chansons des Roses Madkour, Lovers’ Tales (premiere) Mozart, Requiem K626 Mozart, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore Near, Cum Novo Cantico Orff, Carmina Burana Persichetti, Flower Songs Persichetti, Winter Cantata (selections) Pinkham, Christmas Cantata Pinkham, Wedding Cantata Poulenc, Chansons Françaises Purcell, Come, Ye Sons of Art Ramirez, Navidad Nuestra Ravel, Trois Chansons Ray, Gospel Mass Schubert, Mass in G Stravinsky, Mass Susa, Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest Tallis, Spem in alium Thompson, Frostiana Vaughan Williams, Five English Folk Songs Vaughan Williams, Mass in G Minor for Double Choir Vivaldi, Gloria Vivaldi, Magnificat Whitacre, Five Hebrew Love Songs Whitacre, Flower Songs |