We are pleased
to present Mr. Duncan in recital at Merkin Concert Hall
on Saturday evening,
November 20, 1010 at 8 PM.
Tickets will be available this fall at the Merkin Hall Box Office
or online at
www.kaufman-center.org

Born in British Columbia, Canadian baritone TYLER DUNCAN enjoys international renown for bringing consummate musicianship, vocal beauty and interpretive insight to recital, concert
and, increasingly, the operatic literature.  Frequently accompanied by pianist Erika Switzer, he has given acclaimed recitals in New York, Boston, Paris and Montreal, as well as throughout Canada, Germany, Sweden, France and South Africa. Mr. Duncan’s considerable gifts in the realm of art song have earned him prizes from the Naumburg, Wigmore Hall (London) and ARD (Munich) Competitions. Other competition honors include the 2008 New York Oratorio Society Competition, 2007 Prix International Pro Musicis Award and the Bernard Diamant Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts. He is a founding member and on the faculty of the Vancouver International Song Institute.

An excellent oratorio singer, his concert appearances include Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with the Québec and Winnipeg Symphonies; Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten with the Calgary Philharmonic;  Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Munich, Berlin, Stuttgart and Frankfurt with the Philharmonie der Nationen under Justus Frantz; Händel’s Messiah with the Toronto Symphony, San Francisco’s Philharmonia Baroque and Portland Baroque; Händel’s La Resurrezione at Germany’s Halle Händel Festival and the Vancouver Early Music Festival; Brahms’ Requiem at Festival Vancouver; Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the Montreal Symphony/Kent Nagano and the Dresdner Kreuzchor;  Bach’s Ich habe genug and Weihnachtsoratorium with Toronto’s Tafelmusik and Symphony Nova Scotia; Vaughan-Williams’ Five Mystical Songs in Vancouver (Berkshire Choral Festival). He has sung the title role of Mendelssohn’s Elijah in Munich, and Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius at Canada’s Elora Festival. He recently completed an
extensive North American tour of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers with Tragicomedia and Concerto Palatino.

Mr. Duncan's upcoming schedule includes a 2010 debut at the American Spoleto Festival in the role of Friendly in the 18th-century ballad opera Flora. Recordings awaiting release include title role of John Blow’s Venus and Adonis with the Boston Early Music Festival on the CPO label, and recordings of works by Purcell, and Carissimi’s oratorio Jepthe with Les Voix Baroque on the ATMA label. Mr. Duncan holds music degrees from the University of British Columbia; Germany’s Hochschule für Musik (Augsburg) and Hochschule für Musik und Theater (Munich), Edith Wiens and Helmut Deutsch among his teachers. Mr. Duncan is currently based in New York City. For more information, please visit www.tylerduncan.ca