Research Interests

Performance and research in baroque and classical period music (17th and 18th centuries); issues in performance practice; the music of Bach and Handel, choral music research and pedagogy.

Selected Publications

• “New Bach Performances: Historically Informed?” Choral Journal, April 2008
• "The London Pleasure Gardens and their Musical Entertainments” for Songs of the London Pleasure Gardens, Brandywine Baroque for Plectra Records, PL20601: December 2006 [CD recording annotation]
• “Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn’ ihn: A newly discovered aria by Johann Sebastian Bach” for Dorian Records: DSL-20604, December 2006 [CD recording annotation]

Grants and Sponsored Research

• Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (Maryland): Grant for Artistic Organizations & Administrative Support (The Bach Sinfonia): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
• Maryland State Arts Council: Arts Organization Support for mid-size Organizations, Arts in the Community Grants, and General Operating Support (The Bach Sinfonia): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
• Grant from Ernst and Young, LLP: General Arts Support (The Bach Sinfonia): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
• The Dimick Foundation, Artistic Support (The Bach Sinfinia): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Lockheed-Martin, Arts and Technology Grant (The Bach Sinfonia): 2004
• University of Maryland, Project Support Grant, 2000
• Prince George’s County Arts Council, 2000

Media Appearances

Recent Recording & Live Performance Reviews:

• "Bach Sinfonia's 'King Arthur' at Strathmore Center." The Washington Post, May 11, 2009; critical review by Cecelia Porter.
• “Bach Sinfonia’s Workaday Wonders Of the Baroque.” The Washington Post, May 19, 2008; p. C01, critical review by Anne Midgette
• “Music: The Bach Sinfonia.” The Washington Post, March 24, 2008; p. C05, critical review by Joan Reinthaler.
• “Recording Reviews: G. F. Handel: Alexander’s Feast, or The Power of Music, HWV 75; Johann Sebastian Bach: Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn’ ihn, BVW 1127; Daniel Abraham, conductor; Dorian Recordings. Choral Journal, September 2007, critical review by C. Leonard Raybon
• Recording Review of G. F. Handel: Alexander’s Feast / J. S.  Bach: Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn’ ihn, BVW 1127 (Dorian DSL-20604) in Early Music America, September 2007, critical review by Denise Gallo
• “Music: From Bach Sinfonia & Chantry, a ‘Dido’ to Die For.” The Washington Post, October 30, 2006; p. C05, critical review by Andrew Lindemann Malone

Selected Feature Articles & Media Interviews:

• “Notes for a Haydn Anniversary.” Early Music America, Vol. 15, Winter 2008
• “Modern Premiere: Biber.” Early Music America, Vol. 14, Fall 2008 “Religion That’s Set to Music: The Bach Sinfonia.” The Washington Post Express, March 15, 2008 by Andrew Lindemann Malone
• "Soundbytes: First complete performance in North America [Bach, BWV 1127].” Early Music America, Vol. 11, Winter 2005.
• Interviews with Judith Krummeck, WBJC Radio (Baltimore, Maryland) FM 90.9, regarding the upcoming premiere of Bach’s rediscovered aria. Broadcasts: October 23-29, 2005
• Extended Interview and Discussion: FM Radio 95 (Cairo, Egypt) on “Town Beat” Cultural Activities Program (most important English language arts broadcast in the Middle East). Broadcast: May 2005
• “Choral Concert . . .” Akhbar El Nogoom  [“Leading artistic magazine in the Arabic world”], May 7, 2005, p. 31 by Marianne Mahrous
• “‘Fleur,’ The Obscure: Bach Sinfonia to Cast a Rare Light in the Overlooked Genre of Opera Comique.” The Washington Post, November 5, 2000 by Philip Kennicott 

Recordings

• The Forgotten Baroque: Masterworks of the Seventeenth Century. Biber: Stabat Mater [modern premiere recording], Rossi: psalms & Carissimi: Historia di Jephte. The Bach Sinfonia and Sinfonia Voci; Dorian Records, May 2009
• George Frideric Handel: Alexander’s Feast or The Power of Music, HWV 75 and Johann Sebastian Bach: Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn’ ihn, BWV 1127. The Bach Sinfonia and Handel Choir of Baltimore. Dorian Records: DSL-20604, December 2006

SELECTED SIGNIFICANT PERFORMANCE

With The Bach Sinfonia & Bach Sinfonia Voci

• Henry Purcell: King Arthur, Concert Hall at The Arts Center at Strathmore, May 2009
• Modern premiere of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber's Stabat Mater, May 2008
• Concert before the Annual National Meeting of the American Musicological Society: Handel's Alexander's Feast and Johann Sebastian Bach: Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn’ ihn BWV 1127, October 2005 [before the Annual National Meeting of the American Musicological Society]
• Washington area premiere: George Frideric Handel: Gloria, Washington, D.C., May 2002
• Modern premiere: Marie-Emanuelle Bayon-Louis: Fleur d’Épine, before the International Conference Attending to Early Modern Women, November 2000
• Programs with Tony Powell/Music & Movement, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., November 2000
• Concert before the Annual National Meeting of the American Musicological Society: Cantata4, November 1996

As Conductor at American University

• AU Chamber Singers International Tour of Hungary and Romania, May 2009
• Invited Showcase Choir (AU Chamber Singers) for the Inaugural Washington, D.C. Choral Festival, Concert Hall, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, May 2007
• AU Chamber Singers Eastern United States and Eastern Canada Tour, October 2004
• Various World Premieres

Television & Radio Performances

• Chorus Master, University Chorale, Christmas In Washington, National Television Broadcast: TNT, 2006-present
• Various performance broadcasts on National Public Radio's Performance Today
• Chorus Master, “A Tribute to Bill Cosby” for The Kennedy Center Honors Gala National Television Broadcast, PBS, 1999

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

• Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Performing and Visual Arts, American University in Cairo, Egypt, spring 2005 [Note: not affiliated with American University, Washington, D.C.]
• Daniel M. Palmeroy Prize, American Handel Society & Maryland Handel Festival for Performance and Scholarship in Eighteenth-Century Music, 1998
• Conducting Fellow, Oregon Bach Festival, Summer 1997
• Irving Lowens Award, American Musicological Society, Capital Chapter, Excellence in Student Musicological Research, 1996

Professional Presentations

• New Editions of Old Music. Conference Session for the College and University Conductor’s Repertoire Forum. American Choral Directors Association, Eastern Division Conference, Hartford, Connecticut, February 19, 2008
• Collegiate Honor Choir Chair, 2008 Eastern Division Conference, American Choral Directors Association, Hartford, Connecticut, February 2008
• Collegiate Honor Choir Chair, 2006 Eastern Division Conference, American Choral Directors Association, New York, New York, February 2006
• Appearance on premiere season of "The History Detectives," PBS Television, 2003
• Frequent clinician, adjudicator, and festival conductor throughout the eastern United States and Canada