Performance
Performance Bio
Sam Denler is a tenor based in New Haven, Connecticut. He sings in the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir and regularly performs with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin and was a 2023-24 Voces8 Scholar. He is the tenor soloist for Ryan Brandau in Amor Artis and recently performed for the second time with elite early music ensemble Res Facta, which was featured on WWFM Sounds Choral, and filmed a scene with Bradley Cooper for Netflix’s Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro. Mr. Denler has attended numerous music festivals, recently with the Bachakademie in Stuttgart, Germany, and in his sixth fellowship with the Spoleto Festival USA Chorus in Charleston, SC. This year is his third year as singer, audio engineer, and cofounder of startup group Convoco, a small ensemble of professional musicians. Mr. Denler finished his first year of his Masters in Voice: Early Music, Oratorio + Chamber Ensemble in the prestigious Voxtet ensemble at Yale University this Spring. He earned his Bachelor’s in Music Education at Westminster Choir College in 2019, where he sang with the Westminster Choir for three years, touring the U.S., Spain, and China. He was also a member of early music ensemble Kantorei, and Symphonic Choir, which performed in premier venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia.
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Solo Vocal Examples
This section featrues examples of my solo singing. For examples of some of the ensembles I've recorded with, keep scrolling! (or click here >>>)
Total Eclipse
from Samson
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
20. Aria (b) Pectus mihi confermundum
From Membra Jesu nostri
BuxWV 75
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)
2. Recitativo: Der Heiland ist gekommen
and 3. Aria: Komm, Jesu, komm
From Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
BWV 61
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Chason de la mariée from Cinq Mélodies Populaires Greques
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Là-bas, vers l'église from Cinq Mélodies Populaires Greques
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Der Musikant
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
June
Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)
Ständchen
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Duet Recital with Eliana Barwinski
Britten’s ‘Canticle II – Abraham and Isaac’ and Bach’s ‘Et Misericordia’ from the Magnificat Performed alongside other solo works in Grace Episcopal Church in Providence, RI
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Audio Only Examples
Choral Recordings
Here, you will find some of the recordings I’ve done with various ensembles, both professionally and otherwise. The gallery to the right features some highlights and single recordings, and the examples below detail the groups with which I record regularly.
Res Facta
Res Facta is a project-based ensemble based in Manhattan, NY. Last year, in my first performance with the group, we performed a celebration of 400th anniversary of the death of composer William Byrd. The project was sponsored by Gotham Early Music Scene. Here you can find some recordings from that concert, which were subsequently featured on WWFM Sounds Choral. This year, we presented a collection of Thomas Tallis’ greatest works, including some which are very rarely performed.
Voces8 US Scholars
I recently participated in a recording session in Houston, Texas with Voces8, in which we recorded a piece written by Blake Morgan, Polaris. Watch the recording here! The scholars also recorded in St. Paul, Minnesota at MPR studios, singing with Voces8, as well as multiple other recordings featuring just the Scholars or other collaborating musicians and composers such as Jake Runestad and Paul Smith.
Convoco
Convoco is a new ensemble started in 2022. In addition to singing in the ensemble, I also act as Audio Engineer, Cofounder, Artistic Consultant, and Associate Chair of Programming. Find us on YouTube and every Social Media:
Westminster Choir College
Back at Westminster Choir College, I participated in multiple choral recording sessions, including on an album on the preliminary ballot for a Grammy - The Martin Mass for Double Choir, recorded by the Westminster Choir.
Martin Mass for Double Choir
I appear as the tenor in a solo quintet on the premiere recording of Tim Brent’s Peace Song.
Peace Song
Canitur Suavius
I've also recorded and produced multiple virtual choir recordings under startup group Canitur Suavius. Our recording of Arthur Sullivan’s The Long Day Closes has been recently been featured on Sounds Choral, a choral radio segment every Sunday at 2pm on WWFM, the Classical Network:
Canitur Suavius
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Various Socials
