Malcolm J. Merriweather

Malcolm J. Merriweather, is a freelance singer and currently serves as the Bruno Walter Assistant Conductor for the New York Choral Society and as a faculty member at St. Thomas More Play Group, Manhattan. His solo engagements have included appearances with the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Eastman Chorale, Norfolk Chamber Choir, Gregory Kunde Chorale, Voices and the Bach Vespers Choir and Orchestra. Merriweather has served as organist and choirmaster at the Church of St. Luke & St. Simon Cyrene, Director of Music at Asbury First United Methodist Church in Rochester, Assistant Conductor for the Gregory Kunde Chorale, and Artistic Director and Conductor for the Rochester Boys Choir.

Merriweather earned a Bachelor of Music in music education from Syracuse University, a Master of Music in choral conducting at the Eastman School of Music, and a second M.M. in Vocal Performance from the studio of Rita Shane. Merriweather was honored as a Visual and Performing Arts Scholar and a Remembrance Scholar, and has been selected as a 2011 Tanglewood Fellowship recipient.