Frederick Urrey

Frederick Urrey, Tenor, is an internationally recognized artist who appears in oratorio, opera, and recital throughout the United States, Europe, and in Asia, receiving praise for his performance of a wide range of styles from diverse musical periods. He is an active performer of the works of J.S. Bach in engagements with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, the Washington Bach Consort, the Carmel Bach Festival, the Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival, the Marlboro Music Festival, Les Violons du Roy of Quebec, and the Bach Societies of Vienna, Vancouver, Orleans, Louisville, and Kalamazoo.

Highlights from recent seasons include Handel’s Messiah with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Academy of Music, the Handel & Haydn Society in Boston’s Symphony Hall, and with Musica Sacra in Carnegie Hall, the Mozart/Handel Messiah with the National Symphony under the direction of Christopher Hogwood at the Kennedy Center, Handel’s L’Allegro at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Rossini’s Stabat Mater in Manilla, Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Istanbul, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Japan Shinsei Symphony in Tokyo, Bach’s Magnificat with The Bach Choir of London and David Willcocks at Lincoln Center and Bach’s Mass in B Minor in the Thomaskirche, Leipzig.

Mr. Urrey has recorded for RCA/BMG, Harmonia Mundi, Telefunken-Decca, Newport Classic, Vox Classic, Koch International and Albany labels, and is featured on The Mass in B Minor with The Bach Choir of Bethlehem on the Dorian label. He is a member of the voice faculty at the Mason Gross School of the Arts of Rutgers University.