Salvadorian-American Tenor, David Morales, is an active vocalist performing music across a variety of genres and styles. Past solo engagements include tenor soloist in the 2022 Bach Akademie Charlotte as a Vocal Fellow singing solos in Bach’s Easter Oratorio and the St. John Passion, Whittier’s 81st Bach Festival soloist for Bach Cantatas 182 and 61, as well as soloist for Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli with the Long Beach Chorale and Chamber Orchestra. He holds a B.M. in Vocal Performance and Music Education from Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at Cal State Long Beach and a Master of Arts in Early Music Performance from Thornton School of Music. He has studied voice with Sopranos Marian Bodnar and Jennifer Kampani, as well as operatic bass, Reid Bruton.
Tenor
Choral Artist
& Session Singer
As a choral and ensemble performer throughout the nation, he currently performs with groups such as Tonality, Long Beach Camerata, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. He recently sang with the LA Opera Chorus in the 2023 Los Angeles premier of El Ultima Sueño de Frida Y Diego. Some other of his most recent performances include being the 2023 Tenor fellow for The Thirteen’s Flowering of Days concert, Björk’s 2022 Cornucopia tour in Los Angeles and San Francisco with Tonality and Early Music America’s 2020 Emerging Artist Showcase at the Berkeley Early Music Festival with L.A. Camerata Baroque. Past choral engagements include programs with Pacific Chorale, Bach Collegium San Diego, and Conspirare. He also has experience as a session singer recording for movie soundtracks, Space Jam: A New Legacy and Spiderhead as well as on the T.V. series The Other Black Girl. He is a member of the SAG-AFTRA and AGMA unions.
Research
Being of Latino heritage, he is greatly interested in scholarly topics that relate to Spanish Baroque music through Spain and Latin America. This particular interest led him to his thesis topic on Guatemalan composer, Raphael Castellanos, and his selected works on the Immaculate Conception. His thesis work included translating Spanish text and transcribing Castellanos’ music into modern notation with the goal of adding knowledge to the Guatemalan Colonial period. His ultimate goal is to engage audiences with sharing and performing this music that is often overlooked.