11 Facts About Harold Rosenbaum

Harold Rosenbaum is the artistic director and conductor of the New York Virtuoso Singers and the Canticum Novum Singers.

Harold Rosenbaum has collaborated extensively with many ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, Juilliard Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, Bang on a Can, Mark Morris Dance Group, Orchestra of Saint Luke's, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Riverside Symphony, and Brooklyn Philharmonic.

Harold Rosenbaum began studying piano and singing in choirs at an early age.

Harold Rosenbaum was especially inspired by The Lion Hunt by Peter Paul Rubens, a famous Baroque painting he meticulously copied by hand.

Harold Rosenbaum continued his graduate studies at Queens, earning an MA in choral conducting in 1974 and an honorary doctorate in 2011.

Harold Rosenbaum has taught at Queens College, Adelphi University, The Juilliard School and the University at Buffalo, where he led the graduate program in choral conducting and directed two vocal ensembles, UB Choir and UB Chorus.

In 2014 he created The Harold Rosenbaum Choral Conducting Institute which sponsors annual multi-day workshops in sites such as Columbia University, Wesleyan University, New York University, Adelphi University, Brandeis University, The University at Utah, and the University at Buffalo.

Harold Rosenbaum has taken choirs on 29 trips to Europe, including participation in the Ludlow Festival, the Siracusa Festival, and the Cheltenham Fringe Festival.

Harold Rosenbaum participates in the Bach in the Subways classical music awareness campaign, conducting Bach in public spaces.

In 2007 Harold Rosenbaum collaborated with Ennio Morricone and the Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta in concerts performed at the United Nations Headquarters and Radio City Music Hall.

In 2016, Harold Rosenbaum conducted Roberto Sierra's Missa Latina in a new arrangement he commissioned for choir, soloists, 24 percussion instruments and two pianos.