Baritone Dana Whiteside has crafted a life in music that encompasses gratifying activity as a soloist and ensemble member. He has performed in Haydn’s Creation, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Ninth Symphony, the Verdi Requiem, Carmina Burana, Mozart’s Requiem and his Vesperae Solemnes, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Mass in B Minor as well as the Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Roles in works for stage have included Time in the Boston premiere of John Harbison’s Winter’s Tale with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Speaker in The Magic Flute with Boston Baroque; and, with Emmanuel Music, the role of Carl Magnus in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. Mr. Whiteside has received critical acclaim for his voice of “noble clarity throughout powerful and resonant” (The Washington Post). Recent artistic season highlights include appearances as soloist in Ralph Vaughan Willians “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” with the Boston POPS Orchestra at Symphony the role of Jesus in the St. Mathew Passion, the Monteverdi Vespers and soloist the world premiere of “I Will Tell You” at Merkin Hall New York City.
Educated at Holy Cross College, the Longy School of Music, New England Conservatory and the Tanglewood Music Center, Mr. Whiteside is an avid recitalist and has appeared with Musicians of the Old Post Road and the Florestan Recital Project as well as in programs at the French Library and University of Oregon. He enjoys affiliation with the Handel & Haydn Society, Cantata Singers, Emmanuel Music and Boston Baroque. He is also a member of the Grammy-nominated Skylark Vocal Ensemble and is a featured soloist on the group’s recent albums Winters Night and Seven Words from the Cross, It’s A Long Way and La Vie en Rose.
Mr. Whiteside belongs to Beyond Artists, a coalition of artists whose members donate a portion of their concert fee to organizations they care about; and with his performances he supports Bay Cove Human Services which provides mental health/addiction/recovery support and the Women’s Lunch Place which supports the dignity of women. danawhitesidebaritone.com