Fernando Malvar-Ruiz

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Fernando Malvar-Ruiz is a musician.

Education

Fernando Malvar-Ruiz was born in Equatorial Guinea on July 11, 1968. He began his musical studies at the age of ten. After earning his undergraduate degree in piano performance and music theory from the

University of Illinois.

Career

An experienced conductor, lecturer, clinician, and a recognized expert in the adolescent male evolving voice, Mr. Malvar-Ruiz has guest conducted internationally including the Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia,[3] the World Children's Choir[4] in Hong Kong, the Czech Republic, Bermuda, and the Des Moines International Children's Choral Festival. For 11 years, he instructed the summer master's Program in Kodály at Capital University and since 2008 has served on the faculty of the Internacional De Verano de Direccion Coral y Pedagogoia Musical in Las Palmas, Spain. Mr. Malvar-Ruiz also regularly conducts honor choirs and choral festivals throughout the United States for ACDA and OAKE regional and national conventions.

The American Boychoir

Currently, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz is the Litton-Lodal Music Director of The American Boychoir,

The Staatskapelle at Dresden in Germany, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and has worked with such memorable conductors as James Levine, Pierre Boulez, Kurt Masur, Charles Dutoit
, and others.

Recordings

With The American Boychoir -[11]

  • I Hear America Singing (2013) - Albemarle Records
  • Journey On...Passport to a World of Music (2010) – Albemarle Records
  • Harmony: American Songs of Faith (2007) – Albemarle Records
  • Voices of Angels (2004) – Albemarle Records
  • Litton Live (2002) - Albemarle Records, Music Director : James Litton

As conductor

  • Biebl: Ave Maria
  • Prayer of the Children
  • Weep No More

References

  1. ^ "Real Conservatorio Superior de Madrid". Archived from the original on 2011-08-10.
  2. ^ "Sarolta Kodaly Scholarship". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  3. ^ "Kodaly Music Education Institute of Australia".
  4. ^ "World's Children Choir".
  5. ^ "The American Boychoir". Archived from the original on 2009-03-29. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  6. ^ "Princeton, New Jersey".
  7. ^ "9/11 Memorial Service on CNN". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28.
  8. ^ "US Open Tennis Tournament". Archived from the original on 2012-09-08.
  9. ^ "New York Philharmonic". Archived from the original on 2012-04-06.
  10. ^ "Boston Symphony Orchestra". Archived from the original on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  11. ^ "American Boychoir Recordings". Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-08-05.