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Dana' Wilson's performance repertoire extends from early renaissance music to
contemporary jazz. Mr. Wilson, a native New Orleanian, earned his education at
the Loyola College of Music. He now performs in the Philadelphia region,
throughout the US, and internationally in opera, operetta, oratorio, in recital,
and as a chamber music soloist. Dana is particularly noted for his communicative expression, musicality, and his musical sensitivity in works of the Renaissance and Baroque genres, for being equally and artistically versatile in his performance of the Classical and Romantic repertoire as well as his distinctive and authentic musical interpretation of German Lied, French Melodie and of the" Art Song" genre. As a solo artist, he has performed operatic and oratorio works with the Festival de St. Louis Orchestra in Paris, The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, The 2007 Carmel Bach Festival, The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, The Louisiana Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Singers, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Handel's Messiah with the Helena Symphony, in Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, the Operetta Company of Philadelphia, and with the Lehigh University Philharmonic, The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra of NJ, and on The Mendelssohn Club's 06-07 season as the Roasted Swan in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Upcoming solo engagements include Honegger's, King David with the Mendelssohn club of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, performances with The Princeton Singers, Philadelphia Singers, and Vaughn Williams' Serenade to Music with VOICES Chorale, Princeton, NJ. Outside of his musical engagments, Dana is a Referee and Umpire for both the NCAA East Coast Atlantic Conference and The New Jersey Football Officials Association. He is an avid fan of people, traveling, herpetology, conservation, fishing, flying, and film.
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