School of Music

STANLEY IRWIN	SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY
Professor of Music

 

Stanley Irwin, bass-baritone, has performed as a soloist with critical and public acclaim at major venues in New York, London, Vienna, Prague, and Zürich, as well as on PBS, NPR, Illinois Public Radio, and WQXR in New York. As a winner of the World Wide Voice Competition in New York in 1987, he performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at Avery Fisher Hall and made his 1988 British debut in the Brahms Requiem with The Philharmonia Orchestra at Barbican Hall in London. Irwin has also appeared at the Zürich Opera, Carnegie Hall, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Dvorak Hall in Prague and in appearances with orchestras such as The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. He has performed more than two dozen roles in opera, most of the major works in oratorio, and an extensive song repertoire, including roles such as Boris and Germont, the Bach Passions, Elijah, the Verdi Requiem, Britten’s War Requiem, Berloz’s dramatic symphony „Romeo et Juliette“, and Schubert‘s "Winterreise“ and "Müllerin" song cycles. He has also appeared in World Premiere performances of John Eaton’s Peabody Award winning opera „Myshkin“ (Keller) for PBS and Italian television, Schibler’s „The Late Expiation“ (Marquis) at the Zürich Opera, and David Ott’s song cycle "Renascence" (Millay) commissioned for Irwin and The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. He has also recorded for the Gothic and Four Winds labels and has been artist-producer of two American popular classics cds, "Irwin Sings Gershwin" (1999) and "Night & Day-Cole Porter Songs of Romance" (2003) with orchestra and chorus in arrangements by Bob Krogstad. He studied with legendary singer-teachers Margaret Harshaw and Kammersänger Hans Hotter and is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Entertainment, and Who’s Who in the World. He has performed five times at Carnegie Hall, twice as a recitalist and three times as a conductor, including a conducting appearance with The New England Symphonic Ensemble. He has also led performances at Lincoln Center, The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Washington National Cathedral, The White House, and The Vatican.

Irwin has served as an adjudicator for The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), and many other competitions. His former voice students have appeared with many orchestras and opera companies, including The Lyric Opera of Chicago, The New York City Opera, The Washington Opera, Opera Quebec, The Minnesota Opera, The Indianapolis Opera, The Florida Grand Opera, and The Glimmerglass Opera.

Email : sirwin@depauw.edu
Office : Green Center for the Performing Arts 0115
Phone : (765) 658 - 4393
Website: www.stanirwin.com