Hartwick college

Christopher Pfund is an internationally acclaimed singer and vocal pedagogue. His performing career includes performances with countless major orchestras throughout the United States including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Lukes.  International engagements have included performances with major orchestras in the Czech Republic, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Brazil.  Critics have praised his "rounded vocal beauty" and The New York Times called his voice an "attractive tenor, which helps define a sympathetic character."

 While best known for his oratorio work with orchestra, Mr. Pfund has also enjoyed success on the opera stage, including performances with Glimmerglass Opera, New York City Opera, Florentine Opera, and Santa Fe Opera, to name a few.   An active recitalist, he regularly presents performances of the song cycles of Schubert, Schumann, Britten and Brahms as well as other celebrated composers of the classical song literature.

Pedagogically, Mr. Pfund seeks the balance between the meaning of text both literal and poetic, the phonetic resonance of their sounds, and their motivation and stabilization from the breath.  Key to this pedagogy is the belief that singing is an academic, artistic, and athletic pursuit.  In this way, learning voice is not just taking lessons, but engaging a lifestyle of vocal training.  Mr. Pfund’s principal teachers and pedagogical influences include Marlena Malas, Mary Morrison, Warren Jones, and Dr. Carl Gerbrandt.

Mr. Pfund holds degrees from the University of Northern Colorado, the Manhattan School of Music and was a 20^th Century Song Recitalist at the Banff Centre in Banff, Canada.  In addition, Mr. Pfund was awarded the prestigious Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation.