David Morales

Tenor, David Morales, is an active vocalist performing music across a variety of genres and styles. He holds a B.M. in Vocal Performance and Music Education from Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at Cal State Long Beach and a Master of Arts in Early Music Performance from Thornton School of Music. He has studied voice with early music soprano, Jennifer Kampani, as well as operatic bass, Reid Bruton.

As a choral and ensemble performer throughout the nation, he currently performs with groups such as Tonality, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and LA Opera Chorus. Past choral engagements include programs with Pacific Chorale, Bach Collegium San Diego, and Conspirare. He also is a session singer, recording vocals for Film and T.V. such as Space Jam: A New Legacy, Spiderhead, and The Other Black Girl.

Being of Latin heritage, he is greatly interested in scholarly topics that relate to Spanish Baroque music through Spain and Latin America. This particular interest led him to his thesis topic on Guatemalan composer, Raphael Castellanos, and his selected works on the Immaculate Conception. His thesis work included translating Spanish text and transcribing Castellanos’ music into modern notation with the goal of adding knowledge to the Guatemalan Colonial period.