GRAMMY nominated conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather is director of the New York Philharmonic Chorus and music director of New York City’s The Dessoff Choirs and Orchestra. He is professor of music and the Tania León Endowed Chair of Music at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. He is a sought-after interpreter of symphonic choral works, most recently conducting performances of Bach’s St. John Passion, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Handel’s Messiah. In addition to core symphonic works, he is known for the world premiere recordings of The Ballad of the Brown King, Credo, and Simon Bore the Cross by Margaret Bonds (AVIE Records) with The Dessoff Choirs and Orchestra. A frequent guest conductor, he has led the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Novus Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.