“I’m honored to have the opportunity to lead this wonderful choral organization of such rich history and tradition and I’m excited and looking forward to meeting and working with all its fine members.”
Eduardo Azzati is a versatile musician with forty years of experience as voice instructor, vocal coach, choral and instrumental conductor, singer, music educator and keyboardist.
During the late '80s and '90s, he gained popularity as a soloist and choral conductor in his homeland, Argentina, where he directed choral and orchestral ensembles and sang with important orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra.
Between 1987 and 1997, while still in Argentina, Mr. Azzati held positions as a choral conductor in many settings, including church, community, and elementary, middle, and high school choirs.
Among other positions, Mr. Azzati was the Associate Conductor of the award-winning National Youth Choir of Argentina, Director of Choral Activities and Conductor at the K-12 St. Agnes School; Director of Choral Activities and Conductor at the K-12 St. Andrew's School; Artistic Director and Conductor of Grupo Coral Kantus, a college-age community chorus; and Director of the Chorale de L’Alliance Française of Martínez.
As a solo singer, Mr. Azzati has performed many bass/baritone solo roles in many of the great sacred choral-orchestral works of Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn, etc., as well as the art songs of the German, French, British, American, and Spanish repertoires.
Eduardo Azzati is a versatile musician with forty years of experience as voice instructor, vocal coach, choral and instrumental conductor, singer, music educator and keyboardist.
During the late '80s and '90s, he gained popularity as a soloist and choral conductor in his homeland, Argentina, where he directed choral and orchestral ensembles and sang with important orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra.
Between 1987 and 1997, while still in Argentina, Mr. Azzati held positions as a choral conductor in many settings, including church, community, and elementary, middle, and high school choirs.
Among other positions, Mr. Azzati was the Associate Conductor of the award-winning National Youth Choir of Argentina, Director of Choral Activities and Conductor at the K-12 St. Agnes School; Director of Choral Activities and Conductor at the K-12 St. Andrew's School; Artistic Director and Conductor of Grupo Coral Kantus, a college-age community chorus; and Director of the Chorale de L’Alliance Française of Martínez.
As a solo singer, Mr. Azzati has performed many bass/baritone solo roles in many of the great sacred choral-orchestral works of Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn, etc., as well as the art songs of the German, French, British, American, and Spanish repertoires.
Mr. Azzati has over thirty years of experience teaching voice in the private studio setting as well as at the collegiate level.
Since 2017, Mr. Azzati has been on the music faculty at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, where he is Adjunct Professor of Voice.
He is also the Chorus Master of the Allentown Symphony Chorus and has prepared the chorus for performances of Mozart Requiem, Beethoven 9th Symphony, Orff Carmina Burana and Mahler 2nd (Resurrection) Symphony, Rutter Gloria, Gershwin Porgy and Bess and many other choral projects.
Between 1999 and 2023, Mr. Azzati was the Director of Music at Yardley United Methodist Church, in Yardley, PA. During his 24-year tenure at Yardley UMC, Mr. Azzati directed and accompanied adult and youth vocal and handbell choirs, accompanied solo singers and instrumentalists, and led congregational singing and provided music for all worship services.
Between 1998 and 2022, Mr. Azzati was on the music faculty at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA, and was the recipient of the 2005 T. Edgar Shields Prize for "excellence in studio teaching, contributions to music scholarship and participation in professional musical activities, and a quality relationship to music students."
During his 25-year tenure at Moravian College as an Artist-Lecturer in Voice and Conducting, he taught applied voice, voice-related courses, and conducting. For fourteen seasons he was also the director of the Moravian College Women's Chorus.
Mr. Azzati holds a Bachelor’s Degree in music with a specialization in choral conducting from Juan José Castro State Conservatory of Music, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a Master's Degree in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ.
He is the co-founder, 2-term past president, and current member of the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Mr. Azzati resides in Bethlehem with his wife, Carole Burkhardt, also a singer and retired music educator. They have three grown children, Mica, Lukas, and Pablo.
Since 2017, Mr. Azzati has been on the music faculty at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, where he is Adjunct Professor of Voice.
He is also the Chorus Master of the Allentown Symphony Chorus and has prepared the chorus for performances of Mozart Requiem, Beethoven 9th Symphony, Orff Carmina Burana and Mahler 2nd (Resurrection) Symphony, Rutter Gloria, Gershwin Porgy and Bess and many other choral projects.
Between 1999 and 2023, Mr. Azzati was the Director of Music at Yardley United Methodist Church, in Yardley, PA. During his 24-year tenure at Yardley UMC, Mr. Azzati directed and accompanied adult and youth vocal and handbell choirs, accompanied solo singers and instrumentalists, and led congregational singing and provided music for all worship services.
Between 1998 and 2022, Mr. Azzati was on the music faculty at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA, and was the recipient of the 2005 T. Edgar Shields Prize for "excellence in studio teaching, contributions to music scholarship and participation in professional musical activities, and a quality relationship to music students."
During his 25-year tenure at Moravian College as an Artist-Lecturer in Voice and Conducting, he taught applied voice, voice-related courses, and conducting. For fourteen seasons he was also the director of the Moravian College Women's Chorus.
Mr. Azzati holds a Bachelor’s Degree in music with a specialization in choral conducting from Juan José Castro State Conservatory of Music, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a Master's Degree in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ.
He is the co-founder, 2-term past president, and current member of the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Mr. Azzati resides in Bethlehem with his wife, Carole Burkhardt, also a singer and retired music educator. They have three grown children, Mica, Lukas, and Pablo.
