MATTHEW KNICKMAN, baritone, is proud to be in his 15th season with Chanticleer. Born in Korea, he started singing as a soprano at St. Stephen’s Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He holds degrees in vocal performance and pedagogy from Westminster Choir College. As a member of the critically acclaimed Westminster Choir and Westminster Kantorei, he performed with the New York Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic, and New Jersey Symphony, and has been led by celebrated conductors, including Thomas Dunford, Alan Gilbert, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Harry Bicket, Charles Dutoit, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Richard Hickox, Neeme Järvi, Bernard Labadie, Nicholas McGegan, Julius Rudel, Bruno Weil, Stefan Parkman, Joseph Flummerfelt, and Andrew Megill. He has also performed with Ensemble Jupiter (Paris), Santa Clara Chorale, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Symphony Silicon Valley, Les Violons du Roy et La Chapelle de Québec, Early Music New York, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, The Clarion Choir, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera Theatre of Weston, and Spoleto Festival U.S.A. He has been a soloist in numerous oratorios and Bach cantatas, including St. John Passion and St. Matthew Passion with early music organizations such as Fuma Sacra, Philadelphia Bach Festival, and Carmel Bach Festival. Matthew serves on the board of Sing Aphasia, an organization dedicated to assisting individuals with aphasia and their families in developing confidence, fostering connections, and discovering their voices through song. When not singing, Matthew enjoys strawberry ice cream, baking sourdough bread at Rize Up Bakery, loving his mixed Pyrenean Mountain Dog named Polyphony, is an exercise and nutritional science enthusiast, and revels in eating comfort foods around the world. Buen Camino!
