A recording of members of the Hartt Chamber Choir singing my work "Hand in hand", conducted by Edward Bolkovac from May 2nd, 2014.

Hand in hand

"When lights begin to show..." A Conducting Recital - Matthew Cramer, conductor - 11.10.14 - St. Patrick-St. Anthony's Church, Hartford, CT

Afternoon On A Hill - Colin Britt

A cover of Nico's (well, really Jackson Browne's) "These Days".

these days

The Yale Recital Chorus and Orchestra performs Steven Stucky's "Take Him, Earth" under the direction of Matthew Cramer as part of a master's degree recital, 12.12.16 in Marquand Chapel, Yale University.

Take Him, Earth

The Yale Recital Orchestra performs the first movement of Igor Stravinsky's Concerto in Eb "Dumbarton Oaks" under the direction of Matthew Cramer as part of a master's degree recital, 12.12.16 in Marquand Chapel, Yale University.

Dumbarton Oaks - Mvt. 1

The Yale Recital Orchestra performs the second movement of Igor Stravinsky's Concerto in Eb "Dumbarton Oaks" under the direction of Matthew Cramer as part of a master's degree recital, 12.12.16 in Marquand Chapel, Yale University.

Dumbarton Oaks - Mvt. 2

The Yale Recital Chorus performs the second movement of Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur's masterwork for 12-part chorus "Les Cantiques des Cantiques" under the direction of Matthew Cramer 12.12.16 in Marquand Chapel, Yale University.

Le Cantique Des Cantiques: II. La Voix Du Bien - Aimé (excerpt)

The Yale Recital Chorus performs the seventh movement of Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur's masterwork for 12-part chorus "Les Cantiques des Cantiques" under the direction of Matthew Cramer 12.12.16 in Marquand Chapel, Yale University.

Le Cantique Des Cantiques: VII. Epithalame

The Yale Recital Chorus performs the third movement of Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur's masterwork for 12-part chorus "Les Cantiques des Cantiques" under the direction of Matthew Cramer 12.12.16 in Marquand Chapel, Yale University.

Le Cantique Des Cantiques: III. Le Songe

First real work for orchestra; title is taken from the 8th and final verse of "Amazing Grace".  Recording from a 45-minute reading by the Hartt Symphony Orchestra in March 2012.

the earth shall soon dissolve...

Live performance of Ted Hearne’s “Consent” from second Doctoral Conducting Recital March 17, 2019 in Galvin Recital Hall at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL).

Recording by Sean Keenan.

Consent - Ted Hearne (Live 2019)

Live, unedited (iPhone) recording of the premiere of "Sia laudato san Francesco" by the Gallery Choir of St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church (Hartford), directed by Gabriel Löfvall.

Sia laudato san Francesco

A live performance of Henry Purcell’s “The fatal hour comes on apace” on July 7, 2019 at Bethesda Lutheran Church, New Haven. 

Matthew Cramer, Bass-baritone; Stephen Gamboa, harpsichord; and Michael Rigsby, viola da gamba.

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z. 421

Live performance of the bass aria "Mein teurer Heiland" from J.S. Bach's St. John Passion, BWV 245. Performed in April 2019 with Chatham Baroque and the First Church Choir of First Congregational Church UCC Columbus (Ohio) with Kevin Jones, conductor.

Mein teurer Heiland (from Johannespassion, BWV 245)

A performance of John Dowland's "Go, Nightly Cares" from his last printed collection "A Pilgrimes Solace". Matthew Cramer, bass-baritone and Chuck Foster, piano. 

Performed at A440.

Go, Nightly Cares

Matthew Cramer is a conductor, singer, and composer. He is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts in choral conducting at Northwestern University, studying under Dr. Donald Nally. He holds a Graduate Professional Diploma and a Bachelor of Music, both in composition, from the Hartt School where he studied with Dr. David Macbride, Gilda Lyons, Elizabeth Brown, Dr. Robert Carl, Dr. Tawnie Olson, Ken Steen, and Dr. Larry Alan Smith, and a Master's of Music in Choral Conducting from the Yale School of Music, where he studied conducting with David Hill, Jeffrey Douma, and Marguerite Brooks and voice with Judith Malafronte.

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