Rate My Professor Malcolm Merriweather

Merriweather serves as Director of the New York Philharmonic Chorus and Music Director of The Dessoff Choirs and Orchestra in New York City. He frequently guest conducts ensembles including the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. His repertoire features symphonic choral works such as Bach’s St. John Passion, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and Duruflé’s Requiem, alongside premieres of contemporary pieces like Handel: Made in America (2023-2024), Émigré: An Oratorio, and oratorios on Sojourner Truth and Anne Frank. Key recordings encompass world premiere releases of Margaret Bonds’s The Ballad of the Brown King, Credo, and Simon Bore the Cross on AVIE Records (2022-2023). In April 2026, he was inducted into Morehouse College's Martin Luther King Jr. Collegium of Scholars for his artistic excellence, social responsibility, civil rights commitment, and use of music for moral leadership and community impact. He also holds an Artist-in-Residence position at Union Theological Seminary.