Tenor Daniel Coy Babcockis in demand as a soloist, chorister and vocal instructor.  The Orange County Register has written that Mr. Babcock “…sang with projective ease and unadorned phrasing: a heartfelt and unostentatious performance.”  He appeared as a featured soloist in Bach’s St. John Passion during the finale concert of the Los Angeles Bach Festival and in collaboration with Musica Angelica in Pacific Chorale’s performance of the same masterwork conducted by John Alexander.  Mr. Babcock sang the tenor solos in Stravinsky’s Les Noces at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion as part of a touring production by Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal and can be heard as the tenor soloist in Pacific Chorale’s recording of Rachmaninoff’s Vespers.

Mr. Babcock served for seven seasons as tenor section leader of Pacific Chorale and is an active member of the ensemble.  He has sung with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, the Clarion Singers, LA Schola and Bach Collegium San Diego.  He is currently a staff singer in the Choir of St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral and has appeared onstage as a member of the Los Angeles Opera Chorus in over 25 productions.  Mr. Babcock earned a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from UCLA and a Bachelor of Arts degree in musical theater from the University of Redlands.  He is currently a member of the Classical Voice Conservatory faculty at Orange County School of the Arts.