St. James Cathedral Soloist, tenor Howard Fankhauser
The list of Northwest professional choirs, orchestras, and ensembles that have featured Howard Fankhauser as tenor soloist includes:
- Northwest Sinfonietta
- Northwest Chamber Orchestra
- Seattle Opera
- Seattle Youth Symphony
- The Early Music Guild, Andrew Parrott
- Tacoma Symphony
- Bremerton Symphony
- Lake Chelan Bach Fest
- Everett Symphony
- Orchestra Seattle
- Choral Arts
- Seattle Chamber Singers
- Cathedral Cantorei
- Everett Chorale
- Seattle Pro Musica
- Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble
- Cascadian Chorale
- Portland Symphonic Choir
- Artists and Lectures Series University of Washington Recital
- Seattle Bach Ensemble
- Northwest Chamber Chorus
- Choir of the Sound
- St. Marks Cathedral Messiah
- Carter Family Puppets (opera production)
- National Association of Teachers of Singing National Convention Featured Artist
- Featured Artist-Living Composers Recital, NATS 43rd Convention
- Cornish Chamber Opera
- National Association of Pastoral Musicians Convention, Las Vegas Nevada
Critics have said:
As a tenor soloist for St. James Cathedral, Howard Fankhauser is one of the busiest and most-heard concert
and liturgical singers in the region. This disc shows why Fankhauser also is one of the most admired.
Fankhausers beautiful, unforced sound and his superb sense of musical style make his singing a consistent pleasure. Melinda Bargreen, Seattle Times
...always a pleasure to hear for his musical intelligence is the tenor of Howard Fankhauser, one of the
regions most sought-after oratorio soloists.
...tenor Howard Fankhauser with his death-defying high notes.
Howard Fankhausers is a rich, round tenor voice thats fullest in the upper part of his range.
His smooth singing was poignant.
[Evangelist] Fankhausers performance started almost introspectively, as though it was a meditation...
Fankhausers sweet-toned, agile tenor became more and more expressive, like a fine story-teller, while
remaining true to the musical style.
...notable was Fankhausers beautiful performance of the exquisite tenor aria.
Touching.
Fankhauser set the tone for the whole work with his effortless, lovely arioso.