“Renowned baritone and beloved voice teacher Sanford Sylvan died suddenly at his Manhattan home on January 29, 2019. In addition to Juilliard, where he began teaching in 2012 and became chair of the voice faculty in 2018, Sylvan was also on the Bard Conservatory faculty and had previously been on the faculty of McGill University in Montreal.”
Thursday, Jan 31, 2019 by Joshua Simka of Juilliard Journal
Sanford Sylvan loved singing in virtual acoustics which our research team prepared for the VIRTUAL SALON concert at Live @ CIRMMT (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology) in McGill University’s Schulich School of Music. His voice carried beautifully through the space, resonating with the power and clarity of operatic acoustics we re-created for him in the Multimedia Room. Sanford seemed to be gliding the acoustics, immersed in the MMR space.
We present video snippets from the VIRTUAL SALON rehearsal of Sanford Sylvan with Tom Beghin on February 3rd, 2012, recorded as a simple spontaneous video documentation, with Sanford’s permission. During the Virtual Salon concerts over two evenings, Sanford performed the following pieces of FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828):
5 Lieder
Fischerweise’ D. 881 (1826)
Des Fischers Liebesglück, D. 933 (1827)
Die Forelle, D. 550 (1817)
Der Zwerg, D. 771 (1822 or 1823)
Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D. 300 (c. 1817)
He was a truly exceptional artist and a humble, joyous human being, who will be missed by anyone who encountered him or his gift of music.
More information about Sanford Sylvan can be found via these links:
https://artsfuse.org/179928/in-memoriam-sanford-sylvan-1953-2019/
https://www.juilliard.edu/news/143906/sanford-sylvan-1953-2019-memoriam