Based in Albany, NY, Joshua Gurwitz is a lyric tenor who has performed a wide variety of operatic and music theater roles throughout his life. In addition, Mr. Gurwitz has been a featured soloist in an eclectic range of concert repertoire from J. S. Bach’s Christ Lag in Todesbanden to Reena Esmail’s pioneering new work, This Love Between Us.

In 2018, Mr. Gurwitz was awarded first prize in the Advanced Division of the Joel Dolven Vocal Awards, a competition run by the Mendelssohn Club of Albany, NY. He has also won honors in 2011, 2012, and 2014 at the Art Song Festival held by the Eastern New York chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).

Most recently, Mr. Gurwitz sang the Count in Rossini’s Barber of Seville, Don Basilio in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah. For the 2024 season, Mr. Gurwitz will be making his role debut as Ernesto in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale and Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte at the Winter Harbor Music Festival.

Mr. Gurwitz is a graduate of the vocal performance programs at the University at Albany, SUNY and the Aaron Copland School of Music, CUNY.