Carl Johengen is one of a rare breed among musicians; his gifts have enabled him to pursue a career as a multi-talented artist. He has earned a reputation of excellence
as singer, voice teacher, conductor, and composer.
A tenor, his performances in recital, concert, and opera have consistently been hailed as expressive, intelligent, and technically assured. He has shared the stage with
such artists as baritones Max von Egmond and Kurt Ollmann, lutenist Paul O’Dette, and conductors Robert Page, Phillip Brunelle, Gilbert Varga, Andrews Sill, and Shinik
Hahm. His diverse repertoire spans Monteverdi and Bach to Lou Harrison and Arvo Pärt.
Major orchestral appearances have included Handel’s Messiah and Alexander’s Feast with the Syracuse Symphony, Messiah with the Hartford Symphony, Richard
Einhorn’s Voices of Light and Carl Nielsen’s Sinfonia Espansiva with the Milwaukee Symphony, and Orff’s Carmina burana with the Green Bay Symphony. With the
Rochester Philharmonic he has sung the Evangelist and arias in Bach’s St. John Passion. He has appeared at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall (Carmina burana, as
alumni guest artist with the Ithaca College choruses and orchestra) and Alice Tully Hall (vocal quartets of Haydn, as part of the Bard Music Festival in New York). With the
Berkshire Choral Festival he has performed Barber’s Prayers of Kirkegaard under Robert Page, Mozart’s Grand Mass in C Minor under Kathy Saltzman Romey, and the
Beethoven Choral Fantasy under David Hayes.
A specialist in music of the Baroque, he is a frequent soloist with the historical instrument ensemble The Publick Musick, with whom he has performed over a dozen of
Bach’s cantatas as well as the St. John Passion and sacred music of Monteverdi. He has appeared with The Publick Musick at the Boston Early Music Festival in Bach’s
Coffee Cantata and two of his Lutheran Masses. A frequent guest with regional and collegiate oratorio societies, he has been heard in numerous works of Purcell, Bach,
Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Honegger, among others. He has sung Britten’s War Requiem at the Eastman School of Music and at Lawrence University; the
latter performance was broadcast on Wisconsin Public Radio.
On the operatic stage, he has appeared as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, as Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, as Beppe in I Pagliacci, and in leading roles in several Gilbert
and Sullivan operettas. An active chamber musician, he performs frequently with Sweet, Fair & Wise, a trio with guitarist Doug Rubio and flautist Jill Rubio. The trio was
invited to perform at the 2004 Convention of the National Association of Teachers of Singing in New Orleans and at the 2004 St. Lawrence Music Festival.
Dr. Johengen's singing has received accolades and awards in several national and international competitions, including those of the Concert Artists Guild, The National
Opera Association, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. A highly regarded teacher, he has been a member of the Ithaca College voice faculty since
2007; he has held academic appointments at the Crane School of Music of SUNY Potsdam, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Nazareth College of Rochester,
Hamilton College, and Syracuse University. He also served as a member of the voice faculty of the Berkshire Choral Festival between 2000 and 2007. He holds the
Doctor of Musical Arts degree in voice at the Eastman School of Music, where he was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate; his Bachelor’s and Master’s
degrees are from the Ithaca College School of Music.
Carl is an accomplished choral conductor, and is in demand as a clinician and conductor of high school festival choirs.
Carl's compositional talents have won considerable acclaim; more than two dozen of his liturgical compositions have been published by three nationally recognized
companies: GIA, World Library Publications, and Selah Publishing Co.; 2007 saw the release of his "Sky-Born Music" by Lawson-Gould Publishers. In June 1994, Carl's "I
Am the Living Bread" was the winning entry in the "Young New York '94" Hymn Competition sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York. In 1993 he was awarded first
prize in a composition contest sponsored by J.S. Paluch/World Library Publications of Chicago; his winning entry, Veni Creator Spiritus, was premiered at the 1993
National Association of Pastoral Musicians convention in St. Louis and has been released on CD and cassette.
as singer, voice teacher, conductor, and composer.
A tenor, his performances in recital, concert, and opera have consistently been hailed as expressive, intelligent, and technically assured. He has shared the stage with
such artists as baritones Max von Egmond and Kurt Ollmann, lutenist Paul O’Dette, and conductors Robert Page, Phillip Brunelle, Gilbert Varga, Andrews Sill, and Shinik
Hahm. His diverse repertoire spans Monteverdi and Bach to Lou Harrison and Arvo Pärt.
Major orchestral appearances have included Handel’s Messiah and Alexander’s Feast with the Syracuse Symphony, Messiah with the Hartford Symphony, Richard
Einhorn’s Voices of Light and Carl Nielsen’s Sinfonia Espansiva with the Milwaukee Symphony, and Orff’s Carmina burana with the Green Bay Symphony. With the
Rochester Philharmonic he has sung the Evangelist and arias in Bach’s St. John Passion. He has appeared at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall (Carmina burana, as
alumni guest artist with the Ithaca College choruses and orchestra) and Alice Tully Hall (vocal quartets of Haydn, as part of the Bard Music Festival in New York). With the
Berkshire Choral Festival he has performed Barber’s Prayers of Kirkegaard under Robert Page, Mozart’s Grand Mass in C Minor under Kathy Saltzman Romey, and the
Beethoven Choral Fantasy under David Hayes.
A specialist in music of the Baroque, he is a frequent soloist with the historical instrument ensemble The Publick Musick, with whom he has performed over a dozen of
Bach’s cantatas as well as the St. John Passion and sacred music of Monteverdi. He has appeared with The Publick Musick at the Boston Early Music Festival in Bach’s
Coffee Cantata and two of his Lutheran Masses. A frequent guest with regional and collegiate oratorio societies, he has been heard in numerous works of Purcell, Bach,
Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Honegger, among others. He has sung Britten’s War Requiem at the Eastman School of Music and at Lawrence University; the
latter performance was broadcast on Wisconsin Public Radio.
On the operatic stage, he has appeared as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, as Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, as Beppe in I Pagliacci, and in leading roles in several Gilbert
and Sullivan operettas. An active chamber musician, he performs frequently with Sweet, Fair & Wise, a trio with guitarist Doug Rubio and flautist Jill Rubio. The trio was
invited to perform at the 2004 Convention of the National Association of Teachers of Singing in New Orleans and at the 2004 St. Lawrence Music Festival.
Dr. Johengen's singing has received accolades and awards in several national and international competitions, including those of the Concert Artists Guild, The National
Opera Association, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. A highly regarded teacher, he has been a member of the Ithaca College voice faculty since
2007; he has held academic appointments at the Crane School of Music of SUNY Potsdam, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Nazareth College of Rochester,
Hamilton College, and Syracuse University. He also served as a member of the voice faculty of the Berkshire Choral Festival between 2000 and 2007. He holds the
Doctor of Musical Arts degree in voice at the Eastman School of Music, where he was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate; his Bachelor’s and Master’s
degrees are from the Ithaca College School of Music.
Carl is an accomplished choral conductor, and is in demand as a clinician and conductor of high school festival choirs.
Carl's compositional talents have won considerable acclaim; more than two dozen of his liturgical compositions have been published by three nationally recognized
companies: GIA, World Library Publications, and Selah Publishing Co.; 2007 saw the release of his "Sky-Born Music" by Lawson-Gould Publishers. In June 1994, Carl's "I
Am the Living Bread" was the winning entry in the "Young New York '94" Hymn Competition sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York. In 1993 he was awarded first
prize in a composition contest sponsored by J.S. Paluch/World Library Publications of Chicago; his winning entry, Veni Creator Spiritus, was premiered at the 1993
National Association of Pastoral Musicians convention in St. Louis and has been released on CD and cassette.
