Anthony Zwerdling

Anthony Zwerdling serves as an Undergraduate Faculty member and Applied Instructor of Voice at Hood College's Music department, with concurrent teaching roles at the College of Southern Maryland (voice lessons and musicology classes), Shenandoah Conservatory, and Levine Music.

His academic credentials include:

• Bachelor's degree from Northwestern University
• Master's degree from Boston University
• Doctorate from Shenandoah Conservatory (2007), specializing in Samuel Barber's songs

Zwerdling's performance expertise spans operatic and oratorio genres, with over twenty-five roles including Papageno (The Magic Flute), Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), and Pooh Bah (The Mikado). His research interests in Voice, Opera, Art Song, Musicology, and Vocal Pedagogy are demonstrated through active performance with companies like Washington National Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, and Handel & Haydn Society. Teaching focuses on applied voice instruction and historical music contexts.

Professional engagements include soloist and ensemble work with Washington Bach Consort, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, and Philharmonia Baroque, reflecting interdisciplinary artistry between pedagogy and performance.