Our Artists
If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.
-James Barrie
David Baranowski – Music Director
Hudson Chorale celebrates David Baranowski, our accompanist and Assistant Director since 2011, as our new Music Director.
In addition to his conducting experience, David Baranowski is also a highly versatile and gifted accompanist, performing with equal virtuosity on piano, keyboard, organ, and harpsichord, with repertoire ranging from Bach to Deep Purple. He has played numerous chamber and choral concerts in the Westchester area, and is currently the accompanist for the Westchester Choral Society as well as the Hudson Chorale. As an organist, Mr. Baranowski has performed such works as the Brahms, Fauré, and Duruflé Requiems, the Dvořák Mass in D, Handel’s Messiah, and the Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio. As a conductor, he has directed the Poulenc Gloria, the Schubert Mass in G, and the Rutter Magnificat; and most recently, he conducted Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte from the harpsichord for the Delaware Valley Opera.
For the past ten years Mr. Baranowski has been touring internationally with rock icon Ritchie Blackmore as both keyboardist and singer. He has played over 100 concerts and visited nearly 25 countries as a member of Blackmore’s Night, which has been on the charts in Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, England, and the US. He has also appeared on German television multiple times, and was featured on the primetime program Hit Giganten as well as on 
Fernsehgarten, reaching millions of viewers. One English newspaper said of his performance in Blackmore’s Night, “… it was the keyboard player who was obviously the jester in this band of players….Along with his sense of comedy, the pianist…was obviously classically trained. He would have easily fit into a King Crimson rock band, or a full orchestra playing Rachmaninoff.“
Mr. Baranowski has also collaborated with Irish pop singer and composer, Julie Feeney; and in the Spring of 2012 he played keyboard for Ms. Feeney’s ten performances at the Irish Arts Center in Manhattan. He is currently the Director of Music at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Danbury, Connecticut.
Mr. Baranowski studied piano with Paul Ostrovsky and Steven Lubin, organ with Robert Fertitta, and voice with Stefano Algieri. He received both his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Purchase College Conservatory of Music.
Welcome to Wilden Dannenberg: Assistant Director & Accompanist
We are delighted to be welcoming Wilden Dannenberg as accompanist for Hudson Chorale starting in September 2021.
Wilden is a multifaceted musician committed to engaging listeners in a range of musical styles and experiences. With a firm foundation in the repertoire of early to contemporary works, Wilden is regularly engaged as a hornist, conductor, arranger and organist. Recent highlights include the premiere of Silver, Blue, a Carnegie Hall commissioned quintet by TJ Cole, multiple collaborations as a conductor and performer with composer Tania León, and a performance of Schumann’s Konzertstücke for Four Horns and Orchestra. A South Georgia native, Wilden holds degrees from Florida State University and Stony Brook University, and is an alum of Ensemble Connect, a fellowship program of Carnegie Hall and the Juilliard School. He is a member of the New York based quintet Connect Five, a resident artist with the Bronx Arts Ensemble, teaching artist for Carnegie Hall, and faculty member at Adelphi University.
