Robert Long
Conductor, Pianist
Academy of Sacred Music, Seraphim
Ars Musica Chorale,
Music Director/Conductor
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Former Director of Music
"…magnificent choir…" NY Times
"…packed and enthusiastic audience…" Classical New Jersey
Maestro Robert Long is a conductor, pianist, and liturgical music consultant in the New York City area. Mr. Long is co-founder and Music Director for the Academy of Sacred Music, which sponsors Seraphim, a professional choir in residence in lower Manhattan. Seraphim presented the NYC premiere of Magnificat by composer Nancy Galbraith as part of the concert series in St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University. The Academy also sponsors an annual summer Choral Institute in central Pennsylvania. Robert Long was an invited guest conductor for the Lincoln Center Messiah Sing-In. He is Music Director and Conductor of Ars Musica Chorale, based in Bergen County, New Jersey. Ars Musica has performed in Carnegie Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York and has performed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Greenwich Village Orchestra in NYC. Mr. Long previously served as Director of Music and Choir Master at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York, where he conducted the Cathedral Choir and worked with many world-renowned guest artists, including Renée Fleming, Ruth Ann Swenson, Heidi Grant Murphy, Lauren Flanigan, and The American Boychoir. He also conducted the St. Patrick's Cathedral Chamber Orchestra, comprised of musicians from New York's leading orchestras, including the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.
An accomplished pianist and vocal coach, Robert Long has performed as accompanist in recital at Weill Recital Hall-Carnegie Hall and on the Noonday Series at Trinity Church in New York. He currently serves as Director of Music Ministries and organist for Corpus Christi Parish in Chatham, N.J.
Mr. Long earned a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting under the tutelage of Douglas Miller, a student of Julius Herford, and has also studied with Robert Shaw, Joseph Flummerfelt, Frauke Haaseman and James Jordan. He has directed European concert tours in Austria, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Russia, and Wales.
Mr. Long earned a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting under the tutelage of Douglas Miller, a student of Julius Herford, and has also studied with Robert Shaw, Joseph Flummerfelt, Frauke Haaseman and James Jordan. He has directed European concert tours in Austria, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Russia, and Wales.
