Tobin Sparfeld

With over thirty-five years of choral experience, Tobin Sparfeld has performed with many ensembles including the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Seraphic Fire, and the St. Louis Children’s Choirs. He has sung under the batons of conductors such as Leonard Slatkin, Franz Welser-Möst, Helmuth Rilling, and Michael Tilson Thomas.

Tobin received his DMA in Conducting from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, where he took lessons with Professor David Malis. He has taught at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Principia College, Los Angeles Mission College, and the Musicians Institute. Tobin holds a master’s degree in voice from Illinois State University, and remains active as a soloist and choral clinician. Dr. Sparfeld has directed the choral and voice area at Glendale Community College since 2015. In November he will be performing as a baritone soloist in Carmina Burana with the L.A. Daiku Choir at Herbert Zipper Concert Hall.