David Schuyler Bender

Secretary
Chevalier David Schuyler Bender, KTJ

David Schuyler Bender was invested as a Chevalier of the Order in 2003 by H.E. BGEN Chev. Patrick Edward Rea, GCTJ, GMTJ, Grand Prior XIII. At the annual meeting held in March of 2004, Chevalier Bender was elected Secretary of the Priory.

Mr. Bender holds a B.A. from Columbia University and has sung leading tenor roles with the New York City Opera, the San Francisco Opera, and the Seattle Opera Company, as well as having performed leading operatic roles in Germany for over ten years. He has had a distinguished career in oratorio singing, with compositions written for him as tenor soloist by Roy Harris, Richard Yardumian, Gian Carlo Menotti and Paul Allen Levi. Professor Bender has received teaching fellowships at the University of Colorado and the University of California. He is former Professor of Voice at New York University and at the Conservatory of Music in Vienna. In addition, he and his wife, Dame Barbara Meister Bender, have co-produced such productions as The Merry Widow and The Student Prince. In these productions, they served as stage directors, coaches of singers, and artistic advisors for scenery and costumes.

Mr. Bender has the distinction of being an Eagle Scout awarded by the Boy Scouts of America and is a member of the Bronxville Field and Tennis Club.

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