Anthony Washington is a baritone and choral conductor currently pursuing a Master of Music in Choral Conducting at the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music. Washington currently serves as the first Assistant Conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum, assisting Grete Pedersen in all projects, most notably Haydn’s Creation with Juilliard 415. In workshops and masterclasses across the United States and internationally, Washington has worked with renowned conductors including Simon Carrington, Jerry Blackstone, and Jean-Sébastien Vallée, and conducted leading ensembles including Cantus and Voices. He is currently research assistant to Bach scholar Dr. Markus Rathey, aiding in a new project centered on the Protestant Reformation. Previously, he was a research fellow for the Lisette Project, tracing the evolution of the oldest published Haitian creole song during and after the Haitian Revolution. As research fellow, he assisted with the project album: Lisette: A Song’s Journey from Haiti & Back (Navona Records, 2026). Washington graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Music and Anthropology from Cornell University. While at Cornell, he was named a Merrill Presidential Scholar, inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, and won the 2026 Downbeat Award for Small Jazz Ensemble/Combo as part of the Herbert Gussman Septet.
