Anthony Blake Clark is a leading voice among his generation of choral conductors, widely praised for his “readily apparent musicality” (Baltimore Sun) and his belief in the transformative power of classical music for both performers and audiences.

Clark has collaborated with many of the world’s most prominent orchestras and conductors. He has prepared choirs for the Berliner Philharmoniker, Dallas Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Vienna Radio Orchestra, and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, working with conductors such as Marin Alsop, Fabio Luisi, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Mirga Gražinyt?-Tyla, and Simon Halsey. His choirs have performed in major international venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Konzerthaus, Symphony Hall Birmingham (UK), St. Martin-in-the-Fields London, the Kennedy Center, and Washington National Cathedral. 

As Music Director of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Clark has elevated the ensemble’s artistic profile and has developed a comprehensive outreach and education program. He regularly prepares the chorus for collaborations with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and other leading institutions, and under his leadership, the ensemble has received the Chorus America/ASCAP Alice Parker Award and an American Prize in Choral Conducting. His annual holiday broadcast Christmas with Choral Arts—now aired on Maryland PBS—has received three regional Emmy® nominations. With BCAS, Clark has led international tours, including a sold-out UK residency with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 (soon to be repeated in a joint performance under Fabio Luisi with the Dallas Symphony), and their Berlin Philharmonie debut with the Freie Universität Orchester. BCAS joined the Vienna Singakademie and Vienna Radio Orchestra under Marin Alsop in 2022 for a program of Bernstein. Recently, Baltimore Choral Arts appeared once again with Marin Alsop, this time at the Washington National Cathedral in performances of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony with the National Orchestra Institute. 

Maestro Clark serves as the Jean D. Wilson Chair Chorus Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, where he oversees all aspects of the DSO’s choral program. Appointed to the role following three acclaimed collaborations with the DSO in 2022–2023, he now prepares the chorus for classical and pops programs. Repertoire highlights include Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana and Catulli Carmina, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and Schmidt’s rarely performed Das Buch mit Sieben Siegeln. These performances have been broadcast on platforms such as Medici TV and the DSO’s “Next Stage.” His work will also be featured on the Dallas Symphony’s upcoming commercial releases of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and Schmidt’s oratorio. In summer 2025, Clark will lead the chorus on a European tour, including his fourth appearance at the Philharmonie Berlin, a concert in Leipzig’s historic St. Thomas Church, and a featured performance at the Prague Summer Nights Festival.