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D. Gardner
M. Lawlor
 L. Eustis
A. Golliver
K. Childs
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Friday, March 19, 2010
8:00 pm
STERN AUDITORIUM/PERELMAN STAGE, CARNEGIE HALL
Mainly Mozart
David B. Gardner, Debut Conductor
Mozart: Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K. 339
Mark Lawlor, Debut Conductor
Mozart: Vesperae de Dominica, K. 321
Lynn Eustis, Soprano
April Golliver, Mezzo-Soprano
Kim Childs, Tenor
Matthew Treviño, Bass
Pikes Peak Wind Symphony
Richard Kusk, Director
Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra International and Distinguished Concert Singers International
Participating in Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K. 339: Bismarck State College Concert Choir (ND), Colleton County High School Singers (SC), Douglass High School Concert Choir (KS), Forest Lake Academy Cantabile (FL), Pawnee Heights High School Choir (KS), Southwestern College A Cappella Choir (KS), The University of Wyoming Singing Statesmen (WY), Wichita Northwest Concert Choir (KS)
Participating in Vesperae de Dominica, K. 321: A Cappella and Chamber Singers (AZ), Cappella Chamber Singers (OK), Marcos De Niza High School A Cappella Choir (AZ), Oklahoma State University Singers (OK), Stillwater High School Pioneer Chorale (OK)
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Pikes Peak Wind Symphony (CO)
The Pikes Peak Wind Symphony, part of the Colorado Springs Youth
Symphony Association, was established in 2002 to serve advanced wind
symphony musicians among young people in the region. The group has been
on performance tours to Carnegie Hall (2005), Costa Rica (2004) and
Japan (2007).
Musicians in the Youth Symphony Association are
provided technical instruction, performance opportunities, intensive
camp, global touring, collaborative performances with other arts
organizations and leadership training. The Association, celebrating its
30th anniversary this year, engages in diverse musical experiences
which enrich young musicians and the culture of our community. Visit
our website at www.csysa.com.
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A Cappella and Chamber Singers (AZ)
A Cappella is an advanced mixed choir at Mesa High and has received
numerous awards for their outstanding choral singing. Members of A
Cappella have traveled to Washington D.C., New York, and San Francisco
on tour, and have taken part in festivals such as the Phoenix College
Choral Invitational, and the Mt. San Antonio College Festival. A
Cappella has also been chosen to perform at AMEA (Arizona Music
Educators Association) and ACDA (American Choral Directors Association)
conventions.
Chamber Singers is an advanced chamber ensemble at Mesa High. Chamber
Singers has been awarded "Superior" ratings in both the jazz and
madrigal genres at numerous Northern Arizona University Jazz/Madrigal
Festivals. Chamber's repertoire includes vocal jazz music and chamber
choir music. This year Chamber Singers has been invited to sing at the
Mesa District's Principal's Conference.
Mrs. Andrea M. Jones is currently the
choral director at Mesa High School in Mesa, Arizona. She graduated
summa cum laude from Northern Arizona University with a Bachelor of
Music Education: Choral (K-12). She is currently in her second year of
teaching and directs 5 choirs: EnChanté, A Cappella, Music Men, Chamber
Singers and Chorale. Mrs. Jones is thrilled to have this opportunity to
bring Mesa High choirs to sing at Carnegie Hall.
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J. Weiss
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Bismarck State College Concert Choir (ND)
The BSC Music Program has a threefold purpose: to allow students to
enjoy music by participating in performing groups, to provide the basic
curriculum for students planning to become music teachers or
professional performers, and to contribute to the aesthetics of campus
life. Students may participate in a variety of instrumental and choral
performance opportunities. Choral Ensembles include Concert Choir and
Men's and Women's Chamber Choirs.
Students of all levels of ability are welcome whether
they plan to major in music or participate for their own enrichment.
Faculty members teach private lessons in voice, strings, piano, organ,
brass, percussion, woodwinds and guitar.
Dr. John Weiss
is Assistant Professor of Music at Bismarck State College where he
teaches Music Appreciation, Aural Skills, Choral Conducting and
conducts the BSC Concert Choir and Women's Chamber Choir. Before coming
to Bismarck, he was Assistant Professor of Music at Washington State
University and recently judged the Singer of the Year Competition for
South Los Angeles and Orange Counties in CA and the regional NATS
Artist Award Competition in Seattle. Dr. Weiss was a Metropolitan Opera
Regional Finalist and has performed Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Alfie
Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Sarastro in The Magic Flute, and Mustafa in
L'italiana in Algieri.
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Cappella Chamber Singers (OK)
Cappella Chamber Singers, the premiere choral ensemble at the
University of Tulsa, was founded in 2006, This 32-member auditioned
chamber group has performed such works as the Duruflé Requiem, Britten
Rejoice in the Lamb, Pinkham Christmas Cantata, Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music, Randall Thompson Peaceable Kingdom, Barber
Reincarnations, Britten Five Flower Songs, and many other choral works.
Cappella Chamber Singers will perform as a featured choir at the 2010
Oklahoma Music Educators Association conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and
they will also join the Signature Symphony and Chorus for the 2011
Verdi Requiem under the baton of Murry Sidlin. Cappella Chamber Singers
is directed by Kim Childs.
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S. Drawdy
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Colleton County High School Singers (SC)
The Colleton County High School Choral Program was established 69 years
ago. Mrs. Stephanie Drawdy took over the director's position 25 years
ago and is doing an amazing job directing and involving young people of
the community in music. This year alone she is directing around one
hundred and forty students. Each year the choral department holds
various concerts and musicals throughout the year and provides
entertainment for local and state venues. The trip to perform at
Carnegie Hall will be a first for the 30 students from Colleton
County's Choral Department. Although they have received no state or
national awards they are locally known as an outstanding performing
group.
Stephanie Stackley Drawdy has been the
choral director at Colleton County High School, formerly known as
Walterboro High School, for 25 years. She is a native of Kingstree,
South Carolina in Williamsburg County. She began piano at the age of 6
continuing through high school which led to her vocal training at age
16. She received a vocal scholarship to Columbia College in Columbia,
South Carolina where she receive a Music Education Degree in Vocal
Performance. She continued to study voice with Amanda Sullivan Floyd
for 14 years. She has been a frequent soloist in various recitals and
concerts as well as director for various church and community groups in
and around her community. She presently lives in Walterboro, South
Carolina with her husband William and their two children Meredith and
Graham.
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M. Becker
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Douglass High School Concert Choir (KS)
Douglass High School Concert Choir is a non-audition ensemble open to
all 9th-12th Grade students. They have consistently earned the highest
ratings at the State Large Ensemble Contests. Their repertoire ranges
from Renaissance to Pop music. The group presents three concerts plus
several festival competitions each year. The DHS Concert Choir has won
Best in Class awards at the "Big D Classic" in Dallas, TX, Winter Park
Ski Festival in Winter Park, CO and Worlds of Fun Choral Festival in
Kansas City, MO.
Brian Stranghoner, director, is currently
in his 20th year of teaching public school vocal music in Douglass,
Kansas. His groups have consistently received "Superior" ratings at the
Middle School and High School levels. He directs three ensembles, 6th
Grade General Music and Stagecraft. In the Fall Semester Douglass High
School presents a musical which is open to the entire student body. Mr.
Stranghoner directs, conducts and designs this production. His solo
work includes opera and oratorio, recently singing Handel's "Messiah,"
Schubert's "Mass in Ab." Other solo appearances have included recording
with the Lawrence Children's Chorus. Brian was a Resident Artist with
Wichita Grand Opera, serving as Chorus Master and singing minor roles
in "Rigoletto" and "Die Zauberfloete."
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M. Becker
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Forest Lake Academy Cantabile (FL)
Cantabile is the select performing and touring choir representing
Forest Lake Academy in our community, the state of Florida, and beyond.
Composed of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, this diverse
ensemble ministers to audiences through a wide variety of musical
genres and styles. Known for musical excellence, Cantabile has been
featured as guest choir for Florida Hospital and other community
organizations and has held the distinguished position of Honor Choir
for Disney's Candlelight Processional and Massed Choir Program for a
number of years.
Mark S. Becker
is choral/handbell director and chairman of the music department at
Forest Lake Academy, a private boarding high school in the Orlando
suburbs. He is passionate about nurturing students in their love for
music. As tenor soloist and ensemble member, Becker has performed with
professional and community choirs throughout his career and has been
privileged to perform as a member of choirs under the baton of Olaf
Christiansen, John Aldis, Sir David Willcocks, and Jonathan Willcocks.
He loves his continued role as guest conductor/clinician for music
festivals in the private school sector. Becker is a life-time member of
The American Choral Directors Association.
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Marcos De Niza High School A Cappella Choir (AZ)
The Marcos de Niza High School choral program consists of four
ensembles: Chorale, Advanced Women's Ensemble, A Cappella and Chamber
Singers. The Marcos de Niza High School A Cappella is an advanced
ensemble comprised mainly of students in grades 10-12. A Cappella
studies advanced SATB repertoire and tours annually, most recently
earning a First Place Superior in the "Windy City Classic" music
festival in Chicago. A Cappella students make up the core of the
musical theater program at Marcos and collaborate with the orchestra
and band in concerts throughout the year.
Darin Shryock is currently in his 18th
year as Director of Choral Activities at Marcos de Niza High School. A
graduate of Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota,
Mr. Shryock earned his Master of Music degree from Arizona State
University in 1989. Mr. Shryock is also a member of Phoenix Vocal Jazz,
a six-voice ensemble. He served the choral directors of Arizona for 10
years as Vice-President for Jazz/Show Choirs and Vocal Jazz Chair.
Mr. Shryock has been married for 20 years to wife, Connie. Together they raise wonderful sons, Andrew and Cole.
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R. Boyd
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Pawnee Heights High School Choir (KS)
The Pawnee Heights High School Choir is thrilled to be invited to
perform at Carnegie Hall. Under Ms. Boyd's direction, the choir has
enjoyed consistent success for the last five years earning superior
ratings at state competition. Singers have qualified for district and
all-state choirs every year. The people of Hanston, Burdett, and Rozel
enjoy the choir's contribution at church, athletic, and community
events.
Rosanne Boyd is in her fifth year of
teaching K-12 music at Pawnee Heights Schools in western Kansas. Ms.
Boyd grew up on a grain and livestock farm where she learned the
intricacies of irrigation and cattle processing from her father and a
deep appreciation of music from her mother. She attended Tabor College
in Kansas and received her Bachelor of Music degree from Azusa Pacific
University in California. She has had the privilege of studying voice
with Brenda Reinebach and Kristine Lyon. Music and drama tours have
taken her throughout the Midwest, northeastern United States, and Los
Angeles area.
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S. Maison
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Stillwater High School Pioneer Chorale (OK)
The
Stillwater High School Pioneer Chorale is formed of forty singers
chosen by competitive audition. The choir meets for the entire school
year and maintains an extensive performance schedule throughout the
community. They have consistently scored highest ratings in the
Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association competions for
groups, ensembles and solos. The choir is always represented by
multiple selections to the All-State choir with seven being selected to
the 2010 choir. Alumni of the Chorale have performed on professional
stages in Broadway, Opera, and Popular styles while others have become
successful music educators, community choristers and avid supports of
the arts.
Steve L. Maison began his teaching career
at Stillwater High School in August 1970. His teaching career includes
two tenures at the school, 1970-1983 and 1992-present. A life member of
American Choral Directors Association, Mr. Maison's musical training
began at age four when he began learning piano, which he studied for
over twenty years. Although opportunities to move to higher education
were presented he felt that his true calling was guiding adolescent
singers to realize the abilities with which they have been blessed.
Choirs under his direction have been selected to perform before the
Music Educators National Conference, the Southwest American Choral
Director's Association, and the Oklahoma Music Educators Association.
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Southwestern College A Cappella Choir (KS)
Initially formed in 1927, Southwestern College's A Cappella Choir has
built a long-standing reputation of excellence throughout Kansas, the
Midwest, and the United States. Under the direction of Dr. David
Gardner, the choir performs works by a variety of composers in styles
ranging from works by the great historical composers to spirituals,
jazz, and gospel. This is their second Carnegie Hall appearance, and
upcoming tour plans include a concert trip to China in 2012.
Southwestern College is a private institution granting undergraduate
and graduate degrees and is affiliated with the United Methodist
Church. More than 1,900 students attend classes at the main Winfield
campus, at five professional studies sites in Kansas and Oklahoma, or
online around the world.
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The University of Wyoming Singing Statesmen (WY)
The Singing Statesmen is a non-auditioned ensemble of fifty men who
represent a community of musically interested students from across
campus. This high-profile men's choir focuses on fine choral literature
representative of various style periods and vocal traditions,
specifically cowboy and western songs associated with the state of
Wyoming.
The Statesmen have toured Wyoming with the objective
to promote male singing in Wyoming and throughout the Rocky Mountain
region and have collaborated with the Bar-J Wranglers. A student-run
male a cappella group, the Happy Jacks, is comprised of select members
of the Statesmen. The Happy Jacks recently travelled to Shanghai, China
as musical ambassadors from Wyoming.
Dr. Nicole Lamartine is Director of Choral
Activities at the University of Wyoming in Laramie where she conducts
the four of six choral ensembles. In demand as a conductor and
clinician, Dr. Lamartine was chosen in 2009 to participate in a
conducting master class with Maestro Helmuth Rilling at Carnegie Hall.
As a professional choral musician she sings with Conspirare and the
Santa Fe Desert Chorale. She is the Wyoming President of ACDA.
Dr. Lamartine's choirs have enjoyed intensive
collaborations with some of the world's most prominent musicians
including New York Voices, BaSix, Stephen Jackson (director of the BBC
Symphony Chorus), and Wyoming's own Bar J Wranglers.
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Wichita Northwest Concert Choir (KS)
The NWHS Concert Choir is recognized as an outstanding choral ensemble.
The choir is open to select upperclassmen on the Northwest campus. The
choir performs a variety of choral literature from the past five
centuries as well as contemporary choral literature. The NWHS Concert
Choir has received numerous "I" ratings at the Kansas State Large
Ensemble Festival and consecutive "I" ratings in Sight Reading under
the direction of Mr. Edwards.
Charles Edwards is
the Director of Choral Activities at Wichita Northwest High School. He
is currently completing his MME at Wichita State University and
received his BS at Wichita State University. In 2009 he was nominated
for KCDA's "Young Director of the Year".
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Lynn Eustis
Soloist - Soprano
Thank you so much for an extraordinary experience this weekend. It was
a honor to sing Mozart at Carnegie Hall, and I know my claque of family
and friends thoroughly enjoyed the concert. I was beyond impressed by
how smoothly everything ran -- you run a tight ship at DCINY. I also
really appreciated all of the assistance I personally received from
members of your staff. You made it as easy as possible for me to sing
my very best. I was especially impressed by the quality and commitment
of the orchestra.
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Richard Kusk, Director
Pikes Peak Wind Symphony
Our experience playing in Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center was
fabulous! The students were overwhelmed not only by the tremendous
acoustics, but also the great history of the halls. Thanks again for
this tremendous opportunity and giving these students a memory of a
lifetime!
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