Spring 2020 Performances
Rosner's Chronicle of Nine Odyssey Opera
Feb 1, 7:30pm
@ Jordan Hall, Boston
tickets at odysseyopera.org
Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor
The nine-day reign of Henry VII’s great-granddaughter ended with one of English history’s notorious beheadings when Mary Tudor’s supporters claimed the crown in 1553. This co-production of Odyssey Opera and Boston Modern Orchestra Project brings the poignant story of Lady Jane Grey to Boston audiences in a world premiere by Arnold Rosner, a composer whose work is both genre busting and intensely emotional.
Read the libretto.
CANCELLED Boston University's Singers and Symphonic Choirs
Each of these concerts have been cancelled due to the pandemic
Brahms Schiksalslied and Ravel Daphnis et Chloe
April 7th, 7:30 Symphony Hall
Songs of the Kings
March 23rd, 8:00pm at the Boston University Marsh Chapel
Songs of the People
April 17th, 8:00pm at the Boston University Fine Arts Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
Conductor
CANCELLED Rossini: Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra, Odyssey Opera
Mar 13, 7:30pm and Mar 15, 2:00pm
@ Huntington Avenue Theatre, Boston
tickets at odysseyopera.org
Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor
Queen Elizabeth I is dismayed to learn her revered Leicester has secretly married Matilde, daughter of Mary, Queen of Scots. In court, the Duke of Norfolk is poised to take advantage of this political opportunity. A rare offering from one of opera’s most beloved composers, this is the first of the nine Rossini Neapolitan operas. The drama of the Elizabethan court meets Rossini’s luminous and virtuosic vocal writing in this neglected masterpiece.
CANCELLED Easter Concerts for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
WITNESSES OF THE RISEN LORD
March 29th, 7:00pm
@ Weston Stake Center
150 Brown Street, Weston MA
Come hear witnesses of the Risen Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful musicians from around the Boston area will come together and present stories from Mary Magdalene, Peter, Joseph Smith, and many others
HALLELUIAH
May 3rd, 7:00pm
@Menlo Park Stake Center
CALIFORNIA
Come hear the Menlo Park Stakes testimonies of the revelation and of God the Father and Jesus Christ
BOSTON STAKE CONFERENCE
March 22, 10:00am
@Weston Stake Center
150 Brown Street, Weston, MA
Come hear a strong choir of believing youth singing praises during Boston’s Stake conference
Music Director and Conductor
Director of Music
CANCELLED Britten: Gloriana Odyssey Opera
April 11, 7:30pm
@ Jordan Hall, Boston
tickets at odysseyopera.org
Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor
Queen Elizabeth I is dismayed to learn her revered Leicester has secretly married Matilde, daughter of Mary, Queen of Scots. In court, the Duke of Norfolk is poised to take advantage of this political opportunity. A rare offering from one of opera’s most beloved composers, this is the first of the nine Rossini Neapolitan operas. The drama of the Elizabethan court meets Rossini’s luminous and virtuosic vocal writing in this neglected masterpiece.
Fall 2019 Performances
Saint- Saëns's Henry VIII Odyssey Opera
Sept 21, 7:30pm
@ Jordan Hall, Boston
tickets at odysseyopera.org
Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor
A dangerous monarch is determined to divorce Catherine of Aragon in favor of the beautiful, ambitious Anne Boleyn. This is one of history’s most infamous love triangles and the beginning of the “King’s Troubles”. Saint-Saens’s score brilliantly invokes an early Renaissance sensibility while remaining firmly rooted in the French grand opera tradition. Sweeping vocal melodies and rich orchestral writing bring this compelling tragedy to life.
Michael Chioldi, Henry VIII; Ellie Dehn, Catherine of Aragon; Hilary Ginther, Anne Boleyn
Boston University's Singers and Symphonic Choirs
Oct 31st, 8:00 Boston University Tsai Center
Sun Nov 17th, 7:30pm at the Boston University Fine Arts Concert Hall
Sat Nov 23rd, 7:30pm at the Boston University Fine Arts Concert Hall
Free and open to the public!
Conductor
More coming soon!
Pacini's Maria, Regina d'Inghilterra, Odyssey Opera
Nov 1, 7:30pm and Nov 3, 2:00pm
@ Huntington Avenue Theatre, Boston
tickets at odysseyopera.org
Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor
Queen Mary I is infatuated with the Scottish adventurer Fenimoore, who is in love with Clotilde, who in turn loves Ernesto. Romance and political intrigue are treacherous bedfellows in this opera based on Victor Hugo’s play about Mary Tudor. A remarkable and largely forgotten opera, its expressive vocal characterization paints an unforgettable portrait of a Queen and the repercussions of her indulgence in an unwise love.
Amy Shoremount-Obra, Queen Mary I
Devotional with a Senior Leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Sun Oct 20th, 4:00pm
@ DCU Center in Worcester, MA
Free but ticketed– see a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for tickets
Director of Music
Spring 2019 Performances
Offenbach's La Belle Hélène, Odyssey Opera
June 14, 7:30pm and June 16, 2:00pm
@ Huntington Theatre, Boston
tickets at odysseyopera.org
Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor
An irresistible opéra bouffe with a brilliant libretto, La belle Hélène wickedly parodies the well-known legend of Helen’s elopement with Paris. The dashing Prince of Troy wins Helen’s love with the assistance of a cunning oracle who outwits her husband and an assortment of royal Grecian heroes. With sparkling orchestral panache, some of Offenbach’s best-loved melodies, and an epidemic of marital infidelity, it’s no wonder this opera received over 700 performances when it premiered! Fans of our 2017 production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience, praised by The Boston Globe as, “a tour-de-force,” will be delighted as Odyssey Opera continues their exploration of comedic masterpieces from the nineteenth century.
Leroy Robertson's Oratorio, Utah Festival
July 31, 7:30pm
@Daines Concert Hall, UT
tickets at https://www.utahfestival.org/
Assistant to Craig Jessop and Singer
American Festival Chorus Concert: Oratorio From The Book Of Mormon
Leroy J. Robertson’s powerfully dramatic Oratorio from the Book of Mormon performed by the American Festival Chorus and Utah Festival’s orchestra and soloists. Conducted by Craig Jessop.
Craig Jessop, Conductor, American Festival Chorus, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre Orchestra and Soloists
Brookline Consort - Sacred Service
Sat June 22th, 7:30pm at the United Parish Brookline, MA
Sun June 23th, 3pm in Salem, MA
Soloist and Singer
Tickets at thebrooklineconsort.org
An exploration of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish sacred music
Beginning with Zikr, moving to Bloch’s Sacred Service, and Martin’s incredible a cappella Mass. More details on the website.
GLORIA! A Musical Easter Celebration
Sat April 27th, 7:00pm
@ Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints,
150 Brown Street, Weston, OR
Free and open to the public
Curator, Conductor and Producer
And Can It Be – Dan Forrest
Be Thou My Vision – Bob Chilcott
Were You There – Trad.
Double Concerto – Bach
Messiah Selections – Handel
Via Dolorosa – Sprague and Borop
Ki sha’mati – Danielpour
La Resurrection du Christ – Messiaen
Pie Jesu – Fauré
Behold The Empty Tomb – Black
Roll Back the Stone – Trad.
Gloria – Vivaldi
MacMillan St Luke Passion
Sun April 14th, 4:00pm
@ Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, MA
Tickets at http://tinyurl.com/
Singer
This performance is the third installment of Trinity’s annual performances of a musical passion. MacMillan’s presentation of the Gospel of Luke text is a gripping, direct, and powerful telling of the crucifixion story. Void of the soloists and arias seen in Bach’s settings, MacMillan sets the texts of Jesus in the innocent voices of the children and provides reflective moments by bookending the passion narrative with texts from the Annunciation and Resurrection / Ascension. A preconcert talk about living Scottish composer James MacMillan and his “St. Luke Passion” will be given by Joshua W. Rohde, held a week before the performance on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 12:00pm, Trinity Lutheran Church.
Strauss's Die ägyptische Helena, Odyssey Opera
April 19, 7:30pm
@ Jordan Hall, Boston
tickets at odysseyopera.org
Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor
In Die ägyptische Helena, librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal asks “What lay between that dreadful night and the complete reconciliation that followed? What can have helped rebuild this marriage as a true companionship?” Richard Strauss’s two-act opera is both an intimate and emotional story about Helen and her husband Menelas. Ten years after Helen left her husband to be with Paris, this opera imagines life after her return home. Or was it a phantom who went to Troy, leaving the beautiful Helen sleeping in Sparta all along? With goddesses, sorceresses, and elves to help spin the tale, will Menelas find forgiveness in his heart for his wife? Come experience this lush and dramatic work, a rare offering by one of opera’s greatest creative teams.
Women's Music, Diversity, and Leadership Conference in San Diego
March 29th – 31st
@ Sand Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Guest Conductor and Speaker
#HerStory Month Women’s Music, Diversity, and Leadership Conference
Completely free to the public, and first of its kind at the School of Music and Dance, SDSU University, and the San Diego/SoCal areas; the conference will focus on all aspects of women’s participation in music, feminist theory, diversity in music and musical discourse, and women leadership. Three days will include: composer/conductor/music theory/chamber music workshops and performance master classes, musicological and feminist theory presentations and lectures, leadership/entrepreneurship presentations, and Q/A panel discussions, including one on one student leadership mentoring.
Gluck's Paride ed Elena Odyssey Opera
Feb 15, 7:30pm and Feb 17, 2:00pm
@ Huntington Theater, Boston
tickets at odysseyopera.org
Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor
In ancient Greece, Paris sought the love of the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen. Their elopement to Troy resulted in the Trojan War, a tale that has inspired countless artists. Paride ed Elena tells the story of their first meeting to their flight from Sparta and centers on three characters: Paris, Helen, and Cupid who is instrumental in persuading Helen to choose love over duty. But when the Gods intervene in the lives of mortals, can there be a happy ending? After the resounding success of Ezio in 2016, Odyssey Opera resurrects another of Gluck’s lost gems. Featuring a unique cast of all sopranos in this, the third of Gluck’s “reform” operas.
SUMMER 2018 Performances
Richard Davenpour's Passion of Yeshua - Oregon Bach Festival
Sun June 8th, 2:00pm
@ Silva Concert Hall, Hult Center, Eugene, OR
tickets at oregonbachfestival.org/
Singer
Situated in the historical musical legacy of Bach’s St. Matthew and St. John Passions, The Passion of Yeshua creates space for voices traditionally silent/silenced in retellings of the Biblical narrative. Drawing from Messianic texts, and specifically highlighting the voices of Mary, Mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene, the text – presented in both Hebrew and English – brings the last twelve hours of Jesus’ life back to its Jewish origins. Conducted by JoAnn Falletta. Sarah Shafer, soprano; J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano; Kenneth Overton, bass-baritone; Matthew Worth, baritone; OBF Orchestra; OBF Chorus; UO Chamber Choir; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Mendelssohn's Elijah - Oregon Bach Festival
Sat June 14th, 7:30pm
@ Silva Concert Hall, Hult Center, Eugene, OR
tickets at oregonbachfestival.org/
Singer
Created from “outstanding imagination and beauty” (The Guardian), Mendelssohn’s final and reverent composition is one of the most successful oratorios of the Victorian age. Music and opera lovers of all kinds will appreciate the dramatic treatment of the life of the prophet—summoning people to righteousness, performing miracles, struggling against idolatry, confronting a wicked queen, and rising to heaven in a fiery chariot. Conducted in English by John Nelson, one of America’s most heralded conductors and recipient of the Juilliard Irving Berlin conducting prize. Nicole Cabell, soprano; J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Kenneth Overton, bass-baritone; OBF Orchestra; OBF Chorus; UO Chamber Choir; John Nelson, conductor
Brookline Consort - Jonathan Dove concert
Sat June 16th, 7:30pm in Newport, RI
Sun Jume 17th, 3pm in Brookline, MA
Singer
June’s concert of music centered around Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year
more information coming at thebrooklineconsort.org
Voices 21C Live in Mexico
Aug 6-12
Voices 21C, a Boston based choir dedicated to positive interactions, social justice, and global awareness on tour and collaborating with choral ensembles in Mexico city
Spring 2018 Performances
Verdi's Giovanna d'arco (Joan of Arc) with Odyssey Opera
April 5th and 7th, 7:30pm
@ Huntington Theater, Boston
tickets at odysseyopera.org
Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor
Audiences will experience a version of Joan of Arc’s story unlike anything so far this season. In a time of war and uncertainty, Giovanna (Joan of Arc), our young and courageous heroine, struggles to balance love and her duty to king, country, family, God and herself. Featuring Haeran Hong as Giovanna, and Daniel Sutin as her father Giacomo. With vivid and colorful orchestration, rousing choruses and daring vocal writing, this fully staged opera will be a performance you do not want to miss. Come and join us for the epic conclusion to our #TrialByFire season!
Cancer Journey through Choral Music in CA
May 6th, 7:30pm
@ Stanford Hospital Cancer Center
FREE
Conductor
Along with members of the Valparaiso Singers and Mayfield Chamber Singers, we will present works that represent the cancer experience through music. I’ll be presenting research from my dissertation, compiling texts and scores with links to the emotional journey of cancer patients.
Guest Conductor for Mayfield Singers
April 15th, 7:30pm
@ St. Mark’s Episcopal Church: 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto, CA
Free mayfieldsingers.org
I have been invited to be a guest conductor with the Mayfield Singers for their Spring Concert this year, details to come on their website: https://mayfieldsingers.org/
Palm Sunday Piano improvisation
March 25th, 9:00am
@ 2 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA
Piano
Join a Mormon congregation on Palm Sunday to worship together through music on the last week of Christ’s life on Earth. I’ll be improvising on the Easter hymn, ‘I Stand All Amazed.’
Walden Pond & Harvard New Music Initiative
Sat March 24, 3:00pm
@ Paine Concert Hall, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA
Singer & Soloist
Six composers with be working under the mentorship of Dr. Robert Kyr and Dr. Andrew Clark to write new works for 16 voice chorus and string quartet. Their work will culminate in the readings and performance of these new compositions in March 2018. We will be performing with the Parker String Quartet, conducted by Dr. Andrew Clark. We will also present Argento’s Walden Pond in it’s Massachusets Premier for choir, harp and 3 cellos. I’ll be soloing in the first student composition.
Songs of Home - BU Choral Society
Sat March 24, 8:00pm
@ March Chapel, Boston MA
FREE
Conductor
Join us as our chamber choir shows off the work from this semester! We’ve learned songs from and about Russia, Samoa, Israel, Palestine, Venezuela, Turkey, Sweden, and hope to represent them well to all of you. We’ve loved empathizing with these cultures and learning about the musical traditions around the world! Including composers Tchaikovsky and Stephen Paulus.
Vilna Shul - Voices of Freedom Concert
Sunday March 4, 4:00pm
@ Vilna Shul, Boston MA
FREE
Singer & Soloist
Along with the Jewish Zamir Chorale and the Christian Boston Community Gospel Choir, we will come and present music in Arabic, from the Muslim tradition. I’ll be singing the solo in Zikr’ that you’ll be excited to hear, and after the three groups have performed separately, we we will sing a few selections all together as a group in this incredible interfaith event.
Krenek Project
February 17th, 7:00pm
@ Stonehill College, Easton MA
Free
I’m happy to sing for Krishan Oberon’s Krenek project which features a concert of difficult Krenek, Barber, Josquin and Victoria music.
Voices 21C Live at MMEA Boston
Friday March 2, 6:00pm
@ Plaza Ballroom, Seaport Hotel, Boston MA
FREE
Singer
Voices 21C, a Boston based choir dedicated to positive interactions, social justice, and global awareness, will present a seamless program for the Music Educators conference at the Seaport Hotel in Boston.
Fall 2017 Performances
Siege of Calais - Donizetti MA
Oct 26th and 28th, 7:30pm
@ Huntington Avenue Theater, Boston MA
I’m delighted to be joining Odyssey Opera as assistant conductor and Chorus Master for this Donizetti masterpiece. The story is set in the beginning of the 100 years war when the Brits have sieged the city of Calais and 6 French Burghers decided to give their lives to save their country. It’s beautiful Italian bel canto singing, with english supertitles and glorious singing!! #trialbyfire
Cancer Journey through Choral Music in MA
Saturday Nov 18th, 7:30pm
@ Marsh Chapel, Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA
Donations encouraged
Along with members of the Boston Chorale, we will present works that represent the cancer experience through music from Bach to newly composed works. I’ll be presenting research from my dissertation, compiling texts and scores with links to the emotional journey of cancer patients. We’re also hoping for donations to cancer research as a part of this concert.
Songs and Thanksgiving UT
Friday Nov 24rd, 7:30pm
@ the Wilson Chalet
Hobble Creek Canyon (831 Canyon Road, Left Fork)
I’m once again joining the Wilson-Woodward Piano Trio, and this time I’ll be Singing! We’re preparing some Bernstein songs in honor of his anniversary and some Thanksgiving Classics bound to make you smile, including some of my own arrangements.
Temple Hill Christmas Concert CA
Sunday Dec 23rd, 7pm
@ Oakland California Temple on Lincoln Ave, Oakland, CA
We’re preparing a spicy and sacred Christmas Concert at the beautiful temple grounds in Oakland. Starring Soprano Erin McOmber and I’ll be jumping around from vocals to violin and piano.
Conference in Menlo Park, CA
Aug 27th, 10:00pm
@ 1105 Valparaiso Ave, Menlo Park, CA
Alongside Palo Alto musicians E. McOmber and M. Hancock, I will be performing a new arrangement for Elder Ghent’s visit and the Mormon Menlo Park Stake Conference
||Here I am|| Voices 21C in Boston
Sunday, Sept 24, 1:30pm
@ Arlington Street Church, 351 Boylston St. Boston, MA
Donations encouraged
Hear Voices 21C’s program fresh off tour to Israel and Palestine, where we sang with Christians, Jews and Muslims. Be ready for some new works by female composers, some Arabic and Hebrew music, and some folk songs. FB event link
SUMMER 2017
BU Tanglewood Institute Concerts - July & August
July 10th, 7:00pm – Faculty Recital (Trinity Church)
August 1st, 4:00pm – Tanglewood on Parade: Choirs (Music Shed)
August 5th, 2:30pm – Young Artists Chorus (Ozawa Hall)
August 7th, 11:00am, 3:00pm, 7:00pm – Vocal Recitals (Trinity Church)
August 11th, 6:30pm – Opera Scenes (West St. Theatre)
August 12th, 6:30pm – Opera Scenes (West St. Theatre)
@TANGLEWOOD MUSIC INSTITUTE, Lenox MA
This summer I am faculty with the Vocal Arts Program at Boston University Tanglewood Institute, assistant conducting the choir, acting as a collaborative pianist, teaching theory classes, and coaching opera students.
Wilson - Woodward Chamber Music in CA
June 17th, 7:30pm
@ The Annex 1105 Valparaiso Ave. Menlo Park, CA
Free of charge
Together with Abraham Wilson and the Woodward brothers, we will perform an evening of dramatic chamber music, from Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slave to the Smetana Piano Trio. Homemade Chocolate cups, lemon bars and Italian Sodas will follow.
Mariah's Musicianship Mastery Camp Performances
June 9th, 3pm
June 17th, 3pm
@ Musicianship Mastery Camp Studio, 548 E Crescent Dr. Palo Alto, CA 94301
Free of charge
The Musicianship Mastery Camp Students will present their compositions and perform several group numbers as they complete their week-long camp! One of the featured songs will be Indonesian folk song Yamko!
My Shepherd - Harp with Palo Alto Ward Choir
June 11th, 1:00pm
@ 3865 Middlefield Rd. Palo Alto, CA
Alongside Palo Alto musicians L. Watkins and M. Hancock, I will be accompanying the choir on the harp for services.
Unaccompanied Violin Hymn series in Melun, FR
May 8th, 2pm
May 26th, 4pm
@ 10 Rue de Dammarie, MELUN 77000, France
I’ll be performing unaccompanied violin sets based on traditional hymns as part of sacred services in Melun, where I served as a missionary in 2010.
Paris Temple Dedication Fireside
May 13th, 7:00pm
@ 12, rue Saint Merri, Paris 4ème
As a part of the preparations for the Mormon Temple in Paris, I have composed a sonata for violin and piano drawn from Elgar’s Enigma variations and the Mormon Children’s song, I Love to See the Temple. I will be performing it as part of the conference “Le Temple, trait d’union entre Dieu et les hommes” with E. Cuche on the piano.
Weber and Mendelssohn with Vicenza's Philharmonic
Sunday May 7th, 2pm
@ Villa Ghislanzoni, VICENZA, Italy
As the final concert in the European Conducting Masterclass, I will conduct the Vicenza Philharmonic Orchestra in Weber’s Overture to Der Freischütz and Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony
SPRING 2017
Like Lightning: BU Women's Chorus sings of the Cancer Journey
March 20th, 8pm
@ Boston University, 855 Commonweath Ave, Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building
Free of charge
I’ll be conducting a piece-meal oratorio describing the emotional journey of the cancer plague. alongside Harris Ipock with BU Singers. Program includes Libby Larsen, Steven Hatfield, Antonio Lotti, and Ned Rorem.
Handel's Israel in Egypt
March 18rd, 8pm
@ Marsh Chapel, 755 Commonweath Ave, Boston
Free of charge
With Marsh Chapel’s choirs I will sing the famous Handel Oratorio telling Moses’s story of the deliverance of Israel in Egypt.
Treble Chorus Concert with Harvard's Radcliffe Choral Society
March 4th, 7:30pm
@ Cornell University Baylor Auditorium, Ithaca, NY
Free of charge
I will be singing with Harvard’s Radcliffe Choral Society and accompanying them on the violin and piano as needed for their program at the Collegiate Treble Choir Conference in beautiful Ithaca.
GVE Concert of Sacred Music
March 3rd, 11am
@ Boston University Marsh Chapel, 755 Commonweath Ave
Free of charge
I will be singing with other pre-professional vocalists and the great organ at Marsh Chapel. Repertoire includes Elgar, Finzi, Part, Fine, and Dove.
Considering Matthew Shepherd
February 5rd, 3pm
@ Boston Symphony Hall
Under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare presents his fusion oratorio/passion Considering Matthew Shepherd. We will join in for a little surprise at symphony hall, again bringing this tragic story to the front and preaching love and empathy.
Hebrew Violin Music with South Shore Children's Chorus
January 29th, 3:00pm
@ Quincy Point Congregational Church
I will be playing violin with the Hebrew songs with the big South Shore Childrens Chorus combined concert
FALL 2016
Bach with Handel & Haydn
September 23rd, 7:30pm
September 25th, 3:00pm
@ Symphony Hall, Boston
$25-$98 at http://handelandhaydn.org
Bach Magnificat: “Joyous, sublime, endlessly inventive, and profoundly inspiring, Bach’s Magnificat ranks among the master achievements of our civilization. Set alongside these other jewels of Bach’s genius, there is no better way to experience Harry Christophers and H+H doing what they do best.”
Voices 21C Pain & Promise
October 9th, 7:30pm
@ Boston University’s College of Fine Arts
Free of charge http://www.voices21c.org/
“The music chosen for this program explores the multiple dimensions of pain together with hope. Issues of war, death, longing are raised by pieces that make us disquieted and unsettled, but in other pieces, a redemptive view of humanity is offered.” I’ll be singing with André de Quadros’s touring group of singers, Voices 21C.
BU Women: Bartok to Monteverdi
October 22rd, 8pm
@ Boston University, 855 Commonweath Ave, Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building
Free of charge
I will be conducting BU Women’s Chorus in some Hungarian, Russian, Italian, German and English music in BU’s first semester of having a Women’s Chorus! We meet twice a week and are comprised of voice majors from all classes. We will be sharing the concert with the other voice majors in BU Singers, conducted by Harris Ipock.
GVE Concert 'Hope'
October 23rd, 8pm
@ Boston University, 855 Commonweath Ave, Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building
Free of charge
I’ll be conducting a set of American 20th century composers: Elliott Carter, Cecil Effinger, and Halsey Stevens on Sorrow and Hope. “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all…” The choir is conducted by several conducting DMA and MM students, consisting of 16 paid young professionals. I’ll also be accompanying some Brahms Zigeunerlieder.
BU Women's Chorus Winter Concert
November 19th, 8pm
@ Boston University, 855 Commonweath Ave, Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building
Free of charge
I’ll be conducting my recital with BU Women’s Chorus in their Winter program, alongside Harris Ipock with BU Singers. Program TBD.
Berlioz Missa Solennelle with Sounds of Stow
November 20th, 3:00pm
@ Hale School in Stow, MA
Donations encouraged soundsofstow.org.
I will be the Soprano soloist for their Berlioz Missa Solennelle with the chorus and orchestra of The Sounds of Stow: “Exciting, dramatic, beautiful; an early work thought lost after its 1824 performance, but rediscovered in 1991.”
Messiah at Symphony Hall
November 25th at 7:30pm
November 26th at 3:00pm
November 27th at 3:00pm
@ Symphony Hall in Boston
$20-$150 http://handelandhaydn.org
“There may be no conductor who has a better sense for ‘Messiah’ than Harry Christophers.” –Boston Classical Review
an annual tradition for more than 160 years, “A confluence of superb conducting, splendid singing and orchestral distinction made it the finest performance of Messiah.” –NewBostonPost
Messiah Sing-a-long with the Mormons
December 2, 7:30pm
@ Belmont Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints
15 Ledgewood Pl, Belmont, MA 02478
Free and scores provided
For the last 30 years or so, the Mormons in Boston put on a big Messiah sing-a-long at the building in Belmont. Sarah Houghton and I will split the conducting time with a volunteer orchestra and a choir of everyone that shows up!
GVE Winter Concert
December 11th, 8pm
@ Boston University’s College of Fine Arts
Free of Charge
Boston’s Graduate Vocal Ensemble, made up of paid vocal graduate students, completes its semester with a final concert. Repertoire TBD, I’ll be accompanying.