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BLUE
NOTES FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2007
This evening, the
Music Director Search Committee is pleased to welcome the first two
of the eight applicants who will be conducting rehearsals of both Gloria and Elijah.
At the end of each session, all members are asked to complete the
evaluation forms they have been given. Here are brief introductions
to these two gentlemen:
J. David Štech
David earned a
master’s degree in orchestral conducting from Northwestern
University and a BA in organ performance and choral conducting at
California State University, Chico. In 2003 he was awarded the Leonard
Bernstein Fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Center, where he studied
conducting with Kurt Masur, Christoph von Dohnányi, and Michael Morgan,
former assistant conductor of the CSO. David is music director of
the American Opera Group and the Chicago Choral Artists. He is also
music director and organist of the United Church of Hyde Park, vocal
coach at Roosevelt University, and staff accompanist at Roosevelt
University, DePaul University, and the Chicago Children’s Choir,
where he also serves as assistant conductor.
Dan Robinson
Dan earned a DMA
in orchestra conducting and an MA in musicology at Stanford University.
He holds a BA from Harvard. He currently directs two choirs at St.
John Cantius in Chicago and is directing music for a show at City
Lit in Chicago. He has been a guest conductor for Bella Voce, and
music director for the Savoy-Aires and PARIGASS, a Gilbert and Sullivan
group in Park Ridge. He was founder of Basically Bach, a professional
period instrument orchestra and chorus, and served as its music director
throughout its eight-year existence. Other past positions include
assistant professor of music at Kenyon College and the College of
Wooster, both in Ohio. He also was founder and music director of
the Stanford Savoyards, which is still going strong.
Next Tuesday, two
more applicants will be present (at Trinity!) to rehearse with us.
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These thirty-three
singers had perfect attendance at all regular rehearsals for the
November 11 concert: Marcia Bollo, Bob Brotman, Wylie Crawford, David
Crumrine, Susan Demaree, Antje Draganski, Andrew Fisher, Lucinda
Fuller, Debbie Geismar, Rose Gomez, Anthony Green, Judith Greene,
Diane Haubrich, Mary Ann Kissock, Karl Kroeger, Marie Kroeger, Anne
Lindahl, Renata Lowe, Julie McDowell, Megan McPeak, Joan Merchan,
Donna Nitahara, Karen Rigotti, Kay Rossiter, Sally Ryan, Phoebe Segal,
Kathryn Skelton, Eleanor Skydell, Roxann Specht, John Summerhays,
Jean Thompson, Kathy Tolisano, and Steve Warner.
CDs of the November
11 performance may be ordered his evening from Anthony Green.
A major attempt
is being made to get everyone’s email address up and running. If
you did not receive an email regarding this evening’s rehearsal,
please accept Len Barker’s sincere apologies and let him know
so the problem can be remedied.
Thanks to Wylie
Crawford for opening his home to us last Tuesday evening for the
listening party—and to those of us who provided such fine sustenance.
Donald will conduct
the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah at 3:00
P.M. on Sunday, December 2, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Highland
Park. Everyone is welcome to attend and sing along.
Also on December
2, Donald will conduct the Choir of The Village Presbyterian Church
of Northbrook in Vivaldi’s Gloria at both the 9:00
and 10:30 services.
The Season
of Light is the name
of chicagoacappella’s concerts on December 2, 7,
8, and 9. For more information or tickets: www.chicagoacappella.org.
Chicago Children’s
Choir presents Songs of the Season on Sunday, December 9,
at 3:00 P.M., at the Harris Theater, 205 Randolph Street. For tickets:
312/334-7777 or www.harristheaterchicago.org.
A Presbyterian
church in a northern suburb is looking for a tenor/section leader
with significant training and experience as both a soloist and an
ensemble singer, the willingness to blend with a small amateur choir,
reliability, and appreciation for music in church. Classical style
repertoire is performed along with some lighter styles and spirituals.
Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings, and on Sunday mornings at 8:45
to prepare for 9:45 services. A few extra services are held at Christmas,
on Ash Wednesday, during Holy Week and on Easter. The season is from
early September to mid-June, with some additional solo opportunities
during the summer. Anyone interested in this paid position
should contact Music Director Kirin Nielson at kirin@winnpres.org
or 847/446-7777, ext. 24, to send a resume and schedule an audition.
For something in
next week’s Blue Notes, contact Len at lenpbarker@comcast.net
or 847/272-2351.
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Money
can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
If
flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the "Terminal"?
No
one ever says "It's only a game!" when their team is winning.
How
long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're
on.
Snowmen
fall from Heaven unassembled.
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