Two Hundred Forty-Second Program of the 2013-14 Season ______Indiana University Jacobs School of Music presents ESTHER, HWV 50a AN ORATORIO, OR SACRED DRAMA. THE MUSICK As it was Composed for the Most Noble JAMES DUKE OF CHANDOS by GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) First reconstructable version, 1720 (Cannons) An oratorio in Three Acts English Words attributed to John Arbuthnot (1667-1735) Performed in the critical edition published by Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1995. Edited by Howard Serwer.
Pro Arte Singers 2013 Joshi Handel Project Baroque Orchestra William Jon Gray, Conductor Juan Carlos Zamudio, Leader Eiddwen Harrhy, Guest Coach
These performances are made possible in part by the Georgina Joshi Foundation, Inc. ______Auer Concert Hall Wednesday, October 30, 8:00 p.m. Thursday, October 31, 8:00 p.m. National Collegiate Choral Organization Fifth Conference The Cathedral of t.S John the Baptist Charleston, S.C. Saturday, November 2, 8:00 p.m. music.indiana.edu DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. Pro Arte Singers Esther, Queen of Persia ...... Elizabeth Toy, Soprano Assuerus, King of Persia (Xerxes I) ...... Brendon Marsh, Tenor Haman, Prime Minister of Persia ...... Adam Walton, Bass-Baritone Priest of the Israelites Sarah Ballman, Mezzo-Soprano Mordecai, Esther’s adoptive father Francisco Ortega, Tenor 1st Israelite Woman Katelyn Lee, Soprano 2nd Israelite Woman ...... Angela Yoon, Soprano 3rd Israelite Woman Jane Rownd, Mezzo-Soprano 1st Israelite Man ...... Christopher Sokolowski, Tenor Officer in the King’s Palace/2nd Israelite Man . . . . . Malcolm Cooper, Tenor Harbonah (Persian Officer)/3rd Israelite Man . . . . Zachary Coates, Baritone
2013 Joshi Handel Project Baroque Orchestra Violin I ...... Juan Carlos Zamudio (Leader), Maria Romero, Toma Iliev Violin II Augusta McKay Lodge, Reynaldo Patino, Shan Jiang Viola ...... Vanessa Castillo Cello ...... Cole Tutino Bass ...... Eric David Fisher Harp ...... Alexandra Mullins Oboe ...... Sarah Huebsch Bassoon ...... Kelsey Schilling, Charles Wines Horn ...... Burke Anderson, Kevin Miescke Trumpet Zachary Kingins, Lena Console Harpsichord William Jon Gray Organ Alice Baldwin Librarian ...... Mariel Stauff The Artists Conductor Conductor William Jon Gray is the former chair of the Choral Department at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he directs the Pro Arte Singers—the University’s internationally recognized early music chamber choir—and teaches graduate- level conducting, choral literature, and score reading. He was named chorus director of Chicago’s Music of the Baroque in 2010, collaborating with conductors Jane Glover and Nicholas Kraemer. Gray has been associate conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival in California, leading major choral and orchestra works and preparing performances with internationally renowned conductor Bruno Weil. He has also been assistant conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. Gray has made guest appearances with orchestras and at festivals around the United States, including the Handel and Haydn Society, Princeton Festival, National Chamber Orchestra, Billings Symphony, and the Lafayette Symphony. He has appeared as guest director of the professional chorus of Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival, collaborating with Carlos Kalmar in performances of Dvořák’s Requiem and The Spectre’s Bride, as well as Haydn’s The Seasons. He has prepared choruses for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the National Chamber Orchestra, and he formerly served as faculty director of opera choruses for IU Opera Theater, collaborating with such notable directors as Tito Capobianco (La Traviata), Colin Graham (Peter Grimes), Vincent Liotta (A View from the Bridge), and Tomer Zvulun (Faust). Gray served as artistic director of the Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra of Washington, D.C. from 1986 to 1993 and was artistic director of the Bach Chorale Singers from 1994 to 2010, conducting more than 100 performances of major choral works. With the Bach Chorale Singers, he received national critical acclaim for the commercially released recording In Praise of the Organ: Latin Choral and Organ Music of Zoltán Kodály. In November 2012, Jubilate, a new recording of early and modern Christmas music was released featuring the professional chorus and orchestra of Chicago’s Music of the Baroque. Gray studied at Indiana University, New England Conservatory, Boston University, and The Juilliard School. He performed frequently with Robert Shaw as a member of the Robert Shaw Festival Singers, both in recordings and in concerts in France and at Carnegie Hall.
Assuerus Tenor Brendon Marsh, of North Carolina, received his bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from the University of Kentucky in 2008. After a short stint in the culinary arts, Marsh made his IU Opera Theater debut as Tony in A View from the Bridge. He is currently completing his master’s degree at Indiana University, and has also appeared as the Majordomo of the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier and Danilo Danilovich in The Merry Widow. In the spring of 2011, he performed the role of the Evangelist in J. S. Bach’s Johannespassion with the Pro Arte Singers. He studies with Patricia Stiles. Esther Elizabeth Toy, soprano, completed her master’s degree at Indiana University and is in the second year of her doctoral studies here. She performed the title role in The Merry Widow and Catherine in Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge, and created the role of Sien in the world premiere of Bernard Rand’s Vincent with IU Opera Theater. Toy received her Bachelor of Music degree from Michigan State University, where she performed several roles with Michigan State Opera Theatre, including in the university premiere of Daniel Catan’s Florencia en el Amazonas (Rosalba), Candide (Cunegonde), Le Nozze di Figaro (Susanna), and the title roles in Susannah and Romeo et Juliette. Toy has appeared as soloist in the Jackson Symphony Pops series, in Handel’s Dixit Dominus with the Lansing Symphony, and in new music concerts with the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble at IU. She is the most recent winner of the Lexington Bach Choir Audrey Rooney Vocal Competition and is a student of Costanza Cuccaro.
Haman Bass-baritone Adam Walton, a native of Orem, Utah, is a doctoral student pursuing his degree in voice performance with Costanza Cuccaro. He received his bachelor’s degree at Brigham Young University, where he was named the 2009 male singer of the year. He received his master’s degree from Indiana University. He has spent several recent summers working with the Caramoor Bel Canto Young Artist Program. His stage credits include Dr. Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro), the four villains (The Tales of Hoffman), Simone (Gianni Schicchi), Gauguin (Vincent), Su Cu (The Tale of Lady ịTh Kính), Marco (A View from the Bridge), Superintendent Budd (Albert Herring), Leporello (Don Giovanni), and most recently Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro).
Priest of the Israelites Mezzo-soprano Sarah Ballman, from Eagle Grove, Iowa, is currently pursuing a Doctor of Music in Voice Performance at Indiana University, where she studies with Patricia Havranek. Ballman received her Bachelor of Arts in Voice with honors at South Dakota State University (SDSU) in Brookings, S.D., in 2009, where she studied with Emily Wood Toronto. Throughout her years at SDSU, Ballman performed in many opera scenes, including Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Angelina), Bizet’s Carmen (Carmen), and Mozart’s The Magic Flute (Pamina). She also performed the role of Olga in the world premiere of the chamber opera The Trickster and the Troll, written by Kristen Kuster, with the Heartland Opera Troupe in 2008. She received her Master of Music in Voice Performance from Indiana University last December. At IU, Ballman has performed with the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble and was chosen as the mezzo-soprano soloist for Aaron Copland’s In the Beginning, performed in Chicago at the KAM Isaiah Israel Synagogue in 2010 with the choir. Ballman has performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra as the alto soloist for George Frideric Handel’s Messiah and with the Bloomington Chamber Singers as the alto soloist for Ludwig van Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. Her roles with IU Opera Theater include Una Conversa in Puccini’sSuor Angelica, Octavian in Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, Prince Charmant in Jules Massenet’s Cendrillon, and Nefertiti in Philip Glass’ Akhnaten. Next February, Ballman will be performing the title role in the world premiere of P.Q. Phan’s The Tale of Lady Thị Kính with IU Opera Theater. Mordecai Ecuadorian tenor Francisco Ortega Huerta is a second-year undergraduate student at the Jacobs School of Music as a student of Robert Harrison. In his hometown, he took voice lessons with soprano Beatriz Parra (2007-11) and Lissandro Loor (2011). In Ecuador, he played the comic roles of Damian and Capo in full productions of the zarzuelas La del Soto del Parral and La del Manojo de Rosas. In 2011, he won first prize in the FROM-A Young Talents Competition in Ecuador and was a semifinalist in the Concurso Ciudad de Trujillo in Peru. After completing his law studies in Ecuador, he was admitted to the Jacobs School of Music, where he received the Premier Young Artist Award and the Anthony and Olimpia Barbera Latin American Music Scholarship Fund. At IU, he has performed frequently with the Roundabout Opera for Kids community program directed by Kim Carballo. He has been seen in IU Latin American Music Center performances, and, last summer, he took part in Patricia Stiles’ opera workshop. He recently sang the role of Don Curzio in IU Opera Theater’s production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. Future engagements include singing the role of Mordecai in the Joshi Handel Project’s production of Esther, with William Jon Gray conducting, and a Valentine zarzuela concert with the Latin American Music Center.
1st Israelite Woman Soprano Katelyn Lee is a native of Springfield, Mo., currently pursuing a Doctor of Music in Voice Performance at Indiana University. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College–Conservatory of Music, where she performed the roles of Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte,Fire in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortileges, and Diana in Offenbach’sOrpheus in the Underworld. With IU Opera Theater, Lee has performed many roles, including Queen of the Night, Sister Genevieve in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Cunegonde in Bernstein’s Candide, Romilda in Handel’s Xerxes, and Madame Goldentrill in Mozart’s The Impresario.Professional credits include the role of Frog Juror in Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland as an Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Gerdine Young Artist. Lee premiered the role of Thi Mau in P. Q. Phan’s opera, The Tale of Lady ịTh Kính. In December, she will join the ensemble of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s Duke Energy Yuletide Celebration. She will perform the role of Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Springfield Regional Opera early next year. Lee is a frequent soloist in choral works and oratorio with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. She has been featured in works such as Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus and Dixit Dominus, as well as Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610. She is a student of Costanza Cuccaro.
2nd Israelite Woman Coloratura soprano Angela Yoon is a native of South Korea. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Music degree studying under Robert Harrison at Indiana University, where she is also an assistant instructor in the Voice Department. Yoon earned her bachelor’s degree from Baylor University, where she studied with Robert Best. Prior to Baylor, she studied at McLennan College with Lise Uhl. Previous roles in operas and scenes have included Fairy Godmother (Cendrillon), Frasquita (Carmen), Madame Goldentrill (Impresario), Königin der Nacht (Die Zauberflöte), Sandman (Hansel and Gretel), Plaintiff (Trial by Jury), and Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance). As soloist, Yoon has been featured in Haydn’s Nelson Mass, Willcock’s Magnificat, Allegri’s Miserere, Bach’s St. John Passion, Perez-Velazquez’s Ídolos del Sueño, and Haydn’s Missa Brevis St. Joannis de Deo. Yoon was invited by McLennan Community College to open the All-Steinway Concert Series and to perform a full recital at Dallas Steinway Hall. Early next year, she will perform the role of Thi Mao in the world premiere of P. Q. Phan’s The Tale of Lady ịTh Kính.
3rd Israelite Woman A native of Hammond, La., mezzo-soprano Jane Rownd is pursuing a doctoral degree under the tutelage of Scharmal Schrock. She has been seen in IU Opera Theater’s, Le Nozze di Figaro (Marcellina), Cendrillon (Mme. de la Haltière), Albert Herring (Mrs. Herring), Little Women (Meg March), and Lucia di Lammermoor (Alisa). Her previous stage credits include Le Nozze di Figaro (Cherubino), Die Fledermaus (Prince Orlovsky), and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Domina). On the concert stage, she has been a featured soloist in Bernard Rands’ “now, again” with the IU New Music Ensemble, Duruflé’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, and Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Vesperae de Dominica. Rownd holds a Master of Music degree from the Jacobs School and received her Bachelor of Music degree with honors from Southeastern Louisiana University, where she studied with Scharmal Schrock and David Bernard.
1st Israelite Man Born in New York’s Hudson Valley, tenor Christopher Sokolowski is a master’s student at the Jacobs School of Music where he is an associate instructor of voice. He is a frequent soloist of oratorio and concert repertoire and has collaborated with choruses and orchestras in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Indiana. He has performed works including Mozart’s Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Vaughan William’s On Wenlock Edge, Handel’s Messiah, Purcell Odes (with the NY Metamorphoses Orchestra), Weber’s Jubelmesse, Magnificats of J.S. Bach, J.C. Bach, and Vivaldi (with the Bach-Handel Festival Orchestra), and Telemann’s Der Tag des Gerichts (with the Purchase Camerata ensemble). On the opera stage, he has performed the roles of Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) in Weimar, Germany, Alfred (Die Fledermaus), the Witch (Hänsel und Gretel), Le Mari (Les Mamelles de Tirésias), Remendado (Carmen), and Kaspar (Amahl and the Nightvisitors). Most recently, he created the role of Antinous in a workshop performance in Manhattan of Clint Borzoni’s new opera Antinous and Hadrian (in collaboration with NYC’s “operamission” and the Queer Urban Orchestra). Later this year, he will sing Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Winona Oratorio Chorus in Minnesota, and early next year, he will make his IU Opera Theater debut creating the role of Thien Si in the world premiere of P.Q. Phan’s opera The Tale of Lady Thị Kính at the Jacobs School. He received his Bachelor of Music magna cum laude from SUNY Purchase where he studied with tenor Jacque Trussel.
Officer in the King’s Palace/2nd Israelite Man Tenor and educator Malcolm Cooper is a New Jersey native who enjoys musical projects of any kind. With the University of Delaware Opera Theatre, he performed such varied roles as Mayor Upfold in Albert Herring (Britten), and Alfred in Die Fledermaus (Strauss). With the Roundabout Opera for Kids at Indiana University, Cooper has performed as the Lion in Mooch the Magnificent (Bernofsky) and as Roble, Pete, and Asombro in their current production of Ana y su Sombra (Ortiz). He recently traveled to Chennai, India, where he was recorded as the tenor soloist in Shanmuga Kavacham, a new choral work by Ganesh B. Kumar. A certified teacher, Malcolm considers teaching and sharing music as one of life’s privileges. Malcolm earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Delaware. He is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree in Voice at the Jacobs School, where he is a student of Robert Harrison.
Harbonah (Persian Officer)/3rd Israelite Man Baritone Zachary Coates received his Bachelor in Voice Performance degree at Westminster Choir College of Rider University and his Master of Music degree at Indiana University, where he is currently a doctoral candidate. This summer, he was a young artist with Opera North, where he performed the role of John Brooke in Mark Adamo’s Little Women. At the Jacobs School, Coates has been seen in the roles of Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Aye (Akhnaten), Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Sid (Albert Herring), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Wagner (Faust), and the Gallery Director (Vincent). He has also appeared with Westminster Opera Theater, singing Golaud (Pelleas et Melisande), the Father (Hansel and Gretel), the Marquis de la Force (Les Dialogues des Carmélites), and Pinellino (Gianni Schicchi), and with the Princeton Amateur Society, singing King Melchior (Amahl and the Night Visitors). Coates also has many concert credits to his name, including the Fauré Requiem with the Indiana University Chorale, the Mozart Requiem with the Westminster Symphonic Choir, and Haydn’s Mass in Time of War with the American Classical Orchestra. He studies with Andreas Poulimenos.
Pro Arte Singers Pro Arte Singers is the top, professional-level vocal ensemble in the Jacobs School of Music. It is an elite chamber ensemble of experienced singers in which the artistic, vocal, and musical contributions of each individual singer are emphasized and of vital importance to the musical success of the ensemble. Pro Arte works in short, concentrated and fast moving rehearsal periods on challenging repertoire. Singers come to rehearsal prepared and ready to work on the subtleties of a highly artistic performance without spending unnecessary time in note- teaching. Vocal soloists for major works are most often chosen from within the ensemble. A friendly and diverse group of musical colleagues, Pro Arte’s roster includes both undergraduate and graduate students from all of the departments of the School of Music, including: voice, organ, piano, music theory, music history, early music, music education, and instrumental studies. The Georgina Joshi Foundation, Inc. Handel Underwriting Through the vision of Georgina’s mother, Louise Addicott-Joshi, The Georgina Joshi Foundation, Inc., was established in 2007 as a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation to provide, among other things, educational and career development opportunities for young musicians and to encourage and support the public performance of music. – let music flow and surround the world let humanity be drown in beautiful music – George Frideric Handel, a German-English baroque composer, was famous for his operas, oratorios, and concerti grossi. He was strongly influenced by the techniques of the great composers of the Italian baroque period and English composer Henry Purcell. Handel’s music was well known to many composers, including Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. His body of work includes 42 operas, 29 oratorios, more than 120 cantatas, trios and duets, numerous arias, chamber music, and 16 organ concerti. His most well-known works include Messiah, Giulio Cesare, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Because of the variety of musical styles, vocal ranges, and musical instruments used in Handel’s works, it is important for students preparing for a career in opera performance to be well versed in, and comfortable with, singing his music. This performance of Handel’s Esther is underwritten by the Georgina Joshi Handelian Fund, which is administered by The Georgina Joshi Foundation, Inc., and the Indiana University Foundation. The Georgina Joshi Handelian Fund was established to encourage and support the student performance of Handel’s operas and oratorios. It is the goal of The Georgina Joshi Foundation, Inc., that Jacobs School of Music students be able to study and perform major works of Handel every year. Through the generosity of the Georgina Joshi Foundation, Inc., the Jacobs School of Music has been able to produce two fully-staged Handel operas to date: Giulio Cesare in 2009, and Xerxes in 2013. The Foundation also underwrote the cost of bringing noted opera conductor Gary Thor Wedow to the Jacobs School to conduct the performances. Since its inception, the Foundation has funded the production of Handel’s oratorio Judas Maccabaeus, as well as our current performances of Esther. In each case, the Foundation was instrumental in bringing to the Jacobs School renowned Welsh soprano and Handel expert Eiddwen Harrhy to conduct several days of coaching for the students preparing the performances.
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