2019-2020 SEASON | Volume I, Issue III FLORIDA’S GRAMMY® NOMINATED VOCAL ENSEMBLE
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A LETTER FROM THE BOARD As we approach the completion of our 18th Season I am so very grateful to Seraphic Fire for providing a time and space where we all can experience peace, beauty, and in- spiration no matter our backgrounds, politics, or beliefs. This is our shared safe space to appreciate beautiful art, and I want to thank all of the people who make it possible through their contributions. Seraphic Fire is growing and evolving. We have ambitious goals for the future to assure that we share this amazing art with everyone who wants to experience it. Your contributions and purchase of season tickets allow us to plan for better and more engaging performances, so thank you for your support in all its forms. LOCATION SALES SERVICE 7815 SW 104TH St. 1-877-579-0775 1-866-372-8217 Miami, FL Mon.-Fri. 9am - 8pm Mon.-Fri. 7:30am - 7pm Thomas C. Boyd Sat. 8am - 5pm Sat. 9am - 6pm 2 | VOLUME I, ISSUE III Sun. Closed 3 Thomas| SEASON C. Boyd, EIGHTEEN Chair Sun. 11am - 5pm WilliamsonCadillac.com ©2019 General Motors. All Rights Reserved. Cadillac® A LETTER FROM OUR FOUNDER PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION Seraphic Fire is an ensemble for the thinking concertgoer. From music both ancient and contemporary, Seraphic Fire’s programs engage our listeners’ ears and minds 2019-2020 SCHEDULE in the aural treasures of history and today. Thank you for joining us for this ongoing musical adventure: we are most grateful to have you in the audience today. ABOUT THE PROGRAM Seraphic Fire’s Pre-Concert Conversation series is an adult education initiative offered at no additional cost to concertgoers. Patrick Dupré Quigley, Founder & Artistic Director Seraphic Fire Associate Conductor James K. Bass and other guest lecturers guide audiences through engaging discussions about the musicological and sociological issues surrounding the pieces being performed by the ensemble.
MARCH 2020 ABOUT SERAPHIC FIRE PATRICK DUPRÉ QUIGLEY NORTHERN LIGHTS: MUSIC OF SCANDINAVIA Seraphic Fire brings together professional vocal and Patrick Dupré Quigley is the Founder and Artistic Director instrumental artists from around the country to of Seraphic Fire. He has guest conducted Presentation by James K. Bass perform repertoire ranging from medieval San Francisco Symphony, The Cleveland chant and Baroque masterpieces to Orchestra, Utah Symphony, Indianapolis commissions by leading living Symphony Orchestra, Grand Rapids composers. The Seraphic Fire Symphony, and New World media catalog contains 16 Symphony, among others. This releases. In 2012, two of season, Quigley debuts with the ensemble’s recordings, the Philharmonia Baroque Brahms: Ein Deutsches Orchestra and New APRIL 2020 Requiem and A Seraphic Jersey Symphony. HANDEL: Fire Christmas, were In his 18 years as Artistic MESSIAH nominated for Director, Seraphic Fire Presentation by Brad Diamond GRAMMY® Awards. has grown to present an annual, multi-venue Seraphic Fire’s artistic subscription concert series. accomplishments also have Seraphic Fire’s multiple translated to partnerships educational outreach programs with The Cleveland Orchestra – including the Seraphic Fire and New World Symphony, Youth Initiative, Seraphic Fire- among others. At the forefront of UCLA Ensemble Artist Program, and MAY 2020 Seraphic Fire’s mission is a commitment the Professional Choral Institute at the to community well-being and musician Aspen Music Festival – reach thousands BIEBL: AVE MARIA – MUSIC FOR MEN’S CHORUS advancement through educational programs of students, from elementary to graduate school. Presentation by James K. Bass for South Florida’s underserved elementary students, as Quigley holds a master’s degree from the Yale School of Music, well as rising music professionals at University of Miami, Florida an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, and International University, UCLA, and the Aspen Music Festival has pursued further professional studies at the Lilly Family School of and School. Philanthropy’s Fundraising School.
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Seraphic Fire presents a concert of musical highlights from past seasons, including music that Vivaldi wrote for the famed Ospedale della Pietà, Monteverdi’s ravishing Selva Morale et Spirituale, and the joyous and rhythmic music of the Baroque traditions of Cuba, Peru, and Mexico. A highlight of this concert will be the world premiere of Alvaro Bermudez’s Danzas del Silencio for chorus and guitar, played by the composer. JUNE 17-20, 2020
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8 | VOLUME I, ISSUE III 9 | SEASON EIGHTEEN SOPRANO SARAH MOYER NOLA RICHARDSON City: Boston, MA City: New York, NY 2019-2020ARTIST ROSTER Seasons with SF: 5 Seasons with SF: 2 CAIT FRIZZELL Artistic Highlights: Artistic Highlights: Opera City: New York, NY Handel’s Messiah with Lafayette, Radamisto at the Seasons with SF: 3 Variant 6 + Bourbon Baroque, Kennedy Center, Grand Rapids Symphony, Artistic Highlights: soloist on the GRAMMY® nominated Skylark First Prize winner of the Linn Maxwell Keller Bach Debut solo recital at Weil “...a taut, mellifluous force.” CD Seven Words from the Cross, performing Competition, Bach Cantatas at Alice Tully Hall, Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, featured soloist with the Rolling Stones Arvo Pärt’s Passio, with Yale Schola Cantorum – Cleveland Plain Dealer alongside Dawn Upshaw and Stephanie Blythe for Phyllis Curtin’s memorial recital KATHRYN MUELLER MARGOT ROOD at the Tanglewood Festival, Barbara Bonney City: Raleigh, NC City: Alexandria, VA Lieder Prize Winner (AIMS Festival) Seasons with SF: 11 Seasons with SF: 9 Artistic Highlights: Artistic Highlights: SARA GUTTENBERG Singing Monteverdi’s Recording “La Paix” in CHORUS MASTER Vespers with Seraphic Fire in Charpentier’s Les Arts City: Byron, IL Mexico City’s cathedral and Palacio de Bellas Florissants with BEMF in Germany, singing Seasons with SF: 12 Artes, soloist for Mozart’s Vespers in Carnegie Stravinsky’s Threni with The Cleveland Artistic Highlights: Hall, Messiah as a soloist with Portland Orchestra, self-producing my debut solo Oregon Bach Festival, Baroque Orchestra under Monica Huggett, album of art song by Heather Gilligan, Mozart’s Requiem with Aspen Music Festival commission project and 3-week concert tour performing Polly Peachum in The Beggar’s and School, GRAMMY® winner of Indonesia with the Swara Sonora Trio Opera with Emmanuel Music
MOLLY NETTER REBECCA MYERS City: New York, NY City: Philadelphia, PA Seasons with SF: 3 Seasons with SF: 4 Artistic Highlights: Artistic Highlights: ARTIST Soloist in the US and Performing the world HIGHLIGHT Japanese premieres of premiere of Aniara with The CLARA OSOWSKI, ALTO David Lang’s Prayers for Night and Sleep, Crossing in Philadelphia, Amsterdam, and Base City: Minneapolis, MN roles in “Versailles” program and la Carnaval Helsinki, commissioning, producing and Seasons with SF: 4 de Venise at the 2017 BEMF festival, featured performing in Moonlite, a piece by Wally Gunn Clara Osowski, who sings “from on the recording of Charpentier’s Les Plaisirs with Variant 6, singing in a twelve voice inside the music with unaffected purity de Versailles & Les Arts Florissants (2019) as Messiah with Variant 6 and Bourbon Baroque, and sincerity” (UK Telegraph), is an active “la Poesie.” Role of “Joan of Arc” in Amy Beth performing in the world premiere of Julia soloist and chamber musician throughout Kirsten’s Savior with the Chicago Symphony Wolfe’s Fire in My Mouth with the New York the United States and Europe. Recognized Orchestra, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street Philharmonic for her excellence in Minnesota, Clara was a recipient of the prestigious 2018-2019 McKnight MOLLY QUINN BRENNA WELLS Artist Fellowships for Musicians administered by City: Chapel Hill, NC City: Seattle, WA MacPhail Center for Music. She has won several Seasons with SF: 8 Seasons with SF: 5 awards in international song competitions with Artistic Highlights: Artistic Highlights: pianist Tyler Wottrich, most recently Radio- Soloist in historic Soloist with the Aspen Canada People’s Choice Award and third place Shostakovich Hall in Festival Orchestra, soloist at at the 2018 Concours Musical International St Petersburg, Russia, singing backup for The the Aldeburgh Festival in England, soloist de Montréal. In addition to performing, Rolling Stones with the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Clara serves as the Associate Artistic Director of Source Song Festival. Please visit claraosowski.com for more information. For complete artist bios,10 please | VOLUME visit I, ISSUE www.SeraphicFire.org/About III 11 | SEASON EIGHTEEN STEFANIE MOORE AMANDA CRIDER ANDREW RADER KATE MARONEY PAUL JOHN RUDOI City: Los Angeles, CA City: Miami, FL City: Indianapolis, IN City: Brooklyn, NY City: Minneapolis, MN Seasons with SF: 3 Seasons with SF: 8 Seasons with SF: 1 Seasons with SF: 2 Seasons with SF: 3 Artistic Highlights: Artistic Highlights: Artistic Highlights: Artistic Highlights: Artistic Highlights: Soloist in Service Music and McKnight Fellowship, Italian trecento recording World Tour of Einstein Singing Bach and Bruckner Post-Service Concert at the Prize Winner at Das Lied, with Liber, The Gospel on the Beach, Missy Mazzoli’s alongside the Cleveland Interment of the Ashes of Matthew Shepard, Wigmore Hall, & CMIM Song Competitions, According to the Other Mary with Los Angeles Song From the Opera at Los Angeles Opera, Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst, Composer- singing Selections from Considering Matthew Metropolitan Opera Regional Finalist Philharmonic, Seven Days of Creation recital Carmel Bach Festival Adams Fellow, tour of in-Residence and Tenor Vocalist for the Santa Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson, Soprano Soloist Ireland with Gare Saint Lazare Ireland in an Fe Desert Chorale’s 2019 Summer Season, in Mozart’s Requiem, singing Vivaldi’s In furore DOUGLAS DODSON ELISA SUTHERLAND all-Beckett pastiche with music by Paul Clark Cantus premiere of Nico Muhly’s Luminous with Bach Collegium San Diego 2018 City: Boston, MA City: Brooklyn, NY Body with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Seasons with SF: 6 Seasons with SF: 3 JANE LONG Artistic Highlights: Artistic Highlights: TENOR STEVEN SOPH City: Seattle, WA Messiah with Charlotte Performing Julia Wolfe’s City: Philadelphia, PA Seasons with SF: 1 Symphony and South Dakota Fire In My Mouth with The STEVEN BRADSHAW Seasons with SF: 9 Artistic Highlights: Symphony, roles with Boston Baroque and Crossing and the New York Philharmonic, City: Philadelphia, PA Artistic Highlights: Buxtehude’s Jesu Membra Chicago Opera Theater, international debut performing a 12-voice Handel’s Messiah Seasons with SF: 5 Stravinsky’s Threni with Nostri with Alexander Weimann, with Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, with my ensemble, Variant 6 & Bourbon Artistic Highlights: The Cleveland Orchestra, collaborative and innovative performances 3-day Jeopardy! champion Baroque, premiering Moonlite, a new Premier of Ted Hearne’s Bach, Handel, and Purcell with Philharmonia with Arkora Music Collective, Dido in Dido and oratorio by Wally Gunn with Variant 6 and PLACE at BAM, 300 Baroque Orchestra, Mozart’s Requiem with Aenaes, Purcell Tour of Vivaldi’s Magnificat MARGARET LIAS Mobius Percussion performances of Lifespan by David Lang, The Cleveland Orchestra,Evangelist in and Gloria with an all-women ensemble led by City: Boston, MA GRAMMY® win for Bryars’ The 5th Century Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Charlotte Monica Huggett Seasons with SF: 6 VIRGINIA WARNKEN Bach Festival Artistic Highlights: City: Branford, CT ANDREW CRANE Solo debut with the Seasons with SF: 8 City: American Fork, UT NICK KARAGEORGIOU CHELSEA HELM ALTO Cleveland Orchestra in 2017, Artistic Highlights: Seasons with SF: 3 City: New York, NY City: New York, NY performing John Harbison’s The Supper at 2014 GRAMMY® Award for Artistic Highlights: Seasons with SF: 1 Seasons with SF: 2 LUTHIEN BRACKETT Emmaus with John conducting in 2019, Best Chamber Album, Conducted Brigham Young Artistic Highlights: Artistic Highlights: City: London, UK participating in the Kuhmo Chamber Music featured soloist with the New York University Singers at the LA Opera/Prototype St. Matthew Passion with Seasons with SF: 6 Festival in Kuhmo, Finland in 2015 Philharmonic, performances with Los national conference of ACDA, conducted Festival/Trinity Wall Street the Charlotte Bach Festival, Artistic Highlights: and 2016 Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco world premiere performance of composer collaboration of Ellen Reid’s under the direction of Scott Allen Jarrett, Performing with The Symphony Ivo Antognini’s major choral/orchestral work Pulitzer Prize-winning opera, p r i s m, “Bach Plus,” a program of Bach Motets and Monteverdi Choir at the BBC EMILY MARVOSH A Prayer for Mother Earth at Carnegie Hall, International Tour to South Korea and China compositions by Ted Hearne with Conspirare, Proms, Performing the Russian premiere of City: Boston, MA KIMBERLY LEEDS Tenor solos in Mozart’s Requiem with the with Cantus, tenor Soloist of Bach’s BWV 5 singing the role of Norina in Donizetti’s Don Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week with the Seasons with SF: 13 City: Boston, MA Santa Fe Desert Chorale alongside mezzo- under Julian Wachner at Trinity Wall Street, Pasquale with the Janiec Opera Company, Clarion Choir at the Grand Hall Philharmonic Artistic Highlights: Seasons with SF: 1 soprano soloist Susan Graham, performed member of Seraphic Fire concerts in Sun recording a Downbeat-award-winning album of in St. Petersburg, solo début at Lincoln Messiah soloist with the Artistic Highlights: with Seraphic Fire as part of the inaugural Valley, ID, performing Perotin’s Sederunt original arrangements with vocal jazz quartet Center’s Alice Tully Hall in Handel’s Messiah Handel and Haydn Society, Winning the 2016 Professional Choral Institute at the Aspen Four Corners with the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, winning European solo debut with the Chorus of Westerly, Tafelmusik Vocal Competition, Music Festival GREGORIO TANAGUCHI first place in the 2008 Tolosa International David Lang’s Little Match Girl Passion, St. John working with Philip Herreweghe as a Britten City: New York, NY ARWEN MYERS Choral Competition with my group, Antioch Passion in Stuttgart with Helmuth Rilling Pears Young Artist, performing Julia Wolfe’s PATRICK MUEHLEISE Seasons with SF: 1 City: Portland, OR Fire in my Mouth with the Crossing in City: New York, NY Artistic Highlights: Seasons with SF: 1 collaboration with the NY Philharmonic, Seasons with SF: 10 Evangelist in Bach’s Artistic Highlights: and attending the Carmel Bach Festival Artistic Highlights: St. John Passion and Christmas Handel with Philharmonia as a Virginia Best Adams Fellow Monteverdi’s Vespers Oratorio, Eneas in Cavalli’s La Didone, Miles Baroque Orchestra, Bach & Purcell “Wonderfully crisp and celebratory” with Jane Glover, Reich’s Zegner in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up and with Portland Baroque Orchestra, Vivaldi, Desert Music with New World Symphony, Septimius in Handel’s Theodora Monteverdi & Gabrieli with Early Music Vancouver, – The Washington Post Mozart’s Requiem at Aspen Music Festival Singing Handel & Bach with Oregon Bach Festival
12 | VOLUME I, ISSUE III 13 | SEASON EIGHTEEN BASS JAMES K. BASS ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR City: Los Angeles, CA GUEST ARTISTS JOHN BUFFET Seasons with SF: 17 City: Los Angeles, CA Artistic Highlights: Seasons with SF: 8 Director of Choral Studies at the Artistic Highlights: Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA, Artistic LA Master Chorale, Bach Director of the Long Beach Camerata Singers Collegium San Diego, Santa Fe ARTIST Desert Chorale, Pacific Chorale CAMERON BEAUCHAMP HIGHLIGHT City: San Antonio, TX STEVEN EDDY BRAD DIAMOND, TENOR Seasons with SF: 11 Base City: Birmingham, AL City: New York, NY Artistic Highlights: Seasons with SF: 8 Seasons with SF: 4 Performed on three Brad Diamond is equally adept in the Artistic Highlights: GRAMMY® Award-winning genres of opera, oratorio, and song literature. New York Philharmonic albums, ten GRAMMY® - nominated albums, Diamond has presented more than 400 solo debut, June 2019, 1st prize and one Downbeat Award-winning album vocal performances in works by Cavalli, winner of the Oratorio Society of New York Monteverdi, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, RAGNAR BOHLIN JAMES K. BASS MELISSA D’ALBORA Competition, Concerts with Seraphic Fire, Beethoven, Schubert, Rossini, Berlioz, Orff, MICHAEL HAWES Guest Conductor Guest Conductor Student Composer Philharmonic Baroque, True Concord Voices & Bartok, Janacek and Britten with symphony City: Chicago, IL orchestras and opera companies across Orchestra, and American Classical Orchestra ® Seasons with SF: 2 North America and Europe. He completed Ragnar Bohlin is renowned as one of the leading James K. Bass, three-time GRAMMY nominated Melissa D’Albora began her music studies at Artistic Highlights: choral conductors of the world. He was named conductor and singer, currently serves as the the age of seven on the piano. At 14, she began CHARLES WESLEY EVANS his Bachelor of Music at Westminster Clarion Choir, MET Gala, Director of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus Director of Choral Studies at the Herb Alpert playing viola. Since her early studies on viola, City: Iowa City, IA Choir College in Princeton, NJ in 1991. Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, Verdi Requiem He received his master’s and doctoral in 2007, conducting them regularly in such School of Music at UCLA and is the Artistic she has performed many works ranging from Seasons with SF: 9 degrees from the University of pieces as Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, Director of the Long Beach Camerata Singers. Bach Cello Suites to Harbison’s Mirabai Songs. Artistic Highlights: KYLE FERRILL Cincinnati’s College Conservatory Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and the B Minor Mass He has prepared choirs for some of the most D’Albora’s works have been performed along the Finalist at Mobile Opera City: Memphis, TN of Music. Diamond is assistant and preparing this ensemble for performances important conductors of our time including Sir East Coast. One of her later performances was Auditions, Finalistin the Seasons with SF: 6 professor of voice at under internationally renowned conductors. His Colin Davis, Sir David Willcocks, Michael Tilson her work I Am Waiting in Coral Gables, Florida on Orpheus National Vocal Competition Artistic Highlights: Samford University in outstanding work has been recognized with three Thomas, Gerard Schwarz, Giancarlo Guerrero, February 24, 2018. Since January 2018, she has Birmingham, AL. Orchestral soloist GRAMMY® Awards for Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 and Robert Shaw among others. He was selected received six commissions. Three commissions ENRICO LAGASCA appearances include the with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco by the master conductor of the Amsterdam were educational from the Frost Preparatory City: New York, NY Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony including Best Classical Album and Best Baroque Soloists, Ton Koopman, to be one of Program, Walter C. Young Middle School, and Seasons with SF: 3 Pops, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s Choral Performance of 2009. only 20 singers for a presentation of Cantatas Coral Gables Senior High School. The most recent Artistic Highlights: by J.S. Bach at Carnegie Hall. He has appeared commission is Perception of Sound for violinist Season performances Mr. Bohlin studied conducting with Jorma Panula as a soloist on a GRAMMY® nominated recording Kendall Grady’s string quartet. include Conspirare and and the legendary choir director, Eric Ericson, with the Austin, TX based choir Conspirare and Seraphic Fire, the New York Philharmonic, piano with Peter Feuchtwanger in London on a has performed with numerous professional vocal D’Albora holds two Bachelor of Music degrees Pacific Symphony and Israel Philharmonic INSTRUMENTALISTS British Council scholarship, and singing with the ensembles, orchestras, and festivals. in viola performance and composition from the Orchestra. Appearances in the Salzburg great Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda. He holds a University of Connecticut. She received her Master Festival, Oregon Bach Festival, Mostly Mozart CHLOE FEDOR, VIOLIN MEG OWENS, OBOE/RECORDER master’s degree in organ and conducting and a Bass also serves as Associate Conductor for in Music Composition at the University of Miami Festival and Bard Summerscape Festival KATIE HYUN, VIOLIN JOE MONTICELLO, FLUTE EDSON SCHEID DE ANDRADE, VIOLIN JUSTIN BLACKWELL, ORGAN degree in conducting from the Royal Academy of Seraphic Fire and serves as Associate Program Frost School of Music. Her composition mentors ISABELLE SEULA LEE, VIOLIN JOHN LENTI, LUTE Music in Stockholm. Mr. Bohlin in on the faculty Director and faculty for the Professional Choral have been Dr. Kenneth Fuchs, Dr. Augusta Read THOMAS MCCARGAR KYLE MILLER, VIOLA MARY BOWDEN, TRUMPET of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He Institute at the Aspen Music Festival and School. Thomas, Dr. Christopher Theofanidis, and Dr. City: New York, NY GUY FISHMAN, CELLO JOSH COHEN, TRUMPET has taught at the Royal Academy in Stockholm Bass received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree Dorothy Hindman. She is currently studying with Seasons with SF: 11 SARAH STONE, CELLO RHETT DEL CAMPO, TIMPANI and was Visiting Professor at Indiana University, from the University of Miami, where he was Dr. Mason while earning her D.M.A. in Composition Artistic Highlights: NATHANIEL CHASE, BASS SCOTT ALLEN JARRETT, PIANO Bloomington in 2008. In 2013 he was awarded a doctoral fellow and was a graduate of the at the Frost School of Music. Choir of Trinity Wall GEOFFREY BURGESS, OBOE/RECORDER LEON SCHELHASE, HARPSICHORD/PIANO the Swedish American Chambers of Commerce Interlochen Arts Academy. Street, Roomful of Teeth, Cultural Award. solos at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center
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PERFORMING ARTISTS SOPRANO BASS INSTRUMENTALISTS: A QUINTESSENTIAL Sara Guttenberg James K. Bass Edson Scheid de Andrade, Violin I CONCERT EXPERIENCE Stefanie Moore John Buffett Isabelle Seula Lee, Violin I Molly Netter Steven Eddy Katie Hyun, Violin I Margot Rood Chloe Fedor, Violin II UCLA ENSEMBLE Kyle Miller, Viola ALTO ARTISTS: Guy Fishman, Cello Amanda Crider Elisse Albian Nathaniel Chase, Bass Emily Marvosh Maia Sumanaweera John Lenti, Lute Clara Osowski Tara Fay Justin Blackwell, Organ Grace Martino Josh Cohen, Trumpet I TENOR Mario Arias Mary Bowden, Trumpet II Brad Diamond Philip Hoch Rhett Del Campo, Timpani GRANDPIANOSERIES.ORG Patrick Muehleise Andrew Pringle Steven Soph Finn Sagal The highest caliber international talent defines Grand Piano Series - bringing contemporary elegance, vigor, and relevance to the medium. Made possible by The Clinton Family Fund, Bruce and Martha Clinton
2020 | | VOLUME VOLUME I,1, ISSUE ISSUE III 1 21 | SEASON EIGHTEEN PCI is supported in part by The Clinton Family Fund, John Quaintance & Robert Riggs, William Jaume, Michael & Cheryl Del Campo, Dr. Nirupa Chaudhari & Dr. Stephen Roper
MAY 5-10, 2020
Boca Raton | Miami | Coral Gables | Ft. Lauderdale | Miami Beach JAMES K. BASS, GUEST CONDUCTOR Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Brothers Sing On arr. Howard McKinney
Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) Lamentations of Jeremiah II
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Finlandia-Hymnen & V.A. Koskenniemi (1885–1962)
Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935) Armenian Divine Liturgy Khorhood Khorin Marmin Deroonakan Soorb, Soorb
Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944) Salvation is Created arr. Tim Takach
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Grab und Mond Die Nacht
Melissa D’Albora (b. 1993) A Fantasy *World premiere
Ileana Perez Velazquez (b. 1964) Viaje *World premiere
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise
arr. Shaw/Parker What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor Vive L’Amour Seraphic Fire’s GRAMMY® nominated Professional Choral Institute at Aspen Music Festival and School is the first summer program in the country designed Franz Biebl (1906-2001) Ave Maria to prepare emerging singers to work in the growing industry of professional ensemble singing. PCI alumni have now performed with nearly every professional vocal ensemble in the country. In 2012, Seraphic Fire and PCI received a COUNTERTENOR TENOR BASS UCLA ENSEMBLE GRAMMY® nomination for their recording of Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem. PERFORMING ARTISTS Doug Dodson Andrew Crane John Buffett ARTISTS: Brad Diamond Michael Hawes Mario Arias PCI singers will have the opportunity to rehearse and sing two side-by-side Patrick Dupré Quigley Patrick Muehleise Enrico Lagasca Philip Hoch concerts with Seraphic Fire: a collaboration with the Aspen Festival Orchestra Program Director Paul John Rudoi Thomas McCargar Andrew Pringle in the Benedict Music Tent conducted by Robert Spano, and a performance Finn Sagal James K. Bass in the Harris Concert Hall conducted by Seraphic Fire founder and artistic director Patrick Dupré Quigley. Participants will study in an intensive vocal and Ileana Perez Velazquez commission made possible by William Jaume Associate Program Director ensemble-skills curriculum, receiving individual and group vocal coachings from professional members of Seraphic Fire, and will participate in audition, resumé, 22 | VOLUME I, ISSUE III 23 | SEASON EIGHTEEN AUGUST 10-23, 2020 and vocal masterclasses led by Quigley, Bass, and members of Seraphic Fire. EDUCATION FROM CLASSROOMS TO CONCERT HALLS SUPPORT GEN Join Generation Seraphic Society! Your PROFESSIONAL CHORAL INSTITUTE AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI STUDENT Seraphic Fire’s Youth Initiative, in partnership with Miami-Dade County Public membership will financially support Seraphic ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE is selected to create Fire’s music education programs for the next provides participants with the a 5-minute work that Seraphic Schools, the University of Miami, and Florida International University, is a free music education program serving elementary, middle, and high school students in some generation of artists and music lovers. opportunity to study in an Fire will premiere during season of Miami-Dade County’s most challenged communities. During multiple workshops intensive vocal and ensemble- subscription concerts. This throughout the school year, elementary students learn music theory, vocal pedagogy MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS: skills curriculum, as well as student works closely with Seraphic Fire Associate Conductor James fundamentals, and elements of music history through interactive exercises with • Dedicated listing in Seraphic Fire Magazine receive individual and group K. Bass throughout the season and regularly attends rehearsals and Seraphic Fire artists. In December and April of each season, Seraphic Fire performs • Invitation to specially-curated education vocal coaching from professional members of Seraphic Fire. PCI performances in preparation for the premiere. The residency includes a side-by-side concert with students from one of our partner elementary schools. concerts singers participate in audition, resumé, and vocal masterclasses composition workshops and routine guidance from Seraphic Fire artists These students receive weekly instruction through tandem work with the music • Invitation to initial University of Miami led by Quigley, Seraphic Fire Associate Conductor James K. Bass, and conductors. specialist and an education liaison from one of the areas advanced degree music student composition workshops and members of Seraphic Fire. PCI singers also have the opportunity education programs. The elementary students perform pre-determined selections • Access to education workshops • Invitation to a post-concert reception to rehearse and sing two side-by-side concerts with Seraphic Fire, with the Seraphic Fire ensemble for approximately 1,200 pupils from the Miami- including a collaboration with the Aspen Festival Orchestra. Dade County public schools. Secondary students are invited to participate in a one CAT BENNETT WALLING day masterclass working side-by-side with Seraphic Fire musicians in intensive MASTER LEVEL: $6,000 ($1,200/year or $100/ month over 5 years) Cat Bennett Walling is a choral sectionals, a joint rehearsal, and then performing in a concert with the Seraphic Fire *Members at this level ENSEMBLE ARTIST PROGRAM AT UCLA’S receive a unique GenS pin educator, voice teacher, and Ph.D. ensemble that is open to the public free of charge. HERB ALPERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC provides EDUCATOR LEVEL: $900 ($75/month) candidate in Music Education season-long vocal ensemble TEACHER LEVEL: $600 ($50/month) training to undergraduate and at the University of Miami. INSTRUCTOR LEVEL: $300 ($25/month) graduate voice students at As an educator, she has TUTOR LEVEL: $120 ($10/month) the University of California in Los Angeles. Participating artists are taught vocal methods chosen through competitive auditions chaired by Associate Conductor and the undergraduate Join now! student teaching seminar James K. Bass. This collaboration aims to help UCLA’s emerging SeraphicFire.org/Donate professional singers discover outlets for professional employment on campus. In the wider while fulfilling Seraphic Fire’s educational mission to encourage community, she has 305.285.9060 the occupational advancement of musicians. supervised student music teachers and taught choral For more information, contact Rhett Del Campo at [email protected] 2019-2020 ENSEMBLE ARTISTS: music to underserved youth in Little Havana through Shalala MusicReach.
Over the past 10 years, Cat has Elisse Albian Maia Sumanaweera Grace Martino taught and studied music in many Soprano Soprano Alto countries around the world. She has taught K – 12 general and choral music in Japan and Thailand and has worked as a volunteer music teacher in Honduras and South Africa. She has studied Hindustani Classical voice in India, choral music in South Africa, Tembang in Seraphic Fire’s Youth Initiative is made possible in part by: Tara Fay Mario Arias Philip Hoch Indonesia and Ewe music in Ghana. Cat has a B.M. in Alto Tenor Bass music education from Ithaca College and a M.M. in music HARRY F education from Indiana University, where she assistant DUNCAN directed the International Vocal Ensemble for two years. FOUNDATION
Andrew Pringle Finn Sagal Bass Bass Seraphic Fire’s Youth Initiative is endowed in 24 | VOLUME I, ISSUE III perpetuity by The Clinton Family Fund 25 | SEASON EIGHTEEN SERAPHIC FIRE SETS THE STAGE SERAPHIC FIRE: FOR A DECADE OF GROWTH KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS A new strategic plan will guide the organization’s path forward, setting the stage for broader impact within the choral community. From nationwide performances and collaborations to educational As the organization continues to seek new opportunities to broaden the 2005: First album released endeavors and an endowment, the last 18 years have seen significant positive impact Seraphic Fire has on neighboring communities, efforts will growth for Seraphic Fire. But as the organization enters the next also focus on expanding existing educational programs. Locally, Seraphic 2006: First commission decade, it is at a critical juncture – one that comes with an opportunity Fire will work to engage more South Florida schools and universities to capitalize on the momentum it has built to move into the future in through workshops, masterclasses, and residencies. Nationally, the a resounding way. Professional Choral Institute at Aspen Music Festival and School will 2010: Recording debut on Billboard Charts expand to allow for additional paths of study for a more diverse pool of That is why Seraphic Fire is approaching the next 10 years with renewed participants. Both initiatives will create greater awareness of Seraphic 2012: 2 GRAMMY® enthusiasm and energy as it works to set standards for choral music. Fire among future leaders in the choral field. nominations Guided by the creation of a first-ever strategic plan, efforts will focus specifically on transformations within four areas: musical experiences, RECORDING & DOCUMENTATION – Create a body of work that defines 2015: Seraphic Fire Youth Initiative launches to bring music engagement through education, recording and documentation, and artist and advances professional choral music. and organizational development. education to Miami-Dade County elementary students Developing and executing a process for the recording and “We’ve taken a step back to look at the organization documentation of Seraphic Fire’s music will help expand 2015: Started an endowment fund at the Coral Gables holistically and to determine how we can continue not only the life of its performances, but also their to elevate not only Seraphic Fire as a professional reach. Through annual and archival recording Community Foundation ensemble, but the choral industry as a whole,” “Looking back at projects, the organization will be able to increase said Dr. Thomas C. Boyd, Board Chair. “The its audience base, gain radio play, and ultimately 2015: 3 national tours to New York, Philadelphia, and result is a plan that will enable us to achieve our Seraphic Fire’s generate more awareness across the country. vision to become the exemplar of quality for, and journey, there is Washington D.C. contribution to, professional choral art in North ARTIST & ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT – America.” a lot to celebrate.” Offer opportunities for Seraphic Fire artists and 2016: Premiered 7 new works administrators to advance their expertise. by emerging and established MUSICAL EXPERIENCES – Present concerts that American composers position Seraphic Fire as the preeminent advocate for Seraphic Fire’s artists and staff are at the center of professional choral performance. everything the organization has accomplished. Providing more professional advancement opportunities – including mentoring 2017: Collaborations with The Cleveland Orchestra in Miami Starting next season, the concert experience will begin to be reshaped and subsidizing educational activities – is critical to ensuring the and Cleveland to allow for stronger, more dynamic performances, impacting everything organization is as successful as possible. from the venue setup to the technology used before, during, and after. A more thoughtful season cadence also will ensure Seraphic Fire is able “Looking back at Seraphic Fire’s journey, there is a lot to celebrate. We are 2018: Professional Choral Institute debuts at Aspen Music to harness the power of additional core artists and the best possible here today thanks to the generous and devoted support of our audiences,” Festival and School talent for each program. said Rhett M. Del Campo, Executive Director. “We have an opportunity to continue growing, expanding, and improving upon our craft, and hope “We are intentionally shifting the way we approach each concert to elevate that anyone as passionate as we are about choral music will join us in 2019: Featured ensemble performance at ACDA National the quality and vitality of our music,” said Patrick Dupré Quigley, Artistic our efforts to build an even stronger foundation moving forward. As we Conference, Kansas City Director. “From an artistic standpoint, we will have greater flexibility to implement these changes, we are eager to hear your thoughts. Feel free bring more voices together to honor and reflect the nature of each piece to email me at [email protected] to share any feedback and look we perform in settings that also enrich the occasion for our audiences.” out for our audience surveys later this Spring.” 2020: Host of Chorus America National Conference, Miami
ENGAGEMENT THROUGH EDUCATION – Provide additional opportunities for children and adults to connect with Seraphic Fire through educational programming.
26 | VOLUME I, ISSUE III 27 | SEASON EIGHTEEN PURSUING EXCELLENCE 2018-2019 FINANCIALS
IN 2020 AND BEYOND Seraphic Fire presents the highest quality performances of historically significant REVENUES $1,687K and under-performed music, and advances art through the professional development, SUBSCRIPTIONS CONCERT FEES refinement,and documentation of our musicians’ talents while promoting $182K $229K community connectivity through educational programs. FOUNDATION, CORPORATE, & SINGLE TICKETS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT $167K $525K PCI* TUITION/FEES MUSICAL EXPERIENCES RECORDINGS & Present concert experiences that position Seraphic Fire DOCUMENTATION $57K as the preeminent advocate for professional choral Create a body of work that defines and *Professional Choral Institute, performance. advances professional choral music. see page 22 to read more INDIVIDUAL GIVING Intentional concert season cadence Annual recording projects CD SALES Archival live concert recording $558K Stronger, more well-rounded performances $18K More voices and more core artists
EXPENSES $1,676K VISION WE STRIVE TO BE THE EXEMPLAR ADMINISTRATIVE FOR QUALITY CONTRIBUTIONS $551K TO PROFESSIONAL ENSEMBLE SINGING IN NORTH AMERICA. ARTISTIC & EDUCATION PROGRAMS $959K MARKETING $132K ENGAGEMENT ARTIST & THROUGH DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION $34K ORGANIZATIONAL Provide more opportunities for children DEVELOPMENT and adults to connect with Seraphic Fire Offer opportunities for Seraphic Fire artists through educational programming. and administrators to advance their expertise. Reach more elementary students and schools Mentoring initiatives Enhanced PCI program at Aspen Music Festival & School Developmental opportunities Increased local university engagement Audited Financial Statements and Form 990 are available at SeraphicFire.org/Reports Educational activities
28 | VOLUME I, ISSUE III 29 | SEASON EIGHTEEN SUPPORT SERAPHIC FIRE osh haw tage irector J s , s D Seraphic Fire’s supporters are integral to our music-making and transformative education ´ ´ initiatives in Miami-Dade County’s most challenged communities.
A Vivid Original greg ritchey, Music Director DONOR LEVELS Design Production! Performances Founder’s Circle: $50,000 + Patron: $1,000 March 13th Recognition as a Season Sponsor, and all Reserved-by-Name Seating, LaLa BohemeBoheme benefits listed below. and all benefits listed below. Charlotte Performing sarah tucker, MiMi Arts Center National Sponsor: $20,000 Sustainer: $500 Private dinner with Patrick Dupré Quigley, Invitation for two to the March 18th and all benefits listed below. Season Announcement, Barbara B. Mann Peter Lake, roDoLfo and all benefits listed below. Underwriter: $10,000 Performing Arts Hall Name recognition in all materials for one Donor: $250 Seraphic Fire Program, and all benefits Name recognition on Seraphic listed below. Fire website, and all benefits The Blagojevic cheLsea Lehnea, Musetta -Sazonov Group listed below. at Maestro Circle: $5,000 An exclusive post-concert reception with Friend: $100 Tickets & Information select Seraphic Fire artists, and all benefits Name recognition in 239.529.3925 kenneth stavert, MarceLLo listed below. Seraphic Fire Magazine. www.GulfshoreOpera.org Sponsor: $2,500 Invitation for two to a private season opening Partial funding reception, and all benefits listed below. 2019-2020 Season provided by: The Art of Extraordinary Music-Making
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32 | VOLUME I, ISSUE III 33 | SEASON EIGHTEEN At Seraphic Fire, we strive to be the exemplar of quality for, and contribution to, professional choral art in North America. By pursuing excellence in our performances and music education programs and developing the artistic and administrative talent 2019-2020 HOSTS & VOLUNTEERS that support these activities, we envision a bright future here in South Florida. We are grateful for the genuine connections we have with our students, audiences, and members of this community that will make this future possible.
SERAPHIC FIRE HOSTS Our 2020-2021 Season will incorporate elements of a new and bold Strategic Plan. Please know that your friendship, As a host, you could have the wonderful opportunity to have a Seraphic Fire artist(s) stay in your home for the duration of their contract. If you presence at our concerts, and financial support are vital in order to achieve our envisioned future together. are interested in hosting, please contact the Artistic Operations Manager, Alexis Aimé for more information at [email protected]. Nirupa Chaudhari Pamela Garrison Amanda Crider Nanci Mitchell & Steven Roper Laura Calzolari Elizabeth Newman Clinton Bush Carin Kahgan Lisa Husseini Kim Thompson Janet Shein Janet Copeland Ana & Raul Marmol & Luis Ramirez Maxine Long Marilyn & Bernie Phyllis Parsons Sara Solomon Rhett M. Del Campo, Executive Director Horowitz Karen Dudley Rev. Mary Beth Conroy
VOLUNTEER ROSTER Seraphic Fire’s volunteers are an indispensable part of our organizational success. Volunteers create a warm, welcoming environment for our patrons by answering questions and assisting with programs, ticketing, and seating during concerts.
Ellen Anderson Elisa Halliley Cecilia Rodriguez Jane Andersen Jill Harrington Chris Rudd Glenda Carr Carol Lang Eric Runyan BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Eugene Donaldson Nellie Lopez Kurt Schubert Bruce Dory Susan Mattes Barbara Soliday Dr. Thomas C. Boyd, Chair Rhett M. Del Campo, Executive Director Helen Franklin Lucia Minervini John Soliday Joanne N. Schulte, Founding Chair Finance & Operations Joan and Paul Gluck Heather Osowiecki Vera Stein Eric J. Rubio, Finance & Operations Manager Miguel Gonzalez Karen Picciano Kristian Toimil Alaina Fotiu-Wojtowicz, Immediate Past Chair Natalie Gonzalez David Piriano Robert “Bob” Brinker, Treasurer Artistic Administration Sue Groskreutz Anita Platt Diane Ashley, Secretary Alexis Aimé, Artistic Operations Manager William Jaume, Vice Chair Joey Quigley, Artistic Consultant Mark Trowbridge, Vice Chair Pedja Kovacevic, Artistic Operations Intern Matthew Anderson Development Daniel Copher Melinda DeDominicis, Patron Services Manager VOLUNTEER HIGHLIGHT Karen Fuller Lauren Schiffer, Grants Manager Ana Marmol Marketing Carolyn Pichardo HEATHER OSOWIECKI Laura Shand, Claudia Polzin Marketing Manager “I began volunteering with Seraphic Fire in Lauren Schiffer, Margaret “Peggy” Rolando Marketing Associate 2014 when I was still relatively new to Miami. Gene Sobczak, Marketing & PR Consultant It was a great way to immerse myself in my favorite art form Adrian Villaraos Education while instantly connecting with a network of like-minded arts Edmundo Pérez-de Cobos, Director Emeritus Suzanne Floyd, professionals — some of whom are now among my most cherished Education Director Patrick Dupré Quigley, Artistic Director, ex-officio Catherine Bennett Walling, Education Liaison personal friends! Volunteering at performances gives me an Rhett M. Del Campo, Executive Director, ex-officio opportunity to celebrate my enthusiasm for choral excellence with the local community. It is a zero-risk, high-return way to give back to the Molly Quinn, Artist Representative, ex-officio family of Seraphic musicians and administrators who consistently Douglas Dodson, Artist Representative, ex-officio challenge themselves to provide the highest levels of artistic dedication on every program.”
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Naples performances made possible by the Jeri L. Wolfson Foundation & Charles L. Marshall, Jr. and Richard L. Tooke
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