"After celebrating 15 years, this next season provides an eclectic musical journey through masterworks of cultural significance like Brahms’ timeless Liebeslieder Waltzes, as well as through high-quality under-performed music like David Lang's The Little Match Girl Passion. Our 16th Season continues to put South Florida at the center of artistic innovation with the country’s finest vocal artists performing history’s awe-inspiring repertoire." Apr 2018 May 2018

Patrick Dupré Quigley, Founder & Artistic Director

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Led by Founder and Artistic Director Patrick Dupré appearance by conductor Elena Sharkova . The Quigley, Seraphic Fire brings top ensemble singers season also features collaborations with organist and instrumentalists from around the country to Nathan Laube and violinist Matthew Albert . perform repertoire ranging from Gregorian chant and Baroque masterpieces, to Mahler and newly Recognized as “one of the best excuses for commissioned works by this country’s leading living in Miami” (el Nuevo Herald) because of its composers . Two of the ensemble’s recordings, “vivid, sensitive performances” (The Washington Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem and A Seraphic Post), Seraphic Fire’s artistic accomplishments Fire Christmas, were nominated for 2012 have translated to chart-topping album sales . GRAMMY® Awards, making Seraphic Fire the The ensemble’s September 2014 release, only choral ensemble in North or South America Reincarnations: A Century of American Choral to be nominated that year and the only classical Music, soared to No .6 on the Billboard Traditional ensemble in the world to be nominated for two Classical Chart and the ensemble’s GRAMMY® separate projects . nominated recording of Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem debuted at No .7 on the Billboard Seraphic Fire puts South Florida at the center of Traditional Classical Chart . artistic innovation during its 15th Anniversary Season with eight world premieres by established Seraphic Fire has a partnership with Naxos of and emerging American composers, appearances America for the distribution of Seraphic Fire Media . with The Cleveland Orchestra, and a guest

Seraphic Fire aims to present high-quality performances of under-performed music with cultural significance. Simultaneously, Seraphic Fire encourages the occupational advancement of musicians by providing a forum for the development and presentation of their talents, and promotes community well-being through musical education programs.

Proclaimed “extraordinary” (Gramophone), Award nomination for his recording of Brahms’ “authoritative” (Philadelphia Inquirer), Romantic masterpiece Ein Deutsches Requiem . “inspirational” (Chicago Sun-Times), and displaying “transformative brilliance” (New This season, Quigley appears with San Francisco York Lucid Culture), Patrick Dupré Quigley Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, and Grand has established himself as an exemplary Rapids Symphony . Previous guest conducting conductor, creative programmer, and lauded arts engagements include appearances with New World entrepreneur whose skills as a musician transcend Symphony, Mobile Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, traditional genre boundaries . Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and San Antonio Founder and Artistic Director of Seraphic Fire, Symphony . Quigley receives rave reviews for his work with the music of contemporary American composers; Quigley received his Master of Music in is celebrated for his exacting, historically- Conducting from the Yale School of Music and informed interpretations of Classical and Baroque his undergraduate degree in musicology from the repertoire; and was honored with a GRAMMY® University of Notre Dame .

4 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY SEASON RUSSIAN CHORAL TREASURES | 5 ABOUT ELENA SHARKOVA PROGRAM March 8-12, 2017 Russian-American conductor Elena Sharkova holds a graduate degree in conducting from Rimsky-Korsakov State Miami • Naples • Coral Gables Conservatoire . She enjoys a career as conductor, university Ft. Lauderdale • Miami Beach professor, lecturer, and music editor . Currently she is chorus master for Symphony Silicon Valley and Artistic Director of Cantabile Youth Singers, a choral organization with 300 singers . Sharkova regularly appears with professional Music of the Orthodox Church: From Byzantium to Russia (with love) ® artists: career highlights include directing GRAMMY Two Chants of Early Polyphony Traditional award winning male choir Chanticleer in 2012 and 2014, a 2016 residency with BBC Singers at the Barbican Center Let God Arise Dmitry Bortniansky (1751-1825) (Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil), as well as collaborations Blessed Are They Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) and projects with Kronos Quartet, Houston Chamber Choir, from Ten Sacred Choruses Stanford Symphony, Ballet San Jose, and American actor The Eternal Counsel Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944) Ryan Gossling . Sharkova will appear again with the BBC in Rejoice, O Virgin from All-Night Vigil Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Glasgow, where she will share the stage with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s principal conductor Thomas Dausgaard in an all-Rachmaninoff program To You, the Victorious Leader in May 2018 . from All-Night Vigil Inexpressible Wonder Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998) Sharkova enjoys working with musicians of all ages and abilities, and has appeared as guest and from Inexpressible Wonder festival conductor with choirs and orchestras in 17 countries . She advocates passionately for the importance of informal singing and building communities through joyful and meaningful music making, and combining singing with movement and improvisation . In association with Carl Fischer Golden Age of Poetry: War and Peace (and all things elegant) Music Publishing, Sharkova edits and promotes 20th-21st century Russian choral music . The Fire of Longing Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) Burns in My Heart Elegy Victor Kalinnikov (1870-1927) Behold, Darkness Has Fallen Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915) Selections from A Pushkin Wreath Sviridov i. Mary ii. Natasha iii. Reveille

Folk Song and Urban Romance The Stranger Yuri Falik (1936-2009) Before I leave you, let me say Andrey Petrov (1930-2006) In the Dark Forest Traditional Folk Song, arr . Alexander Svechnikov (1890-1980) Oh, How Full, How Full’s My Bundle Traditional Folk Song, arr . Constantine Shvedoff (1886-1954)

6 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY SEASON This program is made possible through a generous gift by Sara Solomon. TEXT & TRANSLATIONS

Let God Arise Dmitry Bortniansky (1751-1825) The Eternal Counsel Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944)

Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered, Sovet prevechniy Revealing to you the pre-eternal counsel, And let them flee, otkrivaya Tebe, Otrokovitse, Gabriel came and stood before you, O Maiden, Let those who hate Him all flee from His face . Gabriil predsta, Tebe lobzaya I veshchaya: and greeting you, he said: As the smoke vanishes, let them vanish; “Raduysia, zemle nenaseyannaya, “Rejoice, earth that has not been sown, As the wax melts before the fire, raduysia, kupino neopalimaya, rejoice, burning bush that remains unconsumed, let the sinners perish before the face of God . raduysia, glubino neudobozrimaya . rejoice, depth that cannot be fathomed . Raduysia, moste k nebese privodiay, Rejoice, bridge that leads to Heaven, But the righteous shall sing and be joyful, i lestvitse visokaya, yuzhe Iakov vide, rejoice, ladder raised on high that Jacob saw, They shall celebrate in God’s presence, raduysia, Bozhestvennaya stamno manni, rejoice, divine jar of manna, They shall delight exceedingly . raduysia, razresheniye kliatvi, rejoice, deliverance from the curse, Now unto God sing praises, raduysia, Adamovo vozvaniye, rejoice, restoration of Adam; Sing ye praises to His name . s Toboyu Ghospod .” The Lord is with you!”

Our God we praise and glorify: Upon Israel rest His majesty and strength, Rejoice, O Virgin from All-Night Vigil Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) And His power is in the heavenly realms . Bogoroditse Devo, raduyasia, Rejoice, O Virgin, God is wondrous in His holy place, Blagodatnaya Mariye, Ghospod s Toboyu . Mary full of grace, the Lord is with You . God of Israel! Blagoslovenna Ti v zhenah, Blessed are You among women, i blagosloven Plod chreva Tvoyego, and blessed is the Fruit of Your womb, yako Spasa rodila yesi dush nashih . for You have borne the Savior of our souls . Blessed Are They Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) from Ten Sacred Choruses To You, the Victorious Leader Blazheni, Blessed are they, from All-Night Vigil yazhe izbral i priyal yesi, Ghospodi! whom Thou hast chosen and taken, O Lord! i pamiat ih v Their Remembrance is from Vzbrannoy voyevode pobeditelnaya, To You, the victorious Leader of triumphant hosts, rod i rod . generation to generation . yako izbavlshesia ot zlih, we Your servants, delivered from evil, Alliluiya, alliluiya, alliluiya . Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia . blagodarstvennaya vospisuyem Ti offer hymns of thanksgiving, rabi Tvoi, Bogoroditse: O Mother of God: no yako imushchaya derzhavu nepobedimuyu, Since You possess invincible might, ot fsiakih nas bed svobodi, set us free from all calamities, da zovem Ti: so that we may cry to You: “Raduysia, Nevesto Nenevestnaya ”. “Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!”

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Inexpressible Wonder Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998) Behold, Darkness Has Fallen Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915) from Inexpressible Wonder Posmotri, kakaya mgla Behold, shadows have fallen Neizrechennoye chudo: Oh, inexpressible wonder: V glubine dolin legla! In the depths of the valleys! F peshchi izbaviviy He who in the furnace Pod yeyo prozrachnoy dimkoy Under their transparent haze Prepodobniye otroki iz plamene Saved the pious youths from the flames F sonnom sumrake rakit tusklo ozero blestit . A lake shimmers dimly in slumbering twilight . Vo grobe mertv, Is now placed in the tomb, Posmotri, kakaya mgla Behold, shadows have fallen bezdihanen pollagayetsia lifeless and without breath, V glubine dolin legla! In the depths of the valleys! Vo spaseniye nas, poyushchih: Unto the salvation of us who sing: Bledniy mesiats nevidimkoy Behold, a pale, homeless moon “Izbaviteliu Bozhe, bllagoslloven yesi!” “O God, our Redeemer, blessed art Thou!” F tesnom sonme sizih tuch Moves invisibly through the skies Bez priyuta v nebe hodit Among the host of gray clouds, i, skvozia, na fsio navodit fosforicheskiy svoy luch . Glazing everything with its phosphorescent light . Elegy Victor Kalinnikov (1870-1927) Posmotri, kakaya mgla Behold, shadows have fallen V glubine dolin legla! In the depths of the valleys! Redeyet oblakov letuchaya griada . The flying flock of clouds disperses . Zvezda pechalnaya, vecherniaya Zvezda, O mournful star, O star of evening, tvoy luch oserebril uviadshiye ravnini, thy ray has silvered the faded valleys, Selections from A Pushkin Wreath Sviridov I dremliushchiy zaliv, I chornih skal vershini; the slumbering bay, and the tips of black peaks; liubliu tvoy slabiy svet v nebesnoy vishine: I love thy timid light in heaven’s heights: i. Mary on dumi razbudil, for it stirs up again usnufshiye vo mne . thoughts that had fallen asleep within me . Pyu za zdraviye Meri, I drink to the health of Mary, miloy Meri moyey my sweetest Mary . Ya pomniu tvoy voshod, volshebnoye svetilo, I recall your dawning, O magic light, Tiho zaper ya dveri Quietly, I’ve locked the doors, nad mirnoyu stranoy, above the peaceful land, i odin bez gostey, and alone, without any guests, gde fsio dlia sertsa milo, where all endears the heart, pyu za zdraviye Meri . I drink to the health of Mary . gde stroyni topoli v dolinah vozneslis, where the tall poplars rise up in the valleys, gde dremlet nezhniy mirt i tiomniy kiparis, where slumber the gentle myrtle and green cypress, Mozhno krashe bit Meri, Some girls may be more beautiful i sladostno shumiat poludenniye volni . while the waves of noonday murmur sweetly . krashe Meri moyey, and more glamorous than my Mary etoy malenkoy peri, this wonderful little person, Tam nekogda v gorah, Once upon a time, no nelzia bit miley, but no girl can be sweeter serdechnoy dumi polniy, there in the mountains, near the sea, rezvoy, laskovoy Meri, than my playful, affectionate Mary . nad morem filled with heartfelt thoughts, ya vlachil zadumchivuyu len I reveled in pensive languor . Bud zhe shchasliva, Meri, May you always be happy, Mary, sontse zhizni moyey! sunshine of my life! Ni toski, ni poteri, May neither sorrow, nor need, ni nenaslivih dney nor any gloomy days pust ne vedayet Meri . ever come Mary’s way .

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Vianet, vianet leto krasno, The fair summer is wilting, wilting, Above the restaurants dusk is lowering, uletayut yasni dni; the bright days fly away, The air's hot, and tough, and wild, steletsa tuman nenastniy the grim fog of night lays down Seductive ghost of spring is roving nochi v dremliushchey teni . in the sleepy shade . And ruling boozy screams of night . Opusteli zlachni nivi, The golden fields are empty, rucheyok zamolk igriviy; the playful brook is still; And every night at a set hour, les kudria viy posedel; the leafy forest becomes grizzled; As if a dream comes to my mind - svod nebesniy poblednel . the heavenly canopy has paled . A lady's shape - a tender flower - Blooms in the window's dim light . Svet Natasha! Gde ti nine? Sweet Natasha! Where are thou now? Shto nikto tebia ne zrit? Why does no one see thee? Among the drunks she steps so slowly Il ne hochesh chas yediniy Have you no desire to share With no escort, all on her own, s drugom serdtsa razdelit? even a single hour with a soul mate? And fogs and perfumes' breaths start flowing Ni nad ozerom volnistim, Not on the waves of the lake, From distant place she sits alone . ni pod krovom lip dushistih nor beneath the fragrant linden trees, ranney, pozdneyu poroy neither early nor late in the day, Resilient silks recall antiquity, ne fstrechayus ya s toboy . shall I meet with you . Light ostrich plumes droop from her hat . Ni nad ozerom volnistim… Not on the waves of the lake… She looks beyond her veil with dignity . The rings play on her slender hand . Skoro, skoro holod zimniy Soon, soon the cold of winter roshchu, pole posetit; shall visit the groves and fields; And, chained by obscure closeness, ogoniok v lachuzhke dimnoy in the smoky cabin the light Behind the veil I see her eyes, skoro yarko zablestit; soon shall glimmer; And see the charming land of loneliness, ne uvizhu ya prelestnoy yet I shall not see the fair one, And see the shores of charming isles . i kak chizhik f kletke tesnoy, and like a siskin in a tight cage, budu doma gorevat I shall pine at home And ostrich plumes, descending quietly, i Natashu fspominat . and think of Natasha . Are swinging deeply in my head, And bottomless blue eyes are lightening Some bare isolated land . iii. Reveille

Zoriu byut… iz ruk moih They’re sounding reveille… from my hands Vethiy Dante vipadayet, The ancient Dane falls, Na ustah nachatiy stih On my lips a nascent verse, Nedochitanniy zatih Half-read, falls silent, Duh dalioko uletayet . The spirit soars into the distance . Zvuk privichniy, zvuk zhivoy! Ah, familiar sound, lively sound! Kak ti chasto razdavalsia How often you sounded Tam, gde tiho razvivalsia There, where I quietly grew up Ya davnishneyu poroy . In days long past . Zoriu byut… They’re sounding reveille…

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In the Dark Forest Traditional Folk Song, Seraphic Fire arr . Alexander Svechnikov (1890-1980) Founder & Artistic Director Soprano Tenor F tiomnom lese, za lesyu, In a dark forest, beyond the wood, Patrick Dupré Quigley Sara Guttenberg Patrick Muehleise raspashu I ya pashenku . I shall plow a field . Sarah Moyer Stefan Reed Ya poseyu lion konopel, lion zelenoy . I shall sow flax and hemp, flax so green . Associate Conductor Margot Rood Steven Soph Urodilsia moy konopel, moy zelenoy . Up sprung my hemp, my hemp so green . & Director of Education Brenna Wells Tonok dolog, bel voloknist . Thin and long, white and stringy . James K . Bass Kak povadilsia vor vorobey But a thieving sparrow Alto Bass na konopliu letati began to frequent my hemp, Guest Conductor Amanda Crider Charles Evans Moyu konopelku, moyu zelenuyu, klevati . pecking away at my hemp, my hemp so green . Elena Sharkova Lexa Ferrill Enrico Lagasca F tiomnom lese, za lesyu, In a dark forest, beyond the wood, Margaret Lias David McFerrin raspashu I ya pashenku . I shall plow a field .

Oh, How Full, How Full’s My Bundle Traditional Folk Song, arr . Constantine Shvedoff (1886-1954)

Oy, polna, polna korobushka, Oh, how full, how full is my basket Yest I sitets i parcha . With calicoes and brocades . Pozhaley, dusha zaznobushka, Have pity, my sweetheart, Molodetskavo plecha! Take the burden off my shoulders!

Viydu, viydu v rozh visokuyu . I’ll go into a rye field Tam do nochki podozhdu . And there will wait for you till night . Kak zavizhu chernookuyu, When I see my dark-eyed love, Fse tovari razlozhu . All my wares I’ll display .

Vot i pala noch tumannaya, The foggy night has fallen . Zhdiot udaliy molodets . And the brave lad is waiting . Chu! Idiot, prishla zhelannaya Hark! At last she comes Prodayot tovar kupets . And the peddler sells his wares .

Tolko znayet noch glubokaya, Only the dark night knows Kak poladili oni . The agreement they made Raspriamis ti, rozh visokaya, Straighten up, tall rye, Taynu sviato sohrani . And loyally keep their secret .

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Sara Guttenberg, soprano, is highly sought after as a soloist and Margot Rood, soprano, has been hailed for her “luminosity and chamber artist, charming critics and audiences with her “vocal grace” by The New York Times and can be heard performing a wide finesse” South( Florida Sun-Sentinel) and “soaring tones” (Miami range of repertoire across American stages . Recent and upcoming solo Herald) . Guttenberg is a member of critically-acclaimed Seraphic Fire appearances include The Cleveland Orchestra (Stravinsky’s Threni); and the Berwick Chorus of the Oregon Bach Festival . Known for her Boston Symphony (Benjamin’s Dream of the Song); Rhode Island vocal versatility, she has performed and recorded music of multiple Philharmonic (Messiah); New World Symphony (Reich’s Desert Music); vocal genres . She is a featured ensemble soloist on Naxos recordings La Renommée in Lalande’s Les Fontaines de Versailles with Boston of William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience, which Early Music Festival; Hyacinthus in Mozart’s Apollo und Hyacinthus earned four GRAMMY® Awards . She has sung under the batons of with Emmanuel Music; and Amor in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with Nicholas McGegan, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Nelson, Leonard Grand Harmonie . Rood has performed as a soloist with some of the Slatkin, and Helmuth Rilling . Guttenberg is pursuing a doctoral premiere new music ensembles in the United States, and was a 2015 degree in choral conducting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison . recipient of the St . Botolph Club Foundation’s Emerging Artist Award Previously, she spent seven years teaching at Southern Utah University, where she conducted multiple for her work in new music . Notable recent engagements include her Carnegie Hall debut in the world ensembles in addition to teaching choral music education classes and voice . Originally from Wisconsin, premiere of Shawn Jaeger’s Letters Made with Gold under the direction of Dawn Upshaw, Kati Agocs’ she received her bachelor’s degree in music education and voice performance from the University of Vessel, and Evangelist in Arvo Pärt’s Passio with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project . Wisconsin-Madison and her master’s degrees in voice performance and choral conducting from the University of Michigan .

Brenna Wells, soprano, has been praised for her “angelic,” “soaring,” and “captivating” voice . Her operatic roles include Galatea in Acis Sarah Moyer, soprano, was exclusively featured in The Boston Globe and Galatea, First Witch in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, La Musique Magazine for her work as a professional singing artist and deemed in Charpentier’s Les Plaisirs de Versailles, and she was Première her “the kind of church singer who will rock your sacred-music world .” Nymphe de l’Acheron in the Boston Early Music Festival’s production As a soloist, Moyer's recent repertoire includes the world premiere and GRAMMY® nominated recording of Lully’s Psyché . Wells has sung of Theofanidis’ Four Levertov Settings with Seraphic Fire, American and recorded with such acclaimed ensembles as the BEMF Orchestra, premieres of Nørgård’s Nova Genitura and Seadrift with Lost Dog Blue Heron, Britten-Pears Baroque Orchestra, Boston Baroque, Opera New Music Ensemble, world premiere of Runestad’s The Hope of Boston, L’Académie, and the Handel and Haydn Society . She has Loving with Seraphic Fire, and Foss' The Prairie with Boston Modern appeared in many festivals world-wide including the London Handel Orchestra Project . Moyer appears frequently with Skylark, Santa Fe Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, Amherst Early Music Festival, BBC Desert Chorale, True Concord, Vox Humana, and Berwick Chorus of Proms, and in both 2008 and 2009, she was selected to perform in the Oregon Bach Festival . Early Music Seminars at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy . Recent season highlights include solo appearances with the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, Collage New Music, Connecticut Early Music Festival, Boston Baroque, Yale Choral Artists, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, The Metropolitan Chorale, Boston Early Music Festival, Ensemble VIII, Early Music Underground, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Sammamish Symphony Orchestra, and Emmanuel Music as their Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Fellow . Her 2016-17 Season includes appearances in the Seattle St . Cecilia Music Festival with works including Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate and Vivaldi’s Gloria as well as appearances with Vancouver Early Music Festival, and Pacific Musicworks’ production ofDido and Aeneas .

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Amanda Crider, mezzo-soprano, has sung with Dallas Opera, Margaret Lias, mezzo-soprano, has been celebrated for her “warm,” New York City Opera, Florida Grand Opera, The Castleton Festival, “arresting,” and “rich-toned” singing . Since her Boston Symphony Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Boston, Opera Omaha, Des Moines Metro Hall debut in 2011 with Handel and Haydn Society (Handel’s Israel Opera, Anchorage Opera, Gotham Chamber Opera, and Eugene in Egypt), Lias has been a frequent soloist under the baton of Harry Opera . Her current season includes a debut with Boston Lyric Opera Christophers . In 2015, She received praise for her Lincoln Center and a return to Apollo's Fire as a soloist in Handel's Messiah . Crider solo debut singing Mozart’s Requiem . Select solo appearances in has also appeared as a soloist with ensembles including Charlotte 2016 and 2017 include Princeton Pro Musica (Corigliano’s Fern Hill), Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Symphony, New World Symphony, Bach Portland Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven’s Symphony No . 9), Handel Festival Society of Florida, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and the Society of Dartmouth (Bach’s Mass in B Minor), Masterworks Chorale International Contemporary Ensemble . She has been a prize winner (Mozart’s Missa Brevis), The Cleveland Orchestra (Stravinsky’s Threni), and finalist in the José Iturbi International Voice Competition, Jensen and Emmanuel Music (Bach’s St. Matthew Passion) . Lias was a Foundation Voice Competition, Joy in Singing Debut Artist Competition, founding member of vocal ensemble Skylark under Matthew Guard . Shreveport Opera Singer of the Year Competition, Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition, Oratorio Society of She performs frequently with Boston Baroque under Martin Pearlman, Voices of Ascension under Dennis New York Vocal Competition, Center for Contemporary Opera Competition, and is a recipient of a Richard Keene, Sacred Music in a Sacred Space under K . Scott Warren, Emmanuel Music under Ryan Turner, and F . Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation . Crider is also the Founder and Artistic Director of Musica Sacra New York under Kent Tritle . Miami's Art Song and Vocal Chamber Music concert series, IlluminArts .

Patrick Muehleise, tenor, is in demand throughout the country as Lexa Ferrill, mezzo-soprano, is a versatile performer of operatic, a versatile singer in opera, choral, and concert repertoire . Muehleise concert, and song repertoire . Recent engagements include a debut regularly collaborates with nationally acclaimed ensembles such as with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra (Handel's Messiah, and De- Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Tucson Chamber Artists, and Music of the Mars' American Requiem), Walla Walla Symphony (Mercédès in Bizet's Baroque . Last season, he performed Carmina Burana with Tucson Carmen), soloist for Copland's In the Beginning with the University of Chamber Artists, recorded an inaugural disc with the new Apollo Memphis Singers, and a program of Schubert and Wolf songs for the Master Chorale in Minneapolis, and took the stage at the 2015 Memphis Chamber Music Society . This season includes a debut with National ACDA Convention in Salt Lake City with Santa Fe Desert the Jackson Symphony Orchestra and Brahms’ Liebeslieder with the Chorale . During his 2014-15 season, Muehleise made his Lyric Opera Memphis Chamber Music Society . of Chicago debut in the chorus of Wagner’s Parsifal; and made soloist appearances in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion, Mozart’s Mass in C minor and Coronation Mass, Handel’s Messiah, David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion, Copland’s The Tender Land as the role of Martin, and Britten’s Albert Herring as the title role .

Patrick Muehleise’s appearances are made possible through a generous donation by an Anonymous Donor.

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Stefan Reed, tenor, enjoys an active chamber music, oratorio, Charles Evans, bass, has been applauded by The New York Times and recording career with performances and projects throughout for his “elegant, mellifluous and expressive baritone .” Evans began the country . Reed’s voice has been characterized as an “intense, singing professionally as a chorister at The American Boychoir School focused, lyric tenor” (Miami Herald), and his performances have been in Princeton, NJ, where he toured nationally and internationally singing described as “dramatically expressive and technically impressive” under the batons of notable conductors such as John Williams, (Boston Musical Intelligencer) . He performs regularly with Boston Zubin Mehta, James Levine, Kurt Masur, Vladimir Spivakov, and Lorin Baroque, Blue Heron, and Handel and Haydn Society . Recent solo Maazel . Evans maintains an active career as a concert soloist and engagements include Schubert’s Mass in G with Vermont Symphony; professional choral singer and has recently made his Carnegie Hall Bach's Magnificat, Cantata 140, and the Evangelist in Cantata V of and Avery Fisher Hall debuts . His singing has been heard on a variety The Christmas Oratorio; Beethoven’s Symphony No . 9; Handel’s Israel of broadcasts throughout the United States and recorded on a number in Egypt and Mozart’s Waisenhaus Mass with Handel and Haydn of notable recording labels . He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Society; Beethoven’s Symphony No . 9 with the Arcadia Players and Brewton-Parker College in Mt . Vernon, GA, with further study at the Worcester Chorus; Handel’s Messiah with the Concord Chorus and Orchestra; Mozart’s Requiem and Boston Conservatory of Music and the Westminster Choir College of Rider University . Evans is currently Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli with Dedham Choral Society; Bach’s Mass in B Minor with Boston Cecilia; Visiting Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of South Florida . and Britten’s Cantata Misericordium with Coro Allegro . Other performance highlights include Mozart’s Requiem, Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, and Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri with Back Bay Chorale .

Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone, is acclaimed for his “beautiful sound” (The New York Times) and enjoys a career in oratorio, opera, Steven Soph, tenor, has been lauded as a “superb vocal soloist” and chamber music . Lagasca regularly sings with the Choir of St . (The Washington Post) possessing a “sweetly soaring tenor” (The Ignatius Loyola and the Bach Choir of the Bach Vespers at Holy Dallas Morning News) of “impressive clarity and color” (The New York Trinity Lutheran Church . He also sings with St . Thomas Choir of Men Times). The 2016-17 season marks Soph's return to The Cleveland and Boys, Musica Sacra New York, Cathedral Choir of St . John the Orchestra and Seraphic Fire for Stravinsky’s Threni; Voices of Divine, Bard Festival Chorus, New York Choral Artists, Ensemble VIII Ascension (NYC) for arias in Bach’s St. John Passion; the Chicago in Austin, and Santa Fe Desert Chorale . He has appeared as chorister Chorale for Bach’s Mass in B minor; and the Bach Society of St . Louis and soloist with the New York Philharmonic, American Symphony for Mozart’s Mass in C minor. Recent seasons’ highlights include Orchestra, Orchestra of St . Luke’s, and American Classical Orchestra . appearances with The Cleveland Orchestra in an all-Handel program Recent performance highlights include Beethoven’s Symphony No . led by Ton Koopman; New World Symphony and Seraphic Fire in Reich’s 9 with Pacific Symphony, Bach’sMass in B Minor, Mozart Requiem, Desert Music; Symphony Orchestra Augusta in Bach’s Mass in B Rossini’s Stabat Mater, operatic roles of L’arbre/Fauteuil (L’Enfant et les sortilèges), Collatinus (The Rape minor; the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra (San Diego) in Mozart’s of Lucretia), and Lorenzo (I Capuleti e I Montecchi) . Lagasca is an alumnus of the Philippine Madrigal “Orphanage” Mass and Mass in C minor; and the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra in Handel’s Messiah. Singers, two-time champions of the European Gran Prix for Choral Music and UNESCO Artists for Peace . Soph remains active with top American ensembles including Seraphic Fire; GRAMMY® Award winning Upcoming performances include Dido and Aeneas with Mark Morris Dance Group at Virginia Arts Festival, Conspirare; GRAMMY® Award winning Roomful of Teeth; GRAMMY® nominated True Concord Voices & and a choral residency at Oregon Bach Festival . Lagasca studied at University of the Philippines and Orchestra; Trident; Yale Choral Artists; Cut Circle; Santa Fe Desert Chorale; Colorado Bach Ensemble; Mannes College of Music . Apollo Master Chorale of Minneapolis; American Classical Orchestra Chorus; Spire Chamber Ensemble; and the Choir of St . John’s Cathedral, Denver .

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David McFerrin, baritone, has won critical acclaim in a variety of repertoire . On the operatic stage, he has appeared with Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Rossini Festival, and roles with Boston Lyric Opera . As a concert soloist he has sung with The Cleveland Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, and Boston Pops, and in recital at Caramoor, Ravinia, and Marlboro festivals . Last season McFerrin was a featured Adams Fellow at Carmel Bach Festival in California, debuted with Vermont Symphony and Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry, and appeared with Handel and Haydn Society . He also was runner-up in Oratorio Society of New York’s 2016 Lyndon Woodside Solo Competition . Upcoming highlights include solo appearances with Handel and Haydn Society in performances of Bach and Monteverdi, his debut with Boston Baroque as Achilla in Handel’s Giulio Cesare, and various programs with renaissance ensemble Blue Heron .

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Patrick Dupré Quigley, Artistic Director, ex-officio Rhett M . Del Campo, Executive Director, ex-officio James K . Bass, Director of Education, ex-officio Sara Guttenberg, Artist Representative, ex-officio Made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Patrick Muehleise, Artist Representative, ex-officio Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, the support Rhett M . Del Campo, of the John S . and James L . Knight Foundation, the support of the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council, the support of Funding Arts Network, Funding Arts Broward, as well as Executive Director with the support of the City of Coral Gables . Board of Advisors Staff Misty Leah Bermudez Rhett M . Del Campo, Executive Director Seraphic Fire is funded by The Children’s Trust . The Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by Alicia Castilla Ross Chuchla, Director of Finance voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County by making strategic Marisol Tamargo Collins Lisa Husseini, General Manager investments in their future . Funding for Seraphic Fire is provided in part by the Broward County Board of Ken Easterling, M .D . Carlos Howard, Marketing & Communications Manager County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council . Seraphic Fire is sponsored in Juan Carlos Espinosa, Ph .D . Jude Fox, Patron Services Manager part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Martha Ann Haas Candace Fitzpatrick, Grants Manager Arts and Culture . Raul Iglesias James K . Bass, Associate Conductor & Director of Education Susan P . Kelley Suzanne Floyd, Education Administrator Artist accommodations are provided by Marriott’s SpringHill Suites . Bobbi Litt Joey Quigley, Artistic Consultant Daniel Perron Gene Sobczak, Strategic Consultant Audrey Pinney Audrey Ross, Ph D. . William R . Roy, Ph D. . Marvin A . Sackner, M .D . David L .Webb

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Your contribution matters NATIONAL SPONSOR ($20,000+) MAESTRO CIRCLE ($5,000 - $9,999)

This season, Seraphic Fire will present more than 40 concerts in South Florida, premiere eight new Anonymous Robert W . Baylis, M .D . & Christopher D . Gaba American works by leading composers, and collaborate with The Cleveland Orchestra in Miami and Dr . Thomas C . Boyd The City of Coral Gables Cleveland . Through our Youth Initiative, we will engage and inspire more than 1,000 students in Robert R . Brinker & Nancy S . Fleischman Joseph C . Dimino & Michael Guida underserved Miami-Dade communities . Broward County Cultural Division Harry F . Duncan Foundation, Inc . Alicia Celorio, Do Unto Others Trust, Inc . Dr . Ken Easterling & Diego Cardenas Our patrons cover 44% of the costs for these programs. Bruce & Martha Clinton, Alaina Fotiu-Wojtowicz The Clinton Family Fund Martha Ann Haas Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation Diana Hammerstein The John S . & James L . Knight Foundation Joe & Suzy Lacher Meredyth Anne Dasburg Foundation Ana & Raul Marmol The Miami-Dade County Friedrike Merck Department of Cultural Affairs Marilyn A . Moore Ruth† & Marvin Sackner Carolyn Pichardo Individual Giving State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Elizabeth & Joe Pollio, Pollio Family Foundation 44% Media Sales Quest Foundation UNDERWRITER ($10,000 - $19,999) Leonard Smith 2% Jody Wolfe, The Mailman Foundation Martha R . Davis & Alix Ritchie in honor of Daniel Perron Single Tickets Michael & Cheryl Del Campo Funding Arts Broward 10% Funding Arts Network SPONSOR ($2,500 - $4,999) 2015-16 William Jaume Daniel Lewis Matthew Anderson REVENUE The City of Miami Beach A . Peter Burleigh Cultural Affairs Program Dr . Nirupa Chaudhari & Dr . Stephen Roper Subscriptions Miami-Dade County Daniel Copher Tourist Development Council P .R . Farnsworth & J .C . Gill 14% Miami-Dade County Susan & Richard Goldman Youth Arts Enrichment Program Jim & Billie Hairston Concert Fees Edmundo Pérez-de Cobos Grace Heising Foundation, Corporate, Margaret A . Rolando Key Biscayne Community Foundation, Inc . Government Support 4% Sara Solomon Linda Morgan The Stonesifer/Kinsley Family Fund The James G . Pepper Fund 26% at The Seattle Foundation of the Stonewall Community Foundation David L . Webb & W . Lynn McLaughlin Dr . Audrey Ross WLRN Public Radio 91 .3 FM Dr . William R . & Susan Kelley Roy Frank & Susan Salinger Joanne N . & John H . Schulte No matter how large or small, your contribution allows us to envision a strong and soaring future for Joseph & Janet Shein Seraphic Fire . The experience will continue—your generosity will ensure that . Howard S . Apperman & John D . Siegfried, M D. . Charles & Sandra Simon

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Dr . & Mrs . Michael Troner Dennis & Patti Klein Alfred C . Brooks & Peter C . Lombardo, M .D . Jeanann Testyon Mark Trowbridge Gloria Kline Maurice & Ruth Burg Betty Vandenbosch Williamson Automotive Mr . & Mrs . George Knapp Lisbeth & Michael Bustin in memory of Thomas & Jean Boyd Allan Yudacufski & Mark Mandel Mr . & Mrs . Stephen Kutler Clark & Ann Cochran Barbara & Mel Vanderbrug John Landers The Rev . Dr . Mary E . Conroy Richard Vaughan PATRON Marvin & Isabel Leibowitz Rhett Del Campo Robert Warren ($1,000 - $2,499) Jack & Natasha Lowell John & Gina Despres Nina Webber Dr . Leila Morris* Augie Diaz Rev . Priscilla Felisky Whitehead The Seraphic Fire Staff Betsy & Art Murphy Burke Dillon Ted Wolf in memory of Edith Wolf Dr . & Mrs . Ronnie Arad Kathleen Newell* Richard DiRenzo & Rev . Charles Humphries David Yelen Alberto Arias & David Wood Kinnard Stanley Newman & Dr . Brian Rosenthal* Steven Dloogoff Helene Berger Michael & Mary Ellen Peyton Joan Glade de Pontet Margrit & Roger Bernstein DONOR Nicholas J . Pisaris in memory of Joseph S . Handler ($250 - $499) William A . Bonn & Ruben A . Ceballos Luis Ramirez & Kimberly Thompson Taffy Gould Mary Clauder Edward & Elizabeth Baker Fred & Karen Reichheld Mr . & Mrs . Gerard Hayes Marilyn M . Connolly Betsy Beardsley Jane Robinson Frank Helsom Coral Gables Community Foundation Charles Buckwalter & Vincent Lombardi Tim Rodgers & Jeffrey Harakal Neill Hirst Tracey Corwin, James F . Carlton Col . & Mrs . Robert W . Rust Rev . Todd Hoover & Ron Michel Corwin Family Charitable Foundation Argelio & Sylvia Garcia Maeve-Anne Sandiford Bernard & Marilyn Horowitz Robert Crane & Shirley Muñoz Susan Geisenheimer J .J . Schmidt Michael Hughes & Judith Taylor Gerhard Dahl Drs . Joan & Paul Gluck Karl & Susan Shell Lisa Husseini* Adrienne DiPrima & Donna Smorchoke Pauline A . Goldsmith Marte V . & Paul Steven Singerman Joyce Kaiser James Doan & James Blizzard K . Lawrence & Maureen Gragg Alice & Joe Smith Mira Lehr & Donn Golden Dick & Marcy Dupere Nancy & James Katzoff Paul Smith & Michael Dennis Shelley & Steven Leinicke Enterprise Holdings Dr . Nancy Kirsner Murry Stegelmann* Enrique & Monica Lopez John & Maria Farrey Ulrich Lachler & Nancy Gillespie Vann & Parker Thomson Alberto & Maggie Manrara Mr . & Mrs . Jack Firestone Lee Lennon Erling T . Thoresen Dr . & Mrs . Sanford M . Markham Suzanne & Lawrence Fishman Margaret Lias Mr . & Mrs . Tom Tift Serge & Margaret Martin Candace Fitzpatrick* Bobbi & Rick Litt M . Therese Vento & Peter M . MacNamara Alison McMahan in honor of the Seraphic Fire Staff in honor of Joanne Schulte & Rhett Del Campo Teresa Galang-Viñas & Joaquín Viñas Carlo Mercuri Suzanne Floyd* Dr . Richard & Mrs . Terry Lung Marjorie Weber Sandra Mullen Dory Fox & Scott Brown* Ulrich & Carole Merten Maria José Wright William Murphy Mary Beth & Gerardo Garcia Aura Reinhardt Jane Worley Bernard G . Perron Beau Genovese & Tom Cabelka* Brenda Richey John Preston Dr . Pedro & Mrs . Janus Greer Nelson Robaina Jr . & Keith M . Hart Darden Asbury Pyron in memory of Jo Scott Pyron Alfredo & Luz Maria Gutierrez SUSTAINER Ellen Roth ($500 - $999) Veronika Rabitsch Dr . Jeffrey Horstmyer & Prof . Tillie Fox Len & Louise Schaper* Andrea Lynne Rice Timothy & Elizabeth Iszler Marj Adler Linda Sturdy Charles Sacher Dr . & Mrs . Joseph R . Jannach Dr . Abraham & Helene Benyunes Kristian Toimil Ted & Margaret Sarafoglu Evan Jones Sheila & Michael Berke Richard L . Tooke & Charles L . Marshall, Jr . Ellen Siegel Carin Kahgan in memory of Marc Kahgan Kristi Bettendorf Kate & Art Trotman Margaret Seroppian Linda Heller Kamm Rachael Bloomfield Lynne & Paul Steinfurth Joan Kasner Bruce Bolton* John Strasswimmer Dr . Suzanne & Brian Keeley Drs . Blaine Branchik & Christopher Rudman Lou Strennen

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FRIEND ($100 - $249) Bruce Maddalena Joan & Finlay Matheson Anonymous Fred & Susan Mattes Miriam Abeles Bob & Daenira Meyer* Seraphic Fire’s Youth Initiative is a free music education and choral performance program, Claire Angelozzi Kate Morilla Diane Ashley Patrick & Jeri Muehleise in partnership with the University of Miami, that offers a unique and personalized introduction Marie Ann Barry in honor of Ann Marie Barry Ann Norins to the art of singing to elementary and middle school students across Miami-Dade County’s Robert Boris Doris Notarius most challenged neighborhoods . David Briggs Rev . Katharine Palomares Donald Edwin Broaddus & Jack Huizenga George Pita INTERACTIVE LEARNING OUTREACH PERFORMANCES Roy Cane Ann Raff Each month, Seraphic Fire artists visit More than 1,000 students are invited Joanne Cann Sue Rapperport different schools to engage students in to especially curated Seraphic Fire Alicia Castilla & Mark Zelek Sara Robinson* dynamic presentations that teach music performances that serve as “guided tours” Janine Roth John & Rebecca Cavanaugh theory fundamentals and vocal pedagogy . of the music performed by the ensemble . Dan Topp & David Cole Ellie & Bernie Schinder Doris Coleman Sophia Sieczkowski Lane Convey Franklin Schmidt William Cranshaw Barbara Singer Martha N . Dare Katherine & Rick Socarras Deborah Day* Claudia Springer Jack & Kathleen DeFonso Donald & Chelene Steckler* Bonnie & Peter Dockter Adelheid & Bruce Stryker* Andrew & Jane Dolkart Robert & Rita Swedroe Sarah Doss D . James Tagg, Jr . Dr . & Mrs . Brian Dunn David & Barbara Tagg Sebastian Fiore Rev . Thomas Crowder & Teri Thompson Dr . Randall P . Fotiu & Ms . Josephine M . Wojtowicz* Marc Umlas Dr . Helen B . Franke Lyndall Urquhart Jacqueline Freese* Ellen & Robert Vignola Ronni Gibbons* Christopher Vlassopulos & Kelly Ignatoff* Deborah Goldring Paul Woehrle Suzanne Gunzburger Robin Woodard Mr . & Mrs . John K . Harris Jr . Doug & Margaret Yoder Paul Hart Mr . & Mrs . Kevin Hennessey Donald Hill Virginia Jackson * Indicates new donor Maria Jasin & Joanne Jasin Seraphic Fire’s Youth Initiative is endowed Federico Justiniani Linda Kopec in perpetuity by The Clinton Family Fund. Mark Laseter* In partnership with: Lance Lazo* Gregory Lindeblom

30 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY SEASON Seraphic Fire’s Legacy Society

Help ensure Seraphic Fire’s future through a bequest in your estate . Seraphic Fire’s Legacy Society recognizes our cherished friends who have included Seraphic Fire in their long-range financial plans with a gift or trust arrangement .

If you have made a bequest to Seraphic Fire, please let us know so that you can be recognized as a member of Seraphic Fire’s Legacy Society . Your gift will serve as an inspiration for others .

For more information about making a gift to Seraphic Fire through your will or trust, or if you have already included Seraphic Fire in your plans, please contact Patrick Quigley at 305 .285 .9060 .

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