In November, you will hear the Requiem masses of Fauré and Duruflé with organist Nathan Laube in a tribute to French liberty and freedom, and a new piece by critically acclaimed composer, Douglas Cuomo. Finally, A Seraphic Fire Christmas promises to inspire and enrapture audiences with seasonal favorites and three new carol settings by Susan LaBarr.

Seraphic Fire is bringing the best of the world to South Florida, and the best of South Florida to the world. Thank you for being a part of the Seraphic Fire community.

My best,

Patrick Dupré Quigley Founder & Artistic Director

PHILIP GLASS: EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH | 3 ABOUT SERAPHIC FIRE

Celebrating its 15th Anniversary Season performing throughout South Florida and on national tours, Seraphic Fire is regarded as one of the preeminent professional vocal ensembles in the United States.

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

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Proclaimed “extraordinary” (Gramophone), repertoire; and was honored with a GRAMMY® “authoritative” (Philadelphia Inquirer), Award nomination for his recording of Brahms’ “inspirational” (Chicago Sun-Times), and Romantic masterpiece Ein Deutsches Requiem . displaying “transformative brilliance” (New York Lucid Culture), Patrick Dupré Quigley Quigley’s past guest conducting appearances has established himself as an exemplary include Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall, as well conductor, creative programmer, and lauded arts as programs with the San Francisco Symphony, the entrepreneur whose skills as a musician transcend Indianapolis Symphony, the New World Symphony, traditional genre boundaries . the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mobile Symphony, the Naples Philharmonic, and four The Founder and Artistic Director of Seraphic Fire, separate appearances with the San Antonio Quigley receives rave reviews for his work with Symphony . This season sees engagements with the music of contemporary American composers; the San Francisco Symphony, the Grand Rapids is celebrated for his exacting, historically- Symphony, and the Cathedral Choral Society in informed interpretations of Classical and Baroque Washington, DC .

PHILIP GLASS: EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH | 5 ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Christopher Theofanidis

Christopher Theofanidis (b . 12/18/67 in Dallas, Texas) has had performances by many leading orchestras from around the world, including the London Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, the Moscow Soloists, and the National, Baltimore, St . Louis, and Detroit Symphonies, among many others . He has also served as Composer of the Year for the Pittsburgh Symphony during their 2006-7 season, for which he wrote a violin concerto for Sarah Chang .

Mr . Theofanidis holds degrees from Yale, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Houston, and has been the recipient of the International Masterprize, the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, a Fulbright fellowship to France to study with Tristan Mural at IRCAM, a Tanglewood fellowship, and two fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters . In 2007 he was nominated for a GRAMMY® award for best composition for his chorus and orchestra work, The Here and Now, based on the poetry of Rumi . His orchestral work, Rainbow Body, has been one of the most performed new orchestral works of the new millennium, having been performed by over 150 orchestras internationally .

Mr . Theofanidis has written a ballet for the American Ballet Theatre, a work for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra as part of their ‘New Brandenburg’ series, and two operas for the San Francisco and Houston Grand Opera companies . Thomas Hampson sang the lead role in the San Francisco work . His work for Houston, The Refuge, featured six sets of international non-Western musicians alongside the opera musicians . He has a long-standing relationship with the Atlanta Symphony and Maestro Robert Spano, and just had his concert length oratorio, Creation/Creator, recorded with them . That work will be featured at the SHIFT Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC next season with the ASO, chorus, and soloists . His new work, Dreamtime Ancestors, for the orchestral consortium, New Music for America, is being played by more than 50 orchestras this and next season .

He has served as a delegate to the US-Japan Foundation’s Leadership Program, and is a former faculty member of the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University as well as the Juilliard School . He is currently a professor at Yale University .

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I have had singing by Steven Sametz is a staple in the modern choral literature . The text, drawn from Ronald Blythe’s Akenfield, Portrait of an English Village, strikes the balance of the harshness and beauty of life – in the midst of despair, there is always singing .

Have you seen the white lily grow is the second song in The Hour Glass, a cycle of songs composed by Irving Fine on the poetry of Ben Johnson . This cycle is considered a hallmark composition of Fine’s career and a true showcase of virtuosity .

Cover me with the night, composed by Nadia Boulanger student Peter Klatzow, is a movement from his work Prayers and Dances of Praise from Africa. The piece was originally commissioned by the South African Music Rights Organization and is set to the text from Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s African Prayer Book.

Three Ostinati for Voice, composed by Seraphic Fire’s Founder and Artistic Director Patrick Dupré Quigley, is a world premiere composition written for Seraphic Fire . This piece sets music to the text of poetry by Percy Bysshe Shelley and Sara Teasdale, while also drawing text and influence from an ancient Latin Hymn .

Christopher Theofanidis’ work, Four Levertov Settings, is another world premiere for Seraphic Fire, and set to four poems by Denise Levertov . This work features a soprano and violin soloist whose melodic lines intertwine throughout the piece .

Einstein on the Beach is the first of a trilogy of operas by Philip Glass about men who changed the world through the power of their ideas . All three operas are non-narrative in form and each has a subtext: science in Einstein, politics in Satyagraha (1980) and religion in Akhnaten (1983) . The five Knee Play sections in this opera act as interludes between sections of the opera and also begin and end the work . Glass assigns the vocalists numbers and syllables throughout, creating a hypnotic time-halting experience . Knee Play 4 is a virtuosic showcase of the violin accompanied by tenor voices . The Knee Plays from Einstein on the Beach serve as a landmark set of vocal works in the minimalist repertoire .

8 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM October 19-23, 2016 Miami • Coral Gables Ft. Lauderdale • Miami Beach

I have had singing Steven Sametz (b . 1954)

Have you seen the white lily grow Irving Fine (1914-1962)

Cover me with the night Peter Klatzow (b . 1945)

Three Ostinati for Voices Patrick Dupré Quigley (b . 1977) i. Music, when soft voices die *world premiere ii. Regina caeli, laetare iii. There will be rest

Four Levertov Settings Christopher Theofanidis (b . 1967) i. Unaccompanied *world premiere ii. The Mystery of Deep Candor iii. Bruckner iv. One December Night… from Einstein on the Beach Philip Glass (b . 1937) Knee Play I Knee Play II Knee Play III Knee Play IV Knee Play V

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This program is made possible through a generous gift by an Anonymous Donor. TEXT & TRANSLATIONS

I have had singing Steven Sametz (b . 1954)

The singing . There was so much singing then And this was my pleasure, too . We all sang, the boys in the field, The chapels were full of singing . Here I lie: I have had pleasure enough; I have had singing .

Have you seen the white lily grow Irving Fine (1914-1962)

Have you seen the white lily grow, Before rude hands have touched it? Have you seen the fall of the snow Before the soil hath smutched it?

Have you felt the wool of beaver Or swan’s down ever? Have you tasted the bag of the bee? O so fair, O so soft, so sweet is she!

Have you heard the white lily grow?

Cover me with the night Peter Klatzow (b . 1945)

Come Lord, and cover me with the night Spread your grace over us . As you assured us you would do . Come Lord, come Lord . Your promises are more than all the stars in the sky . Your mercy is deeper than the night . Lord it will be cold, the night comes with its breath of death . Night comes, the end comes, you come . Lord we wait for you day and night . Lord we wait for you day and night, night and day .

10 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY Three Ostinati for Voices Patrick Dupré Quigley (b . 1977) *world premiere i . Music, when soft voices die Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory; Odours, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken .

Rose leaves, when the rose is dead, Are heap’d for the beloved’s bed; And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone, Love itself shall slumber on . ii . Regina caeli, laetare

Regina cæli, lætare, alleluia: Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia: Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia, For He whom you did merit to bear, alleluia, Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia, He has risen, as He said, alleluia, Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia. Pray for us to God, Alleluia iii . There will be rest There will be rest, and sure stars shining Over the rooftops crowned with snow, A reign of rest, serene forgetting, The music of stillness holy and low . I will make this world of my devising Out of a dream in my lonely mind . I shall find the crystal of peace, above me Stars I shall find .

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Four Levertov Settings Christopher Theofanidis (b . 1967) *world premiere i . Unaccompanied Violinist, alone as on a martyr’s cross, you have forgotten us . It’s not always this way, I’ve seen plenty of others playing the audience along with the music; but you, exposed, tortured, ecstatic- should we not close our eyes? Have we the right to perceive the blindness of you, your white face, badly tailored suit, awkward stance and deeply erotic abandon, as well as to accept this intricate energy, this weight, this outpouring of light which Bach permits you to suffer, permits you to offer? ii . The Mystery of Deep Candor Intervals so frank, open and major as you like, rhythms a child could keep- Only Haydn dared make magic from such morning suns, roadside gold, each dandelion dipped in his elixir the secret depths of candor . iii . Bruckner Angel with heavy wings weathering the storm wracked air, listing heavenward .

12 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY iv . One December Night… This I had not expected: the moon coming right into my kitchen, the full moon, gently bumping angles of furniture, seeming to like the round table but not resenting corners .

Somehow the moon filled all the space and yet left room for whatever was there already, including me, and for movement . Like a balloon, the moon stirred at a breath and unlike a balloon did not rise to the ceiling, but wandered as if sleep-walking, no more than a foot from the floor .

Music accompanied this lunar visitation - you would imagine harp or lute, but no, I’d say it was steel drums, played with an airy whispering touch . (Those scooped concavities might serve as moon-mirrors .) The greenish tint of white spider chrysanthemums resembled the moon’s color, but that was lighter, lighter .

I have been given much, but why this also? I was abashed . What grand gesture of welcome was I to make? I bowed, curtsied, but the modest moon appeared unaware of homage . I breathed, I gazed; and slowly, mildly, the moon hovered, touring stove and cupboards, bookshelves and sink, glimmering over a bowl of tangerines . And gently withdrew, just as I thought to summon courage to offer honey-mead or slivovitz .

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Knee Play I 1,2,3,4… (etc .)

Knee Play II

Knee Play III

Knee Play IV

Knee Play V

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Seraphic Fire

Patrick Dupré Quigley, Soprano Bass Founder & Artistic Director Sara Guttenberg James K . Bass Sarah Moyer Charles Evans James K. Bass, Margot Rood Thomas McCargar Associate Conductor Meredith Ruduski & Director of Education Violin Alto Matthew Albert Margaret Lias Emily Marvosh Organ Clara Osowski Hilda Oramas

Tenor Mark Laseter Patrick Muehleise Steven Soph

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Sara Guttenberg, soprano, is highly sought after as a soloist and chamber artist, charming critics and audiences with her “vocal finesse”(South Florida Sun-Sentinel) and “soaring tones” (Miami Herald). Sara is a member of the critically acclaimed chamber choir Seraphic Fire and the Berwick Chorus of the Oregon Bach Festival . Known for her vocal versatility, Sara has performed and recorded music of multiple vocal genres . She is a featured ensemble soloist on the Naxos recordings of William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience, which earned four GRAMMY® awards . She has sung under the batons of Nicholas McGegan, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Nelson, Leonard Slatkin, and Helmuth Rilling . Sara is pursuing a doctorate degree in choral conducting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison . Previously, she spent seven years teaching at Southern Utah University, where she conducted multiple ensembles in addition to teaching choral music education classes and voice . Originally from Wisconsin, she received her bachelor’s degree in music education and vocal performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her masters’ degrees in vocal performance and choral conducting from the University of Michigan .

Sarah Moyer, soprano, was exclusively featured by the Boston Globe for her work as a professional singing artist and deemed “the kind of church singer who will rock your sacred-music world .” As a soloist, Sarah’s recent repertoire includes Foss’ The Prairie with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri, Handel’s Messiah, and Bach’s Mass in B Minor, with Music at Marsh Chapel . Sarah is simultaneously active as a vocal chamber music artist . Nationally, Sarah appears frequently with Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Lorelei Ensemble, True Concord, and Vox Humana TX, and made her debut with the Berwick Chorus at the Oregon Bach Festival in Summer of 2015 . Locally, Sarah sings regularly with Boston’s various religious institutions such as Church of the Advent (Beacon Hill), Trinity Church (Copley Square), and Boston University’s Marsh Chapel (where she is a former Choral Scholar), and supports music education through performing with the Handel and Haydn Society Outreach Vocal Quartet throughout the academic year . sopranosarahmoyer.com

16 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY Margot Rood, soprano, has been hailed for her “luminosity and grace” by The New York Times and can be heard performing a wide range of repertoire across American stages . Recent and upcoming solo appearances include The Cleveland Orchestra (Stravinsky’s Threni); Boston Symphony (Benjamin’s Dream of the Song); Rhode Island Philharmonic (Messiah); New World Symphony (Reich’s Desert Music); La Renommée in Lalande’s Les Fontaines de Versailles with Boston Early Music Festival; Hyacinthus in Mozart’s Apollo und Hyacinthus with Emmanuel Music; and Amor in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with Grand Harmonie . Margot has performed as a soloist with some of the premiere new music ensembles in the United States, and was a 2015 recipient of the St . Botolph Club Foundation’s Emerging Artist Award for her work in new music . Notable recent engagements include her Carnegie Hall debut in the world premiere of Shawn Jaeger’s Letters Made with Gold under the direction of Dawn Upshaw, Kati Agocs’ Vessel, and Evangelist in Arvo Pärt’s Passio with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project . margotrood.com

Meredith Ruduski, soprano, is hailed by critics for her “delicate, mellifluous sound” and “effortless,” “radiant” tone . Meredith appears regularly with Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Seraphic Fire, and the Texas Early Music Project, among others . She recently made her 2015-16 debut with South Florida Master Chorale as soprano soloist in Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Austin Symphony Orchestra as soprano soloist in The Messiah, and as soprano soloist in Brahms’ The German Requiem with Chorus Austin . This past August, Meredith also performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with conductor Harry Bicket in Santa Fe . Meredith is the Operations Coordinator at Texas Early Music Project, where she produced, co-wrote, and stage-directed their latest opera pastiches . Meredith received her master’s degree in music at the University of Houston and her bachelor’s degree in music at the University of Texas at Austin . meredithruduski.com

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Margaret Lias, mezzo-soprano, has been celebrated for her “warm,” “arresting,” and “rich-toned” singing . Since her Boston Symphony Hall debut in 2011 with the Handel and Haydn Society (Handel’s Israel in Egypt), Margaret has been a frequent soloist under the baton of Harry Christophers . In 2015, Margaret received praise for her Lincoln Center solo debut singing Mozart’s Requiem . Select solo appearances in 2016 and 2017 include Princeton Pro Musica (Corigliano’s Fern Hill), Portland Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven, Symphony No. 9), Handel Society of Dartmouth (Bach’s Mass in B Minor), Masterworks Chorale (Mozart’s Missa Brevis), The Cleveland Orchestra (Stravinsky’s Threni), and Emmanuel Music (Bach’s St. Matthew Passion) . Margaret was a founding member of the Skylark vocal ensemble under Matthew Guard . She performs frequently with Seraphic Fire, Boston Baroque under Martin Pearlman, Voices of Ascension under Dennis Keene, Sacred Music in a Sacred Space under K . Scott Warren, Emmanuel Music under Ryan Turner, and Musica Sacra New York under Kent Tritle . margaretlias.com

Emily Marvosh, alto, is a founding member of the Lorelei Ensemble, which promotes innovative new music for women . With Lorelei, she has enjoyed collaborations with composer David Lang, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra . Additional ensemble collaborations in the past and upcoming seasons include the Oregon Bach Festival under the direction of Helmut Rilling, the Bachakademie Stuttgart, Portland Baroque Orchestra, True Concord Voices and Orchestra, Boston Camerata, the Skylark vocal ensemble, the Yale Choral Artists, and Cambridge Concentus . Her recent awards include the American Prize (Art Song and Oratorio divisions), the Virginia Best Adams Fellowship at the Carmel Bach Festival, second place in the New England Region NATS Artist Awards, and a St . Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist grant for The Michigan Recital Project . Solo appearances in the 2016-17 season include the Handel and Haydn Society, Colorado Bach Ensemble, the Phoenix Symphony, and American Bach Soloists . She holds degrees from Central Michigan University and Boston University . emilymarvosh.com

18 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano, has been hailed for her artistry and “rich and radiant” voice (Urban Dial Milwaukee) . She was a 2012 Metropolitan Opera National Council Upper-Midwest Regional Finalist, the winner of the 2014 Bel Canto Chorus Regional Artists Competition in Milwaukee, and the runner-up in the 2016 Schubert Club Bruce P . Carlson Scholarship Competition . Clara’s passion for art song creation and collaboration is evident in her most recent premieres with Linda Tutas Haugen (Gjendine’s Lullaby), Paul Rudoi (Midnight Songs) and James Kallembach (Songs on Letters of John and Abigail Adams) . As a recitalist, she recently completed the Vancouver International Song Institute, the International Workshop on the songs of Edvard Grieg in Bergen, Norway, and traveled to Tours, France to attend the Académie Francis Poulenc . Upcoming performances in the 2016-17 season include Dominick Argento’s A Few Words about Chekhov with chamber orchestra, alto soloist in Bach’s St. John Passion, and several recital engagements across the United States . claraosowski.com

Mark Laseter, tenor, enjoys a varied career of singing, accompanying, and teaching . This season, he will perform with Seraphic Fire and the Kinnara Ensemble . Mark recently performed concert tours to Canada, Croatia, South Africa, France, and England, and has sung with the ensembles Princeton Pro Musica, Trinity Church Princeton, Westminster Choir, Westminster Kantorei, Princeton University Glee Club, and the Norfolk Chamber Choir . Other highlights include the American stage premiere of Philip Glass’ Kepler at the Spoleto Festival USA, and a year accompanying and teaching at the American Boychoir School . Mark recently soloed in Charpentier’s Litanies de la Vierge, Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1600, Mozart’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Rachmaninoff’s The Bells. Mark received his bachelor’s degree in voice performance from Westminster Choir College . Currently, he serves as organist at First Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee . marklaseter.com

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Patrick Muehleise, tenor, is in demand throughout the country as a versatile singer in opera, choral, and concert repertoire . Patrick regularly collaborates with nationally acclaimed ensembles such as The Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Tucson Chamber Artists, and Music of the Baroque . Last season, Patrick performed Carmina Burana with the Tucson Chamber Artists, recorded an inaugural disc with the new Apollo Master Chorale in Minneapolis, and took the stage at the 2015 National ACDA Convention in Salt Lake City with The Santa Fe Desert Chorale . During his 2014-15 season, Patrick made his Lyric Opera 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 Little Match Girl Passion, Copland’s The Tender Land as the role of Martin, and Britten’s Albert Herring as the title role .

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

Steven Soph, tenor, has been lauded as a “superb vocal soloist” (The Washington Post) possessing a “sweetly soaring tenor” (The Dallas Morning News) of “impressive clarity and color” (The New York Times). The 2016-17 season marks Steven’s return to The Cleveland Orchestra and Seraphic Fire for Stravinsky’s Threni; Voices of Ascension (NYC) for arias in Bach’s St. John Passion; the Chicago Chorale for Bach’s B minor Mass; and the Bach Society of St . Louis for Mozart’s Mass in C minor. Recent seasons’ highlights include appearances with The Cleveland Orchestra in an all-Handel program led by Ton Koopman; the New World Symphony and Seraphic Fire in Reich’s Desert Music; Symphony Orchestra Augusta in Bach’s B minor Mass; the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra (San Diego) in Mozart’s “Orphanage” Mass and Mass in C minor; and the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra in Handel’s Messiah. Steven remains active with top American ensembles including Seraphic Fire; GRAMMY® Award-winning Conspirare; GRAMMY® Award-winning Roomful of Teeth; GRAMMY®-nominated True Concord Voices & Orchestra; Trident; Yale Choral Artists; Cut Circle; Santa Fe Desert Chorale; Colorado Bach Ensemble; Apollo Master Chorale of Minneapolis; American Classical Orchestra Chorus; Spire Chamber Ensemble; and the Choir of St . John’s Cathedral, Denver . stevensoph.com

20 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY James K. Bass, bass, is a three-time GRAMMY®-nominated conductor and singer, currently serving as Director of Choral Studies in the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA and the Artistic Director of the Long Beach Camerata . Bass received his Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Miami–Florida, where he was a doctoral fellow; Master of Music and Bachelor of Science from the University of South Florida; and was a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy . He has prepared choirs for Sir Colin Davis, Sir David Willcocks, Jahja Ling, Michael Tilson Thomas, Gerard Schwarz, Giancarlo Guerrero, Michael Francis, Marcelo Lehninger, Stefan Sanderling, Evan Rogister, Danail Rachlev, Joshua Weilerstein, Markus Huber, Michael Francis, Patrick Quigley, and Robert Shaw, among others . Bass was selected by the master conductor of the Amsterdam Baroque Soloists, Ton Koopman, to be one of only 20 singers for a presentation of Cantatas by J .S . Bach in Carnegie Hall, and was an auditioned member of Robert Shaw’s workshop choir at Carnegie . He has appeared as a soloist with numerous professional vocal ensembles, orchestras and festivals . Bass also serves as Seraphic Fire’s Associate Conductor & Director of Education and has served as choirmaster for the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria .

Charles Evans, bass, has been applauded by The New York Times for his “elegant, mellifluous and expressive baritone ”. Charles began singing professionally as a chorister at The American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey, where he toured nationally and internationally singing under the batons of notable conductors such as John Williams, Zubin Mehta, James Levine, Kurt Masur, Vladimir Spivakov, and Lorin Maazel . Charles maintains an active career as a concert soloist and professional choral singer, and has recently made his Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall debuts . His singing has been heard on a variety of broadcasts throughout the United States and recorded on a number of notable recording labels . Charles holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Brewton-Parker College in Mt . Vernon, GA, with further study at the Boston Conservatory of Music and Westminster Choir College of Rider University . Charles is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of South Florida .

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Thomas McCargar, baritone, has established himself as both a soloist and sought-after ensemble singer in New York City and around the United States, having been called “gripping” by The New York Times, and described as singing with “calm fluidity” byThe Washington Post. Recent engagements include singing the role of Evangelist in Ginastera’s Turbae ad Passionem Gregorianam with the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Washington Chorus, and NOVUS NY at Carnegie Hall; Angel’s Bone with the Prototype Festival; Steve Reich’s Three Tales with Ensemble Signal at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles; Paul Moravec’s Songs of Love and War with The Dessoff Choirs; Anne Hamilton’s The Event of a Thread at Park Avenue Armory; performing with Kanye West at the Hollywood Bowl for his two 808’s and Heartbreak concerts; and appearing with Andrea Bocelli during NBC’s 2015 broadcast of Christmas in Rockefeller Center. As an ensemble singer, Thomas is a member of the acclaimed Choir of Trinity Wall Street and performs regularly with Seraphic Fire, GRAMMY® award-winning Roomful of Teeth, Pomerium, Spire, TENET, Musica Sacra, VOX Vocal Ensemble, Antioch, Voices of Ascension, New York Virtuoso Singers, Early Music New York, Yale Choral Artists, and Meridionalis . Other highlights include touring the world with Chanticleer; leading over 1,000 people in Times Square in the singing of John Lennon’s “Imagine” for Yoko Ono’s installation Imagine Peace; and singing “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” with the Rolling Stones .

Matthew Albert, violin, called “preposterously talented” by Time Out Chicago, is the Chair of Chamber Music at the School of Music, Theater & Dance at the University of Michigan . He previously served as the Director of Chamber Music and SYZYGY at the Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, and he was a founding member of Eighth Blackbird, with whom he received numerous awards, including first prizes at the Naumburg, Concert Artists Guild, Coleman, and Fischoff Competitions, and three GRAMMY® awards for their recordings on Cedille Records . He has collaborated with Alarm Will Sound, Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble, Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues, ICE, and Wilco, and his orchestral playing has included work with the Shreveport Symphony (as Concertmaster), the Baltimore Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, the Firebird Chamber Orchestra, and the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra . His principal teachers include Kenneth Sarch, Gregory Fulkerson, Kurt Sassmannshaus, and Almita Vamos . Matt holds degrees from Oberlin College and Conservatory, the Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music, and Northwestern University School of Music .

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Board of Directors Joanne N . Schulte, Founding Chair

Alaina Fotiu-Wojtowicz, Chair Robert “Bob” Brinker, Vice Chair Margaret “Peggy” Rolando, Treasurer Dr . Thomas C . Boyd, Secretary

Matthew Anderson Daniel Copher William Jaume Ana Marmol Carolyn Pichardo Mark Trowbridge

Edmundo Pérez-de Cobos, Director Emeritus

Patrick Dupré Quigley, Artistic Director, ex-officio Rhett M . Del Campo, Executive Director, ex-officio James K . Bass, Associate Conductor & Director of Education, ex-officio Sara Guttenberg, Artist Representative, ex-officio Patrick Muehleise, Artist Representative, ex-officio

Board of Advisors Staff Misty Leah Bermudez Rhett M . Del Campo, Executive Director Alicia Castilla Ross Chuchla, Director of Operations George Chesney Lisa Husseini, General Manager Marisol Tamargo Collins Carlos Howard, Marketing & Communications Manager Ken Easterling, MD Jude Fox, Patron Services Manager Juan Carlos Espinosa, Ph D. . Candace Fitzpatrick, Grants Manager Martha Ann Haas James K . Bass, Associate Conductor & Director of Education Raul Iglesias Suzanne Floyd, Education Administrator Susan P . Kelley Joey Quigley, Artistic Consultant Bobbi Litt Daniel Perron Audrey Pinney Audrey Ross, Ph .D . William R .Roy, Ph .D . Marvin A . Sackner, M D. . David L .Webb

24 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY SPONSORS

Made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, the support 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 with the support of the City of Coral Gables .

Seraphic Fire is funded by The Children’s Trust . The Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County by making strategic investments in their future . Funding for Seraphic Fire is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council . Seraphic Fire is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture .

Artist accommodations are provided by Marriott’s SpringHill Suites .

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Your contribution matters

This coming season Seraphic Fire will present more than 40 concerts in South Florida, premiere eight new American works by leading composers, and collaborate with The Cleveland Orchestra in Miami and Cleveland . Through our Youth Initiative, we will engage and inspire more than 1,000 students in underserved Miami-Dade communities .

Our patrons cover 44% of the costs for these programs.

Individual Giving 44% Media Sales 2% Single Tickets 10% 2015-16 REVENUE Subscriptions 14%

Concert Fees Foundation, Corporate, Government Support 4% 26%

No matter how large or small, your contribution allows us to envision a strong and soaring future for Seraphic Fire . The experience will continue—your generosity will ensure that .

To donate, visit SeraphicFire.org/donate or call (305) 285-9060. SUPPORTERS (OCTOBER 1, 2015 – OCTOBER 1, 2016)

NATIONAL SPONSOR ($20,000+) MAESTRO CIRCLE ($5,000 - $7,499)

Anonymous Robert W . Baylis, MD & Christopher D . Gaba Robert R . Brinker & Nancy S . Fleischman The City of Coral Gables Broward County Cultural Division Michael & Cheryl Del Campo in memory of Bruce & Martha Clinton, Lenora Yates Jaeschke The Clinton Family Fund Dr . Ken Easterling & Diego Cardenas The John S . & James L . Knight Foundation Alaina Fotiu-Wojtowicz Meredyth Anne Dasburg Foundation Martha Ann Haas The Miami-Dade County Department Diana Hammerstein of Cultural Affairs Grace Heising Ruth† & Marvin Sackner Joe & Suzy Lacher State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Ana & Raul Marmol Friedrike Merck Marilyn A . Moore UNDERWRITER ($10,000 - $19,999) Carolyn Pichardo Elizabeth & Joe Pollio, Pollio Family Foundation Dr . Thomas C . Boyd Quest Foundation Alicia Celorio, Do Unto Others Trust, Inc . The Stonesifer/Kinsley Fund Martha R . Davis & Alix Ritchie at The Seattle Foundation Funding Arts Broward David L . Webb & W . Lynn McLaughlin Funding Arts Network Jody Wolfe, The Mailman Foundation William Jaume in Honor of Daniel Perron Daniel Lewis* The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Program SPONSOR ($2,500 - $4,999) Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council A . Peter Burleigh Miami-Dade County Youth Arts Dr . Nirupa Chaudhari & Dr . Stephen Roper Enrichment Program Daniel Copher Edmundo Pérez-de Cobos P R. . Farnsworth & J C. . Gill Sara Solomon Jim & Billie Hairston WLRN Public Radio 91 3. FM Key Biscayne Community Foundation, Inc . George Lindemann Linda Morgan DIRECTOR ($7,500 - $9,999) The James G . Pepper Fund of the Stonewall Harry F . Duncan Foundation, Inc . Community Foundation Margaret A . Rolando Dr . Audrey Ross Dr . William Roy & Ms . Susan Kelley Frank & Susan Salinger Joanne N . & John H . Schulte Joseph & Janet Shein Howard S . Apperman & John D . Siegfried, M .D .

27 | SERAPHIC FIREPHILIP - 15th GLASS: ANNIVERSARY EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH | 27 SUPPORTERS (OCTOBER 1, 2015 – OCTOBER 1, 2016)

Charles & Sandra Simon Dennis & Patti Klein Leonard Smith Gloria Kline Mark Trowbridge Mr . & Mrs . Stephen Kutler* Williamson Automotive John Landers Allan Yudacufski & Mark Mandel Marvin & Isabel Leibowitz Mrs . Jay Lotspeich Jack & Natasha Lowell* PATRON ($1,000 - $2,499) Betsy & Art Murphy William Murphy The Seraphic Fire Staff Michael & Mary Ellen Peyton Dr . & Mrs . Ronnie Arad Nicholas J . Pisaris Alberto Arias & David Wood Kinnard Bill & Debbie Quigley Helene Berger Luis Ramirez & Kimberly Thompson Bonnie Berman Fred & Karen Reichheld Margrit & Roger Bernstein Dr . Morton & Mrs . Jane Robinson & Family William A . Bonn & Ruben A . Ceballos Col . & Mrs . Robert W . Rust Drs . Blaine Branchik & Christopher Rudman Maeve-Anne Sandiford Mary Clauder Karl & Susan Shell Marilyn M . Connolly Marte V . & Paul Steven Singerman Coral Gables Community Foundation Alice & Joe Smith Robert Crane & Shirley Muñoz* Paul Smith & Michael Dennis* Gerhard Dahl Vann & Parker Thomson Joseph C . Dimino & Michael Guida Erling T . Thoresen Adrienne DiPrima & Donna Smorchoke Mr . & Mrs . Tom Tift James Doan & James Blizzard Dr . & Mrs . Michael Troner Dick & Marcy Dupere M . Therese Vento & Peter M . MacNamara Enterprise Holdings Teresa Galang-Viñas & Joaquín Viñas John & Maria Farrey Marjorie Weber* Mr . & Mrs . Jack Firestone Maria José Wright Suzanne & Lawrence Fishman Jane Worley Suzanne Floyd Mary Beth & Gerardo Garcia Jeanette Goodman SUSTAINER ($500 - $999) Taffy Gould Dr . Pedro & Mrs . Janus Greer Marj Adler Alfredo & Luz Maria Gutierrez Dr . Abraham & Helene Benyunes Peter & Nancy Harrison Sheila & Michael Berke Dr . Jeffrey Horstmyer & Prof . Tillie Fox Rachael Bloomfield* Timothy & Elizabeth Iszler Alfred C . Brooks & Peter C . Lombardo, MD Dr . & Mrs . Joseph R . Jannach Maurice & Ruth Burg Carin Kahgan in Memory of Marc Kahgan Lisbeth & Michael Bustin Linda Heller Kamm Clark & Ann Cochran Joan Kasner Corwin Family Charitable Foundation

28 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY Rhett M . Del Campo Robert Warren John & Gina Despres* Nina Webber* Burke Dillon Rev . Priscilla Felisky Whitehead Richard DiRenzo & Rev . Charles Humphries Ted Wolf in memory of Edith Wolf Steven Dloogoff Patricia Woodson Dr . Ruth Frischer David Yelen Joan Glade de Pontet & Joseph S . Handler Mr . & Mrs . Gerard Hayes Neill Hirst DONOR Rev . Todd Hoover & Ron Michel ($250 - $499) Bernard & Marilyn Horowitz* Anonymous Michael Hughes & Judith Taylor Dr . & Mrs . Arthur Agatston Lisa Husseini* Edward & Elizabeth Baker* Evan Jones Betsy Beardsley Meg Green & Associates Kristi Bettendorf* Joyce Kaiser Timothy Broschat & Monica Elliott Mira Lehr & Donn Golden Charles Buckwalter & Vincent Lombardi Shelley & Steven Leinicke James F . Carlton Enrique & Monica Lopez Abbey Chase & Manny Palgon Alberto & Maggie Manrara Argelio & Sylvia Garcia Dr . & Mrs . Sanford M . Markham Susan Geisenheimer* Serge & Margaret Martin Drs . Joan & Paul Gluck Alison McMahan Pauline A . Goldsmith Carlo Mercuri K . Lawrence & Maureen Gragg Sandra Mullen David Graves & John Herrmann Bernard G . Perron Michael Haber Darden Asbury Pyron in memory of Jo Scott Pyron Claudia Hauri Veronika Rabitsch Jack Huizenga Andrea Lynne Rice Nancy & James Katzoff Charles Sacher Dr . Nancy Kirsner Ted & Margaret Sarafoglu Ulrich Lachler & Nancy Gillespie John Schmidt Lee Lennon Ellen Siegel Margaret Lias Margaret Seroppian Bobbi & Rick Litt in Honor of Bernice Steinbaum Joanne Schulte & Rhett M . Del Campo John Strasswimmer Dr . Richard & Mrs . Terry Lung Lou Strennen Ulrich & Carole Merten D . James Tagg, Jr . John & Janet Preston Jeanann Testyon Carl & Toni Randolph Betty Vandenbosch* in memory of Brenda Richey Thomas & Jean Boyd Nelson Robaina Jr . & Keith M . Hart Mel Vanderbrug* Victoria Rogers Richard Vaughan* Ellen Roth

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Linda Sturdy Elise K . Judy Kristian Toimil Federico Justiniani Richard L . Tooke & Charles L . Marshall, Jr . Linda Kopec Kate & Art Trotman Rosemarie M . Lewis Mr . & Mrs . Joe Williams Susanne Lindau Gregory Lindeblom* John Lundsten FRIEND ($100 - $249) Bruce Maddalena Fred & Susan Mattes Anonymous Peter Medvin Miriam Abeles Joanne Mercurio Elizabeth Amore Patrick Moraitis Claire Angelozzi Kate Morilla* Ann Marie Barry Patrick & Jeri Muehleise* Marie Ann Barry Ann Norins Robert Boris Doris Notarius David & Margaret Bradshaw Rev . Katharine Palomares Donald Edwin Broaddus Rick & Katherine Parker-Socarras Roy Cane* George Pita Joanne Cann Ann Raff John & Rebecca Cavanaugh Sue Rapperport Dan Topp & David Cole Robert H . Ripps & Steven J . Spector Doris Coleman* Janine Roth Terence Connor Anne Sager Lane Convey Ellie & Bernie Schinder William Cranshaw Franklin Schmidt Martha N . Dare William Seltzer Jack & Kathleen DeFonso Barbara Singer Bonnie & Peter Dockter Claudia Springer Andrew & Jane Dolkart David & Barbara Tagg Dr . & Mrs . Brian Dunn Marc Umlas Carol Elkins Lyndall Urquhart Todd Estabrook Ellen & Robert Vignola Sebastian Fiore Paul Woehrle Dr . Helen B . Franke Robin Woodard Maria José Garmendia Doug & Margaret Yoder* Ronni Gibbons* Suzanne Gunzburger Mr . & Mrs . John K . Harris Jr . Paul Hart William & Alex Hauser Mr . & Mrs . Kevin Hennessey Joanne Jasin * Indicates new donor

30 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY Seraphic Fire’s Youth Initiative is a free music education and choral performance program, in partnership with the University of Miami, that offers a unique and personalized introduction to the art of singing to elementary and middle school students across Miami-Dade County’s most challenged neighborhoods .

INTERACTIVE LEARNING OUTREACH PERFORMANCES Each month, Seraphic Fire artists visit More than 1,000 students are invited different schools to engage students in to especially curated Seraphic Fire dynamic presentations that teach music performances that serve as “guided tours” theory fundamentals and vocal pedagogy . of the music performed by the ensemble .

To learn how you can support Seraphic Fire’s youth initiatives, contact Rhett M. Del Campo at (305) 692-0266 or [email protected].

In partnership with: 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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