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Please contact me to discuss how your real estate transaction can also be music to your ears. 2016 Top Producer at Compass Florida 2 | SERAPHIC FIRE: 2017 - 2018 SEASON TABLE OF CONTENTS About Seraphic Fire . 5 About Patrick Dupré Quigley . .. 5 Soloists . 6 Artists . 8 Program . 11 Texts & Translations . 12 2018 - 2019 Season . 24 Ensemble Artist Program at UCLA . 26 Aspen Music Fesitval and School . 27 Institutional Sponsors . 28 Donors . 30 Administration . 34 Two-Time GRAMMY® Nominee DON’T MISS Shakespeare: Music and the Bard TUE, MAY 8 - SUN, MAY 13 Tickets SERAPHICFIRE.ORG/SHAKESPEARE 305.285.9060 Seraphic Fire MONTEVERDI:2153 Coral Way, SELVA Ste . 401, MORALEMiami, FL 33145 ET SPIRITUALE | 3 SeraphicFire .org | 305 .285 .9060 “Time-stopping” South Florida Classical Review 4 | SERAPHIC FIRE: 2017 - 2018 SEASON SERAPHIC FIRE Led by Founder and Artistic Director Patrick Dupré Quigley, Seraphic Fire brings top ensemble singers and instrumentalists from around the country to perform repertoire ranging from Gregorian chant and Baroque masterpieces to Mahler and newly commissioned works by this country’s leading composers . Two of the ensemble’s recordings, Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem and A Seraphic Fire Christmas, were nominated for 2012 GRAMMY® Awards, making Seraphic Fire the only choral ensemble in North or South America to be nominated that year and the only classical ensemble in the world to be nominated for two separate projects . Seraphic Fire continues to put South Florida at the center of artistic innovation during its 2017 - 2018 Season through masterworks of cultural significance like Brahms’ timelessLiebeslieder Waltzes, as well as through high-quality under-performed music like David Lang’s the little match girl passion . Guest appearances include collaborations with Lorelei Ensemble Artistic Director Beth Willer and Boston’s Back Bay Chorale Music Director Scott Allen Jarrett . Recognized for its “spellbinding, hypnotic” sound (South Florida Classical Review), Seraphic Fire’s artistic accomplishments have also translated to orchestral collaborations with The Cleveland Orchestra and New World Symphony, and chart-topping album sales . The ensemble’s September 2014 release, Reincarnations: A Century of American Choral Music, soared to No .6 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart and the ensemble’s recording of Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem debuted at No .7 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart . PATRICK DUPRÉ QUIGLEY Proclaimed “extraordinary” (Gramophone), “authoritative” (Philadelphia Inquirer), “inspirational” (Chicago Sun-Times), and displaying “transformative brilliance” (New York Lucid Culture), Patrick Dupré Quigley has established himself as an exemplary conductor, creative programmer, and lauded arts entrepreneur whose skills as a musician transcend traditional genre boundaries . Founder and Artistic Director of Seraphic Fire, Quigley receives rave reviews for his work with the music of contemporary American composers; is celebrated for his exacting, historically informed interpretations of Classical and Baroque repertoire; and was honored with a GRAMMY® Award nomination for his recording of Brahms’ Romantic masterpiece Ein Deutsches Requiem. This season, Quigley takes the podium at The Cleveland Orchestra with Mozart, Utah Symphony with Haydn, and Seraphic Fire with masterworks of Bach, Monteverdi, Pärt, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning David Lang . In 2016 - 2017, Quigley appeared with San Francisco Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, and Grand Rapids Symphony . Previous guest conducting engagements include appearances with New World Symphony, Mobile Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and San Antonio Symphony . Quigley received his master’s degree in conducting from the Yale School of Music and his undergraduate degree in musicology from the University of Notre Dame . ARVO PÄRT: PASSIO | 5 SOLOISTS James K. Bass, bass, is Director of Choral Studies at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, and Associate Conductor & Director of Education at Seraphic Fire . He previously served on the faculties of Western Michigan University and University of South Florida . Bass holds a doctoral degree from University of Miami, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from University of South Florida . He has appeared with professional choral ensembles including Seraphic Fire, Conspirare, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Apollo Master Chorale, Vox Humana, and Spire . Solo orchestral engagements include appearances with The Cleveland Orchestra, New World Symphony, The Florida Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, Back Bay Chorale, and the Sebastians . Steven Soph, tenor, has been hailed 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) . His 2017 - 2018 season features debut appearances as well as continued collaborations with Apollo Master Chorus of Chicago, Alpine Chorale of Denver, The Cleveland Orchestra, and Bach Society of St . Louis . He also has appeared with New World Symphony, San Diego’s Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Roomful of Teeth, Conspirare, and Santa Fe Desert Chorale . Soph holds degrees from Yale University and University of North Texas . Jolle Greenleaf, soprano, has been hailed as a “golden soprano” and called “a major force in the New York early music scene” by The New York Times . She is a sought-after soloist in music by Bach, Buxtehude, Handel, Purcell, and, most notably, Claudio Monteverdi . Recent highlights include two programs on Carnegie Hall’s “La Serenissima” series, J . S . Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Washington Bach Chorus, and a return to Claudio Monteverdi’s beloved Vespers of 1610 . As Artistic Director of TENET, “a treasured staple in New York” (The New York Times), Greenleaf creates diverse programs, directs, and sings in performances of repertoire spanning from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century . 6 | SERAPHIC FIRE: 2017 - 2018 SEASON Virginia Warnken, mezzo-soprano, is hailed by The New York Times as an “elegant,” “rich-toned alto” with a “riveting presence .” Warnken regularly performs with numerous other ensembles as a soloist, including Philharmonia Baroque, Carmel Bach Festival chorale and recitals, American Classical Orchestra, TENET, and Green Mountain Project . She also has appeared on the main stages of Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center numerous times as an alto soloist in major works such as Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, and Handel’s Samson . Warnken holds a master’s degree from Yale University . During her time there, she worked with renowned conductors including Masaaki Suzuki, Nicholas McGegan, and Simon Carrington . Patrick Muehleise*, tenor, is in demand throughout the country with recent engagements including Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 with Music of the Baroque, Mendelssohn’s Elijah with both Elmhurst Symphony and Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Seraphic Fire, Reich’s The Desert Music with New World Symphony, Bach’s Magnificat with True Concord, and Mozart’s Requiem with Aspen Chamber Symphony . Muehleise regularly appears with Seraphic Fire, True Concord, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Chicago Symphony Chorus, and Grant Park Symphony Chorus, and has taken the operatic stage with Lyric Opera of Chicago and Santa Fe Opera . Steven Eddy, baritone, has been praised for his “winning portrayals” (The Dallas Morning News) and “sterling musical and physical work” (stagehappenings.com), and has exhibited extraordinary versatility in the realms of opera, oratorio, and art song . A frequent concert artist and recitalist, Eddy has performed with American Symphony Orchestra, The Mark Morris Dance Group, American Classical Orchestra, Choral Arts Philadelphia, Aspen and Tanglewood music festivals, The Handel Choir of Baltimore, New York Virtuoso Singers, Brooklyn Art Song Society, and Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity . He was a winner of the 2015 Joy in Singing Debut Artist Award, which led to his New York recital debut . Eddy also has received awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions . *Appearances made possible by an Anonymous Donor ARVO PÄRT: PASSIO | 7 ARTISTS Soprano Alto Sara Guttenberg Sarah Moyer Doug Dodson Clara Osowski Chorus Master City: Boston, MA City: Boston, MA City: Minneapolis, MN City: Madison, WI Seasons with SF: 3 Seasons with SF: 3 Seasons with SF: 1 Seasons with SF: 12 Artistic Highlights: Artistic Highlights: Artistic Highlights: Artistic Highlights: World Premieres of Handel and Haydn Metropolitan Opera Oregon Bach Festival, music by Christopher Society, Boston National Council collaborations under Theofanidis, Santa Fe Baroque, Boston Back Upper-Midwest Michael Tilson Thomas Desert Chorale, Oregon Bay Chorale, Aldeburgh Regional Finalist, and Leonard Slatkin Bach Festival Music Festival premieres of music by Dominick Argento “It is