The British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing. Touring globally, the group performs an extensive repertoire both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading orchestras, conductors, and soloists. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos.https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/cali-immersive-residency-2022-2023/1005/thumbnail.jp

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Montclair State University Montclair State University Digital Commons 2022-2023 John J. Cali School of Music Immersive Residency Program 2-15-2023 Voces8 John J. Cali School of Music Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/cali-immersive-residency-2022-2023 Recommended Citation John J. Cali School of Music, "Voces8" (2023). 2022-2023. 6. https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/cali-immersive-residency-2022-2023/6 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the John J. Cali School of Music Immersive Residency Program at Montclair State University Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in 2022-2023 by an authorized administrator of Montclair State University Digital Commons. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@montclair.edu. Anthony Mazzocchi Director John J. Cali School of Music Daniel Gurskis Dean, College of the Arts      OPUS 3 ARTISTS      PRESENTS     C H O R A L  D A N C E SMONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLEDr. Jeffrey Kunkel, DirectorKasser TheaterSaturday, October 23rd, 20218:00 pmFEATURINGMONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY SINGERS Dr. Heather J. Buchanan, conductorVOCES8Andrea Haines, sopranoMolly Noon, sopranoKatie Jeffries-Harris, altoBarnaby Smith, alto and artistic directorBlake Morgan, tenorEuan Williamson, tenorChristopher Moore, baritoneDominic Carver, bassCALI IMMERSIVERESIDENCYPROGRAMFRIDAY | FEBRUARY 17 | 7:30–9PM  NO INTERMISSIONOUR LADY OF THE LAKE32 LAKESIDE AVENUEVERONA, NJ 07044FEATURINGMontclair State University Singers Dr. Heather J. Buchanan, conductorOPUS 3 ARTISTSPRESENTSC H O R A L  D A N C E SHaec Dies WILLIAM BYRD  (1543–1623)Choral Dances from Gloriana BENJAMIN BRITTEN1. Time (1913–1976)2. Concord3. Time and Concord4. Country Girls5. Rustics and Fishermen6. Final Dance of HomageStraighten Up and Fly Right NAT ‘KING’ COLE, arr. Jim Clements(1919–1965)Cheek to Cheek IRVING BERLIN, arr. Jim Clements(1888–1989)Bogoróditse Devo from All-Night Vigil SERGEI RACHMANINOFF    Performed by the Montclair State University Singers (1873–1943)A Hymn to the Virgin BENJAMIN BRITTEN    Featuring the Montclair State University Singers   Boureé J.S. BACH, arr. Ward Swingle(1685–1750)As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending THOMAS WEELKES(1576–1623)Dessus le Marché D’Arras ORLANDO DI LASSO(1532–1594)Underneath the Stars  KATE RUSBY, arr. Jim Clements (b. 1973)Moondance VAN MORRISON, arr. Alexander L’Estrange(b. 1945)Sway LUIS DEMETRIO and PABLO BELTRÁN RUIZ,  arr. Alexander L’Estrange(1931–2007; 1915–2008)Come Fly with Me (To the Moon) BART HOWARD,  JIMMY VAN HEUSEN, & SAMMY CAHN,  arr. Alexander  L’Estrange(1915–2004; 1913–1990; 1913–1993)PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGEPlease silence mobile phones and refrain from photos and recordingC H O R A L  D A N C E SA Note on the ProgramSince the first music was created, music and dance have been constantly entwined. From chapels and courts to cinemas and clubs, this programme rejoices in choral music inspired by dance. Juxtaposing Renaissance music with jazz and pop creates a rare mix of the ethereal and angelic, along with pure foot-tapping fun: a showcase for VOCES8’s inimitable stage presence.4    Cali Brass Ensemble  Taylor Goodson, timpani  Julian Dippolito & Jack Powers, percussion  Vincent Carr, organ    gh          UNIVERSITY SINGERS  Dr. Heather J. Buchanan, conductor  Steven W. Ryan, accompanist       Soprano I             Soprano II  Abigail Brodnick            Taylor Amato   Deonia Conquest                          Eliza Arnone    Sailor DeRito             Cristina Clare    Emma DiLauro                          Dillan Dabice    Maya Henry             Marla Gordon    Shannon Leff             Julia Krempasky   Maeve Marron            Sabina Kunze   Brooke Raughton            Marissa Marciano   Thalia Suleymanov           Christine Tanko                     Ava Youngreen                    Alto I              Alto II   Inessa Accilien                   Allie Blanchard    Emily Arleo               Gabby Cintrón   Anastasia Baker             Laurel Cousineau   Sabrina Cantatore            Samantha Gerbrick   Mackenzie Conaway           Emma Gunther    Alianna Davis              Jasmine Jones    Camryn Dewar             Arianna Joseph    Gabrielle Guida              Katie Kane    Emily Hicken                Astrid Le  Melissa Hughes             Alexa Tabbacchino   April Kachnic    Cristina Latino             Alex Vandermaas    Jackie Wick    Abbie Wiedemann             Tenor I                               Tenor II  Mitchell Hernandez            Joey Cooper   MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY SINGERS Dr. Heather J. Buchanan, conductor Steven W. Ryan, accompanistSoprano I    Soprano IIAbigail Brodnick     Taylor Amato^ Deonia Conquest    Eliza Arnone Sailor DeRito    Cristina Clare Emma DiLauro*    Dillan Dabice Maya Henry    Marla Gordon Shannon Leff    Julia Krempasky Janey Lui     Sabina Kunze Maeve Marron      Christine Tanko+Brooke Raughton     Ava Youngreen Thalia Suleymanov          Alto I     Alto IIInessa Accilien     Allie Blanchard Emily Arleo     Gabby Cintrón Anastasia Baker     Laurel Cousineau Sabrina Cantatore     Samantha Gerbrick Mackenzie Conaway*   Emma Gunther Alianna Davis    Jasmine JonesGabrielle Guida    Arianna Joseph Emily Hicken    Astrid LeMelissa Hughes    Alexa TabbacchinoApril Kachnic    Alex VandermaasCristina Latino     Jackie Wick^^   Abbie Wiedemann Tenor I     Tenor IIAbner Bonifacio             Joey CooperMitchell Hernandez   Justin McBurneyDylan Kozlak*     Tim NuzzettiMichael Mottram    Nate RobinSamuel Sanchez     Griffin ShoemakerSkyler Westling    Benjamin Silvesti                                                            High Baritone                                           Bass-Low Baritone  Omar Abdallah     Ryan Avallone Rashaun Ashley     RJ Chandler Kevin Gilroy    Chris D’Amato Harrison Smith*           Marcello Fois Joey Staltari    David Iarkowski Christopher Vehmas   Sean Johnson      Ian Kearney       Chisom Maduakor       Julio Santiago+Manager      *Section Leader   ^Graduate Assistant  ^^Teaching Assistant  Soprano I    Soprano IIAbigail Brodnick     Taylor Amato^ Deonia Conquest    Eliza Arnone Sailor DeRito    Cristina Clare Emma DiLauro*    Dillan Dabice Maya Henry    Marla Gordon Shannon Leff    Julia Krempasky Janey Lui     Sabina Kunze Maeve Marron      Christine Tanko+Brooke Raughton     Ava Youngreen Thalia Suleymanov          Alto I     Alto IIInessa Accilien     Allie Blanchard Emily Arleo     Gabby Cintrón Anastasia Baker     Laurel Cousineau Sabrina Cantatore     Samantha Gerbrick Mackenzie Conaway*   Emma Gunther Alianna Davis    Jasmine JonesGabrielle Guida    Arianna Joseph Emily Hicken    Astrid LeMelissa Hughes    Alexa TabbacchinoApril Kachnic    Alex VandermaasCristina Latino     Jackie Wick^^   Abbie Wiedemann Tenor I     Tenor IIAbner Bonifacio             Joey CooperMitchell Hernandez   Justin McBurneyDylan Kozlak*     Tim NuzzettiMichael Mottram    Nate RobinSamuel Sanchez     Griffin ShoemakerSkyler Westling    Benjamin Silvesti                                                            High Baritone                                           Bass-Low Baritone  Omar Abdallah     Ryan Avallone Rashaun Ashley     RJ Chandler Kevin Gilroy    Chris D’Amato Harrison Smith*           Marcello Fois Joey Staltari    David Iarkowski Christopher Vehmas   Sean Johnson      Ian Kearney       Chisom Maduakor       Julio SantiagoThe 2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing. Touring globally, the group performs an extensive repertory both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras, conductors and soloists. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos which is shared both online and in person.VOCES8 has performed at many notable venues since its inception in 2005 including Wigmore Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Cité de la Musique Paris, Vienna Konzerthaus, Tokyo Opera City, NCPA Beijing, Sydney Opera House, Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, Victoria Concert Hall Singapore, Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico City amongst many others. This season they perform over 100 concerts in the UK and across Europe, in Israel and the USA – a welcome return to touring after the covid restrictions.The group’s entrepreneurial and community spirit and its innovative approach are fostered by the Co-Founders of VOCES8, brothers Paul and Barnaby Smith. The pandemic has provided the impetus for VOCES8 to further transform its already exceptional offerings, nurturing a new audience community providing hope, resilience and a chance to engage with classical music in new ways. Pioneering initiatives include ventures such as the LIVE From London digital festivals and the VOCES8 Digital Academy. LIVE From London was created as a specific response to the pandemic. Winning praise for its collaborative approach from artists, press and audiences around the world, the team has delivered five digital festivals to date, broadcasting 70 concerts and selling 150,000 tickets in over 75 countries. The VOCES8 Digital Academy is an online choral programme for high schools, colleges and individuals featuring live interaction with members of the ensemble, live and recorded lectures, and video resources to learn and perform music from the renaissance to today.Alongside this online work on its own platforms VOCES8 is heard regularly on albums, international television and radio. The ensemble is a Decca Classics artist and alongside that releases projects on its own label, VOCES8 Records. The latest Decca Classics album is “The Lost Birds” featuring music by Christopher Tin which is nominated for a Grammy at the 2023 Awards. New projects with Eric Whitacre, Paul Simon and Taylor Scott Davis are being released in 2023.VOCES8 is passionate about music education and is the flagship ensemble of music charity the VOCES8 Foundation, which actively promotes ‘Music Education For All’. Engaging in a broad range of outreach work that reaches up to 40,000 people a year, the group runs an annual programme of workshops and masterclasses at the Foundation’s home in London, the VOCES8 Centre at St Anne & St Agnes Church. Dedicated to supporting promising young singers, the group awards eight annual choral scholarships through the VOCES8 Scholars initiative. These scholarships are linked to the annual Milton Abbey Summer School at which amateur singers of all ages are invited to work and perform with VOCES8. Through the separate VOCES8 USA Foundation there is another set of talented ScholarsVOCES8 is proud to be working with Roxanna Panufnik as the group’s Composer-in-Residence, and Jim Clements as Arranger-in-Residence. The ensemble has premiered commissions from Jonathan Dove, Roxanna Panufnik, Roderick Williams, Paul Smith, Jocelyn Hagen, Melissa Dunphy, Ken Williams, Taylor Scott Davis, Alexander Levine, Alexia Sloane, Alec Roth, Ben Parry, Ola Gjeilo, Mårten Jansson, Philip Stopford, Graham Lack, Thomas Hewitt Jones and Owain Park. As ambassadors for Edition Peters the ensemble publishes educational material including the VOCES8 Method. Developed by Paul Smith, this renowned and unique teaching tool is available in four languages and adopts music to enhance development in numeracy, literacy and linguistics. Also available are anthologies of its arrangements, and an ever-expanding VOCES8 Singles range.General Management of VOCES8 is provided by Robin Tyson at Edition Peters Artist Management. Exclusive North American Booking Representation is provided by Opus 3 Artists.The Montclair State University choral program is an inclusive and dynamic community built on humanistic values (IntegrIty – CompassIon – respeCt), artistic excellence, and service through music. Montclair State’s flagship choir, University singers is an auditioned mixed-voice elective ensemble comprising undergraduate and graduate students. The choir performs a wide variety of choral styles/genres, with special interest in contemporary composers and thought-provoking repertoire contributing to important issues in our community and the world at large. Collaborative artist Steven W. Ryan has been their accompanist since September 2006.An important ensemble in the NJ arts community, University Singers perform regularly with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, presenting Handel’s Messiah annually since 2014. They have also sung Mozart’s Requiem under Jacques Lacombe (2013) and Xian Zhang (2018). In October 2018 they gave the US Premiere performance of Speak Out! by Kate Whitley (UK), an inspiring work based on texts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala, for the NJSO’s 2018-19 season opening.  The choir’s relationship with renowned composer-artist Meredith Monk culminated with the 2012 Grammy-nominated Songs of Ascension on the prestigious European label ECM Records under legendary producer Manfred Eicher. The choir’s first solo CD recording, I Sing Because…  was released in March 2020 and is also available for digital download on Spotify and iTunes. National media attention via The Today Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and regional news/media outlets during 2020-21 highlighted the choir’s innovative, impactful performing during the COVID-19 pandemic.2021-22 season highlights  included two NYC debut performances: collaborating with the internationally acclaimed UK-based vocal ensemble VOCES8 at Merkin Hall; and the MSU-Cali showcase event in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at The Metropolitan Museum. This season the choir performed the NY metropolitan premier of the new social justice piece Weather (Rollo Dilworth) in collaboration with the MSU Wind Symphony (Dr. Thomas McCauley, conductor), and are honored to collaborate again with VOCES8 through the Cali Immersive Residency Program.Building on a distinguished 115-year history, Montclair State is proud to be a leading institution of higher education in New Jersey. The university’s six colleges and schools serve more than 21,500 undergraduate and graduate students in over 300 majors, minors, concentrations, and certificate programs. The University Singers’ performances are broadcast on Cali Live and the Cali YouTube Channel.Australian-born conductor Heather J. Buchanan, PhD, is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Montclair State University (MSU) where she conducts choirs ranging in size from 24 – 160 voices. Choirs under her direction have won critical acclaim for their “heartfelt conviction” “grace and precision,” “vibrant sound,” “eloquence”, and for singing with the “crispness and dexterity of a professional choir.” During her 20-year tenure, MSU choirs have collaborated with a variety of renowned national and international performing artists, perform masterworks regularly with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO), and have sung on commercially produced recordings with Meredith Monk (Songs of Ascension) and the NJSO (Carmina Burana and Verdi Requiem). The MSU Singers released their first solo CD recording I Sing Because… in March 2020.Dr. Buchanan holds degrees from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (Australia), Westminster Choir College of Rider University (USA), and the University of New England (Australia). A licensed Body Mapping Educator since 2002, Dr. Buchanan specializes in the teaching of this neuro-anatomical educational technique that trains musicians to attain freedom of expression through effective movement. In June 2017 she was awarded the Barbara Conable Teaching Award by the Association for Body Mapping Education (ABME) in recognition of exemplary teaching, innovative ideas, support to colleagues, active involvement in ABME, & personal growth.  A vibrant teacher, dynamic performer, and passionate musicians’ health advocate, Dr. Buchanan is in demand as a guest conductor, somatic educator, and choral clinician in the U.S. and abroad. In June-July 2023 she will undertake a comprehensive five-week national tour for the Australian National Choral Association, guest conducting and leading choral conducting/pedagogy and Body Mapping workshops in six states.Steven W. Ryan joined the Cali School faculty in 2006. He has performed as an orchestral keyboardist with most of the major orchestras in New York City, including members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He has played celesta with the legendary Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall; piano, harpsichord, and portative organ with the Dessoff Choirs; and synthesizer with the Moody Blues rock band. He has collaborated with conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Neeme Järvi, Bernhard Haitink, Gerard Schwarz, and Maxim Shostakovich, among others. Mr. Ryan took first place in the 2001 Concours des Grands Amateurs de Piano. At the close of this international competition, he was engaged to perform Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor at the Sorbonne in Paris.  In addition to winning the French competition, Steven took second prize in the 2000 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs. In July 2022 he performed Messiaen’s Couleurs de la Cité Céleste with the Wind Symphony (Dr. Thomas McCauley, conductor) in Prague for WASBE Conference. Steven recently performed at Merkin Hall with VOCES8 in their collaboration with Montclair State University’s Vocal Accord. Special thanks to Pastor Fr. Peter G. Wehrle and Music Director Vincent Carr for use of the beautiful Our Lady of the Lake venue.for talented student musicians from under-represented backgrounds.For more information or to nominate a student:www.montclair.edu/music/pathwaysThrough the generosity of our  donors, the Cali School will  ensure that these students have  the educational and musical  resources to advance their  goals. This support may include:• Acquisition of a musical instrument• Private instruction• Master classes and workshops• Mentoring• Tuition aid to summer camps• On-campus activities at MSU• Travel expenses to  and from instruction • Full tuition remission to the  Cali School of MusicThe Cali School of Music at Montclair State University aims to create dynamic and comprehensive pathways to higher education and careers in music GoalIdentify young motivated students and assist them in breaking down the barriers that may otherwise preclude them from achieving their full musical potential.

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