A CAPPELLA MASTERCLASS

A Cappella Conducting Masterclass
Hosted by VocalEssence and St. Olaf College

Friday, October 5 through Monday, October 8, 2007
Minneapolis, MN

For Professional Conductors Who Want to Advance Their Conducting Technique

Chorus America’s Masterclass brings conductors, teachers and resources together to create an environment that is beneficial to all participants and uniquely tailors offerings to individual participant needs.

FACULTY
Podium Coaches   Special Guest             Philip Brunelle VocalEssence   Anton Armstrong St. Olaf College   Sigrid Johnson St. Olaf College, VocalEssence     Osmo Vänskä Minnesota Orchestra
Private Coaches
Tom Hall Baltimore Choral Arts Society   Kathy Romey Minnesota Chorale   Pearl Shangkuan Calvin College   Ron Staheli Brigham Young University
Associates Program Mentors       Christopher Aspaas St. Olaf College   Matthew Mehaffey University of Minnesota

REPERTOIRE
Conducting Fellows will be assigned select excerpts from the following repertoire, which represent the three major areas of a cappella repertoire:

CLASSICAL
Felix Mendelssohn. ed. Kenneth Jennings, FOR GOD COMMANDED ANGELS
Maurice Duruflé, UBI CARITAS (for SATB) and TOTA PULCHRA ES (for SSA)
C.H.H. Parry, MY SOUL, THERE IS A COUNTRY (from “Songs of Farewell”)

SPIRITUAL
Moses Hogan, MY SOUL’S BEEN ANCHORED
Undine Smith Moore, WE SHALL WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY IN PEACE
Hall Johnson, I CANNOT STAY HERE BY MYSELF
Rosephanye Powell, I WANT TO BE READY (for SSA)

CONTEMPORARY (Works by Special Guests):
Stephen Paulus, ARISE, MY LOVE
Dominick Argento, THE DEVON MAID (from the choral cycle, “A Nation of Cowslips”)
Libby Larsen, I FIND MY FEET HAVE FURTHER GOALS

PERFORMING ENSEMBLES

VocalEssence Ensemble Singers (pictured) and special podium sessions at St. Olaf College with the St.Olaf Choir and Manitou Singers. For more information, please contact: Jamie Roberts, Director of Programs, Chorus America 202-331-7577, x247; fax 202-331-7599; Jamie@chorusamerica.org The Chorus America Conducting Masterclass series is supported in part by generous funding from Chorus America’s John Alexander Conducting Faculty Chair endowment and the National Endowment for the Arts.