Here are a few highlight performances. (See REPERTOIRE for a more comprehensive list.)
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Performances of Handel’s Messiah by the Handel Society of Dartmouth College were periodic, whereas Handel Choir of Baltimore & Handel Period Instrument Orchestra presented it annually.
Handel Choir of Baltimore & Chandos Singers (2004-2013)
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) with guest soloists Laura Choi Stuart and Steven Combs, a collaboration with Camerata of University of Maryland Baltimore County and Orchestra of St. John’s. St. Michael and All Angels Church, April 14, 2013.
Handel oratorio Semele with Handel Period Instrument Orchestra and guest soloists Clara Rottsolk, soprano; Aaron Sheehan, tenor; Douglas Dodson, countertenor; Monica Reinagel, alto; Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano; Emily Noel, soprano. Church of the Redeemer, April 21, 2012.
Mozart Requiem and Bach Cantata 106; Handel Choir, Chandos Singers & Handel Period Instrument Orchestra a collaboration with Harmonious Blacksmith (period chamber ensemble). St. Ignatius Church, May 15, 2011.
British/American Connection: Britten Antiphon, Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor, Howells Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 17 for organ, Tavener Funeral Ikos, Ives Psalm 67, Thompson Bitter-Sweet, Glory to God, Alleluia, and folk songs. Handel Choir & Chandos Singers, Jonathan Moyer, organ and piano. Grace United Methodist Church, April 18, 2010.
Handel Jephtha (staged): Chandos Singers. A co-production with American Opera Theatre and Ignoti Dei Baroque Orchestra; Timothy Nelson stage director. First English Lutheran Church, April 30 and May 1, 2010.
Brahms Schicksalslied & the world première of Jonathan Leshnoff Requiem for the Fallen, commissioned by Handel Choir of Baltimore; premièred by HCB and Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Markand Thakar, conducting, Kraushaar Auditorium, February 13, 2008.
O Eternal Fire––the Brilliance of Handel and Bach: Handel The King shall rejoice, Bach Cantata BWV 12 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Weeping, Crying, Sorrow, Sighing), Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6 no. 12 in B minor, Bach Cantata BWV 34: O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (O eternal Fire, O source of Love) First English Lutheran Church, November 8, 2008.
And There was Light: Haydn Die Schöpfung (The Creation) with Handel Period Instrument Orchestra and vocal soloists Clara Rottsolk, Tony Boutté and Craig Phillips. Church of the Redeemer, May 2007.
Purcell & Handel: Anthems for the Chapel Royal and Bach Magnificat. Chandos Singers & Handel Choir with period instrument orchestra and distinguished guest vocal soloists. First English Lutheran Church, November 10 at 8pm 2007.
The French Connection. Fauré Requiem (sung in French-Latin pronunciation) and Cantique de Jean Racine, L. Boulanger Pie Jesu, Poulenc Litanies à la Vierge Noire and Ave verum corpus, and Bernstein Chichester Psalms with chamber orchestra. Grace Methodist Church, May 6, 2006.
Bach Fest with Chandos Singers. BWV 227 Jesu, meine Freude and Cantata BWV 55 for tenor solo, Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht and the Wedding Cantata BWV 196 Der Herr denket an uns. Featuring guest soloists Clara Rottsolk, soprano, Tony Boutté, tenor, John Bradford Bohl, countertenor, Stephen Bard, baroque oboe, and Colin St. Martin, baroque flute. St. Paul’s School Chapel, November 5, 2006.
Handel Alexander’s Feast (chorus master) performed by Handel Choir of Baltimore with Bach Sinfonia, October 29, 2005, Washington DC for the American Musicology Society national conference. Recording sessions for CD production by Dorian Records.
Boston Vocal Artists’ Sonique (2003-2005)
Folk Tradition, Myth and New Music. Boston Vocal Artists’ Sonique (nine professional singers) and pianist/coach Steven Morris. Two world premières: Christian Wolff Wake up! and Ileana Perez Velazques Il Tiempo. St. Paul’s Church, Brookline, MA, January 21, 2005.
American and British 20th-century Jewels and Marvels. Music by Copland, Ives, Barber, and Britten. Marsh Chapel, Boston University, January 17, 2004, and Lyme Congregational Church, Lyme, NH, January 1, 2004.
Bon Anniversaire, Berlioz! Poulenc Un soir de neige, Milhaud Naisssance de Vénus, Saint-Saëns Op. 68 Deux Chœurs, and a generous sampling of rarely heard Berlioz solos, vocal chamber works and choruses. St. Paul’s Church, Brookline (MA) on January 31, 2003 and Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center, Hanover NH, February 2, 2003.
Handel Society & Concertato Singers (1979-2004); Chamber Singers (1979-1996)*
*Performances by Dartmouth College ensembles were in Spaulding Auditorium or Rollins Chapel unless otherwise noted. All choral-orchestral works were performed with the Hanover Chamber Orchestral unless otherwise noted.
Handel Society & Concertato Singers with the Hanover Chamber Orchestra: Celebration for the Season Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams; Three Nativity Carols by Stephen Paulus; other selections. Spaulding Auditorium, Dartmouth College, December 2, 2003.
Handel Society & Concertato Singers: Berlioz Roméo et Juliette dramatic symphony with the Hanover Chamber Orchestra and guest soloists David Arnold, Erma Gattie, and Ryan Turner. March 1, 2003.
Handel Society Concert tour to Germany and Austria. In addition to giving concerts and singing for worship services, performed Schubert Mass in E-flat jointly with the Schwenningen Bach-Chor (orchestra and chorus) and the Pinkham Christmas Cantata with the German-American Choir of Munich (with brass double quartet). December 10-23, 2002.
Handel Society performances of Vaughan Williams Hodie; Haydn Missa in Angustiis (“Lord Nelson” Mass); Brahms four-voice lieder, Op. 64 and 92; Pärt Te Deum (2000-2001).
Handel Society performance of Fanny Mendelssohn Ouverture; Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 33; John Adams Harmonium (1999).
Bach St. Matthew Passion (1998) and Bach St. John Passion (1985).
Handel Society première of Charles Dodge The Staff of Aesculapius for bicentennial celebration of the Dartmouth Medical School (1997).
Handel Society performances of Berlioz L’enfance du Christ; Stravinsky Mass; Mozart Requiem (1992-93).
Chamber Singers Feast of Songs renaissance theatrical-concert-dinner extravaganzas, Dartmouth College (1980-1996).
Chamber Singers period instrument performances of Haydn Salve Regina, Bach Cantata 140, and more in a series of period instrument performances in Rollins Chapel (1995-97).
SummerSings, open community read-throughs of major works sponsored by Handel Society, (1988-2002).
Tours
Chamber Singers seven international concert tours during spring breaks (1981-1996) to England, Italy, Spain, Germany-Austria.
Two Handel Society 14-day concert tours to Germany and Austria by Handel Society (1999 and 2002).
Collaboration of Handel Society and New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra, concerts in Manchester and Hanover, NH. I conducted Poulenc Gloria and Brahms Schicksalslied and prepared the chorus for Mahler Symphony No. 2, James Bolle conducting (1994).
Tour to New York City with Handel Society and Concertato Singers: two performances in Carnegie Hall and a Carol Sing performance at St. Paul the Apostle Church at Lincoln Center including final chorus of Berlioz L’enfance du Christ, John Kornet, tenor (1991).
Handel Society Tour to Toronto International Choral Festival for two performances of Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms; Concertato Singers performed Bach Jesu meine Freude (1989).
Concertato Singers perform Gershwin Porgy and Bess Suite (1989) and Magic Flute (1987) with the New Hampshire Music Festival, Plymouth, NH.
Guest Conductor
Guest Conductor, Northeast regional première of McCullough The Song of the Shulamite, Albany Pro Musica, Albany, NY (2013).
Guest Conductor, American Opera Theatre, Baltimore MD, in collaborations with Handel Choir of Baltimore for staged performances of Handel Jephtha (2010), Purcell Dido and Aeneas, Dunphy Gonzales Cantata (2011).
Guest Conductor, Kentucky All-Collegiate Festival. Music by Haydn, Brahms, Finzi; 100 singers from eight colleges. Louisville Center for the Arts and University of Kentucky (2006).
Visiting Conductor, Towson University Chorale, Towson University, Towson MD, Fall semester (2005).
Visiting Conductor, Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, (1999).
Assistant Conductor and Chorus Master, Opera Illinois in preparations for Verdi La Traviata, Fiora Contino, conductor. Peoria IL (1999).
Visiting Conductor for Concert Choir, University Chorus, and Camerata, University of Georgia, Athens GA (1996-1997).
Guest Chorus Master, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle, WA, for preparation of Berlioz La damnation de Faust conducted by Gerard Schwarz (1995).
Principal Guest Conductor, Hanover Chamber Orchestra (professional) in collaboration with Handel Society of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (1991-2004).