Sunday Afternoon, November 29, 2015, at 2:00Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage

Changing Lives through the Power of Performance

Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General DirectorJonathan Griffith, Co-Founder and Artistic Director

presents

Messiah…Refreshed!(Approx. 2 hours 22 minutes)

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL,Messiah

Thomas Beecham/Eugene Goossens’1959 Re-Orchestration for Full Symphony Orchestra

JONATHAN GRIFFITH, Distinguished Concerts Orchestra Music Director

PENELOPE SHUMATE, SopranoCLAUDIA CHAPA, Mezzo-soprano

JOHN MCVEIGH, TenorCHRISTOPHER JOB, Bass

DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS ORCHESTRADISTINGUISHED CONCERTS SINGERS INTERNATIONAL

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Part One

1. Orchestra Sinfonia (Overture) 2. Recit. (Tenor) Comfort ye my people 3. Air (Tenor) Ev’ry valley shall be exalted 4. Chorus And the glory of the Lord 5. Recit. (Bass) Thus saith the Lord 6. Air (Bass) But who may abide the day of his coming? 7. Chorus And he shall purify 8. Recit. (Mezzo) Behold, a virgin shall conceive 9. Air (Mezzo) O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion and Chorus 10. Recit. (Bass) For behold, darkness shall cover the earth 11. Air (Bass) The people that walked in darkness 12. Chorus For unto us a child is born 13. Orchestra Pifa (“Pastoral Symphony”) 14. Recit. (Soprano) There were shepherds abiding in the field 15. Recit. (Soprano) And the angel said unto them 16. Recit. (Soprano) And suddenly there was with the angel 17. Chorus Glory to God 18. Air (Soprano) Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion 19. Recit. (Mezzo) Then shall the eyes of the blind 20. Air (Mezzo/Soprano) He shall feed his flock 21. Chorus His yoke is easy, and his burthen is light

Please hold your applause until the end of each part.

Intermission

Part Two

22. Chorus Behold the Lamb of God 23. Air (Mezzo) He was despised 24. Chorus Surely he hath borne our griefs 25. Chorus And with his stripes we are healed 26. Chorus All we like sheep have gone astray 27. Recit. (Tenor) All they that see him laugh him to scorn 28. Chorus He trusted in God 29. Recit. (Tenor) Thy rebuke hath broken his heart 30. Air (Tenor) Behold, and see if there be any sorrow 31. Recit. (Tenor) He was cut off out of the land of the living 32. Air (Tenor) But thou didst not leave his soul in hell 33. Chorus Lift up your heads, O ye gates 37. Chorus The Lord gave the word 38. Air (Soprano) How beautiful are the feet 39. Chorus Their sound is gone out 40. Air (Bass) Why do the nations so furiously rage together? 41. Chorus Let us break their bonds asunder 42. Recit. (Tenor) He that dwelleth in heaven 43. Air (Tenor) Thou shalt break them 44. Chorus Hallelujah

Part Three

45. Air (Soprano) I know that my redeemer liveth 46. Chorus Since by man came death 47. Recit. (Bass) Behold, I tell you a mystery 48. Air (Bass) The trumpet shall sound 53. Chorus Worthy is the lamb that was slain

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Notes ON THE PROGRAMby Joseph & Elizabeth Kahn

Messiah is a collection of biblicalextracts compiled as a complement andresponse to the story of Christ’s incar-nation, death and resurrection. Thereare no dramatic characters, the soloistsadopt a primarily prophetic voice andthe chorus responds as a kind of univer-sal congregation.

The first part of Messiah deals primari-ly with the prophecies of Christ’s birth,mainly from the Book of Isaiah, andmore meditative psalm texts. The textsare optimistic, focusing on redemptionthrough acceptance of a merciful andgentle savior. The actual Christmasstory is told only in the three centralnumbers, the chorus, “For unto us achild is born,” the recitative, “Therewere shepherds abiding in the fields,”and the chorus “Glory to God,” inwhich the soprano soloist serves as“Evangelist” and the chorus as“Mankind” and the, “Heavenly Host”respectively.

Part Two is distinct from the Passionoratorios in that it does not tell thestory of the crucifixion but is rather ameditation on Christ’s death andmankind’s need for redemption. Onceagain, the texts are taken primarilyfrom the Hebrew Scriptures, in whichthe events of Christ’s sacrifice arebelieved to be anticipated. Part Twoends with the “Hallelujah” chorus, cel-ebrating the redemption of man ratherthan the tragedy of Christ’s death.Equally non-dramatic is Part Three, amusical consideration of the signifi-cance of the resurrection for mankind.

Handel composed Messiah in a littleover three weeks, typically dipping intoearlier compositions when it suited histaste and probably his schedule: “AndHe shall purify,” “For unto us a child isborn” and “His yoke is easy” wereoriginally Italian secular cantatas fortwo voices. Remnants of moribundopera seria style can be heard in the dacapo aria “Rejoice greatly,” but therepeat of the first part is by no meansexact, driving to an emotional andmusical climax that ends the aria.Another distinction in this aria is thatHandel notated the ornamentationinstead of allowing the singer carteblanche to improvise, as was the cus-tom with the castrati who dominatedthe operatic stage.

Always attentive to matching wordsand music, Handel, like Bach, frequent-ly used tone painting to accentuateimportant textural elements: Note themelisma on the word “shake” in thebass recitative, “Thus saith the Lord”and the twisting chromatic vocal line inthe bass aria to portray, “The peoplethat walked in darkness.” On the otherhand, note how difficult it is for thechorus to sing the word “easy” in “Hisyoke is easy.” The instrumental“Pastoral symphony” portrays theshepherds through the use of the dronein the bass, representing a simple ruralbagpipe and the lilting rhythm of tradi-tional Italian folk music.

Messiah was commissioned by theLord Lieutenant of Dublin and was anenormous success at its premiere per-

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL MessiahRe-orchestrated for full symphony orchestra by Eugene Goossens

formance in 1742, but it fell flat thesame year in London. Only after it hadbeen revised and presented in concertfor the benefit of the FoundlingHospital in London (which continuedto make over 600 pounds at each of itsannual benefit performances) did ittake off on the way to its current pop-ularity. But nothing boosted the workso much as its adoption everyChristmas by traditional English civicchoral societies, in which “casts ofthousands” continue to belt out thechoruses that at its premiere comprisedonly 33 instrumentalists and 32 singers.

About this Orchestration

Handel’s original modest orchestrationdid not remain pristine for long.Handel himself had performed it usingan enlarged orchestra. Mozart and var-ious others have re-orchestrated it fortheir own times and orchestral forces.In 1959 conductor Sir ThomasBeecham (1879-1961), nearing the endof his career, decided that he wanted toconduct and record Handel’s Messiahone more time, taking advantage of thefull force of his Royal PhilharmonicOrchestra. He hired conductor andcomposer Eugene Goossens (1893-1962) for €1,000 (a tidy sum at thetime) to do the re-orchestration,explaining reasonably that over theyears Messiah had played to larger andlarger houses, and that proportionatelylarger forces were needed to push thesound out.

Handel’s original orchestration consist-ed of 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 trumpets,timpani, continuo and strings. InGoossens’ hands, this became: 3 flutes

(piccolo), 4 oboes (English horn), 2clarinets (bass clarinet), 2 bassoons,contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussion-ists (including cymbals), harp and strings.Goossens also omitted several move-ments from the original orchestration.

Beecham recorded the new version in1959 with great success (It is still avail-able on CD). But then the story getsmurky. After the conductor’s death,Lady Beecham—the Royal Philhar-monic’s former telephone operatorwho was 57 years Beecham’s juniorand whom he married in 1959—became the guardian of all herhusband’s manuscripts and discour-aged attempts to perform the arrangedMessiah or even to allow an examina-tion of the score. In fact she claimedthat Goossens’ work was unacceptableto her husband and that he had beenobliged to “re-re-orchestrate” it himselfwith the help of a member of theorchestra and had actually used “hisown” version for the recording. Thatclaim was, in fact, stated in the insertwhen the recording was reissued on CDin 1992. Finally, in the early 1990s,Lady Beecham sold her husband’s man-uscript collection to SheffieldUniversity where it became possible toexamine the score Beecham had usedfor the recording. It was pure Goossenswith only a few minor alterations.

Goossens’ Messiah was not performedagain in Britain until 1999. DCINYpresented the Lincoln Center premiereof this orchestration on November 27,2011, under the baton of JonathanGriffith and the Distinguished ConcertsOrchestra.

THE Artists

An acclaimed conductor, educator andlecturer, Jonathan Griffith has led per-formances across North America,Europe, and Asia. Maestro Griffith isco-founder and artistic director of Dis-tinguished Concerts International NewYork (DCINY), which has broughttogether, under Griffith’s artistic leader-ship, thousands of musicians and choralsingers in concert at prestigious venuesacross the United States, includingCarnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Dis-ney Hall. The founder and musicdirector of the Distinguished ConcertsOrchestra, Maestro Griffith also over-sees DCINY’s mentoring program forconductors.

He made his Carnegie Hall conductingdebut in 1989 and has since conductedwell over 65 performances at CarnegieHall and Lincoln Center combined. Inaddition to the major works of the clas-sical repertoire, conducting highlightsinclude the U.S. premieres of Karl Jenk-ins’ Stabat Mater and Te Deum; SergeiTaneyev’s Upon Reading a Psalm; MilošBok’s Missa Solemnis; Luigi Boccherini’s

Villancicos; and Eugene Goossens’ re-orchestration of Handel’s Messiah,along with world premieres by EricFunk, Seymour Bernstein, and RobertConvery. His additional conductingcredits include the Mormon TabernacleChoir in Salt Lake City; ManhattanPhilharmonic and New England Sym-phonic Ensemble, both at CarnegieHall; The European Symphony Orches-tra in Spain; Bohuslava MartinPhilharmonia and Philharmonia Cho-rus, Virtuosi Pragensis ChamberOrchestra, Karlovy Vary SymphonyOrchestra, and Dvořák ChamberOrchestra, in the Czech Republic; andthe Bialystok State Philharmonic inPoland, as well as numerous regionalorchestras and choruses across theUnited States.

The Jonathan Griffith Singers, anensemble drawn from singers acrossNorth America and founded in 1987,has made its mark internationally. Inrecent years Maestro Griffith has led theSingers on highly acclaimed tours toUruguay and Argentina; to the People’sRepublic of China, premiering KarlJenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass forPeace in Beijing and Shanghai; and toPisa, Italy. Dr. Griffith and the JonathanGriffith Singers toured Turkey in Juneof 2013 performing the acclaimed Turk-ish oratorio Yunus Emre by A. AdnanSaygun in Istanbul with the Cemal Re itRey Orchestra and in Ankara and Eskinehir with the Presidential Orchestra atthe invitation of the TURKSOY govern-mental agency. Maestro Griffith alongwith the Distinguished ConcertsOrchestra is the 2014 winner of TheAmerican Prize in Conducting, profes-

JONATHAN GRIFFITH, DCINY Co-Founder, Artistic Director,Principal Conductor

Penelope Shumate has been describedas having a “voice with power” and “awelcome fire” on stage. The New YorkTimes praised her recent performanceas the soprano soloist in Messiah forher Avery Fisher Hall debut withDCINY, stating she “…sang the sopra-no solos with appealing bell-like clarityand surpassing sweetness.”

She has also performed in David GeffenHall, Lincoln Center, and has had manyengagements at Carnegie Hall. Herrecent debuts include appearances withAcadiana Symphony Orchestra, Rapi-des Symphony Orchestra, OklahomaCity Philharmonic, Hilton Head Sym-phony Orchestra, and the CanterburyChoral Society. She has also performedwith opera companies and orchestrasacross America, including BaltimoreOpera, Opera Company of Philadel-phia, Opera Roanoke, Opera Saratoga,Des Moines Metro Opera, Utah FestivalOpera, Ash Lawn Opera, AnnapolisOpera, Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra,Berkshire Choral Festival, ChamberOrchestra of Philadelphia, Glens FallsSymphony Orchestra, and the Kennett

Symphony Orchestra, among others.She is an award winner with the GerdaLissner Foundation, Marie E. CrumpVocal Arts Competition, Mac-AllisterAwards, New Jersey Association ofVerismo Opera Vocal Competition,Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition,Kennett Symphony Orchestra VocalCompetition, and the Altamura/CarusoInternational Vocal Competition,among others. In addition to her activeperformance career, she serves as assis-tant professor of Voice at WesternIllinois University.

PENELOPE SHUMATE, Soprano

sional orchestra division, and a semi-finalist in the 2015 competition.

Dr. Griffith received his DMA in con-ducting from the Conservatory of

Music/University of Missouri-KansasCity, a master’s in music education fromWichita State University, and bachelorof music education from the Universityof Kansas.

Acclaimed for his “fresh-toned andtouching portrayal” by Opera Newsand lauded by the New Orleans Times-Picayune for his “rich lyrical tenor, fab-ulous top notes, and striking goodlooks,” John McVeigh continues to gar-ner attention for his countless world-class performances at the most reveredhouses throughout the United Statesand worldwide. This season’s engage-ments include returns to TheMetropolitan Opera in Turandot andLe nozze di Figaro. In concert, John willbe seen as the tenor soloist in Handel’sMessiah with DCINY at Carnegie Hall,

JOHN MCVEIGH, Tenor

Mexican Mezzo-soprano, ClaudiaChapa, recently returned to The Glim-merglass Festival as a Young Artist toperform the roles of Third Lady in TheMagic Flute and cover the Old Lady inCandide. Earlier this season Claudiaperformed the role of The Witch inHansel und Gretel, was invited to be themezzo soloist in Verdi’s Requiem withGulf Coast Symphony and Distin-guished Concert International NewYork (DCINY), where she made herCarnegie Hall debut. This fall she willbe returning to Opera in the Heights to

perform Madam Flora in The Medium.Her 2013/14 Season included reprisingthe role of Dame Quickly in Falstaffwith Winter Opera St. Louis, and join-ing the Young Artist program at TheGlimmerglass Festival where she cov-ered the role of Dryade in Ariadne aufNaxos. For 2012/13 Claudia had bothcompany and role debuts as Azucena inOpera in Williamsburg’s production ofVerdi’s Il trovatore and Dame Quicklyin Falstaff with Opera in the Heights.She also covered the role of Gertrude inRoméo et Juliette as a member of theDes moines Metro Opera ApprenticeProgram became a member of PortlandOpera’s educational tour of The MagicFlute, and received the prestigious Sil-verman Award after performing the roleof Madame de Croissy in Dialogues descarmélites with the International VocalArt Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel. Duringher 2011/12 Season Claudia made herprofessional debut as Dritte Dame inDie Zauberflöte with Austin LyricOpera, Aunt Cecilia in Little Womenwith Opera Fayetteville and Marthe inFaust with Indianapolis Opera.

CLAUDIA CHAPA, Mezzo-soprano

Bass-Baritone Christopher Job is estab-lishing himself as an important talent inthe opera industry. In just the last fewseasons, he made his Italian début atthe Teatro Comunale di Bologna asSparafucie in Rigoletto and Il Podestáin Rossini’s La gazza ladra; made hisrole début as Escamillo in Carmen withLyric Opera Virginia; his role début asAlidoro in La Cenerentola with theFestival Lyrique de Belle-Île-en-Mer inFrance; Blitch in Susannah this summerwith Ash Lawn Opera; and joined theMetropolitan Opera roster for theirproductions of Janáček’s From theHouse of the Dead, Shostakovich’s TheNose, The Enchanted Island, AMidsummer Night’s Dream, La ron-dine, Macbeth, as The Flemish Deputyin Don Carlo, and as Bruhlmann inWerther. This season, he will onceagain return to The MetropolitanOpera for Lulu and Roberto Devereux.He will also sing Händel’s Messiah atLincoln Center. He performed the 5thJew in Salome in his début with PalmBeach Opera; sang Collinen in Labohème at Lyric Opera Baltimore;

made his role début as Figaro in Lenozze di Figaro with Fargo MoorheadOpera; his role début at Blitch inSusannah with Opera Idaho; Ramfis inAïda and Il Commendatore in DonGiovanni with Tulsa Opera and OperaFort Collins; performed Kilian in DerFreischütz, and Angelotti in Tosca atthe Des Moines Metro Opera; and per-formed Barone Douphol in La traviatawith Syracuse Opera and Lyric Operaof Virginia.

CHRISTOPHER JOB, Bass

as well as in a performance of Bach’sMass in B Minor with Soli Deo Gloriaunder the baton of John Nelson.Additionally, he will appear as the titlecharacter in a workshop of a new operaSherlock Holmes and the Case of theFallen Giant produced by AmericanLyric Theatre. Mr. McVeigh is in highdemand as a concert artist, bringing hisstrong stage presence and dynamic char-acterizations to oratorio repertoirenationwide. Other recent concertengagements include The Blind atLincoln Center Festival; Händel’sL’allegro with the Mark Morris DanceGroup at the Kennedy Center andLincoln Center; Lackey in DerRosenkavalierwith National SymphonyOrchestra; Haydn’s Creation with the

Portland Symphony; Mozart’s Mass inC minor with the St. Catherine of SienaConcert Series; Händel’s Messiah withPhiladelphia Orchestra, Carnegie Hall,Boston Baroque, Winston SalemSymphony, and Charlotte SymphonyOrchestra; Acis in Acis and Galateawith the Concert Radio KamerFilharmonie in Amsterdam; Bach’s St.Matthew Passion under the baton ofJaap van Zweden with the DallasSymphony; Bach’s St. John Passion withthe Winston-Salem Symphony; Orff’sCarmina Burana with the MemphisSymphony; Vaughan Williams’ OnWenlock Edge with the Arizona MusicFestival and Portland Chamber MusicFestival; and a concert of arias in areturn to the Portland Symphony.

DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS SINGERS INTERNATIONALChoeurs au Diapason (France), Annick Deschamps, DirectorCoral Adventista de Brasilia (Brazil), Eldom Soares dos Santos, DirectorCoro de la Comunidad Guatemalteca (Guatemala), Heber Misael Morales Vargas &Juliana O’Connor, DirectorsCounty Town Singers (Canada)Dubai Chamber Choir (UAE), Debra Dixon, DirectorFlint Hills Messiah Chorus (KS), Christine Day, DirectorGrey Bruce Singers (Canada), Dianne Leith, DirectorKatterwall Singers (Hong Kong), Bethan Clark, DirectorMoscow Oratorio Society (Russia), Alexander Tsaliuk, DirectorNew York Festival Singers, Alec Spencer, DirectorNorth Forsyth High School Raider Chorus (GA), Gene Seese, DirectorNorth Peace Community Choir (Canada), Rachel Casponi & Merrill Flewelling, DirectorsRichmond Hill Christian Community Church Choir (Canada), Angelina Lam, DirectorSummit High School Choir (TN), Jenna Elsberry, DirectorThe Sarasota Choral Society (FL), Genevieve Beauchamp, DirectorVancouver USA Singers (WA), Jana Hart, DirectorYampa Valley Choral Society (CO), Christel Houston, DirectorAnd Individual Singers from around the globe

PERFORMING ARTS PARTNERS

DCINY would like to thank our Performing Arts Partners, who, with their finan-cial support, have made this performance possible.

DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS SINGERS INTERNATIONALMckenzie AbbottShirley Anne AdrainChelsea AhrensEmilee AitkenJessalyn AitkenKim AlexanderJoseph AlfiniAnneliese AmadorShelby AndersonRosimeire AnjosCharlene AnspaughCarol A. AnthonyEllen AntunesPaulo AraújoArianna Araya-Derosier

Colleen ArnisonCheryl ArthurKarenlee AtkinSamuel AugustoAllyson AustinCaroline AustinIvan AvalianiSvetlana AvalianiTessa BaconFrancoise BaculardMiryam BaezKsenia BagramianGinette Bahezre

Reagan BaileyShayla BaileyStephen BaileySarah BaluchOlga BaranovaAnna-Caroline BarbeeMiranda BarthDavid BatterhamKathryn BaverstockStephen BaverstockCynthia BayneGenevieve BeauchampJoseph BeckerAnna BedratskayaCarol BellJames BellMary BenferJacob BeningDebye BernardMonica BestCharlotte BilneyAnnette BlechsteinValeriya BogachevaOdile BonnieRolf BonnieJosé Cardoso BorgesAssunta BorrelliKylee BowenDiane Bowers

Darrius BrackinsAmanda BradleyGrace BrassChickey BrayMargaret Briggs-Casson

Nivaldo BritoAngela BroeckelScott BrooksKatherine BroomeArlin BrownRoxanna BrowningLaurent BrunJacqueline Brundritt-Schmitt

David BuckNatalia BurgovaHannah BurtonCamilla ByrdNidya CaballeroJacqueline CarewJuan Pablo Carrillo-Orellana

Claude CarrusJayden CartelliRonald CavalloSandra ChappleNoel ChatelasMarie-Beth Cheezem

Yee Man Linda ChengNicole CiotMackenzie ClantonJason ClarkJessie ClarkeVirginia ClevelandMaxmimilian ClissoldLinda CluleySaige CobleCathy ColesAlyssa CollinsJoanna CondieCarol Cornavaca-Crespi

Blake CornellMichaela CriscoNina CronPeggy CrubelTaylor CulpepperIrene CunyRobert CunyAna Lúcia DantasMauro DantasMackenzie DayKayli DaymonJennie De BeaussetBruce DeanCatherine DemersDamaris Demers

Nataliya DeminaAnnick Deschamps-Ep. Miquely

Thiago DiasAlyssa DilorettoRuth DimlichDebra DixonArmina DizdarevicDennis DoranKathleen GraceDotson

Marie-France DourieuKerry DuncanAigerim DzhusupovaVirginia EichnerLana-Gay ElliottJenna ElsberryPatricia EmeryMartine EouzanFaith EvansRuss FasolinoJoseph FedorFelipe FeldmarTerese FergusonLesbia FigueroaAbby FinchCarolyn FisherBarbara FletcherClaudia FrahmJim FrahmDanielle Franchi Karen FraserDorothy FroeseLucille GagneRoberta GeierDanielle GibbsRenate GiesbrechtAdrienne GilbertJohn GingeryTiffani GipsonOlga GlebovaChristian GodfreyLori GoetschTatiana GoncharovaEmma GordonMarie-ThereseGosselin

Berthe GrangerRoderick GreeneKatelyn GreenmanNataliya GreshnovaKayla HackCatriona HaggstromDiane HahnertJanet HaleyDavid HamakerCheryl Hardy-MooreEllen HargraveAmber HarlanDeborah Harper BonoJana Hart

Jeffrey HarwoodGuadalupe HathawayJane HaywardPeggy HeatonMark HendersonSydney HenlineCassie HenriksenLori HillNatalie HillSara Violet HolcombeAnn HolmesClay HoltMarna HopkinsChristel HoustonKaleigh HoynesAlana HuffordJamie HuntMargaret HuronEmma JamesVera Gail JensenLéa JesusKathy Keyi Jia-JonesAlyssa JohnsonJane Nutter JohnsonKyla JohnsonRobert C. JohnsonLillian JonesTracey JordanOlga KarachevaOlga KarelinaAidan KassisVirginia KaycoffRobert Jack KernYusuf KhanMaria Christine-Klitsie

Krista KnoppersElena KopytinaElizabeth KowalskyValerie R KraftNancy KramerScarlett KredellBeth KuczkowskiCalvin LamMichele LanCarmen LawPui Yan Martina LeeLindsey LeggettFrances LegroveMichael LehmannEric LejacquesSusan LeMasterSam LennonRobert LepetitEvelyne LerdaKsenia LikhterMaria LimaMegan LimeAlyce LindbergMan Li Liu

Patricia Loewit-Hunter

Alyssa LowrieHayley LucenteHarvey LyonFrances MackayPaul MackeyTaylor MaherAlan MarshMitchell MartinOlivia McclendonJohn MccullumMarqus McdermottKathleen McdonaldSherwin McdonaldSharon MckinneyCarole McnabRichard MeneelyKathleen MerkIva MichilesElena MironovaAndré MonteloGraciliano MonteloCristina MoranKatherine MoranMatthew MorganJoy MorrisonRheanna Morris-Richert

Oliver MottLisa MurrayNadezhda MyskovaAngelina NgElisabeth Betty NiemeMary NietoJennie NugentJuliana O’ConnorMaureen Ong Ep-Combalot

Lindsay O’SabenChristiane PaivaColleen ParkerElizabeth PepperArne Ingemar PerssonSally PeterkenTanner PickettJulie PittmanJacqueline PoirotEkaterina PolishchukAngelica PomeroyNatalia PopovichMagali PrieurElena ProsviryakovaBarry PryorJacqueline PuigserverEkaterina PuzatkinaDebra PylypiwTyler RedwineSarah ReillyAndrea ReiterNataliia Reneva

Beverly RiceAzilee RichardsonIris RichardsonAmy RidgewayTimothy RinnBeth RitchieJustine RitterTarcisio RochaJuanita RohimAnnick RomandYana RomanyukDorrie RosenSig RosenShannon RossDejanira RossiMark RubinDavid RussellMaria RyskinaNorman SaltLorena Sanchez-Gallastegui

Eric SanderDominique SandozEmília SantosMaria Da Conceição-Santos

Rachel ScanlonLisa ScheirerJon SchieweKatherine KatieSchumacher

Daniel SchwankeRhonda ScottGene SeeseVanessa SeeseJanet SeilerManuel ServinHannah ShepperdScott ShiEric Shiu Chun HangGrace ShockeyDellan ShortMarie-Jeanne SibelliEvelyn SimHeather SjoblomLeann SmithLinda SmithAlan SmitheeAnita SoEldom SoaresCarol SorrentiDawn SosebeeKendall SosebeeLindsay SpearsAlec SpencerBen SpurlockKate SpurlockEkaterina StakheevaMarilyn StanderAlan StebbingNickolas Stebbing

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DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK (DCINY)

Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General DirectorJonathan Griffith, Co-Founder, ArtisticDirector & Principal Conductor

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Ruth StebbingFiona SteffensenRyan StephensonAddie StoreyLinda StringerPeter StringerHenry StroussIsabel SuhWarren SwansonRegan TaiMadalyn TateValerie TaylorMichelle TeaselEmma TeemsMaria SuzetteTenefrancia

Darlene Thomas

Noah ThomasDarren ThomsonYvette ThomsonWendy ThornhillTaryn TidwellEmma TillirsonMichele ToutounjiPeggy TownsendYi Chien TsaiAlexander TsaliukBenita TsangBrooke TurnerNicole TurnerAliya UsmanovaMarina UtkinaCarolann VasileMichele Vaughn

Cássia VitoriaIara VoosElena VorobevaOlga VoronGaryle VossNicole WakefliedJulia WattsPaul Westin WeberJan WeishaarCallie WelsteadMarjolijntje WheatCarol WhiteRalph WhittumPatrice WicharukHeather WillAnna WilliamsNathan Willis

Owen WilsonKatherine WintersgillDylan WiseMarlee WittBrian WongKimberly WongLauren WoodGareth WoolerFinley WoolstenMaría L. WunderlichIan WylieIrina YaninaNataliya YaroshenkoEkaterina YuneevaNatalia ZaslavskayaHerbert ZemanDébora Zukowski

DCINY 2015–16 Concert SeriesPlease join us for one of our upcoming events:

Monday Evening, December 7, 2015, at 8:00 PMWeill Recital Hall at Carnegie HallDistinguished Concerts International Artist SeriesDeborah Popham, Soprano

Monday Evening, January 18, 2016, at 7:00 PMStern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallThe Music of Karl Jenkins: A Concert for PeaceJenkins: The Armed ManJenkins: Songs of SanctuaryJenkins: Te DeumJonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal ConductorKarl Jenkins, Composer-in-ResidenceFeaturing Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Tuesday Evening, January 19, 2016, at 7:00 PMStern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallRequiem for the Living: The Music of Dan ForrestForrest: Requiem for the LivingForrest: Te DeumForrest: Psalm of AscensionForrest: In ParadisumJames Meaders, DCINY ConductorJo-Michael Scheibe, Guest ConductorDan Forrest, Visiting ComposerFeaturing Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Monday Evening, January 25, 2016, at 7:00PMStern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallMortals & Angels: A Bluegrass Te Deum (World Premiere)Commissioned by the DCINY Premiere ProjectJonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal ConductorCarol Barnett, Composer-in-ResidenceMarisha Chamberlein, LibrettistFeaturing Distinguished Concerts Singers International and Special Guest Artists Bailey & Vincent

Monday Evening, February 15, 2016, at 7:00 PMStern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallMozart, Mealor, Martin: Music of Joy and SorrowMozart: RequiemVance Y. George, Conductor LaureateMealor: Stabat Mater (New York Premiere)Mealor: Jubilate Deo (World Premiere)James Jordan, Guest ConductorPaul Mealor, DCINY Composer-in-ResidenceMartin: The Music of Joseph MartinJoseph Martin, Composer & ConductorFeaturing Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

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