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Saturday Afternoon, January 18, 2014 at 2:00Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Family Stage

PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATORS EIGHTH INVITATIONAL

presents

World Voices In MotionBONNIE BORSHAY SNEED, Artistic Director

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST DIOCESAN HIGH SCHOOL—BEL CANTO CHORALE SENIOR GIRLS

National Anthem

MATT STRAUBProducer’s comments

MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY CONCERT CHOIRPEGGY DETTWILER, Conductor

CRAIG HELLA Gitanjali Chants (India) JOHNSON

WILLIAM BYRD Sing Joyfully

ANTON BRUCKNER Ave Maria

SPIRITUAL My God is a Rockarr. Alice Parker and BRETT HELMUS, Bass

Robert Shaw

AMERICAN FOLK How Can I keep from Singing?HYMN SARAH POLINSKI, Mezzo-soprano

arr. Ronald Staheli

DIANE WHITE Clap PraiseHEATHER SITEK, SopranoKYLE RUSK, AccompanistJOHN MINK, Speaker

(Program continued)

D-TOUR DANCE COMPANY, FROM STUDIO D DANCE SCHOOLREBECCA ANDERSON DARLING, Director/Choreographer

Reflections (In memory of Rebecca Marie Jung)

PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLEEVELYN GARDELL, Director/Choreographer

Nutcracker Excerpts

NORTH AMERICAN VOCAL ENSEMBLE (NAVE) VOICESBONNIE BORSHAY SNEED, Conductor

PAVEL CHESNOKOV Duh Tvoy Blagíy (Russia)

RALPH MANUEL Alleluia

JOSQUIN DES PREZ Tu Pauperum

EDWIN FISSINGER Lux aeternaWEST SIDE DANCE CENTER, DALE JULIAN-BIERCE, DirectorDANCE INNOVATIONS PERFORMANCE COMPANY

SUSAN MCCUTCHEON COUTTS, Choreographer/DirectorCHRIS DONLEY, CantorDAVID FRENCH, CantorKATHY HEIM, Soprano

BEL CANTO CHORALE AND ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST DANCE COMPANY,

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST DIOCESAN HIGH SCHOOLJARED BERRY, Conductor

RENEE SUSSMAN, Dance Director

ROSEPHANYE POWELL Word Was God

H. LEDBETTER Bring Me Little Water, Silvyarr. Moira Smiley

FRANZ BIEBL Ave MariaKIMBERLY BLAIR & ALLISON LANE, Soloists

VITAMIN STRING Dare You to MoveQUARTET NATALIE AFFENITA & SAMANTHA AFFENITA, Choreographers

IN MOTION FROM DOROTHY DEGUERCIO SCHOOL OF DANCEKATHIE KECECI, Director

Amour PropreMELISSA KEISER, Choreographer

DANCE INNOVATIONS PERFORMANCE COMPANYSUSAN MCCUTCHEON COUTTS, Director

There is Hope in Living

PALMYRA-MACEDON HIGH SCHOOL SELECT CHOIRJILL DAVIS, Conductor

WILLIAM DAWSON Ain-a That Good News

Z. RANDALL STROOPE Omnia SolWILL PALMER, Accompanist

PAUL BASLER Gloria from Missa KenyaBENJAMIN KEARNS, TenorNOAH BOSS, Djembe

DANCE INNOVATIONS PERFORMANCE COMPANYSUSAN MCCUTCHEON COUTTS, Director

Why Don’t We Just Dance?

BULLIS SCHOOL CHAMBER SINGERSJASON CARUNCHIA-STRUNK, Conductor

ANANIAS DAVISSON Idumea (Shape Note Tune, from arr. Richard Bjella Kentucky Harmony, 1816)

MOSES HOGAN Hear My Prayer

ANDRÉ THOMAS Rockin’ Jerusalem

BALLET BAROQUE IIELVA HOHMANN SCAPES, Director/Choreographer

Summer Wind—A Romantic Interlude

“Mack the Knife Scene” from Three Penny Opera(Set on a gangland street in 1928 Germany)

A DANCE CLASSDOREEN CRAN, Director/Choreographer

“The Scientist” by Coldplay

Janjara

NAVE VOICESBONNIE BORSHAY SNEED, Conductor

WEST SIDE DANCE CENTERANDREA DEVENTER, Choreographer

arr. Daniel Hughes Babethandaza (South Africa)MARGARET LEACH, SoloistPAULA REID, SoloistJOHN PATTERSON, SolotistWALTER FREEMAN, SoloistGRIFFIN MAXWELL, DrumsGINGER HERRON, ClavesKRISTEN BASKEWICZ, Shekere

R. JEFFERS Workin’ for the Dawn of Peace (Civil War texts)THE MEN OF NAVE VOICES

BY DOBRI HRISTOV Mari Mome (Bulgaria)arr. Bonnie Sneed

ETHAN SPERRY Desh: An Indian RagaA Lullaby which turns into a Celebration—Reminiscent of Indian sitar playing

GRAND FINALE MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY CONCERT CHOIR & NAVE VOICES

WEST SIDE DANCE CENTERCAITLIN LAVIN-MUGAVERO, Choreographer

LUDWIG VAN “Hallelujah” from Christ on the Mount of OlivesBEETHOVEN BONNIE BORSHAY SNEED, Conductor

TODD E. RANNEY, Accompanist

Rose Ceremony

LibrettoGitanjali ChantsCRAIG HELLA JOHNSON

Ever in my life have I sought thee withmy songs. It was they who led me fromdoor to door, and with them have I feltabout me, �searching and touching myworld. It was my songs that taught meall the lessons I ever learnt;�theyshowed me secret paths,�they broughtbefore my sight many a star on thehorizons of my heart. They guided meall the day long to the mysteries of thecountry of pleasure and pain,�and atlast to what palace gate have theybrought me at the end of my journey?

You came down from your throne andstood at my cottage door.�I was singingall alone in a corner, and the melodycaught your ear.

You came down and stood at my cot-tage door.Masters are many in our hall,and songs are sung there at all hours.�But the simple carol of this novicestruck at your love. �One plaintive littlestrain mingled with the great music ofthe world,�and with a flow’r for aprize;�You came down and stopped atmy cottage door.

—Rabindranath Tagore

Ave MariaANTON BRUCKNER

Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord iswith thee,Blessed art thou among women, andblessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray forus sinners,Now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Duh Tvoy BlagíyPAVEL CHESNOKOV

Spirit, Thy Goodness, Lead me on alevel path. Alleluia.

Tu PauperumJOSQUIN DES PREZ

You are the refuge of the poor. Youare the remedy of the weak.The hope of the exiled, the strength ofthose who labor.The path for the erring; The truth andthe Life.And now, Lord Redeemer, To Theealone I appealTo Thee true God I worshipIn thee I hope ad trust through JesusChrist for my salvation.Help me, lest my soul falls asleep indeath.

Lux aeternaEDWIN FISSINGER

Light eternal shine on them, Lord:Rest eternal give to them, Lord,In your holy eternity because you aremerciful.And light eternal shine on them. Restin peace. Amen.

Omnia SolZ. RANDALL STROOPE

The sun warms everything, even whenI am far away.Love me faithfully, and know that Iam faithful.

Gloria from Missa KenyaPAUL BASLER

Glory to God in the highest, and onearth peace to people of good will.We praise you, We bless you, We adoreyou, We glorify you,We give you thanks for your great glory,Lord God, heavenly King, O God,almighty Father.Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of theFather,You take away the sins of the world,have mercy on us;You take away the sins of the world,receive our prayer.You are seated at the right hand of theFather, have mercy on us.For you alone are the Holy One, Youalone are the Lord,You alone are the Most High, JesusChrist,With the Holy Spirit, in the Glory ofGod the Father. Amen.

Babethandazaarr. Daniel Hughes

We are like this because of prayer; Oour ancestors, they were prayingWe are marching, marching, in thelight of God.

Mari MomeDOBRI HRISTOVarr. Bonnie Sneed

Go! Young girl with black eyes, do notlie to me, nor to my son, Come on!He has torn his sash, tightening it inhalf,Who is lying to your son, Mother?Neither I nor he lies to me,It is my dark eyes that lie to him, andmy blue coral jewelry

Vita de la mia vitaWILLIAM HAWLEY

Life of my life, you are to me like apale oliveOr a rose which is painfully dyingNone of your beauty is deprivedBut in each aspect you give me pleas-ureWhether you flatter or shun me, andwhether you follow or flee from me,So very softly you consume and meltme.

THE ArtistsBALLET BAROQUE IIStudents from Ballet Baroque havebeen awarded scholarships to numer-ous advanced dance programs such asBallet Met, Mercyhurst College andBaltimore School for Performing Arts.The school has now become BalletBaroque II, a performing group withclassical ballet as its basis. The smallstudent company has evolved and nowworks in an interpretive style as well as

in ballet. Today’s event also includeselements of ballroom dance. The groupincludes dancers from a wide age rangeand dance background. They presentlyinclude performers from age 14 to 67.Some of the Ballet Baroque II dancershave performed in numerousNutcrackers and Coppelias and otherclassics but now welcome a chance tostretch their dance styles.

ELVA HOHMANN SCAPESFor over 30 years, Elva HohmannScapes was Director of Ballet Baroqueschool and performing company. InNew York City, she studied with SirFrederic Franklin, Maria Swoboda,Leon Danielian and instructors fromthe Royal Ballet. After three years atthe Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo schoolin New York, Ms. Scapes danced pro-fessionally with the American FestivalBallet. She then joined the Pittsburgh

Ballet Theatre in their early years anddanced soloist roles in Les Sylphidesand The Nutcracker. Ms. Scapes nowworks as an independent choreogra-pher working in classical ballet as wellas in styles derived from the balletsphere. Since working with thePerforming Arts Educators, she has hadthe opportunity to form Ballet BaroqueII and expand her dance experience.

Jonathan BeckasAllison BorrassoAmy Wyand CouchKathleen Duffy

Sarah KalinowskiJack KerrMary KerrBetty Lacey

Anna MoultonNeilsen Charlie

MurrayBarbara Maranowski

Janine A. PaulsonSharon ThompsonLaura K. TaylorTodd Stein

BALLET BAROQUE II

BEL CANTO CHORALEThe 46 member Bel Canto Chorale isthe flagship choral ensemble at St. Johnthe Baptist High School, under thedirection of Mr. Jared Berry.Comprised of the most gifted and ded-icated female singers, the ensemble per-forms mostly a cappella music from adiverse repertoire of genres, cultures,and periods. In addition to various inand out of school performances, the Bel

Canto Chorale performs with other St.John the Baptist choirs throughout theyear. The ensemble has performed atthe Heritage Music Festival and Musicin the Parks Festival, and has receivedmany gold awards and high accolades.Students in the ensemble have heldnumerous lead roles in school theatreproductions as well as in communitytheatre companies.

JARED BERRYJared Berry (M.M. ChoralConducting, University of Georgia;B.S.Ed. Music Education, HofstraUniversity) is in his second year on fac-ulty at St. John the Baptist, where hedirects the Men’s Vocal Ensemble, BelCanto Chorale, Wind Ensemble, andteaches music theory. Mr. Berry alsoserves as the Assistant Director forAdministration at the New York StateSummer School of the Arts, School ofChoral Studies, a program that bringstogether high school students to studyvocal arts. Mr. Berry holds additional

appointments as artistic director of theBabylon Chorale, one of Long Island’spremier seventy-voice communitychoirs, and concert music director andchorus master of the Blue Hill Troupe,a New York City based theatre troupepresenting high quality theatre per-formances while raising money forcharities. He serves as the Repertoire& Standards Chair for Male Choirsand Webmaster for the New YorkACDA chapter and High SchoolHonor Choir Chair for the ACDAEastern Division.

Soprano IGabriella AmayaTara CampbellMiranda CooperCaitlin CroninMarissa CunhaMichaela EpifaneJulia HarkinShaina JaegerAlanna MahonSamantha

McDonoughAbigail PfingstSabrina Valdez

Soprano IICassidy BaldaufDehlia CampbellSusan CucinellaKristi DolanAllison LaneSarah LehenyNicolette MinellaFiona MurrayNicole SelgLauren StillwellMegan StrickCaitlyn Tumino

Alto IJulia BregyChristine CassidyTriz Ann DearozNatalie DistlerBrooke FerraraIsabella FerraroRenee FloresKathleen FolanDanielle FredrichAndrea MauroGillian Sokol

Alto IIKimberly BlairTara CampbellLauren DykstraDaisy FagundesDanielle FerraraIris GuoEmma HitchensEmily LaneOlivia MaynardStephanie PicLeeann Sarle

BEL CANTO CHORALE

BULLIS SCHOOL CHAMBER SINGERSFounded in 1930, Bullis School is a co-educational college preparatory dayschool for students in grades 2-12.Located in a suburb of Washington,D.C., Bullis provides a student-centeredexperience in academics, arts, athleticsand community service and prepares allstudents to become caring citizens andcreative, critical thinkers who willthrive in tomorrow’s world. Theschool’s educational approach isframed by our core values: communi-cation, creativity, collaboration, criticalthinking and resourcefulness.

Emulating these values, the BullisChamber Singers is a highly select,mixed ensemble of 30 voices. Thisensemble explores the chamber musicfrom the Renaissance era through thevocal jazz idiom of the current age.Singers are asked to move beyond thepage and discover new connectionsthrough historical context, artistry, lan-guage, performance practice and thetheoretical foundations of a givenpiece. Performing both on and off cam-pus, the group serves as ambassadorsfor Bullis School.

JASON CARUNCHIA-STRUNKJason Carunchia-Strunk is Director ofChoral Activities at Bullis School inPotomac, MD. Under his direction, theBullis choral program has developed areputation for excellence, and regularlyreceives superior ratings and top prizes.Most recently, the choir received topprize in the gospel/spiritual category ofthe Young Prague International MusicFestival and received the gold medaland top honors with Heritage Festivalsin Orlando, Florida. Mr. Carunchia-Strunk also serves as Artistic Directorfor Teen Angel Project (TAP), a per-forming arts company whose missionis to serve communities in needthrough song and dance. TAP is proudof the partnerships it has forged withMake-A-Wish Foundation, AutismSpeaks, NIH Children’s Inn and theWalter Reed Military Medical Center.

Mr. Carunchia-Strunk holds a BA inmusic from Mansfield University,where he studied conducting with Dr.Peggy Dettwiler. He is currently purs-ing a MS in Music Education fromTowson University.

Jane BeightolSandrita BorckardtCody BranchawNathan CalemJustin ChapinJordan CzerwiecMorgan FoeryGriffith GosnellConnor HarringtonKendally Hay

Taylor HoffmanJahred JacksonCameron LinkMadison LotsteinMadeleine MaherJessica MaysBrigid McCafferyDonald MoranCarter MorrisCaroline Peterson

Blake PriddyCourtney RauEliana RoseenJake SimonPaul SteelCarly SterenGabriella SulzerChelsea Widerlite

InstrumentalistsLaura Heninger,Violin

Brittani-AnnCampbell, Violin

BULLIS SCHOOL CHAMBER SINGERS

A DANCE CLASSA Dance Class (Cheshire, CT) strives toprovide the highest quality of dancetraining while encouraging each indi-vidual to work to their fullest potentialwhile allowing creativity to developnaturally. PAE has been a wonderfuladdition to our program. We are grate-ful for the opportunity provided to ourdancers unlike anything available toyoung dancers in the pre-professional

dance world. A young company, in itsfifth year, A Dance Class DanceCompany has been created to providepre-professional dancers with theopportunity to perform in historic andfamous venues, to premiere new chore-ographic works and to learn about thecreative process, the backstage experi-ence, and to experience the world ofdance outside of the dance studio.

DOREEN CRANAt the age of 17 Doreen Cran (director,choreographer) became a member ofthe Actors Equity Association of NewYork. After multiple professional U.S.tours and continued dance studies inEurope, Ms. Cran returned toConnecticut to open A Dance Class.She is a recipient of the Capezio Awardof Excellence and the DelKeiffner

Lifetime Achievement Award. She hasserved as Master Teacher at The BrassCity Ballet Company, at the VivicaNielson School of Modern Dance inLausanne, Switzerland, has been a dis-tinguished judge at National DanceCompetition She continues to serve aschoreographic consultant to many localchoreographers.

Chynna JacobsBriAna McConnell

Alie MarinoAva Millares

Francesca RalloJustine Connelly

Maia Jakubowski

A DANCE CLASS

DANCE INNOVATIONS PERFORMANCE COMPANYDance Innovations PerformanceCompany (DIPC) (Artistic Director-Susan M. Coutts) is a pre-professionalcompany comprised of school agedancers who have acquired a high levelof technical training and performanceexperience. Performances include:Disney Performing Arts (Orlando), SeaWorld (Orlando), Universal Studios,

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, &Norwegian Cruise Line. DIPC performsat numerous benefits presented byDance Innovations PerformanceFoundation (a 501c3 non-profit Artsorganization) including an originalNutcracker benefit allowing veterans,special needs/circumstances children andtheir families to attend for free.

SUSAN MCCUTCHEON COUTTSSusan McCutcheon Coutts(ArtisticDirector, Choreographer)–BA-Danceand Movement Therapy & Post-Gradu-ate Certification-Dance Therapist-University of Maryland; PennsylvaniaBallet Co. Awards: DEA Teacher of theYear for Ballet Excellence, Curtain Calland Sea World/Orlando-OutstandingPerformer’s/Choreographer of TheYear, Joyce Talbot Outstanding ArtsEducator Morris Arts, Cathy Roe Pro-ductions-Overall Best Choreographerand commissioned by Cathy Roe tooversee/star in a teaching video distrib-uted in USA/Europe. Choreographer-Dance Innovations Performance Com-pany include: Disney Performing ArtsOrlando, Sea World & Universal Stu-dios. Millennium Film “Morris 2000”

(aired NJ Network and nationally);Guest choreographer-STEPS on Broad-way Performance LAB series andnumerous venues throughout NJ andNY, NJPAC Youth Performing Com-pany for 2 “Dance Jam” series. Dancerepresentative-Arts Council of the Mor-ris Area Scholarship Committee, NJDance Chairman-National Society ofArts and Letters & Board Member ofDance NJ. National recognition of out-standing teaching methods-DanceTeacher Magazine. Director-Arts InEducation performances for MorrisArts Council. Featured article-“DanceStudio Life Magazine” highlightingSusan’s passion and success in main-streaming special needs children intoregular dance class curriculum.

Performance venues: NJ-MorrisMuseum’s Bickford Theatre, F.M. KirbyShakespeare Theatre-Drew University,and NJ Performing Arts Center(Newark). New York: Brooklyn ArtsExchange, Merce Cunningham StudioTheatre, Helen Mills Theatre, and the

Salvatore Capezio Theater at Peridance.DIPC is honored to perform works byArtistic Director Susan Coutts, & apiece by guest choreographer AurelienPeillex (France) dancer/choreographerwith STEPS Repertory Ensemble,LaneCoArts, and Te Next Stage Project.

Isabel ArmasJustine BennettErin ButterfieldMarli ChavkinJennifer CovielloAnna CurtisMaggie DePhillipsSkyler DreisbachAlexa FinkelsteinCatherine FitzpatrickAshley FlaniganEleanor Franklin

Elizabeth GaraventeMaria GaraventeTeresa GaraventeSophie GilbertHannah GoldsteinKelsie GranitzkiDanielle GurcanKatherine HylandMarissa JamesEmily LimaOlivia LimaChloe Mandala

Dylan MondscheinHaley MyersOlivia NagpalAbigail OmelczukGabrielle OmelczukLindsay OstenMonika PaliwodaLaura PasqualeEmily PattersonRenee PerrettIsabella RacioppiStephanie Renard

Alyssa RizzoJillian RocheOlivia RocheAbigail SawickiMeredith ScheinerSophia ScozzariSarah SontupeAubrey TedfordGabrielle TruncaleMadeleine Vance

DANCE INNOVATIONS PERFORMANCE COMPANY

RENEE SUSSMANRenee Sussman, (director, MA DanceEducation, Teacher’s College,Columbia University) has beeninvolved in Dance Education for closeto twenty years and is a New YorkState certified Dance Educator. As adancer and teacher, Renee’s goal hasalways been to share her love of dancewith others. As an educator, her philos-ophy has always been to educate the“whole” student. She has alwaysstrived to create an environment whereyoung dance students can feel comfort-

able exploring their creative abilities aswell as given artistic license. Elevenyears ago, Mrs. Sussman was given awonderful opportunity to create adance program at St. John the BaptistDiocesan High School which enabledher to construct the creative environ-ment she has always strived for. Mrs.Sussman is very grateful to the schooladministrators for their continued sup-port of her vision. Many thanks to herfamily who has always been a source ofsupport for her professional endeavors.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST DANCE COMPANYSince its inception in 2003 the danceprogram at St. John the Baptist HighSchool, under the direction of Mrs.Renee Sussman, has grown to includeclose to three hundred students. Theprogram includes courses in technique,dance composition and choreography,as well as a large afterschool program,“Danceworks.” The SJB dance pro-gram has always been a very student-centered environment where youngdancers can grow into young choreog-raphers. Ten years ago, the “SJBCompany” was created to spotlight

select dancers that were focused on per-formance. The Dance Company hasbeen featured at PAE’s Lincoln Centerperformances, PAE’s 2009 CarnegieHall Invitational, the Tilles CenterHigh School Dance Gala, Channel 12News, as well as many others. The per-formers have studied dance all overLong Island and are truly dedicated totheir art. We are pleased to present astudent choreographed piece that notonly shows the dancer’s abilities, buttheir artistic capacity as well.

IN MOTION DANCE COMPANY AT DOROTHY DEL GUERCIOSCHOOL OF DANCEThe studio was founded and directedby Dorothy and has been providingquality dance instructions for 40years. Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Hip-Hop and Zumba are taught by a qual-ified and professional staff. Children,teens and adults are highly motivatedin a non-competive, friendly atmos-phere. Kathie Kececi, company direc-tor, received her Master’s Degree inDance and Dance Education from

Teachers College, ColumbiaUniversity. She was a teaching artistfor New York City Ballet. She has per-formed and choreographed through-out the tri-state area including AileyCiti Center, Lincoln Center, DanceNew Amsterdam, Merce CunninghamStudios, Joyce Soho, Grounds forSculpture, Morristown CommunityTheatre; Moravian College, and TheBickford Theatre.

MELISSA KEISERMelissa Keiser, Choreographer, gradu-ated from Cedar Crest College with aB.A. in Dance and Theater in 2010.Since graduating, Melissa has been per-forming professionally as the AssistantDirector of the Monarch DanceCompany, an Afro Contemporarybased company founded by TabathaRobinson-Scott. Melissa has beenchoreographing for the PennsylvaniaPlayhouse since 2010 and most recent-

ly for Theatrical Gems in the Poconos.She is on the faculty at four danceschools in the Lehigh Valley and theresident choreographer and danceinstructor for Stagemaker’s at the JSummer Theater Program at the JCC inAllentown, PA. Melissa’s new piece,The Marlborough Set was chosen to beperformed at the Emerging ArtistConcert for the Spring Up DanceFestival.

Natalie AffenitaRebecca AffenitaSamantha AffenitaJordan BryantMaria CitarellaVictoria Ferme

Kirsten FetterEmily FitzgibbonAntonia FrancoKatherine GarveyCassie GrecoJustine Jordan

Skylar KnoxMegan MoellendorfGigi PizzichilloJulianna PulvidenteDaniela RobertoAshley Schmitt

Jillian SharpeNicole SkoglundMarissa TerraccianoAlyssa Vero

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST DANCE COMPANY

Jessica BockEleanor BrakewoodMarley CarrollLauren Collins

Mia FarlekasSarah FontanaJulia HeimSkylar Liang

Emily MoyerNicole ServiceAshton SotiroLauren Trezza

Angelina TufarielloAndi WilkinsonJami WilkinsonLauren Winne

IN MOTION DANCE COMPANY AT DOROTHY DEL GUERCIOSCHOOL OF DANCE

THE MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY CONCERT CHOIRThe Mansfield University ConcertChoir from Mansfield, Pennsylvania, isa highly select ensemble of singers, rep-resenting some of the finest talent fromthe American Northeast. While themajority of the singers are undergradu-ate music majors, membership is opento all students at the university throughan audition process. The Concert Choirperforms choral literature spanning fivecenturies and in a variety of languagesand styles. The group has achieved animpressive reputation of excellence andhave performed at conventions or festi-vals around the world: the PennsylvaniaMusic Educators State Conference; theEastern Division Music EducatorsNational Conference; the Music Educa-tors National Convention; the ACDAPennsylvania State Conference, theACDA Eastern Division Convention,and for the “Sound of Music” inCarnegie Hall. They performed at theInaugural Conference of the NationalCollegiate Choral Organization in SanAntonio, Texas, and for the thirdNCCO Conference at Yale University.The choir was a finalist in the Florilège

Vocal de Tours International ChoralFestival in France; a winner of a GoldMedal and a special prize for “ArtisticInterpretation” at the Robert Schu-mann International Choir Competitionin Germany; and they placed fourth inthe International Choir Competition inBulgaria. In 2008, they won the Cham-pionship in the Gospel & SpiritualCategory and placed second in theMixed Youth Choir Category at theWorld Choir Games in Austria. In2011, the group won first place andtwo second-place prizes at the Interna-tional Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales,and was awarded the 2011 AmericanPrize in Choral Performance in the Col-lege & University Division. In 2012, theConcert Choir won three gold medalsat the seventh World Choir Games inCincinnati, Ohio. Most recently, theConcert Choir was a finalist for the2013 American Prize in Choral Per-formance in the College & UniversityDivision. The singers are frequentlypraised for the emotional spectrum intheir performances, their diverse vocalcolor, and their varied repertoire.

PEGGY DETTWILERPeggy Dettwiler, Professor of Musicand Director of Choral Activities atMansfield University in Mansfield,Pennsylvania, conducts the ConcertChoir, Festival Chorus, andMansfieldians, and teaches choral con-ducting and methods. Before comingto Mansfield, she was an assistant con-ductor to Donald Neuen at theEastman School of Music, where shereceived a Doctor of Musical ArtsDegree in Conducting. She also has aMaster of Music Degree in ChoralConducting from the University ofTexas at San Antonio and a Master ofMusic Degree in Music Education fromthe University of Wisconsin inMadison. In addition, she has studiedorchestral conducting and appeared inconcert in the Czech Republic and atthe Oregon Bach Festival. Dr.Dettwiler’s choral experience includesworking with singers of all agesthrough university, public school,church, and community choruses.Prior to coming to Mansfield in 1990,she was Director of Choral Activities atSt. Mary’s University in San Antonio,Texas, and Choral Director at Mt.Horeb High School in Mt. Horeb,Wisconsin. She has served as a guestconductor and lecturer throughout theUnited States and has given presenta-tions at numerous conventions for theAmerican Choral Directors Associationand the National Association for Music

Educators. Her articles, “DevelopingAural Skills through Choral Warm-ups” and “Grading the ChoralEnsemble....No More Excuses,” wereprinted in the Choral Journal publishedby the American Choral DirectorsAssociation (ACDA). She has devel-oped two pedagogical DVDs entitled,“Developing a Choral Color Palette”and “Sing in Style.” Dr. Dettwilerreceived the 2010 Elaine Brown Awardfor Choral Excellence from thePennsylvania Chapter of the AmericanChoral Directors Association and wasawarded 2nd place both in 2011 and in2013 for the American Prize in ChoralConducting. She will make her debutconducting in Carnegie Hall in Januaryof 2014 and will present an interest ses-sion at the World Choral Symposium inSeoul, Korea, in August of 2014.

SopranoCarly BechdelArlene BoruchowitzAnna BuglioSavannah ColeNatalie CrosbyClarissa DaghitaMorgan DuBreySarah EckEnaw ElongeJessica LylesChristine MasucciDanielle MurrayMelissa Erin

NetzbandMandy RitterRae RosenbaygerTara SchumakerHeather SitekKatie Wright

AltoMorgan AllenJen BolingerRose Marie BooneAmanda ClarkAmanda

CoughenourSarah ElineVicki FensterbushErin HaafkeKatie HoldrenKathryn JanowerKatelyn MuirheadVictoria NanceZoe NoyesSarah PolinskiEmily ShoshPingyi SongGloria TroosDeanna Yoder

TenorDean AbrahamTimothy BestConnor CroneJoshua GibsonIan MacDonaldKyle RuskEli SaulsMartin T. SchmidtJordan SchreinerDale ScrivenerZachary SigafoesTim WilbournJohn WilshireJake Wilson

BassGeoffrey BakerCole BlackJesse Carr

Heath DeGaramoMorgan FeickBrett HelmusMalcolm LayaouMatthew LevineLucas LourencoPaul MansfieldJohn MinkJacob MyersBrandon RussellJames ScarantinoMitchell SensenigDavid M. VestBenjamin WagnerNicholas Wathen

Kyle Rusk,Accompanist

THE MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY CONCERT CHOIR

NAVE VOICES (NORTH AMERICAN VOCAL ENSEMBLE): WE DO CATHEDRALS!NAVE Voices (North American VocalEnsemble): We Do Cathedrals! is anadult chamber choir comprised ofsingers from eight states who are pas-sionate about singing a wide variety ofchoral music, both sacred and secular, acappella and accompanied. The singers’day-jobs include K-12 Music teachers,Church musicians, Voice and Pianoteachers, College teachers in Physics,Math, Music and Philosophy, Medicalprofessionals, Cadaver Dog Trainers,

Full-time Moms, a Music Therapist,NASA employee, Comic BookshopOwner, and a Graphic Artist. Afterthey complete their Carnegie Halldebut in January, 2014, they hope toproduce a CD, perform at a nationalconference, and travel overseas. Begunin 2012, the choir exists through dona-tions, and everyone pays his/her ownexpenses. Follow them on Facebook(NAVE Voices) and Twitter(@Nave_Sings).

BONNIE BORSHAY SNEEDBonnie Borshay Sneed (Waco, Texas)has been a collegiate choir director formore than 20 years and has taught highschool in Oklahoma, Texas, andFlorida. She made her Carnegie Hallconducting debut in 2007 conductingVivaldi’s Gloria with 150 singers fromAlabama, Texas, and Oklahoma. Dr.Sneed has conducted majorchoral/orchestral works with her ownorchestra, and has been an invited con-ductor to perform with the OregonBach Festival Choir and Orchestra, andtwice with the Varna (Bulgaria)International Conductor’s Workshop.Her American choirs have toured over-seas and sung at NAfME and ACDAconferences. Sneed has been a clinicianfor Honor Choirs and Workshops inseveral states, as well as serving as anadjudicator and presenter for nationalorganizations in the area of scholarshipand conducting. In 2011 she conductedand presented at the National AmericanChoral Director’s Conference inChicago. She earned the BME from

Furman, the M.M. from SouthernMethodist, and the D.M.A. fromMichigan State. She has been secretaryfor the National Collegiate ChoralOrganization, and SWACDA R&SChair for Colleges and Universities. Shecurrently is the conductor of the MCCChorale in Waco, Texas. Further infor-mation is available on her website:https://sites.google.com/site/bbsneed4

SopranoKristen BaskewiczLuanne CrosbyKathy HeimErin JohnsonGinger HerronMargaret LeachMelanie Payne,AssistantConductor &Accompanist

Amanda PowersShannon Sneed

AltoSusan FrenchJudy JacksonJoyce OlsonErin RassierPaula ReidCaroline SampsonTammy SmithHeather White

TenorChristopher DonleyEthan FewWalter FreemanMarcia LamkinJoshua OliveJohn PattersonChristopher

Wheelock

BassDavid FrenchJames LawlorGriffin MaxwellJason MillerRichard SneedJamal Walker

NAVE VOICES (NORTH AMERICAN VOCAL ENSEMBLE): WE DO CATHEDRALS!

THE PALMYRA-MACEDON HIGH SCHOOL SELECT CHOIRThe Palmyra-Macedon High SchoolSelect Choir is a group of thirty-twostudents who are dedicated to vocalmusic and academics. In addition totheir regular school concerts, the Choiris committed to musical communityservice throughout the area, and pres-ents the annual Madrigal Dinners eachDecember. The ensemble has consis-tently received high markings from theNew York State School MusicAssociation, including honors of Goldwith Distinction, Gold, and Silver.They have performed with the Choraleof the Eastman School of Music and in

conjunction with the FredoniaChamber Singers. Members regularlycompete in solo competitions through-out the area. The Choir has performedin Boston, Massachusetts, New YorkCity, Germany, Switzerland, Austria,England, Scotland, & Wales. The SelectChoir’s repertoire spans a variety ofgenres, languages, and musical timeperiods. The Palmyra-Macedon HighSchool is located in Palmyra, NewYork, 25 miles east of the city ofRochester and near the banks of thebeautiful Erie Canal.

JILL MARIE DAVIS

Jill Marie Davis, conductor of thePalmyra-Macedon Select Choir, earnedher M.M. in choral conducting fromEastman School of Music in 2007 andwas a graduate assistant of Dr. WilliamWeinert. She graduated summa cumlaude from Mansfield University in2005 with a B.M.E. and concentrationin voice, and was a voice student of the

late Dr. Douglas Crowder and conduct-ing student of Dr. Peggy Dettwiler.Awards include 2007 Finalist in theACDA, Graduate Student ConductingCompetition in Miami, FL, 2005Mansfield University MusicDepartment Outstanding Senior, andsecond place in the ACDA NationalUndergraduate Student ConductingCompetition in Los Angeles, CA. Ms.Davis recently obtained an advancedcertificate in educational leadershipfrom the Warner School of Educationat the University of Rochester, whichcertifies her as a school building andschool district leader. She maintains aprivate piano and voice studio, and isa certified health coach and managerof her wellness business, Journey WithJill, LLC. Ms. Davis resides inBrighton, NY, and enjoys spendingtime with her goldendoodle Katie,who is a certified therapy dog for theschool district.

Noah BossMarissa BrewerSamantha ClarkBailey ColeBenjamin CookPhoebe EcklerHunter FallonGage Geldorf

Brittney GerberKevin HaschmannLouise HoldridgeShelby HuttonBenjamin KearnsEmma KirbisRebecca MealeyRachel Montroy

Joshua O’DellWill PalmerCassidy PerryTallis PolashenskiVictoria ReidAbigail ShelhamerAbigail SnellingJulia Sprague

Elias St. ThomasMolly St. ThomasBritni StupinZachary TessierJoshua ThorpShannon ThurstonDominic VassalloDaniel Wasserlauf

THE PALMYRA-MACEDON HIGH SCHOOL SELECT CHOIR

PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLEPerforming Arts Ensemble, (Red Bank,New Jersey) is a nonprofit celebratingits 32th Birthday this year. TheEnsemble performs classical to con-temporary ballet as well as excitingpieces for musical theater. TheEnsemble has performed at the CountBasie Theatre, The Strand, Union

County Arts Center, Two RiversTheater, Walt Disney World, HersheyPark, Tribeca Performing Arts Center,Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall andLondon. Artistic Assistants to theDirector: Alexandra Gardell Kreuter,William Gardell, David Felicie andOsamu Uehara

EVELYN GARDELLEvelyn Gardell trained at the AmericanRepertory Ballet and American BalletTheatre in New York City, appearingprofessionally with both companies.Evelyn and her co-director daughterAlexandra Gardell-Kreuter, unitednationally known guest artists fromThe Met, talented young companydancers, children of the company, andchildren chosen by audition to presentlarge-scale productions in the company

classical repertoire and has also mount-ed contemporary works by establishedchoreographers such as Randy Jamesand newcomers like Dave Felicie. Herson and daughter, both MarymountManhattan graduates, have had successin commercials, modeling, TV adver-tisements and stage performance, andher son William is currently performingwith the Met. Evelyn is also the direc-tor of American Academy of Dance.

STUDIO D’S “D-TOUR” DANCE COMPANYStudio D’s “D-Tour” Dance Companyis comprised of an elite ensemble ofdancers from the New Milford, CTbased studio. Under the artistic direc-tion of Rebecca Anderson Darling, itfeatures Modern and Contemporarydance; however, dancers are trained inclassical ballet, jazz, acrobatics, hip hopand street. D-tour combines a widerange of age groups and RebeccaDarling uses a collaborative creativeprocess to create new work, training thedancers in improvisation, compositionand partnering, techniques that she

acquired through her career withPilobolus. In its 10th year, Studio D pre-pares dancers for the stage and life. D-Tour, created in 2013, has evolvedfrom its experience and talent. Studio Dfeatures a community of compassionateand talented “teaching artists” whohelp individual dancers discover theirtalents and unique qualities. Theirbelief is that the skills students learnwith dance allow them to move moreeasily through their lives with grace,confidence and joy. D-Tour is excited tomake its debut at “Voices in Motion.”

Katherine CusackRachel BuideClaire AppowAlexandra KreuterMackenzie AlfreyKathleen GardellAnna NixonWilliam GardellAlanna Caporimo-

Bisbal

Gianna Caporimo-Bisbal

Dave BedadTyler TegenJuliana BolishDavid FelicieHaley BakosIvan KavaloffAlexa CiangulliOsamu Uehara

Kaylee HutchisonMegan MontePrincess LewisSydney CochraneKrystle DiCristofaloKayla FoltzPaige FoltzAshley DiCristofaloJulie HarnettMaeve Gearty

Elizabeth DeLeoAlana GerdesArianna CousinsMorgen BrunsonTyler BrunsonAllison DicaroJess StosDayna MignosiMaggie Crowe

PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE

REBECCA ANDERSON DARLINGRebecca Anderson Darling, Director/Choreographer, graduated with a BA inDance from UCLA. Rebecca joined theinternationally acclaimed PilobolusDance Theater in 1994, touring theworld as a dancer, master teacher,rehearsal director and collaborator onthe creation of a dozen Pilobolus pieces.Rebecca has performed with AlisonChase, Momix, Kanis Brenner, MarthaClarke, The Murray Louis and NikolaisDance Company, Dancing Wheels,Pilobolus Too, Pickleshoes, Her Part Is

Mine and appears in her own work.She appeared in an Emmy Award win-ning performance at The KennedyCenter and has collaborated with TheRockettes, Brian Boitano, MauriceSendak, dancers from New York CityBallet and more. In 2004 Ms. Darlingopened Studio D and since then has cre-ated 11 original dance performances,taking classic tales and setting them “InMotion.” She is proud to present hernewest endeavor, “D-Tour” here atCarnegie Hall.

Alexa EspositoGabriela EspositoGiovanna EspositoLindsey FederowiczMicayla FlynnCarolyn GevinskiElizabeth HawleyKatie Hawley

Samantha HawleyAshley JohansonLindsey JohansonRebecca JohansonCaroline JohnsonLea KrebsHaylie LaskyKatie Lukens

Cori PaquinMaxine ParsonsAlessandra ProntelliKendall RossSydney SantosAnna SilvaEmily SmeriglioAlexa Sullivan

Amanda TesorieroEmmie TesorieroJulia VeneziaAlexis YancoskieJuliana Zaharevich

STUDIO D’S “D-TOUR” DANCE COMPANY

THE WEST SIDE DANCE CENTERUnder the direction of Dale Julian-Bierce, The West Side Dance Center,one of Morris County’s most progres-sive dance studios, is committed toproviding aspiring dancers of all agesthe finest dance training available in afun and nurturing environment. Thestate-of-the-art studios offer premieredance instruction in ballet, tap, jazz,hip-hop, musical theatre, modern,acrobatics, contemporary and lyrical.WSDC’s boasts an award winningPerformance Team and a recentlyformed Senior Dance Company where

their dances can be seen around thestate at various performing arts events,fundraisers, festivals and shows. TheWSDC dancers are happy to bring youa collaboration of three dances withNAVE Voices. Two pieces were chore-ographed by WSDC teachers AndreaDeventer (Bathendanza) and CaitlinLavin-Mugavero (Hallelujah) whohave been teachers at the studio for anumber of years. WSDC also wel-comes guest choreographer, SusanMcCutcheon Coutts in a debut collab-oration (Lux Aeterna).

DALE JULIAN-BIERCE

Dale Julian-Bierce, founding director ofthe West Side Dance Center inRandolph NJ, began dancing in pre-school and has been involved in thedance and fitness industry ever since.After dance training for several years

she took the opportunity to do compet-itive gymnastics while continuing totake dance classes. She was a memberof Kutztown University’s PerformingDance Portmanteau. After college Dalebegan teaching dance and fitness and in2001 opened the West Side DanceCenter. Her choreography creditsinclude Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dream Coat, The MusicMan, Once On This Island, to name afew. Her dances have won numerousawards at regional competitions includ-ing overalls and special recognitionawards. Dale, the mother of two girls,lives in Succasunna, NJ with her hus-band Rick. She is excited to be sharingthis experience with so many other tal-ented artists, performers, teachers andchoreographers; especially her cousinDr. Bonnie Sneed.

Katie AtkinsonJamie BierceChristine CavaliereKelyn ChenCassie ColaoAshley EngBrooke Ewer

Paige EwerSarah FreundEmily GilbertJessica GoldnerAllison HartJulia HartRachel Karger

Chloe KehayasSam KratochvilClaire McLaganJulia McLaganJulia MiaoKat MiaoOlivia Michalewsky

Amanda MoreiraSkyler NaclerioBrielle RicciardiLeah SuskindMayu TaninoClaudia Treston

THE WEST SIDE DANCE CENTER

Matthew Straub, ProducerSylvia Dusart, Chief Operating OfficerMark Jacob, Chief Financial OfficerCarrie Straub, Production ManagerJessica Apperson, Stage ManagerDavid Knoell, Assistant Stage ManagerMargaret Callahan, Production AssistantSean Callahan, Production AssistantChris Baez, Graphic ArtistKristian S. Reynolds, Photographer

PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATORS STAFF

Special Thanks to Dale Julian-Bierce, Director of The West Side Dance Centerfor generously contributing the T shirt design.