Concert Information

CONCERT SESSIONS
(All information presented subject to change)

International Concert  

Gold Track Wednesday, March 9, 2011 5:45 pm – 8:10 pm
Auditorium Theater
Scarlet Track Wednesday, March 9, 2011 7:15 pm – 9:40 pm
Orchestra Hall 

Robert Lynch, CEO of Americans for the Arts, guest speaker
Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir (Taiwan)
Dirk DuHei, Artistic Director and Conductor
Johnny Yu-Chung-Ku, Conductor
musica intima (Canada)
Kamer (Latvia)
Māris Sirmais, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor
Chanticleer (CA-USA)
Matthew Oltman, Music Director

Chanticleer will premiere the Brock Memorial Commission by Steven Sametz, 
2011 recipient of ACDA's most prestigious composer's award. 

Mendelssohn Elias (Elijah)

Gold Track Saturday, March 12, 2011
ScarletTrack Thursday, March 10, 2011
8:00 pm Orchestra Hall  

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, Director
Helmuth Rilling, Guest Conductor
Annette Dasch, Soprano
Birgit Remmert, Mezzo-Soprano
James, Taylor, Tenor
Markus Eiche, Baritone

Music in Worship
A Time for Singing

Gold Track Thursday, March 10, 2011
ScarletTrack Saturday, March 12, 2011
8:30 pm Rockefeller Memorial Chapel

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Featuring Cantorei of St. Olaf (MN)
Anton Armstrong, Conductor
John Ferguson, Organist
Highland Park United Methodist Church (TX)
David Childs, Director
Grand Rapids Symphony Junior Youth Chorus
Jackie Sonderfan-Schoon, (MI

Shabbat Service
ACDA's First Jewish Choral Service

Gold Track Friday, March 11, 2011 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm Anshe
Emet Synagogue
Scarlet Track Friday, March 11, 2011 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Anshe
Emet Synagogue

Jazz Night @ Swissotel

Gold Track Friday, March 11, 2011 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Swissotel
Scarlet Track Friday, March 11, 2011 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Swissotel

Western Michigan University "Gold Company," Steve Zegree, Michigan
Central Washington University "Vocal Jazz I," Vijay Singh, Washington 
American River College Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Arthur Lapierre, California 
Washington High School "A Slice of Jazz," Matthew Armstrong, Iowa 
California State University at Long Beach "Pacific Standard Time," Christine Helferich Guter, California
Kettering Fairmont High School "Eleventh Hour," Brody McDonald, Ohio

Concert Session 1

Gold Track Wednesday, March 9, 2011 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Auditorium Theater
Scarlet Track Wednesday, March 9, 2011 8:30 am – 11:00 am
Orchestra Hall

"Anima" - Young Singers of Greater Chicago, Emily Ellsworth, Illinois
Luther College Norseman, Timothy Peter, Iowa
Montgomery High School, Heather Orr, Texas
Millikin University, Brad Holmes, Illinois

Concert Session 2

Gold Track Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Orchestra Hall
Scarlet Track Thursday, March 10, 2011 4:30 am – 6:30 pm
Auditorium Theater

Bella Voce Young Women's Choir, Shelly Winemiller, Minnesota
Murrieta Valley High School Chamber Singers, Jaclyn Johnson, California
University of St. Thomas Chamber Singers, Angela Broeker, Minnesota
Cantus, Tove Ramlo-Ystad, Norway

Concert Session 3

Gold Track Thursday, March 10, 2011 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Orchestra Hall
ScarletTrack Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Auditorium Theater

Concordia Singers of the Nittany Valley Children's Choir, Lou Ann Shafer, Pennsylvania
North Central High School "The Counterpoints," Patricia A. Wiehe, Indiana
Vox Musica, Daniel Paulson, California
The Esoterics, Eric Banks, Washington

Concert Session 4

Gold Track Friday, March 11, 2011   9:30 am – 12:00 pm Auditorium Theater
Scarlet Track Friday, March 11, 2011 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Orchestra Hall

Bak Middle School of the Arts Girls Chorus, Connie Drosakis and Ken Taylor, Florida
Rex Putnam A Cappella Choir, John Baker, Oregon
Riverside City College Chamber Singers, John Byun, California
Emory University Concert Choir, Eric Nelson, Georgia
Brethren, Patrick F. Vaughn, Virginia

Concert Session 5

Gold Track Friday, March 11, 2011 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Auditorium Theater
Scarlet Track Friday, March 11, 2011 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Orchestra Hall

Fountain Valley High School "Troubadours," Kevin Tison, California
"The Singers" - Minnesota Choral Artists, Matthew Culloton, Minnesota
Hua Zhong Normal University CCNU Tian Kong Choir, Xiao Bao Tian, China
Calvin College Alumni Choir, Pearl Shangkuan, Michigan 

Concert Session 6

Gold Track Saturday, March 12, 2011 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Orchestra Hall
Scarlet Track Saturday, March 12, 2011 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Auditorium Theater

Schofield Middle School Madrigal Singers, Deborah Mulenbruck-Fleischer, Nevada
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Chorale Women, Jeffrey Clayton, Florida
Kantorei, Richard A. Larson, Colorado
Young People's Chorus of New York City, Francisco J. Núñez, New York

Concert Session 7 

Gold Track Saturday, March 12, 2011 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Orchestra Hall
Scarlet Track Saturday, March 12, 2011 8:00 am – 10:0
am  Auditorium Theater

University of Kentucky, Jefferson Johnson, Kentucky
Young New Yorkers' Chorus, Michael Kerschner, New York
Lawrence University Women's Choir, "Cantala," Phillip A. Swan, Wisconsin
Brigham Young University Singers, Ronald Staheli, Utah

Honor Choir Concerts

Saturday, March 12, 2011
Auditorium Theater
Children's National Honor Choir (4:00 pm)
Henry Leck, Conductor 
Middle School / Junior High National Honor Choir (4:45 pm)
Rollo Dilworth, Conductor 
Women's National Honor Choir (5:30 pm)
Lynn Gackle, Conductor 
Men's National Honor Choir (6:15 pm)
Peter Bagley, Conductor

Venues

Chanticleer. We are honored they will sing the Brock Memorial Commission by Composer Steven Sametz

Mendelssohn: Elijah featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with guest conductorHelmuth Rilling
Annette Dasch, Soprano
Birgit Remmert, Mezzo-Soprano
James Taylor, Tenor
Markus Eiche, Baritone

Shabbat Service - Anshe Emet Synagogue with Cantor Alberto Mizrahi

Christian Worship Service - Rockefeller Memorial Chapel,
John Ferguson, Program Designer and Principal Organist
Conducted by Anton Armstrong
featuring:
Cantorei of St Olaf,
Highland Park United Methodist Church Chancel Choir of Dallas, Texas
Grand Rapids Symphony Junior Youth Chorus

International Choirs

musica intima,  Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Youth Choir Kamer

Conducting Master Classes
Maestros Helmuth Rilling, Rodney Eichenberger,
and Duaine Wolfe