2016 IMC National Seminar

2016 IMC National Seminar University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

March 17 – 19, 2016 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Hosted By

UIUC Varsity Men’s Glee Club

About IMC

Since its founding in 1915, Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses, Inc. (IMC), A

National Association of Male Choruses, formerly the Intercollegiate

Musical Council, has strived to promote quality men’s chorus singing

and music. Its membership is made up of Male Choruses/Glee Clubs of

the nation’s universities, colleges, and secondary schools. Associate

Membership is also open to interested individuals, community and

professional ensembles.

An IMC welcome from Dr. Barrington Coleman, Director, University of Illinois Varsity Men’s Glee Club

To the distinguished members of the Intercollegiate Men’s Chorus and all of our attending friends, It gives me the greatest pleasure to greet all of you as I celebrate my 20th year of affiliation with the University of Illinois at Urbana School of Music as an Associate Professor of Voice and Musical Director of our Varsity Men’s Glee Club. As I reflect on these years of inspiration, challenges, change, and growth, I am elated and blessed to have had the opportunity to serve and mentor the development of countless gifted individuals, all of whom have forever touched and enriched my life and our family. During this journey of shared artistic and philanthropic achievements with our organization, I have had the privilege to deeply immerse myself in the long-standing traditions of men’s choral music, foster new alliances and relationships among innovative contributors to the art form, salute the stalwart contributors who have paved the way for my exploration, and launch new initiatives among students, administrators, and musical colleagues for the sustainability of this commodity for the extended future. Along with the cooperative support of the University of Illinois School of Music and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, this academic season provides one of our most unique opportunities as we open our doors to our brotherhood of men’s choral organizations, renowned composers, lauded conductors, and internationally acclaimed professional artists, as we host the Intercollegiate Men’s Chorus National Seminar, March 17 through March 19, 2016 held at our campus KCPA. In its 55th year of existence as a collaborative, assembled conference, the Intercollegiate Men’s Chorus National Seminar encompasses the rare treat of welcoming the broadest spectrum of men’s choral groups, conductors, composers, and aspiring professional entrepreneurs through performance, educational workshops, and collaborative bridge building for the future of men’s choral music. We thank you all for your involvement, enthusiastic support, and your presence as we celebrate music making in the Intercollegiate Men’s Chorus National Seminar, 2016! Sincerely, Barrington Coleman

Schedule of Events – Thursday (Day One)

Time: Event: Location: Morning Registration KCPA Lobby 2:00-2:30pm IMC Welcome and KCPA – FGH Orientation; A call to arms 2:30-4:30pm Concert Session I KCPA - FGH 4:30-7:00pm Dinner Break 5:00-7:00pm Krannert Uncorked KCPA - Stage 5 (open to the public-seminar participants invited to attend) 7:30pm Take 6 Concert KCPA - Tryon Festival Theater Tickets may be purchased at KCPA Box Office until 6pm

(Limited number of tickets available)

Key: KCPA - Krannert Center for the Performing Arts FGH – Foellinger Great Hall (Located within KCPA) TFT – Tryon Festival Theatre (Located within KCPA) CRR – Choral Rehearsal Room (Located on production level of KCPA) ORR – Orchestra Rehearsal Room (Located on production level of KCPA)

Schedule of Events – Friday (Day Two)

Time: Event: Location: Morning Registration KCPA Lobby 8:00-8:50 a.m. Take 6 finale rehearsal KCPA - FGH with Corey Axler 9:00-10:20 a.m. Take 6 Master class KCPA - TFT 10:30 a.m.-Noon Composer’s Reading Session KCPA - FGH and Mass Choral Rehearsal I with Dr.David Conte 11:00 a.m.-Noon IMC Reading Session I KCPA - CRR Music for Young Men, with Dr.Clayton Parr Noon-1:30pm Lunch Break Noon-1:30pm Board of Director’s Krannert Conference Room Lunch Meeting (private event) 2:00-4:15pm Concert Session II KCPA - FGH 4:15-6:00pm Dinner Break 6:00-7:45pm Conductor’s forum KCPA - ORR and Choral Rehearsal II with Dr.David Conte 8:00-10:00pm Concert Session III KCPA - FGH 10:00pm IMC – LIVE !! Alice Campbell Alumni Center An Afterglow event Key: KCPA - Krannert Center for the Performing Arts FGH – Foellinger Great Hall (Located within KCPA) TFT – Tryon Festival Theatre (Located within KCPA) CRR – Choral Rehearsal Room (Located on production level of KCPA) ORR – Orchestra Rehearsal Room (Located on production level of KCPA)

Schedule of Events – Saturday (Day Three)

Time: Event: Location: Morning Registration KCPA Lobby 9:00-10:20am Guest Artist Lecture KCPA - ORR Men’s Choral Literature with Dr.Andrew Megill 10:30-12:30pm Mass Choral Dress Rehearsal III KCPA - FGH with Dr.David Conte 11:00am-Noon IMC Reading Session II KCPA – CRR Music for Collegiate and Community Men’s Chorus with Dr.Clayton Parr 12:30-2:00pm Lunch Break 12:30-2:00pm IMC Membership Luncheon Illini Union - Room 104 1:15-2:00pm “Keep your hands on the plough !” KCPA - CRR IMC Men’s Chorus Officer’s Forum 2:30-5:00pm Concert Session IV KCPA – FGH *4:30 p.m., Special presentation of David Conte’s Elegy for Matthew, with UI VMGC and chamber orchestra 5:00-7:00pm Dinner Break 7:30-9:30pm Concert Session V * KCPA - FGH with combined finale of David Conte’s Alleluia and Dance 9:30pm Closing Reception KCPA - Lobby (Pre-purchased tickets required) Key: KCPA - Krannert Center for the Performing Arts FGH – Foellinger Great Hall (Located within KCPA) TFT – Tryon Festival Theatre (Located within KCPA) CRR – Choral Rehearsal Room (Located on production level of KCPA) ORR – Orchestra Rehearsal Room (Located on production level of KCPA)

Roxbury Latin School

Director - Rob Opdycke

Concert Session I: Thursday, March 17, 2:30 PM

Beati Mortui Felix Mendelssohn Lowlands - American Sea Chanty arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw Ave Verum Corpus William Byrd If You're Wondering If I Want You To Rivers Cuomo & Butch Walker (I Want You To) arr. Rob Opdycke Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! American Spiritual

arr. Howard Helvey

Fey O! - Haitian Folk Song arr. Stem Källman

The Roxbury Latin Glee Club – limited to 80 voices – is open by audition to boys in grades 9-12. Their repertoire includes a diverse selection of sacred music, folk songs, musical theater pieces, and traditional songs for men’s chorus. Each year the Glee Club collaborates with a local girls’ school to perform a major choral work; in recent years, such performances have included Mozart’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Haydn’s Lord Neslon Mass, Rutter’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Beethoven’s Mass in C, Fauré’s Requiem, and Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes. The Glee Club also makes a spring concert tour (over the past four years to Iceland, San Francisco, New Mexico, and Italy). 25 boys will tour with the Glee Club to Illinois in March 2016. The Latonics, made up of 14 singers selected from the Glee Club, perform more sophisticated and challenging a cappella music. They sing madrigals, motets, folk songs, and contemporary popular pieces, often in original arrangements by group members. They have released several albums, and two Latonics recordings have been selected for the Best of High School A Cappella compilation albums.

Illinois State University Men’s Glee Club

Director - Mark Grizzard Pianist - Catherine Jun


Hey Brother Salem Al Fakir / Tim Bergling arr. Mark Grizzard Fare Thee Well Love Jimmy Rankin arr. James Quinton Mulholland

Ta-Ka Cullyn Murphy Reconciliation Stephen Chatman Pseudo-Yoik Jaako Mäntyjärvi

The Illinois State University Men’s Glee Club has been a beloved campus tradition for over fifty years, bringing together students from across the spectrum of studies with a love of choral singing. Their crowd-pleasing concerts combine fine choral literature, contemporary works, and original renditions of popular music into high-caliber and infectious performances. This non-auditioned ensemble gives two concerts per semester through School of Music programming and also represents the University through national anthems, appearances at community events, and tours to schools across the community and state.

Xavier University Men’s Glee Club

Director – Dr. Richard Schnipke


Jesu Dulcis Memoria Tomas Luis de Victoria Sanctus James McCray

I Believe Lon Beery

Speak the Truth Jocelyn Hagen

I Will Be Earth Gwyneth Walker

Loch Lomond Traditional Scottish arr. Jonathan Quick

Ramkali Indian Raga

arr. Ethan Sperry The Xavier University Men’s Chorus is open to male students from all disciplines on campus that have a love of singing and a desire to work together to achieve excellence in performing the great body of repertoire for men’s voices. This repertoire includes many styles with special emphasis on the standards of male chorus literature. The Men’s Chorus frequently collaborates with other XU ensembles and performs multiple concerts each semester. Over the past 4 years, the XU Men’s Chorus has grown from 4 to over 40 members. The group is very honored and excited to be performing at their first IMC Conference.

UIUC Varsity Men’s Glee Club Director - Dr. Barrington Coleman

Assistant conductor - Addison Youngblood

Accompanists - Joyce Tzu Hsin Wu and Simon Tiffin


III. Canticle, from Three Sacred Pieces David Conte Alleluia Randall Thompson Vocalise, Op.34, #14 Sergei Rachmaninoff

Addison Youngblood, conductor Harry Rosenberg, tenor Joseph Hacker, viola

Witness, from Spirituals for Men’s Voices and Jazz Chamber Ensemble arr. Barrington Coleman Charles ‘Chip’ McNeil, saxophone Teofilo ‘Tito’ Carillo, trumpet Barrington Coleman, piano Mikel Combs, bass Andy Wheelock, drums

Founded in 1886, The Varsity Men’s Glee Club (VMGC) is the oldest recognized Registered Student Organization on campus, and from its beginning, it has upheld a standard of musical excellence and brotherhood that continues today. As the premiere all-male ensemble within the School of Music Choral Division, VMGC members serve as ambassadors of the University of Illinois while participating in numerous US and international tours and campus events, such as the Dad’s Day and Mom’s Day festivities. In 1959, the club performed at a celebration honoring Lincoln’s 150th birthday, and began the practice of performing in joint concert with Glee Clubs from other schools for Dad’s Day. In the 1960′s, clubs from Michigan, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Purdue, and Notre Dame all performed with the Illinois group, enhancing the relations (and the rivalries) between these schools. The Spring Concert in 1960 marked the first Varsity Men’s Glee Club alumni reunion, which featured approximately 100 alumni. The event was repeated in 1961 and 1962. The club continues to honor its alumni by inviting them to join in whenever the group performs its popular “Big Ten Medley” at each concert. The Glee Club celebrated its 125th Anniversary in the spring of 2012. The Anniversary weekend featured a clinic with Grammy-Award Winning Male Chorus Chanticleer and a culminating concert welcoming back approximately 250 alumni.

Wabash College Men’s Glee Club

Director – Dr. Richard Bowen Accompanist – Cheryl Everett

Concert Session II: Friday, March 18, 2:00 PM

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal Traditional

arr. Alice Parker Two Madrigals for Men Orlando di Lasso arr. Patrick Liebergen

O eyes of My Beloved (O occhi, manza mia) My heart, I Offer Unto You (Mon coeur se recommande à vous)

Fair Phyllis John Farmer Edited with additional lyrics by Richard Bowen She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways words by William Wordsworth music by Mark Patterson Things That Never Die Lee Dengler

words by Sarah Doudney We Rise Again Leon Dubinsky arr. Stephen Smith & Scott Macmillan Yes, Indeed Melvin “Sy” Oliver arr. Earl Moon Founded in 1859, the Wabash College Glee Club is a choral group for men whose love for singing transcends time. Its mission is excellence in the art of singing. The establishment of close relationships with one another and members of the Wabash community enhance this excellence. The club carries out its mission by accepting into its membership men of courage and character who take personal responsibility for their actions. These men infuse the spirit into the life of the club and in return, the club brings joy and pleasure to the lives of its members and the Wabash community by "spreading the fame of her honored name."

BucsWorth Men’s Chorus of East Tennessee State

University

Director – Dr. Alan Stevens


Gloria Fanfare Jeffrey Ames The Word Was God Rosephanye Powell

Dulaman Michael McGlynn How Can I Keep From Singing Gwyneth Walker

Wedding Qawwali A.R. Rahman

arr. Ethan Sperry Down in the Valley arr. George Mead

Blue Tail Bly arr. Dwight Bigler

BucsWorth Men’s Choir was formed in the early 1990s at East Tennessee State University as a primarily a cappella chamber ensemble called “10 BucsWorth” – which referred to the number of guys in the ensemble and a play-on-words reference to the ETSU mascot, the Buccaneers. In 2013, the ensemble was expanded to a full men’s choir under the direction of Dr. Alan Stevens. BucsWorth is composed of men from across all campus disciplines, and it is open to any student by audition. BucsWorth performs a mix of traditional and contemporary choral music and often collaborates with the East Tennessee Belles, their sister ensemble at ETSU. BucsWorth annually hosts the "Men in Song Choral Festival," a two-day event that draws over 200 male singers of all ages from throughout the eastern Tennessee region to sing together and promote choral music. BucsWorth has had the privilege to work with Alice Parker, Daniel Gawthrop, Ola Gjeilo, Chanticleer, New York Voices, and many local ensembles. BucsWorth frequently performs throughout the region. In 2014 BucsWorth was the featured ensemble at the “Young Men’s Power Sing” in Atlanta, hosted by the Atlanta Youth Singers and the Atlanta International School. In May of 2017, BucsWorth will tour internationally to Ireland.

Ball State University Statesmen

Director - Dr. Andrew Crow

Accompanist – Joseph McNamara


An Airman Foresees his Death Byron Adams

text by W. B. Yeats

Workin’ for the Dawn of Peach Ron Jeffers

Dona nobis pacem, from Mass for Three Voices William Byrd

Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight Abbie Betinis Danny Filipski, snare drum text by Vachel Lindsay

War is Kind Jody Nagel

text by Stephen Crane

On Justice, Truth, and Peace Amy Bernon text by Rabban Shim’on ben Gamlie’el and Rav Muna

Ball State University has boasted a male choir since its inception in 1918 as Indiana’s State Normal School, the teachers’ college. Much has changed through the ensuing years, but the essence remains as the first yearbook claimed of our predecessors’ purpose: “the interpretation and appreciation of good music through quality, not quantity.” Like many of our peer institutions, the ensemble grew from a handful of students called the Boys Glee Club to a full ensemble, which today includes 75 men. Representing a wide variety of academic disciplines, they join the Statesmen without audition to enjoy song, study, service, and the unique fraternal bond of male choirs everywhere. Just as our ensemble and university have changed names several times, leadership has also changed hands frequently. In that sense, the Statesmen today with director Andrew Crow, endeavor to build a lasting legacy through a new chapter. In recent years, we have collaborated with several other male choirs – Measure for Measure, Magic City Music Men, The Ohio State University Men’s Glee Club – and offered a rare American performance of Bohuslav Martinu’s Polni Mse (Field Mass) with the Ball State Symphony Orchestra. The Ball State Statesmen also performed at the 2012 National Seminar hosted by Morehouse College.

Missouri State University Men’s Chorus Director – Dr. Cameron F. LaBarr


Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child arr. Fenno Heath

From Meestelaulud (Men’s Songs) Veljo Tormis Men’s Song Song of the Turkish War Dancing Song

Gao Shan Qing arr. Reed Criddle

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald arr. Alan Dunbar

What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw

Established in 2014, the Missouri State University Men's Chorus is comprised of students from a variety of majors from across the campus. This 56-member ensemble, open to freshmen through graduate students, performs regularly throughout the year both on and off-campus. The Missouri State University Men’s Chorus and is also a major component of the MSU Grand Chorus.

Grand Valley State University Varsity Men’s Glee Club

Director – Dr. Charles Norris

Concert Session III: Friday, March 18, 8:00 PM

Zion’s Walls Aaron Copland

Lux Aurumque Eric Whitacre

My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord Moses Hogan

On Music David Dickau Niko Schroeder, euphonium

Five Ways to Kill a Man Bob Chilcott

Fare Thee Well, Love James Q. Mulholland Casey Huls, tenor

Johnny Schmoker arr. James Rodde

The GVSU Varsity Men’s Glee Club came into existence in the mid-1990s as an elective for any male student at the university. Over the last twenty years, this ensemble has become auditioned and is comprised of many music majors (education, performance, composition, vocal, instrumental) and non-majors from a wide array of majors. GVSU VMGC performs two major concerts annually and not only has appeared at conferences of NAfME, IMC and the Michigan Music Conference but also has collaborated in son with many men’s choruses in Michigan.

The Singing Statesmen University of Wisconsin-EAU Claire

Director – Dr. Gary R. Schwartzhoff

Concert Session III: Friday, March 18, 8:00 PM

Original Harmony Timothy Takach

Ave Maria Tomás Luis de Victoria Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee? Ola Gjeilo

Invictus Joshua Rist Katrina Fischer, cello Alex Munger, piano

Starry Messenger Z. Randall Stroope

A Branch of May James Mulholland Alex Munger, piano The Singing Statesmen from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire are celebrating their 50th Season in 2015-2016 as one of the premier university male choruses in the United States of America. The ensemble was established in 1966 by Morris D. Hayes, who sought to create an outstanding choral ensemble for male voices. The ensemble has been directed by three conductors: Morris D. Hayes from 1966 to 1987; Bruce G. McInnes from 1988 to 1990; and Gary R. Schwartzhoff from 1991 to present. The Singing Statesmen is one of six choral ensembles on the UW-Eau Claire campus recognized as “Wisconsin’s Singing University.” The Singing Statesmen represent diverse academic disciplines with a common respect and admiration for choral music. The creed that is upheld by the membership is “Once a Statesmen, always a Statesmen!” The Singing Statesmen are proud of their tradition of performing choral music representing repertoire from the Renaissance through the Contemporary Period.

Chiaroscuro

Director - Susan Matych-Hager

Concert Session IV: Saturday, March 19, 2:30 PM

Consecrate the Place and Day Lloyd Pfautsch Blow Ye the Trumpet from “John Brown” Kirke Mechem “If Music be the Food of Love” David Dickau Joshua arr. Robert Sells The Awakening Joseph Martin Chiaroscuro: A Community Men’s Chorus was founded in late February 2013 by Susan Matych-Hager and thirteen male singers. Chiaroscuro, (pronounced key-ah-row-sku-row), is Italian for light and dark. In music, it refers to a vocal technique resulting in a fully balanced, resonant tone characterized by both brilliance and richness. The goal of the ensemble is to sing meaningful men’s choral music with chiaroscuro resonance that engages minds and touches hearts of the listeners. The men in the ensemble are professional and amateur musicians from a diversity of professions, representing a wide range of ages. Chiaroscuro co-hosted the ACDA Michigan 2015 Male Choral Festival with the Men’s Chorus at Adrian College. They recently were invited to perform at the 2016 Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses Seminar in March of next year. The ensemble often collaborates with Carillon Women’s Chorale, its sister organization, for the performance of small extended SATB works.

Michigan Educators Male Ensemble

Director – Dr. Clayton Parr


Promised Land arr. Michael Richardson

Swing Low arr. J. David Moore

I’m Buildin’ Me a Home arr. Uzee Brown, Jr.

Byker Hill arr. Mitchell Sandler

Lowlands arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw

Once More A-Lumbering Go arr. Jed Scott

Rustics and Fishermen from “Choral Dances for Gloriana” Benjamin Britten

Hunker Down Tobin Stokes

MEME is a semi-professional group of Michigan music teachers who come together: 1) to meet the highest standards in both performance and teaching by exemplifying the connection between them; 2) to stimulate higher interest in male choral singing throughout the state and beyond; and 3) develop a sense of collegiality among its members. We were created in 2013, and have performed with the Battle Creek Symphony, the Bay View Music Festival, Michigan Music Conference, and as a warmup group for Take 6. We have also done workshops for male singers in schools in Michigan. MEME learns its repertoire in an annual summer retreat, and meets for refresher rehearsals for performances and workshops as they occur during the school year.

Miami University Men’s Glee Club

Director - Dr. Jeremy D. Jones


Jonah’s Song Peter Schickele

Varjele, Jumala, soasta Veljo Tormis The Wall Breaks Asunder Anthony J. Maglione

We are the Memory Ēriks Ešenvalds

Songs for the People Jonathan Kolm Pyè Aleman, Traditional Haitian Folk arr. Sten Källman & Ethan Sperry The Miami University Men’s Glee Club, founded in 1907, has maintained a strong tradition of musical excellence, and brotherhood throughout it storied history. Along with on-campus and community concerts, the Glee Club enjoys annual tours throughout the United States, and has numerous international appearances to its credit. Recent tours in 2011 and 2014 took the group to Belgium, England, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and Wales. The group received the First Place and Overall Grand Champion awards at the Concours Européen de Chant Choral in Luxembourg in 2014. In that same year, the Glee Club appeared at the ACDA Central Division Conference. The group’s performance at the Centennial IMC Seminar at the University of Illinois marks itseighth consecutive invited performance. For more than a century these Brothers in Song have presented concerts to countless audiences on campus and around the state, nation, and world. Among the oldest and largest collegiate male glee clubs in the nation, the Glee Club also is among Miami’s oldest student organizations and its oldest musical ensemble, drawing its membership from across all university disciplines. In its effort to encourage, promote, and advance the creative artistry of newly-composed music for male choruses, the Glee Club recently began a commission series, collaborating with composers Ēriks Ešenvalds, Dominick DiOrio, Anthony J. Maglione, Roderick Nimtz, Douglas Pew, and Timothy C. Takach. Whether giving impromptu concerts, singing for local churches, serenading freshman women’s dorms or presenting international concert tours, the Glee Club strives to present music of the highest caliber while enjoying the camaraderie of a vibrant brotherhood of song. It serves Miami University with distinction and with Love and Honor.

University of Kentucky Men’s Chorus

Director – Dr. Jefferson Johnson Assistant Conductor and Accompanist - William White

Concert Session V: Saturday, March 19, 7:30 PM

Excerpt from Rejoice in the Lamb Benjamin Britten

Jubilate Agno Z. Randall Stroope

Laut verkünde unsre Freude, K. 623 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Stephen Wright, violin

When David Heard Richard Burchard

Pseudo-Yoik Jaako Mäntyjärvi William White, Conductor

One Voice Ruth Moody

arr. Johnie Dean

Medley from The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert and Sullivan arr. J. Dean

The UK Men’s Chorus is an 80-voice ensemble composed of students who range from freshmen to graduate students. These young men represent a variety of musical backgrounds and academic disciplines. Begun in the Fall of 2002, the Men’s Chorus has grown in size and popularity each semester. The choir’s challenging and diverse repertoire includes literature that spans from Gregorian chant to music of the 21st century. Rehearsing only twice weekly, the Men’s Chorus maintains an active performing schedule throughout the state of Kentucky, touring each semester. The Men’s Chorus is dedicated to promoting and celebrating male singing at all stages and for all ages. The group hosts an event each year called “Male Chorus Day” where hundreds of high school and middle school students come to campus and learn male chorus literature and technique.

University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club

Director – Dr. Eugene Rogers John Boonenberg, pianist

Andre Dowell, percussionist Matthew Abernathy, assistant conductor

Concert Session V: Saturday, March 19, 7:30 PM

The World is Too Much with Us Chester L. Alwes Grab und Mond Franz Schubert Seven Last Words of the Unarmed Joel Thompson 1. Kenneth Chamberlain 2. Trayvon Martin 3. Amadou Diallo 4. Michael Brown 5. John Crawford 6. Oscar Grant 7. Eric Garner Glory from Selma John Stephens, Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith

arr. Eugene Rogers

Founded in 1859, The University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club is one of the oldest collegiate choruses in the United States and long acclaimed as one of the finest male choruses in the world. The Glee Club is known for its wide repertoire of music that incorporates selections from different musical styles and periods including Renaissance motets, Romantic anthems, opera choruses, folksongs, spirituals, contemporary works, and, of course, Michigan songs. Since the beginning of Dr. Rogers’ tenure in 2011, the club has premiered over twenty new arrangements and compositions. The scope of the Men’s Glee Club reaches far beyond rehearsals and performances; the Club is a vibrant social organization with a national outreach program to diverse communities called “Brothers in Song.” Partnering with such organizations as Detroit School of Arts, Chicago Children’s Choir, Duke Ellington School of the Arts and others. In addition, the group frequently collaborates with Glee Clubs around the nation such as Michigan State, Cornell, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Harvard, and Yale Glee Clubs. The graduate and undergraduate members of the Glee Club represent many diverse fields of study in majority of the University’s 19 schools and colleges, and its student officers are responsible for the management of all non-musical Glee Club operations. The Friars, an eight-member subset of the Glee Club, are in their 60th year and serve as an extension of Club as they maintain an ambitious performing schedule.

Director Biographies

Rob Opdycke grew up outside of Boston, MA in the town of North Attleborough. He attended Harvard University, where he majored in Environmental Science, sang in the Harvard Glee Club, and studied choral conducting with Dr. Jameson N. Marvin. He was also Music Director for the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, a student-run a cappella group. Upon graduation from college, Rob immediately began his current position of Director of Music at the Roxbury Latin School. Under his direction, the Roxbury Latin Glee Club has performed in concert tours across the United States and in Bermuda, England, Central Europe, Italy, and Iceland. Outside of RL, Rob sings with the professional vocal band, Similar Jones.

Mark Grizzard has enjoyed a unique and active career as an arranger, composer, conductor, and educator. He has achieved national acclaim through his work with vocal group Chapter 6, writing the group's repertoire, co-producing its albums, and touring to over a thousand venues around the world. He has received numerous awards from the a cappella community, including Best Jazz Album for "Color By Number" (Executive Producer) at the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards. He has collaborated with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's Symphonic Pops Consortium on the creation of pops symphony shows that have been

performed by dozens of major orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra (Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.), the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario). Other works have been performed by the Chicago Children's Choir, Purdue Men's Glee Club, Chicago Acappella, Green Lake Choral Institute Choir, and the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. In addition, Mr. Grizzard has conducted master classes and clinics at schools and colleges across the Midwest and has presented workshops for the Illinois Music Educators Association, the American Choral Director’s Association, and the National Association for Music Education. He has served as Music Director for First Baptist Church of Peoria, Illinois and as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Peoria Area Civic Chorale. He currently serves as Men’s Choir Repertoire and Standards Chair for the Illinois ACDA. Mr. Grizzard holds degrees from Millikin University (BA Music) and Illinois State University (MM Composition, MM Choral Conducting). He has studied composition with David Burdick, Carl Schimmel, and Martha Horst and studied conducting with Glenn Block, Andrew Megill, Donald Schleicher, and Karyl Carlson. He was a recipient of Millikin's Young Alumni Award in 2011, and in 2013 Illinois State presented him with the Roque Cordero Excellence in Music Award.

Dr. Richard Schnipke is a member of the faculty at Xavier University where he serves as Director of Choral Activities and Director of Music Education. Schnipke’s duties at Xavier include conducting the Concert Choir and Men’s Chorus, teaching Choral Methods, Aural Training, and Conducting, as well as supervising student teachers. Previously, Dr. Schnipke taught at Ohio State University for four years and was a public school choral director in Ohio for fifteen years. He holds degrees from Bowling Green State University and Ohio State University and has done additional studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. As a vocalist, Schnipke sings professionally with Cincinnati’s Vocal Arts Ensemble and the Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble. He has also previously sung with Cincinnati Opera and Opera Columbus.

Dr. Barrington Coleman, A professor of vocal studies, aural skills, humanities, performing vocal artist, pianist, and choral conductor, Barrington Coleman has performed and recorded as a tenor soloist with such esteemed organizations as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Music of the Baroque Ensemble, Royal Opera House of Covent Garden, La Fenice (Venice, Italy), Glyndebourne Opera, London Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras, and the Sunday Evening Club of WTTW-TV in Chicago. He has collaborated with such prominent composers as Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, Doug McConnell, and Richard Hundley on various premier and standard works for voice, as well as performing as a jazz pianist with many

prominent jazz artists, including Christian McBride, Lonnie Plaxico, Sam Rivers, in addition to Coleman’s own jazz trio. Having served as an assistant professor of voice at his Alma Mater, Illinois Wesleyan University, and a guest artist/choral conductor at the location of his Masters degree studies, Northwestern University, Dr.Coleman has served as an assistant instructor in the study of Aural Skill at the locale of his doctoral studies, the Juilliard School of Music, and an Associate Professor of Voice and conductor of the Varsity Men’s Glee Club since 1996 at the University of Illinois (Urbana,USA). In 1990,Barrington and his wife, internationally acclaimed lyric soprano and fellow UI vocal professor, Cynthia Haymon performed in the world premier of Richard Blackford’s musical, King, as well as featured artists on the EMI label recording and film of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. A frequent guest artist, pedagogue, choral conductor/arranger, and astute clinician, Barrington has served in numerous capacities over the years with such American national organizations as the Illinois Music Educator’s Association, All-State Choral conferences, American Association of Choral Conductors, New York Choral Conductor’s Association, the International Association of Jazz Educators, and the Black Sacred Music Symposium held on the campus of University of Illinois throughout his tenure as professor. As a guest conductor, he has also collaborated with numerous choral ensembles in England, Wales, and Austria. In addition to directing and performing, Dr. Coleman was one of the developers of the Marquee artist Immersion Lecture Series which is a significant educational and artistic component for attending audiences and some of the world’s prolific guest artists at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on the UI campus in central Illinois. Along with experiences in commercial television work in the U.S, Barrington has served as an adjudicator for arts programs of universities, high schools, community arts organizations, churches, and an array of professional music associations in America as a classical, jazz, and gospel artist. The 2015-2016 academic year is Dr. Coleman’s twentieth year as director of the Glee Club.

Dr. Alan Stevens is the Associate Director of Choral Activities and Coordinator of Vocal Music Education at East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, TN) where he conducts the BucsWorth Men's Choir and Greyscale, an unaccompanied vocal ensemble that explores alternative music through a fusion of styles. Dr. Stevens maintains an active conducting schedule in addition to academia. He is the Artistic Director of the Appalachian Men’s Ensemble (Johnson City, TN), and the Artistic Director of the Knoxville Gay Men’s Chorus (Knoxville, TN). As a singer, Dr. Stevens is under contract with the Tennessee Chamber Choir and True Concord (formerly the Tucson Chamber Artists). Additionally, he regularly performs with Dada

Cabaret, an experimental chamber ensemble that pushes the boundaries of classical music and explores the divide between audience and performer. Dr. Stevens and three other musicians founded the non-traditional ensemble in 2013. In 2015, Dada Cabaret was featured at a regional conference of the College Music Society. Prior to moving to Tennessee, he was based in Arizona and sang for two seasons with the Phoenix Chorale, under the direction of Charles Bruffy. Dr. Stevens appears on the album Northern Lights (2012, Chandos/Naxos) with the Phoenix Chorale. He sang for three seasons with True Concord, and was the Assistant Director for the 2011-2012 season. He appears on the Grammy-nominated album Far in the Heavens: Choral Music of Stephen Paulus (2015, Reference Recordings). He also appears as a featured soloist with the CORO Vocal Artists on the album Sweet Music Here (2013, Coro Publishing). Dr. Stevens began his career teaching middle and secondary vocal music in Illinois. After this he spent two years as a freelance musician in New York City, where he studied voice with the late Shirlee Emmons while performing in a variety of opera, theatre, and choral productions.

Dr. Stevens is devoted to the research and discovery of early-American music, pre-1850. His dissertation focused on the performance practice of William Billings' music, and Dr. Stevens presented on this topic at the 2013 National Convention of the American Choral Directors Association (Dallax, TX). Dr. Stevens received undergraduate degrees in music education and vocal performance from Millikin University, the Master of Music degree at Northern Illinois University, and the Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Arizona. He is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, Recording Academy, National Collegiate Choral Organization, Chorus America, National Association for Music Education, National Association of Teachers of Singing, College Music Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Lambda Theta, and Phi Mu Alpha. He currently serves as the Tennessee American Choral Directors Association Repertoire and Standards Chair for Men’s Choirs.

Dr. Andrew Crow has served on the faculty at Ball State University since 2009. As Director of Choral Activities, he currently leads the Ball State Statesmen and the Chamber Choir. He also teaches conducting and choral literature and supervises the choral conducting program for students pursuing graduate degrees. In addition to teaching, he is also Artistic Director for Muncie’s Masterworks Chorale and Director of Music Ministries for High Street United Methodist Church. At the University of Minnesota, Crow earned the degree Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting following degrees from Temple University and The Ohio State University. Previous teaching positions include Rutgers University in Camden, New

Jersey. Since the summer of 2011 he has led an intergenerational choir for a project called Musica in Situ that annually tours to perform choral music in historic and interesting architectural spaces. Crow is also an experienced singer, orchestral conductor, and piano technician whose family includes a patient wife and four children, frequently found biking or hiking around Muncie.

Dr. Cameron F. LaBarr is director of choral studies at Missouri State University where he leads a comprehensive choral program including over 200 singers in five choirs. He has held university choral positions at Lee University (Cleveland, Tennessee) and the University of North Texas. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Missouri State University, where he studied with Dr. Guy B. Webb, and he earned a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of North Texas, where he studied choral and orchestral conducting with Dr. Jerry McCoy and Maestro David Itkin. He has completed further studies in choral music and conducting with Simon Carrington and Alice Parker. Dr. LaBarr has been awarded conducting fellowships at the Yale International Choral Festival, the

Sarteano (Italy) Chamber Choir Workshop, and was named a Salzburg Fellow in April 2014, where he participated in the Salzburg Seminar: Conflict Transformation through Peace-Building and the Arts. Engagements include a fellowship with the International Conductors Exchange Program to Sweden and a return appearance as artist-in-residence with the choruses of Wenzhou, China.

Dr. Charles Norris, Professor of Music Education at Grand Valley State University, holds masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His undergraduate work was completed at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. A thirteen-year veteran of K-12 music teaching, he brings practical experience into a variety of music education methods courses at Grand Valley State University. Dr. Norris also teaches aural perception and sight singing, choral conducting, conducts the GVSU Varsity Men’s Glee Club and directs graduate research. His academic interests include aural perception, music education assessment and the vocal development of children and adolescents. Dr. Norris' research and scholarly articles are published in the Bulletin of the Council for Research in

Music Education, Contributions to Music Education, Journal of Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, Michigan Music Educator and Update: Applications of Research in Music Education. Dr. Norris has not only presented clinics and sessions at numerous state, regional, and national conferences but also has appeared with GVSU Varsity Men’s Glee Club at regional and national conferences of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and Intercollegiate Men's Choruses. He currently holds memberships in NAfME,

Intecollegiate Men's Choruses, Michigan Music Educators and the Michigan School Vocal Music Association. Dr. Norris is a Past-President of the Michigan Music Educators Association and has served on the editorial board of the Update: Applications of Research in Music Education. In addition to the aforementioned professional activities, Dr. Norris enjoys working with area high school singers and serving as the music director at First Presbyterian Church of Holland, Michigan.

Dr. Gary R. Schwartzhoff is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where he conducts Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, The Singing Statesmen and teaches conducting. Schwartzhoff received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Central College in Pella, Iowa and a Master of Music Degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. A recipient of the Helen Kemper Doctoral Fellowship Award, he received a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Conducting at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, where he studied conducting with Dr. Eph Ehly. In 2015-2016, Schwartzhoff marks his forty-second year as a music educator. He has been

active throughout his professional career in the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) where he served as President of the North Central Division from 1992-94. In 2010, the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association (WCDA) bestowed the Morris Hayes Award for lifetime achievement in the choral art to Schwartzhoff. In 2007, WCDA named Schwartzhoff the Outstanding Church Musician in the state of Wisconsin. Schwartzhoff has presented choirs on over thirty conventions before the state, divisional and national levels of ACDA, Intercollegiate Male Choruses and The National Association for Music Education (NAfME). In 2009, Schwartzhoff was inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma in recognition of scholarship, service, and commitment to student success. In 2011, Schwartzhoff conducted the Minnesota Men’s All-State Choir and Wisconsin Choral Directors Association Men’s Honor Chorus. In 2009 and 2013, he conducted the President’s Day Choral Festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. Schwartzhoff has a choral series in print with Colla Voce Music, Inc. in Indianapolis, Indiana. Schwartzhoff is a contributing author to the 2015 book entitled Brothers, Sing On! published by Hal Leonard. In 2015, he presented The Singing Statesmen at the Wisconsin Music Educators Convention in Madison and will conduct The Singing Statesmen at the 2016 National Seminar of Intercollegiate Male Choruses in Illinois. Schwartzhoff will conduct The Four Freedoms Franklin Delano Roosevelt Choral Festival in Washington D.C. In 2017, Schwartzhoff will conduct the Oklahoma All-State Chorus. In the community, Schwartzhoff conducts The Master Singers and serves as Director of Music at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Eau Claire, where he conducts the Chancel Choir. Gary is married to Nancy Schwartzhoff and they have two daughters, Jenifer Morgan (Jerry), and Rebecca Johnson (Andy), and grandchildren Brady, Alex, Anna, Emma, and Clare.

Susan Matych-Hager, Founder and Artistic Director of Chiaroscuro: A Community Men’s Chorus, is Professor Emerita of Music (retired), Siena Heights University, Adrian, Michigan, holding degrees from Siena Heights College (now University) and Indiana University where she studied conducting with Allen Ross and Don V. Moses and voice pedagogy with D. Ralph Appelman. She has taught all levels of music from kindergarten through university age, directing church, community, school and university choirs for over 50 years. She chaired the music department at Siena Heights University for 34 years. While at Siena Heights University she was a recipient of the Eileen K. Rice Award

for Excellence in Teaching. In 2010 she received the prestigious Maynard Klein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Choral Excellence and Leadership from the American Choral Directors Association Michigan Chapter (ACDA-MI). She currently serves as the Repertory and Standards Chair for Men’s Choirs for ACDA-MI. She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Chorus America and the Intercollegiate Male Choruses. She continues to teach a select number of private voice students and occasionally serves as a choral clinician. In addition to directing Chiaroscuro, she is an award-winning nationally known glass artist and jewelry designer.

Dr. Clayton Parr, music director of MEME, is Director of Choral Activities at Albion College. A native of Detroit, Dr. Parr graduated from Albion with degrees in music and physics. He taught in the public schools in Michigan and New York, and received his Master’s and DMA from Michigan State University. He previously taught at DePaul University and Miami (Ohio) University. His choirs have performed at conventions of ACDA, Illinois and Ohio MENC, IMC and College Music Society, and have won prizes at the Llangollen Eisteddfod in Wales. He was a Fulbright scholar in the Republic of Georgia at the Tbilisi Conservatoire, and returned to Georgia this summer to study folk repertoire with members of Alioni Georgian Choir of Chicago.

Dr. Jeremy D. Jones is an Assistant Professor of Music and Naus Family Faculty Scholar at Miami University in Oxford, OH where he conducts the Men’s Glee Club and Collegiate Chorale and teaches Choral Conducting and Choral Techniques. He has conducted concerts throughout the United States, as well as internationally in Belgium, England, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Wales, and China. In 2014, he conducted the Men’s Glee Club at the Concours Européen de Chant Choral in Luxembourg, where the group received the First Place and Overall Grand Champion awards. He has also appeared with the Men’s Glee Club at the 2014 American Choral Directors Association Central Division Conference and at the 2012 and 2014 Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses (IMC) National Seminar.

Dr. Jones is an active guest conductor and clinician and serves on the Ohio Choral Directors Association board as the Youth and Student Activities R & S Chair and on the IMC National Board of Directors. He also serves ACDA as the Central Division Representative for the International Conductors Exchange Program. In July 2014, he represented ACDA as a conductor in the International Conductors Exchange Program in Beijing, China, where he conducted children, youth, and women’s choirs in concert at the Forbidden City Concert Hall. He has studied conducting with Raphael Bundage, Daniel Bara, Earl Rivers, Brett Scott, Richard Sparks, and Elmer Thomas and voice with David Adams, John Kramar, and H. Stephen Smith. In addition to the DMA degree in conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Dr. Jones holds the MM degree in choral conducting from East Carolina University, and the BM degree in vocal music education from Middle Tennessee State University.

Dr. Jefferson Johnson is Director of Choral Activities at the University of Kentucky where he conducts the University Chorale and Men's Chorus. He also teaches advanced choral conducting, choral methods and literature, and directs the graduate program (MM and DMA degrees) in choral music. A native of Atlanta, Johnson received the Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Georgia (magna cum laude, 1978), the Master of Music from the University of Tennessee (1981), and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado (1992). While living in Atlanta, Johnson was also a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus conducted by Robert

Shaw. Johnson maintains an active schedule as an adjudicator and guest conductor for high-school and collegiate choirs throughout the United States. He has conducted honor choruses in 30 states and has appeared as a featured clinician at ACDA or MENC conventions in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

Dr. Eugene Rogers, recognized as a leading conductor, pedagogue, and lecturer, has appeared throughout the United States as well as in Africa, Canada, China, Singapore, England, Portugal, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Mexico, Spain and Italy. Recently, Rogers conducted the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club in Salt Lake City, Utah at the National Convention of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). In December 2014, the Naxos recording of Milhaud's monumental L'Orestie d'Eschyle, on which Rogers served as a chorus master, was nominated for a 2015 GRAMMY® Award ("Best Opera Recording"). Rogers is currently associate director of choirs at the University of Michigan where he

teaches undergraduate conducting, conducts the Men's Glee Club and the University Choir, and is the faculty director of the MPulse Vocal Arts Institute, a national high school summer program. His past appointments include Macalester College (St. Paul, Minnesota), the Boys Choir of Harlem, Waubonsie Valley High School (Aurora, Illinois), and Anima Young Singers of Greater Chicago (formerly the Glen Ellyn Children's Choir). In 2013, Rogers co-managed the production of the joint CD Ye Shall Have a Song with the Michigan, Yale and Harvard Glee Clubs, a collaboration celebrating America's three oldest collegiate choirs. Notable guest appearances include the Ministry Branch of Education Inaugural World Youth Choir Festival (Singapore); the Lisbon Summerfest Chamber Choir and Festival Chorus; VocalEssence and the Minnesota Public Radio Harmony in the Park; the Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS) High School Mixed Honor Choir (Luxembourg), the British Columbia Music Education Association Honor Choir; the NAfME All-Northwest High School Mixed Choir; Westminster Chamber Choir (Florence, Italy, and Princeton, New Jersey); Choral Music Experience (London, England); the Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asia High Schools Biennial Music Festival (Singapore); the Colorado All-State Choir; the Oregon All-State Mixed Choir, the Tlaxcala Mexico Second International Festival of Chamber Choirs; Choirs of America Festival (New York); the Oklahoma State University Choral Festival (Stillwater, Oklahoma); the Florida ACDA High School Mixed Honor Choir; the OAKE (Organization of American Kodály Educators) National Youth Honor Choir; the Alabama Middle School All-State Choir; Chorus America San Francisco Conference; the Illinois ACDA Summer Conference; the ACDA North Central Division Middle School Honor Choir; and the Vocalizze Youth Program in Lisbon. 2015-16 appearances include guestconducting and conference presentations in Madrid, Portugal, Florida, Minnesota, California, Texas, British Columbia and Michigan. In 2015, Mark Foster Publishing began the Eugene Rogers Choral Series, a series featuring emerging composers who specialize in contemporary classical and folk music traditions. In 2011, Rogers traveled to and studied the choral traditions of East Africa (Tanzania) and subsequently published editions of Tanzanian choral music under the Hal Leonard World Music Series. As a singer, Rogers has performed with the World Youth Choir, the Portland Symphonic Choir, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Chorale, and the May Festival Chorus in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to his duties as a conductor, teacher, and singer, Rogers is co-artistic director of Portugal's Lisbon Summer Choral Festival and, in 2010 and 2011, was the artistic director of the Disneyland Hong Kong Winter Choral Festival. He has served as a panelist for the National Endowment of the Arts and currently serves on the boards of the Central Division American Choral Directors Association (Male Chorus R&S Chair), the National Collegiate Choral Organization, and is the ChoralQuest series editor for the American Composers Forum. Rogers holds the Bachelor of Arts degree in choral music education from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in choral conducting from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor).

University of Illinois IMC Chamber Orchestra Elegy for Matthew

Flute/Piccolo

Jenny Shin

Oboe Kristin Sarvela

Clarinet

Daniel Chair

Bassoon Annie Mason

Horn

Jessica Pearce, Ian Hewetson

Percussion Michael Minarcek, Ben Arsdale

Piano Shu Liu

Harp

Molly O’Roark

Violin Kaiwei Chen, Johnny Lusardi, Amanda Ramey, Hyein Lee, Cassie Ruiz

Viola

Deborah Waters, Joseph Hacker, Daniel Meling

Cello Nikita Annenkov, Samuel Araya

Double Bass

Guilherme Ehrat Zils

Dance from Invocation and Dance Percussion

Michael Minarcek, Cara Mitchell

Piano Simon Tiffin, Shu Liu

Take 6

Take 6 (Claude McKnight, Mark Kibble, Joel Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea and Khristian Dentley), heralded by Quincy Jones as the “baddest vocal cats on the planet!’, is the quintessential a cappela group and model for vocal genius. Six virtuosic voices united in crystal clear harmony, against a backdrop of syncopated rhythms, innovative arrangements, and funky grooves that bubble into an intoxicating brew of gospel, jazz, R&B, and pop. With praise from such luminaries as Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Brian Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald and Whitney Houston, the multi-platinum selling sextet has toured across the globe, collaborated across genres, and is recognized as the pre-eminent a capella group in the world.

With the popularity of televised vocal competitions such as the explosive a cappella show The Sing Off and the mania over singing driven comedy-dramas like Glee and Smash, Take 6 is the original torchbearer. Two major recent events reminded everyone of this as Take 6 triumphed among a gathering of stars including Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Nicks, and Ne-Yo. At Walmart's 50th Anniversary celebration, Take 6 captivated the audience with their rendition of the Louis Armstrong hit, What A Wonderful World. Showing the global reach of this phenomenal group, Take 6 closed the show with Ladysmith Black Mambazo to a standing ovation! Two weeks later at the behest of legendary Producer Phil Ramone, Take 6 thrilled a sold out audience at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards performing with and honoring legendary singer-songwriter Ben E. King on his classic "Stand By Me." As a

group that knows no musical bounds, they then brought the house down with their tribute to folk icon Woody Guthrie with This Land Is Your Land. Take 6 has come a long way from their days at Huntsville, Alabama’s Oakwood College where McKnight formed the group as The Gentleman’s Estate Quartet in 1980. The group eventually became known as Alliance but when they signed to Reprise Records in 1987 they found that there was another group with the same name, so they became Take 6. Their self-titled debut CD won over jazz and pop critics and they’ve never slowed down. What makes the music and the group last this long? The answers are direct and simple: faith, friendship, respect, and love of music. From their exceptional Christmas Show, to their innovative Symphony shows, these qualities are at the heart of the Take 6 phenomenon.

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Varsity Men’s Glee Club at the University of Illinois

Tenor I • Thom Baker • Tucker DeBolt • Jason Eisentraut • Cody Jacobs • Kevin Kenny • Shawn Kimbrel • Marc Lewis • Trevor Moore • Harry Rosenberg • Conor Schafer • Casey Skorski • Simon Tiffin * • Kieryn Williams

Tenor II • Jerry Bafour • Ian Del Rosario • Christopher Doruff • Danny Hess • Ryan Grosso • Walter Kasmer * • Bennett Kosma • Patrick Lin • Zachary Palmisano • Seungyun Park

Baritone • Samuel Althaus • Tristan Antonsen • Blake Burd • Jonathan Cortez • David Dahowski • Duke Hiatt * • Sai Komaragiri • John Macy • Henry Rothenberg • Brendan Valyo • Christopher Wahlund • Yixuan Wen • Joshua Yacko

Bass • Kyle Boshardy * • Michael Brower • Chan Choi • Samuel Drew • Jake Fava • Anthony Kim • Brad Smith * • Patrick Sullivan • Krupa Swaminathan • Brian Williams • Duo Wu

* Indicates Section Leader

UIUC Varsity Men’s Glee Club would like to say thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s IMC National Seminar, and to the many

KCPA staff who helped make this event possible!

Intercollegiate Men’s Chorus Board of Directors Frank Albinder – President

Clayton Parr – Executive Secretary Steven Lorenz – Vice President Kerry Wilkerson – Secretary

Lewis Cisto – Treasurer H. Ward Dorer – UGC Rep

Frank Bianchi , Harold W. Clousing, Patrick Gardner, Jeremy Jones, Erick Lichte, John Liepold, Jameson Marvin, David Morrow, Mary Nelson,

Francisco Nuñez, Jonathan Palant, Gary Schwartzhoff, Ethan Sperry, and Robert Ward

VMGC Executive Board Shawn Kimbrel – President

Tucker DeBolt – Vice President Kyle Boshardy – Secretary Danny Hess – Treasurer

Brian Williams – Alumni Relations David Dahowski – Media Manager Ian Del Rosario – Tour Manager

Marc Lewis – Social Chair Walter Kasmer – Publicity Manager

Bennett Kosma – Librarian Duke Hiatt – IMC Chair

Jason Eisentraut – Webmaster Addison Youngblood – Teaching Assistant

Special Presenters

Dr. David Conte Dr. David Conte has composed extensively for Male Chorus, including commissions from the Cornell Glee Club, the University of Notre Dame Glee Club, the GALA Men’s Choruses of San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Washington, D.C, Atlanta, and Boston. His male chorus music is in the repertories of many of the major male choruses in the United States, including the Glee Clubs of Harvard, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Cornell, the Washington Men’s Camerata, and many others. His choral music has been the subject of DMA theses at the University of Arizona, University of Miami, University of Northern Colorado, and University of Cincinnati. During IMC National Seminar, 2016, Dr.Conte will discuss the particular challenges and opportunities in writing for male voices.

Dr. Andrew Megill

Andrew Megill is Professor of Conducting and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Illinois, where he leads the oldest doctoral program in choral conducting in the United States, oversees all choirs, and conducts two ensembles, including the University of Illinois Chamber Singers. Dr. Megill is recognized as one of the leading choral conductors of his generation, known for his passionate artistry and unusually wide-ranging repertoire, extending from early music to newly composed works. Dr. Megill currently leads three of North America’s finest professional vocal ensembles: the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chorus, the Carmel Bach Festival Chorale, and Fuma Sacra. His performances have been praised for their “power, subtlety, and nuance” and “profound spirituality” [Le Devoir, Montreal] and have been described as “piercing the heart like a frozen knife” [Monterey Herald] and “leaving the audience gasping in amazement” [Classical NJ]. Dr. Megill frequently collaborates with the world’s leading orchestras. He made his debut conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in December of 2014. He has prepared choirs for performances with the American Composers’ Orchestra, American Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonie, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, and New York Philharmonic and conductors Pierre Boulez, Charles Dutoit, Joseph Flummerfelt, Rafael Frühbeck du Burgos, Alan Gilbert, Jane Glover,

Neeme Järvi, Zdenek Macal, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano, and Julius Rudel. Dr. Megill is particularly admired for his performances of Baroque choral works. He regularly collaborates with leaders in the field of historically-informed performance, including Masaaki Suzuki, Ton Koopman, Bruno Weil, Paul Goodwin, Julianne Baird, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Nancy Wilson, Peter Hanson, and John Holloway. He has conducted many period-instrument orchestras, including Piffaro, Rebel, Sinfonia NYC, Brandywine Baroque, the Sebastians, Tempesta di Mare, and the Trinity Baroque Orchestra. He has conducted and taught at Bach festivals at Westminster Choir College and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, as well as in Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Megill has previously served as Music Director of the Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra (with whom he frequently performed in Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls), Chorusmaster for the Spoleto Festival USA (where he led “the finest opera chorus in the world” [Charleston Post and Courier]), and Associate Professor at Westminster Choir College. He has been a guest conductor for the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, TENET vocal ensemble, the Juilliard Opera Center, and Emmanuel Music (Boston), and served as interim choirmaster for Trinity Church (Wall Street) in Manhattan. His repertoire extends from early music to newly commissioned works. He has conducted regional or world premieres of works by Caleb Burhans, Paul Chihara, Krzystzof Penderecki, Sven-David Sandström, Caroline Shaw, Lewis Spratlan, Stephen Stuckey, Jon Magnussen, and Arvo Pärt and has collaborated with the Mark Morris Dance Company, folk singer Judy Collins, puppeteer Basil Twist, and filmmaker Ridley Scott. Recordings of choirs conducted or prepared by him may be heard on the EMI, Canteloupe, Naxos, Albany, and CBC labels.

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