HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITAL - Handel and Haydn Society

HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITAL

June 7, 2021

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HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITALJune 7, 2021, 7:30pm

Streamed Online 2,534th Concert

PROGRAM

“Come Away, Death” Roger Quilter (1877-1953)

“Am Feierabend” from Die Schöne Müllerin Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

KeeSeok Lee, soloist

“Bist du bei mir” from Diomedes Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel(1690-1749)

Formerly attributed to J.S. BachMasha Schmitt, soloist

“Ici-bas!” Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

“Silent Noon” Ralph Vaughn Williams (1873-1958)

Henry Wright, soloist

“Già il sole dal Gange” Alessandro Scarlatti (1659-1725)

Oriah Geddes, soloist

“Pur ch’à te grata” Antonio Vivaldi from Piango, gemo, sospiro, e peno, RV 675 (1678-1741)

Fabian Arnold, soloist

“O del mio dolce ardor” from Paride e Elena Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787)

Henry Patton, soloist

“Canción” Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

“Music for a while” Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Lydia Rommel, soloist

“Vedrò con mio diletto” from Il Giustino RV 717 Vivaldi

“Invito alla danza” Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

Somin Virmani, soloist

“Che Fiero Costume” Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)

“Pulled” from The Addams Family Andrew Lippa (b. 1964)

Phoebe Shubin, soloist

“Widmung” Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

“Buß und Reu” from St. Matthew Passion J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Sam Higgins, soloist

The Handel and Haydn Society Youth Choruses are supported in part by John and Janis Raguin and by grants from the Boston and Lynn Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

The Education Program is funded in perpetuity by Karen S. and George D. Levy.

The Education Program is supported by the Remsen M. and Joan G. Kinne Endowed Fund for Education and the Ronald Woodward Education Fund.

The Handel and Haydn Society is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

PROGRAM SPONSORS


Fabian Arnold is a senior at Westford Academy. He studies with Thomas Oesterling.

Oriah Geddes is a sophomore home schooling. She studies with Jennifer Caraluzzi.

Sam Higgins is a senior at Milton High School. He studies with Corey Hart.

KeeSeok Lee is a senior at The Bromfield School. He studies with Deborah Williams.

Henry Patton is a senior at Concord Academy. He studies with Corey Hart.

Lydia Rommel is a junior at Lexington High School. She studies with D’Anna Fortunato.

Masha Schmitt is a senior at Nashoba Regional High School. She studies with Jennifer Sgroe.

Phoebe Shubin is a senior at Needham High School. She studies with Rebecca Worthington.

Somin Virmani is a junior at Phillips Academy. He studies with Thomas Oesterling.

Henry Wright is a sophomore at North Andover High School. He studies with Corey Hart.

ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS

TEXTS + TRANSLATIONS

Come away, come away, death,And in sad cypress let me be laid.Fly away, fly away, breath;I am slain by a fair cruel maid.My shroud of white, stuck all with yew,O, prepare it!My part of death, no one so trueDid share it.Not a flower, not a flower sweet,On my black coffin let there be strown.Not a friend, not a friend greetMy poor corpse, where my bones shall be thrown.

Quilter: “Come Away, Death”

Hätt’ ich tausend Arme zu rühren! Könnt’ ich brausend Die Räder führen! Könnt’ ich wehen Durch alle Haine! Könnt’ ich drehen Alle Steine!Dass die schöne Müllerin Merkte meinen treuen Sinn!Ach, wie ist mein Arm so schwach! Was ich hebe, was ich trage,Was ich schneide, was ich schlage, Jeder Knappe tut mir’s nach.Und da sitz’ ich in der grossen Runde, In der stillen kühlen Feierstunde, Und der Meister sagt zu Allen:„Euer Werk hat mir gefallen;“Und das liebe Mädchen sagt Allen eine gute Nacht.

If only I had a thousand arms to wield!If only I could drivethe rushing wheels!If only I could blow like the wind through every wood,and turnevery millstone,so that the fair maid of the mill would see my true love.Ah, how weak my arm is!What I lift and carry,what I cut and hammer –any apprentice could do the same. And there I sit with them, in a circle, in the quiet, cool hour after work, and the master says to us all:‘I am pleased with your work.’ And the sweet maidbids us all goodnight.

Schubert: “Am Feierabend” from Die Schöne Müllerin

Bist du bei mir, geh ich mit FreudenZum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh.Ach, wie vergnügt wär so mein Ende,Es drückten deine schönen HändeMir die getreuen Augen zu.

Be thou with me and I’ll go gladlyTo death and on to my repose.Ah, how my end would bring contentment,If, pressing with thy hands so lovely,Thou wouldst my faithful eyes then close.

Stölzel: “Bist du bei mir” from Diomedes


Ici-bas tous les lilas meurent,Tous les chants des oiseaux sont courts;Je rêve aux étés qui demeurtentToujours...

Ici-bas les lèvres effleurentSans rien laisser de leurs velours;Je rêve aux baisers qui demeurentToujours...

Ici-bas tous les hommes pleurentLeurs amitiés ou leurs amours;Je rêve aux couples qui demeurent toujoursToujours…

Down here all lilacs are dying,all the songs of the birds are short;I dream of the summers which lastForever...

Down here lips touchwithout parting with any of their velvet;I dream of the kisses which lastForever...

Down here all men weep fortheir friendships or their loves;I dream of the couples who lastForever...

Faure: “Ici-bas!”

Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass, -The finger-points look through like rosy blooms:Your eyes smile peace. The pasture gleams and glooms‘Neath billowing skies that scatter and amass.All round our nest, far as the eye can pass,Are golden kingcup fields with silver edgeWhere the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn hedge.‘Tis visible silence, still as the hour glass.Deep in the sunsearched growths the dragon-flyHangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky: -So this winged hour is dropt to us from above.Oh! clasp we to our hearts, for deathless dower,This close-companioned inarticulate hourWhen twofold silence was the song of love.

Williams: “Silent Noon”

Già il sole dal GangePiù chiaro sfavilla,E terge ogni stillaDell’alba che piange.

Col raggio doratoIngemma ogni stelo,E gli astri del cieloDipinge nel prato.

Already, from over the Ganges, the sunSparkles more brightlyAnd dries every drop of the dawn, which weeps.

With the gilded rayIt adorns each blade of grass;And the stars of the skyIt paints in the field.

Scarlatti: “Già il sole dal Gange”

Pur ch’à te grata sia la mia morte,anco tacendo godrò morir,se non può farsi miglior mia sorteche per quei lumi fedel languir.

You would welcome my death,yet I remain silent, happy to die. If I cannot better my fate, then I shall languish for your eyes.

Vivaldi: “Pur ch’à te grata” from Piango, gemo, sospiro, e peno, RV 675

O del mio dolce ardorBramato oggetto,L’aura che tu respiri,Alfin respiro.

O vunque il guardo io giro,Le tue vaghe sembianzeAmore in me dipinge:Il mio pensier si fingeLe più liete speranze;E nel desio che cosìM’empie il pettoCerco te, chiamo te, spero e sospiro.

Oh, desired objectOf my sweet ardor,The air which you breathe,At last I breathe.

Wherever I turn my glance,Your lovely featuresPaint love for me:My thoughts imagineThe most happy hopes,And in the longing whichFills my bosomI seek you, I call you, I hope, and I sigh.

Gluck: “O del mio dolce ardor” from Paride e Elena

Por traidores, tus ojos,voy a enterrarlos;No sabes lo que cuesta,‘Del aire’Niña, el mirarlos.‘Madre a la orillaMadre’Dicen que no me quieres,Y a me has querido...Váyase lo ganado,‘Del aire’Por lo perdido,‘Madre a la orillaMadre’

Since your eyes are treacherous,I’m going to bury them;you know not what it costs,‘del aire’,dearest, to gaze into them.‘Mother, a la orilla.’

They say you do not love me,but you loved me once.Make the best of it‘del aire’,and cut your losses,‘Mother, a la orilla.’

De Falla: “Canción”

Music for a whileShall all your cares beguile.

Wond’ring how your pains were eas’dAnd disdaining to be pleas’dTill Alecto free the deadFrom their eternal bands,Till the snakes drop from her head,And the whip from out her hands.

Music for a whileShall all your cares beguile.

Purcel: “Music for a while”


Vedrò con mio dilettol’alma dell’alma miaIl core del mio cor pien di contento.

E se dal caro oggettolungi convien che siaSospirerò penando ogni momento…

I will see with joy,the soul of my soulheart of my heart full of content.

And if from my dear objectI be far awayI will sigh, suffering every moment…

Vivaldi: “Vedrò con mio diletto” from Il Giustino RV 717

Madonna, d’un braccio soaveCh’io stringa l’orgoglio dell’anca:Voi siete d’amore la nave,La vela, madonna, vi manca:Io sono la vela a vogareIntorno al ceruleo mare.Voi siete la mobile fustaChe il mar della musica sfiora:Io sono la vela robustaChe il viaggio dirige e rincora;La nave risale, discende,La vela ammaina, distende.Volete che l’onda si svolgaIn suon di gavotta gentile?Volete che il valzer disciolgaLa larga sua corsa febbrile?Io faccio l’inchino di rito,Madonna, e alla danza v’invito.

My lady, with a gentle armI grasp with pride your waist. You are the ship of love,A sail, my lady, you lack:I am the sail [that can] propel youAround the cerulean sea.You are the nimble ship That glides over the sea of music:I am the robust sailThat directs and cheers the voyage:The ship rises, falls,The sail luffs, fills.Do you want the wave to rollLike the sound of a gentle gavotte?Do you want the waltz to melt awayYour long, feverish journey?I make the customary bow,My lady, and I invite you to dance.

Respighi: “Invito alla danza”

Che fiero costumeD’aligero nume,Che a forza di pene si faccia adorar!E pur nell’ ardoreIl dio traditoreUn vago sembiante mi fe’ idolatrar.Che crudo destinoChe un cieco bambinoCon bocca di latte si faccia stimar!Ma questo tirannoCon barbaro inganno,Entrando per gli occhi, mi fe’ sospirar!

What bestial forceThis winged divinity possesses,Punishing you until you adore him!And still, in my burning passionThis deceitful GodHas made me idolise an enchanting face.How cruel fate isThat a blind childWith a mouth full of milk can fill himself with pride!But this tyrantWith barbaric trickery,Has passed through my eyes and made me sigh!

Legrenzi: “Che Fiero Costume”

I don’t have a sunny disposition.I’m not known for being too amused.My demeanor’s locked in one position.See my face? I’m enthused.Suddenly, however, I’ve been puzzled.Bunny rabbits make me want to cry.All my inhibitions have been muzzled,And I think I know why.

I’m being pulled in a new direction,But I think I like it.I think I like it.

I’m being pulled in a new direction.Through my painful pursuit,Somehow birdies took root.All the things I detested impossibly cute.God! What do I do?Pulled---

Mother always said be kind to strangers,But she doesn’t know what they destroy.I can feel the clear and present dangers,When she learns that the boy...

Has got me pulled in a new direction,But I think I like it.

I think I like it.

I’m being pulled in a new direction,But this feeling, I know is impossible,So I’ll confide that I’ve tried but I can’t let it go.It’s disgustingly true!Pulled, pulled, pulled!

Puppy dogs with droopy faces,Unicorns with dancing mice,Sunrise in wide open spaces,DisneyWorld - I’ll go there twice!Butterflies and picnic lunches,Bunches of chrysanthemums,Lollipops and pillow fights and christmas eve,Sugar plums!String quartets and Chia Pets,And afternoon banana splits,Angels watching as I sleep,And Liberace’s Greatest Hits!

Have got me pulled in a new direction!If they keep insisting, I’ll stop resisting.Just watch me pulled in a new direction.

Lippa: “Pulled” from The Addams Family

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Du meine Seele, du mein Herz,Du meine Wonn’, o du mein Schmerz,Du meine Welt, in der ich lebe,Mein Himmel du, darein ich schwebe,O du mein Grab, in das hinabIch ewig meinen Kummer gab!Du bist die Ruh, du bist der Frieden,Du bist vom Himmel mir beschieden.Dass du mich liebst, macht mich mir wert,Dein Blick hat mich vor mir verklärt,Du hebst mich liebend über mich,Mein guter Geist, mein bess’res Ich!

You my soul, you my heart,You my rapture, O you my pain,You my world in which I live,My heaven you, to which I aspire,O you my grave, into whichMy grief forever I’ve consigned!You are repose, you are peace,You are bestowed on me from heaven.Your love for me gives me my worth,Your eyes transfigure me in mine,You raise me lovingly above myself,My guardian angel, my better self!

Schumann: “Widmung”

I should stay in the dark,Not obey every spark,But the boy has a bite,Better far than his bark!And you bet I’ll bite too,Do what’s truly taboo,As I’m pulled in a new direction!

Lippa: “Pulled” from The Addams Family (continued)

Buß und Reu, Buß und ReuKnirscht das Sündenherz entzwei.Das die Tropfen meiner ZährenAngenehme Spezerei,Treuer Jesu, dir gebären.

Repentance and regret, repentance and regretrips the sinful heart in two.Thus the drops of my tears,desirable spices,are brought to you, loving Jesus.

Bach: “Buß und Reu” from St. Matthew Passion

VOICE TEACHERS

Jennifer Caraluzzi

Hailed by Opera Today as a “polished, soaring soprano,” Jennifer Caraluzzi is an award-winning and critically-acclaimed singer from Connecticut, who began her career singing the National Anthem for the Mets at age ten. She received a master’s degree in vocal performance from the New England Conservatory, and has since enjoyed a versatile and expansive career.

In Boston, Jennifer has had the opportunity to share the stage with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra and regularly performs with the Boston

Opera Collaborative and the Boston chapter of Opera on Tap. She has also performed and recorded with pop duo, The Barton Bros. Her stage highlights include: Cunegonde in Candide, Stephanie in To Hell and Back, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Frasquita in Carmen, Lucy in The Telephone, and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel.

Jennifer serves on the voice faculty of the New England Conservatory’s Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education. In addition to this, she is recently served as the Director of Programs for the Boston chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She currently serves on the boards for Boston Opera Collaborative and Opera Theater of Cape Cod. Jennifer recently completed an MBA in Music Business from the Berklee College of Music and Southern New Hampshire University.

During mezzo-soprano D’Anna Fortunato’s distinguished singing career, she has been a repeat soloist with America’s top 10 orchestras; leading opera companies, such as the New York City Opera; and been featured with major international concert groups. She has received two Grammy nominations plus awards from the Metropolitan Opera, the Naumburg Foundation, the New England Opera Club, and the Boston Chamber Music Society, amongst others. Ms. Fortunato has been featured on over 40 CD’s that include eight Handel opera premieres.

D’Anna Fortunato

In her teaching career, she has primarily been associated with the New England Conservatory and has given multiple master classes throughout the United States. Many of her students have won awards from NATS, and are now singing in young artist programs, as well as on the concert and opera stages in the United States and abroad.


Thomas Oesterling

Thomas Oesterling, tenor, is heard frequently on the opera and concert stages of New England. The Boston Globe has praised him for the “Sweetness, awe and clarity” of his singing of Uriel in Haydn’s Creation under the baton of Robert Shaw. As Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus for Commonwealth Opera, he was acclaimed for having “played Eisenstein to the height of comic foppishness, bringing to bear a voice equally at home in the most serious and demanding... repertoire.” His roles include Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, and

Acis in Acis and Galatea, which he performed most recently with Ensemble Courant at UNC Chapel Hill. He has created a recital program entitled “Birth of the Lied” with fortepianist Sylvia Berry to perform classical songs with period keyboard instruments, performed recently at the Groton School, New England Conservatory, and Amherst College.

Mr. Oesterling is an alumnus of Washington University, holds a Master of Music degree from The Boston Conservatory and a diploma from the Boston University Opera Institute. He currently teaches voice at Amherst College and at New England Conservatory Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education.

Deborah Williams is currently a member of the voice faculty and Chair of Voice at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School. Prior to moving to Boston, she was Associate Professor of Voice at Chicago State University. Ms. Williams has a BME and an MM degree from the University of Oklahoma with continued study in the DMA program at the University of Texas. Her solo vocal career spans from recitals at Carnegie in New York City to concerts and recitals in New Jersey, Chicago, Ukraine, and Italy. Other solo credits include concerts with the New Jersey Philharmonic Orchestra, members of the New York City and the

Deborah Williams

Chicago Symphony Orchestras, Kishwaukee Orchestra, and Orchestra Sinfonica Nova Amadeus in Rome singing Verdi’s Requiem. Most recently Ms. Williams has sung in Chicago at Symphony Hall with the Oak Park and River Forest Symphony Orchestra. Works performed there as soprano soloist include Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Three Cornered Hat by Manuel de Falla, and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy.

Ms. Williams is an active presenter and teacher for Master Classes, Workshops, and Vocal Competitions. These include Oklahoma City University, University of Central Oklahoma, Northwestern University, Valor Conservatory in Wisconsin, Masterworks Festival in Indiana, Illinois Music Educators Association, and Classical Singer in Chicago and Boston. Ms. Williams has appeared in concert with Barbra Streisand at the United Center in Chicago, and she recently received an award for her composition of Chicago State University’s Alma Mater.

Corey Dalton Hart

Corey Dalton Hart, tenor, is an active performer of opera, oratorio, and art song repertoire. With a passion for American song, he is a regular recitalist along the east coast, having premiered new works in both New York City and Boston. Corey’s opera credits include works by Mozart, Bizet, Ravel, Puccini, and Knussen. On the concert stage, he has been a featured soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Albany Symphony, the Bard Baroque Ensemble, and The Orchestra Now. As a chamber musician, Corey performs with Boston Baroque and the renowned choir at the Church of the Advent. He was also recently named an American Scholar of

VOCES8, one of the world’s most versatile vocal ensembles. Corey holds degrees from Furman University and the Bard College Conservatory of Music and is currently working on his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in vocal performance and pedagogy from the New England Conservatory of Music.

Having performed across the United States in opera, concert and musical theater and internationally as a soloist at festivals in Finland, England, and Austria, soprano Jennifer Sgroe specializes in contemporary American opera and art song and repertoire of the Baroque and Classical eras. Ms. Sgroe made her Jordan Hall debut in concert with The Shakespeare Concerts in April 2017 and most recently sang Tony Solitro’s contemporary opera She’s Fabulous with Hartford Opera Theater for their New in November Festival. In December 2017, she sang in masterclass for Maestro Pierre Vallet

Jennifer Sgroe

at the National Opera Center and was the guest soprano soloist for Handel’s Messiah under direction of Mary Beekman and the Belmont Open Sing. In 2018, she sings the role of Thérèse in Poulenc’s Les mamelles de Tirésias with Opera MODO in Detroit, returns to Jordan Hall as the soprano soloist in Poulenc’s Gloria with the NEC Youth Chorale and Youth Repertory Orchestra and reprises her performances of Jessica Rudman’s one woman opera, Trigger, about the effects of domestic violence with Hartford Opera Theater and for the Milton Community Concert Series in a benefit for Rosie’s Place. Originally from New York, Jennifer resides in historic Salem, MA with her husband Matt and has served on the voice faculty of New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education for the past eight years. She also maintains a private voice studio in Salem. She holds the Bachelor of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts degrees in vocal performance from the University of Kentucky, and a Master of Music degree in Opera from The Boston Conservatory.


HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY GOVERNANCE

Board of Governors

Robert N. Shapiro Chair

Julia Cox Vice Chair

Willma H. Davis Vice Chair

Deborah First Vice Chair

Nicholas Gleysteen Vice Chair

Carl Kester Vice Chair

Karen Levy Vice Chair

Michael Scott Morton Vice Chair

Judith Verhave Vice Chair

Kathleen Weld Vice Chair

David Weaver Treasurer

Elizabeth Reza Secretary

David Snead President and CEO

Louise CashmanDr. Frank ClarkJohn CornishDavid ElsbreePhilip V. GerdineDr. Frank G. HaluskaJames S. Hoyte Janina LongtineJoseph MariAnthony T. MooseyDr. Stephen MorrisseyMichael OliveriJonathan PainterCarolyn PopeCatherine PowellBrenda Gray RenyArthur G. RobinsGeorge SacerdoteEmily F. SchabackerSusan M. StemperJeffrey S. ThomasNancy B. TookeThomas J. WattElizabeth P. WaxJean Woodward Christopher R. Yens

Governors EmeritiTodd EstabrookJoseph M. FlynnMary NadaTimothy C. RobinsonJanet P. Whitla

Board of Advisors

Carolyn AliskiMartha Hatch BancroftGiulio BattermanJulian G. BullittJane CarlsonNicholas DialsThomas B. DraperKate S. FlatherChristina FrangosMelissa D. GerrityPamela GoldbergNancy HammerCarrie L.T. HammondSuzanne HamnerFrederick IlchmanPaul V. KellyMark A. King

Winifred I. LiLaura LuckePeter G. MansonJames F. MilleaNancy NizelDr. Winifred B. ParkerBenjamin PerkinsPrema P. PopatRobin R. RiggsRobert H. ScottRichard F. SeamansBarbara StedmanDr. Terry G. TaylorCecily W. TylerSusan B. WeatherbieJane WilsonJohn WinklemanDr. Laima Zarins

Originally from North Carolina, Rebecca Worthington is a Boston-based singing performer. Most recently, Ms. Worthington performed the role of Rodolfo in an exciting all-female production of Puccini’s iconic work, La Bohéme (MetroWest Opera). She has also appeared as Arminda in Mozart’s La Finta Giardineira, the Forester’s Wife and Owl in Janacek’s Příhody lišky Bystroušky (NEC Graduate Opera Program) and Eve in a workshop of Julian Wachner’s new opera, Rev. 23. Before moving to the Boston area, Worthington was also an active performer throughout the Southeast, appearing with Opera Birmingham (Suor

Rebecca Worthington

Angelica, Pagliacci, Hamlet, and La Bohéme), Birmingham Music Club (Olga/ Hanna Glawari cover in The Merry Widow), and Bob Jones University Opera Association (Rigoletto). Also an exciting concert performer, Worthington has performed as soprano soloist in such works as Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Creation, Handel’s Messiah, and Schubert’s Mass in G. Ms. Worthington has recently completed graduate study at the New England Conservatory of Music (Graduate Diploma, Voice Performance) where she also works on staff.


COMPOSERS’ CIRCLE

Handel and Haydn Circle ($100,000 and above)Philip Gerdine in memory of Marjorie Gerdine Rose-Marie & Eijk van OtterlooScully Family Foundation Two Anonymous Donors

Mozart Circle($50,000 to $99,999)Julia D. CoxWillma H. DavisGraham & Ann GundBarbara & Amos HostetterKaren Secunda LevyDrs. Janina A. Longtine & Christopher D. FletcherThe Parker Family FoundationJohn & Janis RaguinEmily F. SchabackerRobert N. ShapiroJeffrey & Ann M. ThomasOne Anonymous Donor

Bach Circle ($25,000 to $49,999)Carolyn & William AliskiDr. Frank O. Clark & Dr. Lynn DeLisiDeborah & Robert FirstJoseph M. FlynnLia Gore & Frank HaluskaDana & Carolyn PopeElizabeth Reza & Paul SkellyDonna & Benjamin M. RosenMichael & Marcy Scott MortonJim & Cathy StoneNancy & Michael TookeJudith & Menno VerhaveKathleen & Walter WeldChristopher R. Yens & Temple Gill

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE

Platinum Baton($15,000-$24,999)Alpine & Donald BirdDavid B. Elsbree & Lorraine GilmoreKate S. FlatherAnne & David GergenHeather & Robert Keane Family Foundation

Jane E. Manilych & Prof. W. Carl KesterPeter G. Manson & Peter A. DurfeeAnthony & Amy MooseyStephen MorrisseyJonathan & Robin PainterChris & Astrid PeischMr. & Mrs. J. Daniel PowellStanley & Kay SchlozmanSusan M. Stemper & Peter LieberwirthMatthew A. & Susan B. Weatherbie FoundationJohn J. Winkleman Jr.Jean WoodwardOne Anonymous Donor

Gold Baton($10,000-$14,999)Christopher Baldwin & Sally Reyering Rob & Nancy BradleyJulian BullittMiguel* & Sheila CanizaresJane & Christopher CarlsonLouise & Thomas CashmanGregory & Anne CrisciHoward* & Darcy FuguetNicholas & Paula GleysteenKathryn HintzElizabeth B. JohnsonNancy & Richard LubinLaura M. & Thomas R. LuckeJoseph MariJames F. Millea & Mary Ellen BrescianiTimothy & Deborah MooreBetty Morningstar & Jeanette KrugerThe Parachute Fund Brenda Gray RenyArt & Elaine RobinsNancy & James SchibanoffRichard & Eleanor SeamansRebecca A. Silliman M.D.Eleanor H. Smith & Donald R. Smith Charitable FundWayne & Kathryn SmithHeidi VernonThomas & Jane WattElizabeth & Robert WaxDavid WeaverJane & James WilsonThree Anonymous Donors

Silver Baton($5,000-$9,999)Sam Anthony & Andrea C. DeekerMartha Hatch BancroftGiulio BattermanMary L. Cornille & John F. Cogan Jr*John Cornish & Victoria Angelatova-CornishTerry DecimaRohit Deshpande & Anita WatumullNicholas Dials & Dustin Henderson Tom & Ellen DraperMaisie & Jefferson FlandersJames & Melissa GerrityPamela Winer GoldbergNancy & Bill HammerJonathan & Carrie HammondEllen & John HarrisBrian & Mary Jo Hogan in memory of Miguel CanizaresDr. Douglas Horst & Ms. Maureen PhillipsJamie Hoyte & Norma DinnallGeorge & Elisabeth IrelandRhoda K. Joss & Paul C. JossMartha & Garnett KeithPaul V. Kelly & Linda PerrottoJudith & Mark KingKatherine A. KirbyDavid & Suzanne LarsenWinifred I. Li in memory of William P. OliverKathleen L. McGirr & Keith F. CarlsonMartha MugarMary & Sherif NadaNancy Nizel in memory of George LevyMichael J. Oliveri & Eric A. AhoScott* & Diane PalmerWinifred & Leroy ParkerKaren M. & James F. PoageDavid G. Tuerck & Prema P. PopatJohn A. Renner Jr.Robin Riggs & David FishVictoria Santarcangelo & John DobermillerDavid C. Snead & Kate PrescottDavid & Sharon Steadman

INDIVIDUAL DONORSThe Handel and Haydn Society is grateful for the generous support of the following individuals that made annual gifts of $100 or more to H+H’s Annual Fund as of May 15, 2021. This list also reflects the value of donated subscriptions and concert tickets, with our gratitude.

Barbara Stedman in memory of Michael StedmanJolinda & William TaylorTerry & Michael TaylorCecily W. TylerJane A. TylerJanet & Dean* WhitlaLaima & Bertram ZarinsNicholas & Thalia ZervasFour Anonymous Donors

Bronze Baton($2,500-$4,999)Joseph AbucewiczSusan & Arthur BarskyRichard & Carla BenkaEdward S. W. BoeselJohn & Irene BriedisMark C. Brockmeier & Kathleen SilvaReverend Thomas W. BuckleyPaul & Wendy ChieffoJohn & Katharine CipollaWilliam & Sally CoughlinNeal CrosslandBob & Audree DysonEdmund & Betsy Cabot Charitable FoundationIrving & Gloria FoxClark & Wendy GrewEllen & Tim GuineyDeborah & Martin HaleFrederick & Cassandra IlchmanSidney & Geoffrey KenyonPeter & Claudia KinderJoan G. KinneNeil M. Kulick & Jane C. HarperJohn & Elizabeth LoderRobert E. LyonsPatricia & Richard MacKinnonRuth & Victor McElhenyJohn & Sally MillerRandi & Tom MitchellNina & Marshall MoriartyRobert & Jane MorseRory O’Connor & Claire MuhmMr.* & Mrs. Rienzi B. Parker Jr.Fatima PenroseRev Benjamin D. Perkins & David W. BrownJoyce RaymondFrederick ReisTimothy & Maren RobinsonPaul & Ann SaganRobert H. Scott & Diane T. SpencerArnold & Polly SlavetJohn & Jean SouthardDrs. Robert G. Spiro* & Mary J. SpiroStewart H. Steffey Jr.John & Donna SytekCatherine B. TaylorW. M. ThackstonMargaret E. Thomas

Rik & Elise Tuve in memory of Ron WoodwardRosamond B. VaulePhyllis VineyardLucas WegmannThe Honorable Rya W. ZobelFive Anonymous Donors

MUSICIANS’ CIRCLE

Soloists’ Circle($1,000 to $2,499)William & Zachary AgushWilliam & Julia Alexander in memory of F. Knight AlexanderAnn Chase AllenSalvatore Angelone in memory of John Whiteside Dr. Ronald ArkyChristopher BaileyCurtis L. BarnesJohn & Helen BarnesMary Ellen BatesDorothy BekeRobert Brack & Janet Bailey Katharine C. BodenMarilyn BrandtJohn Paul & Diane BrittonRhys Bowen & Rebecca SnowDr. & Mrs. Rick BringhurstLawrence & Phyllis BuellLinda Bui & Theodore SimsMargaret Burke & Dennis FioriSusan Okie BushKatie & Paul ButtenwieserFrederick ByronRonald & Elizabeth CampbellMelissa Chase & K. E. DuffinJohn & Maria CoxJackie DennisLilee DethchanSimon & Carolyn EcclesMark & Cindy EdwardsKathleen EmrichTodd EstabrookJohn & Patricia FolcarelliKathleen & Paula FrancesePeter & Deborah GatesPaul & Dana GillinAlice GoldsmithRobert L. Goldsmith & Kathleen McIssacSharon GrimbergSuzanne & Easley HamnerJill B. HartmanAnn HigginsJudith S. Howe in honor of Mrs. Ronald WoodwardPer & Jan JonasEva Kalawski & John SuttonStephen B. Kay & Lisbeth TarlowDaniel & Gloria Kearney Maryanne KingPamela Kohlberg & A. Curt Greer

David KozakJonathan LoringBeth & Michael LueyKathryn MangeMargaret H. MarshallDavid & MaryBeth MacBainAllison MacCormickHugh MacKay & Elizabeth MacKay-GrayPatricia MacLeod & Russ VickersOscar F. MalcolmLaura & Scott MalkinAnne & Eli ManchesterAmy MeyerTremont & Susan MiaoMatthew B. Mostofi & Senada ArabelovicMyra Musicant & Howard CohenMary Ann Nieves & Robert T. Doyle in honor of Emanuel NievesMarie B. NormoyleConnie PawelczakDeborah & Charles PeluseMike Peluse & Hannah WeismanCharlene Placido & Peter Goldis Petersen Family FundEleanor PhillipsPlimpton-Shattuck FundGenevieve Pluhowski & Russ WigginPolyak Family FundFlorence L. PreislerFrank & Astrida RamrathRandall Charitable Gift FundJeffrey & Hillary RayportJohn & Cynthia ReedJames ReulbachDr. & Mrs. William A. RibichVirginia RichardAlice E. Richmond & David RosenbloomSusan Rioff in memory of Amy AnthonyMaria RosarioLidia & Jerry RosenbaumDeborah & David RosmarinPito SalasKenneth B. SampsonP Miyoko SatoBarbara & Edward ScolnickJoan K. Shafran & Rob HaimesMarilyn SheskoArthur Clarke & Susan SloanDr. Alan E. Smith & Ms. Leigh DunworthStanley & Jody SmithAlbert StaeblerCampbell StewardRalph SweetlandNed & Frank TateDavid Taylor


Lisa A. TeotOlaf & Margaret ThorpArlene WeintraubIlana WhiteKathryn A. Willmore in memory of Kathryn AdamsSydney & Jonathan WinthropKatie & Marshall WolfMargot T. Young in honor of Kathleen & Walter WeldMr. Peter ZschokkeSeven Anonymous Donors

Chorus Circle($500 to $999)Joshua AndersonJohn AppletonBrenda Baker & Eric Grosse Donor FundMichael & Theresa BarryJohn & Molly BeardNancy & Reiner BeeuwkesElaine Beilin & Robert H. Brown JrRev. Kazimierz BemDavid & Nancy BerkowitzBiogen Idec.Richard Boardman & Lynne Stanton Donna Bouvier & Helen BetzSally & Eric BradfordCarolyn BreenDr. Mary Briggs & John KrzywickiMargaret & Nicholas BrillDr. & Mrs. R. E. BritterPaul & Patricia BuddenhagenNichols BurgessKennett & Barbara BurnesKatie & Paul ButtenwieserIan & Kelsey CalhounMary & Eugene CassisRuth ChangDeborah ChoateMila ChunJohn ClippingerAllan & Kathleen CohenJeff & Jennifer CollinsMimi CollinsRobert V. CostelloEugene L. CoxMary Louise & Chrisopher Crofton-AtkinsRobert & Amanda CroneJeff DikePeter H. Dodson & Beverly FeinbergDonald & Gale DrugaKathleen & Thomas DunphyFrederick Eayrs Mary K. EliotDennis Churchman & James EvansEd Fallon in memory of my Mother & FatherJohn FlanaganAlden Flanders

Michael & Margaret FlanneryPierre FleurantScott Forbes & Regina VentreKenneth FroewissEdward Gadsby & Nancy BrownBuzz & Connie Gagnebin in memory of Charles Allen & Kay GidleyMary & Michael GimbroneRobert & Judy GoreBarbara GratrySamuel & Florence Graves Dr. & Mrs. Scott H. GreensteinD. J. GriffithStanley N. Griffith & Ann E. SchaufflerMartin GuayMrs. Sylvia HammerJames S. HarperRobert Haynor & Ralph ColangeloRuth HennigMr. & Mrs. Paul T. Hession in memory of Miguel CanizaresIngrid & Michael HillingerAlan & Norma HobbsPeter & Jane HowardWilliam & Lauren HuyettChristopher & Dorothy HydeIlene & Richard JacobsKathleen & Hershel JickMelinda JulbertKaren R. KayElizabeth KeatingBarry Kernfeld & Sally McMurryDavid H. KnightAnne KoffeyJordan KreidbergDr. David Kwiatkowski & Mrs. Ellen RichstoneNan Laird & Joel AlsteinAaron Lamb & Margrethe FlandersYasmin & John Landy in memory of Miguel CanizaresClaire LaporteMichael LawlerJackie LenthMadeline K. LeoneRobert T. MacauleySally MakacynasDr. Pamela MarronDiana MarshLawrence A. Martin Jr.Stephen J. McCarthyGeorge W. McCormickGeorge & Mary McNeilRonni & Dennis MichelMartin C. Mihm JrForrest & Sara MilderAudrey & Douglas MillerJanet MinerTherese Minton

Wesley & Sandra MottDaniel NigroshDavid & Janet Offensend in honor of Mark & Judith KingTim & Christina PalmerCarolyn & Georges PeterElizabeth & Ervin PhilippsDavid PossonHarold I. PrattGil Press & Liah GreenfeldPatrick Dupre Quigley & Robert Andrew PeccolaPaul Rabin & Arlene SnyderNaveed Rahman & Caroline Butler-Rahman in memory of Miguel CanizaresEmily & Stefan ReedKennedy & Susan RichardsonPhilip RightmireJulie RomandettaSara RubinAmy E. RussoKevin & Marilyn RyanCheryl K. RyderHolly P. Safford & Charles WeilbrennerWilliam Salomon & Hannah PresslerSusan Schaefer & Christian HalbyDaniel & Margaret Schneider in honor of Joan KinneRobert & Catherine SchneiderElizabeth & Russell SchuttLaurie M ScottLiam & Kathleen SewardMichael Simons & Margaret SaganJohn & Michele SimourianJanet K. SkinnerAnn Boling SolbergPierre Sorel in memory of Miguel CanizaresDr. James B. SpragueDr. & Mrs. J. K. StarkRobert StaronMr. & Mrs. Theodore E. Stebbins Jr.Rabbi Jonah C. SteinbergDr. & Mrs. John Tamilio IIIBenjamin & Katherine TaylorSarah E. ThomasAnnie Thompson & Tim GerholdHelena ThornleySusan C. TillmanMatthew Torrey in memory of Miguel CanizaresKristen VagliardoElizabeth A. Van Atten & Kimberley R. Van AttenErica Vaters in memory of Miguel CanizaresLucy B. Wallace in memory of James H. WallaceKatie & Marshall Wolf

Christopher & Jessica WrightClifford Wunderlich & David ShuckraPatricia Yeiser, Syracuse, New YorkDavid & Evelyn YoderJeanne W. YozellMiriam & David ZarchanFifteen Anonymous Donors

Orchestra Circle($250 to $499)Samuel & Edith AbbottSara & Jason AderJoseph Aieta & Helen AlcalaCaroline AlpertAnita AmadeiDavid AmesSteven AngelidesConstance F. ArmstrongMargarete ArndtBetty AthanasoulasNeil AyerKevin & Maria Balboni in memory of Miguel CanizaresRichard BarbieriKathy BarnesAimee BasileChantal BeaucheminKimberley BeaudetNicolette BeerelJeremy Behrle & Beth GageLawrence BellHelga & Milton BerglundDavid & Lorraine BerryJane BestorLorrey & Kathleen BianchiMr. & Mrs. Marvin BirenJohn Mayer & Richard BlackCynthia A. BlissTracey Blueman & Brandon BigelowPeggy S. BlitzRichard & Mary Kate BluesteinJennifer Borden & Joseph BalsamaMartha Born Albert & Barbara BowersOliver Bouchier & Jeanette Daria ReaganJosselyn BoudettNancy BradfordTimothy P. BraganMr. & Mrs. David I. BrainardDaniel S. Brazel in memory of Janyce M. BrazelMary-Lou BreitbordeLeonard Buckle in memory of my dear wife, Dr. Suzann Remington ThomasFerdinando BuonannoFrancisco J. BuotKatie & Paul ButtenwieserRebecca CabralSarah M. Carothers & Duncan G. Todd

Laura CarrickEllen & William ChapmanDerek Clark & Monica BrunoJohn Clark & Judith StoughtonJennifer A. CobeElizabeth A. ComptonLinzee CoolidgeMary Louise CouvillonDonald V. CrabtreePaul Cramer & Mary GardFrederik & Sophia Crawford in honor of Peter Manson & Peter DurfeeRobert & Joy CreamerSen. Cynthia Creem & Harvey CreemTim & Pam CroninWilliam & Joan CrossonSarah CummerMary Beth CunnaneMark E CushingJohn & Sally DavenportCarmela & John D’EliaMary H. DeGarmoFather Constantine DesrosiersEileen Walsh DevorPatrick DignanMady & Bruce DonoffKristin & Chris DoucetKari & Thomas DoucetteDuane & Tatiana DowneyLinda Drury & Paul McBrideJudy & Jack DuncanCheryl Dyment & Dennis O’BrienTerry Eastman in memory of Tom EastmanMary Beth & John ElderKatherine Engle in honor of Tom O’Hailorahan & Mr. Al DentinoPeter & Sarah FarrowThomas & Winifred FaustKathleen M. Fay & Glenn A. KnicKrehmJoseph J. Ferreira Jr & Dr. Manabu TakasawaJerry Fielder & Daniel G. Campbell-BensonCarol L. FishmanShelia & T.J. FitzgeraldJoyce FlahertyChristina M. Frangos, Esq.James Franklin & Brenda SwithenbankAlan FruzzettiBeverly Bridgewater FullerMichael & Kathryn FullerStephen Garanin & Bonnie ParriBrian George & Deniz Ozan-GeorgeConstance GiesserRuth & Michael Gilbert-WhitnerDavid GlenJohn Glore

Elizabeth GoetterClaire & Brian GoldsmithGoodman Family Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable FoundationRonald & Judith GoodmanElizabeth & Paul GoodrichJ. Gorga & L. HighlandKenneth & Sue GouldThe Graham-MeredithsThe Graver FamilyTed & Dru GreenwoodMary J. GreerCarol GriffinJonathan & Sandra GrindlayRandy L. GrossmanElizabeth Gruenfeld & Michael DuffyJonathan & Victoria GuestCynthia HainesSusan HajjarGregory Hagan & Leslie BraytonHallowell-Flaherty Family Giving FundDon & Gina HalstedJill HarperDavid L. HartmanTricia Harris & Betty BourretSusan HassingerLisa Hastings & Thomas AkinGeorge* & Daphne HatsopoulosJasjit & Donald HeckathornBernhard & Susan HeersinkJennifer T. HelmickKathleen HenryJames T. Higgins & Cynthia N. McCannThomas Frederick HindleOlivia HoblitzelleEdward & Pamela HofferAmanda HolleyWarren & Marilyn HollinsheadThomas HotalingBeth F. HoustonBarclay & Judith HoweLindsey V. HumesGeorge & Sytske HumphreyPenny JanewayHarold JarmonAnthony JeannotteAndrea & Bruce JeffreyAlan & Barbara JenkinsJohnson McVeigh Family FundPaul JohnsonRobin Johnson & Russell PinizzottoMeghan JohnstonT Stephen JonesMary A. KaneDebby Wiesen Kelly in memory of Lorraine K. WiesenBarry Kernfeld & Sally McMurryRichard M. Kesner


Sharon Kirby & Frederic RipleyDenis KokernakMr. & Mrs. Michael KrausElliot Kronstein & May BaldwinJudy KugelM. KuncewiczTheresa & Jack KurdzionakDr. Catherine Lager in memory of John Frederick LagerDavid LakariAaron Lamb & Margrethe FlandersJoseph Paul Lancaster JrCynthia Landau & David WeinerSylvia & Richard LanzaSiu-Man Kelvin LauHanh H. LeMichelle Lee & Andrew WittRicardo & Marla Lewitus in honor of Professor Hans LewitusAnn Marie Lindquist & Robert WeisskoffAndrea & Jason LoebKim & Mark LuiggiBruce G. LundieJohn & Sandy LynchRobert & Camille MacKusickTimothy D. Mansfield & Marjorie I. EirefPeter & Gail MarcusDiane MargueriteCJ MathiasDr. Owen R. Mathieu Jr. & Eileen MathieuRosemary MattuckBarbara Ann & Michael McCahillAudrey McCarthy & John HoyeTerri-Lynn McCormickDavid & Janet McCueScott & Mimi McDougal in memory of Ronald N. WoodwardFrancis McGuire & Deborah HanleySusan A. McLeishSusan Eldredge MeadStephanus MillardStephen & Mary Lou MillerMr. & Mrs. Michael A. MillerNicolas Minutillo & Sandra LarsonWinona MoellerDebra & Norman MonizRandolph P. MontiJack MorganAlan Moyer & Terrell ClarkJohn & Jasmine MurphyDavid & Kathleen Rushford Murray Charitable Fund

Thomas Narcavage & Bonnie NeggersPeter & Melissa NassiffMargaret & Joseph NewhouseTerri Neufeglise & Rosalyn J. FennellSelma NewburghDeborah & Ralph NicholsEileen Nielsen in memory of Maurice NielsenH. Peter Norstrand & Katherine TallmanPaul NeuhauserThomas O’ConnellEllen & John O’ConnorBill & Martha O’DellElke U. O’DonnellRose Kathleen O’DonnellLes & Joan OttingerJohn M. OwenAhemt OzalpDaniel PatnaudeHaley PeabodySinan Pehlivanoglu in honor of Warrel DaneJohn & Alice PepperConstance PerryAllan Pineda & Mary ManningStefan Podvojsky in memory of Miguel CanizaresMartha PottCharles & Betsy PyneRaftery FamilyBarbara & William RaimondiAnne N. ReeceJohn S. ReidyTracy ReynoldsLinda Rhodes in memory of my mother, JosieKatherine Richardson & J. S. Wynant in memory of Miguel CanizaresCatherine Riley & Barbara WernerLisa A. RobinsonEdward Roche in memory of Col. Paul L. Roche 3rd U.S. Marine Corp. KIADavid RodriguezDarold RorabacherBurton* & Gloria RoseMichael & Karen RotenbergMartha RothchildAdam S. RubinsonDemetriouse RussellHelle SachseSarah SatterthwaiteJohn & Anne SchiragaWalter & Cindy SchlaepferStephen & Toby SchleinDr. & Mrs. Gunther SchmittMary Jean ShultzWarren M. SchurBonnie & Neil SchutzmanDaniel & Eva SchwallMary E. Scott

Phyllis & Larry SelterPeter & Kathleen ShankAllen F. ShaughnessyToyin ShonukanTom & Martha SieniewiczJoel & Karen SirkinLaura SmeatonSybil & Don SmithGail SmithKathleen A. SmithSteven SolomonLionel & Vivian SpiroMary & John StasikMichael SteadmanLorraine & Lee SteeleJulienne & Michele StenbergSarah StewartSusan StoneRalph & Carol StuartTricia SwiftJeffrey & Linda SwopeRyan TaliaferroAnne TappanPhilip TashoPaul TaylorNathalie & John ThompsonMadeleine TiminMr. & Mrs.* Charles T. ToomeyFrances & Peter TraftonThe Van Arsdale Dewey FamilyAlan & Julie VancePaul VermouthSonia & Aashu VirmaniRobert C. VolanteJoseph & Sara VolpeEdward and Eva WalkerArthur Waltman & Carol WatsonElise & Jeremy WarhaftigAlvin & Judy WarrenKristina WattsRhonda & Milton WeinsteinMarcia Welch in honor of Wat* & Jane TylerMichael WesselLewis WhiteheadKenneth Williams & Christine DutkiewiczJudith WittenbergKurt & Suzanne WoetzelChristian WolffDonald G. & Jane C. WorkmanChristopher WrightRobert & Sarah WulffSusan WyattJohn & Judith WymanCharles & Elizabeth YonKristin & Andy ZeccaP. C. ZegrasRobert Scott Zeller in memory of John TenhulaMargaret & Charles ZieringThirteen Anonymous Donors

* Deceased

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HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY ADMINISTRATION

David SneadPresident and CEO

Rebecca SullivanSenior Manager, Board Relations and Artistic Planning

Artistic

Ira PedlikinVice President of Artistic Planning

Jesse LevinePersonnel Manager, Production Manager, and Music Librarian

Development

Mike PeluseVice President of Development

Chris WrightSenior Major Gifts Officer

Raymond SalvaDirector of Institutional Giving

Gabrielle JaquesAssociate Director of Annual Giving

Signe LindbergAssociate Director of Major and Planned Giving

Rachel Dacus HillDevelopment Operations Manager

Lisa YasuiDevelopment Coordinator

Finance + Administration

Lilee Dethchan-ManibusanVice President of Finance and Administration

Igor RabovskyStaff Accountant

Lindy NoeckerStaff Accountant and Records Manager

Ropes & Gray, LLPCounsel

Tsoutsouras &Company, P.C.Auditors and Tax Preparers

Marketing andAudience Services

Sally BradfordVice President of Marketing and Communications

Alex SpeirAssociate Director of Audience Services

Chris Petre-BaumerAssociate Director of Design

Natalia SlatteryMarketing Manager

José CuadraAssistant Audience Services Manager

Laurin StolerCalling Campaign Manager

Jerry WaldmanAssistant Calling Campaign Manager

Education + Community Engagement

Emily Yoder ReedVice President of Education and Community Engagement

Penny OuelletteManager of Education and Community Engagement

Precious PerezYouth Choruses Coordinator

Elizabeth WootonYouth Choruses Coordinator

Teresa M. Neff, PhDChristopher Hogwood Historically Informed Performance Fellow

Interns Teresa DeskurEducation

Lauren Hobbs Education

Shreya SarcarEducation

Reva Useh Development

Genevieve Welch Education

EducationProgram Staff

ConductorsAlyson Greer EspinosaChorus of Sopranos and Altos and Chamber Choir

Jennifer KaneTreble Chorus, Youth Chorale,and Concert Choir

Kevin McDonaldChorus of Tenors and Basses

Marisa Tully Assistant Conductor, TrebleChorus, Youth Chorale, andConcert Choir

Nurt VillaniNew Voices

Musicianship FacultyLaura NevittLead Musicianship Teacher

Talia GreenbergMichaela KellyKilian Mooney

Collaborative PianistsAndrew MattfeldMaria Rivera White

Teaching ArtistsRachael ChagatWinship Elementary School

Precious PerezPerkins Elementary School

Marisa TullyHurley K-8 School

Teaching AssistantsAnnina Hsieh Stephanie Riley Tatum Robertson Nathaniel Smith

https://handelandhaydn.org/support/2020-21-annual-fund-donors/


The Handel and Haydn Youth Choruses provides talented young singers in grades 2-12 the opportunity to sing in a chorus, take musicianship classes, perform with professional musicians, and receive private voice instruction.

Collaborative Youth Concerts bring choirs from Boston-area schools together to perform alongside H+H musicians in their home communities and at Symphony Hall.

School Partnerships led by H+H teaching artists bring weekly choral and music education instruction to Boston elementary school students.

See the Education Program in action at handelandhaydn.org/education.

The Handel and Haydn Society’s Karen S. and George D. Levy Education Program provides music education for children in communities throughout eastern Massachusetts, reaching thousands of students each year.

Kathleen Weld CHAIR

Carolyn AliskiJulian BullittDr. Holly CarterSuzanne HamnerBrenda Kronberg

Karen LevyNancy NizelDr. Winifred ParkerBenjamin PerkinsCarolyn PopeEmily SchabackerJean Woodward

Program Administration

Emily Reed Vice President of Education and

Community EngagementPenny Ouellette Manager of Education and Community

EngagementElizabeth Wooton Youth Choruses CoordinatorPrecious Perez Youth Choruses Coordinator

Education Committee

THE KAREN S. AND GEORGE D. LEVY EDUCATION PROGRAM

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 Handel and Haydn Society Youth Choruses Awards!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Helen Peppler is the 2021 recipient of the Barbara E. Maze Award for Musical Excellence. Ms. Peppler is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance at Carnegie Mellon University School of Music. She is a 2020 graduate of HHYC and past recipient of the Candace Achtmeyer Award.

Sam Higgins is the 2021 recipient of the Candace Achtmeyer Award. Mr. Higgins is a graduate of Milton High School and will attend the Curtis Institute of Music in the fall to continue his vocal studies.

Somin Virmani is the 2021 recipient of the Evangelyna Etienne Scholarship Award. Mr. Virmani is a student at Phillips Academy Andover.

Alex Franklin is a recipient of a 2021 HHYC Achievement Award. Mr. Franklin is a graduate of Westford Academy and will attend Berklee College of Music in the fall to study contemporary writing and production.

KeeSeok Lee is a recipient of a 2021 HHYC Achievement Award. Mr. Lee is a graduate of The Bromfield School in Harvard, MA and will study at Stanford University beginning this fall.

Evan Strouse is a recipient of a 2021 HHYC Achievement Award. Mr. Strouse studies at Connecticut College and is a 2020 graduate of HHYC.

Rachel Warhaftig is a recipient of a 2021 HHYC Achievement Award. Ms. Warhaftig is a graduate of Hingham High School and will study at Emory University beginning in the fall.

These awards are presented annually by the H+H Education Committee to current singers and alumni of the H+H Youth Choruses who have demonstrated a high degree of achievement in and commitment to the vocal arts. To learn about the remarkable women for whom these awards are named, visit handelandhaydn.org/education/hhyc/awards/.

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ABOUT THE HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY

Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society performs Baroque and Classical music with a freshness, a vitality, and a creativity that inspires all ages. H+H has been captivating audiences for 206 consecutive seasons (the most of any performing arts organization in the United States) speaking to its success at converting new audiences to this extraordinary music, generation after generation.

H+H performed the “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s Messiah in its first concert in 1815, gave the American premiere in 1818, and ever since has been both a musical and a civic leader in the Boston community. During the Civil War, H+H gave numerous concerts in support of the Union Army (H+H member Julia Ward Howe wrote “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”) and on January 1, 1863, H+H performed at the Grand Jubilee Concert celebrating the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation. Two years later, H+H performed at the memorial service for Abraham Lincoln.

Today, H+H’s Orchestra and Chorus delight more than 50,000 listeners annually with a nine-week subscription series at Symphony Hall and other leading venues. Through the Karen S. and George D. Levy Education Program, H+H supports seven youth choirs of singers in grades 2-12, and provides thousands of complimentary tickets to students and communities throughout Boston, ensuring the joy of music is accessible to all.

LeadershipRobert N. ShapiroCHAIR

David SneadPRESIDENT AND CEO

Harry Christophers, CBEARTISTIC DIRECTOR THE BICENTENNIAL CHAIR

Ian WatsonASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR

Scott Allen JarrettRESIDENT CONDUCTOR, CHORUS

Anthony Trecek-KingRESIDENT CONDUCTOR, CHORUS

Reginald MobleyPROGRAMMING CONSULTANT

H+H’s numerous free community concerts include an annual commemoration of the original 1863 Emancipation Proclamation concert on December 31 of every year, in collaboration with the Museum of African American History.

The artistic director of the Handel and Haydn Society is Harry Christophers, who is also founding artistic director of The Sixteen in London. Under Christophers’s leadership, H+H has released 15 CDs on the Coro label and has toured nationally and internationally.

In all these ways, H+H fulfills its mission to inspire the intellect, touch the heart, elevate the soul, and connect all of us with our shared humanity through transformative experiences with Baroque and Classical music.

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