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BUTLER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC presents REJOICE! Jordan Jazz Erin Benedict, director Butler University Percussion Ensemble Jon Crabiel, director Butler University Chamber Singers, Choir, and Chorale Eric Stark, conductor Gavin Craig, conductor John Perkins, conductor Becky Marsh, conductor Sophie Strasheim, conductor Butler Symphony Orchestra Richard Auldon Clark, conductor Livestream Thursday, December 17, 2020 7:30 P.M. The forty-first program of the Butler University School of Music 2020-21 season

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BUTLER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC presents

REJOICE!

Jordan Jazz Erin Benedict, director

Butler University Percussion Ensemble

Jon Crabiel, director

Butler University Chamber Singers, Choir, and Chorale Eric Stark, conductor

Gavin Craig, conductor John Perkins, conductor Becky Marsh, conductor

Sophie Strasheim, conductor

Butler Symphony Orchestra Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

Livestream Thursday, December 17, 2020

7:30 P.M.

The forty-first program of the Butler University School of Music 2020-21 season

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JORDAN JAZZ

White Christmas Irving Berlin (1888-1989)

arr. Paul Langford Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Hugh Martin and

Ralph Blane arr. Gary Walters

BUTLER UNIVERSITY PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

Coventry Carol Traditional, arr. Brian Blume Christian Beachum

Robby Buetow Mia Chahmirzadi

Mike Ellis Madelin Lapp

Juliana Zlatniski “Arabian Dance” from The Nutcracker Suite Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

arr. R. Jeanne and J. Crabiel Christian Beachum

Matt Brush Robby Buetow

Mike Ellis Bennett Lang JT Langdon

Caleb Jansen Jonathan Padgett

Ryan Sorge Ben Urschel

BUTLER UNIVERSITY CHAMBER SINGERS

I Sing, You Sing Anders Edenroth What Cheer? William Walton (1902-1983)

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BUTLER UNIVERSITY CHORALE O Meu Maracatu arr. Daniel Afonso The Eyes of All Wait Upon Thee Jean Berger (1909-2002)

Gavin Craig, conductor Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning arr. Jerrell R. Grey

Becky Marsh, conductor Christmas Is Here J.S. Bach

(1685-1750) arr. Derrick Johnson

COMBINED CHOIRS (CHORALE AND UNIVERSITY CHOIR) Come In Abbie Betinis

Sophie Strasheim, conductor

BUTLER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 J.S. Bach Allegro (1685-1750) Adagio Allegro Concerto VII, op. 6, no. 8 Arcangelo Corelli

(1653-1713) Vivace – Grave – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro – Adagio – Vivace – Allegro – Pastorale ad libitum Christmas Time is Here Vincent Guaraldi

(1928-1976)

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JORDAN JAZZ Erin Benedict, director

Annie Brown Reilly Crouse Walker Demel Noah Ditzler

Lauren Frederick Marianne Martin Garrett Phillips Calvin Prenkert

Meg Schiliro Emily Schlorf Ethan Schopp

Antony Winfrey Joey VanHooser

BUTLER UNIVERSITY CHAMBER SINGERS

Eric Stark, director SOPRANO ALTO TENOR BASS Paige Butler Caleb Crawford Kevin Reyes Luke Barath Kate Fehan Meg Schiliro Alejandro Reyna Gavin Craig Emma Hubeny Ethan Schopp Douglas Perez Jillian Jordan Alex Spannenberg

BUTLER UNIVERSITY CHOIR

Becky Marsh, conductor John Perkins, conductor

SOPRANOS Madeleine Brandenburg, Indianapolis, IN Bridget Burke, Indianapolis, IN Karlie Burkhart, Kokomo, IN Rachel Christie, Lake Zurich, IL Abigail Dame, Lubbock, TX Miranda Dehaai, Bloomington, IL Jana Dinkeloo, Southfield, MI Chloe Hall, Lexington, KY Lillie Michael, Lake Forest, IL Kaylin Todor, Trafalgar, IN Lynne-Grace Wooden, Lexington, KY ALTOS Claudia Gruett, Combined Locks, WI Alex Idalski, Saint John, IN Kelly Kirk, Osceola, IN Bella Marquez, Portage, IN Cori Robinson, Lake Zurich, IL Dana Voll, Archbold, OH

TENORS Jeffery Elsey, Greenwood, IN Justin Heasley, Fishers, IN Dylan Lewis, Noblesville, IN Shayler Neal, Indianapolis, IN Garrett Phillips, Southport, IN John Prewitt, Lafayette, IN Hayden Quinn, Woodridge, IL BASSES Devin Archie, Indianapolis, IN Luke Barath, Munster, IN Nathan Charles, Libertyville, IL Spencer Michaels, Traverse City, MI Tim Reed, Indianapolis, IN

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BUTLER UNIVERSITY CHORALE Eric Stark, conductor

SOPRANO I ALTO I TENOR I BASS I Adrian Daeger Caleb Crawford Ethan Schopp Gavin Craig Marianne Marten Sarah Doran Antony Winfrey Devon Cummings Kyra Opdyke Meg Schiliro Walker Demel Adri Palacio Sophie Strasheim SOPRANO II ALTO II TENOR II BASS II Paige Butler Emily Schlorf Jason Freer Joey VanHooser Emma Eyrich Yzabel Tio Griffin McPhail Douglas Perez Emma Hubeny Lauren Tooley Kevin Reyes Alex Schildgen Ruthie Miller

BUTLER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

VIOLIN I

Erin Gardiner, Perrysburg, OH Marcus Mizelle, Avon, IN

Bailey Yates, Lexington, KY Kathryn Tuttle, Columbus, IN Jessie Miller, Indianapolis, IN

Lisa (Sung Yeon) Kim, Greenwood, IN Charlea Schueler, Seymour, IN

Rebecca Wager, Indianapolis, IN Erin Jeffrey, Indianapolis, IN

VIOLIN II

Anna Smith, Naperville, IL Annie Donato, Jasper, IN

Eric Clevenger, Indianapolis, IN Carmela Thiele, Edina, MN

Caroline Wenokur, Geneva, IL Adia Mimms, Indianapolis, IN

Abigail Hopkins, Villa Grove, IL Mario Laing, Indianapolis, IN Lal Mawia, Indianapolis, IN

VIOLA

Cassandra Tosh, Carmel, IN Nicole Felker, Indianapolis, IN Jenna Small, Bargersville, IN

John Qualkenbush, Indianapolis, IN Alex Spees, Avon, IN

Lexi Scida, Valparaiso, IN Anna White, Avon Lake, OH

Martine Cardichon, Potomac, MD Meredith Resener, Indianapolis, IN

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CELLO Lydia Sarver, Fishers, IN

Amelia Ball, Nashotah, WI Katie Stitsworth, Frankfort, IN

Rebekah White, Fishers, IN Ella King, Indianapolis, IN

Marjie Hanna, Indianapolis, IN Philip Kettler, Bethesda, MD

BASS

Sara Austin, Lombard, IL Amanda Murbach, Libertyville, IL Nick Gundersen, Noblesville, IN

Van Barnes, Indianapolis, IN

PIANO Douglas Perez, Melbourne, FL

BIOS ERIN BENEDICT Erin Benedict is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, and holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Voice Performance and Commercial Music. While in school, she traveled with the Manhattan School of Music Big Band to Italy where they were featured performers at the Venito Jazz Festival. Erin had the privilege of studying under Jackie Presti while in school. During her years in New York, she worked as a session singer, recording movie backgrounds for Disney, including the motion picture “Mission To Mars.” If you visit the Hayden Planetarium of New York’s Museum of Natural History, you will hear her singing in the featured program “Passport to the Universe,” narrated by actor Tom Hanks. Erin toured the United States with “Pieces of 8,” an eight-person a cappella jazz ensemble, performing songs written and arranged by Dr. Charles Mead. She now resides in Indianapolis with her husband Greg and three children. In addition to being a soloist at Second Presbyterian Church, Erin is also a regular session vocalist at The Lodge Studios, Aire Born Studios, and Gaither Studios. She is a background vocalist for renowned Christian singer Sandi Patty’s studio albums “Broadway Stories” and “Forever Grateful.” In 2015, Erin released her first album “Steal Away,” and currently serves on the jazz faculty at Butler University. JON CRABIEL Jon Crabiel is Percussion Artist-in-Residence at Butler University Jordan College of the Arts in Indianapolis, IN. At Butler University, Jon serves as coordinator of percussion studies, conducts the percussion ensembles, and teaches courses in percussion literature, pedagogy, and world drumming. In addition, Jon serves as director and founder of the Butler Percussion Camp held every June at Butler University. In 2017, Jon took a one-year leave of absence from Butler to perform and serve as Acting Assistant Principal Timpani and Percussion with the National Symphony Orchestra for the 2017-18 season in Washington, D.C. Jon is first-call extra percussion with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Ft. Wayne Philharmonic, Empire Brass, Ronen Chamber Ensemble, Dance Kaleidoscope, and national Broadway tour companies. He has served as Principal Timpani at Bear Valley Music Festival and toured with the River City Brass Band. In addition to classical music, Jon is

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equally versed in rock, pop, jazz, Latin American and Brazilian percussion, and drumset. He is a member of The Icarus Ensemble, an eclectic five-piece jazz group made up of members of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. The Icarus Ensemble has performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in concert as guest artist at the Hilbert Circle Theatre and released their first self-titled CD The Icarus Ensemble in 2015. Jon studied as an Artist Diploma candidate at Carnegie Mellon University and received both his Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts degrees from Eastern Illinois University. His past teachers include Timothy Adams Jr., Professor Johnny Lee Lane, and Richard Paul. In 2014, Jon received the Outstanding Graduate Alumni Award from Eastern Illinois University. An active performer, clinician, and educator throughout the Midwest, Jon serves annually as percussion coach of the Honor Orchestra of America and Masterclass Clinician for the Music For All National Concert Festival. He has served on the faculty of the United States Percussion Camp, MidWest Percussion Camp, Las Vegas Percussion Camp, Great Lakes Music Camp, and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. He has presented clinics for the Percussive Arts Society, Indiana Music Educators Association, and Indiana Percussion Association. Jon is an active and in-demand studio musician for commercial recording sessions and has made solo performances with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (with The Icarus Ensemble), Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Midwest Band and Orchestra International Conference, and the Indiana Music Educators Association Convention. Jon's students have received numerous Butler University Concerto Competition honors and awards, and his former students are currently performing with major symphony orchestras, touring nationally and internationally with Broadway shows, and teaching at universities in North America. Jon is a Yamaha Performing Artist and endorses Yamaha Drums and Percussion, Vic Firth Drumsticks and Mallets, Remo Drumheads, and Zildjian Cymbals. ERIC STARK In a dynamic career that combines performance, scholarship and collaborative leadership, conductor Eric Stark has established himself as a choral-orchestral specialist. In May 2016, he conducted the Chinese University of Hong Kong Chorus in a highly regarded performance of concert entitled "Our Spirit, Our Love, Our Joy" in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall. In May 2012, Stark led over 300 musicians in an acclaimed perfor- mance of the massive Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) by Hector Berlioz with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and the Butler University Chorale (“The discipline of the choir’s preparation was evident from the start....the ‘Dies irae’...is one of the most thrilling episodes in the chorus-or- chestra literature, and Stark managed it with aplomb.” Indianapolis Star). He made his podium debut as guest conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in a 2008 presentation of Handel’s Messiah(“galvanic per- formance....the Choir sang excellently throughout.” Nuvo Newsweekly). His December 2007 Washington, DC debut with the Washington Chorus was also met with critical and popular acclaim (“Eric Stark had the chorus singing crisply and brightly....its rich, close harmonies shimmering.” Washington Post).

Stark has led performances of the Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts, Britten’s War Requiem and Saint Nico- las, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Bach’s Mass in B minor, the Weihnachts-Oratorium and numerous cantatas, Handel’s Messiah and Israel in Egypt, Zipoli’s Te Deum, Bee- thoven’s Mass in C, Mozart’s “Coronation” Mass and Requiem, Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem, the Poulenc Gloria, Fauré’s Requiem, and Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna. He has prepared choruses for such notable conductors as Nicholas McGegan, Raymond Leppard, Jahja Ling, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Mario Venzago, Carl St. Clair, Erich Kunzel, Krzysztof Urbanski and Jack Everly. His choruses are heard on multiple compact discs, including Festi- val of Carols Vol I (2014), Mendelssohn’s Elijah (2011); From East to West (2005) a holiday compilation with the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir; The Harmonies of Hoosier History, (2001) featuring works by Indiana composers

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performed by the Indianapolis Arts Chorale; and A Festival of Carols (1997) with the Muncie, IN Masterworks Chorale.

Stark’s work as artistic collaborator and community leader has been both broad and unique. Under his leadership, his choirs have performed with such groups as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Dance Kaleidoscope, Indiana Repertory Theater, Indianapolis Children’s Choir, American Pianists Association, Jordan College Academy of Dance, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Clowes Memorial Hall, Orquesta Sinfonica Juvenil de Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) and Butler University. He has conducted in the Oriental Art Center Concert Hall in Shanghai, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Strathmore Hall in Bethesda, MD, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. He has made conducting appearances in Greece, Italy, China, Hong Kong, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay, and has led choirs on domestic tours in New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, New Orleans, Orlando and Tampa.

In 2012, Stark served as chorus master for the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show, featuring Madonna, Cee Lo Green, Nicki Minaj and LMFAO. He was honored with a Creative Renewal Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis in 2005. A firm believer in the power of music to connect diverse audiences and enrich lives, Stark has led a revitalized program of innovative educational outreach programs since joining the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir in 2002. In-Choir-ing Minds is an interactive discussion/performance featuring engaging dialog interspersed with live musical examples. Hallelujah—What’s It to Ya?! is a light-hearted musical inspection of the greatest musical work of all time, Handel’s “Hallelujah” chorus. The in-depth Choral Colloquium focuses on the contextual issues surrounding the great works for chorus and orchestra, and has featured such notable participants as composers Morten Lauridsen and Kyle Gann, scholar/performers Vance George, John Shirley-Quirk, Nick Strimple, Byron Adams and R. Larry Todd, and theologians Richard Hamilton and Frank Burch Brown.

In addition to his duties as Artistic Director of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Stark is also Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music of the School of Music at Butler University’s Jordan College of Fine Arts. There he leads the graduate program in choral conducting, conducts the Butler Chorale, and teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting and choral literature. His former conducting students have received appointments at leading choral positions around the United States, including Stetson University, Princeton University, San Francisco Girls Chorus, Los Angeles Opera, Transylvania University, Fort Wayne Children’s Chorus and the University of Wisconsin. In 2003 and 2009 he taught a Butler University honors course he designed, Putting Wings on Dreams—the First 100 Years of Powered Flight, using the dramatic stories of aviation pioneers as case studies in human determination and innovation. He has served on the faculties of Christian Theological Seminary, Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne and Earlham College. He received the doctoral degree in choral conducting from Indiana University, where he was a student of Jan Harrington, Robert Porco and Thomas Dunn. He is a 2014 Sagamore of the Wabash, the state of Indiana's highest civilian honor. A 1988 graduate of Wabash College, he is also a volunteer pilot for Angel Flight, a non-profit network of pilots providing free air transportation for those with medical needs. GAVIN CRAIG Gavin Craig is currently studying to earn his MM in Choral Conducting at Butler University. Gavin frequently performs as a bass-baritone in ensembles throughout Indianapolis, such as the Blue Rose Barbershop Quartet, Trinity Episcopal Church Choir (where he currently holds the position of section leader), and University Heights United Methodist Church Choir. He is also a performing artist for Sound Ecologies, a local non-profit whose mission is to commission local composers and performing artists in order to raise money for ecological preservation in Indiana.

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BECKY MARSH Dr. Becky Marsh is Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education at Butler University. She holds the Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education, with a choral conducting cognate, from Michigan State University. During her time at Michigan State, Dr. Marsh was awarded a university-wide Excellence-in-Teaching Citation. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education, as well as a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Music Theory, from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Prior to pursuing graduate degrees, Dr. Marsh served as a choral music educator in North Carolina. While there, the choral ensembles grew in both size and spirit, performing locally for the community and nationally as a part of the National Youth Choir. She initiated two student-led contemporary a cappella groups as well as a Choral Leadership Council designed to give students ownership and voice in their program. Additionally, she was the Music Director of Lexington Youth Theatre for three seasons, preparing K-12 students of various backgrounds as well as conducting pit orchestras of varying sizes and instrumentations for full-length musical theater productions. An active presenter and guest clinician, Dr. Marsh has shared her scholarship and passion for teaching at local, state, regional, and national conferences and events. Her research interests include music teacher identity development, students’ acquisition of musicianship skills, and creative musicianship in the ensemble setting. Her dissertation, Observing the Observer: An Examination of Preservice Music Teachers' Initial Field Observations, examines the intersections of identity and initial field-observation experiences of preservice music teachers. Additionally, her co-authored review of Randall Allsup’s Remixing the Classroom: Toward an Open Philosophy of Music Education is published in Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education. Dr. Marsh continually strives for her work to inform music teacher education, support practicing music educators, and make music classrooms an inviting and inclusive space for all students. At Butler University, Dr. Marsh teaches Foundations in Music Education courses, Teaching the Young Singer, Comprehensive Choral Music Techniques, various music education elective courses, and aural skills courses. She also serves as a co-advisor to Butler University’s chapter of the National Association for Music Education. In addition to her appointment at Butler, she serves on staff for the Indianapolis Children’s Choir. Dr. Marsh also sings and tours as a member of mirabai, a professional women’s ensemble dedicated to empowering women by expressing, through music, the full range of women’s experiences and narratives. She hopes to inspire music educators to envision and enact a culture of school music education that is welcoming to all students, functions as an integral part of the school community, and promotes lifelong engagement with music. JOHN PERKINS Dr. John Perkins owes his professional career to his loving partner, Emily, and children, Lili Amna, Noah Ameen, and Jacob Charles. He is the Associate Director of Choral Activities and an Associate Professor of Music at Butler University. Combining with Nassim Al Saba Choir (United Arab Emirates), Sao Vicente Acapella (Brazil), and five local high school choirs, Dr. Perkins created a transnational course in Spring 2016, entitled "Peacebuilding through Choral Singing." The course focused on social justice dialogue, relationship-building, and community leadership through choral singing. In the summer of 2019, Dr. Perkins led a similar course with partners in Malaysia, entitled "Musicking Futures." Recently, the Butler University Choir has partnered with Eastern Star Church, Fishers campus, to encourage dialogue between predominantly Black and White communities. He practices choral-dialoguing with his ensembles and in the community as a way to more deeply engage in critical justice learning. Outside of Butler's campus, Dr. Perkins is the Director of Music at Castleton United Methodist Church, a founding board member of Voicing Futures, a board member of Matthew's Voices Choir, a founding member of the Alliance for the Transformation of Musical Academe, a Fellow at the Desmond Tutu Center for Peace, Justice, and Global Reconciliation, an Advisory Board Member for Euro Mediterranean Music Academy (EMMA) for Peace, and a member of the American Choral Directors Association Diversity Initiatives sub-committee.

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Before arriving in Indianapolis in Fall of 2014, he taught at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 2008-2014 and developed the country’s first music program in higher education. There, Perkins directed the university’s choral program and founded the Nassim Al Saba Choir, the first Arabic, four-part choir in the Gulf region. The ensemble, aimed at building bridges between Arab and non-Arab countries, performed extensively in the UAE and abroad in New York City, Indonesia, and Jordan. Dr. Perkins has presented research papers at the MayDay Group (Limerick, Ireland), International Society for Music Education (Azerbaijan), Research in Music Education (United Kingdom), New Directions in Music Education, ACDA statewide and regional conferences, the Lund International Choral Festival (Sweden), Aswatuna Arabic Choral Festival (Jordan), International Symposium on Choral Music (Indonesia), and the International Musicological Conference: Marginal Figures in 20th-century Music (Russian Federation). His research is published in the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, the Choral Journal, and the International Choral Bulletin. As a guest clinician, Dr. Perkins has been a resident artist and has given conducting masterclasses in the United Arab Emirates, USA, Indonesia, Oman, Lebanon, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His research and professional contributions include presentations, articles, and arrangements concerning social justice through choral musicking, trauma-informed critical-musical pedagogy, Arabic choral music, cross-cultural music education, the choral works of Lili Boulanger, and music of the Symbolist (Belle Époque) era. Perkins's new choral-orchestral arrangement of Lili Boulanger's Psaume 130, Du fond de l'abîme and Arabic choral arrangements have been internationally premiered. Originally hailing from Titusville, New Jersey, Perkins holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting from the University of Arizona (Tucson), a master's degree in choral conducting from Temple University (Philadelphia), and a bachelor's degree in theory and composition from Westminster Choir College of Rider University (Princeton). His education continues through many transformative moments with his students. SOPHIE STRASHEIM Sophie is a fourth-year student at Butler University studying Choral Music Education and Vocal Performance. Sophie is a proud member of Butler's chapter of the National Association of Music Education, serving as President in 2019-2020 and as Vice President of Communication in 2018-2019. Sophie has been involved with music education in the Indianapolis community through multiple internships in general and choral music programs. She previously worked with the Indianapolis Children's Choir as a Director of Early Childhood Music, and as an intern with elementary and middle school choirs. Originally from St. Louis, MO, Sophie works each summer at her high school as an assistant director for the middle school choir camp. Sophie is excited to be making her official conducting debut with Butler University, and she wishes all viewers a safe and happy holiday! RICHARD AULDON CLARK Composer, conductor, violinist, and violist Richard Auldon Clark is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Manhattan Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, and the Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival. A strong proponent of American music, Mr. Clark has performed and/or recorded hundreds of world premieres, and his work has received extraordinary praise in the New York Times, Fanfare, American Record Guide, Washington Post, and dozens of others. Mr. Clark has recorded the music of David Amram, Henry Cowell, Seymour Barab, Lukas Foss, Alan Hovhaness, Otto Leuning, Osvaldo Lacerda, Dave Soldier, Alec Wilder, and many more. An active studio musician as well, Mr. Clark has performed and recorded for Broadway, television, commercial, and film music, including several films for Philip Glass. Mr. Clark’s compositions have been praised in the New York Times and broadcast on NPR stations around the country. With more than twenty chamber works to his credit, Mr. Clark has premiered six new compositions in the past three years at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, and in September 2016, his opera Happy Birthday, Wanda June with a libretto by Kurt Vonnegut was premiered by Indianapolis Opera. A frequent collaborator, Mr. Clark works with dancers,

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choreographers, and visual artists in the creation of new works. Currently, Mr. Clark is Professor of Music at Butler University where he conducts the Butler Symphony Orchestra and Butler Ballet.

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