Uiversity Commuity Chorus Sprig 2013 Iformatio Europea Masterpieces Rehearsals: Tuesdays, 7:00-9:30 p.m. Room 146, UA School of Music Sprig Semester First Rehearsal: Tuesday, Jauary 17, 2014 Sprig Cocert: Tuesday, April 22, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Mozart: Regia Coeli Brucker: Te Deum For more iformatio or pre-registratio materials: Cotact Dr. Elizabeth Schauer at 626-8936 or erschaue@email.arizoa.edu Collegium Musicum Bret Rogers, coductor Uiversity Commuity Chorus Elizabeth Schauer, coductor Bejami Hase, assistat coductor Suday, ovember 3, 2013 Crowder Hall 3:00 p.m. This cocert is beig recorded for future broadcast
Europea Masterpieces Suday, ovember 3, 2013, Crowder Hall, 3:00 p.m. Collegium Musicum Bret Rogers, coductor Hyeyeo Park, rehearsal piaist I ecclesiis...giovai Gabrieli (1553 1612) from Symphoiae Sacrae, Book II (1615) Kelsey Rogers, soprao Kristia Orosz, alto Stephe Warer, teor Joatha Kim, bass Will Thomas, orga Aus der Tiefe...Heirich Schütz (1585-1672) from Psalme Davids (1619) Will Thomas, orga Kyrie a5, a8, a12 (1587)...Adrea Gabrieli (1532-1586) Kelsey Rogers, soprao Blair Mceille, Alex Pesqueira, trumpet Gregory L. Campbell, Lisa Golleberg, hor Robert Booe, Steve Gamble, tromboe Will Thomas, orga Madoa, sua mercé per ua sera...luca Marezio (1556-1599) April is i My Mistress Face... Thomas Morley (c. 1557-1602) Ho! Who Comes Here?... Thomas Morley O Care Thou Wilt Despatch Me...Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) Hece Care, Thou Art Too Cruel Thomas Weelkes Volgedo i ciel per l immortal setiero, SV 154... Claudio Moteverdi from the Eighth Book of Madrigals (1638) (1567-1643) Stephe Warer, teor David Rife, Wye Rife, violi Robert Chamberlai, cello Yumeg Deg, harpsichord I t e r m i s s i o Upcomig UA Choral Cocerts Graduate Choral Coductors Recital: Katorei & Recital Choir Suday, ovember 24, 7:00 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $5 Graduate Choral Coductors Recital: Uiversity Sigers & Hoor Choir Tuesday, ovember 26, 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $5 Holiday Card to Tucso Arizoa Choir, UA Symphoic Choir, Uiversity Commuity Chorus, Tucso Arizoa Boys Chorus, Tucso Girls Chorus Suday, December 8, 3:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., St. Augustie Cathedral (192 S. Stoe Aveue), $Free with voucher (call 626-9227) UA Wildcat High School Choir Saturday, December 14, 4:00 p.m., Crowder Hall, $Free Arizoa Choir with the Tucso Symphoy Orchestra Classics Special, Tuesday, Jauary 14, TCC Music Hall, 8:00 p.m. (ifo: www.tucsosymphoy.org) Arizoa Choir with Tucso Symphoy Orchestra & TSO Chorus, Desert Sog Festival Friday, February 14 & Suday, February 16, TCC Music Hall, 8:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m., (ifo: www.tucsodesertsogfestival.org) ars log, vita brevis - UA Symphoic Choir Saturday, February 15, 4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $5 Graduate Choral Coductors Recital: Hoor Choir, Katorei, Recital Choir & Uiversity Sigers Suday, March 2, 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $5 Collegium Musicum, early music esemble Suday, April 13, 7:00 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $5 Austria Treasures Uiversity Commuity Chorus & Orchestra Tuesday, April 22, 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $12, 6 Graduate Choral Coductors Recital: Hoor Choir, Katorei, Recital Choir & Uiversity Sigers Friday, April 25, 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $5 Arizoa Choir, UA Symphoic Choir, Arizoa Symphoy Orchestra Viea/Prague Tour sed-off: Dvořák: Stabat Mater Suday, April 27, 3:00 p.m., Crowder Hall, $10, 7, 5 UA Wildcat High School Choir Saturday, May 10, 4:00 p.m., Crowder Hall, $Free
So ejoy; A kee ad flatterig voice ivites us! Chorus Let s ejoy the wie ad the sigig, the beautiful ight, ad the laughter. Let the ew day fid us i this paradise. Violetta Life meas celebratio. Alfredo Oly if oe has t kow love. Violetta Do t tell someoe who does t kow. Alfredo But this is my fate... All Let s ejoy the wie ad the sigig, the beautiful ight, ad the laughter. Let the ew day fid us i this paradise. Duo Seraphim Two seraphim cried to oe aother: Holy is the Lord God of Sabaoth. The whole earth is full of his glory. Uiversity Commuity Chorus Elizabeth Schauer, coductor Bejami Hase, assistat coductor Woa Chig Lim, rehearsal piaist Agelus Domii Descedit... Giovai Gabrieli (1557-1612) Amy Burmeister, trumpet Gordie Hixo, trumpet Lisa Golleberg, hor Steve Gamble, tromboe Partsogs...Robert Schuma (1810-1856) Der deutsche Rhei Zigeuerlebe Dukler Lichtglaz (from Spaische Liebeslieder, Op. 138) Es ist verrathe (from Spaisches Liederspiel, Op. 74) Kelsey Rogers, soprao Kimberly Moeller, mezzo-soprao Jaso Dugee, teor Joatha Kim, baritoe Woa Chig Lim & Chia-Chu Ko, piao Opera Choruses Chorus of the Weddig Guests...Gaetoo Doizetti (1797-1848) from Lucia di Lammermoor Placido e il Mar...W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) from Idomeeo Bridisi...Giuseppi Verdi (1813-1901) from La Traviata Jaso Dugee, teor Ivette Ortiz, soprao Woa Chig Lim, piao Duo Seraphim... Jacob Hadl (1550-1591) Uiversity Commuity Chorus & Collegium Musicum Please ote that o audio or video recordig or flash photography is allowed durig today s performace. Thak you.
Soprao Zadra Alford Adrea Akis Joa Biggar Lucille Boilard-Harki Kare Coway Jeaie David Vera Lucia Diai Sheryl Forte Sata Hessler Mary Hueber Louise Iles Amber Kerstei Susa Kittel Gia Kruse Joyce Lagasse Carrie Ladau Jo A Little acy McCallio Caitli McDavid Erica McEvoy Chao Mei Meyer Jody Moll Valerie Moses Amy Ly Palmer Mary Pagaelli Votto Kelly Retscher Meredith Skeath Maria Smith Judith Tracy Elizabeth Wells Alto oella Amyot Julie Bubul Laurel Campbell Augusta Davis Melaie De Sa Uiversity Commuity Chorus Elizabeth Schauer, coductor Bejami Hase, assistat coductor Woa Chig Lim, rehearsal piaist Kirk Emerso Susaa Ede Alisha Escoto Katria Farrell Katie Good Vicki Greer Laura Gutowski Rachel Hackl orma Haire Amy Ly Harris Sara Herma Margaret Log Jeifer Lord Mazur Cheryl Lougee Lois Maowitz Adrea P. Marti Jeie Mayer Becky McLea orrie McMilla Sara Louise Mohr Ae Morga Coie Myre Celeste Pardee April D. J. Petillo Emily Powers Jeifer Rich Sophie Richerd Valerie Armstrog Jaet Rowe Charley Rowlad Debi Rya Kriste Schweri Lida Shek Cecilia Siruo Valerie J. Smith Wada Torrey Hester va Heemstra this smile i sorrow. For a time i the gloom Your star disappeared; I shall let it asced agai Brighter ad more beautiful. Give me your had, Hery, I draw you to my heart. To you I come as fried, As brother, as protector. Placido è il mar (Voyagers Chorus) Calm is the sea, let us go. Everythig is reassurig. We shall have good fortue; So come, let s go ow. Blow, getle breezes, Calm the ager of the icy orth wid; be courteous with your pleasig breath which ca spread love everywhere. Bridisi Alfredo Let s drik, let s drik from the joyous chalices that beauty so truly ehaces. Ad may the brief momet be iebriated with voluptuousess. Let s drik for the ecstatic feelig that love arouses. Because this eye aims straight to the heart, omipotetly. Let s drik, my love, ad the love amog the chalices will make the kisses warmer. Chorus Ah! Let s drik, ad the love amog the chalices will make the kisses warmer. Violetta With you all, I ca share my happiest times. Everythig i life which is ot pleasure is foolish. Let s ejoy ourselves for the delight of love is fleetig ad quick. It s like a flower that blooms ad dies Ad we ca o loger ejoy it.
Ad, baed as they are from their blissful homelad, they see it i their dreams, that happy lad. But ow, whe the morig awakes i the east, so vaish the beautiful visios of the ight; at daybreak the mules paw the groud, the figures move away who kows where? Dukler Lichtglaz Dark light, blid gaze, Dead life, joy ad pai, Fortue full of misfortue, Dull laughter, happy lamet, Sweet bitteress, blessed pai, Peace ad war i a sigle heart Oly you, Love, ca be all that, With happiess paid for with pai. Es ist verrathe That you are burig with love s glow, clever oe, is oticed easily. Ad your cheeks disclose what secretly rests i your heart. Always to ejoy deep sighig, always to cry istead of sigig, to sped your ights wakig, ad to avoid sweet sleep; these are sigals of the glow that your couteace reveals. I cosider love, moey, ad sorrow, as the most difficult to hide, for eve i the sterest souls they strogly rush to the fore. That restless spirit betrays them all too opely. Chorus of the Weddig Guests Full of great joy for you All gather here together, For you we see dawig aew The day of hope; Guided here by friedship, accompaied by love, All gather here together, Accompaied by love. This star i a overcast ight, Teor Robert Armedariz Sheldo Clare Carol Freudlich DeWaye Halfe Mike Hayes Gia Hayes Sea Kiilehua David ix James Quirk Bruce Va Sickle Richard Wilso Bass Terry Alsto Gary Aderso Richard Burs Ackowledgemets: Stephe Chrisma Jeffry Davis Jeff Fookso Thomas Garrett Edward Gelardi Adreas Gross Michael Iragorri Berard Kaavage T. Qui Kimball Howard Richmod Frak Scooover Abe Valezuela Armado Vargas y M. Roger Voelker Do Weaver Paul Wolf Dr. Schauer ad the Uiversity Commuity Chorus express our heartfelt gratitude to the followig people for service to the chorus o the board ad i may capacities: oella Amyot, Gary Aderso, Sea Kiilehua, Carrie Ladau, Amy Palmer, Jeifer Rich, Aa Luisa Terrazas, Armado Vargas, Jeifer Lord Mazur, T. Qui Kimball ad Bejami Hase I Memoriam The Uiversity Commuity Chorus dedicates this performace to Jae A Priester, Sally Freema & Euice Evas Their love of choral music ad participatio i the chorus helped brig forth the beauty of the music ad brought joy to fellow choristers ad audieces alike. They are greatly missed.
Collegium Musicum Bret Rogers, coductor Hyeyeo Park, rehearsal piaist Soprao icole Baugh Criste Jimeez Sarah Kortemeier Lisa Lag Leslie itzberg Jae Perlee Tori Powell Kelsey Rogers Mary Uhrig Alto Faez Abdalla Valerie Aderso orah Booth K.C. Holliday Adrea Marti Erica Morris Kristia Orosz Rya Redmod Rebecca Hage Watso Teor Coli Dawso Hele Fort Adrea Garcia Vicet Jackso Adrea Miller Dyla Murphy Kwesi Pasley Tom Tompkis Bass Adrew Agew atha Alle Alejadro Bañuelos Keith Marti Ed Moore Fred Reiagel Will Thomas As log as withi its curret The rocks still stad firmly, As log as lofty cathedrals Ca see themselves i its mirror. They shall ot have it, The free Germa Rhie, As log as courageous lads Court sleder maides, As log as a fi is lifted By a fish withi its depths, As log as a sog still lives I the mouths of its sigers. They shall ot have it, The free Germa Rhie, Util its floodwaters have buried The boes of the last ma! Zigeuerlebe I the shadows of the forest, amog the beech trees, somethig moves ad rustles ad whispers all at oce. Flames are flickerig, their glow daces Aroud colorful figures, aroud leaves ad rocks: It is the roamig bad of gypsies With flashig eyes ad wavig hair, weaed o the holy waters of the ile, taed by Spai s scorchig su. Aroud the fire i the swellig gree forest Wild ad bold me are restig, wome squat to prepare the meal, ad busily fill aciet goblets. Ad tales ad sogs resoud all aroud, tellig how the gardes i Spai are so full of bloom, so full of color; ad words of magic to ward off eed ad dager the wise old woma recites for the listeig crowd. Dark-eyed girls begi their dace While torches flicker i reddish glow; The guitar casts its lure ad the cymbal souds; The dace grows wild ad wilder. The they rest, weary from the ight of dace, ad the beeches rustle them to sleep.
Come oble lyre: the crow of flowers Faste about me, o sos: I will woud the stars Sigig praises of my Kig to the heights. Ad you who for beauty, ladies ad girls Tur beautifully for immortal hoors, Move to my beautiful soud the sleder feet, Lovely blode tresses strew with roses. Ad, leavig the rich depths of the Daube, The water ymphs come also to the ball. Flee well the clouds ad storms. O sceted breezes the joyful murmur Is made a echo to my sigig, resoudig over the world The exalted ad beautiful deeds of Ferdiad. Ad with weapos girded, ad astride his wiged steed He ra through the meadows, ad o the hard earth The helmet restig o his armored arm. The exalted towers ad the grad walls Scattered to the wid, ad the law made vermilio, Leavig all other glory to the dark world. Agelus Domii A agel of the Lord came dow from heave, ad rolled back the stoe, ad sat o it. Ad said to the wome: Do ot be afraid: for I kow that you seek the crucified: He has rise: come ad see the place where the Lord was lai. Alleluia. Der deutsche Rhei They shall ot have it, The free Germa Rhie, Though they like greedy raves Scream themselves hoarse after it, As log as, peacefully flowig, It still wears its gree garb, As log as eve oe oar resoudigly Strikes ito its waves. They shall ot have it, The free Germa Rhie, As log as hearts refresh themselves With its fiery wie, About the Artists Dr. Elizabeth Schauer accepted a appoitmet as associate director of choral activities ad associate professor of music at the Uiversity of Arizoa i fall 2004. A award-wiig educator, Dr. Schauer directs the Symphoic Choir ad Uiversity Commuity Chorus, ad teaches udergraduate ad graduate courses i coductig, literature ad methods. I additio she serves as Chacel Choir director at St. Mark s Uited Methodist Church i Tucso, ad has served o the summer faculty at Westmister Choir College i Priceto, ew Jersey. Before comig to Tucso, Dr. Schauer was director of choral activities at Adams State College i Colorado, ad also taught at Ceteary College i ew Jersey. Dr. Schauer has coducted college, commuity, church, hoor ad public school choirs, ad has served as music director of commuity ad uiversity theatrical productios as well. She is i demad as a adjudicator, cliicia, guest coductor ad preseter throughout the Uited States. She recetly served as coductor for all-state choirs i Maie ad ew Mexico. She has preseted sessios at the atioal covetios of America Choral Directors Associatio (ACDA) ad College Music Society (CMS); regioal cofereces of ACDA, ad state cofereces of ACDA ad atioal Associatio for Music Educatio (AfME). I additio, her choirs have bee ivited ad selected by auditio to perform at local, state ad regioal evets of AfME, ACDA ad College Music Society, icludig performaces for the 2014 ad 2010 cofereces of the wester divisio of America Choral Directors Associatio, the 2012 Pacific-Southwest College Music Society Coferece, ad the 2011 Arizoa Music Educators Aual Coferece. Dr. Schauer holds degrees from Uiversity of Ciciati College-Coservatory of Music, Westmister Choir College ad Uiversity of Michiga. Bejami Hase received his bachelor s degree from Yale, sigig i The Whiffepoofs, his master s degree i voice from The Catholic Uiversity of America, a master s degree i coductig from The College-Coservatory of Music at the
Uiversity of Ciciati, ad is curretly pursuig his doctorate i choral coductig at the Uiversity of Arizoa. Hase has studied coductig with Mark Gibso, Jerry Blackstoe, Fiora Cotio, Robert Sud, Marguerite Brooks, Leo estor, Brett Scott, Earl Rivers, Elizabeth Schauer ad Bruce Chamberlai. He was a coductig fellow at the Chorus America Coductig Symposium i 2010, Housto, Texas, ad was the director of the Washigto Collegium, i Washigto, D.C., coductig such works as Howell s Requiem ad Poulec s Exultate Deo. For seve semesters Hase directed the Ciciati State Chorale at Ciciati State College, coductig such works as Whitacre s Lux Arumque, the atioal athem at a Ciciati Reds Game, ad a set of spirituals for a cocert at the World Choir Games. Beyod his career i music, Hase has a iterest i politics, ad was a cogressioal aide for U.S. Cogressma Tom Latos ad U.S. Seator Be elso. Bret Rogers is a secod-year doctoral studet i choral coductig at the Uiversity of Arizoa, where, i additio to his work with the Collegium Musicum, he has coducted the Uiversity Sigers, Hoor Choir, ad Recital Choir. Prior to commecig his studies at UA, Bret was professor of vocal music at Arizoa Wester College i Yuma. There he coducted the Yuma Chorale ad AWC Chamber Sigers, the latter of which was praised by their adjudicator as amog the best choirs at the 2012 orther Arizoa Uiversity Jazz/ Madrigal Festival. While i Yuma he also served as guest coductor of the Yuma Couty Middle School Hoor Choir, assistat coductor of the Yuma Ecumeical Choir, ad adjudicator for the Yuma Couty Middle ad High School Choir Festival. Prior to his employmet at AWC he taught middle school choir i Las Vegas. Bret has sug i choral esembles sice the age of eight, icludig five years as a member of the iteratioallyacclaimed Brigham Youg Uiversity Sigers, several past ad upcomig cocerts with the Tucso Chamber Artists, ad membership i the Arizoa Choir at UA, with which he will perform Dvořák s Stabat Mater at Viea s Musikverei ad Prague s Dvořák Hall i May of 2014 uder the directio of Dr. Bruce Chamberlai. He holds degrees i music educatio (BM) ad choral coductig (MM) from Brigham Youg Uiversity i Provo, Utah, where he co-directed the Uiversity Chorale, ad served as assistat coductor of the BYU Sigers for three years uder the metorship of Dr. Roald Staheli. Traslatios I ecclesiis I churches bless ye the Lord. Hallelujah. I every place of his domiio, bless the Lord, O my soul. Hallelujah. I God is my salvatio ad my glory. God is my help, ad my hope is i God. Hallelujah. Our God, we ivoke thee, we adore thee, Deliver us, elive us, Hallelujah. God is our helper forever. Hallelujah. Aus der Tiefe From the depths, I have cried out to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attetive to the voice of my supplicatio. If you, Lord, were to mark iiquities, who, Lord, shall stad? For with you is forgiveess; that ma may fear you. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, ad i his word I hope. My soul waits for the Lord from oe morig watch util the ext. Israel, hope i the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy ad with him is pleteous redemptio. Ad he will redeem Israel from all his sis. Glory be to the Father ad the So, ad also the Holy Ghost, as it was i the begiig, ow, ad forevermore, uto eterity, Ame. Kyrie a5, a8, a12 Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Madoa, sua mercé My Lady, her goods, for oe eveig Appeared to me very joyful ad beautiful i sleep It rejoiced my heart like the su Wot to clear the groud after rai, Sayig to me, come pick i my meadow Some flowerets ad leave the gloomy cavers. Volgedo i ciel Turig i the sky for the immortal path, The wheels of the light ad seree soul, The su brigs back a cetury of peace Uder the ew kig of the Roma Empire. O, to me ow is bore from great Iberia The deep cup, garladed ad full Which, ruig to my heart from vei to vei, Rids the soul of every mortal thought.
voice. Mr. Warer has bee a featured soloist of the Uiversity of Arizoa Hoor Choir, Recital Choir, Collegium Musicum ad Uiversity Commuity Chorus, as well as Arizoa Choral Society. Mr. Warer is a studet of Grayso Hirst, ad has also studied voice with Dea Schoff, Jami Flora ad Stephe Carr. Origially from Malaysia, accompaist Woa Chig Lim collaborates i choir, vocal ad istrumetal repertoire, musical theatre ad ballet. I additio to the Uiversity Commuity Chorus, Ms. Lim serves as the accompaist/piaist of UA School of Dace, Tucso Girls Chorus ad Arizoa Opera outreach program. Recet collaborative performaces iclude Sog Fire Festival at the Vacouver Iteratioal Sog Istitute, Opera Previews: Marriage of Figaro with the Opera Guild of Souther Arizoa, You re a Good Ma, Charlie Brow with Rose Theatre Compay ad the Guest Artist Series at orther Arizoa Uiversity (AU). Ms Lim is studyig uder the tutelage of Dr. Paula Fa ad will be completig her Master of Music degree i collaborative piao i December 2013. Kelsey K. Rogers recetly retured from her iteratioal solo debut i Saarburg, Germay, where she was a featured soloist i the Saarburg Iteratioal Chamber Music Festival. While there she performed as a soloist with the festival orchestra ad the Phoeixbased Tetra Strig Quartet, as well as i other capacities. Mrs. Rogers has appeared as a soloist with the Uiversity of Arizoa Collegium Musicum i their performace, Gethsemae to Golgotha: The Music of the Passios, for the Arizoa Early Music Society i a hausmusik performace, as well as i Camille Sait-Saës Oratorio de oël, Hadel s Messiah (Parts I ad III), Bach s Es ist das Heil us komme her (Catata o. 9), ad Buxtehude s Magificat, the last two of which were recorded for broadcast o public radio. Kelsey has to her credit several operatic roles, Spirit i Purcell s Dido ad Aeeas, Aia i Verdi s La Traviata, Kate i Gilbert ad Sulliva s Pirates of Pezace, ad Amahl i Meotti s Amahl ad the ight Visitors. She also sigs with the Tucso Chamber Artists. She is curretly pursuig a Master of Music degree i Vocal Performace at the Uiversity of Arizoa, ad holds a bachelor s degree i music educatio, with a choral emphasis, from Brigham Youg Uiversity, where she sag with all the auditioed choirs, icludig the BYU Sigers, who placed secod i the Cork Iteratioal Choral Competitio durig her time with them. Her teachers iclude Kristi Dauphiais, Charles Roe ad Arde Hopki. Mezzo-soprao Kimberly Pris Moeller appeared most recetly as the Sorceress i Dido ad Aeeas with the St. Adrew s Bach Society. Other recet appearaces iclude the Vacouver Iteratioal Sog Istitute, the Saarburg Iteratioal Chamber Music Festival, Hadel s Messiah with the America Chamber Orchestra ad Flora i La Traviata with the Uiversity of Arizoa Opera Theater. Active i opera, oratorio, ad recital repertoire, Kimberly will sig the role of Orlofsky i Die Fledermaus with the Uiversity of Arizoa Opera Theater i ovember 2013 ad will make her Caregie Hall debut as soloist i Mozart s Requiem ad Beethove s Choral Fatasy i March 2014. Other stage ad oratorio credits iclude the roles of Diah i Trouble i Tahiti, Ma Moss i The Teder Lad, Florece i Albert Herrig, ad soloist i Vivaldi s Gloria ad Magificat ad
Sait-Saës Christmas Oratorio. Kimberly is a multiple wier of the atioal Associatio of Teachers of Sigig competitios i ew York, ew Jersey, Pesylvaia ad Arizoa, ad is curretly pursuig the Doctor of Musical Arts degree i voice performace at the Uiversity of Arizoa. She received the Professioal Performace Certificate i voice performace from Pe State Uiversity, the Master of Arts degree i voice performace from Motclair State Uiversity ad the Bachelor of Music degree i vocal music educatio from Houghto College. Jaso Adrew Dugee, teor, is a ative of Wilmigto, Delaware. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree i vocal performace from Hampto Uiversity where he studied uder Lorraie Bell ad Royzell Dillard. He received his master s degree i music educatio from Westmister Choir College where he studied voice uder oted voice pedagogue Marvi Keeze. Sice that time, Jaso has frequetly bee i demad as a guest soloist for performaces such as Hadel s Messiah, Robert Ray s A Gospel Mass, Dubois Seve Last Words of Christ ad has bee i demad as a vocal cliicia for may area church choirs. Jaso is curretly pursuig a Doctorate of Music degree i choral coductig at the Uiversity of Arizoa. Joatha Kim is a lyric baritoe from Los Ageles, Califoria. He eared a Bachelor of Music degree at Uiversity of Califoria, Irvie i vocal performace opera, where he eared multiple awards with Orage Couty s Opera 100, ATS, Youg Musicias Scholarship. His experieces iclude sigig with the Opera Pacific i Orage Couty, various lead roles with the Orage Couty Opera ad the opera program at the Uiversity of Califoria, Irvie. His major roles i Orage Couty cosist of Guglielmo i Così fa tutte, Morales i Carme, Maoah ad Harapha i Samso. He has served as music director i a umber of churches, which led him to ear a master s degree i sacred music choral coductig from the Uiversity of otre Dame. There, he has bee featured i choral workshops at the 2012 America Choral Directors Associatio Covetio i Fort Waye. He has also sug as a guest soloist with the Fort Waye Philharmoic i their productios of Vaugha Williams Fatasia o Christmas Carols ad Hayd s Lord elso Mass. Curretly, Mr. Kim is i his first year of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree program i choral coductig at the Uiversity of Arizoa ad is studyig coductig with Dr. Bruce Chamberlai ad Dr. Elizabeth Schauer, ad voice with Prof. Grayso Hirst. His previous coductig professors iclude Prof. Joseph Huszti, Dr. Carme Tellez, Dr. Tom Merrill, ad Dr. acy Mek. He has studyed voice with Prof. Patrick Goeser, ad has worked with Prof. Horst Güther, Rodey Gilfry, Prof. Marti Katz, Prof. Graham Johso. Ivette Ortiz wo the atioal Symphoy Orchestra Youg Soloists Competitio i Costa Rica i 2005. She obtaied her udergraduate studies i voice performace at the Uiversity of Costa Rica, with mezzo-soprao Raquel Ramírez ad soprao Zamira Barquero. I Costa Rica, she has bee part of several professioal productios of Zarzuelas Spaish Opera such as Luisa Ferada, La Viuda Alegre, El Retablo de Maese Pedro by Mauel de Falla ad the Costa Rica Zarzuela Toyupá. I 2010 she made her professioal opera debut with the atioal Lyrical Compay, with the role of Elvira i Rossii s L Italiaa i Algeri. I 2011 she sag the role of Frasquita i Carme by G. Bizet. I 2012 she traveled to Mexico to represet the Uiversity of Arizoa i the Festival Iteracioal Arte Jove i Morelia, she sag the role of ella i Giai Schicchi by G. Puccii, Susaa i Le ozze di Figaro ad Euridice i Orfeo ed Euridice with Opera Guild Souther Arizoa. She recetly wo the secod place i ATS competitio ad third place i Quest for the Best competitio. She was ivited last summer to perform i a Verdi Gala as part of the voice faculty of the Uiversity of Costa Rica. She is curretly i the Doctor of Musical Arts degree program at the Uiversity of Arizoa studyig with Dr. Kristi Dauphiais. Stephe Warer maitais a active schedule as a chorister ad soloist i additio to workig toward a Bachelor of Music degree i choral music educatio ad vocal performace at the Uiversity of Arizoa. Mr. Warer has bee awarded the Iterloche Performace Award for work i the areas of both cello ad