Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra

MUSIC DIRECTOR: Martin Haselböck

REGARDED AS: Southern California’s premiere Baroque ensemble

FOUNDED IN: 1993 by lutenist Michael Eagan and gambist Mark Chatfield

HAS COLLABORATED WITH: Los Angeles Opera, Long Beach Opera, J. Paul Getty Museum, Norton Simon Museum, Wiener Akademie of Vienna

GUEST CONDUCTORS INCLUDE: Rinaldo Alessandrini, Giovanni Antonini, Harry Bicket, Paul Goodwin, Nicholas Kraemer, Rachel Podger and Martin Haselböck, who became the ensemble’s Music Director in the 2005/2006 season.

LAST LAMC APPEARANCE: Bach B Minor Mass, March, 2008

FIRST INTERNATIONAL TOUR: 2007, with stops in New York, Austria, Mexico, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Germany

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Los Angeles Children’s Chorus

Founded: 1986

Has appeared with: LA Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony, Southwest Chamber Music, Calder Quartet

Commissions include: the choral opera Keepers of the Night by Peter Ash and Donald Sturrock (world premiere performances conducted by Grant Gershon); Dona nobis pacem/Give Us Peace by former LAMC singer Paul Gibson; Jubilant the Music, a work for multiple children’s choirs and full orchestra by Ruth Watson Henderson

Has toured in: Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Germany, Italy, Australia, Canada, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, China, and Brazil and many parts of the United States

Has performed for: the Emperor and Empress of Japan, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thacher, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, The Grammy Awards® show, the Tonight Show

Awards: named “2003 Artists of the Year” by the Los Angeles Opera League

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Tamara Bevard

Voice part: Soprano

Seasons with Chorale: 3

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Previous Chorale solos: Haydn’s Paukenmesse, Handel’s Messiah

Previous engagements: 8 seasons as a professional singer with the Chicago Symphony Chorus

Opera roles: Micaëla/Frasquita in Carmen, Sylviane in The Merry Widow, La Contessa di Ceprano in Rigoletto, First Sprite in Die Zauberflöte

Recent solo appearances: Morton Feldman’s Rothko Chapel with Jacaranda; Haydn’s Theresienmesse in Rome and Florence with Nova Amadeus Orchestra and in Munich with the Seuddeutsche Kammer Philharmonie; Mozart’s Requiem and Vesperae solennes de Confessore with the Praga Sinfonietta Orchestra in Prague, Vienna, and Budapest; Fauré’s Requiem with the Santa Barbara Symphony and Illinois Chamber Symphony

Guest artist with: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Northwest Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Pablo Corá

Voice part: Tenor

Seasons with the Chorale: 9

Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Previous Chorale solos: Händel’s Messiah; J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Magnificat; Rachmaninoff’s Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom; Ariel Ramírez’s Misa Criolla

Education: B.M. Ithaca College; M.M.Indiana University

Opera performances: The Faerie Queen and Dido and Aeneas with Musica Angelica and The Concord Ensemble; Orphée in La Descente d’Orphée with Catacoustic Consort, Les Arts Florissants with Camerata Pacifica, Alfred in Die Fledermaus with the Rome Festival Orchestra, Nathanäel in Les Comtes d’Hoffman, Candide with the Ithaca Opera.

Has appeared as a guest artist and soloist with: Piffaro, the renaissance wind band; Catacoustic Consort; Cappella Romana; The Concord Ensemble; Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra; Aguavá New Music; Theatre of Voices; The Pro Arte Singers

Recordings: Cappella, Padilla: Sun of Justice; gravitación, elements; Los Angeles Master Chorale, Steve Reich: Daniel Variations, Steve Reich: You Are (Variations) and Glass- Salonen; The Concord Ensemble and Piffaro, Il Trionfo d’amore e della morte; Pro Arte Singers, William Byrd: The Three Masses; Aguavá New Music, Itineraries of the Night; Theatre of Voices, I am the True Vine, Carols of the Old and the New World, vol. 2, and Monastic Song; The Concord Ensemble, The Victory of Santiago

Film/Television credits: License to Wed, Lady in the Water

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Abdiel Gonzalez

Voice Part: Bass

Seasons with Chorale: 2

Hometown: Riverside, California

Previous Chorale solos: Handel’s Messiah, Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Maestro Dinner, Copland’s The Boatman’s Dance

Education: BA in Music from La Sierra University

Opera Performances: include Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Shrike in Miss Lonelyhearts, Mercutio in Roméo et Julliette, Pandolfe in Cendrillon, Athanaël in Thaïs, Morales in Carmen, Guglielmo in Così fan Tutte, King Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance, Ko-Ko in The Mikado, Slook in La Cambiale di Matrimonio, Gasparro in Rita

As a soloist: Orff ’s Carmina Burana, Faure’s Requiem, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with the Debut Orchestra

Has toured with: Opera A La Carte and Orange County Opera

Musical theatre credits include: Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof, Levi and the Butler in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Awards and Honors: 1st Place in the San Diego District Metropolitan National Council Auditions; 1st Place in the Opera 100 Competition; Vocal Fellow at the Music Academy of the West, Summer 2008

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Leslie Inman

Voice Part: Mezzo Soprano

Seasons with the Chorale: 14

Hometown: Balboa Beach/Temple City

Previous Chorale solos: Handel’s Messiah; Haydn’s Maria Teresa Mass, Creation, Paukenmesse; Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer, Bach’s B Minor Mass

Education: Chapman University, University of Southern California

Opera performances: Opera Pacific (Madame Butterfly, Turandot, Otello, La Bohème, I Pagliacci, Die Fledermaus), Opera Pacific Outreach Program, Dame Quickly from Falstaff (Festa Italiana at the Irvine Bowl), Southland Opera

As a soloist: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Opera California, Pasadena Pops Orchestra

Recordings: Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna, Christmas, Argento: Te Deum and Glass-Salonen with the LAMC; Mahler 3rd Symphony with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Cristal: Glass Music through the Ages and A Merry Little Christmas with Linda Ronstadt; These Are Special Times with Céline Dion

Musical theatre credits include: Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, Anita in West Side Story, Mdme Ernestine von Liebedich in Little Mary Sunshine

Awards and Honors: Los Angeles Artist of the Future, Miriam Oppenheim Scholarship (USC), Orange County Opera Guild

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Jon Lee Keenan

Voice Part: Tenor

Seasons with Chorale: 3

Hometown: Carson City, NV

Previous Chorale solos: Haydn’s Theresienmesse, Handel’s Messiah, Charpentier’s Messe de minuit pour Noël

Education: BM in Vocal Performance, Music Education, and Jazz Studies from UNLV; MM in Choral Conducting from CSULA (coursework completed); MM in Vocal Arts from USC; currently pursuing a DMA in Vocal Arts at USC

Opera Performances: Fenton in Falstaff (in Cagli, Italy), Tamino in The Magic Flute with Opera Nova (Santa Monica), Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Camille in The Merry Widow, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi

Recordings: Featured soloist with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale on Christmas in Santa Fe

Also known as: an accomplished jazz bassist

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Adriana Manfredi

Voice part: Mezzo Soprano

Seasons with the Chorale: 8

Hometown: Costa Mesa, CA

Previous Chorale solos: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, Haydn’s Harmoniemesse

Education: Oberlin College, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)

Has appeared as a guest artist with: Long Beach Opera, Los Angeles Chamber Singers, Eighteen Squared, CalArts New Century Players

As a guest soloist: Tehillim by Steve Reich at Skirball Cultural Center

Opera Roles: The Frog/Woodpecker in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen; Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro

Movie soundtracks include: Lady in the Water, Click

Has toured with: Helmuth Rilling, Bachakademie Festival Ensemble Stuttgart/Berlin

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Deborah Mayhan

Voice part: Soprano

Seasons with the Chorale: 8

Previous Chorale solos: Handel’s Messiah, Louis Andriessen’s City Of Dis, Haydn’s Harmoniemesse and Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Coronation Mass

Education: Bachelor Degree in voice from California State University, Northridge

Opera performances: Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust with West Bay Opera, Clorinda in Rossini’s La Cenerentola with Opera Santa Barbara, The Voice in Beaumarchais’ The Guilty Mother with Long Beach Opera

Guest appearance as a soloist: Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Julian Kuerti, Santa Rosa Symphony conducted by Jeffrey Kahane, Opera a la Carte, Santa Barbara Choral Society, Pacific Chorale, New West Symphony, Claremont Chorale, Pasadena Pops Orchestra, Los Robles Master Chorale, Cuesta Master Chorale, Mendocino Music Festival

Recordings: As soloist in John Biggs’ A Vocal Bouquet and A Choral Bouquet; her solo voice also appears in Disney Channel’s made-for-TV movie The Proud Family and in the film The Virgin of Juarez

Awards and honors: Metropolitan Opera Western Regional Finalist, Winner of the Los Angeles Artist of the Future Contest, Scholarship Participant at Israel Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv

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Steve Pence

Voice part: Bass

Seasons with Chorale: 5

Hometown: Costa Mesa, CA

Education: BM from Chapman University and two MM degrees from New England Conservatory

Previous Chorale solos: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio; Handel’s Messiah; Haydn’s Creation Mass, Lord Nelson Mass, and Theresienmesse

Opera Performances: Sciarrone in Tosca, Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Nonancourt in Nino Rota’s Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze

As a soloist: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at UCLA’s Royce Hall with the American Youth Symphony, Britten’s War Requiem with Cypress Masterworks, Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast and Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with the Cuesta Master Chorale, Bach’s B Minor Mass with the Los Angeles Bach Festival, Mozart’s Grand Mass in c-minor with the Orange County Catholic Chorale, Mendelssohn’s Elijah with Lark Society

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Kristen Toedtman

Voice Part: Mezzo Soprano

Seasons with the Chorale: 3

Hometown: Baltimore, MD (born in Virginia, with formative years in Huntington, New York)

Previous Chorale solo: Messiaen's Trois petites liturgies

Education: Manhattan School of Music Prep Division (violin); BM Vocal Performance from Indiana University Bloomington; MM Vocal Performance from Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore

Performs regularly with: Concord Ensemble, Jacaranda Chamber Singers, the Kristen Toedtman Band

Opera performances: Second Lady in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at Peabody

Has appeared as a guest artist with: Chorale Bel Canto, Folger Consort

As a soloist: Duo Encina, Handel Choir of Baltimore, St. Michael & All Angels Church

Recordings: I Am the True Vine (music of Arvo Pärt) and Carols from the Old & New Worlds with Paul Hillier & Pro Arte Singers on Harmonia Mundi; currently released album of original songs

Has toured with: Duo Encina, Concord Ensemble

Film/Television credits include: Penned & recorded music for various television and radio advertisements

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