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The Sandy Sanborn Martin Memorial Organ Concert
Brad Caldwell
Howard Helvey
Artistic Director & Pianist
Conductor
Richard Schnipke
Guest Conductor
with
DIANE MEREDITH BELCHER
Internationally-Acclaimed Concert Organist
A concert of choral music, organ works &
art songs by living American composers
Sunday, April 26, 2015
7:00 pm
PLEASE KINDLY SILENCE ALL CELLULAR PHONES AND BEEPERS.
PROGRAM
ORGAN SOLOS
In Celebration (from Bethesda Evensong)
Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947)
David Dahl (b. 1937)
from An Italian Suite
Toccata
Pastorale Triste
Gagliarda
Elevatione
Canzona
ART SONGS BY JEFFREY WOOD
Jeffrey Wood (b. 1954)
Psalm (words by Paul Celan)
from Night
Michael Young, baritone, Brad Caldwell, piano
A Psalm of the Elephant Man (words by Kenneth Sherman)
from Songs for the Elephant Man
Simon Barrad, baritone, Brad Caldwell, piano
Ombre [“Shadow”] (words by Guillaume Apollinaire)
Katy Lindhart and Linda McAlister, sopranos
Brad Caldwell, piano
SETTINGS OF AMERICAN POETRY
Frank Ticheli (b. 1958)
There Will Be Rest (words by Sara Teasdale)
Dazzling as the Sun (words by Delores Dufner)
Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947)
I Shall Not Live In Vain (words by Emily Dickinson)
Dwight Bigler (b. 1973)
Sure On This Shining Night (words by James Agee)
from Nocturnes
Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble conducted by Richard Schnipke
Diane Meredith Belcher, organ, Brad Caldwell, piano
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—INTERMISSION—
FROM THE GOSPEL AND FOLK TRADITIONS
Unclouded Day
American Gospel Song by J. K. Alwood (1828-1909)
No.1 from Heavenly Home: Three American Songs
arr. by Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970)
Traditional American Folk Ballad
arr. by Howard Helvey (b. 1968)
When For Eternal Worlds We Steer
Traditional Spiritual
arr. by Robert DeCormier (b. 1922)
Let Me Fly
Simon Barrad, baritone soloist
Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble conducted by Howard Helvey
ORGAN SOLO
O God of Love
("Quintet and Miserere" from the Opera, The Ghosts of Versailles)
John Corigliano (b. 1938)
arr. by Richard Dirksen
ART SONGS BY LIBBY LARSEN
III. Ultrasound (words by A. E. Stallings)
from The Birth Project
Libby Larsen (b. 1950)
I. Bind me – I can still sing (words by Emily Dickinson)
from Chanting To Paradise
Audrey B. Luna, soprano, Brad Caldwell, piano
ORGAN SOLO
John Weaver (b. 1937)
Passacaglia on a Theme of Dunstable
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SETTINGS OF EUROPEAN POETRY
Mack Wilberg (b. 1955)
Lord, When the Sense of Thy Sweet Grace (words by Richard Crashaw)
Howard Helvey (b. 1968)
Sonnet 29 (words by William Shakespeare)
The Prayers I Make (words by Michelangelo Buonarroti; tr. Wm. Wordsworth)
Jane Marshall (b. 1924)
Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble conducted by Howard Helvey
Diane Meredith Belcher, organ
Following this evening’s program, all are warmly invited to a reception in Hannaford Hall, the parish hall located
immediately behind the church. Please follow the stairs found through the door to the left of the pulpit.
DIANE MEREDITH BELCHER
Internationally renowned organist Diane Meredith Belcher made her debut at age
fifteen in her hometown just outside Philadelphia. In the decades since, she has
performed throughout the United States, in Europe, and in Canada to the acclaim of
critics and audiences alike. A graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music and The
Eastman School of Music, she has studied with David Spicer, John Weaver, Clarence
Watters, David Craighead, and Wilma Jensen. Laureate of both the St. Albans
(England) and Chartres (France) international organ competitions, she also took the
American Guild of Organists’ top prize in its professional certification examinations.
Concert appearances have included Disney Hall, Los Angeles; Benaroya Hall, Seattle;
Saint Thomas Church, New York City; Grace Cathedral, San Francisco; Fourth
Presbyterian Church, Chicago; the 100th anniversary concert of the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia;
West Point Cadet Chapel; Spivey Hall, Atlanta; Saint Alban’s Cathedral, England; Portland City Hall, Maine; Girard
College, Philadelphia; Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City; First Congregational Church, Los Angeles; the
Auditorium, Independence, Missouri; the Curtis Institute of Music’s 80th birthday celebration honoring Ned
Rorem; the Cleveland Museum of Art; and the Crystal Cathedral, Los Angeles. In May 2006 she was featured in
recital on the opening weekend of the new organ in the Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.
Ms. Belcher has appeared regularly on the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ in Philadelphia, in duo-recital with
trumpeter Rob Roy McGregor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and as soloist with numerous orchestras, including
the Philadelphia, Hatfield (England), Jacksonville, Syracuse, Memphis, Wichita, Columbus (Georgia), and Curtis
Symphony orchestras. She has several recordings to her credit, including a JAV release which won The Absolute
Sound’s Golden Ear Award for the year 2000, and is often featured on radio and television interviews and features
such as Public Radio International’s Pipedreams.
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Diane Meredith Belcher is in frequent demand by her colleagues, having performed at numerous national and
regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists, and at the national conventions of the Royal Canadian
College of Organists and the Organ Historical Society. Her sensational performance of the Jongen Symphonie
Concertante with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the 2002 national convention of the American Guild of Organists
created a thunderous standing ovation from an audience of nearly three thousand. She has led many workshops and
master classes, and is in demand as a competition juror. Often she is asked to consult for pipe organ projects for
churches or other institutions planning to install a new instrument. She has commissioned and premiered several
organ compositions, and is herself the composer of a small body of sacred music.
Ms. Belcher has served as a church musician for over three decades, and was the founding director of the Memphis
Concert Chorale. She currently serves as Director of Music/Organist at St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Beverly
Massachusetts. Prior positions have included Organist/Choirmaster at Old St. Paul’s in Baltimore Maryland, and
Co-Organist/Choirmaster at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia. She has taught organ extensively, serving
on the faculties of University of Memphis, Tennessee, Westminster Choir College, and University of Pennsylvania,
and freelances with such ensembles as the Buxtehude Consort and the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra.
Laudatory reviews of her playing have appeared in such publications as Clavier, The New Records, The American
Organist, Organists’ Review, The Diapason, and newspapers throughout the country and abroad. The Philadelphia
Inquirer has described her playing as “alchemy … definitely among the afternoon’s high points,” and the Halifax
Chronicle-Herald praised her “musical elegance, clarity, projection and mastery of style … an amazing display of
musical virtuosity of the highest order.” Of her recordings, the German journal Orgel International states, “Diane
Meredith Belcher’s playing is exemplary in every respect,” and American Record Guide calls her performances
“glowingly brilliant, rhythmically vibrant, consistently expressive, and full of both atmosphere and personality – in
short, everything that artistic organ playing should be.”
Ms. Belcher is represented by Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio.
CINCINNATI FUSION ENSEMBLE
Brad Caldwell, Artistic Director
Howard Helvey, Conductor
THE CINCINNATI FUSION ENSEMBLE is a professional performing ensemble with a threefold mission: to offer
world-class performances; to foster young musicians through high-level music education; and, to engage the
community. CFE was established in 2013 and is comprised of 16 to 24 nationally and internationally renowned
singers based in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. The professional Ensemble, in various groupings, performs in the genres
of choral music, art song, vocal chamber music, musical theater, jazz, folk music, oratorio, and chamber opera.
Having already produced a wide variety of concerts, the Ensemble is currently developing a unique mentorship
program to offer applied lessons to highly talented students—regardless of their socio-economic status. These lessons
will be subsidized through grants and partnerships in the form of need and talent based scholarships. Students will
experience high-level, excellent instruction with teachers of the caliber found in the finest collegiate music schools.
Integral to the advancement of CFE's mission, the Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble was recently approved for state and
federal non-profit status, and is a registered 501(c)(3) organization.
www.cincinnatifusionensemble.org
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CINCINNATI FUSION ENSEMBLE ARTISTS
BRAD CALDWELL, Artistic Director of the Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble, enjoys an active and
varied career as a pianist encompassing solo, chamber, and art song recitals—having performed in the
most prestigious concert halls throughout the U.S., France, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Scotland,
South America, the French West Indies, and at many national and international conventions and
festivals. Among his numerous awards, he was a finalist in the Walter M. Naumberg Chamber
Music Competition, and recipient of the Gold Medal for Collaborative Piano at the Conservatoire de
Paris. Holding a BS and MM in Piano Performance from Austin Peay State University, and postgraduate studies in
Vocal Accompanying from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, Mr. Caldwell was for
thirteen years on the Accompanying Faculty at Miami University of Ohio. He is currently Director of Music at
Greenhills Community Church, Presbyterian, in Cincinnati.
HOWARD HELVEY, Conductor of the Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble, is among the most widely
published composers of his generation. Awarded the international choral-composition first prize in
2006 by the John Ness Beck Foundation, his hundreds of works are published by over twenty major
American and British companies, and are regularly performed and recorded throughout the world.
Recent and forthcoming highlights include performances of his music by the Mormon Tabernacle
Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square, the BBC Singers, the Choir of King's College (Cambridge,
England), Conspirare (Austin), the Kansas City Chorale, The Crossing (Philadelphia), the choirs of the Cathedral of
St. John the Divine (NYC), Chicago a cappella, the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, and in the English cathedrals of
Ely, Liverpool, Christ Church (Oxford), York, Hereford, Norwich, Chester and Wells. Mr. Helvey also concertizes
frequently as a pianist, and in 1998 was appointed as organist/choirmaster of historic Calvary Episcopal Church in
Cincinnati. With cognate studies in conducting, voice, organ and poetry, he holds undergraduate and graduate
degrees in composition and piano performance from the University of Missouri (Columbia) and the University of
Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, and, as a Chautauqua Scholar, studied piano at New York’s Chautauqua
Institution.
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The versatility of SIMON BARRAD'S shimmering baritone voice has been heard in such diverse
roles as Owen Wingrave in CCM's recent production of the same name, Leporello (Don Giovanni),
Lescaut (Manon), Count Almaviva and Antonio (Le nozze di Figaro), and in scenes as Malatesta (Don
Pasquale), Richard Nixon (Nixon in China), Marcello (La Bohème), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), and
Candide. He has been featured in recitals and concerts across the western United States including
baritone solos in Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Mahler), Carmina Burana (Orff), Ein deutsches
Requiem (Brahms), and Duruflé’s Requiem while obtaining a Bachelor of Music degree from CSU Long Beach. Simon
is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree in voice at CCM.
A native Cincinnatian, PHIL CLARY is a graduate of Northern Kentucky University. He is a music
teacher at Indian Hill High School and the music director at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in
Anderson Twp. The Cincinnati Choral Society recently appointed Phil Clary as their new artistic
director. He previously sang with the Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati for several seasons. Phil is
the choir director at Congregation Beth Adam and an accompanist at Ursuline Academy.
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For ten years MICHAEL CRANDALL served as the Choral Director at Teays Valley High School in
Ashville, Ohio. He has twice served as Co-Musical Director of the Ohio Honors Chorale, an
ensemble of advanced high school musicians who have made concert tours through Europe. He is
also a frequent adjudicator and clinician for show choirs and competitions throughout the Midwest.
For six years, he served as the Director of Illuminati, the Sacred Men’s Ensemble of the Columbus
Gay Men’s Chorus. Mr. Crandall is a proud graduate of The Ohio State University, and currently
serves as an Educational Travel Consultant for Bob Rogers Travel.
EDY DREITH's voice, style, and range spans many music genres. Classically trained, she has held
positions in a wide variety of musical professions: teaching high school chorus, directing church
choirs, preschool music, vocal coach, performing in ensembles, and as a soloist. She holds a Music
Education Degree and since moving to Cincinnati from Florida in 2000, she has been grateful to
continue and enhance her musical experiences. She is currently involved with the Calvary Episcopal
ChurchChoir, Cantantes Camarae, Queen City Sisters, and has recently co-founded a jazz trio with
other well established musicians in the area. She was featured as the only vocalist on WGUC's Ring! CD in 2010.
She has been teaching preschool music at Baldwin Music since 2004, and is proud to be apart of inspiring music in
young lives. Her hobbies include throwing parties, cooking, drinking champagne and hogging attention. Most
importantly, she is constantly amazed and grateful for her very talented family: David, Abby, and Oscar.
BEN FLANDERS is a former professional horn player and teacher. Currently he is pursuing a
career as a singer and a teacher of the Alexander Technique. Beginnning during his teacher training,
he began studying voice intensively with Kathryn Armour, and more recently Brad Caldwell. He has
sung with and appeared as a soloist with Vocal Arts Ensemble, Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble,
Collegium Cincinnati, Nanoworks Opera and others.
Mezzo-soprano ELLEN GRAHAM is a versatile performer who appears regularly in concert, opera,
musical theater and recital. In Cincinnati, she has performed with the Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble,
Collegium Cincinnati and the Vocal Arts Ensemble, and has been a core member of the Cincinnati
Opera Chorus for eight seasons. In addition, she has performed in inaugural productions with
Undercroft Opera in Pittsburgh, PA and Vital Opera in NYC. Equally at home on the musical
theater stage, she has performed at such regional theaters as Pittsburgh Public Theater and the
College Light Opera Company. Ms. Graham has appeared in concert as a soloist with many regional orchestras,
including the Evansville Philharmonic, the Central Ohio Symphony, the Clermont Philharmonic Orchestra and the
Lebanon Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Ms. Graham has a doctorate from the University of Kentucky and
teaches at Wittenberg University.
ANDREAS KIRTLEY, Tenor, is a native of Versailles, KY. He earned a Bachelor of Music from
Morehead State University and Master of Music from the University of Kentucky. As a Medical Sales
Representative, he enjoys freelancing as a singer in his spare time. Locally, he has sung with the
Vocal Arts Ensemble, May Festival Chorus, Cincinnati Opera Chorus, St. Peter in Chains Cathedral
Choir, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Collegium Cincinnati, St. Rose Octet, Catacoustic Consort,
and the Cincinnati Bach Ensemble.
Praised for her "charming voice" (Oakwood Register) and "sparking stage presence” (St. Louis
Dispatch), Soprano KATY LINDHART is an exciting young singer to watch. Katy’s 2015 season
begins with a debut at Opera Columbus as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. Katy will also return to her
hometown of Des Moines, Iowa to sing the soprano solo in Andrew Lippa’s I Am Harvey Milk with
the Des Moines Gay Men’s Chorus, and will debut as the Tochter Zion in Telemann’s Brockes
Passion at the Cincinnati Bach Festival. In May, Katy will debut with Salt Marsh Opera as Pamina in
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The Magic Flute. In demand on the opera and concert stage, recent engagements include Le Nozze di Figaro and
Falstaff with Winter Opera St. Louis, Fidelio, Don Giovanni, and Cendrillion with Kentucky Opera, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream with the Lexington Philharmonic, Carmen: Redux with Cincinnati Opera, The Pirates of Penzance with
Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Fidelio and L’elisir d’amore with Dayton Opera, among others. An Iowa native, Katy holds
a Bachelor of Music from Simpson College and a Master of Music from the University of Missouri - Kansas City
Conservatory of Music and Dance.
AUDREY LUNA has enjoyed a widely varied career singing dozens of opera roles, including
Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Adina in
L’elisir d’Amore, Gilda in Rigoletto, Musetta in La Boheme, Zdenka in Arabella, Elle in La Voix
Humaine, Venus in La Grande Macabre, as well as oratorio, chamber music, solo recitals and
contemporary music worldwide. She has concertized with such chamber musicians as: Hagen
Quartet, Ravinius Trio, Bennewitz Quartet, Baseler String Quartet, Artis Quartet, Percussion Group
Cincinnati, Brad Caldwell, Walter Levine, Allen Otte, Awadagin Pratt, Rainer Schmidt, James Tocco, at
international festivals: Salzburger Festspiel, Luzerne Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Festival, the Ludwigsburg
Schlossfestspiel, Mettlach Chamber Music Festival, Jerusalem Festival, Lexington Bach Festival, the Jerusalem Radio
Festival, Shanghai Spring Festival, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and in concert halls: Hugo Wolf
Saal/Konzerthaus Wien, Berlin Philharmonie,Wigmore Hall, Queens Hall, The Louvre, St. John the Divine,
Kennedy Center. She has worked with composers György Kurtag, Xu Xiao-Song, John Corigliano, Mara Helmuth,
Wolfgang Netzer, and has commissioned Thomas Larcher, Mara Helmuth, Allen Otte and presently Libby Larsen.
Ms. Luna teaches voice and Alexander Technique at Miami University and Songfest.
Soprano LINDA MCALISTER is equally at home singing opera, oratorio, and art song. Lauded for
her stage presence and ability to connect with her audiences, she has impressed German audiences
and critics in roles such as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus (Strauss), Venus in Dardanus (Rameau), and
Belinda in Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) as well as in concert engagements of works by Mendelssohn,
Haydn, Fauré, and Mozart, among others. A native of Minnesota, Ms. McAlister studied
International Business and Vocal Performance at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and
continued her education at Miami University (Master of Music), the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory
of Music (doctoral studies), and the Hochschule für Musik, Nürnberg-Augsburg (Meisterklasse). She is currently on
faculty at Miami University and the Musical Arts Center and is the Artistic Coordinator of the Internationale
Meistersinger Akademie and Schmidt Competition.
BLAKE RACER is a West Virginia native, and a graduate of Marshall University, where he studied
music education. He taught high school choir in Maryland before moving to Cincinnati in 2011. He
sang with the Cincinnati May Festival chorus, teaches music privately in West Chester, and serves as
the choirmaster for the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Middletown. Blake recently
completed his Master of Science in Information Systems at the University of Cincinnati, Carl H.
Lindner College of Business, and is a business analyst in the IT Services Division of Great American
Insurance Group in Cincinnati.
RICHARD SCHNIPKE is a member of the faculty at Xavier University where he serves as Director
of Choral Activities and Director of Music Education. Schnipke’s duties at Xavier include
conducting the Concert Choir and Men’s Chorus, teaching choral methods, aural training, and
conducting, and supervising student teachers. Previously, Dr. Schnipke taught at Ohio State
University for four years and was a public school choral director in Ohio for fifteen years. He holds
degrees from Bowling Green State University and Ohio State University and has done additional
studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. As a vocalist, Richard currently also sings with
Cincinnati’s Vocal Arts Ensemble and has previously sung with Cincinnati Opera and Opera Columbus. Richard
and his partner, Michael Crandall, a member of the CFE bass section, live in Columbia Tusculum.
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KIRSTEN SMITH holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Organ Performance from the
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she also pursued lessons in viola and
voice. After serving for nine years as a Choral and Organ Scholar at Calvary Episcopal Church under
the direction of Howard Helvey, she recently became Organist at Montgomery Community Church
and Interim Director of Music at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. She feels tremendously privileged
to be singing at Calvary again, especially with such a talented and lovely group of musicians!
MARY ELIZABETH SOUTHWORTH'S repertoire includes opera, oratorio, art song,
musical theatre, and symphonic works. She has performed with Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops under Eric Kunzel, John Morris Russell, and
Marvin Hammlisch. She has also sung with the Dayton Philharmonic, the Dayton Opera,
Nevada Opera, Chattanooga Opera, and Kentucky Opera—and sings around the country with
Conundrum, a chamber ensemble. Recordings: Storyteller; Unsung Hero, Top Brass; Eau Claire
Chamber Orchestra, Live!; That Night and from the Diamond Grid with Conundrum (Albany Records). Mary resides
in East Walnut Hills with husband, Jeff Shaffer, twin daughters (her favorite people in the world) and 2 dogs.
MATTHEW SWANSON, a native of Iowa, was Master of the Schola Cantorum at the Chapel
of St. John Fisher in Cambridge, UK. Recent conducting engagements include concerts with
the Cambridge University Baroque Ensemble, the King’s College Music Society, and various
university organizations. In spring 2014, Matthew joined the music staff of the National Youth
Choirs of Great Britain to work with the Training Choirs of NYC. Matthew has led workshops
in conducting for the Faculty of Music at Cambridge and assisted in faculty outreach seminars
on the performance practice of early vocal music. While a student at Cambridge, Matthew was a member of
King’s Voices and the mixed choir of King’s College, and served as a choral deputy for the choirs of Clare and
Jesus Colleges. He holds degrees from King’s College, Cambridge, the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music, and The University of Notre Dame.
LINDSAY TERRELL is currently finishing up her masters degree in voice at the CollegeConservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati where she studies with soprano, Gwen
Detwiler. Having received a bachelors in music from Oakland University, Lindsay has
performed a number of opera roles including: Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea, La Ciesca in
Gianni Schicchi, Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte, and The Mother in Amdahl and the Night Visitors.
This summer she will be a studio artist at Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre,
performing the role of Nettie Fowler in Carousel and singing as a soloist in Carmina Burana.
STEPHEN VARIAMES is currently a graduate from Cincinnati University College-Conservatory of
Music with an Artist Diploma in Opera Coaching, studying under Marie-France Lefebvre. His
other academic institutions include Oklahoma City University (M.M. in Vocal Coaching, studying
with Brian Osborne) and Baylor University (B.M. in Composition, studying with Scott McAllister).
He has been a pianist with summer operatic programs like Opera in the Ozarks, Cincinnati Opera
and Opera Theater of Pittsburgh. Over the past year, he has continued to pursue his love of
composition, and he is currently working on his second opera. He enjoys a career of performing around the
Cincinnati area and is the Music Director of the outreach program ROKCincy.
AUDREY WALSTROM enjoys a diverse career as an operatic and concert soloist and dedicated
teacher. She has appeared with Cincinnati Opera in Galileo Galilei (2013), La traviata (2012), Die
Zauberflöte (2011), and Madama Butterfly (2008). She has also collaborated with the Bach Society of
Dayton, Louisville Choral Arts Society, Cincinnati Bach Ensemble, Bourbon Baroque, Vocal Arts
Ensemble, concert:nova, and Dayton Opera, where she performed Siébel in Faust (2010). She was an
Apprentice Singer at the Santa Fe Opera in 2009 and 2010 and has also participated in summer
festivals at Aspen and the Music Academy of the West. Ms. Walstrom was a National Semi-Finalist in the 2011
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Metropolitan Opera auditions. She studied at Rice University (B.Mus, B.A.) and the University of Cincinnati (M.M.,
D.M.A.) and serves on the faculties of Wittenberg University and Northern Kentucky University.
Soprano MELANIE WOODRUFF enjoys performing in a variety of musical styles. She regularly
sings with the Cincinnati based 40's jazz trio Queen City Sisters. Her solo oratorio and chamber
music credits include Handel's Messiah, Fauré's Requiem and the Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No.
5. Ms. Woodruff has performed with Bayview Music Festival, Des Moines Metro Opera, Tri-Cities
Opera, and Cincinnati Opera's outreach touring ensemble as Queen of the Night in Mozart's The
Magic Flute. Awards and recognitions include the Encouragement award for the Kentucky District of
the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions; First place Ohio Federation of Music Competition; and a TwoTime First place Winner of the NATS Great Lakes Regional Voice Competition. Melanie has her M.M. In voice
performance from Miami University of Ohio.
MICHAEL YOUNG is a baritone praised for his dark, molten tones. Mr. Young has recently
performed with Cincinnati Opera, Dayton Opera, Opera Western Reserve, NANOWorks Opera,
The Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra, and The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. Recent roles
include Marcello in Puccini's La Boheme, Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca, and George Milton in Carlisle
Floyd's Of Mice and Men. In concert, Mr. Young has recently performed as baritone soloist in
Durufle's Requiem, Orff's Carmina Burana, and Handel's Messiah, as well as the title character in
Mendelssohn's Elijah. Michael is a first prize winner at the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition, and a two time
winner of The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music's Corbett Vocal Scholarship Competition.
Upcoming performances include Masetto in Mozart's Don Giovanni, and Belcore in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, both
with Opera Western Reserve.
Return this Friday, May 1, at 7 PM for the final
Calvary Coffee House Evening
of the season, featuring performances by Calvary's current
University Choral Scholars.
A relaxed 60 minutes of music and light refreshments in Hannaford Hall.
Free of charge, but donations toward the designated
charity are gratefully accepted.
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Please join us this summer for the
featuring members of the Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble
Three Consecutive Evenings at 7:30
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
July 30 - August 1, 2015
Calvary Episcopal Church in Cincinnati
Free of charge, and all are welcome!
CALVARY CHURCH IN CINCINNATI is a Eucharistically-centered Episcopal church emphasizing strong
community/social service and outreach, a vibrant children’s ministry, and an historically-rooted, dynamic
tradition of music. Being an open and inclusive community of faith, all are welcome.
The Rev. Jason Leo, Rector
The Rev. Can. Wilson H. Willard, Jr.
The Rev. Dr. John A. Morrison
The Rev. Dr. Charles Washam
The Rev. Dcn. Gary Givler
Helene Ault, Director of Children’s Ministry
Howard Helvey, Organist/Choirmaster
Edy Dreith, Young Adult Ministries
Judy Gardner, Parish Secretary
Office Hours
Tuesday-Friday 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon
For pastoral emergencies please call Fr. Jason Leo at (513) 379-2240.
email: [email protected]
3766 Clifton Avenue · Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 · 513-861-4437 · www.calvaryclifton.org
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CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN CINCINNATI
Organ Specifications
E.M. Skinner Co., Boston, Op. 671 (1927); rebuilt (1995) by the Quimby Organ Co., Warrensburg,
Missouri / 62 Ranks, 3260 Pipes
GREAT
Bourdon 16’ (Pedal)
Principal 8’
Bourdon 8’
Flûte Harmonique 8’
Octave 4’
Spitzflöte 4’
Super Octave 2’
Mixture IV 1 1/3’
Scharff III 2/3’
Trumpet 8’
Trompette de Fête 8’
Tremolo
Chimes
Gt 16’, Gt 4’, Unison Off
SWELL
Lieblich Gedackt 16’
Geigen Principal 8'
Rohrflöte 8’
Viola 8’
Viola Celeste 8’ (GG)
Principal 4’
Flûte Triangulaire 4’
Blockflöte 2’
Plein Jeu IV 2’
Sesquialtera II (TC)
Hautbois 16’
Hautbois 8’
Hautbois 4’
Trompette 8’
Tremolo
Sw 16’, Sw 4’, Unison Off
PEDAL
Untersatz 32’ (electronic for lowest octave)
Violone 32’ (electronic)
Contrebasse 16’ (Open Wood)
Bourdon 16’
}
Bourdon 8’
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Violone 16’ (electronic)
Lieblich Gedackt 16’ (Sw)
Gedackt 8’ (Sw)
Octave 8’
Super Octave 4’
Nachthorn 4’
} unit
Nachthorn 2’
}
Quint 10 2/3’ (resultant)
Mixture IV 2’
Contre Bombarde 32’ (electronic)
Contre Posaune 32’
}
Bombarde 16’
}
Trompette 8’
} unit
Clairon 4’
}
Hautbois 16’ (Sw)
Hautbois 8’ (Sw)
Trompette de Fête 8’ (Gt)
Schalmei 4’
Glockenstern (9 bells)
Zimbelstern (7 bells)
CHOIR
Geigen Principal 8’
Gedackt 8’
Spitzflöte 8’
Spitzflöte Celeste 8’ (TC)
Prestant 4’
Koppelflöte 4’ (chiff)
Principal 2’
Waldflöte 2’
Nazard 2 2/3’
Terz 1 3/5’
Larigot 1 1/3’
Sifflöte 1’
Cymbale III 1’
English Horn 16’
Trompette de Fête (Gt)
Trompette 8’
Clairon 4’
Krummhorn 8’
Tremolo
Ch 16’, Ch 4’, Unison Off
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SOLID STATE LOGIC:
512 Levels of Memory
1 Standard, 3 Programmable Settings
for Crescendo Pedal
8 General Piston, 6 Divisional Pistons
General Cancel Piston
GT, SW, CH to PEDAL 8’ Toe St
GT, SW, CH to PEDAL 8’, 4’
SW to GT 16’, 8’, 4’
CH to GT 16’, 8’, 4’
GT to CH 8’
CH to SW 8’
Sforzando Piston and Toe Stud
Zimbelstern, Glockenstern Toe Studs
12