November 12, 2022
College Church, Wheaton
Performed by the Camerata Chicago Chamber Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Drostan Hall, on November 12, 2022 at College Church Wheaton.
Soloists
Josefien Stoppelenburg, Soprano
Lauren Decker, Mezzosoprano
Martin Luther Clark, Tenor
Peter van de Graaff, Baritone
Sustaining Sponsor
Deby and Jamie Fellowes
With Soprano Katherine Petersen
In a celebration of the music of England, amazing Soprano Katherine Petersen performs Les Illuminations by Benjamin Britten with the Camerata Chicago Chamber Orchestra.
Conducted by Maestro Drostan Hall. Camerata Chicago will also perform famous lyrical English classics:
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams
The Spanish Lady Suite by Edward Elgar
St. Paul Suite by Gustav Holst
Suite for Strings by John Rutter
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April 22 Wheaton Concert
First Presbyterian Church
April 23 Naperville Concert
New Covenant Church
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Katherine Petersen is an engaging Soprano specializing in the performance of 21st Century repertoire for Voice/Saxophone and Russian Art Song. Her recent collaborations with Decho Saxophone Ensemble include performances at the International Congress of Voice Teachers in Vienna (2022), Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project (2022), Women Composers Festival of Hartford (2022), International Saxophone Symposium (2020) and an ensemble residency at Ohio University and the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho. Her doctoral dissertation “Russian Repertoire: Developmental Perspectives” investigates the paucity of Russian Song Repertoire in the American Voice studio and recital hall.
Based in Chicago, Katherine performs regularly with Folks Operetta, the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, Chicago Opera Theater, and Transgressive Theatre-Opera. Recent roles include Margot in Die Kathrin, Bessie Throckmorton in Merrie England, Brigitta in Iolanta, Contessa in Marriage of Figaro, Counsel to the Plaintiff in Trial by Jury, Lady of the Lake in Masque at Kenilworth, and Sylva Varescu in Csardas Princess.
Previous regional performances include appearances with Opera Columbus, Bay View Music Festival, and the Russian Opera Workshop. Highlights of previous roles include Musetta in La bohème, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Francesca in Rachmaninoff’s Francesca di Rimini, and Micaëla in Carmen. Concert repertoire highlights include soprano soloist in Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer 1915, Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas brasileiras No.5, and Handel’s Messiah.
Dr. Petersen is also Associate Professor of Voice at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago where she teaches Pedagogy, Song Literature, Studio Voice and Diction for Singers. She holds a DMA in Voice Performance from Ohio State University and a MM in Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College. During her time at OSU, Katherine was head of the Swank Voice Lab for Research and Pedagogy and taught several courses including Voice Pedagogy and Advanced Measurement Techniques for Voice. She was a participant in the 2018 Voice Pedagogy Summit II at the University of Southern California and the 2017 NATS Intern Program in Toronto; she was co-host of the International Voice Pedagogy Summit I at Ohio State University in 2015, as well as co-host of the NATS Summer Intern Program in 2014.
She has presented research at several conferences including those hosted by the Central Region NATS (2020 and 2021), the Hawaii International Conference for Arts and Humanities (2019), the Chicago Chapter of NATS (2018), the International Congress of Voice Teachers (2022, 2017), and the Pan American Vocology Association (2017). Katherine has been a board member with the Chicago Chapter of NATS for four years and currently serves as the Director of Auditions.
ACADEMY SPRING CONCERT
4 PM, MAY 7, 2023
St. John Lutheran Church
WHEATON
The Academy Spring Concert will take place on May 7 and will feature the Koussevitzky Concerto for Double Bass performed by Lawrence Hall.
The Academy Orchestra will perform Elgar’s Spanish Lady Suite and Rhosymedre by Vaughan Williams – a Welsh tune meaning “lovely” arranged for string orchestra. There will be short illustrations and introductions and lyrical works.
The Academy was featured in 2021 on the 98.7 WFMT radio show Introductions.
Enjoy a delightful afternoon for only $20 a ticket and children can attend for free!
Pictured: Double Bass Soloist Lawrence Hall (Top Left and below) and the Camerata Chicago Academy Orchestra.
The Camerata Chicago Academy was founded in 2014 and there are two orchestras comprising advanced students.
The Senior Academy Orchestra: Advanced high-school students aged 12 – 18 play as a string orchestra.
The Junior Academy Ensemble: Students aged 8 – 14 playing as a small chamber ensemble.
The Camerata Chicago Academy provides a marvelous opportunity for young musicians to perform in a professional atmosphere under the direction of an internationally known conductor, Drostan Hall, Camerata Chicago’s Music Director, who has 25 years of experience of training aspiring young musicians. The objective of the Academy orchestra is to achieve a very high level of music making to produce a disciplined and professional sound, allowing young musicians to learn to work together.
The Academy has a faculty of staff who coach students in various formats such as on-to-one, quartets, quintets and sectionals.
For ten years Maestro Hall conducted the Baroque Festival Orchestra, an accomplished training orchestra for students. Known for its high level, the orchestra garnered two invitations to perform on the WFMT radio show Introductions.
The Academy orchestra is very similar in size and scope to the BFO (see photo below). I invite you to listen to this live broadcast from WFMT’s Introductions of the BFO performing Frolicksome Finale from Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony. This broadcast illustrates the experience you will receive in the Camerata Chicago Academy.
Academy Schedule
Senior Academy Orchestra
Dates: 2021 Winter/Spring Semester start date September 13, 2021 and subsequent Mondays
Rehearsal Times: All rehearsals take place on Mondays 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Location: St. John Lutheran Church, Wheaton, IL 60187 (location in normal times).
Junior Academy Orchestra
Dates: 2021 Winter/Spring Semester start date September 10, 2021 and subsequent Fridays.
Rehearsal Times: All rehearsals take place on Fridays 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Location: Gary Methodist Church, 224 North Main Street, Wheaton, IL 60187 (location in normal times).
Concert Details
The Academy works towards high quality performances each Fall and Spring.
The Fall Semester Concert is at 6 pm on December 3, 2021, see details here.
Instead of a concert for the 2020 fall semester we held professional recording sessions on December 18, 2020 and released the finished videos on this website.
See current concerts on our ticket system. Tickets for Academy concerts are only $20 and concertgoers aged 16 and under are admitted free with a paying adult.
Repertoire: Featured repertoire includes music from the Baroque and classical periods and the string orchestra literature. On occasion, sectional rehearsals will be coached by a member of Camerata Chicago. Additionally, solo opportunities will be given to the most outstanding members of the ensemble and outside guest artists may be invited to solo with the orchestra.
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To audition for the Academy, please contact us here, or call 630-221-5555.
Location
The Camerata Chicago Academy Orchestra is the official
Ensemble in Residence at Gary Methodist Church, Wheaton:
Gary Methodist Church
224 North Main Street
Wheaton, IL60187
Violin I
Amelia Piscitelli, concertmaster *
Tabitha Rea
Audrianna Hall
Abby Edwards
Violin II
Abigail Gordeuk
Heide Brazier
Ian Dalmas
Laine Van Cleave
Viola
Helen Gordeuk
Joanna Nerius *
Aleksia Nenadovich
Lucia Jackson
Cello
Zoe Douthit *
Bass
Lawrence Hall
Keyboard
Avinash Moses
* Faculty
October 1, 2022
College Church, Wheaton
October 1, 2022
College Church, Wheaton
Feira de Mangaio is a traditional Brazilian dance number by Sivuca, a Brazilian accordionist and composer, arranged for cello & strings by Joao Linhãres.
