2023 Choral-Orchestral Conducting Academy Culminating Performance
Sunday, July 9, 2023 | 3:00-5:30 PM
Meng Hall; Clayes Performing Arts Center California State University, Fullerton FACULTY
Rob Istad, Conducting Academy Dean
Director of Choral Studies, California State University, Fullerton; Artistic Director, Pacific Chorale
John Alexander
Artistic Director Emeritus, Pacific Chorale; Professor Emeritus, California State University, Fullerton
David Hayes
Director of Orchestral and Conducting Studies, Mannes School of Music; Staff Conductor, Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Eugene Rogers
Director of Choirs, University of Michigan; Artistic Director, The Washington Chorus; Founding Director, EXIGENCE
Beth Willer
Associate Professor and Director of Choral Studies, Peabody Conservatory; Founder and Artistic Director, Lorelei Ensemble
Duain Wolfe
Conductor, Colorado Symphony Chorus Director and Conductor, Chicago Symphony Chorus, 1994-2022;
CONDUCTING FELLOWS CONDUCTING SCHOLARS
Charlotte Botha
William Cabison
Chuanhong Dong
Howard Eckdahl
Ryan Fellman
Ben Gaughran
Dolhathai Intawong
Jared Joseph
Hyejin Jung
J. Christine Le
Eric Reyes
Katherine Rohwer
Ramon Cardenas
Reina Dickey
Thomas Dixon
Emily Halbert
Gukhui Han
Dennis Lau
Yanlu Li
Zachary Lindquist
Taylor Mills Logan
Zachary Manlapid
Gregory Miller
Julia Morris
Joseph To
Lydia Vermeesch
STRING QUINTET
Etienne Gara, concertmaster
Melody Chang, violin II
Tim Richardson, viola
Joo Lee, violoncello
Stephanie Payne, double bass
COLLABORATIVE PIANISTS
David Bergstedt
David Clemensen
Yuyoung Jeong
Jung-A Lee
SOLOISTS
Chelsea Chaves, Soprano
STRING QUARTET
YuEun Kim, asst. concertmaster
Sheng-Ching Hsu, violin II
Corinne Sobolewski, viola
Mark Bassett, violoncello
I-Chin “Betty” Feinblatt, Mezzo-Soprano
Nicholas Preston, Tenor
James Martin Schaefer, Bass
ACADEMY CHORUS
SOPRANO
Andria Cabrera
Ariana Celeste
Lilah Hernandez
Erika Jackson
Kim Nason
Paige Plotkin
Libby Quam
Gabby Roberts
Lizzie Sanders
Rose Taylor
Marissa Valenzuela
Victoria Wu
Martina Goldring
Sophia Khurana
Melissa Klein
Thalia Moore
Amber Napoli
Deborah Pasarow
Sidney Wu
ALTO
Adena Bentley
Liz Butler
Z Dickerson
Minji Kim
Ahlitney Lucas-Krebs
Emily Morley
Bonnie Pridonoff
Karlee Dix
Katy Gibson
Erin Girard
Gabriela Gonzalez
Bekka Knauer
Marilyn Negron
Pat Newton
Kathleen Preston
Elizabeth Provencio
Jessica Salsgiver
Korie Smith
TENOR
Daniel Alvarez
Chris Buttars
Abraham Cervantes
Alexander Delperdang
Ryan Guidotti
Craig Kistler
Jesse Newby
Rohan Ramanan
Evan Banks
Michael Ben-Yehuda
Craig Davis
Marius Evangelista
David Lopez
Duncan Matthew
Nathan Oelkers
Anthony Osborn
Carl Porter
David Pulanco
Joshua Tessler
BASS
Alex Cardenas
Daniel Freeman
Bob Gunn
Mark Hamilton
Tom Henley
Marty Minnich
Michael Monaghan
Jack Pruitt
James Brown
Jonathan Krauss
Bryce Livingston
Emmanuel Miranda
Ryan Ratcliff
Miles Rojo
Malek Sammour
Mitchell James Sampang
VIOLIN I
Etienne Gara, concertmaster
YuEun Kim, asst. concertmaster
Haruka Horii
Adrianne Pope
Ray Reinebach
Daphne Tsao
VIOLIN II
Melody Chang, principal
Sheng-Ching Hsu, asst. principal
Jaclyn Kim
Lucy Lu
Mishkar Núñez-Fredell
VIOLA
Tim Richardson, principal
Corinne Sobolewski, ass.t principal
Rhea Hosanny
Jennifer Wu
VIOLONCELLO
Joo Lee, principal
Mark Bassett, asst principal
Leif Woodward
Hyunji Yi
ORCHESTRA
DOUBLE BASS
Stephanie Payne, principal
Sukyung Chun
FLUTE
Jenni Olsen
Alexandra Miller
Rachel Mellis
OBOE
Claire Brazeau
Cameron Roberts
CLARINET
Micah Wright
Laura Stoutenborough
BASSOON
Jonathan Stehney
Elizabeth Atwater
Sean Berala
HORN
Allen Fogle
Rachel Hockenberry
Tawnee Lillo
Rachel Lauson
SPECIAL THANKS TO Christian Campos, orchestra contractor
MAJOR SPONSORS
Colburn Foundation
The George Frederick Jewett Foundation East Mary and Phil Lyons
CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS
ACFEA Tour Consultants
Lori and John Loftus
RUMPET
Rob Schaer
Erick Jovel
TROMBONES
Ryan Dragon
Adrian Reyes
Brad Close
TUBA
Andres Trujollo
TIMPANI
Sidney Hopson
PERCUSSION
Andrew Alvidrez
Victoria Canonizado
Bradley Harris
Salvador Montano
Galadriel Pokracki
ORGAN
Jung-A Lee
Dona Nobis Pacem
1. “Agnus Dei”
2. “Beat! Beat! Drums”
Dolhathai Intawong, conductor
2. “Beat! Beat! Drums”
3. “Reconciliation”
Chuanhong Dong, conductor
4. “Dirge for Two Veterans”
Charlotte Botha, conductor
5. “The Angel of Death”
6. “O Man Greatly Beloved”
Howard Eckdahl, conductor Applause
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight
Introduction
Overture
1. “It is Portentous”
Hyejin Jung, conductor
2. “Until the Dawn-Stars Burn Away”
4. “His Head is Bowed”
5. “He Cannot Rest”
J. Christine Le, conductor
5. “He Cannot Rest”
6. Finale
Jared Joseph, conductor
Dona Nobis Pacem
4. “Dirge for Two Veterans”
Ryan Fellman, conductor
Ralph Vaughan Williams
5. “The Angel of Death”
6. “O Man Greatly Beloved”
Katherine Rohwer, conductor
Applause
Symphony No. 9
IV. Finale: “Ode to Joy”
Presto Allegro assai
William Cabison, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven
Presto Allegro assai vivace
Eric Reyes, conductor
Andante Maestoso
Presto
Benjamin Gaughran, conductor
Applause
SOLOISTS
Since graduating with her master’s degree from the USC Thornton School of Music, Chelsea Chaves, soprano, has sung with Grammy Award-Winning Pacific Chorale, soloed with Pacific Symphony, and performed at various private events around Los Angeles and Orange County. Chelsea is currently performing in Pacific Symphony’s Class Act program and Long Beach Opera outreach. She is looking forward to performing the role of Gretel in Hansel and Gretel this June with Pacific Symphony. Roles performed include Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) with the Astoria Music Festival, Hanna Glawari (Die lustige Witwe) with Chapman University, and Lay Sister (Suor Angelica) with Opera Santa Barbara. For more information, visit www.chelseachaves.com.
I-Chin “Betty” Feinblatt, mezzo-soprano, is a classically trained professional soloist and choral singer. She has performed in numerous concerts professionally since 2000. Her concert repertoire includes Bach's B minor Mass, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and Mendelssohn's Elijah. Her performance in the latter was praised by Timothy Mangan of Orange County Register as "delicate and aristocratic singing in her solos." She’s sung as a soloist in Mozart's Requiem and Handel's Messiah with Camerata Singers of Long Beach and The National Children's Choir at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Her most recent solo work includes Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Pacific Symphony at Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in February of 2023, the operatic role of Shue-Ying in On Gold Mountain by Nathan Wang with LA Opera in May of 2022, Suzuki in Madame Butterfly with Lyric Opera of Orange County in November of 2021, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Long Beach Symphony in Summer 2019, and the role of Devotee in Philip Glass’ The Passion of Ramakrishna at Carnegie Hall in celebration of Glass's 80th Birthday in April, 2018. In July of 2023, Ms. Feinblatt’s will be featured as the alto soloist in Haydn’s Nelson Mass, touring with Pacific Chorale in München, Salzburg, London and Bath. She was one of the choristers featured in Gramophone Record Company’s recording of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony directed by Gustavo Dudamel with the L.A. Philharmonic. This record won the 64th Grammy Awards in 2021 which was presented by the Recording Academy under Best Choral Performance
Praised by the Orange County Register as being “resonant and warm” and by the classical music site Bachtrack as “a ringing stentorian tenor,” Hawai’i native Nicholas Preston, tenor, is in demand as a soloist in Southern California and beyond, having performed throughout California, and touring as a soloist in France, Italy, and Spain. He has been a member of Grammy Award-winning Pacific Chorale since 2002 and has frequently appeared as a soloist with the ensemble. Nicholas has also performed as a soloist with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, and The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. He has worked under the batons of John Alexander, Carl St.Clair, Keith Lockhart, John Williams, Nicholas McGegan, Kent Nagano, John Mauceri, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Grant Gershon and Gustavo Dudamel. Nicholas’ solo appearances include Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Horatio Parker’s Hora Novissima, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Symphony No. 9, Bach’s B Minor Mass and St. Matthew Passion, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Requiem, Handel's Messiah and Judas Maccabeus, and Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. More recent performances include the role of “Messenger” in Pacific Symphony’s production of Aida, tenor soloist in Vespers of 1610 by Claudio Monteverdi with Pacific Chorale, and tenor soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with Long Beach Symphony. Nicholas was featured in the world premiere of Philip Glass’ The Passion of
Ramakrishna, which was commissioned for the grand opening of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall and premiered by the Pacific Chorale and Pacific Symphony under the direction of Carl St.Clair in 2006. In April 2018, he reprised the same role as his solo debut in Carnegie Hall. Nicholas is also involved with Pacific Symphony’s award-winning education programs, being a presenter with the Class Act program as well as a featured soloist in youth concerts. Upcoming engagements include solo work with Orchestra Santa Monica, tenor soloist in the season finale for Pacific Chorale, and soloist for the 2023 Pacific Chorale European Tour. Nicholas received his B.A. in music from Loyola Marymount University, and currently resides in Orange County with his wife Dr. Kathleen Preston and their daughter Zelda. www.nicholaspreston.com
Baritone James Martin Schaefer has an active performing career throughout the United States and beyond. He has received wide acclaim in many of the canonic operatic and oratorio baritone roles. He has performed in numerous productions with Los Angeles Opera and he was a member of Opera Pacific's O.P.E.R.A. resident artist program.
Some recent engagements include appearances in Los Angeles Opera productions of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in which Mr. Schaefer sang the Bass Soloist role in a coproduction with Hamburg Ballet, the west coast premiere of Rhiannon Giddons and Michael Abels’ Pulitzer Prize winning opera Omar, Verdi’s Otello. He was featured as principal performer in Verdi’s La Traviata. He also appeared as the bass soloist in a performance of Brahms’ complete Liebeslieder Waltzes with Grant Gershon and Jeremy Frank at the piano.
Mr. Schaefer has garnered praise for his “marvelously expressive” (Los Angeles Times) and “powerful” (Orange County Register & Long Beach Press Telegram) interpretations of the most beautiful music composed for the baritone voice.
Mr Schaefer has appeared as a featured / solo artist with Los Angeles Opera, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Berkshire Choral Festival, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops Esplanade! Orchestra, the Pacific Chorale, the Long Beach Symphony, Les Grande Ballet Canadiens de Montreal, Distinguished Concerts International, New York, The Young Musician's Fund Debut Orchestra, San Luis Obispo Opera, La Mirada Symphony, The California Quartet, Chorale Bel Canto, Opera Pacific, Intimate Opera of Pasadena, Center Stage Opera, the Bakersfield Symphony, Santa Maria Philharmonic, Pasadena Pro Musica, the Roswell Symphony Orchestra, and the Long Beach Camerata.
FACULTY
Robert Istad a Grammy Award-winning conductor who “fashions fluent and sumptuous readings” (Voice of OC) with his “phenomenal” artistry (Los Angeles Times), was appointed Pacific Chorale’s Artistic Director in 2017. Under his leadership, the chorus continues to expand its reputation for excellence for delivering fresh, thought-provoking interpretations of beloved masterworks, rarely performed gems and newly commissioned pieces. His artistic impact can be heard on two recent recordings featuring Pacific Chorale, including the 2020 Grammy Award-winning “Mahler’s Eighth Symphony” with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel on Deutsche Grammophon (2021), for which he prepared the chorus. It won Best Choral Performance and also garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Engineered Album, Classical. Additionally, Istad conducted the Pacific Chorale’s recording “All Things Common: The Music of Tarik O’Regan” released on Yarlung Records (2020). Istad has prepared
choruses for such renowned conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, John Williams, John Mauceri, Keith Lockhart, Nicholas McGegan, Vasilly Sinaisky, Sir Andrew Davis, Bramwell Tovey, Carl St.Clair, Eugene Kohn, Giancarlo Guerrero, Marin Alsop, George Fenton, and Robert Moody. He regularly conducts and collaborates with Pacific Symphony, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, Sony Classical Records, Yarlung Records, Berkshire Choral International, and Long Beach Symphony Orchestra. For further biographical details please go to www.pacificchorale.org
John Alexander is artistic director emeritus of the Pacific Chorale, one of the country’s leading professional symphonic-sized choruses, where he was artistic director for over four decades. In conjunction with the Chorale’s sister organization, Pacific Symphony, he has taken the podium for hundreds of performances of the great masterworks of the choral-orchestral repertoire during his long career, as well as preparing choruses for numerous renowned orchestras and orchestral conductors. He also is conductor of the 24-voice professional chamber choir, The John Alexander Singers. He holds the title of professor emeritus at California State University, Fullerton, after completing 36 years of teaching conductors in the California State University system. For further biographical details please go to www.pacificchorale.org.
David Hayes, who began his musical life as a violinist/violist, currently serves as director of Orchestral and Conducting Studies at Mannes School of Music (New School University) in New York, as staff conductor of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in Philadelphia, as well as music director of the NYChoral (New York Choral Society). Hayes served on the conducting staff of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 2001-2011. In May 2015, he completed twenty-three years as music director of the critically acclaimed professional vocal ensemble The Philadelphia Singers. The Philadelphia Singers was the resident chorus of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 20002011. Hayes served as Interim Director of Orchestras for Temple University during the 2014 season. He has also served as cover conductor for the New York Philharmonic as well as for Sir Andre Previn on the Curtis Symphony Orchestra’s 1999 European Tour with Anne-Sophie Mutter. Equally at home both orchestrally and vocally, Mr. Hayes is in demand as guest conductor with orchestras and opera companies across North America and in Europe. For more information, visit www.nychoral.org
Eugene Rogers is a two-time Michigan Emmy Award winner, a 2017 Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient, and a 2015 GRAMMY Award nominee, and is recognized as a leading conductor and pedagogue throughout the United States and abroad. In addition to being the director of choirs and an associate professor of conducting at the University of Michigan, Rogers is the founding director of EXIGENCE. At the University, Rogers leads the graduate choral conducting program, conducts the chamber choir, and administers the program of more than eight choral ensembles. His choirs have toured throughout China, South Africa, and the United States and have appeared at national and regional conferences. In December 2017, Musical America named Rogers one of the top 30 “Movers and Shapers” Professionals in North America.
Noted for her “directorial command” and “technical expertise,” conductor Beth Willer is recognized as a bold, 21st-century artist with her finger on the pulse of the vocal ensemble art. Her commitment to expanding and deepening the repertoire for vocal ensembles through creative collaboration and culturally relevant programming can be seen in her work with professional and student ensembles alike. A champion of new music, Willer frequently collaborates with established and emerging composers, including significant projects with David Lang, Julia Wolfe, George Benjamin, Kati Agócs, Kareem Roustom, James Kallembach, Shawn Kirchner, and Jessica Meyer. As founder and artistic director of Boston’s Lorelei Ensemble, Willer has led the octet to international acclaim Committed to fulfilling Lorelei’s mission to elevate and expand the repertoire for women’s voices, she frequently initiates collaborations with composers from the U.S. and abroad, leading the ensemble in more than 60 world, U.S., and regional premieres since its founding. Prior to joining the Peabody faculty, Willer served as director of choral activities at Bucknell University, where she led the University Choir and Camerata and taught courses in conducting, chamber music, arts entrepreneurship, and choral music education. Previous academic appointments include positions at Harvard University and The Boston Conservatory.
Duain Wolfe has served as the director and conductor of the Chicago Symphony Chorus since 1994, preparing the chorus for performances with many of the world’s most renowned orchestral conductors. His work resulted in a Grammy for Best Opera with Sir Georg Solti in 1998. He also won two Grammys for his recording of Verdi’s Requiem with Riccardo Muti in 2010 – Best Choral and Best Classical. He has conducted over 200 performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, including outstanding performances of the Brahms Requiem for the ACDA National Conference in Chicago. Wolfe also serves as conductor of the Colorado Symphony Chorus (which he founded in 1984) and directs choral performances for the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Canada. He is also the founder of the Colorado Children’s Chorale, and for twenty years served as staff conductor of the Central City Opera Festival. For more about Duain Wolfe and his work with the Chicago Symphony: www.csosoundsandstories.org/duain-wolfe-marks-20-years-of-excellence-with-cso-chorus
FELLOWS
Dr. Charlotte Botha serves as Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, where she conducts the Hamilton Voices choral theatre ensemble and the College Choir and teaches music theory and social justice musicology. Her research interests include foreign language choral diction, the artistic application of Virtual Reality in the choral performance, text-painting, and equitable practices for including the music of and by marginalized communities in choral programs. Botha has worked extensively with mixed and equal-voice singers from various backgrounds as conductor, honor choir clinician, and composer. Guest conducting engagements in 2023 have included the Alabama Vocal Association TTBB HS All-State Honor Choir, Women of Song Festival at Ball State University in Indiana, Missouri Choral Directors Association SATB MS/JH All-State Honor Choir, and Texas Choral Directors Association SATB MS/JH All-State Honor Choir. Hailing from South Africa, her tenure as conductor of the Drakensberg Boys Choir solidified her passion for making music with and composing for young singers. Botha has performed and presented workshops around the globe, most notably as a member of the World Youth Choir alumni group TIME Ensemble. She holds a DMA from The University of North Texas, an MMus from Nelson Mandela University, and a BMus from the University of Pretoria. As an
ardent collaborator who believes in the power of music to deepen and widen understanding and respect between people, she feels honoured to be a Conducting Fellow in the Chorus America Choral-Orchestral Conducting Academy.
William Cabison is a Conducting Fellow at the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra this season, serving as cover conductor for JoAnn Falletta. He has also been Assistant Conductor for La Calisto (Mannes Opera) and In the Green (Mannes Opera), as well as Guest Supporting Conductor at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Assistant Conductor of the Los Robles Master Chorale in California, and Assistant Conductor of the UCLA Chorale. Additional ensembles conducted include the Monteux Festival Orchestra, the Mostly Modern Orchestra, the American Modern Ensemble, the Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra, the Mannes Orchestra and the Mannes American Composers Ensemble. He graduated with honors from the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, where he studied piano. Currently based in New York City, William studies with David Hayes in the MM Orchestral Conducting program at the Mannes School of Music.
Dong, Chuanhong is a young conductor and singer from China. Studying and working as a choral conductor, Mr. Dong is also expanding his range of repertory and experience in Orchestral and Operatic work.
Mr. Dong is currently a second-year Doctor of Arts student at University of Northern Colorado (UNC), studying Choral Conducting as primary emphasis with Dr. Jill Burgett, Orchestral Conducting with Dr. Andres Felipe Jaime, and Voice Performance as secondary emphasis with Prof. William Wilson.
As Graduate Teaching Assistant at UNC, Mr. Dong is serving as Chorusmaster in UNC’s Opera Theartre for Puccini’s Suor Angelica in Spring 2023 and Handel’s Acis and Galatea in Fall 2022. He also served as conductor for University Singers and assistant conductor for other UNC Choirs. While at UNC, he has conducted performances that include Shady Grove by Chen Yi, There will be rest by Frank Ticheli, Alleluia by Shavon Lloyd, Choral Responces by Amy Beach. He served as Chorusmaster for Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia with Greeley Chamber Orchestra.
Mr. Dong is the Music Director of The Shepherd Ensemble, a vocal ensemble devoted in Renaissance music based in Shanghai, China.
Mr. Dong received his Master of Fine Arts in Conducting from Shanghai Conservatory of Music in China, where he studied with Prof. WANG Yan, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering from Fudan University.
Howard Eckdahl is a multi-faceted musician who enjoys a diverse career in the arts, academy, and sacred music. He currently works in Chicagoland as a music director of a Lutheran church and performs with Music of the Baroque and the Grant Park Chorus. Also a keen educator, Eckdahl has served on the faculties of Notre Dame, Western Michigan University, and Augustana College. His training as a conductor under CarmenHelena Téllez was bolstered by his time serving as the Conducting Fellow of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra under Alastair Willis. Eckdahl carried out scholarship on Herbert Howells and also orchestrated the well-loved anthem Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks, which can be heard on the superlative recording by the Choir of Merton College, Oxford and the Contemporary Oxford Sinfonia on Delphian Records (2022).
Ryan R. Fellman is about to begin his final year of doctoral studies at Michigan State University studying choral conducting with Drs. David Rayl, Sandra Snow, and Jonathan Reed. At MSU, Fellman has served as assistant conductor of the University Chorale, assistant conductor of Choral Union, chorus master of the Opera Theatre program, and instructor of record for class voice. Recent accolades include presenting a session entitled “Navigating through Mexican Choral Music and Recognizing Biased Performance Practices,” at the 2023 National ACDA Conference. Fellman was also selected as a guest conductor of Sinfonietta Memphis in August of 2022.
Prior to moving to Michigan, Fellman earned a M.M. in choral conducting from Ithaca College where he studied with Dr. Janet Galván. There he served as co-conductor of the IC Campus Chorus, co-taught courses in choral conducting, and assisted with the Treble Chorale, IC Chorus, Madrigal Singers and Ithaca College Choir. In 2020, Fellman was selected as a finalist in the ACDA East conducting masterclass in Rochester, NY.
From 2013-2019, Ryan was a choir director at Oñate High School in Las Cruces, New Mexico where tripled the choral program. A champion of new music, Fellman’s students participated in singing the world premiere of Z. Randall Stroope’s Carmina Pax at Carnegie Hall and the New Mexico premiere of Tim Takach’s The Longest Nights. Ryan earned a B.M. in vocal music education from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota where he sang in The Concordia Choir under the direction of Dr. René Clausen.
For over two decades, British-Caribbean conductor Benjamin Gaughran (pronounced ‘gok-ran’) has worked as a pianist, singer, music educator and conductor, with his conducting engagements spanning children, youth, community, church, semiprofessional, professional, musical theatre ensembles, and orchestras.
Currently, Benjamin conducts The Orpheus Singers at The University of Michigan (U-M) and is looking forward to being the conductor of The Arts Chorale and assistant conductor of The Women’s Glee Club at U-M for the 2023-24 season. In the community, Benjamin is music director of the Women’s Chamber Chorus, Ann Arbor and is the Director of Music at The First Congregational Church, Ann Arbor. Previously, Benjamin was the conductor of U-M’s prison outreach choir, Out of the Blue and the Opera Chorus Master. He has also been conductor of the Michigan Youth Chamber Singers and assistant conductor of The University Choir at U-M. He is often invited to guest conduct at choral programs in the US and, as a certified teacher, has regularly served as a clinician at local Michigan schools. Benjamin is a Fellow of the Royal Schools of Music in Choral Conducting- a prestigious position held by a select number of people worldwide.
Benjamin earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Royal Holloway, University of London, England. After completing a masters in leadership, Benjamin received his masters degree in choral conducting at U-M with Dr. Eugene Rogers and is continuing with his doctor of musical arts degree in choral conducting. Alongside his musical passions, Benjamin considers his role as a husband and father his top priority. He loves to travel and enjoys learning how to make traditional foods from his ancestral Caribbean home of Trinidad and Tobago.
Dolhathai Kloy Intawong, originally from Thailand, is a doctoral candidate in Choral Conducting at the University of Northern Colorado. She won the Southwest American Choral Director Association Graduate Conducting Competition 2020 and was selected as the conducting fellow at National Collegiate Choral Organization National Conference 2022. She has been active as a choral director and educator since 2012; previously directed the award-winning Rangsit University Concert Singers in Thailand and served as a teaching assistant at the University of Northern Colorado. She is currently the artistic director of Denver's Sine Nomine Chorus and choral faculty at Front Range Community College in Colorado.
Dolhathai has cultivated her passion for choral music since joining the choir as a high school exchange student in Florida. She received a BA in vocal performance from Mahidol University, Thailand, and her master’s degree in choral conducting from Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China. She is a doctoral choral conducting candidate at the University of Northern Colorado under the guidance of Dr. Jill Burgett and Dr. Galen Darrough. Dolhathai also receives the National Research Council of Thailand’s research funds to build choral music from the Thai classical singing tradition for school choirs in Thailand. At the same time, her dissertation also focuses on contributing resources of Thai choral music to global communities. Drawing from and experiencing diversity in her musical journey, Dolhathai seeks ways for choral music not only to represent its tradition, but also to serve as a cultural bridge to promote multiculturalism to a contemporary audience.
Jared Joseph, Assistant Conductor of the Colorado Children’s Chorale since August 2020, directs Apprentice Choir and assists with Transitions, Tour Choir, and Concert Choir. In addition, Jared is Conducting Intern for the Colorado Symphony Chorus. Jared just completed his term on the National Conference Choir Committee with the Organization of American Kodály Educators. Previously, he served as the Vocal Music Director at Washington High School in Ohio for seven years, where he led all choral ensembles, directed the annual musicals, including conducting the pit orchestras, and taught electives such as adaptive music for differently-abled students. Jared’s studies include graduate and bachelor degrees in music education from Capital University and Otterbein University respectively, as well as the Zoltán Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary.
Hyejin Jung, a native South Korean, is a third-year doctoral student majoring in choral music at the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California. She is the artistic director of Los Feliz United Methodist Church in LA and was a teaching assistant in the Department of Choral and Sacred Music at USC and as well as the assistant conductor for USC Thornton Concert Choir last year. Throughout her master’s degree of choral conducting at Ewha Womans University, Jung worked as a teaching assistant for choral ensembles. While attending Ewha, she also served as an assistant conductor for Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. After completion of her master’s degree, Jung was placed third at The National Chorus of Korea Choral Conducting Competition. She served as an assistant conductor of the Korean Church Union 50th Handel’s Messiah Grand Concert and was one of the final concert conductors in the Seoul Oratorio Festival in 2019. Jung was the choral music teacher at Seo-Incheon High School and served at Sung-dong Central Church as the music director and at Yongnak Prebyterian Church English Worship Service as the choir conductor. Jung received her B.A. degree in philosophy and political science, after which she taught philosophy to high school students at the Logic and Philosophy Academy in Korea for five years. She received her MM in choral conducting from Ewha Womans University under the guidance of Dr. Shinhwa Park.
J. Christine Le is currently a student at the University of North Texas, studying with Dr. Allen Hightower, Dr. Kristina Caswell-Macmullen, and Dr. Jessica Nápoles. Prior to her DMA studies, Le earned her MM at Michigan State University and her BME at Centenary College of Louisiana.
Le has enjoyed a robust career as a public school choir teacher in Louisiana and Florida. Choirs under Le’s direction have performed at State, Regional, and National ACDA Conferences. While in Florida, Le’s choirs were recognized as FVA (Florida Vocal Association) Choirs of Distinction. Le also proudly served as sponsor of her school's GSA (Gender and Sexualities Alliance) Club.
Le has served as a clinician, adjudicator, and collaborative pianist in Louisiana, Michigan, Florida, Mississippi, California, and Texas. A founding member and past associate conductor of the Orlando Sings Symphonic Chorus, Le conducted Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and Orlando Sings in 2022. Le participated in the 2011 National ACDA Undergraduate Conducting Competition, the 2015 National ACDA Graduate Student Conducting Competition, and the 2023 National ACDA Masterclass.
While at UNT, Le has served as conductor of Camerata, teaching assistant to University Singers, chorus master of UNT Opera’s production of Le Nozze di Figaro, and world-premiere conductor of PJ Mooney’s Requiem for a Poisoned Earth. Le is thrilled to return to the Chorus America Conducting Academy for its 2023 Season.
Born and raised in Southern California, Mexican-American conductor, pianist and vocalist Eric D. Reyes seeks to make music that communicates beauty, inspires hope, and brings about unity amongst people. Eric serves as an Assistant Professor of Music Instruction and Director of Choral Activities at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Most recently, Reyes served as the director of ¡Canto! A Latinx Vocal Intensive, a program that seeks to equip High School Latinx vocalists with resources to study and perform Latinx Vocal Music. This project was funded through the Mellon-Foundation, and was done in collaboration Latin Americans United for Progress (LAUP), Dr. Sarah VandenBrink and Christina Krause. He has
served a variety of ensembles including the Southern California Children's Chorus, Moody Chorale, University of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University of Michigan Arts Chorale, and the Community Chorus of Detroit. Eric was one of eight rising conductors selected throughout the country to participate in a conducting masterclass led by Ann Howard Jones and Jerry McCoy at the 2017 American Choral Directors Association National Conference in Minneapolis. At the University of Michigan, Eric was a recipient of the Brehm Endowed Fellowship in Choral Conducting. This Fall, Reyes will begin the DMA program in Conducting at the University of Michigan. Eric is most grateful for teachers and mentors who ceaselessly inspire and encourage him, namely Dr. Eugene Rogers, Dr. Xiangtang Hong, and Dr. Jerry Blackstone.
Katherine Rohwer is currently pursuing a DMA in Choral Conducting at the University of Michigan, studying under Dr. Eugene Rogers. Additionally, she serves as Lecturer of Choral Music at Eastern Michigan University where she conducts the treble ensembles, EMU Vision and Voices EMU. Katherine earned degrees in Choral Music Education and Vocal Performance from Western Michigan University and a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from U-M.
While at U-M, Katherine has served as the opera chorus master, music director of Out of the Blue, and conductor of Orpheus Singers. She currently serves as the assistant conductor of the Women’s Glee Club and the University Musical Society Choral Union. Previously, she was the Director of Choirs at Stevensville Lakeshore High School, where she led four curricular ensembles, directed the musical theater program, and taught music theory. Ensembles under her direction were honored with performances at the American Choral Directors Association Michigan State Conference and the Michigan Youth Arts Festival. Katherine was selected as the R.J. Johnson Distinguished Educator in 2019 by Lakeshore Public Schools.
An active chorister, Katherine is an alumna of the World Youth Choir, with whom she explored and performed a vast array of musical styles under the direction of renowned conductors, including a performance at the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Awards Ceremony. She served as the alto section leader for the World Youth Choir’s 2018 session in China and is a regular member of the international chamber choir, Time Ensemble.
SCHOLARS
Ramon Cardenas is a PhD candidate in Music Education: Choral Conducting at Florida State University. He is currently the graduate assistant for the undergraduate conducting course, Choral Union, and Collegians. On top of his work as a conductor, Ramon also serves as a piano accompanist for several choral ensembles. He also is passionate about research, and his dissertation will be a narrative case study on the experiences of BIPOC choral music faculty in primarily White institutions. Other research interests include: trauma informed pedagogy, BIPOC experiences in music education, cultivating a healthy learning environment in rehearsal and classroom spaces, feedback delivery, and marrying fitness with music education. Prior to his studies, Ramon taught high school choir in California for six years. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and an Master of Arts in Teaching from Biola University, and an Master of Music in Choral Conducting from California State University, Fullerton. Outside of his school duties, Ramon serves as the Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church of Quincy, Florida. Ramon also recently became a certified personal trainer and is passionate about helping music educators with their fitness journeys. When he is not at school, Ramon is probably walking his two corgis, at the gym, writing his dissertation, or at Trader Joe’s.
Reina Dickey is a doctoral candidate in choral conducting at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Her research interests in choral repertoire include the works of historically underrepresented composers and Baroque performance practice. In addition to her experiences in academia, she serves as assistant music director of both Cincinnati’s Martin Luther King Chorale and Epiphany United Methodist Church in Loveland. Her prior education includes a master’s degree in choral conducting from Temple University (PA) and a bachelor’s degree in music education from Miami University (OH), summa cum laude. Prior to her graduate work, Reina co-directed choirs for five years at Walnut Hills High School in the Cincinnati Public School District.
Thomas Dixon received his MM in Choral Conducting at Georgia State University in May 2023. He studied with Dr. Deanna Joseph, Dr. Jennifer Sengin, and Dr. Patrick Freer. Alongside his choral graduate assistant duties at GSU, Thom also served as a music intern at Central Presbyterian Church, where he directed the Youth Choir and Geneva Handbell Ensemble. He will begin pursuing a DMA in Choral Conducting at the University of Georgia with Dr. Daniel Bara this fall.
Prior to beginning graduate school, he was Director of Choirs at Orange County High School in Orange, Virginia for thirteen years. He conducted the treble choir, tenor and bass ensemble, and a mixed voice chamber ensemble. He has led choirs in performances in Washington DC, Carnegie Hall in NYC, and most recently, a ten-day tour of Italy.
In addition to public school teaching, he served on the music staff at Church of Our Saviour Episcopal in Charlottesville, VA. He sang in the Virginia Consort, and he also served as president of their executive board. He has a soft spot for retired racing greyhounds, houseplants, and adventuresome recipes. Thom loves the spirit of community that is created when singing with others.
Emily Rebecca Halbert, a native of Nashville, TN, is a music educator, conductor, and vocalist. She is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Choral Conducting at Georgia State University studying with Drs. Deanna Joseph and Jennifer Sengin. At GSU, she is the graduate assistant at North Decatur Presbyterian Church where she directs the children's choir and has conducted the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra. Formerly, she was the Director of Music Education at St. Peter's Episcopal School (Chattanooga, TN). She was also the Associate Conductor for the Chattanooga Girls Choir and directed the ensemble, Cantilena, the developing voices choir for the organization. She graduated from Lee University with a Bachelor in Music Education, focusing on voice and choral conducting. As a mezzo-soprano, she sings across the southeastern US with professional choirs such as Red Shift (Baton Rouge, LA) and Coro Vocati (Atlanta, GA), as well as a soloist for the Chattanooga Bach Choir and was a staff singer and soloist at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, TN. Her collaborative lecture recital, Defiant Divas, exploring the repertoire and performance practice of nun composers of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque has been selected for various local and international music conferences.
Gukhui Han is an accomplished conductor, collaborative pianist, and vocal coach with a rich and diverse career that has taken her around the world. She is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Conducting with Dr.Robert Istad at California State University, Fullerton, where she serves as a Graduate Choral Assistant and Festival Coordinator.
Han's exceptional collaborative piano skills have earned her recognition, including an invitation to perform in the final round of the highly acclaimed Wigmore Hall Song Competition in London, England, in 2013. Since 2014, she has also served as a staff pianist at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach. With performances at premieres in Los Angeles and participation in various piano, art song, and opera festivals across Asia, Europe, and North America, Han's musical background is impressive. She has attended several renowned summer festivals, including the Fall Island Vocal Art Seminar, Professional Pianist Program at Songfest, Colburn School of Music, Franz-Schubert Institut, and the Aspen Music Festival, where she worked alongside esteemed luminaries in the field of music such as Elly Ameling, Roger Vignoles, Martin Katz, Jake Heggie, Graham Johnson, Helmut Deutsch, and Julius Drake.
Prior to her studies at CSUF, Han earned her Bachelor's degree in Piano Performance from Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Korea, and her Master's degree in Collaborative Piano from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. She later pursued a Doctorate in Keyboard Collaborative Arts from USC Thornton School of Music, studying under notable teachers such as Alan L. Smith, Kenneth Griffiths, and Lydia Eunsuk Yu.
Dennis Lau, born in 1996, is a native Malaysian holding a bachelor’s degree in piano performance (2020) and a master’s degree in choral conducting (2023). His musical journey begins at the age of nine, in a church choir. He also started his piano study in the following year. During his teenage, besides singing as a chorister and playing for the church services, he also tried to compose, arrange, and conduct with his passion and curiosity about music. His vocal talent has been developed the most during his teenage. As a church and Kenaniah Youth Festival Chorale’s chorister, he has opportunities to attend choir camps, where he obtains both vocal and choral training before he went abroad for further music studies.
During his undergraduate study of piano performance in Taiwan, he remains active in choral activities by joining church, church, and community choirs. In his junior year, he was recommended by his choral conducting instructor as a director of Xiu-Lang Presbyterian Church choir. He worked there as a part-time choir director until his graduation.
While pursuing his graduate study of choral conducting at Georgia State University, he is a music intern at Central Presbyterian Church. There, he ran choral library administrations, assisted Bell’s choir, sang, and conducted occasionally the chancel choir, and assisted the children’s choir. Besides singing in college choirs, he also joined Coro Vocati. He was a selected candidate of the ACDA southern conducting masterclass in 2022, where he worked with Dr. Eugene Rogers.
Yanlu Li is a second-year doctoral student in conducting program at the University of Northern Colorado. Born in China, she grew up in a music family. Yanlu was a pianist and studied choir conducting at the undergraduate level, followed by one of the famous Chinese conductors Dr. Tian Xiaobao and served as the leading singer in Tiankong, the top female choir in China. As a singer in Tiankong, she traveled with choirs worldwide and performed in the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Big Hall and the National Grand Theatre of China. She earned her master's degree from the Belarusian State Academy of Music in choral conducting. When Yanlu was in Belarus, she was the associate conductor of Choir Tonica, the first-class children's choir in Europe. She successfully held the "Yanlu Li with choir Tonica" individual conducting concert in 2019. In 2020, she backed to China and served as an assistant professor of choral conducting at Guangdong Ocean University. During her work, she taught the introduction of conducting to undergraduate and graduate students and individual conducting lessons for conducting-major students. She led four choirs and participated in compiling choral conducting textbooks, and guided the choir to win a silver medal in the 2021 Guangdong University Choral Competition.
Yanlu is also passionate about orchestral music and has been active in orchestral and opera stages. Currently, Yanlu is the TA of the Glee and Wind ensemble at the University of Northern Colorado and completed her degree recital "Herstory" concert for women composers in March 2023.
Zachary Lindquist is a conductor, teacher, and vocalist. Lindquist is the assistant director of Titan Voices, the soprano-alto choir at California State University, Fullerton, and is the Chorusmaster and Assistant Orchestra Director for CSUF Opera Theater’s production of Street Scene. Hailing from Minnesota, Lindquist taught sixth grade mixed voice choirs, and seventh and eighth grade tenor-bass choirs middle school choirs in Edina before moving to California. His seventh-grade tenor-bass ensemble was selected to perform at the Minnesota State Choral Convention, that was canceled due to COVID-19. Lindquist is an active clinician and coach, having been the guest conductor for the Southern California Vocal Associations Mixed Close Harmony Festival.
As a performer, Lindquist is currently a Staff Singer for the Pacific Chorale under the direction of Dr. Robert Istad. Lindquist is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Choral Conducting at California State University, Fullerton and received his Bachelor of Music Education from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. He has studied conducting from Dr. Sandra Snow, Dr. Jonathan Reed, and Dr. Robert Istad. He studied voice with the late Professor Peter Lightfoot and Dr. Mark Goodrich.
Zachary Manlapid (he/him) is a conductor, music director, singer, and violist from San Diego, California. He grew up playing in orchestras before discovering singing in high school through musical theatre and choir. He attended Palomar College, graduating with an AA in Sociology and later transferred to UC Berkeley, earning a BA in Music while discovering conducting. Upon graduation, he worked as the Assistant Conductor to the UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus and Music Director at the College Light Opera Company in Cape Cod. At this time, he has earned his MMus Choral Conducting at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada where he conducted the Oriana Treble Chorus and Chamber Choir as well as worked as the Graduate Teaching Assistant for the undergraduate conducting classes. Not one to say no to an opportunity, Zach has music directed over a dozen stage shows, prepped choruses for works such as Mahler 2, Beethoven 9, and the world premiere of Jimmy Lopez's
"Dreamers," and has offered many vocal coaching workshops. Throughout his choral career, he has had the immense pleasure of singing under the baton of David Milnes, Jonathan Girard, Ken-David Masur, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. When he’s not looking into how identities and experiences can be communicated through music and what the social responsibilities are for being a conductor, Zach enjoys food in all forms, baking, video games, and bit humor.
Gregory Miller is a music educator, conductor, and tenor vocalist based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Miller currently serves as Director of Choirs at the Cincinnati Country Day School, where he directs classroom and extracurricular ensembles of students in grades 5-12. He also serves as the Assistant Choirmaster of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Cincinnati and the Apprentice Conductor of Cincinnati Musica Sacra. Miller served as conductor of the University of Cincinnati Juncta Juvant Tenor/Bass Chorus for the 2021-2022 academic year, as well as the Richard W. Wesp Assistant Conductor of the Cincinnati Youth Choir from 2019-2021.
As a vocalist, Miller has taken part in a variety of solo and ensemble experiences. While pursuing his undergraduate degrees, he performed numerous operatic roles, including the titular Albert Herring in Britten’s Albert Herring, and Gabriel von Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus. As an ensemble performer, Miller has performed with numerous ensembles across the United States, including the CCM Chamber Choir, the Spoleto Festival USA Chorus, the Cincinnati Opera Chorus, the Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas, and Cincinnati Coro Volante.
Miller holds dual Bachelor degrees in Voice Performance and Music Education from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), as well as a Master’s degree in Choral Conducting from CCM. He has studied voice under Mary Stucky and Daniel Weeks, and studied conducting under Dr. Joe Miller, Dr. L. Brett Scott, and Robyn Lana.
Taylor Mills Logan is an Ohio-based conductor, vocalist, and social media consultant with nearly 11 years of professional music experience. Taylor has performed all around the world including performances at National ACDA, with The Cleveland Orchestra, Voces8, Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, and the Ohio Light Opera. Having served as the Graduate Assistant Conductor for The University of Akron’s Choirs, Taylor has helped prepare works such as Mozart’s Requiem, Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, Brahms’ Begräbnisgesang, and a National ACDA performance.
Taylor studied under Dr. Marie Bucoy-Calavan and has also worked with conductors such as Robert Porco, Robert Istad, John Alexander, Deanna Joseph, Daniel Bara, Barnaby Smith, and Matthew Swanson. She has also worked with composers such as Sydney Guillaume, Saunder Choi, Carlos Cordero, Jake Runestad, and Mickey McGroarty. Taylor recently completed the Early Career Program with Girls Who Conduct. Taylor graduated from The University of Akron with a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting (2023) serving as the Graduate Assistant Conductor of both the Concert Choir and Chamber Choir, and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance (2021). Taylor is currently the Chancel Choir Director at Faith United Church in North Canton, Ohio.
Julia Morris is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan where she earned her MM degree in Choral Conducting in 2023. While studying with Dr. Eugene Rogers at UM, Morris assisted Dr. Julie Skadsem with the University of Michigan’s Women’s Glee Club and assisted Professor Mark Stover with UM’s high school initiative Michigan Youth Chamber Singers. A conductor and vocalist native to California, Morris has worked throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. As an Artist-in-Residence at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts from 2019 to 2021, she directed the treble ensemble Anacrusis and coached student conductors. From 2018 to 2021, Morris served as the inaugural member of the conducting staff for National Children’s Chorus’s San Francisco chapter, where she conducted the Senior Division’s Debut Ensemble. From 2018 to 2021, Morris worked closely with Ming Luke as Assistant Conductor for Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra (BCCO), with whom she made her international conducting debut on their summer 2019 tour to the Baltic States. She is ever grateful to Eric Choate and the Episcopal Church of Saint Mary the Virgin who offered Morris her first opportunity to study choral conducting as their Conducting Scholar. Seeking additional growth, she has participated in two summer Choral Artistry Institutes at Eastman School of Music under the direction of Dr. William Weinert. She is delighted to have sung with Ragnar Bohlin as a member of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus from 2018-2021. She received her BA in music and psychology from Kenyon College.
Joseph To serves as music director for multiple organizations, including the Norwegian Ladies Chorus of Seattle; the Magnolia Chorale; Northminster Presbyterian Church; and the Tukwila School District, one of the most diverse school districts in the nation. He holds a master’s degree in choral conducting and a bachelor’s degree in music education. Interested in world music, especially Chinese choral music, Joseph has studied and presented Mandarin and Cantonese choral music and ethnomusicology implementation in secondary music education. He serves as Co-Chair of the Northwest GirlChoir Racial Equity Committee as well as the Community Repertoire and Resources Chair of the Washington Chapter of American Choral Director Association (WAACDA). He is the recipient of the “Outstanding Emerging Choral Director” 2022 by the WAACDA and has been an active presenter on ethnomusicology in local and regional music conferences.
Lydia Vermeesch is an active choral conductor, music educator, pianist, and soprano. She recently completed her Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting at the University of Michigan (2023), where she studied under Dr. Eugene Rogers. While at Michigan, Lydia served as conductor of Orpheus Singers and assistant conductor of the University Choir. Previously, Lydia served on the faculty of several private schools in the Chicago area, where she taught curricular music classes, conducted choirs, expanded the vocal music curriculum, and directed musical theater productions. Lydia is also an experienced church musician, having served as Director of Music, choral conductor, and pianist at numerous liturgical churches.
Lydia is particularly interested in interdisciplinary collaboration and has spearheaded several projects exploring the relationship between artistic disciplines. In Chicago, Lydia coordinated a collaborative performance involving choral and instrumental music, liturgical text, theater, visual art, and culinary art (2017). Lydia’s undergraduate scholarly research culminated at the Midwest Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature, where she presented her academic paper on the intersection of oral tradition and musical rhetoric in Handel’s Messiah
(2017). More recent collaborative projects include virtual choir videos produced during the pandemic (2020), and theatrical performances combining vocal music and storytelling (2021).
Lydia earned a dual Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and English Literature from Wheaton College (2013). Her former conducting teachers and coaches include Jerry Blackstone, John Nelson, John William Trotter, Mary Hopper, and Daniel Sommerville.
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