THE CHOIR ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Soprano Alto Tenor Bass

Mary Christ

Kimberly Dunninger

Beryl Fanslow Wilson

Christina Graham

Heather Gunnerson

Stacie Hanson

Christina Heppermann

Becca Hyvonen

Sara Michael *

Alicia Rigsby ◊

Pearl Rutherford

Christianna Sullins

Emily Alexander

Lindsey Aquilina

Lizabeth Barnett

Lyn Berry-Helmlinger

Sarah Branton *

Desiree Deliz-Morales

Madeline Gardner

Melissa Menter

Erin Meyerhoff

Jennifer Moore

Allison Pasternak

Emma Tebbe

Laura Tribby

Andrea Ware-Medina

Jane Wright

* Section leader ◊ Collaborative Pianist

Staff Members

Sarah Branton

Assistant Conductor

Sara Michael

Business Manager

Alicia Rigsby

Accompanist, Collaborative Pianist

Board Of Directors

Jennifer Moore President

John Bartley

Vice President

Members At Large

Judy Bloomberg Schenkein

Josh Corwyn

Kai Berry-Helmlinger *

Benjamin Corwyn

Joshua Corwyn

Matthew Eschliman

Keith Ferguson

Keith Harrison

Bryce Kennedy

Samuel Low

Alex Menter

Zachariah Smith

Jonathan Von Stroh

John Wright

Michael Bizzaro *

Jordan Black

Michael Boender

Adam Cave

Garth Criswell

Ryan D. Garrison

Scott Horowitz

Brad Jackson

Brad Larson

Bryan Lastrella

John Ludwig

John Schaak

Kirk Schjodt

Griffin Sutherland

Matt Weissenbuehler

Becca Hyvönen

Marketing & Communications Manager

Alison Roman House Manager

Leslie Britton Treasurer

Melissa Menter Secretary

Desiree Deliz-Morales

Scott Horowitz

M. Roger Holland, II is the Teaching Assistant Professor of Music and Religion and Director of The Spirituals Project at the Lamont School of Music, University of Denver. He is a graduate of Union Theological Seminary in New York City where he received the Master of Divinity degree. He also holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music where he received a Master’s in Piano Performance and a Bachelor’s Degree from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, majoring in Music Education, with a concentration in piano and voice.

Roger toured nationally and internationally with The Boys Choir of Harlem, working with them as a conductor, pianist, instructor, and arranger for several of their recordings. Roger served as Minister of Music for Our Lady of Charity Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn, NY for 12 years and is Liturgical Music Consultant for the New York Archdiocese Office of Black Ministry, acting as Music Director for their special Masses at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Roger served as Artist in Residence at Union Theological Seminary for 13 years where he directed their Gospel Choir. In addition to his Broadway credits, which include, playing for the Broadway production of Oprah Winfrey’s The Color Purple, Roger is also a respected clinician, presenting workshops for McDonald’s Gospelfest, the Clarence Rivers Music Institute, Archbishop Lyke Liturgical Conference, the Roderick Bell Institute, Unity Explosion-Region X, and the Hampton University Ministers’ Conference. His commissioned works include “The Dream and The Dreamer,” “Down By The River,” commissioned by The Negro Spiritual Scholarship Foundation, and “The Tribulation Suite,” a 4-movement work based on Negro Spirituals. In 2016, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York presented Roger with the Pierre Toussaint Medallion for Service.

Known for his sensitivity, and imaginative registrations as a collaborative artist, Joseph O’Berry nurtures the reputation as a first-rate musician, and is Associate Director of Music and Organist at Saint John’s Cathedral. Before arriving to Denver, Mr. O’Berry held Director of Music posts in Seattle, Washington; Springfield, Massachusetts; and Atlanta, Georgia.

Joseph was Organ Scholar at Blackburn Cathedral and Truro Cathedral in England (2014-2016). Whilst in England he participated in over 800 services, some of which included the attendance of dignitaries, His Majesty King Charles III and The Queen Consort, and dozens of concerts with both Blackburn and Truro Cathedral Choirs. In 2016, Mr. O’Berry shared playing the organ and conducted

Truro Cathedral Choir in a national broadcast celebrating Queen Elizabeth II 90th birthday. Joseph has performed with The Royal Northern Orchestra, London Symphonia, and Truro Symphony Orchestra. He shared responsibilities in playing the daily offices of Choral Evensong and Eucharist, training the probationer boys, conducting the Cathedral Choirs, and was administrator of the music departments, which included Cathedral Music Outreach. On several occasions Joseph has appeared on BBC Spotlight accompanying Truro Cathedral Choir and is a featured organist on the Priory Records Label (the largest producer of church music in the United Kingdom) for Blackburn Cathedral Choirs newest CD entitled “ Natus : Music for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany”.

Preceding his appointments in England, Joseph lived in Atlanta, Georgia and was Director of Music at Holy Trinity Parish (Episcopal), Chapel Organist for the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and sang with the professional Schola at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip- during which time the Schola went on pilgrimage to England singing two week residencies at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London and Canterbury Cathedral, respectively.

Joseph’s undergraduate studies were in organ performance with secondary emphasis in early music and collaborative piano from The Townsend School of Music at Mercer University. He is a Colleague of the American Guild of Organists and has performed extensively as a solo and collaborative recitalist throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and England (in the notable venues of Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, London, Worcester Cathedral, Blackburn Cathedral, Chester Cathedral, York Minster, Truro Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, Liverpool Cathedral, Lancaster Priory, and Ripon Cathedral).