Stephen Sturk, conductor and co-artistic director:
Virginia Sublett, co-founder and co-artistic director --
Sopranos:
Patricia Minton, Elisabeth Marti, Anne-Marie Dicce, Virginia Sublett;
Altos:
Katrin Nogols Genzlinger, Martin Green, Katy Lundeen, Anita Colet;
Tenors:
Trevor Gile, Juan Carlos Acosta, Aaron Lindberg, Matt Bohy, Stephen Sturk;
Basses:
Jeff Genzlinger, Christopher Stephens, Gordon Shugars, Ruben Valenzuela
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Cappella Gloriana performs and records the finest choral music of the past 600 years, right up to and including cutting-edge 21st Century works, some of which have been written especially for, or commissioned by, the ensemble. Cappella Gloriana's live concerts and recordings combine early pieces (Renaissance, Baroque or Classical periods) with ultra-contemporary music. Cappella Gloriana specializes in new music, the sacred anthems of composer-conductor Stephen Sturk and Christmas works.
Cappella Gloriana's Channel Crossings and O Holy Night CDs are available at CDBaby.com or Amazon.com and also at Apple iTunes and other digital music services. To join our mailing list or to contact the choir, email CappellaGloriana@yahoo.com.
Founded in 1996 by co-directors Stephen Sturk and Virginia Sublett, Cappella Gloriana comprises 8-16 voices and creates concert programs and CDs that combine early choral masterworks with innovative contemporary pieces.
A 2005 recipient of a Performing Ensembles grant from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Cappella Gloriana in 2006 hosts its first-ever competition for new choral works for chamber choir by young composers from all of the Americas. The ensemble has toured central Germany's "Bach country" twice, in 2003 and 2005, with concerts at Gehren's Johann Michael Bach festival, Leipzig, Berlin, Wittenburg, Jena, Erfurt, Gotha and other cities.
Named for an allegorical title of Elizabeth I of England, Cappella Gloriana drew praise from newspapers in Thueringia, Germany, for its second concert tour there in August 2005. The newspapers said:
"The chamber chorus . . . impresses with a homogeneous, radiant sound.--
. . . the choir demonstrated dynamic range . . . and a sense of internal suspense sung with perfect intonation and tight clusters.--
The twelve-voice ensemble under the direction of Stephen Sturk demonstrated their mastery with sure intonation of the most difficult sound combinations, softest pianos and dissonant clusters.--
an extraordinary evening of church music." Cappella Gloriana has recorded two CDs, Channel Crossings and O Holy Night: Christmas with Cappella Gloriana. The men of the ensemble are heard on Mission Music of California.
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