TENORS
Andrew De Valk, Erik Gustafson, Stephen Hickman, Kevin Kriegel, Timothy Leffler, Joel M. Rinsema
BASSES
Sha Appenzeller, Ryan Garrison, Joshua Hillmann, Matthew Scott,
David Topping, Robert Wright, Phil Yutzy
STAFF
Joel M. Rinsema, Executive Director & Assistant Conductor
Jen Rogers, Director of Marketing & Communications
Laura Inman, Community Engagement Coordinator
Eric Sellen, Graphic Design
Jenna De Valk, Box Office Manager
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Loral Deatherage (Board President), Laura Ladrigan (Vice President), Kathay Ladrigan (Secretary), Donna Corcoran (Treasurer), Lyndsay Ermeling (Singer Representative), Claudia Kennedy, Darleen Kliewer-Britton, Lucy Meyer, Adele Ponce, Scott Youngs
The Grammy Award-winning Phoenix Chorale is regarded as one of the finest professional choral ensembles in America and is equally dedicated to the creation and performance of new music, which it intermingles with more traditional concert literature. Audiences around the world have been treated to the sounds of the Chorale through live performances across the United States and in Canada, and in live broadcasts and recordings on radio stations across the globe.
In 2004, the Phoenix Chorale became the first North American choir to release an album on Chandos Records, one of the largest independent classical record labels in the world. The Phoenix Chorale’s newest solo recording, Spotless Rose, was released in September 2008, and was nominated for ‘Best Classical Album’ and won a Grammy for ‘Best Small Ensemble Performance.’
In 2008, the Phoenix Chorale’s recording Grechaninov: Passion Week, was nominated for four Grammy Awards, including ‘Best Classical Album of the Year,’ ‘Best Choral Performance,’ ‘Best Surround Sound Album,’ and won a Grammy for ‘Best Engineered Album, Classical.’ Grechaninov: Passion Week is the Phoenix Chorale’s second joint-recording in a series of albums on the Chandos Record label with the Kansas City Chorale, also led by Artistic Director Charles Bruffy.
Two other joint-recordings have been released on Chandos Records, Eternal Rest (2005) and Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works (2007), which was nominated for two Grammy Awards, ‘Best Choral Performance,’ and ‘Best Surround Sound Album.’
In its 50-year history, the Phoenix Chorale’s conductors have included Millicent Wesley (the Chorale’s first conductor from 1958), Wallace Hornibrook, Dan Durand, Vance George, Anders Öhrwall, Jon Washburn, and Charles Bruffy. More information at www.phoenixchorale.org.
We would all love to see you and your friends there!
Join the Irish community in Arizona at O’Connor’s Pub, 2601 W. Dunlap Ave. in celebration of Patty’s Day in August. A fundraiser, in honor of Patty Boyle-McCrossan, will take place on August 2, 2009, at O'Connor's Pub (2601 W. Dunlap Avenue). The goal is to raise funds to offset Patty's extensive medical bills. A silent auction, 50/50 raffle, lunch buffet, and a full day of live entertainment, including Irish step dancers, Irish bagpipers, and musicians will begin at noon. Assistance in the form of financial contributions, silent auction items, the purchase of raffle tickets and product of services are needed. For additional information contact John Good (co-chair) 623.939.0209 or Jimmy O'Connor (co-chair) 602.509.0593. Join Pat McCrossan, Brazen Heads, Ocean’s Apart, Sheila Maguire, Biffos, Brid Dower and many others. For a full list, see the blog spot at http://www.pattysday.blogspot.com.
Thanks so much for the Add–and your friendship. We enjoyed your music very much. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. It's a pleasure having you among our friends!
We've just added two new blogs about Umano, plus four more new compositions, making ten on our space. We hope you and your friends visit us and enjoy our music, too.
We wake up every morning and play the music of the new MySpace friends who have arrived at our site during the night. It occurred to us that these friends (you are among them) are almost universally positive, whether they be novices or legends, and without regard to their station in life or the country they occupy.
Although it's not an original thought, it also occurred to us that we couldn’t hold a verbal conversation with most of these friends, but we have bridged that gap by expressing our art honestly with each other.
We all have been filling the world with our music and art, in the hope that our messages of love and human understanding will have an impact on the world at large.
What a gift and what an opportunity we have received from this technology!
So after a long hiatus, we're back to kick down the door & rawk! We've got some stellar shows happening this month, culminating with our CD release. Check the bills--- We've gathered up the best in local music to help us mark the occasion. Hope you'll come out and celebrate with us at one of these upcoming shows (especially the CD Release Party)!
Thanks,
Mondegreen
PS- Read the interview & get a free advance copy of our album in the latest issue of HOOZDO Magazine!
