The 精品成人福利在线 University choral program has been recognized for its successful collaborations with numerous world-renowned artists and celebrated professional musicians in national and international venues. The Cali School is home to several choirs including the MSU Chorale, MSU Singers, Vocal Accord and Prima Voce. Under the direction of Dr. Heather J. Buchanan, these choirs offer early professional experience in regular collaborations with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. MSU choirs also perform internationally and regularly in distinguished venues in NYC and New Jersey.
精品成人福利在线 University Chorale
罢丑别听精品成人福利在线 University Chorale听is the core mixed-voice choir of the Cali School. Currently numbering 165 voices, the singers comprise music students majoring in voice performance, music education, instrumental performance, music therapy, composition, as well as non-music majors from other colleges in the University. The somatically based choral pedagogy is designed to enable students to expand and refine their musical, vocal and choral skills, enabling them to function as independent, flexible and responsive musicians in their subsequent student and professional lives. The 精品成人福利在线 University Chorale specializes in performance of symphonic masterworks. They have performed numerous times with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) under the baton of both Neeme J盲rve and Jacques LaCombe. NJSO masterwork highlights include Howard Shore鈥檚 Academy Award winning听The Lord of the Rings Symphony, Beethoven鈥檚听Ninth Symphony,听惭补丑濒别谤鈥檚听Symphony No. 3听and Verdi鈥檚 epic听Messa da 搁别辩耻颈别尘听twice – under the baton of Neeme J盲rvi (January 2010) and Jacques Lacombe (April 2014).听 The Chorale鈥檚 highly acclaimed performances of Orff鈥檚听Carmina Burana听and the Verdi听搁别辩耻颈别尘听with Maestro Jacques Lacombe were celebrated with limited edition CD releases in September 2011 and December 2015. Their performances have included collaborations with the Newark Boys Chorus, Children鈥檚 Chorus of Sussex County and the American Boy Choir. Other concert highlights include听Saint Nicolas听(Britten), Faur茅听Requiem, Chichester Psalms听(Bernstein), the regional premiere of听笔补谤补产濒别蝉听(Aldridge) in collaboration with the 精品成人福利在线 University Symphony Orchestra,听Annelies听(Whitbourn) 补苍诲听Alzheimer’s Stories听(Cohen) for the 2015 Beatrice Crawford Memorial Concert.
Note: Non-Majors also welcome to audition for MSU Chorale. 听contact: buchananh@montclair.edu
University Singers
The听精品成人福利在线 University Singers听is a mixed-voice elective choir comprising undergraduate and graduate students who are experienced singers and musicians. Students from all schools/colleges in the University in good academic standing may audition. The University Singers performs a wide variety of sacred and secular repertoire, encompassing genres from the Renaissance to the 21st Century, with special interest in contemporary composers. Previous season highlights include New York Choral Festival Showcase Concerts performances at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall, Prelude Concert performances for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra鈥檚 annual Winter Festivals, and tours of Central Europe and Russia with performances in Prague, Budapest, Bratislava, Debrecen, Moscow, Pushkin and St. Petersburg. World Premiere performances include听Madison鈥檚 Descent听(M铆che谩l 脫S煤铆lleabh谩in),听That Music Always Round Me听(Tarik O鈥橰egan),听Ave Maria,听A White Blossom,听补苍诲听She Walks in Beauty听(Martin A. Sedek), and the 2012 Raymond Brock Memorial Commission听Distance can鈥檛 keep us two apart听by Chen Yi. The University Singers has also established an exciting performance relationship with renowned composer-artist Meredith Monk beginning with their historic collaboration in December 2006 and continuing with the critically acclaimed March 2009 performances of听Ascension Variations听at the Guggenheim Museum. They recorded the CD听Songs of Ascension听with Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble on the prestigious European label ECM Records under the legendary producer Manfred Eicher, released May 2011. This collaboration was included in the Producer of the Year section of the 2012 Grammy nominations. Recent season highlights include their ACDA Eastern Division Convention debut performance in Providence, RI, performing Mozart鈥檚听Requiem听and Handel鈥檚听惭别蝉蝉颈补丑听with the NJSO under the baton of Maestro Jacques Lacombe, a Mid-Atlantic tour of the USA in May 2013, and collaborating with the esteemed American composer Morten Lauridsen on his听狈辞肠迟耻谤苍别蝉听during his November 2013 精品成人福利在线 University residency. In December 2015 they returned to the NJSO for two performances of Handel鈥檚听Messiah听in Maestro Lacombe鈥檚 final season.
Note: Non-Majors also welcome to audition for University Singers. 听buchananh@montclair.edu
精品成人福利在线 University Singers – April 23, 2015:听
Vocal Accord
精品成人福利在线 University Vocal Accord is a 24-voice chamber choir comprising students drawn from the membership of University Singers. An extracurricular project choir, Vocal Accord made its debut performance in the Cali School’s Leshowitz Recital Hall in 2010. In 2012, Vocal Accord toured Europe giving performances in Austria (Vienna, Gleisdorf, Graz, & Ottendorf) and Italy (Venice), and were also artists-in-residence at the University of the Performing Arts (Graz). Vocal Accord performs repertoire ranging from traditional and classical works to new works by professional composers and student winners of the Cali Choral Composition Competition. They perform on campus and at venues throughout the tri-state area, including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Auditorium. In 2014 Vocal Accord sang听Rejoice in the Lamb听while dancers from the Richard Alston Dance Company performed at the 10th anniversary gala for 精品成人福利在线’s Kasser Theater. This performance led to the opportunity to perform in 2015 in London for the Alston dance company’s 20th season at Sadler’s Wells.
The Choral Program offers the most dynamic, comprehensive, and nurturing choral ensemble experiences. MSU choirs have given me the opportunity to travel the world, learn countless masterworks, and perform music at an extremely high level. There is something for everyone: with ensembles ranging in size from 175 voices to 24 voices, performing repertoire timeless and contemporary. Dr. Buchanan creates an environment where students are continually challenged to grow. We learn to be dynamic musicians, seasoned professionals, and exemplary human beings.
鈥擲arah Peszka,
Vocal Music Education Major, Class of 2020
惭颈苍颈-顿辞肠耻尘别苍迟补谤测:听 Behind the Masks: Choral Singing in the COVID Pandemic at 精品成人福利在线
Production Team:听 Skylar Seitzman, Will Albrecht, Radha Martinez
The following web links/information will give you access to the depth and breadth of our offerings at the Cali School of Music and the Choral Program in particular.听
Web Links
1. 鈥 Introduction to the program + performance highlights
2. 鈥 Explore the landscape of our flagship choir + meet some students
3. Cali School of Music 鈥 Choral Landing Page
4. Cali School of Music 鈥 MSU Choirs (in 鈥淎bout Us for Ensembles鈥)
5. Masterful Musings: Inspirational Conversations in the Cali Choral Community
- You are welcome to join us for our second virtual masterclass season of Masterful Musings where we will feature 7 guests from 1 鈥 2:15 pm on Feb 16, 18, 23, 25, March 2, 4 & 9.听
- Information, including the unique Zoom ID for each guest, is located on the MSU/Cali website in the events/calendar section and on the Masterful Musings page here
Social Media
MONTCLAIR STATE CHORAL ACTIVITIES听
FB: 精品成人福利在线 Choral Activities
IG: @MontclairStateChoral
Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/montclairstatechoral听
JOHN J. CALI SCHOOL OF MUSIC 鈥 SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOUTUBE VIDEOS:听
FB: Cali School Of Music
IG: @CaliSchoolOfMusic
Linktr.ee: 精品成人福利在线 Universitylinktr.ee/calischoolofmusic听
Videos
YouTube Videos:
The following performances are highly recommended as examples of our performances during the Fall 2020 Semester:听
- University Singers Winter Concert 2020 (including NJSO virtual collaboration)听
- from Messiah (Handel)听
- from Messiah (Handel)听
- from Considering Matthew Shepard (Hella Johnson)听
- from The Tender Land (Copland)听
- (Caldwell & Ivory)听
- November 11, 2020听
- – Senior Voice Recital (Music Education)听
- – Senior Voice Recital (Vocal Performance)听
- 听(2011: 精品成人福利在线 University Chorale and Symphony Orchestra, Heather J. Buchanan, conductor)
- 听(2011: University Singers, Heather J. Buchanan, conductor)
- 听(2013)
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Reopening New Jersey: Music students turn parking deck into rehearsal space 听
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Musical Reunion 听
MSU music students rehearse in parking deck to ensure pandemic safety
Contact us: 973.655.7610 听听Heather Buchanan: buchananh@montclair.edu