2004 Concert Information

Once again this year we are pleased to announce that our neighbors Frank Vascellaro and Amelia Santaniello will serve as hosts for the event.

The orchestra will be conducted by Dr. Jeffrey Stirling conductor of the Northeast Orchestra in Fridley, MN and the Linden Hills Chamber Orchestra. Dr. Stirling lives in the Twin Cities where he conducts the Northeast Orchestra, the Linden Hills Chamber Orchestra and the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies Philharmonic. Stirling has also been a Cover Conductor for the Minnesota Orchestra and recently appeared as an assistant conductor in concerts with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In recent seasons he has been a Guest Conductor with the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra and the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra in Maine.

Stirling holds degrees from Yale and Northwestern University, and pursued advanced training at the Paris Conservatory under the auspices of the Fondation des Etats-Unis. He has also studied at the Tanglewood Festival and the Salzburg Summer Academy. His mentors include Pierre Boulez, Victor Yampolsky and Leonard Slatkin. In 2001 Stirling was chosen by Leonard Slatkin to take part in the National Conducting Institute with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D. C.

In addition to his professional activities, Dr. Stirling has directed the orchestra programs at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Cloud State University, Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa. He also has been a guest instructor for the Chamber Music Association of the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.

The chorus will be conducted by Janice Hunton, a music faculty member, and head of the music department at the Perpich Center for Arts Education. She conducts the Perpich Choral Arts Ensemble, coaches many small choral and instrumental ensembles, and teaches a variety of music seminars including theory, history, voice concepts, aesthetics and architecture. Janice has also been the choral director at the First Universalist Church in south Minneapolis for 9 years, where she has lead a 30-voice volunteer mixed choir in a wide variety of choral literature. She has performed as a member of the Dale Warland Singers, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and the University of St. Thomas African Music Ensemble. Janice received a Master of Music Theory from Indiana University in 1985, and graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition from the University of Wyoming in 1981. We welcome her back for a second year preparing the chorus for the 9-11 Tribute concert, and she is honored to be involved with this event. If you're interested in singing in the choir, please contact Janice at janice.hunton@pcae.k12.mn.us

Concert Program
Lake Harriet Bandshell – September 11, 2004 7:00 P. M.

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