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Elliot Madore
Associate Professor of Voice with the
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music faculty .
Honors and awards include being named
a winner of the Metropolitan Opera National
Council Auditions , a recipient of the 2010
George London Award from the George
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London Foundation , a winner of the Palm
Beach Vocal Competition , and a recipient
of the ARIAS Emerging Young Artist Award
from Opera Canada . A graduate of the Curtis
Institute of Music , Mr . Madore currently
resides duly in Toronto , Canada and Zürich ,
Switzerland .
University of Maryland Concert Choir
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The UMD Concert Choir is a 100-voice
symphonic choir that has become the
ensemble of choice for both the National
Symphony Orchestra ( NSO ) and the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ( BSO ) in
repertoire such as Mendelssohn ’ s Elijah ,
the Brahms Requiem , Bach ’ s St . Matthew
Passion , the Stravinsky Symphony of
Psalms , War Requiem of Benjamin
Britten and Handel ’ s Messiah . The UMD
Concert Choir has worked with conductors
including Marin Alsop , Helmuth Rilling ,
Donald Runnicles , Masaaki Suzuki , James
Conlon , Laurence Equilby and Markus
Stenz , among many others . In 2018 , the UMD
Concert Choir triumphed in performances
of John Adams ’ The Gospel According to
the Other Mary with Gianandrea Noseda
and the NSO . In May 2019 , the UMD
Concert Choir appeared with Noseda
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and the NSO at Carnegie Hall in New York City performing the Rossini Stabat Mater and the Dante Symphony of Franz Liszt . Critics of the performance described the chorus as “ outstanding throughout , beautifully controlled and responsive ,” with “ a full range of dynamics ” and “ perfectly tuned chromatic lines and crisply unified staccato attacks .” In 2022 , the UMD Concert Choir sang skillfully and beautifully with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and James Conlon , performing the Kaddish Symphony by Leonard Bernstein . In December of 2023 , the choir collaborated with the NSO in Messiah . On campus at The Clarice , the UMD Concert Choir has performed masterworks including the Bach Magnificat and Weinachts Oratorium , Mahler Symphony No . 2 , the Verdi Requiem and Schumann ’ s Das Paradies und die Peri .
Maryland State Boychoir
The Maryland State Boychoir was founded in 1987 with 14 boys and a vision : to create an organization that would offer talented boys from diverse backgrounds a foundation in choral singing and a discipline that develops the mind , builds character , and sustains the spirit . Over the past 36 years , the choir has built and enjoyed a strong reputation throughout the state and the nation . The Maryland State Boychoir performs over 100 times each season and on national and international tours that have taken them to over 40 states and 15 countries .
The MSB performs a wide body of choral literature that ranges from Gregorian chant through contemporary choral music . Deeply
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rooted in the ancient boychoir tradition ,
the MSB holds concerts and events each
year reflecting this tradition including the
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols , Choral
Evensong , Compline , and concerts featuring
masterworks composers who themselves
were once choirboys . Its annual performance
series features the Annual African American
Celebration Concert and the Baltimore
Boychoir Festival .
The Maryland State Boychoir frequently
collaborates with other ensembles and has
participated in performances of Beethoven ’ s
Ninth Symphony , Mahler ’ s Third Symphony ,
The Nutcracker by Pyotor Ilyich Tchaikovsky ,
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini , Carmina Burana
by Carl Orff , Hodie by Ralph Vaughan Williams ,
Fauré ’ s Requiem , Symphony No . 3 “ Kaddish ” by
Leonard Bernstein , The Fellowship of the Ring
by Howard Shore , and The Flying Dutchman
by Richard Wagner .
The Maryland State Boychoir has selfproduced
seven recordings and appears on
the Albany Label in a performance of Andrew
Earle Simpson ’ s A Crown of Stars , as well as
a recording on the Naxos label of Symphony
No . 3 “ Kaddish ” by Leonard Bernstein with
the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under the
direction of Maestra Marin Alsop . The MSB
has been an invited choir for regional and
national ACDA , NAfME , and American Guild
of Organists conferences . The Maryland State
Boychoir ’ s recordings have been featured on
classical radio stations throughout the country .
The Maryland State Boychoir proudly
continues the great boychoir tradition as
Maryland ’ s official “ Goodwill Ambassadors ,” a
title bestowed upon them by the late Governor
of Maryland , William Donald Schaefer .
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
By Kori Hill
Felix Mendelssohn
Born July 10 , 1895 in Munich , Germany Died March 29 , 1982 in Munich , Germany
DIE SCHÖNE MELUSINE OVERTURE [ 1834 ]
It was 1834 , and Felix Mendelssohn had prepared an ideal Christmas gift for his sister , pianistcomposer Fanny Hensel . An overture inspired by a medieval fairy tale with themes as fierce as
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