TICKETS: $20 general seating; $10 for alums graduating in 2013-2023
(Ticket sales support the Chamber Singers by reducing expenses for current students. Tickets purchased at the door are CASH ONLY.)
This concert is made possible by generous support from Hugh Rosenbaum '60.
The Chamber Singers of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, a mixed choir of 28 voices, perform challenging repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to the present day in a variety of languages and styles. In addition to students majoring in music, the ensemble also attracts students from many other majors who wish to perform challenging choral works in a more intimate setting. The Chamber Singers have collaborated with arts organizations and colleges throughout the northeastern United States and frequently explores music from cultures that are not widely represented in the greater choral world. The group has also undertaken numerous foreign and domestic tours, including a 2022 tour of Quebec.
The concert program for Spring 2023 will include works by Goudimel, Schubert, Elaine Hagenberg, Ned Rorem, Stacey Gibbs, Kenneth Frazelle, and Moses Hogan. A set of four pieces will celebrate the choral traditions of Argentina and Venezuela. Maria Dell’Orefice accompanies the ensemble.
Nathan Zullinger, conductor is an Assistant Professor at Haverford College, where he conducts the Chorale, the Chamber Singers, supervises private vocal study, and teaches courses in the Department of Music. Through the Bi-College Partnership, he also teaches students from Bryn Mawr College. During his tenure he has premiered six new compositions, conducted numerous performances of lesser-known choral masterpieces, and led concert tours to Boston and Quebec. He was presented with the Innovation in Teaching award by Haverford College in 2021 and served as a Faculty Marshall for the Class of 2022. In addition, Dr. Zullinger is the Associate Conductor and Director of Community Engagement for the Singing City Choir of Philadelphia. He studies voice with Dr. Bradley Williard.
In 2020, Dr. Zullinger formed Viva Voce, a professional choral ensemble to perform and record Curt Cacioppo’s Women of Ancient Greek Myth for Albany Records. The recording was balloted for a Grammy award and won the Ernest Bacon Prize for American Choral Music Performance in 2021. Viva Voce returned to the concert stage in September 2022 with music by Hugo Distler and Heinrich Schutz.
From 2014 until 2018, Dr. Zullinger was a member of the faculty at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. At UNCSA, he taught courses in conducting and aural skills and conducted the Cantata Singers, an ensemble of vocal performance majors. In addition, Dr. Zullinger taught for three years at the University of Rhode Island. At URI he conducted the University Chorus, taught aural skills and music appreciation, accompanied voice students, and served as conductor of the Opera Orchestra.
Dr. Zullinger graduated from Chambersburg (PA) Area Senior High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree in music education from Messiah College. While at Messiah, he studied conducting and voice with Linda Tedford and founded the Messiah College Student Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. Dr. Zullinger received his Masters and Doctoral degrees in conducting from Boston University, where he studied with Ann Howard Jones, Dennis Shrock, and David Hoose.
WHAT: Concert followed by reception with The Chamber Singers of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges
WHEN: Tuesday, May 16th at 7:00 PM EDT, with reception at 8:15 PM
WHERE: RSVP HERE General Seating: $20, Alums graduating in 2013 – 2023: $10). Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York, 160 Central Park West
HOW MUCH: Tickets go on sale April 1st.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Helen Thurston ’74 at hthurston77@earthlink.net