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Chapter Events
President’s Notes:
Chapter Meeting
(prior to the Masterclass)
April 16, 2016 11:30
Vivian A. Bull Music Center,
Linfield College
900 SE Baker Street
Dear Friends:
A Russian Vocal Repertoire
Masterclass and Recital
April 16, 2016
Masterclass 1:00-3:00pm,
Recital 3:15-4:00
Vivian A. Bull Music Center,
Linfield College
900 SE Baker Street, McMinnville,
Oregon 97128
Given by Dr. Anton Belov,
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Spring is the time we look at nature’s
abundant renewal. I invite you to renew
your own creative spirits as well by noticing
and participating in the continuing
education opportunities that abound this
year. I hope you have taken or will take
advantage of the events for this year.
Fifteen Oregon members attended the NW
Regional Conference and NATSAA earlier
this month, including six members of our
new Oregon Willamette Chapter!
We
learned many things about Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) and heard
many fine singers from our young artists.
Frederica Von Stade is being sponsored this weekend at Portland State with a
master class that should energize all of us. Our chapter will sponsor a master
class and recital with Anton Belov the following week at Linfield on Russian
song. I do hope to see you at these events.
Join me and other members at our national convention in Chicago in July to
support our NW NATSAA finalist, Rebecca Sacks, who also won the Dagny
Gustafson Award at the chapter’s spring classical auditions. Congratulations
to her and to her teacher, Ruth Dobson. (All three semi-finalists for the
regional sing-off were Dobson students!) Our chapter awarded Rebecca $200
to assist her with expenses to attend the national convention.
Musial Theatre
November 5, 2016
Lewis and Clark
0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd, Portland,
OR 97219
Classical
January 2017
Pacific University
2043 College Way, Forest Grove,
OR 97116
I encourage you to attend these and other workshops to keep yourselves
engaged as learners as well as teachers. We are never too experienced (or
old) to learn new repertoire, new teaching skills and to make new friends in
our profession. To quote Rabindranath Tagore: “It was my songs that taught
me all the lessons I ever learnt; they showed me secret paths, they brought
before my sight many a star on the horizon of my heart.”
Sing On!
Susan McBerry, Interim President
Would you like to host a Summer Gathering?
Please contact Susan McBerry at :
[email protected]
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Member Performances
Congratulations NW Regional NATSAA
Winner Rebecca Sacks and 1st Alternate Kari Burgess
The Ensemble Oregon
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor
April 16, 2016, 7p
St. Luke's Episcopal Church,
Vancouver, WA
April 17, 2016, 2p
First Presbyterian Church, Portland
Ticket information
www.theensembleoregon.org
PSU Opera presents
Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss
April 22, 23, 26, 29 and 30 at 7:30pm
with Sunday, May 1 at 3pm matinee
Lincoln Performance Hall
1620 SW Park
Cost: $27 General, $25 Seniors,
$17 Students
Contact: Christine Meadows, [email protected]
For Tickets call 503-725-3307 or go
to pdx.edu/boxoffice
National Events
NATS 54th
National Conference
- Join us in Chicago!
July 8 - 12, 2016
Marriott Magnificent Mile
540 North Michigan Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60611
http://www.nats.org/cgi/
page.cgi/Chicago_2016.html
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Dear Cascade Chapter Members,
First I must thank you from the bottom of my heart for your
generous assistance for my trip to Chicago to sing in the NATSAA
Semifinals. I am so grateful for the support of my home Chapter and
so excited to represent the Northwest at this competition.
Second, I want to thank so many of you who offered me kind words
of support and encouragement during and following the regional
NATSAA competition. It means so much to know that you believe in
me!
With a grateful heart,
Rebecca Sacks
Spring 2016
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Masterclass with clinician Anton Belov
A RUSSIAN VOCAL REPERTOIRE
MASTERCLASS AND RECITAL
Sponsored by the NW Cascade Chapter
April 16, 2016
1:00-4:00 pm,
(Chapter Meeting—11:30)
Vivian A. Bull Music Center,
Linfield College
900 SE Baker Street,
McMinnville, Oregon 97128
Given by Dr. Anton Belov,
Associate Professor at Linfield College.
Dr. Anton Belov, Associate Professor
at Linfield College will give a
masterclass working with
selected singers on
Russian art songs or arias.
The masterclass will be
followed by a recital with
Dr. Belov and collaborative pianist,
Susan McDaniel.
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About Anton Belov
Born in Moscow, Dr.
Anton
Belov
was
educated in the United
States,
receiving
a
Bachelor
of
Music
degree from the New
England Conservatory,
Master of Music from
The Juilliard School and a
Doctorate of Musical
Arts
from
Boston
University. He studied
lyric diction with John
Moriarty, Nico Castel,
Corradina
Caporello,
Kathryn LaBouff, and Richard Cross. As a successful
performer he has earned critical acclaim for his
portrayals of characters as diverse as Count di Luna, Don
Giovanni, Escamillo, Count Almaviva, and Eugene Onegin.
His baritone voice has been praised as “rich and
mellifluous” by the New York Times and his performance
as full of "great emotional honesty” by Opera News.
Equally at home with oratorio and concert repertoire,
Mr. Belov presented over one hundred recitals
throughout the United States, appearing at such venues
as Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City and the
Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Mr. Belov is the first
place winner of eight vocal competitions including the
George London Competition, the Licia Albanese Puccini
Foundation International Competition, and the Young
Concert Artists International Auditions. His Libretti of
Russian Operas in Word-for-Word Translation and IPA
Transcription (Leyerle Publications, 2004) is used
throughout the English-speaking world.
Dr. Belov is an associate professor of music at Linfield College in
McMinnville, Oregon.
Contact Anton [email protected]
*****
Participants - $25
Personal website www.antonbelov.com
Russian Art Song publications: www.russianartsong.com
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Regional Conference —March 4-6, 2016
Regional Student Auditions Winners
The conference was called Vocal Cross-Training from every
Direction and was held at the SeaTac Marriot in Seattle.
The focus was on how to healthily train singers to move
between vocal styles, including pop, musical theater, jazz
and even rock. Blake Lewis, an American Idol runner-up,
spoke and demonstrated on Friday evening. Dr. Kari
Ragan and Dr. Norman Spivey gave presentations on
registration adjustments for different styles and
maintaining vocal health in different styles. Kari Ragan
especially likes Inge Titze’s use of partial occlusion (straw
method) as a means of returning the voice to balance.
Congratulations for the Cascade and Willamette Chapter
students who placed in the NW Regional Student Auditions
and their teachers. The next step is national video audition
submissions. Then, National Finals in Chicago.
Saturday at 1:30 – 2:00 pm was a general meeting, with all
chapters giving a short report. We were given a warm
round of applause J.
Saturday afternoon was a Master Class with Norman
Spivey and then a Master Class with Mari Hahn (Alaska
Chapter) on the Alexander Technique. Saturday evening
was a banquet, and then the NATSAA finals. Ruth
Dobson’s student Rebecca Sacks took first place in a
grueling sing-off that went to a three way tie, which meant
that the three finalists had to come back to the stage and
sing one more piece at 10 pm, after a very long day.
1st Place: Rebecca Sacks
1st Alternate: Kari Burgess
2nd Alternate: Elizabeth Galafa
First on Sunday morning was a ½ hour leadership meeting,
with chapter representatives having an opportunity to ask
questions of both Nancy Bos and Norman Spivey. Board
communication over distance was discussed – both Alaska
and British Columbia Chapters are spread out over a lot of
geography, making in-person meetings difficult. The fact
that NATS National has a Go to Meeting account came up
and the question of accessibility was asked but needed
checking. Also, the question of how best to utilize the non
-profit status of NATS for the chapter level came up – with
Norman planning on researching the topic. Nancy also
referenced the NATS Chat, as a new on-line discussion
forum that we can participate in. Specific experts and
topics are chosen for each Chat, listed on the NATS
website and Facebook page. You must sign up in advance
to participate, as number of participants is limited.
Back with the main assembly, we broke into groups for
discussion. I joined the discussion on teaching transgender students I and brought back some literature and a
list of resource websites – I can scan and email if anyone is
IB High School MT Women 11 & 12
Second: Hannah Boyack
Teacher: Allison Swensen-Mitchell
Fourth: Sunday Manisto-Saari
Teacher: Linda Appert
Fifth: Andrea Reichle
Teacher: Vanessa Jump Nelson
IIA High School MT Men 9 & 10
First: Ryan Manhard
Teacher: Beverly Park Corvallis High School
Second: Fox Postier
Teacher: Kara Quello
IIB High School MT Men 11 & 12
First: Isaiah Zimmerman
Teacher: Kay Joham Ulysses S. Grant High School
Fifth: Noah Kulala
Teacher: Karen Mallory Jesuit High School
IIIA High School Cl Women 9 & 10
First: Phoebe Jacobs
Teacher: Kara Quello
Second: Aishani Saha
Teacher: Angela Niederloh
Westview High School
IIIB High School Cl Women 11 & 12
First: Olga Melendez Valdes
Teacher: Allison Swensen-Mitchell North Salem High School
Second: Veronica Scafidi
Teacher: Kay Joham Clackamas High School
Fifth: Felisa Armitage
Teacher: Lisa Mooyman David Douglas High School
IVB High School Cl Men 11 & 12
First: Oakley Chiappisi-Livermore
Teacher: Bonnie Kousoulakis Philomath High School
Lower College/ MT Women
First: Paris Rumbolz
Teacher: Kara Quello
Third: Bridget Roney
Teacher: Vanessa Jump Nelson
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Cascade & Willamette Chapters
Classical Student Auditions
Regional Student Auditions Winners cont.
First Place
Fourth: Avalon Bloodgood
Teacher: Jamie Jacobson Eastern Oregon University
Fifth: Teresa Connolly
Teacher: Laura Thoreson University of Portland
Felisa Armitage, Molly Duddlesten, Steven EvansRenteria, Ella Fish, Charles Gidley, Shaymus Hanlin,
Phoebe Jacobs, Kylee Kamikawa, Taylor Kendig, Michael
Kepler Meo, Lauren Kulesa, Anna Martin, April Miller,
Weston Roth, Rebecca Sacks, Veronica Scafidi, Laurel
Styner, Madeline Tran, Yuxin Zhou, Eric Zittel
Second Place
Clarissa Clark, Caitlyn Douglas, David Frackleton, Alissa
Henderson, Mark Kizokian, MacKenzie LaMotte, Ryan
LeGrand, Tara Palazuelos, Lindsay Reed, Michael Ripp,
Aishani Saha, Rishi Seshadri, Jocelyn Thomas, Max Tapogna, Olga Valdes
Third Place
VI Lower College/ MT Men
First: Maxwell Romprey
Teacher: Kara Quello
Second: Mitchell Garrison
Teacher: Linda Appert Washington State University
VII Lower College/ Cl Women
First: Laurel Styner
Teacher: Allison Swensen-Mitchell
Third: Alissa Henderson
Teacher: Nicole Hanig
VIII Lower College/ Cl Men
First: Ryan LeGrand
Teacher: Allison Swensen-Mitchell Willamette University
Annie Baker, Nicole Benavente, Kari Burgess, Lauren
Burton, Oakley Chiapisi-Livermore, Tanis GonzagaGuzman, Spencer Mair, Dana Scheider, Marjorie Sheiman,
Jenna Skarphol, David Zielke
IX Upper College/ MT Women
First: Shahayla Ononaiye
Teacher: Jamie Jacobson Eastern Oregon University
Second: Natalie Pate
Teacher: Allison Swensen-Mitchell Willamette University
Studios represented:
XI Upper College/ Cl Women
First: Lauren Kulesa
Teacher: Nicole Hanig University of Portland
Second: Taylor Kendig
Teacher: Nicole Hanig University of Portland
Third: April Miller
Teacher: Karen Esquivel University of Oregon
Third: MacKenzie LaMotte
Teacher: Angela Niederloh Pacific University
Fourth: Yuxin Zhou
Teacher: Karen Esquivel University of Oregon
David Aakre, Wade Baker, Marc Callahan, Jennifer Davies,
Ruth Dobson, April Duvic, Karen Esquival, Lisa Florentino,
Nicole Hanig, Kay Joham, Bonnie Kousoulakis, Nicholas
Larson, Susan McBerry, Lisa Mooyman, Angela Niederloh,
Nicola Nine-Zielke, Nancy Olson Chatalas, Kara Quello,
Megan Sand, Allison Swensen-Mitchell, Laura Thoreson
Regional Conference —March 4-6, 2016 cont.
interested. The final presenter was a jazz singer/
songwriter from Seattle, Greta Matassa, who offered
some great tools for teaching scat singing.
This conference topic was especially useful for the private
studio teachers, who see a wide variety of ages and
musical styles. It was also a good reminder that incoming
college voice majors usually have other styles of singing in
their background, and may be asked to sing other styles in
the future, when they are earning their living.
Marieke Schuurs
March 14, 2016
XII Upper College/ Cl Men
First: Michael Ripp
Teacher: Megan Sand
XIII Advanced College/ Women
First: Rebecca Sacks
Teacher: Ruth Dobson
Second: Kari Burgess
Teacher: Ruth Dobson
Oregon State University