CONTENTS

Jean-Sébastien Vallée, conductor
Toronto Mendelssohn Singers
Instrumental Ensemble
Program:
Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589
Jocelyn Hagen: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Featuring Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and Antonio Vivaldi’s celestial Gloria, Visionaries delves into the timeless themes of human expression and divine exploration. The groundbreaking multimedia concert brings da Vinci’s words and drawings to life with state-of-the-art video syncing technology, harmonized with the live voices of the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers in The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. Both pieces beautifully reflect the profound complexity and beauty of life.

The Midwinter Convention is MMEA’s annual professional development convention. The state’s largest gathering of music educators features nationally-recognized headliners, a wide variety of performances and informances, sessions from area presenters, P.I.T. Stop Sessions for practical instrument tips, an Exhibit Hall, and tons of networking.
At the conference, the Minneapolis Brass Ensemble will performance a new instrumentation of Jocelyn’s piece Hands.

Performed by Ottawa Choral Society, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci will offer a multi-media experience using the latest in video syncing technology, combining choir, full orchestra and video projections. Composer Jocelyn Hagen was inspired by an exhibit of da Vinci’s work in 2016 and incorporates da Vinci’s stunningly beautiful handwriting and sketches into an entrancingly artistic tour de force.
Vocal soloists will be Ania Hejnar, soprano, Stéphanie Brassard, soprano, and Sydney Frodsham, contralto. Also to be featured in this concert, Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria, the Baroque-era Italian composer’s most famous choral work, is imaginatively inspired in its range of vocal and instrumental colour.
Learn more here.

Performed by Ottawa Choral Society, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci will offer a multi-media experience using the latest in video syncing technology, combining choir, full orchestra and video projections. Composer Jocelyn Hagen was inspired by an exhibit of da Vinci’s work in 2016 and incorporates da Vinci’s stunningly beautiful handwriting and sketches into an entrancingly artistic tour de force.
Vocal soloists will be Ania Hejnar, soprano, Stéphanie Brassard, soprano, and Sydney Frodsham, contralto. Also to be featured in this concert, Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria, the Baroque-era Italian composer’s most famous choral work, is imaginatively inspired in its range of vocal and instrumental colour.
Learn more here.

The University of North Texas Wind Symphony performs Medusa, a theatrical work for wind symphony and soprano. Medusa represents the untold stories of many women– powerful and full of rage, commanding your attention.
Eugene Migliaro, conductor
Molly Fillmore, soprano soloist

The University of North Texas Wind Symphony performs Medusa, a theatrical work for wind symphony and soprano. Medusa represents the untold stories of many women– powerful and full of rage, commanding your attention.
Eugene Migliaro, conductor
Molly Fillmore, soprano soloist

Montgomery County Chorale & Orchestra’s Spring Concert Featuring an East Coast Premiere
The ensemble will present the East Coast premiere of Minnesota-based composer, Jocelyn Hagen’s requiem entitled Ashes of Roses. This piece, for choir, orchestra, soloists, and soprano saxophone. This beautiful piece provides a fresh perspective on the requiem mass by adding poetry throughout the movements. We are even more excited to share that Jocelyn will be joining us for this performance!
Colleen Kinderman, Soprano
Rebecca Roy, Mezzo-Soprano
Jacob Kinderman, Baritone
Jonathan Wintringham, Soprano Saxophone