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Boston, MA – Saturday evening, Cantata Singers celebrated the close of a season in its history that, like arts organizations everywhere, was a unique and unforeseen challenge due to the global pandemic. At the annual gala, this year online for health and safety concerns regarding COVID-19, the organization continued its forward momentum, celebrating the successes of the past season and ending the evening with a look toward the future via brief introductory videos from the organization's four Music Director candidates.
The candidates were introduced to the online audience in the order of their upcoming concerts with Cantata Singers this season; details on the concerts will be announced mid-July.
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez
Artistic Director of Musica Viva NY and Director of Music at the historic Unitarian Church of All Souls in Manhattan, as well as Artistic Director and co-founder of the New Orchestra of Washington, and Artistic Director of the Victoria Bach Festival.. He has worked with ensembles in the United States and Mexico.
Anthony Trecek-King
Associate Professor of Choral Music and Director of Choral Activities at The Hartt School, University of Hartford and Resident Conductor with the Handel and Haydn Society. Maestro Trecek-King has worked with ensembles in the United States, Great Britain, Venezuela, Germany, Lithuania, and Australia.
In addition to his conducting work, Maestro Trecek-King, who is also a trained cellist, hosted the choral music radio program “Together in Song” and has appeared on-air and online on the Emmy nominated WGBH television series "Sing That Thing."https://www.trecekking.com/
Noah Horn
Chorus Master for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director and Founder of the professional vocal ensemble Audivi. Maestro Horn has worked with ensembles in Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Turkey, Greece, Canada, and the Philippines.
Past posts include serving as Director of Choral Activities at Wayne State University, where he directed three choirs and led the graduate program in choral conducting; and as Interim Director of Orchestral Activities at Wesleyan University. https://www.noahhornmusic.com/
Katherine Chan
Director of Choral Arts and Assistant Teaching Professor of Music at Northeastern University, where she conducts the Northeastern University Choral Society Choir and Chamber Singers as well as teaching courses in conducting, music theory, and piano. A sought-after choral clinician for both civic and school ensembles, Chan also serves as the Associate Conductor and Director of Community Engagement for the Back Bay Chorale, Boston. She has worked with ensembles in the United States, China, and Australia.
Past posts include serving as visiting Director of Choral Activities at the University of Wisconsin–Superior. http://www.katherinechanmusic.com/
About Cantata Singers
A vibrant, cultural mainstay in Boston, Massachusetts and the surrounding areas, Cantata Singers is a musical destination, a place where art, community, and history intersect. A uniquely modern ensemble featuring a choir of 65 professionally trained members and a professional orchestra, Cantata Singers has deep roots in the past, built on a foundation of innovation and versatility, and promoting the rich heritage of choral music.
Co-founded in 1964 by a group of friends, colleagues, and classmates, the Boston-based Cantata Singers was created with the goal of exploring and performing music not heard anywhere else by the Boston community and surrounding area; specifically, the cantatas / choral canon of Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Today, Cantata Singers offers fresh, inspiring interpretations of iconic music alongside more modern works. Well-known masterworks are juxtaposed with intriguing, unfamiliar - yet - accessible works, including those by female composers and composers of color, whether rarely performed pieces or new compositions by contemporary composers.
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