Handel's Messiah performed on December 19, 2010
by the Octavo Singers, Schenectady NY
Webpage by Clifford Lamere January 11, 2011 (1/11/11)
LOCATION: Union College Memorial Chapel, Schenectady NY
TIME: 3:00 p.m., December 19, 2010
CONDUCTOR: Victor Klimash
SOLOISTS:
Soprano: Deborah Savoy
Mezzo-Soprano: Erica Sparrow
Tenor: Marco Cammarota
Bass: Richard Mazzaferro
OCTAVO SINGERS
113 members sang at this concert (78 ladies, 35 men)
Rehearsal accompanist: Elinore Farnum
OCTAVO SINGERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (22 musicians)
Concertmaster: Michael Emery
Photo by Bruce Squiers, used courtesy of the Daily Gazette, Schenectady NY and Judy Patrick, managing editor.
See additional photos.
Below can be found the names of all of the participants in this concert (conductor, soloists, singers, instrumentalists). They are listed in order from the top of the photo to the bottom.
OCTAVO SINGERS
The 113 singers are listed from left to right in each row as they appear in the photo above. The rows are numbered from 1-7, the bottom row being number 1. The names of the ladies are in red; the names of the men are in blue.
(A special thanks to Jean Lamere, Jan Walz and Debbie Pavlus for help with identifications.)
7:
Susan Pascazio, Elaine Wertalik, Janice Walz, Colleen Licata
Julius "Skip" Aycox, Kennoth Carnes, Leslie Hipenbecker, David Walz, Eugene Scott, Harry Letko, William McColl, Trevor Morris, Richard "Jerry" Carroll, Brendan Dwyer
Marie
McCullough, Patricia Angerosa,
Fran Carroll, Janet Gerbino
6:
Gail Dollar, Patricia Alheim, Susanne Wither, Annette Collins
Jack Holmes, George Shaw, Christopher Rush, Clifford Lamere, Michael Fahey, James Hasenbein, George Trimarco
Mary Ellen Busseno, Teresa Munson, Ellen Senisi, Patricia Rush, Joanne Marhafer
5:
Barbara Turner, Diana Carter, Doris Kirk, Diane Deacon, Heather Workman
Mark Chaffin, Richard Lenehan, George Repicky, Richard O'Neil, David Acker, Anthony Provenzano
Irina Tikhonenko, Carol Willey, LynnAnn Hoffman, Nancy Hoelzer, Margaret Lassiter
Mary Park-Flanders, Kathy Hodges, Katherine Trimarco, Diane Hasenbein
Richard Hasenbein, Brian Morris, Clark Cooper, Melvin Wigler, Harry Ermides, James Hedrick, Howard Hasenbein
Karen Hasenbein, Lyn Schoenstedt, Carol Alexander, Donna Flagg, Sandra Governor, Heather Hughes
Ann Kolman, Christine Suhr, Paulette George, Laurel Burns, Mery Seeman-Sokal
Gary Cork, Timothy Keegan, John Spinelli, Allan F. Anderson, Alan Angelo
Judith Singer, Livia Reyes, Shirley DeBono, Julia Shaw, Phyllis Nearing, Angela Nelligan, Tina Lechowicz
2:
Nina Kryzak, Rachel Nearing, Abigail Nearing, Alison Hardy, Jane Baker, Elisabeth Foley, Christine Yost, Wendy Luft
[Francesca Leo - behind tenor soloist]
Lisa Correa, Marian Tibbetts, Veronica Herring, Judith Israel, Julianne Dickinson, Susan Larsen, Liz Gaudet, Terry Weinman
Lyn Abbey, Brenda Smith-Booth, Gloria Sleeter, Helen Farrand, Pat Gumson, Jean Lamere
[row continues on the other side of the soloists]
Celia O'Neil, Alice Miller, Deborah Pavlus, Katherine Ludewig, Helen Scott, Carol Owens
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CONDUCTOR: Victor Klimash
OCTAVO SINGERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (named from left to right irrespective of what row they are in)
(My thanks to Nat Fossner for providing the names of the members of the orchestra.)
1. Susan Kokernak, oboe
2. Nat Fossner, oboe
3. Brooke Leighton, violin
4. Paula Shaw, violin
5. Barbara Brothers, violin
6. Cathy Barber, violin
7. Nathan Lawrence, violin
8. Michael Emery, violin
9. Kathryn Kinisky, violin
10. Marla Bracco, violin
Conductor: Victor Klimash
1. Palma Catrava, harpsichord
2. Meme Pittman, viola
3. Stepahani Emery, viola
4. Petia Kassarova, cello
5. Andre O'Neill, cello
6. Rick Rowley, viola
7. Cathi-Jo Brun, cello
8. Luke Baker, bass
9. Peter Bellino, trumpet
Krassimir Ivanov, bassoon (outside of photo to the left)
Cathy Sheridan,
trumpet (outside of photo to the right)
Kathy Lowery, timpani (outside of photo to the right)
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ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OF CONCERT
The following six images (three pairs of similar images) were extracted from a video on YouTube posted by Hahhah9. Octavo Singers was singing "For Unto US a Child was Born" from Handel's Messiah.
Watch video.
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