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BASILICA OF SAINT ADALBERTCorner of Fourth & Davis654 DAVIS AVE NWGRAND RAPIDS, MI 49504(616) 458-3065 www.basilicagr.orgMUSIC OFFICE: (616) 458-0563
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John sCheiD, Bass with Peter KurDziel, PianoBass John Scheid has sung chorus, comprimario, and principal roles in numerous Opera Grand Rapids productions for 25 years. His appearances have included Carmen, La Traviata, Tosca, Don Giovanni, La Boheme, The Tales of Hoffman, A Masked Ball, The Fall of the House of Usher, Salome, Romeo et Juliette, Rigoletto, HMS Pinafore, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Barber of Seville, Madame Butterfly, Manon Lescault, and others. He will perform the role of Ferrando in Il Travatore later this month.
Regionally he has performed with the Grand Rapids Choir of Men and Boys, several university choruses, the West Michigan Symphony, the Grand Rapids Cantata Choir, the Grand Rapids Chamber Choir, the Original Dickens Carolers, the Camerata Singers, and a variety of west Michigan churches including Mayflower Congregational and Grace Episcopal. For a dozen years, he was a bass soloist in the Zeeland Civic Chorus’ production of Messiah. Mr. Scheid has served as cantor and soloist at the Cathedral of St. Andrew and at St. Robert of Newminster, with whose choir he toured Italy in 2008. Currently he is cantor and soloist at the Basilica of St. Adalbert.
Peter Kurdziel, Director of Music at the Basilica of Saint Adalbert since August of 2010, has earned degrees in organ from Hope College where he was a student of Huw Lewis and the University of Notre Dame where he was a student of Craig Cramer. He is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts in organ at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) as a student of Dana Robinson. In addition to the organ, Peter has also studied voice, conducting, harpsichord, and theology at the graduate level.
3:00 Pm Sunday, sePtemBer 8, 2013
Diane Penning, Coloratura Soprano with roBert Byrens, Piano“clear, free flying and of exciting timbre” “thrilling…exquisite…with gorgeous top notes.”
These are but two critic descriptions of coloratura soprano Diane Penning’s voice. Equally at home in classical repertoire and pops, Diane has performed with orchestras around the country, with some in programs of both genres. She holds degrees in music and voice from the University of Michigan (BM) and Western Michigan University (MM in voice performance.)
Diane’s professional recordings include Phantom Phantasy, with the Grand Rapids Symphony; Christmas Festival, with the Czek National Orchestra; Simply Gershwin, with pianist Paul Bisaccia; and Sacred Space, with Composer/Performer Nicholas Palmer.
Robert Byrens has been on the faculty at Grand Valley State University since 1992. He is currently an artist faculty member and collaborative pianist serving as vocal coach. Mr. Byrens was formerly a member of the string faculty, leading the viola studio and performing with the Perugino String Quartet. He also serves as rehearsal pianist and vocal coach for Opera Grand Rapids, a position he has held since 1994. He acted as the Associate Artistic Director for the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck from 1998 to 2008. He was formerly the principal violist with the South Bend and Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestras, and has performed with the Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Battle Creek Symphonies.
Mr. Byrens received his musical training at the American Boychoir School, the Geneva Conservatory, Westminster Choir College, Indiana University at South Bend, and is a summa cum laude graduate of Olivet College. His principle teachers include Dalton Baldwin, Ivan Frazier, and Ronald Gorevic. He has performed in vocal master classes with Elly Ameling, Gerard Souzay, Phyllis Curtin, and Jessye Norman.
3:00 Pm Sunday, aPril 14, 2013
The Valparaiso University Chorale is among the top Lutheran collegiate choirs in the United States, upholding the highest standard of choral art through performance of the greatest choral literature of all eras. Dedicated to performing works that celebrate the University’s Lutheran heritage, the choir is also noted for the performance of significant contemporary works in their original languages and for the performance of music expressing multicultural perspectives. The Chorale has served three residencies at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig—the only collegiate American choir to enjoy such a strong relationship with the church of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Chorale will return in June 2012 for a fourth residency, marking the 800th anniversary of the St. Thomas Church and its choir, the Thomanerchor.
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This world renowned choir hardly needs an introduction. Do not miss out on the opportunity to hear them live in the beautiful acoustics of the basilica.
Today there are around 100 choristers between the ages of ten and fourteen, divided into four touring choirs. The four choirs give around 300 concerts and performances each year in front of almost half a million people. Each group spends nine to eleven weeks of the school year on tour. They visit virtually all European countries, and they are frequent guests in Asia, Australia and the Americas. Together with members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Chorus, the Wiener Sängerknaben maintain the tradition of the imperial musicians: as Hofmusikkapelle they provide the music for the Sunday Mass in Vienna’s Imperial Chapel, as they have done since 1498. The choir is a private, not-for-profit organization. The eight members of the choir’s governing body oversee its development and guarantee its future. The current president is Walter Nettig. Gerald Wirth became the choir’s artistic director in 2001.
3:00 Pm Sunday, FeBruary 24, 2013
THe Vienna Boys CHoir
7:00 Pm Tuesday, marCh 19, 2013
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Come and hear the majestic and colorful sounds of the basilica organ with celebrated organist Jonathon Tuuk.
Jonathan Tuuk is Director of Music and Organist at Mayflower Church and a tonal finisher for the Lauck Pipe Organ Company of Otsego, Michigan. Mr. Tuuk graduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where his principal teacher was Dr. John E. Hamersma. He also served as an organ instructor at that school. He is a published composer of choral music and has concertized throughout Europe and the United States, including recitals presented at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. As a soloist, he has appeared at the University of Michigan Organ Conference and also with the Grand Rapids Symphony, under the direction of Catherine Comet and David Lockington.
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Recognized as one of the finest all-male collegiate choral groups in the country, the University of Notre Dame Glee Club has a rich history of singing and brotherhood spanning the last ninety-two years. More than 2,000 young men have sung with the Club over the years, combining the rich traditions of Notre Dame with the highest standards of artistic excellence. Since 1915, the members of the Glee Club have enjoyed an exciting fraternal organization combined with an intensive study of vocal technique and musical styles. The group has toured from coast to coast and around the world, performing over one hundred concerts per year. As musical ambassadors of Notre Dame, the Glee Club has always been welcomed with warmth and enthusiasm.
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3:00 Pm Sunday, oCtoBer 20, 2013
Presenter Mark Joseph Costello, OFM Cap, who lives in Chicago has been a member of the Capuchin Franciscan Province of Saint Joseph since 1982. He has been working as a Liturgical Design Consultant for the past fourteen years. Fr. Costello graduated from the Catholic Theological Union at Chicago with a Master’s of Divinity degree and from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a Master’s in Fine Arts in Interior Architecture. This background has prepared him to serve parishes as an educator in liturgy as well as a designer for liturgical space. Mark Joseph’s work has appeared on the cover of Wisconsin Architect and has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Environment and Art Newsletter, and in Modern Liturgy magazine. He is a member of the North American Academy of Liturgy and the international organization Societas Liturgica.
s P o n s o r o P P o r T U n i T i e sPlease consider sponsoring one of our featured events. Sponsorship is not without benefits. Opportunities are listed below.
Includes 2 tickets to a performance of your choice.$250 - $499 arChangels
Includes 4 tickets to a performance of your choice with reserved patron seating.
$500 - $999 CheruBim
Includes 4 tickets to a performance of your choice with reserved patron seating. Seraphim Sponsors are also cordially invited to be Monsignor Stasker’s guests for cocktails, dinner, and a chance to greet the artist in the Basilica rectory following Jonathon Tuuk’s recital on Sunday, September 22nd.
$1,000 + seraPhim
7:00 Pm Friday, marCh 8, 2013
L I T U R G I C A L C E L E B R A T I O N S
Centennial year FestiVal liturgy3:00 Pm Sunday,aPril 21, 2013
Followed by Centennial Banquet
5:00 Pm Sunday, aPril 21, 2013
Christ the King solemn VesPers & rutter’s Requiem
3:00 Pm Sunday, noVemBer 24, 2013
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TiCKeTed eVenT $25 Per TiCKeT / LimiTed seaTinG
Come and spend an evening with an “Orchestra of Voices.”
Called “the world’s reigning male chorus,” by the New Yorker magazine, and named Ensemble of the Year by Musical America in 2008, Chanticleer will perform more than 100 concerts in 2011-12, the GRAMMY Award-winning ensemble’s 34th season. Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for their “tonal luxuriance and crisply etched clarity,” Chanticleer will tour to 21 of the United States, appearing in a wide variety of venues including Walt Disney Concert Hall, and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. A summer trip to Europe encompasses prestigious festivals such as Edinburgh, La Chaise Dieu, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein and Rheingau in August. On a 10 country tour in early 2012 the ensemble will return to Europe’s most renowned concert halls, including the Musikverein (Vienna,) Bela Bartok Concert Hall (Budapest,) Concertgebouw (Amsterdam,) Philharmonic Hall (Vilnius.)
3:00 Pm Sunday, oCtoBer 6, 2013
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