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Joseph Klebanoff
  • Cross River, NY

Joseph Klebanoff to perform at Yale University

2009 Oct 7

Joseph Klebanoff, a Geology major, from Waccabuc, NY will perform at Yale University as a member of the SUNY Oneonta Chamber Singers, conducted by Dr. Timothy Newton of the SUNY Oneonta Music Department. The Chamber Singers have been selected as one of 11 collegiate choirs to perform at Yale as part of the National Collegiate Choral Organization's national conference in November. The SUNY Oneonta Chamber Singers will form a double chorus with the Indiana University-Pennsylvania Concert Choir in a performance conducted by Grammy-Award-winning conductor Vance George, retired conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Chorus.

The SUNY Oneonta Chamber Singers received the invitation to appear at Yale through a blind, recorded audition process from their previous two years of live performances. Professor Newton submitted the recordings knowing that the competition would be extremely high. When he learned that the SUNY Oneonta group had been selected to perform, he described his reaction as "ecstatic."

In addition to works by Brahms, Monteverdi, and Massenet, the SUNY Oneonta Chamber Singers will sing the American premiere of a new piece by Swedish composer Sven-David SandstrAm. Under Dr. Newton's direction, they will perform "Jewish Storyteller" and "Panda Chants" by American composer Meredith Monk.

Vance George will visit SUNY Oneonta in October for three days of intensive rehearsals with the Chamber Singers. The group will also be accompanied in one work by Yale's elite Collegium Musicum with soloists from the noted Schola Cantorum vocal ensemble.

The SUNY Oneonta Chamber Singers are comprised of students from diverse academic programs including art, biology, child and family studies, communications, education, English, geology, music and music industry, psychology, Spanish, and theatre.

More information about the SUNY Oneonta Chamber Singers and their upcoming appearance at Yale is available from Dr. Newton at (607) 436-2216.

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