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Jeffrey Stern

Visiting Lecturer/Director of Choral Activities

Music , 106 Charles Dana Arts Center

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Upcoming Performances

March 9. 2012, 8:00 pm, St. Charles of Borromeo Church, Syracuse: Bass - Shifting Paradigms: Choral Greats of the Modern Era featuring the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble

March 10. 2012, 3:00 pm, First Unitarian Universalist Society, Syracuse: Bass - Shifting Paradigms: Choral Greats of the Modern Era featuring the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble

March 16, 7:00 pm; March 17, 2:30 pm, Janet Wallace Center for the Performing Arts, Saint Paul, MN: Guest Speaker - Schuman: "Casey at the Bat" featuring the Oratorio Society of Minnesota

July 2-6, 8:00 pm, Highfield Theatre, Falmouth, MA: Musical Director & Conductor - 42nd Street, College Light Opera Company

July 16-20, 8:00 pm, Highfield Theatre, Falmouth, MA: Musical Director & Conductor - My One and Only (Gershwin), College Light Opera Company

Degree

DMA, University of Miami (2012)

MM, University of Minnesota (2009)

BA (Music/Political Science), The George Washington University (2005)

Dissertation

The Mighty Casey: A Study of the Performances and Editions of William Schuman's One-Act Opera (University of Miami, 2012)

Teaching Experience

University of Miami: Choral Conducting I, Choral Conducting II, Maelstrom Men's Chorus

Miami-Dade College: Music Appreciation

Professional Experience

College Light Opera Company: Music Director, The Music Man (2012); Associate Conductor (2008-2009)

Master Chorale of South Florida: Associate Director (2011-2012)

Miami Symphony Orchestra: Assistant Conductor (2009-2011)

Oratorio Society of Minnesota: Assistant Conductor (2008-2009)

Kathryn Brickell Music: Private Voice Instructor (2005-2007)

Distinctions

Oregon Bach Festival: Conducting Master Class (Helmuth Rilling, instructor) - Bach Mass in B Minor (2010)

University of Miami: Presser Music Award, Pi Kappa Lambda, Graduate Activity Fee Allocation Grants

University of Minnesota: "Thank a Teacher" Award

The George Washington University: Phi Beta Kappa, Barry Manilow Award, Harmon Choral Prize, Todd Andrew Musser Theatre & Dance Award

Publications

“Navigating the Intersection of Church and State: An Update.” Florida Music Director 66, no. 2 (September 2012), 19-22. (co-authored with Kathryn L. Simon)

Recorded Sound Review: “Full of Grace: Songs to the Virgin Mary, Fairhaven Singers.” Choral Journal 53, no. 1 (August 2012), 66-67.

“Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 Program Notes.” Santa Fe Desert Chorale Summer Festival 2010, 45. (co-authored with Joshua Habermann)

“The Conductor’s Perspective: An Interview with Peter Bagley.” Kathy Romey, editor. Choral Journal 49, no. 3 (September 2008), 50-53. (Kathy Romey, editor)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Musical Theatre in the Classical Voice Studio: Finding a Unified Pedagogical Approach Through a Discussion of the Research on and Misconceptions of Belting

Florida Music Educators Association (FMEA) Conference – Tampa, FL (January, 2012)

Navigating the Intersection of Church and State in Public Schools

College Music Society Great Lakes Regional Conference – Appleton, WI (April 2011)

Performance

ACADEMIC ENSEMBLES

University of Miami: Frost Chorale, Chamber Singers

University of Minnesota: Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, Early Music Ensemble

The George Washington University: Chamber Choir, University Singers, Troubadours

INDEPENDENT ENSEMBLES

Syracuse Vocal Ensemble (Syracuse, NY), Hamilton Masterworks Chorale (Clinton, NY), VocalEssence (Minneapolis, MN), MidAmerica Productions (New York, NY), Manhattan Choral Ensemble (New York, NY)

SACRED INSTITUTION ENSEMBLES

St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Coral Gables, FL), Temple Beth Am (Pinecrest, FL), Bet Shira Congregation (Miami, FL), Central Presbyterian Church (St. Paul, MN), Mount Zion Synagogue (St. Paul, MN), B'nai Emet Synagogue (St. Louis Park, MN), Holy Name of Jesus Church (New York, NY), St. Paul's Memorial Church (Staten Island, NY)