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The '''Collegiate Chorale''' is a symphonic [[choir]] based in [[New York City]], USA. It was founded in 1941 by [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]], who was later to found the professional [[Robert Shaw Chorale]]. The Collegiate Chorale continues to give several performances annually in [[Carnegie Hall]] and other major venues. In July 2007 the Collegiate Chorale was invited to perform [[Brahms]]' ''[[Ein Deutsches Requiem]]'' at [[Switzerland]]'s [[Verbier Festival]]. [[Robert Bass (conductor)|Robert Bass]] was its music director from 1979 until his death in August, 2008.<ref>Vivien Schweitzer, New York Times, August 28, 2008</ref> [[James Bagwell]] was appointed music director in September 2009.
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'''MasterVoices''' (formerly the '''Collegiate Chorale''') is a symphonic [[choir]] based in New York City, USA. It was founded in 1941 by [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]], who was later to found the professional [[Robert Shaw Chorale]]. MasterVoices continues to give several performances annually in [[Carnegie Hall]], [[New York City Center]], [[Lincoln Center]] and other venues. The group performed at the opening of the [[United Nations]] and has sung and recorded with such conductors as [[Serge Koussevitzky]], [[Arturo Toscanini]] and [[Leonard Bernstein]].<ref name=BWWIolanth/> The organization's artistic director is [[Ted Sperling]].


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The group was originally named for its first home, [[Manhattan]]'s [[Marble Collegiate Church]], and was notable for Robert Shaw's insistence, from its inception, that the group be racially integrated. The choir and the church soon parted ways due to the church's concerns about the choir's ethnic and religious makeup.<ref>Robert Shaw, unpublished video interview, March 22, 1991.</ref> The chorale was led by Abraham Kaplan in the 1960s, and by conductor [[Richard Westenburg]] from 1973 to 1979, and by music director and conductor [[Robert Bass (conductor)|Robert Bass]] from 1979 until his death in 2008.<ref name=VS>Vivien Schweitzer, ''The New York Times'', August 28, 2008.</ref> Among the chorale's achievements during the Bass years were such performances at [[Carnegie Hall]] as the New York premiere of [[Richard Strauss]]'s ''[[Friedenstag]]'' with the [[Orchestra of St. Luke's]] in 1997, the United States premiere of [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]]'s ''[[Dimitrij (opera)|Dimitrij]]'', the American premiere of [[Handel]]'s ''[[Giove in Argo]]'', [[Ottorino Respighi|Respighi]]'s ''[[La fiamma]]'' and Puccini's ''[[Turandot]]'' with the new ending by [[Luciano Berio]]. Bass and the chorale also recorded and performed two of Beethoven's cantatas, ''[[Der Glorreiche Augenblick]]'' and ''[[Auf die Erhebung Leopold des Zwieten zur Kaiserwürde]]'' with sopranos [[Deborah Voigt]] and [[Elizabeth Futral]]. Notable singers who performed with the choir during these years, included [[Kathleen Battle]], [[Stephanie Blythe]], [[Vinson Cole]], [[David Daniels (countertenor)|David Daniels]], [[Lauren Flanigan]], [[Maria Guleghina]], [[Hei-Kyung Hong]], [[Salvatore Licitra]], [[Alessandra Marc]] and [[Bryn Terfel]].<ref name="opera">{{cite news | url=http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/issue/article.aspx?id=5034&issueID=327&archive=true|title=Obituaries: Baritone Peter Glossop dies at eighty; director Nathaniel Merrill; conductor Robert Bass; tenor Mark Lundberg; Met stalwart Nina Lawson.| work=[[Opera News]]| date= November 2008 |volume=73 |issue=5| accessdate= May 22, 2009}}</ref>
The Chorale was named for its first home, [[Manhattan]]'s [[Marble Collegiate Church]], and was notable for Robert Shaw's insistence, from its inception, that the group be racially integrated--a radical stance in 1941.{{fact|date=January 2008}} The choir was led by conductor [[Richard Westenburg]] from 1973-1979.


Roger Rees was the chorale's artistic associate from 2003 to 2015,<ref name=BWWIolanth>Rabinowitz, Chloe. [https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Christine-Ebersole-Santino-Fontana-Jason-Danieley-More-to-Star-in-IOLANTHE-Concert-at-Carnegie-Hall-20230316 "Christine Ebersole, Santino Fontana, Jason Danieley & More to Star in ''Iolanthe'' Concert at Carnegie Hall", BroadwayWorld.com, March 16, 2023</ref> and [[James Bagwell]] was music director from 2009 to 2015.<ref name=NameChange>Cooper, Michael. [https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/collegiate-chorale-under-a-new-name-teaming-up-with-city-center "Collegiate Chorale, Under a New Name, Is Teaming Up With City Center"], ''The New York Times'', August 3, 2015.</ref> In July 2007 the choir was invited to perform [[Brahms]]' ''[[Ein Deutsches Requiem]]'' at [[Switzerland]]'s [[Verbier Festival]]. <ref name=VS/><ref name=NameChange>Cooper, Michael. [https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/collegiate-chorale-under-a-new-name-teaming-up-with-city-center "Collegiate Chorale, Under a New Name, Is Teaming Up With City Center"], ''The New York Times'', August 3, 2015.</ref>
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The choir was led by music director and conductor [[Robert Bass (conductor)|Robert Bass]] between 1979 and 2008. Among the many accomplishments achieved by the choir during his tenure were several noteworthy performances at [[Carnegie Hall]], including the New York premiere of [[Richard Strauss]]'s ''[[Friedenstag]]'' with the [[Orchestra of St. Luke's]] in 1997, the United States premiere of [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]]'s ''[[Dimitrij]]'', and the American premiere of [[Handel]]'s ''[[Giove in Argo]]''. Other notable works he presented to New York audiences with the Collegiate Chorale included [[Ottorino Respighi|Respighi]]'s ''[[La Fiamma]]'' and Puccini's ''[[Turandot]]'' with the new ending by [[Luciano Berio]]. He also recorded and performed two Beethoven's cantatas, ''[[Der Glorreiche Augenblick]]'' and ''[[Auf die Erhebung Leopold des Zwieten zur Kaiserwürde]]'' with sopranos [[Deborah Voigt]] and [[Elizabeth Futral]]. Many other notable singers performed with the choir during the Bass years, including [[Vinson Cole]], [[David Daniels (countertenor)|David Daniels]], [[Lauren Flanigan]], [[Maria Guleghina]], [[Hei-Kyung Hong]], [[Salvatore Licitra]], and [[Alessandra Marc]].<ref name="opera">{{cite news | url=http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/issue/article.aspx?id=5034&issueID=327&archive=true|title=Obituaries: Baritone Peter Glossop dies at eighty; director Nathaniel Merrill; conductor Robert Bass; tenor Mark Lundberg; Met stalwart Nina Lawson.| work=[[Opera News]]| author= | date= November 2008, vol 73, no. 5| accessdate= May 22, 2009}}</ref>

The group changed its name to MasterVoices on August 3, 2015,<ref name=NameChange/> the same year that [[Ted Sperling]] became its artistic director.<ref name=VS/> He has directed their staged concerts of musicals and operettas such as ''[[Song of Norway]]'', ''[[Knickerbocker Holiday]]'', ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'', ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', ''[[Anyone Can Whistle]]'', ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[Iolanthe]]'', and operas such as ''[[The Grapes of Wrath (opera)|The Grapes of Wrath]]''<ref name=BWWIolanth/> and ''[[Carmen]]''.<ref>Ruel, Chris. [https://operawire.com/mastervoices-2022-review-carmen "MasterVoices 2022 Review: ''Carmen''"], ''OperaWire'', November 2, 2022</ref> In 2021 MasterVoices received nominations for a [[Drama League Award]] and a New York [[Emmy Award]] for its digital concert production, ''Myths and Hymns''.<ref name=BWWIolanth/>

==Partial discography==
* [[A Salute to American Music|''A Salute to American Music'' (Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala XVI, 1991)]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.collegiatechorale.org/ The Collegiate Chorale]
* [http://www.mastervoices.org Official website]

==Notes==

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MasterVoices
Choir
OriginNew York City
Founded1941
Websitewww.mastervoices.org

MasterVoices (formerly the Collegiate Chorale) is a symphonic choir based in New York City, USA. It was founded in 1941 by Robert Shaw, who was later to found the professional Robert Shaw Chorale. MasterVoices continues to give several performances annually in Carnegie Hall, New York City Center, Lincoln Center and other venues. The group performed at the opening of the United Nations and has sung and recorded with such conductors as Serge Koussevitzky, Arturo Toscanini and Leonard Bernstein.[1] The organization's artistic director is Ted Sperling.

The group was originally named for its first home, Manhattan's Marble Collegiate Church, and was notable for Robert Shaw's insistence, from its inception, that the group be racially integrated. The choir and the church soon parted ways due to the church's concerns about the choir's ethnic and religious makeup.[2] The chorale was led by Abraham Kaplan in the 1960s, and by conductor Richard Westenburg from 1973 to 1979, and by music director and conductor Robert Bass from 1979 until his death in 2008.[3] Among the chorale's achievements during the Bass years were such performances at Carnegie Hall as the New York premiere of Richard Strauss's Friedenstag with the Orchestra of St. Luke's in 1997, the United States premiere of Dvořák's Dimitrij, the American premiere of Handel's Giove in Argo, Respighi's La fiamma and Puccini's Turandot with the new ending by Luciano Berio. Bass and the chorale also recorded and performed two of Beethoven's cantatas, Der Glorreiche Augenblick and Auf die Erhebung Leopold des Zwieten zur Kaiserwürde with sopranos Deborah Voigt and Elizabeth Futral. Notable singers who performed with the choir during these years, included Kathleen Battle, Stephanie Blythe, Vinson Cole, David Daniels, Lauren Flanigan, Maria Guleghina, Hei-Kyung Hong, Salvatore Licitra, Alessandra Marc and Bryn Terfel.[4]

Roger Rees was the chorale's artistic associate from 2003 to 2015,[1] and James Bagwell was music director from 2009 to 2015.[5] In July 2007 the choir was invited to perform Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem at Switzerland's Verbier Festival. [3][5]

The group changed its name to MasterVoices on August 3, 2015,[5] the same year that Ted Sperling became its artistic director.[3] He has directed their staged concerts of musicals and operettas such as Song of Norway, Knickerbocker Holiday, The Pirates of Penzance, My Fair Lady, Anyone Can Whistle, The Mikado and Iolanthe, and operas such as The Grapes of Wrath[1] and Carmen.[6] In 2021 MasterVoices received nominations for a Drama League Award and a New York Emmy Award for its digital concert production, Myths and Hymns.[1]

Partial discography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Rabinowitz, Chloe. [https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Christine-Ebersole-Santino-Fontana-Jason-Danieley-More-to-Star-in-IOLANTHE-Concert-at-Carnegie-Hall-20230316 "Christine Ebersole, Santino Fontana, Jason Danieley & More to Star in Iolanthe Concert at Carnegie Hall", BroadwayWorld.com, March 16, 2023
  2. ^ Robert Shaw, unpublished video interview, March 22, 1991.
  3. ^ a b c Vivien Schweitzer, The New York Times, August 28, 2008.
  4. ^ "Obituaries: Baritone Peter Glossop dies at eighty; director Nathaniel Merrill; conductor Robert Bass; tenor Mark Lundberg; Met stalwart Nina Lawson". Opera News. Vol. 73, no. 5. November 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
  5. ^ a b c Cooper, Michael. "Collegiate Chorale, Under a New Name, Is Teaming Up With City Center", The New York Times, August 3, 2015.
  6. ^ Ruel, Chris. "MasterVoices 2022 Review: Carmen", OperaWire, November 2, 2022

External links[edit]

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