Title: Marietta College Celebrates its 83rd Year of Performing Handel’s Messiah
When: December 6, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Where: St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 506 4th St. Marietta, OH 45750-1901

Since 1926, the same year that saw the start of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, members of the community have joined with Marietta College faculty, staff and students to present Handel’s Messiah . As we now enter the 83rd year
of this Mid-Ohio Valley tradition the music department is preparing to present our 156th performance on December 6, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 506 4th St. Marietta, OH. The concert is free and open to the public. A free will offering will be taken.

This annual event organized and sponsored by Marietta College’s Department of Music involves professional orchestra, four professional soloists and one student soloist under the direction of Dr. Daniel Monek, Associate Professor of Music at Marietta College.

CONDUCTOR
Dr. Daniel G. Monek is an Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Edward E. MacTaggart Music department at Marietta College where he directs the Concert Choir, Women’s Choir, Oratorio Chorus, Chamber Singers and Men’s Ensemble. He has received his Ph.D. in Music from Edinburgh University (Scotland) and holds degrees in Music Education and Vocal Performance from the Universities of South Florida and Florida. Dr. Monek has taught music in Florida’s public schools and was the founding Artistic and Musical Director of the New Edinburgh Orchestra in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has served as the music director of several churches, as Secretary/Treasurer for the Florida Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, as Chairman of Scotland for the Association of the British Choral Directors and a term on the board of the Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association as the editor-in-Chief of Resound, the division’s newsletter. He currently serves as the Conference Chairman for the Ohio Choral Directors Association, as President-Elect for the Ohio Association of Music Schools.
SOLOISTS
Douglas Anderson
Douglas Anderson, bass-baritone, serves Marietta College as Director of the Library. He has studied voice with Thomas Bolton and Marion Alch, music theory with Gregory Proctor, Douglass Green, and Stephan Kostka, and musicology with Charles Atkinson. He holds the Ph.D. in Music Theory from the Ohio State University, master's degrees in library science and music theory from Kent State University and the University of Texas, respectively, and a bachelor's degree in vocal music performance from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas.

Active as a professional choral singer, Dr. Anderson has performed with the Robert Shaw Festival Singers, the Carnegie Hall (N.Y.) Choral Workshop, and the Heritage Chamber Singers of Greenville, South Carolina, as well as Cantari Singers and Opera Columbus, both in Columbus, Ohio. His solo engagements have included the Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Community Singers, the Augusta (Ga.) Choral Society and the Greenville (S.C.) Chorale. He has sung professionally in various choruses under such noted conductors as Robert Shaw, Charles Dutoit, Neville Marriner, Norman Luboff, James Conlon, Alice Parker, and Robert Page. A specialist in Schenkerian analytic theory, Dr. Anderson has also taught music theory, analysis, and counterpoint at Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., Furman University in Greenville, S.C., and Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio.

Ray Bauwens, tenor, is well known to audiences in the New England area. His musicianship, acting and vocal skills have drawn praise from audiences and critics alike. Some of Mr. Bauwens’ recent performances have included such roles as Jean in Massenet’s Le Jongleur de Notre Dame, Cavaradssi in Tosca, Ezno in La Gioconda, and Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusicana. He is equally at home in oratorio and concert works as his performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Verdi’s Requiem and Benjamin Briten’s War Requiem among others. Mr. Bauwens also traveled to Kiev in order to record Samuel Barber’s Vanessa, which has been released by Naxos Records.

Emily Langford Johnson, mezzo-soprano, earned her BM from The Manhattan School of Music and MFA from The Actors Studio Drama School. She was a winner in the 2003 Liederkranz Foundation competition, the 2004 Joyce Dutka Foundation Competition, the 4th place prizewinner in the 2005 Palm Beach Opera Competition, a regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, and 1st place winner in the 2006 Center for Contemporary Opera’s International Competition.

Jean Couchie Burnquist, soprano, received her BA in Music from Mount Union College and holds an MM degree in sacred music performance and vocal pedagogy from The Ohio State University. Burnquist is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs.

The Edward E. MacTaggart Department of Music at Marietta College offers exceptional training in a supportive environment for undergraduate students pursuing either a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education or a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance. A Music Minor and a Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy are also available. Each year the Music Department awards numerous scholarships to deserving students who plan to participate in instrumental, vocal, and piano solo or ensemble performance. They are awarded to music majors and non-majors alike, and may be combined with academic scholarships. Celebrating its 175th anniversary during the 2009-10 academic year, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college located in Marietta, Ohio at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy begun in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today, Marietta College serves a body of 1,400 full-time students. The College offers 42 majors and has been listed among Baron's Best Buys in College Education and Peterson's Competitive Colleges, and has been recognized as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com.

Celebrating its 175th anniversary during the 2009-10 academic year, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college located in Marietta, Ohio at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy begun in 1797, the College was officially chartered in
1835. Today, Marietta College serves a body of 1,400 full-time students. The College offers 42 majors and has been listed among Baron's Best Buys in College Education and Peterson's Competitive Colleges, and has been recognized as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com.

For further information, please contact the department of music at (740) 376-4696.