Maple City Chamber Orchestra

The Maple City Chamber Orchestra and Goshen Community Chorale are collaborating to present “A German Requiem” by Johannes Brahms on Saturday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Goshen College’s Sauder Concert Hall. The program will feature bass vocalist Doyle Preheim and soprano vocalist Amy Cofield Williamson. Admission is free and open to the public.

Dr. Doyle Preheim is Professor Emeritus of Music at Goshen College (Goshen, Ind.), where he taught music for 30 years and served as Chair of the music department for 15 years. Dr. Preheim has performed widely as a bass soloist in oratorio roles, including Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, and Bach’s B-Minor Mass. Together with his wife, pianist Mary Jo Preheim, he has presented solo recitals in various venues in the Midwest and Canada. Dr. Preheim founded the Goshen Community Chorale and conducted the group for 14 years.

A native of South Bend, Ind., international soprano vocalist Amy Cofield Wiliamson has been praised by the New York Times for her “lovely, rich tone.” Highly regarded for her “technical facility,” her “beauty of interpretation” and “arresting presence,” she has had operatic roles with the Opera Roanoke, Annapolis Chamber Orchestra and Chorale, Houston Grand Opera, Wildwood Opera, Lyric Opera San of San Antonio, Teatro Lirico D’Europa, American Opera Theater in Taiwan and New York, Opera Lenawee, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and the Greenville Symphony Orchestra. Recent performances have been with the Norfolk Chamber Concert and the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society, as well as recitals in Italy, Montenegro, Slovenia and across the U.S.

The Goshen Community Chorale, under the direction of Lee Dengler, is dedicated to offering quality musical programs to the community and providing opportunities for interested individuals to sing outstanding choral literature. The 2012-2013 concert season is the Chorale’s 30^th anniversary.

Conducted by Brian Mast, the Maple City Chamber Orchestra is comprised of 45 volunteer musicians who strive to bring musical variety and excellence to the Goshen community and beyond. The orchestra performs their concerts free of charge and relies on generous donations from individuals and corporate sponsors for financial support.

GOSHEN, Ind. – The Maple City Chamber Orchestra presents “Lamentation & Exultation” on Saturday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Goshen College’s Sauder Concert Hall. The program, which features soprano vocalist Danielle Svonavec, will include Henry Purcell’s Dido’s Lament (from Dido and Aeneas), George Frideric Handel’s Piangerò la sorte mia and Da tempeste illegno infranto (from Guilio Cesare), Wolfgang AmadeusMozart’s Exsultate, jubilate, and George Phillip Telemann’s Overture in D major (from Tafelmusik). Admission is free and open to the public.

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Danielle Svonavechas appeared with the Baltimore Consort and Santa Fe ProMusica in performances across the United States, as well as with the South Bend Chamber Orchestra and the South Bend baroque ensemble Fleur de Lys. A private voice instructor, Svanovec has also been on the faculty for Notre Dame’s Summersong and the Madison Early Music Festival. She is a member of the St. Joseph Valley Camerata, and has also served as a cantor and soloist in church congregations, including the televised Mass at Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

The Maple City Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Brian Mast, is comprised of 45 volunteer musicians who strive to bring musical variety and excellence to the Goshen community and beyond. The orchestra performs their concerts free of charge and relies on generous donations from individuals and corporate sponsors for financial support.