SMITH COLLEGE ALUMNAE CHORUS
with
MOŠKI ZBOR SLOVENSKE TURNEJE SCAC
SIMFONIČNI ORKESTER DOMŽALE – KAMNIKŽENSKI ZBOR SMITH COLLEGE
ALUMNAE CHORUS (ZDA)
MOŠKI ZBOR SLOVENSKE TURNEJE SCAC
SIMFONIČNI ORKESTER DOMŽALE – KAMNIK
Dirigent / Conductor: JONATHAN HIRSH
DEBORAH GARRETT, sopran / soprano
ALISON LA POINTE, mezzosopran / mezzosoprano
ALJAŽ ŽGAVC, tenor / tenor
ROK BAVČAR, bariton / baritone
GREGOR KLANČIČ, orgle / organ
Haydn: Nelson Mass
Duruflé: Requiem
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SMITH COLLEGE ALUMNI CHORUS
The mission of the Smith College Alumnae Chorus (SCAC) is to foster
connections between alumnae and friends of the college’s many choral
programs. SCAC provides opportunities to advance music education,
music appreciation, cultural exchange, and charity by performing
concerts domestically and abroad.
The ensemble debuted in 2010 at campus celebrations for the 125th
anniversary of the Glee Club, and in 2011, they toured Sicily,
performing the Mozart Requiem with local musicians. In 2013, the group
performed Beethoven’s Mass in C and Choral Fantasy in Tallinn,
Estonia, and St. Petersburg, Russia. While in Tallinn, they were
awarded the Ambassador's Award for Cultural Diplomacy by the U.S.
Embassy in Estonia. In 2014, SCAC gave a concert in celebration of the
noted choral composer Alice Parker (Smith College class of 1947), in
which Parker conducted the group's performance of her work.
Most recently in 2016, the SCAC traveled to Cuba for its third
international tour with performances of Pergolesi’s “Stabat
Mater” and Vivaldi’s “Gloria” in Havana and Matanzas. Like the
previous tours, this performance was also a collaboration with local
musicians.
Founded in 1871, Smith College is a prestigious women's college
located in Northampton, Massachusetts. Smith has a long history of
musical excellence; in the 1950s, the Smith College Chamber Singers
were the first women's ensemble to travel abroad from the United
States. The Chamber Singers also have the distinction of having been
the first women's choral ensemble to perform at Canterbury Cathedral,
St. Paul's Cathedral, and Chartres Cathedral.
Many members of the SCAC studied music while at SMITH OR TOOK PART IN
ENSEMBLES LIKE THE CHAMBER SINGERS AND THE GLEE CLUB. They come from
throughout the United States and from more than a dozen foreign
countries. The ensemble includes everyone from recent graduates in
their early 20s to older alumae.
JONATHAN HIRSH, CONDUCTOR
A native of Brooklyn, New York, conductor Jonathan Hirsh has garnered
the respect and praise of audiences, colleagues, and critics
throughout the United States and abroad. As senior lecturer and
director of choral and orchestral activities at Smith College, Hirsh
conducts the Orchestra, Glee Club and Chamber Singers. Celebrating the
orchestra’s 100th anniversary, the Smith College Choirs joined and
the University of Michigan Glee Club presented a sold-out performance
of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Carnegie Hall. He has traveled with
the orchestra to Cuba, Sicily and to Trinidad and Tobago for a
collaboration with the National Youth Orchestra.
Hirsh graduated from Amherst COLLEGE IN 1986 AND RECEIVED HIS MM AND
DMA IN CONDUCTING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. He has taught at
the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., Amherst COLLEGE, the
University of Michigan, the University of California at Santa Cruz and
Tufts University. A frequent guest conductor, clinician and
adjudicator, Hirsh's repertoire and activities include choral works,
oratorio, opera and symphonic works. Under Hirsh's baton, the SMITH
ORCHESTRA MADE ITS CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT IN 2005 PERFORMING BEETHOVEN'S
NINTH SYMPHONY WITH THE SMITH CHORAL ENSEMBLES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN MEN'S GLEE CLUB.
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