New Choral Society To Present An Evening of Chamber Music

The New Choral Society, now in its seventeenth season, will present “An Evening of Chamber Music” under the direction of Dr. John T. King, on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 8 PM. The concert will take place at Hitchcock Presbyterian Church. Tickets are available at $20 for General Admission, $25 for Preferred Seating and $15 for Seniors and Students. Please call (914) 725-1678 or order online at www.newchoralsociety.org

The all-professional orchestra made up of extraordinarily talented players who play regularly with the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, the NY Philharmonic and on Broadway, team up to present a program that will appeal to all! This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the installation of the Walker Tracker Organ at the New Choral Society’s home venue. In celebration of this anniversary year, the orchestra will highlight works that feature the organ prominently.

Highlighted works for organ and orchestra include the hauntingly beautiful "Adagio for Organ and Strings" by Tomaso Albinoni, "Toccata for trumpet and organ" by Padre Giovanni Battista Martini and "Concerto for Organ and Orchestra in C Major" by Josef Haydn, featuring guest organist David Enlow, from the organ faculty at The Juilliard School and accompanist for the New Choral Society. Mr. Enlow will play the Walker Tracker organ to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the organ's installation at the New Choral Society's home venue.

Chamber orchestra works by Bach, Britten, Mozart and Saint-Saëns will be featured on this eclectic, but accessible program. Concertmaster Krystof Witek and principal oboist Gerard Reuter will perform 2 movements from Bach’s “Concerto in c minor for oboe and violin” (BWV 1060). Donna Elaine, flute and David Gould, clarinet, will perform Saint-Saëns’ “Tarantelle, Op 6” for Flute, Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra. The entire orchestra will join forces at the end to perform Benjamin Britten’s delightful suite “Soirees Musicales, Op 9” (A Suite of Five Movements from Rossini).

David Enlow, organist, is widely known as a concert organist of great accomplishment and distinction, both

in his native Canada and his adopted homeland the United States. He is a member of the organ faculty of The Juilliard School in New York and the founding director of Cappella New York, a semi-professional choral society now in its seventh season. He is Organist and Choir Master of the church of the Resurrection in New York City where he directs a professional choir. Mr. Enlow holds both an undergraduate and a Master's degree from The Juilliard School where he studied with John Weaver and Paul Jacobs. He also studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and with John Tuttle in Toronto.

Krystof Witek, concertmaster, has served as concertmaster of the New Choral Society orchestra since 1995. As the winner of the 1992 Artists International Auditions in New York, Mr. Witek appeared in sold-out Recital Debut and Alumni Concert Series at Carnegie's Weill Hall. Born in Poland, he began to study violin at the age of six. In 1987 he came to the U.S. to study at The Juilliard School with Joseph Fuchs, where he received his Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degrees. Mr. Witek has appeared in solo and chamber music concerts in Europe, Canada, Japan and the U.S. and has been a member of the New York Chamber Symphony since 1997. He is a founding member of the Halcyon String Quartet and has performed on Broadway in productions of Sunset Boulevard, Beauty and the Beast, Candide, Swan Lake, Sound of Music, Phantom of the Opera, Music Man and Lion King. Mr. Witek has recorded and performed with many popular artists, including Diana Krall (2001 Carnegie Hall Jazz Festival), Björk, Natalie Merchant, Michael Bolton, Smokey Robinson and Dionne Warwick. Since 1995 he has toured Japan annually as an associate concertmaster and soloist of the New York Symphonic Ensemble and he has served as concertmaster for the Greenwich Symphony since 2003. Since this season he has been performing with the MET Opera orchestra.

Gerard Reuter, a recipient of the prestigious Pro Musicis International Award, has enjoyed a distinguished solo career touring the United States, Europe, India and Africa. Much sought after as a guest at summer music festivals, including Caramoor, Marlboro, La Jolla, Round Top and the Chamber Music Festival of the Library of Congress in the United States, and the Flanders Festival, the Dartington Festival and the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove in Europe, he has also appeared as soloist with orchestras throughout the United States, including the Jupiter Symphony and Philharmonia Virtuosi in New York, the National Chamber Orchestra in Washington, DC, the Soviet Emigre Orchestra and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, of which he was a founding member.Also active as a chamber musician, he is a member of the Dorian Wind Quintet and was a founding member of the ensemble, An die Musik. As a guest, he has performed with many ensembles, including the Colorado String Quartet, Composers String Quartet, DaVinci Quartet, Aspen Wind Quintet, American Chamber Players, New York Philomusica and I Fiamminghi in Belgium. Mr. Reuter has been heard on major radio stations throughout this country and in Europe and has been recorded in concert for worldwide broadcast on The Voice of America. He has recorded for Sony, New World, Telarc, Columbia, BMG-Catalyst, Dorian, Summit and Musical Heritage Society. Mr. Reuter studied at the Juilliard School with Lois Wann and at the Royal College of Music in London. He is on the faculties of New York University and Sarah Lawrence College.

Donna Elaine, flute , serves as principal for the New Choral Society Orchestra and manages a busy teaching schedule throughout the New York area. Ms. Elaine is a gifted recitalist who is committed to uncovering little known treasures in the repertoire, including virtuoso pieces for piccolo. A native Californian, she received Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees in Flute Performance from Chapman College in Orange, California, where she was a student of Louise DiTullio and Arthur Hoberman. She also studied with Jean Pierre Rampal, Maxence Larrieu, Alain Marion and Andras Adorjan. Since relocating to New York Miss Elaine has studied with Julius Baker, Judith Mendenhall and Robert Stallman. Miss Elaine is on the faculty at The Hackley School and at Hoff-Barthelson Music School and plays with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, the Yonkers Philharmonic, the Yonkers Pops Band and the Pelham Memorial Band.

For tickets and more information, visit www.newchoralsociety.org or call the office at (914)725-1678.

Pictured Above: Donna Elaine