Hosts Pennsylvania Music Educators Association
Region I Chorus Festival
March 21, 2025 • 7:00 PM
Roberts Chapel
Mr. Daniel Singer, Conductor Dr. Sora Lee, Pianist
President Douglas Lee
Welcome Students, Directors, Families, and Friends of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Region I Chorus Festival to Waynesburg University. Your dedication to excellence and devotion to learning represents the best that our state has to offer. We are honored to host this year’s festival and to bring Daniel Singer, the Robert Page Musical Director of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh to Waynesburg to lead tonight’s performance.
For the past three days the singers have worked together to prepare the music you will hear tonight in Roberts Chapel and live streamed to Alumni Hall. They have grown as artists and come together to form a special community unique to this moment. We celebrate their talent and success.
Thank you to all of you attending tonight’s performance. Congratulations to all the singers. We at Waynesburg University wish you all a bright future. God Bless.
Hosts
Pennsylvania Music Educators Association
Region I Chorus Festival
Roberts Chapel
March 21, 2025 • 7:00 PM
Mr. Daniel Singer, Conductor Dr. Sora Lee, Pianist
At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners
Performed without pause
God’s World (from Terra Nostra)
Misericordias Domini, K. 222
Tuttaranna
Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich
Williametta Spencer
Stacy Garrop
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed without pause
I Will Be a Child of Peace
Flood the Gold Earth
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Reena Esmail
Felix Mendelssohn
Elaine Hagenberg
David von Kampen
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
Daniel Singer is an accomplished conductor, vocalist, and music educator who harnesses his lifelong love of music to inspire choruses to achieve new heights of excellence in choral performance.
In 2023, Daniel was appointed Robert Page Music Director of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh (MCP), the “chorus of choice” of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO). In this role, Daniel prepares a chorus of more than 100 singers to perform alongside the PSO under the direction of conductor Manfred Honeck for tens of thousands of people each year. He also leads the chorus in performing self-produced concerts that push artistic boundaries and reimagine choral music for the 21st century. Daniel has been a member of The Cleveland Orchestra conducting staff since 2012, where he serves as Assistant Director of Choruses and Director of the Youth Chorus. He has prepared choruses to perform under the batons of acclaimed conductors Franz WelserMöst, Jakub Hrůša, Vinay Parameswaran, and Brett Mitchell, and he has assisted Director of Choruses Lisa Wong in preparing choruses for John Adams, Alan Gilbert, Jane Glover, and Matthias Pinscher. Daniel served for two years as Chorus Director for the Contemporary Youth Orchestra (Cleveland), where he readied singers for performances alongside rock icons Melissa Etheridge and Tommy Shaw.
Daniel served on the music faculty at The College of Wooster where he taught courses in conducting, music education, and theory. Daniel previously served for 11 years as Director of Music at University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio, where he taught chorus and orchestra. He is also active as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician, and has led honor choirs and school ensembles in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and North Carolina.
Daniel has sung with orchestras as a baritone soloist in performances of Handel’s Messiah, the Requiem masses of Mozart, Fauré, and Duruflé, and Vaughan Williams’ Hodie. Recent seasons included concert performances with the Wooster Symphony Orchestra, recital performances in Toronto and Wisconsin, and performances of the National Anthem in Louisville and Akron. Daniel also sang as a professional chorister with Apollo’s Fire (Cleveland), Quire Cleveland, and The Lakeside Singers (Chicago) and has sung with both The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and the Chicago Symphony Chorus.
Daniel has contributed to a variety of musical theater productions as music director, conductor, orchestrator, and rehearsal pianist. His professional theater credits include work with Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (Chicago), Big Noise Theatre Company (Chicago), and Northwestern University. In 2022, Daniel conducted the regional premiere of Cathy Lesser Mansfield’s opera The Sparks Fly Upward at the Maltz Center for the Performing Arts (Cleveland).
During the 2020-21 season, Daniel served as assistant director and score reader for The Cleveland Orchestra’s In Focus streaming series, and he has since been involved in video capture for the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and the Handel and Haydn Society. Daniel is also an arranger and composer, having written for choral and instrumental groups throughout the United States. In addition, Daniel is co-owner (along with violinist Andrew Sords), editor, and engraver for Green Point Editions, a music publication company that brings to light deserving works on the repertory’s periphery.
Daniel holds a Bachelor of Music degree summa cum laude in music education from Northwestern University and a Master of Music degree in conducting from Michigan State University.
Dr. Sora Lee is the head of the piano program at Waynesburg University. As an active collaborative pianist working with many singers and instrumentalists, she was selected as an accompanist for the WVU Bavarian Summer Voice and Piano Collaborative Workshop and performed in the Rubinsteinsaal at the Steinway-Haus in Munich. She has also been awarded a grant from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.
Dr. Lee can be heard on the new international recording, “Return to Old Ireland: Music of Mary McAuliffe from Delos.” She also co-produced the documentary “Munz: A Pianist’s Story,” which was released in 2021 and premiered on West Virginia Public Broadcasting in July 2022. The documentary was produced based on her awarded dissertation “The life and legacy of Mieczuslaw Munz.”
She was the recipient of The Valerie Canady Charitable Foundation Scholarships, the Toni and Red Cowsert Music Scholarship and the Kathy Sprouse Music Scholarships. She also was the recipient of the WVU Foundation Distinguished Doctoral Award in 2016.
She earned her B.A. University of California, Irvine; and her M.M., D.M. from West Virginia University.
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Ava Chismar Peters Township
Amelia Collins Mars
Bailey Cunningham South Fayette
Brooke Deegan Pine-Richland
Raegan Dosch Pine-Richland
Ivy Flesik Connellsville
Jordan Fowler Shaler Area
Allison Geary Neshannock
Anna Marie Howrylak Connellsville
Selah Jackley North Allegheny Int.
Audrey Jeswilkowski Peters Township
Shayla Kemp Seneca Valley SH
Milla Landram Elizabeth Forward
Lael Latshaw Greenville
Isabella Lin NASH
Madison Morris Hickory
Josie Nesbit The Ellis School
Evangeline Sereno Fox Chapel
Kara Shidemantle Slippery Rock
Sydney Thomas Elizabeth Forward
Madeleine Tomo Seneca Valley SH
ALTO 1
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Nasierra Atwood Hickory
Aydan Danylo Seneca Valley SH
Claire Dosch Pine-Richland
Elena Ellinger Gateway
Cara Geary Neshannock
Charlotte Graham NAI
Addison Grassa Seneca Valley SH
Grace Jamieson Greater Latrobe
Nina Lane Bethel Park
Carlee Lash West Allegheny
Deora Matvey Plum
Marin McLaughlin Sharon
Mackenzie Mercuri Pine Richland
Karen Murphy New Castle
Sophia Priore Pine-Richland
Alayna Renton Mars
Claire Robl Franklin Regional
Elizabeth Rosales NAI
Abigail Tepshich Shaler Area
Bryn Urban Penn-Trafford
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Arden Anderson Grove City
Catherine Balfe Mt. Lebanon
Lauren Erson Wilmington
Josie Farster Deer Lakes
Lena Grossman Neshannock
Madelynn Karns Seneca Valley Senior
Lucy Kenney North Allegheny Int.
Sophia Kochis Connellsville
Carlee Miller New Castle
Alaina OKunewick Fox Chapel
Riya Pasrija N. Allegheny Int.
Kassia Polomoscanik Laurel
Casey Richey North Allegheny SH
Penelope Rodgers Mt. Lebanon
Audrey Schotting West Allegheny
Grace Snyder Moon Area
Amelia Sobota Derry Area
Lucille Spang Thomas Jefferson
Madelyn Tresky Seneca Valley Senior
Louisa Webster Quaker Valley
Mya Wilson Fox Chapel
ALTO 2
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Ayla Alexander Seneca Valley SH
Grace Baer Chartiers Houston
Naomi Casey Plum
Gabbi Catalfano Butler
Zoe Coffman Laurel Highlands
Katie Deacon Blackhawk
Amara DiCerbo Butler
Nadia Dojcak Keystone Oaks
Emma Kentros Chartiers Houston
Molly McGrath Plum
Sonya Metcalf Derry Area
Joelle Muretisch Quaker Valley
Erin Raymond Shaler Area
Katelyn Rickard Pine-Richland
Charliese Roudybush Karns City
Makayla Sanko LPPACS
Avi Sasso Pine-Richland
Elise Schaeffer Deer Lakes
Jenna White Shenango
Joi Wichryk West Allegheny
Cai Yankel Burrell
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Ryan Anderson North Allegheny Int.
Ava Angel Deer Lakes
Lee Basehore Chartiers-Valley
Czcarra Burrell Laurel Highlands
Sam Coffman N. Allegheny Senior
Andrew DeMatteis Moniteau
Phoenix Funk McKeesport
Manuel Garcia Beaver
Colt Garrett West Middlesex
Jack Hynes Sharon
Cooper Kuchma McKeesport
Emma Leghorn Quaker Valley
Jacob Maietta Seneca Valley Senior
Grace McMichael Mars
Mason Miller South Fayette
Oliver Moore Elizabeth Forward
Diana Novak Gateway
Chanel Paige Chartiers-Valley
Mara Szurek Butler
Jack Turner Moon Area
Buggie Zinn Elizabeth Forward
BASS 1
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Cameron Behary Norwin
Logan Cielieska Plum
Damian Collier Plum
Jack Dixon Greater Latrobe
Benjamin Fearer Greater Latrobe
Samuel Haas Beaver Falls
Isaac Hixon Seneca Valley Senior
Glenn Jensen Mars
Ethan Kovall Central Valley
Noah Lloyd Bethel Park
Zach Marra Butler
Samuel Martin Mt. Lebanon
Carson McKinney West Allegheny
Caleb Meade Elizabeth Forward
John Moses Riverview
Joshua Oklejewski Pine-Richland
Ryan Priano Baldwin
Arjun Puri North Allegheny Int.
Aidan Schreck Shenango
John Stanek Sharon
Milo Taylor-Martin Quaker Valley
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Anthony Bender Neshannock
Ethan Bice North Allegheny Int.
Jack Campbell West Allegheny
Nicholas Geib South Fayette
Andrew Hughes Bethel Park
Aidan Krepin Mars
Marshall Lauffer Plum
Jake Lytle South Side
Connor McGrew McKeesport
Jacob Miller Trinity Christian School
Jack Moffatt Belle Vernon
Isaac Palladini Quaker Valley
Sam Peffer N. Allegheny Int.
Aaron Reed Thomas Jefferson
Jacob Scanlon Knoch
Elias Shay Mohawk
Lucas Sotereanos McKeesport
Logan Tyson Hickory
Mason Varner Butler
Cara Vereb Thomas Jefferson
Gavin Windows Deer Lakes
BASS 2
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Morgan Adams Deer Lakes
Jayden Aryee Shaler Area
Jon Barkley Slippery Rock
Nick Collins Knoch
Noah DeLuce Plum
Karcher Dosch Pine-Richland
Benjamin Holsopple Sewickley Academy
Christopher Inkenhaus South Fayette
Samuel Jenkins Chartiers Houston
David Kerin Derry Area
Evan Kreg West Allegheny
Logan Mellor Slippery Rock
Rafe O’Donnell Moniteau
Callen O’Malley Baldwin
Michael Pfeffercorn McKeesport
Brenton Rahman Canon-McMillan
John Rieger Seneca Valley Senior
John Rumelfanger Hickory
Antoine Smith McKeesport
Clay Torr Sharon
Andrew Zambito Trinity Christian School
