Malibu, California May 12–15, 2010 - Pepperdine University

mAttHEW OLTmAN, Music director,
joined Chanticleer in 1999 singing tenor
with the ensemble. In 2004 he was appointed
Assistant Music director under Joseph
Jennings and in 2009 took over artistic leadership
of the company following Mr. Jenning’s
retirement. during his decade with the
ensemble, Mr. oltman appeared on twelve
critically acclaimed recordings, toured extensively
throughout north America, europe
and Asia, and led numerous workshops and
masterclasses with choristers world-wide. He
is the editor of the Chanticleer choral series,
published by Hinshaw Music and was deeply
involved in the publication of Chanticleer’s
Silver Jubilee Anthology of Music and A
Chanticleer Christmas Anthology. Before
joining Chanticleer, Mr. oltman sang with
the Santa fe desert Chorale for four seasons
and was on the faculty of Simpson College
where he taught harmony, french diction,
choral techniques and voice. More recently,
he served as guest conductor and clinician for
ensembles such as the uC Berkeley Chamber
Chorus, the utah Symphony Chorus, the
pacific youth Choir (portland, or), the Iowa
youth Chorus, Coro (Houston, tX), and the
Sonoma County Choral Society’s Midsummer
night Sings.
mARTI O’REAR has been children’s minister
of Greenville oaks Church of Christ in Allen,
texas, since 2006. She was formerly children’s
minister of Highland Church of Christ in
Abilene, texas, for 15 years. Marti earned a
degree in music education from pepperdine
university and is a trained vocalist who stays
involved in local choral groups. She is presently
singing with the plano Civic Chorus and
has a great love for helping children to worship
in song.
mARy K. OyER, professor emerita of
Goshen College, is recognized internationally
as a scholar, educator, hymnologist, and
church musician. A guiding force for two
Mennonite hymnals, she is a frequent clinician
and song leader for hymn festivals across the
u.S. and Canada. Through her knowledge of
and passion for African hymns, she has influenced
north American churches to introduce
these hymns to their congregations. She has
also introduced cultural and artistic values
from Kenya and taiwan into her classrooms
at four different academic institutions. A videodisc
honoring the work of professor oyer,
Nurturing Spirit Through Song: The life of Mary
K.Oyer, was released in 2006.
presenters • Speakers •Conductors
RObERT PAgE, the first paul Mellon
professor of Music at Carnegie Mellon
university, has been declared a “national
treasure” by the American Record Guide. He is
one of the most distinguished choral conductors
in the u.S., serving as director of special
projects and choral activities for the pittsburgh
Symphony and as music director and conductor
of the Mendelssohn Choir of pittsburgh,
which came to international prominence under
his guidance. His work is available on more
than 40 discs, several of which are Grammy
Award winners. Active in the national choral
scene, he is a founding member of Chorus
America and a catalyst in the commissioning
of major works of the 20th century including
The lovers by Samuel Barber and An American
Oratorio by ned rorem.
ALICE PARKER says that she sang before
she spoke. Composer, conductor, and
teacher, parker has devoted her life to choral
and vocal music. She graduated from Smith
College with a major in music performance
and composition, then received her master’s
degree from the Juilliard School where she
studied choral conducting with robert Shaw.
She is known for her arrangements with Shaw
of folk songs, hymns, and spirituals, sung by
choruses around the world. She is the author
of Melodious Accord: Good Singing in Church
(1991) and The Anatomy of Melody (2007).
She has made 13 acclaimed recordings, most
with the Musicians of Melodious Accord, a
16-voice professional chorus. recent releases
include My love and I; listen, lord; O Sing
the Glories; The Family Reunion; Angels and
Challengers, and the remastered for Cd, Songs
for eve.
JOHN H. PARKER is a professor of english
at lipscomb university. He earned his B.A.
at lipscomb, his M.A.r. at the Harding
university Graduate School of religion, and
his M.A. and ph.d. in english at the university
of tennessee. He is author with paul Seawright
of Abide with Me: A photographic Journey
Through Great British Hymns (2009). Web sites
include:
www.abidewithmehymns.com
www.interimcofc.com
www.shakespeareauthority.com
AURELIO PORfIRI is associate professor
of music for the university of Saint Joseph,
Macau, China; and is guest professor for the
Music education department of the Shanghai
Conservatory of Music . He has a terminal degree
in choral music from the Conservatorio
of San pietro a Maiella in naples, Italy. A composer
of considerable renown, his works have
been commissioned for and sung on Vatican
radio. He writes in a wide range of forms, including
oratorios, masses, motets, and hymns
in Italian, latin, and english. In addition to
his musical compositions and Cds, he is the
author more than 150 articles and two books.
HENRy PRICE is the Blanche e. Seaver
professor of Music at pepperdine university.
He also serves as director of the pepperdine’s
flora l. Thornton opera program and the
Heidelberg Summer Music program. during
his 20 years as a leading operatic tenor, he
performed with many of the world’s leading
opera companies and symphony orchestras.
He frequently serves a master class clinician
and adjudicator with such organizations as
the Metropolitan opera Guild, the national
Association of teachers of Singing, and the
national opera association. He holds a B.A.
from the university of north texas, a d.M.A.
from Claremont Graduate university, with
additional postgraduate work at the Juilliard
American opera Center.
mILTON PULLEN has been professor of
music and director of choirs at pepperdine
university in Malibu, California, since 1995.
Born and reared in texas, he has a B.M.ed.
in voice from texas A&M university, and an
M.M. in conducting from the university of
Houston. Before coming to pepperdine, he directed
award-winning high school programs in
texas for 24 years. for six years he was a member
of the music faculty at Abilene Christian
university serving as an associate professor
of music and director of choral activities.
His choral groups have performed for three
texas Music educators Conventions and the
1995 national Convention of the American
Choral directors. under his direction the
pepperdine university Concert Choir sang for
the California Music educators Association
Clinic/Convention in the Spring of 2005. In
the fall of 2005 pullen received the pepperdine
university Howard A. White excellence in
teaching Award.