ISAIAH BELL WITH BETHLEHEM BACH CHOIR

Tenor Isaiah Bell joins the Bethlehem Bach Choir for their 114th Bach Festival, for both weekends of their programming. Isaiah performs as the tenor soloist for Bach's St. Matthew Passion (May 13 and 20) and Mass in B Minor (May 14 and 21).

The performances are led by Greg Funfgeld, conductor and artistic director of the festival.

May 13 @ 4:00 and May 20 @ 4:00 - Saint Matthew Passion
May 14 @ 2:30 and May 21 @ 2:30 - Mass in B minor
Packer Memorial Church in Bethlehem, PA

DEAN ARTISTS ON SOUNDSTREAMS EUROPEAN TOUR

Soprano Carla Huhtanen, tenor James McLennan, and conductor David Fallis joins Soundstreams in a European tour.

Carla and David take on the program Love Songs, featuring the music of Claude Vivier in both Germany and the U.K.

You can read more about the program here.

The trio, also at London’s Southbank Centre, perform Vivier’s Musik für das Ende.

You can read more about the Southbank Centre performance here and Soundstream’s production here.

DEAN ARTISTS MANAGEMENT WELCOMES JEAN-SÉBASTIEN VALLÉE (CONDUCTOR)

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME CONDUCTOR JEAN-SÉBASTIEN VALLÉE TO THE DEAN ARTISTS MANAGEMENT ROSTER!

Canadian-American conductor Jean-Sébastien Vallée is an internationally recognized musician, scholar, and pedagogue with a focus on vocal, choral and orchestral repertoire. Maestro Vallée has conducted ensembles in North America, Europe and Asia and has prepared choruses for the Toronto Symphony, l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa.

Jean-Sébastien Vallée is Artistic Director of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; and Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral Studies, and Coordinator of the Ensembles and Conducting Area at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University. Jean-Sébastien has also served as Director of Choral Studies at California State University, Los Angeles and was on the choral faculty of the University of Redlands. Dr. Vallée holds degrees from Laval University, Sherbrooke University, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a doctorate in conducting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Maestro Vallée’s work is broadcast internationally and can be heard on his albums Lux (ATMA, 2017), Requiem (ATMA, 2018 – requiems by Fauré and Duruflé), and Distance (ATMA, 2021). Upcoming engagements include concerts at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, a tour with the National Youth Choir of Canada, concerts with l’Orchestre symphonique de Québec and the Toronto Symphony, and workshops as part of the World Expo on Choral Music in Lisbon, Portugal.

Click here to learn more about Jean-Sébastien or head to his website here.