Upcoming Events

2024

ARCHIPELAGO VOCAL ENSEMBLE: “Awakenings”: www.archipelago-choir.org.

  • Saturday, January 27, 7:30pm: St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 1965 Ferguson Rd, Allison Park, PA
  • Sunday, January 28, 3:00pm: First Lutheran Church, 615 Grant St. Pittsburgh, PA 
Archipelago is a newly-formed professional choral ensemble dedicated to adventurous programming and to showcasing the region’s highest level of vocal artists. Let by Artistic Director, Caron Daley, Archipelago’s debut concert explores landmark choral repertoire by underrepresented female-identifying composers: Lili Boulanger, Mari Esabel Valverde, Hyo Won Woo, Reena Esmail, and Margaret Bonds. This project is supported by the generous support of The Heinz Endowments’ Creative Development Award.

Guest Clinician, ACDA Eastern Division Conference Graduate Conducting Masterclass Providence, RI, February 2024

Guest Conductor, Pueri Cantores Choral Festival San Francisco, CA, March 2024

Guest Conductor (Music Director Candidate), Back Bay Chorale, “Fragile Freedoms” Sanders Hall, Harvard University, Boston, MA, May 2024

2023

Presentation, “The Eurhythmic Conductor: Applications to Analysis, Gesture, and Rehearsal” Dalcroze Society of America National Conference, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, Berea, OH, January 2023

Guest Conductor and Clinician, The 13th Annual Fredonia Choral Festival State University of New York, Fredonia, NY, February 2023

Poster Presentation, “Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Pain/Discomfort in Musical Ensemble Conductors: Associations with Personal and Environmental Characteristics” American Physical Therapy Association Conference, San Diego, CA, February 2023

Conductor, Invited Conference Performance, Duquesne University Voices of Spirit National Association for Music Education Eastern Division Conference, Rochester, NY, April 2023

Guest Conductor, Vermont All-State Choir Bellows Free Academy, St. Alban’s, VT, May 2023

Presentation, “Creating a Collaborative Choral Rehearsal Environment through Eurhythmics”. International Conference of Dalcroze Studies, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023