Donald Sutherland Residency ending with the Johann Sebastian Bach Marathon

The Third Johann Sebastian Bach Marathon will be held on Saturday, March 24, from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Gunnison Memorial Chapel. Organists, University Presidents, a pianist, and chamber musicians will present some of the most outstanding compositions by Bach.

In addition under the auspices of the Arts Collaborative Committee, Donald S. Sutherland, recitalist, clinician, adjudicator, and professor of organ, will be in residence on Thursday, March 22, and Friday, March 23. In addition to working with students in several disciplines (art, music, philosophy,language), he will present an open Lecture/Recital on Friday evening, March 23, at 6:00 p.m. in the chapel. Using as the basis for the demonstration the Orgelbüchlein (the little organ book) of Johann Sebastian Bach, he will help us all open our ears to new ways of hearing Bach and the organ. Currently, Mr. Sutherland serves as Coordinator of Organ at Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Trained in the studio of Arthur Poister at Syracuse University, he taught at Syracuse University before accepting a major church position at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in the Washington, DC area. He has be on the faculty of Peabody Conservatory for many years. He performs under the auspices of Karen McFarlane Artists.

                                    Donald Sutherland Residency
                                            
  ending with the
                                Johann Sebastian Bach Marathon

                        Thursday, March 22 – Saturday, March 24, 2012
                                        Gunnison Memorial Chapel
                                           St. Lawrence University

Thursday, March 22*

8:30 a.m.-10:00am*
     16th century Musicianship Class
     Barry Torres, Director of Musical Ensembles

12:40 p.m.-2:10 p.m.*
     Metaphilosphy, senior seminar
     Laura Rediehs, Professor
     Survey of Art
     Mark Denaci, Professor

Friday, March 23*

9:40 a.m.-10:40 a.m.*
     Music Theory
     In-Sil Yoo, Professor

6:00 p.m.*
     Lecture/Demonstration
     The Hidden Meanings of the Orgelbüchlein
     (Little Organ Book)

*All sessions are open to the public.

Saturday, March 24

2:00 p.m.
     Welcome, The Rev. Kathleen Buckley, Chaplain
     St. Lawrence University
     Bach in My Life, The Rev. David S. Blanchard, Minister
     Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Canton

2:10 p.m.
     Sondra Goldsmith Proctor, Organ
     Musician-in-Residence, St Lawrence University

2:30 p.m.
     David Katz, Double Bass
     Russell, New York

2:40 p.m.
     Genelle Bayer, Piano
     Canton, New York 

2:55 p.m.
     Carl Bingle, Organ
     First Presbyterian Church, Watertown

3:25 p.m.
     Christian Hosmer, Violoncello
     St. Lawrence University

3:55 p.m.
     Bach in My Life, John F. Schwaller, President
     State University of New York at Potsdam

     4:15 p.m.
     Ad Hoc Singers: Alexandra Jacobs, Peter Jensen-Moulton, Lansing Laraway, Julia
     Pomainville, and Laura Ramsey; Genelle Bayer, Violin; Janice Westerling, Violin; Carol
     Kissam, Violin; Ellen Weil, Viola; Christian Hosmer, Violoncello; David Katz, Double Bass;
     Donald S. Sutherland, Organ; Sondra Goldsmith Proctor, Director, St. Lawrence University

4:45 p.m.
     Genelle Bayer, Violin; Janice Westerling, Violin; Christian Hosmer, Violoncello     

5:00 p.m.
     Michelle Martin Atwood, Organ
     Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam 

5:30 p.m.
     Barry Torres, Countertenor; Genelle Bayer, Violin; Janice Westerling, Violin; Ellen Weil,
     Viola; Carol Kissam, Viola; Christian Hosmer, Violoncello; David Katz, Bass Viol; Sondra
     Goldsmith Proctor, Organ

5:50 p.m.
     Canton Central School Select Girls’ Choir, Sondra Goldsmith Proctor, Director; Genelle
     Bayer, Violin; Janice Westerling, Violin; Carol Kissam, Viola; Ellen Weil, Viola; Rebecca
     MacKellar, Organ

6:10 p.m.
     Donald S. Sutherland, Organ
     Coordinator of Organ Faculty, The Peabody Institute of The John Hopkins University,
     Baltimore, Maryland