The Interdisciplinary Sacred Music Drama Project at Notre Dame
Carmen-Helena Téllez, Artistic Director
Daniel Stein, Postdoctoral Fellow and Managing Producer
Janet Rudasics, Sacred Music Program Administration
THE NOTRE DAME FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE MELLON INTERDISCIPLINARY SACRED MUSIC DRAMAS
–Peter Holland, (Theatre and Shakespeare Studies), Chair
–Margot Fassler (Sacred Music)
–Don Crafton (Film Studies)
–Susan Ohmer (Media Studies)
–Richard Gray (Fine Arts)
–Louis MacKenzie (Romance Languages)
THE DANTE PROJECT (2016)
•THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS FOR THE DANTE PROJECT
–Carmen Helena Téllez (general artistic and music direction) Notre Dame
–Anton Juan (stage direction) Notre Dame
–Robin Kirkpatrick (script) University of Cambridge
–Robert Kyr (original composition) University of Oregon
•NOTRE DAME SCHOLARS ADVISING THE DANTE PROJECT
–Vittorio Montemaggi (Dante studies)
–Ted Cachey (Dante Studies, Rome Center)
–Jay Brockman (Computer Engineering)
–Patrick Flynn (Computer Engineering)
–Tracy Bergstrom ( Special Collections Library)
–Charles Loving (Director and Curator, Notre Dame Snite Museum)
•GUEST ARTISTS AND TECHNICAL DIRECTORS FOR THE DANTE PROJECT (2016)
–Kevin Dreyer, lighting design
–Chris Preissing, soundscape composer
–Ohm David, scenic and installation artist
–Gwen Terry, sculpture and installation artist
–Liviu Pasare. video and animation artist
–Allison Evans, video artist
–Ayako Kato, Paradiso choreographer
–Kristina Isabelle, Inferno and Purgatorio choreographer
–DeBartolo Performing Arts Center’s technical personnel: Sarah Prince, Josh Ingle, Ryan Retartha. Project Technical Director: Ryan Stutzman
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ELIJAH OR THE JEWISH ARTIST IN THE WESTERN WORLD (2015)
•ARTISTIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE ELIJAH PROJECT
–Peter Holland, chair
–Marie Blakey
–Richard Gray
–Tzvi Novick
–Henry Weinfield
•PERFORMERS FOR ELIJAH
Carmen-Helena Tellez, Music Director
Nathan Gunn, Elijah
Deborah Mayer, soprano, An Angel
Sharon Harms, soprano, The Widow
Jacquelyn Matava, mezzo-soprano, Queen Jezebel
Wesley Dunnagan, tenor, Obadiah
Joshuah Boggs, countertenor, An Angel
Jamie Caporizo, mezzo-soprano, An Angel
Ben Liupaogo, tenor, Ahab
Sarah Noone, soprano, Concertist in the Choir of Angels
Jessica Bush, soprano, Concertist in the Choir of Angels
Joshuah Ingle, treble, The Servant Boy
Daniel Stein, concertmaster
Allison Evans, visual artist
Sarah Martin, visual artist
Notre Dame Vocale
Notre Dame Festival Chorus
Notre Dame Chorale, Alexander Blachy, director
South Bend Chamber Singers, Nancy Menk, director
Joshua Boggs, Blake Bruchhaus, Michael Duryea, Assistant Conductors
Patrick McManus, Project Videographer
José Francisco Cortés-Alvarez, Supertitle Operator
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I WAS BORN FOR THIS (2014)
•THE ARTISTS AND SCHOLARS FOR “I WAS BORN FOR THIS”
Jamie Caporizo, mezzo-soprano, student member of Notre Dame Vocale
Anna Cooper, soprano, student member of Notre Dame Vocale
Don Crafton, Professor of Film Studies, advisor
Mark Doerries, Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in Interdisciplinary Conducting, production coordinator
Carl Theodor Dreyer, film director of “The Passion of Joan of Arc”
Richard Einhorn, composer of “Voices of Light”
Daniel Hobbins, Associate Professor of Medieval History, advisor
Connor Lidell, visiting young artist, baritone soloist
Benjamin Liupaogo, Notre Dame student artist, tenor soloist
Jacquelyn Matava, visiting young artist, mezzo-soprano soloist
Louis Mackenzie, Professor of French and French Literature, voice actor
Halle McGuire, soprano, student member of Notre Dame Vocale
Abigail Mitchell, visiting young artist, soprano soloist
Samantha Osborn, soprano, student member of Notre Dame Vocale
Christopher Preissing, guest master artist, sound art
Charlie Simokaitis, guest master artist, video art
Daniel Stein, orchestra concertmaster
Jay Strommen, guest master artist, clay art
Carmen-Helena Téllez, Professor of Music and P.I. of the Mellon Interdisciplinary Sacred Music Drama Project, artistic and music director
Gwendolyn Terry, guest master artist, installation art