James Kallembach is Director of Choral Activities and Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago where he conducts the University Chorus, Motet Choir, and Rockefeller Chapel Choir. James holds a doctorate of music degree in choral conducting from Indiana University, Bloomington. He has studied conducting with Paul Hillier, Jan Harrington, Carmen Téllez, Melinda O'Neal, and John Poole; he has also studied composition with Sven-David Sandström, Augusta Reed Thomas, Claude Baker, and Don Freund. Still an active composer with ongoing performances, his work has been premiered at the 1997 ALEA III International Composition Competition and published by Corda Music in the United Kingdom.James was Artistic Director for the Sounds of Faith documentary concert that recently aired on Chicago PBS. At the 2009 Oregon Bach Festival he lectured and conducted workshops and premiere performances for several composers participating in the festival. He has written for Opera News and the Choral Journal (October and November 2010). James has conducted the premiere of works by William Bolcom, Marta Ptaszynska, Sven-David Sandström, Robert Moran, Shulamit Ran, and James MacMillan (Spring 2011) among others.
James is currently working with Swedish composer Sven-David Sandström to form the Choral Institute of Chicago, an organization dedicated to promoting vocal music, especially choral music, of young and established composers.
Lynn L. Petersen began piano lessons at the age of six with her mother as her first teacher, and showed an early interest in composition and improvisation. She earned a B.S. in Elementary Education from Dr. Martin Luther College, a Master of Church Music degree from Concordia College-River Forest, and a Ph.D. in Music Theory and Composition from the University of Minnesota. In Fall 2009 she spent a semester on sabbatical studying jazz arranging and improvisation at Washington State University. Her composition teachers have included Dominick Argento, Paul Fetler, Richard Hillert, Carl Schalk, and Gregory Yasinitsky (jazz). She studied piano with Alexander Braginsky and John Bloomfield, organ with Bruce Backer, violin with Edward Burckart, and voice with Jane Jensen.Lynn's compositions include music for orchestra, band, jazz ensemble, chamber ensembles, choir, voice, piano, organ, and music for liturgy and worship. Commissioned works include "Patterned for Thee," a song cycle based on the poetry of Sister Annette Moran (Carroll College, 2009), "Starry Crown Suite for organ" (AGO Region VIII, 2007), Mary Dyer, Martyr, a song cycle based on the poetry of Helen Marie Casey (Montana State Music Teachers Association, 2006), and "Whirlwind Duo for flute and organ" (Myrna Loy Center Grant-to-Artists, 2004).Many of her original works and arrangements are published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers, Concordia Publishing House, GIA Publications, Northwestern Publishing House, and Pelican Music Publishers.
Dr. Petersen currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Music at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, where she has taught since 1999 and served as Chair of the Fine Arts Department since 2008. She has also taught at St. Olaf College, the University of Minnesota, and St. Cloud State University, and she has held church music positions in the Twin Cities and Colorado Springs. She has over thirty years of experience teaching and performing and frequently serves as an adjudicator at music festivals. She has remained active as a pianist and organist, and has sung in school, church, and community choral groups for many years.
Mischa Salkind-Pearl is a Boston based composer of instrumental and vocal music. His works have been performed throughout the United States, Japan, Germany, and Italy, and have been featured at music festivals and concert series in Boston, San Francisco, Fairbanks, Tokyo, Freiburg, Pavia, and others. He has received commissions and performances from numerous ensembles and soloists, including Boston’s Ludovico Ensemble, Alea III, Callithumpian Consort, the DMC percussion-clarinet duo, Ensemble SurPlus, Juventas New Music, and UMBC’s faculty ensemble, RUCKUS; percussionists Trevor Saint and Masako Kunimoto; guitarist Gregory König; cellist Jennifer Bewerse; pianists Miki Arimura and Kate Campbell; as well as conductors Russell Ger and Yohei Sato.He holds a bachelor's degree in music from Skidmore College, a Certificate in American contemporary music from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), and a master's degree in composition from the Boston Conservatory. His primary teachers have included Linda Dusman, Marti Epstein, and Dalit Warshaw, with additional studies under Anthony Holland and Carlo Alessandro Landini.
Mischa currently teaches English as a Second Language at the Boston Conservatory, where he is composer-in-residence for the Ludovico Ensemble. For more information, visit his website, www.mischasalkindpearl.com.
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