Oneida Area Civic Chorale (USA)
Thursday, July 17 at 19:00
St. John's Church, Tallinn
Vabaduse väljak 1
Free admission
Conductor: Mark Bunce
Program: Ballantyne, Ginsberg, Frank, Leavitt, Haydn, Liebergen, Naplan, Pederson, Thomas, Moore, Forrest, Gibson, Sager, Foster, Hayes, Lennon, Althouse, Hamlisch, Hagenberg, Miller, Lutkin.
The Oneida Area Civic Chorale, a non-auditioned community chorus, was established in 1967 Mark Bunce became the current director in 2020. OACC performances offer area residents a broad scope of musical entertainment, including classical, sacred, pops, traditional and folk music. Professional artists and vocal soloists from the Northeast regularly augment and accompany the Chorale in concert as they perform for the community with audiences of all ages.. In 2003, the Chorale commissioned and premiered the Christmas anthem Too Much Light for Midnight, composed by Alfred V. Fedak. Give Me Music! by Amy F. Bernon was commissioned and premiered by OACC in 2012. In celebration of OACC’s twentieth season, the Chorale commissioned local composer Samuel Pellman to create an SATB, four-hand piano arrangement of How Can I Keep From Singing?, which was premiered in 2015. In 2017, the OACC collaborated with guest conductor and composer Mark Hayes, in celebration of the Chorale’s 50th season. In 2022, the Chorale commissioned Andy Beck to compose The Power of a Song in honor of Kimberly Nethaway’s 25 years as director. Since 2003, several groups of OACC singers have performed in Europe and taken OACC tour ensembles to Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Croatia and Slovenia. In 2023, OACC singers reinstated their Europe tours after Covid with Music Celebrations International. The tour singers have enjoyed sharing American music with thousands of European listeners in churches, theatres, community centers, parks and castles. Now in its 58th year, the Chorale has been recognized for its excellence by the New York State Council on the Arts and by the Central New York Community Arts Council.
OACC Director Mark Bunce holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Music Performance from The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. He has a Masters in Music in Applied Music from Michigan State University. Currently, Mr. Bunce is the Fine Arts Music Department Chairperson for the Central Valley Central School District. He directs the Central Valley Academy Concert Choir, Treble Choir, Chamber Singers and Chamber Choir, as well as the annual Spring Musical. He also teaches College Now Music Theory, Music Appreciation, College Now Intro to Drama, and Piano Keyboard I, II and III. In April of 2024, the Central Valley Academy Chamber Choir was selected to perform in a National Youth Festival Chorus at Carnegie Hall. The Central Valley Academy Chamber Choir was the only choir form New York state and one of seven school districts selected from across the country. Mr. Bunce received the Positive Contribution Award the first year of the merger for creating the Central Valley Academy Coming Together Project and composing the Alma Mater. He also has been named as a KEYS Music Teacher of the Year and been recognized in Who’s Who Among American Teachers. Mr. Bunce is the past Assistant Director to the Mohawk Valley Choral Society. He has also been an active guest conductor of All-County choirs in central New York and as an accompanist for many All-County and Area All-State Choirs in central New York. He also is very involved in NYSSMA as an editor of the NYSSMA Manual, an All-State adjudicator and represents Zone IV on the NYSSMA Advocacy Committee. In his spare time, Mr. Bunce is also the Music Director and Keyboard player for Saint Paul’s Universalist Unitarian Church in Little Falls, NY.
OACC Collaborative Pianist, Jared McFarlin, is a Utica-based music director, pianist, and educator. Jared holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Eastern Washington University, a Master of Music from Central Washington University, and musical theater conducting training from NYU. Mr. McFarlin is on the artistic staff at Stagedoor Manor, and works with their College Connection program. He is music director for Utica University Theatre and Notre Dame High School Drama, and performs regionally as a keyboardist for professional and educational theater programs. He also teaches privately and with the Utica City School District.
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