Swiss Global is proud to welcome Christie Starrett Guillermo as Director of Concert Management USA. Currently the General Manager of the American Boychoir, Ms Guillermo worked many years in arts management at The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and IMG Artists in New York. Her expertise will be invaluable in further establishing the Foundation’s presence in the United States.
A magical evening of music and holiday festivities on 17 December featured international musicians and eminent members of Australian-American society. Musicians appeared under the auspices of the Australian Music Foundation (chaired by Swiss Global director Heather de Haes), which was invited to participate at the event by the American Australian Association. The AMF is focusing on building a presence in the United States in 2010.
The unforgettable venue: a luxury Fifth Avenue penthouse in New York, with stunning views of the unmatched skyline. Please click the underlined date for photos.
The elite British professional choir, Tenebrae, embarks on a Swiss concert tour. 15 and 16 December bring the ensemble to Le Collégiale de Romont and the Abbaye de Bonmont (pictured right), in Canton Vaud, Switzerland, for Christmas celebration concerts. The historic venues will add an immeasurably contemplative quality to the programme, which features a variety of traditional and modern Christmas works, from composers including Britten, Poulenc and Rutter. Tenebrae is represented and managed by Swiss Global in the United States.
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Playhouse Project and Swiss Global returned to East Hampton, New York in late May for two days of talent and showmanship. The 5th Annual Master Class, led by Artistic Director Geoffrey Simon, featured middle and high school musicians from the South Fork region. Audiences were delighted by the level of musicianship and the educational value of the classes. Maestro Simon, assisted by the Master Class Panel, selected Elizabeth Oldak voice and Shanna Polley composition as winners of the Elizabeth Brockman Award in Music.
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“Mr. Simon is unusually adept at meeting the musicians where they are and charming, cajoling, and coaxing them to new heights of artistry.” The quote from the East Hampton Star
refers to the well-received 2-day Masterclass and Workshop in association with the Playhouse Project.
Swiss Global continues its association with the Playhouse Project in a two-day Workshop and Performance of various choral works. Representing several schools and community choruses in the South Fork region, approximately 100 musicians ranging in age from 14 to over 70 will collaborate on this exciting project.
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The British professional choir Tenebrae performed to rapturous applause Wednesday evening in its New York debut concert. The ensemble, directed by Nigel Short, presented a variety of works for unaccompanied choir, including pieces by Duruflé and Poulenc, medieval chants, and 21st-century compositions. The appreciative audience filled the Times Square venue, namely the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, and enjoyed the solemnity of the candlelit atmosphere.
The Swiss Global Artistic Foundation proudly presented Tenebrae in its candlelit New York debut concert
at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, 145 West 46th Street, near Times Square.
“Passion and Precision is the choir’s motto, and here is an organisation that lives up to its claim.”
