Princeton Pro Musica
Chorus and Orchestra
Frances Fowler Slade,
Artistic Director
33rd Season of Choral Masterworks
“An absolutely brilliant ensemble of chorus, orchestra, and soloists.”
-- The Star Ledger
Our Exciting 2011-2012 Season
W.A. Mozart:
Overture to “The Marriage of Figaro”, KV 492
Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, KV 551
Great Mass in C minor, KV 427
Sunday, October 23, 2011 3:00 pm
Princeton Meadow Event Center
Princeton Presbyterian Church, West Windsor, NJ
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G.F. Handel: Messiah
Sunday, December 11, 2010 3:00 pm
The Patriot’s Theater at The War Memorial, Trenton, NJ
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J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Sunday, May 20, 2012 3:00 pm
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University
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Programs made possible in part by funds from The Edward T. Cone Foundation, The New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and The New Jersey Cultural Trust.
Princeton Pro Musica Appoints Ryan James Brandau As Artistic Director
Effective July 1, 2012
Princeton, NJ – The Board of Trustees of Princeton Pro Musica (PPM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ryan James Brandau as its new artistic director, effective with the 2012-2013 season. Dr. Brandau was selected after a rigorous 12-month international search to replace retiring artistic director and founder Frances Fowler Slade. The Board voted unanimously and enthusiastically to confirm Dr. Brandau’s appointment.
“Both our Board and our chorus believe Dr. Brandau possesses just the right mix of superior musicianship, organizational and community relations skills, experience programming from a diverse yet compelling repertoire, and a personal/professional philosophy compatible with Princeton Pro Musica’s mission”, says Jacques Lebel, President of the PPM Board of Trustees. “There is no doubt in my mind that he is an outstanding choice to become our new Artistic Director, and will build upon the legacy and high standards of our beloved Founder and Artistic Director, Frances Fowler Slade.”
“Our search committee has done very impressive work, and I am extremely pleased with the appointment of Ryan Brandau”, says Slade. “I am glad to see Princeton Pro Musica move into its next life stage with a terrific new Artistic Director.”
“Ryan was selected from a pool of more than 50 outstanding candidates through a process which included thorough reference checking, evaluation of orchestral and choral conducting skills, interviews, and an audition with the Princeton Pro Musica chorus” says Carolyn Landis, trustee, singer, and Chair of the Search Committee. “All members of the Search Committee - Princeton Pro Musica singers and board members, a professional orchestral musician and a choral-orchestral conductor – are grateful to the Princeton Pro Musica singers, trustees, and friends for participating wholeheartedly in the search. We are delighted that Ryan will return to Princeton as the next Artistic Director of Princeton Pro Musica.”
“In my roles as both a singer and an administrator, I am looking forward to working with Dr. Brandau in the myriad aspects of making music,” says Mary Trigg, executive director of PPM. “He brings all the right qualities to the table to produce exciting concerts.”
Conductor Ryan James Brandau brings to the position broad and deep experience conducting a wide variety of choral and orchestral ensembles.
Dr. Brandau returns to the east coast from California, where he was Artistic Director of the Santa Clara Chorale, Director of Choral Activities at Santa Clara University, and interim Artistic Director of Musae. Prior to these appointments, he was Assistant Director of Choral Activities at Smith College in Northampton, MA; choirmaster of the highly acclaimed all-professional choir of Christ Church, New Haven, CT; and director of the Valley Voices, a chamber chorus in Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley. He has also worked with the United Girls Choir of North Haven and the Episcopal Church at Yale, served as principal assistant conductor of the Yale Camerata, and taught counterpoint and harmony in the music department at Yale College. As a professional singer, he has performed with ensembles in the US, Europe, and Asia, including the American Bach Soloists, the Arcadia Players, the Yale Schola Cantorum, and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. He remains active as a choral arranger, composer, and clinician, and his arrangements and compositions have been featured by choral ensembles throughout the US and Europe.
Ryan received the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Musical Arts degrees from the Yale School of Music, where he studied conducting with Simon Carrington and Marguerite Brooks. Prior to pursuing graduate study in conducting, Ryan attended the University of Cambridge in the UK as a Gates Scholar, earning an MPhil in historical musicology. In Cambridge, he founded a women's chamber choir, Conspiratio, and sang with the choirs of Jesus, King's, and Clare Colleges. He received his B.A. in music, magna cum laude, from Princeton University.
For a full resume or to arrange an interview, please contact Mary Trigg at 609-683-5122.
This Princeton community chorus, acclaimed as one of New Jersey’s premier choruses, presents major classical, contemporary and multicultural choral works with orchestra and soloists.
This Princeton-based chorus, including auditioned volunteer singers and a core of professionals, is committed to the highest quality of performance, partnerships with other arts organizations, encouraging the New Jersey choral arts, and maximizing the public benefit of all performances.