RESONANCE ENSEMBLE
Staff



 photo: ©2011 Rachel Hadiashar

Katherine FitzGibbon, Artistic Director













photo: ©2011 Rachel Hadiashar

Stephanie Kramer, Marketing Director




Katherine FitzGibbon
is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Lewis & Clark College. She has served as Director of Choral Activities at Clark University, Interim Director of Choirs at Cornell University, and has conducted undergraduate choirs at Harvard University, Boston University, and the University of Michigan. She is the Head of Faculty at the Berkshire Choral Festival in Sheffield, Massachusetts. Dr. FitzGibbon has been Assistant Conductor of the professional ensemble Boston Secession, Chorusmaster of the Windsor Symphony Chorus in Windsor, Ontario, guest conductor of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, and a staff conductor at the Rome Opera Festival in Rome, Italy. She has directed secondary school choral programs, guest conducted honor choirs, and adjudicated solo and choral competitions. A lyric soprano, Dr. FitzGibbon is a frequent recitalist and oratorio performer.

Dr. FitzGibbon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Princeton University, Master of Music degree in conducting from the University of Michigan, and Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting at Boston University. Her doctoral dissertation discusses the use of historicism and German nationalism in the German Requiems of Brahms, Reger, and Distler. 


Stephanie Kramer
has a long history of working within the Portland Arts Community, including extensive volunteer and contract work with Cappella Romana, Choral Cross-Ties, Portland Pro Musica, and the Oregon Bach Festival. She has been the Principal Contractor for Cappella Romana since 2007, and has also served on their Board of Directors. She has also worked for the Oregon Bach Festival as their Public Relations Assistant/Box Office Manager for BachFestPDX. Stephanie works as a Digital Product Specialist at OCP (Oregon Catholic Press), and served as the Managing Director of Resonance for two years. She is now focusing on marketing and public relations for the ensemble.

Stephanie has been singing professionally in the Portland area for over 15 years. She has been a member of many distinguished local ensembles, and currently sings with Cantores in Ecclesia, Cappella Romana, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Resonance Ensemble, Temple Beth Israel, and The Ensemble. She is thrilled to be actively involved in Resonance Ensemble and Portland's thriving arts community.
 

Musicians

Resonance's musicians are the highest caliber in the Pacific Northwest; our singers are active professionals in the area who are capable of singing with impeccable sound in a wide variety of colors and styles. The number and make-up of our ensemble varies based on the demands of the repertoire for a particular concert. This season, you will hear performances by combinations of the following excellent musicians:

Elizabeth Bacon, alto
Bennett Bailey, baritone
Daniel Buchanan, tenor
Kristen Buhler, alto
Daniel Burnett, tenor
Murray Cizon, tenor
Austin Daniel, bass
Mel Downie Robinson, soprano
Paul Elison, baritone
Renée Favand-See, alto
David Foley, tenor
Tim Galloway, alto
Jon Garrow, tenor
Natalie Gunn, soprano
Erik Hundtoft, bass
Maria Karlin, soprano
Cecily Kiester, alto
Ben Kinkley, bass
Emily Kinkley, soprano
Stephanie Kramer, soprano
David Krueger, bass
Patrick McDonough, bass
Joseph Michael Muir, tenor
Vakare Petroliunaite, soprano
Paul Sadilek, bass
Bethany Schweitzer Goshorn, alto
Jon Stuber, pianist and organist
Cahen Taylor, tenor
Brian Tierney, tenor
Catherine van der Salm, soprano



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