Above: guest conductor Dr. Bryson Mortensen leading the 2016 Young Singers Project in performance at Norfolk's Ohef Sholom Temple.

2018 YOUNG SINGERS PROJECT
IN CONCERT

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2018  |  4PM
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, NORFOLK

Dr. Bryson Mortensen, Director of Choirs at Virginia Wesleyan College, joins the Virginia Chorale as director of the Young Singers Project in its 19th year. The Young Singers Project is the Chorale's flagship educational outreach program: high school singers from across Hampton Roads audition in November 2017 and an elite ensemble is selected to work alongside professional singers from the Chorale throughout January 2018, culminating in a special concert event.

CONDUCTOR

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The Virginia Chorale is pleased to have Dr. Bryson Mortensen as conductor for the 2018 Young Singers Project. Dr. Mortensen holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting & Voice from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as a Master of Music in Choral Conducting and Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Brigham Young University (Provo, UT). He has conducted the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Chorus and the Festival Choir of Madison, WI, and has sung with the Bach Chamber Choir, the Baroque Artists of Urbana-Champaign, and the Deseret Chamber Singers. Dr. Mortensen currently serves as Director of Choirs at Virginia Wesleyan College, where he conducts the Virginia Wesleyan Chorale and Virginia Wesleyan Singers and teaches courses in choral music education and music history.

2018 YSP ROSTER

SOPRANO

Tara Davy
     Lafayette High School, Williamsburg
Jordan Fitzgerald
     Grassfield High School, Chesapeake
Serena Olsen
     Grafton High School, Grafton
Emma Parker
     Grassfield High School, Chesapeake
Corbin Thomas Pinto *

ALTO

Cassidi Benson
     Woodrow Wilson High School, Portsmouth
Elvis Buckman
     Woodrow Wilson High School, Portsmouth
Jenna Lancaster
     Maury High School, Norfolk
Rachel Olsen
     Grafton High School
Sarah Gallo *

TENOR

Spencer Cottle
     Jamestown High School, Williamsburg
Isaac Criddle
     Jamestown High School, Williamsburg
Ryan Fissinger
     First Colonial High School, Virginia Beach
Zach West
     Grassfield High School, Chesapeake
Max Holman *

BASS

Henry Archer
     Granby High School, Norfolk
Chris Gador
     Tallwood High School, Virginia Beach
Daniel Olenick
     Grassfield High School, Chesapeake
​Bryson Mortensen *
* ​Virginia Chorale Mentor