Music Director
Stephen Squires
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Stephen Squires is a musician with a career that blends his passions for conducting, teaching, and performing. As a professional conductor, Mr. Squires has conducted for many exceptional artists, including Samuel Ramey, Janos Starker, Pinchas Zuckerman, Frederica von Stade, Shmuel Ashkenasi, John Browning, Leon Bates, Stewart Goodyear, Richard Stoltzman, Ani Kavafian, Wendy Warner, James Tocco, Richard Stillwell, and most of the principal players of the Chicago Symphony and Lyric Opera Orchestras. Fully committed to conducting the music of living composers, he has premiered over one hundred new works. Mr. Squires received his musical training at the Preparatory School of the Eastman School of Music and the Crane School of Music, in his home state of New York. He earned his Master’s degree in Instrumental Conducting/Trumpet Performance at California State University, Northridge. Further conducting studies were with Helmuth Rilling, Maurice Abravanel, Daniel Lewis, Tsung Yeh, and at the Aspen Music Festival. Mr. Squires has conducted recordings for the Albany, Delos, Spring Hill (a division of EMI), MEDR, Editions de la Rue Margot, and Centaur labels. Stephen Squires is Professor of Conducting in the Music Conservatory at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University. The Chicago College of Performing Arts, whose prestigious faculty includes most of the principal players of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, is one of a handful of American music schools offering a program specifically designed to prepare students for careers as orchestral players. A conductor active in all genres, Mr. Squires’ current professional appointments include Resident Conductor of the Elgin (IL) Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Fox Valley Orchestra (Aurora, IL), Music Director of the Salt Creek Ballet Company (Chicago, IL), Music Director of the Illinois Brass Band (Arlington Heights, IL), and Music Director of the Millar Brass (Evanston, IL). He is the former Music Director of the Illinois Chamber Symphony. Mr. Squires has guest conducted the Syracuse Symphony, Green Bay Symphony, Columbus (OH) Symphony, Chicago Composers Orchestra, Rockford Symphony, and conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Michael Tilson Thomas in Charles Ives “Holiday Symphony.” In addition to his varied conducting endeavors, he is an accomplished recital accompanist and freelance trumpeter. |
Chorus Master
Lisa Fredenburgh
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Lisa Fredenburgh has been Director of Choral Activities at Aurora University since 2010 where she conducts choirs and teaches conducting and related courses. She is the founding director of the Fox Valley Orchestra Chorus and the Fox Chamber Singers and continues that work gratefully. Her experience also includes opera chorus preparation and opera conducting, previously serving as chorus master for North Carolina Opera and Capitol Opera Raleigh. Prior to Aurora University, she served on the faculties of University of Central Missouri and Meredith College. She holds a D.M.A. and two M.M. degrees from the University of Arizona where she studied under Maurice Skones, Thomas Hilbish, Jerry McCoy and Kenneth Jennings. Her B.A. in music education was earned at Luther College, under Weston Noble.
Fredenburgh has served as guest conductor and clinician regionally, nationally, and abroad. She has conducted and taught masterclasses in the Dominican Republic and in Bolivia through the United States Information Service and conducted All-State Choirs in New York, North Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Georgia. She is an active scholar and presenter in choral techniques and literature, including music of a wide variety of cultures across the globe. She has served as member and officer in music professional organizations. |
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