{"id":5,"date":"2021-11-06T17:06:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T17:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sinfoniettabelcanto.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2023-07-13T16:56:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T21:56:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sinfoniettabelcanto.org\/wordpress\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Sinfonietta Bel Canto (SBC), is based in Downers Grove, IL. Founded as an Illinois
not-for-profit corporation in 2010, the SBC provides Downers Grove and the Western Suburbs with an outlet to enjoy premier classical symphonic and chamber opera works. The western suburbs are rich in musical talent, and the SBC allows audiences to enjoy performers from their community. Its members are well-seasoned musicians, sharing their musical talents with audiences throughout the Chicagoland area. Additionally, the SBC often collaborates with other groups outside of its regular subscription season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board of Directors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kathy Horton \u2013 secretary

Angela Presutti Korbitz

Hubert Ley \u2013 treasurer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oksana Akulow Lundeen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Running \u2013 vice-president<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lynne Shigley \u2013 president<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephen Thurlow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan Pasquale D\u2019Andrea<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Music & Artistic Director\/Conductor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praised by the Illinois Council of Orchestra for outstanding programming \u2014 Community Relations of the Year (2006), Chamber Orchestra of the Year (2003-4), and Outstanding Programming (2001-02) \u2014 Conductor Dan Pasquale D\u2019Andrea is music director of several ensembles, including the Senior Suburban Orchestra, Sinfonietta Bel Canto, Sinfonietta DuPage, and the Combined Church Choir of Itasca. He served as music director\/conductor of the College of DuPage Chamber Orchestra for 11 years and the Salt Creek Sinfonietta for 14 years, and has guest conducted several area ensembles, including most recently the Wheaton Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n

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An in demand adjudicator, Mr. D\u2019Andrea has judged area solo competitions, and for 3 consecutive years served on the peer review board of the Hinsdale Center for the Arts. Also a harpsichordist and an award-winning bassoonist, he has appeared as soloist with several orchestras including the New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, and his solo honors include co-winner of the 1990 National Association for Composers\/USA Young Performers\u2019 Competition, semi-finalist in the 1987 Fernand Gillet Young Artist Competition, and winner of the Double-Reed award at the 1989 Kingsville International Young Performers\u2019 Competition. A Chicago area native, he has music degrees from DePaul University (Bachelor\u2019s in Music Education, High Honors), New England Conservatory (Master\u2019s in Bassoon Performance), and Northern Illinois University (Master\u2019s with Conducting Emphasis). He is currently Principal Bassoon with the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra. Demonstrations of his solo bassoon playing (3 videos, including \u201cFlight of the Bumble bee\u201d) are available on Youtube (click here <\/a>); multiple videos of his conducting and artistic direction of opera are also on YouTube (click here <\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sinfonietta Bel Canto (SBC), is based in Downers Grove, IL. Founded as an Illinoisnot-for-profit corporation in 2010, the SBC provides Downers Grove and the Western Suburbs with an outlet to enjoy premier classical symphonic and chamber opera works. The western suburbs are rich in musical talent, and the SBC allows audiences to enjoy performers … Continue reading About Us<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sinfoniettabelcanto.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sinfoniettabelcanto.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sinfoniettabelcanto.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sinfoniettabelcanto.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sinfoniettabelcanto.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sinfoniettabelcanto.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":990,"href":"https:\/\/sinfoniettabelcanto.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sinfoniettabelcanto.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}