Concerts on August 2, and 3 will be performed at Ellsworth High School and the Criterion Theatre.
The Mount Desert Summer Chorale will present Gabriel Fauré's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 and the Five Mystical Songs by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Don't miss this performance of these well-loved classic pieces! Admission is $20. Come at 7 p.m. for a pre-concert talk about the music by music director David Schildkret.
Josh Miller, baritone, is originally from Southwest Harbor, Maine, and is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine's vocal performance program. Josh has performed as Mr. Gobineau in City Lyric Opera’s production of The Medium by Menotti, Father in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and Pish-Tush in The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan. His solo and oratorio performances include the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the St. Cecilia Chamber Choir and Five Mystical Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams with Epiphany’s Schola Cantorum. Josh began singing with the Mount Desert Summer Chorale as a chorister in 2022 and serves on the board. Josh is an ISA certified arborist, so when he's not onstage you can find him in the trees!
Bronwyn Kortge, soprano, is a graduate of American University in Washington, 
D.C., where she earned a bachelor of music in vocal performance and conducting. For twenty-three years she has directed the vocal ensembles at Mount Desert Island High School. For the past twenty years, she has been the director of the Bagaduce Chorale. She is sought-after as a vocal coach and as an audition and performance adjudicator and clinician.
As a soloist, she performed Carmina Burana in 2002, and Haydn Little Organ Mass and Durufle Requiem in 2009 with the Mount Desert Summer Chorale. Ms. Kortge has performed extensively in oratorio, operetta, and musical theatre for organizations in Hancock and Penobscot Counties, including Laurie in Oklahoma, Maria in The Sound of Music, Mabel in The Pirates in Penzance, Yum-Yum The Mikado, and Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore.
David Schildkret gave his first concerts with the Mount Desert Summer Chorale in the summer of 2000. In 2002, he became Director of Choral Activities at Arizona State University, where he led numerous choirs and taught courses in conducting and humanities. He retired from ASU in May 2023 and now holds the title of Emeritus Professor. Before going to ASU, he taught at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY, Centre College in Danville, KY, and Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC. He continues to serve as Director of Music Ministries at Dayspring United Methodist Church in Tempe, Arizona.
Join us for wonderful music!
