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2013 JUBILATION - The Elizabeth Stuart Church Choir
Festival Winner - The Ensemble of the Federated Church of Chagrin Falls
The Ensemble of The Federated Church
of Chagrin Falls, Amanda Powell, director,
was named the Grand Prize winner of the
sixth WCLV Jubilation - the Elizabeth Stuart
Church Choir Festival. The Festival was
held over two nights at the Cathedral of
St. John in downtown Cleveland on
Thursday, May 9, and Friday, May 10, 2013,
and was broadcast live by WCLV.
Shown here (L to R) Amanda Powell, Director of the Federated Church Ensemble; Jenny
Northern, Senior Director of WCLV, and Rita Cyvas-Kliorys, Director of the St. Casmir Parish Choir.
The Ensemble of the Federated Church received $1000 and a trophy. The five remaining
choruses received $500 and plaques. They were The Church of the Gesu, University Heights -
Dr. Joseph Metzinger, Director; St. Casimir Parish (Neff Road), Cleveland -
Rita Cyvas-Kliorys, Director; St. Sebastian Catholic Parish, Akron –
Lynn Frey-Steward, Director; Suffield United Church of Christ, Mogadore – David
Baughman, Director; St. Hilary Catholic Parish, Fairlawn - Carissa Young, Director.
The five finalists were not ranked.
The choirs performed before a distinguished panel of judges: Robert Page, former
Director of Choruses for The Cleveland Orchestra; Frank Bianchi, director of Baldwin
Wallace Men's Chorus and Adjunct Professor; and Peter Jarjisian, Professor Emeritus
of Choral Conducting, Ohio University
Within the next few weeks, recordings of all of the choirs' performances will be posted
on-demand on this website.
| THE ENSEMBLE OF FEDERATED CHURCH OF CHAGRIN FALLS |
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The Ensemble of the
Federated Church of
Chagrin Falls was judged the First Prize
winner and Friday night Audience Favorite in the
2013 Jubilation Church
Choir Festival, broadcast live by WCLV on May 9
and 10 from The Cathedral
of St. John the Evangelist.
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| CHURCH OF THE GESU FESTIVAL CHOIR, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS |
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The lead off chorus on
Thursday, May 9, 2013
was the Church of the
Gesu Festival Choir,
directed by Dr. Joseph
Metzinger. |
| ST. CASIMIR PARISH CHOIR, EXULTATE (Neff Road) |
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St. Casimir Parish Choir, Exultate (Neff Road) directed by Rita Cyvas-Kliorys, was voted the Thursday night Audience Favorite. The choir sang several selections in
Lithuanian. The Pastor is Joseph
Bacevice, who worked for WCLV as a board operator while
he was in high school.
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| ST. SEBASTIAN PARISH CHOIR - AKRON |
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St. Sebastian Parish
Choir of Akron. The
director is Lynn
Frey-Steward. The
organist is Jeffrey
Beshore. |
| SUFFIELD UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CHANCEL CHOIR - MOGADORE |
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The Suffield United
Church of Christ
Chancel Choir from Mogadore
led off the Festival on Friday, May 10. The director is
David Baughman; the accompanist, Eleanor Brooks. |
ST. HILARY CATHOLIC PARISH CHURCH CHOIR - FAIRLAWN
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St. Hilary Parish Choir of Fairlawn was conducted by
Jacob Young. The director and
accompanist is Carissa Young.
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| THE JUDGES FOR JUBILATION 2013 |
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The judges for Jubilation 13 shown here hard at work:
(L to R) Frank Bianchi, founder of the Baldwin Wallace
Men's Chorus;
Peter Jarjisian,
Professor Emeritus
of Choral Conductirng
at Ohio University;
Robert Page, former
Director of Choruses
for The Cleveland
Orchestra.
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ROBERT PAGE ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF
JUBILATION 2013 |
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Former Director of
The Cleveland Orchestra
Choruses and Jubilation judge
Robert Page announces
the winners of the
Festival 2013. First Prize went to The Ensemble of the Federated
Church of Chagrin Falls. |
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