Conducted by
Charlie Kim

Chamber Orchestra

Violin 1
Alizah Chao

Violin 2
Rebecca Beerstein

Viola
Weronika Miller

Cello
Oliver Walton

Double Bass
Ian Lindley

Harpsichord
Charlie Kim

Program

No Intermission

No 1."Sinfonia"

Chamber Orchestra

Introduction

Charlie Kim

No. 4 "And the glory of the Lord"

No. 7 "And He shall purify"

No. 12 "For unto us a Child is born"

The Story and the Music

Charlie Kim

No. 13 "Pifa"

Chamber Orchestra

No. 14a "There were shepherds abiding in the field"

No. 14b "And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them"

No. 15 "And the angel said unto them"

No. 16 "And suddenly there was with the angel"

Devon Guthrie, soprano

No. 17 "Glory to God"

No. 18 "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"

Devon Guthrie, soprano

The History and the Style

Charlie Kim

No. 24 "Surely He hath borne our griefs"

No. 25 "And with His stripes we are healed"

No. 26 "All we like sheep have gone astray"

No. 39 "Their sound is gone out"

No. 41 "Let us break their bonds asunder"

No. 42 "He that dwelleth in heaven"

No. 43 "Thou shalt break them"

Jonathan Matthews, tenor

Thank you

Charlie Kim

No. 46 "Since by man came death"

No. 45 "I know that my redeemer liveth"

Devon Guthrie, soprano

No. 44 "Hallelujah"

The Artists

Charlie Kim, Tenor

Artistic Director

Charlie Kim, a southern California native, is a musician of diverse talents. After achieving virtuosity on the piano in high school, he focused his undergraduate studies in vocal performance. He moved to Texas to continue vocal training with a Master's degree and is now frequently sought out as a vocalist, coach, collaborator, instructor, and musical director.

Recent roles include Oronte in Handel's Alcina, Lun Tha in Rodger's The King and I, The Wolf in Sondheim's Into the Woods, and Basilio in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. He has also sung with illustrious local singing organizations such as the Fort Worth Opera and the Dallas Bach Society for several years.

Charlie began his piano performance career early by winning youth competitions in his native Southern California, such as the Inland Empire Piano Festival, Southern California Junior Bach Festival Complete Works Audition, Music Teachers' Association of California Certificate of Merit Young Artists's Competition, among others. He has performed with regional Southern California orchestras such as the La Sierra University Sinfonia and the City of Redlands Symphony.

Charlie also maintains an active musical theatre life through critically-acclaimed musical direction, accompanying, and performing. Music directing credits include Andrew Lloyd Weber's Sunset Boulevard, John Kander's Chicago, and Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, for which he received "Best Musical Director of the Year" award from the 4-Star Theatre Alliance of Ventura County, California.

During his graduate studies at the University of North Texas, Charlie focused further on vocal and instrumental collaborative keyboard work, conducting, coaching, music directing, and chamber music. He held the posts of Assistant Conductor, Chorus Master, Rehearsal Pianist, and Administrative Assistant of the Opera Department of the College of Music all while performing lead roles, both in home performances and on tour. He has worked intimately with well-known composers such as Jake Heggie on singing, playing, and conducting their own works. After serving as vocal coach for international summer programs and as adjunct voice faculty at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Charlie made his return to Southern California to continue his musical journey as a new member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale under the batons of greats such as Grant Gershon, Gustvao Dudamel, Juanjo Mena, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Devon Guthrie, Soprano

Guest Artist

Grammy-nominated American soprano Devon Guthrie made an acclaimed debut as Susanna in a new production of Le nozze di Figaro at English National Opera when she was still a student at the Juilliard School.
Recent operatic works include a special memorial performance with the Paul Taylor Dance Company honoring the late Paul Taylor, Brahms Requiem with The Santa Fe Symphony, and a return to Opera Theater of St. Louis to sing the role of Drusilla in L’Incoronazione di Poppea. Other recent highlights include a return to the role of Susanna for her company debut at Michigan Opera Theater, and with The Chicago Lyric Opera and The Prototype Festival twice returning to the role of Mary Johnson in Greg Spears’ Fellow Travelers, a role which she created in the world premiere production with Cincinnati Opera. Ms. Guthrie also recently enjoyed her fourth season with The Santa Fe Opera singing the role of Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus. Other recent roles include Pamina in a new production of The Magic Flute by renowned British actor and director Simon McBurney at ENO; Konstanze in Abduction from the Seralio at Kentucky Opera; the Brahms Requiem with the Madison Symphony, Daisy Buchanan in Harbison’s The Great Gatsby in Boston at Tanglewood; Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Philadelphia; Chocholka in The Cunning Little Vixen for New York Philharmonic; Bubikopf in Der Kaiser von Atlantis with Central City Opera; Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Tanglewood Music Festival; Roxana in Król Roger for Santa Fe and Amore in Orfeo ed Euridice at the Metropolitan Opera.
Further career highlights include multiple seasons singing with The Paul Taylor Dance Company at Lincoln Center as the soloist in their Beloved Renegade, Taylor’s piece set to the music of Faure’s Requiem; her company debut with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Pulcheria in Riccardo Primo; an acclaimed Santa Fe debut as Marzelline in Fidelio as well as Susanna in a production of Le nozze di Figaro at the Saito Kinen Festival. On the concert platform she has performed a Huang Ruo Chamber Concert with Mimesis Ensemble at Carnegie Hall and in Santa Fe and was heard in Handel’s Messiah with Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra.
A dedicated recitalist and contemporary music interpreter, she has appeared several times at the Opera America Salon and has performed pieces such as Lonely Child by Claude Vivier; 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Lukas Foss; Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen; Orpheus and Euridice by Ricky Ian Gordon, and covered the role of Tatyana Bakst in the world premiere of Great Scott.
In 2020, Devon was nominated for a Grammy Award for her work on the album Fire and Flood, a compendium of the works of composer Luna Pearl Woolf. She has won several other awards and prizes in competitions such as the Gerda Lissner Competition, Houston Grand Opera Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, Licia Albanese Competition and Liederkranz. She was also an apprentice at the Santa Fe Opera and Tanglewood Music Festival.
Devon holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Manhattan School of Music, a both a Master of Music and an Artist Diploma in Opera Studies in Vocal Performance from The Juilliard School.
Devon is also on faculty at Claremont Community School of Music and is a Teaching Artist for San Diego Opera. She has also been guest faculty at institutions such as Pepperdine University, Cal Poly Pomona, and Songfest at The San Francisco Conservatory.

Jonathan Matthews, Tenor

Guest Artist

A native of Salt Lake City, Jonathan currently lives in Thousand Oaks with his wife and three sons.

Some of his local performances include: Ernest in The Grand Duke with VCGSRC, Rinuccio/La Rainette in Pacific Opera Projects' Gianni Schicchi/L'enfant et les sortileges. Don José in Vox Visceralis’ Carmen, Ewart Dunlop in 5-Star Theatrical’s The Music Man, Tsar Berendey in Independent Opera’s The Snow Maiden, and Chance in Trial Run Production’s award winning Gunfight at the Not-so-ok Saloon.

On the concert stage, he has sung many concerts including: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Mozart's Requiem, and Verdi's Requiem. He has also sung in musical previews, commercials, and other works in the recording studio.

As a voice over actor, he has narrated over seventy audiobooks, in addition to commercials, cartoons, and video games. Jonathan is also a film and television actor, appearing in various commercials, movies, and television shows.

Ensemble

THANK YOU!!

To All Our Volunteers, Crew, and Donors

Julie Anne Barnett, Executive Director

Steven Barnett, Treasurer

John Bergquist, Associate Artistic Director

Bob Remstein, Rehearsal Pianist

Catherine Cobb, Box Office

Cindy To, Box office

Henry Eu, Usher/Photography

Sheila Bella

Dino D'Este

Mark Longfield

Mary McKay

SFVMC Board of Directors

SFVMC Advisory Committee

First United Methodist Church of Canoga Park

Emmanuel Lutheran Church of North Hollywood

The San Fernando Valley Master Chorale is supported in part by the Los Angeles Country Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture. We are also supported in part by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Conducted by Charlie Kim Chamber Orchestra

Violin 1 Alizah Chao Violin 2 Rebecca Beerstein Viola Weronika Miller

Cello Oliver Walton Double Bass Ian Lindley Harpsichord​ Charlie Kim

Program

The Artists

Ensemble

THANK YOU!!

Conducted by
Charlie Kim

Chamber Orchestra

Violin 1
Alizah Chao

Violin 2
Rebecca Beerstein

Viola
Weronika Miller

Cello
Oliver Walton

Double Bass
Ian Lindley

Harpsichord
Charlie Kim