Patrick O’Shea, Director
William Buhr, Accompanist

Title of performance: A Psalm of Life

The DuPage Chorale presents a program featuring the beautiful Requiem by Gabriel Fauré, accompanied by an unusual chamber orchestration written by the composer in 1889, heavily relying on the lush violas rather than violins as the core string sound.  The Chorale will also premiere a new work by conductor Patrick O’Shea, which sets the poetry of Longfellow (“A Psalm of Life,” 1838), using a subset of this same chamber orchestra.  Both works feature baritone soloist and COD alumnus David Govertsen. Also on the program is music by Brahms, Martin Shaw, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

DuPage Chorale is a large community chorus based at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. There is no audition for DuPage Chorale membership. Adult singers of all voice types and ages are welcome.  Members come from all western suburban locations. For more information, contact Director Patrick O’Shea at osheap709@cod.edu or 630-942-2552.

About the Director:  Patrick O’Shea holds the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Music from Arizona State University, Master of Music degree in Choral Music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum laude, in Vocal Performance from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Va. His composition teachers have included the late Russell Woollen, as well as Thomas Fredrickson and Randall Shinn. He has served frequently as a clinician and adjudicator, and has been commissioned to write new works, particularly for choral and chamber music ensembles. Dr. O’Shea is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, American Composers Forum, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity.