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Frank Albinder, Music Director |
 Frank Albinder came to Washington,
DC in 1999 to become music director of the Washington Men's Camerata.
In 2000, he became Music Director of the Woodley Ensemble, a professional
chamber choir also based in Washington. He has been the conductor
of the Virginia Glee Club, the 136-year-old men’s chorus at the University
of Virginia, since 2003. Frank came to Washington from the internationally
renowned male vocal ensemble Chanticleer, where he most recently served
as the group’s Associate Conductor in addition to singing with the
ensemble. During his 11-year tenure with Chanticleer, Frank performed
in all 50 states and in 20 foreign countries. He appears on 18
of the ensemble’s recordings, including Wondrous Love, which
was recorded under his direction, and the Grammy® Award-winning
Colors of Love, for which he designed the concept. Other performance
credits include the Boston Camerata, the Robert Shaw Festival Singers,
the Washington Bach Consort, and the Concord Ensemble. He holds
a B.A. in Vocal Performance from Pomona College in Claremont,
California, and two M.M. degrees (Choral Conducting and Vocal Performance)
from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Between
1984 and 1988, Frank was Director of Choral Activities at Davidson College
in North Carolina. In addition to serving as the National Chair
of Repertoire and Standards for Male Choruses for the American Choral
Director's Association, he is also vice president of Intercollegiate
Men’s Choruses, a board member of the National Collegiate Choral Organization
and vice-president of ChoralNet.org, the Internet's principal portal
for information and resources relating to the choral field. He
sings as part of the professional music staff at St. John's Church,
Lafayette Square, the Church of the Presidents.
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Mark Vogel received his Bachelor's Degree in piano performance from the University of Iowa studying with Rene Lecuona, and his Master’s Degree from Manhattan School of Music studying with the late Ruth Laredo. In addition to his role with WMC, he is Director of Music at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax in Oakton, Virginia. He has also worked with the Washington Ballet Orchestra, Woodley Ensemble, Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington and St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church. Other credits include music director positions with Hawaii Opera Theater Studio and Army Community Theater in Honolulu.
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Administration of the WMC |
- Frank Albinder, Music Director
- Bob McKinless, Librarian
- Kasi Patterson, Stage Manager, Fundraising Chair
- Alan Munter, Website manager
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- John Harpold, Vice President
- Terry Horner, President
- Oliver Lewis
- Kasi Patterson, Secretary
- Brad Spencer, Counsel, ex officio
- John Terry
- Chris Yim
- Mark Young
- Frank Albinder ex officio
- Alan Munter, Treasurer, ex officio
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- Phyllis Bryn-Julson
- Richard Dirksen
- Tom Hall
- Rosa Lamoreaux
- John Liepold
- Mark Ohnmacht
- Samuel Audiway Peal
- David Petrou
- Malcolm Rowat
- Norman Scribner
- Donald Sutherland
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Second Tenor |
Baritone |
Bass |
| Gentry Alexander |
Tom Baldridge |
Jake Aftergood |
Bob Chase |
| Tim Cashin* |
Steve Bauer |
Keith Davis* |
Hal Cleary |
| Jim Cohen |
Chuck Baxter |
David Duxbury |
David Evans |
| Joey Coleman |
Armin Bondoc* |
Ken Finley |
Brian Frey |
| Joe Gordon |
Thomas M. Deal |
David Glass |
Dean Goeldner |
| Michael Greaney |
Howard Frost |
Aaron Guertin |
Gregg Grisa |
| Rob Hennings |
Ned Goldberg |
Joe Hamner |
Oliver Lewis* |
| Craig Lustig |
Eliott Grabill |
Diego Hernandez |
Kevin Locke |
| Carib Mendez |
John Harpold |
AJ Holliday |
Jim Mastracco |
| John Meredith |
Robert Harris |
Terry Horner |
Jake Mello |
| Jim Nix |
William Healey |
Rick Latterell |
Derek Minshew |
| Edward Potosnak III |
Larry Lengbeyer |
Steve Lockwood |
Alan Munter |
| Jay Robertson |
Steve Lipps |
Bob McKinless |
Mike Regan |
| Jeff Skeer |
Michael McHenry |
Shrimant Mishra |
Craig Ruskin |
| Scott Spencer |
Jerry Parshall |
Peter Pfaffenroth |
Michael Schrier |
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Kasi G. Patterson |
Bob Sinclair |
Peter Scott |
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Reg Richards |
Nelson Smith |
Brad Spencer |
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Chris Ritthaler |
Kuo-Wei Wang |
John Terry |
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Michael Rose |
Gregory White |
Bob Wood |
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Rich Steffan |
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Chris Yim |
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John Trevey |
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G. A. Vick |
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Mark Young |
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Last Updated: 2009-07-03 11:19:47
*Denotes section leader
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