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Sun., Dec. 17,
2006, 4pm, founders hall, CCSU, New Britain
Annual Christmas Concert
Jill Maurer - Davis, flute, Laurentiu Rotaru, bass-baritone
The New Britain Chorale
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Concert Program:
Bach: Suite No. 1
Carols from around the World
Sing-along
Soloists:
Members of the New Britain Chorale
Jill Maurell-Davis, Flute (faculty CCSU)
Bass-baritone Laurentiu Rotaru
JILL MAURER-DAVIS holds B.M. and M.M. degrees in Flute from the New England
Conservatory of Music in Boston and a diploma from the Orff Institute-Mozarteum
in Salzburg, Austria. Her principal teachers have included Louis Moyse, Thomas
Nyfenger, James Galway, James Pappoutsakis, and Lois Schaefer.
She retired from The United States Coast Guard Band and the USCG Woodwind
Quintet in which she had often performed at the White House for President and
Mrs. Clinton, heads of state, the 50th NATO celebration, the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, members of the Cabinet, and members of Congress. The Quintet has also
represented the United States in performances in the former Soviet Union and in
England.
As a flute and piccolo soloist, Ms. Maurer-Davis has been featured on National
Public Radio and Australia Broadcasting Co. as well as on NHK in Japan. She has
been featured on "Performance Today" broadcasts on NPR. On PBS, she has appeared
on Exxon's "Live at Wolf Trap" series and with Jean-Pierre Rampal on New York's
WNET. Ms. Maurer-Davis was invited by the Boston Symphony Orchestra to perform
in recital at Symphony Hall for a special orchestra event. Also, she has
appeared as flute and piccolo soloist at the National Flute Association
convention. She has performed with the Boston Pops, Worcester and Hartford
Symphonies, Connecticut Opera, New Haven Symphony, Orchestra New England,
Northeast Pennsylvania Philharmonic, CT Virtuosi, CT Lyric Opera and toured with
tenor, Andrea Bocelli.
Ms. Maurer-Davis is currently on the faculty of Central Connecticut State
University and the Thames Valley Music School.
Bass-baritone
Laurentiu Rotaru is a native of Romania currently residing in Hartford and
attending University of Connecticut, where he is majoring in music performance.
His credits with CLO include Zuniga in Carmen and Bartolo in Il Barbiere di
Siviglia, and has also performed Il Comandatore in Don Giovanni, as Mr. Jenks in
the opera The Tender Land, and as Dr. Grenvil in the La Traviata. He has toured
USA and Canada, performing as a soloist of a choir composed of students and
graduates of the Theological Institute of Bucharest. He started his intensive
music training at The Conservatory of Bucharest - Romania and he performed for
one year at The National Opera of Bucharest. He also was a soloist of the
"Divine Harmony" choir of Bucharest, touring Romania, Greece, and Italy. He took
the Second Prize at The National Association of Teachers of Singing (Connecticut
Chapter) competition.
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