Jeremy Edelstein

CONDUCTOR/TENOR/COUNTER-TENOR
1725 Woodledge Drive, State College, PA 16803
Phone: 814.571.1108 E-Mail: edelstein.jeremy@gmail.com

EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State University: Schreyer Honors College August 2013 – present
Bachelor of Music Education with Choral Emphasis Class of May 2018
Bachelor of Arts in English GPA: 3.82/4.00
Minor in French & Francophone Studies Dean’s List 9/9

State College Area High School September 2009 – June 2013

Graduated top 10 percent as Faculty Scholar GPA unweighted: 3.89
High Honor Roll for all eight semesters weighted: 4.41

Voice Teachers January 2010 – present

Norman Spivey; collegiate studio study, Penn State August 2014-present
Mary Saunders-Barton; private study, Penn State January 2010-May 2013

EXPERIENCE
Senior Thesis Recital September 2017 – October 2017
 Directed volunteer student choir, accompanists & instrumentalists in three pieces with texts by Walt Whitman
Wonderlust Theatre Company September 2017 – November 2017
 Co-Music Director & Vocal Director of student-led production of Jonathan Larson’s “Tick Tick Boom;”
teaching music, coaching singers on diction, technique & musical ideas, conducting off-stage singers

Penn State Statesmen August 2014 – present

 Music Director/Vice-President (January 2015 – August 2017) & Executive Director (August 2017 – present) –
leading rehearsals (4-6 hours/week), principal arranger, repertoire selection, managing publicity and social
media (e.g. concert posters, Facebook, Instagram), planning performances, liaison for outside parties
 Frequent performances around community at venues including the President’s Tailgate & Suite and
distinguished alumni award ceremonies; creating studio & live recordings of performances & original
arrangements, with a music video release in October 2015 and full-length album release in December 2017

Penn State Concert Choir August 2014 – present

 Vice-President and Tour Manager (August 2015 – May 2016) – managing top-tier choral ensemble in Penn
State School of Music with over 40 members, ensuring section leaders sufficiently perform their duties,
organizing travel to conferences (including 2015 American Choral Directors’ Association-Pennsylvania Chapter
Conference) as well as international tour to Canada in March 2016
 Selected as octet leader (August 2016-August 2017) – organizing & leading small SATB rehearsals within octet,
communicating & reinforcing musical ideas from director to other seven members
 Several high-profile performances throughout state & country, including with Bang on a Can All-Stars (March
2017); 2016 PMEA Conference in Lancaster, PA; the Rolling Stones on their Zip Code tour (May 2015); 2015
President’s Concert in the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, PA
American Choral Directors’ Association, Penn State Student Chapter October 2015 – present

 President (January 2017-present) – organizing workshops with faculty & relaying relevant & up-to-date
information to rest of chapter
No Refund Theatre Company August 2015 – October 2015
 Co-Music Director & Vocal Director of student-led production of O’Keefe & Murphy’s “Heathers: The
Musical;” teaching music, coaching singers, voice lessons for ensuring proper technique and healthful singing

Penn State Glee Club August 2013 – May 2016

 Served as Publicity Manager (August 2015 – May 2016) – responsibilities include social media outreach &
advertising
 Various performances including at the 2014 American Choral Directors’ Association Eastern Division
Conference in Baltimore, 2014 ACDA-PA Fall Conference in Seton Hill, PA & 2014 Intercollegiate Men’s
Choruses Conference at Rutgers University, and around campus including tailgates (including being featured at
the President’s Tailgate & singing for the Irish American Football Association), performing for pep rallies &
other Penn State events

CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE
Summer Workshops
2017 Halifax Choral Conducting Institute July 2017; First Baptist Church, Halifax, NS
 Rehearsed and conducted the Elmer Iseler Singers in concert
2017 Oregon Bach Festival (auditor) July 2017; University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2017 Westminster Summer Conducting Institute June 2017; Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ
 Worked closely with Simon Carrington in workshop, along with Donald Nally and Bruce Chamberlain
2016 Temple Sings Festival July 2016; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Selected Opera & Theatre Experience
The Barber of Seville Fiorello/Ensemble Penn State Opera Theatre
The Drowsy Chaperone George State College Community Theatre
Les Misérables Jean Prouvaire FUSE Productions
A New Brain Mr. Bungee/Ensemble No Refund Theatre
A Year with Frog and Toad Snail/Father Frog/Bird FUSE Productions
Little Shop of Horrors Seymour Krelborn Singing Onstage Productions
…Spelling Bee Chip Tolentino Singing Onstage Productions

OTHER EXPERIENCE
Music-related Employment
Reference Assistant, Music & Media Center; Pattee Library July 2016-present
Foreign Language Proficiency
Bilingual Spanish, Fluent French; working knowledge of Hebrew, German & Italian
Non-Music Employment
Barista; Saint’s Café, State College, PA January 2015-present
Jeremy Edelstein
CONDUCTOR/TENOR/COUNTER-TENOR
1725 Woodledge Drive, State College, PA 16803
Phone: 814.571.1108 E-Mail: edelstein.jeremy@gmail.com

WORKS CONDUCTED IN WORKS CONDUCTED IN REHEARSAL:

PERFORMANCE: II. Anthony O’Daly
II. Anthony O’Daly from Reincarnations
from Reincarnations by Samuel Barber
by Samuel Barber II. Nächtens
II. Nächtens from Quartette, Op. 112
from Quartette, Op. 112 by Johannes Brahms
by Johannes Brahms Locus iste
II. Dance by Anton Bruckner
from Invocation & Dance II. Dance
by David Conte from Invocation & Dance
I. Dieu, qu’il la fait bon regarder! by David Conte
from Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans I. Dieu, qu’il la fait bon regarder!
by Claude Debussy from Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans
A Jubilant Song by Claude Debussy
by Norman Dello Joio A Jubilant Song
The Song My Paddle Sings by Norman Dello Joio
by Ruth Watson Henderson O vos omnes
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho by Carlo Gesualdo
by Moses Hogan The Song My Paddle Sings
Sicut cervus by Ruth Watson Henderson
by Giovanni da Palestrina Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Musick’s Empire by Moses Hogan
by Lloyd Pfautsch Whitman’s America
The Last Invocation by Libby Larsen
by Randall Thompson Sicut cervus
by Giovanni da Palestrina
Musick’s Empire
by Lloyd Pfautsch
The Last Invocation
by Randall Thompson
 WORKS STUDIED IN SELECTED WORKS SUNG IN CONCERT:
LESSONS/SEMINAR/WORKSHOP: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
Locus iste Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
by Anton Bruckner by Johann Sebastian Bach

All ye who music love Reincarnations

by Baldassare Donate by Samuel Barber

Theresienmesse Liebeslieder Walzer

by Joseph Haydn by Johannes Brahms

Hear My Prayer Choral Dances

by Moses Hogan from Gloriana
by Benjamin Britten
Blow Ye the Trumpet
from John Brown Five Ways to Kill a Man
by Kirke Mechem by Bob Chilcott

“He watching over Israel” Dieu, qu’il la fait bon regarder!

from Elijah from Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans
by Felix Mendelssohn by Claude Debussy

Verlieh uns frieden Requiem

by Felix Mendelssohn by Maurice Duruflé

Ave verum corpus Requiem

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Gabriel Fauré

Kyrie Exsultate
Dies Irae by Brain Edward Galante
Rex Tremendae O vos omnes
Lacrymosa by Carlo Gesualdo
“Amen” fugue (Levin completion)
from Requiem Ave maris stella
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Edvard Grieg

O Lord, the Maker of all thing Te Deum No. 2 in C major

by William Mundy by Joseph Haydn

Sitivit anima mea Psalm 67

by Giovanni da Palestrina by Charles Ives
Elijah
by Felix Mendelssohn
Beautus vir
Cantate Domino
by Claudio Monteverdi
 Canticum calamitatis maritimae
by Jaako Mäntyjärvi
(Great) Mass in C minor, K. 427
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tuning Meditations
by Pauline Oliveros
Trois chansons
by Maurice Ravel
Mass in E-flat major, Op. 103, “Cantus
Missæ”
by Josef Rheinberger
Saltarelle
by Camille Saint-Saens
Bogoroditse Devo
by Igor Stravinsky
Testament of Freedom
by Randall Thompson
Flos Campi
by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Anthracite Fields
by Julia Wolfe
 REPERTOIRE STUDIED IN STUDIO LESSONS
Qui tollis Lydia
from Mass in B minor by Gabriel Fauré
by Johann Sebastian Bach
Gentle Annie
I. Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend If You’ve Only Got a Moustache
II. Wo die Berge so blau Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
III. Leichte Segler in den Höhen by Stephen Foster
IV. Diese Wolken in den Höhen
The Light Comes on by Itself
from An die ferne Geliebte
by Ricky Ian Gordon
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Care selve
Simple Song
from Atalanta
from Mass
by George Frideric Handel
by Leonard Bernstein
Non lo dirò col labbro
She Loves Me
from Tolomeo
Try Me
by George Frideric Handel
from She Loves Me
by Jerry Bock Walt Whitman
by Charles Ives
Per la gloria d’adorarvi
from Griselda All the Things You Are
by Giovanni Bononcino from Very Warm for May
by Jerome Kern
Amarilli
by Giulio Caccini Che fiero costume
from Eteocle e Polinice
Les Papillons
by Giovanni Legrenzi
by Ernest Chausson
On the Street Where You Live
Mandoline
from My Fair Lady
by Claude Debussy
by Frederick Loewe
Bonjour, Suzon!
Nuit d’Espagne
by Léo Delibes
by Jules Massenet
No, non mi guardate…
Oiseaux si tous les ans
O del mio amato ben…
Dans un bois solitaire
Spirate, pur spirate…
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tregua non ho…
from 36 Arie di Stile Antico I attempt from Love’s Sickness
by Stefano Donaudy from The Indian Queen
by Henry Purcell
Come again, sweet love
by John Dowland
 I’ll sail upon the Dog Star Corner of the Sky
from A Fool’s Preferment from Pippin
by Henry Purcell by Stephen Schwartz
Love’s Philosophy Lost in the Wilderness
by Roger Quilter from Children of Eden
by Stephen Schwartz
Weep you no more
by Roger Quilter Being Alive
from Company
I. Chanson de la mariée
by Stephen Sondheim
II. Là-bas, vers l’église
V. Tout gai! Not While I’m Around
from Cinq chansons populaires grcecques from Sweeney Todd
by Maurice Ravel by Stephen Sondheim
Look Down, Fair Moon Linden Lea
Gods by Ralph Vaughan Williams
from Five Poems of Walt Whitman
I. Beat! Beat! Drums
by Ned Rorem
from Four Whitman Songs
I. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai by Kurt Weill
II. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen
Der Musikant
III. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne
by Hugo Wolf
IV. Wenn ich in deine Augen she
V. Ich will meine Seele tauchen Down by the Sally Gardens
VI. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome arr. Herbert Hughes
from Dichterliebe
by Robert Schumann