Holland Jancaitis

3D Vista Lane
Ithaca, NY 14850

mobile: 203-500-9042

email: hjj9@cornell.edu

 

 

Yale School of Music

DMA in Choral Conducting anticipated 2010
Awarded upon review of professional accomplishments following graduation. As of May 2007, I will have fulfilled all residential requirements for the DMA, including class work, thesis, recitals, and written and oral examinations. For this work, Yale awards an intermediate degree, the Master of Musical Arts (MMA), which should be considered equivalent to a.b.d. status.

Thesis: “Cornelius’s Requiem: Context and Analysis”. Patrick McCreless, advisor.

MM in Choral Conducting, 2005

Major Teachers
Marguerite Brooks, conducting
Simon Carrington, conducting
Judith Malafronte, voice

Awards
Richard French stipend, 2003-2007

Master Classes
Helmut Rilling, Stephen Layton, Stefan Parkmann,
Carl Høgsett, James MacMillan

 

Carnegie Mellon University

BFA in Piano Performance earned 2000.

College and University Honors

Major teachers

Ralph Zitterbart, piano

Robert Page, conducting

Awards

Presser Scholar, 1999

Andrew Carnegie Society Presidential Scholar, 2000

 

Saint Johnsbury Academy (St. Johnsbury, Vermont)

Class of 1996, with honors

 

 

Assistant Director of Choral Ensembles, Cornell University 2007-present
Conducts 100-voice mixed town/gown ensemble and 24-32 voice select chamber ensemble. Also teaches piano and voice to non-majors and collaborates with singers and instrumentalists on piano.

 

Conductor, Yale University Chapel Choir, 2003-2007
Recruited and managed a 24-voice, paid ensemble. Programmed and prepared weekly repertoire, including major works with orchestra.

 

Principal Assistant Conductor, Yale Camerata, 2003-2007
Prepared major works with 70-voice adult chorus, including St. Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio (Bach), War Requiem, Mozart Requiem, and others.

 

Conducting Fellow, Conductor’s Institute of South Carolina, June 2004
Rehearsed major orchestral works with members of the South Carolina Symphony.

 

Assistant Music Director, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999-2003. Conducted children’s and youth choirs, assisted with adult choir, produced yearly musicals with youth choir, was baritone section leader, played organ for services as needed.

 

 

Teaching Fellow, Yale School of Music, 2004
Responsible for teaching, and writing and grading exams for required music history class. 

 

Voice Faculty, Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, 2002-2003
Taught voice to the select ensemble of high-school singers.

 

Piano Instructor, Private Studio and Carnegie Mellon Prep School, 1998-2003
Taught class and individual piano to students of all ages and abilities.

 

Choral Director, Moniteau Junior/Senior High School, West Sunbury, PA, 2001
Taught Chorus, General Music, and Theater classes to more than 320 students, grades 7-12.

 

Tenor, Yale Schola Cantorum, 2003-present
Sang with Yale’s most select ensemble, which has performed at conferences in San Antonio (NCCO) and Miami (ACDA), and toured in Hungary, England, and France.

 

Cantata and Oratorio Solo Work
Sang prominent solo roles in several works with chorus and orchestra, including Pilate in the St. John Passion (Bach). See repertoire list for complete listing.

 

Professional Core, Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, 2000-2003
Sang as part of a 16-voice professional core of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s symphonic chorus.

 

Staff Accompanist, Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, 1998-2003
Accompanied voice lessons, coachings, and ballet classes.

 

 

Extensive experience preparing and conducting music at all levels, including high school, amateur/community, college/conservatory, and Equity-level summer stock productions. Shows listed according to theater company.

 

New Works New Haven
Children of Eden
Stephens: A revue of the songs of Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz

West Virginia Public Theatre
Grease

Gardner & Wife Productions, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nunsense (Malaysian Premier Production)

Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
A Little Night Music

Canterbury Dinner Theater, McKees Rocks, PA
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Nunsense
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

McKeesport Little Theater, McKeesport, PA
And the World Goes ‘Round

Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Godspell

 

 

Languages
Reading/Translation: German, Latin
Singing Diction: German, Italian, French, Church Slavonic, Spanish, Latin (Italianate, German, French dialects)

 

Certifications
K-12 Music Education Certification (Pennsylvania)
Piano Pedagogy (Carnegie Mellon)

 

Publications
Editor for Simon Carrington series of choral octavos with Alliance Music.
Josquin: Gaude, virgo, mater Christi (available)
Purcell: Soul of the World (in production)

 

Professional Affiliations
American Choral Directors Association (active)
National Collegiate Choral Organization (active)
American Guild of Organists (inactive)

 

Foreign Travel
Malaysia (2001)
Denmark and Sweden (2004)
England (2005)
Hungary (2005)
Mexico (2006)
Netherlands (2006)
France (2007)

 

 

Available on request