Holland Jancaitis

3D Vista Lane

Ithaca, NY 14850

mobile: 203-500-9042

email: holland.jancaitis@gmail.com

 

 

Yale School of Music

DMA in Choral Conducting anticipated 2012
Degree is awarded following review of professional accomplishments after graduation. In May 2007, I 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 ABD 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, 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, 2007-2010

Conducts large (100+ voice) town/gown mixed ensemble, chamber (20-30 voice) choir
Teaches voice, piano, conducting, counterpoint, and ear training/musicianship
Accompanies voice lessons

Appointed for a term of three years without the possibility of renewal

 

Musical and Orchestra Director, Dryden High School Musical, “Wizard of Oz,” Spring 2010
Prepared and coached cast members
Recruited, prepared, and conducted orchestra in performance

 

Organist, St. Catherine of Siena, 2009-present
Accompanies rehearsals and plays masses at both piano and pipe organ
Plays eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary Roman Catholic service music, anthems, and hymnody, as chosen by the musical director

 

 

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 conducting adult choir, produced yearly youth musicals, sang as baritone section leader, and played organ as needed

 

 

Teaching Fellow, Yale School of Music, 2004
Taught music history and wrote and graded exams for mandatory class

 

Voice Faculty, Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, 2002-2003
Taught voice to 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 daily, grades 7-12

 

Tenor, Yale Schola Cantorum, 2003-2007
Sang in Yale’s most select ensemble, 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 J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion

 

Professional Core, Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, 2000-2003
Sang in the 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. See also Dryden High School under “Current Appointments.”

 

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
Purcell: Soul of the World

 

Professional Affiliations
American Choral Directors Association
National Collegiate Choral Organization
College Music Society

 

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

 

Provided upon request