Joseph Turbessi
Conductor, Collaborative Pianist & Vocal Coach; Boston, MA
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Engagements
Education
Opera/Musical Theatre
Boston Conservatory (MA) Chorusmaster/Asst. conductor
Dialogues des Carmélites 2018
Opera Theater of Cape Cod (MA) Founder and Co-Artistic Director
Conductor- La Tragédie de Carmen 2018
Lowell House Opera (MA) Associate Conductor- Così fan tutte 2019
Associate Conductor- Le Comte Ory 2018
Associate Conductor- Ariadne auf Naxos 2017
Associate Conductor- La Grotta di Trofonio 2016
Raylynmor Opera (NH) Pianist- Gala fundraiser 2018 Conductor- Hansel and Gretel 2017
Principal Coach and pianist- Macbeth 2016
NEC Summer Opera Intensive (MA) Assistant director- scenes program 2008-present
Commonwealth Lyric Theater (MA) Assistant Conductor- The Demon 2017
St. Peter's Church, Cambridge Conductor- Amahl and the Night Visitors 2016
Juventas (MA) Assistant Conductor- The Body Politic (World Premier) 2016
The Shakespeare Concerts Principal Coach- The Tempest (World Premier) 2015
Hope Summer Repertory Theatre (MI) Assistant director: Godspell, She Loves Me, 2005-07
Dames at Sea, Seussical the Musical,
Spitfire Grill, Oliver!
Choral/Studio Accompanying
Boston Conservatory Choral and Studio Accompanist 2006-present
Harvard University Radcliffe Choral Society Accompanist 2013-present
MIT Concert Chorus Accompanist 2008-13
Church Positions
Old South Union of Weymouth (UCC) Music Director/Organist 2017-present
St. Peter's Episcopal of Cambridge Music Minister 2015-2017
First Parish Sherborn (UU) Music Director/Organist 2010-2014
First Congregational Church of Somerville Organist 2006-09
First United Methodist Church of Holland Organist 2005-06
Fellowship Reformed Church of Muskegon Pianist 1999-2002
Performances
Choral Accompanying- Organ
Boston Conservatory Choruses Duruflé: Requiem 2018
Boston Conservatory Choruses Handel: Messiah Pergolesi: Stabat Mater 2017
Boston Conservatory Conductor's Choir Bach: St. John Passion. Carissimi, Jepthe 2017
Boston Conservatory Choruses "Cathedral Classics at Old South Church" 2017
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Parry: I was Glad, Jerusalem, etc.
Boston Conservatory Chorale Muhly: Bright Mass with Canons 2017
Boston Conservatory Conductor's Chorus Bach: Cantata 4 2016
Boston Conservatory Chorale Finzi: God Has Gone Up 2015
Cambridge Community Chorus Faure: Requiem 2014
Chorus Pro Musica Finzi: Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice 2013
Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus Vivaldi: Gloria 2013
The Lorelei Ensemble Cesis: Motetti Spirituali 2011
MIT Concert Chorus Faure: Requiem 2011
MIT Concert Chours Rutter: Gloria 2010
Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus Britten: Missa Brevis 2009
Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus Faure: Messe Basse 2008
Choral Accompanying- Piano
Radcliffe Choral Society Dello Joio: A Jubilant Song 2018
Harvard Choruses Tippett: A Child of Our Time 2017
Harvard Choruses Johnson: Considering Matthew Shepard (selections) 2017
Boston Conservatory Chorale Brahms: Zigeunerlieder 2016
Boston Conservatory Conductor's Chorus Dove: The Passing of the Year 2016
Boston Conservatory Chorale Stravinsky: Choruses from The Rake's Progress 2015
Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda 2014
Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus Rossini: Messe Petite Solennelle 2014
Boston Conservatory Combined Choirs Music of Irving Fine 2014
Harvard University Chorus Britten: St. Nicolas 2013
The Lorelei Ensemble Shank: Magnificat 2013
MIT Concert Choir Alice Parker arrangements 2012
The Lorelei Ensemble Larsen, Boulanger 2012
Solo Piano Recitals
Chelmsford Center for the Arts Bach: The Goldberg Variations 2015
St. Peter's Episcopal of Cambridge Bach: The Goldberg Variations 2015
Caroll University, Waukesha, WI Bach: The Goldberg Variations 2015
Boston Conservatory Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev 2013
First Parish Sherborn Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev 2013
Boston Conservatory Schumann, Chopin, Ravel, Bartok 2012
First Parish Sherborn Schumann, Chopin, Ravel, Bartok 2012
HighSCORE Festival Crumb, Bach 2011
Equilibrium Concert Series Crumb, Bach 2011
Newton Women's Society Prokofiev, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff 2009
Trinity Reformed of Rochester, NY Mussorgsky, Bach, Debussy 2009
JP Concert Series Beethoven 2009
Congregation Mishkan Tefila of Newton Debussy, Beethoven 2008
The Boston Conservatory Messiaen: La Ville D'en Haut 2008
Solo Organ Recitals
First Congregational of Somerville Bach, Mendelssohn, Alain, Vaughan Williams 2009
First United Methodist of Holland Bach, Franck, Couperin, Messiaen 2006
Chamber Concerts
"Brokeback Wolf"- The Italian Songbook Hugo Wolf's complete Italian Songbook 2015 The Michigan Recital Project in Arizona Four premiers, Bolcom, Rorem, Sowerby 2014
Michigan Recital Project & Tour Four premieres, Bolcom, Rorem, Sowerby 2013
Rockport Chamber Music Series Copland: Appalchian Spring 2012
First Parish Sherborn Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #5 2012
Equilibrium Concerts Schonberg: Pierrot Lunaire 2011
Boston New Music Initiative Premieres 2010
JP Concert Series Brahms, Debussy, premieres 2010
Taylor House Concert Series Brahms, Debussy, premiers 2010
First Church Somerville Concerts Brahms, Debussy, premiers 2010
JP Concert Series Milhaud, Bach, Brahms 2009
Juventas Premieres 2009
Juventas Premieres 2008
M.M. Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA, May 2008.
B. M. Hope College, Holland, MI, December 2005.
Primary instructors: Richard Ratner (piano), Jonathan Bass (piano), George Case (conducting), Huw Lewis (organ).
Conductors
Andrew Altenbach, Andy Anderson, George Case, Andrew Clark, Edward Jones, Jamie Kirsch, Stefan Lano, Beth Willer, Lidiya Yankovskaya
Masterclasses
Kenneth Kiesler
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Edward Auer
The Shanghai Quartet
William Bolcom
Pascal Roge
Logan Skelton
Ann Schein
Summer Programs
Medomak Condcutor's Retreat, Washington, ME, 2018
HighSCORE Festival, Pavia, Italy, 2011
Bowdoin Music Festival, Brunswick, ME, 2010
Oregon Bach Festival Composers' Symposium, Eugene, OR, 2009
World Premieres
"La Grotta di Trofonio" by Antonio Salieri (American Premier). Lowell House Opera, 2016.
"The Tempest" by Joe Summer. Opera (coach). Somerville Theatre, 2015.
"Alleluia Toccata" by Carson Cooman. Solo organ. St. Peter's Episcopal of Cambridge, 2015
"A June Night" by Christopher Charig. Chorus, piano, string quartet. Arlington-Belmont Community Chorus, 2015.
"Detroit" by Scott Ordway. Soprano, mezzo, and piano. The Michigan Recital Project, 2013.
"The Death of Minnehaha" by Mary Montgomery Koppel. Soprano, mezzo, flute, and piano.
The Michigan Recital Project, 2013.
"Ode To Lake Michigan" by Philip Rice. Soprano, mezzo, and piano. The Michigan Recital Project, 2013.
"Three Pieces" by Richard Ratner. Piano solo. Boston Conservatory, 2013.
"Magnificat for the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo" by Joshua Shank. Women's ensemble and piano.
The Lorelei Ensemble, 2013.
"The Reason Why the World" by Peter Child. Mixed Choir. MIT Concert Chorus, 2012.
"Songs for Insomniacs" by Tina Tallon. Soprano and piano. Brandeis University, 2011.
"Slant Apparatus" by Peter Van Zandt Lane. Large ensemble. Boston New Music Initiative, 2010.
"Jeder Engel ist Schrecklich" by James Kallembach. Violin, Cello, and Piano. JP Concert Series, 2010.
"Wondrous Love" by Emily Shisko. Solo Organ. First Congregational Church of Somerville, 2009.
"The Year of the Serpent" by Erin Huelskamp. Kung-fu opera. Juventas, 2009.
"Cerulean Soliloquy" by Anthony Joseph Lanman. Flute and Piano. Juventas, 2009.
"Introduction and Barrage" by Marcus Karl Maroney. Violin, Cello, and Piano. Juventas, 2009.
"Jabberwocky" by David Cutler. Pierrot ensemble, with baritone. Juventas, 2008.
"Harmonie du Soir" by Andy Vores. Women's Choir and Piano. Boston Conservatory, 2008.
"God Speaks" "The Flood" and "Three Songs" by Emily Shisko. Soprano and piano. Boston Conservatory, 2008.