Steve Pearcy's Music Resume (not the guitarist from Ratt)

Current as of 2022

Professional Ensembles - For a year or more
  • Washington Bach Consort – J. Reilly Lewis, director
  • Palestrina Choir – Michael Harrison, director
  • Woodley Ensemble – Frank Albinder, director
  • Washington Master Chorale – Thomas Colohan, director
  • National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Choir, Washington DC - Leo Nestor, Peter Latona, directors
  • Washington National Cathedral Choirs, Washington DC - Douglas Major, Bruce Neswick, James Litton, Michael McCarthy, directors
  • St. Matthew’s Cathedral Schola Cantorum, Washington, DC - William Culverhouse, Thomas Stehle, directors
  • St. Alban's Episcopal Church Choir, Washington, DC, Justin Boyer, director
Professional section leader/support for Volunteer Ensembles - For a year or more
  • St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Choir, Canton, Ohio - Frank Wiley, director
  • St. Peter’s Catholic Church Choir, Washington DC - B. Andrew Mills, Kevin O'Brien, directors
  • St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia - Larry Vote, director
Professional Ensembles - Single or occasional appearances
  • Washington Chamber Symphony Chorus – Stephen Simon, director
  • Chantry – David Taylor, director
  • Washington Chorus – Julian Wachner, director
  • Advent Project – Richard Allen Roe, director
  • Christ Church Choir, Georgetown - Michael Lindstrom, director
  • St. John's Episcopal Church Choir, Lafayette Square - William B. Roberts, Ben Hutto, directors
Guest Conductors of Professional Ensembles
  • Nicholas McGegan
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Marvin Hamlisch
  • Peter Phillips
  • Eric Kunzel
  • Emil de Cou
  • Alice Parker
  • Mathias Pintscher
DC Area Venues for professional performances - in addition to the churches listed above
  • Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Eisenhower Theater, Terrace Theater
  • National Building Museum
  • Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts
  • Library of Congress
  • Camden Yards
Volunteer Ensembles - For a year or more
  • University of Maryland Chorus – Paul Traver, director
  • Oratorio Society of Washington – Robert Shafer, director
  • Sewanee Early Music Ensemble – ??
  • Cleveland Institute of Music Chorus – ??
  • Musikanten – Kerry Krebill, director
  • Washington Cantorei – Paul Voelker, director
  • Collegium Cantorum – Timothy Kendall, director
  • Capitol Hill Chorale – Fred Burkholder, director
  • Suspicious Cheese Lords – Chris Riggs, director
  • City Choir of Washington – Robert Shafer, Erin Freeman, directors
Volunteer Ensembles - Single appearances
  • Masterworks Chorus – Jeffrey Rink, director
  • Choral Arts Society of Washington – Norman Scribner, director
  • Nevilla Ottley Singers – Nevilla Ottley, director
  • University Choir, Sewanee TN – ??
  • Carmina – Vera Kochanowsky, director
  • Singing Capitol Chorus – William Colisimo, director
  • Capital City Singers – Victoria Gau, director
Orchestra Conductors of volunteer ensembles
  • Rafael Frubeck de Borgos
  • Antal Dorati
  • James Conlon
  • Charles Dutoit
  • Mstislav Rostropovich
  • Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
DC Area Venues for volunteer performances
  • Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Terrace Theater, Opera House, Millennium Stage
  • Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts
  • Constitution Hall
  • Strathmore Performing Arts Center
  • Atlas Performing Arts Center
  • Nationals Stadium
Theater
  • Nevilla Ottley Singers, Washington, DC – Company - Treemonisha, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, 1987
  • University of the South Drama Department, Sewanee, TN – Company - The Mikado, Evita, 1988
  • Dionysus & Company, Sewanee, TN – Bellamy - The Fantastics; Asst. Director - Othello, 1989
  • St. Andrew's Sewanee School, St. Andrew's, TN – Vocal Coach - Pippin, 1990
  • Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, OH – Rooster - Annie, 1991
  • Newport School, Kensington, MD – Music Director - Bye Bye Birdie, 1997; Hello Dolly, 1998
  • BAPA Mid-Summer Shakespeare Company, Washington, DC – Wrote & taught music for shows, 2001 - 2003
  • Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC – Company - Pirates of Penzance, 2013; Colonel Caverly - Patience, 2014; Usher - Trial by Jury, Lieutenant Richard Cholmondeley- Yeoman of the Guard, 2015; Peter Quince - Midsummer Night's Musical, 2017 (world premiere)
  • Capitol Hill Arts Workshop & Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC – Virgil Adams, Alice Adams, 2016 (world premiere)
Performance Recordings

Live recording of my solo work from Handel's Messiah with orchestra can be heard here:
December 2018 at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Washington, DC

Discography

Included below are only CDs released for sale, in order of release.  Also sang on a Christmas record with University of Maryland Chorus, a Christmas tape with Kent State University Chorale, a demonstration CD with Carmina and the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, and some Gregorian chant on a friend's CD of Durufle Organ music.

University of Maryland Chorus

My first CD (over 30 years ago, when I didn't even have a CD player) a recording of a live performance of an anniversary concert of Handel's birth, held at Washington National Cathedral with a huge early instrument ensemble, close to a hundred instrumentalists, and over 200 singers when combined with the Cathedral Choral Society.








Musikanten


We sang a couple pieces on a compilation disc of the composer's music.

Washington National Cathedral Choirs


Some cool Anglican greatest hits with the Choir of Men and Boys, the last recording at the Cathedral with just the Choir of Men and Boys.
A Christmas album created for a PRI broadcast.
A stunning work, combining poetry and the text of the Requiem Mass.












Palestrina Choir



A mix of live recordings from performances around DC.












Woodley Ensemble


Recordings of hymns from the Episcopal 1940 hymnal, which happened to be recorded on the evening of September 11, 2001.
A mix of contemporary choral music, mostly quite cool, including pieces by a composer whose daughter I tried to woo 10 years earlier when I lived in Kent, Ohio.











Master Chorale of Washington

Another mix of contemporary choral music, some good, some not so good.  Most likely my last CD.

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