matthew leese
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Selected Concert Performances
Mozart Vespers           University of Illinois Doctoral Recital                                                     2009
Vivaldi Stabat Mater    Conductor at Norfolk Summer Festival, Yale School of Music              2009
Purcell Verse Anthems Jewell Early Music Summer Festival Guest Artist                                2009
Elements                       Gravitacion at JEMSFEST                                                                  2009

Jephte (Carissimi)       University of Illinois Doctoral Recital                                                        2009
Elements                        Tour with Gravitacion: Chicago, Champaign and Decatur              2009
Nowell Christmas        On tour with Liber UnUsualis, Houston, York and Gronignen       2008
Bach Cantata 77           Bass soloist at Allerton Barn Festival, Monticello, IL                        2008
Faculty Voice Recital  Saint Andrews Summer Arts Council, NB                                             2008
Il Trionfo del Amor       ConcordEnsemble and Piffaro at the Berkeley Festival, CA        2008
El Desperta del Alma     Concord Ensemble at the Berkeley Festival, CA                             2008
La Mascara del Amor       Concord Ensemble at the Bloomington Early Music Festvial  2008
Schubert Mass in G           First Presbyterian Church, Monticello IL                                      2008
Pergolesi Magnificat         First Presbyterian Church, Urbana IL                                            2008
Le Stagioni                              Gravitacion, Decatur, Champaign and Chicago Tour          2008
Queene and Huntresse!    Gravitacion, Bloomington and Springfield, IL                             2008
Machaut/Carissimi                Gravitacion with Tudor Voices, Illinois Tour                             2007
Bach Cantatas                      First Presbyterian Church, Urbana IL                                      2007
Schutz/Scarlatti                     Gravitacion with Tudor Voices and Arte Bella, Illinois Tour      2007
Faure Requiem                     First Presbyterian Church, Monticello, IL                                 2007
St. John Passion (Bach)        Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana, IL                               2007
Mozart Requiem                    Parkland College, Champaign                                                 2007

'Elements' Tour                     Madison, WI, Champaign and Charleston, IL                          2007
Organ Vespers                     First Prebyterian Church, Urbana IL                                        2007
'Make a joyeful noyse'          Catacoustic Consort, Cincinnati                                               2006
'Queene and Huntresse'       Gravitacion, Decatur and Champaign                                     2006
Monteverdi, Mozart               Faculty Recital, Urbania, Italy                                                  2006
Bach, Purcell, Schutz            Habitat for Humanity Fundraiser, Urbana                                2006
Bach Cantata 147                 Doctoral Recital, University of Illinois, Champaign                   2006
Monteverdi Vespers              Baroque Artists of Champaign (BACH), Champaign                2006
Gravitacion                            Debut concert, Saint Pauls Lutheran, Decatur IL                    2006
Messiah, G. F. Handel           Renaissance Singers 30th Anniversary, Palmerston North     2005
Wachet Auf, J. S. Bach          First Presbytarian Church, Urbana                                         2005
Five Mystical Songs, R. V-W Indiana University Motet Choir, Andrew Crooks conductor      2005
Kindertotenlieder, Mahler      Bloomington Schubertiade                                                      2005
Charpentier Lamentations     Concentus, Indiana University                                                 2005
Guatemalan Mass                 Ensemble Lipzodes at Boston Early Music Fringe Festival      2005
Don Quixote Romances         Fenix de los Ingenios at BEMFF                                             2005
Machaut et al                         Subtilitas at BEMFF                                                                2005
'Das Lied des Lammes          Saint John  Passion by Johann Mattheson, BLEMF                 2005
World Turn'd Upside Down    Seven Times Salt, BLEMF                                                       2005
Musica ad Musicam               Indiana University Medieval Symposium/Binkley Memorial       2005
Studiolo und Kunstkammer   Concentus, Indiana University                                                  2005
Daley 'Requiem'                    Baritone soloist with Indiana University Motet Choir                 2005
'Opera in Alexandra'              Anna Leese, soprano, Andrew Crooks, piano, NZ                   2004
Schutz 'Magnificat'                Tenor soloist with Indiana University Motet Choir                     2004
Schubert Lieder                    William Averill, fortepiano                                                         2004
'Das Lied des Lammes'         Saint John Passion by Johann Mattheso
n Jesus, Pilatus         2004
Guatemalan Baroque music  Ensemble Lipzodes, Bloomington                                             2004
Solo Recital Tour                  Palmerston North, Wellington, Dunedin New Zealand               2004    
Bach 'Actus Tragicus'            'Bach at Saint Thomas' Bloomington                                        2004
Bach, Britten, Purcell            Includi
ng Jesu meine Freude Indiana University Motet Choir    2004
Heinrich Schutz                
    Jesus in 'Die Sieben Worte' Indiana University                         2004
Byrd Consort Songs              Indiana University Viol Consort                                                 2004
Machaut, Trebor                    Indiana University Chamber Music                                            2004
c.17 Venetian Music              Pro Arte Singers, Indiana University                                          2004
Medieval Pilgrimage              Indiana University Medieval Symposium/Binkley Memorial        2004
Charpentier, DeLalande        with Indiana University Motet Choir                                           2004
Couperin                               AIDS Quilt Memorial Concert, Indiana University                       2004
Bruhns, Tunder                     Church of the Nativity, Indianapolis                                           2004
'Court of Isabelle D'Este'       Concentus, Indiana University                                                   2003
'Ich habe genung' (Bach)       Indiana University Baroque Orchestra                                       2003
Buxtehude Kantate 111         Longy School of Music                                                              2003
Ritchie, Mozart, Verdi             with Lesley University Chorus, Cambridge                                2003
c.17 Wien Imperial Court        Old South Lenten Meditation Series, Boston                            2003
Schutz, Valentini, Rameau      Old North Concert Series, Boston                                            2003
Charles Ives                           Longy School                                                                            2003
Arias/Standards                     Boston Music Workshop                                                            2003
Steinmetz                               New England Conservatory                                                       2002
'Ich habe genung'                  Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, Boston                                    2002
Peri, Campra, Monteverdi      Dunedin Public Art Galllery                                                        2002
Mozart, Gershwin                   Church Road Winery, Napier                                                     2002
c.12 Trouvere Songs             Longy School                                                                            2002
Steinmetz                               Goethe Institute, Boston                                                            2002
'Messiah'                                Saint Peter's Church, Weston MA                                             2001
Schumann op. 35                   Carnegie Center, Dunedin                                                        2001
'Italieniches Liederbuch' (Wolf) University of Otago                                                                 2000  
'Judas Maccabeus'                  University of Otago                                                                  2000
'Wachet Auf!' (Bach)               Knox Church, Dunedin                                                             2000
'Crucifixion' (Stainer)               Knox Church                                                                            2000
'Petit Messe Solenelle' (Rossini) University of Otago                                                              1999
'Liverpool Oratorio' (McCartney) University of Otago                                                               1998


Opera Roles and Staged Opera Experience

Chorus       Romeo et Juliette                        Krannert Center For Performing Arts          2008
Colin           The Cooper  (Arne)                        Bloomington Early Music Festival              2005
Aeneas       Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)             Indiana University Opera                            2005
Ben             The Telephone (Menotti)               Opera on the Other Side                            2005
Fisher         The Tide (Blacher)                         Indiana University Studio Opera                 2005
Adonis        Venus and Adonis (Blow)               Anima e Corpo Ensemble, Bloomington      2004
Ben            The Telephone (Menotti)                Bloomington Music Works                          2004
Chorus       Tosca (Puccini)                               Indiana University Opera Theater              2004
Aeneas       Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)             Bloomington Chamber Opera Company     2004
Boree/Pan  Cephale et Procris (de la Guerre)  Longy School, Cambridge MA                    2003
Antonio       Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)           Boston Classical Orchestra                        2003
Surgeon      Le Malade Imaginaire (Charpentier) Longy School                                           2003
Orfeo          L'Euridice (Peri)                             Longy School                                              2002   
Adonis        Venus and Adonis (Blow)               Longy School                                              2002
Chorus        Dido and Aeneas                           Harvard Early Music Society                       2002
Cripple        Our American Cousin  (Sawyer)       Longy School                                            2001
Man            The Trapeze Artists  (Ritchie)        Otago Festival of the Arts                            2000
Papageno    The Magic Flute (Mozart)                Century Theatre, Napier                           2000
Frank          Outrageous Fortune (Whitehead)  Dunedin                                                      1998
Antonio       Le Nozze di Figaro  (Mozart)           Opera Otago                                              1998


Directing/Conducting

Director               New Brunswick Early Music Festival Community Chorus                        2009-2010
Stage Director     Dido and Aeneas, New Brunswick Early Music Festival                               2009
Assistant to Oratorio Society, University of Illinois                                                              2008-2009
Assistant to University of Illinois  Chamber Singers                                                             2008-2009
Assistant Chorus Director   Romeo et Juliette    KCPA, Urbana IL                                      2008
Director             Handel  Scenes from 'Radamisto' and 'Imeneo' Saint Andrews, NB   2008
Conductor          Vivaldi 'Gloria' Saint Andrews Summer Arts Council, NB                       2008
Guest Director     Tudor Voices Spring Concert, Millikin University                                    2008
Musical Director  The Impresario: Milikin University Opera Theater                                 2008
Guest Director    Tudor Voices: Guillaume de Machaut
Messe de Nostre Dame                    2007
Director               La Capella Urbania, Scenes from Handel's
Alcina, Urbania Italy                  2007
Guest Director    Tudor Voices: Heinrich Schutz Musikalische Exequien                                 2007
Musical Director  J. S. Bach Coffee Cantata (Staged) Millikin University                                  2007
Director              The Magic Flute     Kirkland Fine Arts Center PASS Opera                          2006
Director              Capella Ducale, Baroque Opera Scenes, Urbania, Italy                      2006-2007
Director              Opera Workshop Scenes Millikin University                                         2006-2007
Director              the bath street studio  Indiana University                                             2004-2005
Assistant            Concentus Ensemble  Indiana University                                             2004-2005
Director              Otago Camerata     Dunedin                                                                1998-2007
Director              School Choir           Kavanagh Colege, Dunedin                                           2001
Conductor          Junior Choir            Knox Church                                                                   2001
Conductor          Marama Singers     University of Otago                                                         2000
Conductor          Dunedin Youth Orchestra  Otago Tour                                                         2000
Leader               OK Chorale            Palmerston North Boys High School                               1996
Director              Sciolto                    Palmerston North Girls High School                      1995-1996


Musical Theatre and Operetta

Chorus       'HMS Pinafore'                  Indiana University Opera Theater                                2005
Rolf            'The Sound of Music'        Taieri Musical Society, Mosgiel                                    1998
Kenickie     'Grease'                            Nga Tawa Diocesan School, Marton                            1996
Biography
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In concert with Guy Donaldson May 2004
All Saints, Palmerston North