ARTISTS & SCHOLARS

Toby Twining

Toby Twining moved to New York in 1987 to work with modern dance choreographers, who wanted the sounds of a new choral music. In 1990 he formed the vocal ensemble Toby Twining Music, which recorded two ground-breaking CDs—Shaman (BMG Classics, 1993), and Chrysalid Requiem (Cantaloupe Music, 2002). Twining’s instrumental works include Satie Blues, recorded by avant-garde pianist Margaret Leng Tan (Uni/Point, 1997) and 9:11 Blues, recorded by Matt Haimovitz (Oxingale/Artemis 2002). Cantaloupe Music plans to release Twining’s third CD, incidental music composed for Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, in 2010

Laurie Olinder

Laurie Olinder (Projection Designer) is a painter and an award winning theatrical designer. She has created multimedia projections for many prominent contemporary composers, including John Adams, Gavin Bryars, Philip Glass, Michael Gordon, Henryk Gorecki, David Lang, Harry Partch, and Julia Wolfe. She is a founding member of Ridge Theater and has been recognized with two Obie awards, a Bessie award, and an Elliot Norton Award.

Mark Burrows

Professor of History of Christianity and Director of Worship, Theology, and the Arts Program at Andover Newton Theological School.

James Christensen

Senior Pastor First Congregational Church, Wolfeboro, United Church of Christ

Elizabeth Nordbeck

Moses Brown Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Andover Newton Theological School

Kent De Spain

Dance Scholar

R. Blair Moffett

Honorably Retired, Presbyterian Church (USA)