Guest Artists
Flute
Charly Drobeck studied music and sociology at Indiana University, graduating with a BA in music. She has spent the past 33 years in the Santa Fe area, making music with the Women’s Ensemble on numerous occasions, as well as with Santa Fe Pro Musica and other local groups. Charly also enjoys teaching, hiking, gardening and enjoying the beauties of the Southwest.
Guest Conductor, Songs of Connection, Spring 2019
Dr. Linda Mack Berven earned her doctoral degree from the University of Illinois and was a longtime professor of music at Fort Lewis College. She currently serves as artistic director and conductor of the Durango Choral Society, which has twice been awarded the Chorus America Alice Parker/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. Linda also conducts the Durango Women’s Choir and is a former music director of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. Her appearances as a conductor, pianist and harpsichordist have included the San Juan Symphony, Fort Lewis College faculty recitals, Third Avenue Arts Recital Series, Showcase Concert Series and the Durango Bach Festival, and she regularly performs with C. Scott Hagler as part of the Vivace Piano Duo. Linda has conducted choirs and orchestras at Carnegie Hall in 2010 and 2018, as well as in Prague, Greece, Zagreb, Salzburg, Innsbruck and Linz.
Durango Women's Choir
The Durango Women’s Choir has been a part of the regional arts community for more than 20 years. The 17 talented singers, under the direction of Dr. Linda Mack Berven, have performed a wide variety of repertoire in numerous venues. Their many performance engagements include the Durango Bach Festival and the Choral Society Cabaret, as well as regular seasons of sacred and secular music. The choir has recently performed works by Duruflé, Fauré, Mozart, Brahms, Palestrina and Handel, and is especially known for the annual presentation of He and She, a musical battle of the sexes with the Men’s Choir from Fort Lewis College. Today’s performance marks their third joint project with the Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble, and they are proud to work together with their musical friends and partners.
