Stefani Paladino of Kent participated in Whitman College Winter Concert

2011 Mar 10

Stefani Paladino of Kent, Wash. recently joined fellow Whitman College Symphony and Chamber Singer members in a concert of music not previously performed in 300 years at the annual Whitman College Winter Concert.

The concert was conducted by Jeremy Mims, visiting assistant professor of music, and sponsored by the Whitman Department of Music. The Symphony and Chamber Singers performed works by Mexican Baroque composer Miguel Mateo de Dallo y Lana, on March 5 in Whitman's Chism Recital Hall.

Mims researched the works, including "Beatus Vir," during a trip to the Cathedral of Puebla in Mexico. Dallo y Lana's work dates back to the 16th century, but was only recovered in the 1960s in the archives of the Cathedral.

It is exciting "to be in new territory" and "for the students to be the first to perform this in 300 years," Mims told the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin in addressing the treasure he uncovered from centuries past.

The Whitman Chamber Singers is a select chorus of 24 singers, taken from the membership of the Whitman Chorale. The Chamber Singers tour every other year. Recent tours have included Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Honolulu.

The Whitman Symphony plays full symphonies as well as purely string works. The academic year includes fall, winter, and spring concerts, musicals or operas and tours.

Whitman College, in Walla Walla, Wash., is nationally renowned for offering a rigorous, well-rounded liberal arts undergraduate education. An independent, non-sectarian residential college, Whitman fosters intellectual vitality, confidence and leadership in its 1,500 students. Also noted for its commitment to environmental principles, Whitman is characterized by intellect, down-to-earth sensibilities, collaboration over competition and active lifestyle.