About Pinecrest
OUR ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
Joanne Norman Schulte
Joanne Schulte, a native Miamian, earned the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in organ performance, with high distinction, from Indiana University. She was a student of Oswald Ragatz and has been coached by Marie-Claire Alain, Marilyn Mason, Virgil Fox and Arthur Poister.
Joanne has served on the faculties of Catawba College, Miami-Dade College, the University of Miami, and most recently at Florida International University. In 1999, following her inaugural performance on the Sydell Ida Wertheim Organ, Mrs. Schulte was appointed Adjunct Professor of Organ and Director of Organ Studies.
Mrs. Schulte has played recitals throughout the United States and Europe. As a soloist, she has performed with the New World Symphony, the Florida Philharmonic, the FIU Symphony and the Pro Musica Society on National Public Radio and Television. She was senior organist at historic Plymouth Congregational Church in Coconut Grove, director of music and organist at Naples United Church of Christ and artist in residence at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens.
Very active in cultural and arts organizations, Mrs. Schulte established the jury system for arts grants while a member of the Fine Arts Council for the State of Florida and currently sits on the boards of a number of arts agencies. She has been active in the American Guild of Organists as an officer and member of the Miami Chapter since 1967 and as a teacher/performer for Pipe Organ Encounters. She is a member of the National American Guild of Organists Committee on the New Organist.
Patrick Dupre Quigley
The founding Artistic Director of Seraphic Fire, Miami's highly acclaimed and successful professional chamber choir, PATRICK DUPRÉ QUIGLEY has conducted ensembles throughout North America, Europe, China, and Israel.
In September 2007, Patrick Dupré Quigley and Seraphic Fire were awarded a $250,000 grant from The Knight Foundation for the purpose of establishing a professional chamber orchestra in Miami. The new ensemble's debut is planned for the fall of 2008.
Mr. Quigley is the recipient of the 2004 Robert Shaw Fellowship, given annually by the National Endowment for the Arts and Chorus America to one conductor between the ages of 25 and 40 who demonstrates the potential for a significant professional career. At 26, Mr. Quigley was the youngest person to ever receive this award. In October 2006, he was one of 16 conductors from around the world invited to Stockholm, Sweden to compete in the tri-annual Eric Ericson Award.
In five seasons, Mr. Quigley has built Seraphic Fire into a nationally recognized ensemble, now considered one of the five major performing arts institutions in Miami. Under his leadership, Seraphic Fire was the recipient of the 2006 ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming of New Music. Mr. Quigley has commissioned and premiered numerous works, including the Pulitzer Prize nominated Road from Hiroshima: A Requiem by Shawn Crouch and the acoustic version of Ingram Marshall's Hymnodic Delays. Known for its high-quality and exciting performances of Baroque and New Music, Seraphic Fire is also the first classical ensemble since the Benedictine Monks of Silos to reach the top 10 on the Billboard Pop Charts.
Patrick Dupré Quigley received his M.Mus. in Conducting from Yale University, where he studied on a full scholarship. He earned a B.A. in Musicology from the University of Notre Dame, and is a graduate of the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy's Fundraising School.
