Staff

CARY RATCLIFF, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Artistic Director Cary Ratcliff is now in his seventh season with Madrigalia. Under his direction, the chorus has released two CD recordings: For Better, For Worse: Music About Marriage, and On This Day Earth Shall Ring.  The chorus also contributed to the recording of Ratcliff’s large-scale opera Eleni. Known as a composer of choral, orchestral, chamber music, art song, and opera, Ratcliff also is keyboardist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Recordings include a Harmonia Mundi 2015 release of his oratorio Ode To Common Things on poems of Pablo Neruda, by Conspirare under Craig Hella Johnson, which was nominated for Best Choral Performance for the 2016 Grammys; and Kathryn Lewek sings Cary Ratcliff  on Albany Records. His compositions can be explored at www.Ratcliffmusic.com.

SARAH ENGEL, ADMINISTRATOR

Sarah Engel joined the choir in 2023. She is honored to serve Madrigalia as an administrator!

A Rochester native, Sarah participated in the Hochstein School Honors Program during her high school education. During that time, she also sang with the Rochester Oratorio Society as a Choral Scholar.

In December 2020, she obtained her Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance from Westminster Choir College. 

In 2023, Sarah accepted a position with the Rochester Oratorio Society as Office Coordinator. Her dedication and passion inspired Sarah to pursue a career in the local non-profit sector specializing in performing arts administration.

Sarah appears as a mezzo-soprano soloist with the Rochester Oratorio Society and Finger Lakes Community Festival.