Leadership
David Recca, Artistic Director
David J. Recca is currently a lecturer at the Conservatory of Music of Purchase College, SUNY. There he directs the Purchase Chorus and Purchase Chamber Singers, he is a regular guest conductor of the Purchase Symphony Orchestra, and he teaches a variety of undergraduate courses including music history, music theory, ear training, and conducting. He is also the newly appointed Artistic Director of the New York City Master Chorale; the Artistic Director of the Southern Connecticut Camerata, a Norwalk-based early music ensemble celebrating its 64th season; and the Assistant Music Director of the New Amsterdam Singers, a fixture in Manhattan’s choral scene which has been championing new works by living composers for over 50 seasons.
He has served as assistant conductor to Mercury Opera Rochester, principal assistant conductor to the Yale Camerata, and artistic director to Madrigalia Via, whose performances were hailed as “sinfully blissful” by the Wall Street Journal. He has prepared choirs for conductors such as Helmuth Rilling, David Hill, Masaaki Suzuki, Simon Carrington, Erwin Ortner, and Sir Gilbert Levine.
He holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from the Yale School of Music, a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the Eastman School of Music, and a Performer’s Certificate in Vocal Coaching and a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition from Purchase College.
Julia Mills, Operations Associate
Julia Mills is a violinist and creative technologist, using her passion for music and operational excellence to support non-profits such as NYC Master Chorale.
She is the founder of Julia Mills Music, where she has performed as a solo and ensemble violinist across genres, offering bespoke performances for private events such as weddings, corporate fundraisers, and religious services. She has played the violin professionally since 2014, when she began performing as a guest musician with the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic. She has since performed across the country and is now based in Brooklyn.
She has built a parallel career in technology project management, working on music software products to empower amateurs, hobbyists, and professional musicians alike. She leverages her technical background to streamline administrative and logistical processes, and act as the point person for concert planning, execution, and longer-term projects at NYC Master Chorale. Outside of NYC Master Chorale, she continues performing, designing creative tools and experiences, and exploring new ways to fuse musical expression with emerging technologies.
She holds an M.A. degree in Music, Science, & Technology from Stanford University, with thesis work in designing arts education experiences for remote learners. She also holds a B.S. in Psychoacoustics from Oberlin College & Conservatory, combining music technology and perceptual studies.
Andrea Lodge, Rehearsal Pianist
Pianist Andrea Lodge has been hailed as a “Must-See” (The Telegram, St. John’s, NL). A specialist in the performance of contemporary music, she was awarded top prizes at the Eckhardt-Gramatté Canadian National Competition. Andrea lives in New York City where she performs regularly as soloist, with her husband Jay Sorce as the Sorce/Lodge Duo, and with the adventurous new music quartet, Hypercube.
Hypercube has been bringing their music to new audiences with tours across the U.S.A. and abroad, as featured artists on the FIMNME Festival of New Music in Mexico City, Now Hear This! Festival of New Music, Music on the Edge, and the Ritornello Chamber Music Festival. Their debut album, Brain on Fire received critical acclaim in 2020. During COVID-19, they have welcomed composers from around the world for three Hypercube Composition Labs, workshopping and performing over 50 new works. This season, Hypercube embarks on collaborations with composers from Columbia University and NYU.
Recent performances of the Sorce/Lodge Duo include a live appearance at the Garrick Theatre in Bonavista, Canada, during the Garrick Summer Series, online as part of The Current, run by Charlotte New Music, and in a combination of online and in-person as featured artists on the Mise-En Place Acoustic + Series. In 2021, the Sorce/Lodge Duo has also been featured at the Rock Valley Schoolhouse in Delaware County, NY, and at Joe’s Place in Bonaventure, Canada. In 2020, the duo made recordings for the American Composers Alliance and New Focus Recordings.
Andrea is an integral part of Nief-Norf, a contemporary music organization and summer festival focused on bringing together new ideas in performance, composition and research. Along with Nief-Norf, Andrea has twice been a featured artist at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN.
Andrea has played at the International Computer Music Conference, NYC Electroacoustic Music Festival, UNPLAY Festival, Sonic Boom Festival, the International Sound Symposium, the Queens New Music Festival and the Qubit Noise Non-Ference. She has collaborated with many new music ensembles including Yarn/Wire, Ecce Ensemble, Oracle Hysterical, Metropolis Ensemble, Tenth Intervention and Anonymous Ensemble. Andrea’s recordings include two albums of music by Marga Richter, and solo piano works by Elliot Cole on his album Nightflower. She is preparing to record John Psathas’ Three Psalms for piano and percussion orchestra for release by New Zealand’s Atoll Records and is working towards the release of her first solo album, Dynamic Earth.
As an educator, Andrea teaches at Adelphi University and Five Towns College. She holds the position of Musical Director of the Down Town Glee Club, and is the Organist and Choir Director at Zion Episcopal Church in Douglaston, NY. Andrea holds a DMA in Performance from Stony Brook University
Board of Trustees
Sara Yood, Chair
Emma Dickson, Vice Chair
Charley Mills, Treasurer
Nora Thomson, Secretary
Lewis “Skip” Teel, Trustee
Julie Heller, Trustee
Julie Rulyak Steinberg, Advisory
Morten Lauridsen, Honorary
Donald Neuen, Honorary
David Recca, ex officio
Jennie Jung, Chorus President, ex officio
Thea Kano, Artistic Director Emeritus
Past Members
Marnie Andrews
Laurence C. Boylan, Esq.
Kenneth Cole
Sharon Daley-Johnson
Rob Driggers
Debbie Farson
Jessica Genter
Stephanie Germeraad
Gailyn Gwinn
Robert Johnson
Laura King
Esther Lee
Sandy Lee
Anna Lewis
James S. Longo
Leslie Ann Lopez
Stephanie Myers
Steven Pomper
Tere Preciado
Sean Robinson
Paul Salamunovich (1927 – 2014)
Nancy Strohmeyer
Greg Takayama
Debra K. Unger
Ken Williamson
Marion S. Wise
