David McNeil

Artistic Director

Since 2019, David McNeil has led the Vittoria Ensemble in performances across Denver, including concerts at St. Dominic’s Church, Holy Ghost Church, and the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. He also serves on the faculty of the Colorado Christian University School of Music as Director of Choral Studies and at Rockland Community Church as Choir Director. He is an active clinician across Colorado and the United States.

Previous to coming to Colorado, McNeil served as Principal Assistant Conductor to the Yale Camerata and Camerata Chamber Singers, Assistant Conductor of the Yale Glee Club, and as co-director for Yale Divinity School’s Marquand Chapel Choir. Previously, McNeil worked with the University Chorale, Conductors’ Chorus, All Campus Choir, and Opera Chorus at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, IN, where he earned a Master of Music degree in choral conducting. He has also served as choral director at several primary/secondary schools and churches in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana.

An experienced vocalist, McNeil sang in the Yale Schola Contorum under David Hill and Masaaki Suzuki, performing throughout the Northeast and internationally, and in Indiana University’s NOTUS: Contemporary Vocal Ensemble under the direction of Dominick DiOrio. McNeil has prepared choruses for Marin Alsop, Marguerite Brooks, Jeffrey Douma, Arthur Fagen, and William Boughton.

As a scholar, McNeil’s interests include historical performance practice, keyboard continuo realization, and choral vocal pedagogy. He received the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from the Yale School of Music and a Masters in Choral Conducting from Indiana University.

McNeil and his wife, Chelsey, a soprano in the Vittoria Ensemble, live in Wheat Ridge with their wonderful children.

Evan Glaser

Assistant Director

Assistant Director, Evan Glaser has been singing with Vittoria since its first season in

2011, and he has served multiple roles in the choir and organization, including as

board president.

He holds a BA in Academic Music, with an emphasis in vocal performance, from Northland

College. He has performed with many Colorado ensembles and performance organizations,

including Kantorei, Canto Deo, Confluence, Holy Ghost Church, Christ the King Church, St.

Augustine's Church, Opera Colorado, Loveland Opera Theatre, Empire Lyric Players, Evergreen Chorale,

and Denver's Dangerous Theatre.

Zerek Dodson

Harpsicordist

Early music--of the Baroque, Renaissance, and earlier--has always held a special place for me. When I was little, my favorite composer was Vivaldi (not common for a piano student!) and some of the most lasting musical memories of my childhood include encountering the works of Josquin and Bach's Matthäus-Passion. As an undergraduate, I was fortunate enough to play harpsichord in the university's early music ensemble, where I first learned to realize a continuo line. However, after moving to Colorado to pursue my DMA in Collaborative Piano back in 2019 (immediately before the pandemic!) I had fewer opportunities to play or sing early music.

That's why it has been such a joy to work with Vittoria. I was very pleased when Vittoria's previous harpsichordist and my friend Jerimiah Otto reccomended me to replace him in fall 2024. David McNeil (who I managed to surprise in my interview by recognizing the Fenaroli partimento I was asked to sightread) has been wonderful to work with. I really feel this position draws wonderfully on my long engagement with early music and continuo playing as well as my more recent experience as a choral pianist. The high quality of the ensemble, feeling of community, and being able to make connections and contacts within the Denver music world has been a true asset.

Vittoria Ensemble

Board of Directors

President:  Rebecah Ziegler

Secretary:  Elizabeth Flavin-Pine

Treasurer:  Ross Jason

Board Members: Katie Doktor