“Voices of Joy,” Spring 2011 - Conspirare

Conspirare
Youth Choirs Staff
Nina Revering. Ms. Revering’s choral music experience
began at an early age. While growing up in Brazil, she
performed in the Coro Infantil do Teatro Municipal
under the direction of Elsa Lakschevitz. After moving
to Canada, she joined the Toronto Children’s Chorus,
directed by Jean Ashworth-Bartle, and performed with
noted directors Andrew Davis and Sir David Willcocks.
Ms. Revering’s musical training included six years
of study in Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music
in baroque recorder as well as piano. Ms. Revering’s
educational background includes work at the Youth
Performing Arts School, and Boston University. She
studied baroque recorder with John Tyson of the New England Conservatory and
performed with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus under conductors Seiji Ozawa,
John Williams, and John Oliver.
Nina Revering has performed widely as a soloist and chorister throughout the
region and around the country. Soloist at St. Mary’s Cathedral from 1994-1997,
she was also Victoria Bach Festival’s New Young Artist in 1994. Ms. Revering
has been a member of Conspirare since 1995 and was a soloist in the Grammynominated
Requiem CD, as well as the Threshold of Night CD, recently released
under the Harmonia Mundi label.
Ms. Revering taught music in Eanes schools from 1996-2003 and recently returned
to the elementary music classroom. A frequent clinician, guest conductor, and vocal
adjudicator around the state of Texas, Nina Revering was one of eight conductors
selected for participation in the International Symposium for Children’s Choir
Directors held in Toronto, Canada in May 2005. Professional affiliations include
ACDA and TMEA.
Rick Gabrillo. In addition to his work with the
Conspirare Youth Choirs, Rick Gabrillo is currently
the Assistant Conductor for Craig Hella Johnson and
Conspirare and the Choir Director of the Traditional
Choir at St. Louis Catholic Church in Austin. Most
recently, he has accepted the position of Choral Director
at St. Stephen’s Epsicopal School in Austin for 2011-
2012.
Active in the choral music education field throughout
Texas, he is in frequent demand as an adjudicator and
clinician for regions across the state. Mr. Gabrillo was
selected to be a co-presenter of a workshop on music literacy at the 2009 Texas
Music Educators Association Convention in San Antonio, and he presented a
workshop on children’s choirs at the 2010 Eastern Division American Choral
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