2025 LCC MasterClass and Clinic
Join the Lebanon Community Chorus in our 3rd annual MasterClass and Clinic on November 8th, 2025, at Linn-Benton Community College!
What is a MasterClass? Vocalists and Choruses attend a traditional ‘open class’ for observers to listen while the vocal coach teaches the student. The observers gain insight to singing through observing the lesson.
It is an educational tool used to improve singing performance and techniques. A singer cannot see their musical instrument. They can hear it, feel it, but cannot see it. Feedback is vital to improving techniques and learning new skills that leads to building confident singers.
Below you will find biographies for the professionals leading the MasterClass. Dr. James Reddan, DMA, will be working with choruses while a host of other educators and professionals will be leading workshops and vocal coaching lessons.
Guest Conductor Dr. James Reddan
Dr. James Reddan is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Central Washington University. Reddan is an active scholar, pedagogue, choral conductor, adjudicator, and clinician in demand regionally, domestically and internationally.
Reddan is an active scholar presenting research on music perception, music and gender, assessment in music and other areas both domestically and internationally. He has presented papers at Documenting Jazz (Ireland, 2019; Scotland, 2022; Wales, 2023), the 45th Meeting of the International Committee for Traditional Music (Bangkok, Thailand, 2019), Cultural Diversity in Music Education (Kathamandu, Nepal, 2018), and at many state and regional conferences. He recently served as editor and contributor of the Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender (August, 2022) and serves on the editorial board of JazzEd.
As a choral music educator, ensembles under Reddan’s direction have achieved worldwide recognition performing at Christchurch Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland; the Royal Academy of Music in London; Beijing and Tianjin, People’s Republic of China as part of the 2008 Summer Olympic Festivities, St. Pancras Cathedral in London for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2023 Summer Festival with the Berlin Philharmonic in Berlin, Germany, and festivals in Seattle, San Francisco, and New York City. Under Reddan’s direction, ensembles competed in the 8th World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia winning a World Championship. He gave his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in May 2022 with the Western Oregon University Choirs. Additionally, Reddan has prepared ensembles for performances with Darmon Meader, Eric Whitacre, Eric Dale Knapp, and Simon Halsey.
Reddan received the citation for “Excellence in Music Education” from the American Prize in Choral Music and was recognized as the conductor for the first Honored Artist Choral Ensemble by the American Prize. Additionally, Reddan arranges and composes works for Vocal A cappella ensembles.
Prior to his appointment at CWU, Reddan served as Chair and Associate Professor of Music at Western Oregon University, taught at Frostburg State University, and served as the Chair and Director of Choral Activities in the Performing Arts Department at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, Oregon. He also served as the choral music educator at Arbor View High School and Cannon Junior High School in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Reddan received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Music Education from Boston University, the Master of Music Degree in Choral Conducting and Music Education from the University of Oregon in Eugene and the Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. Reddan completed additional studies at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Brisbane, Australia, the Oregon Bach Festival, and interned with the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
Vocal Coach Terence Madlangbayan
Terence Madlangbayan is the current director of the Lebanon Community Chorus. He began his career at Freedom High School in Orlando, Florida, where he served for three years as Associate Director and one year as Director of Choirs. During his time at Freedom High School, Madlangbayan’s choirs consistently received top ratings at District and State Music Performance Assessments and were regularly invited to perform at events such as Walt Disney World’s Candlelight Processional at Epcot and as a featured choir as part of the National Festival Chorus at Carnegie Hall.
Additionally, he was a charter member of the Orlando Sings organization and served as the inaugural Tenor Section Leader of the Orlando Sings Symphonic Chorus, a choir professional singers and music educators specializing in the performance of large-scale choral masterworks in partnership with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra.
Upon his return to Oregon, Madlangbayan has worked as a choral clinician and guest director, most recently serving as Interim Director of Choirs at West Linn High School, while also continuing to sing as a member of the Corvallis Repertory Singers. Madlangbayan is an alumnus of Oregon State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2017 and a Master of Arts in Teaching with a focus on Music Education in 2018.
Vocal Coach Sarah Brauer
Sarah Brauer, mezzo-soprano, enjoys a varied career of concert, opera, and choral
performance. Sarah earned her Master of Music degree from Rice University after completing
her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Southern California, and is currently
pursuing her Doctor of Music degree at the University of Oregon.Sarah has appeared as a soloist with the Oregon Bach Festival, Salem Chamber Orchestra,
The Ensemble, Cascadia Chamber Opera, Jefferson Baroque Orchestra, Charlotte Master
Chorale, Oregon Bach Collegium, Santa Fe Symphony, Willamette Master Chorale, Chatter,
Houston Bach Society, and Aspen Music Festival, among others. Highlights include mezzo
soprano soloist for the concert-drama Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín, created and
conducted by Murry Sidlin; Mozart’s Requiem and Bach’s Magnificat with the New Mexico
Philharmonic; Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with the Santa Fe
Symphony; and the role of Judy in the national touring production of Craig Hella Johnson’s
Considering Matthew Shepard.A native of Portland, Sarah has frequently collaborated with composers through the Oregon
Composers Forum. Recent engagements include premieres of Cara Haxo’s concert-length
Pretty Pretty Princess and the Underworld, and Zeelah in Daniel Daly’s opera, The Banshee, as
well as with the Oregon Bach Festival’s Composer Forum, where she also premiered her own
chamber music composition.Sarah’s passion for historically-informed performance practice has led to 7 years of
collaboration with the annual International Musicking Festival, where she has been central in
resurrecting and realizing manuscripts from the early Italian baroque, some of which have not
been performed in over 300 years.Upcoming engagements include a debut with the Dallas Symphony, the Oregon Bach Festival,
a tour with Austin-based professional chamber choir Conspirare, and the Winter Festival
Season with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale.In addition to performing, Sarah is an Instructor of Voice at Linn-Benton Community College,
Artistic Consultant with Charlotte Master Chorale, serves on the board of Oregon Bach Festival,
and has appeared as an adjudicator for the Oregon Music Educators Association. Sarah has
recorded eight discs with Conspirare, including the GRAMMY®-winning Sacred Spirit of Russia.Sarah lives in Eugene, Oregon with her son, Luke, and dog, Schubert. www.sarahbrauermezzo.com
Vocal Coach Esteban José Zúñiga Calderón
Hailing from Cartago, Costa Rica, tenor Esteban José Zúñiga Calderón is a
passionate performer and dedicated voice instructor. Often praised for his high
vocal range and expressiveness on stage, Zúñiga has forged his path through
the world of vocal music and andragogy, from Latin America to the United
States. After completing his undergraduate studies in Costa Rica, he obtained
his master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music under former
Metropolitan Opera tenor Neil Rosenshein. Since then, he has lived in the
Pacific Northwest, where he recently received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree
with a specialization in Historical Performance Practice from the University of
Oregon.
Zúñiga has had the privilege of working with companies and organizations such
as Seattle Opera, Eugene Opera, Eugene Symphony, Eugene Vocal Arts,
Geneva (NY) Light Opera, Cascadia Chamber Opera, Uptown Classics NYC,
Emerald Valley Voices, and the National Lyric Company of Costa Rica. His
repertoire includes principal roles in operas by Rossini, Donizetti, Mozart, Bizet,
García, and Handel, in addition to zarzuela, operetta, and musical theater
productions. Zúñiga has also performed in a wide variety of venues throughout
the United States, as well as on prestigious stages in his home country, Costa
Rica.
In addition to performing and teaching, Zúñiga’s research focuses on the
development of the tenor voice from a technical point of view throughout history,
as well as its role in the evolution of vocal music. He also concentrates on the
process of assigning repertoire to developing voices with accuracy, efficiency,
and respect for diversity, to help them achieve their specific goals.
Vocal Coach Saori DeBruyn
Hailed by Northwest Reverb as “a dynamite soprano,” Saori DeBruyn brings lots of energy and heart to all her characters. Saori’s recent performances include Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Cascadia Chamber Opera), Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus (Opernfest Berlin), Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte (Eugene Opera), and in the fall of 2022, Saori starred as ‘The Barmaid’ in the World Premiere of Keith Allegretti’s Good Country. Another performance of note was her hilarious performance of “American Tourist (aka Soprano #1)” in Eugene Opera’s production of Acis & Galatea where Saori flexed her funny bone with cracks of laughter coming from the audience from her ad libbed lines and comedic improv. Her concert appearances include the soprano solo in Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Eugene Concert Choir, the soprano solo in Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle with the Dartmouth Glee Club, and most recently she performed as a soloist with the Sunnyside Symphony Orchestra, conducted by her husband, Jonathan DeBruyn. In 2026, Saori will sing the soprano solo in Mahler’s 4th symphony with the Sunnyside Symphony Orchestra, and will sing the world premiere of Apocalyptic Maiden, a song cycle with orchestra set to text from The Magnificat, composed by her father in-law, Randall DeBruyn. Saori received her master’s degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA, and her Bachelor’s degree from Portland State University. Saori moved back to her hometown of Portland, OR last year with her husband Jonathan DeBruyn, and their one year old daughter. In her free time, Saori enjoys cooking, sewing, and doing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Website: https://www.saoridebruyn.com/