About the Conductor
Pamela Getnick Mindell, Conductor at the College of the Holy Cross, is a graduate of the Yale University School of Music, where she received her doctorate in Choral Conducting. While at Yale, Dr. Mindell studied with Marguerite Brooks and David Connell and conducted both the Yale Freshman Chorus and the Yale Glee Club. Under her direction, both choruses performed the Mozart Requiem and the Rachmanioff Vespers.
Prior to taking up her conducting post at Holy Cross, Dr. Mindell was a member of the Music faculty at Smith College where she led choirs and taught conducting. She also spent a year as a Visiting Choral Fellow at the Ascham School and Sydney Grammar School in Sydney, Australia, conducting several choirs and singing professionally in prominent Sydney ensembles. Since that time, she has been invited back to Sydney as guest conductor and soloist for the 2003 and 2005 Sydney Grammar Bach Festivals. Dr. Mindell has worked with a number of children's choirs, including the Litchfield County Children's Choir in Conn. and the Paradise City Children's Choir, which she founded in 2001. As a soprano soloist, Dr. Mindell has performed in several duet recitals with mezzo-soprano Justina Golden as part of the Smith College Faculty Concert Series. She also sings with the Boston Secession, a 24-voice chamber choir in Boston. Finally, she serves as Artistic Director for the Hotchkiss Summer Portals Vocal Chamber Ensembles Program for high school students.
Dr. Mindell also holds a master's degree in music education from the Hartt School as well as a bachelor's degree in psychology from Princeton University.