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2006-2007 Shorter Chorus
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SHORTER CHORUS
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE AND REPERTOIRE
2006–2007 ACADEMIC YEAR
FALL CONCERT
BROOKES CHAPEL AT SHORTER COLLEGE
15 OCTOBER 2006
Dr. Matthew Hoch, conductor
Caitlin Grubbe, piano
Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina (n.d.) [Psalm 69] |
Giovanni Battista Martini (1706–1784) |
Jenica Reed, soprano
Tiffany White, mezzo-soprano Grant Jordan, tenor Benjamin Isabel, baritone |
|
Zum Sanctus [Neumann] from Deutsche Messe, D872 (1827) |
Franz Schubert (1797–1828) |
Three Madrigals I. O mistress mine, where are you roaming? [Shakespeare] II. Take, o take those lips away [Campion] III. Sigh no more ladies, sigh no more [Donne] |
Emma Lou Diemer (b.1927) |
Dirait-on from Les chansons des roses (1994) |
Morton Lauridsen (b.1943) |
Where dwells the soul of my love (2000) [Thomson] Allison Robinson, oboe |
David N. Childs (b.1969) |
| Peter, Go Ring-a dem Bells (2006) [traditional spiritual] WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE |
arr. Paul Carey (b.1954) |
FEAST OF CAROLES
CITY AUDITORIUM
19 NOVEMBER 2006
Dr. Matthew Hoch, conductor
Caitlin Grubbe, piano
| Midwinter (1995) [Rossetti] | Bob Chilcott (b. 1955) |
| Il est né, le divin enfant (1967) [traditional French carol] | arr. John Rutter (b. 1945) |
| Sleeps Judea Fair (1924) [MacKinnon] | Hugh A. MacKinnon (1891–1981) |
| WITH THE SHORTER CHORALE (Dr. Martha Shaw, conductor): | |
| Chorus: Hallelujah! [Revelation] from The Messiah (1742) |
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) |
| Arise, Your Light Has Come (1989) [Danner] | David Danner (1951–1993) |
AN EVENING OF OPERA
ROME CITY AUDITORIUM
20 FEBRUARY 2007
With the Northwest Wind Ensemble and the Shorter Chorale
Dr. Sam Baltzer, conductor
Dr. Martha Shaw, co-chorus master
Dr. Matthew Hoch, co-chorus master
Brindisi Giuseppe Verdi
from La traviata (1853) [Piave] (1813–1901)
Anvil Chorus
from Il trovatore (1851) [Cammarano/Baldare]
Coronation Scene Modest Musorgsky
from Boris Godunov (1874) [Musorgsky] (1839–1881)
The Promise of Living Aaron Copland
from The Tender Land (1954) [ Everett] (1990–1990)
SPRING CONCERT
BROOKES CHAPEL AT SHORTER COLLEGE
22 APRIL 2007
Dr. Matthew Hoch, conductor
Caitlin Grubbe, piano
Hannah Sills, piano
Thomas Williams, piano
| Gloria in Excelsis (n.d.) [mass ordinary] | attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) |
| Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 (1888) [Conrat] V. Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze VII. Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn VI. Röslein dreie in der Reihe blühn so rot |
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) |
Dennis Shuman, tenor |
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| Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 (1865) [ Racine] | Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) |
| A Girl’s Garden from Frostiana (1958) [Frost] |
Randall Thompson (1899–1984) |
| Three Scottish Folksongs (1983) I. O whistle and I’ll come to ye [Burns] II. My love’s in Germany [MacNeill] III. I’ll ay call in my yon town [Burns] |
arr. Mack Wilberg (b.1955) |
Soon Ah Will Be Done (1934) [traditional spiritual] arr. William Dawson
(1899–1990)
SHORTER CHORUS ROSTER: 2006–2007
| Soprano I | Soprano II |
| Stephanie Adamson | Bri Case |
| Heather Blocker | Megan Cone |
| Audrey Crocker | Caitlin Grubbe* |
| Megs Free | Ashley Jones |
| Rebecca Henry | Bailie Queen |
| Becky Manners | Jenica Reed (vice president) |
| Tiffany White | Kristen Wolf |
| Stephanie Williams | Laura Lee Gill |
| Divine Evans | Amy Alford |
| Alto I | Alto II |
| Taryn Bryant | Beckie Brown |
| Bobbi Enzor | Asha Brownie-Gordon |
| Mary Hutson | Sarah Cook |
| Melissa Maynard | Ashley Henry |
| Grace Nelson | Kate Zaloumes |
| Katie Northcutt | Kathrine Magruder |
| Jamie Savincki | Melissa Powell-Buice |
| Hannah Sills* | Hannah Strickland |
| Jennifer Tripi | Jennifer Spradley |
| Hannah Jacobs | Jessica Little |
| Jessica Myers | |
| Tenor I | Tenor II |
| Justin Davis | Mike Morin |
| Jake Haynie | Tommy DePriest* |
| Grant Jordan | Charlie Lamb |
| Justin Murdock | William Lucas |
| Dennis Shuman | Neil Echols |
| Bass I | Bass II |
| Josh Donahue | Trey Getz |
| Dorant'e Evans | James Jarvis |
| Ben Isabel | John Jarvis |
| Abel Jones | Tyler Pledger (president, fall) |
| Rhyan Rice | Nick Rollins* |
| Nathan Saint | Daniel Watson |
| Jonathan Altman | Thomas Williams |
| Michael Lindsey |
* denotes section leader
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