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PHOTO GALLERY
Enjoy these photos from the 2006-2007 Shorter Chorus. For more information on joining the Shorter Chorus, contact Dr. Matt Hoch at mhoch@shorter.edu.
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
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)