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Westminster Symphonic Choir
Westminster Chapel Choir
Westminster Schola Cantorum
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
Kathleen Ebling Shaw
James Jordan
Joe Miller
Amanda Quist
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Ken Cowan, organ
Solid Brass
December 9 & December 10, 2011
8 p.m.
Princeton University Chapel
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Please note the unauthorized use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited by law. Out of courtesy to the performers and everyone in the audience, please refrain from using cell phones and electronic devices.
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The audience is asked to withhold all applause until after the recessional.
[ Pre-­concert Music \
Grand Choeur Dialogué Eugene Gigout (1844-­1925)
Solid Brass
Ken Cowan, organ
Deck The Halls Traditional arr. Carmen Dragon
(1914-­1984)
Solid Brass
Ken Cowan, organ
God With Us For All Time Betty B. Garee (1927-­1986)
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
Variations on Adeste Fideles Gaston Dethier (1875-­1958)
Ken Cowan, organ
I Wonder as I Wander I wonder as I wander, out under the sky, John Jacob Niles (1892-­1980) arr. Steve Pilkington
(b. 1952)
How Jesus the Savior did come for to die For poor orn’ry people like you and like I. I wonder as I wander out under the sky. If Jesus had wanted any wee thing, A star in the sky, or a bird on the wing, All of God’s angels in heaven sing, He surely could have had it, ‘cause he was the king. When Mary birth’d Jesus, ‘twas in a cow’s stall With wise men and farmers and shepherds and all. But high from God’s heaven a star’s light did fall, And the promise of the ages it did then recall. I wonder as I wander, out under the sky, How Jesus the Savior did come for to die For poor orn’ry people like you and like I. I wonder as I wander out under the sky.
Westminster Chapel Choir
Erinn Sensenig, mezzo-­soprano
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Missa Carolae Introduction James Whitbourn (b. 1963)
Guillô play your tambourin,
Robin with your flute begin,
Play your pipe and play your drum,
Tu-­re-­lu-­re-­lu!
Pa-­ta-­pa-­ta-­pan!
Play your pipe and play your drum.
Sing Nowell to all and some!
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light:
They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them hath the light shined.
Kyrie eleison.
Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
For unto us a child is born,
Unto us a Son is given:
And the government shall be upon his shoulder:
And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor,
The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Dance and sing and leap with joy At the birth of the infant boy.
Dance with pipe and dance with drum.
Tu-­re-­lu-­re-­lu!
Pa-­ta-­pa-­ta-­pan!
Dance with pipe and dance with drum
For to us is born a Son.
Texts: James Whitbourn’s translation of “Guillô, pran ton tamborin!” by Bernard de la Monnoye (1641-­1728); Isaiah 9, and the Latin Mass
Westminster Symphonic Choir Westminster Schola Cantorum
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
Emily Johnston, soprano
Samantha Lax, soprano
Holly Curtis, soprano
Anna Friars, piccolo
Jacob Ezzo, percussion
READING: Bidding Steve Pilkington
Associate Professor of Sacred Music
Pilkington
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CAROL: O Come, All Ye Faithful Fanfare Verse IV arr. Sir David Willcocks (b. 1919)
arr. Ken Cowan
(b. 1974)
words and melody by J.F. Wade
(1711-­1786)
All who are willing and able are invited to stand and join in the singing
1. O come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem;
Come and behold Him
Born the King of angels:
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord!
3. Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation;
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
Glory to God
In the highest:
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord!
2. God of God,
Light of Light,
Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb;
Very God,
Begotten, not created:
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord!
4. Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning;
Jesu, to Thee be glory given;
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing.
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord!
Ave Maria Franz Xaver Biebl (1906-­2001)
Westminster Schola Cantorum
Andrew Maggio, bass
Matthew Henry, tenor
Mark Laseter, tenor
Holly Curtis, soprano
Emily Johnston, soprano
Travis Hewitt, alto
Gillian Hurst, alto
Matthew Henry, tenor
Mark Laseter, tenor
Little Drummer Boy Words and Music by Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati and Harry Simeone
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
American Boychoir Training Ensemble:
Ian Adler, Charles Banta, Thomas Curran III, Jonathan Famous, Niccolo Grillo, Elias Jarvinen, Anselm Lohmann, Julius Mauldin, Connor McDowell, Daniel Metrejean, Dante Soriano,
Nathan West, Noah Wilde, Benjamin Yifrach
Fred Meads, director of vocal studies American Boychoir
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Lux Aurumque Lux,
calida gravisque pura velut aurum
et canunt angeli molliter
modo natum.
Eric Whitacre
(b. 1970)
Light,
warm and heavy as pure gold
and the angels sing softly
to the new-­born baby.
Julia Gallagher, soprano
Westminster Chapel Choir
CAROL: Angels We Have Heard on High French Carol
arr. Sterling Procter
further arr. Daniel Beckwith
All who are willing and able are invited to stand and join in the singing
1. (All)
Angels we have heard on high,
singing sweetly through the night,
and the mountains in reply
echoing their brave delight.
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
3. (All)
Come to Bethlehem and see
him whose birth the angels sing;
come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
2. (Choir)
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why these songs of happy cheer?
What great brightness did you see?
What glad tidings did you hear?
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
4. (All)
See him in a manger laid
whom the angels praise above;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
while we raise our hearts in love.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
READING: Why Not a Star Ukrainian Bell Carol Sara Mae Lagasca
Class of 2013
Margaret Gooding
Mykola Leontovich
arr. Hart Morris
(b. 1946)
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
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The Bells, Op. 35, Allegro ma non tanto (‘The Silver Sleigh Bells’) Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff
(1873-­1943)
Listen!
Hear the silver bells, hear the sledges with the bells,
How they charm our weary senses with a sweetness that compels,
Hear the silver bells, hear the sledges with the bells.
In the ringing and the singing that of deep oblivion tells.
Hear them calling, Rippling sounds of laughter falling On the icy midnight air, And a promise they declare, That beyond Illusion’s cumber,
Generations past all number,
Waits an universal slumber Deep and sweet past all compare.
Hear the sledges with the bells,
Hear the silver-­throated bells.
See, the stars bow down to hearken What their melody foretells.
With a passion that compels, And their dreaming is a gleaming That a perfumed air exhales
And their thoughts are but a shining. And a luminous divining Of the singing and the ringing Of the promise that a dreamless peace foretells.
Thomas Faracco, tenor
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Westminster Schola Cantorum
Rockin’ Jerusalem arr. Andre Thomas (b. 1952)
I hear rockin in the land! Rockin in the land and ringin dem bells.
I know oh my Lord, there’s rockin in the land, rockin in the land and ringin dem bells.
I know archangels ring dem bells. Oh I hear dem ringin
for they are rockin Jerusalem ringin dem bells.
Oh Mary, oh Martha, oh Mary ring dem bells!
I hear archangels a-­ringin dem bells!
Church gettin higher, Jerusalem ring dem bells!
Don’t you hear the bells a-­ringin,
don’t you hear dem ringin dem bells!
Rockin in the land and ringin dem bells!
Westminster Chapel Choir
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CAROL: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Felix Mendelssohn (1809-­1847)
arr. Craig Phillips (b. 1961)
All who are willing and able are invited to stand and join in the singing
1. (All) Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King, Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” Joyful, all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th’ angelic host proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!” Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King!” 3. (All) Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that we no more may die,
Born to raise us from the earth,
Born to give us second birth.
Risen with healing in his wings.
Light and life to all he brings,
Hail the Son of Righteousness!
Hail the heaven-­born Prince of Peace!
Hark! The herald angels sing,
“Glory to the new born King!”
2. (Choir) Christ, by highest heaven adored; Christ, the everlasting Lord; Late in time behold him come, Offspring of the virgin’s womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; Hail the incarnate Deity, Pleased as man with us to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel. Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King!” Text: Charles Wesley
READING: Amazing Peace Nova Thomas
Associate Professor of Voice
Maya Angelou
O Holy Night Adolphe Adam (1803-­1856)
arr. William Dressler
(1826-­1914)
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Combined Choirs
Ding Dong Merrily On High arr. Mack Wilberg (b. 1955)
Combined Choirs
This Christmastide Donald Fraser arr. Jane McCulloch
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Combined Choirs
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CAROL: Silent Night Franz Gruber
(1787-­1863)
arr. Cowan
All who are willing and able are invited to stand and join in the singing
1. Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child.
Holy infant, so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
3. Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love’s pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
2. Silent night, holy night,
Shepherds quake at the sight,
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heavenly hosts sing, “Alleluia:
Christ, the Savior, is born!
Christ, the Savior, is born!”
Ringing in the Season Westminster Concert Bell Choir
CAROL: Joy to the World traditional
arr. Cowan
All who are willing and able are invited to stand and join in the singing
1. Joy to the world! The Lord is come:
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heav’n and nature sing,
And heav’n and nature sing,
And heav’n and heav’n, and nature sing.
3. He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love,
And wonders of his love,
And wonders, wonders of His love.
2. Joy to the world! The Savior reigns;
Let men their songs employ,
While fields and floods,
Rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
[ Recessional and Postlude \
L’annee d’or (A Festival Procession) Joel Phillips
(b. 1958)
Solid Brass
Ken Cowan, organ
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella arr. Keith Chapman (1945-­1989)
Ken Cowan, organ
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About the Artists
KEN COWAN is one of North America’s finest concert organists. Praised for his dazzling artistry, impeccable technique and imaginative programming by audiences and critics alike, he maintains a rigorous performing schedule that takes him to major concert venues in America, Canada, Europe, and Asia.
Recent feature performances have included appearances at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, Calif., Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall, Georgia’s Spivey Hall, and Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, as well as concerts in Germany and Korea.
Numerous critically acclaimed compact disc recordings are available by Mr. Cowan. His most recent releases are Works of Franz Liszt, which was recorded on the Michael Quimby organ at First Baptist church in Jackson, Miss., Ken Cowan Plays Romantic Masterworks, which was recorded on the 110-­rank Schoenstein organ at First Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln, Neb., and The Art of the Symphonic Organist Vol. 4, which was also recorded at First Baptist Church in Jackson, Miss. In addition to his solo recordings, Mr. Cowan also joined organist Justin Bischof in the world premiere recording of American composer Aaron Miller’s Double Concerto for organ, recorded with the Zurich Symphony Orchestra on the Kleuker organ in the Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland. Many of his recordings and live performances are regularly featured on the nationally distributed radio show Pipedreams.
A native of Thorold, Ontario, Canada, Mr. Cowan received the master’s degree and an Artist Diploma from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Prior to attending Yale, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He is associate professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, where he was awarded the 2008 Rider University Distinguished Teaching Award.
Westminster Choir College alumna LAQUITA MITCHELL consistently earns acclaim in eminent opera companies throughout North America and Europe. Already in her young career, she has led performances with the Los Angeles Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Washington National Opera, Opéra Comique in Paris, among many others. In her compelling 2009 debut as Bess in Porgy and Bess, Opera News said “Soprano Laquita Mitchell, in her first outing as Bess, dazzled the SFO [San Francisco Opera] audience with her purity of tone and vivid theatrical presence.” This season she also performed the role of Bess in Porgy and Bess at the Atlanta Opera.
For the 2011-­2012 season, she performs Violetta in La Traviata with New York City Opera, Leonora in Il Trovatore in South Carolina as well as reprising the role of Bess in Porgy and Bess in concert with the Madison Symphony and )
the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood Festival. Additional concert engagements include Christmas concerts with the Kansas City Symphony in the new concert hall, Helzberg Hall, at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, as well as Over the Rainbow – an evening honoring Harold Arlen at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Her recent engagements include the role of Sharon in Terrance McNally’s Master Class at the Kennedy Center; her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Clara in Porgy and Bess and Cio-­Cio San cover in Madama Butterfly; Musetta in La Bohème in a return to the Los Angeles Opera; Mimì in La Bohème at the Utah Symphony and Opera; Leonora in Il Trovatore with Nashville Opera; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Florentine Opera, Portland Opera, and Opera New Jersey; Micaëla in Carmen with New York City Opera and the former Opera Pacific; Bess in Porgy and Bess at the San Francisco Opera and New Jersey State Opera; and Clara in Porgy and Bess with the Los Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera, Opéra Comique in Paris and on tour in Caen and Granada, Spain.
Tenor THOMAS FARACCO has been on the voice faculty since 1983 and is an Associate Professor of Voice and Director of Graduate Studies at Westminster. He has appeared as a soloist with various orchestras and opera companies in the United States and was a faculty member of the Pitten Classics Music Festival in Austria from 1992-­2008.
Celebrating her 21st year as conductor of the Westminster Concert Bell Choir, KATHLEEN EBLING SHAW is a member of the sacred music department at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, where she teaches classes in handbell training and conducts a second handbell choir. A graduate of Westminster Choir College, she is also director of music at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Doylestown, Pa. Well known as a handbell clinician, Ms. Ebling Shaw has conducted sessions for the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers both on the local and national levels. Other engagements have included sessions for the American Guild of Organists; the New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas Music Educators Conferences; Presbyterian Association of Musicians Conferences; the St. Olaf Church Music Conference; the 8th International Handbell Symposium in Japan; the 9th International Handbell Symposium in England; the 10th International Handbell Symposium in Korea; the 11th International Handbell Symposium in Australia; the 12th International Handbell Symposium in Orlando and the 13th International Handbell Symposium in Japan.
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Most recently, she conducted the Westminster Concert Bell Choir in an appearance with singer Josh Groban in NBC’s nationally televised Lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. Choirs under the direction of Ms. Ebling Shaw have performed at Carnegie Hall and the World Financial Center’s Festival of Light and Sound. They have also been featured on Lifetime Television, QVC, NBC’s TODAY Show, New Jersey Network and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. She has also produced six recordings with the Westminster Concert Bell Choir: Westminster Rings!, Praise and Adoration, Christmas at Westminster: The Westminster Concert Bell Choir, By Request, Westminster Concert Bell Choir: 30th Anniversary Collection and A Time To Dance. Ms. Ebling Shaw is also the recipient of an Alumni Merit Award from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in recognition of her dedication to the art of handbell ringing and her enthusiasm and accomplishments in the classroom as well as the concert hall.
JAMES JORDAN is recognized and praised around the musical world as one of the nation’s pre-­eminent conductors, writers and innovators in choral music. The author of more than 30 books and DVDs on all aspects of the choral art, he has been described as a “visionary” by The Choral Journal. Grammophone hailed him as a conductor of “forceful and intimate choral artistry.” The American Record Guide has praised his recordings as “without peer.” His career and publications have been devoted to innovative educational changes in the choral art, which have been embraced around the world. His book, Evoking Sound, was named as a “must read” on a list of six books by The Choral Journal. Dr. Jordan is professor and senior conductor at Westminster Choir College, where he conducts Westminster Schola Cantorum and the Westminster Williamson Voices. His recent recording on Naxos, Living Voices: The Music of James Whitbourn, is enjoying wide critical acclaim, described as “superb” by Grammophone. It debuted at number 22 on the Billboard Classical Music charts.
of the nation’s leading summer programs for the training and education of conductors.
JOE MILLER is conductor of two of America’s most renowned choral ensembles – the Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. As director of choral activities at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, N.J., he also oversees an extensive choral program that includes eight ensembles. His recordings with the Westminster Choir have garnered critical praise. His debut CD, Flower of Beauty, was described by American Record Guide as “the gold standard.” Noël, a collection of French Christmas music recorded at New York’s Cathedral of Saint John the Divine with renowned mezzo-­
soprano Jennifer Larmore, earned five stars from Choir & Organ magazine. His 2011-­2012 season with the Westminster Choir includes a concert tour of the South, several national radio broadcasts, a Carnegie Hall Community Sing concert and their annual residency at the Spoleto Festival USA.
Dr. Miller is also founder and conductor of the Westminster Chamber Choir, a program that offers professional-­level choral and vocal artists the opportunity to explore challenging works for two weeks each summer on the Westminster campus in Princeton. He also leads the annual Westminster Choral Festival, which welcomes singers and conductors to study and perform a major choral work with orchestra. In demand as a guest conductor and clinician, this season he will participate in residencies at Baldwin-­Wallace Conservatory of Music and Temple University. He will also conduct the Texas All-­State Choir, the ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) Southern Division High School Honor Choir and Oklahoma All-­State Collegiate Choir. He will also serve as headliner for the Georgia ACDA Conference and collaborate with David Robertson and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s for Carnegie Hall’s Carmina Burana Project. In her second year as a member of the Westminster Choir College faculty, AMANDA QUIST conducts the Westminster Chapel Choir and shares conducting responsibilities for the Westminster Symphonic Choir with Joe Miller. She also teaches techniques of conducting and group vocal techniques. Her 2011-­2012 season with the Chapel Choir includes several performances in Princeton and the second annual Westminster Choir College High School Chamber Choir Festival. Her season with the Symphonic Choir includes conducting the women of the Choir and the Westminster Festival Chamber Orchestra in the world premiere of Ola Gjielo’s Birds of Paradise and collaborating with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet Séguin in performances of Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem. She is also a member of the faculty of the Westminster Chamber Choir/Choral Festival program and director of the Westminster Vocal Institute summer program for high school students.
Dr. Jordan’s latest book, The Conductor’s Gesture, is a comprehensive and groundbreaking text that is a culmination of over 30 years of research and teaching, which applies the work of movement and dance icon Rudolf Laban to conducting. His residencies, master classes and guest conducting have taken him throughout the United States and Canada at such institutions as The Curtis Institute of Music, The University of North Texas, The University of Arizona, The University of Northern Colorado, The University of Utah and The US Army Soldiers Chorus. He has led workshops for divisional and national meetings of the American Choral Directors Association, The Canadian Choral Directors Association, the Music Teachers National Association and the National Pastoral Musicians. He has conducted more than 30 All-­State Choirs, and in 2009 he was named to the choral panel for The National Endowment for the Arts. Dr. Jordan serves as Dr. Quist earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral artistic director of the Westminster Conducting Institute, one Conducting from the University of North Texas, where she -102011_R&C.indd 10
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conducted the Women’s Chorus and taught conducting. She received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Music Education and Choral Conducting from Western Michigan University. Before joining the faculty of Westminster Choir College, she was director of choral activities at San José State University. She has also held positions on the faculties of Western Michigan University, Michigan State University and the University of North Texas, and has served as associate conductor for the Denton Bach Society in Texas. of study at Westminster Choir College, this ensemble is a defining choral experience that remains with Westminster alumni throughout their lives.
The ensemble’s 2011-­2012 season features performances in Princeton, including the annual An Evening of Readings and Carols concert and broadcast, as well as the second annual Westminster Invitational Chamber Choir Festival. Recent seasons have included performances of Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra An active adjudicator and clinician, this season Dr. Quist will and Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms with the Westminster serve as guest conductor of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Conservatory Youth Chorale, as well as concerts in Newtown, Association District Honor Choir, and guest clinician of the Pa. and Wilton, Conn.
Napa High School Choral Invitational in California. Her recent engagements include the Nassau County and Bucks The Westminster Chapel Choir has also performed with a County Choral Festivals, the Michigan and New Jersey State number of symphony orchestras, including the Trenton Choral Festivals, the New Jersey American Choral Directors Symphony Orchestra (N.J.), the York Symphony (Pa.) and Association (ACDA) Summer Conference, the Performing the Queens Symphony (N.Y.). At the request of Leopold Arts Institute in Pennsylvania and the Association of Stokowski, the ensemble premiered Universal Prayer by Polish composer Adrezej Panufnik. It was heard by millions when Independent Maryland Schools.
it sang for the annual televised Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Rockefeller Center. Previous performances have also included participation in Princeton University’s Opera The WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR has and Society Conference, where it was the featured chorus for recorded and performed with major orchestras under the conference, and a chapel service honoring the centennial virtually every internationally acclaimed conductor of the of world-­renowned organist and teacher Alexander McCurdy, past 77 years. Recognized as one of the world’s leading Jr.
choral ensembles, the choir has sung more than 350 performances with the New York Philharmonic alone. The ensemble has also performed several world premieres of works by Pulitzer Prize-­winning composer Lewis Spratlan, The ensemble’s 2011-­2012 season began with a performance Stefan Young, Ronald Hemmel and Philip Orr.
with the New York Philharmonic and Andrea Bocelli in Central Park, which was recorded for broadcast on PBS’ WESTMINSTER SCHOLA CANTORUM is one of three Great Performances. The choir also performed Brahms’ Ein curricular choirs that form the core of the Westminster deutsches Requiem with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted experience. Composed of students in their second year of study by Yannick Nézet-­Séguin in November. It will also perform at Westminster Choir College, the Choir prepares students Handel’s Messiah with the New York Philharmonic conducted for the Westminster Symphonic Choir, which performs and by Peter Schreier and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” records with the world’s great orchestras. Unique to the with the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Sir Simon experience of Schola Cantorum is the performance and study Rattle. Additionally the men on the choir will perform of a major choral work. The ensemble’s 2011-­2012 season Varèse’s Nocturnal and Busoni’s Piano Concerto in C major, includes a performance of Rachmaninoff’s The Bells with the Op. 39 with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra conducted Princeton Symphony Orchestra, a spring concert tour of the by Jacques Lacombe, and the women will perform a new work South and additional performances at its home in Princeton. by Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo with the Westminster Previous seasons have included performances of Benjamin Festival Chamber Orchestra conducted by Amanda Quist.
Britten’s St. Nicolas Cantata, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem.
Recent seasons have included performances with Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Daniel Harding, the Lucerne The 15-­member WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL Festival Orchestra conducted by David Robertson, San CHOIR is composed of undergraduate and graduate Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, students of Westminster Choir College of Rider Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Pierre Boulez and the University. This year celebrates the 34th year of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss handbell curriculum at Westminster Choir College, the Jansons.
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Founded in 1949, the WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR takes its name from Westminster’s rich history of leadership in the field of sacred music. The ensemble has evolved over the years, and today its repertoire includes both sacred and secular works. Composed of students in their first year Hailed for its virtuosity, the Westminster Concert Bell Choir uses the largest range of handbells in the world – 8 octaves, from C1 to C9. Many of the bells are made of bronze and range in weight from four ounces to 11 pounds; the Choir also uses the large “Basso Profundo” aluminum-­cast bells that are a new -112011_R&C.indd 11
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phenomenon in handbell ringing. The Choir supplements The Choir has made nine recordings: The Pealing Bells, their handbell set with a six-­octave set of Malmark Choirchime® Westminster Concert Bell Choir, Christmas Bells, Westminster instruments from C2 to C8 – the widest range in existence. Rings!, Praise and Adoration, Christmas at Westminster: The Westminster Concert Bell Choir, By Request, Westminster Concert The Westminster Concert Bell Choir has appeared on Bell Choir: 30th Anniversary Collection and A Time To Dance.
Public Television’s “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and several holiday broadcasts of the “TODAY” show, including Founded in 1982, SOLID BRASS is recognized by audiences one in which the ensemble was joined by NBC television and critics alike as one of the premier brass groups in the personalities Katie Couric and Willard Scott. Its holiday country. The members of the ensemble are some of the performances have been heard annually on National New York area’s finest musicians who have performed at Public Radio’s “Performance Today,” and it is included Lincoln Center with the Metropolitan Opera and New York on NPR’s Christmas Around The Country II recording. City Opera orchestras, NY City Ballet orchestra, and a host of appearances as orchestral and chamber musicians in the The Choir has performed at Carnegie Hall during the metropolitan area. SOLID BRASS has recorded on the Christmas season, and it has been featured on New Jersey Musical Heritage Society label, Dorian Recordings, Joseph Network’s “State Of The Arts” program. The ensemble joined Grado Signature Recordings and Craig Dory Recordings; Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church and and has appeared on NJN (PBS) TV’s “The State of the the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a critically acclaimed 15-­ Arts”. Musical arrangements are being published in the city tour entitled “A Royal Christmas.” Most recently, the Choir SOLID BRASS SERIES of Trigram Music Inc., Century City, performed with singer Josh Groban as part of NBC’s 2010 California. SOLID BRASS has been a recipient of a grant nationally televised Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting. from the National Endowment for the Arts and performed in Mexico and two tours of Canada.
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For more information about the ensemble, its music, and recordings, please contact:
SOLID BRASS
5 Sunset Drive
Chatham, NJ 07928
tel/fax (973)701-­0674
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Trumpet:
Douglas D. Haislip, managing director
Chuck Bumcrot
Jason Bitonti
Michael Blutman
Horn:
Janet Lantz
Linda Collins
Trombone:
Carl Della Peruti
Hans Muhler
Don Hayward
Tuba:
Kyle Turner
Percussion:
Adrienne Ostrander
Phyllis Bitow
Scott Simpson
To arrange concert bookings, please contact:
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Personnel rosters are current as of October 17, 2011.
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Westminster Chapel Choir
Lisa Diver, graduate assistant conductor
Soprano
Alexa Agourides, Hamilton, NJ
Lena Andreala, New Gretna, NJ
Christianna K. Barnard, Pittsburgh, PA
Sophie Brayne, Charlotte, NC
Isabella Burns, Sacramento, CA
Kristen Cobb, Paterson, NJ Allison Ferdinando, West Orange, NJ
Chayo Fuentes, Monterey, CA
Julia Gallagher, Norwalk, CT
Samantha Ganz, Wayne, NJ
Taylor Halpern, Downingtown, PA
Lily Harrington, Cape Cod, MA Jessica Hess, Lancaster, PA
Ariane Kolet, Audubon, PA
Janette Marquez, East Brunswick, NJ
Jasmine Riel, Cherry Hill, NJ
Lauren Rosas, East Brunswick, NJ Madeline Schmidt, Galway, NY
Robyn Stein, Hillsborough, NJ
Rebecca Witt, Huntington Station, NY
Alto
Faith Alacar, New Hempstead, NY
Sofia Alieninova, Sarasota, FL
Kimberly Espinosa, Secaucus, NJ
Noreen Goldberg, Tuxedo, NY
Shalanda Jackson, North Brunswick, NJ
Katianne Janney, Coopersburg, PA
Glory Lottner, Stamford, CT
Sarah McMahon, Morrisville, PA
Julianne Michalik, Shillington, PA
Jessica Moreno, Riverhead, NY
Sarah Palermo, Camden, Maine
Gianna Pannullo, Hopewell Junction, NY
Katherine Phillips, Sheboygan, WI
Bess Anne Ploener, Kennett Square, PA
Erinn Sensenig, Reading, PA
Maddie Stafford, Piedmont, CA
Allie Stewart, West Deptford, NJ
Natalie Stormer, Hamburg, NY
Dorothy VanDine, Williamsport, PA
Elizabeth Wells, Riverhead, NY
Tenor
Emmanuel Acosta, Atlantic City, NJ
Chaequan Anderson, Newark, DE
Van Baum, Riverside, CA
Sam Brukhman, Cranford, NJ
Sergio Coelho, Stuart, FL
Brandon Ellsworth, Paso Robles, CA
Jon Feinstein, Rockville Centre, NY
Ciaran Freeman, Cranford, NJ
Christopher Hochstuhl, Maple Shade, NJ
Markos Kantilierakis, Edison, NJ
Joseph C. Kim, Seoul, Korea
Anthony Madonna, New Hyde Park, NY
Jason Rand, Plainsboro, NJ
Willis Reifsnyder, Mount Desert, ME
Craig Renoe, Pennington, NJ
Bass
MacArthur Alewel, Norfolk, NE
Stephen Barnett, Longmeadow, MA
Drew Brennan, Iselin, NJ
Vinroy D. Brown Jr., North Brunswick, NJ
Peter Carter, Woodstock, GA
Patrick Davies, Somerset, NJ Chris Debiak, East Hanover, NJ
Joseph Fulciniti, Boston, NY
Zachary Gates, North Woodmere, NY
Joshua Palagyi, Albany, NY
Chris Pollard, Manalapan, NJ
Trevor Sands, Boyertown, PA
James Scarantino, Clifton Park, NY
McCleary Searles, Łodz, Poland
Kevin Shoemaker, Bridgewater, NJ
Cody Southerland, Cherry Hill, NJ
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
Karissa Millington, graduate assistant conductor
Matthew Astone, Falmouth, MA
Matthew Barbosa, Naugatuck, CT
Julia A. Beckmann, Amityville, NY
Patrick Freund, Midlothian, VA
Holly Gordon, Mattapoisett, MA
Michelle Handy, Blairstown, NJ
Emily K. Johnston, Chapel Hill, NC
Laura Grace Kalis, Morristown, NJ
Kristian C. Kohler, Reading, PA
Maria Gabriella Milazzo, Independence, MO
Karisa Millington, Aurora, OH
Elizabeth Nowik, North Plainfield, NJ
Raymond Nugent, Red Bank, NJ
Christina Marie Pacheco, Orlando, FL
Philip Rice, Coldwater, MI
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Westminster Symphonic Choir
Melissa Richardson & Matthew Robertson, graduate assistant conductors
Soprano
Brittney Boykin, Alexandria, VA
Nancy Brandler, Parsippany, NJ
Annie Bryson, Shelton, CT
Bretta Cline, Prairie Village, KS
Bridget Curran, Spokane, WA
Jacquelyn DiMarco, Walkill, NY
AmberRose E. Dische, Fullerton, CA
Sara Elmer, Manasquan, NJ
Gillian Eshleman, Salt Lake City, UT
Rachel Flores, Baldwin, NY
Elizabeth Folger, Philadelphia, PA
Fairouz El-­Bayoumi Foty, Washington, DC
Kristin Hagan, Carrollton, GA
Michelle Handy, Blairstown, NJ
Jessica Hann, Everett, PA
Margrét Hannesdóttir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Jacqueline Head, Livermore, CA
Renata Kapilevich, Cresskill, NJ
Hannah King, Charlotte, NC
Hannah Larson, Fair Lawn, NJ
Samantha Lax, South Orange, NJ
Rachael Lipson, Havertown, PA
Sara Lloyd, Lake Zurich, IL
Aubrey Maks, Yardley, PA
Brittany McCollum, Elkin, NC
Karisa Millington, Aurora, OH
Shannon J. Murphy, Brooklyn, NY
Elizabeth Nowik, North Plainfield, NJ
Margaret O’Neill, Haddonfield, NJ
Priscilla Park, Princeton, NJ
Bridget Phillips, Babylon, NY
Rachel Resignato, South Amboy, NJ
Chloe Ribeiro, Somerville, NJ
Alyssa Rivera, Floral Park, NJ
Jocelyn Su, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Jordan Laurelle Timchal, Pilesgrove, NJ
Cherisse Williams, Brooklyn, NY
Cherissia Williams, Brooklyn, NY
Alto
Amanda L. Abdill, South Orange, NJ
Kathleen Austin, Chesterfield, MA
Elisabeth Baker, Chicago, IL
Sarah Bolluyt, Easton, PA
Kaitlin Borden, Nederland, TX
Hayley Collins, Traverse City, MI
Laura Elizabeth Davis, Lancaster, KY
Katrina Dubbs, Pittsburgh, PA
Arielle Egan, Woodstown, NJ
Elizabeth Eger, Hooversville, PA
Lauren Elizabeth Exley, Royersford, PA
Elizabeth Fildes, Las Vegas, NV
Elizabeth Frasciello, Montvale, NJ
Amanda F. Gillin, Massapequa, NY
Holly Gordon, Mattapoisett, MA
Rebekah Hamilton, Sammamish, WA
Rebecca Hoare, Churchville, PA
Guisella Houlahan, Boston, MA
Jasmine Jones, Silver Spring, MD
Jurae Kim, Howell, NJ Sarah Mae Lagasca, New York, NY
Maureen K. Malley, Moline, IL
Maya Mapuana, Honolulu, HI
Jennifer M. Newman, Wilmington, DE
Katerina Nowik, North Plainfield, NJ
Cyenny Pesik, East Brunswick, NJ
Emma Rhine, Glenview, IL
Holly Scovell, Akron, OH
Jordan Stebich, West Deptford, NJ
Hannah Strong, Pittsburgh, PA
Joy Suslov, Potomac, MD
Feifei Tang, Guongzhou, China
Emily Warunek, Millville, PA
Ruisha Zhang, Guangdong, China
Tenor
Ian Barr, Downingtown, PA
Don Callahan, Succasunna, NJ
Justin Drach, National Park, NJ
Nicholas Mitchell Garcia, Covington, VA
Matthew Gutwald, Huntingtown, MD
Matthew Kiple, Florence, NJ
Juan Carlos Ortiz, The Bronx, NY
Joseph Perry, Limerick, PA
Bradley Pickard, High Falls, NY
William Roslak, Southold, NY
Jared Slaymaker, Gilbertsville, PA
Joshua Stell, Elverson, PA
James Stirling, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Bass
Matthew Astone, Falmouth, MA
William Barksdale, State College, PA
Dillon Beede, Mitchell, NE
Keenan Roberts Boswell, Walnut Creek, CA
Stephen Bythrow, Glenside, PA
Stephen Daniel, Freeport, NY
Corey Everly, Boswell, PA
Steven M. Finkelstein, Kingston, PA
David Fitzgerald, Jr., Baltimore, MD
Patrick Freund, Midlothian, VA
JP Galib, Bryn Mawr, PA
Joshua Glasner, Boyertown, PA
William Gotmer, Rochester, MN
Daniel Halbstein, Rochester, NY
Ben Kaplan, New Brunswick, NJ
Daniel Kerr, Staten Island, NY
Kristian C. Kohler, Reading, PA
Thomas LaVoy, Marquette, MI
Richard Lindsey, El Centro, CA
Nikita Mamedov, St. Petersburg, Russia
Christopher McWilliams, Middlebury, VT
Andrew Paulson, Great Falls, VA
Doug Radziewicz, Hutto, TX
Mark Raimondi, Cranford, NJ
Brian Schoettler, Kenosha, WI
James W. Shiell, Savannah, GA
Robert E. Stubbs, Jr., Gaithersburg, MD
Chao Tang, Shanghai, China
Nicholas Tkach, Little Silver, NJ
Cameron Wentz, Hanover, PA
Ryan Wilson, Blue Bell, PA
Michael Zubert, Stowe, PA
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Westminster Schola Cantorum
Michelle Di Bona & Brian Krajcik, graduate assistant conductors
Soprano
Yoanna Akis, Weirton, WV Dena Andrews, Emerald, PA Teresa Bonilla, Egg Harbor City, NJ Christina Burgos, Brooklyn, NY Heather Corson, Charleston, SC Holly Curtis, Wilmington, SC Gina DiPalermo, Copiague, NY Mary DiRoberts, Wethersfield, CT Nicole Fragala, East Islip, NY Kathleen Friedman, Los Angeles, CA Tamaru Geller, Nutley, NJ Crystal Glenn, Wappingers Falls, NY Erica Intilangelo, Fairfield, CT Caroline Jansen, Springfield, MO Sareen Jebejian, Fort Lee, NJ Emily Johnston, Chapel Hill, NC Laura Kalis, Morristown, NJ Jenna Lorusso, Acton, MA Jessica Marcinkowski, Columbus, NJ Bailey Mattison, Annandale, NJ Maria Milazzo, Independence, MO Allison Miller, Western Springs, IL Margaret Montoney, Quakertown, PA Emma Ozman, East Moriches, NY Emily Revis, Ashland, VA Victoria Scheirer, Reading, PA Alyssa Strzalka, Erie, NY Kirin Sugino, Sapporo, Japan Ashante Taylorcox, Piscataway, NJ Kate Wood, Eastport, NY
Alto
Rebekah Banks-­Plummer, Woodbridge, VA Julia Beckmann, Amityville, NY Loryn Bono, Jackson, NJ Briana Cangemi, Merrick, NY Julia Carter, Hampstead, MD Mary Copeley, Concord, NH Christine Dorantes, Woodbridge, NJ Hazel Eaton, Pittsburgh, PA Moira Gannon, Lafayette Hill, PA Ashley Grant, Point Pleasant, NJ Travis Hewitt, Salt Lake City, UT Gillian Hurst, Rockport, MA Max Jefferson, Little Falls, NJ Amalia Lieberman, Newton, MA Stephanie Londoño, Park Ridge, IL Marissa Malloy, Shamong, NJ Julie McNamara, Needham, MA Jane Meditz, Wethersfield, CT Brianne Pantalone, Glenville, NY Ebony Queen, Hyattsville, MD Alexandria Robles, Irvine, CA Kelsey Rose, Springfield, VA Elizabeth Sharts, Madison, NJ
Tenor
Jamison Barrett, Collegeville, PA Andrew Cox, Pennsville, NJ Christopher Filice, Sunnyvale, CA Jared Freeman, Woodbridge, NJ Bernie Gonzalez, Fort Lauderdale, FL Matthew Henry, National Park, NJ Mark Laseter, Chattanooga, TN Gary Margerum, Levittown, PA Edgar Mariano, Dumont, NJ Cortlandt Matthews, West Islip, NY Jim Roman, Moorestown, NJ Fermin Santiago, Philadelphia, PA Will Sawyer, Sudbury, MA David Shirley, Tinton Falls, NJ Justin Su’esu’e, Modesto, CA
Bass/Baritone
Ryan Brown, Rome, ME Justin Carumba, Middletown, NJ Matthew Coules, Elkins Park, PA Lucas DeJesus, Philadelphia, PA Charles Hartung, Collingswood, NJ Roger Kingsland, Pittsburgh, NJ Andrew Lusher, Oneida, NY Andrew Maggio, Pittstown, NJ James Merceus, Princeton, NJ Joel Michalchuk, Lambertville, NJ Raymond Nugent, Red Bank, NJ Patrick Owens, Vernon, NJ Christopher Schmipf, Hilltown, PA Brian Sengdala, Orange, CA John Shusdock, New Preston, CT Thomas Smith, Essex, CT Michael Spaziani, West Chester, PA Sergey Tkachenko, Jackson Heights, NY Joshua Wilson, Bethlehem, PA
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About Westminster
Rider University’s WESTMINSTER COLLEGE OF THE ARTS educates and trains aspiring performers, art ists, teachers and students with artistic interests to pursue professional, scholarly and lifelong personal opportunities in art, dance, music and theater. The College consists of three divisions: Westminster Choir College, the School of Fine and Performing Arts and Westminster Conserva tory. WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE is a college of music and graduate school located on Rider’s Princeton campus. Renowned for its tradition of choral excellence, Westminster offers programs in music education; music theory and composition; sacred music; voice, organ, and piano performance and pedagogy; choral conducting; and )
piano accompanying and coaching. The SCHOOL OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS is located on Rider’s Lawrenceville campus. Its programs include arts administration, music theater and fine arts with tracks in dance, music, theater and art. WESTMINSTER CON-­
SERVATORY OF MUSIC is a community music school that serves the Central New Jersey/Eastern Pennsylva-­
nia area with on-­campus and community-­based music instruction as well as community choral, orchestral and theater ensembles. RIDER UNIVERSITY is a private co-­educational, student-­centered university that empha-­
sizes purposeful connections between academic study and education for the professions. 12
The Westminster Concert Bell Choir is grateful to have on loan the lower eighth and ninth octave bass handbells and the lower seventh octave Choirchime® Instruments from Malmark, Inc. – Bellcraftsmen, Plumsteadville, PA.
On the web: www.malmark.com
Transportation for Rider University provided exclusively by Stout’s Transportation Service, Ewing, N.J.
On the web: www.stoutscharter.com
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We wish to thank our Holidays at Westminster Corporate Sponsors:
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Quiznos of Princeton is a proud sponsor of the 2011-2012 choral season
at Westminster Choir College.
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An Evening of Readings and Carols Patrons
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Patron Committee
Robert L. Annis and Ellen Vickers
Pete and Christina Callaway
Micaela de Lignerolles
Dr. E. Bruce DiDonato ’76 and Dr. Denise Agness
Dr. Susan Mandel Glazer and Dr. Ernst Heilbrunn
Samuel M. Hamill
Joe and Lee Herring
Nick and Jennifer Hilton
Marsha Gaynor Lewis
James and Deborah Peters
Fred and Barbara Vahlsing
Elizabeth Wislar
Corporate Patron Contributors
Cambridge School
Covance Inc.
Excavating Materials & Equipment Inc.
The Lewis School of Princeton
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
PNC Wealth Management
Shawangunk Reserve, Inc.
Patron Contributors
Andrew ’73 and Roslyn Andela
Robert Annis and Ellen Vickers
Dr. and Mrs. Jean-Pierre Arnoux
Dr. Joseph G. ’59 and Sara R. Beck
Wendy Benchley and John Jeppson
Helena and Peter Bienstock
Brian and Ley Breuel
A. John and Vilma Calhoun
Pete and Christina Callaway
Jon O. Carlson ’63, ’64
John and Melanie Clarke
Francis K. and Marianne Van Campen ’63 Decker
Micaela de Lignerolles
Dr. E. Bruce DiDonato ’76 and Dr. Denise Agness
George J. Diver
Bob and Leslie Doll
Dr. Susan Mandel Glazer and Dr. Ernst Heilbrunn
Saverio Greco
Leita and Bill Hamill
Samuel M. Hamill
Dr. Ronald A. Hemmel ’78
Joe and Lee Herring
Deborah Herrington and Douglas Sawyer
P. Randolph Hill
Nick and Jennifer Hilton
Thomas and Marie L. Jablonski
Vera and Immanuel Kohn
Janet B. Kuenne
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Lambert III
Marsha Gaynor Lewis
Walter Lippincott
Christine Lokhammer
Jonathan D. and Elyse Meer
Arthur and Barbara Morgan
Dale and Barbara Morrison
James and Deborah Peters
Donna J. Plasket ’71, ’83 and David Breneman
Marvin and Ingrid Reed
Mordechai and Bonnie Rozanski
Lee and Prudence Shapcott
Marsha and Joe Stencel
Caren Sturges
Courtenay Brandreth Symonds ’03
Margaret A. Thompson
Ruth C. Thornton
Gary and Jill Turndorf
Kevin and Ginger Tylus
Fred and Barbara Vahlsing
Martha and George Vaughn
Christine Wainwright and James Raphalian
Kevin and Candice Walsh
Joe and Kathy Whall
Elizabeth Wislar
William B. Woodhull
Annmarie Woods
Peter I. Yi, MD and Alice Y. Yi
*List as of December 1, 2011
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Holidays at Westminster Patrons
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John L. ’88 and Rebecca L. Agourides
Rosemary Boone ’92
Ronald and Maria Cangemi
Anthony M. Celentano ’78, ’80
Maureen T. Curran
George J. Diver
Alan and Josephine Feinstein
Aaron E. and Ernestine (Mickey) Lazenby Gast ’68
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Dr. Ronald A. Hemmel ’78
Richard and Patricia Hochstuhl
Lois Laverty ’51, ’55
Mr. Nanci S. Lottner
Thomas and Marie L. Jablonski
Stephen and Susan Cadwalader ’01 Johnson
Paul Lakeland and Beth Palmer
David and Kitty Martin
Kathy Geyer McNeil ’76, ’80
Carol R. Miller
Gerald P. ’63 and Lynn O. Nagy
Richard S. ’70 and Helen M. Older
Bethel Le Baron Pendleton ’72
Lynn B. Phillips
Michael J. Rutkowski ’91, ’95 and Timothy W. Harper
Ilya S. and Nancy I. Suslov
Judith von Hassel ’05
Jennifer A. Widner
The Saturday, December 10th performance will be recorded and broadcast internationally by WWFM The Classical Network on
Monday, December 19th at 8 p.m.
and
Sunday, December 25th at 3 p.m.
To learn more, go to: www.wwfm.org n
Support for this concert has come from the Magdalena Houlroyd
Concert Endowment. We at Westminster are grateful to
Miss Houlroyd for the establishment of this fund.
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Recordings from Westminster
The Perfect Holiday Gift!
Noël
Westminster Choir
Joe Miller, conductor
Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano
Ken Cowan, organ
Classic French Christmas music
Christmas Masterpieces
and Familiar Carols
Westminster Choir
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor
Selections from holiday masterpieces
and familiar carols
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Living Voices:
The Music of
James Whitbourn
Westminster Williamson Voices
James Jordan, conductor
Inspiring music by one of choral
music’s most revered composers.
Christmas at Westminster
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
Kathleen Ebling-Thorne, director
Arrangements of holiday classics from
Silent Night to White Christmas
Christmas with the
Westminster Choir
Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor
Traditional holiday favorites with
organ and brass
An Evening of
Readings & Carols
Three choirs, organ and brass present
an inspiring evening of holiday music
Available at the box office after tonight’s concert
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Westminster Firsts
A Classical Legacy
1920
1972
2001
Westminster Choir was established by John Finley
Williamson at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in
Dayton, Ohio.
The Choir began its first summer as the chorus-inresidence for the Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Two
Worlds) in Spoleto, Italy, at the invitation of Gian Carlo
Menotti.
Westminster Choir and the New York Philharmonic,
conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt, performed the world
premiere of Stephen Paulus’ Voices of Light, commissioned
by Rider University to celebrate the th anniversary of
the founding of Westminster Choir College.
1926
The Westminster Choir School was founded.
1928
Westminster Choir and the Cincinnati Symphony made
the nation’s first coast-to-coast radio broadcast, aired over
Station WLW.
1929
Westminster Choir College was established and moved to
Ithaca College.
1932
Westminster Choir College moved to Princeton, N.J.
1934
As the first official American guests of the Soviet
Union, with whom the United States had just resumed
diplomatic relations, Westminster Choir made the first
broadcast from Russia to the United States.
1938
Westminster Choir, with conductor and founder Dr. John
Finley Williamson, presented the first U.S. performance of
Joseph Haydn’s Passion (The Seven Last Words). The performance also featured a volunteer orchestra of Princetonians,
including Albert Einstein in the violin section. š The
Choir sang at the dedication of the New York World’s Fair.
1939
Westminster Choir sang for the first time with the New
York Philharmonic. Since then, it has set a record for the
number of joint performances—more than —by a
single choir and orchestra.
1957
Westminster Choir completed a five-month, globecircling tour under the auspices of the U.S. State
Department’s Cultural Exchange Program. The Choir
performed in  countries, traveled , miles and
appeared before , people.
1964
Westminster Choir sang on the Telstar World-Wide
Telecast in the spring for the opening ceremonies of the
New York World’s Fair. This reportedly was the largest
audience ever to see a television show at that time.
1965
For the first time the Choir appeared with three major
orchestras in one year: the Berlin Philharmonic, the
American Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia
Orchestra.
1966
The Choir appeared for the first time in New York’s
Philharmonic Hall singing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis
with the New York Philharmonic.
1971
Westminster Choir performed at the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts during the inaugural week
of concerts with the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra under
the direction of Nicholas Harsanyi. The work performed
was The Dawn of Glory by Christian Latrobe.
1975
Westminster Choir premiered William Schuman’s Casey at
the Bat with the National Symphony Orchestra.
1977
Westminster Choir became the first chorus-in-residence
at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. in Charleston, S.C., at the
invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti.
1978
Westminster Choir established its own recording label,
copyrighted “Westminster Choir,” and released its first
recording: Six Motets of Johann Sebastian Bach, with guest
conductor Wilhelm Ehmann.
1980
Westminster Choir was the first choir to be featured on the
“ Live from Lincoln Center” telecast series over National
Public Television. The Choir performed Verdi’s Requiem
with the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta.
1982
Westminster Choir was part of the ,th performance
of the New York Philharmonic, America’s oldest permanent orchestra.
1988
Westminster Choir sang Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms
with the New York Philharmonic under the composer’s
direction in a performance at Carnegie Hall celebrating
the th anniversary of Bernstein’s conducting debut with
the orchestra.
1990
Westminster Symphonic Choir sang in the Leonard
Bernstein memorial concert at the invitation of the
Bernstein family.
1991
Westminster Symphonic Choir performed at Carnegie
Hall’s th Anniversary Celebration.
1992
Westminster Choir College merged with Rider
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in “A Tribute to Riccardo Muti” with The Philadelphia
Orchestra and Maestro Muti, a performance televised
nationally on the Arts & Entertainment Cable Network.
1993
Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, Westminster Symphonic Choir participated in The Philadelphia Orchestra’s first performance of Britten’s War Requiem.
1996
Westminster Choir, conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt,
traveled on a concert tour of Korea and Taiwan and performed in the Colmar Music Festival in Colmar, France.
1999
Westminster Symphonic Choir performed the world
premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra Mar,  Preludes for the
New Millennium with the New York Philharmonic
conducted by Kurt Masur.
2002
To commemorate the events of September , ,
Westminster Choir was featured in the PRI national
radio broadcast of “In the Shadow of the Towers.” They
were joined by President George W. Bush and former
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Westminster Symphonic Choir’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem with the
New Jersey Symphony was broadcast nationally by PBS.
2004
Westminster Choir premiered Arise My Love by Stephen
Paulus, a gift from the composer to celebrate Joseph
Flummerfelt’s extraordinary career. š Westminster’s
artistic director, Joseph Flummerfelt, was named Musical
America’s  Conductor of the Year, the first choral
conductor to be so honored.
2005
Westminster Symphonic Choir performed Ravel’s
Daphnis et Chloë (complete) for the first time with the
New York Philharmonic, conducted by Lorin Maazel.
2006
Westminster Symphonic Choir participated in the New
York Philharmonic’s first performance of Mozart’s Mass
in C, K.  “Coronation,” conducted by Lorin Maazel.
š Joe Miller appointed director of choral activities and
conductor of the Westminster Choir and the Westminster
Symphonic Choir.
2007
Rider University established Westminster College of the
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North American premiere of James Whitbourn’s Annelies:
The Anne Frank Oratorio. š Westminster Symphonic
Choir opened the Carnegie Hall season performing
Beethoven’s Symphony No.  with the Lucerne Festival
Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson.
2008
Westminster Kantorei participated in the world premiere
recording of John Magnussen’s Psalm, composed for the
José Limón dance company.
2009
Westminster Choir and Joe Miller released their first
recording, Flower of Beauty.
2010
Westminster Williamson Voices premiered James
Whitbourn’s Requiem Canticorum, and the
Westminster Choir premiered Jaakko Mäntyjärvi’s
To a Locomotive in Winter.
2011
The Westminster Symphonic Choir performed with
The Philadelphia Orchestra for the first time under the
baton of Music Director Designate Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
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