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T HE A MERICAN B OYCHOIR
Malachi Arndt, AL
Bruno Baker, NJ
Christian Betts, OH
Adrian Brothers, KS
Tristan Brothers, KS
Peter Carollo, III, NJ
Jonathan Carpenter, TN
Noah Carter, IA
Joon Sung Choe,
South Korea
Duncan Cooke, NJ
Jason Curtis, PA
Joseph D’Avanzo, NJ
Carmine DiFlorio, NJ
Lesther Flores, NJ
Lorenzo Gapud, AL
Nathan Gibes, MI
David Gindra, NC
Kent Griffith, NC
Nicholas Horne, NJ
Simon James, DE
Brian Klein, NJ
Jens Knutsen, NJ
Ernest Ling, Taiwan
Kilian Lohmann,
Switzerland
Cameron MacArthur, NJ
Bryce MacKinnon, NJ
Henry Mayr, NJ
Callum McCaslin, PA
Armani Mendez, NJ
Malcolm Newman, NJ
Donyul Paek, NJ
Yoyul Paek, NJ
Charles Raynaud de Fitte,
France
David Saffran, NJ
Benjamin Sang, NJ
William Sang, NJ
John Sayles Hartman, NJ
John Schoellkopff, NJ
Christopher Sciarrotta, NJ
Daniel Stephans, IL
Uriel Tayvah, NJ
Parousia Wang, OH
Nicholas Wilde, NJ
Max Woolley, NJ
Corbyn Yhap, NJ
The American Boychoir School offers rolling admission throughout
the year. Auditions will be held for interested boys in grades 3-7
immediately following the concert. Please go to the stage.
2007–2008 SEASON SPONSORS
Anonymous (2), Robert and Biruta Anthony, Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation, Mrs. Ann Lee Saunders Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carr, Ms. Carole D.
Crocker, John and Judy Ann Curtis, M. Austin Davis Family - WD Charities, Inc.,
Dr. and Mrs. Chester W. Douglass '54, Don and Sally Edwards,
Alex J. Ettl Foundation, Mrs. William H. Hazen, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W.
Hobler, Ms. Judith C. Leondar, Mary and John Loetscher, Elaine and LaVerne
Magnuson, The Curtis W. McGraw Foundation, Marcia and Robert Nappi,
Richard W. Pendleton, Jr., The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation,
The Seth Sprague Educational & Charitable Foundation,
the estate of Mrs. Charlotte L. Taylor, Robert Tubbs '51
THE AMERICAN BOYCHOIR
Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Litton-Lodal Music Director
Kerry Heimann, Accompanist
THE AMERICAN BOYCHOIR ALUMNI CHORUS
James Litton, Director
Kerry Heimann, Accompanist
THE RESIDENT TRAINING CHOIR OF
THE AMERICAN BOYCHOIR SCHOOL
Nathan Wadley, Director
Serena Chin, Accompanist
PROGRAM
from Stabat Mater
I.
VIII.
XII.
XIII.
Stabat mater dolorosa
Fac ut ardeat cor meum
Quando corpus morietur
Amen
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
(1710-1736)
The American Boychoir
Gloria, RV 589
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
Chorus: Gloria in excelsis
Chorus: Et in terra pax
Duet: Laudamus te
Chorus: Gratias tibi agimus
Chorus: Propter magnam gloriam
Aria: Domine Deus
Chorus: Domine Fili unigenite
Alto and Chorus: Domine Deus, Agus Dei
Chorus: Qui tollis peccata
Aria: Qui sedes ad dexteram
Chorus: Quoniam tu solus sanctus
Chorus: Cum Sancto Spiritu
Antonio Vivaldi
(1678–1741)
The American Boychoir
The American Boychoir Alumni Chorus
Sherezade Panthaki, Soprano
Geoffrey Dunstan Williams, ABS ’91, Countertenor
The audience is respectfully reminded that recordings, videotaping or photographing this concert,
in whole or in part, without permission from The American Boychoir is strictly prohibited.
INTERMISSION
Harmony of Earth
Malcolm Dalglish, ABS ’67
Evening Song
Graham (Gray) Kanarek, ABS ’97
Song for the Mira
Cape Breton folk song
arr. Stuart Calvert, ABS ’69
The Resident Training Choir
Happy Land
Leonard P. Breedlove
arr. Leonard Van Camp
from The Sacred Harp
Sea Fever
Mrs. H. H. A. Beach
(1867-1944)
Suo Gan
Welsh lullaby
arr. Lance Williford, ABS ’91
Scottish folk song
arr. Jonathan Quick
Loch Lomond
The American Boychoir Alumni Chorus
Little Innocent Lamb
arr. Marshall Bartholomew
The American Boychoir Alumni Chorus and Visiting Alumni
George Gershwin medley *
I got rhythm (1930)
Fascinating rhythm (1924)
Someone to watch over me (1926)
‘Swonderful (1927)
Who cares? (1931)
I’m bidin’ my time (1930)
Strike up the band (1927)
George Gershwin
(1898–1937)
arr. Bill Holcombe
(b. 1924)
The American Boychoir
Brothers, Sing On
Edvard Grieg
(1843-1907)
The American Boychoir and Massed Alumni
* A recording of this piece is available on an American Boychoir CD.
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TRANSLATIONS
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
from Stabat Mater
Stabat mater dolorosa
There stood the Mother grieving, beside the cross weeping,
while on it hung her Son.
Fac ut ardeat cor meum
Grant that my heart may burn in loving Christ my God,
so that I may be pleasing to him.
Quando corpus morietur
When my body perishes, grant that my soul be given the glory of Paradise.
Amen
Gloria
Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Glory to God in the highest.
Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
And on earth peace to all those of good will.
Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te.
We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee.
Gratias tibi agimus
We thank thee
Propter magnam gloriam tuam.
For thy great glory.
Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens,
Lord God, King of heaven, God the Father almighty.
Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe
Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris.
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father.
Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Suscipe deprecationem nostrum.
Thou who takest away the sins of world, have mercy on us. Hear our prayer.
Qui sedes ad dexteram patris, miserere nobis.
Thou who sittest on the right hand of the Father, have mercy upon us.
Quoniam tu solus sanctus, Tu solus Dominus. Tu solus altisimus, Jesu Christe.
For thou alone art holy, Thou alone art the Lord. Thou alone art the highest, Jesus
Christ.
Cum Sancto Spiritu in Gloria Dei Patris. Amen.
With the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
THE AMERICAN BOYCHOIR ALUMNI CHORUS
Roy Emerson Bhame ’06
W. Alan Brown ’94
Alec Nowell Carvlin ’07
Douglas Caulfield ’07
Damiano DiFlorio ’07
Chester Douglass ’54
Benjamin Eley ’92
Lester Erich ’64
J. Laurance Hill ’49
Frank A. Jackson ’46
Ian James ’03
Carl E. Jeschke ’59
Colin Jeschke ’73
Curt A. H. Jeschke ’64
Morgan Kist ’03
Robert Laird ’82
Joal Leen ’76
John MacKinnon, Jr. ’07
David Maliakel ’04
Ernest V. Mathews, III ’81
Trevor McLaughlin ’04
Hans Miller ’85
Nicholas Moran ’07
Bertrand Navarrete ’90
Philip R. Nelson ’60
Benjamin R. Parks ’88
Lawrence H. Passmore ’68
Christopher Prewitt ’05
Stephen Pye ’93
Ricardo Regalado ’06
Ryan T. Ricarte ’06
George Rounds ’64
Dashawn Smith ’07
Jonathan Tetelman ’03
George E. Tilton ’59
Aaron Trebing ’05
Wallace Tunison ’69
Nathan Wadley ’91
David White ’05
Charles Yakimischak ’07
Peter Yensen ’46
Nicholas Yepes ’07
Jeremy Zipf ’07
BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
VIOLIN I
Claire Jolivet, Concertmaster
Amelia Roosevelt
Daniel Elyar
BASS
Motomi Igarishi
VIOLIN II
Theresa Salomon
Frederic Fehleisen
Mark Zaki
OBOE
Stephen Bard
VIOLA
David Miller
TRUMPET
Patrick Dougherty
CELLO
Loretta O’Sullivan
ORGAN AND HARPSICHORD
Kerry Heimann
GUEST ARTISTS
James Litton
James Litton is widely regarded as one of America’s most prominent choral
conductors as well as one of the world’s leading experts on boys’ voices and the
changing voice. Following his retirement after sixteen years as Litton-Lodal
Music Director of The American Boychoir, he served as choirmaster at Washington National Cathedral and was a visiting professor and college cantor at St.
Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He remains in great demand as a clinician and guest conductor. In 2004, James Litton was named Music Director
Emeritus of The American Boychoir.
Sherezade Panthaki, Soprano
Praised by critics as having lyrical and brilliant coloratura “star quality,” soprano
Sherezade Panthaki performs frequently as an opera and oratorio soloist. She
has appeared in leading operatic roles with the Bloomington Early Music Festival and has been a top prize winner in numerous Young Artist competitions.
She is a finalist in the upcoming international Baroque vocal competition in
Belgium, and has been a featured soloist at the Tafelmusik Baroque Institute in
Toronto. She is a founding member of the Baroque trio Arte Bella as well as
the Medieval Renaissance quartet Gravitación, and has made critically acclaimed
recordings with both LaDonna Musicale and Gravitación. In addition to her
active performing and recording schedule, Ms. Panthaki serves as Director of
Music at First Presbyterian Church of Urbana, Illinois, and teaches on the voice
faculty at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois.
Geoffrey Dunstan Williams, ABS ’91, Countertenor
Geoffrey William hails from the American Midwest and began his musical life
as a member of The American Boychoir. Having devoted much of his life to
service in church music, he has sung with many of the finest choral organizations on the East Coast including the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
He now serves as a Gentleman of the Choir of Men and Boys at Saint Thomas
Church in New York City. Mr. Williams performs as an early music specialist
throughout the United States, and is a resident artist and soloist with many of
New York’s finest ensembles including the Vox Vocal Ensemble, Clarion Music Society, Early Music New York, and New York Polyphony. With over
twenty commercial recordings to his credit, he happily explores the works of
Perotinus and Purcell and beyond into the postmodern repertoire.
When not making music, Mr. Williams waits patiently for his beloved Chicago
Cubs to win a World Series.
THE AMERICAN BOYCHOIR ON TOUR
Monday, 31 March 2008 ● 7:00p
First Church of Christ, Congregational, 1652,
Farmington, CT
www.firstchurch1652.org
Tuesday, 1 April 2008 ● 7:00p
First Parish Westwood, United Church,
Westwood, MA with Choirs from Milford Public Schools
www.firstparishwestwood.org
Wednesday, 2 April 2008 ● 7:00p
Concerts on the Hill
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Portsmouth, NH
www.stjohnsnh.org
Thursday, 3 April 2008 ● 7:00p
First Parish Church of Stow and Acton
Unitarian Universalist, Stow, MA
with choristers from First Parish
www.fpc-stow-acton.org
Friday, 4 April 2008 ● 7:00p
Grace Episcopal Church, New Bedford, MA
www.gracechurchnb.org
Saturday, 5 April 2008 ● 5:00p
Vigil Mass
Saint Cecilia Parish, Boston, MA
www.stceciliaboston.org
Sunday, 6 April 2008 ● 4:00p
Christ Church Cathedral, Springfield, MA
www.christchurchcathedralspringfield.org
Monday, 7 April 2008 ● 7:00p
The Class of 1945 Hall, St. Mark’s School,
Southborough, MA with Choirs from
The Fay School
www.fayschool.org
Tuesday, 8 April 2008 ● 7:00p
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Essex, CT
www.stjohnsessex.org
Wednesday, 9 April 2008 ● 7:30p
The Church of Saint Ann, Lawrenceville, N.J
www.churchofsaintann.net
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This program has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on
the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment of the Arts and
by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding has been provided
by the New Jersey Cultural Trust. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts has designated
The American Boychoir as a Major Arts Institution and granted it a Citation of Excellence.
The First Nations Touring Project is funded by
a grant from the National Endowment for the
Arts
In Memoriam
James Ahl, ABS '47
Chet Allen, ABS '53
James Archer, ABS '48
Milton Bailey, Jr. ABS '61
Donald Barlowe, ABS '40
Bruce Barr, ABS '49
Jerry Blanchard, ABS '45
Lee Bryant Bratton, ABS '61
John Burke, ABS '56
Robert Anthony Bussard, ABS '54
Ronald Carlson, ABS '46
Russell Carpenter, ABS '48
Albert Cochrun, Jr., ABS '44
William Cook, Jr., ABS '63
Jay Coupe, Jr., ABS '54
Clyde Dagenhart, Jr., ABS '64
Norman Davis, ABS '46
John Deal, ABS '40
Roy L. Deemer, ABS '51
Laurie Dodge, ABS '57
Jonathan Gilbert Dudley, ABS '60
Landon Dunn, ABS '50
William Elder, ABS '47
Mark Evans, ABS '90
Jack Everett, ABS '42
Paul-André Feit, ABS '91
Gerard Felton, ABS '60
R. Tyler Gatchell, ABS '57
Matthew Greene, ABS '97
Donald Harley, ABS '44
Richard H. Harris, ABS '49
James Helmeczi, ABS '61
Eric Henkel, ABS '84
Karl Himmelreich, ABS '50
George M. Horst, Jr. ABS '59
Terry Hourigan, ABS '51
Richard Howe, ABS '44
Robert Huffman, ABS '53
Dalton Jones, ABS '44
David L. Jones, ABS '50
Paul Kean, Jr,. ABS '40
Wilbur Kepley, ABS '40
Benjamin Koenig, ABS '45
Robert S. Koenig, ABS '46
Roger John Leach, ABS '67
C. Joseph Love, ABS '46
Paul Lyons, ABS '47
Owen Macnab, ABS '70
Allen Mann, ABS '53
Richard McClure, ABS '47
Gerard McQuade, ABS '66
James McQuown, ABS '60
Edward Metzger, ABS '44
William Milne, Jr., ABS '47
Michael Minger, ABS '93
John Minton, ABS '48
Byron K. Moen, ABS '46
Gregory Murphy, ABS '72
Richard Neil, ABS '51
Frederick Nicolai, ABS '53
Donald Ochs, ABS '43
Robert Ochs, ABS '46
C. Carson Parks, ABS '48
John Paul, ABS '51
Michael Phillips, ABS '83
Wayne Pizzuti, ABS '53
James Pomarico, ABS '51
R. Keith Powell, ABS '51
Bruce Renshaw, ABS '58
Richard A. Robertson, ABS '56
David Robison, ABS '44
Jack Rohrbacher,
Joseph Rook, ABS '46
Christopher Sanborn, ABS '67
John Richard Schmitt, ABS '42
Philip Smith, ABS '51
Robert Smith, ABS '66
Jack Spain
Harrel Spurlock, ABS '51
Harold Edwin Stahl, ABS '49
James Steffens
Donald Story, ABS '43
E. Grant Studebaker, Jr. ABS '67
Glenn Allen Tilton, ABS '59
McKendree Tooill, ABS '47
James R. Treboni, ABS '48
Werner Trout, ABS '55
David Charles Turpin, ABS '53
Donald Walden, ABS '40
George Walters, ABS '51
Kurt Weil, ABS '88
Robert Welch, ABS '48
Karl Wentzel, ABS '53
Robert White, Jr. ABS '77
Jack Wilson, ABS '56
Daniel Martin Winters, ABS '52
Richard Wright, ABS '46
Jackie Yount, ABS '42
Barry Zacks, ABS '48
Angelo Zuccarelli, ABS '41
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