From Darkness to Light

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World Premiere!
Any who follow SCH with regularity will recognize the name of Arkansas-born composer
Wayne Eastwood, SCH Featured Composer 2010–2011, and winning composer of the New
York Choral Consortium premiere competition 2011. When SCH Artistic Director Deborah
King learned that Mr. Eastwood was working on a multi-movement composition based on the
Isaiah prophecy texts having to do with healing, and the composer learned that SCH’s 2011–2012
season theme was to be ‘Healing,’ the continuation of the artistic collaboration into December
of 2011 seemed predestined. The composer graciously dedicated the work to SCH, which is
honored to present its premiere performance. The libretto for Suite Noël, for SATB ensemble,
mezzo-soprano soloist, drummer, and optional dancer, is the compilation and (in the case of
movement 3b) creation of the composer, drawing centrally upon Isaiah 35, and additionally upon
poets of a metaphysical bent.
American Premiere by SCH Featured Composer
Ivo Antognini (b. 1963, Switzerland) first came to the attention of SCH through his stunning
‘Ave Maria,’ discovered in Project : Encore™ of Schola Cantorum on Hudson in 2010, which then
performed it in the same year! When Mr. Antognini was ultimately selected and confirmed as
SCH’s Featured Composer 2011–2012, the premiere performance of his ‘O Magnum Mysterium’
(October 2011; Canada) had not yet taken place. Nonetheless, its ‘encore’ performance was
scheduled for the SCH performances taking place this weekend; and SCH is thrilled to present
its American premiere!
Mr. Antognini’s formal training was in the areas of piano performance and jazz studies. Early (and
continuing) compositional activity was directed toward music for television and film. It was not
until 2006 that Mr. Antognini tried his hand at choral writing. Since that time, his recognition
as a first-rate choral composer has grown rapidly, and he has won numerous compositional
awards for his choral writing. Since 1987, Mr. Antognini has served as Professor of Ear Training
and of complementary piano in the professional training level of the Conservatoria della Svizzera
Italiana in Lugano, where he also holds master classes on improvisation for pianists.
The SCH Featured Composer Series seeks to raise awareness of a selected composer and his
or her choral compositions by performing that individual’s work throughout the season. By
weaving a number of works into the concert repertoire and marketing the composer with each
performance, SCH hopes to generate positive exposure that compels publishers and other
ensembles to program the composer’s works.
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About Schola Cantorum on Hudson
Schola Cantorum on Hudson is a 35-voice auditioned choral ensemble, the membership of which
is a combination of trained professionals and well-qualified amateurs. The singers are drawn
together both by their love of singing, and by their ardent belief in the power of music for nurture
and positive change within individual lives, and in society as a whole.
The SCH organization also includes a variety of chamber groups and a solo-cast musical review
series. Solo technique is developed and nurtured both through the vocal approach to ensemble
singing, and by the exclusive selection of soloists from within SCH membership.
SCH is pro-active in support and advocacy of new choral compositions, and also has multiple
active branches to its education and outreach program.
Schola Cantorum on Hudson (SCH) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement
of the vocal and choral art through performance, education and advocacy.
About Our Artistic Director
Dr. Deborah Simpkin King is a choral and vocal
performer and educator, with northern New Jersey
and Manhattan as home base. As Artistic Director
and Founder of Schola Cantorum on Hudson, and
Founder of the international initiative in support of
new choral music, PROJECT : ENCORE™, she is known
for creative programming and the premiering of new
compositions. She is the owner of voice and conducting
studios, and is also in demand as an adjudicator,
workshop clinician, choral contractor, and guest
conductor.
Dr. King has served on the faculties of several colleges
and universities, and is also known for building
church music programs recognized for their excellence and passion in worship leadership. She
has coordinated the Annual High School Choral Festival for the New Jersey Chapter of the
American Choral Directors Association since 1995, and has served on the state board of directors
since 1991. She is also active within the organization of the New York Choral Consortium.
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The thread of continuity that connects Dr. King’s various activities is her fundamental belief that
music is a gift that contains the potential for profound impact on the human spirit, which can
nurture all of us throughout our lives. It is this perspective that informs all of her activities, from
polished performances to vigorous insistence on the development of fluency in sight singing.
Dr. King’s experiences as a vocal performer, writer and editor add to her understanding of the
demands on choral singers.
Dr. King has two sons: Patrick Daniel, a Producer with Comedy Central’s The Daily Show; and
Michael Alexander, who is currently in his second year of seminary training in Dallas, where he
resides with his wife, Hannah.
About Our Dancer
Heather White Godfrey, a native of Vermont, first came to NYC to attend Barnard College,
Columbia University. While there she continued her dance training, studying modern, ballet,
African, and Simonson Jazz. After graduating with a B.A. in Dance, she has pursued a career in
musical theater, performing in professional productions of West Side Story, White Christmas,
Damn Yankees, and Fiorello!, as well as the National Tour of the Will Rogers Follies. At the
same time, she has also focused on liturgical dance—dancing and teaching at various worship
services, conferences, and camps across the country. She is a proud member of AEA, the actors
union.
About Our Accompanist
Warren Helms, accompanist, was recently seen on prime time television accompanying the
world-famous singer, Susan Boyle, in an NBC special. He recently collaborated with Bill Whelan,
the composer of Riverdance with the Atelier project at Princeton University. Warren is a faculty
member of The Juilliard School at Lincoln Center, NYC and William Paterson University in
Wayne, New Jersey as well as Caldwell College. Warren was a faculty member of The Manhattan
School of Music where he was musical director for the American Musical Theatre Ensemble. At
MSM he was a member of the opera department where he was a coach/accompanist, assisting
in the preparation of opera productions. Mr. Helms was assistant conductor/pianist for the
Broadway production of Showboat at the Gershwin Theater. He recently performed with The
Irish Tenors, Aretha Franklin, and Clay Aiken. Warren is also the Director of Music at the
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Wayne, New Jersey.
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Program Notes
by Deborah Simpkin King,
King Ph
Ph.D.
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I: Human Condition
Myths, liturgies, traditions—those we individually embrace, along with those recognized but
external to our experience—contain truths basic to the human condition. Through these basic
elements of life all are united.
Who is the carol’s traditional ‘poor youngling’ if not ourselves? A position of weakness? No,
indeed; for the ‘real deal’ of humanity writhes and lives in vulnerability, the only weakness
within which is its lack of acknowledgement. The ultimate prize is won by those who dare to
‘become like little children.’ To mourn for parts of ourselves that have been abused, neglected,
misunderstood?…the first step on the journey of internal emancipation!…By by, lully lullay
In responding to disaster—’natural,’ such as the 2004 Asian tsunami which inspired Gilkyson’s
Requiem, or pain in any form—human nature is to seek rebound through belief in, or with the
assistance of…something—symbolized here by Mother Mary. Can broken hearts be made whole?
Do we know the ‘dark night of the soul,’ times of protection even from the pain of feeling, when
to feel would endanger survival? Blessed walls, keep me safe enough, long enough to survive…
and lead us to a higher place…
Still in darkness…in mirrors dimly…Pierce our darkness, Light of light…break the gloom of our
dark night!
II: Suite Noël
Out of gloom and darkness…A promise of healing—through the paradox of a universe-creating
god in an infant’s most vulnerable form. A promise of fragrant beauty—paradoxically, in places
not known to bloom. Dare we seek within ourselves such a nest for our own hatchling?…with
joy your joy embrace!
With healing done, the poet speaks, 3b: “The just-healed former cripple asks God to make sure
Jesus has good, strong legs. Otherwise, how can he dance? Surely no one of sound leg would
ever pass up the chance to dance! (Lame of leg, lame of heart?) In a bit of foreshadowing, the
man realizes Jesus will dance on to Calvary, dancing until his earthly legs have danced their last.
Perhaps there are some who do not understand what it means to give up dancing (paying no
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mind to his sacrifice); nonetheless, Jesus “minds” the inevitability of the cross. In that dance, he
does not fail and carries all along with him in the new dance of Salvation.” …dance with me!
Eyes, ear, legs, tongues…is it safe for us to abandon our wounded state? Dare we emerge from
behind our protective walls! He has tested the thin garment of our days. Incarceration, cease! Sing
all alleluia!
III: Human Possibility
The ‘poor youngling’ has dared to feel, chosen to heal, learned to dance. The challenge now:
to leave all concerns and darkness behind; to focus our intent on following the star…Look! It is
Love—the Guest, the Rose, the Star…
Paradoxes again, and mysteries: God becoming like us, that we might, paradoxically, become his
temple? Such mysteries are beyond human grasp. Only animals and children are close enough
for such truth.
To dance! To live fully into who we are!! To dance—wherever we find ourselves, whatever our
circumstances; dance, and expect to be led. We and the Lord of the Dance are one. That dance,
that life will never, never die.
All is healed, all is health. Hearts all whole.
We will attain freedom within…Evermore and evermore.
May the healing power of warmth and love
be yours to give and to receive in this holiday season.
With love,
The singing family of
Schola Cantorum on Hudson
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Singing Members of
Schola Cantorum on Hudson
Frank Borroto
Shannon Callandrillo
Amy Elise deJong
Jennifer Gaskins
Laura Greenwald-Strom
Andrew P. Jones
Marlene Karu
Gordon King
Sherry Kosinski
Ryan LaBoy
Dorian Lake
Sara Livolsi
Betsy Mackenzie-Stubbs
France Marsh
Joseph Martin-Stowe
Sandy Martiny
Joyce Nestle
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Thomas Norton
Barbara Nowicki
Cara Pernas
Timothy Price
Carol Sargent
Mari Schindele
Alison Self
Mitchell Shapiro
Karen Lea Siegel
Deborah Spinella
James Splond
Don Strangfeld
Kerry Stubbs
Abigail Treut
Alexander Wentworth
Roger West
Susan Wray
This program is 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 for the Arts.
Please silence all cell phones, pagers, watch alarms, and other electronic devices.
Please do not take flash photographs of the musicians or dancers during the performance.
Thank you!
Program
I: Human Condition
Coventry Carol
16th c./Medieval; Michael McGlynn, arr.
Mari Schindele and Shannon Calandrillo, soloists
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, By by. lully lullay. (Refrain)
1. O sisters two, how may we do for to preserve this day
This poor youngling, for whom we do sing By by, lully lullay. Refrain
2. Herod the King, in his raging, charged he hath this day
His men of might, in his own sight, all young children to slay. Refrain
3. That woe is me, poor child for thee, and ever morn and day.
For thy parting neither say nor sing By by, lully lullay. Refrain
Requiem
Eliza Gilkyson; Craig Johnson Hella, arr.
mother mary, full of grace, awaken
all our homes are gone, our loved ones taken
taken by the sea
mother mary, calm our fears, have mercy
drowning in a sea of tears, have mercy
hear our mournful plea
our world has been shaken, we wander our homelands forsaken
in the dark night of the soul bring some comfort to us all,
o mother mary come and carry us in your embrace
that our sorrows may be faced
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Requiem, cont.
mary, fill the glass to overflowing
illuminate the path where we are going
have mercy on us all
in fun’ral fires burning each flame to your myst’ry returning
in the dark night of the soul your shattered dreamers, make them whole,
o mother mary find us where we’ve fallen out of grace,
lead us to a higher place
in the dark night of the soul our broken hearts you can make whole,
o mother mary come and carry us in your embrace,
let us see your gentle face, mary,
Veiled in Darkness
Still the earth in darkness lies,
Up from death’s dark vale arise
Voices of a world in grief,
Prayers of men who seek relief;
Now our darkness pierce again,
“Peace on earth, goodwill to men.”
Glenn Rudolph
Light of light, we humbly pray,
Shine upon Thy world today;
Break the gloom of our dark night,
Fill our souls with love and light,
Send thy blessed word again,
“Peace on earth, goodwill to men.”
II: Suite Noël
Wayne Eastwood
Jennifer Gaskins, mezzo-soprano
Glen Fittin, Drummer; Heather Godfrey, Dancer
1a. Dialogue & Recitative—Isaiah 35 : 1, 4, 5a
Dialogue
Then the parch’d land
Behold, in that day…
and the wilderness
your words will strengthen weary hands…
will be glad for them.
and mend the feeble knee;
Recitative
Say to them who are fearful of heart, “Be strong, fear not.”
Out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see!
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1b. Chorus: Come, We Shepherds
text by Richard Crashaw
Come, we shepherds, whose blest sight
Hath met Love’s noon in night;
Come lift up our song,
And wake the sun that lies too long.
We saw Thee in balmy nest
Young dawn of our eternal day;
We saw Thine eyes break from the East,
And chase the trembling shades away:
To all our world of wellstol’n joy
He slept, and dreamt of no such thing,
While we found out Heav’n’s fairer eye,
And kissed the cradle of our King;
No, no, not yet to seek
Where to repose His royal head;
See, see His newbloom’d cheek
‘Twixt mother’s breasts is gone to bed.
Tell him he rises now too late
To show us aught worth looking at.
Tell him we can show him more
Than he e’er show’d to mortal sight,
Than he himself e’er saw before,
Which to be seen needs not his light.
We saw Thee in balmy nest,
We saw Thine eyes break from the East,
We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light.
2a. Recitative and Dialogue—Isaiah 35 : 1, 5b, 7
Then the dry place will flow’r,
and blossom as the rose.
the desert shall rejoice,
and fill’d with song and delight;
the solitary place will sing and be glad for them;
Lo, the deaf ears open.
Behold the deaf ears will open.
2b. Solo and Chorus: Behold, the Father is His Daughter’s Son
text from The Nativity of Christ by Robert Southwell
Behold, the father is his daughter’s son,
The bird that built the nest is hatched therein,
The old of years an hour hath not outrun,
Eternal life to live doth now begin.
The Word is dumb, the mirth of heav’n doth
weep,
Might feeble is, and force doth faintly creep.
From death, from deafness, from despairs
This life, this light, this Word, this joy repairs.
O dying souls, behold your living spring;
O dazzled eyes, behold your sun of grace;
Dull ears, attend what word this Word doth
bring;
Up, heavy hearts, with joy your joy embrace.
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3a. Dialogue—Isaiah 35 : 6
Then, then the lame man,
Then leap, leap as a hart,
And the crippled girl,
leap as a hart doth the lame,
And all shackled men and women,
With new-made feet, behold, the halt shall dance for joy!
3b. Chorus: Give Your Baby Finest Dancing Feet
Give your baby finest dancing feet,
Then he will want to dance with me;
Just a look at my dancing,
Dancing, prancing feet,
These will do!
Put his feet into the perfect shoes,
So he will never, never fall,
For he must dance at his judgment
‘Til he cannot dance at all.
text by Wayne Eastwood
If never I mind the sacrifice,
Still, never he mind the tree;
We’ll dance the steps though my legs fail,
His strong arms wrapp’d ‘round me.
Grant him grace and boundless charity,
Sturdy legs, and steady knee,
And kiss the baby’s feet just once,
Then he’ll be ready,
Ready to dance with me!
4a. Recitative—Isaiah 35 : 5–6a
Then shall the eyes of the blind be open’d,
And the ears of the deaf unstopp’d,
Then shall the lame leap as the hart, as the hart leaps,
Then the tongue of the dumb shall sing!
4b. Chorus: How Can It Be?
How can it be? The voice that gave both cord
and tongue their powers.
How can it stoop to bind itself, inhabit throats
like ours?
Alleluia, Sing alleluia,
Sing all, sing alleluia.
We who are dust motes in the sun
That He should magnify
Us with His love, such shining song I cannot
reason why.
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text : Carol to the Gift of God, William Barney
To see if it be safe for us,
This voice should taste of death!
Test the thin garment of our days
By putting on our breath!
Come, brothers, sisters, sing for joy!
Sing alleluia for joy!
The gift of God, made known wrapp’d in tissue
and in trim
As mortal as our own!
Alleluia, Sing all alleluia.
Intermission
III: Human Possibility
Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow
Traditional Spiritual; Carl Davis, arr.
Timothy Price, soloist
Follow, follow, Rise up, shepherd, and follow,
Follow the star of Bethlehem.
1. There’s a star in the East on Christmas morn.
It will lead to the place where the Savior’s born.
Leave your sheep and leave your lambs.
Leave your ewes and leave your rams.
2. If you take good heed of the angel’s words,
You’ll forget your flock, you’ll forget your herds.
Leave your sheep and leave your lambs.
Leave your ewes and leave your rams.
Follow, follow, Rise up, shepherd, and follow,
Follow the star of Bethlehem.
People, Look East
French carol; Drew Collins, arr.
1. People, look east, the time is near of the
crowning of the year.
Make your house fair as you are able:
Trim the hearth and set the table.
People, look east and sing today:
Love, the Guest, is on the way.
3. Stars, keep the watch. When night is dim
One more light the bowl shall brim,
Shining beyond the frosty weather,
Bright as sun and moon together.
People, look east and sing today:
Love, the Star, is on the way.
2. People, look east!
Furrows, be glad though earth is bare,
One more seed is planted there.
Give up your strength the seed to nourish,
That in course the flower may flourish
O, people, look east and sing today:
Love, the Rose, is on the way.
4. Angels, announce with shouts of mirth
Him who brings new life to earth!
Set ev’ry peak and valley humming
with the word: “The Lord is coming.”
People, look east and sing today:
Love, the Lord, is on the way.
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O magnum mysterium (sung in Latin)
Ivo Antognini
O great mystery, and wondrous sacrament,
That animals should see the new-born Lord lying in their manger!
Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord Jesus Christ.
Alleluia!
O Nata Lux (sung in Latin)
Peppie Calvar
Sara Livolsi, soloist
O born light of light, Jesus, redeemer of the world,
Mercifully deem worthy and accept The praises and prayers of your supplicants.
Thou who once deigned to be clothed in flesh for the sake of the lost ones,
Grant us to be made members of your holy body.
Lord of the Dance
Michael McCarthy
Abigail Treut and Dorian Lake, soloists
I danced in the morning when the world was
begun,
And I danced in the moon and the stars and
the sun,
And I came down from heaven and I danced on
the earth;
At Bethlehem I had my birth.
I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame;
The holy people said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped and they hung
Me high,
And they left Me there on a cross to die.
(Dance, then…)
I danced on a Friday when the sky turned
black;
Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the
It’s hard to dance with the devil on your back
Lord of the dance, said He,
And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be, And They buried My body and they thought I’d
gone:
I’ll lead you all in the dance, said He.
But I am the dance and I still go on.
I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,
(Dance, then…)
But they wold not dance and they wouldn’t
They cut me down and I leap up high;
follow Me;
I danced for the fishermen, for James and John; I am the life that will never, never die;
They came with Me and the dance went on.
I’ll live in you if you’ll live in Me:
(Dance, then…)
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He.
(Dance, then…)
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Sure On This Shining Night
Morten Lauridsen; text by James Agee
Sure on this shining night of starmade shadows round,
Kindness must watch for me this side the ground, on this shining night.
The late year lies down the north,
All is healed, all is health.
High summer holds the earth. Hearts are whole.
I weep for wonder wand’ring far alone of shadows on the stars.
Sure on this shining night…
Hope for Resolution
Paul Caldwell/Sean Ivory
The Women of the McNair Academic High School Chorus *
Mitchell Shapiro, soprano saxophone; Shannon Calandrillo, flute
Of the Father’s love begotten, E’er the worlds
began to be.
He is Alpha and Omega, He the source, the
ending he.
Of the things that are, that have been, and that
future years shall see,
Evermore and evermore.
O ye heights of heav’n adore him, Angel hosts
his praises sing,
Pow’rs, dominions bow before him, And extol
our God and King.
Let no tongue on earth be silent, ev’ry voice in
concert ring
Evermore and evermore.
Oh, that birth, forever blessed, when the virgin Sung in Zulu:
full of grace,
Nation, do not cry.
By the Holy Ghost conceiving, bare the Saviour
Jehovah will protect us.
of our race.
We will attain freedom.
And the babe, the world’s redeemer, first
Jehovah will protect us.
revealed his sacred face,
Evermore and evermore.
*
Through its ‘Community Partners’ outreach program, SCH is proud and delighted to welcome The Women of
McNair Academic High School, under the direction of Mr. Ben Iseke, as performing partners in this weekend’s
concerts. For information about this, and all SCH initiatives, visit www.scholaonhudson.org, or speak to Dr. King
following the concert.
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“Extraordinary music, high drama and community…”
—The Villager, December 19, 2009
“I was transported to the heavens!”
—Audience Member, Bad Schönau, Austria, August 2008
“The most warmly rounded bel canto cantabile blend I have ever
heard in live choral singing…”
—Classical New Jersey Society Journal, April 29, 2004
Auditions
A few openings remain for
a few tenor and bass/baritone voices
for the remainder of the SCH 2011–2012 season.
To inquire, or to schedule an audition, visit
www.scholaonhudons.org_auditions
or
Call 888-407-6002 ext. 3
or
Speak to a Schola member today
Auditions scheduled through the first half of December.
To learn more, contact us
Online: http://www.ScholaOnHudson.org/
Email: [email protected]
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Phone: (888) 407-6002
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Schola Cantorum on Hudson
Board of Directors
Andrew P. Jones, Chairman
Alexander Wentworth, Vice Chair
Daniel P. Weick, Secretary; Fred Harrity, Treasurer
Tim Carpenter, Scott Pollack, Deborah Spinella, Alison Self
Executive Staff
Rachel Carter-White, Executive Director
Jack Whyte, Director of Marketing and Communications
Dan Yates, Schola Sings Solo Director
Warren Helms, Schola Sings Solo Music Director and Accompanist
Staff
Ryan LaBoy, Coordinator of Community Engagement and Conducting Scholar
Deborah Spinella, Auditions Coordinator
Karen Lea Siegel, Publications Manager
Gordon King, Sectionals Director
Sara Livolsi, Schola Sings Solo Manager
Wayne Eastwood, New Music Initiative Coordinator
Joyce Nestle, Member Care Coordinator
Frances Marsh, Choral Scholar Coordinator
Roger West, Personnel Records Manager
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Celebrating Our Seventeenth Season
2011–2012
From Darkness to
Light
Saturday, December 3, 2011 8 pm
St. John’s in the Village—218 West 11t Street, New York, NY
Sunday, December 4, 2011 5 pm
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church—73 S. Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ
Schola Sings Solo
Saturday, January 21, 2012 8 pm
Rebirth
Saturday, March 10, 2012 8 pm
St. John’s in the Village—218 West 11th Street, New York, NY
Manhattan Venue: TBD
Sunday, March 11, 2012 5 pm
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church—73 S. Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ
Saturday, May 19, 2012 8 pm
Thresholds!
Manhattan Venue: TBD
Sunday, May 20, 2012 5 pm
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church—73 S. Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ
Monday, June 11, 2012 7 pm
The “Big Sing”
Conclusion of the New York Choral
Consortium’s Sing New York! Festival
Venue: TBD
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