I`ll Make Me A World

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Lyric Fest &
Singing City
I’ll Make Me A World
The Glaucoma Service Foundation
to Prevent Blindness
Wills Eye Hospital
840 Walnut Street, Suite 1130
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-928-3190
Board of Trustees: Maxine Colm, EdD, President • Leonard Rosenfeld,
PhD, Vice President • George L. Spaeth, MD, Director of Medical
Research and Education • L. Jay Katz, MD, Secretary
Marc Goodman, CPA, Treasurer
• Myles Jaffe, PhD • Karen Palestini, Esquire
• Irvin Schorsch • George Strimel • Katerina Simonetti, CFP
• Charles Tressler, MD • Chris Urban • Jeremiah J. White, Jr.
Honorary Trustees: Francesco & Charlotte Bonmartini
Steve Harmelin, Esquire • James Kim • Jonathan S. Myers, MD
with
Randall Scarlata, baritone
Elizabeth Weigle, soprano
Chrystal E. Williams, mezzo-soprano
Singing City, Jeffrey Brillhart, conductor
Laura Ward, piano and
Bryan Anderson, piano
Sunday, April 19, 2015, 3:00 p.m.
The Church of the Holy Trinity
1904 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Singing City
Cover: Cloud Burst by Maurice Sapiro; Courtesy of The Mahlstedt Gallery
Lyric Fest & Singing City
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Program
The Bounty of Creation
The Creation
Tom Scott (b. 1948)
Singing City, Jeffrey Brillhart, conductor; Randall Scarlata, narrator
With Verdure Clad (The Creation)
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Elizabeth Weigle
Fussreise Randall Scarlata
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Sure on this Shining Night Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
Singing City; Bryan Anderson, pianist
Nocturne Elizabeth Weigle
Cesar Frank (1822-1890)
Rural Pastures—Urban Life
Pampamapa
Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)
Randall Scarlata
Don’t Fence Me In
Chrystal E. Williams
The Line-Gang (Three Poems of Robert Frost)
Randall Scarlata
Cole Porter (1891-1964)
Elliot Carter (1908-2012)
American Lullaby
Gladys Rich (1904-1994)
Manhattan Madness Elizabeth Weigle
The Heavens Declare
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Tutti
Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
Kile Smith (b. 1956)
INTERMISSION
Mother Nature
Nature the Gentlest Mother
Elizabeth Weigle
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Cloudburst Singing City
Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
Hard Times Come Again No More
Litany Chrystal E. Williams
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Randall Scarlata
John Musto (b. 1954)
Jay Gorney (1894-1990)
Das Irdische Leben
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Friede auf Erden
Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951)
Singing City
Hard Times Come Again no More
Stephen Foster (1826-1864)
Arr. John Conahan (b. 1974)
Chrystal E. Williams & Randall Scarlata
Promise of Living (The Tender Land)
Tutti
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
This program was made possible in part by
The Knorr Family Foundation and The Haverford Trust Company.
Please join us after the concert for a reception in Centennial Hall.
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TEXTS and TRANSLATIONS
The Creation - Tom Scott (b. 1948)
And God stepped out on space,
And He looked around and said,
“I’m lonely—I’ll make me a world.”
And far as the eye of God could see
Darkness covered everything,
Blacker than a hundred midnights
Down in a cypress swamp.
Then God smiled,
And the light broke,
And the darkness rolled up on one side,
And the light stood shining on the other,
And God said, “That’s good!”
Then God reached out and took the light in His hands,
And God rolled the light around in His hands
Until He made the sun;
And He set that sun a-blazing in the heavens.
And the light that was left from making the sun
God gathered it up in a shining ball
And flung it against the darkness,
Spangling the night with the moon and stars.
Then down between
the darkness and the light
He hurled the world;
Then God himself stepped down—
And the sun was on His right hand,
And the moon was on His left;
The stars were clustered about His head,
And the earth was under His feet.
And God walked, and where He trod
His footsteps hollowed the valleys out
And bulged the mountains out.
Then He stopped and looked and saw
That the earth was hot and barren.
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So God stepped over to the edge of the world
And He spat out the seven seas;
He batted His eyes, and the lightnings flashed;
He clapped His hands, and the thunders rolled;
And the waters above the earth came down,
The cooling waters came down.
Then the green grass sprouted,
And the little red flowers blossomed,
The pine tree pointed his finger to the sky,
And the oak spread out his arms,
The lakes cuddled down in the hollows of the ground,
And the rivers ran down to the sea;
And God smiled again,
And the rainbow appeared,
And curled itself around His shoulder.
Then God raised His arm and He waved His hand
Over the sea and over the land,
And He said, “Bring forth! Bring forth!”
And quicker than God could drop His hand.
Fishes and fowls and beasts and birds
Swam the rivers and the seas,
Roamed the forests and the woods,
And split the air with their wings.
Then God walked around,
And God looked around
On all that He had made.
He looked at His sun,
And He looked at His moon
And He looked at His little stars;
He looked on His world
With all its living things,
And God said, “I’m lonely still.”
Then God sat down
On the side of a hill where He could think;
By a deep, wide river He sat down;
With His head in His hands,
God thought and thought,
Till He thought, “I’ll make me a man!”
Up from the bed of the river
God scooped the clay;
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And by the bank of the river
He kneeled Him down;
And there the great God Almighty
Who lit the sun and fixed it in the sky,
Who flung the stars to the most far corner of the night
Who rounded the earth in the middle of His hand;
This Great God, like a mammy bending over her baby,
Kneeled down in the dust toiling over a lump of clay
Till He shaped it in His own image;
Then into it He blew the breath of life,
And man became a living soul.
Amen. Amen.
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
With Verdure Clad (The Creation) - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
With verdure clad the fields appear delightful to the ravish`d sense;
by flowers sweet and gay enhanced is the charming sight.
Here vent their fumes the fragrant herbs;
here shoots the healing plant.
By loads of fruit th` expanded boughs are press`d;
to shady vaults are bent the tufty groves;
the mountain`s brow is crown`d with closed wood.
Baron van Swieten (1733-1803)
Fussreise (Journey on Foot) - Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
With my fresh-cut walking staff
Early in the morning
I go through the woods,
Over the hills, and away.
Then, like the birds in the arbor
That sing and stir,
Or like the golden grapes
That trace their blissful spirits
In the first morning light
I feel in my age, too, beloved
Adam’s spring- and autumn-fever -God fearing,
But not discarded:
The first delights of Paradise.
You are not so bad, oh old
Adam, as the strict teachers say;
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You love and rejoice,
Sing and praise -As it is eternally the first day of creation -Your beloved Creator and Preserver.
I would like to be given to this
And my whole life
Would be in simple wandering wonder
Of one such morning stroll.
Eduard Mörike (1804-1875)
Sure on This Shining Night - Morten Lauridsen (b 1943)
Sure on this shining night
Of star made shadows round,
Kindness must watch for me
This side the ground. The late year lies down the north.
All is healed, all is health.
High summer holds the earth. Hearts all whole.
Sure on this shining night
I weep for wonder wand’ring far alone
Of shadows on the stars.
James Agee (1909-1955)
Nocturne - Cesar Frank (1822-1890)
O chilly night,
Transparent night,
Mystery without obscurity,
Life is dark and insatiable,
O chilly night,
Transparent night,
Give to me your serenity.
O beauteous night,
Star-studded night,
Gazing softly down on me,
Illuminate my troubled heart,
O beauteous night,
Star-studded night,
Scatter your smiles around my thoughts.
O blessed night,
Reticent night,
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Filled with sweetness and with peace,
My heart is brimming o’er like an urn,
O blessed night,
Reticent night,
Let there be quiet in my heart.
O spacious night,
Solemn night,
In which all is full of delight,
Take my soul beneath your wing,
O spacious night,
Solemn night,
Come and soothe my tired eyes with sleep.
Louis de Fourcaud (1851-1914)
Pampamapa - Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)
I’m not of this region
But it’s the same,
I’ve stolen the magic
From those paths.
This cross that kills me
Gives me life,
A verse bleeds from me
That sings wounded.
Don’t ask me to leave
My thoughts,
You’ll not find a way
To stay the wind.
If my name causes you pain,
Throw it in the water,
I don’t want your mouth
To become bitter.
At your threshold my earth
Having watched all night.
I will give you my dreams,
Give me your calm.
Like the ancient bird
I recognize the trail,
I know when the wheat is green,
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When to love it.
For that is why, my life,
Don’t be confused,
The water that I seek
Is more profound.
So that you would be real
I raised you in a song,
Now I leave you alone,
I go away weeping.
But never, my heaven,
Or pain do I die,
Together with the light of day,
I am born anew.
At your threshold, my earth,
Having watched all night.
I will give you my dreams,
Give me your calm.
Hamlet Lima Quintana (b. 1923)
Don’t Fence Me In - Cole Porter (1891-1964)
Wildcat Kelley, looking mighty pale
Was standing by the Sheriff’s side
And when the Sheriff said, “I’m sending you to jail
Wildcat raised his head and cried
Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above
Don’t fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don’t fence me in
Let me be by myself in the evenin’ breeze
And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever but I ask you please
Don’t fence me in
Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle
Underneath the western skies
On my cayuse, let me wander over yonder
Till I see the mountains rise
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I want to ride to the ridge where the West commences
And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
And I can’t look at hobbles and I can’t stand fences
Don’t fence me in.
Cole Porter /Robert Fletcher (1885-1972)
The Line-Gang (Three Poems of Robert Frost) - Elliot Carter (1908-2012)
Here come the line-gang pioneering by.
They throw a forest down less cut than broken.
They plant dead trees for living, and the dead
They string together with a living thread.
They string an instrument against the sky
Wherein words whether beaten out or spoken
Will run as hushed as when they were a thought
But in no hush they string it: they go past
With shouts afar to pull the cable taut,
To hold it hard until they make it fast,
To ease away—they have it. With a laugh,
An oath of towns that set the wild at naught
They bring the telephone and telegraph. Robert Frost (1874-1963)
American Lullaby - Gladys Rich (1904-1994)
Hush-a-bye you sweet little baby
and don’t you cry any more.
Daddy is down at his stockbroker’s office
a keeping the wolf from the door.
Nursie will raise the window shade high,
So you can see the cars whizzing by.
Home in a hurry each daddy must fly
To a baby like you.
Hush-a-bye you sweet little baby
and close those pretty blue eyes.
Mother has gone to her weekly bridge party
to get her wee baby the prize.
Nursie will turn the radio on
So you can hear a sleepy-time song,
For a baby like you.
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Manhattan Madness - Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan
Manhattan madness
You’ve got me at last
I’m like a fly upon a steeple
Watching seven million people
Do a rhythm
That draws me with ‘em
Manhattan madness
You’re going too fast
I’m like a baby on a rocker
Watching Father Knickerbocker
Being busy
I’m getting dizzy
When shadows creep, in my bed I tumble
But never sleep for I hear the rumble
In the street, the tramping of feet
That haunt me the whole night long
And through the day I’m watching the drama
That people play in your panorama
And I hear in tones very clear
The sound of your restless song
Subways below and trains above racing
Packed with humanity
Taxis and trucks and trolley cars chasing
Busy as they can be
Steaming machines and riveters grating
Motors instead of men
Buildings go up with wrecking crews waiting
To tear them down again
Newsies that shout sensational headlines
Peddlers with things to sell
Noisy cafes and whispering breadlines
Children that scream and yell
Whistles and bells and siren horns blowing
Pistols that crack and roar
Traffic that stops and goes without knowing
What’s all the shooting for
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Manhattan madness
You’ve got me at last
I’m like a fly upon a steeple
Watching seven million people
Do a rhythm
That draws me with ‘em
And it’s mad!
The Heavens Declare* - Kile Smith (b. 1956)
The heavens declare the glory of God,
the skies announce the work of his hands. Day after day they pour out their speech,
night after night they tell what they know. There is no speech, there are no words, their voice is not heard. But their line goes out over all the earth;
they proclaim to the ends of the world. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to you,
O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:1-4, 14
*Commissioned by Lyric Fest, Suzanne DuPlantis and Laura Ward, artistic directors, and
premiered by Lyric Fest and Singing City, Jeffrey Brillhart, director; with soprano Elizabeth
Weigle, mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams, and baritone Randall Scarlata. Supported in
part through a grant from the American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter.
Nature the Gentlest Mother - Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Nature, the gentlest mother
Impatient of no child,
The feeblest or the waywardest, Her admonition mild
In forest and the hill
By traveler is heard,
Restraining rampant squirrel
Or too impetuous bird.
How fair her conversation,
A summer afternoon, Her household, her assembly;
And when the sun goes down
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Her voice among the aisles
Incites the timid prayer
Of the minutest cricket,
The most unworthy flower.
When all the children sleep
She turns as long away
As will suffice to light her lamps;
Then, bending from the sky,
With infinite affection
And infiniter care,
Her golden finger on her lip,
Wills silence everywhere.
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Cloudburst - Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
La lluvia...
Ojos de aqua de sombra,
ojos de agua de pozo,
ojos
de aqua de sueño.
Soles azules, verdes remolinos,
picos de luz que abren astros
como granadas.
Dime, tierra quemada, no hay aqua?
hay sólo sangre, sólo hay polvo,
sólo pisadas de pies desnudos sobre
la espina?
La lluvia despierta...
Hay que domir con los ojos abiertos,
hay que soñar con les manos,
soñemos sueños activos de río buscando
su cauce,
sueños de sol soñando sus mundos,
hay que soñar en voz alta,
hay que cantar hasta que el canto eche,
raíces, tronco ramas pájaros, astros,
hay que desenterrar la palabra perida,
recordar lo que dicen la sangre y la
marea,
le tierra y el cuerpo,
volver al punto de partida...
The rain ...
Eyes of shadow-water
eyes of well-water
eyes of dream-water.
Blue suns, green whirlwinds,
birdbeaks of light pecking open
pomegranate stars.
But tell me, burnt earth,
is there no water?
Only blood, only dust,
only naked footsteps on the thorns?
The rain awakens ...
We must sleep with open eyes,
we must dream aloud,
we must sing till the song
puts forth roots,
trunk, branches, birds, stars,
we must find the lost word,
and remember
what the blood, the tides,
the earth, and the body say,
and return to the point of
departure...
Octavio Paz (1914-1998)
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Litany - John Musto (b. 1954)
Gather up
In the arms of your pity
The sick, the depraved,
The desperate, the tired,
All the scum
Of our weary city.
Gather up
In the arms of your pity.
Gather up
In the arms of your love-Those who expect
No love from above. Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime - Jay Gorney (1894-1990)
They used to tell me I was building a dream, and so I followed the mob,
When there was earth to plow, or guns to bear, I was always there right on the job.
They used to tell me I was building a dream, with peace and glory ahead,
Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread?
Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad; now it’s done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once I built a tower, up to the sun, brick, and rivet, and lime;
Once I built a tower, now it’s done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell,
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum,
Half a million boots went slogging through Hell,
And I was the kid with the drum!
Say, don’t you remember, they called me Al; it was Al all the time.
Why don’t you remember, I’m your pal? Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell,
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum,
Half a million boots went slogging through Hell,
And I was the kid with the drum!
Say, don’t you remember, they called me Al; it was Al all the time.
Say, don’t you remember, I’m your pal? Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Yip Harburg (1896-1981)
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Das Irdische Leben (The earthly life) - Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
“Mother, oh Mother! I’m hungry;
Give me bread, or I shall die!”
“Wait a little, my darling child;
Tomorrow we shall sow quickly.”
And when the corn had been sown,
The child wailed again:
Tomorrow we shall harvest quickly.”
And when the corn had been harvested,
Tomorrow we shall thresh quickly.”
And when the corn had been threshed,
Tomorrow we shall grind quickly.”
And when the corn had been ground,
Tomorrow we shall bake quickly.”
And when the bread had been baked,
The child was lying on the funeral bier.
Folk Poetry
Friede auf Erden - Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951)
Da die Hirten ihre Herde
Ließen und des Engles Worte
Trugen durch die niedre Pforte
Zu der Mutter mit dem Kind,
Fuhr das himmlische Gesind
Fort im Sternenraum zu singen,
As they grazed their flock, the shepherds
bore the angel’s salutation
through the lowly portal, onward
to the Mother and her Child.
Hosts of Heaven led the hymn,
through the starry spheres resounding,
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Fuhr der Himmel fort zu klingen:
“Friede, Friede! auf der Erde!”
Heaven led the song proclaiming,
“Peace, O Peace upon the Earth!”
Seit die Engel so geraten,
O wie viele blut’ge Taten
Hat der Streit auf wildem Pferde,
Der geharnischte vollbracht!
In wie mancher heiligen Nacht
Sang der Chor der Geister zagend,
Dringlich flehend, leis verklagend:
“Friede, Friede... auf der Erde!”
Since that time of angels, warning
O how many deeds so bloody
has that armored horseman, Conflict,
on his wild horse brought forth!
On how many a holy night
sang the choir of spirits quaking,
pressingly yet softly pleading,
“Peace, O Peace upon the Earth!”
Yet survives belief eternal
Doch es ist ein ewiger Glaube,
that the weak shall not forever
Dass der Schwache nicht zum Raube
fall as helpless victim to each
Jeder frechen Mordgebärde
murd’rers, fresh indignity.
Werde fallen allezeit:
Righteousness, or something kin,
Etwas wie Gerechtigkeit
Webt und wirkt in Mord und Grauen weaves and works in rout and horror,
and a kingdom yet shall rise up
Und ein Reich will sich erbauen,
seeking Peace upon the Earth.
Das den Frieden sucht der Erde.
Mählich wird es sich gestalten,
Seines heiligen Amtes walten,
Waffen schmieden ohne Fährde,
Flammenschwerter für das Recht,
Und ein königlich Geschlecht
Wird erblühn mit starken Söhnen,
Dessen helle Tuben dröhnen:
Friede, Friede auf der Erde!
Slowly shall its form develop,
holy duties while fulfilling,
weapons free of danger forging,
flaming swords for cause of Right.
And a royal line shall bloom
mighty royal sons shall flourish,
whose bright trumpets peal proclaiming,
Peace, O Peace upon the Earth!
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825-1898)
Hard Times Come Again no More - Stephen Foster (1826-1864),
Arr. John Conahan (b. 1974)
Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears,
While we all sup sorrow with the poor;
There’s a song that will linger forever in our ears;
Oh hard times come again no more.
[Chorus:]
Tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door;
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While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay,
There are frail forms fainting at the door;
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
There’s a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away,
With a worn heart whose better days are o’er:
Though her voice would be merry, ‘tis sighing all the day,
Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave,
Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore
Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
Stephen Foster/Mary J. Blige (b. 1971)
Promise of Living (The Tender Land) - Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
The promise of living with hope and thanksgiving
Is born of our loving our friends and our labor.
The promise of growing with faith and with knowing
Is born of our sharing our love with our neighbor.
The promise of loving, the promise of growing
Is born of our singing in joy and thanksgiving.
For many a year we’ve know these fields
And know all the work that makes them yield.
We’re ready to work, we’re ready to lend a hand.
By working together we’ll bring in the blessings of harvest.
We plant each row with seeds of grain,
And Providence sends us the sun and the rain.
By lending a hand, by lending an arm
Bring out the blessings of harvest.
Give thanks there was sunshine, give thanks there was rain,
Give thanks we have hands to deliver the grain.
O let us be joyful, O let us be grateful to the Lord for his blessing.
The promise of living, the promise of growing
The promise of ending is labor and sharing and loving.
“Horace Everett” Erik Johns (1927-2001)
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SINGING CITY: History and Mission
S
inging City was founded as an integrated choir in 1948 in
Philadelphia by Dr. Elaine Brown. The Choir was born out of the
Fellowship House movement, which believed that differences between
races, religions, and cultures could be bridged by people coming
together in shared activities. In addition to performances in and around
Philadelphia, the Choir traveled to the South during the 1950s and ’60s
struggle for civil rights, performing before integrated audiences.
As a result of critical acclaim through performances with The
Philadelphia Orchestra, the Choir was invited to perform in Israel with
Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic and also in Jordan and Egypt
while on tour in the 1970s and ‘80s. Singing City was the first western
choir to perform with the Leningrad Philharmonic in Leningrad in 1990.
In May 2000, Singing City was the lead choir at the First International
Choral Festival de Cuba. The choir toured Northern Ireland and the
Republic of Ireland in the summer of 2004 and Brazil in July 2009. The
choir traveled to Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, and Montenegro in July 2012.
The Choir remains committed to artistic excellence and to the betterment
of the community. Singing City offers programs corresponding to the
three “pillars” of its mission and vision: Performance, Community, and
Education. The Choir’s multi-faceted mission includes choral
performance at the highest levels, community involvement and
educational outreach.
Singing City continues to bring choral music to the under-served,
performing not only in concert halls, but also in homeless shelters and
nursing homes in and around Philadelphia. Singing City’s nationally
recognized schools residency program, Singing City in the Schools, has
brought music rudiments, choral singing, and composition techniques to
children in the Philadelphia public schools. From 2003-2013, the
Singing City Prize for Young Composers recognized outstanding young
choral composers with a cash award and a performance of their work at
our annual Winter Concert. The Singing City Children’s Choir joined the
Singing City family in the fall of 2010.
Under the banner of Performance, Community and Education, Singing
City strives to be an artistic, social and spiritual force, bringing people
together through choral music.
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JEFFREY BRILLHART, Artistic & Music Director
Appointed in 1999, Jeffrey Brillhart
directs the Singing City Choir and
oversees all aspects of Singing City’s
musical initiatives. He provides
artistic leadership for a rich program
of formal concerts, choral music
workshops as part of Singing City in
the Schools, and outreach concerts in
diverse communities in and around
Philadelphia. Jeffrey is also
Director of Music and Fine Arts at
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr and is recognized as
one of the foremost musicians working in the Presbyterian Church. He
has won national recognition for his abilities in organ improvisation,
organ performance, and conducting. Mr. Brillhart’s formal training was
at Drake University, where he received his Bachelor of Church Music
degree in 1977, and at the Eastman School of Music, where he received a
Master of Performance and Literature Degree in 1979 and studied piano,
organ, harpsichord, voice and conducting.
In addition to his position as Director of the Fine Arts Program at Bryn
Mawr Presbyterian Church, where he works with over 600 youth and
adults, Jeffrey supervises nine choral and handbell ensembles, an art
program and “Young-in-Arts,” a music and art school for children.
He directs the 120-voice Senior Choir which sings for two services each
week and prepares several special performances each season. Mr.
Brillhart also directs the Bryn Mawr Chamber Singers, a 24-voice
ensemble specializing in baroque and 20th century music. His church
ensembles have performed for national conventions of the American
Guild of Organists and the American Choral Directors Association.
Mr. Brillhart has presented master classes at the Curtis Institute of Music,
the University of Iowa, Drake University, and the Eastman School of
Music. He served as chorus master for The Philadelphia Orchestra’s
Martin Luther King Tribute Concert in January 2004. In January 2005, he
joined the music faculty of Yale University to teach organ improvisation.
He is the author of “Breaking Free,” an improvisation textbook, that is in
wide use throughout the United States and Europe.
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Hailed for his warm, expressive sound and
winning way with the audience, baritone
RANDALL SCARLATA enjoys an unusually diverse
career. He has appeared as soloist with top
orchestras and on important concert stages
throughout the world. He is particularly well
known as a recitalist, and collaborates regularly
with artists such as Gilbert Kalish, Jeremy
Denk, Jonathan Biss, Benjamin Hochman,
Inon Barnatan, and Laura Ward. A frequent
performer of new music, he has given world
premieres of Ned Rorem, George Crumb,
Richard Danielpour, Christopher Theofanidis,
Thea Musgrave, Mohammed Fairouz, Daron Hagen, Samuel Adler,
and Paul Moravec. He has received many awards and honors, such
as Young Concert Artists, Das Schubert Lied, Joy in Singing, The
Naumburg Competition, The International Brahms Competition,
and the Alice Tully Vocal Arts Debut Recital Award. Mr. Scarlata also
received a Fulbright Grant to study in Vienna, Austria. Highlights of the
2014-2015 season include recital appearances at Alpenkammermusik
Lesachtal, Austria, Music at Menlo (California), Kneisel Hall (Maine),
Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival (Vermont), Music in a Great
Space (Pittsburgh), The Brooklyn Library, the Chamber Music Scoiety of
Lincoln Center (NY), Harris Hall (Chicago), Rockport Chamber Music
Festival (Maine), and at the Schola Cantorum (Paris). He also appears
at the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico to give
voice to four world premieres of works for voice and chamber ensemble.
Mr. Scarlata also appears with the early music group Tempesta di Mare
for performances of Handel’s Messiah, Singing City for performances
of Stephen Paulus’ To Be Certain of the Dawn and Orchestra 2001 for
performances of George Crumb’s Voices from the Morning of the Earth
(American Songbook VI). His recording of this work will be released this
year on the Bridge label. Also to be released this year is his recording of
Schubert’ Winterreise, with pianist Gilbert Kalish.
Pianist and Artistic Director of Lyric Fest, LAURA WARD has been gracing
Philadelphia audiences with her powerful, sensitive accompanying
since arriving here in 1998. As a distinguished collaborative pianist
she is known for both her technical ability and vast knowledge of
repertoire and styles. Recent and upcoming engagements include
performing in recital with Denyce Graves, and premiering new works
for piano, guitar and trombone by Allen Krantz with the New York
Philharmonic’s Joseph Alessi. Concert engagements have taken her to
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Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Boston’s
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Spoleto
Festival (Italy) and the Colmar International
Music Festival and Saint Denis Festival in
France. She has served as a vocal coach at
The Academy of Vocal Arts, Westminster
Choir College, Temple University, Ravinia
Festival Stean’s Institute, Washington Opera,
University of Maryland, Music Academy of
the West and at Cleveland’s Blossom Festival
and as the official pianist for the Washington
International Competition, the Astral Artists
Auditions and for the Marian Anderson Award. Laura is a recording
artist and editor of song accompaniments for publisher Hal Leonard
having also co-edited Richard Strauss: 40 Songs, Gabriel Fauré: 50
Songs, and Johannes Brahms: 75 Songs and has recorded over 2000
song accompaniments for Hal Leonard Publishing. These volumes help
singers and pianists experience, learn and enjoy the art song repertory
and also help introduce a world of art song to many who have had
little exposure to it. A native of Texas, Laura received her Bachelor’s
from Baylor University, holds a Masters in Piano Accompanying at the
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and a Doctorate in Accompanying
from the University of Michigan as a student of Martin Katz. While at
the University of Michigan, Laura was the pianist for the Contemporary
Directions ensemble and performed with the Ann Arbor Symphony.
Laura is currently the pianist for the Umbrian Serenades Casa Menotti
Recital Series begun in 2014.
Soprano ELIZABETH WEIGLE is sought out for
her unique vocal beauty and interpretive
insight, which she lends to music ranging
from the Baroque to the 21st Century. Highlights of Ms. Weigle’s performances
include: Handel’s Messiah (Carnegie Hall
and Washington National Cathedral), Bach’s
Jauchzet Gott BWV 51 (American Bach
Soloists - San Francisco), Mahler’s Symphony
Number Four (Colorado Symphony), world
premiere of Shende’s Three Longfellow
Poems (Portland Symphony), world premiere
of Clearfield’s Les Fenêtres (Philadelphia
Chamber Orchestra), and Feldman’s Rabbi
Akiba (Slee Sinfonia). A graduate of the Eastman School of Music
where she studied with the late Jan DeGaetani, Ms. Weigle received her
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Master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music and Professional
Studies Certificate at The Juilliard School. She has recorded for the
Nonesuch, Erato, Koch, Albany, New Focus Recordings, and BMOP
Sound labels. An enthusiastic educator, Ms. Weigle gives master classes
throughout the United States, teaches voice at her Philadelphia studio,
and serves on the music faculties of Saint Joseph’s University and New
York Summer Music Festival.
Mezzo-soprano CHRYSTAL E. WILLIAMS,
“strong and so assured”, recently debuted
with the Sarasota Opera performing the role
of Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Recent
engagements include a cover contract with
Gotham Chamber Opera of Cat in El Gato con
Botas; a role and company debut with Opera
Philadelphia as Rebecca Parker in Charlie
Parker’s YARDBIRD, a new commission
by Daniel Schnyder; and her Birmingham
Opera Company (UK) debut in early 2015
as Hannah in Michael Tippett’s The Ice
Break, Graham Vick, directing. Upcoming
engagements include; a concert with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra in
Cairo, Egypt; Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Pine Mountain Music
Festival in Michigan; a concert with Norrköpings Symfoniorkester in
Sweden; a debut with Washington National Opera as Elizabeth Keckley/
Coretta Scott King in Philip Glass’s Appomattox; Hänsel in Hänsel and
Gretel with Knoxville Opera; a recital with Portsmouth Community
Concerts, Inc. in Virginia; and a reprise of Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD
with Gotham Chamber Opera. In 2013 Ms Williams created the role of
Yvette in the world première of Eric Sawyer’s The Garden of Martyrs;
performed the role of Dulcinée in Massenet’s Don Quichotte; Olga in
Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin; and sang Linda in Kurt Weill’s Lost in
the Stars in a debut with the Glimmerglass Festival. She was recently
featured as soloist in Elgar’s Sea Pictures with the Philadelphia Youth
Orchestra; the Verdi Requiem with the University of Pennsylvania
Symphony Orchestra; and Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the New Jersey
MasterChorale. Ms. Williams was one of thirteen finalists in the
International Belvedere Singing Competition in 2013; a 2014 finalist in
the Giulio Gari International Music Competition; a 2013 Encouragement
Award in the New England Region Finals of the Metropolitan Opera
National Council Auditions; a 2013 third place Liederkranz Foundation,
Inc Award. Ms. Williams was the recent winner of the Wilhelm
Stenhammer International Music Competition for 2014 winning both
First Place and Audience Choice awards. The Chrystal E. Williams
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Scholarship Fund was founded by the artist in 2004 to help students
wishing to pursue a career in the Performing Arts. This scholarship is
funded in part by her annual concert, An Evening with Chrystal E. held
annually during the month of June in Norfolk, VA. Ms Williams is a
recent graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, PA, where
she earned her Artist Diploma in Opera Performance. She received her
Master of Music in Opera Performance from Yale University School of
Music in 2010, and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Voice Performance from
Carnegie Mellon University in 2008.
BRYAN ANDERSON is a fifth-year student at
the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studies
organ performance with Alan Morrison and
harpsichord with Leon Schelhase. A native of
Atlanta, Bryan studied piano with Jeannine
Morrison and organ with Sarah Martin before
attending Curtis. Bryan currently serves as
assistant organist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
and Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia,
and also at the Wanamaker Grand Court organ at
Macy’s in central Philadelphia.
He is a frequent recitalist and collaborator as an organist, pianist, and
harpsichordist, including recent performances at the Kennedy Center,
the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, and the Musee des
Augustins in Toulouse, France.
About Lyric Fest
The overall mission of Lyric Fest is to bring people together through the
shared experience of song. We do this by offering to diverse audiences
lively, theme-oriented voice recitals designed to edify, educate, stimulate
dialogue, and foster community.
Lyric Fest strives to re-invigorate the song recital by creating imaginative
thematic programs in which we use the spoken word both to provide a
context and historical background to the songs we perform, and also to
foster a feeling of connectedness to our audiences.
Commissioning and performing new songs for a new age has become
integral to LF’s mission and programming philosophy. We commission
to keep the art of the song recital alive and to connect more relevantly
to today’s audiences. Since its founding, LF has commissioned 18
and premiered over 20 new song cycles and individual songs of local,
regional and nationally recognized composers.
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Lyric Fest (LF) was founded in 2003 by three Philadelphia-area
musicians: Suzanne DuPlantis, mezzo soprano, Randi Marrazzo,
soprano, and Laura Ward, pianist, with the shared goal of celebrating
and revitalizing the song tradition. It has produced and presented over
65 distinct programs and recitals featuring more than 160 local, regional
and national artists. Currently LF is run by Artistic Directors, Suzanne
DuPlantis and Laura Ward. Lyric Fest remains committed to expanding
the area’s interest in and knowledge of song as an important and
relevant art form.
LYRIC FEST DONORS
Founder’s Circle - $5,000 +
The CHG Charitable Trust
The Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Dimitrios Diamantaras and
Marianne Miserandino
Mignon and James Groch William Lake Leonard
The Presser Foundation
The Stratton Foundation
The Wyncote Foundation **
** given in honor of John and
Chara Haas
David and Jackie Ward (in honor
of Laura Ward)
Laura Ward and David Newmann
Artist’s Circle $1,250 - $4,999
American Composer’s Forum
Barbara Cobb/
Hamilton Family Foundation
Suzanne DuPlantis and Kevin McDowell
Samuel S. Fels Fund
Linda and David Glickstein/
The Lida Foundation
Mark Hemling and John Marrazzo/
GlaxoSmithKline
A. Clinton Hewes John and Elizabeth Knorr
Foundation
Lauren and Craig Meyer
The Musical Fund Society of
Philadelphia
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Christina Stasiuk and George Farion/
CIGNA Matching Charles and Carol Soltis
John and Sandra Stouffer
Loretta and Tom Witt Composer’s Circle $500 - $1,249
Jill Ann Acker
Bill Bosch and Colby Madden
Paul and Sharon Burgmayer
John Castagno
DeAnn Clancy
Harold and Louise Evans Philip* and Ellen Frohnmayer
Henry and Susan Harrison
Jane Kamp and Thomas Lloyd Caroline and Bill Kemmerer Allan Schimmel
Anne Schoemaker Virginia Smith June and Norman Ward
Carol Westfall
Lieder Leaders -$250-$499
Paula and Bill Adelhelm Ann Ainsworth Ellen Anderson and Brantly Rudisill
Randy Apgar and Allen Black (in honor of Laura Ward and
David Newmann)
Carol Baldridge
Margaret Baroody
Melinda and Jeff Black
Carol Boslet
Alice Chase, Leslie Roesler
Tony Checchia and Benita Valente
Margaret S. G. Cooke
Lawrence DuPlantis, Jr.
Anne Marie Frohnmayer
Ronald and Peggy Gregg Martha Ridley Hurt
Marjorie and Edward Kennedy
Clark Morrell Brenda Oliphant
Randall Scarlata
Larry Simmons and James Akerberg
Frank and Taylor Slaughter (in honor of Taylor Burnstein and thanks to Laura Ward)
Katharine Sokoloff McLaughlin
Donald Williams and Ken Ross
Champs de Chanson - $100 - $249
Annelouise Adee
Annick Applewhite
Fred Allen Barfoot
Jeffrey Brillhart Heewon Chang and Klaus Volpert
Dr. and Mrs. Harris Clearfield
Joseph and Cecelia Denegre
Rose DiSanto
Mary Dratman
Marc DiNardo and Elizabeth Drum
Paulo Faustini Elizabeth Gemmill
Daphne and Allen Hanford
Joanne and Bill Hanna
Marion Heacock
Alexander Holt (in memory of Harry Saunders)
Cynthia Jarvis Marc and Joan Lapayowker
Carol Lupo and Jon Beyer
(in honor of Mignon Groch)
Clare and James Mackie
Barbara Maxwell Laura and Philip McMunigal
DeWitt and Naomi Montgomery
Robert and Patricia Murphy
Fred Newmann, Carol Hegeler
Presbyterian Women of BMPC
Elizabeth Racheva
Daniel and Barbara Rottenberg
Jean Ruff William Shoff
Bryna Silver and Andrew Scott (in honor of Mignon Groch)
David and Susan Spitko
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Stetzer
Jack* and Linda Weaver
Elizabeth Weigle
Thomas Weiskerger
Robert and Carol White
Roberta and Alan Willoughby
Song Makers up to - $99
Susie Alexander
Frances B. Baylson
Kendra Colton
Friend of the Arts
Susan and Richard Gould
Daron Hagen (In memory of Norman Stumpf)
Mary and Bill Hangley
Gail and Henry Hauptfuhrer
Alan Harler
Dianne and John Heard
Nicole Juday
Allen Krantz
Michael and Eva Leeds
Michael and Elizabeth Merin
Tom Purdom
Olive Rich and Dolores Martell
Kathleen Scipione
Sharon Scullin
Richard Troxell and Lisa Lovelace
Steven Tyre
Roy Wilbur
* deceased
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Singing City Choir
Lauren Anderson
Soryl Angel
Brian Auerbach
Aminda Baird
Alyssa Barlis
Joyce Barton
Elise Bjordammen
Jason Blacketer
Peter Boyer
Wendy Browder
Gloria Brown
Luke Brown
Sara Harris Brown
Hana Cai
Theresa Carter
Emily Cashin
Elizabeth Childs
Deb Clarke
Leslie Clearwater
Steve Crandall
Peggy Curchack
Elaine Del Vecchio
Tony Del Vecchio
Kelly Dolan
Susan Domingos
Dana Fiero
Martha Fried-Cassorla
Andrew Fuller
Melissa Graf-Evans
Marlene Graham
Sonja Hausmann
Anne Hess
Ian Highcock
Mark Hollern
Robert Holmes
Rebecca Horowitz
Claire Huff
Nicandro Iannacci
Barbara Jenkins
Beth Johnson
Angela Jones
Robert Kidder
Rachel Kleinman
Lisa Laska
Francine Levin
William Lim, Jr.
Robert Mann
Joyce Marshall
Yuko Martin
Andrew McDermott
Toni Menninger
Kim Murphy
Rosalyn Ominsky
Mark Rader
Sterling Randolph
Betsy A. Riley
Mark Ritter
Gili Ronen
Mindy Rubinlicht
M’Annette Ruddell
Rajeev Sachdeva
Peter Scarpato
Ken Schoenholz
Matt Siverd
Richard Sobel
Betty Stockwell
Robert Thuener
Danielle Traitz
Bill Van Stone
Andrew Westerhaus
Kerri Williams
Amberly Williams
Barbara Willig
LaVerne Wood
William Young
Do you love to sing?
Are you looking for a great community of singers?
Singing City is now auditioning experienced singers.
Auditions are held by appointment.
Call the Singing City office, 267-519-5322, to schedule an audition or
e-mail Choir Administrator Ben Weissman, [email protected].
Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings from 7:20 to 9:50 p.m.
at Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
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Singing City Board of Directors
Peter Boyer, President
Nancy Frandsen, Vice-President
Jane Gardner, Treasurer
Steve Crandall, Secretary
Brian Auerbach
Wendy Browder
Peggy Curchack
Peggy C. Gregg, ex-officio
Jackie Lesser
Diane Mallery
Jane Murphy
Barbara Rittenhouse
Anne Sciolla
Rosalinda R. Madara, Honorary
Director
Advisory Board
Anton E. Armstrong
Jack Asher
Jeffrey Cornelius
Joseph Flummerfelt
R. Thomas Friedman
DeVonne Gardner
Elizabeth L. Haslam
Robert H. Holmes
Scott Jenkins
Walter Johnson
Mary Tryon Ledwith
Claire McKinley
Weston Noble
Helmuth Rilling
Sandra Stouffer
Andre J. Thomas
Radclyffe Thompson
Season Subscribers
Benefactors
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Affleck, Jr.
Lauren Anderson
Deb Clarke and Cheryl Bruttomesso
Nancy R. Frandsen
Ruth Horowitz
Kim and Jane Murphy
Jack and Roberta Rubinlicht
Rajeev Sachdeva
Bill and Betty Stockwell
Patrons
Susan Alpine
Peter Boyer
Jeffrey Brillhart
Wendy Browder
Peggy and Mark Curchack
Helen Gilmore
Jim and Martha Grant
Peggy Gregg
Marguerite Harris
Elizabeth Haslam
Warren and Claire Huff
Don and Laila Nada Isaacson
Beth Johnson
Mary Tryon Ledwith
Linda Litwin
Claire McKinley
Barbara Rittenhouse
Elaine B. Shaffer
Mary Ann Sullivan
Sponsors
Jessica R. Brown
Maguerite P. Harris
Walter H. Johnson
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Staff
Jeffrey Brillhart, Artistic and Music Director
Lauren Anderson, Executive Director
Ben Weissman, Choir Administrator and Office Manager
Bryan Anderson, Pianist
Steven Fisher, Director, Singing City Children’s Choir
Andrew Bleckner, Composer-in-Residence
Special Thanks
Friends of Lyric Fest & Singing City
The Church of the Holy Trinity
Program Advertisers
Ushers, Box Office and Riser Crew
To everyone who provided food and drink and helped with this
evening’s post-concert reception.
Coming Up
Brahms’ Requiem Sing-In
Sunday, June 14, 3 p.m.
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA
With
The National Music Festival Orchestra
Richard Rosenberg, conductor
Tickets: $10
All welcome - come to sing or be a part of the audience.
Visit www.singingcity.org for more information.
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SINGING CITY SUPPORTERS
Annual contributions to Singing City are of crucial importance because they are used
to support the operating budget of the Choir. Annual Friends Drive gifts are spent
throughout the year on operating needs such as our formal concert series, community
concerts at care facilities and retirement homes, the SC Children’s Choir, and to support
our small but dedicated staff.
The 2014-15 campaign is underway. Please help us reach our goal by June 30, 2015.
Visit www.singingcity.org/support for more information.
$5,000 and above
Anonymous
Baker Hostetler
The Connelly Foundation
Mark and Peggy Curchack
Samuel S. Fels Fund
The Fund for Children
John and Elizabeth
Knorr Foundation
PA Council on the Arts
The Presser Foundation
The Philadelphia Cultural Fund
$1,000-$4,999
Ann and Gordon Getty
Lauren Anderson
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian
Church
Nancy R. Frandsen
James and Martha Grant
Herbert and Margaret Heineman
Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial
Jonathan E. Lehman
Mary T. Ledwith
Peter and Bonnie Motel
Charles (Kim) and
Jane Murphy
Rajeev Sachdeva
Cheryl Slipski
Bill and Betty Stockwell*
Wells Fargo Foundation
$500 to $999
Peter Boyer*
Jeffrey Brillhart
Wendy Browder*
Jeffrey Cornelius
Susan Domingos
Roy and Nancy Fairman
Steven M. Fisher
Jane Gardner
Sue Anne Grier
Ron and Peggy Gregg
Elizabeth Haslam
Diane Mallery
Sam and Margaret McKeel
Judy Neilson
David Rawle
Barbara Rittenhouse
Mrs. Ginny Smith
$250 to $499
Rebecca Bien and
David Poll
Luke and Sara Brown
Deborah A. Clarke and
Cheryl Bruttomesso
Rebecca Coyne
Ellen and Bill Dohmen
Susan Domingos
Jospeh Flummerfelt
Dr. Robert H. Holmes
Beth E. Johnson
Robert Kidder
Betty-Jean Rieders
The Schlarbaum Family Foundation
Angela Scully and George Elser
Elaine B. Shaffer
John and Sandra Stouffer
William and Anita Young
$100 TO $249
Ellen G. Anderson
Soryl Angel
Therese Barringer
Kenneth and Betty Barrow
Elizabeth Bartle
William and June Brown
H. Boyce and Karen Budd
Anthony P. Checchia
Celia Chen
Harris and Louise Clearfield
Steve Crandall
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cundiff
Sarah England
Louis and Ann Fancher
Andrew Fuller
Helen H. Gilmore
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Girondi
Carol Grey
Hilary Harris
Marguerite P. Harris
Joan M. Honig
Margot and Ellis
Horwitz
Claire Huff*
Don and Laila Nada Isaacson
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Walter H. Johnson
Jeff Knightly
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Landley
Dr. Bruce and Francine Levin
Clare and Jim Mackie
Linda and Ted Madara
John McNichol
Bernadette M. Menna and Louise Ames
Randall Nonemaker
Brenda Oliphant
Jane G. Pepper
Harriet Perkins
Rosalyn Ominsky
Barbara Poll
Mark and Sandy Ritter
Franna Ruddell
Dr. David Sachs
Richard Sobel
Mary Ann Sullivan
Carol Tashjian
Linda B. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Radclyffe F. Thompson
Steven Tyre
Nancy Newcomer Vick
Eleanor Warder
Jack and Linda Weaver
Elizabeth Weigle
Up to $100
Soryl Angel
Anton E. Armstrong
Bonnie Atwood
Elaine W. Baer
Elaine Axelman Broudy
John C. Connell
Mary L. Crangle
Ms. Helen B. Dennis
Dave and Cyndi Detwiler
Mike and Kathy Dolan
Kelly Anne Dolan
Frank and Janet Domingos
Jere Eisenstat
Peter Evans
Jayne L. Fiero
Albert L. and Martha
Fried-Cassorla
Julie Friedman
Sonya C. Garfinkle
Dr. and Mrs. Jack S. Ginsberg
Kathleen Harter
Enid D. Horowitz
John Immerwahr
Lauren James
Beth and Bob Krick
Jay Kuder
Dolores L. Kuykendall
Mrs. Carrie Lane
Janis L. Lange
Stephen E. Levin
Linda Litwin
Anne Guldin Lucas
Dorothy Marshall
Joyce Marshall
Barbara A. Maxwell
Laura Randolph
Edith Roberts
Robin Rosecky
Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Rosenbluth
John Rossheim
Mindy Rubinlicht
Frances Rubinsohn
M’Annette Ruddell
J.E. Taylor
Robert Thuener
June Truitt
Janet Yamron
Singing City
1501 Cherry Street • Philadelphia, PA 19102
www.singingcity.org | [email protected]
267-519-5321
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