Chaminade Choirs present
A Message From The Director
“Allhumanwisdomissummedupinthesetwowords, -‘Waitandhope.’”ThisiswhatAlexandreDumaswrites whenEdmondDantesleaveshisletterforMaximilianat theendofTheCountofMonteChristo,anditwasthis linethatinspiredtheprogramthisevening.Iwouldadd tothis,however,thatthehumanexperiencecanalso besummedupwithloveandfaith.
Theworksonthisprogramallsurroundthethemesof love,faith,hope,andwaiting.Thereareworksthatare emblematicoffaithandourrelationshiptoGod,both intheChristianandJewishtradition;worksthatare aboutlove,bothforoneanotherandtheacceptance andloveforourselves;andmusicfromtheAfrican Amerciantraditionwherethethemeofhopeisatthe forefront.Allofthesepieceshaveaculturalimpact, andIfindarevitaltothelearningexperienceforour students.
Itismyhopethatyou,theaudience,andthe musiciansonstage,leavethisconcertandgointothe holidayseasonwithasenseofhopeandlove,guided byfaith.Thismusicismeanttobuildusupandbring ustogether,somethingneededinaworldthatistrying hardertotearusapart.
Haveablessedholidayseason,andtakethismusic withyouintotheworldtocelebrateeachother.
Sincerely,
ConorWhalen DirectorofChoralPrograms
FAITH & LOVE
ConorWhalen,DirectorofChoralPrograms
MatthewPark,Pianist
WadeintheWater arr.MosesHogan
LetthePeoplePraise AllenPote
BridgeOverTroubledWater PaulSimon,arr.KirbyShaw
ChaminadeAdultChoir
WilltheCircleBeUnbroken
Spirit***
Evergreen*
arr.J.DavidMoore
arr.BarbaraW.Baker
arr.ErinBentlage
MarloweJefferson,NikoletaBan soloists
SomeonetoWatchOverMe*
WeShallWalkThroughthe ValleyinPeace**
TheLordBlessYouand KeepYou**
arr.BruceTippette
arr.UndineSmithMoore
PeterLutkin
ReginaCaeli*** G.P.Palestrina
Ravtaetrivam*** RexIsenberg
MiraSume conductor
Scorpion* arr.saje
HelenReece,LailaOliviaKim,
SophieHelzner soloists
Time**
SeasideRendezvous**
AngeleDei***
TakeMetotheWater***
JenniferLucyCook
arr.PaulHart
SusanLaBarr
RolloDilworth
**ChaminadeChamberSIngers
***ConcertChoir *VocalJazzEnsemble
ChaminadeAdultChoir
Soprano
FloFriedgen
JulieNadler
JenniPorter
ShawnaSedik
MarciStark
JillTeehan
Tenor
FilipeKim
Alto
JulaineChilopoulos
MadelynHoffman
MaryMcBrideFortner
GingerReece
MargaretTorres Bass
AndyMussack
RandallSommer
VocalJazzEnsemble
Soprano
NikoletaBan
SophiaHelzner
NikaHosseinian
SofiyaMecit
MiraSume
BrooklynWitwit
Alto
AmeliaBrandano
LailaOliviaKim
MarloweJefferson
HelenReece
BrigittaSon
ChaminadeChamberSingers
Soprano
NikoletaBan
EmmaGrossman
SophiaPeterson
Bass
MaxxKrickler
MaxMortensen
DomenicSutherland
Alto
HelenReece
Tenor
ChaseTeglas
Our Singers
ConcertChoir
Soprano
NikoletaBan
MiraCharach
EmmaGrossman
OliviaLemmonds
MonaLiao
HannaMajlessi
SofiyaMecit
LeahNewman
SophiaPeterson
McKennaPringle
TianaPuri
CindyQiu
MiraSume
BrooklynWitwit
CocoXu
Tenor
BrianBorck
JoshBorck
AshleyKenna
CarolineKenna
HelenReece
ChaseTeglas
EthanUrquico
JustinZelden
Alto
EvaBeadle
LolaBlasko
AmeliaBrandano
AudreyHana
OliviaLabat
JaeLegg
LunaLu
EmmaFord
RileyFlowers
SydneyFlowers
LailaOliviaKim
BaniKumar
MayaMorvarid
BrigittaSon
NatalieWieder
Bass
MarcusChow
RuairiDevlin
DylanGrossman
MaxxKrickler
KevinHe
MarquezLemmonds
MaxMortensen
IsaacMontanez
JacobOtchis
JamesonPratt
MannySaasounian
DomenicSutherland
ConorWhalen Conductor
MaestroConorWhalenisaLosAngeles-basedconductorwho servesastheDirectorofChoralProgramsatChaminade CollegePreparatoryHighSchool,MusicDirectoroftheConejo ValleyChoralSociety,andchoirdirectoratHolyTrinityLutheran ChurchinThousandOaks,CA.Hisrecentconductingcredits includetheMozartRequiem,DurufleRequiem,FaureRequiem andVivaldi’sGloria.Hehasservedastheassistantconductor fortheNewburyportChoralSociety,BostonConservatoryat BerkleeOpera,andOperaNEO.ConormadehisEuropean conductingdebutin2021,conductingtheMoravian PhilharmonicinaperformanceofDvorakSymphony7.Hewas invitedtocompeteinBudapest,HungaryintheAnalDoráti InternationalConductingCompetitionin2021,andtheErich BergelInternationalConductingCompetitioninRomaniain 2022.HisupcomingengagementsincludeatourtoEuropewith CVCSandconductingtheBrahmsEinDeutschesRequiemin May.
MatthewPark Pianist
MatthewParkhasworked29yearsasamusiciananddirector. HeiscurrentlymusicdirectoratSt.JohnEudesCatholic ChurchinChatsworth,Californiawherehedirects3different choirs.HealsoservesasthedirectoroftheSanFernando ValleyMaleChorusandhastouredthroughoutEuropeand Asiawithvariouschoirs.Matthewservesastheaccompanist for4differentschool'schoralprogramsandhasbeenwiththe ChaminadeFamilyforabout18years. Inaddition,he directs/accompaniesseveralmusicaltheatreshowsayear. Venuesinclude:SimiValleyCulturalArtsCenter,CSUN,Hunger Artist'sTheatre,SantaMonicaPlayhouse,HighStreetTheatre, SCCT,GranadaTheatre,TROLL,IOTA,NotSoArtfulProductions, ChaminadeCollegePreparatory,SantaSusanaHighSchool, andAlemanyHighSchool.HewouldliketothankAnaMaria, Mateo,andtheirdogCharliefortheirloveandsupport.
Special Thanks
SpecialThanksto:
RobWebb,President
LuisGuerra,HighSchoolPrincipal
ChaminadeHighSchoolFineArtsDepartment
ChaminadeChoirParents
ChaminadeChoirStudents
MikeDavis,TutorCenterTechnicalDirector
Thankyoutoourstudentworkers:
CadenceCirlin,EmmeDiaz-Jones,MadsPurdue, EmmyGriffiths, ThomasViane,LiviaMiller,OllieReece,Brooklyn Niece,AydenMarcus,DavidMummolo, AndtherestoftheTutorCenterStudentHelpers!
