CSUN Northridge Singers Songs of Love and Devotion
Katherine Ramos Baker, conductor Jahyeong Koo, accompanist
October 21, 2022 7:30 p.m.
Plaza del Sol, University Student Union
I: Songs of Devotion
Venite, exultemus Domino (Psalm 95)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord, Let us greet God with a song of praise…
This is the day the Lord has made (Psalm 118, 16, 17, 24)
G.F. Handel/arr. H. Hopson from Joseph and His Brethren
This is the day the Lord has made, Rejoice and sing, Hallelujah…
II: Songs of Love: sung by soloists from Northridge Singers
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Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" from Die Zauberflöte W. A. Mozart
James Kerrigan Student of Professor Diane Ketchie
"O Sleep, Why Thou Must Leave Me" from Semele G. F. Handel
Sophia Bakaev Student of Professor Erica Davis
"I Bought Me a Cat" from Old American Songs
Matthew Morton Student of Dr. Hugo Vera
Aaron Copland
III: Songs of Love and Devotion: Choral music by Samuel Barber
To be sung on the Waters, Op. 42, no. 2, poetry by Louise Bogan
Beautiful, my delight, pass, as we pass the wave, Beautiful, my delight, to which our vows were said… Twelfth Night, Op. 42, no. 1, text by Laurie Lee
A poetic text describing the journey of the Magi; Epiphany. No night could be darker than this night, no cold so cold
Sure on this shining night, Op. 13, no. 3, text by James Agee; arranged by the composer
Sure on this shining night of starmade shadows round, Kindness must watch for me this side the ground…
IV: Songs of Love and Devotion: Music by Dede Duson
A Separate Song, text by Gwen Frostic
All the wild things sing their songs from the hilltops, from the marshlands
There is sunshine, there are shadows, songs of rain among the trees
Of the mysteries, of the beauty of the faith in miracles blending into one great hymn…
An Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And the rain fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
Thank you for your support of the CSUN Northridge Singers!
Jacob Alvarez-Ruiz Sophia Bakaev Lily Berthold Amber Buenaventura* Egan Carroll* Michael Cooper Rolando Corona Garrett Cypher Jonathan Engstrom* Valeria Fajardo
CSUN Northridge Singers
Cassiddy Feskowitz
Gabriel Granillo Ruby Herrera Xiaoshan Huang James Kerrigan* Yan Liang Madison McCurdy* Halie Milligan* Ayida Mkrtychyan Alicia Morgan*
Matt Morton Sophia Paz Emilio Pozo* Destiny Ramos Eddie Tavalin Roberts Diego Schwarzbach Rachel Spiegel Brown Leilah Telon John Thompson Jeryd Word
* section leaders
About the CSUN Northridge Singers
The CSUN Northridge Singers is a select ensemble, open to all university students who meet the audition requirements. Northridge Singers is known for its standards of excellence, its commissions of special works for performance, touring internationally, and garnering several prestigious performance awards. Northridge Singers usually presents four live concerts each academic year, participates in at least one collegiate choral festival, and often hosts a high school or junior college choral festival. During the pandemic lockdown, there were several changes due to the coronavirus: Zoom rehearsals, for large group and small group; the use of collaborative media tools for peer and instructor review of individual recordings; and virtual choir audio and video recordings mastered by Soundhouse, a professional musical educational tech company. Northridge Singers is featured twice on their page: https://edtech.ccsoundhouse.com/recent projects
In Spring 2021 there was a virtual choral concert shared with University Chorus, with a final work that included both choirs. In Spring 2022 Northridge Singers and University Chorus had a live shared concert that featured choral music from the movies and musicals. November 19, 2022, 7:30 p.m., in the Plaza del Sol, we will share another concert with the University Chorus, CSUN Symphony, and featured student soloists for Mozart’s Requiem. December 10, 2022, 7:30 p.m., in the Plaza del Sol, Northridge Singers will present a concert of Spanish music: Romancero Gitano (Gypsy Romances) by Castelnuovo Tedesco, featuring CSUN faculty guest guitarist Dr. Bryan Fasola.
Thank you for being here this evening to enjoy this concert Songs of Love and Devotion, and we hope to see you later this year at our upcoming concerts!
About the conductor
Katherine Ramos Baker, Professor, Department of Music, CSU Northridge, earned the Doctor of Education in Music Education degree from the University of Illinois, the Master of Music in Choral Conducting degree from CSU Fullerton and holds a Life Teaching Credential in Music from the State of California.
Dr. Baker has an array of professional experience teaching in higher education, high school, and middle school. Prior to coming to CSU Northridge, she was Director of Choral Activities at Lewis Clark State College in Idaho, where she was received the “Excellence in Teaching” award for the School of Arts and Sciences, 1996. Her choirs have performed internationally in the Benedictinus 2000 Festival in Rome and the Innsbruck International Choral Festival in Austria. Her CSU Northridge Women’s Chorale performed in 2007 and 2011 at universities and cultural centers in Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. She has been a board member of CSU Northridge’s China Institute and its International Education Committee, working groups dealing with educational international issues and agreements among various institutions of higher education. In August 2010, Dr. Baker made presentations at the International Society for Music Education’s conference held in Beijing, and then presented lectures and workshops to teachers and graduate students in Shanghai. During her sabbatical in spring 2012, she was a guest scholar at six universities in Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Wuhan. In October 2018 she was a featured guest panelist and one of the six keynote speakers for the First International Seminar on Evaluations Systems for Primary and Secondary Music Education, Shanghai, China. She has received two awards for her contributions to international education: The China Institute Outstanding Contributions Award (2012) and the Phi Beta Delta Outstanding Faculty Award (2011).
While at CSU Northridge, her work has continued in conducting/performing, music education and music technology, and assessment. The CSU Northridge’s Women's Chorale, under her direction, premiered works by California composers at CMEA conference, performed Holst's The Planets with the San Fernando Valley Symphony and the CSUN Symphony Orchestra, recorded music for the documentary film, That All May Be One, and has performed on two tours of China (2007 and 2011). Dr. Baker also has served as an adjudicator/clinician and as an honor choir conductor for state and regional ACDA, MENC, and SCVA festivals, as well as “Music in the Parks” festivals and “Festivals at Sea.” In October 2010 she presented workshops on and a solo recital of the music of Hildegard von Bingen for the Monastery of St. Gertrude in Cottonwood, Idaho.
Her work in technology includes participation in federal and state technology programs, web enhanced and distance learning courses, presentations at national MENC conventions, and the publication of interactive multimedia software for Bach's Magnificat, Vivaldi's Gloria, and Mozart’s Requiem by Educational Courseware Systems.
Her experience in assessment in music includes: presentations for AssessNet consortium, for CMEA, IUPUI, and at the International Society for Music Education (in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Beijing, China). She is currently the Assessment Liaison for the Music Department and has been a member of the CSUN eLearning Community, collaborating with other faculty in the department on improving student achievement. She was the primary author of the CSUN Music Subject Matter Waiver Program document and was also a Field Reviewer of the Draft Standards for Programs in Music for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
About the accompanist
Jahyeong Koo is a staff accompanist for the California State University, Northridge. Ms. Koo is a member of the LA Trio, as well as the founder of the Valley Philharmonic Orchestra. Originally a graduate of the Sun Hwa Performing Arts School in Seoul, Korea, Ms. Koo received B.M. and M.M. Degrees from the University of Northern Iowa in piano performance, along with an enrollment as a doctoral candidate at USC with an Accompanying Assistantship. Ms. Koo has
won numerous piano competitions and awards both as a solo artist and as an accompanist throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Having been invited to perform with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra in Russia and the Razgrad Philharmonic Orchestra in Bulgaria, Ms. Koo also performed with the LA TRIO and taught Master Classes in China, as well as performing for the International Clarinet Festival in Japan and serving as resident accompanist for the International Clarinet and Saxophone Festival in Beijing, China. California State University, Los Angeles, Adjunct Professor of Music from 2004 2009, Ms. Koo is a member of the MTNA and SYMF, and currently accompanies the Pasadena City College Opera Workshop, Los Angeles Children Chorus, and the Youth Choirs at All Saints Church in Pasadena.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to:
Jahyeong Koo, our wonderful accompanist, for all her work throughout the semester and her flexibility and support of the University Chorus, the Northridge Singers, and the vocal area.
Alec Van Wagner, my student assistant, for his ability to remain calm while trying to read my mind.
The Northridge Singers’ Section Leaders, for their time and work to make rehearsals and performances extra special.
The Voice Faculty: Dr. Hugo Vera, Professor Shigemi Matsumoto, Professor Diane Ketchie, Professor Erika Davis, and Dr. Joshua Wentz, for their support of Northridge Singers and the entire vocal area.
The VPAC and Plaza del Sol administration, Carey Christensen, and Beto Sistos and his stage crew, and Shawn Kolb and his stage crew, for their work on this concert.
Phil Calvert, Recording Engineer, for his recording of all of our concerts.
Professor Andrew Surmani, Music Industry Administration, and Professor Jeffrey Izzo, Music Industry Studies, for their support and their areas’ financial support of the matadormusicvideos.com site that provides live streaming of concerts as well as concerts on demand
Vice-President Diane Stephens, AS Executive Director Patrick Bailey, and the members of the Instructionally-Related Activities Board, for their continuing support of the University Chorus and Northridge Singers.
Dean Dan Hosken, Associate Dean Kandace Harris, and Department Chair John Roscigno, for their support of our music program.