ORPHEUS CLUB MEN’S CHORUS PResents its annUal
Holiday CONCERTS
OC JohN palatUCCi**, Conductor JameS RaSh**, Assistant Conductor RoN levy, Pianist KeNNy meDiNa, Percussion
SpeCial GUeSt
Denyce Graves Mezzo-soprano
Saturday, December 15, 2012 7:30 p.m. Sunday, December 16, 2012 4:00 p.m. Ridgewood United Methodist Church Ridgewood, New Jersey
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Welcome! Welcome to the annual holiday concerts of the Orpheus Club. One of the oldest male choruses in the Northeast, Orpheus is dedicated to the continuance of men’s choral singing, fellowship and to providing audiences with an eclectic repertoire of enjoyable music. Our singing membership is made up of men from all walks of life drawn together by the common bond of music. Our singers now come from northern and central New Jersey. We welcome your inquiries about singing with us. If singing is not for you but you enjoy attending our concerts, we invite you to consider becoming a subscribing member. As such, you will be kept apprised of our upcoming concerts and will enjoy significant savings on the cost of tickets. For more information feel free to speak with any singing member after the concert, visit our website (www.ridgewoodorpheusclub.org), or write to us (PO Box 114, Ridgewood).
8 JOHN J. PALATUCCI holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education and a Master of Arts degree in music performance from Montclair State College of New Jersey. Orpheus Music Director since 1990, he has striven to uphold and enhance the club’s proud history, tradition and reputation. In the Spring of 2005 he led the OCMC in their Lincoln Center debut, performing at the Lincoln Center Library with the Palisades Virtuosi chamber ensemble. In 1983 Mr. Palatucci accepted the music department chairmanship of the Eastern Christian School Association of North Haledon. It was while teaching there that he developed a reputation as a builder of fine choral programs, his students winning five national level championships while consistently receiving Division I Superior ratings and invitations to perform in Israel, at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and throughout the greater New York metropolitan area. In 1990 he assumed the directorship of choral and orchestral ensembles at Madison High School where his students again distinguished themselves at both the regional and state levels. He has served as an adjudicator and clinician for the New Jersey Music Education Association, Good News Travel and The Offstage Group of New York City. He has been heard over WQXR and WFME radio and has recorded for Delos Records International, The Educational Testing Service, Koch Records, The Musical Heritage Society and The United States Merchant Marine Academy. He has performed with music luminaries from Placido Domingo and Jerome Hines to Dave Brubeck and Frankie Valli. 3
Since 1992 he has taught music in the Livingston Public Schools and served on the faculties of William Paterson University, Montclair State University and Caldwell College teaching courses in applied and chamber music. Assistant Conductor JIm RASH is a 23-year singing veteran of the Orpheus Club and has served as President along with several other leadership positions. He is in his 25th year as Music Director at Hackensack United Methodist Church and previously directed two church choirs in Virginia. Jim performed at Carnegie Hall in 2009 and 2010, and Avery Fisher Hall-Lincoln Center in 2012, singing with a 400-member international chorus and orchestra. He serves as General Manager of the Atempo Chamber Ensemble and is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, Associated Male Choruses of America, Chorus America, the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music, and the National Association of Music Educators. Jim is Vice President – Sales Development at Dittman Incentive Marketing in New Brunswick, NJ. RON Levy, internationally acclaimed pianist, has been called "first-class" by the New York Times. He regularly appears as a soloist, and in partnership with many of the world's leading singers and instrumentalists. A graduate of Oberlin, Mr. Levy is a founding member of the Hudson Trio, Kaleidoscope, the New World Trio, the Manchester Chamber Players, the Breucklen Trio and the awardwinning Palisades Virtuosi; he has been pianist and harpsichordist of the Oberlin Orchestra, the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, the New Jersey and North Jersey Philharmonics, the Westchester Symphony, and the Albany Symphony. Presently he is Associate Artist with the All Seasons Chamber Players. For over 20 years, Mr. Levy was associated with the Manchester (VT) Music Festival, of which he was a faculty and Board member. While living in Vermont, he was Music Director & Conductor of the Opera Theatre in Weston, and impresario of the "Third Saturday" chamber music series at the historic Equinox Hotel, as well as the "Music on the Hill" series at the Southern Vermont Art Center. A champion of new music, he has been the recipient of a considerable number of works written for him by prominent composers. Mr. Levy has taught at numerous colleges, and is currently an instructor at Montclair State University. He maintains an active and on-going affiliation with the Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard, and NJ PAC. Mr. Levy conceived two "mini-festivals" which were presented by the NY Public Library at Lincoln Center. In 2008 Mr. Levy played in St. Petersburg, Russia, and at the venerable Stratford (CA) Summer Music Festival (with Palisades Virtuosi). Last year Ron performed the inaugural concert of the new faculty recital series at MSU where he was joined by leg4
endary clarinet virtuoso Stanley Drucker, and Ann Kim, solo cellist with the NY City Ballet. Earlier this year, Ron and the Palisades Virtuosi returned from a residency at the University of Hawaii where they conducted master classes and presented a debut concert featuring their 50th commissioned work. A two-term President of the Professional Music Teachers' Guild of NJ, he is a contributing editor to BIM Music Publications, Switzerland. Recordings by Mr. Levy are available on the Albany, Centaur, Eroica, Koch International, MMF and High Point labels. KeNNy meDINA, is an avid percussionist and educator in the New York/New Jersey area. Mr. Medina has performed with the Oratorio Society of New Jersey, The Martina Arroyo Foundation of New York, the Bergen Symphony Orchestra, the Christ Church Symphony Orchestra of Long Island, as solo concerto competition winner with the Hudson Symphony orchestra, and under the sponsorship of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. He holds a BFA from St. Peter's College in Jersey City and a BA in Music from Kean University in Union.
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Denyce Graves Denyce Graves made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1995-96 season in the title role of Carmen. She reprised that role over 45 times including the opening night 1997 performance opposite Plácido Domingo. She has also been featured at the Met in Samson et Dalila, The Rake’s Progress, Luisa Miller, Rigoletto and Die Fledermaus. She has performed on the stages of major opera houses around the world including Vienna Staatsoper, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Washington Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Arena di Verona, Teatro alla Scala, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opernhaus Zürich, Teatro Real in Madrid, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Los Angeles Opera, and the Festival Maggio Musicale in Florence. Denyce Graves has worked with leading symphony orchestras and conductors throughout the world in a wide range of repertoire. She has performed with Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Riccardo Muti, and Mstislav Rostropovich. Ms. Graves has appeared with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, and National Symphony Orchestra among a host of others. One of the music world's most sought-after recitalists, Ms. Graves combines her expressive vocalism and exceptional gifts for communication with her dynamic stage presence, enriching audiences around the world. Her programs include classical repertoire of German lieder, French mélodie, and English art song, as well as the popular music of Broadway musicals, crossover and jazz together with American spirituals. For her New York recital debut, the New York Times wrote, "[h]er voice is dusky and earthy. She is a strikingly attractive stage presence and a communicative artist who had the audience with her through four encores." Denyce Graves is a native of Washington, D.C., where she attended the Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts. She continued her education at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory. In 1998, Ms. Graves received an honorary doctorate from Oberlin. Dedicated to teaching the singers of the next generation, she recently became a member of the voice faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. Recordings by Ms. Graves are available on the BMG Classics/RCA Red Seal, EMI Classics and Deutsche Grammophon labels. 6
oFFiCeRS Greg Farrell.................................................................President Bill Amazzini .................................Vice President, Membership Bob Husband ............................Vice President, Administration Peter Bernich ..............................................................Treasurer Neil Neubert ................................................................Librarian Robert Silvera ..............................Chairman, Board of Trustees
8 boaRD oF tRUSteeS SiNGiNG membeRS
Steve Amarante Thomas Olszewski
Steven Fell Edward Perrone
Clifford Gerenz Henry Trepicchio
NoN-SiNGiNG membeRS
Walter White
Marcia Perry Committee ChaiRmeN
Paul Berinato ..................................................................................................Music Charles Austin ............................................................................................Publicity Ted Richter ..........................................................................................Performance PAST PRESIDENTS George U. White Frank F. Knothe George W. Campbell Wilbur Morris Paul J. Howe Herbert R. Talbot George A. Steves Theodore Northrup Robert Nutt, Jr. Ray M. Gidney Harry Wiltshire Richard H. Long Chester S. Lawton William J. Crawford Arthur I. Demarest Leon A. Payne Albert W. Staub Clifford D. Ackerman
Howard R. Leroy Richard G. Mannheim Frederick A. Blanpied Charles R. Dewhurst Stanley M. Staples Howard M. Liechty John Bing Walter C. Doscher Frederick E. Ray Theodore H. Mastin, Jr. Herbert S. Buzzard Otis H. Grendler Jack D. Morrison Oliver H. Hiester Karel V. Ctibor Vincent G. Beck 7
Robert J. Egner Charles B. Hepburn George W. Billings Jerome Wyckoff E. Raymond Greve Carl F. Bilz Robert E. Duane Frank Strobl Roland L. Meyer James W. Rash Paul D. Berinato Dan Williams Lou Fucito Jim Lisanti Pat O’Brien Joe Lisella Robert Silvera
Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus FIRST TENOR PETE BERNICH BOB HUSBAND
ROBERT F. SILVERA**, Part Captain CHARLES BROWN JIM LISANTI*
HERB COHEN* JOHN GALVIN CLIFF HOOK NEIL NEUBERT
PAUL BERINATO**, Part Captain BILL DE BLOCK CLIFFORD GERENZ JOE LISELLA* FREDERICK G. SPAIN*
MATT GRIPPI VERNON REED
SECOND TENOR LOU FUCITO* BERNARD GREENFIELD JAMES M. MATTHEWS* RICK SWANSON
BARITONE HENRY TREPICCHIO, Part Captain CHARLES AUSTIN GREG FARRELL TOM OLSZEWSKI* SAM SHAW PHIL WAXBERG
GREG ALTER RAY DEJONGHE* JIM LATHEY PHILLIP RASPE* TOM VEIT
CHARLES CANALE DAVE KERR* EDWARD H. PERRONE GARY STARK BOB WESTERDAHL
BASS JOSEPH ALU JAMES J. BELLOTTI*** STEVEN FELL* TED RICHTER
EDWARD J. BROUILLARD**, Part Captain STEVE AMARANTE JEFFREY R. BERINATO* JOHN MCKEON VAN SCHNELLBACHER DENNIS M. STEELE
BILL AMAZZINI BOB CASPARIAN JAMES W. RASH** ED SEIDLER*
ACTIVE - NOT SINGING IN THIS CONCERT TOM OTT
SIG WESTERMAN*
HONORARY MEMBER FRANK STROBL*** * Each star represents ten years of music making
Congratulations! Joe lisella tom Olszewski
10 YEARS 10 YEARS
Celebrating the Song and Spirit of Orpheus 8
Patrons & Sponsors PATRONS Mr. Wesley Cheringal Mrs. Joseph Fitzsimmons Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fleckenstein*** Mr. James Rash & Ms. Marcia Guthrie
Mr. Conrad Hirzel* Mrs. Walter Perry* Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Petretti* Mr. & Mrs. Walter White*
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Mrs. Dottie Fucito
Mr. & Mrs. H. Ralph Kirby***
SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS Ms. Roberta A. M. Ragg**** Mr. Steven M. Steiner* Mr. Frank Strobl
Ms. Margaret Budd Mrs. Alida E. Manley***** Mrs. Marianne S. Neville*
DONORS The Orpheus Club gratefully acknowledges the following members and friends who have made donations to the club: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bernich Perry's Florist Mr. Greg Farrell Mr. James Rash & Ms. Marcia Guthrie Mr. Louis Fucito Mr. Phillip Raspe Mr. Clifford Gerenz Ms. Leslie Seidler Homewares, Inc. Ms. Randi Silber Mr. James Matthews Mr. & Mrs. Fred Spain Mr. Neil Neubert Mr. Thomas Veit Mr. Phil Waxberg Mr. Thomas Ott We invite your support “in praise of song.” Please make your check payable to Orpheus Club, Inc. and mail it to Post Office Box 114, Ridgewood, NJ 07451. All contributions to Orpheus are fully tax deductible to the maximum extent of the law.
ROLAND L. MEYER ORPHEUS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND Maja Britton Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Lillian Cook Concetta De Lucia Alex Meyer
Howard and Elizabeth Ostrow Marcia Perry Melvin and Flora Weinberg Sig Westerman
In Memory of Joseph Fitzsimmons Mr. & Mrs. Michael Clerkin Ms. Barbara Fedorchak Mr. & Mrs. Louis Fucito Marion Gottlieb Mr. & Mrs. George Heiser Francesca Ianora
Mr. & Mrs. John McDonald Sean McDonald Pearson Education Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Raspe Mr. James Rash & Ms. Marcia Guthrie
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ORPHeUS PROgRAm
Holiday 2012 I
Salutation. ...................................................................................William P. Bentz Deck the Hall .......................................................................................Traditional The audience is invited to join in singing.
The Sleigh.............................................................................Richard Kountz arranged by Ralph L. Baldwin
O Magnum Mysterium ......................................................Morten Lauridsen Zum Gali, Gali...................................................Traditional Israeli Folk Song arranged by Richard Pisano adapted by John Palatucci
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Acerba volutta .....................................................................Francesco Cilea From Adriana Lecouvreur
Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix .........................................Camille Saint-Saëns From Samson et Dalilah Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano III
Habanera ................................................................................Georges Bizet From Carmen Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
Mele Kalikimaka.................................................................R. Alex Anderson arranged by Jay Althouse Phil Waxberg, baritone
Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep...................................Irving Berlin arranged by Charles Boutelle
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ORPHeUS PROgRAm
Holiday 2012 IV
The Golden Age of the Xylophone ............arr. Floyd Werle & Randall Eyles Kenny Medina, xylophone Ron Levy, piano
The Red Suspenders ................................................................Richard Lane Vernon Reed, tenor
White Christmas .......................................................................Irving Berlin arranged by Bill Pickney adapted by John Palatucci
Hallelujah ..............................................................................Leonard Cohen arranged by Roger Emerson V
O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings ....................................George F. Handel From Messiah
In the Bleak Midwinter ............................................................Gustav Holst After a poem by Christina Rossetti
Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow ..........................African American spiritual Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano VI
Mary Had A Baby ...........................................................William L. Dawson Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
Bwana Awabariki ............................................................Swahili Folk Hymn arranged by Eugene Butler Ed Brouillard, bass
The Pasture ......................................................................Randall Thompson From the poem by Robert Frost
Ring Out, Wild Bells ................................................................Percy E. Fletcher From Tennyson’s In Memoriam 11
Program Notes December 2012 THE SLEIGH (A LA RUSSE)
by Richard Kountz, arranged by Ralph L. Baldwin Get ready for a sleigh ride! This is not a gentle jingle-bell trot through the pines, but a full-out gallop through the snowy woods. Hold on! O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM
by Morton Lauridsen This ancient text, expressing wonder that the lowly animals would be so blessed as to see the infant Jesus and the Virgin Mary, has inspired many composers. Morten Lauridsen, named an “American Choral Master” by the National Endowment for the Arts, was Distinguished Professor of Composition at the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California. Like much of his music, “O Magnum Mysterium” is quiet, meditative and reflective of a great spiritual mystery. His choral works are recorded on more than 150 CDs. A native of the Pacific Northwest, he has also been a Forest Service firefighter. ZUM GALI GALI
Hebrew Traditional This Hebrew song, our tribute to Hannukah, is part folk song, part work song, part patriotic anthem, part children’s camp music. It speaks of pioneers working together for the common good. HABANERA
(from Carmen) by Georges Bizet “Carmen” is Bizet’s most famous opera, and the “Habanera,” in the style of a Cuban folk dance, is a perennial favorite. A saucy and seductive Carmen sings of love as rebellious bird, free, soaring and dangerous MELE KALIKIMAKA
by R. Alex Anderson, arranged by Jay Althouse The year was 1949, times were flush and Bing Crosby crooned. Hawaiian-born Robert Alex Anderson, who flew combat missions in Europe during World War II and became a successful businessman after the war, had no formal musical training. But he wrote more than a 100 songs, many of them about Hawaii, including “Lovely Hula Hands.” 12
Crosby and the Andrews sisters made “Mele Kalikamaka” famous in 1950. COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
by Irving Berlin, arranged by Charles Boutelle Irving Berlin wrote this song for the 1954 movie, “White Christmas,” and the song was nominated for an Academy Award (losing to “Three Coins in a Fountain.” This is one of those deceptively “simple” songs where seemingly light lyrics and a gentle tune carry a profound message. THE RED SUSPENDERS
by Richard Lane Our dear friend, the late Richard Lane, was the pianist for the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus for 42 years, and wrote many compositions for us. Some are profound, some light; and all are brilliant examples of his talent. “The Red Suspenders” tells the story of fireman Ben, a concert, a choir director with a dress code and a heroic event. WHITE CHRISTMAS
by Irving Berlin A legend says that Irving Berlin, who enjoyed the festivities of Christmas, got the idea for “White Christmas” while in California working on a movie during the Christmas season and longing for his family back east. The song was first broadcast on the radio in December, 1941, on Bing Crosby’s radio show. Crosby sang it a few months later in the movie, “Holiday Inn,” winning the Academy Award for best movie music. The next Christmas, when millions were away from home due to the war, the song reached deeply into the hearts of Americans around the world. The 1954 “White Christmas” movie with Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen is considered one of the greatest movie musicals of all time. HALLELUJAH
by Leonard Cohen, arranged by Roger Emerson Canadian-born Leonard Cohen is a poet and novelist and songwriter who has won many awards for his work, and has performed around the world for many years without becoming a familiar superstar. His music often deals with love, sex, religion and social justice. Cohen wrote “Hallelujah” in 1984, and the song has been through many arrangements and styles. A recent version was sung in the movie “Shrek.” 13
MARY HAD A BABY
by William C. Dawson The title of the song is a simple statement. The expansive musical setting of this traditional spiritual brings forth the spiritual substance of the declaration “Mary had a baby,” and elevates it to reflect the glory of the Christmas gospel. BWANA AWABARIKI
Swahili Folk hymn arranged by Eugene Butler “Faith” is one of the foundations of the Kwanza holiday, lifting up the spiritual and cultural heritage of Africa. When Christianity came to Africa, the people there quickly brought their traditional music into the church, putting lively, rhythmic hymns such as this one, which the Orpheus clubs sings in both Ki-Swahili and English, alongside the European music taught by the missionaries. THE PASTURE
(from a poem by Robert Frost), music by Randall Thompson Robert Frost’s poem, though brief, is astonishingly deep, as a farmer ponders some chores. The undertone is the farmer’s connection with the natural world, the leaves in the spring and a new-born calf. It is his world, he understands it, moves easily in his world; and says to the reader: “You come, too.” Randall Thompson, one of America’s foremost choral composers, set this poem and some others by Frost to music in 1959 as part of the Bicentennial of the town of Amherst, Massachusetts. RING OUT, WILD BELLS
words by Alfred Lord Tennyson, music by Percy E. Fletcher Tennyson (1809-1892) had just been named poet laureate of England in 1850 when he wrote “In Memoriam,” the poem from which “Ring Out, Wild Bells!” is taken. For Tennyson, the bells of the Christmas/New Year holiday were more than celebratory noise. They were to ring out all that diminishes and demeans humanity and ring in the “nobler modes of life” The musical setting by Percy E. Fletcher evokes the sound of church bells “ringing the changes,” pealing bell chords and carillon harmonies from the belfries of churches out across the land.
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Translations 8 O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM
O magnum mysterium, et admirable sacramentum ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentum in praesepio! Beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Christum. Alleluia!
O great mystery, and wondrous sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in their manger! Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia!
ZUM GALI, GALI
Zum, gali gali gali, Zum gali gali, Zum, gali gali gali, Zum gali gali.
Zum, gali gali gali, Zum gali gali, Zum, gali gali gali, Zum gali gali.
He-chalutz le’maan avodah, Avodah le’maan he-chalutz. He-chalutz le’maan avodah, Avodah le’maan he-chalutz.
The pioneer is meant for work, Work is meant for the pioneer. The pioneer is meant for work, Work is meant for the pioneer.
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Spring Concert Saturday, April 27, 2013 7:30 p.m. Program Includes: Schubert – “The Shepherd on the Rock” Op. 129 Tchaikovsky – “Serenade in C for String Orchestra” Works by Bach, Mozart and more!
Douglas Duck Sung Chung Concertmaster/Music Director Hackensack United Methodist Church 400 Summit Avenue Hackensack, NJ Tickets in Advance: $15 -- $10 Senior/Students under 17 Tickets at Door: $20 -- $15 Seniors/Students under 17 Reception following concert For information/tickets: 201-233-6753 ddschung@hotmail.com Jim Rash, General Manager
The Ridgewood Choral invites you to celebrate with us 85 years of Song & Service (OLIDAY -USICALE s $EC 7, 2012 Ridgewood Public Library, 1 p.m. Entertainment and Refreshments for prospective members and invited guests
(OLIDAY #ONCERT s $EC 9, 2012 %PISCOPAL #HURCH OF THE 'OOD 3HEPHERD s &ORT ,EE P M
-USIC !WARD "ENElT #ONCERT s *AN 20, 2013 Unitarian Society of Ridgewood 3 p.m. &EATURING FORMER &LORENCE 2EINAUER -EMORIAL -USIC !WARD WINNERS
TH !NNUAL 3PRING #ONCERT s !PRIL 26, 2013 s 8 p.m. West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood Songs from the Choral’s past, new works, and a Richard Lane retrospective. Reception following.
4UNES IN *UNE s *UNE 18, 2013 +ASSCHAU -EMORIAL 3HELL 2IDGEWOOD *OINT 0OPS CONCERT WITH /RPHEUS #LUB -EN S #HORUS 4HE 2IDGEWOOD #HORAL IS A CHORUS FOR WOMEN S VOICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF -ARJORIE 6ANDERVOORT WITH PIANIST 3USAN ,A&EVER 2EHEARSALS ARE HELD ON &RIDAY MORNINGS BEGINNING ON *ANUARY &OR MORE INFORMATION ON THE -USICAL 3OCIAL AND 3ERVICE ACTIVITIES OF THE #HORAL VISIT www.ridgewoodchoral.org.
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Orpheus Club Scholarship Program Roland L. Meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship To keep “the song alive” the members of the Orpheus Club are committed to support future generations of musicians in their endeavors. To that end, for more than a decade the Orpheus Club has been proud to sponsor a scholarship program designed to honor and assist a graduating high school senior who has demonstrated extraordinary accomplishments in music and who intends to continue musical studies on the collegiate level. Since taking it current form in 1993, the program has made grants totaling $17,000.00. Students from Ridgewood, Indian Hills, Paramus, Pequannock, Glen Rock, Ramapo, Northern Valley (Old Tappan), Eastern Christian, Northern Highlands, Fair Lawn, Verona, Roxbury, Montclair, Leonia and Lakeland high schools have been past recipients of Orpheus Club awards. These outstanding young musicians have gone on to study at Oberlin College, the University of Miami, the University of North Carolina, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Boston University, the Mannes College of Music, Miami University (Ohio), Rutgers University, Calvin College (Michigan), the Manhattan School of Music, Boston College, the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Hamilton College (New York) and Brandeis University. At our concert this past April, we awarded the 2012 Roland L. Meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship grant of $2000.00 to Luke Ostrow from Northern Valley Regional High School (Old Tappan). He is now attending Rutgers University. We hope to be able to honor other outstanding musicians in coming years. Applications for our 2013 award will soon be mailed out to area schools and will also be available on our web site. If you know of a promising high school senior who might be eligible, encourage them to apply We thank all those individuals and groups who have made donations to this valuable effort and encourage you to continue your support of our students in the arts. Donations of any size are welcomed. Make your check payable to the Orpheus Club Scholarship Fund and give it to any singing member or mail it to:
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O Holy Night
Deck the Hall Deck the hall with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la la la la la. 'Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la la la la la. Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la la la la la la la la. Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, Fa la la la la la la la la.
Rock of Ages Rock of ages, let our song raise thy saving power Thou amidst the raging foes, wast our sheltering tower. Furious they assailed us, but thine arm availed us And thy word broke their sword, when our own strength failed us. And thy word broke their sword, when our own strength failed us.
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining; It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pining, Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn! Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices! O night divine! O night when Christ was born! O night divine! O night, O night divine!
Auld Lang Syne Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We’ll raise a cup o’ kindness yet, For auld lang syne.
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