Behind the Music…Stories and Songs
Tom T. Shelton, Jr., composer, conductor, piano
Jenna Sims, mezzo-soprano
Aaron Cafaro, tenor
Elizabeth Sutton, soprano
Princeton Girlchoir Semi-Tones
François Suhr, piano
Rider University Chorale
Mary Elizabeth Latorre, piano
Friday, October 18, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Gill Memorial Chapel
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road Lawrenceville, NJ
Program
I. New York
Tom T. Shelton, Jr. (b.1966) Faces In a Railroad Station Peace Old Maid
Jenna Sims, mezzo-soprano
Tom T. Shelton, Jr., piano
II. To the Road Shelton, Jr. To the Road Dawn Song The Debt
Aaron Cafaro, tenor
Tom T. Shelton, Jr., piano
III. Remember Me As I Was Then
The Kiss After Love
The Look Gifts
Let It Be You Change
IV. Songs for Treble Voices
Animal Imagination
Pié Jesu
Elizabeth Sutton, soprano
Tom T. Shelton, Jr., piano
We All Smile in the Same Language
Shelton, Jr.
Shelton, Jr.
Shelton, Jr.
Shelton, Jr. One Voice Shelton, Jr.
Princeton Girlchoir Semi-Tones
Tom T. Shelton, Jr., conductor
François Suhr, piano
V. Choral Music
The Bee Shelton, Jr.
Echo Shelton, Jr.
Serre-moi plus fort Shelton, Jr.
Go Down Moses arr. Shelton, Jr.
Rider University Chorale
Tom T. Shelton, Jr., conductor
Mary Elizabeth Latorre, piano
About the Artists
PRINCETON GIRLCHOIR SEMI-TONES
Princeton Girlchoir Semi-Tones, the advanced intermediate ensemble, is one of nine choirs in the Princeton Girlchoir Organization of girls in grades 5 through 9. Founded in 1989 as Princeton Girlchoir, Westrick Music Academy (WMA) is now the home of both PGC, the area’s premier training and performance choir for girls, and its new brother program, Princeton Boychoir with well over 300 choristers participating each year. The WMA choirs present music from a wide array of genres, conductors and composers. While honing their musicianship, choristers begin life-long friendships, enjoy professional performance opportunities and travel the world.
Tom T. Shelton, Jr., conductor
François Suhr, collaborative pianist
Ana Algeri
Aakarsha Ardey
Victoria Badros
Elyse Chung
Grace Del Nero
Nadel Duclair
Isabelle Dupont
Nicole Fennell
Magdalena Fish
Mahati Gant
Sahasra Genupur
Eva Gomez
Zoe Gregson
Anna-Kay Griffiths
Ana Sofia Gutierrez
Aorabdha Hari
RIDER UNIVERSITY CHORALE
Liana Haveri
Erin Irungu
Madalyn Jefferson
Amy Kuma
Sonja Lazovic
Kendall LeCompte
Zoë Lee
Kaianne Mark
Adina Martinez
Olivia Maziarz
Iris Moffitt
Evelyn Morison
Lekha Nagella
Aadya Nair
Isha Nakashe
Clementine Oppong
Zaina Patterson
Sonya Rabitsky
Adya Ravishankar
Victoria Romagnoli
Farrah Schack
Naomika Seshasayee
Lia Shieh
Miriam Stoltzfus-Dueck
Victoria Touissaint
Anayra Vahia
Siana Varaich
Olivia Waters
Aanya Yadav Krishna
Vinayak
Srinika Yennaamaneni
The Rider University Chorale provides the fundamentals of artistic choral singing. The ensemble performs diverse repertoire from across time and place. Concerts feature choral masterworks, compositions by contemporary composers, as well as spirituals, folk song settings fromo around the world, and music of the stage and screen. Current students, faculty and staff, alumni, and members of the surrounding community are invited to participate. The ensemble is one of six curricular ensembles at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
Tom T. Shelton, Jr. conductor
Mary Elizabeth Latorre, collaborative pianist
Duomi Liu, graduate assistant
Ricky Sazon Salazar, graduate assistant
Inabel Abreu
Jaxx Bates
Connor Bowden
Samantha Brilla
Kiersten Burd
Eliana Cardona
Barbara Carroll
Willa Conrad
Vyan Datt
Andrea Deroxtra
James Green
Jenn Gregg
Maya Hanna
Jamyla Harris
Wendy Heath
Trevor Janusas
Julia Kovalev
Andrew Liput
Scarlett Liput
Jenna Lubnewski
Victoria McLendon
Connor Meletta
Jean Milman
Alison Neu
Nidhi Nimmala
Karen Nolan
Melissa Olsen
Michelle Pellegrino
Genesys Perez-Berrios
Andrew Peterson
Christina Peterson
Chris Psolka
Kristen Rodgers
Ariana Rodi
Krystal Rose
Elizabeth Ruiz
Olivia Santa Croce
Gabi Smalley
Debbie Stasolla
Emily Thompson
Lexi Thompson
Dani Vargas
Arseniy Vasilyev
Jules Wilson
FOR TRANSLATIONS & BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON OUR PERFORMERS VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
About Rider University & Westminster Choir College
Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Rider University is a private co-educational, studentcentered university that emphasizes purposeful connections between academic study and realworld learning experience. Rider prepares graduates to thrive professionally, to be lifelong independent learners, and to be responsible citizens who embrace diversity, support the common good, and contribute meaningfully to the changing world in which they live and work. The College of Arts and Sciences is dedicated to educating students for engaged citizenship, career success, and personal growth in a diverse and complex world. The college cultivates intellectual reflection, artistic creativity, and academic maturity by promoting both broad academic inquiry and in-depth disciplinary study, while nurturing effective and ethical applications of transferable critical skills. The College consists of four schools: the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Communication, Media, and Performing Arts, the School of Science, Technology, and Mathematics, and Westminster Choir College.
Culturally vibrant and historically rich, Westminster Choir College has a legacy of preparing students for thriving careers as well-rounded performers and musical leaders on concert stages, in schools, universities, and churches, and in professional and community organizations worldwide. Renowned for its tradition of choral excellence, the college is home to internationally recognized ensembles, including the Westminster Symphonic Choir, which has performed and recorded with virtually all of the major orchestras and conductors of our time. In addition to its choral legacy, Westminster is known as a center for excellence in musical pedagogy and performance.
Upcoming Performances
WORLD SINGING DAY COMMUNITY SING
Saturday, October 19, 12:30 p.m. Bart Luedeke Center Patio
CAPITAL PHILHARMONIC OF NEW JERSEY –
AMERICAN STORIES: OPENING NIGHT! FEATURING WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Saturday, October 19, 7:30 p.m.
Patriots Theater at the War Memorial 1 Memorial Dr, Trenton, NJ 08608
WESTMINSTER JUBILEE SINGERS: MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
Sunday, October 20, 3 p.m.
Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville
2688 Lawrenceville Rd, Lawrence Township, NJ 08648 RENT
Friday, October 25, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 26, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 27, 2 p.m. Bart Luedeke Center Theater
WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR: SANCTUARY
Saturday, October 26, 7:30 p.m. Gill Chapel
NEW MUSIC CONCERT SERIES
Sunday, November 3, 3 p.m. Gill Chapel
FALL DANCE CONCERT
Friday, November 8, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 9, 7:30 p.m. Bart Luedeke Center Theater
FALL OPERA: DIE FLEDERMAUS
Friday, November 15, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 16, 7:30 p.m. Yvonne Theater
RIDER UNIVERSITY CHORALE: YOU DO NOT WALK ALONE
Sunday, November 17, 4 p.m. Gill Chapel
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING PERFORMANCES, SUBSCRIPTION AND PATRON PROGRAM OPTIONS, VISIT RIDER.EDU/ARTS.
