Sanctuary
Westminster Chapel Choir
Dr. Tyrone Clinton, Jr., conductor
Dr. Akiko Hosaki, accompanist
Maya Cooper, graduate assistant
Skylar Derthick, graduate assistant
Saturday, October 26th at 7:30 p.m.
Gill Memorial Chapel
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, N.J.
Rider University gratefully acknowledges the generous support of:
Richard and Heather Frye-Ginsberg & Michael T. '89 and Susana Santaguida '89 Gummel for their support of our Rider Friend of the Arts patron program.
Program
I. Country
Bring Me All Your Dreams
Wohl mir dass ich Jesum habe (BWV 147)
Malik Jardine, organ
Christopher Harris (b. 1985)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
II. House
An Die Heimat, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) from Drei Quartette, Op. 64
God Be Merciful
Sing Joyfully
III. Cathedral
Notre Père, Op.14
The Lord Is My Strength
Adolphus Hailstork (B.1941)
William Byrd (1540-1623)
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Responsorial Eric Barnum (B. 1979)
IV. Landscape
Prairie Smoke
Ayanna Woods (B. 1993)
Casey E. Decker, Briseis R. Munoz, soloists
Love Bade Me Welcome
Judith Weir (B. 1954)
Ancient Prairie Ēriks Ešenvalds (B. 1977)
Casey E. Decker, Kaiah Gibson, soprano
Briseis R. Munoz, Chloe A. Davis, Shaye Walker, alto
Jonah DeVinney, Connor Bowden, tenor
Aaron M. Lynch, Ronan Flynn, Ben Glick, bass
Claire Fritz, violin
About the Artists
WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR
Founded in 1949, the Westminster Chapel Choir takes its name from Westminster’s rich history of leadership in the field of sacred music. The ensemble has evolved over the years, and today its repertoire includes both sacred and secular works. Composed of students in their first year of study at Westminster Choir College, this ensemble is a defining choral experience that remains with Westminster alumni throughout their lives.
Recent seasons have included performances of Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra and Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms with the Westminster Conservatory Youth Chorale, as well as concerts in Newtown, Pa. and Wilton, Conn. In addition to on-campus performances throughout the year, the Westminster Chapel Choir has toured extensively along the eastern United States.
The Westminster Chapel Choir has also performed with many symphony orchestras, including the Trenton Symphony Orchestra (N.J.), the York Symphony (Pa.) and the Queens Symphony (N.Y.). At the request of Leopold Stokowski, the ensemble premiered Universal Prayer by Polish composer Adrezej Panufnik. It was heard by millions when it sang for the annual televised Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Rockefeller Center. The ensemble has been honored to give several world premiere performances of works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Lewis Spratlan, Stefan Young, Ronald Hemmel and Philip Orr.
Tyrone Clinton, Jr., conductor
Akiko Hosaki, accompanist
Maya Cooper, graduate assistant conductor
Skylar Derthick, graduate assistant conductor
SOPRANO
Casey E. Decker, Edison, NJ
Mikayla Filetto, Manorville, NY
Kaiah Gibson, Austin, MN
Lauren Gregorovic, Hamilton, NJ
Amy Daniela Hernandez, Trenton, NJ
Ana Klarmann, Waldorf, MD
Sam Murphy, Washington Township, NJ
Alivia G. Nawrocki, Marlton, NJ
Natalie Paitchel, Budd Lake, NJ
Tryphena Y. Quain, Bronx, NY
Ariel F. Roycroft, Cochecton, NY
Dari Rusoniello, Somerset, NJ
Elena Trapasso, West Milford, NJ
Lena M. Santore, Buena, NJ
Haley Soule, Middleboro, MA
TENOR
Joshua D. Bacomo, West Babylon, NY
Connor Bowden, Washington Crossing, PA
Xavier Desrosiers, Southampton, PA
Jonah DeVinney, Boca Raton, FL
Malik Jardine, Queens, NY
Kole Lawrence, Lancaster, PA
Ellis Smith, New Rochelle, NY
ALTO
Chloe A. Davis, Lawrence, NJ
Julia N. Gerst, West Milford, NJ
Haley E. Goodfellow, Mineola, NY
Shanice A. Harrison, Newark, NJ
Anna Maher, Ipswich, MA
Briseis R. Munoz, Laveen, AZ
Jordyn B. Navata, Mercerville, NJ
Crystal Saar, Bayville, NJ
Shaye Walker, Old Bridge, NJ
BASS
Jeremy T. Burt, Winfield, NJ
Ronan M. Flynn, West Bablon, NY
Ben Glick, New Holland, PA
Wes W. Howell, Wadsworth, OH
Oliver R. Hu, Chalfont, PA
Aaron M. Lynch, Rochester, NY
Lloyd Silikovitz, Randolph, NJ
Weicheng Ying, Shanghai, China
About Rider University & Westminster Choir College
Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Rider University is a private co-educational, student-centered university that emphasizes purposeful connections between academic study and real-world 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
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
WESTMINSTER CHOIR: THE NATIONAL ANTHEMS
Sunday, November 24, 5 p.m.
Gill Chapel
NELL GWYNN
Friday, December 6, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 7, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 8, 2 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR HOLIDAY CONCERT
Saturday, December 7, 4 p.m.
Yvonne Theater
AN EVENING OF READINGS AND CAROLS
Friday December 13, 8 p.m.
Saturday, December 14, 8 p.m.
Princeton University Chapel
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING PERFORMANCES, SUBSCRIPTION AND PATRON PROGRAM OPTIONS, VISIT RIDER.EDU/ARTS.
