MUSIC 2023 | 2024
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FAMILY Weekend 2023
Emory Choirs
Eric Nelson, director
Jonathan Easter, piano, organ
Gregory Matteson, piano
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 8:00 p.m.
Emerson Concert Hall
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
MUSIC 2023 | 2024
I. Emory Concert Choir
Magnificat from Collegium Regale
The Peace of Wild Things (2013)
I’ve Been in the Storm So Long
Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
Jake Runestad (b. 1986)
Traditional spiritual arr. Jeffery Ames
Sweet Rivers (2018) Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970)
II. Emory University Chorus
O Radiant Dawn (2007)
Five Hebrew Love Songs (2001)
Benito Thompson, violin
III. Combined Choirs
Gloria (1974)
James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
John Rutter
I. Gloria in excelsis Deo (b. 1945)
II. Domine Deus, Rex caelestis
III. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
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Emory Concert Choir
Soprano 1
Jordan Averett
Rachael Berkoff
Greta Franke
Alexa Schwartz
Soprano 2
Grace Chen
Aidan Kane
Sejal Patel
Lucienne “LuLu” Scully
Hannah Soloff Rachel Warhaftig
Alto 1
Kaley Frye
Alexandra Fulford
Ally Mandell
Alto 2
Isabella Calindres
Kar yn Lisker
Siu-Lin Sampson
Yolanda Santana Ava Sandstrom
Dhwani Venkatarangan Claire Wei
Tenor 1
Jamie Baker
Zeaven Hoxie
Braden James
Alexander Panos
Tenor 2
Alok John
Varun Karry
Joshua Koo
Alex Moss
Jaiden Sudee
Bass 1 Bass 2
Austin Beale Eric Albanese
Will Eaglesham
Aidan Conley
Neeraj Palnitkar Declan Edwards
Trey Peterson
Santiago Ganzalez del Solar
William Kong
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Emory University Chorus
Soprano
Barbara Antley
Abigail Balson
Katie Boice
Angela Campbell
Trinitee Dahn
Mariah DeRenzo
Adri Dullum
Amy Dunagin
Laura Everitt
Samantha Frischling
Candy Gao
Shayne Goldstein
Vivien Huang
Yiqi Huang
Audrey Isakov
Ariella Lee
Elizabeth Leslie
Stephanie Lin
Ashwini Narayanan
Ellie Paek
Elianna Paljug
Zoë Pollock
Diana Ricketts
Emma Rollins
Sonia Ryland
Kat Springer
Sanika Vaze
Sarah Wiley
Annie Ye
Crystal Zhang
Serena Zhou
Alto
Sarina Abrishamcar
Ash Aiken
Carol Allums
Lydia Bearss
Alex Berman
Srinidhi Bharadwaj
Hadley Bryant
Emma Chatson
Gloria Coble
Rebecca Follman
Ariel Gale
Melanie Green
Julia Green
Emily Griswold
Jennifer Gross
Sofia Hayes
Rita Helfand
Bryn Higdon
Anika Hofmeister
Savanah Jackle
Mila Kocic
Sia Kripalani
Emily Lain
Arohi Majmudar
Susan Nelson
Tricia Nweke
Caroline Renner
Kit Rice
Lynn Rogers
Abby Rollins
Emma K. Shibley
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Emory University Chorus
Alto (continued)
Mary Slaughter
Rosalind Staib
Anusha Sthanunathan
Catalina Varela
Kelly Weirich
Phyllis Weiss
Reed Winckler
Serena Ye
Emily Zhou
Tenor
Pranav Anand
Charlie Byrne
Sahrudh Dharanendra
Michael Diebert
Peter Duys
Anthony Gacasan
Ezra Greidinger
Thane Henschel
Davis Husk
Andy James
Benjamin Latting
Marvin Lim
Cadence Nabors
Matthew C. Nails
Jack Nickles
Jonathan Owen
David Rogers
Alex Shin
Bill Stiefel
Bass
Jonathan Ackleh-Tingle
Daniel Bell
Michael Blankfein
Terry Chorba
Kushal Daruwala
Paul DeSandre
Joe Follman
Paul Frysh
Ian Hogben
Alex Isakov
Dennis Jones
John Lilly
Jeffrey Lin
George Lin Wu
Scott Matthews
Steven Mayo
Geoffrey Middleton
Ed Morris
Charlie Rogers
Renard Sexton
Michael Sorkin
James Steffen
David Terry
Patan Tippitak
David Travis
Daniel Weiss
Paulark Yan
Max Yost
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Brass and Percussion
Trumpet
Yvonne Toll Schneider, Clayton Chastain, Adam Hayes, Michael Brown
Trombone
Ed Nicholson, Bill Mann
Bass Trombone
Ryan Black
Percussion
Michael Cebulski, Courtney McDonald Bottoms
Tuba
Bernard Flythe
Emory Concert Choir
The Concert Choir is Emory’s select chamber choir. The singers in the ensemble come from across the country and around the world. All are students at the University with a wide variety of academic majors. The choir sings sacred and secular repertoire from the Middle Ages to the present, from chant to new commissions. The choir has sung at both the southern and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association, an honor reserved for the nation’s finest choral ensembles. It has toured internationally and has sung at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, the Vatican in Rome, and the Alhambra in Seville.
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Emory University Chorus
Open to all Emory students as well as to members of the Emory community, the University Chorus holds a unique place in Emory life. Music majors and nonmajors, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff, parents and their children, workers and retirees, alumni and neighbors, all come together to rehearse each Monday evening, united by their common love of singing. The chorus regularly collaborates with the Emory University Symphony Orchestra to present major works, including the 2023 performance of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. We are eagerly anticipating the scheduled April 2024 performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem.
Eric Nelson, director
Eric Nelson is the director of choral studies at Emory University and artistic director of Atlanta Master Chorale. Nelson’s choirs have performed throughout the world, including in London, Rome, Berlin, Moscow, Seoul, Carnegie Hall, the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, and the Sydney Opera House. He has conducted choirs at eight American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conventions, including the Atlanta Master Chorale’s performance at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis and Emory Concert Choir’s performances at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and Lincoln Center in New York City.
Nelson’s ensembles are characterized by their variety of repertoire and their ability to fuse technical precision with warmth of musical expression. Nelson appears regularly as clinician, lecturer, and guest conductor for honor choirs, conventions, symposiums, workshops, and all-state choral festivals. He is also past president of the Georgia chapter of the ACDA.
Nelson’s choral compositions and arrangements are sung regularly by ensembles throughout the United States. He is the editor of the Atlanta Master Chorale Choral Series, a division of Morningstar Music Publishers and EC Schirmer. His compositions are also published by Colla Voce and Augsburg Fortress. Nelson has degrees in voice and conducting from Houghton College, Westminster Choir College, and Indiana University.
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Jonathan Easter, piano and organ
Jonathan Easter is a graduate of Emory, where he studied with Timothy Albrecht and Eric Nelson and earned a double master’s degree. Easter now serves as director of fine arts and organist at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in midtown Atlanta, where he oversees a program of adults, children, handbells, brass, and drama. In addition to his responsibilities at St. Mark’s, Easter serves as the accompanist for both the Emory Concert Choir and the Atlanta Master Chorale. Recent highlights include co-conducting the featured ensemble for the Atlanta Rolling Stones concert; accompanying Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano, for recitals at All Saints’ Episcopal Church; serving as worship service organist for the Southeastern Regional Convention of the American Choral Directors Association; and serving as an accompanist and copresenter at the American Guild of Organists convention in Charlotte. Easter has an undergraduate degree from Shorter College where he studied with Peter Dewitt and Helen Ramsaur.
Gregory Matteson, piano
Atlanta native and Emory alumni Greg Matteson is a collaborative pianist, music director, arranger/composer, and instructor. As a pianist, Matteson has accompanied many singers and choirs across the country including the Young New Yorkers Chorus, Young Peoples Chorus of NYC, and the Gwinnett Young Singers. In addition to his work at Emory, he works with the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, and Georgia State University as a collaborative pianist and vocal coach. Matteson is also an experienced music director, having led choirs as well as other ensembles, and he often conducts musicals from the piano. In recent years, he played and conducted Ride the Cyclone at the Alliance Theatre. When not performing, Matteson arranges, orchestrates, and composes for groups including a cappella ensembles, marching bands, and video game developers. His works have earned national awards including CASA’s Collaborative Recording Award in 2013. Matteson is also an instructor and vocal coach and teaches from his studio in North Ormewood Park.
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Upcoming Emory Music Concerts
Many concerts at Emory are free to attend. Visit music.emory.edu or schwartz.emory.edu to view complete event information. If a ticket is required for attendance, prices are indicated in the listings below in the following order: Full price/Emory student price (unless otherwise noted as the price for all students).
Sunday, October 22, 4:00 p.m., Emory Wind Ensemble, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free
Wednesday, October 25, 6:30 p.m., and Thursday, October 26, 2:30 p.m., Vocal Symposium, Performing Arts Studio, free
Saturday, October 28, 8:00 p.m., Emory University Symphony Orchestra, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free
Sunday, November 5, 4:00 p.m., Bethany Mamola, soprano, Faculty Recital, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free
Wednesday, November 8, 8:00 p.m., Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free
Sunday, November 12, 4:00 p.m., Emory Chamber Ensembles, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free
Sunday, November 12, 7:00 p.m., Collaborative Piano, Performing Arts Studio, free
Thursday, November 16, 8:00 p.m., Midori and Festival Strings Lucerne, Candler Concert Series, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, $70/$10, tickets required
Friday, November 17, noon, Adam Frey, euphonium, ECMSA: Cooke Noontime Series, Carlos Museum, free, registration required
Saturday, November 18, 4:00 p.m., Emory Gamelan Ensemble, Performing Arts Studio, free
Saturday, November 18, 8:00 p.m., Emory University Symphony Orchestra and Emory Wind Ensemble, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free
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Music at Emory
Music at Emory brings together students, faculty, and world-class artists to create an exciting and innovative season of performances, lectures, workshops, and master classes. With more than 150 events each year across multiple Emory venues, audiences experience a wide variety of musical offerings.
We hope you enjoy sampling an assortment of work from our student ensembles, community youth ensembles, artists in residence, professional faculty, up-and-coming prodigies, and virtuosos from around the world.
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