A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
2022
Audience Information
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A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
TTT EMORY UNIVERSITY CHORUS AND EMORY CONCERT CHOIR ERIC NELSON, DIRECTOR WITH JONATHAN EASTER, ORGAN AND GREGORY MATTESON, PIANO
BRASS ENSEMBLE
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Glenn Memorial Auditorium
Friday, December 2, 2022, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, December 3, 2022, 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
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Program
Because this is a sacred program, we request that there be no applause.
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The Prelude
Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major Johann Sebastian Bach I. Vivace (1685–1750)
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The Processional Carol
(Congregation, please stand and join in singing verse six.)
Once in Royal David’s City Irby vv. 1–5 arr. A. H. Mann v. 6 arr. Sir David Willcocks
Verse Six: Not in that poor lowly stable, With the oxen standing by We shall see Him; but in heaven, Set at God’s right hand on high When like stars His children crowned All in white shall wait around.
Evelyn Sload, soprano (Friday evening) Lucienne “LuLu” Scully, soprano (Saturday afternoon) Sophia Bereaud, alto (Saturday evening)
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The Bidding Prayer
Readers: Rev. Maddie Henderson (Friday evening) Rev. Susan Pinson (Saturday afternoon) Rev. Lyn Pace (Saturday evening)
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The Invitatory
“Break Forth, O Beauteous Johann Sebastian Bach Heavenly Light” from Christmas Oratorio
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The First Lesson
God declares in the Garden of Eden that the offspring of Woman shall bruise the Serpent’s Head—Genesis 3:8–15
Readers: Max Yost (Friday evening) Daniel Bell (Saturday afternoon) Zoe Stephens (Saturday evening)
Welcome, All Wonders Richard Dirsken (1921–2003)
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The Second Lesson
The Glory of the Lord shall be revealed—Isaiah 40:1–5
Readers: Joel Thompson (Friday evening) Cameron Obioha (Saturday afternoon) Anna Ree (Saturday evening)
Comfort, Comfort Now My People (1551) The Genevan Psalter
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The Third Lesson
The Darkness is dispelled by the coming of the Light—Isaiah 60:1–5
Readers: Michelle Gordon (Friday evening) Sharon Rabinovitz (Saturday afternoon) Hannah Soloff (Saturday evening)
Light Dawns on a Weary World (2016) Mack Wilberg (b. 1955)
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The Fourth Lesson
Isaiah foretells the coming of Peace on Earth—Isaiah 11:1-9
Readers: Patricia Dinkins-Matthews (Friday evening) Tracy McGill (Saturday afternoon) George Staib (Saturday evening)
The Dream Isaiah Saw (2001) Glenn Rudolph (b. 1951)
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The Fifth Lesson
The Angel Gabriel visits the Virgin Mary—Luke 1:26–33, 38
Readers: Melissa Cox (Friday evening) Jonathan Master (Saturday afternoon) Thomas D. Lancaster (Saturday evening)
Ave Maria Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548–1611)
Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, Now and in the hour of our death. Amen.
Bogoroditse Devo Sergei Rachmaninoff (Ave Maria in Russian Slavonic) (1873–1943)
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The Sixth Lesson
Luke tells of the birth of Jesus—Luke 2:1–7
Readers: Catherine Dana (Friday evening) Paul Bhasin (Saturday afternoon) Heidi Senungetuk (Saturday evening)
My Lord Has Come (2011) Will Todd (b. 1970)
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Congregational Carol (Congregation, please stand.)
Joy to the World
Verse One: Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let Earth receive her King; Let ev’ry heart prepare Him room, And heav’n and nature sing.
Verse Two: Joy to the Earth! The Savior reigns; Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains Repeat the sounding joy.
ANTIOCH
Verse Three: No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found.
Verse Four: He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love.
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The Seventh Lesson
The Shepherds go to the manger—Luke 2:8–16
Readers: Kimberly Belflower (Friday evening) Alicia DeNicola (Saturday afternoon) Evelyn Sload (Saturday evening)
Birthday Carol Sir David Willcocks (1919–2015)
Angels We Have Heard on High arr. Julian Wachner
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The Eighth Lesson
The Wise Men are led by the Star—Matthew 2:1–5, 7–11
Readers: Patrick Allitt (Friday evening) Rev. Mark Westmoreland (Saturday afternoon) Eric Nelson (Saturday evening)
The First Nowell English Carol arr. Mack Wilberg
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The Ninth Lesson
(Congregation, please stand for lesson and carol.)
St. John unfolds the Great Mystery of the Incarnation—John 1:1–14
Readers: Kimberly Jacob Arriola (Friday evening) Carol E. Henderson (Saturday afternoon) Don Saliers (Saturday evening)
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Congregational Carol
O Come, All Ye Faithful ADESTE FIDELES
Descant, v. 2, arr. Sir David Willcocks Descant, v. 3, arr. Alfred Calabrese
Verse One: O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold Him, born the King of angels;
Refrain: O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!
Verse Two: Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above. Glory to God, all glory in the highest; Refrain
Verse Three: Yea, Lord we greet Thee, born this happy morning. Jesus, to Thee be all glory given. Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing. Refrain
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The Collects for Christmas
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The Recessional Carol (Congregation and Choirs)
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing MENDELSSOHN
Descant, arr. Sir David Willcocks
Verse One: Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild; God and sinners reconciled.” Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With the angelic host proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!” Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King.”
Verse Two: Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ the everlasting Lord; Late in time, behold Him come, Offspring of the virgin’s womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail the Incarnate Deity! Pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel. Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King.”
Verse Three: Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Son of Righteousness! Light and life to all He brings, Ris’n with healing in His wings, Mild He lays His glory by, Born that we no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth. Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King.”
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The Benediction
Readers: Rev. Maddie Henderson (Friday evening) Rev. Susan Pinson (Saturday afternoon) Rev. Lyn Pace (Saturday evening)
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The Choral Response
Still, Still, Still / Silent Night
German traditional/Franz Gruber (1787–1863) arr. John Purifoy and Ruth Schram
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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 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 a 2022 performance of the Mozart Requiem, and the upcoming April 2023 performance of Orff’s Carmina Burana.
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Eric Nelson, director
Eric Nelson is 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 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 for their ability to fuse technical precision with warmth of musical expression. He appears regularly as a 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. His most recent work, “The Love of God,” was commissioned by the American Guild of Organists, and premiered in July 2022 by the Seattle Pro Musica at the AGO National Convention. 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, 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 also works throughout the Emory music community accompanying the
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Emory University Chorus and Concert Choir and serving as the accompanist for the Atlanta Master Chorale under the direction of Eric Nelson. 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 co-presenter 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.
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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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Soprano 1
Jordan Averett
Rachael Berkoff
Greta Franke
Alexa Schwartz Hannah Soloff
Soprano 2
Fiona Jones
Ella Jane Reinhart-Stitt
Lucienne “LuLu” Scully Evelyn Sload Rachel Warhaftig
Alto 1
Sophia Bereaud Kaley Frye
Ally Mandell Dhwani Venkatarangan Alto 2
Isabella Calindres
Alexandra Fulford Jackie Hubbard Karyn Lisker
Emory Concert Choir
Tenor 1
Jamie Baker Zeaven Hoxie Alexander Panos
Tenor 2 Varun Karry Alex Moss Davy Song Tom Zhang Bass 1
Eric Albanese Austin Beale Will Eaglesham Santiago Ganzalez del Solar
Bass 2
Sam Blocker Kushal Daruwala Declan Edwards Taral Jella
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Soprano
Lucy Adelman
Barbara Antley
Abigail Balson
Lucky Bao Anushka Basu
Donalie Black
Katie Boice
Anjali Borschel
Trinitee Dahn
Rebecca Frieden
Rebecca Frischling Ariel Gale Candy Gao Shayne Goldstein
Vivien Huang Audrey Isakov
Emily Lain Ivy Leach Ariella Lee Julia Lega Elizabeth Leslie Theresa Mayo Kylie Measimer
Catherine Minyard
Ashwini Narayanan
Anushka Nayak
Lynn O’Neill
Ellie Paek
Elianna Paljug
Divya Pereira
Zoë Pollock
Anna Ree
Diana Ricketts Zoe Stephens
Annalise Weber
Emory University Chorus
Alto
Carol Allums
Alex Berman
Srinidhi Bharadwaj Hadley Bryant Darcy Caracciolo Emma Chatson Joyce Chen Melanie Deville Amanda Gill Julia Green Emily Griswold Rita Helfand Bryn Higdon Anya Kasubhai Jenn Mathews Liane Muir Susan Nelson Laura Otis Sol-be Park Aneeka Patel Lynn Rogers Abby Rollins Faith Schofield Emma Shibley Mary Slaughter
Ellie Sulser
Katya van Anderlecht
Catalina Varela Leila Varzi Hastings Claire Wei Kelly Weirich Phyllis Weiss Nikki Wyman Serena Ye
Tenor
Charlie Byrne Aditya Chaturvedi Aayush Chopra Sahrudh Dharanendra Michael Diebert Anthony Gacasan Chuck Hagel Thane Henschel Davis Husk Andy James Ciyoon Kim Marvin Lim Jack Nickles Jonathan Owen David Rogers Bill Stiefel David Wang
Bass
Jonathan AcklehTingle Daniel Bell Patrick Czabala Paul DeSandre Sam Ellis George Evans Isaac Feiner Paul Frysh Kalani Gela Dennis Jones Joseph Kim John Lilly George Lin Wu Scott Matthews Jack Miklaucic Ed Morris Demarius Newsome Charlie Rogers Avery Rose Michael Sorkin James Steffen Isaiah Swain
Patan Tippitak David Travis Daniel Weiss Max Yost
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Yvonne Toll-Schneider, trumpet Clayton Chastain, trumpet Jason Eklund, horn Ed Nicholson, trombone Bernard Flythe, tuba
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Michael Cebulski Courtney McDonald
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Hannah Soloff, Evelyn Sload, Lucienne “LuLu” Scully, Eric Albanese
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University Chorus Administrator Samantha Frischling
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Decorations for Glenn Auditorium
Alvin Moore 86C, Event Design Services
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Christmas Music Program History
Based on the traditional service at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England, the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols was drawn from sources ancient and modern by E. W. Benson, Bishop of Truro in 1880, and has been observed at Emory University since 1935.
Performance of Christmas music by an Emory University Chorus has been a tradition since 1925, when it began under the guidance of legendary choral music director Malcolm H. Dewey. For six years the Glee Club presented its Christmas program at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Atlanta. After the completion of Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, the Glee Club moved the program to the Emory campus in 1931 and adopted the Nine Lessons and Carols format for the service in 1935. Dewey remained as director until 1957.
In 1953 Emory College became coeducational, and this brought the first performance of the Women’s Chorale in 1955. The chorale joined in the Christmas service in 1960. William L. Lemonds became director of choral music in 1963 and introduced the singing of Once in Royal David’s City as the processional hymn. This has become one of many cherished traditions associated with the Christmas concert. Combining men’s and women’s voices since 1990, the University Chorus continues this long-standing Emory custom with its 96th service of Christmas music in 2022.
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Please join the Department of Music and Schwartz Center for Performing Arts for these upcoming concerts at the Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall:
Friday, March 17, 8:00 p.m., Lawrence Brownlee, tenor: Rising, $50/$10, tickets required
Sunday, April 16, 7:00 p.m., Emory Concert Choir, Spring Concert, free
Saturday, April 22, 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 23, 4:00 p.m., Emory University Chorus and Emory University Symphony Orchestra present a joint concert featuring Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, free
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All Readers
s Patrick Allitt Cahoon Family Professor of American History, Department of History
s Kimberly Jacob Arriola Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs, Dean of James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies; Charles Howard Candler Professor of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences at Rollins School of Public Health
u Paul Bhasin Donna and Marvin Schwartz Associate Teaching Professor of Music, Director of Orchestral Studies, Director of Undergraduate Research, Conductor Emory University Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra; Department of Music
s Kimberly Belflower Advanced Assistant Professor of Dramatic Writing, Creative Writing Program; Department of Theater and Dance
u Daniel Bell University Chorus Member
s Melissa Cox Senior Lecturer of Music Theory, Department of Music
s Catherine Dana Senior Lecturer in French, Department of French and Italian
u Alicia DeNicola Associate Professor of Anthropology, Oxford College of Emory University
s Patricia Dinkins-Matthews Associate Teaching Professor, Piano, Keyboard Skills, Vocal Coaching, and Collaborative Piano; Department of Music
s Michelle Y. Gordon Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of African American Studies
u Carol E. Henderson Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer, Adviser to the President
s Rev. Maddie Henderson Christian Chaplain, Office of Spiritual and Religious Life
w Thomas D. Lancaster Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science
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All Readers
u Jonathan Master Associate Professor of Classics, Department of Classics
u Tracy McGill Teaching Professor, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Department of Chemistry
w Eric Nelson Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies, Department of Music
u Cameron Obioha Alumnus 22C, Emory Concert Choir
w Lyn Pace College Chaplain, Oxford College of Emory University
u Rev. Susan Pinson Senior Associate Pastor, Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church
u Sharon Rabinovitz Executive Director of Emory University Student Health Services w Anna Ree Alumna 21C, Emory Concert Choir
w Don Saliers Theologian-in-Residence, Candler School of Theology
w Heidi Senungetuk Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Music
w Evelyn Sload Emory Concert Choir President w Hannah Soloff Emory Concert Choir President
w George Staib Professor of Practice, Dance, and Movement Studies Program; Department of Theater and Dance
w Zoe Stephens University Chorus Member
s Joel Thompson Alumnus 10C and 13G, Emory Concert Choir
u Rev. Mark Westmoreland Senior Pastor, Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church
s Max Yost University Chorus Member
s Friday evening u Saturday afternoon w Saturday evening
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Cover Art: Royal Baby
by John Stuart, pastor Erin Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, TennesseeAbout the Artist
John Stuart is originally from Scotland. He serves as the pastor of Erin Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. Stuart produces new art pieces each week using his own unique method of drawing with wax crayons. His works are available to view on his website at stushieart.com. “Stushie” is his art name, which is a Scottish nickname for people called Stuart.
Please join Emory performing arts departments in celebrating several major milestones. The 2022–2023 season marks 20 years of world-class performances at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts and 20 years of Emory Jazz Fest hosting renowned jazz artists; Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta ushers in its 30th season; and the Emory University Symphony Orchestra honors its centennial anniversary. music.emory.edu | schwartz.emory.edu