Courtney Crappell, Director
CHORAL MUSIC IN THE TIME OF COVID Presented by the
UH GOLDENROD, CORAL, AND TURQUOISE CHOIRS, Betsy Cook Weber, conductor Andreea Mut, piano Recorded Saturday and Sunday, September 27 & 28, 2020 Moores Opera House
PROGRAM
Betsy Cook Weber, conductor Andreea Mut, piano (except where indicated otherwise)
Threads of Joy
Tim Brent (b. 1975)
Amanda Quist
(b. 1976)
Victoria Santana, soprano Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Sicut cervus
(c. 1525–1594)
Matthew Lyon Hazzard, conductor Psalm 42: As the deer longs for running waters, So my soul longs for you, my God. You Do Not Walk Alone
Elaine Hagenberg (b. 1979)
O Sing to the Lord
Dan Davison (b. 1983)
Sleep
Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
Chase Gaines, conductor Ride Up In the Chariot Brandon Waddles, arr. Stephen Steward, Ja’lon Douglas, tenors Emily Jenkins, conductor She Walks in Beauty
Z. Randall Stroope
(b. 1953)
Carlin Truong, conductor Vidi aquam
Kevin P. Padworski (b. 1987)
with Alisiya Boiko, piano I saw water flowing from the temple, On the right side, alleluia: And all to whom that water came Have been saved, and they will say: alleluia!
PERSONNEL Betsy Cook Weber, director Matthew Lyon Hazzard, doctoral teaching assistant Andreea Mut, collaborative pianist Coral Choir Kylee Hill, student director Kendall Banasiak Sara Cox Gabriella Gonzalez Ethan Ha Oliver Hassall Kylee Hill Lea Judan Meghana Krish*
Kennan Lukacs Kyle Maninantan* Jorge Martinez Cam Michalak* Quinton Parmenter Kiley Rovegno Stephen Steward Katelynn Watson*
Goldenrod Choir Erika Erwin, student director Noah Boldt David Bruce* Ja’Lon Douglas* Erika Erwin Travis Falknor David Ferguson Stephanie Gabino* Mariam Haider
MiaRose Hanberry Zachary Hoover Tasneem Islam Ileagh MacIvers Jordan Martinez Victoria Santana* Joshua Sarmiento Abigail Zuniga
Turquoise Choir Kolton Krueger, student director Alisiya Boiko Chase Gaines Analyn Gonzalez Matthew Hazzard Emily Jenkins Kolton Krueger Eliza Masewicz Gabrielle McCullough Peyton Moseley
Aaron Oberlander* Scott Rogers* Tiffany Sau* Joel Trekell Carlin Truong Phillip Velarde* Audrey Welsh *Section Leaders
CHORAL MUSIC IN THE TIME OF COVID For the first month of Fall 2020, our top choral ensemble, Concert Chorale, divided itself into three sixteen-voice ensembles, each of which met remotely on Zoom once a week. To prepare for our Zoom meetings, singers were assigned various repertoire to learn, record, and upload, and our weekly meetings consisted of listening and giving feedback to singer’s individual recordings. The dedication demonstrated by each singer as they completed these assignments was truly remarkable and heart-warming. This new regimen has a lot to offer as we contemplate our nonCOVID future! By way of acknowledging that Concert Chorale is on hiatus right now, our three ensembles became Coral Choir, Goldenrod Choir, and Turquoise Choir. We look forward to the day when Concert Chorale returns! So, the first time these singers sang together in the same room was on Saturday, September 27, and, because of time constraints, we were only able to devote about fifteen minutes of actual rehearsal to each piece before recording it. We think the results are impressive if not perfect; this is truly music-making at a professional level. The repertoire performed tonight consists of first-round audition music for the Texas All-State Choir. In addition to learning this wonderful music, we are using it as part of a new initiative, Coogs Helping Choirs, where our UH singers remotely coach aspiring high school singers as they prepare for their All-State auditions. This project has been an extremely rewarding and gratifying way to serve our community and the choral art.