2-29 A Choral Kaleidoscope

A CHORAL KALEIDOSCOPE Campus Singers Maroon

Matthew Abernathy, conductor Vinay Thomas, assistant conductor Elgin Lee, piano

Campus Singers GoldÂ

Kira Winter, conductor Vinay Thomas, assistant conductor

University Men's Chorus

Matthew Mehaffey, conductor Matthew Abernathy, assistant conductor Kira Winter, piano

University Singers

Matthew Mehaffey, conductor Alex Rack, assistant conductor Alex Woods, piano Kira Winter, piano

Saturday, February 29, 2020 | 7:30 pm UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HOPE

CAMPUS SINGERS MAROON

MORTEN LAURIDSEN | 2003

"Dirait-on" from Chansons des roses MOSES HOGAN | 1999

Ride On, King Jesus LEONARD BERNSTEIN | 1957

"Somewhere" from West Side Story SHAWN KIRCHNER | 2010

Unclouded Day

CAMPUS SINGERS GOLD

TRADITIONAL SHAKER TUNE ARR. BOB CHILCOTT | 1989

The Gift to be Simple KEVIN SIEGFRIED | 1997

Shaker Songs Love is Little Lay Me Low

AARON COPLAND ARR. GLENN KOPONEN | 1954

Zion's Walls

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Even on vibrate, these can interfere with our recording process.

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UNIVERSITY MEN'S CHORUS

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | 1946

Down Among the Dead Men FRANZ SCHUBERT | 1891

Grab und Mond TIMOTHY C TAKACH | 2019

Ghosts TIMOTHY C TAKACH | 2007

I Will Howl

UNIVERSITY SINGERS

JOHANNES BRAHMS | 1881

Nänie GEORGE GERSHWIN ARR. STEVE ZEGREE | 1937

Love Walked In GEORGE GERSHWIN ARR. JOE JENKINS | 1927

S'Wonderful

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CAMPUS SINGERS MAROON

Soprano Elizabeth Burelbach Ariana Campanaro Grace Carpenter Georgia Crandall Olivia Gio Cuoco Morgan Marie Donnelly Lydia Lisa Halbach Grace Hjort Zirong Huang Shannon Claire Keating Erica Krueger Samantha Lee Anna Peschel Sarah Rossler Sarah Stimpson Hannah Anderson Sydney Blitz Rachel Burbach Isabella Kappenman Sarah Lichtenberger Noelle Lynch Grace Parshall Melissa Teal Claire Will Katherine Yanisch Seren Erden

Alto Anna Bauer Brinna Brakke Julie Clabots Annamaria Davies Stephanie Dose Elizabeth Ganino Selstad Emilie Gruell Tingyue He Julia Heneghan Sydney Hobart Nicole Huset Kiarra Johnson Zoe Keck Abigail Kohut-Jackson Mia Krohn Megan Lawson Erin Mably Madalyn Mainwood Rediate Masresha Grace Moss Emily Willis Kaiyue Yu Jiaying Yuan Yongqi Zhu Linlin Zhuo

Tenor Joe Bensing Jacob Chae Juntao Chu Andre' Hardy Nicholas Johnson Eric Latyshev Luke Tonsfeldt Bass Daniel Casement Mankee Cho Leonardo Clarke Joseph DeFrance Luke Geister-Jones Xiaoyuan Huang Dong Jeon Changhyuk Jung Malik Khadar Donghui Kim Andy Kroll Oliver Latocki Jacob Loosen Klaas McFalls Nils Nordstrom Si Young Park Jakob Studtmann Matthew Virnig Linghe Wang Carter Weiss Sanghyun Yun Jack Zwettler

CAMPUS SINGERS GOLD

Soprano Gabriela Sierra Bedon Amy Bolis Beatrice Handlin Christine La MaryAlice Lange Katherine Larkin Sarah Ley Ella Moroz Kaitlyn Schultz Anna Slukvin Yitong Zhu

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Alto Catriona Ailts Milto Atomsa Willow Hollister-Lapointe Jiwon Hong Linda Johnson Tamara Loseva Rudaba Rais Mary Sherman Shuhui Wei

Tenor Guanzhi Du Ryan Lantz Zaiken Lee Jaron Magstadt Vinay Thomas Bass Kevin Connors Stefan Gherghelegiu Alex Grey James (Jimmy) Griebler Ryan Hagen Ben Polk Eli Wahl

UNIVERSITY MEN'S CHORUS

Tenor Sam Bruhjell William Frickstad Sean Ling Xiaoliang Qian Travis Steinke Kyle Stumpf Kyle Tappe

Bass Jake Dushek Kyle Knudsen Zhenyu Li Jacob Lynde Carsten Mueller Kyle Norko Bjorn Rosten

Garvin Saner Trevor Totten Preston Wagner Caleb Walker

Alto Brooke Aschenbrener Anna Breundemuehl Katya Cuthbert Grace Gonzalez Caroline Gruebele Emma Jester Maddie Kerston Caroline McLaughlin Keenan Young

Bass Amine Berriche Colin Clark-Bracewell Ben Caswell Roy Coffin David Cranberg Adam Drabek Daniel Ferrusquia Christian Hietala Dylan Hoppel

UNIVERSITY SINGERS

Soprano Kelsey Bailey Nicole Clare Callie Cooper Maddy Ferraro Nadia Franzen Sydney Kakuk Lisa Lilyerd Katira Lutterman Meg Payne Sydney Swenhaugen

Tenor Treyson DeJager Ethan Donaldson Lucas Greenwaldt Samuel Maier Alex Seefeldt Carter Starkey Marco TabacmanÂ

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BIOGRAPHIES

Matthew Mehaffey is an associate professor of music at the University of Minnesota, where he was the 2015 recipient of the Arthur “Red” Motley Exemplary Teaching Award. In addition to conducting the University Singers and the Men’s Chorus, he also teaches courses in choral literature and conducting. Outside of the University, he is the artistic director of both the Oratorio Society of Minnesota and The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, the “choir of choice” of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He has published extensively on the topic of choral rehearsal technique, and has focused recently on redefining the oratorio tradition in the 21st Century. His Downton Abbey oratorios, an outgrowth of this research, have been performed by choirs across the country. He and his wife have four young children.

Vinay Thomas is a first-year master’s choral conducting student. He graduated from The University of Texas with a bachelor of arts in music degree. An advocate for the transformative power of singing, Vinay founded and directed Longhorn Men’s Choir at UT. Currently, Vinay serves as the music director at Olivet Congregational Church in St. Paul.

Alexander Woods completed bachelor’s degrees in music and religious studies at Pomona College in Claremont, CA, where he studied piano performance with Genevieve Lee and Ming Tsu. He is experienced in several genres of classical collaborative repertoire, and also enjoys performing jazz and popular styles. In addition to freelancing in the Twin Cities, Woods works as a collaborative pianist and administrative intern at Borromeo Music Festival in Altdorf, Switzerland. He is grateful to be the recipient of several grants and prizes that funded summer study at Brevard Music Center, Adamant Music School, the Collaborative Piano Institute, InterHarmony International Festival, and Source Song Festival.

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Woods is currently pursuing an MM in collaborative piano under the tutelage of Timothy Lovelace at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Kira Winter is a second-year DMA student in choral conducting with a secondary emphasis in voice performance and studies with Kathy Saltzman Romey, Matthew Mehaffey, and Wendy Zaro-Mullins. Outside her work at the U of M, Winter serves as director of music ministries at Farmington Lutheran Church. Winter holds degrees from St. Olaf College and Boston University.

Matthew Abernathy is a first-year DMA student in choral conducting studying with Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey. He spent several seasons on staff at Minnesota Opera and has served as music director of Project Opera, children’s chorus master, and guest chorus master. Abernathy is currently the chorus master/assistant conductor at the Lakes Area Music Festival and Mill City Summer Opera, and teaches at the University of St. Thomas. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan and SUNY Potsdam - Crane School of Music.

Alex Rack is a second year master’s student at the University of Minnesota studying choral conducting with Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey.

Before coming to the University of Minnesota, Alex received his bachelor of arts degree in music at Macalester College, where he worked as the assistant conductor of the Macalester Chorale. Currently, Alex is the choir director at Minnehaha United Methodist Church, and the founding director of the Minneapolis Madrigal Singers.

Bach

St.John Passion

Saturday, April 4 • 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall tickets: z.umn.edu/stjohn The University Chamber Singers continue their year-long exploration of human suffering and renewal in a presentation of J. S. Bach’s dramatic St. John Passion with the Bach Society of Minnesota Orchestra, graduate student soloists, Philip Zawisza as Jesus, and guest artist Dann Coakwell as Evangelist.

PHOTO: Giosue Russo, istockphoto.com

Kathy Saltzman Romey, conductor

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