12.07.2019 NRC 98th Annual Holiday Program

98TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY PROGRAM

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2019 EMILIE K. ASPLUNDH CONCERT HALL PHILIPS MEMORIAL BUILDING 3:00 PM

PROGRAM PRELUDE OF CAROLS ....................................................................................................... Various Sandor Kadar, organ

RING MERRILY ....................................................................................................Joseph Caminiti SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Joseph Caminiti, director

ES IST DAS HEIL UNS KOMMEN HER (OP. 29, NO. 1) ................................. Johannes Brahms A SPOTLESS ROSE ............................................................................................. Herbert Howells WHAT CHEER? ..................................................................................................... William Walton SILENT NIGHT ........................................................................ Franz Grüber, arr. Sargent/Isele CONCERT CHOIR David P. DeVenney, director

JUBILATE DEO ................................................................................................. Giovanni Gabrieli AL HANISSIM....................................................................................................... Jay A. Kawarsky MASTERSINGERS Zachary Stola, clarinet Ryan Kelly, director

HOME ALONE: THREE HOLIDAY SONGS .......................................................... John Williams Somewhere in My Memory Star of Bethlehem Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas CANTARI DONNE, MEN’S CHORUS, WOMEN’S CHORUS and SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA David P. DeVenney, director

WELCOME ........................................................................................... Dr. Christopher Hanning Dean, Wells School of Music

O HOLY NIGHT .................................................................................................... Adolphe Adam Cassie Rumbough, ’19 Honor Soloist

ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH ....................................... Trad., arr. Ralph Carmichael RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER ................................Marks, arr. Harry Connick, Jr. WE THREE KINGS............................................................................. Hopkins, arr. Mike Crotty JINGLE BELLS.....................................................................................Trad., arr. John LaBarbera SILENT NIGHT ............................................................................. Grüber, arr. Wynton Marsalis OH COME LITTLE TOWN .........................................................Redner/Wade, arr. Tom Kubis CRITERIONS JAZZ ENSEMBLE With a special appearance by the Kennett Symphony Children’s Chorus featuring Tony Bennici, Katelyn López, Michael Kaplan, and Andrew Walls Marc Jacoby, director

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UPCOMING WELLS SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS For full event details visit wcupa.edu/music or call (610) 436-2739 Saturday, December 7, 2019, 7:00 PM Kennett Symphony Children's Chorus Concert Eileen Keller, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Sunday, December 8, 2019, 3:00 PM Wind Ensemble Concert Andrew Yozviak, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Sunday, December 8, 2019, 7:30 PM Collegium Musicum Recital Mark Rimple, director Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building Monday, January 27, 2020, 7:30 PM Faculty Recital: Vincent Craig, piano Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Thursday, January 30, 2020, 8:15 PM New Music Series Concert featuring Guest Artist Variant Six Van Stiefel & Jacob Cooper, directors Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building

*Tickets required for this event.

Events at the Wells School of Music are often supported by individual donors and organizations.

Contributions to the Wells School of Music may be made out to: WCU Foundation, 202 Carter Drive, West Chester, PA 19382 Please include “School of Music Deans Fund� in the memo line.

For further information, please call (610) 436-2868 or visit wcufoundation.org A majority of performances are available to watch via live stream at Facebook.com/ArtsAtWCUPA and LiveStream.com/wcupa.

Mr. Robert Rust, Audio & Visual Technician Steinway & Sons Piano Technical, Tuning and Concert Preparations by Gerald P. Cousins, RPT If you do not intend to save your program, please recycle it in the baskets at the exit doors.

The Wells School of Music | West Chester University of Pennsylvania Dr. Christopher Hanning, Dean