100TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY PROGRAM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2021 EMILIE K. ASPLUNDH CONCERT HALL PHILIPS MEMORIAL BUILDING 3:00 PM
PROGRAM PRELUDE OF CAROLS ....................................................................................................... Various Sándor Kádár, organ
SLEIGH RIDE....................................................................................................... Leroy Anderson SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Joseph Caminiti, director
MAGNIFICAT ANIMA MEA ............................................................................................. J. S. Bach CONCERT CHOIR David P. DeVenney, director
BENEDICITE ................................................................................................ R. Vaughan Williams In Young Lee, soprano WOMEN’S CHORUS, CANTARI DONNE, MEN’S CHORUS, and SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Ryan Kelly, director
SANCTUS ......................................................................................................... Ildebrando Pizzetti CONCERT CHOIR David P. DeVenney, director
WELCOME .................................................................................................. Christopher Hanning Dean, Wells School of Music
GLORIA ...................................................................................................................... David Conte World premiere performance Commissioned by West Chester University's Wells School of Music on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the University and the 100th anniversary of the Holiday Program In Young Lee, soprano MASTERSINGERS and CONCERT CHOIR David P. DeVenney, director
O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL ......................................................................... arr. Mack Wilberg COMBINED CHOIRS and SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Ryan Kelly, director
RECOGNITIONS ......................................................................................... Christopher Hanning Dean, Wells School of Music
O HOLY NIGHT .................................................................................................... Adolphe Adam Sydney Szwarc, ’21 Honor Soloist
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN .............................................................. arr. Dave Wolpe SILENT NIGHT ................................................................................................... arr. Bob Curnow JINGLE BELLS.....................................................................................................arr. John Clayton CRITERIONS JAZZ ENSEMBLE Jonathan Ragonese, director Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices.
UPCOMING WELLS SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS For full event details visit wcupa.edu/music or call (610) 436-2739 Sunday, December 12, 2021, 3:00 PM Wind Ensemble Concert Andrew Yozviak, conductor Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center
Sunday, December 12, 2021, 7:30 PM Collegium Musicum Concert Mark Rimple, director Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building
Monday, January 31, 2022, 8:00 PM Faculty Recital: Stephen Ng, tenor Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center
Thursday, February 3, 2022, 11:00 AM Madeleine Wing Adler Concert Series: String Division Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Grand Foyer Performing Arts Center
Monday, February 7, 2022, 8:00 PM Faculty Recital: Kimberly Reighley, flute Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center
Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 8:15 PM New Music Series Concert Jacob Cooper & Van Stiefel, directors Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building
Sunday, February 13, 2022, 3:00 PM Concert Choir Concert David P. DeVenney, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center
Saturday, February 19, 2022, 7:30 PM *Sounds of the Caribbean: WCU Latin Jazz & Steel Drum Ensembles Marc Jacoby, director Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center 226 N. High St., West Chester, PA
*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 “Wells School of Music Excellence 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/WellsSchoolofMusic and Vimeo.com/WSOM 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 sav e your program, pleas e recycle it in the baskets at the exit doors.
The Wells School of Music | West Chester University of Pennsylvania Dr. Christopher Hanning, Dean