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presents THE GOLDEN AGE OF BROADWAY = South Pacific Porgy and Bess = Carousel West Side Story Special Guest: Arts High School Choir Steven Fox, Music Director Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 3pm Benjamin Franklin School, Ridgewood Steven Fox, Music Director Janet Montgomery, Principal Accompanist and Assistant Conductor Catherine Guinard, Chorale Administrator Board of Trustees Dr. Joseph DeFazio, President Jane W. Stein, Vice President Robert Dodds, Treasurer Andrea Covais, Hugh Dougan, Enid Hayflick, Dr. Edward Hedlund, Patricia Klecanda, Virginia Miner, Royal Ronning, Susan Seay Save the Dates Pro Arte Chorale Annual Benefit Thursday, April 21, 2016 Seasons, Washington Township, NJ Classics from Vienna Saturday, June 11 at 8:00pm with members of The Clarion Orchestra and the Pascack Valley High School Choir Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ridgewood, NJ These programs are made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Performance venue is handicapped accessible. Large print programs are available at every concert. For more information, or to join our mailing list, Contact the Pro Arte Chorale office at (201) 497-8400 Email: [email protected] web: www.proartechorale.org March 13, 2016 at 3pm Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Ridgewood, NJ The Golden Age of Broadway Steven Fox, Conductor Janet Montgomery, Accompanist The Pro Arte Chorale Arts High School Choir (Newark, NJ) Carousel – Medley Rodgers and Hammerstein (1943) Give Me Jesus Arranged by Hall Johnson (1942) Make Our Garden Grow Leonard Bernstein (1956) from Candide West Side Story – Medley Leonard Bernstein (1957) Intermission South Pacific – Medley Rodgers and Hammerstein (1949) Lonely House Kurt Weill/music and from Street Scene Langston Hughes/lyrics (1946) Simple Little Things Harvey Schmidt/music and from 110 in the Shade Tom Jones/lyrics (1963) Porgy and Bess – Medley George and Ira Gershwin (1934) This year, Pro Arte Chorale lost three of our long-time and beloved members, Ruth Hanes,In Barbara Memoriam Parker and David O’Leary, and our founder, John Coulter. We dedicate this concert to their memory, with appreciation for their devotion to Pro Arte Chorale and the choral arts. acdb It is a pleasure and honor to write a tribute to John Coulter for the first concert of the Pro Arte Chorale 2015-2016 season. John was an extraordinary visionary and lover of choral music. Little did he know back in 1964 when creating this little choral group called the Memmott Chorale that he would give birth to an organization that would grow to one of the premiere choral organizations in the country. His dedication and entrepreneurial-ship made it all happen. And it was all for the glory of the choral art. His tireless efforts led the organization from triumph to triumph. The mammoth enterprise of putting on the American premiere of the complete Berlioz Les Troyens at Carnegie Hall was a golden moment and a culmination of ten years hard work but he was not content to rest on those laurels. He continued to forge ahead with European tours and expanded activity in the New York area. My memories of him are too numerous to recount here but the one that sticks out above them all is that of his countenance as he sang in the bass section. He was the epitome of the amateur choral singer, singing with intense involvement and total joy. May God rest his soul. John Nelson Pro Arte Chorale Maestros John Nelson, Roger Nierenberg, founder John Coulter, Maestros William Memmott, Bart Folse and Steven Fox. Andrew McKinnon Proprietor Serving the community since 1928 and family owned for over 50 years. Ridgewood Cycle Shop meets the needs of all cycling enthusiasts, from families to professional riders, triathletes, road racers, mountain bikers, children and adults of all ages. At Ridgewood Cycle Shop, we are committed to providing outstanding customer satisfaction through superior customer service. Our knowledgeable sales staff will assist with purchasing the right bicycle for you. 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In addition to sales and service we offer group rides and different levels of fit services by certified fit technicians including Retul, a precise 3D Motion Capture System. 35 North Broad Street Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Tel: (201) 444-2553 Fax: (201) 444-1059 www.ridgewoodcycle.com Soprano Alto Tenor Jane Dougan Susan Aster* Howard Gruber** Elena Etkina* Donna Carlson Edward Hedlund* Carol Gaslow Connie De Fazio Hewitt Jeter Marie Griffo* Dorothy Dey Sam Moschella Catherine Guinard Susan Kellogg* Richard Schachter Audrey Jantzen Helaine Ledany Harry Sink* Enid Hayflick Nancy Malinoski Michael Stella Elizabeth Ann McGrath Dianne McKinnon Denise Michaud* Gisela O’Connell Bass Virginia Miner Janet Salisbury Joseph De Fazio* Jennifer Otto Lauren Wolfe* Hugh Dougan Barbara Owen* Norma Wolfe* Michael Etkin Ksenija Pecaric Lawrence Kaiser Susan Seay* Henrique Neves Mary Jane Shevlin Walter Perog Rachel Sink Royal Ronning Patricia Yatsko * Soloists in West Side Story ** Soloist in West Side Story and South Pacific Arts High School Advanced Choir Alexis Akawuaku Elijah Greene Elyssa Beth Musngi Thamyris Almeida Samantha Harper Keivan Ortiz Rahmon Bateman Israel Hernandez Sherell Pressley-Williams Alana Bell Al-Jabree Hicks Angelina Recio Isaiah Boone Chadala Hopkins Yezenia Rodriguez DeJanè Ciceron Jahee Hunter Bethany Romero Zaria Cole Keion Jackson Jorddy Romero Nahdir Coleman Azaria Johnson Issachar Scroggins Bianca Costa Jhakeer Johnson Brandon Sepulveda Terrell Crawford Robert Johnson Elizabeth Smith Nathalia Cruz Latazha Jones Chyantre Swann Imani DeBarry Alexandra Jorge Amir Thomas Bianca DePaula Mal Karweh Alejandra Urgiles Carlos Duran-Santana Brandon Lagares Charles Waiters Karin Figueras Gabriel Maltez KiYree Wilder Jabrile Frazier-Sears Angelica Martinez Najee Wilson Yeimy Gamez Castillo Edwin Montanez Sarah Goncalves Ariel Mosconi Soloists: “Lonely House” performed by Israel Hernandez “Simple Little Things” performed by Ariel Mosconi “Give Me Jesus” performed by Elizabeth Smith 2015-2016 SEASON Handel MESSIAH Ridge Performing Arts Center, Basking Ridge, NJ Saturday, December 19, 2015, 7:30 pm Carnegie Hall, New York City Wednesday, December 23, 2015, 7:30pm Forest and Vale Calvary Episcopal Church, Summit, NJ Frostiana, Randall Thompson In Windsor Forest, Ralph Vaughan Williams Blakesongs, Richard Charlton Saturday, February 20, 2016, 8:00pm Haydn THE CREATION The Concert Hall at Drew University Saturday, May 21, 2016, 8:00pm Messiah Sing: December 13, 2015 Summer Sings: June 22- July 20, 2016 Tickets available at www.masterwork.org. Funding has been made possible in part by funds from Morris Arts through the New Jersey State Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Pro Arte Chorale, a 60-member all-volunteer chorus now celebrating its 52nd season, is one of NewAbout Jersey’s most prominent Pro choral Arteorganizations. TheChorale Chorale has appeared in major concert venues across the region including the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the South Orange Performing Arts Center. In addition to its own subscription series in Bergen County, the Chorale has appeared with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, American Symphony Orchestra, Westfield Symphony Orchestra, Mark Morris Dance Company, and the New York Chamber Symphony. Currently under the musical direction of Steven Fox, the Pro Arte Chorale has also been conducted by Joshua Greene, David Crone, Roger Nierenberg, Bart Folse and John Nelson. In addition, the Chorale has sung under the batons of Nicholas McGegan, Zubin Mehta, Julius Rudel, Hugh Wolff, Zdenek Macal, Yuri Temirkanov, Leon Botstein, Gerard Schwartz, and David Wroe. Conductor Steven Fox is now in his fourth season as Music Director of The Pro Arte Chorale. He is also Artistic Director of The Clarion Orchestra and The Clarion Choir, and Founder of Musica Antiqua St. Petersburg, which he established as Russia’s first period-instrument orchestra at the age of 21. In recent seasons he has made his debut as a guest conductor with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco, Handel and Haydn Society in Boston, Juilliard415 at Lincoln Center, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and the Quebec Symphony Orchestra. From 2008 to 2013 he was an Associate Conductor at New York City Opera, and he has served as Assistant Conductor for the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artists Program and Juilliard Opera. He recently conducted a new production of Mozart’s Magic Flute at l’Opéra de Québec and is leading Clarion for the second year in performances at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Recognized as a leader in his generation of conductors, Steven has been called ‘an esteemed director’ by The New Yorker, ‘visionary’ by BBC Music Magazine, and ‘a conductor to watch’ by Seen and Heard International. Steven graduated as a Senior Fellow with High Honors from Dartmouth College and with ‘distinction’ from the Royal Academy of Music, London, where he was later named an Associate in 2010. He has given master classes and clinics at Dartmouth College, The Juilliard School, and Yale University, where he served for two years as preparatory conductor of the Yale Schola Cantorum. AboutJanet Montgomery the has Artists won acclaim as a pianist, organist, coach, and conductor. She has appeared in concert at venues ranging from Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center to Washington National Cathedral, and the Juilliard School. She has accompanied such groups as the New York Choral Society, the Gregg Smith Singers, Musica Sacra, and the Masterwork Chorus. She is a founding member of the Serafini Brillanti Trio; the group has recorded a CD and has performed extensively in New Jersey, Florida, and the Chicago area. Ms. Montgomery is the director of music at the Community Church of Glen Rock and is the accompanist and keyboard assistant at the Barnert Temple of Franklin Lakes. She is also on the music faculty of the Dwight Englewood School.