¡Viva España!
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James John Artistic Director P RESENTS ¡Viva España! With the Kaufman Center Special Music School High School Advanced Women’s Choir, Emily John, director Friday, November 18, 2016, 8 pm Sunday, November 20, 2016, 3 pm St. Paul’s Episcopal Church St. Ignatius of Antioch 199 Carroll Street, Brooklyn 87th Street & West End Avenue, Manhattan THE PROGRAM Teresica Hermana Mateo Flecha (1481–1553) Las Amarillas traditional Mexican, arr. Stephen Hatfield Por do commençaré Pedro Guerrero (c. 1520–?) SMS High School Advanced Women’s Choir Falanlalera Juan del Encina (1469–c. 1530) Sophia Chesler, soloist Ellen Schorr, Jennifer Oates, soprano; Myrna Nachman, Jamie Carillo, alto; Mark Hewitt, Richard Tucker, tenor Pala, pala pulpero traditional Argentinian, adapted by Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983), arr. Emily John SMS High School Advanced Women’s Choir & Es menester que se açierte Francisco Guerrero (1528–1599) Women of Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble Members of SMS High School Advanced Women’s Choir and Cerddorion Scarlet Diaz, soloist Adrianna Anzalone, Jamie Carillo, Susan Glass, Davina Goodman, Emily John, Jennifer Oates, Jacqueline Perez, Caridad Reyes, Ahmanni Recchi, Theodora Tomuta Arbolucu, te sequeste Carlos Chávez, arr. (1899–1978) Qué buen año es el del cielo Francisco Guerrero Lamentations of Jeremiah Manuel de Sumaya (1678–1755) SMS High School Advanced Women’s Choir Salva nos, stella maris Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500–1553) Sabiá, coração de uma viola Aylton Escobar (b. 1943) Pueri Hebraeorum Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611) Asa Branca Luiz Gonzaga, Sr. (1912–1989) arr. Pedro Veneziani Anna Harmon, soprano Circumdederunt me dolores mortis Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c. 1590–1664) Jesós de mi goraçón Gaspar Fernandes (1566–1629) Jamie Carillo, alto; Chris Ryan, tenor Christus factus est Hernando Franco (1532–1585) Dios itlaçonantzine Hernando Franco Anna Harmon, soprano Intermission ABOUT THE ARTISTS THE PERFORMERS Now in its twenty-second season, CERDDORION (the name, pronounced kehr- DOHR-ee-on, is Welsh for “musicians”) is one of New York’s most highly regarded volunteer choral ensembles. A chamber group of up to twenty-eight mixed voices, it is known for its eclectic repertoire, encompassing music from the Renaissance to the CERDDORION contemporary. Audiences have come to appreciate the group’s interpretive depth and Sopranos Altos Tenors Basses technical excellence in many styles. Cerddorion has also frequently commissioned new works by such composers as Paul Moravec, Martha Sullivan, David Schober, David Stern, Anna Harmon Jamie Carrillo Ralph Bonheim Peter Cobb Lisa Bielawa, David Lang, Elliot Z. Levine, Robert Dennis, and Julie Dolphin. Cathy Markoff Judith Cobb Mark Hewitt James Crowell Besides presenting its own varied programs, Cerddorion is frequently invited to Jennifer Oates Rebecca Fasanello Michael Klitsch Stephen Iger perform with other acclaimed artists. In 2011, the men of Cerddorion sang with esteemed Jeanette Rodriguez Susan Glass David Letzler Dean Rainey French organist Francis Chapelet in the second inaugural recital of the Manton Memorial Ellen Schorr Linnea Johnson Christopher Ryan Tom Reingold Organ at the Church of the Ascension in New York; they were invited back in 2014 to Rebecca Schwartz Myrna Nachman Richard Tucker Larry Sutter perform in Chapelet’s farewell concert. Past collaborations have included the North Talya Westbrook Katie Wilkes American premiere of Sir John Tavener’s all-night vigil, The Veil of the Temple, performed at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall (with Dessoff Choral Consortium and choristers from London’s Temple Church); several appearances with the Christopher Caines Dance Company; Baroque opera performances with the early music instrumental ensemble Concert Royal; and serving as the resident teaching ensemble for the Dennis Keene Choral Festival in Kent, Connecticut. A few weeks before today’s concert, Cerddorion performed highlights from this program at the Fall 2016 conference of the New York State Chapter of the American SMS ADVANCED HIGH SCHOOL Choral Directors Association (ACDA). Ten years ago, Cerddorion sang at the Eastern Divisional Convention of the ACDA, presenting the works they had commissioned from WOMEN’S CHOIR three New York composers for their tenth anniversary season. September 2007 marked the release on the Tzadik label of A Handful of World, Cerddorion’s first commercial recording. The CD is dedicated to vocal works by New York composer Lisa Bielawa and Adrianna Anzalone Leah Etheridge Jennifer Huvane Caridad Reyes includes Cerddorion’s performance of Lisa Bielawa’s Lamentations for a City, which was Sophia Chesler Caitlyn Flynn Danielle Morelli Isabel Rodriguez commissioned and first performed by Cerddorion in 2004. Alessia Cipollone Asila Folds La Asha Nelson Anna Shvetsova Cerddorion is a proud member of the New York Choral Consortium. Angelina Colon Heliannie Gonzalez Dana Pagidas Faith Smith Hannah Davis Davina Goodman Jacqueline Perez Theodora Tomuta Scarlet Diaz Olivia Gordon Ahmanni Recchi JAMES JOHN is in his seventh season as Artistic Director of the Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble. He is also Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the Aaron Dr. John received his Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the Eastman Copland School of Music, Queens College–CUNY, where he conducts the Queens School of Music. Prior to his current position at the Aaron Copland School of Music he College Choir, Vocal Ensemble and Choral Society, teaches choral conducting, and serves served as Director of Choral Activities at Tufts University in Boston, Director of Choral as advisor to the graduate program in vocal performance. Recent professional highlights Activities at Nassau Community College in Garden City, NY, and as Dartmouth College’s include guest conducting the Tokyo Oratorio Society in a performance of Brahms’s Ein first Conducting Fellow. He received his Master of Arts in Conducting from the Aaron deutsches Requiem in Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, and an invited performance by the Queens Copland School of Music. College Choir at the 2012 Eastern Division Conference of the American Choral Directors Association in Providence, Rhode Island. Under Dr. John’s leadership the choral program at the Aaron Copland School of Music has become recognized as one of the finest collegiate choral programs in the This year marks the first graduating class from the SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL HIGH region. Past performances with the School of Music’s choral ensembles include SCHOOL. SMS offers students the opportunity to pursue pre-professional music studies Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, award-winning productions of Argento’s Postcard from Morocco alongside a rigorous academic curriculum. The newly formed Advanced Women’s Choir and Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, Requiems by Mozart and Verdi, “A Night at the Opera” with provides juniors and seniors the chance to explore more complex a cappella repertoire, Queens College alumna Erika Sunnegårdh of the Metropolitan Opera, Benjamin Britten’s ranging from Renaissance to modern works. War Requiem, and world premieres of works by Sidney Boquiren, Leo Kraft, Meg Collins Stoop and others. His choirs have performed in many of New York’s prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall, St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Trinity Church Wall Street. Under his direction the Queens College Vocal Ensemble released its first CD, featuring premiere recordings of partsongs by Scottish composer Hamish MacCunn, and the Queens College Choir recorded Bright Sheng’s Two Folksongs EMILY JOHN resides in the New York City area, where she is an active freelance from Qinghai, soon to be released on the Naxos label. harpist, performing with regional orchestras, with choirs, and for corporate and private Dr. John’s guest conducting appearances include Avery Fisher Hall’s annual events. In addition to her experience as a harpist, Emily is an active choral singer and Messiah Sing-In, a concert of American choral music with the Virginia Chorale (Virginia’s conductor in the New York area. She serves on the adjunct faculty of Queens College— only professional choral ensemble), chorus master for the Queens Symphony, regional CUNY and the Special Music School at the Kaufman Center. Past conducting honor choirs throughout New York State, and a recording with jazz trumpeter Michael appointments include The Amadeus Chorale, the Center for Preparatory Studies in Music Mossman. He has given presentations at both divisional and national conventions of the at Queens College, and the Mineola Choral Society. Her compositions and arrangements American Choral Directors Association, and is in demand as a clinician and adjudicator have been performed by groups as diverse as the Orleans All-County Elementary Chorus, throughout the United States. In Fall 2013, Dr. John returned to Tokyo to conduct the Mineola Choral Society, Bella Voce Singers, and regional high school choirs, and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. selected works are available through Pavane Publishing and Carl Fischer Music. Her publications include an article in the American Choral Director's Association journal on As a teacher and scholar, Dr. John has served as Guest Lecturer in conducting at the choral works of John Cage, an annotated bibliography of works for choir and harp in the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, Germany, and presented seminars on American the American Harp Journal, a companion article, coauthored with her husband, James John, choral music in Basel and Stockholm.