An evening of Readings & Carols

Westminster Symphonic Choir Kathleen Ebling Shaw Westminster Chapel Choir James Jordan Westminster Schola Cantorum Joe Miller Westminster Choir Amanda Quist Women of Westminster Williamson Voices Westminster Concert Bell Choir Ken Cowan, organ Solid Brass

December 10 & December 11, 2010 8 p.m. Princeton University Chapel -1- Please note the unauthorized use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited by law. Out of courtesy to the performers and everyone in the audience, please refrain from using cell phones and electronic devices. h The audience is asked to withhold all applause until after the recessional.  Pre-concert Music 

Deck The Halls arr. Carmen Dragon (1914-1984) Solid Brass Ken Cowan, organ

O Holy Night Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803-1856) arr. Arthur Frackenpohl (b. 1924) Solid Brass Ken Cowan, organ

Pat-a-Pan Burgundian Carol arr. Gregory M. Pysh (b. 1958) Westminster Concert Bell Choir

Variations on a Noel, Op. 20 Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) Ken Cowan, organ

I Wonder as I Wander John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) arr. Steve Pilkington (b. 1952) I wonder as I wander, out under the sky, If Jesus had wanted any wee thing, How Jesus the Savior did come for to die A star in the sky, or a bird on the wing, For poor orn’ry people like you and like I. All of God’s angels in heaven sing, I wonder as I wander out under the sky. He surely could have had it, ‘cause he was the king.

When Mary birth’d Jesus, ‘twas in a cow’s stall I wonder as I wander, out under the sky, With wise men and farmers and shepherds and all. How Jesus the Savior did come for to die But high from God’s heaven a star’s light did fall, For poor orn’ry people like you and like I. And the promise of the ages it did then recall. I wonder as I wander out under the sky.

Westminster Chapel Choir Teresa Bonilla, soloist

-2- Missa Carolae James Whitbourn Introduction (b. 1963) Processional Introit Kyrie eleison

Guillô play your tambourin, Robin with your flute begin, Play your pipe and play your drum, Tu-re-lu-re-lu! Pa-ta-pa-ta-pan! Play your pipe and play your drum. Sing Nowell to all and some!

For unto us a child is born, Unto us a Son is given: And the government shall be upon his shoulder: And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Dance and sing and leap with joy At the birth of the infant boy. Dance with pipe and dance with drum. Tu-re-lu-re-lu! Pa-ta-pa-ta-pan! Dance with pipe and dance with drum For to us is born a Son.

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them hath the light shined.

Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.

Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

Texts: James Whitbourn’s translation of “Guillô, pran ton tamborin!” by Bernard de la Monnoye (1641-1728); Isaiah 9, and the Latin Mass

Westminster Symphonic Choir Westminster Schola Cantorum Women of Westminster Williamson Voices

Shannon Aloise, soprano Anna Friars, piccolo Nathan Jones, percussion

READING: Bidding Pilkington Steve Pilkington, Associate Professor of Sacred Music

-3- CAROL: O Come, All Ye Faithful arr. Sir David Willcocks Fanfare Verse IV (b. 1919) arr. Ken Cowan (b. 1974) words and melody by J.F. Wade (1711-1786) All who are willing and able are invited to stand and join in the singing

O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem; Come and behold Him Born the King of angels: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

God of God, Light of Light, Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb; Very God, Begotten, not created: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation; Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above! Glory to God In the highest: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, Born this happy morning; Jesu, to Thee be glory given; Word of the Father, Now in flesh appearing. O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

-4- Motet VI: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230 Johann Sebastian Bach Alleluia (1685-1750)

Westminster Choir Cameron Wentz, cello Cara Peterson, bass Derrick Goff, organ

Hymn to the Virgin Benjamin Britten Anthem for Double Choir (1913-1976) Of one that is so fair and bright Velut maris stella, [Like the star of the sea,] Brighter than the day is light, Parens et puella: [Mother and maiden:] I cry to thee, thou see to me, Lady, pray thy Son for me, Tam pia, [So tender,] That I might come to thee Maria!

All this world was forlorn Eva peccatrice, [Eve having been a sinner,] Till our Lord was y-born De te genetrice. [Of you, his mother.] With ave it went away Darkest night, and comes the day Salutis [Of salvation] The well springeth out of thee. Virtutis. [Of virtue]

Lady, flower of everything, Rose sine spina, [Thornless rose,] Thou bear Jesu, heavens king, Gratia divina: [By divine grace:] Of all thou bear’st the prize, Lady, queen of paradise Electa: [Chosen:] Maid mild, mother es Effecta. Westminster Chapel Choir Four Christmas Carols English Carol IV. I Saw Three Ships: arr. Mack Wilberg Carol for Choir, Handbells and Piano Four-Hands (b. 1955)

Westminster Schola Cantorum Westminster Concert Bell Choir William Roslak, piano Jonathan Palmer Lakeland, piano

-5- CAROL: O come, O come, Emmanuel 15th Century French Melody arr. Andrew Carter (b. 1939) All who are willing and able are invited to stand and join in the singing

(All) O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of God appear: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

(Men only) O come, thou Rod of Jesse, Free thine own from Satan’s tyranny; From depths of hell Thy people save, And give them victory o’er the grave: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

(Women only) O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer Our spirits by thine advent here; Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, And death’s dark shadows put to flight: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

(Choir only) O come thou Key of David, come, And open wide our heav’nly home; Make safe the way that leads on high, And close the path to misery. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

(All) O come, O come, thou Lord of Might, Who to thy tribes on Sinai’s height, In ancient times did give the law In cloud and majesty and awe: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

Latin Advent Antiphons, Translated by John Mason Neale (1818-1866)

READING: Give Us the Spirit of the Child Sara Moores Campbell Anthony Baron Class of 2011

-6- Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella French Carol arr. Joel Raney/Arnold Sherman (b. 1956)/(b. 1948)

Westminster Concert Bell Choir Anna Friars & Sareen Jebejian, flute

Tres Cantus Laudendi: Mack Wilberg I. Jubilate Deo (b. 1955) Jubilate Deo, omnis terra; Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; Servite Domino in laetitia. Serve the Lord with gladness.

Introite in conspectus ejus in exultatione. Enter into his presence with great joy. Scitote quoniam Dominus ipse est Deus; Know that the Lord alone is God;

Ipse fecit nos, et non ipsi nos; He has made us, and not we ourselves; Populos ejus, et oves pascuae ejus. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Introite portas ejus in confessione, Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, Atria ejus in hymnis; confitemini illi. And into his courts with praise;

Laudate nomen ejus. Give thanks to him. Praise his name.

Text: Psalm 100: 1-4

Westminster Symphonic Choir Westminster Schola Cantorum

Noel Todd Smith arr. Bradley Holmes (b. 1956) Noel! Noel! Jesu me kwisa ku zinga ti beto. Kana nge zola ku zaba mwana. Nge fwiti kwisa ku fudama.

Noel! Noel! If you want to know the Child, You have to come kneel

-Kituba dialect

Westminster Chapel Choir Lucas DeJesus, Jared Freeman, Bernardo Gonzalez & Brian Sengdala, soloists

-7- CAROL: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Descant and organ by David Willcocks

All who are willing and able are invited to stand and join in the singing

(All) Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King, Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” Joyful, all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th’ angelic host proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!” Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King!”

(Choir) Christ, by highest heaven adored; Christ, the everlasting Lord; Late in time behold him come, Offspring of a virgin’s womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; Hail th’ incarnate Deity, Pleased with us in flesh to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel. Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King!”

(All) Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings. Mild he lays his glory by, Born that we no more may die, Born to raise us from the earth, Born to give us second birth. Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King!”

Text: Charles Wesley

READING: A Partridge in a Pear Tree Halford E. Luccock Diana Crane adapted by Diana Crane Associate Professor of German and Fine Arts

Alleluia Ralph Manuel (b. 1951) Westminster Choir

What Child is This? 16th Century Melody Janet Lantz, French horn

-8- We Wish You a Merry Christmas English Carol arr. John Rutter (b. 1945) Westminster Choir

Christ the Apple Tree Stanford E. Scriven (b. 1988) The tree of life my soul hath seen, Laden with fruit and always green; The trees of nature fruitless be, Compared with Christ the appletree.

This beauty doth all things excel, By faith I know, but ne’er can tell The glory which I now can see, In Jesus Christ the appletree.

For happiness I long have sought, And pleasure dearly I have bought; I missed of all, but now I see ‘Tis found in Christ the appletree.

This fruit doth make my soul to thrive, It keeps my dying faith alive; Which makes my soul in haste to be With Jesus Christ the appletree.

I’m weary’d with my former toil, Here I will sit and rest a while; Under the shadow I will be, Of Jesus Christ the appletree.

Text: Joshua Smith, New Hampshire, 1784

Westminster Symphonic Choir Westminster Schola Cantorum Westminster Chapel Choir

-9- CAROL: Silent Night Franz Gruber (1787-1863) arr. Cowan All who are willing and able are invited to stand and join in the singing

Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child. Holy infant, so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace. Sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent night, holy night, Shepherds quake at the sight, Glories stream from heaven afar, Heavenly hosts sing, “Alleluia: Christ, the Savior, is born! Christ, the Savior, is born!”

Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love’s pure light Radiant beams from thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth. Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.

Ringing of the Season

Westminster Concert Bell Choir

-10- CAROL: Joy to the World traditional arr. Cowan All who are willing and able are invited to stand and join in the singing

Joy to the world! The Lord is come: Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And heav’n and nature sing, And heav’n and nature sing, And heav’n and heav’n, and nature sing.

Joy to the world! The Savior reigns; Let us our songs employ, While fields and floods, Rocks, hills, and plains Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love, And wonders of his love, And wonders, wonders of His love.

 Recession and Postlude  L’annee d’or (A Festival Procession) Joel Phillips (b. 1958) Solid Brass Ken Cowan, organ

Fugue on “How Brightly Shines the Morning Star” Max Reger (1873-1916) Ken Cowan, organ

-11- F About the Artists F KEN COWAN, assistant professor of organ at Westminster Choir JAMES JORDAN is recognized and praised from many quarters in College, is one of North America’s finest concert organists. Praised the musical world as one of the nation’s pre-eminent conductors, for his dazzling artistry, impeccable technique and imaginative writers and innovators in choral music. He has been called a programming by audiences and critics alike, he maintains a rigorous “visionary” by The Choral Journal. His career and publications have performing schedule which takes him to major concert venues been devoted to innovative educational changes in the choral art across America, Canada and Europe. that have been embraced around the world. A master teacher, he is one of the country’s most prolific writers on the subjects of the Recent and upcoming feature performances include appearances at philosophy of music making and choral teaching; he has authored Grace Cathedral San Francisco, Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall, Spivey 30 major textbooks and DVDs and is editor for several choral series. Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Cathedral of Notre-Dame His choral conducting book Evoking Sound was named a “must in Paris, France. In addition, Mr. Cowan has been a featured artist read” on a list of six books by The Choral Journal. This year will see in recent years at the national conventions of the American Guild the release of his latest book The Musician’s Breath with colleagues of Organists (AGO) held in Los Angeles and Minneapolis, has per- Mark Moliterno and Nova Thomas of the Westminster faculty. formed at many regional conventions of the AGO and has been featured at several conventions of the Organ Historical Society and Dr. Jordan teaches and conducts at Westminster Choir College of the Royal Canadian College of Organists. Rider University where he is an associate professor of conducting and senior conductor. He conducts Westminster Schola Cantorum A native of “Thorold, Ontario, Canada, Mr. Cowan received a mas- and Westminster Williamson Voices. Since its inception, ter’s degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale Institute of Sacred Westminster Williamson Voices has premiered more than 30 new Music. Prior to attending Yale, he graduated with a Bachelor of works by composers Jackson Hill, Roger Ames, James Whitbourn, Music from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Gerald Custer, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi and Blake Henson.

Conductor of the Westminster Concert Bell Choir, KATHLEEN This year Dr. Jordan will conduct the Washington All-State Choir. In EBLING SHAW is a graduate of Westminster Choir College. She addition to serving as artist in residence at the University of Utah in is a member of the sacred music department at Westminster Choir 2011, he will be in residence at Hope College and conduct workshops College of Rider University, where she teaches classes in handbell at the conventions of the Louisiana Music Educators, the North training and conducts a second handbell choir. Ms. Ebling Shaw is Carolina Music Educators, the South Carolina Music Educators also director of sales and marketing at Malmark, Inc. - Bellcraftsmen and the national convention of the American Choral Directors in Plumsteadville, Pa. Association. During the past year, he has lectured at The Curtis Institute, The University of Buffalo, The University of Dayton, The Well-known as a handbell clinician, Ms. Ebling Shaw has conducted University of North Texas and the Vandercook College of Music. sessions for the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers both Last season he was guest conductor for the U.S. Army Chorus. In on the local and national levels. Other engagements have included the fall of 2009, Dr. Jordan was appointed to panels for the National sessions for the American Guild of Organists; Music Educators Endowment of the Arts. Dr. Jordan also serves as director of The National Conferences; the New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Westminster Conducting Institute, one of the leading programs and Texas Music Educators Conferences; Presbyterian Association for conducting study in the United States, now in its tenth year. of Musicians Conferences; the St. Olaf Church Music Conference and numerous International Handbell Symposia. Dr. Jordan’s book and professional activities are detailed on his website, www.evokingsound.com, and his pages on www. giamusic. In December 2002, she traveled with the Westminster Concert com. Bell Choir on a 15-city North American tour as part of A Royal Christmas, performing with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, JOE MILLER is conductor of two of America’s most renowned Charlotte Church and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, choral ensembles – the Westminster Choir and the Westminster where they were met with wide acclaim. Symphonic Choir. As director of choral activities at Westminster Choir College of Rider University he also oversees an extensive Choirs under the direction of Ms. Ebling Shaw have performed at choral program that includes eight ensembles. Carnegie Hall, the World Financial Center’s Festival of Light and His 2010-2011 season with the Westminster Choir includes the Sound, Lifetime Television, QVC, NBC’s TODAY show, New Jersey release of their second recording, No‘l, with mezzo-soprano Jennifer Network and Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. She has also produced five Larmore, a concert tour of Florida; performances in New Jersey and recordings with the Westminster Concert Bell Choir: Westminster Pennsylvania, broadcast of the annual An Evening of Readings and Rings!, Praise And Adoration, Christmas At Westminster, By Request and Carols holiday concert and their annual residency at the Spoleto A Time To Dance. Festival U.S.A. His season with the Westminster Symphonic Choir includes a performance of Orff’s Carmina Burana in Princeton, N.J. In May 2003, Ms. Ebling Shaw received the Alumni Merit Award Additionally, he and the Symphonic Choir collaborated with the from Westminster Choir College of Rider University for her New Jersey Symphony in performances of Beethoven’s Symphony dedication to the art of handbell ringing and her enthusiasm and No. 9 and with Dresden Staatskapelle in performances of Brahms’ accomplishments in the classroom as well as the concert hall. Ein deutsches Requiem. -12- Dr. Miller is also founder and conductor of the Westminster as one of the world’s leading choral ensembles, the choir has sung Chamber Choir, a program that offers professional-level choral and more than 350 performances with the New York Philharmonic vocal artists the opportunity to explore challenging works for two alone. weeks each summer on the Westminster campus in Princeton. He also led the 2010 Westminster Choral Festival, which welcomed In addition to performances with the New Jersey Symphony, the choral musicians from throughout the world and focused on ensemble’s 2010-2011 season includes a performance of Brahms Mozart’s Requiem. Ein deutsches Requiem with the Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Daniel Harding at Lincoln Center in New York and the Kimmel In demand as a clinician and guest conductor, his 2010-2011 Center in Philadelphia, as well as performances with Maestro Joe season includes a conducting residency with the Berlin Radio Miller in Princeton, N.J. Symphony Chorus and conducting the Virginia and Kentucky All- State Choruses. He also will appear as headliner for conferences The choir’s 2009-2010 season included performances of Mahler’s presented by the Ohio Music Educators Association, the New Symphony No.3 with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Jersey American Choral Directors Association and the Michigan Alan Gilbert, John Adams’ El Niño with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s School Vocal Musicians Association. Recent seasons have included conducted by the composer, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the a conducting residency at the University of Arizona, a master class Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Sir Roger Norrington, and for undergraduate conducting students at the American Choral Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” with the San Francisco Directors Association (ACDA) Eastern Division conference Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. With Joe Miller and serving as headliner for the New Jersey and Kansas ACDA the ensemble performed Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem with the conferences. Westminster Festival Orchestra and Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil. In her first year as a member of the Westminster Choir College faculty, AMANDA QUIST conducts the Westminster Chapel Choir and Westminster Choir College is a division of Rider University’s teaches Techniques of Conducting and Group Vocal Techniques. Westminster College of the Arts, which has campuses in Princeton She also shares conducting responsibilities for the Westminster and Lawrenceville, N.J. A professional college of music with a unique choral emphasis, Westminster prepares students at the Symphonic Choir with Joe Miller. Her 2010-2011performances undergraduate and graduate levels for careers in teaching, sacred season includes three performances with the Westminster Chapel music and performance. Choir in Princeton, hosting the Westminster Invitational High School Chamber Choir Festival and conducting the Westminster Founded in 1949, the WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR takes Symphonic Choir in a concert entitled “Cathedral Classics.” its name from Westminster’s rich history of leadership in the field of sacred music. The ensemble has evolved over the years, and today Additionally, she is a member of the faculty of the Westminster its repertoire includes both sacred and secular works. Composed of Chamber Choir/Festival Chorus program, which is held in students in their first year of study at Westminster Choir College, Princeton each summer. Dr. Quist earned her Doctor of Musical this ensemble is a defining choral experience that remains with Arts in Choral Conducting from the University of North Texas. Westminster alumni throughout their lives. She received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in The ensemble’s 2010-2011 season includes performances in Music Education and Choral Conducting, summa cum laude, Princeton, including the annual An Evening of Readings and from Western Michigan University. She has received numerous Carols in the Princeton University Chapel, and collaborations with awards as a teacher and conductor, including the prestigious regional high school choirs during the winter. Recent seasons have James Mulholland National Choral Fellowship, the Texas Choral included performances of Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Greater Directors Association Professional Scholarship and the Audrey Princeton Youth Orchestra and Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms with Davidson Early Music Award. Dr. Quist was a national finalist in the Westminster Conservatory Youth Chorale, as well as concerts the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conducting in Newtown, Pa. and Wilton, Conn. In addition to on-campus competition, and her choir was selected by ACDA to be the performances throughout the year, the Westminster Chapel Choir demonstration ensemble for a master class with Simon Carrington. has toured extensively along the eastern United States with great success. Prior to pursuing her graduate degrees, Dr. Quist taught in the Michigan public and private school systems and directed a children’s The Westminster Chapel Choir has also performed with many chorus with the North American Choral Company. Before joining symphony orchestras, including the Trenton Symphony Orchestra the faculty of Westminster Choir College, she was director of (N.J.), the York Symphony (Pa.) and the Queens Symphony (N.Y.). choral activities at San José State University. Dr. Quist has also At the request of Leopold Stokowski, the ensemble premiered held positions on the faculties of Western Michigan University, Universal Prayer by Polish composer Adrezej Panufnik. It was heard Michigan State University and the University of North Texas. An by millions when it sang for the annual televised Christmas Tree active adjudicator and clinician, she will conduct the Nassau All Lighting Ceremony at Rockefeller Center. Previous performances County and Bucks County Choral Festivals this spring, as well as have also included participation in Princeton University’s “Opera present for Westminster Saturday Seminars throughout the year. and Society” Conference, where it was the featured chorus for the conference and a chapel service honoring the centennial of world- renowned organist and teacher Alexander McCurdy, Jr. h The ensemble has also been honored to give several world premiere Composed of students at Westminster Choir College of Rider performances of works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Lewis University, the WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR has Spratlan, Stefan Young, Ronald Hemmel and Philip Orr. recorded and performed with major orchestras under virtually every internationally known conductor of the last 75 years. Recognized -13- WESTMINSTER SCHOLA CANTORUM is one of three Jackson Hill, Roger Ames, Blake Henson, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, curricular choirs that form the core of the Westminster experience. Meruyn Hughes and Gerald Custer. The choir has premiered two Composed of students in their second year of study at Westminster major works by British Composer James Whitbourn. In 2007 it Choir College, the choir prepares students for the Westminster performed the world premiere of the chamber version of Annelies: Symphonic Choir, which performs and records with the world’s The Anne Frank Oratorio. In 2008 it shared in a commission of great orchestras. Unique to the experience of Schola Cantorum is Luminosity, which was premiered in The Philadelphia Cathedral with the internationally renowned Archedream Blacklight Dance the performance and study of a major choral work. Previous seasons Theater. The work for triple choir, dancers, viola solo, organ and have included performances of Benjamin Britten’s St. Nicolas tanpura is receiving wide international attention through recent Cantata, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Maurice recordings and programs on National Public Radio. Duruflé’s Requiem. The ensemble’s 2010-2011 season includes a spring concert tour and performances at its home in Princeton. During the 2009-2010 performance season, the choir performed Mozart’s Requiem with an orchestra composed of students from The Setting the standard for choral excellence for 90 years, the Curtis Institute conducted by Daniel Stewart. Earlier this season WESTMINSTER CHOIR is composed of students at Westminster the choir premiered Whitbourn’s Requiem Canticorum and the Choir College, a division of Rider University’s Westminster College women of the ensemble performed Debussy’s Nocturnes with The of the Arts, in Princeton, N.J. It has been the chorus-in-residence for Princeton Symphony Orchestra. The choir will make its debut at the Spoleto Festival USA since 1977, performing both in concert Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in March 2011. and as the opera chorus. In its short existence, the choir has assembled an impressive The ensemble’s 2010-2011 season includes a concert tour of Florida, recorded discography. It has recorded more than 40 choral performances at its home in Princeton, a broadcast of Westminster’s masterworks on the Teaching Music through Performance CDs that annual An Evening of Readings and Carols holiday concert and its are used by conductors throughout the country. It can be heard annual residency at the Spoleto Festival USA. on a CD released in 2010 - Angels in the Architecture: The Voices of Anam Cara on the GIA ChoralWorks label. The choir can also Its second recording with Maestro Miller, Noël, was released in be seen and heard on the DVD The Empowered Choral Rehearsal: September. A collection of French Christmas music and sacred Choral Masterclasses with Simon Carrington. Members in the choir works, the recording also features Westminster alumna Jennifer are selected by audition from sophomore through graduate-level Larmore, the most recorded mezzo-soprano of our era, and organist students. Ken Cowan, a member of Westminster’s faculty. The recording is also the centerpiece of the PRI Radio broadcast No‘l – A Christmas from Paris, hosted by Bill McGlaughlin. The 14-member WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR is composed of undergraduate and graduate students of Westminster The choir’s debut recording with Maestro Miller, Flower of Beauty, Choir College. Its director is Kathleen Ebling Shaw. This year received four stars from Choir and Organ magazine and earned celebrates the 33rd year of the handbell curriculum at Westminster critical praise from American Record Guide, which described the Choir College, which was the first institution in the world to Westminster Choir as “the gold standard for academic choirs in America.” develop such a program.

Praised by The New York Times for its “full-bodied, incisive singing,” Hailed for its virtuosity, the Westminster Concert Bell Choir uses the Westminster Choir also forms the core of the Westminster the largest range of handbells in the world – 8 octaves, from C1 Symphonic Choir, which has performed and recorded with the to C9. Many of the bells are made of bronze and range in weight leading conductors and orchestras of our time. The Symphonic from four ounces to 11 pounds; the Choir also uses the large “Basso Choir’s 2010-2011 performances include Brahms’ Ein deutsches Profundo” aluminum-cast bells that are a new phenomenon in Requiem with the Dresden Staatskapelle and Beethoven’s Symphony handbell ringing. The Choir supplements their handbell set with No. 9 with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and with the KBS a six-octave set of Malmark Choirchime¨ instruments from C2 to Symphony Orchestra, which was recorded at the United Nations C8 – the widest range in existence. for broadcast in Korea.

Since its founding in 2003 by conductor James Jordan, the The Westminster Concert Bell Choir has appeared on Public WESTMINSTER WILLIAMSON VOICES has quickly established Television’s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and several holiday broadcasts itself as a voice of composers of our time, earning acclaim for its of the TODAY show, including one in which the ensemble was creative programming and collaborations with other art forms, joined by NBC television personalities Katie Couric and Willard creating new and innovative uses of the choral instrument. Most Scott. Its holiday performances have been heard annually on notable was the 2004 performance at The Philadelphia Cathedral National Public Radio’s Performance Today, and it is included on of Eric Whitacre’s Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine with the NPR’s Christmas Around The Country II recording. The choir has renowned Spiral Q Puppet Theater and the 2007 premiere of James performed at Carnegie Hall twice during the Christmas season. Whitbourn’s Luminosity with The Archedream Blacklight Theater Most recently, the choir was featured on New Jersey Network’s State Company. Grammophone magazine has described the choir as an Of The Arts program. ensemble of “intimate and forceful choral artistry” whose sound is “controlled and silken in sustained phrases and vibrantly sonorous in extroverted material….” In December 2002 the ensemble joined Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The choir has premiered more than 30 choral works and early for a critically acclaimed 15-city tour entitled “A Royal Christmas.” performances and North American premieres by noted composers The Choir has made eight recordings: The Pealing Bells, Westminster

-14- Concert Bell Choir, Christmas Bells, Westminster Rings!, Praise and City Ballet orchestra, and a host of appearances as orchestral and Adoration, Christmas at Westminster, The Westminster Concert Bell chamber musicians in the metropolitan area. SOLID BRASS has Choir, By Request and A Time To Dance. recorded on the Musical Heritage Society label, Dorian Recordings, Joseph Grado Signature Recordings and Craig Dory Recordings; and Founded in 1982, SOLID BRASS is recognized by audiences and has appeared on NJN (PBS) TV’s “The State of the Arts”. Musical critics alike as one of the premier brass groups in the country. arrangements are being published in the SOLID BRASS SERIES of The members of the ensemble are some of the New York area’s Trigram Music Inc., Century City, California. SOLID BRASS has finest musicians who have performed at Lincoln Center with the been a recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera orchestras, NY Arts and performed in Mexico and two tours of Canada.

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Trumpet: French horn: Tuba: Douglas Haislip, Managing Director Janet Lantz Kyle Turner Chuck Bumcrot Frank Donaruma Chris Jaudes Percussion: Jason Bitonti Trombone: Adrienne Ostrander Carl Della Peruti Phyllis Bitow Hans Muhler Don Hayward

This program is 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.

-15- Personnel rosters for all ensembles are accurate as of December 1, 2010. h

Westminster Symphonic Choir

Soprano Jewel Aagaard Alfred, NY Mariel Elmera East Orange, NJ Alison Melcher Delmar, NY Kerilyn Acer Old Bridge, NJ Gillian Eshleman Salt Lake City, UT Shannon Murphy Brooklyn, NY Tracy Acevedo Commack, NY Miranda Fessler Champaign, IL Victoria Neil Phoenix, AZ Shannon Aloise Phillipsburg, NJ Anna Friars West Deptford, NJ Christine Nelson Kenilworth, NJ Michelle Barker Wilmington, DE Angela Gan Billerica, MA Sara Noble Rochester, NY Liza Calisesi Fort Dodge, IA Eileen Gerardino Columbia, NJ Emily Palmer Baltimore, MD Jenne Carey Toronto, ON Darla Good Highland,NY Nicole Payne Whippany, NJ Silky Marsharika Carter Newark, NJ Hannah Guerra Germantown, MD Lindsay Reigel Ashburn, VA Candice Choi San Francisco, CA Kristin Hagan Carrollton, GA Rachel Resignato South Amboy, NJ Clarisse Colao Libertyville, IL Celeste Hanlon Brick, NJ Lauren Rowland Riverhead, NY Alexa Cottrell Briarcliff Manor, NY Rosalind Harvey Downingtown, PA Danyel Shiflet Lake Ariel, PA Stephanie Council Ponca City, OK Maureen Hontanosas Franklin Park, NJ Dorothy Shrader Alva, OK Jessica Cox Richmond, VA Heather Hussey Sewell, NJ Lauren Snyder West Montrose, ON, Bridget Curran Spokane, WA Heather Jones Charleston, SC Canada Laura DellaFera Ashford, CT Audrey Kline Royal Oak, MI Kathryn Stewart Fresno, CA Michelle Di Bona Fort Lee, NJ Sarah Leidereiter Hamburg, Germany Elizabeth Stuk Marietta, GA Cristina DiMuro Trumbull,CT Elizabeth Levinson Farmingville, NY Chantelle Vienneau Lisbon, NH Lisa Diver Baltimore, MD Lauren Liddicoat Kelowna, BC Jamie Dorrance Mt. Airy, MD Aubrey Maks Yardley, PA

Alto Amanda Abdill South Orange, NJ Erin GreenfieldGig Harbor, WA Caesfianae OhSeoul, South Korea Natalie Barney Kirkland, WA JinKyoung Ha Gimcheon, South Korea Sierra Oh Honolulu, HI Erika Beckwith-Bourque Woodstock, CT Guisella Houlahan Boston, MA Cyenny Pesik East Brunswick, NJ Sarah Bolluyt Easton, PA Michela Imbesi Marlton, NJ Cara Peterson Seattle, WA Thomas Buckley Stratford, CT Lauren Jurgrau Atlantic Beach, NY Rebekah Poklemba Monroeville, PA Christine Callahan Oaklyn, NJ Lauren Kenworthy Kingwood, NJ Laura Racht Clifton Park, NY Danielle Callahan Chandler, AZ Soyoung Kim Plainsboro,NJ Emma Rhine Glenview, IL Eva Casey Syracuse, NY Meaghan King Brandon, FL Melissa Richardson Belleville, WI Esther D. Chen Edison, NJ Kristen Kozub Warminster, PA Kendra Rios Philadelphia, PA Nicole Cochran Pittsburgh, PA Amanda Larkin Mt. Laurel, NJ Laine Schubert Zionsville, PA Sara Elmer Manasquan, NJ Kimberly LeDone Armonk, NY Samantha Scully Ringwood, NJ Lauren Exley Royersford, PA Zerrin Agabigum Martin Fenton, MI Jonathan Stecker Buffalo, NY Melissa Fajardo East Hanover, NJ Rachel Martin Delanco, NJ Arcia Stokes Newark, NJ Alice Falcone Aquebogue, NY Sarah Moerman Ridgetown, ON, Canada Ruth Tarectecan Lauren Frey Pittsburgh, PA Brittany Montoro Roanoke, VA Nerissa Thompson Newport News, VA Amanda Gillin Massapequa Park, NY Tylzia Moore Elizabeth, NJ Anna Trettin Pottstown, PA Rachel Gluzband Albertson, NY Meredyth Morrison Hershey, PA Elizabeth Wojtowicz Lancaster, NY Sarah Gooding Pittsburg, TX Meghan Murray Burlington, MA Di Zhao Dryden, NY

-16- Tenor Luis Alvira Brentwood, NY Eric Johnson Kalamazoo, MI Philip Rice Coldwater, MI Ryan M. Cassel Pitman, NJ Matthew Kennedy Malaga, NJ Matthew Robertson Washington, DC Vincent DiPeri West Milford, NJ Daniel Kerr Staten Island, NY Craig Sanphy Concord, NH Justin Drach National Park, NJ Cheong Kim Princeton, NJ Anthony Serrao Rutherford, NJ Kenneth Ellerbee Newark, NJ Matt Kiple Florence, NJ Jared Slaymaker Gilbertsville, PA Nicholas Garcia Covington, VA Brian Krajcik Toms River, NJ Kale Thompson Howard, PA Daniel Garrick Northport, NY Edward Landin Lancaster, PA Dawan Turner Trenton, NJ Alex Glover St. Louis, MO Hyun Seop Lee Ridgefield, NJ Ricardo Valle Santa Ana, CA Derrick Goff Charlotte, NC Joseph J. McCabe Middletown, NJ Stephen Webb Murrells Inlet, SC Paul Alexander Hughes Santa Cruz, CA Kang Noh Park Seoul, Korea James White Boston, MA Richard Hutton Dyer, IN Alexander Pimentel Miami, FL Elvie Williams Jersey City, NJ

Bass Brett Avery-Lawyer Southampton, PA Daniel Halbstein Freehold, NJ Nicholas May Austin, TX William Barksdale State College, PA Joshua Hemmings Amityville, NY Zebulun McLellan Tinmouth, VT Anthony Baron White Lake, MI James Hopkins New York, NY Karol Nowicki Warsaw, Poland Kevin Bertin Brooklyn, NY Christopher Jackson Stillwater, OK Andrew Paulson Great Falls, VA Alexander Clark Riverview, NB Canada Ryan John Newark, DE Robert Pegg Morrisville, PA Gregory Corliss Clifton Park, NY Ben Kaplan Princeton, NJ Frank Pisaturo West Greenwich, RI Thomas Cunningham Cincinnati, OH Chad Keilman Milan, MI Sean Price Metuchen, NJ Stephen Daniel Freeport,NY Robert Kelly Danby, VT Scott Purcell Westville, NJ Giancarlo A. D’Elia Dumont, NJ Steve Kim San Francisco, CA Andrew Skitko, III Pottstown, PA Daniel Elder Athens, GA Daehan Kim Seoul, Korea Louis Spinelli Midland Park, NJ Glendon Emmons Marietta Ga T. Quinn Kimball Warwick, NY Daniel Stipe Tulsa, OK Jacob Ezzo East Syracuse, NY Jacob Kinderman Olympia, WA Robert E. Stubbs, Jr. Gaithersburg, MD David Fitzgerald Jr. Baltimore, MD Jeffrey King Plainfield, NJ Ben Sutley Boyertown, PA Lee Flatt Nashville, TN Alex Krenz Glen Mills, PA William Vallandigham Carthage, NY John J. Floyd II Logan Township, NJ Zachary Krieger Reese, MI Asa Vaughn Orange, NJ Michael Fuchs Watertown, SD Jonathan Palmer Lakeland Trumbull, CT Cameron Wentz Hanover, PA William Gotmer Rochester, MN Tim Lewicki Bristow, VA Brian Williams Robbinsville, NJ

Christopher Jackson, graduate assistant conductor Kieun (Steve) Kim, graduate assistant conductor

Westminster Choir

Soprano Justine Claire Aronson, Bloomfield, MI Alexa Cottrell, Briarcliff Manor, NY Audrey Kline, Royal Oak, MI Alexandra Batsios, Granite City, IL Lisa Diver, Baltimore, MD Shari Perman, Malibu, CA Lillian Bouchey, Leawood, KS Anna Friars, West Deptford, NJ Clarisse Colao, Chicago, IL Hannah Guerra, Germantown, MD

Alto Amanda L. Abdill, South Orange, NJ Carolyne DalMonte, Exton, PA Lindsay Pope, Westwood, MA Thomas C. Buckley, Stratford, CT Zerrin Martin, Fenton, MI Nerissa Thompson, Newport News, VA Danielle Callahan, Chandler, AZ Meredyth Morrison, Hershey, PA Stephanie Council, Ponca City, OK Rebekah Poklemba, Monroeville, PA

Tenor Daniel Garrick, Statesboro, GA Eric Johnson, Kalamazoo, MI Ricardo Valle, Santa Ana, CA Alex Glover, St. Louis, MO Brian Krajcik, Toms River, NJ Joshua Wanger, Newport News, VA Derrick Goff, Charlotte, NC Brandon Motz, Grand Junction, CO Johnny Wilson, Hackettstown, NJ Richard Hutton, Dyer, IN Kang-Noh Park, Seoul, Korea

Bass Kevin Bertin, Brooklyn, NY Joshua Hemmings, Amityville, NY Daehan Kim, Seoul, Korea Daniel Elder, Athens, GA Christopher Jackson, Stillwater, OK Steve Kim, San Francisco, CA Lee Flatt, Nashville, TN Marcus Jordan, Grand Rapids, MI Zebulun McLellan, Tinmouth, VT Michael Fuchs, Watertown, SD Chad Keilman, Milan, MI William Vallandigham, Carthage, NY

Michael Fuchs, graduate assistant conductor

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Soprano Dena Marie Andrews, Emerald, PA* Caroline Jansen, Springfield, MO Maggie Montoney, Quakertown, PA Teresa Bonilla, Egg Harbor City, NJ Max Jefferson, Little Falls, NJ Emma Jane Ozman, East Moriches, NY Christina Burgos, Coral Springs, FL Emily K. Johnston, Chapel Hill, NC Brianne Pantalone, Glenville, NY Julia R. Carter, Hampstead, MD Laura Grace Kalis, Morristown, NJ Rachel E. Pantazis, Manchester, NH Heather Corson, Charleston, SC Myungjae Jessica Kim, Seoul, Korea Victoria Scheirer, Reading, PA Holly Curtis, Wilmington, NC Kirsten McKall Kilpatrick, Baldwin, NY Aly Strzalka, Erie, PA Nicole Fragala, East Islip, NY* Jenna Lorusso, Acton, MA Kirin Sugino, Sapporo, Japan* Tamaru Geller, Nutley, NJ Jessica Marcinkowski, Columbus, NJ Ashante Taylorcox, Piscataway, NJ Crystal Glenn, Wappingers Falls, NY Bailey Mattison, Annandale, NJ Serena Venditto, Goshen, NY Kierstyn R. Gunn, Doylestown, PA Maria Gabriella Milazzo, Independence, MO Kate Wood, Eastport, NY

Alto Yoanna Akis, Weirton, WV Moira Gannon, Lafayette Hill, PA Ebony Queen, Hyattsville, MD Rebekah Banks-Plummer, Culpeper, VA Ashley Grant, Point Pleasant, NJ Emily Lynne Revis, Ashland, VA Julia Beckmann, Amityville, NY Travis Hewitt, Salt Lake City, UT* Alexandria Robles, Smithtown, NY Loryn Bono, Jackson, NJ Gillian Hurst, Rockport, MA* Kelsey Rose, Springfield, VA Briana Cangemi, Merrick, NY Sareen Jebejian, Fort Lee, NJ Kelsey Sanborn, Medford, NJ Mary Copeley, Concord, NH* Stephanie Londoño, Park Ridge, IL Elizabeth Sharts, Madison, NJ Cristina Cortes, Massapequa, NY Marissa Malloy, Shamong, NJ Gabrielle Stember-Young, Princeton, NJ Mary DiRoberts, Wethersfield, CT Julia McNamara, Needham, MA Brittany Walsh, West Islip, NY Christine Dorantes, Woodbridge, NJ Jane Meditz, Wethersfield, CT Hazel Eaton, Pittsburgh, PA Caitlin Monteverde, Saratoga, CA

Tenor Jamison Barrett, Collegeville, PA Amon Johnson, Houston, TX Jim Roman, Moorestown, NJ Andrew Cox, Pennsville, NJ Mark Laseter, Chattanooga, TN* Fermin Santiago, Philadelphia, PA Christopher Crosby, Russells Point, OH Gary Margerum, Levittown, PA William Sawyer, Sudbury, MA Christopher Filice, Sunnyvale, CA Edgar Kenneth Mariano, Dumont, NJ* David F. Shirley, Tinton Falls, NJ Bernie Gonzalez, Fort Lauderdale, FL Cortlandt W. Matthews, West Islip, NY Matthew Henry, National Park, NJ William Morrison, East Orange, NJ

Bass Ryan Brown, Rome, ME* Andrew Lusher, Oneida, NY John Shusdock, Washington, CT Justin Carumba, Middletown, NJ Andrew Maggio, Pittstown, NJ Thomas W. Smith, Essex, CT Matt Coules, Elkins Park, PA Joel Michalchuk, Lambertville, NJ Cody Southerland, Cherry Hill, NJ Lucas DeJesus, Philadelphia, PA Raymond Nugent, Red Bank, NJ Michael Spaziani, West Chester, PA Jared Freeman, Woodbridge, NJ Patrick Owens, Vernon, NJ Sergey Tkachenko, Jackson Heights, NY* Chuck Hartung, Collingswood, NJ Joshua Quigley, Swedesboro, NJ Josh Wilson, Bethlehem, PA Roger Kingsland IV, Pittsburgh, PA Brian Sengdala, Orange, CA

*Ensemble in “Hymn to the Virgin”

Lindsay Pope, graduate assistant conductor

Westminster Concert Bell Choir

Joe Alden, Elverson, PA Eileen Gerardino, Columbia, NJ Tim Lewicki, Bristow, VA Matthew Astone, Falmouth, MA Holly Gordon, Mattapoisett, MA Philip Rice, Coldwater, MI Natalie Barney, Kirkland, WA Sareen Jebejian, Fort Lee, NJ Chantelle Vienneau, Lisbon, NH Stephen Daniel, Freeport, NY Kristian C. Kohler, Reading, PA Nicholas Williams, Westfield, NJ Elizabeth Folger, Philadelphia, PA Zachary Krieger, Reese, MI

Lillian Bouchey, graduate assistant

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Soprano Nancy Brandler, Parsippany, NJ Jasmine Jones, Silver Spring, MD Shannon Reed, Tabernacle, NJ Lauren Cho, Flemington, NJ Renata Kapilevich, Cresskill, NJ Chloe Ribeiro, Somerville, NJ Bretta Cline, Prairie Village, KS Hannah King, Charlotte, NC Alyssa Rivera, Floral Park, NY AmberRose Dische, Fullerton, CA Hannah Larson, Fair Lawn, NJ Jocelyn Su, Hsinchu, Taiwan Arielle Egan, Woodstown, NJ Samantha Lax, South Orange, NJ Joy Suslov, Potomac, MD Rachel Faust, Montpelier, VA Rachael Lipson, Havertown, PA Jordan Laurelle Timchal, Pilesgrove, NJ Rachel Flores, Baldwin, NY Brittany McCollum, Elkin, NC Cherisse Williams, Brooklyn, NY Elizabeth Folger, Philadelphia, PA Katerina Nowik, North Plainfield, NJ Cherissia Williams, Brooklyn, NY Rachel Gilbert, Hammond, WI Shari Perman, Malibu, CA Jessica Williams, Yardley, PA Michelle Handy, Blairstown, NJ Taylor Plakoris, West Windsor, NJ

Alto Kathleen Austin, Chesterfield, VA Natasha Gonzalez, North Bergen, NJ Margaret O’Neill, Haddonfield, NJ Kaitlin Borden, Nederland, TX Holly Gordon, Mattapoisett, MA Holly Scovell, Akron, OH Hayley Collins, Traverse City, MI Rebekah Hamilton, Sammamish, WA Jordan Stebich, West Deptford, NJ Lauren Delfing, Columbus, NJ Rebecca Hoare, Churchville, PA Hannah Strong, Pittsburgh, PA Jacquelyn DiMarco, Wallkill, NY Jurae Kim, Howell, NJ Taniya Udugampola, Pine Hill, NJ Katrina Dubbs, Pittsburgh, PA Sarah Mae Lagasca, New York, NY Emily Warunek, Millville, PA Elizabeth Fildes, Las Vegas, NV Maya Mapuana, Honolulu, HI Elizabeth Frasciello, Montvale, NJ Kristian Novelli, Annandale, NJ

Tenor Ian Barr, Downington, PA Juan Carlos Ortiz, The Bronx, NY Orin Strunk, Boyertown, PA John Marcus Bland, Opelika, AL William Roslak, Southhold, NY Joshua Wanger, Newport News, VA Mitchell Burke, Clarks Summit, PA Michael Smith, Royersford, PA Johnny Wilson, Hackettstown, NJ Roger Erickson, East Brunswick Joshua Stell, Elverson, PA Matthew Gutwald, Huntingtown, MD James Stirling, Montreal, QC

Bass/Baritone Matthew Astone, Falmouth, MA Richard Lindsey, El Centro, CA Mark Raimondi, Cranford, NJ Stephen Bythrow, Glenside, PA Nikita Mamedov, St. Petersburg, Russia Steven Sloan, Arlington, VA Corey Everly, Johnstown, PA Ezra Morris, Queens Village, NY Ryan Wilson, Blue Bell, PA Kristian Kohler, Reading, PA Matteo Neri, Pennington, NJ Michael Zubert, Stowe, PA Thomas LaVoy, Marquette, MI Justin Ortiz, Long Branch, NJ

Richard Hutton, graduate assistant conductor Zerrin Martin, graduate assistant conductor

Women of Westminster Williamson Voices

Soprano Michelle Di Bona, Fort Lee, NJ Elizabeth Stuk, Marietta, GA Shannon Aloise, Philllipsburg, NJ Kristin Hagan, Carrollton, GA Jessica Williams, Yardley, PA Misha Barker, Wilmington, DE + Samantha Lax, South Orange, NJ Breta Cline, Praire Village, KS Dorothy Shrader, Alva, OK

Alto Guisella Houlahan, Boston, MA Laine Schubert, Zionsville, PA Lauren Delfing,Columbus, NJ Lauren Kenworthy, Kingwood, NJ Holly Scovell, Akron, OH Elizabeth Frasciello, Montvale, NJ Maya Mapuana, Honolulu, HI Samantha Scully, Ringwood, NJ Kristen Kozub, Warminster, PA Melissa Richardson, Belleville, WI Jonathan Stecker, Buffalo, NY

Melissa Richardson, graduate assistant conductor Mathew Robertson, graduate assistant conductor

-19- F About Westminster F Rider University’s WESTMINSTER COLLEGE OF piano accompanying and coaching. The SCHOOL THE ARTS educates and trains aspiring performers, OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS is located on art­ists, teachers and students with artistic interests to Rider’s Lawrenceville campus. Its programs include arts pursue professional, scholarly and lifelong personal administration, music theater and fine arts with tracks in opportunities in art, dance, music and theater. The dance, music, theater and art. WESTMINSTER CON­ College consists of three divisions: Westminster Choir SERVATORY OF MUSIC is a community music school College, the School of Fine and Performing Arts and that serves the Central New Jersey/Eastern Pennsylva­ Westminster Conserva­tory. WESTMINSTER CHOIR nia area with on-campus and community-based music COLLEGE is a college of music and graduate school instruction as well as community choral, orchestral and located on Rider’s Princeton campus. Renowned theater ensembles. RIDER UNIVERSITY is a private for its tradition of choral excellence, Westminster co-educational, student-centered university that empha­ offers programs in music education; music theory and sizes purposeful connections between academic study composition; sacred music; voice, organ, and piano and education for the professions. performance and pedagogy; choral conducting; and 12

The Westminster Concert Bell Choir is grateful to have on loan the lower eighth and ninth octave bass handbells and the lower seventh octave Choirchime® Instruments from Malmark, Inc. – Bellcraftsmen, Plumsteadville, PA. On the web: www.malmark.com

Transportation for Rider University provided exclusively by Stout’s Transportation Service, Ewing, N.J. On the web: www.stoutscharter.com

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-20- F An Evening of Readings and Carols Patrons F Patron Committee

Robert L. Annis and Ellen Vickers Samuel M. Hamill Pete and Christina Callaway Joe and Lee Herring Giles and Diana Crane James and Deborah Peters Micaela de Lignerolles Grace and Bryce Thompson Dr. E. Bruce DiDonato and Dr. Denise Agness Fred and Barbara Vahlsing Edward and Debbie Gwazda Elizabeth Wislar

Corporate Patron Contributors

Cambridge School Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management Covance Inc. PNC Wealth Management Excavating Materials & Equipment Inc. Staffing Alternatives Incorporated The Lewis School of Princeton West Chemical Products Inc. MainStay Investments

Patron Contributors

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Andela Jonathan D. and Elyse Meer Ellen and Charles Baber Jackie and Cy Meisel Dr. Joseph G. Beck and Sara R. Beck Arthur and Barbara Morgan William and Lisa Bello Dale and Barbara Morrison Brian and Ley Breuel Rich and Lolly O’Brien Graham H. and Sue M. Burton Jacquie and Woody Phares J. Michael Diehl and Roz Ressner Marvin and Ingrid Reed Jim and Kathy Fox Mordechai and Bonnie Rozanski Dr. Susan M. Glazer and Dr. Ernst Heilbrunn William M. and Joan E. Rue Mr. and Mrs. P. Hagan Kate and Alan Ryan Carol and Richard Hanson William and Judith Scheide Marion and Cosmo Iacavazzi Leslie and Evan Shenkler Thomas and Marie Jablonski Murray and Michiko Simon Pamela S. and John F. Kelsey, III Caroline Spoeneman Judy and Bill Klitgaard Caren Sturges Vera and Immanuel Kohn Penny and Mike Townsend Peter and Linda Gayle Lee Vera H. Vacek Neil Ann and Richard Levine Fred and Barbara Vahlsing Marsha Gaynor Lewis Jay and Harriet H. Vawter Christine Lokhammer John B. Visceglia Mrs. William Lyall, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William B. Woodhull Mr. and Mrs. John McCarthy Annmarie Woods John and Ann McGoldrick Peter I. Yi, MD and Alice Y. Yi

*List as of December 3, 2010

-21- F Holidays at Westminster Patrons F Anonymous Jo Anna Agle William E. and Lily M. Brown Anthony M. Celentano ’78, ’80 Harriet R. Chase Frederick and Gael W. Gardner Aaron E. and Ernestine (Mickey) Lazenby ’68 Gast Dr. Robert C. Good Dr. Ronald A. Hemmel ’78 Susan Cadwalader Johnson ’01 Paul Lakeland and Beth Palmer Lois Laverty ’51, ’55 Dave and Kitty Martin Kathy Geyer McNeil ’76, ’80 Carol R. Miller Richard S. ’70 and Helen M. Older Bethel Le Baron Pendleton ’72 Burke Raper ’80 Ryan and Randie Roderick Judith von Hassel ’05 Robert and Dianne Wodarski

The Saturday, December 11th performance will be recorded and broadcast internationally by WWFM The Classical Network on Monday, December 20th at 8 p.m. and Saturday, December 25th at 3 p.m.

To learn more, go to: www.wwfm.org n

Support for this concert has come from the Magdalena Houlroyd Concert Endowment. We at Westminster are grateful to Miss Houlroyd for the establishment of this fund.

-22- Recordings from Westminster The Perfect Holiday Gift!

w! Noël w! A Time to Dance Christmas with the Ne Ne Westminster Choir Westminster Concert Westminster Choir Joe Miller, conductor Bell Choir Westminster Choir Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano Kathleen Ebling Shaw, director Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor Ken Cowan, organ Classic and contemporary works with Traditional holiday favorites with Classic French Christmas music a dance theme organ and brass

Christmas Masterpieces Christmas at Westminster An Evening of and Familiar Carols Westminster Concert Bell Choir Readings & Carols Kathleen Ebling-Thorne, director Westminster Choir Three choirs, organ and brass present New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Arrangements of holiday classics from an inspiring evening of holiday music Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor Silent Night to White Christmas Selections from holiday masterpieces and familiar carols

Available at the box office, atwww.westminsterchoircollege.org or through most download sites

-23- Westminster Firsts A Classical Legacy

1920 1972 2001 Westminster Choir was established by John Finley The Choir began its first summer as the chorus-in- Westminster Choir and the New York Philharmonic, William son at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in residence for the Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Two conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt, performed the world Dayton, Ohio. Worlds) in Spoleto, Italy, at the invitation of Gian Carlo premiere of Stephen Paulus’ Voices of Light, commissioned 1926 Menotti. by Rider University to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of Westminster Choir College. The Westminster Choir School was founded. 1975 Casey at 2002 1928 Westminster Choir premiered William Schuman’s the Bat with the National Symphony Orchestra. To commemorate the events of September 11, 2001, Westminster Choir and the Cincinnati Symphony made Westminster Choir was featured in the PRI national the nation’s first coast-to-coast radio broadcast, aired over 1977 radio broadcast of “In the Shadow of the Towers.” They Station WLW. Westminster Choir became the first chorus-in-residence were joined by President George W. Bush and former at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. in Charleston, S.C., at the 1929 New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Westminster Sym- invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti. Westminster Choir College was established and moved to phonic Choir’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem with the Ithaca College. 1978 New Jersey Symphony was broadcast nationally by PBS. 1932 Westminster Choir established its own recording label, 2004 copyrighted “Westminster Choir,” and released its first Westminster Choir College moved to Princeton, N.J. Westminster Choir premiered Arise My Love by Stephen recording: Six Motets of Johann Sebastian Bach, with guest Paulus, a gift from the composer to celebrate Joseph 1934 conductor Wilhelm Ehmann. Flummerfelt’s extraordinary career. • Westminster’s As the first official American guests of the Soviet 1980 artistic director, Joseph Flummerfelt, was named Musical Union, with whom the United States had just resumed Westminster Choir was the first choir to be featured on the America’s 2004 Conductor of the Year, the first choral diplomatic relations, Westminster Choir made the first “ Live from Lincoln Center” telecast series over National conductor to be so honored. broadcast from Russia to the United States. Public Television. The Choir performed Verdi’s Requiem 2005 1938 with the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta. Westminster Symphonic Choir performed Ravel’s Westminster Choir, with conductor and founder Dr. John 1982 Daphnis et Chloë (complete) for the first time with the Finley Williamson, presented the first U.S. performance of Westminster Choir was part of the 10,000th performance New York Philharmonic, conducted by Lorin Maazel. Joseph Haydn’s Passion (The Seven Last Words). The perfor- of the New York Philharmonic, America’s oldest perma- mance also featured a volunteer orchestra of Princetonians, 2006 nent orchestra. including Albert Einstein in the violin section. • The Westminster Symphonic Choir participated in the New Choir sang at the dedication of the New York World’s Fair. 1988 York Philharmonic’s first performance of Mozart’s Mass Chichester Psalms in C, K. 317 “Coronation,” conducted by Lorin Maazel. 1939 Westminster Choir sang Bernstein’s with the New York Philharmonic under the composer’s • Joe Miller appointed director of choral activities and Westminster Choir sang for the first time with the New direction in a performance at Carnegie Hall celebrating conductor of the Westminster Choir and the Westminster York Philharmonic. Since then, it has set a record for the the 45th anniversary of Bernstein’s conducting debut with Symphonic Choir. number of joint performances—more than 350—by a the orchestra. single choir and orchestra. 2007 1990 Rider University established Westminster College of the 1957 Westminster Symphonic Choir sang in the Leonard Arts.­­•­­Westminster­Williamson­Voices­presented­the­ Westminster Choir completed a five-month, globe- Bernstein memorial concert at the invitation of the North American premiere of James Whitbourn’s Annelies: circling tour under the auspices of the U.S. State Bernstein family. The Anne Frank Oratorio. • Westminster Symphonic Department’s Cultural Exchange Program. The Choir Choir opened the Carnegie Hall season performing 1991 performed in 22 countries, traveled 40,000 miles and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Lucerne Festival appeared before 227,000 people. Westminster Symphonic Choir performed at Carnegie Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson. Hall’s 100th Anniversary Celebration. 1964 2008 1992 Westminster Choir sang on the Telstar World-Wide Westminster Kantorei participated in the world premiere Telecast in the spring for the opening ceremonies of the Westminster Choir College merged with Rider recording of John Magnussen’s Psalm, composed for the New York World’s Fair. This reportedly was the largest ­U n i v e r s i t y . ­­•­­Westminster­Symphonic­Choir­performed­ José Limón dance company. audience ever to see a television show at that time. in “A Tribute to Riccardo Muti” with The Philadelphia 2009 1965 Orchestra and Maestro Muti, a performance televised nationally on the Arts & Entertainment Cable Network. Westminster Choir and Joe Miller released their first For the first time the Choir appeared with three major recording, Flower of Beauty. orchestras in one year: the Berlin Philharmonic, the 1993 American Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, Westminster Sym- 2010 Orchestra. phonic Choir participated in The Philadelphia Orches- Westminster Williamson Voices premiered James Whit- War Requiem. bourn’s Requiem Canticorum, and the Westminster Choir 1966 tra’s first performance of Britten’s premiered Jaakko Mäntyjärvi’s To a Locomotive in Winter. The Choir appeared for the first time in New York’s 1996 Philharmonic Hall singing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis Westminster Choir, conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt, with the New York Philharmonic. traveled on a concert tour of Korea and Taiwan and per- 1971 formed in the Colmar Music Festival in Colmar, France. Westminster Choir performed at the John F. Kennedy 1999 Center for the Performing Arts during the inaugural week Westminster Symphonic Choir performed the world of concerts with the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra under premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra Mar, 7 Preludes for the the direction of Nicholas Harsanyi. The work performed New Millennium with the New York Philharmonic was The Dawn of Glory by Christian Latrobe. conducted by Kurt Masur. -24-