PHOTO BY NATALIE FIOL ANNUAL CAROL CONCERT 2019 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SCHOOL OF MUSIC Sunday, December 8, 2019, at 3pm Foellinger Great Hall ANNUAL CAROL CONCERT 2019 UNIVERSITY CHORUS UI BLACK CHORUS Christopher Mason, conductor Ollie Watts Davis, conductor Charlotte Graham, assistant conductor Ashley M. Davis, assistant conductor Peng Du, accompanist Quandra Clark and Grace Fink, accompanists UI WOMEN’S GLEE CLUB UI CHAMBER SINGERS Andrea Solya, conductor Andrew Megill, conductor Paige Graham, graduate assistant conductor Brendan Barker, graduate assistant conductor Yi-Wen Tsai, accompanist Simon Tiffin and Ty Tuttle, accompanists UI VARSITY MEN’S GLEE CLUB UI GRADUATE BRASS QUINTET Barrington Coleman, conductor Josh Dolney, trumpet Austin Cody, assistant conductor A.J. Peoples. trumpet Simon Tiffin and Cale Wolf, accompanists Anna Marshall, horn Brad Martinez, trombone Austin Cooper, tuba The Annual Carol Concert is produced by the University of Illinois School of Music, Jeffrey Sposato, director. 2 PROGRAM *The audience is invited to join in singing where indicated. Please hold your applause until the end. Prelude: Seasonal Selections UI Graduate Brass Quintet O magnum mysterium Francis Poulenc UI Chamber Singers; Brendan Barker, conductor The House of Winter George Mackay Brown Read by Megan Eagen-Jones, lecturer in musicology Videntes stellam Magi Cesar Alejandro Carillo UI Women’s Glee Club; Paige Graham, conductor *O Come, All Ye Faithful arr. Sir David Willcocks Andrew Megill, conductor 1. O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant! 3. Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above! Come and behold him, born the King of Angels: Glory to God, glory in the highest: O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord! O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord! 2. God of God, Light of Light, 4. Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy Lo, he abhors not the Virgin’s womb; morning; Very God, Begotten, not created: Jesu, to thee be all glory giv’n! O come, let us adore Him, 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! O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord! Canticle III from Three Sacred Pieces David Conte UI Varsity Men’s Glee Club; Barrington Coleman, conductor For Unto Us a Child is Born from George Frideric Handel Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration (arr. Gary Hines) UI Black Chorus; Ollie Watts Davis, conductor 3 *Hark, the Herald Angels Sing arr. Sir David Willcocks Sinhaeng Lee, conductor 1. Hark! The herald Hark! The herald Hail the incarnate Risen with healing in angels sing, angels sing, Deity, His wings. ”Glory to the newborn ”Glory to the newborn Pleased as man with Mild He lays His glory king; king” man to dwell, by, Peace on earth and Jesus, our Emmanuel, Born that man no more mercy mild, 2. Christ, by highest Hark! The herald may die, God and sinners heaven adored, angels sing, Born to raise the sons reconciled.” Christ, the everlasting ”Glory to the newborn of earth, Joyful all ye nations Lord, King.” Born to give them rise, Late in time behold second birth. Join the triumph of the Him come, 3. Hail the Heaven- Hark! The herald skies, Offspring of a Virgin’s born Prince of Peace! angels sing, With the angelic host womb: Hail the Son of ”Glory to the newborn proclaim, Veiled in flesh the Righteousness! king.” ”Christ is born in Godhead see, Light and life to all He Bethlehem.” brings, Sussex Carol arr. David Willcocks University Chorus; Christopher Mason, conductor Laudate pueri Felix Mendelssohn UI Women’s Glee Club; Andrea Solya, conductor Shoveling Snow with Buddha Billy Collins Read by Jeffrey Sposato, professor and director of the School of Music Hodie Christus natus est Giovanni Pierluigi UI Varsity Men’s Glee Club; Austin Cody, conductor da Palestrina Sir Christèmas William Mathias University Chorus; Christopher Mason, conductor 4 *The First Nowell arr. Robert T. Gibson Kirsten Hedegaard, conductor arr. Sir David Willcocks 1. The first Nowell the Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, And so it continued That hath made heaven angel did say, Nowell, born is the King both day and night. and earth of nought, Was to certain poor of Israel. Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, And with his blood shepherds in fields as 2. They looked up and Nowell, born is the King mankind hath bought. they lay; saw a star, of Israel. Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, In fields where they, lay Shining in the east 3. Then let us all with Nowell, born is the King keeping their sheep, beyond them far, one accord, of Israel. On a cold winter’s night And to the earth it gave Sing praises to our that was so deep. great light, heavenly Lord; Ding Dong! Merrily on High arr. Andrew Megill UI Chamber Singers; Andrew Megill, conductor Somebody Talkin’ ‘Bout Jesus arr. Stacey V. Gibbs UI Black Chorus; Ollie Watts Davis, conductor Now the Work of Christmas Begins Howard Thurman Read by Charlotte Graham, senior choral music education student And He Shall Purify from Handel‘s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration George Frideric Handel Combined Choirs and UI Jazz Vocal Ensemble with (arr. Mervyn Warren and Barrington Coleman, conductor; Melinda Rodriguez, vocal soloist; Michael O. Jackson) Jesus Fuentes, piano; Mitchell Maftean, bass; Nikola Dokic, drums; Eric Devey, trumpet; Reginald Lewis, tenor sax; Jeremiah St. John, trombone; Eduardo Quiroga, trombone *Joy to the World (Postlude) arr. Richard Webster Barrington Coleman, conductor 1. Joy to the world! The Lord is come, 3. He rules the world with truth and grace, Let earth receive her King! And makes the nations prove, Let every heart prepare Him room, The glories of His righteousness, And heaven and nature sing, And wonders of His love, And heaven and nature sing, And wonders of His love, And heaven, and heaven and nature sing. And wonders and wonders of His love! 2. Joy to the world! the Savior reigns, Let men their songs employ. While fields and floods, Rocks, hills and plains, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat the sounding joy! 5 UNIVERSITY CHORUS Christopher Mason, conductor Charlotte Graham, assistant conductor Peng Du, accompanist SOPRANO TENOR Lucy Economos Ethan Fazio Therese Egner Michael Holstein Isabella Feret Jacob Leicht Charlotte Graham Gautam Prabhu Emma Holzhauer Hamson Shen Catherine Hsu Rajvi Javeri BASS Sarah Jin Adam Brinati Erin Kravchick Kyle Heimburger Hemani Nagam Owen Henderson Susie Nash Luke Janikowski Madeline Noga Nicholas Liese Harriet Wang Chandler MacSwain Luke Robert ALTO Mark Stanek Josie Alameda Landon Turvey Natalie Cochran Olivia Harrington Astha Jain Helen Jiang Saffron Krause Savannah Limberg Gabbi Ludwig Lizzie MacDonald Diana Moran Cindy Wang Amanda Wang Hanling Hedy Yang Yuchen Zeng Jingqi Zhu 6 UI WOMEN’S GLEE CLUB Andrea Solya, conductor Paige Graham, graduate assistant conductor Yi-Wen Tsai, accompanist SOPRANO I Elisabeth Meyer ALTO II Neha Adkoli Kathryn Mitchell Sophia Belvedere Lisa Buhelos Maya O’Neill Julia Curry Paige Calvert Norhan Osman Emily Dao Mary Currie Ruby Phebus Maddy Gilmore Elizabeth De Sae Silva Logan Piker Odilia Got Cait Egan Anna Roberts Allison Hefner Beth Fineberg Niki Sodetz Lindsey Lebeda Kiki Frost Rachel Spencer Rikke Lund Christina Ginocchio Molly Thornberry Amanda Maher Crystal Hall Haley Wilson Emma Mize Nicole Kaminski Anabel Nosek Natalia Lastowiecka ALTO I Maddie Omalley Emily Lee Eleena Ahmed Daina Polikaitis Anna Lowery Audrey Ashburn Nicole Rodriguez Kennedy Ortmeier Alyssa Debock Hannah Still Kaitlin Popovich Sarah Durbin Maya Thomas Marie-Therese Romanos Charlotte Graham Tiffany Tzeng Kathryn Swanson Zoe Hannon Cher Wang Madelyn Wagner Sarah High Julia Welle Maggie Ward Tessa Irish-Minewiser Brigid Young Emma Larson Elizabeth Zarley SOPRANO II Jamilyn Martin Eghosa Atoe Stephanie McFann Anna Benoit Sophie Michael Erin Callaghan Emily Naud Lauren Dubravec Rowan Ownby Amanda Duran Steph Petrov Isabel Gleason Catherine Tarpey Sydney Hoel Alyssa Weir Angela Klingelhoffer Mackenzie Wells Alana Korzonas Meghan Wommack Erin Shea Lee Coley Zralka 7 UI VARSITY MEN’S GLEE CLUB Barrington Coleman, conductor Austin Cody, assistant conductor Simon Tiffin and Cale Wolf, accompanists TENOR I BASS I Anton Escano Aaron Mejorada Connor Pils Adrian Herath Dylan Wolf Alejandro Partida Ebad Rana Ally Merrett Emmett Etchingham David Johnson Jake Daniel Patterson Evan Dawson Johnny Adams Haolin Luo Michael Matos Jacob Kraft Noah Hanselman Nathan Waterson Richard He Sai Komaragiri Toby Antonsen Wesley Litten Will Foster Arinze Okammor Jarod Fox TENOR II Jonathan Cortez Aaron Wang Adam Barrera BASS II Andrew Failma Abe Han Doran Cotter Brian Pils Isaac Wisthuff Cale Wolf Jacob Singer Justin Roskamp Joe Grudt Liam Flynn Jonathan Hoelzel Michael Olszowka Matt Yaniz Nate Madell Nicolas Roman-Ahlgrim Omari Moss Simon Tiffin Tristan Antonsen Kevin Kato Matt Petersen Benjamin Mathew 8 UI BLACK CHORUS Ollie Watts Davis, conductor Ashley M. Davis, assistant conductor Quandra Clark and Grace Fink, accompanists Brianna Tyler, graduate teaching assistant SOPRANO ALTO TENOR Alexis Berry Sophie Abdella Sheldon Adams Sarah Birchenough Olayemi Adebayo Jerry Baffour Amber Bond Diamond Arrington Rithik Booreddy Rebecca Bora Keziah Buabeng Marcus Hill Jessica Buford Sharon Cheong Jake Julian Gabrielle Dagher Quandra Clark Christian McKinney Ciobhan Dunn Katelyn Clemons Joseph Moorehouse Brenna Faber J'ny Cockrell Barrett Patton Anita Gomez Geraldine Dagher Reginald Payne II Antania Green Ashley Davis Elizabeth Hamlin Charity Davis BARITONE/ BASS Jasmine Henderson Sara Doemler Amir Abu Ghazaleh Doris King Shelby Dorsey Joshua Hackel Allysia Miller Jasmine M. Erving Nate Luster Leah President Nakya Ferrell Zachary Mesplay Alora Rent Grace Fink Ryan Sadowski Jamie Sergay Madison Gardner R.J.