presents VOCAL COLORS · early pop music, Hoagy Carmichael was an Indiana-born composer, per-former, and bandleader. Most recognized by the industry during the Tin Pan Alley days

Friday Evening, May 25, 2018, at 7:00Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage

Celebrating DCINY’s 10th Anniversary Season!

Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General DirectorJonathan Griffith, Co-Founder and Artistic Director

presents

VOCAL COLORS

J. REESE NORRIS, Composer/ConductorDISTINGUISHED CONCERTS SINGERS INTERNATIONAL

JENNIFER RUSHTON, Accompanist

LISA YOUNG thulele mama ya

Traditional Venezuelan La Paloma Folk Song arr. Cristian Grases

JACOB NARVERUD Sisi ni moja

HOAGY CARMICHAEL Georgia on My Mind arr. Ken Berg

J. REESE NORRIS Endless Song

Paper Crane

We Sing of Love

Ukuthula

This Is Your Time

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ERIC BARNUM, Composer/ConductorDISTINGUISHED CONCERTS SINGERS INTERNATIONAL

KRISTEN KEMP, Accompanist

ERIC BARNUM Afternoon on a Hill

A Thousand Red Birds 1. Grounding 2. In the Silence NATHAN KRUEGER, Soloist

3. A Thousand Red Birds

Evensong

Ed. Eric Barnum Den blomstertid nu kommer

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MARINA ALEXANDER, ConductorTHE ARCADIAN CHORALE AND RICHMOND CHORAL SOCIETY

AHRAM LEE, Accompanist

KIM ANDRÉ ARNESEN Norwegian Alleluia (World Premiere Orchestration)

OTTO OLSSON Te Deum

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Notes ON THE PROGRAM

Lisa Young is a renowned Australiancontemporary composer whose worksare known worldwide. Young is alsothe founder of Coco’s Lunch, an all-female vocal quartet that has touredto sold-out houses around the planet.She is an expert in the craft of vocaltechniques and vocal percussion basedin the languages and dialects of South

India and Africa. In this evening’sperformance of the award-winning“thulele mama ya” or “don’t worry,Mama,” you will hear her expertiseat work in Zulu, the native languageof South Africa, Zimbabwe, andMozambique.

—J. Reese Norris

LISA YOUNG thulele mama ya (b. 1959) (3 Minutes)

“La Paloma” (“The Dove”) is an exam-ple of a “drum gaita” (gaita de tambura),a type of folk music from Zulia state inthe western part of Venezuela whichcombines elements of Iberian, African,and Indigenous music. Typically theyinclude a fixed refrain which gives thename of the song, and are usually sungin a call and response style, with achorus alternating verses with asoloist. They are also usually accom-panied by two drums, large and small,maracas, and cuatro (a four-stringedguitar, Venezuela’s national instru-ment) and become more popular dur-ing the Christmas celebrations.

While the origins of the many gaitaforms have not been precisely established,they are thought to have derived fromchants introduced by Catholic mission-aries. Initially of primarily religious char-acter, and used in particular to celebratethe cult of Santa Lucia and later, Easter,more recently gaita has become a meansof social protest and criticism. To this day,the gaita remains a vibrant, unique musi-cal form much esteemed in Venezuela.

This arrangement was originally writ-ten for the Cantoria Juvenil de laSchola Cantorum de Caracas, a youthchorus in Venezuela.

—Walton Music

La Paloma, Traditional Venezuelan Folk Songarr. Cristian Grases(b. 1973)(3 Minutes)


Once deemed the “most talented,inventive, sophisticated, and jazz-oriented of all the great craftsmen” ofearly pop music, Hoagy Carmichaelwas an Indiana-born composer, per -former, and bandleader. Most recognizedby the industry during the Tin PanAlley days of the 1930s, Carmichaelwas one of the first singer-songwritersto delve into the electronic world of

television, microphones, and studiorecording. Written in 1930, “Georgiaon My Mind” is now recognized as theofficial song of the state of Georgia.The tune came to popularity in 1960when recorded by the one and onlyRay Charles.

—J. Reese NorrisEd. Dresden

HOAGY CARMICHAEL Georgia on My Mind(1899-1981)arr. Ken Berg (b. 1955)(3 Minutes)

After the tragic events of 9/11, we allwere at a loss for what to do. JessicaCantreras, the Commissioning Conductorof the Lewisburg High School CapricioWomen’s Choir, shared her story with me:

“I was in college on September 11,2001. Following the tragedy, no onereally knew what to do. We went toband rehearsal, and we were sent away,the director saying he ‘couldn’t makethe music make sense.’ When we went

to choral rehearsal the next day, thedirector walked in and without a wordheld up a copy of a song we had beenworking on called ‘How Can I KeepFrom Singing.’ We sang it together, andthen she simply set it back on the piano,nodded, and said, ‘Let’s rehearse.’ Italways stuck with me... music is howwe make sense of tragedy.”

—Jessica Cantreras, Commissioning Conductor

J. REESE NORRIS Endless Song (b. 1973)(3 Minutes)

We all love. We all hate. We all want. Weall need. We all feel pain. In JacobNarverud’s “Sisi ni moja,” we celebratethe idea that we are all much more alikethan we are different. Set to a Zulu textmeaning “we are one,” Narverud takesus on a subtly rhythmic journey of cele-brating that no matter how diverse weare, how different we may be from the

people in this hall tonight, we can allcome together to celebrate togetherness,as opposed to divisiveness. Narverud hasrecently accepted positions as director ofthe Molloy College Chamber Singers andwill be teaching conducting in the fall.


JACOB NARVERUD Sisi ni moja(b. 1986)(4 Minutes)


Sadako Sasaki was born in Hiroshima,Japan, during the throws of WWII.When the bomb detonated nearby, shebecame secretly ill with radiation sick-ness. When she finally became hospital-bound, she learned of the custom of theorigami paper crane. The tradition wasthat if you fold 1,000 paper cranes thata wish would be granted to you.Disregarding her personal situation andcertain fate, her only wish was for peacein the world. She died at the age of 12,after folding more than 1,400 paper

cranes from pill bottle labels, candywrappers, and paper scrounged fromother patients’ get-well presents. Herselfless desire created a legacy that con-tinues today. She is memorialized in theHiroshima Peace Park, thanks to thefunding efforts of her former classmates.The engraving on the statue reads: “Thisis our cry. This is our prayer. Peace forthe world.” “Paper Crane” tells thestory of this powerful young teen.

—J. Reese Norris

J. REESE NORRIS Paper Crane (Heiwa)(3 Minutes)

Originally written as a gift to my wifefor our wedding day in 2005, tonight’sperformance of “We Sing of Love” is areimagined choral setting of that piecefor women’s voices. While occasionallyquoting the text of the “Song ofSolomon,” the music is a dramatic and

passionate exploration—and at timesexploitation—of the power, glory, andstrength that love can have on thehuman heart. This one is for Joelle.


J. REESE NORRIS We Sing of Love(5 Minutes)

In 2016 the children’s chorus that my wifeand I co-founded, CoroRio, hosted theNairobi Chamber Chorus from Kenya.They were truly inspirational both in spritand in their message of peace that theyinfused into us. They ended the concertthat night with a piece titled “Ukuthula,”

Swahili for “peace,” that left us full oflove and joy—and left most of us in tears.It goes without saying that we wereinspired and motivated to join their cause.


J. REESE NORRIS Ukuthula(3 Minutes)

As prime minister of Great Britainand Spr. Com. of the Allied Forces,Sir Winston Churchill set his sightson challenging, engaging, and in -spiring the minds of young people as

a social reformer and writer duringthe trying times of World War II. HisNobel Prize earning text is just asrelevant today as it was 75 years ago.“You are needed now more than ever

J. REESE NORRIS This Is Your Time(3 Minutes)


Ridgely Torrence’s evocative poem ofbeauty, hope, and transformation is setwith vivid colors, rich textures, andlong, expansive musical lines. The con-clusion of beauty’s call is to rise fromslumber and keep the light. It is a call to

see beauty, to serve others, and experiencedeep joy. “Den blomstertid nu kommer”is an extension of “Evensong” unitingboth works.

—Eric Barnum

ERIC BARNUM Evensong and Den blomstertid nu kommer (6 Minutes) and (2 Minutes)

Set to Edna St. Vincent Millay’s time-less poem, this work examines pastoralthemes while focusing on concepts oftransience, transformation, and nostal-gia. A day is spent with sun and

warmth high atop a windy hill, and asevening approaches, the radiant lightsof home guide one home.

—Eric Barnum

ERIC BARNUM Afternoon on a Hill(b. 1979)(5 Minutes)

1. Grounding

The text of “Grounding,” by JaneOakes, gives one a visceral look at thenatural world, and how ordinary, mun-dane life and simple actions can tetherthe spirit and may keep fear, pain, anddiscouragement at bay.

2. In the Silence

“In the Silence” is another look at thenatural world. In this poignant poemby Robert Bode, watching the gentle,falling snow instills great wonder and

longing. Guided by a soaring baritonesoloist throughout, we are left wantinglife and its mystery and blessing.

3. A Thousand Red Birds

Phil Porter’s “A Thousand Red Birds”describes the often troubling and fearfulrelationship with faith every human mustmanage. When the beauty, art, and servicethat we have fearfully kept to ourselves isreleased upon those around us, there is ashimmering explosion of energy and joy.

—Eric Barnum

ERIC BARNUM A Thousand Red Birds(21 Minutes)

before. Take up the mantle of change,for this is your time.” If lastingchange and goodness are to come,

this ideal will have to be embraced bythe youth of today.



Kim André Arnesen’s delightful“Norwegian Alleluia” is a short joyouspiece inspired by the folk music andnatural beauty of his native Norway.The composer sets the word “Alleluia!”initially with dance-like melodies,

followed by a contrasting lyrical sec-tion, and then returns to the initialidea, all colored by beautiful 20th-century harmonies.

—Marina Alexander

KIM ANDRÉ ARNESEN Norwegian Alleluia(b. 1980)(3 Minutes)

Considered one of Sweden’s finest com-posers, and a master organist, OttoOlsson ranked his choral music veryhighly. He combined a strong backgroundin counterpoint and plainchant with anaffinity for French organ music to createhis late-Romantic style of composition.

All this can be heard plainly in his beau-tiful “Te Deum,” completed in 1906.The work received its premiere in 1910,performed by the Musikföreningen(The Concert Association)—forerunnerof the Stockholm Philharmonic Choirand Orchestra—under its leader FranzNeruda. It has maintained its popular-ity ever since, and is Olsson’s best-known work.

Based on the “Te Deum” Gregorianchant incipit, the principal musical ideais powerfully presented in openingexpressions of praise. It then reappearsthroughout the work in different guises,often in complex counterpoint, or inunified petitions for mercy. Olsson’sgenius fundamentally lies in his sensi-tivity to the text, which is in threeparts, and his rich harmonic language.

In the initial section, an ancient hymnto God the Father, the composer’s

praises are expressed in broad declam-atory passages depicting the jubilantsongs of angels, seraphim, apostles,and saints, with changes of harmonyon every downbeat providing theequivalent of divine light. The next por-tion of text is a hymn to Christ theRedeemer, whose human metamorpho-sis is treated in hushed descending fig-ures, followed by celebratory shoutsacknowledging Christ’s divinity anddefeat of death.

The final text is a series of petitionstaken from passages in the Psalms, cli-maxing with a contrapuntal tour-de-force,an extended miserere for eight voices.Olsson slows the tempo to a measuredadagio, with twisting pleas for mercythat start in the depths of D minor. Viaa series of plaintive suspensions, thefigures finally ascend as a unifiedappeal from God’s faithful for his com-passion. The closing clearly reprises the“Te Deum” melody, now a universalstatement of praise and trust in theopening key of C major, confirmingthat believers will “never be confounded.”

Almost 50 years after the compositionof the “Te Deum,” Otto Olsson said: “Ihave never wanted to change anything

OTTO OLSSON Te Deum (1879–1964)(25 Minutes)


Sisi ni mojaJACOB NARVERUD

We all laugh, we all cry, we all feel hunger, we all feel pain.We all love, we all hate, we all hope, and we all dream.We are one world, one people. And we all breathe the same.A tribe of many languages, a group of many heartaches,

Texts and Translationsthulele mama ya LISA YOUNG

Mama you weh thulele mama

La Paloma arr. Cristian Grases

¿Donde estaba la paloma que el gavilánla cogio?

¿Que se hizo la paloma que el gavilán lacogio?

En la puerta de Ramona Ay! mira y fueque la desplumó.

Todo en la vida es mentira solo lamuerte es verdá.

Porque ahí es donde se acaba la pompay la vanidá.

¿Como no voy a llorar a mi mamácuando se muera?

Ojalá que yo pudiera volverla aresucitá.

Ya me voy, María, ahí te dejo la paloma,

Abrile el pico y que coma, ahí te dejo lacomía.

Ya me voy, ya me despido aunque lagaita está muy buena.

Dale duro a esa tambura pá que seanime mi pena.

Don’t worry mama

The Dove

Where did the dove that the sparrowhawk caught go?

Where is the dove that the sparrowhawk caught?

At Ramona’s gate, Oh! look, I found itplucked.

All in life is false, death is the onlytruth.

For there is where pomp and vanity runout.

Why wouldn’t I cry when my motherdies?

I wish I could bring her back to life.

I’m leaving, Maria, I leave the dovethere for you,

Open its beak and make it eat, I’m leaving the food there.

I’m leaving, I say goodbye even thoughthe gaita is very good.

Beat this drum hard so my sorrowcheers up.

in it—not a single note—it remains justas when it was written.” His assess-ment is validated by the exceptionalinspiration of the music, the joy it

provides performers, and its sheer andtranscendent beauty.

—Marina Alexander


fighting for peace among the land.Heja, heja, sisi ni moja. Heja, heja, we are one.

We all want, we all need, we all seek passion, we all seek joy.We all bruise, we all scar, we all fail, but learn to thrive. We are one world, one people. And we all breathe the same.In the darkness of the night and in the glory of the morning, we walk along the path and find our way.

Now we stand here together and lift our hearts in songto the rhythm of this moment in our lives:Heja, heja, sisi ni moja. Heja, heja, we are one.

Georgia on My MindHOAGY CARMICHAELarr. Ken Berg

Georgia! Georgia! The whole day thru,Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind!O, Georgia! Georgia! A song of you,Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight thru the pines.Other arms reach out to me,Other eyes smile tenderly,Still, in peaceful dreams I seeThe road leads back to you!Back to Georgia! Georgia, no peace I find.Just an ol’ sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind!Other arms reach out to me,Other eyes smile tenderlyStill, in peaceful dreams I seeThe road leads back, yes, the road leads back,Right back to Georgia!Georgia! Georgia! No peace I findJust an ol’ sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind, on my mind,Just an ol’ sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind!Georgia, Georgia!

Endless SongJ. REESE NORRIS

My life flows on in endless song,Above earth’s lamentation,I hear the sweet, though far off hymn,That hails a new creation.

Through all the tumult and the strife,I hear the music ringing,It finds an echo in my soul,How can I keep?

No storm can shake my inmost calm,While to that rock I’m clinging,Since Christ is Lord of hea’vn and earth,How can I keep from singing?

My life flows on in endless song.


Paper Crane (Heiwa)J. REESE NORRIS

Paper Crane, I will write peace on your wings,And you’ll fly, Heiwa, heiwa, heiwa…

You will fly all over this world,Peace upon your wings,I will write peace on your wingsAnd you will flyHeiwa, heiwa, heiwa…

This is our cry. This is our prayer.Peace for the world,Oh paper crane you’ll fly.

We Sing of LoveJ. REESE NORRIS

Its passion, unyielding as unto the grave,It’s fire consuming in white, hot blaze,It’s tireless endurance, It draws and allures us,We sing in its honor today.

Set me as a seal upon your heart,As a seal upon your arm,For love is strong as death.

To love, we must first learn to receive.Love is boundless, love surpasses the sands of the sea,At the highest of highs,And the lowest of lows,It boldly goes there with me.

Set me as a seal upon your heart,As a seal upon your arm,For love is strong as death.

UkuthulaJ. REESE NORRIS

Ukuthula, ukuthula, alleluia. Ukubonga, ukubonga, alleluia.Ukunqoba kulomhlabawezono,Igazilika Jesu Linyenyez’: ukuthula.

In this sinful world,Through the blood of Jesus,We find peace,We are saved,We are filled with gratitude,We will conquer,


We are consoled,We find peace.

This Is Your TimeJ. REESE NORRIS

This is your time, proclaim it far and wide.Here this young men and women everywhere,And proclaim it far and wide,The earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.

This is your time, proclaim it far and wide,Lift your voices high, for this is your time.

You are needed now more than ever before,Take up the mantle of change,For this is your time.

This is your time, proclaim it far and wide,Lift your voices high, for this is your time.

Be kind, be fierce!This is your time, Proclaim it far and wide.

This is our time, we proclaim it far and wide.We lift our voices high for this is our time.This is our time.

Afternoon on a HillERIC BARNUMText: Edna St. Vincent Millay

I WILL be the gladdest thingUnder the sun!I will touch a hundred flowersAnd not pick one.

I will look at cliffs and cloudsWith quiet eyes,Watch the wind bow down the grass,And the grass rise.

And when lights begin to showUp from the town,I will mark which must be mine,And then start down

A Thousand Red BirdsERIC BARNUM

1. Grounding Text: Jane Oakes

Our spirits flee the body.Fear or truma, even thrill


Spills us out.What calls us back?

Knees in the dirt,Feet on stones,Eyes to the hawk’s dip,Hands in the dough bowl,Fingers on keys,Hum in our throats.Kneading cat,Simmering pot,A poem’s words.

And until the last,The breath filling,Emptying.

2. In the SilenceText: Robert Bode

Give me this life,Give me this life, too:

That I may hear you, blessed world,That I may hear your secret life,That I may hear the snow as it nears,That I may hear the snow as it kisses the earth.

3. A Thousand Red BirdsText: Phil Porter

We clutch our tiny bits of faithIn tight fists.We clutch our tiny bits of faith,Shoved firmly in our pockets.We clutch it suspiciously,So unwilling to let it go,We don’t want to lose it.We clutch it fearingThat once it is spentWe will be without hope,Cast adrift,Out of luck.

Help us loosen our grip,To pull our hands out of our pockets.Help us uncurl our fingersStiffened over time,To grow, To shimmer,To pulse,To explode in the air,Like a thousand red birds.


Den blomstertid nu kommerERIC BARNUMText: Israel Kolmodin

Den blomstertid nu kommermed lust och fägring stor.Du nalkas, ljuva sommar,då gräs och gröda gror.Med blid och livlig värmatill allt som varit dött,sig solens strålar närma,och allt blir återfött.

Te DeumOTTO OLSSON

Te Deum laudamus:te Dominum confitemur.Te aeternum Patremomnis terra veneratur.

Tibi omnes Angeli,tibi caeli et universae Potestatestibi Cherubim et Seraphimincessabili voce proclamant:Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,Dominus Deus Sabaoth.Pleni sunt caeli et terramaiestatis gloriae tuae.

Te gloriosus Apostolorum chorus,te Prophetarum laudabilis numerus,

The time of blossom now comesWith lust and great beauty.Now sweet summer approaches,When grass and crops growWith gentle and bearable warmthTo all that was dead.The rays of the sun approachAnd all is reborn.

We praise thee, O God;we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.All the earth doth worship thee,the Father everlasting.

To thee all Angels cry aloud :the Heavens, and all the Powersthe Cherubim and Seraphimcontinually do cry:Holy, Holy, Holy,Lord God of Sabaoth;the heavens and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory.

The glorious chorus of the Apostles,the admirable company of the Prophets

EvensongERIC BARNUMText: Ridgely Torrence

Beauty calls and gives no warning,Shadows rise and wander on the day.In the twilight, in the quiet evening,We shall rise and smile and go away.Over the flaming leavesFreezes the sky.It is the season grieves,Not you, not I.All our spring-times, all our summers,We have kept the longing warm within.Now we leave the after-comersTo attain the dreams we did not win.O we have wakened, Sweet, and had our birth,And that’s the end of earth;And we have toiled and smiled and kept the light,And that’s the end of night.


te Martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus.

Te per orbem terrarumsancta confitetur Ecclesia,Patrem immensae maiestatis;Venerandum tuum verum et unicumFilium;

Sanctum quoque Paraclitum Spiritum.

Tu Rex gloriae, Christe.Tu Patris sempiternus es Filius.Tu ad liberandum suscepturus hominem,non horruisti Virginis uterum.

Tu devicto mortis aculeo,aperuisti credentibus regna caelorum.

Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes, in gloria Patris.Judex crederis esse venturus.

Te ergo quaesumus, tuis famulis subveni:quos pretioso sanguine redemisti.

Aeterna fac cum sanctis tuis in gloria numerari.

Salvum fac populum tuum, Domine,et benedic hereditati tuae.Et rege eos, et extolle illos usque in aeternum.Per singulos dies benedicimus te;et laudamus nomen tuum in saeculum, et in saeculum saeculi.

Dignare, Domine, die isto sine peccato nos custodire.

Miserere nostri Domine.Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos,quemadmodum speravimus in te.

In te, Domine, speravi:non confundar in aeternum.

the white-robed army of Martyrs praisethee.

Throughout the whole worldthe holy Church gives praise to thee,the Father of infinite majesty;they praise your admirable, true andonly Son;

and also the Holy Spirit: our Advocate.

Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.Thou art the eternal Son of the Father.To deliver us, you became human,and did not disdain the Virgin’s womb.

Having blunted the sting of death:you opened the kingdom of heaven toall believers.

You sit at the right hand of God,in the glory of the Father.You are believed to be the Judge whowill come.

Therefore, we beseech you, come to the aid of your servants,whom you have redeemed with yourprecious blood.

Make them to be numbered with thy Saintsin glory everlasting.

Save thy people, O Lord,and bless your inheritance.Govern them and extol themfrom now into eternity.Day by day we bless thee;and we praise your Name forever,and into ages of ages.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day to keep us without sin.

Have mercy upon us, O Lord.Let thy mercy be upon us, O Lord,as we have trusted in thee.

In thee, O Lord, have I trusted:let me never be confounded.


J. Reese Norris (b. 1973) is director ofchoirs at Hernando Middle School andco-founder and co-artistic director ofCoroRio, both in Northwest Mississippi.Mr. Norris received degrees from DeltaState University and Florida StateUniversity, and in 2005 was namedDelta State University Music Alumnusof the Year. Mr. Norris was the 2017recipient of MMEA’s Music Educatorof the Year, the Ernestine FerrellLifetime Achievement Award given bythe Mississippi Chapter of ACDA, andthe Delta State University Educator ofthe Year Award.

Mr. Norris has served in several leader-ship capacities for state-level NAfMEand ACDA, and at the division level forACDA. Choirs under his direction haveperformed at Carnegie Hall, the NationalConference for Middle School Choirs,twice for Mississippi ACDA’s StateConference, twice for ACDA’s SouthernDivision Conference, and the OAKENational Conference. Mr. Norris hasbeen honored to serve as guest clinicianacross the Eastern U.S.

Mr. Norris has been commissioned bychildren’s choirs, middle schools, highschools, colleges and universities,church, and adult community choirs.Mr. Norris’ compositions have beenperformed in all-states, ACDA RegionalConferences, all across the U.S., andabroad. His compositions and arrange-ments are published by Lawson-Gould,Santa Barbara, Colla Voce, G. Schirmer,and MusicSpoke.

J. REESE NORRIS, Composer/Conductor

THE Artists


Conductor and composer Eric WilliamBarnum continues to passionately seeknew ground in the choral field. Workingwith choirs of all kinds, his collaborativeleitmotif endeavors to provide intenselymeaningful experiences for singers andaudiences. His voice and vision continuesto gain popularity around the globe withperformances from choral ensembles ofall types, from professional to youthchoirs internationally. As a composer, hehas held residencies with such ensemblesas Cantus (Trondheim, Norway), ChoralArts NW (Seattle, WA), The RoseEnsemble (St. Paul, MN), Kantorei(Denver, CO), Madison Choral Project(Madison, WI), as well as with many col-legiate and high school choirs.

ERIC BARNUM, Composer/Conductor

Nathan Krueger, baritone, is assistantprofessor of voice at the University ofWisconsin Oshkosh where he is coordi-nator of the voice area and opera the-ater director. He holds degrees fromUniversity of New Mexico (M.M.), theUniversity of Arizona (D.M.A.), as wellas UW Oshkosh (B.M.). Most recentlyhe appeared as a guest vocalist with thegroup Pulseoptional in recital at Sonoma

State University. This season alsoincluded appearances in the MilwaukeeFlorentine Opera’s Baroque Double Billand with the Madison Choral Project.He was a cast member of the world pre-miere production of Robert J. Aldridgeand Herschel Garfein’s opera SisterCarrie at the Florentine Opera and canbe heard on the recording that wasreleased this past fall on NaxosRecords. He has recently appeared asconcert soloist at the Green Lake MusicFestival, the Peninsula Music Festival,and at the Token Creek Music Festivalwith composer John Harbison. Dr.Krueger has appeared in recital at theVancouver International Song Instituteand SongFest in Los Angeles. He hasalso performed with the Lyric Opera ofChicago Chorus, Santa Fe Opera,Madison Bach Musicians, MilwaukeeOpera Theatre, Arizona Opera, theSanta Fe Desert Chorale, the TucsonChamber Artists, and Opera Southwest.In addition to his busy performanceand teaching schedule, Dr. Krueger is

NATHAN KRUEGER, Soloist


an active proponent for arts integrationand serves as the chair of the ArtsCoregrant at UW Oshkosh, an arts integration

initiative that provides support forteachers who strive to integrate the artsinto their curriculum.

Marina Alexander founded the ArcadianChorale (NJ) in 1993, and has beenmusic director of Richmond ChoralSociety (NYC) since 1995. Noted forher scholarship and innovative pro-gramming, she has resurrected rarelyheard masterpieces and presented U.S.or New York–area premieres of manyworks, including her own composi-tions. Many of those were with theMetropolitan Greek Chorale, an ensem-ble she led for 12 years. In 2002 Ms.Alexander made her Carnegie Halldebut with the Dvorák Te Deum, andhas appeared as guest conductor withmany New York–area orchestras. Herensembles have performed on numer-ous occasions at Lincoln Center, CarnegieHall, and the NJ Performing Arts Center.Ms. Alexander has been adjunct assis-tant professor at the College of StatenIsland-CUNY for 19 years, teachingconducting, vocal performance, andmusic history. She often appears as aclinician at choral workshops, open

sings, and music festivals, and is presi-dent of the NJ Choral Consortium.Honors include recognition as a“Woman of Achievement” by theBusiness & Professional Women ofStaten Island, and the 2011 Honoree ofthe Daughters of Penelope as “a womanthat has achieved a high level within herprofession and is an excellent rolemodel and inspiration to all, men andwomen alike.” Please visit her website:www.MarinaAlexander.com.

Founded in 1993, The Arcadian Choraleis celebrating 25 years of bringing high-quality performances to the greaterMonmouth County, New Jersey, area.The all-volunteer ensemble of 70singers has presented a wide range ofrepertory, singing everything fromsmall-scale gems, international selec-tions in at least 20 different languages,masterworks, and countless premieresof new music. The ensemble has appearedat many major New York–area venues,including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center,NJPAC, Symphony Space, NYU SkirballCenter, Tribeca PAC, and Count BasieTheater. It also undertakes a very activeprogram of educational outreach.

Richmond Choral Society was foundedin 1951 for the purpose of providing theStaten Island community with the under-standing and appreciation of the classicaland contemporary choral repertory inthe regular performance of masterpiecesand lesser-known works of famous com-posers. Since its inception, RCS hasenjoyed a changing roster of volunteerchoristers representing every profession,

MARINA ALEXANDER, ConductorTHE ARCADIAN CHORALE AND RICHMOND CHORAL SOCIETY


DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS SINGERS INTERNATIONAL

Chanticleer Women’s Choir Petal Middle School (MS), Tammy Carney, DirectorColumbus Girlchoir (MS), Cherry Dunn, DirectorCoroRio (MS), Joelle Norris, DirectorEisenhower Middle School Women’s Choir (KS), Eli Jones, DirectorHernando Middle School Girls Choir (MS), J. Reese Norris, DirectorKentwood High School Concert Choir (WA), Daisy Li Emans, DirectorTroy University Concert Chorale (AL), Diane D. Orlofsky, DirectorUniversity of Wisconsin Oshkosh Chamber Choir (WI), Eric Barnum, Director

Winter AldridgeShelly AlexanderSkyler AlvizWyatt AndersonNadia BakerHope BassettClaire BaumannCalista BaylessAngela BeatoBoulin BeckMatthew BeecherWilliam Bentley III

Anslee BillingsleySavanna BlanchardJada BledsoeBellana BogarKennedy BowlesAmaia BowmanRiley Kate BoxAlexandra BradburyAshley BraniffDeclan BrennanSusan BuschHannah Buse

Allison CantrellTrevor CarlsonCaroline CarterEmma CarterEmma CasonAlexa ChildressLauren CincurakBertha CisnerosChristina ClarkGracyn ClarkSydney CoatesAlton Coker

Nadia ColemanSkyler ColemanCassandra CoronelErik CotaShannon CouillardMatthew CoxHannah Grace CrainAmanda CravensMikayla CromwellMadison CummingsAnsley DaleDevin Daniels

PERFORMING ARTS PARTNERS

DCINY would like to thank our Performing Arts Partners, who, with their financialsupport, have made this performance possible.


religion, ethnicity, and age group.Exploring new repertory for its two con-certs per year in a variety of settings acrossStaten Island, Manhattan—including

Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center—andNew Jersey, collaborating with othercommunity organizations, RCS has con-tinued to grow, evolve, and excel.

Distinguished Concerts Singers Inter -national (DCSI) forms the backbone ofDistinguished Concerts InternationalNew York (DCINY), the city’s preemi-nent producer of choral and orchestralconcerts in New York’s most presti-gious concert venues. DCSI is com-prised of singers and chorus membersfrom around the world. Between 30–40percent of the singers are alumni ofDCSI and have sung in two or more ofthe DCINY concert series over theyears. The DCSI has drawn members

from 45 countries and six continents.While the majority of singers are dedi-cated amateur musicians, many profes-sional and semi-professional ensembles,as well as individual professional singers,have also participated in the DCSI. Allsingers and/or ensembles go through anaudition process reviewed by theDCINY artistic team in order to receivean invitation to appear on the DCINYconcert series. The DCSI can vary insize from between 100 to 500 singers,depending upon the repertoire.



Allison Darnell-Grant

Emily DavisSydney DawkinsEmily DearingAleigha DixonJulie DowJesselyn DudinskyDanielle DuffieldKennedy EldridgeIsabella EliasenSarah ElliotAddyson ErhardtSamantha FinchHannah FloresCori FredericksGrace FreyMorgan FultonBryce GaugerTaylor GibsonChayanne GomezMia GomezCassie GonzalezGail GoodacreEloise GordonGrace GordonPatrick GreeneMaggie GrewalSydney GuntharpReed HairstonEmma HarrisRose HatfieldMason HawesReece HealdSarah HegwoodNoah HigginbothamEmma HigginsCaroline HintzLayla HofstetterAnna HoganBailee HollimanCatherine HoodHannah HowlandSarah Hunt

Abigale HurtAmelia HurtBenjamin HustonJessica HyderChesney IvyMcKinley JacksonMiguel JocumJames JohnsonBrady JonesOlivia JonesAshlyn JoynerHayden JoynerAndrew KarrPreston KennedyAddison KuykendallRegen LangholzEmily LeeMadeline LeeElena LerwickChloe LindleyJames LloydAlyssia LopezBenjamin LudensMaryn LudwigStarla LundeThien Thien LyEmily MachenKahlia MafuaAddison MahonyMichaela MarksGrace MastJanna MastersTaylor MatscheEmily Kate

McAlexanderNorah McCauleyGarrett MeadowsAdrianna MeggsShayla MenterGabrielle MillerDNasa MitchellAlexandria MixonPaxton MoellerSophie Moyers

Brianna NelsonIrby NorrisLiv NorrisKelly O'BryanShane O'BryanGrace O'GradyHannah OlsenJustin OrtmannMax OswaltAbby OverstreetAdam PadgettKexi PadgettCody PahangJacob ParaukaCaroline PerkinsSarah PerryMekia PickettAnna PierceSarah PierceLeon PlantEmily PorterMichael PoundersMackenzie PresleyNicole ProngerDe’Ja RashidHaylee RayJillian RiedeAmanda RobertsAbigail RochesterHunter RochesterNathaniel Rodriguez-

CalderonAlana RosaldoPeyton RowellLauren RuskMattison SandersSophia SchnellLorren ShafferJake SharpHaley ShepherdAbby ShreveMadison SmithMallory SmithMcCaulley Smith

Alan SmitheeNoah SmothersKari SnellJason SnowRose StaffordGeorgia StarrMadeline SteeleKayley StephensBrody StrachanNathan StroudHannah StrowdCatherine SullivanBrianna SzewczykShelby TackettSarah TaggartJordan TaylorCatryce ThompsonLeighla ThompsonAmanda ThrasherTuong TuMadison TurnageMatthew TyreeLanie UpdegraffJessica VacekEmily VallisWilliam VictorianoLogan VonadaJulie WagnerLiz WeilandFreedom WellsMolly WheatleyDavis WhitfieldBethany WilderKayleigh WilkinsJenna WilliamsJordyn WilliamsMatthew WinkelKendra WitakNate WolkoffMaggie WombleLi XiaodongJadyn YuAmanda

Zimmerman

Tina AdvocatHal AlbenbergRosemarie AlcamoEric AlexieffSashin AluwihareCelia BaruchinGale BellafioreGloria Blake-StirtonDiane BlumMelissa CasertanoThomas ClarkJay CohenJim Conover

Louise CottoneEllen CrimiKathy CrossMercedes Dalomba

RichterDemitry E. HopeRosemary FitzmauriceAnita GouldCarolyn GrayCelia GruvmanKate HartleyEmily Hastings KeeneLori Hayes

Grace HennDee HobanAdar JohnsonDaniel JohnsonKatina KehayasEllen LafargueElle LaForgeJanet LangstaffCarole LarsenKolb LauraSaundra LautenbergWesterwick LinnetLynch Mary Catherine

Dorothy MatthewsJoseph McIlvanieJeanette MerolaArgyrios MilonasCarey NashLeigh NashMary NocerinoMeike PaulsenSeth PollackBob PritchardDave RippleLouis RivaJesse Rosen

THE ARCADIAN CHORALE AND RICHMOND CHORAL SOCIETY


Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General DirectorJonathan Griffith, Co-Founder, Artistic

Director & Principal ConductorDanuta Gross, Director of Finance &

AdministrationKevin Taylor, Director of Program DevelopmentJames M. Meaders, Artistic and Educational

ConsultantJason Mlynek, Associate Director of Program

DevelopmentKatie Silvestre, Program DevelopmentJulia Falkenburg, Program DevelopmentKimberly Wetzel, Program DevelopmentJeff Binner, Program DevelopmentMaggie Latona, Program Development

AssistantElisabeth Erdmann, Program Development

Assistant

Kadeem Jeudy, Program DevelopmentAssistant

Tabitha Glista-Stewart, Production ManagerNolan Dresden, Production AssociateAndrea Niederman, Director of Marketing,

Box Office & PromotionsMalcom Moon, Box Office & Marketing

AssistantDeAnna Choi, Office Operations Manager,

Accounting & BillingMaria Braginsky, Concert Operations LiaisonJason Arnold, Concert Operations AssociateMorgan Yachinich, Concert Operations

Associate & Executive AssistantDennis Wees, Concert Operations AssistantSeth McCay, Graphic Design & Website

DCINY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

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Pauline SaydehPatricia ScarangelloJohanna Schmidt Rice

Vivien SeyhanJudy ShapankaKathy SneddonRick SnyderHolly Sorenson

Paulina StanczykSue Steineke- AielloPat SturmanMarcia ThompsonNicholas Tkach

Tom UttaroAdela WilsonAime Zimel

The Performing Arts Partners list includes names supplied by directors. Any questions regardingmissing or misspelled names should be addressed to the individual directors.

Founded by Iris Derke and JonathanGriffith, Distinguished Concerts Inter -national New York (DCINY) is theleading producer of dynamically chargedmusical excellence. With its unforget-table concert experiences in renownedvenues, empowering educational pro-grams, and its global community of

artists and audiences, DCINY changeslives through the power of performance.

For more information about Dis -tinguished Concerts International NewYork, and upcoming DCINY musicalevents around the world, please visit:www.DCINY.org.

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