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December 10 & December 11, 2010 8 p.m.

Princeton University Chapel

An evening of

&Readings Carols

Westminster Symphonic Choir Westminster Chapel Choir

Westminster Schola Cantorum Westminster Choir

Women of Westminster Williamson VoicesWestminster Concert Bell Choir

Kathleen Ebling ShawJames Jordan

Joe MillerAmanda Quist

Ken Cowan, organSolid Brass

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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.

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The audience is asked to withhold all applause until after the recessional.

Pre-concert Music

Deck The Halls arr. Carmen Dragon (1914-1984)

Solid BrassKen Cowan, organ

O Holy Night Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803-1856) arr. Arthur Frackenpohl (b. 1924)


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 ChoirTeresa Bonilla, soloist

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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 ChoirWestminster Schola Cantorum

Women of Westminster Williamson Voices

Shannon Aloise, sopranoAnna Friars, piccolo

Nathan Jones, percussion

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

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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 HimBorn 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 GodIn 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!

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

Westminster ChoirCameron Wentz, cello

Cara Peterson, bassDerrick Goff, organ

Hymn to the Virgin Benjamin Britten Anthem for Double Choir (1913-1976)

Of one that is so fair and brightVelut 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 forlornEva peccatrice, [Eve having been a sinner,]

Till our Lord was y-bornDe te genetrice. [Of you, his mother.]

With ave it went awayDarkest 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 paradiseElecta: [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 CantorumWestminster Concert Bell Choir

William Roslak, pianoJonathan Palmer Lakeland, piano

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CAROL: O come, O come, Emmanuel 15th Century French Melody arr. Andrew Carter

(b. 1939)


(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.


(All) O come, O come, thou Lord of Might,

Who to thy tribes on Sinai’s height,In ancient times did give the lawIn cloud and majesty and awe:


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

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

Westminster Concert Bell ChoirAnna 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


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 ChoirLucas DeJesus, Jared Freeman, Bernardo Gonzalez & Brian Sengdala, soloists

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CAROL: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Descant and organ by David Willcocks


(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 MelodyJanet Lantz, French horn

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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 beWith 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



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CAROL: Silent Night Franz Gruber (1787-1863)

arr. Cowan


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


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CAROL: Joy to the World traditional arr. Cowan


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 plainsRepeat 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)


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

Ken Cowan, organ

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KEN COWAN, assistant professor of organ at Westminster Choir College, is one of North America’s finest concert organists. Praised for his dazzling artistry, impeccable technique and imaginative programming by audiences and critics alike, he maintains a rigorous performing schedule which takes him to major concert venues across America, Canada and Europe.

Recent and upcoming feature performances include appearances atGrace Cathedral San Francisco, Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall, SpiveyHall, Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, France. In addition, Mr. Cowan has been a featured artist in recent years at the national conventions of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) held in Los Angeles and Minneapolis, has per-formed at many regional conventions of the AGO and has been featured at several conventions of the Organ Historical Society and the Royal Canadian College of Organists.

A native of “Thorold, Ontario, Canada, Mr. Cowan received a mas-ter’s degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Prior to attending Yale, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

Conductor of the Westminster Concert Bell Choir, KATHLEEN EBLING SHAW is a graduate of Westminster Choir College. She is a member of the sacred music department at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, where she teaches classes in handbell training and conducts a second handbell choir. Ms. Ebling Shaw is also director of sales and marketing at Malmark, Inc. - Bellcraftsmen in Plumsteadville, Pa.

Well-known as a handbell clinician, Ms. Ebling Shaw has conducted sessions for the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers both on the local and national levels. Other engagements have included sessions for the American Guild of Organists; Music Educators National Conferences; the New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas Music Educators Conferences; Presbyterian Association of Musicians Conferences; the St. Olaf Church Music Conference and numerous International Handbell Symposia.

In December 2002, she traveled with the Westminster Concert Bell Choir on a 15-city North American tour as part of A Royal Christmas, performing with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, where they were met with wide acclaim.

Choirs under the direction of Ms. Ebling Shaw have performed at Carnegie Hall, the World Financial Center’s Festival of Light and Sound, Lifetime Television, QVC, NBC’s TODAY show, New Jersey Network and Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. She has also produced five recordings with the Westminster Concert Bell Choir: Westminster Rings!, Praise And Adoration, Christmas At Westminster, By Request and A Time To Dance.

In May 2003, Ms. Ebling Shaw received the Alumni Merit Award from Westminster Choir College of Rider University for her dedication to the art of handbell ringing and her enthusiasm and accomplishments in the classroom as well as the concert hall.

JAMES JORDAN is recognized and praised from many quarters in the musical world as one of the nation’s pre-eminent conductors, writers and innovators in choral music. He has been called a “visionary” by The Choral Journal. His career and publications have been devoted to innovative educational changes in the choral art 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 philosophy of music making and choral teaching; he has authored 30 major textbooks and DVDs and is editor for several choral series. His choral conducting book Evoking Sound was named a “must read” on a list of six books by The Choral Journal. This year will see the release of his latest book The Musician’s Breath with colleagues Mark Moliterno and Nova Thomas of the Westminster faculty.

Dr. Jordan teaches and conducts at Westminster Choir College of Rider University where he is an associate professor of conducting and senior conductor. He conducts Westminster Schola Cantorum and Westminster Williamson Voices. Since its inception, Westminster Williamson Voices has premiered more than 30 new works by composers Jackson Hill, Roger Ames, James Whitbourn, Gerald Custer, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi and Blake Henson.

This year Dr. Jordan will conduct the Washington All-State Choir. In addition to serving as artist in residence at the University of Utah in 2011, he will be in residence at Hope College and conduct workshops at the conventions of the Louisiana Music Educators, the North Carolina Music Educators, the South Carolina Music Educators and the national convention of the American Choral Directors Association. During the past year, he has lectured at The Curtis Institute, The University of Buffalo, The University of Dayton, The University of North Texas and the Vandercook College of Music. Last season he was guest conductor for the U.S. Army Chorus. In the fall of 2009, Dr. Jordan was appointed to panels for the National Endowment of the Arts. Dr. Jordan also serves as director of The Westminster Conducting Institute, one of the leading programs for conducting study in the United States, now in its tenth year.

Dr. Jordan’s book and professional activities are detailed on his website, www.evokingsound.com, and his pages on www. giamusic. com.

JOE MILLER is conductor of two of America’s most renowned choral ensembles – the Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. As director of choral activities at Westminster Choir College of Rider University he also oversees an extensive choral program that includes eight ensembles.

His 2010-2011 season with the Westminster Choir includes the release of their second recording, No‘l, with mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore, a concert tour of Florida; performances in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, broadcast of the annual An Evening of Readings and Carols holiday concert and their annual residency at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. His season with the Westminster Symphonic Choir includes a performance of Orff’s Carmina Burana in Princeton, N.J. Additionally, he and the Symphonic Choir collaborated with the New Jersey Symphony in performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and with Dresden Staatskapelle in performances of Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem.

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Dr. Miller is also founder and conductor of the Westminster Chamber Choir, a program that offers professional-level choral and vocal artists the opportunity to explore challenging works for two weeks each summer on the Westminster campus in Princeton. He also led the 2010 Westminster Choral Festival, which welcomed choral musicians from throughout the world and focused on Mozart’s Requiem.

In demand as a clinician and guest conductor, his 2010-2011 season includes a conducting residency with the Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus and conducting the Virginia and Kentucky All-State Choruses. He also will appear as headliner for conferences presented by the Ohio Music Educators Association, the New Jersey American Choral Directors Association and the Michigan School Vocal Musicians Association. Recent seasons have included a conducting residency at the University of Arizona, a master class for undergraduate conducting students at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Eastern Division conference and serving as headliner for the New Jersey and Kansas ACDA conferences.

In her first year as a member of the Westminster Choir College faculty, AMANDA QUIST conducts the Westminster Chapel Choir and teaches Techniques of Conducting and Group Vocal Techniques. She also shares conducting responsibilities for the Westminster Symphonic Choir with Joe Miller. Her 2010-2011performances season includes three performances with the Westminster Chapel Choir in Princeton, hosting the Westminster Invitational High School Chamber Choir Festival and conducting the Westminster Symphonic Choir in a concert entitled “Cathedral Classics.” Additionally, she is a member of the faculty of the Westminster Chamber Choir/Festival Chorus program, which is held in Princeton each summer. Dr. Quist earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from the University of North Texas. She received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Music Education and Choral Conducting, summa cum laude, from Western Michigan University. She has received numerous awards as a teacher and conductor, including the prestigious James Mulholland National Choral Fellowship, the Texas Choral Directors Association Professional Scholarship and the Audrey Davidson Early Music Award. Dr. Quist was a national finalist in the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conducting competition, and her choir was selected by ACDA to be the demonstration ensemble for a master class with Simon Carrington.

Prior to pursuing her graduate degrees, Dr. Quist taught in the Michigan public and private school systems and directed a children’s chorus with the North American Choral Company. Before joining the faculty of Westminster Choir College, she was director of choral activities at San José State University. Dr. Quist has also held positions on the faculties of Western Michigan University, Michigan State University and the University of North Texas. An active adjudicator and clinician, she will conduct the Nassau All County and Bucks County Choral Festivals this spring, as well as present for Westminster Saturday Seminars throughout the year.

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Composed of students at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, the WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR has recorded and performed with major orchestras under virtually every internationally known conductor of the last 75 years. Recognized

as one of the world’s leading choral ensembles, the choir has sung more than 350 performances with the New York Philharmonic alone.

In addition to performances with the New Jersey Symphony, the ensemble’s 2010-2011 season includes a performance of Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem with the Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Daniel Harding at Lincoln Center in New York and the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, as well as performances with Maestro Joe Miller in Princeton, N.J.

The choir’s 2009-2010 season included performances of Mahler’s Symphony No.3 with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert, John Adams’ El Niño with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by the composer, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Sir Roger Norrington, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” with the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. With Joe Miller the ensemble performed Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem with the Westminster Festival Orchestra and Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil.

Westminster Choir College is a division of Rider University’s Westminster College of the Arts, which has campuses in Princeton and Lawrenceville, N.J. A professional college of music with a unique choral emphasis, Westminster prepares students at the undergraduate and graduate levels for careers in teaching, sacred music and performance.

Founded in 1949, the WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR takes its name from Westminster’s rich history of leadership in the field of sacred music. The ensemble has evolved over the years, and today its repertoire includes both sacred and secular works. Composed of students in their first year of study at Westminster Choir College, this ensemble is a defining choral experience that remains with Westminster alumni throughout their lives.

The ensemble’s 2010-2011 season includes performances in Princeton, including the annual An Evening of Readings and Carols in the Princeton University Chapel, and collaborations with regional high school choirs during the winter. Recent seasons have included performances of Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra and Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms with the Westminster Conservatory Youth Chorale, as well as concerts in Newtown, Pa. and Wilton, Conn. In addition to on-campus performances throughout the year, the Westminster Chapel Choir has toured extensively along the eastern United States with great success.

The Westminster Chapel Choir has also performed with many symphony orchestras, including the Trenton Symphony Orchestra (N.J.), the York Symphony (Pa.) and the Queens Symphony (N.Y.). At the request of Leopold Stokowski, the ensemble premiered Universal Prayer by Polish composer Adrezej Panufnik. It was heard by millions when it sang for the annual televised Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Rockefeller Center. Previous performances have also included participation in Princeton University’s “Opera 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.

The ensemble has also been honored to give several world premiere performances of works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Lewis Spratlan, Stefan Young, Ronald Hemmel and Philip Orr.

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WESTMINSTER SCHOLA CANTORUM is one of three curricular choirs that form the core of the Westminster experience. Composed of students in their second year of study at Westminster Choir College, the choir prepares students for the Westminster Symphonic Choir, which performs and records with the world’s great orchestras. Unique to the experience of Schola Cantorum is the performance and study of a major choral work. Previous seasons have included performances of Benjamin Britten’s St. Nicolas Cantata, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem. The ensemble’s 2010-2011 season includes a spring concert tour and performances at its home in Princeton.

Setting the standard for choral excellence for 90 years, the WESTMINSTER CHOIR is composed of students at Westminster Choir College, a division of Rider University’s Westminster College of the Arts, in Princeton, N.J. It has been the chorus-in-residence for the Spoleto Festival USA since 1977, performing both in concert and as the opera chorus.

The ensemble’s 2010-2011 season includes a concert tour of Florida, performances at its home in Princeton, a broadcast of Westminster’s annual An Evening of Readings and Carols holiday concert and its annual residency at the Spoleto Festival USA.

Its second recording with Maestro Miller, Noël, was released in September. A collection of French Christmas music and sacred works, the recording also features Westminster alumna Jennifer Larmore, the most recorded mezzo-soprano of our era, and organist 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 choir’s debut recording with Maestro Miller, Flower of Beauty, received four stars from Choir and Organ magazine and earned critical praise from American Record Guide, which described the Westminster Choir as “the gold standard for academic choirs in America.”

Praised by The New York Times for its “full-bodied, incisive singing,” the Westminster Choir also forms the core of the Westminster Symphonic Choir, which has performed and recorded with the leading conductors and orchestras of our time. The Symphonic Choir’s 2010-2011 performances include Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem with the Dresden Staatskapelle and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and with the KBS Symphony Orchestra, which was recorded at the United Nations for broadcast in Korea.

Since its founding in 2003 by conductor James Jordan, the WESTMINSTER WILLIAMSON VOICES has quickly established itself as a voice of composers of our time, earning acclaim for its creative programming and collaborations with other art forms, creating new and innovative uses of the choral instrument. Most notable was the 2004 performance at The Philadelphia Cathedral of Eric Whitacre’s Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine with the renowned Spiral Q Puppet Theater and the 2007 premiere of James Whitbourn’s Luminosity with The Archedream Blacklight Theater Company. Grammophone magazine has described the choir as an ensemble of “intimate and forceful choral artistry” whose sound is “controlled and silken in sustained phrases and vibrantly sonorous in extroverted material….”

The choir has premiered more than 30 choral works and early performances and North American premieres by noted composers

Jackson Hill, Roger Ames, Blake Henson, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Meruyn Hughes and Gerald Custer. The choir has premiered two major works by British Composer James Whitbourn. In 2007 it performed the world premiere of the chamber version of Annelies: The Anne Frank Oratorio. In 2008 it shared in a commission of Luminosity, which was premiered in The Philadelphia Cathedral with the internationally renowned Archedream Blacklight Dance Theater. The work for triple choir, dancers, viola solo, organ and tanpura is receiving wide international attention through recent recordings and programs on National Public Radio.

During the 2009-2010 performance season, the choir performed Mozart’s Requiem with an orchestra composed of students from The Curtis Institute conducted by Daniel Stewart. Earlier this season the choir premiered Whitbourn’s Requiem Canticorum and the women of the ensemble performed Debussy’s Nocturnes with The Princeton Symphony Orchestra. The choir will make its debut at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in March 2011.

In its short existence, the choir has assembled an impressive recorded discography. It has recorded more than 40 choral masterworks on the Teaching Music through Performance CDs that are used by conductors throughout the country. It can be heard on a CD released in 2010 - Angels in the Architecture: The Voices of Anam Cara on the GIA ChoralWorks label. The choir can also be seen and heard on the DVD The Empowered Choral Rehearsal: Choral Masterclasses with Simon Carrington. Members in the choir are selected by audition from sophomore through graduate-level students.

The 14-member WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR is composed of undergraduate and graduate students of Westminster Choir College. Its director is Kathleen Ebling Shaw. This year celebrates the 33rd year of the handbell curriculum at Westminster Choir College, which was the first institution in the world to develop such a program.

Hailed for its virtuosity, the Westminster Concert Bell Choir uses the largest range of handbells in the world – 8 octaves, from C1 to C9. Many of the bells are made of bronze and range in weight from four ounces to 11 pounds; the Choir also uses the large “Basso Profundo” aluminum-cast bells that are a new phenomenon in handbell ringing. The Choir supplements their handbell set with a six-octave set of Malmark Choirchime¨ instruments from C2 to C8 – the widest range in existence.

The Westminster Concert Bell Choir has appeared on Public Television’s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and several holiday broadcasts of the TODAY show, including one in which the ensemble was joined by NBC television personalities Katie Couric and Willard Scott. Its holiday performances have been heard annually on National Public Radio’s Performance Today, and it is included on NPR’s Christmas Around The Country II recording. The choir has performed at Carnegie Hall twice during the Christmas season. Most recently, the choir was featured on New Jersey Network’s State Of The Arts program.

In December 2002 the ensemble joined Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a critically acclaimed 15-city tour entitled “A Royal Christmas.” The Choir has made eight recordings: The Pealing Bells, Westminster

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For more information about the ensemble, its music, and recordings, please contact:

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Trumpet:Douglas Haislip, Managing Director

Chuck BumcrotChris JaudesJason Bitonti

French horn:Janet Lantz

Frank Donaruma

Trombone:Carl Della Peruti

Hans MuhlerDon Hayward

Tuba:Kyle Turner

Percussion:Adrienne Ostrander

Phyllis Bitow

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.

Concert Bell Choir, Christmas Bells, Westminster Rings!, Praise and Adoration, Christmas at Westminster, The Westminster Concert Bell Choir, By Request and A Time To Dance.

Founded in 1982, SOLID BRASS is recognized by audiences and critics alike as one of the premier brass groups in the country. The members of the ensemble are some of the New York area’s finest musicians who have performed at Lincoln Center with the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera orchestras, NY

City Ballet orchestra, and a host of appearances as orchestral and chamber musicians in the metropolitan area. SOLID BRASS has recorded on the Musical Heritage Society label, Dorian Recordings, Joseph Grado Signature Recordings and Craig Dory Recordings; and has appeared on NJN (PBS) TV’s “The State of the Arts”. Musical arrangements are being published in the SOLID BRASS SERIES of Trigram Music Inc., Century City, California. SOLID BRASS has been a recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and performed in Mexico and two tours of Canada.

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

Westminster Symphonic Choir

SopranoJewel Aagaard Alfred, NYKerilyn Acer Old Bridge, NJTracy Acevedo Commack, NYShannon Aloise Phillipsburg, NJMichelle Barker Wilmington, DELiza Calisesi Fort Dodge, IAJenne Carey Toronto, ONSilky Marsharika Carter Newark, NJCandice Choi San Francisco, CAClarisse Colao Libertyville, ILAlexa Cottrell Briarcliff Manor, NYStephanie Council Ponca City, OKJessica Cox Richmond, VABridget Curran Spokane, WALaura DellaFera Ashford, CTMichelle Di Bona Fort Lee, NJCristina DiMuro Trumbull,CTLisa Diver Baltimore, MD Jamie Dorrance Mt. Airy, MD

Mariel Elmera East Orange, NJGillian Eshleman Salt Lake City, UTMiranda Fessler Champaign, ILAnna Friars West Deptford, NJAngela Gan Billerica, MAEileen Gerardino Columbia, NJDarla Good Highland,NYHannah Guerra Germantown, MDKristin Hagan Carrollton, GACeleste Hanlon Brick, NJRosalind Harvey Downingtown, PAMaureen Hontanosas Franklin Park, NJHeather Hussey Sewell, NJHeather Jones Charleston, SCAudrey Kline Royal Oak, MISarah Leidereiter Hamburg, GermanyElizabeth Levinson Farmingville, NYLauren Liddicoat Kelowna, BCAubrey Maks Yardley, PA

Alison Melcher Delmar, NYShannon Murphy Brooklyn, NYVictoria Neil Phoenix, AZChristine Nelson Kenilworth, NJSara Noble Rochester, NYEmily Palmer Baltimore, MDNicole Payne Whippany, NJLindsay Reigel Ashburn, VARachel Resignato South Amboy, NJLauren Rowland Riverhead, NYDanyel Shiflet Lake Ariel, PADorothy Shrader Alva, OKLauren Snyder West Montrose, ON, CanadaKathryn Stewart Fresno, CAElizabeth Stuk Marietta, GAChantelle Vienneau Lisbon, NH

AltoAmanda Abdill South Orange, NJNatalie Barney Kirkland, WAErika Beckwith-Bourque Woodstock, CT Sarah Bolluyt Easton, PAThomas Buckley Stratford, CTChristine Callahan Oaklyn, NJDanielle Callahan Chandler, AZEva Casey Syracuse, NYEsther D. Chen Edison, NJNicole Cochran Pittsburgh, PASara Elmer Manasquan, NJLauren Exley Royersford, PAMelissa Fajardo East Hanover, NJAlice Falcone Aquebogue, NYLauren Frey Pittsburgh, PAAmanda Gillin Massapequa Park, NYRachel Gluzband Albertson, NYSarah Gooding Pittsburg, TX

Erin Greenfield Gig Harbor, WAJinKyoung Ha Gimcheon, South KoreaGuisella Houlahan Boston, MAMichela Imbesi Marlton, NJLauren Jurgrau Atlantic Beach, NYLauren Kenworthy Kingwood, NJSoyoung Kim Plainsboro,NJMeaghan King Brandon, FLKristen Kozub Warminster, PAAmanda Larkin Mt. Laurel, NJKimberly LeDone Armonk, NYZerrin Agabigum Martin Fenton, MIRachel Martin Delanco, NJSarah Moerman Ridgetown, ON, CanadaBrittany Montoro Roanoke, VATylzia Moore Elizabeth, NJMeredyth Morrison Hershey, PAMeghan Murray Burlington, MA

Caesfianae Oh Seoul, South KoreaSierra Oh Honolulu, HICyenny Pesik East Brunswick, NJCara Peterson Seattle, WARebekah Poklemba Monroeville, PALaura Racht Clifton Park, NYEmma Rhine Glenview, ILMelissa Richardson Belleville, WIKendra Rios Philadelphia, PALaine Schubert Zionsville, PASamantha Scully Ringwood, NJJonathan Stecker Buffalo, NYArcia Stokes Newark, NJRuth Tarectecan Nerissa Thompson Newport News, VAAnna Trettin Pottstown, PAElizabeth Wojtowicz Lancaster, NYDi Zhao Dryden, NY

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TenorLuis Alvira Brentwood, NYRyan M. Cassel Pitman, NJVincent DiPeri West Milford, NJJustin Drach National Park, NJKenneth Ellerbee Newark, NJNicholas Garcia Covington, VADaniel Garrick Northport, NYAlex Glover St. Louis, MODerrick Goff Charlotte, NCPaul Alexander Hughes Santa Cruz, CARichard Hutton Dyer, IN

Eric Johnson Kalamazoo, MIMatthew Kennedy Malaga, NJDaniel Kerr Staten Island, NYCheong Kim Princeton, NJMatt Kiple Florence, NJBrian Krajcik Toms River, NJEdward Landin Lancaster, PAHyun Seop Lee Ridgefield, NJJoseph J. McCabe Middletown, NJKang Noh Park Seoul, KoreaAlexander Pimentel Miami, FL

Philip Rice Coldwater, MIMatthew Robertson Washington, DCCraig Sanphy Concord, NHAnthony Serrao Rutherford, NJJared Slaymaker Gilbertsville, PAKale Thompson Howard, PADawan Turner Trenton, NJRicardo Valle Santa Ana, CAStephen Webb Murrells Inlet, SCJames White Boston, MAElvie Williams Jersey City, NJ

BassBrett Avery-Lawyer Southampton, PAWilliam Barksdale State College, PAAnthony Baron White Lake, MIKevin Bertin Brooklyn, NYAlexander Clark Riverview, NB Canada Gregory Corliss Clifton Park, NYThomas Cunningham Cincinnati, OHStephen Daniel Freeport,NYGiancarlo A. D’Elia Dumont, NJDaniel Elder Athens, GAGlendon Emmons Marietta GaJacob Ezzo East Syracuse, NYDavid Fitzgerald Jr. Baltimore, MDLee Flatt Nashville, TNJohn J. Floyd II Logan Township, NJMichael Fuchs Watertown, SDWilliam Gotmer Rochester, MN

Daniel Halbstein Freehold, NJJoshua Hemmings Amityville, NYJames Hopkins New York, NYChristopher Jackson Stillwater, OKRyan John Newark, DEBen Kaplan Princeton, NJChad Keilman Milan, MIRobert Kelly Danby, VTSteve Kim San Francisco, CADaehan Kim Seoul, KoreaT. Quinn Kimball Warwick, NYJacob Kinderman Olympia, WAJeffrey King Plainfield, NJAlex Krenz Glen Mills, PAZachary Krieger Reese, MIJonathan Palmer Lakeland Trumbull, CTTim Lewicki Bristow, VA

Nicholas May Austin, TXZebulun McLellan Tinmouth, VTKarol Nowicki Warsaw, PolandAndrew Paulson Great Falls, VARobert Pegg Morrisville, PAFrank Pisaturo West Greenwich, RISean Price Metuchen, NJScott Purcell Westville, NJAndrew Skitko, III Pottstown, PALouis Spinelli Midland Park, NJDaniel Stipe Tulsa, OKRobert E. Stubbs, Jr. Gaithersburg, MDBen Sutley Boyertown, PAWilliam Vallandigham Carthage, NYAsa Vaughn Orange, NJCameron Wentz Hanover, PABrian Williams Robbinsville, NJ

Westminster Choir

BassKevin Bertin, Brooklyn, NYDaniel Elder, Athens, GALee Flatt, Nashville, TNMichael Fuchs, Watertown, SD

Joshua Hemmings, Amityville, NYChristopher Jackson, Stillwater, OKMarcus Jordan, Grand Rapids, MIChad Keilman, Milan, MI

Daehan Kim, Seoul, KoreaSteve Kim, San Francisco, CAZebulun McLellan, Tinmouth, VTWilliam Vallandigham, Carthage, NY

SopranoJustine Claire Aronson, Bloomfield, MIAlexandra Batsios, Granite City, ILLillian Bouchey, Leawood, KSClarisse Colao, Chicago, IL

Alexa Cottrell, Briarcliff Manor, NYLisa Diver, Baltimore, MDAnna Friars, West Deptford, NJHannah Guerra, Germantown, MD

Audrey Kline, Royal Oak, MIShari Perman, Malibu, CA

AltoAmanda L. Abdill, South Orange, NJThomas C. Buckley, Stratford, CTDanielle Callahan, Chandler, AZStephanie Council, Ponca City, OK

Carolyne DalMonte, Exton, PAZerrin Martin, Fenton, MIMeredyth Morrison, Hershey, PARebekah Poklemba, Monroeville, PA

Lindsay Pope, Westwood, MANerissa Thompson, Newport News, VA

TenorDaniel Garrick, Statesboro, GAAlex Glover, St. Louis, MODerrick Goff, Charlotte, NCRichard Hutton, Dyer, IN

Eric Johnson, Kalamazoo, MIBrian Krajcik, Toms River, NJBrandon Motz, Grand Junction, COKang-Noh Park, Seoul, Korea

Ricardo Valle, Santa Ana, CAJoshua Wanger, Newport News, VAJohnny Wilson, Hackettstown, NJ

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

Michael Fuchs, graduate assistant conductor

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BassRyan Brown, Rome, ME*Justin Carumba, Middletown, NJMatt Coules, Elkins Park, PALucas DeJesus, Philadelphia, PAJared Freeman, Woodbridge, NJChuck Hartung, Collingswood, NJRoger Kingsland IV, Pittsburgh, PA

Andrew Lusher, Oneida, NYAndrew Maggio, Pittstown, NJJoel Michalchuk, Lambertville, NJRaymond Nugent, Red Bank, NJPatrick Owens, Vernon, NJJoshua Quigley, Swedesboro, NJBrian Sengdala, Orange, CA

John Shusdock, Washington, CTThomas W. Smith, Essex, CTCody Southerland, Cherry Hill, NJMichael Spaziani, West Chester, PASergey Tkachenko, Jackson Heights, NY*Josh Wilson, Bethlehem, PA

SopranoDena Marie Andrews, Emerald, PA*Teresa Bonilla, Egg Harbor City, NJChristina Burgos, Coral Springs, FLJulia R. Carter, Hampstead, MDHeather Corson, Charleston, SCHolly Curtis, Wilmington, NCNicole Fragala, East Islip, NY*Tamaru Geller, Nutley, NJCrystal Glenn, Wappingers Falls, NYKierstyn R. Gunn, Doylestown, PA

Caroline Jansen, Springfield, MOMax Jefferson, Little Falls, NJEmily K. Johnston, Chapel Hill, NCLaura Grace Kalis, Morristown, NJMyungjae Jessica Kim, Seoul, KoreaKirsten McKall Kilpatrick, Baldwin, NYJenna Lorusso, Acton, MAJessica Marcinkowski, Columbus, NJBailey Mattison, Annandale, NJMaria Gabriella Milazzo, Independence, MO

Maggie Montoney, Quakertown, PAEmma Jane Ozman, East Moriches, NYBrianne Pantalone, Glenville, NYRachel E. Pantazis, Manchester, NHVictoria Scheirer, Reading, PAAly Strzalka, Erie, PAKirin Sugino, Sapporo, Japan*Ashante Taylorcox, Piscataway, NJSerena Venditto, Goshen, NYKate Wood, Eastport, NY

AltoYoanna Akis, Weirton, WVRebekah Banks-Plummer, Culpeper, VAJulia Beckmann, Amityville, NYLoryn Bono, Jackson, NJBriana Cangemi, Merrick, NYMary Copeley, Concord, NH*Cristina Cortes, Massapequa, NYMary DiRoberts, Wethersfield, CTChristine Dorantes, Woodbridge, NJHazel Eaton, Pittsburgh, PA

Moira Gannon, Lafayette Hill, PAAshley Grant, Point Pleasant, NJTravis Hewitt, Salt Lake City, UT*Gillian Hurst, Rockport, MA*Sareen Jebejian, Fort Lee, NJStephanie Londoño, Park Ridge, ILMarissa Malloy, Shamong, NJJulia McNamara, Needham, MAJane Meditz, Wethersfield, CTCaitlin Monteverde, Saratoga, CA

Ebony Queen, Hyattsville, MDEmily Lynne Revis, Ashland, VAAlexandria Robles, Smithtown, NYKelsey Rose, Springfield, VAKelsey Sanborn, Medford, NJElizabeth Sharts, Madison, NJGabrielle Stember-Young, Princeton, NJBrittany Walsh, West Islip, NY

TenorJamison Barrett, Collegeville, PAAndrew Cox, Pennsville, NJChristopher Crosby, Russells Point, OHChristopher Filice, Sunnyvale, CABernie Gonzalez, Fort Lauderdale, FLMatthew Henry, National Park, NJ

Amon Johnson, Houston, TXMark Laseter, Chattanooga, TN*Gary Margerum, Levittown, PAEdgar Kenneth Mariano, Dumont, NJ*Cortlandt W. Matthews, West Islip, NYWilliam Morrison, East Orange, NJ

Jim Roman, Moorestown, NJFermin Santiago, Philadelphia, PAWilliam Sawyer, Sudbury, MADavid F. Shirley, Tinton Falls, NJ


Joe Alden, Elverson, PAMatthew Astone, Falmouth, MANatalie Barney, Kirkland, WAStephen Daniel, Freeport, NYElizabeth Folger, Philadelphia, PA

Eileen Gerardino, Columbia, NJHolly Gordon, Mattapoisett, MA Sareen Jebejian, Fort Lee, NJKristian C. Kohler, Reading, PA Zachary Krieger, Reese, MI

Tim Lewicki, Bristow, VA Philip Rice, Coldwater, MIChantelle Vienneau, Lisbon, NHNicholas Williams, Westfield, NJ

*Ensemble in “Hymn to the Virgin”

Lindsay Pope, graduate assistant conductor

Lillian Bouchey, graduate assistant

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Westminster Schola Cantorum

SopranoNancy Brandler, Parsippany, NJLauren Cho, Flemington, NJBretta Cline, Prairie Village, KSAmberRose Dische, Fullerton, CAArielle Egan, Woodstown, NJRachel Faust, Montpelier, VARachel Flores, Baldwin, NYElizabeth Folger, Philadelphia, PARachel Gilbert, Hammond, WIMichelle Handy, Blairstown, NJ

Jasmine Jones, Silver Spring, MDRenata Kapilevich, Cresskill, NJHannah King, Charlotte, NCHannah Larson, Fair Lawn, NJSamantha Lax, South Orange, NJRachael Lipson, Havertown, PABrittany McCollum, Elkin, NCKaterina Nowik, North Plainfield, NJShari Perman, Malibu, CATaylor Plakoris, West Windsor, NJ

Shannon Reed, Tabernacle, NJChloe Ribeiro, Somerville, NJAlyssa Rivera, Floral Park, NYJocelyn Su, Hsinchu, TaiwanJoy Suslov, Potomac, MDJordan Laurelle Timchal, Pilesgrove, NJCherisse Williams, Brooklyn, NYCherissia Williams, Brooklyn, NYJessica Williams, Yardley, PA

AltoKathleen Austin, Chesterfield, VAKaitlin Borden, Nederland, TXHayley Collins, Traverse City, MILauren Delfing, Columbus, NJJacquelyn DiMarco, Wallkill, NYKatrina Dubbs, Pittsburgh, PAElizabeth Fildes, Las Vegas, NVElizabeth Frasciello, Montvale, NJ

Natasha Gonzalez, North Bergen, NJHolly Gordon, Mattapoisett, MARebekah Hamilton, Sammamish, WARebecca Hoare, Churchville, PAJurae Kim, Howell, NJSarah Mae Lagasca, New York, NYMaya Mapuana, Honolulu, HIKristian Novelli, Annandale, NJ

Margaret O’Neill, Haddonfield, NJHolly Scovell, Akron, OHJordan Stebich, West Deptford, NJHannah Strong, Pittsburgh, PATaniya Udugampola, Pine Hill, NJEmily Warunek, Millville, PA

TenorIan Barr, Downington, PAJohn Marcus Bland, Opelika, ALMitchell Burke, Clarks Summit, PARoger Erickson, East BrunswickMatthew Gutwald, Huntingtown, MD

Juan Carlos Ortiz, The Bronx, NYWilliam Roslak, Southhold, NYMichael Smith, Royersford, PAJoshua Stell, Elverson, PAJames Stirling, Montreal, QC

Orin Strunk, Boyertown, PAJoshua Wanger, Newport News, VAJohnny Wilson, Hackettstown, NJ

Bass/BaritoneMatthew Astone, Falmouth, MAStephen Bythrow, Glenside, PACorey Everly, Johnstown, PAKristian Kohler, Reading, PAThomas LaVoy, Marquette, MI

Richard Lindsey, El Centro, CANikita Mamedov, St. Petersburg, RussiaEzra Morris, Queens Village, NYMatteo Neri, Pennington, NJJustin Ortiz, Long Branch, NJ

Mark Raimondi, Cranford, NJSteven Sloan, Arlington, VARyan Wilson, Blue Bell, PAMichael Zubert, Stowe, PA

Women of Westminster Williamson Voices

SopranoShannon Aloise, Philllipsburg, NJ Misha Barker, Wilmington, DE + Breta Cline, Praire Village, KS

Michelle Di Bona, Fort Lee, NJ Kristin Hagan, Carrollton, GA Samantha Lax, South Orange, NJ Dorothy Shrader, Alva, OK

Elizabeth Stuk, Marietta, GA Jessica Williams, Yardley, PA

AltoLauren Delfing, Columbus, NJ Elizabeth Frasciello, Montvale, NJ Kristen Kozub, Warminster, PA

Guisella Houlahan, Boston, MA Lauren Kenworthy, Kingwood, NJ Maya Mapuana, Honolulu, HI Melissa Richardson, Belleville, WI

Laine Schubert, Zionsville, PA Holly Scovell, Akron, OH Samantha Scully, Ringwood, NJJonathan Stecker, Buffalo, NY

Richard Hutton, graduate assistant conductorZerrin Martin, graduate assistant conductor

Melissa Richardson, graduate assistant conductorMathew Robertson, graduate assistant conductor

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Rider University’s WESTMINSTER COLLEGE OF THE ARTS educates and trains aspiring performers, art ists, teachers and students with artistic interests to pursue professional, scholarly and lifelong personal opportunities in art, dance, music and theater. The College consists of three divisions: Westminster Choir College, the School of Fine and Performing Arts and Westminster Conserva tory. WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE is a college of music and graduate school located on Rider’s Princeton campus. Renowned for its tradition of choral excellence, Westminster offers programs in music education; music theory and composition; sacred music; voice, organ, and piano performance and pedagogy; choral conducting; and

piano accompanying and coaching. The SCHOOL OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS is located on Rider’s Lawrenceville campus. Its programs include arts administration, music theater and fine arts with tracks in dance, music, theater and art. WESTMINSTER CON-SERVATORY OF MUSIC is a community music school that serves the Central New Jersey/Eastern Pennsylva-nia area with on-campus and community-based music instruction as well as community choral, orchestral and theater ensembles. RIDER UNIVERSITY is a private co-educational, student-centered university that empha-sizes purposeful connections between academic study and education for the professions.

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

Quiznos of Princeton is a proud sponsor of the 2010-2011 choral season at Westminster Choir College.301 N. Harrison Street • Princeton • NJ • 08540 • Phone: 609-279-9100

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*List as of December 3, 2010

Robert L. Annis and Ellen VickersPete and Christina Callaway

Giles and Diana CraneMicaela de Lignerolles

Dr. E. Bruce DiDonato and Dr. Denise AgnessEdward and Debbie Gwazda

Samuel M. HamillJoe and Lee Herring

James and Deborah PetersGrace and Bryce ThompsonFred and Barbara Vahlsing

Elizabeth Wislar

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew AndelaEllen and Charles Baber

Dr. Joseph G. Beck and Sara R. BeckWilliam and Lisa BelloBrian and Ley Breuel

Graham H. and Sue M. BurtonJ. Michael Diehl and Roz Ressner

Jim and Kathy FoxDr. Susan M. Glazer and Dr. Ernst Heilbrunn

Mr. and Mrs. P. HaganCarol and Richard Hanson

Marion and Cosmo IacavazziThomas and Marie Jablonski

Pamela S. and John F. Kelsey, IIIJudy and Bill Klitgaard

Vera and Immanuel KohnPeter and Linda Gayle Lee

Neil Ann and Richard LevineMarsha Gaynor LewisChristine LokhammerMrs. William Lyall, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. John McCarthyJohn and Ann McGoldrick

Jonathan D. and Elyse MeerJackie and Cy Meisel

Arthur and Barbara MorganDale and Barbara Morrison

Rich and Lolly O’BrienJacquie and Woody Phares

Marvin and Ingrid ReedMordechai and Bonnie Rozanski

William M. and Joan E. RueKate and Alan Ryan

William and Judith ScheideLeslie and Evan Shenkler

Murray and Michiko SimonCaroline Spoeneman

Caren SturgesPenny and Mike Townsend

Vera H. VacekFred and Barbara VahlsingJay and Harriet H. Vawter

John B. ViscegliaMr. and Mrs. William B. Woodhull

Annmarie WoodsPeter I. Yi, MD and Alice Y. Yi

Patron Committee

Patron Contributors

Cambridge SchoolCovance Inc.

Excavating Materials & Equipment Inc.The Lewis School of Princeton

MainStay Investments

Merrill Lynch Global Wealth ManagementPNC Wealth Management

Staffing Alternatives IncorporatedWest Chemical Products Inc.

Corporate Patron Contributors

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AnonymousJo Anna Agle

William E. and Lily M. BrownAnthony M. Celentano ’78, ’80

Harriet R. ChaseFrederick and Gael W. Gardner

Aaron E. and Ernestine (Mickey) Lazenby ’68 GastDr. Robert C. Good

Dr. Ronald A. Hemmel ’78Susan Cadwalader Johnson ’01Paul Lakeland and Beth Palmer

Lois Laverty ’51, ’55Dave and Kitty Martin

Kathy Geyer McNeil ’76, ’80Carol R. Miller

Richard S. ’70 and Helen M. OlderBethel Le Baron Pendleton ’72

Burke Raper ’80Ryan and Randie Roderick

Judith von Hassel ’05Robert and Dianne Wodarski

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.

The Saturday, December 11th performance will be recorded and broadcast internationally by WWFM The Classical Network on

Monday, December 20th at 8 p.m.

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Recordings from WestminsterThe Perfect Holiday Gift!

NoëlWestminster ChoirJoe Miller, conductor

Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-sopranoKen Cowan, organ

Classic French Christmas music

A Time to DanceWestminster Concert Bell Choir

Kathleen Ebling Shaw, director

Classic and contemporary works with a dance theme

Christmas with the Westminster ChoirWestminster ChoirJoseph Flummerfelt, conductor

Traditional holiday favorites with organ and brass

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

New!

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Christmas Masterpieces and Familiar CarolsWestminster ChoirNew Jersey Symphony OrchestraJoseph Flummerfelt, conductor

Selections from holiday masterpieces and familiar carols

Christmas at WestminsterWestminster Concert Bell ChoirKathleen Ebling-Thorne, director

Arrangements of holiday classics from Silent Night to White Christmas

An Evening of Readings & CarolsThree choirs, organ and brass present an inspiring evening of holiday music

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Westminster Firsts A Classical Legacy

1920 Westminster Choir was established by John Finley William son at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Dayton, Ohio.

1926 The Westminster Choir School was founded.

1928 Westminster Choir and the Cincinnati Symphony made the nation’s first coast-to-coast radio broadcast, aired over Station WLW.

1929 Westminster Choir College was established and moved to Ithaca College.

1932 Westminster Choir College moved to Princeton, N.J.

1934 As the first official American guests of the Soviet Union, with whom the United States had just resumed diplomatic relations, Westminster Choir made the first broadcast from Russia to the United States.

1938 Westminster Choir, with conductor and founder Dr. John Finley Williamson, presented the first U.S. performance of Joseph Haydn’s Passion (The Seven Last Words). The perfor-mance also featured a volunteer orchestra of Princetonians, including Albert Einstein in the violin section. • The Choir sang at the dedication of the New York World’s Fair.

1939 Westminster Choir sang for the first time with the New York Philharmonic. Since then, it has set a record for the number of joint performances—more than 350—by a single choir and orchestra.

1957 Westminster Choir completed a five-month, globe-circling tour under the auspices of the U.S. State Department’s Cultural Exchange Program. The Choir performed in 22 countries, traveled 40,000 miles and appeared before 227,000 people.

1964 Westminster Choir sang on the Telstar World-Wide Telecast in the spring for the opening ceremonies of the New York World’s Fair. This reportedly was the largest audience ever to see a television show at that time.

1965 For the first time the Choir appeared with three major orchestras in one year: the Berlin Philharmonic, the American Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

1966 The Choir appeared for the first time in New York’s Philharmonic Hall singing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the New York Philharmonic.

1971 Westminster Choir performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts during the inaugural week of concerts with the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Nicholas Harsanyi. The work performed was The Dawn of Glory by Christian Latrobe.

1972 The Choir began its first summer as the chorus-in-residence for the Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Two Worlds) in Spoleto, Italy, at the invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti.

1975 Westminster Choir premiered William Schuman’s Casey at the Bat with the National Symphony Orchestra.

1977 Westminster Choir became the first chorus-in-residence at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. in Charleston, S.C., at the invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti.

1978 Westminster Choir established its own recording label, copyrighted “Westminster Choir,” and released its first recording: Six Motets of Johann Sebastian Bach, with guest conductor Wilhelm Ehmann.

1980 Westminster Choir was the first choir to be featured on the “ Live from Lincoln Center” telecast series over National Public Television. The Choir performed Verdi’s Requiem with the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta.

1982 Westminster Choir was part of the 10,000th performance of the New York Philharmonic, America’s oldest perma-nent orchestra.

1988 Westminster Choir sang Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the New York Philharmonic under the composer’s direction in a performance at Carnegie Hall celebrating the 45th anniversary of Bernstein’s conducting debut with the orchestra.

1990 Westminster Symphonic Choir sang in the Leonard Bernstein memorial concert at the invitation of the Bernstein family.

1991 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed at Carnegie Hall’s 100th Anniversary Celebration.

1992 Westminster Choir College merged with Rider University.•WestminsterSymphonicChoirperformedin “A Tribute to Riccardo Muti” with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Maestro Muti, a performance televised nationally on the Arts & Entertainment Cable Network.

1993 Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, Westminster Sym-phonic Choir participated in The Philadelphia Orches-tra’s first performance of Britten’s War Requiem.

1996 Westminster Choir, conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt, traveled on a concert tour of Korea and Taiwan and per-formed in the Colmar Music Festival in Colmar, France.

1999 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed the world premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra Mar, 7 Preludes for the New Millennium with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur.

2001 Westminster Choir and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt, performed the world premiere of Stephen Paulus’ Voices of Light, commissioned by Rider University to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of Westminster Choir College.

2002 To commemorate the events of September 11, 2001, Westminster Choir was featured in the PRI national radio broadcast of “In the Shadow of the Towers.” They were joined by President George W. Bush and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Westminster Sym-phonic Choir’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem with the New Jersey Symphony was broadcast nationally by PBS.

2004 Westminster Choir premiered Arise My Love by Stephen Paulus, a gift from the composer to celebrate Joseph Flummerfelt’s extraordinary career. • Westminster’s artistic director, Joseph Flummerfelt, was named Musical America’s 2004 Conductor of the Year, the first choral conductor to be so honored.

2005 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloë (complete) for the first time with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Lorin Maazel.

2006 Westminster Symphonic Choir participated in the New York Philharmonic’s first performance of Mozart’s Mass in C, K. 317 “Coronation,” conducted by Lorin Maazel. • Joe Miller appointed director of choral activities and conductor of the Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir.

2007 Rider University established Westminster College of the Arts.•WestminsterWilliamsonVoicespresentedtheNorth American premiere of James Whitbourn’s Annelies: The Anne Frank Oratorio. • Westminster Symphonic Choir opened the Carnegie Hall season performing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson.

2008 Westminster Kantorei participated in the world premiere recording of John Magnussen’s Psalm, composed for the José Limón dance company.

2009 Westminster Choir and Joe Miller released their first recording, Flower of Beauty.

2010 Westminster Williamson Voices premiered James Whit-bourn’s Requiem Canticorum, and the Westminster Choir premiered Jaakko Mäntyjärvi’s To a Locomotive in Winter.

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