Fall Pacific Choral Concert 10.16.2019

FALL CHORAL CONCERT Wednesday I October 16, 2019 I 7:30 pm Cathedral of the Annunciation, Stockton UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC CHORAL ENSEMBLES Dr. Yejee Choi | director Patricia Grimm and Monica Swope | collaborating pianists DELTA COLLEGE CHOIRS Dr. Bruce Southard | director Matthew Bear | accompanist CABRILLO CHORALE Cheryl Anderson | director Elizabeth Bunch | accompanist PHI MU ALPHA SINFONIA, BETA PI CHAPTER, UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC Jorge Torrez | student music director Burr C. Phillips | faculty advisor

10th Performance I 2019-20 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific

CONCERT PROGRAM I OCTOBER 16, 2019 I 7:30 PM PRELUDE Komm, heiliger Geist, Herr Gott, BWV 651

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Patricia Grimm, organ

UNIVERSITY CHORUS AND PACIFIC SINGERS Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

O Clap Your Hands

Thomas Hubel, Cristina O’Brien and Shane Ryan, trumpets Rebecca Growcott, Josh Dunsford and Nico Peruzzi, trombones Robert Huntington, tuba; Kyle Bossert, timpani; Jonathan Herbers, percussion Monica Swope, piano Anton Brukner (1824-1896)

Os Justi

Kasar Mie Lagaji “The Earth is tired”

Alberto Grau (b. 1937)

Kadri Bin Mohamad Nizam, percussion

PACIFIC SINGERS Ernani Aguiar (b. 1950)

Salmo 150 O Schöne Nacht, Op. 92, No. 1

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)

Little Man in a Hurry Patricia Grimm, piano

UNIVERSITY CHORUS AND PACIFIC SINGERS Kpanlogo

Derek Bermel (b. 1967) Kadri Bin Mohamad Nizam, Ravyn Standford, Bhakti Chan and Filo Ebid, percussion

CONCERT PROGRAM I OCTOBER 16, 2019 I 7:30 PM VOICE AND ORGAN Erick Esanvelz

O Salutaris Hostia

Gina Mitchell, soprano; Bryan Mah, alto saxophone Patricia Grimm, organ

DELTA SINGERS My Bonny Lass She Smileth

Thomas Morley (1558-1602)

The Peace of Wild Things

Jake Runestad (b. 1986) Traditional Scottish Arr. J. David Moore (b. 1962)

Seinn O

Matthew Bear, piano

DELTA CONCERT CHOIR Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)

Sam was a man

Paul Simon Arr. Kirby Shaw

Bridge Over Troubled Water Matthew Bear, piano

PHI MU ALPHA SINFONIA Folk song Arr. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

The Salley Gardens

Burr C. Phillips, piano Tuba

Traditional xitsonga Arr. Michael Barrett Justin Beasley, tenor Braydon Ross, Joshua Dunsford and Nick Davis, percussion Jorge Torrez, conductor

CONCERT PROGRAM I OCTOBER 16, 2019 I 7:30 PM CABRILLO CHORALE Sam Pottle (1934–1978)

The Jabberwocky

Timothy C. Takach (b. 1978)

The Darkling Thrush Under the Willow Tree from Vanessa

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Elizabeth Bunch, piano

ALL CHOIRS Dan Forrest (b. 1978)

Three Nocturnes

Kyle Bossert, Jonathan Herbers and Ravyn Stanford, percussion Andrew Carlson, timpani

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PACIFIC CHORAL ENSEMBLES The Pacific Choral Ensembles have had a long and distinguished tradition with the first a cappella choir in the West established in 1916. The Pacific Choral Ensembles are a rich and vital component of the Conservatory of Music and University of the Pacific’s life. They are a platform for the fundamentals of ensemble collaboration, musicianship and musicality, providing an opportunity to learn a myriad of styles and genres while singing together. Membership into the choral ensembles is open by audition to any University of the Pacific student of any major at the beginning of each semester.

PACIFIC SINGERS

The Pacific Singers are a select mixed-voice chamber choir that collaborates with the University Chorus each semester for two choral concerts. Other collaborations include with the University Symphony Orchestra and the Stockton Symphony in performance of major choral and orchestral works. In October 2018, the Pacific Singers, alongside the University Chorus and the Delta Choirs, collaborated with the University of the Pacific Percussion Ensemble in Gene Koshinski’s Concerto for Marimba and Choir. In November 2018, the ensemble made a successful concert tour to Santa Cruz and Aptos area giving six performances and collaborating with various high school and community college choirs. Throughout the academic year, the ensemble performs at major University events such as University of the Pacific’s commencement ceremony and Holiday Roar Luncheon, and Regent’s dinner parties.

UNIVERSITY CHORUS

University Chorus is a large mixed chorus open to any student in the University by audition. It combines with the other choirs for two performances each semester and performs in both a cappella and choral-orchestral works in a wide variety of genres.

This past October, the Pacific Singers, alongside the University Chorus and the Delta Choirs, collaborated with the University of the Pacific Percussion Ensemble in Gene Koshinski’s Concerto for Marimba and Choir.

Like us on Facebook @ UOPchoirs Hear us and subscribe to our YouTube Channel under “UOP Choirs - University of the Pacific” For information on joining our choral program, contact Dr. Yejee Choi at ychoi@pacific.edu Find out about our upcoming events at go.Pacific.edu/MusicEvents

PACIFIC SINGERS Abby Anderson Mara Baldwin Mateus Barioni Justin Beasley Josh Carbardo • Bhakti Chan • Cameron Costa Elyse Coty Nick Davis • Rose Dickson Filo Ebid Rachel Ferreria

Brylan Finley Nicole Ikeda Alex Istudor Hannah Lampkin • Davis Mahoney § Jasmine Melendez • # Amanda Mikkelssen • Regina Mitchell Joshua Navarro Dion Nikkelsen Kadri Bin Mohamad Nizam

††† President Emeritus of Pacific Choirs † Ensemble President § Ensemble Vice President

KEY

Emily Osborne Josh Porter † • # James Scott Sadai Servin • # Anthony Silva Jordan Somer Lily Tumbale Rebekah Thomas Jorge Torrez ††† Ryan Vang Maggie Walley Lauren Woomer

• Section Leaders # Choral Teaching Assistants

UNIVERSITY CHORUS Justine Abuso Holden Adams Hector Alejandres Nicole Allen Gabrielle Baluyot Bailey Bertao Kelvin Boateng Riley Brearton Brian Bui Caroline Burke-Baker Diego Bustamante Gabriella Campitelli Wyatt Cannon Andrew Carlson • Hailey Cating Yi ‘Leo’ Chang Jack Chivers Amanda Davis

Poyan “Florence” Lam Anne Le Briana Lee Daniel Liu Jenna Deibert • Rachel Dolan Susan Estrada † Jacob Faulk John Fox Simone Gamble Salvador Garcia Aldana Rebecca Growcott Maddie Horton Lee Kaj Joseph Kruse Keon Mackay Bryan Mah Michelle Miracle KEY

† Ensemble President § Ensemble Vice President • Section Leaders

Mah Noor Whitney Perry Qijun “Randy” Ran Madelene Raneses Nick Rider Marcus Romero Braydon Ross James Scott §• Emilyn Angelica Simon Ravyn Stanford • Cole Torquemada Paige Tucker Ryan Vang • Liz Wong Curtiss Wright Nuoyan “Noah” Yin Christina Yu Tianjun Zheng

CABRILLO CHORALE Cabrillo Chorale is one of 17 vocal ensembles on the Cabrillo College Campus.

It was the first choir formed when Cabrillo was founded 60 years ago. It is a nonauditioned choir, open to all students and community members. The population of the group is primarily music majors. There are some Voice Majors, but for most, this represents the first choral singing experience for these members. Chorale engages the leadership of the Choral Music Teaching Assistants as section leaders and opportunities for other leadership roles. Members of Cabrillo Chorale gain basic singing, musicianship, and ensemble skills. They often perform choral/ orchestral masterworks as well as a variety of styles and genre in choral octavos.

Chorale participated in all of the Cabrillo Commissioning Projects (including works

by Imant Raminsh, Eriks EĹĄevnalds, and Stephen Tosh) and in their Guest Artist Program. Members of this ensemble have advanced through the choral offerings at Cabrillo, have joined the Touring Choruses which have traveled the world, entered music major programs at universities and conservatories across the country, and are now professional musicians in a variety of fields.

Soprano Sally Bookman Bryanna J. Crick Missa Hawk Jeannette Moretti Jaqueline Melendez-Zuniga Alto Cayla Dean Sarah Dietz Susan Gorsky Charlotte Landis Aryela Robello

Tenor Milton Abbott Rico Hoffman-Rushworth Marco Marin Andrew Muldower Ulises Patino Cristian Rincon Javier Tatis-Puretz William White Solomon W. Yoo

Bass Kevin Altenberg Alexander Burr Antonio Gneiwosz Graden A. GolstonKreyche Thomas Webb

DELTA COLLEGE ENSEMBLES Delta Singers is a small chamber choir of the finest singers that performs choral music written for the small vocal ensemble. The Delta Singers performs a variety of types and styles of music in many forums throughout the community and state.

Delta College Choir stresses the art of singing in a large choral ensemble. Choral masterworks for a large choir are selected from the repertoire of all historical periods. The choir is open to all Delta students and tours annually.

DELTA COLLEGE ENSEMBLES Faith Achacoso Christian Alexander* Emily Alonso Aimee Alvarado Marinella Atinaja Manuel Avelar Samantha Bautista* Dawn Breau Joshua Brock Jessina Cervantes Bruce Chester-Bradt Eathan Chester-Bradt Selena Chom Sariah Combs Angel Cortez* Sierra Dalton* Emanuel Diaz Sanchez*

Arianna Duarte Cody Easterbrooks* David Eckhardt Monica Espinoza Sabrina Ghulam Elaine Hanley* Jazzy Hidalgo* Abigail Kermgard* Faizah Khan Maylea King Viviana Laguna Noah Leyva* Gabriel Louie Kitione Mokofisi Eliana Montanio Patrick Naylor* Briana Nguyen

Vien-Hien Nguyen Nickolas Olsen Victoria Ornelas Katelyn Patrick Bryan Quinones* Lorenzo Rangel Jose Razo Danielle Smith* Grace Thurman* Addy Vang Leilani Vargas Jonathan Velez Matthew Washington* Jarred Wright Jonathan Wright Lorieanne Ybiernas *Denotes Delta Singers

PHI MU ALPHA SINFONIA Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is the world’s oldest and largest national fraternal society in music. Sinfonia was born in1898 at the New England Conservatory, Boston, when a group of thirteen young men under the guidance of Ossian Everett Mills met “to consider the social life of the young men students of that institution [and] to devise ways and means by which it might be improved.” With the admission of a group of men at the Broad Street Conservatory, Philadelphia, Sinfonia became a national fraternity in 1900. For over a century, Sinfonians in nearly every field of study and professional endeavor have transformed music in America. The opportunity of becoming a Sinfonian is offered to men who, through their love for music, can assist in the fulfillment of the Fraternity’s Object and ideals either by adopting music as a profession or by working to advance the cause of music in America.

Peter Altamura # Justin Beasley Jack Chivers Felix Diaz Contreras Tristen Collinsworth # Nick Davis Josh Dunsford # Arturo Garcia Zachary Grenig Will Hauan #

Robert Huntington Kevin Iwai Domenic Jimenez Dorian Jones Stephen Lambert Kyle Lesh # Matthew Loya # Bryan Mah Andrew Marcopulos Andrew McKimmy

Ryan Porter Braydon Ross James Scott Charles Tuttle ♪ Jorge Torrez ♫ # Trevor Trinity-Rees Dereck Vicevich Curtiss Wright # ♫ Music Director ♪ Rehearsal Accompanist # Executive Board

DIRECTORS Cheryl Anderson is the Director of Choral Activities at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California. She took up the baton as conductor of Cabrilo Symphonic Chorus in 1991. In her tenure at Cabrillo College, her ensembles have performed at all levels of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and the National Association for Music Educators (MENC); she has lead Interest Sessions at four Divisional Conferences, and she has served on the ACDA Western Division Board as National Repertoire & Standards chair.

Having served as Bay Area Representative, California, ACDA Executive Board and Chair of the Composition Competition, Ms. Anderson has most recently served as President of the Western Division of the American Choral Directors Association.

In addition to her elementary and secondary school teaching, she has served on the faculties of Transylvania University, Colorado State University, University of Northern Colorado, and University of California, Santa Cruz in choral/vocal music, music education, and music theory.

Dr. Yejee Choi joined the faculty at the University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music (Stockton, CA) in Fall 2016 as the Director of Choral Studies.

Dr. Choi completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Music at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. While at USC, she taught Choral Conducting I, USC Oriana Women’s Choir, and served as the Assistant Conductor of USC Concert Choir. Her Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting is from University of Minnesota, where she served as Co-Director & Assistant Conductor of the University Singers, UM Women’s Chorus, and UM Campus Singers.

Originally from South Korea, Dr. Choi studied English Literature at Yonsei University and composition at the Korean National University of Art, one of the most prestigious music conservatories in Seoul, South Korea. Besides voice, conducting, and composition, Dr. Choi received a rigorous training in piano and organ and performed with various instrumental chamber music ensembles.

Dr. Choi has performed and conducted in various venues in South Korea, Japan, China, New Zealand, Australia, and across the United States. She has participated in master classes and workshops led by Simon Halsey, Marin Alsop, and David Hill, as well as enjoying opportunities to perform under the baton of Helmuth Rilling, James Conlon, and Grant Gershon. Her teachers include J.W. Park, Kathy Salzman Romey, Lillian Tan, Jo-Michael Scheibe, Nick Strimple, Cristian Grases, Tram Sparks, Morten Lauridsen, and Adam Knight Gilbert.

Dr. Choi is the Co-Founder, Assistant Conductor, and Composer in Residence of J.W. Summer Festival Chorale, the semi-professional choir of 93 members in Seoul, South

DIRECTORS Korea. A compassionate advocate of community engagement through music, Dr. Choi is also the founding board member of the Music Belongs to Everyone! series, a youth outreach program through choral music, affiliated with J.W. Chorale, South Korea. Recently, she held the similar position as the Choral Director of Esperanza Azteca Youth Orchestra & Choir in Los Angeles, where she was responsible for developing the curriculum and personnel of the 90-voice youth choir. A member of American Choral Directors Association and International Federation of Choral Music, Dr. Choi maintains an active career as a guest conductor and clinician.

Professor Burr C. Phillips joined the faculty of the Conservatory of Music at University of the Pacific in the fall of 2007. Previously, he was a faculty member at the University of Texas (Arlington), Southern Methodist University, and Northern Arizona University.

He holds the MM in Vocal Pedagogy and Performance from Texas Christian University and the BM in Vocal Performance from the University of North Texas.

Mr. Phillips has performed with the Dallas Symphony, Royal Philharmonic (London), Fort Worth Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, and San Antonio Symphony. He has also appeared with Sacramento Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, Dallas Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Chautauqua Opera, and Carmel Bach Festival.

He has taught at the Big Bear Lake Festival of Song (Big Bear Lake, CA) as well as the Taos Opera Institute (Taos, NM) since the summer of 2010. Sought after as an adjudicator for various national competitions in singing, Mr. Phillips has served on juries for the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award (NATSAA) on regional levels in San Jose, CA and Las Vegas, NV. In the Fall of 2012, he served as a jury member to adjudicate the preliminary rounds for the Texoma Singer of the Year competition at the University of North Texas (Denton, TX). This event drew singers from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas and Louisiana.

At the Conservatory, Professor Phillips teaches private voice, vocal coaching, lyric diction and assists in the preparation of opera.

Bruce Southard is currently the Director of Choral Activities at San Joaquin Delta College and has more than twenty years of experience working with choirs of all ages in California, Kentucky, Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota.

Teaching is Dr. Southard’s passion, and he was named the Outstanding Teacher of the Year in the College of Arts and Sciences at Dickinson State University in 2013. As a conductor, his choirs have appeared at state and regional conventions in the North Central region of the

DIRECTORS United States. He has served as guest conductor for several regional honor choirs in Montana and North Dakota, in addition to his active adjudication and clinic schedule.

His applied voice students have been recognized at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions district level and in 2012 one of his students was a national finalist in the MTNA Young Artist Competition.

Dr. Southard studied conducting with William Dehning, Kenneth Davis, Michael Weber and JoAnn Miller. He has also worked directly with Howard Swan, Eph Ehly, Bernard Rubenstein, and Alfred Mann. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of the Pacific, his Master of Music degree from Western Kentucky University and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Music from North Dakota State University.

Jorge A. Torrez is in his senior year at University of the Pacific studying Vocal Performance under the vocal guidance of Professor Burr C. Phillips and Dr. Lynelle Wiens. Jorge’s previous credits include being featured at the International Baroque Academy in Oberaudorf, Germany as one of five countertenors in various baroque opera scenes under the direction of Sigrid T’Hooft, the Narrator in Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite with the Stockton Symphony directed by Peter Jaffe, Professor Jim Haffner’s Michael Chekhov acting technique seminar at the National Opera Association Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, and as a featured soloist with Sacramento’s baroque chamber ensemble Sinfonia Spirituosa directed by Dr. Lorna Peters. Jorge is also the current music director for the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Beta Pi Chapter, Men’s Chorus.

TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS OS JUSTI

Os justi meditabitur sapientiam, et lingua ejus loquetur judicium.

Lex Dei ejus in corde ipsius: et non supplantabuntur gressus ejus.

Alleluia.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just.

The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps will not be impeded.

Alleluia.

KPANLOGO

Moan bilay mi hamyay ayinya yi Moan bilay mi hamyay nya adzo palogo Logo logo, ligi ligi, mawo mawo, palogo

Come and hold my child While I dance Kpanlogo It’s the dance where you shake your body all around

O SCHÖNE NACHT

O schöne Nacht am Himmel märchenhaft erglänzt der Mond in seiner ganzen Pracht; Um ihn der kleinen Sterne liebliche Genossenschaft.

O schöne Nacht Es schimmert hell der Tau am grünen Halm; Mit Macht im Fliederbusche schlägt die Nachtigall.

Der Knabe schleicht zu seiner Liebsten sacht.

O schöne Nacht!

Oh beautiful night!

The moon is fabulously shining in its complete splendor in the sky; Around it, sweet company of little stars.

Oh beautiful night!

The dew is shimmering brightly on the green blades of grass; The nightingale sings ardently in the lilac bush, and The boy steals softly to his lover.

Oh beautiful night!

O SALUTARIS HOSTIA

O salutaris Hostia, Quæ cæli pandis ostium: Bella premunt hostilia, Da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino Sit sempiterna gloria, Qui vitam sine termino Nobis donet in patria.

Amen.

O saving Victim, opening wide The gate of Heaven to us below; Our foes press hard on every side; Thine aid supply; thy strength bestow.

To thy great name be endless praise, Immortal Godhead, One in Three.

O grant us endless length of days, In our true native land with thee.

Amen.

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