Fall Choral Tour 11.19.18

PACIFIC SINGERS IN CONCERT Monday I November 19, 2018 I 6:00 pm Resurrection Catholic Church, Aptos, Ca

PACIFIC CHORAL ENSEMBLES I PACIFIC SINGERS Directed by Dr. Yejee Choi JORGE TORREZ countertenor NICK DAVIS tenor TANYA HARRIS soprano HANNAH LAMPKIN soprano

2018-2019 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific

CONCERT PROGRAM I NOVEMBER 19 I 6:00 PM Tomรกs Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

O Magnum Mysterium

Hugo Distler (1908-1942)

Singet dem Herrn

John Tavener (1944-2013)

The Lamb

Stephen Paulus (1929-2014)

Wonder Tidings

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

A Simple Song Jorge Torrez, countertenor

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Minnelied Nick Davis, tenor

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

O Mio Babbino Caro Tanya Harris, soprano

Flory Jagoda Arr. Joshua Jacobsen

Ocho Kandelikas

Hannah Lampkin, soprano Jakob Sandmeier, guitar; Brad Parese, kazoo Elijah Rock

Moses Hogan (1957-2003)

Koppangan

Swedish Folksong Arr. Yejee Choi Hannah Lampkin, soprano Jakob Sandmeier, guitar

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. This past October, the Pacific Singers, alongside the University Chorus and the Delta Choirs, collaborated with the University of the Pacific Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Yejee Choi (University of the Pacific) and Dr. Bruce Southard (San Joaquin County Delta Community College) in Gene Koshinski’s Concerto for Marimba and Choir. The Pacific Singers also sing at major University events such as University of the Pacific’s commencement ceremony at the end of each school year.

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 Conservatory and University 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.

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 SOPRANO

MAJOR

HOMETOWN

Rachel Ferreira + Tanya Harris * + Nicole Ikeda Hannah Lampkin Gina Mitchell Arianna Morelli + Emily Osborne + Lauren Woomer +

Music Therapy Vocal Performance Music Therapy Vocal Performance Vocal Performance Music Therapy Music Education Music Therapy

Lafayette, CA Salinas, CA Honolulu, HI Tracy, CA Chico, CA Stockton, CA San Jose, CA Hermosa Beach, CA

ALTO Abigail Anderson Bhakti Chan Ceara Costa Elyse Coty Jasmine Melendez + Amanda Mikkelsen Jorge Torrez * ♫

English Piano Performance Business w/Pre-Law minor Vocal Performance Music Education Music Education Vocal Performance

Santa Rosa, CA Sarawak, Malaysia Manteca, CA Santa Cruz, CA Woodland, CA Salinas, CA Salinas, CA

TENOR Justin Beasley + Nick Davis * Kadri Nizam

Vocal Performance Vocal Performance Physics & Applied Math

Livermore, CA Aptos, CA Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

BASS Jonathan Ceja + Cruz Gonzalez Davis Mahoney Dion Nickelson Bradley Parese * # Jakob Sandmeier

Communications Music Education Mus. Ed & Vocal Perf.

Music Education Music Education Music Therapy

Stockton, CA Gonzales, CA Lodi, CA San Leandro, CA Alamo, CA Lodi, CA

Choral Key: Ensemble President = ♫ Pacific Singers Officer/Leadership = + Section Leader = * Choral Assistant = #

CHORAL DIRECTOR Dr. Yejee Choi joined the faculty at the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music 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 CoDirector and 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 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. She enjoyed 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 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 a similar position as the Choral Director of Esperanza Azteca Youth Orchestra and Choir, Los Angeles, where she was responsible for developing the curriculum and personnel of the 90-voice youth choir.

ACCOMPANIMENT Patricia Grimm holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Sacred Music from Duquesne University, a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from Kent State University, a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano from the Hartt School of Music, and is currently completing a Ph.D in Musicology and Music Theory from the University of Connecticut. She studied piano with Jonathan Feldman at the Juilliard School.

As a collaborative pianist, Ms. Grimm has performed at the Edinburgh International Music Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, the Trinity Wall Street Music Series in New York City, and regularly performs throughout the United States as a collaborative pianist in duo recitals and as a member of the Cypress Ensemble, a piano quartet based in the New York City metropolitan area.

Prior to moving to Sacramento in 2013, she was also staff accompanist at Central Connecticut State University, accompanying faculty and student recitals.

Ms. Grimm currently serves as organist at Fremont Presbyterian Church in Sacramento, and has joined the Conservatory of Music at Pacific as a staff accompanist.

PROGRAM NOTES O Magnum Mysterium O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the new-born Lord, lying in a manger!

Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord, Jesus Christ.

Alleluia!

O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, iacentem in praesepio!

Beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Iesum Christum.

Alleluia!

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, denn er tut Wunder! Und er sieget mit seiner Rechten.

Jauchzt dem Hernn alle Welt!

Singet, rühmet, und lobet, Lobet dem Herrn mit Harfen und mit Psalter und mit Trompeten und Posaunen!

Das Meer erbrause, und was darinnen ist, der Erdboden, und die darauf wohnen, die Wasserströme frohlocken, Und alle Berge seien fröhlich vor dem Herrn!

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied!

Singet, rühmet und lobet!

Sing to the Lord a new song, For He works wonders! And He conquers with His right hand.

Let the whole world rejoice in the Lord!

Sing, glorify, and praise, Praise the Lord with harps and psaltery And with trumpets and trombones!

May the sea roar, and whatever is in it, The foundation of the earth, and those that live upon it, May the floods celebrate And all the hills be joyful before the Lord!

Sing to the Lord a new song!

Sing, glorify, and praise!

The Lamb Little Lamb who made thee Dost thou know who made thee Gave thee life & bid thee feed By the stream & o’er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight Softest clothing wooly bright; Gave thee such a tender voice Making all the vales rejoice!

Little Lamb who made thee Dost thou know who made thee

Little Lamb I’ll tell thee Little Lamb I’ll tell thee!

He is called by thy name For he calls himself a Lamb: He is meek & he is mild He became a little child: I a child & thou a lamb We are called by his name Little Lamb God bless thee Little Lamb God bless thee

PROGRAM NOTES Wonder Tidings What tidings bringest thou, messenger, Of Christ’s birth this jolly day?

A babe is born of high nature.

The Prince of peace that ever shall be; Of heav’n and earth he hath the cure: His lordship is eternity: Such wonder tidings ye may hear, That man is made now Goddes peer, Whom sin had made but fiendes prey.

A wonder thing is now befall; That King that formed star and sun, Heaven and earth and angels all, Now in mankind is new begun:

Such wonder tidings ye may hear, An infant now of but one year, That hath been ever and shall be ay.

That loveliest gan greet her child, “Hail, son! Hail, brother! Hail, father dear!

Hail, daughter! Hail, sister! Hail, mother mild!”

This hailing was of quaint mannere: Such wonder tidings ye may hear, That hailing was of such good cheer That mannes pain is turned to play.

A babe is born, Alleluia!

A babe is born!

Ocho Kandelikas Hanukah linda sta aki, ocho kandelas para mi, O...

It’s here, beautiful Hanukkah; eight little candles for me, oh...

Una kandelika, dos kandelikas, tres kandelikas, kuatro kandelikas, sintyu kandelikas, sej kandelikas, siete kandelikas, ocho kandelas para mi.

One little candle, two little candles, three little candles, Four little candles, five little candles, Six little candles, seven little candles, eight little candles for me.

Muchas fiestas vo fazer, kon alegria i plazer, Muchas fiestas vo fazer, kon alegria i plazer, O...

I’ll throw plenty of parties, full of joy and pleasure, I’ll throw plenty of parties, full of joy and pleasure, oh...

Una kandelika, dos kandelikas, tres kandelikas, kuatro kandelikas, sintyu kandelikas, sej kandelikas, siete kandelikas, ocho kandelas para mi.

One little candle, two little candles, three little candles, Four little candles, five little candles, Six little candles, seven little candles, eight little candles for me.

Los pastelikos vo kumer, kon almendrikas i la myel, Los pastelikos vo kumer, kon almendrikas i la myel. O...

I’ll eat little pastries, with almonds and honey, I’ll eat little pastries, with almonds and honey, oh...

Una kandelika, dos kandelikas, tres kandelikas, kuatro kandelikas, sintyu kandelikas, sej kandelikas, siete kandelikas, ocho kandelas para mi.

One little candle, two little candles, three little candles, Four little candles, five little candles, Six little candles, seven little candles, eight little candles for me.

PROGRAM NOTES Elijah Rock Oh Elijah, Oh Elijah Elijah rock, Oh Come on sister help me to pray, tell me my Lord done pass dis way.

Elijah rock oh, Elijah rock Elijah!

Elijah rock, shout, shout!

Elijah rock, comin’ up lord

Satan ain’t nothin’ but a Snake in the grass He’s a conjurer, he’s a liar, Halleluya Lord!

Elijah rock, shout, shout!

Elijah rock, comin’ up lord If I could, I surely would Stand on the rock Where Moses stood

Koppangen There is stillness and silence, as the ground is coloured white From the safe, old church the song is flowing out I have paused at the road to rest for a while And was caught by the borderland that unites night and day

Only this, that I live as fully as any other I am here and in the middle of a frozen road there is still warmth Even as the snow starts falling and the sky turns grey

And a ray of light behind the arched window frame Has united those spirits that are here in time with us And I know that those who have left us have understood that we are Like flickering flames as long as we are here

There is stillness and silence, as the hymn fades out But I carry the old words in my heart just as before And I sing to the heavens, maybe someone else listens “Hosianna in the highest,” then I start to walk

And there among twinkling stars that fade one by one Life comes really close, like a glimpse of truth We are prisoners in time, like a palmprint On a frosty old window given mercy by the passing of time For a second I am eternal and then I know nothing more

And I go to the others, I want to feel Christmas peace I want to believe that He was born and exists with us in time It is Christmas and there is a child in me that wants to think that it happened, And that lights a candle every Advent Sunday

THANK YOU The Pacific Singers’ Santa Cruz Concert Tour would not have been a success without the help and full support of everyone listed here. We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for allowing us to inspire the upcoming generation of musicians through song and collaborations.

Dr. Peter Witte, Dean of the Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific Jessica Siena, Director of Conservatory Admissions, University of the Pacific Patricia Grimm, Pacific Singers’ wonderful accompanist and staff accompanist, University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music Professor Daniel Ebbers, Professor of Voice, University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music Professor Burr C. Phillips, Professor of Voice, University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music Dr. Lynelle Wiens, Professor of Voice, University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music Professor James Haffner, Director of Pacific Opera Theatre, University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music Our donors, Mrs. Janet Ferreira and Dr. Denny Anspach for your contribution to help continue the art of choral music thriving, University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music Cheryl M. Anderson, Director of Choral Activities at Cabrillo College Alex Koppel, Director and music instructor at Georgiana Bruce Kirby Lindsey Eldred, Director and music instructor at Santa Cruz High School Holly Ota, Director and music instructor at Aptos High School Alice Hughes, Director and music instructor at Pacific Collegiate School Erma Coty and the staff at Resurrection Catholic Church, Aptos, Ca, for their generous hospitality and hosting the students this evening in their beautiful church.

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