Orpheus Club Men's Chorus - Holiday Concerts 2013

ORPHEUS CLUB MEN’S CHORUS PResents its annUal

Holiday ConCerts John Palatucci** Conductor

James Rash** Assistant Conductor

Ron levy Pianist

Kenny medina Percussion

sPecial Guest

Michele Capalbo

Soprano

saturday, december 14, 2013 7:30 p.m. sunday, december 15, 2013 4:00 p.m.

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WelCoMe! Welcome to the annual holiday concerts of the Orpheus Club. One of the oldest male choruses in the Northeast, Orpheus is dedicated to the continuance of men’s choral singing, fellowship and to providing audiences with an eclectic repertoire of enjoyable music. Our singing membership is made up of men from all walks of life drawn together by the common bond of music. Our singers now come from northern and central New Jersey. We welcome your inquiries about singing with us. If singing is not for you but you enjoy attending our concerts, we invite you to consider becoming a subscribing member. As such, you will be kept apprised of our upcoming concerts and will enjoy significant savings on the cost of tickets. For more information feel free to speak with any singing member after the concert, visit our website (www.ridgewoodorpheusclub.org), or write to us (PO Box 114, Ridgewood).

8 JOHN J. PALATUCCI holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education and a Master of Arts degree in music performance from Montclair State College of New Jersey. Orpheus Music Director since 1990, he has striven to uphold and enhance the club’s proud history, tradition and reputation. In the Spring of 2005 he led the OCMC in their Lincoln Center debut, performing at the Lincoln Center Library with the Palisades Virtuosi chamber ensemble.

In 1983 Mr. Palatucci accepted the music department chairmanship of the Eastern Christian School Association of North Haledon. It was while teaching there that he developed a reputation as a builder of fine choral programs, his students winning five national level championships while consistently receiving Division I Superior ratings and invitations to perform in Israel, at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and throughout the greater New York metropolitan area. In 1990 he assumed the directorship of choral and orchestral ensembles at Madison High School where his students again distinguished themselves at both the regional and state levels.

He has served as an adjudicator and clinician for the New Jersey Music Education Association, Good News Travel and The Offstage Group of New York City. He has been heard over WQXR and WFME radio and has recorded for Delos Records International, The Educational Testing Service, Koch Records, The Musical Heritage Society and The United States Merchant Marine Academy. He has performed with music luminaries from Placido Domingo and Jerome Hines to Dave Brubeck and Frankie Valli.

Since 1992 he has taught music in the Livingston Public Schools and served on the 3

faculties of William Paterson University, Montclair State University and Caldwell College teaching courses in applied and chamber music.

Assistant Conductor JIm RASH is completing his 23rd year as a singing veteran of the Orpheus Club and has been President along with several other leadership positions. For 25 years he has served as Music Director at Hackensack United Methodist Church and previously directed two church choirs in Virginia.

Jim performed at Carnegie Hall in 2009 and 2010, and Avery Fisher Hall-Lincoln Center in 2012, singing with a 400-member international chorus and orchestra. He serves as General Manager of the Atempo Chamber Ensemble and is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, Associated Male Choruses of America, Chorus America, the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music, and the National Association for Music Education. Jim is Vice President – Sales Development at Dittman Incentive Marketing in New Brunswick, NJ. RON Levy, internationally acclaimed pianist, has been called "first-class" by the New York Times. He regularly appears as a soloist, and in partnership with many of the world's leading singers and instrumentalists. A graduate of Oberlin, Mr. Levy is a founding member of the Hudson Trio, Kaleidoscope, the New World Trio, the Manchester Chamber Players, the Breucklen Trio and the award-winning Palisades Virtuosi, resident chamber ensemble at Bergen Community College and the University of Hawaii. He has been pianist and harpsichordist of the Oberlin Orchestra, the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, the New Jersey and North Jersey Philharmonics, the Westchester Symphony, and the Albany Symphony. Presently he is Associate Artist with the All Seasons Chamber Players. For over 20 years, Mr. Levy was associated with the Manchester (VT) Music Festival, of which he was a faculty and Board member. While living in Vermont, he was Music Director & Conductor of the Opera Theatre in Weston, and impresario of the "Third Saturday" chamber music series at the historic Equinox Hotel, as well as the "Music on the Hill" series at the Southern Vermont Art Center. A champion of new music, he has been the recipient of a considerable number of works written for him by prominent composers. Mr. Levy has taught at numerous colleges, and is currently an instructor at Montclair State University, Kean University and the Ridgewood Conservatory; he maintains an active and on-going affiliation with the Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard, and NJ PAC. Mr. Levy conceived two "mini-festivals" which were presented by the NY Public Library at Lincoln Center. In 2008 Mr. Levy played in St. Peters4

burg, Russia, and at the venerable Stratford (CA) Summer Music Festival (with Palisades Virtuosi). Recently, Ron performed the inaugural concert of the new faculty recital series at MSU. He was joined by legendary clarinet virtuoso Stanley Drucker, and Ann Kim, solo cellist with the NY City Ballet. On November 29, Ron presented a concert at Carnegie Hall, performing sixteen works written for him (including two for the Orpheus Club). A two-term President of the Professional Music Teachers' Guild of NJ, he is a contributing editor to BIM Music Publications, Switzerland. Recently Mr. Levy was appointed to the Board of the Rockland (NY) Symphony. Mr. Levy served on the jury of the The 2013 Heida Hermanns International Piano Competition Recordings by Mr. Levy are available on the Albany, Centaur, Eroica, Koch International, MMF and High Point labels.

KeNNy meDINA, is an avid percussionist and educator in the New York/New Jersey area. Mr. Medina has performed with the Oratorio Society of New Jersey, The Martina Arroyo Foundation of New York, the Bergen Symphony Orchestra, the Christ Church Symphony Orchestra of Long Island, as solo concerto competition winner with the Hudson Symphony orchestra, and under the sponsorship of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. He holds a BFA from St. Peter's College in Jersey City and a BA in Music from Kean University in Union.

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MiCHele Capalbo The New York Times describes Michele Capalbo as having "a genuine voice, from a lower register she actually uses to high floating pianissimos". A widely renowned interpreter of Verdi and Puccini her dramatic talents and tremendous skill in the bel canto and verismo traditions have earned this remarkable soprano worldwide praise including the Opera News who proclaimed her "a world-class Aida" and "A statuesque beauty with strong stage presence", someone who "may well be the verismo soprano we've been waiting for."

Michele's international credits include Verdi's Aida with the San Francisco Opera, Teatro Municipal Santiago, Théátre du Capitole de Toulouse and the Canadian Opera Company. Garnering rave reviews for Elisabetta (Don Carlo), Otello's Desdemona, and Amelia (Un ballo in maschera), Michele also earned acclaim as Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), a role she brought to life with Opera Ireland and L'Opéra de Montréal. She has appeared as Leonora with Teatro Real Madrid and Teatro Municipal Santiago in Il trovatore; as well as singing La forza del destino's Leonora in Busseto, Verdi's birthplace.

In the verismo repertoire, Michele's credits include the title roles of Tosca with New York City and Seattle Operas, Cio-Cio -San (Madama Butterfly) with Houston Grand Opera; as well as Manon Lescaut with Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Teatro Regio di Parma. No stranger to the symphonic stage, Michele's recent worldwide concerts have included Verdi's Requiem with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Mahler's 8th Symphony in Bergen, Norway; Poulenc's Stabat Mater in Florence, Italy; and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Her debut recording, Christmastide, draws on the singers' fondest childhood memories inspired by the relationship of Mother and Child. The 13-track disc features Verdi's rarely heard Ave Maria for soprano and strings, sacred songs, lullabies and new arrangements of classic carols. It is available on iTunes.

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oFFiceRs Greg Farrell.................................................................President Bill Amazzini .................................Vice President, Membership Bob Husband ............................Vice President, Administration Peter Bernich ..............................................................Treasurer Neil Neubert ................................................................Librarian Robert Silvera ..............................Chairman, Board of Trustees

boaRd oF tRustees sinGinG membeRs

Steve Amarante

Steven Fell

Thomas Olszewski

Clifford Gerenz Henry Trepicchio

non-sinGinG membeRs

Walter White

Marcia Perry committee chaiRmen

Paul Berinato ..................................................................................................Music Charles Austin ............................................................................................Publicity Ted Richter ..........................................................................................Performance Past PResidents George U. White Frank F. Knothe George W. Campbell Wilbur Morris Paul J. Howe Herbert R. Talbot George A. Steves Theodore Northrup Robert Nutt, Jr. Ray M. Gidney Harry Wiltshire Richard H. Long Chester S. Lawton William J. Crawford Arthur I. Demarest Leon A. Payne Albert W. Staub Clifford D. Ackerman

Howard R. Leroy Richard G. Mannheim Frederick A. Blanpied Charles R. Dewhurst Stanley M. Staples Howard M. Liechty John Bing Walter C. Doscher Frederick E. Ray Theodore H. Mastin, Jr. Herbert S. Buzzard Otis H. Grendler Jack D. Morrison Oliver H. Hiester Karel V. Ctibor Vincent G. Beck

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Robert J. Egner Charles B. Hepburn George W. Billings Jerome Wyckoff E. Raymond Greve Carl F. Bilz Robert E. Duane Frank Strobl Roland L. Meyer James W. Rash Paul D. Berinato Dan Williams Lou Fucito Jim Lisanti Pat O’Brien Joe Lisella Robert Silvera

orpheus Club Men’s Chorus FiRst tenoR ROBERT F. SILVERA**, Part Captain CHARLES BROWN JIM LISANTI*

PETE BERNICH BOB HUSBAND

MATT GRIPPI VERNON REED

second tenoR HERB COHEN* LOU FUCITO* BERNARD GREENFIELD JAMES M. MATTHEWS* DAVID STRIFE

PAUL BERINATO**, Part Captain BILL DE BLOCK JOHN GALVIN CLIFF HOOK NEIL NEUBERT

PETER FENzEL CLIFFORD GERENz JOE LISELLA* DOMENICK PANFILE RICK SWANSON

baRitone DAVE KERR*, Part Captain CHARLES CANALE JIM LATHEy ERIC SCHWARz HENRy TREPICCHIO*

CHARLES AUSTIN* GREG FARRELL PHILLIP RASPE* GARy STARK PHIL WAxBERG

RAy DEJONGHE* TOM OLSzEWSKI* SAM SHAW TOM VEIT BOB WESTERDAHL

bass JOSEPH ALU JAMES J. BELLOTTI*** STEVEN FELL* JAMES W. RASH**

EDWARD J. BROUILLARD**, Part Captain STEVE AMARANTE BILL AMAzzINI JEFFREy R. BERINATO* BOB CASPARIAN JOHN MCKEON TOM OTT TED RICHTER VAN SCHNELLBACHER DENNIS M. STEELE

active - not sinGinG in this conceRt ED SEIDLER*

honoRaRy membeR FRANK STROBL*** * Each star represents ten years of music making

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10 yEARS

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patrons & Sponsors PatRons Mr. Wesley Cheringal Mrs. Joseph Fitzsimmons Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fleckenstein*** Mr. James Rash & Ms. Marcia Guthrie*

Mr. Conrad Hirzel* Mrs. Walter Perry* Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Petretti* Mr. & Mrs. Walter White*

associate membeRs Mrs. Dottie Fucito*

Mr. & Mrs. H. Ralph Kirby***

subscRibinG membeRs Ms. Margaret Budd Mrs. Alida E. Manley***** Mrs. Marianne S. Neville*

Ms. Roberta A. M. Ragg**** Mr. Steven M. Steiner* Mr. Frank Strobl

donoRs The Orpheus Club gratefully acknowledges the following members and friends who have made donations to the club: Bank of America Mr. Edward Brouillard Ms. Margaret Budd Mr. Lee Cheringal Ms. Lillian Cook Cristina Farrell, MD

Mr. Louis Fucito Mr. Clifford Gerenz Homewares, Inc. Mr. James Matthews Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Ott Perry's Florist

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Price Mr. Phillip Raspe Mr. Sam Shaw Ms. Marleigh Siebeckeer Mr. Thomas Veit Mr. Phil Waxberg

in memory of Frederick G. spain Healthcare Facilities Mr. & Mrs Brian Marcotte Ms. Adrianna O'Toole Mr. James Rash & Ms. Marcia Guthrie Ms. Virginia Spain Mr. & Mrs. Gary Sykes Mr. & Mrs. Earl Tebault Ms. Virginia Totorelli Ms. Linda Westenberger

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Best Mr. & Mrs. Peter Del Monaco Ms. Janet Earp Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Farrell Ms. Heather Fitzsimmons Ms. Linda Frankshun Mr. & Mrs. Louis Fucito Ms. Ethel and Ms. Janice Fulton Glen Ridge Surgicare Ms. Diana Hatch

We invite your support “in praise of song.” Please make your check payable to Orpheus Club, Inc. and mail it to Post Office Box 114, Ridgewood, NJ 07451.

All contributions to Orpheus are fully tax deductible to the maximum extent of the law.

Roland l. meyeR oRPheus club scholaRshiP Fund Ms. Maja Britton Ms. Colleen Keating Ms. Alex Rainer-Meyer

Mr. & Mrs. Howard and Elizabeth Ostrow Ms. Marcia Perry

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ORPHeUS PROgRAm

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Salutation. ...................................................................................William P. Bentz Deck the Hall .......................................................................................Traditional The audience is invited to join in singing (page 18).

Home For The Holidays...................................Al Stillman and Robert Allen arranged by Anita Kerr

Wassail Song ...........................................................Ralph Vaughan Williams Jerusalem, Jerusalem .............................................................Naomi Shemer Phil Waxberg, baritone

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Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) ...................................Richard Strauss Frühling (Spring - annunciation) - No. 1 Beim Schlafengehen (While falling asleep - lullaby) - No. 3 Translations, page 15 Michele Capalbo, soprano III

Mary Sat A-Rockin’...................................................................Greg Gilpin Variations on a theme from Judas Maccabeus (Handel)…… L. Beethoven arranged by William J. Bell adapted by John J. Palatucci Ron Levy, piano John Palatucci, euphonium

Break forth, O beauteous, heav’nly light ....................Johann Sebastian Bach From Christmas Oratorio, BMV 248

arranged by Archibald T. Davison

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Holiday 2013 Iv

God Rest You Merrie, Gentlemen...............................................Traditional arranged by Sumner Salter Bill Amazzini, Jim Rash, Ted Richter, Sam Shaw, bass

In My Life..................................................John Lennon and Paul McCartney arranged by Dennis M. Steele Domenick Panfile, tenor

Jingle Bell Rock ......................................................................Bobby Helms arranged by John J. Palatucci

Sing unto the Lord ...................................................................Richard Lane v

The Little Road to Bethlehem.................................................Michael Head The Shepherds.......................................................................Peter Cornelius The Kings .............................................................................Peter Cornelius The Christ Child ...................................................................Peter Cornelius Michele Capalbo, soprano vI

La vergine degli angeli .........................................................Giuseppe Verdi From La forza del destino Michele Capalbo, soprano

The Christmas Song ....................................................................Mel Tormé Lou Fucito, tenor

Ding! Dong! Merrily on High .................................Traditional French Carol arranged by Howard Helvey Dennis Steele, piano 11

program Notes December 2013

home FoR the holidays

by Robert Allen, lyrics by Richard Stillman When released in 1954, “Home for the Holidays” became an instant hit for crooner Perry Como, who recorded it again in 1959. Songwriter Robert Allen had written several songs for Como, including “To Know You is to Love You.” He was also responsible for “Chances Are,” and “It’s Not for Me To Say,” both Johnny Mathis hits in 1957; and several tunes for the Four Lads, including “Moments to Remember” (1955).

Lyricist Richard Stillman was also his colleague on those tunes, and wrote words to other pop hits including “I Believe” (1952).

Wassail sonG

Traditional, arranged by R. Vaughan Williams and Herbert W. Pierce An English holiday tradition is to go house to house singing and drinking great quantities of “wassail” – spiced wine or ale. Revelers of all classes call loudly for “Wassail!” even at houses above their station in life; hoping that a kind maid will unlock the door for them and warning butlers not to serve them just the “cheap stuff.” Our “Wassail Song” echoes this house to house holiday revelry.

JeRusalem, JeRusalem

by Naomi Shemer “Jerusalem of Gold” was written in 1967 by Naomi Shemer (19312004) for an Israeli Music festival just weeks before the Six-day War. As the year went on, the song became a symbol of the desire for peace, a recollection of the religious history of Jerusalem, and a declaration of love for the city and its land. It has been translated into many languages. Shemer, a native of Kinneret, a kibbutz overlooking the Jordan, won many honors for her music based on the themes of her homeland. Many will remember this melody from the closing scenes of Stephen Spielberg’s Oscar-winning film, “Schindler’s List.” bReaK FoRth, o beauteous, heav’nly liGht

from Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by A.T.D. Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio” was written in 1734 and is one of the 12

few great composer’s scores which has come down to us intact. “Break forth O Beauteous, Heav’nly Light” was to be sung on the second day of Christmas, the day when the Gospel text is St. Luke 2:8-14; about the angel choir opening the heavens to announce the birth of Jesus to the shepherds. the chRistmas sonG

by Mel Torme A legend connected with this Christmas favorite says that Torme wrote it in 1944 in an exceedingly hot summer, hoping to stay cool by thinking winter thoughts. The song was first recorded by Nat King Cole in 1946 with the accompaniment of a few stringed instruments. Cole recorded it again in 1953 with a full orchestra directed by Nelson Riddle. Dozens of artists have recorded Torme’s hit, but it is such a warm, friendly piece that there is nothing like hearing it in a live performance. encoRe: thiRty second Fa la la

by Donald Moore O.K., so what was wrong with the first 31 Fa La La’s? Donald Moore, who has composed many well-known choral pieces, wrote this Christmas bagatelle which can be sung in 30 seconds. But don’t time us. The Orpheus Club interpretation of this piece might take a few seconds more. And you will like it better.

God Rest ye meRRie, Gentlemen

traditional, arranged by Sumner Salter This Christmas carol first appeared in 1833 and its original author is unknown. It has appeared in Christmas carol songbooks ever since that time, It is referenced in “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens as the song that annoyed the as yet unenlightened Ebenezer Scrooge. There are many verses, all explaining why “gentlemen” should be kept (an older meaning of “rest”) merry because of the savior’s birth. in my liFe

by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, arranged by Dennis Steele This Beatles hit came out in 1965 and is on almost everyone’s list of favorite songs from the Fab Four. Lennon didn’t like his original lyrics, a reflection of places in his home town, so the song was re-written before the Beatles put it on their “Rubber Soul” album. This arrangement is by the Orpheus Club’s own Dennis Steele.

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sinG unto the loRd

by Richard Lane We always honor our beloved pianist, composer and friend, the late Richard Lane, who was with the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus for 42 years, and wrote much beautiful music for us to sing. “Sing Unto The Lord” is the first piece Richard composed for the club, and was written in 1964. The words are adapted from Psalm 96, and Richard has given us a lovely, joyful piece quite appropriate for the holiday season. la veRGine deGli anGeli

by Guiseppe Verdi (from the opera La Forza del Destino) This Verdi heroine, Leonora, is fleeing her father who is opposed to her love for Don Alvaro. Disguised as a man, she seeks refuge as a religious hermit and the monks of a monastery join her in singing this plea that the Virgin of the Angels will protect her. maRy sat a-RocKin’

by Greg Gilpin Greg Gilpin has written or arranged hundreds of pieces of choral music, and is a well-known music educator who is director of Educational Choral Publications for Shawnee Press. We like this rhythmic, jazzy Christmas piece about Mary rocking her baby – gently, but with a funky beat. dinG! donG! meRRily on hiGh

traditional French Carol arranged by Howard Helvey The tune originated as secular dance music in the 16th Century, and the Christmas words came from George Radcliffe Woodward (18481934). It was first published in 1924. “Sungen” and “swungen” are not words created for the sake of rhyme, but archaic English verb forms.

“I-O I-O,” sung as “ee-oh ee-oh” is a Latin word for “joy.”

Program notes written by Charles Austin

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FRühlinG (Spring) In dusky vaults I have long dreamt of your trees and blue skies, of your scents and the songs of birds. Now you lie revealed in glistening splendor, flushed with light, like a wonder before me.

You know me again, you beckon tenderly to me; all of my limbs quiver from your blissful presence! beim schlaFenGehen (While falling asleep) Now that the day has made me so tired, my dearest longings shall be accepted kindly by the starry night like a weary child. Hands, cease your activity, head, forget all of your thoughts; all my senses now will sink into slumber.

And my soul, unobserved, will float about on untrammeled wings in the enchanted circle of the night, living a thousand-fold more deeply.

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la veRGine deGli anGeli (The Virgin of the Angels) The Virgin of the Angels Covers me with her mantle, And protects me vigilantly Sacred angel of God. The Virgin of the Angels And She protects me, protects me, The angel of god And She protects me.

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THE RID GEWO OD CHORAL Women in Song and Service Celebrating 86 Years Of Song and Service 2013-2014 Season Holiday Musicale Friday, December 6, 2013 Ridgewood Public Library For prospective members and invited guests.

Morning Rehearsals Begin on Friday, January 3, 2014, 9:30 a.m.

Unitarian Society of Ridgewood

Music Award Benefit Concert Sunday, February 9 at 3 p.m.

Unitarian Society of Ridgewood Featuring past award winners

Music Award Auditions Saturday, March 1, 2014 For teen vocalist or instrumentalist $2500 Award

Entertaining at Bergen Regional Medical Center Friday, March 28 Outreach performance

Cards and Games Luncheon (March) and Spring Trip (May) Details to be announced

86th Annual Spring Concert Friday, April 11, 8 p.m.

West Side Presbyterian Church of Ridgewood.

From Classical to Americana Reception following.

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orpheus Club Scholarship program Roland L. Meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship

To keep “the song alive” the members of the Orpheus Club are committed to support future generations of musicians in their endeavors. To that end, for more than two decades the Orpheus Club has been proud to sponsor a scholarship program designed to honor and assist a graduating high school senior who has demonstrated extraordinary accomplishments in music and who intends to continue musical studies on the collegiate level. Since taking it current form in 1993, the program has made grants totaling $19,000.00.

Students from Ridgewood, Indian Hills, Paramus, Pequannock, Glen Rock, Ramapo, Northern Valley (Old Tappan), Eastern Christian, Northern Highlands, Fair Lawn, Verona, Roxbury, Montclair, Leonia and Lakeland high schools have been past recipients of Orpheus Club awards. These outstanding young musicians have gone on to study at Oberlin College, the University of Miami, the University of North Carolina, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Boston University, the Mannes College of Music, Miami University (Ohio), Rutgers University, Calvin College (Michigan), the Manhattan School of Music, Boston College, the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Hamilton College (New York) and Brandeis University.

At our concert this past April, we awarded the 2013 Roland L. Meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship grant of $2000.00 to Yuta Takano from the Bergen County Academies, Hackensack. He is now attending the Cleveland Institute of Music majoring in cello performance.

We hope to be able to honor other outstanding musicians in coming years. Applications for our 2014 award will soon be mailed out to area schools and will also be available on our web site. If you know of a promising high school senior who might be eligible, encourage them to apply We thank all those individuals and groups who have made donations to this valuable effort and encourage you to continue your support of our students in the arts.

Donations of any size are welcomed. Make your check payable to the Orpheus Club Scholarship Fund and give it to any singing member or mail it to:

Orpheus Club, Inc. P.O. Box 114 Ridgewood, NJ 07451 All contributions are tax-deductible.

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O Holy Night

Deck the Hall Deck the hall with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la la la la la.

'Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la la la la la.

Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la la la la la la la la.

Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, Fa la la la la la la la la.

Rock of Ages Rock of ages, let our song raise thy saving power Thou amidst the raging foes, wast our sheltering tower.

Furious they assailed us, but thine arm availed us And thy word broke their sword, when our own strength failed us.

And thy word broke their sword, when our own strength failed us.

O holy night, the stars are brightly shining; It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth.

Long lay the world in sin and error pining, Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth.

A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!

Fall on your knees!

O hear the angel voices!

O night divine!

O night when Christ was born!

O night divine!

O night, O night divine!

Auld Lang Syne Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We’ll raise a cup o’ kindness yet, For auld lang syne.

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