Orpheus Club Men's Chorus - Spring Concerts 2012

ORPHEUS CLUB MEN’S CHORUS P RE S E NTS ITS AN N UAL

America the Beautiful O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain.

For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain.

America! America! God shed his grace on thee. and crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.

O beautiful for pilgrim feet, whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness!

America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self control Thy liberty in law.

O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years.

Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears.

America! America! God shed his grace on thee.

And crown thy good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea.

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JohN palatUCCi**, Conductor James Rash**, Assistant Conductor RoN levy, Pianist KeNNy mediNa, Percussion

SpeCiAl GUeSt

ZephyR

Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 22, 2012 4:00 p.m.

Ridgewood United Methodist Church Ridgewood, New Jersey

UsheRs: FRieNds oF the oRpheUs ClUb

www.ridgewoodorpheusclub.org

Special Thanks to the ownership and management of

Care One at the Cupola W. 100 Ridgewood Avenue, Paramus, NJ

Perry’s Florist

660 Harristown Rd., Glen Rock, NJ

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Daily Treat Restaurant 177 Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood, NJ

Town & Country Apothecary 60 East Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood, NJ

Our Wednesday evening rehearsals start again

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Benny’s Luncheonette 11-04 Saddle River Road, Fair Lawn, NJ

Rock Ridge Pharmacy 191 Rock Road, Glen Rock, NJ

September 5, 2012 8 to 10 p.m. the Georgian Room the Cupola Senior Residence W. 100 Ridgewood Avenue paramus

Soloist Music 336 Broad Avenue, Leonia, NJ

The Wine Seller 6 West Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood, NJ

Wine & Spirit World 626 North Maple Ave., Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ

The Orpheus Club appreciates your help and support!

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Greg Farrell 201-652-2873 lou Fucito 201-445-0027

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Welcome!

Welcome to the gala spring concerts of the Orpheus Club. One of the oldest male choruses in the Northeast, Orpheus was established in 1909 by a group of eight Ridgewood businessmen and 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).

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SUMMER CONCERTS AT THE BOTANICAL GARDEN Join us on Friday nights at 7pm on the Concert Lawn. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Concerts move indoors in bad weather. No pets or alcohol on State property, please. $5 Donation.

June 15 – Brassworks (Classical) June 29 – The Kootz (Rock) July 13 – Loretta Hagen (Folk)

RINGWOOD STATE PARK Morris Road • Ringwood, NJ

July 27 – TBA August 10 – TBA

973.962.9534 • www.njbg.org

August 24 – Carolann Solebello & Band (Folk)

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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 Her3

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

Assistant Conductor JIM RASH is a 22-year singing veteran of the Orpheus Club and has served as President along with several other leadership positions.

He has been Music Director at Hackensack United Methodist Church for 24 years and previously directed two church choirs in Virginia. Jim performed at Carnegie Hall in 2009 and 2010, singing with a 400-member international chorus and orchestra and is scheduled to perform at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center on Memorial Day 2012 under the direction of Joseph M. Martin. He 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 of Music Educators. 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; 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. 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

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presents a program hosted by

the orpheus Club Men’s Chorus of ridgewood

MeN’S CHoRAl WoRKSHop all men over 18 are welcome!

Male members from up to 33 Choruses from all around New Jersey will be participating. Come share your enthusiasm and your voices!

satURday • JUNe 16, 2012 • 9:30 am—5 pm McKinney Hall • Rutgers University 125 Hamilton St. • New brunswick, NJ 08901

RegisteR today! $25 participation fee • Registration form is available at: njchoralconsortium.org • Check should be made payable to: orpheus Club Men’s Chorus • Send your registration form and check to: orpheus Club Men’s Chorus (oCMC), po box 114, Ridgewood, NJ 07451

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tiCKets

satURday • JUNe 16, 2012 • 8 pm Kirkpatrick Chapel • Rutgers University 85 Somerset Street • New brunswick, NJ 08901

$20 general $10 seniors & students At the door or online at:

brownpapertickets.com

Keep up with the Orpheus Club!

ViSit oUR WebSite

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Ubi Caritas Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.

Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.

Exultemus, et in ipso iucundemur.

Temeamus, et amemus Deum vivum.

Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.

Where charity and love are, there God is.

The love of Christ has gathered us into one flock.

Let us exult, and in Him be joyful.

Let us fear and let us love the living God. And from a sincere heart let us love each other.

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.

Simul ergo cum in unum congregamur: Ne nos mente dividamur caveamus.

Cessent iurgia maligna, cessent lites.

Et in medio nostri sit Christus Deus.

Where charity and love are, there God is.

Therefore, whensoever we are gathered as one: Lest we in mind be divided, let us beware.

Let cease malicious quarrels, let strife give way.

And in the midst of us be Christ our God.

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.

Simul quoque cum beatis videamus, Glorianter vultum tuum, Christus Deus.

Gaudium quod est immensum, atque probum: Saecula per infinita saeculorum.

Amen.

Where charity and love are, there God is.

Together also with the blessed may we see, Gloriously, Thy countenance, O Christ our God: A joy which is immense, and also approved: Through infinite ages of ages.

Amen.

Advice Text from Hamlet The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail, my blessing with thee; Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unproportioned thought his act.

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar; Friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

Farewell; my blessing, season this in thee!

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were presented by the NY Public Library at Lincoln Center. In 2008 Mr. Levy played in St. Petersburg, Russia, and at the venerable Stratford (CA) Summer Music Festival (with Palisades Virtuosi). Last year Ron performed the inaugural concert of the new faculty recital series at MSU where he was joined by legendary clarinet virtuoso Stanley Drucker, and Ann Kim, solo cellist with the NY City Ballet. Ron and the Palisades Virtuosi recently returned from a residency at the University of Hawaii where they conducted master classes and presented a debut concert featuring their 50th commissioned work. A two-term President of the Professional Music Teachers' Guild of NJ, he is a contributing editor to BIM Music Publications, Switzerland. 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.

Our Guest ZePHyR is an a cappella performing vocal ensemble which performs music from varied cultures, time periods, and styles. It is based in Vernon, NJ and Warwick, NY. Artistic Director Cherwyn Ambuter holds a B.A. in Music from Tufts University and a M.M. in Piano Performance with a minor in Choral Conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). She currently serves as Music Director of the Jefferson Township Community Chorus in Jefferson Twp., NJ, as well as for the chancel choir at Calvary Baptist Church in Warwick, NY. The Zephyr spring concerts will be held on Saturday, May 5 at The First Methodist Church, 111 Ryerson Avenue, Newton, NJ For more information visit http://www.zephyrve.org

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Orpheus Club Scholarship Program

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Roland L. Meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship Cantate Domino The Orpheus Club is proud to sponsor a scholarship program designed to honor and assist a graduating high school senior who has demonstrated extraordinary accomplishment in music and who intends to continue musical studies on the collegiate level. Since the program took on its current form in 1993, we have been pleased to recognize students from more than a dozen area high schools

Cantate Domino, canticum novum, Cantate Domino omnis terra.

Cantate Domino, et benedicite nomini ejus.

Annuntiate de die in diem salutare ejus.

Annuntiate inter gentes gloriam ejus, in omnibus populis mirabilia ejus.

Sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord all the earth.

Sing to the Lord and bless his name; proclaim his salvation from day to day.

Declare his glory among the nations, his wonders among all people.

with grants totaling $15,000.00. These outstanding young musicians have gone on to study at colleges and universities across the country.

Earlier this year, application packets were sent to area high schools. Additional information was made available on our web site and through the press. The students from whom we received applications all demonstrated high levels of accomplishment in their musical pursuits as well as in academics and other school activities.

Anvil Chorus Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie de' cieli sveste l'immensa vˆ olta: sembra una vedova che alfin si toglie i bruni panni ond'era involta.

All'opra, all'opra!

Dagli. Martella.

See how the clouds melt away from the face of the sky when the sun shines, its brightness beaming; just as a widow, discarding her black robes, shows all her beauty in brilliance gleaming.

So, to work now!

Lift up your hammers!

Chi del gitano i giorni abbella?

Chi del gitano i giorni abbella, chi? chi i giorni abbella?

Chi del gitano i giorni abbella?

La zingarella!

Who turns the Gypsy's day from gloom to brightest sunshine?

Who turns the Gypsy's day from gloom to brightest sunshine?

Who? Who from gloom to brightest sunshine?

Who turns the Gypsy's day from gloom to brightest sunshine?

His lovely Gypsy maid!

Versami un tratto; lena e coraggio il corpo e l'anima traggon dal bere.

Oh guarda, guarda! del sole un raggio brilla più vivido nel tuo bicchiere!

All'opra, all'opra….

Fill up the goblets! New strength and courage flow from lusty wine to soul and body.

See how the rays of the sun play and sparkle and give to our wine new splendor.

So, to work now!....

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2012 Roland L. Meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship award of $2000.00 is Luke Ostrow from Northvale. A senior at Northern Valley Regional High School, Old Tappan, Luke is a member of the Choir, Chamber Ensemble, and Glee Club. He is also a four year member of the Marching Band and performer in the annual school musical productions.

He has been selected to Bergen County Chorus, All State Chorus and the All National Mixed Choir and was elected to the National Honor Society.

Congratulations and Good Luck, Luke!

We thank all the individuals and groups who made donations to this valuable effort. Your support is much appreciated by the club and the student award recipients. 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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many years one of the most famed choruses in the land, and we are pleased to present his arrangement of this tune, believed to have Polish origins.

oFFiCeRs Greg Farrell.................................................................President Bill Amazzini .................................Vice President, Membership

HERE COMES THE SUN

Bob Husband ............................Vice President, Administration

by George Harrison, arranged by Kirby Shaw

Fred Spain..................................................................Secretary

Our guys do the Beatles! Absolutely! How great is that? We present one of the hits from the Fab Four, especially the Quiet Beatle. The “Fab Four” in this concert is composed of our hard-working sections, First Tenor, Second Tenor, Baritone, and Bass.

Phillip Raspe and Pat O’Brien ....................................Treasurer Neil Neubert ................................................................Librarian Robert Silvera ..............................Chairman, Board of Trustees

boaRd oF tRUstees

“PRAYER” FROM LOHENGRIN

by Richard Wagner, Arranged by George Mead Wagner’s romantic opera, which opened in 1850, is a complex story of national struggle, knighthood, love, honor, betrayal and magic. This “Prayer,” however, is much simpler than Wagner’s plot. It is a heartfelt plea for God to defend the right and uphold justice.

siNgiNg membeRs

Steve Amarante Thomas Olszewski

Steven Fell Edward Perrone

Clifford Gerenz Henry Trepicchio

NoN-siNgiNg membeRs

Walter White

Marcia Perry

Program notes by Charles Austin Committee ChaiRmeN Paul Berinato ..................................................................................................Music Charles Austin ............................................................................................Publicity Ted Richter ..........................................................................................Performance PAST PRESIDENTS

Save the Dates!

The annual Orpheus Club

Holiday Concerts Saturday, December 15, 2012 • 7:30 pm Sunday, December 16, 2012 • 4:00 pm Mark your calendars now so you won’t miss this delightful way to celebrate the season.

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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 7

Vincent G. Beck 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

DOWN TO THE WATER TO PRAY

Traditional, arranged for the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus by Pepper Choplin FIRST TENOR PETE BERNICH BOB HUSBAND

ROBERT F. SILVERA**, Part Captain CHARLES BROWN JIM LISANTI*

HERB COHEN* JOHN GALVIN CLIFF HOOK NEIL NEUBERT

PAUL BERINATO**, Part Captain BILL DE BLOCK CLIFFORD GERENZ JOE LISELLA FREDERICK G. SPAIN*

MATT GRIPPI VERNON REED

SECOND TENOR LOU FUCITO* BERNARD GREENFIELD JAMES M. MATTHEWS* RICK SWANSON

BARITONE HENRY TREPICCHIO, Part Captain CHARLES CANALE JIM LATHEY SAM SHAW BOB WESTERDAHL

CHARLES AUSTIN DAVE KERR* PHILLIP RASPE*

GREG FARRELL EDWARD H. PERRONE PHIL WAXBERG

BASS JOSEPH ALU JAMES J. BELLOTTI*** HARRY GREEN JAMES W. RASH** ED SEIDLER*

EDWARD J. BROUILLARD**, Part Captain STEVE AMARANTE BILL AMAZZINI JEFFREY R. BERINATO* STEVEN FELL* JOHN MCKEON TOM OTT TED RICHTER VAN SCHNELLBACHER DENNIS STEELE

ACTIVE – NOT SINGING IN THIS CONCERT BOB CASPARIAN

RAY DEJONGHE*

SIG WESTERMAN*

HONORARY MEMBER

Several familiar songs of faith ask believers to “gather at the river” or go “down by the riverside” to have their sins washed away. “Down to the Water to Pray” was arranged for the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus by Pepper Choplin with Assistant Director Jim Rash and Marcia Guthrie as patrons for this musical setting, premiered at this Spring concert.

SUMMERTIME

by DuBose Heyward and George Gershwin (from Porgy and Bess), arranged by William Stickles Revived this year on Broadway, “Porgy and Bess” is an American classic. This lullaby, a favorite from the show, expresses deep feelings of aspiration for better times.

SWEET CAROLINE

by Neil Diamond, arranged by Kirby Shaw A hit as soon as it was released in 1969, “Sweet Caroline” went platinum on the “Billboard” charts, selling millions. It has practically become a standard in the new American songbook, and for reasons known only to Red Sox fans, is played at every game in Boston’s Fenway Park.

ADVICE

by William Shakespeare, music by David Kerr The words are from William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” where the aged Polonius gives advice to to his son, the young prince Laertes, as he sets off for university.

The music is from David Kerr, an Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus baritone who has composed several pieces for us WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE DRUNKEN SAILOR

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

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CONGRATULATIONS! Herb Cohen

Sig Westerman

10 YEARS

10 YEARS

This traditional song, with its lively pace and swelling cords, is a men’s chorus favorite. Parts of it originated with the sea chantey or work song sung as sailors hauled on lines to raise the sails. Verses suggest what to do if a shipmate has over-imbibed. The gentle suggestion? Let him sleep it off. The not-so gentle? Blast him with the firehose.

LIFT A GLASS TO FRIENDSHIP

traditional, arranged by Norman Luboff It’s what many men do, at bars, pubs, bistros, kneipe and watering holes around the world; they “lift a glass to friendship.” The Norman Luboff Choir was for

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Patrons & Sponsors PATRONS

Program Notes Spring 2012

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

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

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Mrs. Dottie Fucito

CANTATE DOMINE

Mrs. Donald L. Kersting***

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

SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS

by Hans Leo Hassler The son of the “town musician” in Nuremburg, Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1611) was the first notable German composer to get his training in Italy. He held several positions in German courts, including the courts of Count Octavianus Fugger of Augsburg and the Elector of Saxony, writing religious and secular music for both chorus and orchestra. Hassler is considered one of the founders of German music.

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words by Rudyard Kipling, music by Richard Lane The late Dick Lane was our beloved accompanist for 42 years, a stellar musician and good friend who graced our fellowship with his piano playing and with many compositions written especially for the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus. This composition, among the very last pieces Dick penned for us, was written upon a request made by music director Palatucci and is unofficially dedicated to his two sons, Steve and Jay.

Ms. Margaret Budd Mrs. Alida E. Manley***** Mrs. Marianne S. Neville* Ms. Roberta A. M. Ragg****

Mr. Steven M. Steiner Mr. Frank Strobl Mr. & Mrs. G. J. Sullivan*

DONORS The Orpheus Club gratefully acknowledges the following members and friends who have made donations to the club: Mr. Greg Farrell Mr. Louis Fucito Mr. Clifford Gerenz Homewares, Inc. Mr. James Matthews Mr. Neil Neubert Mr. Thomas Ott

Perry's Florist Mr. James Rash & Ms. Marcia Guthrie Mr. Phillip Raspe Ms. Leslie Seidler Ms. Randi Silber Mr. & Mrs. Fred Spain Mr. Phil Waxberg

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.

VEDI, LE FOSSCHE NOTTURNE SPOGLIE

ROLAND L. MEYER ORPHEUS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND

(from Il Trovatore) by Guiseppe Verdi Also known as “The Anvil Chorus,” this is a husky piece of music, an operatic “work song” of gypsies beating on iron anvils. The men of Orpheus enjoy singing this lusty chorus calling for “the hammers,” (martello!) but don’t ask us to start pounding heavy metal.

Maja Britton

Alex Meyer

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Marcia Perry

Lillian Cook

Melvin and Flora Weinberg

Concetta De Lucia

Sig Westerman

In Memory of Joseph Fitzsimmons UBI CARITAS

by P.D. Finlay Written for the Orpheus Club by P.D. Finley, in honor of our pianist, Ron Levy, the melodic and harmonious “Ubi Caritas” expresses a simple thought: Where charity and love are, there is God. 12

Mr. & Mrs. John McDonald

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Clerkin Ms. Barbara Fedorchak Mr. & Mrs. Louis Fucito Marion Gottlieb Mr. & Mrs. George Heiser Francesca Ianora

Sean McDonald Pearson Education Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Raspe Mr. James Rash & Ms. Marcia Guthrie

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ORPHeUS PROgRAM

ORPHeUS PROgRAM

Spring 2012

Spring 2012

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Salutation. ...................................................................................William P. Bentz America, the Beautiful....................Katherine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward arranged by Ladislas Helfenbein

The audience is invited to sing along ~ lyrics on the back cover

Sweet Caroline........................................................................Neil Diamond Advice.....................................................................................David H. Kerr Text from Hamlet Text from Hamlet on page 16

Premiere performances

Cantate Domino.................................................................Hans Leo Hassler arranged by Norman Greyson Translation, page 15

What Shall We Do with The Drunken Sailor ..................English Sea Shanty arranged by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw

If...............................................................................................Richard Lane

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Text from the poem by Rudyard Kipling

Anvil Chorus .........................................................................Giuseppe Verdi From Il Trovatore

Zephyr Selections to be announced

Translation, page 15

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Zephyr Selections to be announced

Lift A Glass To Friendship...............................Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman

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Here Comes the Sun............................................................George Harrison

and Norman Luboff

arranged by Kirby Shaw

Ubi Caritas..................................................................................P. D. Finley Translation, page 16

Premiere performances Down to the Water to Pray ..........................................................Traditional arranged by Pepper Choplin

Van Schnellbacher, bass

Jasbo Brown Blues ............................................................George Gershwin From Porgy & Bess

Ron Levy, piano

Summertime.....................................George Gershwin and Du Bose Heyward From Porgy & Bess

arranged by William Stickles

Prayer ...................................................................................Richard Wagner From Lohengrin

arranged by George Mead Ed Brouillard, bass

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ORPHeUS PROgRAM

ORPHeUS PROgRAM

Spring 2012

Spring 2012

I IV

Salutation. ...................................................................................William P. Bentz America, the Beautiful....................Katherine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward arranged by Ladislas Helfenbein

The audience is invited to sing along ~ lyrics on the back cover

Sweet Caroline........................................................................Neil Diamond Advice.....................................................................................David H. Kerr Text from Hamlet Text from Hamlet on page 16

Premiere performances

Cantate Domino.................................................................Hans Leo Hassler arranged by Norman Greyson Translation, page 15

What Shall We Do with The Drunken Sailor ..................English Sea Shanty arranged by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw

If...............................................................................................Richard Lane

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Text from the poem by Rudyard Kipling

Anvil Chorus .........................................................................Giuseppe Verdi From Il Trovatore

Zephyr Selections to be announced

Translation, page 15

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Zephyr Selections to be announced

Lift A Glass To Friendship...............................Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman

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Here Comes the Sun............................................................George Harrison

and Norman Luboff

arranged by Kirby Shaw

Ubi Caritas..................................................................................P. D. Finley Translation, page 16

Premiere performances Down to the Water to Pray ..........................................................Traditional arranged by Pepper Choplin

Van Schnellbacher, bass

Jasbo Brown Blues ............................................................George Gershwin From Porgy & Bess

Ron Levy, piano

Summertime.....................................George Gershwin and Du Bose Heyward From Porgy & Bess

arranged by William Stickles

Prayer ...................................................................................Richard Wagner From Lohengrin

arranged by George Mead Ed Brouillard, bass

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Patrons & Sponsors PATRONS

Program Notes Spring 2012

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

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

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Mrs. Dottie Fucito

CANTATE DOMINE

Mrs. Donald L. Kersting***

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

SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS

by Hans Leo Hassler The son of the “town musician” in Nuremburg, Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1611) was the first notable German composer to get his training in Italy. He held several positions in German courts, including the courts of Count Octavianus Fugger of Augsburg and the Elector of Saxony, writing religious and secular music for both chorus and orchestra. Hassler is considered one of the founders of German music.

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words by Rudyard Kipling, music by Richard Lane The late Dick Lane was our beloved accompanist for 42 years, a stellar musician and good friend who graced our fellowship with his piano playing and with many compositions written especially for the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus. This composition, among the very last pieces Dick penned for us, was written upon a request made by music director Palatucci and is unofficially dedicated to his two sons, Steve and Jay.

Ms. Margaret Budd Mrs. Alida E. Manley***** Mrs. Marianne S. Neville* Ms. Roberta A. M. Ragg****

Mr. Steven M. Steiner Mr. Frank Strobl Mr. & Mrs. G. J. Sullivan*

DONORS The Orpheus Club gratefully acknowledges the following members and friends who have made donations to the club: Mr. Greg Farrell Mr. Louis Fucito Mr. Clifford Gerenz Homewares, Inc. Mr. James Matthews Mr. Neil Neubert Mr. Thomas Ott

Perry's Florist Mr. James Rash & Ms. Marcia Guthrie Mr. Phillip Raspe Ms. Leslie Seidler Ms. Randi Silber Mr. & Mrs. Fred Spain Mr. Phil Waxberg

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.

VEDI, LE FOSSCHE NOTTURNE SPOGLIE

ROLAND L. MEYER ORPHEUS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND

(from Il Trovatore) by Guiseppe Verdi Also known as “The Anvil Chorus,” this is a husky piece of music, an operatic “work song” of gypsies beating on iron anvils. The men of Orpheus enjoy singing this lusty chorus calling for “the hammers,” (martello!) but don’t ask us to start pounding heavy metal.

Maja Britton

Alex Meyer

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Marcia Perry

Lillian Cook

Melvin and Flora Weinberg

Concetta De Lucia

Sig Westerman

In Memory of Joseph Fitzsimmons UBI CARITAS

by P.D. Finlay Written for the Orpheus Club by P.D. Finley, in honor of our pianist, Ron Levy, the melodic and harmonious “Ubi Caritas” expresses a simple thought: Where charity and love are, there is God. 12

Mr. & Mrs. John McDonald

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Clerkin Ms. Barbara Fedorchak Mr. & Mrs. Louis Fucito Marion Gottlieb Mr. & Mrs. George Heiser Francesca Ianora

Sean McDonald Pearson Education Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Raspe Mr. James Rash & Ms. Marcia Guthrie

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Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus

DOWN TO THE WATER TO PRAY

Traditional, arranged for the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus by Pepper Choplin FIRST TENOR PETE BERNICH BOB HUSBAND

ROBERT F. SILVERA**, Part Captain CHARLES BROWN JIM LISANTI*

HERB COHEN* JOHN GALVIN CLIFF HOOK NEIL NEUBERT

PAUL BERINATO**, Part Captain BILL DE BLOCK CLIFFORD GERENZ JOE LISELLA FREDERICK G. SPAIN*

MATT GRIPPI VERNON REED

SECOND TENOR LOU FUCITO* BERNARD GREENFIELD JAMES M. MATTHEWS* RICK SWANSON

BARITONE HENRY TREPICCHIO, Part Captain CHARLES CANALE JIM LATHEY SAM SHAW BOB WESTERDAHL

CHARLES AUSTIN DAVE KERR* PHILLIP RASPE*

GREG FARRELL EDWARD H. PERRONE PHIL WAXBERG

BASS JOSEPH ALU JAMES J. BELLOTTI*** HARRY GREEN JAMES W. RASH** ED SEIDLER*

EDWARD J. BROUILLARD**, Part Captain STEVE AMARANTE BILL AMAZZINI JEFFREY R. BERINATO* STEVEN FELL* JOHN MCKEON TOM OTT TED RICHTER VAN SCHNELLBACHER DENNIS STEELE

ACTIVE – NOT SINGING IN THIS CONCERT BOB CASPARIAN

RAY DEJONGHE*

SIG WESTERMAN*

HONORARY MEMBER

Several familiar songs of faith ask believers to “gather at the river” or go “down by the riverside” to have their sins washed away. “Down to the Water to Pray” was arranged for the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus by Pepper Choplin with Assistant Director Jim Rash and Marcia Guthrie as patrons for this musical setting, premiered at this Spring concert.

SUMMERTIME

by DuBose Heyward and George Gershwin (from Porgy and Bess), arranged by William Stickles Revived this year on Broadway, “Porgy and Bess” is an American classic. This lullaby, a favorite from the show, expresses deep feelings of aspiration for better times.

SWEET CAROLINE

by Neil Diamond, arranged by Kirby Shaw A hit as soon as it was released in 1969, “Sweet Caroline” went platinum on the “Billboard” charts, selling millions. It has practically become a standard in the new American songbook, and for reasons known only to Red Sox fans, is played at every game in Boston’s Fenway Park.

ADVICE

by William Shakespeare, music by David Kerr The words are from William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” where the aged Polonius gives advice to to his son, the young prince Laertes, as he sets off for university.

The music is from David Kerr, an Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus baritone who has composed several pieces for us WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE DRUNKEN SAILOR

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

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CONGRATULATIONS! Herb Cohen

Sig Westerman

10 YEARS

10 YEARS

This traditional song, with its lively pace and swelling cords, is a men’s chorus favorite. Parts of it originated with the sea chantey or work song sung as sailors hauled on lines to raise the sails. Verses suggest what to do if a shipmate has over-imbibed. The gentle suggestion? Let him sleep it off. The not-so gentle? Blast him with the firehose.

LIFT A GLASS TO FRIENDSHIP

traditional, arranged by Norman Luboff It’s what many men do, at bars, pubs, bistros, kneipe and watering holes around the world; they “lift a glass to friendship.” The Norman Luboff Choir was for

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many years one of the most famed choruses in the land, and we are pleased to present his arrangement of this tune, believed to have Polish origins.

oFFiCeRs Greg Farrell.................................................................President Bill Amazzini .................................Vice President, Membership

HERE COMES THE SUN

Bob Husband ............................Vice President, Administration

by George Harrison, arranged by Kirby Shaw

Fred Spain..................................................................Secretary

Our guys do the Beatles! Absolutely! How great is that? We present one of the hits from the Fab Four, especially the Quiet Beatle. The “Fab Four” in this concert is composed of our hard-working sections, First Tenor, Second Tenor, Baritone, and Bass.

Phillip Raspe and Pat O’Brien ....................................Treasurer Neil Neubert ................................................................Librarian Robert Silvera ..............................Chairman, Board of Trustees

boaRd oF tRUstees

“PRAYER” FROM LOHENGRIN

by Richard Wagner, Arranged by George Mead Wagner’s romantic opera, which opened in 1850, is a complex story of national struggle, knighthood, love, honor, betrayal and magic. This “Prayer,” however, is much simpler than Wagner’s plot. It is a heartfelt plea for God to defend the right and uphold justice.

siNgiNg membeRs

Steve Amarante Thomas Olszewski

Steven Fell Edward Perrone

Clifford Gerenz Henry Trepicchio

NoN-siNgiNg membeRs

Walter White

Marcia Perry

Program notes by Charles Austin Committee ChaiRmeN Paul Berinato ..................................................................................................Music Charles Austin ............................................................................................Publicity Ted Richter ..........................................................................................Performance PAST PRESIDENTS

Save the Dates!

The annual Orpheus Club

Holiday Concerts Saturday, December 15, 2012 • 7:30 pm Sunday, December 16, 2012 • 4:00 pm Mark your calendars now so you won’t miss this delightful way to celebrate the season.

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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 7

Vincent G. Beck 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 Scholarship Program

Translations

Roland L. Meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship Cantate Domino The Orpheus Club is proud to sponsor a scholarship program designed to honor and assist a graduating high school senior who has demonstrated extraordinary accomplishment in music and who intends to continue musical studies on the collegiate level. Since the program took on its current form in 1993, we have been pleased to recognize students from more than a dozen area high schools

Cantate Domino, canticum novum, Cantate Domino omnis terra.

Cantate Domino, et benedicite nomini ejus.

Annuntiate de die in diem salutare ejus.

Annuntiate inter gentes gloriam ejus, in omnibus populis mirabilia ejus.

Sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord all the earth.

Sing to the Lord and bless his name; proclaim his salvation from day to day.

Declare his glory among the nations, his wonders among all people.

with grants totaling $15,000.00. These outstanding young musicians have gone on to study at colleges and universities across the country.

Earlier this year, application packets were sent to area high schools. Additional information was made available on our web site and through the press. The students from whom we received applications all demonstrated high levels of accomplishment in their musical pursuits as well as in academics and other school activities.

Anvil Chorus Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie de' cieli sveste l'immensa vˆ olta: sembra una vedova che alfin si toglie i bruni panni ond'era involta.

All'opra, all'opra!

Dagli. Martella.

See how the clouds melt away from the face of the sky when the sun shines, its brightness beaming; just as a widow, discarding her black robes, shows all her beauty in brilliance gleaming.

So, to work now!

Lift up your hammers!

Chi del gitano i giorni abbella?

Chi del gitano i giorni abbella, chi? chi i giorni abbella?

Chi del gitano i giorni abbella?

La zingarella!

Who turns the Gypsy's day from gloom to brightest sunshine?

Who turns the Gypsy's day from gloom to brightest sunshine?

Who? Who from gloom to brightest sunshine?

Who turns the Gypsy's day from gloom to brightest sunshine?

His lovely Gypsy maid!

Versami un tratto; lena e coraggio il corpo e l'anima traggon dal bere.

Oh guarda, guarda! del sole un raggio brilla più vivido nel tuo bicchiere!

All'opra, all'opra….

Fill up the goblets! New strength and courage flow from lusty wine to soul and body.

See how the rays of the sun play and sparkle and give to our wine new splendor.

So, to work now!....

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2012 Roland L. Meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship award of $2000.00 is Luke Ostrow from Northvale. A senior at Northern Valley Regional High School, Old Tappan, Luke is a member of the Choir, Chamber Ensemble, and Glee Club. He is also a four year member of the Marching Band and performer in the annual school musical productions.

He has been selected to Bergen County Chorus, All State Chorus and the All National Mixed Choir and was elected to the National Honor Society.

Congratulations and Good Luck, Luke!

We thank all the individuals and groups who made donations to this valuable effort. Your support is much appreciated by the club and the student award recipients. 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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Ubi Caritas Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.

Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.

Exultemus, et in ipso iucundemur.

Temeamus, et amemus Deum vivum.

Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.

Where charity and love are, there God is.

The love of Christ has gathered us into one flock.

Let us exult, and in Him be joyful.

Let us fear and let us love the living God. And from a sincere heart let us love each other.

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.

Simul ergo cum in unum congregamur: Ne nos mente dividamur caveamus.

Cessent iurgia maligna, cessent lites.

Et in medio nostri sit Christus Deus.

Where charity and love are, there God is.

Therefore, whensoever we are gathered as one: Lest we in mind be divided, let us beware.

Let cease malicious quarrels, let strife give way.

And in the midst of us be Christ our God.

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.

Simul quoque cum beatis videamus, Glorianter vultum tuum, Christus Deus.

Gaudium quod est immensum, atque probum: Saecula per infinita saeculorum.

Amen.

Where charity and love are, there God is.

Together also with the blessed may we see, Gloriously, Thy countenance, O Christ our God: A joy which is immense, and also approved: Through infinite ages of ages.

Amen.

Advice Text from Hamlet The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail, my blessing with thee; Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unproportioned thought his act.

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar; Friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

Farewell; my blessing, season this in thee!

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were presented by the NY Public Library at Lincoln Center. In 2008 Mr. Levy played in St. Petersburg, Russia, and at the venerable Stratford (CA) Summer Music Festival (with Palisades Virtuosi). Last year Ron performed the inaugural concert of the new faculty recital series at MSU where he was joined by legendary clarinet virtuoso Stanley Drucker, and Ann Kim, solo cellist with the NY City Ballet. Ron and the Palisades Virtuosi recently returned from a residency at the University of Hawaii where they conducted master classes and presented a debut concert featuring their 50th commissioned work. A two-term President of the Professional Music Teachers' Guild of NJ, he is a contributing editor to BIM Music Publications, Switzerland. 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.

Our Guest ZePHyR is an a cappella performing vocal ensemble which performs music from varied cultures, time periods, and styles. It is based in Vernon, NJ and Warwick, NY. Artistic Director Cherwyn Ambuter holds a B.A. in Music from Tufts University and a M.M. in Piano Performance with a minor in Choral Conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). She currently serves as Music Director of the Jefferson Township Community Chorus in Jefferson Twp., NJ, as well as for the chancel choir at Calvary Baptist Church in Warwick, NY. The Zephyr spring concerts will be held on Saturday, May 5 at The First Methodist Church, 111 Ryerson Avenue, Newton, NJ For more information visit http://www.zephyrve.org

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

Assistant Conductor JIM RASH is a 22-year singing veteran of the Orpheus Club and has served as President along with several other leadership positions.

He has been Music Director at Hackensack United Methodist Church for 24 years and previously directed two church choirs in Virginia. Jim performed at Carnegie Hall in 2009 and 2010, singing with a 400-member international chorus and orchestra and is scheduled to perform at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center on Memorial Day 2012 under the direction of Joseph M. Martin. He 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 of Music Educators. 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; 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. 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

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presents a program hosted by

the orpheus Club Men’s Chorus of ridgewood

MeN’S CHoRAl WoRKSHop all men over 18 are welcome!

Male members from up to 33 Choruses from all around New Jersey will be participating. Come share your enthusiasm and your voices!

satURday • JUNe 16, 2012 • 9:30 am—5 pm McKinney Hall • Rutgers University 125 Hamilton St. • New brunswick, NJ 08901

RegisteR today! $25 participation fee • Registration form is available at: njchoralconsortium.org • Check should be made payable to: orpheus Club Men’s Chorus • Send your registration form and check to: orpheus Club Men’s Chorus (oCMC), po box 114, Ridgewood, NJ 07451

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tiCKets

satURday • JUNe 16, 2012 • 8 pm Kirkpatrick Chapel • Rutgers University 85 Somerset Street • New brunswick, NJ 08901

$20 general $10 seniors & students At the door or online at:

brownpapertickets.com

Keep up with the Orpheus Club!

ViSit oUR WebSite

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Welcome!

Welcome to the gala spring concerts of the Orpheus Club. One of the oldest male choruses in the Northeast, Orpheus was established in 1909 by a group of eight Ridgewood businessmen and 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).

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SUMMER CONCERTS AT THE BOTANICAL GARDEN Join us on Friday nights at 7pm on the Concert Lawn. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Concerts move indoors in bad weather. No pets or alcohol on State property, please. $5 Donation.

June 15 – Brassworks (Classical) June 29 – The Kootz (Rock) July 13 – Loretta Hagen (Folk)

RINGWOOD STATE PARK Morris Road • Ringwood, NJ

July 27 – TBA August 10 – TBA

973.962.9534 • www.njbg.org

August 24 – Carolann Solebello & Band (Folk)

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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 Her3

Special Thanks to the ownership and management of

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September 5, 2012 8 to 10 p.m. the Georgian Room the Cupola Senior Residence W. 100 Ridgewood Avenue paramus

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ORPHEUS CLUB MEN’S CHORUS P RE S E NTS ITS AN N UAL

America the Beautiful O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain.

For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain.

America! America! God shed his grace on thee. and crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.

O beautiful for pilgrim feet, whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness!

America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self control Thy liberty in law.

O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years.

Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears.

America! America! God shed his grace on thee.

And crown thy good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea.

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JohN palatUCCi**, Conductor James Rash**, Assistant Conductor RoN levy, Pianist KeNNy mediNa, Percussion

SpeCiAl GUeSt

ZephyR

Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 22, 2012 4:00 p.m.

Ridgewood United Methodist Church Ridgewood, New Jersey

UsheRs: FRieNds oF the oRpheUs ClUb

www.ridgewoodorpheusclub.org