Step into the World
Westminster Chapel Choir
Tyrone Clinton, Jr., conductor
Akiko Hoski, accompanist
Skylar Derthick, graduateassistant Maya Cooper, graduateassistant
Sunday, April 27 at 3:00 p.m.
Gill Memorial Chapel
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, N.J.
Program
Ubi caritas et amor David Briggs (1450/55-1521)
Faulte d’argent Josquin des Prez (b. 1962)
Te Deum in C Benjamin Britten (1913-1973)
Briseis Munoz, soloist
Malik Jardine, organ
America Will Be!
arr. Diedre Robinson (b. 1988)
Samantha Murphy, soprano 1 soloist
Casey Decker, soprano 2 soloist
Steal Away arr. Robinson
Seek Him Seek him that maketh the seven stars Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)
A Fair and Delectable Place Richard Webster (b. 1952)
The Light of Common Day Shawn Crouch (b. 1977)
Pilgrims’ Hymn Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
FOR TEXT, TRANSLATIONS & PROGRAM NOTES, VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
About the Artists
WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR
Founded in 1949, the Westminster Chapel Choir takes its name from Westminster’s rich history of leadership in the field of sacred music. The ensemble has evolved over the years, and today its repertoire includes both sacred and secular works. Composed of students in their first year of study at Westminster Choir College, this ensemble is a defining choral experience that remains with Westminster alumni throughout their lives.
Recent seasons have included performances of Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra and Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms with the Westminster Conservatory Youth Chorale, as well as concerts in Newtown, Pa. and Wilton, Conn. In addition to on-campus performances throughout the year, the Westminster Chapel Choir has toured extensively along the eastern United States.
The Westminster Chapel Choir has also performed with many symphony orchestras, including the Trenton Symphony Orchestra (N.J.), the York Symphony (Pa.) and the Queens Symphony (N.Y.). At the request of Leopold Stokowski, the ensemble premiered Universal Prayer by Polish composer Adrezej Panufnik. It was heard by millions when it sang for the annual televised Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Rockefeller Center. The ensemble has been honored to give several world premiere performances of works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Lewis Spratlan, Stefan Young, Ronald Hemmel and Philip Orr.
WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR
Tyrone Clinton, Jr., conductor
Maya Cooper and Skylar Derthick, graduate assistant conductors
Akiko Hosaki, accompanist
Sarah Adams, Cherry Hill, NJ
Joshua D. Bacomo, West Babylon, NY
Connor Bowden, Washington Crossing, PA
Jeremy T. Burt, Winfield, NJ
Carlo S. Ciliberti III, Lumberton NJ
Chloe A. Davis, Lawrence, NJ
Casey E. Decker, Edison, NJ
Xavier Desrosiers, Southampton, PA
Jonah DeVinney, Boca Raton, FL
Daniel Erdozain New Orleans, LA
Mikayla Filetto, Manorville, NY
Ronan M. Flynn, West Babylon, NY
Julia N. Gerst, West Milford, NJ
Ben Glick, Lancaster, PA
Haley E. Goodfellow, Mineola, NY
Lauren Gregorovic, Hamilton, NJ
Shanice A. Harrison, Newark, NJ
Amy Daniela Hernandez, Trenton, NJ
Oliver R. Hu, Doylestown, PA
Malik Jardine, Queens, NY
Ana Klarmann, Waldorf, MD
Cameron Krauss, Langhorne, PA
Kole Lawrence, Lancaster, PA
Aaron M. Lynch, Rochester, NY
Anna Maher, Ipswich, MA
Briseis R. Munoz, Laveen, AZ
Sam Murphy, Washington Township, NJ
Jordyn B. Navata, Mercerville, NJ
Alivia G. Nawrocki, Marlton, NJ
Natalie Paitchel, Budd Lake, NJ
Genesys Perez-Berrios Lansdale, PA
Tryphena Y. Quain, Bronx, NY
Ariel F. Roycroft, Cochecton, NY
Dari Russoniello, Somerset, NJ
Crystal Saar, Bayville, NJ
Lena M. Santore, Buena, NJ
Lloyd Silikovitz, Randolph, NJ
Ellis Smith, New Rochelle, NY
Haley Soule, Middleboro, MA
Elena Trapasso, West Milford, NJ
Weicheng Ying, Shanghai, China
Rider University gratefully acknowledges the generous support of: Richard and Heather Frye-Ginsberg & Michael T. '89 and Susana Santaguida '89 Gummel for their support of our Rider Friend of the Arts patron program.
About Rider University & Westminster Choir College
Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Rider University is a private co-educational, student-centered university that emphasizes purposeful connections between academic study and real-world learning experience. Rider prepares graduates to thrive professionally, to be lifelong independent learners, and to be responsible citizens who embrace diversity, support the common good, and contribute meaningfully to the changing world in which they live and work.
The College of Arts and Sciences is dedicated to educating students for engaged citizenship, career success, and personal growth in a diverse and complex world. The college cultivates intellectual reflection, artistic creativity, and academic maturity by promoting both broad academic inquiry and in-depth disciplinary study, while nurturing effective and ethical applications of transferable critical skills. The College consists of four schools: the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Communication, Media, and Performing Arts, the School of Science, Technology, and Mathematics, and Westminster Choir College.
Culturally vibrant and historically rich, Westminster Choir College has a legacy of preparing students for thriving careers as well-rounded performers and musical leaders on concert stages, in schools, universities, and churches, and in professional and community organizations worldwide. Renowned for its tradition of choral excellence, the college is home to internationally recognized ensembles, including the Westminster Symphonic Choir, which has performed and recorded with virtually all of the major orchestras and conductors of our time. In addition to its choral legacy, Westminster is known as a center for excellence in musical pedagogy and performance.
Upcoming Performances
WESTMINSTER ORGAN STUDIO RECITAL
Monday, April 28, 7 p.m.
Gill Chapel
ARTBEAST
Friday, May 2, 3 p.m.
Rider University
SENIOR DANCE CAPSTONE SHOWCASE
Friday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
Friday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 3, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 4, 2 p.m.
Yvonne Theater
WESTMINSTER CHOIR: THE SENSE OF SENSES
Saturday, May 3, 5 p.m.
Gill Chapel
Wednesday, May 14, 7 p.m.
All Saints' Episcopal Church 16 All Saints Road, Princeton, NJ 08540
RACHMANINOFF WITH NATASHA PAREMSKI FEATURING
WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Saturday, May 10, 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 11, 4 p.m.
Richardson Auditorium – Princeton University 68 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ 08540
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING PERFORMANCES, VISIT RIDER.EDU/ARTS.
