The Choral Hour - Fall

2025-26 Season

UAlbany Community Chorale UAlbany Chamber Singers Michael Lister, Director

Songs for the Journey Saturday, November 1 at 3pm Main Theatre

Advance Tickets: $9 general public/$5 seniors, & UAlbany faculty-staff/$3 students Day of Show Tickets: $14 general public/$10 seniors, & UAlbany faculty-staff/$8 students

Info:(518)442-3995 WWW.ALBANY.EDU/PAC

Department of Music and Theatre University at Albany presents:

The

Choral Hour:

Songs of the Journey UAlbany Chamber Singers UAlbany Community Chorale Michael Lister, Conductor Trevor Kahlbaugh, Collaborative Pianist

Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 3pm

Main Theatre UAlbany Performing Arts Center

Program UAlbany Community Chorale Untraveled Worlds ..…………………………….. Paul Halley Poem: Alfred Lord Tenneyson Olivia Arsenicos, violin Aaron Guzman, guitar Daniel Hoke, bass Jonathan Wolter, drum set Yeajee Chon, percussion

b. 1954

Shady Grove ………………………. Appalachian Folk Song arr. Tom Shelton Clover Jones, Matthew Weissman, Cappagnia-Lynne Chase, and Amanda Bullock, solos Olivia Arsenicos, violin Aaron Guzman, guitar Daniel Hoke, bass

Cherokee Traveler’s Greeting…………… Kevin A. Memley

b. 1971

Son de Camaguey……………………….. Cuban Folk Song

arr. Stephen Hatfield

Yeajee Chon and Jonathan Wolter, percussion Esta es cosa Linda, esta costa brava.

Camaguey, ay linda...

Estas tradiciones, ay que lindas son, Son de Camaguey.

It is a beautiful thing, that splendid coast.

Camaguey, how beautiful...

Those traditions, oh, what marvelous sounds, the sounds of Camaguey

The Road Not Taken…..………………. Randall Thompson Poem: Robert Frost

1899-1984

Nothin’s Gonna Stumble My Feet……………... Greg Gilpin

b. 1964

UAlbany Chamber Singers

Sing My Child………………………………….Sarah Quartel

b. 1982

Gabrielle Verchereau and Jay Van Allen, solos Jara Manatan, percussion

The Road Home……………………........... Stephen Paulus Poem: Michael Dennis Browne Maya Saraya, solo

1949-2014

The Runner……………………......................... Joshua Rist Poem: Roger Weaver

b. 1988

La Passeggiata…………………………… Giacomo Rossini

1792-1868

Finché sereno è il cielo, limpida e cheta l'onda, voghiam di sponda in sponda, amor ne guidera.

As long as the sky is calm, the water limpid and tranquil, let us row from shore to shore, love will guide our way.

Al flutto, all'aura, ai fiori, noi parlerem d'amor e il palpito del core, per lor risponderà.

To the waves, the wind and the flowers we shall speak of love, and the beating of our hearts will offer their reply.

Ma ciel! gia fischia il vento, s'increspa la laguna, fischia il vento, presto! rapidi il pie' moviam.

But heavens! The wind is whistling, the waves in the lagoon are building, the wind is whistling, hurry!

We must move on with all haste.

Ah! no, la luna appare, vano timor fu solo, in si ridente suolo cantiamo, sì cantiam.

Ah no, here comes the moon, our fears were groundless.

In such a delightful place let us sing, yes, let us sing.

Go the Distance (from Hercules) …………… Alan Menken Parker Bohn, solo

arr. Michael Lister

Guhm-Jan-Dee (Golden Field)…………… Hye-Young Cho Poem: Sowol Kim

Melynda Matheke, flute Whitney Nightingale, oboe Charlotte Parque and Trevor Kahlbaugh, piano

b. 1969

Field Field Golden Field

잔디 잔디 금잔디 심심산천에붙는불은 가신임무덤가에금잔디. 봄이 왔네, 봄빛이 왔네, 버드나무 끝에도 실가지에. 봄빛이 왔네, 봄날이 왔네, 심심산천에도 금잔디에.

A fire burning all over the deep land Golden field by my beloved’s grave.

Spring is here, spring sunshine is here, on the willow tops and branches.

Spring sunshine is here, Spring day is here, on the deep land and on the golden field.

My Companion………………………….. Elaine Hagenberg Poem: Edith Franklin Wyatt

b. 1979

Unclouded Day………………………………….. J.K. Alwood

arr. Shawn Kirchner

Combined Choirs Loch Lomond…………………………… Traditional Scottish Natalia Bueti, solo

arr. Jonathan Quick

Tshotsholoza……………………….. Traditional South African arr. Jeffrey Ames

Xavier Rosario, solo Jara Manatan, percussion Tshotsholoza kulezo ntaba Stimbela siphubme South Africa

Go forward, meandering on those mountains.

The train is from South Africa

Wen’ uyabaleka kulezo ntaba Stimbela siphubme South Africa

You accelerate on those mountains.

The train is from South Africa

UAlbany Chamber Singers Soprano

Rox Aclin Georgianna Bamberger Isabella Cedo Aspen Dooley Rhythm Jakhetia Chizi Okieche Caroline Rafizadeh Amanda Rogers Maya Saraya Marlee Severe Gabrielle Verchereau-Greco*

Alto

Kaitlyn Bechand Chelsea Ben Aoumeur Caitlyn Brennan Charlize Jospeh Lucy Skidmore Briana Start-Schwartz Jasper Thomas

*Choral Assistant

Tenor

Natalia Bueti Dante DeBoos Matthew Escobar Stephen Kapalczynski Jara Manatan Xavier Rosario Jay Van Allen

Bass

Parker Bohn Jared Lewis-Holliday Andrew Makowski Ben Pasternack David Pastuszka Marcello Serventi* Joey Schiano

UAlbany Community Chorale Soprano

Alto (c’td.)

Georgianna Bamberger Amanda Bullock Michele Chaiken Toni-Ann Clarke Evelyn Davis Mary DePascale Stefanie Espinoza Hailee-Anne Fernandez Linedaina Irand Sherlyn Joaquin Grace Lang Katherine E. Long Amanda Lowe Ellen McCaffrey Caedyn Myrick Erika Olivo-Vukovic Adrianna Rose Price Maya Saraya Nina Scandurra Vibhuthi Semsetti Rosalie Sokol Emma Springer Sneha Vinoy

Tina Haq Jennifer Giroux Laura Hellwitz Ella Howe Alivia Kaelber Jasjit Kaur Emily Mueller Adaobi Okammelu Alina Severin Worni Vimika

Alto

Nathan Acosta Parker Bohn Seth Chaiken Mark Eamer Gabriel Kitt Ewrin Luu Jarvis Nyantakyi Jeremy Olson Marcello Serventi Matthew Weissman

Cassie Ackerman Amira Burrell Sarah Blake Carolyn Cancelliere Kaeci Charles Cappagnia-Lynne Chase Lissairy De Paula Mesa Rizaria Dosoe Arianna Doughty Haley Fraser

Tenor

Bryan Antinore Nikhil Bobba Clover Jones Trevor Layton Aliou Ngom Bleu Santiago Miguel Santos Ian Talla Gabrielle Wilson Junjie Zheng

Bass

Special Thanks to: Kathryn Walat, Chair, Department of Music and Theater Amy Reuter, Administrative Assistant, Department of Music and Theatre Rachel Bratager, Assistant Director for Operations Director, Performing Arts Center Kevin Champagne, Kevin Grudecki, Justin Miller, Christopher Neubert, and Duncan and Hilary Cumming for assisting with the instrumental needs for this concert Faculty members of the Department of Music and Theater Dean Jeanette Altarriba and the leadership of the College of Arts and Sciences

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