FALL CHORAL CONCERT Thursday I October 18, 2018 I 7:30 pm Cathedral of the Annunciation, Stockton
PACIFIC CHORAL ENSEMBLES Directed by Dr. Yejee Choi SAN JOAQUIN DELTA COLLEGE CHOIR Directed by Dr. Bruce Southard Patricia Grimm and Monica Swope I accompanists
11th Performance I 2018-2019 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific
CONCERT PROGRAM I OCTOBER 18 I 7:30 PM San Joaquin Delta College Choirs: Amor Vittorioso
Giovanni Gastoldi (1550-1622)
O gloriosa virginum
Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Or sus, serviteurs du Seigneur
French Melody Arr. Daniel Elder (b. 1986)
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Delta Concert Choir:
Mongolian Folk Arr. Jing Ling Tam
Magnificent Horses
Bach (1685-1750) Arr. Rhonda Sandberg
Bach (Again) - Come Sweet Death
Traditional Spiritual Arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
I’m Gonna Sing ’Til the Spirit Moves in My Heart Pacific Singers:
Heinrich Sctütz (1585-1672)
Cantiones Sacrae Cantate Domino, SWV 81
Sir John Tavener (1944-2013)
The Lamb
Hugo Distler (1908-1942)
Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 12, No. 1 Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
Pacific Singers and University Chorus: Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)
The Dove and the Olive Leaf
Christopher Sacha Jr., soprano saxophone University Chorus: Jakko Mäntyjärvi (b. 1963)
Pseudo Yoik
Mozart (1756-1791)
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339 Laudate Dominum
Sadai Servin, soprano; Ayocuan Pacheco, violin; Brad Parese, student conductor Hold On!
Traditional Spiritual Arr. Jester Hairston (1901-2000) Hannah Lampkin and Jessica Hess, soli Combined Choirs:
Concerto for Marimba and Choir Gene Koshinski (b. 1980) with Percussion Introduction: Shout! I. Layers II. Memento III. Strike Mara Baldwin, soprano; Tyler Golding, marimba; Kyle Bossert, Vincent Lei, Craig Robinson: percussion
UNIVERSITY CHORUS Holden Adams Ethan Albala* Hector Alejandros Nicole Allen Dianna Ayala Maya Balachandran Mara Baldwin Leslie Bernabe Brian Bui Diego Bustamante* Joy Chiang*+ Amanda Davis Hannah Davis+ Felix Diaz-Contreas Jacob Faulk+ Salvador Garcia Abby Hernandez Grace Herring Jessica Hess Autumn Hill Maddie Horton Kimberly Jackson Kristine Javar Stephanie Jones PoYan Lam Briana Lee Hyejun Lee Andrew Marcopulos Miranda Morse Hannah Muzio Carrie Parret Whitney Perry+ Randy Ran*# Maddy Raneses Starlyn Reyes Aimee Rivera^ Jamie Rogers-Sites James Scott Sadi Servin Jordan Smith Malvika Sriram Marissa Staffero Ravyn Stanford Hoang Khanh Thai Rebekah Thomas Cole Torquemada Amy Tran Paige Tucker Lily Tumbale
Livia Umeda Megana Uppalapati Maggie Walley Mia Watts* Anna Wermer Curtiss Wright Christina Yu Joyce Yun
PACIFIC SINGERS Abigail Anderson Justin Beasley+ Jonathan Ceja+ Bhakti Chan Ceara Costa Elyse Coty Nick Davis* Rachel Ferreira+ Cruz Gonzales Tanya Harris*+ Nicole Ikeda Hannah Lampkin Davis Mahoney Jasmine Melendez+ Amanda Mikkelsen Regina Mitchelle Arianna Morelli+ Kadri Nizam Emily Osbourne+ Bradley Parese*# Jakob Sandmeier Jorge Torrez*^ Lauren Woomer+ PACIFIC KEY * Section Leader + Ensemble Officer/ Leadership ^ Ensemble President # Choral Assistant
DELTA CHOIRS Abigail Anderson Faith Achacoso Christian Alexander+ Lynard Anolin Claire Augusto Byron Ayala+
Kelly Bacon Samantha Bautista+ Logan Bettencourt Joshua Brock Norma Burgos Joshua Cabardo*+ Griselda Canchola Bruce Chester-Bradt Logan Coleman Angel Cortez+ Sierra Dalton*+ Joshua Duzenski Selena Flores Artie Gago Sabrina Ghulam Browyn Graffham Elaine Hanley Jazzy Hildago Joseph Kruse Paul Lerma Amara Michaelis Brisa Sanchez Madrid Sarah Norton Nickolas Olsen Katelyn Patrick Alexis Perez Robert Potter Lorenzo Rangel Jose Razo Rehana Rehman+ Anthony Romero Uriel Sanchez Ortega Danielle Smith+ Jonathan Steward+ Teresa Sym Caitlyn Tan Imri Tate+ Esther Taylor*+ Grace Thurman Lawrence Torres*+ Addy Vang Ryan Vang+ Jonathan Velez Nicholas Walcott Mathew Washington+ Jarred Wright Lorieanne Ybiernas DELTA KEY * Choir Officer/Section Leader *+ Delta Singers
CHOIR DIRECTORS Dr. Yejee Choi joined the faculty at the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music in fall 2016 as the Director of Choral Studies. Dr. Choi completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Music at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. While at USC, she taught Choral Conducting I, USC Oriana Women’s Choir, and served as the Assistant Conductor of USC Concert Choir. Her Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting is from University of Minnesota, where she served as Co-Director and Assistant Conductor of the University Singers, UM Women’s Chorus, and UM Campus Singers. Originally from South Korea, Dr. Choi studied English Literature at Yonsei University and composition at the Korean National University of Art, one of the most prestigious music conservatories in Seoul, South Korea. Besides voice, conducting, and composition, Dr. Choi received rigorous training in piano and organ and performed with various instrumental chamber music ensembles. Dr. Choi has performed and conducted in various venues in South Korea, Japan, China, New Zealand, Australia, and across the United States. She has participated in master classes and workshops led by Simon Halsey, Marin Alsop, and David Hill. She enjoyed opportunities to perform under the baton of Helmuth Rilling, James Conlon, and Grant Gershon. Her teachers include J.W. Park, Kathy Salzman Romey, Lillian Tan, Jo-Michael Scheibe, Nick Strimple, Cristian Grases, Tram Sparks, Morten Lauridsen, and Adam Knight Gilbert. Dr. Choi is the co-founder, assistant conductor, and Composer in Residence of J.W. Summer Festival Chorale, the semi-professional choir of 93 members in Seoul, South Korea. A compassionate advocate of community engagement through music, Dr. Choi is also the founding board member of the Music Belongs to Everyone! series, a youth outreach program through choral music, affiliated with J.W. Chorale, South Korea. Recently, she held a similar position as the Choral Director of Esperanza Azteca Youth Orchestra and Choir, Los Angeles, where she was responsible for developing the curriculum and personnel of the 90-voice youth choir. Dr. Bruce Southard is currently the Director of Choral Activities at San Joaquin Delta College and has more than twenty years of experience working with choirs of all ages in California, Kentucky, Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota. Teaching is Dr. Southard’s passion, and he was named the Outstanding Teacher of the Year in the College of Arts and Sciences at Dickinson State University in 2013. As a conductor, his choirs have appeared at state and regional conventions in the North Central region of the United States. He has served as guest conductor for several regional honor choirs in Montana and North Dakota, in addition to his active adjudication and clinic schedule. His applied voice students have been recognized at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions district level. In 2012, one of his students was a national finalist in the MTNA Young Artist Competition. Dr. Southard studied conducting with William Dehning, Kenneth Davis, Michael Weber and JoAnn Miller. He has also worked directly with Howard Swan, Eph Ehly, Bernard Rubenstein, and Alfred Mann. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of the Pacific, his Master of Music degree from Western Kentucky University and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Music from North Dakota State University.
PROGRAM NOTES Amor Vittorioso Tutti venite armati O forte miei soldati. Fa la la Io son l’invitt’Amore Giusto saettatore. Non temete punto, Ma in bella schiera uniti, Me seguitate arditi. Fa la la
Come all ye, armed, My hardy soldiers! Fa la la I am Love indomitable, The righteous archer. Do not fear in the slightest, But in beautiful array, Follow me with ardour! Fa la la
Sembrano forti heroi Quei che son contra voi. Fa la la Ma da chi sa ferire, Non si sapran schermire. Non temete punto, Ma coraggiosi e forti, Siat’ a la pugna accorti. Fa la la
They seem strong heroes, Those in front of you. Fa la la But from those who know how to wound, They will know not how to defend. Do not fear in the slightest, But, bold and strong, Be shrewd in battle! Fa la la
O gloriosa Virginum O gloriosa Virginum, Sublimis inter sidera, Qui te creavit, parvulum Lactente nutris ubere.
O Queen of all the Virgin choir, Enthroned above the starry sky; Who with pure milk from thy own breast Thy own Creator didst supply.
Quod Heva tristis abstulit, Tu reddis almo germine: Intrent ut astra flebiles, Coeli recludis cardines.
What man hath lost in hapless Eve, Thy sacred womb to man restores; Thou to the sorrowing here beneath Hast open’d Heaven’s eternal doors.
Tu regis alti janua, Et aula lucis fulgida: Vitam datam per Virginem, Gentes redemptae plaudite.
Hail, O refulgent Hall of light! Hail, Gate sublime of Heaven’s high King! Through thee redeem’d to endless life, Thy praise let all the nations sing.
Jesu, tibi sit gloria, Qui natus es de Virgine, Cum Patre, et almo Spiritu In sempiterna saecula. Amen
O Jesu! born of Virgin bright, Immortal glory be to Thee; Praise to the Father infinite, And Holy Ghost eternally. Amen.
PROGRAM NOTES Or sus, serviteurs du Seigneur Or sus, serviteurs du Seigneur Vous qui, de nuit en son honneur, Dedans sa maison le servez, Louez-le et son nom élevez.
Now again, you servants of the Lord You who in the night for His honor, serve inside his house, Praise and lift up His name.
Cantate Domino Cantate Domino canticum novum; laus ejus in ecclesia sanctorum. Laetetur Israël in eo qui fecit eum, et filii Sion exsultent in rege suo. Laudent nomen ejus in choro; in tympano et psalterio psallant ei.
Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: let His praise be in the church of the saints. Let Israel rejoice in Him that made Him: and let the children of Zion be joyful in their king. Let them praise His name in choir: let them sing to Him with the timbrel and the psaltery.
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, denn er tut Wunder! Und er sieget mit seiner Rechten. Jauchzt dem Herrn alle Welt! Singet, rühmet, und lobet, Lobet dem Herren mit Harfen und mit Psalter und mit Trompeten und Posaunen! Das Meer erbrause, und was darinnen ist, der Erdboden, und die darauf wohnen, die Wasserströme frohlocken, und alle Berge seien fröhlich vor dem Herrn! Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied! Singet, rühmet und lobet!
Sing to the Lord a new song, For He works wonders! And He conquers with His right hand. Let the whole world rejoice in the Lord! Sing, glorify, and praise, Praise the Lord with harps and psaltery And with trumpets and trombones! May the sea roar, and whatever is in it, The foundation of the earth, and those that live upon it, May the floods celebrate And all the hills be joyful before the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing, glorify, and praise!
PROGRAM NOTES Laudate Dominum Laudate Dominum omnes gentes; laudate eum omnes populi. Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia ejus, et veritas Domini manet in æternum.
O praise the Lord, all ye nations; praise Him, all ye peoples. For His loving kindness has been bestowed upon us, and the truth of the Lord endures for ever.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erant in principio, et nunc, et semper et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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PACIFIC CHORAL ENSEMBLES Choral music at the University of the Pacific has a long and distinguished tradition with the first collegiate a cappella choir in the West established here in 1916. Under the direction of Dr. Yejee Choi, the Pacific Choral Ensembles are a rich and vital component of Conservatory and University life. They are a platform for the fundamentals of ensemble collaboration, musicianship and musicality, providing an opportunity to learn a myriad of styles and genres while singing together. Representative repertoire includes Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9” (performed with the Stockton Symphony), Brahms’s “Liebeslieder Walzer”, Fauré’s “Requiem”, and a variety of classical, spiritual and gospel, jazz and a cappella repertoire from different cultures. Pacific Singers is a select mixed voice chamber choir, and Pacific’s flagship choral ensemble. It combines with the University Chorus and Oriana Women’s Choir for two concerts each semester and performs annually with the University Symphony Orchestra or the Stockton Symphony in the performance of major choral and orchestral works. The Pacific Singers also sing at significant University events, such as at the Board of Regents dinner in the fall of 2015. This November, they will be taking a mini tour to Santa Cruz. University Chorus is a large mixed chorus open to any student in the University by audition. It combines with the other choirs for two performances each semester and performs in both a cappella and choral-orchestral works in a wide variety of genres. Membership in our choral ensembles is open by audition to any University of the Pacific student of any major. Auditions are held at the beginning and end of each semester. While vocal majors perform in choral ensembles each semester, all music majors sing in an ensemble for at least two semesters. For more information, contact Dr. Choi at ychoi@pacific.edu. Delta Singers is a small chamber choir of the finest singers that performs choral music written for the small vocal ensemble. The Delta Singers performs a variety of types and styles of music in many forums throughout the community and state. Delta College Concert Choir stresses the art of singing in a large choral ensemble. Choral masterworks for large choir are selected from the repertoire of all historical periods. The choir is open to all Delta students and tours annually.
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