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Westminster Firsts A Classical Legacy

1920 Westminster Choir was established by John Finley William son at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Dayton, Ohio.

1926 The Westminster Choir School was founded.

1928 Westminster Choir and the Cincinnati Symphony made the nation’s first coast-to-coast radio broadcast, aired over Station WLW.

1929 Westminster Choir College was established and moved to Ithaca College.

1932 Westminster Choir College moved to Princeton, N.J.

1934 As the first official American guests of the Soviet Union, with whom the United States had just resumed diplomatic relations, Westminster Choir made the first broadcast from Russia to the United States.

1938 Westminster Choir, with conductor and founder Dr. John Finley Williamson, presented the first U.S. performance of Joseph Haydn’s Passion (The Seven Last Words). The perfor-mance also featured a volunteer orchestra of Princetonians, including Albert Einstein in the violin section. • The Choir sang at the dedication of the New York World’s Fair.

1939 Westminster Choir sang for the first time with the New York Philharmonic. Since then, it has set a record for the number of joint performances—more than 350—by a single choir and orchestra.

1957 Westminster Choir completed a five-month, globe-circling tour under the auspices of the U.S. State Department’s Cultural Exchange Program. The Choir performed in 22 countries, traveled 40,000 miles and appeared before 227,000 people.

1964 Westminster Choir sang on the Telstar World-Wide Telecast in the spring for the opening ceremonies of the New York World’s Fair. This reportedly was the largest audience ever to see a television show at that time.

1965 For the first time the Choir appeared with three major orchestras in one year: the Berlin Philharmonic, the American Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

1971 Westminster Choir performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts during the inaugural week of concerts with the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Nicholas Harsanyi. The work performed was The Dawn of Glory by Christian Latrobe.

1972 The Choir began its first summer as the chorus-in-residence for the Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Two Worlds) in Spoleto, Italy, at the invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti.

1975 Westminster Choir premiered William Schuman’s Casey at the Bat with the National Symphony Orchestra.

1977 Westminster Choir became the first chorus-in-residence at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. in Charleston, S.C., at the invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti.

1978 Westminster Choir established its own recording label, copyrighted “Westminster Choir,” and released its first recording: Six Motets of Johann Sebastian Bach, with guest conductor Wilhelm Ehmann.

1980 Westminster Choir was the first choir to be featured on the “ Live from Lincoln Center” telecast series over National Public Television. The Choir performed Verdi’s Requiem with the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta.

1982 Westminster Choir was part of the 10,000th performance of the New York Philharmonic, America’s oldest perma-nent orchestra.

1988 Westminster Choir sang Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the New York Philharmonic under the composer’s direction in a performance at Carnegie Hall celebrating the 45th anniversary of Bernstein’s conducting debut with the orchestra.

1990 Westminster Symphonic Choir sang in the Leonard Bernstein memorial concert at the invitation of the Bernstein family.

1991 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed at Carnegie Hall’s 100th Anniversary Celebration.

1992 Westminster Choir College merged with Rider University. • Westminster Symphonic Choir performed in “A Tribute to Riccardo Muti” with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Maestro Muti, a performance televised nationally on the Arts & Entertainment Cable Network.

1993 Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, Westminster Sym-phonic Choir participated in The Philadelphia Orches-tra’s first performance of Britten’s War Requiem.

1996 Westminster Choir, conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt, traveled on a concert tour of Korea and Taiwan and per-formed in the Colmar Music Festival in Colmar, France.

1999 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed the world premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra Mar, 7 Preludes for the New Millennium with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur.

2001 Westminster Choir and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt, performed the world premiere of Stephen Paulus’ Voices of Light, commissioned by Rider University to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of Westminster Choir College.

2002 To commemorate the events of September 11, 2001, Westminster Choir was featured in the PRI national radio broadcast of “In the Shadow of the Towers.” They were joined by President George W. Bush and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Westminster Sym-phonic Choir’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem with the New Jersey Symphony was broadcast nationally by PBS.

2004 Westminster Choir premiered Arise My Love by Stephen Paulus, a gift from the composer to celebrate Joseph Flummerfelt’s extraordinary career. • Westminster’s artistic director, Joseph Flummerfelt, was named Musical America’s 2004 Conductor of the Year, the first choral conductor to be so honored.

2005 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloë (complete) for the first time with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Lorin Maazel.

2006 Westminster Symphonic Choir participated in the New York Philharmonic’s first performance of Mozart’s Mass in C, K. 317 “Coronation,” conducted by Lorin Maazel. • Joe Miller appointed director of choral activities and conductor of the Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir.

2007 Rider University established Westminster College of the Arts. • Westminster Williamson Voices presented the North American premiere of James Whitbourn’s Annelies: The Anne Frank Oratorio. • Westminster Symphonic Choir opened the Carnegie Hall season performing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson.

2008 Westminster Kantorei participated in the world premiere recording of John Magnussen’s Psalm, composed for the José Limón dance company.

2009 Westminster Choir and Joe Miller released their first recording, Flower of Beauty.

2010 Westminster Williamson Voices premiered James Whitbourn’s Requiem Canticorum, and the Westminster Choir premiered Jaakko Mäntyjärvi’s To a Locomotive in Winter.

2011 The Westminster Symphonic Choir performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra for the first time under the baton of Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

2012 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchrstra for the first time.

2014 The Westminster Williamson Voices’ and James Jordan’s recording of James Whitbourn’s Annelies, the first major choral setting of The Diary of Anne Frank, was nominated for a GRAMMY Award for Best Choral Performance.

Ryan James BrandauJames Jordan

Joe Miller Amanda Quist

Kathleen Ebling Shaw

Westminster Chapel ChoirWestminster Concert Bell ChoirWestminster Schola CantorumWestminster Symphonic Choir

Daryl Robinson, organ

With guest artists Solid Brass

The American BoychoirFernando Malvar-Ruiz, conductor

Anna C. de Groot, piano

Please note the unauthorized use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash,

is strictly prohibited by law. Out of courtesy to the performers and everyone in the audience, please refrain from using cell phones

and electronic devices.

All who are willing and able are

invited to stand and join in the singing

The audience is asked to withhold all applause until after the recessional.

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OVERTURE

Gloria Daniel Pinkham Solid Brass; Daryl Robinson, organ (1923 - 2006) Matthew Van Dyke, conductor

Deck the Halls Traditional Welsh CarolSolid Brass; Daryl Robinson, organ arr. Carmen DragonJustin Langford, conductor (1914-1984)

Ukrainian Bell Carol arr. Hart Morris Westminster Concert Bell Choir (b. 1946)

Hodie Christus Natus Est Giovanni GabrieliSolid Brass; Daryl Robinson, organ (1556-1612) arr. S Drummond Wolff

Variations sur un Noël angevin Gaston Litaize Daryl Robinson, organ (1909-1991)

I Wonder as I Wander John Jacob NilesWestminster Chapel Choir (1892-1980) Krista Hastings mezzo-soprano arr. Steven Pilkington

Missa Carolae (2004): Introit and Kyrie James WhitbournWestminster Schola Cantorum (b. 1963) Westminster Symphonic Choir Solid Brass; Daryl Robinson, organ; Emily Sebastian, soprano; Jade Blocker, mezzo-sopranoChristopher Hochstuhl, piccolo; Jacob Ezzo, percussion

WELCOMING

READING: Bidding Steven Pilkington, Associate Professor of Sacred Music

CAROL: O Come, All Ye Faithful J.F. Wade (1711-1786)

arr. Sir David Willcocks

O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold him Born the King of Angels: Refrain: O come, let us adore him, O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord! God of God, Light of Light, Lo! he abhors not the Virgin’s womb; Very God, Begotten, not created: Refrain. Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above; Glory to God In the highest: Refrain.

Yea, Lord, we greet thee, Born this happy morning, Jesu, to thee be glory giv’n. Word of the Father, Now in flesh appearing: Refrain.

Stars Eriks Ešenvalds Westminster Schola Cantorum (b. 1977) Chelsea Simpkins, soprano For mixed choir and tuned glasses

The Lamb John Tavener Westminster Chapel Choir (1944-2013)

Ave Maria Franz SchubertWestminster Concert Bell Choir (1797-1828)

arr. William Griffin

LIGHT

CAROL: O Come, O Come Emmanuel Andrew Carter (b. 1939) All: 1 . O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of God appear: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.

Men: 2. O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free Thine own from Satan’s tyranny; From depths of hell thy people save, And give them victory o’er the grave. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.

Women: 3. O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer Our spirits by thine advent here; Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, And death’s dark shadows put to fight: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.

All: 4. O come thou Key of David, come, And open wide our heav’nly home; Make safe the way that leads on high, And close the path to misery: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.

All 5. O come, O come, thou Lord of Might, Who to thy tribes on Sinai’s height, I n ancient times did give the law in cloud and majesty and awe: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.

READING: Light a Candle Max Kapp Joseph F. Whall, Senior Vice PresidentThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Friday, December 11 Evan Rieger, Class of 2016 Saturday, December 12

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Deck the Hall John Rutter The American Boychoir (b. 1945)

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Stanford E. ScrivenWestminster Schola Cantorum (b. 1988)

O Little One Sweet Johann Sebastian BachChapel Choir Ensemble (1685-1750)Soprano: Grace Amadeo, Hayley Collins, Hannah Kim, Jenny O’BrienAlto: Katie Arnold, Drew Jackson, Vivienne Longstreet, Rebecca Smith, Tenor: Chris Bonanni, Sam Denler, Jonathan Hartwell, Preston TolbertBass: Van Boardman, Oscar Lichen, Matt Marinelli, Rene Miville

This Christmastide (Jessye’s Carol) Donald Fraser The American Boychoir (b. 1949)

MEANING

CAROL: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

arr. Craig Phillips

Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled! Joyful, all ye nations, rise, join the triumph of the skies; With th’angelic host proclaim Christ is born in Bethlehem! Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King!

Christ, by highest heav’n adored; Christ, the everlasting Lord; late in time behold him come, offspring of the Virgin’s womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; hail th’incarnate Deity. Pleased as man with us to dwell; Jesus, our Emmanuel! Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King!

Mild he lays his glory by, born that we no more may die, born to raise us from the earth, born to give us second birth. Risen with healing in his wings, light and life to all he brings, hail, the Sun of Righteousness! hail, the heav’n-born Prince of Peace! Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King!

READING: A Partidge in a Pear Tree Halford E. Luccock Diana Crane, Professor Emerita adapted by Diana Crane

Dona Nobis Pacem Ralph Vaughan Williams Mvmt. VI (1872-1958)Westminster Symphonic Choir Solid Brass; Grace Gilday, soprano

Farandole from L’Arlesienne Suite Georges Bizet Westminster Concert Bell Choir (1838-1875) arr. Betty Garee

This Little Light of Mine Moses HoganWestminster Chapel Choir (1957-2003) Camille Watson, soprano; Jared Palmisano, bass; Kalif Jones, tenor

READING: Faith, Hope, Love Richard S. GilbertAnnmarie Woods, Friend of Westminster Friday, December 11 Lauren Lazzari, Class of 2016 Saturday, December 12

Softly Will Todd All Ensembles (b.1970)

What Sweeter Music John RutterDaryl Robinson, organ (b.1945)

GOING FORTH

CAROL: Silent Night Franz Gruber (1787-1863)

arr. Malcolm Sargent

Silent night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright. Round yon virgin, mother and child, Holy infant so tender and mild. Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace. Silent night, holy night. Wise men see the star so bright. Halleluja’ the angels sing, Shepherds hear and glad tidings bring.Christ the Saviour is here. Jesus our Saviour is here. Silent night, holy night. Son of God, O blessed sight. On thy lips a smile of love, Sent to earth from heaven above.Christ the Saviour is here. Jesus our Saviour is here.

CAROL: Joy to the World Traditional arr. Craig Phillips

(b. 1961)

Joy to the world! the Lord is come: let earth receive her King; let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the world! the Savior reigns; let us our songs employ, while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground; he comes to make his blessings flow far as the curse is found, far as the curse is found, far as the curse is found. He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness, and wonders of his love, and wonders of his love, and wonders of his love.

RECESSIONAL AND POSTLUDE

L’année d’or Joel PhillipsDaryl Robinson, organ (b. 1958)

Toccata on ‘Vom Himmel hoch’ Garth Edmundson Daryl Robinson, organ (1892-1971)

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RYAN JAMES BRANDAU brings to the podium broad experience conducting a variety of choral and orchestral ensembles. He is the artistic director of the Amor Artis, a 35-voice chamber chorus and orchestra in New York City. He is also the artistic director of Princeton Pro Musica and the Monmouth Civic Chorus. In addition, Dr. Brandau serves on the faculty of Westminster Choir College, where this season he helps prepare the Westminster Symphonic Choir for performances with the Berlin Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Formerly, he was director of choral activities at Santa Clara University and artistic director of the Santa Clara Chorale and choirmaster of the acclaimed all-professional choir of Christ Church, New Haven. He has worked with a variety of other professional, community, collegiate, children’s and church ensembles. As a professional singer, he has been heard with ensembles in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including the American Bach Soloists, the Choir of King’s College Cambridge, the Arcadia Players, Yale Schola Cantorum, and the Choir of Clare College Cambridge. He remains active as a choral arranger, composer, and clinician. His arrangements and compositions have been featured by choral ensembles across the globe.

GRAMMY® - nominated conductor JAMES JORDAN is recognized and praised around the musical world as one of America’s pre-eminent conductors, writers and innovators in choral music. He has written more than 35 books on all aspects of the choral art. He has been described as a “visionary” by The Choral Journal, which cited his book Evoking Sound as a “must read.” At Westminster Choir College he is professor and senior conductor and conducts Westminster Schola Cantorum and Westminster Williamson Voices. His recordings of the music of James Whitbourn with the Westminster Williamson Voices have garnered wide critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Gramophone hailed him as a conductor of “forceful and intimate choral artistry.” His residencies, master classes and guest conducting have taken him throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. He has conducted more than 30 All-State Choirs, and he is on the choral panel for The National Endowment for the Arts. Dr. Jordan serves as artistic director of the Westminster Conducting Institute, one of the nation’s leading summer programs for the training and education of conductors. In the summer of 2013, he inaugurated the Westminster Choral Institute at Oxford,

which has established itself as one of world’s recognized programs for the teaching of choral artistry.

Dr. Jordan has been honored as a distinguished alumnus at both Susquehanna University and Temple University. He was awarded the distinguished Doctor of Music by the University of Aberdeen in Scotland in 2014 to honor his artistry and contributions to choral music throughout the world.

FERNANDO MALVAR-RUIZ, Litton-Lodal Music Director of the American Boychoir, has had a life-long passion for music, having begun his musical studies at the age of ten in his native Spain. Widely sought after internationally as a guest conductor, lecturer, and clinician, Malvar-Ruiz is recognized as an expert in the adolescent male evolving voice. He joined the American Boychoir School as assistant music director in 2000, and was appointed to the position of Litton-Lodal Music Director in 2004. Each year, he leads the American Boychoir in over 100 performances, and on tour throughout the United States and internationally.

In 2014, the American Boychoir made its feature film debut in Boychoir starring Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Josh Lucas and newcomer Garrett Wareing. Members of the American Boychoir are prominently featured in the film and Mr. Malvar-Ruiz appears as Maestro Molina, in addition to his roles as music director, choirmaster and arranger for the film.

JOE MILLER is conductor of two of America’s most renowned choral ensembles: the Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. He is also director of choral activities at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.

In addition to his responsibilities at Westminster Choir College, Dr. Miller is artistic director for choral activities for the renowned Spoleto Festival USA. His 2014 debut performance, a staged production of John Adams El Niño with the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, the Westminster Choir and an international cast, earned critical acclaim. The Financial Times praised, “the driving minimalistic iterations of Adams’ score securely projected under Joe Miller’s direction.” The New York Times described the performance as “superb. Meticulously prepared…the chorus was remarkable for its precision, unanimity and power.”

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As conductor of the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Dr. Miller has collaborated with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors. The New York Times wrote about Symphonic Choir’s performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Cleveland Orchestra, “Joe Miller’s Westminster Symphonic Choir was subtle when asked and powerful when turned loose.” Recent seasons have included performances with the Philharmoniker Berliner and Sir Simon Rattle; The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin; and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and Gustavo Dudamel. Dr. Miller is also founder and conductor of the Westminster Summer Choral Festival Chamber Choir, a program that offers professional-level choral and vocal artists the opportunity to explore challenging works for one week each summer on the Westminster campus in Princeton.

Praised for his innovative programming, compelling performances, and unique depth of interpretative skill, DARYL ROBINSON has earned critical acclaim as both solo and collaborative artist. Described as a performer with “…a driving muscular poetry underpinned by nimble technique and nuanced sense of style…” by London-based Choir and Organ, Daryl was winner of both First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2012 American Guild of Organists National Young Artist Competition. In fall of 2015, he was appointed assistant professor of Organ for Westminster Choir College.

Robinson has appeared as a featured artist at notable venues including The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC; Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai, China; Cathédral Saint-Pierre, Poitiers, France; Spreckels Organ Pavilion, San Diego, California; and Lagerquist Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington. His career as a collaborative musician has included four years as collaborative keyboard artist for the Moores School Concert Chorale at The University of Houston and professional engagements with the Grammy-nominated Ars Lyrica Houston, The Houston Symphony, Mercury Baroque, The Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival Orchestra, and as accompanist for the internationally-acclaimed Houston Chamber Choir.

His debut solo album, Sempre Organo, was released in 2013 on the ProOrgano Records label and quickly garnered rave reviews in the United States, Canada, France, and England. Selections from the disc have been heard on nationally syndicated radio programs, including Pipedreams® and With Heart and Voice.

AMANDA QUIST is associate professor and department chair of Conducting, Organ, and Sacred Music at Westminster Choir College. She conducts the Westminster Chapel Choir and Westminster Kantorei, and she teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting. She is the recipient of Westminster Choir College of Rider University’s 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award. During her work with the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Dr. Quist collaborated with the New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, and composers Ola Gjeilo and Tarik O’Regan. She recently served as Chorus Master for the premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Matsukaze at the Spoleto Festival USA and the Lincoln Center Festival. The New York Times and Charleston City Paper described the chorus’ performance as “beautifully prepared, gripping,” a “gossamer web of voices” and “bridging the vocal and instrumental textures with perfect intonation.”

Dr. Quist is also director of the Westminster Vocal Institute, a highly regarded summer program for talented high school students. An active guest conductor and clinician, her recent and upcoming appearances include the All State High School Honor Choirs of Texas, California, Tennessee, Vermont and Delaware, as well as the Georgia All-College Honor Choir, and guest conducting/adjudicating in Arizona, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Minnesota, and Michigan. An active mezzo-soprano, Dr. Quist has performed professionally with the St. Ignatius of Antioch choir and choir of St. Mary the Virgin Times Square in Manhattan, Fuma Sacra, Princeton Pro Musica, Princeton University, Monmouth Civic Chorus, Symphony Silicon Valley, and others.

Conductor of the Westminster Concert Bell Choir, KATHLEEN EBLING SHAW is a member of the sacred music department at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, where she teaches classes in handbell training and conducts a second handbell choir. A graduate of Westminster Choir College, she is also director of music at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Doylestown, Pa.

Well known as a handbell clinician, Mrs. Shaw has conducted sessions for the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers both on the local and national levels. Other engagements have included sessions for the American Guild of Organists; the New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas Music Educators Conferences; Choristers Guild; Presbyterian Association of Musicians Conferences; the St. Olaf Church Music Conference; and International Handbell Symposia in Japan, England, Korea, Australia and the United States.

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She traveled with the Westminster Concert Bell Choir during a critically acclaimed 15-city North American “A Royal Christmas” tour, performing with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Most recently, she conducted the Westminster Concert Bell Choir in an appearance with singer Josh Groban in NBC’s nationally televised Lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.

Choirs under the direction of Mrs. Shaw have performed at Carnegie Hall and the World Financial Center’s Festival of Light and Sound. They have also been featured on Lifetime Television, QVC, NBC’s Today Show, New Jersey Network and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.

Mrs. Shaw is also the recipient of an Alumni Merit Award from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in recognition of her dedication to the art of handbell ringing and her enthusiasm and accomplishments in the classroom as well as the concert hall.

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.

The ensemble’s 2015-2016 season includes performances in Princeton, including its Family Weekend Concert and the annual An Evening of Readings and Carols in the Princeton University Chapel. It will also host Westminster’s Invitational Chamber Choir Festival. 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.

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. Previous performances have also included participation in Princeton University’s “Opera and Society” Conference, where it was the featured chorus for the conference, and a

chapel service honoring the centennial of world-renowned organist and teacher Alexander McCurdy, Jr.

The 15-member WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR is composed of undergraduate and graduate students of Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Its director is Kathleen Ebling Shaw. This year celebrates the 38th year of the handbell curriculum at Westminster Choir College, which was the first institution to develop such a program. Hailed for its virtuosity, the Westminster Concert Bell Choir uses the world’s largest range of handbells – 8 octaves, from C1 to C9. Many of the bells are made of bronze and range in weight from four ounces to 11 pounds; the Choir also uses the large “Basso Profundo” aluminum-cast bells that are a new phenomenon in handbell ringing. The Choir supplements its handbell set with a six-octave set of Malmark Choirchime® instruments from C2 to C8 – the widest range in existence. The Westminster Concert Bell Choir has appeared on Public Television’s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and several holiday broadcasts of the Today show, including one in which the ensemble was joined by NBC television personalities Katie Couric and Willard Scott. Its holiday performances have been heard annually on National Public Radio’s Performance Today, and it is included on NPR’s Christmas Around The Country II recording. The Choir has performed at Carnegie Hall twice during the Christmas season and was featured on New Jersey Network’s State Of The Arts program. The ensemble joined Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a critically acclaimed 15-city tour entitled “A Royal Christmas.” Most recently, the Choir joined singer, Josh Groban, to appear as part of NBC’s nationally televised Lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Over the past year, the Choir has produced two recordings that will be released during this academic year: An English Christmas and Let Freedom Ring.

WESTMINSTER SCHOLA CANTORUM is one of three curricular choirs at Westminster Choir College. Composed of all students in their second year of study at the college, this ensemble forms a vital link between the technique and artistry gained by students in their first-year experience at the college in the Westminster Chapel Choir and Westminster Symphonic Choir, which

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performs with many of the world’s finest orchestras and is a cornerstone of the Westminster experience. The second year of ensemble performance study focuses on refinement of ensemble skills combined with choral literature appropriate to both the musical growth and artistic understanding of the singers in the ensemble. Westminster Choir College is the only college in the world that focuses its program around a student’s choral experiences. Unique to this experience is that students sing with their class for two years to not only build their artistry but to strengthen their sense of community and what it is to sing together. This vision was the core value of the institution’s founder, John Finley Williamson. Westminster Schola Cantorum is also the only curricular choir that annually tours in the spring. All students in this ensemble study with Westminster’s acclaimed voice faculty, the largest voice faculty in the world.

In past seasons, the choir has performed major works in the choral repertoire: Britten’s St. Nicolas, Duruflé’s Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria, Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna and Rachmanioff’s The Bells. In addition to its fall concert and spring tour to Virginia and North Carolina, the choir is one of the Westminster ensembles featured in the college’s popular Evening of Readings and Carols, which will be presented in December.

Recognized as one of the world’s leading choral ensembles, the WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR has recorded and performed with major orchestras under virtually every internationally acclaimed conductor of the past 81 years. The ensemble’s 2015-2016 season includes performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Jacques Lacombe and with the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Simon Rattle, Handel’s Messiah with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Jane Glover and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Recent seasons have included performances of Verdi’s Requiem with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Berg’s Wozzeck with the London Philharmonia and Esa-Pekka Salonen; Villa-Lobos’ Choros No. 10 and Estévez’ Cantata Criolla with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and Gustavo Dudamel; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim and Rouse’s Requiem with the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert.

THE AMERICAN BOYCHOIR has long been recognized as one of the finest musical ensembles in the country. Under the leadership of Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Litton-Lodal Music Director, the American Boychoir has dazzled audiences with its unique blend of musical sophistication, spirited presentation, and ensemble virtuosity. The Boychoir performs regularly with world-class orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra and is often featured with such illustrious conductors as James Levine, Charles Dutoit and Alan Gilbert. The American Boychoir is frequently invited to join internationally-renowned artists on stage, and the list of collaborators reflects the extraordinary range of the ensemble: from great classical artists such as Jessye Norman and Frederica von Stade to jazz legend Wynton Marsalis and pop icons Beyoncé and Sir Paul McCartney. The choir’s young soloists are also in high demand and have joined forces with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra and Spoleto Festival USA, to name a few. As an icon of American musical excellence, the Boychoir has been invited to sing for every sitting U.S. President since John F. Kennedy. Touring frequently at home and abroad as preeminent ambassadors, the American Boychoir spreads messages of beauty and hope through outstanding musical achievement.

Boys in fourth through eighth grades, reflecting the ethnic, religious and cultural diversity of the United States, come from across the country and around the world to pursue a rigorous musical and academic curriculum at the American Boychoir School in Princeton, N.J. While keeping up with their academic demands, the boys balance schoolwork with an intense national and international touring schedule. In addition to the almost 100 solo concerts, the 2015–2016 season includes four national tours, continued international releases of the movie Boychoir with Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, and members of the American Boychoir, performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and engagements at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The legacy of the American Boychoir is preserved through an extensive recording catalog, which boasts over 45 commercial recordings and the launch of its own label, Albemarle Records.

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Founded in 1982, SOLID BRASS is recognized by audiences and critics alike as one of the premier brass groups in the country. The members of the ensemble are some of the New York area’s finest musicians who have performed at Lincoln Center with the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera orchestras, New York City Ballet orchestra, numerous Broadway shows, and a host of appearances as orchestral and chamber musicians in the metropolitan area. SOLID BRASS has recorded on the Musical Heritage Society label, Dorian Recordings, Joseph Grado Signature Recordings and Craig Dory Recordings; and has appeared on NJN (PBS) TV’s State of the Arts program. Musical arrangements are being published in the SOLID BRASS SERIES of Trigram Music Inc., Century City, California. SOLID BRASS has been a recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and performed in Mexico and two tours of Canada.

For more information about the ensemble, its music, and recordings, please contact:

SOLID BRASS5 Sunset Drive

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Trumpet:Douglas D. Haislip, managing director

Terry SzorMichael Blutman

Jason Bitoni

French horns:Judy Lee

Ann Mendoker

Trombone:Carl Della Peruti

Hans MuhlerDon Hayward

Tuba:Kyle Turner

Percussion:Adrienne Ostrander

Phyllis Bitow

Piccolo:Theresa Norris

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This appearance by SOLID BRASS is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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* Indicates section leader

SopranoGrace Amodeo, Dunellen, NJMegan Anderson, Westminster, MDCori Bernsten, Bedford, NHMélia Boykin, Bloomfield, NJAmy Brandt, Sellersville, PARebecca Chernavsky, Staten Island, NYHayley Collins, Middletown, DETaylor Consiglio, Hauppauge, NYJillian Corn, Hamilton, NJ

Marissa DeVeau, Howell, NJ *Julia Donahue, Quakertown, PAOlivia Dowden, Rockville Centre, NYKrista Hastings, Hagerstown, MDJulie Hemmingway, Levittown, PAHannah Kim, Cherry Hill, NJAlix Macri, Hammonton, NJGabrielle Marcoux, Garden City, NYRebecca Nixon, Phillipsburg, NJ

Jenny O’Brien, San Jose, CAMegan O’Connor, Smithtown, NYColette Pierce, Union, NJMonica Ross, Philadelphia, PASophia Santiago, West Friendship, MDJade Sterling, East Orange, NJLauren Tannen, Davie, FLVanessa Trauger, York, PACamille Watson, Kent, WA

AltoKatie Arnold, Wantage, NJFrances Calderin, Tampa, FLRhiannon Charney, Chichester, PAJenna Culbertson, Mullica Hill, NJSamantha Cruz, Robbinsville, NJAshley Dupont, Wellington, FLJaclyn Gisondi, Shrewsbury, NJ

Michaela Hilling, Harleysville, PADrew Jackson, San Francisco, CANatalya Leistiko, Voorhees, NJElizabeth Livingston, Massapequa Park, NYVivienne Longstreet, South Orange, NJAlexa Lucchesse, West Babylon, NYAlexa Majana, Nutley, NJBrandi McLeod, Franklin Park, NJ

Sofiya Nayda, Cranford, NJGabrielle Reed, Monroe Township, NJOlivia Sandel, Browns Mills, NJLauren Sander, Tabernacle, NJ *Rebecca Smith, Pottstown, PABrianna Super, Carmel, NYHope Tedescucci, LaGrange, GA

TenorNicholas Alifano, Clifton Park, NYEric Becker, Manorville, NYChris Bonanni, Mullica Hill, NJSam Denler, Somers, NY *

Paul David Flood, Campbell Hall, NYZak Fulcher, Medford, NJJonathan Hartwell, Middletown, DEKalif Jones, Huntington, NYNick Marmor, Hamden, CT

Sean Reilly, Medford, NJJeremy Sivitz, Anchorage, AKPreston Tolbert, Madison, NJNoah Williams, Jim Thorpe, PA

BassVan Boardman, Oakland, MEBrandon DeHoff, Wilmington, DEJosh Gardner, Leonardtown, MDMark Gebauer, Dallax, TXZach Kent, Wellington, FL

Oscar Lichen, Howell, NJMatthew Marinelli, San Antonio, TXShelden Mendes, Cranford, NJ *René Miville, Captiva, FLMark Pall, Dallas, PAJared Palmisano, Brick, NJ

Michael Phillips, Harrington Park, NJAlex Pino, Ashburn, VAAaron Ramsey, Manhattan, NYJohn Reed, Allentown, NJZachary Wilson, Norwalk, CT

Westminster Chapel Choir Amanda Quist, conductor

Fiona Ellis, graduate assistant conductor

Westminster Concert Bell ChoirKathleen Ebling Shaw, conductor

Adam Bergstresser, Nazareth, PAAdrienne Bertsche, Chicago, ILGillian Erlenborn, Bridgewater, NJKarina Fengler, Water Mill, NYLayton Graves, Hanover, PA

Robert James Lamb, Emmaus, PAErin MacKenzie, Howell, NJJohn Joseph Mitchell, Arlington, VABethan Neely, Pittsburgh, PARaymond Nugent, Red Bank, NJ

Michelle Palladino, East Setauket, NYPeter Schertz, Glen Rock, NJKamala Silvey, Brooklyn, NYJon Sysyn, Farmingdale, NJNoël Zucchero, Bridgewater, NJ

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SopranoMargaret Bergmark, Macon, GA*Jade Blocker, Great Neck, NYKatherine Burns, Mechanicsburg, PARebecca Carroll, Helmetta, NJKimberly Casey, Whitehall, PAChrista Grammer, Jackson, NJJulia Henry, Richmond, VA

Maggie Kaetzel, Emmitsburg, MDKristin Lassiter, Monroe Township, NJAbigail Merk, Morrisville, PAKate Miksits, Coplay, PA*Julia Nigro, Collingswood, NJKathleen O’Mara, Fort Washington, PAEmily Sebastian, Dover, DE

Yasmin Siglam, Milltown, NJKamala Silvey, Brooklyn, NYChelsea Simpkins, Pennsville, NJSamantha Six, Wanaque, NJJianyu Zhao, ShanDong, ChinaKexin Zhen, Pebble Beach, CANoel Zucchero, Bridgewater, NJ

AltoCasey Armata, East Meadow, NYAbigail Bloss, Red Lion, PAMicaela Bottari, Torrington, CTJocelyn Brown, Somerset, NJClaire Campbell, Sturbridge, MAAlyssa Davis, Harrisburg, PAGillian Erlenborn, Martinsville, NJ*David Falatok, Akron, OH

Lauren Goldman, Randolph, NJLauren Johnson, Newark, DEMiranda Lammers, Gilbert, AZKatie Lively, Stevensville, MDEmily Longo, Freehold, NJAlex Meakem, Ringwood, NJ*Cassandra Pautler, Phoenixville, PAChelsea Sardoni, Robbinsville, NJ

Cecelia Snow, Fort Wayne, INDeanna Sorge, Brooklyn, NJLydia Stepanoff, Quakertown, PAMcKenzie Sterner, Alexandria, VAPauline Taumalolo, Honolulu, HIJoslyn Thomas, Albertson, NYRachel Tyler, Richland, PALucy Watts, Marlton, NJ

TenorAldo Aranzulla, Lancaster, PA*John Burke, Ringwood, NJ*Jim Calderon, Bergenfield, NJJerrick Cavagnaro, North Haledon, NJ

Justin Farrell, Tarrifville, CTAidan Gent, Brookline, NJDavid Grossman, Belle Mead, NJPauli Kamenakis, Pennsville, NJ

Michael McCormick, Oneida, NYBenjamin Norkus, Point Pleasant, NYDesaun Stewart, Camden, NJDan Wells, Philadelphia PA

BassJoshua Acampado, Bridgewater, NJ*Michael Banks, Glen Cove, NYHolden Bihl, Robbinsville, NJJoseph Buttram, Lawrenceville, NJAaron Cafaro, Matwan, NJ

Emilio Chase, Quakertown, PAMiguel Ángel de Jesus Jr., North Bergen, NJJason Diaz, Allentown, NJ*John Franek, West Caldwell, NJGabriel Harley, Wilmington, DE*Evan Kelly, Bay Village, OH

James Kinzel, Wilmette, ILAdam Lee, Mountain View, CAThomas Marvil, Homer, MIMichael Ryan, East Greenwich, NJPeter Schertz, Glen Rock, NJKenny Xue, Bronxville, NY

Westminster Schola CantorumJames Jordan, conductor

Corey Everly, accompanistJeff Vanderlee, graduate assistant conductor

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The American Boychoir

Ugo Abili, NJGabriel Berko, CanadaOrion Bloomfield, NJAndrew Boateng, OHDouglas Butler, ARKevin Byrne, ILHarry Carter, NJSamuel Chang, NJ

Malachi Fox, NCSimon Gutierrez, ColombiaDamian Juth, NJJoe Kaffen, OHCharles Love, NJDenaly Min, VAHudson Orfe, NJRyan Percarpio, NJ

Jonathan Pollison, NJEric Riedel, OHSamuel Robinson, VAKei Sakano, NJDante Soriano, NJMaximilian Stein, NYJohn Teti, NJDaniel Voigt, WI

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Westminster Symphonic ChoirJoe Miller, conductor

Ryan Brandau, conductorJustin Langford and Matthew Van Dyke, graduate assistant conductors

BassChristopher Aggabao, Montgomery, NJ Conner Allison, Estero, FLAdam Bergstresser, Nazareth, PASimer Bhatia, North Brunswick, NJJesse Borower, Charlotte, NCJohn Brewer, Southbury, CTRobert Colby-Witanek, Belle Mead, NJDavid Conley, Peachtree City, GAGrant Farmer, Nashville, TNPhilip Fillion, Rochester, NYRobert Firkser, Edison, NJ

Connor Fluharty, Burgettstown, PALayton Graves, Hanover, PAThomas Heidenreich, Cincinnati, OHMatthew Hern, San Ramon, CAAlex Imai, Santa Cruz, CAJoseph Keller, Irvington, NYSkyler Klein, Suffern, NYRaymond Lau, Princeton, NJJohn Milas, Mount Vernon, WAJohn Mitchell, Arlington, VANeil Mitchell, Granby, CT

Joshua Palagyi, Albany, NYJames Roman, Moorestown, NJDov Rosenchein, Jerusalem, IsraelRobin Schott, Jamison, PAMatthew Smith, Geneva, ILJoseph Stutzman, Wauseon, OHJonathan Sysyn, Farmingdale, NJHunter Thomas, State College, PA Matthew Van Dongen, Hopatcong, NJJeff Vanderlee, Austin, TXLiam Velez, Highland Falls, NY

SopranoAmanda Agnew, Massapequa Park, NYAlexa Agourides, Hamilton, NJValeria Altamirano, Las Vegas, NVKatherine Angelli, Elma, NYJessica Arnold, Montclair, NJRachel Begleiter, Delray Beach, FLAbigail Benke, Cleburne, TXAdrienne Bertsche, Chicago, ILSara Boyd, Charlestown, RILiana Booker, Bronx, NYAlicia Brozovich, Conway Springs, KSSamantha Burdick, West Lafayette, INElizabeth Calabro, Newtown, PAAsherah Capellaro, Roanoke, VAKathleen Carreras Pereira, Ashton, MDAlyssa Christian, Scotch Plains, NJAmani Cole-Felder, Somerset, NJSarah Cook, Riverhead, NYCorinne Costell, Port Jefferson Station, NYRebecca Dias, Clark, NJ

Fiona Ellis, London, UKGretchen Erlichman, Waterville, NYMegan Gallagher, Bayport, NYMolly Getsinger, Mt. Airy, MDGrace Gilday, Kensington, MDAlexandria Griner, Rocky Hill, NJLauren Halley, Southampton, NJAshley Hansell, Fieldsboro, NJKatelyn Hemling, Baltimore, MDKristin Hill, Dallas, TXMegan Holmquist, Commack, NYClaire Hughes, Haywards Heath, SussexHannah Lanese, St. Petersburg, FLLogan Laudenslager, Allentown, PALauren Lazzari, New Hampton, NYXiaosha Lin, ChinaRebecca Mack, Warminster, PAErin MacKenzie, Howell, NJMarigrace Maley, Massapequa, NYKayla McLaughlin, Huntington, NY

Julianne Michalik, Shillington, PANicole Michel, Ridgewood, NJMallory Murphy, Lee’s Summit, MOAmanda Osborn, Wading River, NYJoy Parker, Manassas, VAMegan Pendleton, Oakland, CAAvery Peterman, Acton, MAArielle Rabano, Hillsborough, NJAlina Rabchuk, Warminster, PAElizabeth Richter, Garrison, NYSarah Riddle, Hurricane, WVNicola Santoro, Mountain View, CACaitlin Schafer, Maple Shade, NJRobin Schmeider, Butler, PATessa Scortino, Beachwood, NJEmily Solo, Des Moines, IAJessica Stanislawczyk, South Brunswick, NJEsther Teh, Pompano Beach, FLMegan Urbano, Reno, NVMargaret Winthrop, Northport, NY

Alto Sinclair Avramis, Bloomington, NYLisa Bassett, Collegeville, PAMegan Coiley, Princeton, NJDestiny Cooper, Wilmington, DEKathleen Dunn, Glen Rock, NJKathryn Elliot, Macon, GAChristina Farrell, Pleasant Valley, NYPriscella Faustini, Kearny, NJKarina Fengler, Water Mill, NYAmira Fuller, St. Louis, MOAmanda Garcia-Walker, Austin, TXSamantha Goldberg, Philadelphia, PASabrina Gutwilik, Manalapan, NJ

Alexa Hampel, Ringwood, NJMaclain Hardin, Columbus, GAShayna Holness, Irvine, CAShanley Horvitz, Voorhees, NJLiska Jetchick, Merrickville, OntarioKelsey Lewis, Perkasie, PAZilin Ma, Shanghai, ChinaShauna McQuerrey, South Charleston, WVSamantha Meril, Dallas, TXTaria Mitchell, Egg Harbor Township, NJJessica Moreno, Riverhead, NJRachel Morris, Doylestown, PABethan Neely, Pittsburgh, PAMichelle Palladino, East Setauket, NY

Caroline Patton, Glenside, PAAlyssa Rebecca Pereira, Greenwich, CTEva Rangel-Ribeiro, Princeton, NJChristina Regan, Seaford, NYAllison Ritter, Glassboro, NJEmily Rosoff, Ballston Spa, NYAndrea Salazar, Quito, EcuadorCaitlin Scharar, Smithtown, NYKristin Schenk, Doylestown, PAAnnaLotte Smith, Rahway, NJRebecca Stahl, Fogelsville, PAKathryn Trave, Holland, PATiffany Vickers, Wilmington, DEChristina Yoo, Mamaroneck, NY

TenorVictor Abednego, Bali, IndonesiaChaequan Anderson, Newark, DEJustin Brown, Somerset, NJMax Claycomb, Quakertown, PAIgor Correa, Caracas, VenezuelaVictor Cristobal, Franklin Park, NJMatthew Delre, Robbinsville, NJChristopher Engel, Ocean City, MDAshur Fadul, Fort Lee, NJBrett Gray, West Milford, NJMichael Kiesling, Spring City, PA

Anthony Kurza, Ringwood, NJJustin Langford, Georgetown, TXPhil LeFevre, Huntingdon Valley, PAJay Maenhout, Marlborough, MAWilliam Mosher, Princeton, NJFrancisco Ortiz-Ramos, Orocoris, Puerto RicoBrian Pember, Greenfield Township, PAEric Petterson, Mahanoy City, PAAlex Reuter, Indianapolis, INEvan Rieger, King of Prussia, PABrad Settle, Cincinnati, OH

Tyler Smallig, West Babylon, NYEvan Stenzel, Iowa Falls, IAJoseph Stutzman, Wausean, OHCaleb Tee, MalaysiaRaymond Trapp, Brooklyn, NYJacob Truby, Appleton, WIMatthew Van Dyke, Cherry Hill, NJTyler Weakland, State College, PABilly Woodrow, Newton, NJLogan Wright, San Angelo, TXRyan Zettlemoyer, Browns Mills, NJ

Personnel rosters are current as of 11/24/15* Indicates section leader

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Rider University’s WESTMINSTER COLLEGE OF THE ARTS educates and trains aspiring performers, art ists, teachers and students with artistic interests to pursue professional, scholarly and lifelong personal opportunities in art, dance, music and theater. The College consists of three divisions: Westminster Choir College, the School of Fine and Performing Arts and Westminster Conserva tory. WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE is a college of music and graduate school located on Rider’s Princeton campus. Renowned for its tradition of choral excellence, Westminster offers programs in music education; music theory and composition; sacred music; voice, organ, and piano performance and pedagogy; choral conducting; and

piano accompanying and coaching. The SCHOOL OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS is located on Rider’s Lawrenceville campus. Its programs include arts administration, music theater and fine arts with tracks in dance, music, theater and art. WESTMINSTER CON-SERVATORY OF MUSIC is a community music school that serves the Central New Jersey/Eastern Pennsylva-nia area with on-campus and community-based music instruction as well as community choral, orchestral and theater ensembles. RIDER UNIVERSITY is a private co-educational, student-centered university that empha-sizes purposeful connections between academic study and education for the professions.

The Westminster Concert Bell Choir is grateful to have on loan the lower eighth and ninth octave bass handbells and the lower seventh octave Choirchime® Instruments from

Malmark, Inc. – Bellcraftsmen, Plumsteadville, PA.On the web: www.malmark.com

Transportation for Rider University provided exclusively by Stout’s Transportation Service, Ewing, N.J.

On the web: www.stoutscharter.com

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List as of December 5, 2014

Pete & Christina CallawayMicaela de Lignerolles

Dr. E. Bruce DiDonato & Dr. Denise AgnessSamuel M. HamillJoe & Lee Herring

Marsha Gaynor Lewis

Christine LokhammerJames & Deborah Peters

Matthew & Pascale ShaftelGeorge & Martha Vaughn

Elizabeth Wislar

Georg and Joyce Albers-SchonbergEllen Gould Baber

Joseph and Sara BeckMrs. R. Bennett

Helena and Peter BienstockJay and Kathleen Biggins

Eugene W. S. BlicharzJonathan Bush

Frank and Mary Ann CapassoHarriet R. Chase

Micaela de LignerollesMr. and Mrs. Robert C. Doll*

Brian D. Fix Alix Gerry

Andrew Graham and Leigh HartshornMr. Saverio G. Greco

Cathy and Frank GreekLeita and Bill HamillKatie and John Heins

P. Randolph HillMichael C. Kelly and Joan C. Mazzotti

Pamela S. and John F. Kelsey IIIMichael B. and Debra M. Kennedy

Casey and Sam Lambert Marsha Gaynor Lewis*

Anna Lustenberg Catharine R. Macdonald

Joseph and Nancy MaggioCecilia and Michael Mathews

Liza and Sky Morehouse Dale and Barbara Morrison

Lindsey and Richard MoynihanJames D. and Deborah C. Peters*

Jacquie and Woody PharesJoAnne H. RajoppiPriscilla Roosevelt

Celia D. RyanPascale and Matthew Shaftel

Caren V. SturgesKatherine A. Suplee

Martha and George Vaughn

Patron Committee

Patron Contributors

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Annmarie Woods

Readings and Carols Sponsors

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Anonymous John ‘88 and Rebecca Agourides

Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Angelli Paul and Sue Berntsen

Jerome and Arlene Blocker David and Lois Burns and Family

Elisabeth L. Van Buskirk Lawrence and Cynthia Charney

Walter R. Darr ‘78, ‘91 Denler Family

Aaron E. and Ernestine (Mickey) Lazenby ‘68 Gast Garland and Catherine Grammer

Patricia Buchholz Guth ‘81 Robert and Genita Heidenreich Dr. Ronald A. Hemmel, FAGO ‘78

Tod Hicks Richard and Patricia Hochstuhl

Kent and Marie Imai Thomas and Marie Jablonski

Susan Cadwalader Johnson ‘01 and Stephen Johnson Lois Laverty

Robert and Dianne Lucchesse Mack Family

Kevin P. McCann Carol R. Miller

John and Dori Mitchell Dean K. and Susan E. Norbeck

Meghan O. Patton Marlene L. Rathnum Eric and Amy Richter

Martha, Glenn and Moncia Ross Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ryan

Nancy B. Sampson Sander Family

Connie and Lee Schofer Robin R. and Mary R. Schott

Settle Family David Silvey

Leah Ann and Lous Spinelli Bob Thomson

Alvia E. Urdaneta Gaskin Elisabeth L. Vanbuskirk

Thomas Van Duyne Ross and Carole Warfield

Sarah Waterbury

Support for this concert has come from the Magdalena Houlroyd Concert Endowment. We at Westminster are grateful to

Miss Houlroyd for the establishment of this fund.

An Evening of Readings and Carols will recorded and broadcast internationally on WWFM The Classical Network on

Monday, December 21 at 8 p.m.

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APPENDIX

I Wonder as I WanderJohn Jacob Niles (1892-1980) arr. Steven Pilkington

I wonder as I wander out under the sky How Jesus the Saviour did come for to die For poor on’ry people like you and like I; I wonder as I wander out under the sky

When Mary birthed Jesus ‘twas in a cow’s stall With wise men and farmers and shepherds and all But high from God’s heaven, a star’s light did fall And the promise of ages it then did recall.

If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing A star in the sky or a bird on the wing Or all of God’s Angels in heaven to sing He surely could have it, ‘cause he was the King

Missa Carolae: Introit and Kyrie James Whitbourn (b. 1963) Guillô play your tambourin, Robin with your flute begin, Play your pipe and play your drum, Tu-re-lu-re-lu!

Pa-ta-pa-ta-pan! Play your pipe and play your drum. Sing Nowell to all and some!

For unto us a child is born, Unto us a Son is given: And the government shall be upon his shoulder: And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The might God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Dance and sing and leap with joy At the birth of the infant boy. Dance with pipe and dance with drum. Tu-re-lu-re-lu! Pa-ta-pa-ta-pan! Dance with pipe and dance with drum For to us is born a Son.

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them hath the light shined.

Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.

Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Stanford E. Scriven (b. 1988)

The tree of life my soul hath seen Laden with fruit and always green The tree of life my soul hath seen Laden with fruit and always green The trees of nature fruitless be Compared with Christ the apple tree His beauty doth all things excel By faith I know but ne’er can tell His beauty doth all things excel By faith I know but ne’er can tell The glory which I now can see In Jesus Christ the apple tree. For happiness I long have sought And pleasure dearly I have bought For happiness I long have sought And pleasure dearly I have bought I missed of all but now I see ‘Tis found in Christ the apple tree. This fruit does make my soul to thrive It keeps my dying faith alive This fruit does make my soul to thrive It keeps my dying faith alive Which makes my soul in haste to be With Jesus Christ the apple tree. I’m weary with my former toil Here I will sit and rest a while I’m weary with my former toil Here I will sit and rest a while Under the shadow I will be Of Jesus Christ the apple tree. Text compiled by Joshua Smith New Hampshire, 1784

The Lamb John Tavener (1944-2013) Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life, and bid thee feed By the stream and o’er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?

Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee, Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee. He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb. He is meek, and he is mild, He became a little child.

I, a child, and thou a lamb, We are called by his name. Little Lamb, God bless thee!

Deck the Hall Traditional

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la la la la!

‘Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la la la la!Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la la la la la la la!Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, Fa la la la la la la la!

See the blazing yule before us, Fa la la la la la la la!Strike the harp and join the chorus, Fa la la la la la la la!

Follow me in merry measure, Fa la la la la la la la!While I tell of Yuletide treasure, Fa la la la la la la la!

Fast away the old year passes, Fa la la la la la la la!Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, Fa la la la la la la la!Sing we joyous all together! Fa la la la la la la la!Heedless of the wind and weather, Fa la la la la la la la! Stars Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977)

Alone, alone in the night on a dark hill,with pines around me spicy and still, and still,and heaven,a heaven full of stars over my head, Oh misty red;Myriads with beating hearts of fireOh, the eaons cannot vex or tire;

The dome of heaven like a great hill and myriads with beating hearts of fire,HEAVEN FULL OF STARS,HEAVEN FULL OF STARS

I know I am honored to be witness of so much majesty,MAJESTY.

Text: Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)

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O Jesulein Süß (O Little One Sweet) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 1. O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! Deines Vaters, Willen hast du erfüllt, bist kommen aus dem Himmelreich, uns armen Menschen worden gleich. O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild!.2. O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! Du bist der Lieb ein Webenbild, Zünd an in uns der Liebe Flamm, dass wir dich lieben allzusamm. O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild!

(translation)1. O little Jesus sweet, o little Jesus mild! Thy Father’s Will thou hast fulfilled, Thou cam’st from Heaven, to be equal with us poor mortals. O little Jesus sweet, o little Jesus mild!

2. O little Jesus sweet, O little Jesus mild, In Thee Love’s beauties are distilled, Light in us thy love’s bright flame, so we all may love you the same. O little Jesus sweet, O little Jesus mild!

This Christmastide (Jessye’s Carol)Donald Fraser (b. 1949)

Green and silver, red and goldAnd a story born of old. Truth and love and hope abide,This Christmastide, this Christmastide. Holly, ivy, mistletoeAnd the gently falling snow. From a simple ox’s stallCame the greatest gift of all. Children sing of peace and joyAt the birth of one small boy. Let the bells ring loud and clear,Ring out now for all to hear. Trumpets sound and voices raiseIn an endless stream of praise. Green and silver, red and goldAnd a story born of old.

Text by Jane McCulloch

Dona Nobis Pacem

Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.And none shall make them afraid, neither the sword go through their land.Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven.Open to me the gates of righteousness, I will go into them.Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled; and let them hear, and say, it is the truth.And it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues.And they shall come and see my glory. And I will set a sign among them, and they shall declare my glory among the nations.For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me,so shall your seed and your name remain for ever.’ Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men. (Adapted from Micah iv. 3, Leviticus xxvi. 6, Psalms lxxxv. 10, and cxviii. 19, Isaiah xliii. 9, and lxvi. 18-22, and Luke ii. 14) Dona Nobis Pacem Grant us peace.

This Little Light of MineMoses Hogan (1957-2003) 1. This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.2. All through the night, I’m gonna let it shine. My God gave it to me, I’m gonna let it shine.Hallelujah, children, my God gave it to me, I’m gonna let it shine.In my home, all over the world, let it shine. SoftlyWill Todd (b.1970)

Softly, sleeping light against the cold, you will renew me. Waken my soul.Bring me out of darkness and waken my soul.

Word of God born in darkness,gift of wisdom from afar,you will refresh me. Open my heart. Bring me out of darkness and open my heart.

And may your light burn in me;may your love endless be.May you be always with me.

Child of God, sleeping savior,as you rest my world awaits,needing forgiveness, needing your kindness.Now you have found me. Waken my soul.Bring me out of darkness and waken my soul.

What Sweeter MusicJohn Rutter (b. 1945)

What sweeter music can we bring than a carol,for to sing the birth of this our heav’nly King?Awake the string!Dark and dull night, fly hence away,And give the honour to this day that sees December turn’d to May.

Why does the chilling winter’s morn smile,like a field beset with corn?Or smell like a meadow newly shorn thus on the sudden?Come and see the cause, why things thus fragrant be:

‘Tis he is born, whose quick’ning birth gives life and lustre,public mirth, to heaven and the underearth.We see him come, and know him ours,Who, with his sunshine and his show’rs,Turns the patient ground to flow’rs, turns all the patient ground to flow’rs.The darling of the world is come, and fit it is, we find a room to welcome him.The nobler part of all the house here,is the heart, which we will give him;and bequeath this holy, and this ive wreath,to do him honour; who’s our King,And Lord of all this revelling.

What sweeter music can we bring than a carol, for to sing the birth of this our heav’nly King.

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Recordings from WestminsterThe Perfect Holiday Gift!

NoëlWestminster ChoirJoe Miller, conductor

Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-sopranoKen Cowan, organ

Classic French Christmas music

An English ChristmasWestminster Concert Bell Choir

Kathleen Ebling Shaw, conductor

Holiday favorites performed on the world’s largest range of handbells

Christmas with the Westminster ChoirWestminster ChoirJoseph Flummerfelt, conductor

Traditional holiday favorites with organ and brass

Available at the box office after tonight’s concert

Christmas Masterpieces and Familiar CarolsWestminster ChoirNew Jersey Symphony OrchestraJoseph Flummerfelt, conductor

Selections from holiday masterpieces and familiar carols

Christmas at WestminsterWestminster Concert Bell ChoirKathleen Ebling-Thorne, director

Arrangements of holiday classics from Silent Night to White Christmas

A Westminster Christmas IIWestminster ChoirJoe Miller, conductorWestminster Concert Bell ChoirKathleen Ebling Shaw, conductorKen Cowan, organ

Holiday classics for choir, organ and handbells

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