MidAmerica Productions Announces Its 36th Season

“A Wonderful Journey of Music Making”

 

MidAmerica Productions Announces Its 36^th Season

 

12 Concerts over Five Months at Carnegie Hall

February 17 to June 16, 2019

 

One World Premiere and Six New York Premieres

 

36^th Season Highlights:

• February 17, 2019 marks MidAmerica’s 1,370^th Concert Worldwide, 1,037^th in New York and 579^th in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium
• Works by More Than Two Dozen Living Composers, including ONE World Premiere and SIX New York Premieres
• John Rutter to Conduct the Premiere U.S. Performance of Selections from His New Sacred Choruses Anthology
• Choral and Symphonic ensembles from 31 states, China, Canada, and Korea
• Holidays at Carnegie Hall – Presidents’ Day Sunday (February 17), Easter Sunday (April 21), Mother’s Day Weekend (Saturday, May 11), Memorial Day Weekend (Saturday, May 25, Monday, May 27, Tuesday May 28) and Father’s Day (Sunday, June 16)

NEW YORK, NY, January 24, 2019 – The journey continues for MidAmerica Productions.

MidAmerica’s 36^th season at Carnegie Hall in New York City will run from Presidents’ Day weekend (Sunday, February 17) to Father’s Day (Sunday, June 16). Choral and symphonic ensembles from 31 states, China Canada, and Korea will share the legendary main stage with world-class musicians and singers.

“We have a bumper crop of talented guest conductors and performers from all over North America – and even choirs from Korea and China appearing with us for the first time!” enthuses Peter Tiboris, Founder and Music Director of MidAmerica Productions, who himself will lead the New England Symphonic Ensemble in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony on May 11. “And mixed in with the great classics of earlier centuries that always feature in our concerts will be the music of more than two dozen living composers. We also are proud to be adding more notches to our various ‘premiere belts’ in 2019.”

MidAmerica Productions recognizes the importance of presenting new and recent music. For the 2019 Carnegie Hall season, living composers whose works will be heard include Marvin V. Curtis, Dominick DiOrio, Dan Forrest, Ola Gjeilo, Jocelyn Hagen, Linda Tutas Haugen, Mark Hayes, Morten Lauridsen, William Menefield, Kevin Padworski, Jake Runestad, John Rutter, Jim Taylor, Michael John Trotta, and Gwyneth Walker.

Seven works will be heard live in New York for the first time, one of which will be the first performance anywhere:

World Premiere

• KEVIN T. PADWORSKI: Wanderlust (June 1, 7 PM)

 New York Premieres

• MICHAEL JOHN TROTTA: Gloria(March 31, 2 PM)
• DESSA & JOCELYN HAGEN: Controlled Burn (May 25, 7 PM)
• WILLIAM MENEFIELD: Prism(May 25, 7 PM)
• JAKE RUNESTAD: Into the Light (May 28, 8 PM)
• DOMINICK DI ORIO: A World Aglow (May 28, 8 PM)
• JIM TAYLOR: Cambridge Songs Suite No. 2(June 10, 8 PM)

 MidAmerica’s Conductor Laureate, Composer John Rutter (called “The Composer Who Owns Christmas” by The New York Times), will mark his 127th performance with MidAmerica Productions on May 27, a Memorial Day “Rutter Gala” in which he will introduce selections from his newly published Oxford University Press anthology of Sacred Choruses, and also lead his own Gloria and his edition of Monteverdi’s Gloria. Throughout the season, other guest conductors will lead performances of several Rutter works, including the Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat and Mass of the Children.

Principal Guest Conductor Giuseppe Lanzetta will make his seventh appearance with MidAmerica Productions since 2006, leading Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony on the first concert of the season, Sunday, February 17.

“It’s been a wonderful journey of music making,” reflects Maestro Tiboris. “I’ve been doing this kind of presentation longer than anyone else in New York, yet I have to say, it never gets old. Each concert is a ‘dream come true’ for the many performers who will always remember their visit to New York City, and especially their time in Carnegie Hall. As we like to say, MidAmerica Productions changes lives one concert at a time.”

TICKETS

Concerts in the Isaac Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage are $150, $100, and $50. Tickets can be obtained beginning two months prior to the performance by contacting CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800, visiting the Carnegie Hall Box Office at 57^th Street and 7^th Avenue in New York, NY, or by going online to www.carnegiehall.org). For more information, contact molly.waymire@piptix.com

For press tickets, call Daniel Guss in MidAmerica’s Public Relations and Publications Department at 212-239-0205, Ext 204 or e-mail him at dguss@midamerica-music.com.

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

 

ABOUT MIDAMERICA PRODUCTIONS

Peter Tiboris created and conducted his first concert in New York on January 7, 1984, at Lincoln Center, featuring the American Symphony Orchestra, four vocal soloists, and three choruses: the Louisiana Chorale of Acadiana, Camerata Singers of Baton Rouge, and Collegiate Chorale of New York. He didn’t realize it at the time, but Mr. Tiboris had just created his own production company, MidAmerica Productions, which would go on to become the foremost independent producer of choral concerts in New York’s Carnegie Hall. 

For 36 years, MidAmerica Productions has brought together conductors, soloists, and choral and instrumental ensembles from the U.S. and abroad to appear at New York’s top venues, including the Isaac Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage, Weill Recital Hall, and Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall; and Alice Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall (now David Geffen Hall) at Lincoln Center. In addition to presenting instrumental and choral works, MidAmerica Productions has championed contemporary composers with approximately 92 World Premieres, 21 United States Premieres and 99 New York Premieres.

Additionally, MidAmerica Productions has presented concerts in numerous U.S. cities and in countries throughout the world, including Greece, England, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Italy, France and Russia.

MIDAMERICA BY THE NUMBERS

Changing Lives One Concert At A Time. Over the past 35 years, MidAmerica Productions has not only discovered new artists but produced their concert debuts in the historic venue of the main Carnegie Hall stage. At the start of 2019, noteworthy MidAmerica statistics include:

• 1,369 Concerts Worldwide
• 1036 Concerts in New York
• 578 Concerts in Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall
• 384 Concerts in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
• 21 Concerts in David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
• 11 Concerts in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center
• 92 World Premieres
• 21 United States Premieres
• 99 New York City Premieres
• 3,560 Choral Ensembles
• 173 Youth and Collegiate Orchestras
• 145 Youth and Collegiate Bands, Jazz Bands and Wind Ensembles
• 826 Guest Conductors
• 1,342 Guest Soloists
• 70 European Concerts (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, France)
• 171 Festival of the Aegean (Syros, Greece) Concerts

 

Media Contact: 

Daniel Guss

Director of Public Relations and Publications

MidAmerica Productions

212-239-0205 x 204

dguss@midamerica-music.com

 

 

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THE 2019 SEASON

 

[PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE]

 

*Carnegie Hall debut

 

Sunday, February 17 at 2 pm

 

New England Symphonic Ensemble; Preston Hawes, Artistic Director

 

Ola Gjeilo – Sunrise Mass

*Bradley Vogel, conductor

*WHS Crusader Choir, Wellington, KS (Jessica Coldwell, Director)

*Berean Singers, Elbing, KS (Sara Morris, Director)

*Tabor College Concert Choir, Hillsboro, KS (Bradley Vogel, Director)

 

Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna

*Tucker Biddlecombe, conductor

*Blair Children’s Chorus Young Men’s Chorus, Nashville, TN (Mary Biddlecombe, Director)

East Orange Campus High School Chamber Singers, East Orange, NJ (Libby Gopal, Director)

Marlborough Chamber Choir, Los Angeles, CA (Angela Lin, Director)

Central Bucks High School-West Choir, Doylestown, PA (Joseph Ohrt, Director)

*Watson Creek Choral Project, Furlong, PA (Joseph Ohrt, Director)

*Chiles High School Chorus, Tallahassee, FL (Corey Sullivan, Director)

 

Beethoven – Symphony No. 5

Giuseppe Lanzetta, conductor

 

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Saturday, March 23 at 8 pm

 

Prelude Concert at 7 pm

Mosinee High School Concert Choir, Mosinee, WI

*Carla Dul, conductor

Dan Forrest – The Music of Living • Ola Gjeilo – Ubi Caritas • Jake Runestad – Let My Love Be Heard

Giedrius Svilainis – Vox Populi  • Arr. Donald Patriquin – J'entends le moulin

 

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New England Symphonic Ensemble; Preston Hawes, Artistic Director

 

Dan Forrest – LUX: The Dawn From On High

David R. Thye, conductor

Mosinee High School Concert Choir, Mosinee, WI (Carla Dul, Director)
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School Choir, Austin, TX (Cate Gasco, Director)
Central Regional High School Choir, Bayville, NJ (Elizabeth Moore, Director)

Marist College Singers, Poughkeepsie, NY (Sarah Williams, Director)

 

Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna

John Ratledge, conductor

Middletown Concert Chorale, Middletown, NY (Danielle Cornacchio, Director)

*Greater Atlanta Christian School Concert Choir, Norcross, GA (Marcus Miller, Director)

*Hillcrest High Ensemble, Tuscaloosa, AL (Khristina Motley, Director)

*Chancel Choir of First United Methodist Church, Tuscaloosa, AL (John Ratledge, Director)

Wagner College Choir, Staten Island, NY (Thomas Juneau, Director)

 

Beethoven – Triple Concerto

Corrado Valvo, conductor

Gianmaria Melis, violin

Francesco Mariozzi, cello

Giuseppe Gullotta, piano

 

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Sunday, March 31 at 2 pm

 

New England Symphonic Ensemble; Preston Hawes, Artistic Director

 

Michael John Trotta – Gloria (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

Michael John Trotta, conductor

John Rutter – Gloria

*Ray Adams, conductor

Indian River Choral Union, Vero Beach, FL (Ray Adams, Director)

Scotch Plains–Fanwood High School Chamber Choir, Scotch Plains, NJ (Jan Allen, Director)

Oak Park High School Chamber Choir, Oak Park, CA (Heidi Cissell, Director)

Indian River Charter High School Concert Choir, Vero Beach, FL (Gary Miller, Director)

*Central Bucks East High School Select Choir, Doylestown, PA (Christopher Villante, Director)

*Sanctuary Choir of First Baptist Church, Marion, NC (Ruth Wakefield, Director)

Brewer High School Varsity Mixed Ensemble, Fort Worth, TX (Mark Wynn, Director)

 

Fauré – Requiem

*Sterling S. Poulson, conductor

Dock Mennonite Academy Touring Choir, Lansdale, PA (Emily Grimes, Director)

Choral Arts Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Sterling S. Poulson, Director)

 

Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna

Geoffrey Paul Boers, conductor

*Symphony Tacoma Voices, Tacoma, WA (Geoffrey Paul Boers, Director)

ChoralSounds Northwest, Lake Forest Park, WA (Ryan Ellis, Director)

*The Liberty Choirs, Renton, WA (Robin Wood, Director)

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Sunday, April 21 at 1 pm

 

Ensemble Spotlight Series

 

Carolina Youth Symphony, Greenville, SC

Leslie W. Hicken, conductor

 

Nicolai – Merry Wives of Windsor – Overture • Holst – The Planets – Mars: The Bringer of War

Copland – Our Town • Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 – IV. Finale

 

Redmond High School Studio Jazz Orchestra, Redmond, WA

Paula C. Ferguson & Andrew Robertson, conductors

 

Jerome Richardson, arr. Thad Jones – Groove Merchant

Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays, arr. Bob Curnow – James

Redmond Jazz Band • Andrew Robertson, conductor

 

Eric Maschwitz & Manning Sherwin, arr. Gene Puerling, adapted by Andrew Pang – A Nightingale Sang

Kirt Mosier – Red Rhythmico

Redmond String Orchestra • Paula C. Ferguson, conductor

 

Sammy Nestico – Queen Bee

Wayne Shorter, arr. Andrew Robertson – Footprints

Redmond Studio Jazz Orchestra • Andrew Robertson, conductor

 

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New England Symphonic Ensemble; Preston Hawes, Artistic Director

 

Haydn – Missa in Angustiis “Lord Nelson Mass”

Gary Packwood, conductor

*Brooklyn Community Choir, Brooklyn, NY (Steven Coburn, James DiBenedetto, Catherine Aks, Directors)

*Starkville High School Choir, Starkville, MS (Jennifer Davis, Director)

Mississippi State University Chorale, Mississippi State, MS (Gary Packwood, Director)

*Park Slope Singers, Brooklyn, NY (Timothy Parsons, Director)

*Booker T. Washington High Vocal Harmony, Pensacola, FL (Micah J.M. Roland, Director)

Continuo Arts Symphonic Chorus, Summit NJ (Candace Wicke, Director)

 

Crystal Children’s Choir, Cupertino, CA

*Chanson de Montagne Multi-Ethnic Children’s Choir, Shenzen, China

*Constellation Children’s Choir, Lexington, MA

Karl Chang, conductor

FRANCK – Panis Angelicus • MOSES HOGAN – I Am His Child

DAVE & JEAN PERRY – Bayushki Bayu (Lullaby)

SARAH HOPKINS – Honour the Earth as Your Mother • JOHN RUTTER – All Things Bright and Beautiful

Arr. GIANCARLO AQUILANTI – Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower)

JACOB NARVERUD – Sisi Ni Moja (We Are One)

 

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Sunday, April 28 at 2 pm

 

Prelude Concert at 1 pm

The Choirs of Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN

Marvin V. Curtis, conductor

Music of Marvin V. Curtis

Psalm and Alleluia • Praising Song • By n’ By • Roll, Jordan, Roll (arr.) • The City on the Hill

 

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New England Symphonic Ensemble; Preston Hawes, Artistic Director

 

Vivaldi – Gloria

James P. Johnson, conductor

Lawrence Academy Singers, Groton, MA (Jenny Cooper, Director)

The Choirs of Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN (Marvin V. Curtis, Director)

White Knoll High School Varsity Choir, Lexington,, SC (Cheryl B. Felder, Director)
Crestwood High School Chorus, Sumter, SC (Deborah Horton, Director)

*Carolina Midland Chorale, Lexington, SC (James P. Johnson, Director)

 

Joseph Martin – The Song Arising • John Rutter – Wells Jubilate

Randall Thompson – The Peaceable Kingdom

*Bob Morrison, conductor

*Festival Chorus, First Baptist Church, Pensacola, FL

 

Haydn – Missa Cellensis “Mariazellermesse”

Elizabeth Schauer, conductor

*Canyon del Oro High School Choir, Tucson, AZ (Brandi Dignum, Director)

*Pusch Ridge Christian Academy Advanced Ensemble, Tucson, AZ (Daniel Dunning, Director)

*Gregory School Choir, Tucson, AZ (Chris Fresolone, Director)

*Salpointe Catholic High School Choir, Tucson, AZ (Natalie Hall, Director)

*Catalina Foothills Advanced Choirs, Tucson, AZ (William Mattison, Director)

*University of Arizona Symphonic Choir, Tucson, AZ (Elizabeth Schauer, Director)

 

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Saturday, May 11 at 8 pm

 

New England Symphonic Ensemble; Preston Hawes, Artistic Director

 

Vivaldi – Gloria

Lahonda Sharp, conductor

*First United Methodist Church Boerne Choir, Boerne, TX (Karen Andrews, Director)

*Dripping Springs UMC Choir, Dripping Springs, TX (Adam Miller, Director)

Central Regional High School Choir, Bayville, NJ (Elizabeth Moore, Director)

Chancel Choir of First Fulshear United Methodist Church, Fulshear, TX (Lahonda Sharp, Director)

Friends of First Fulshear UMC, Fulshear, TX (Lahonda Sharp, Director)

*Fort Worth Master Singers, Fort Worth, TX (David R. Thye, Director)

 

Vaughan Williams (arr. Rathbone) – Dona Nobis Pacem

*Jeshua Franklin, conductor

Bethel College Choral Union, Mishawaka, IN (Jeshua Franklin, Director)

*Vesper Chorale, South Bend, IN (Jeshua Franklin, Director)

Central Regional High School Choir, Bayville, NJ (Elizabeth Moore, Director)

 

Beethoven – Symphony No. 5

Peter Tiboris, conductor

 

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Saturday, May 25 at 7 pm

 

New England Symphonic Ensemble; Preston Hawes, Artistic Director

 

Jocelyn Hagen – Moon Goddess

Dessa and Jocelyn Hagen – Controlled Burn (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

Linda Tutas Haugen – Anne Frank: A Living Voice (excerpts)

Arr. Gwyneth Walker: The Tree of Peace & How Can I Keep From Singing?

*Melinda Imthurn, conductor

The Women’s Chorus of Dallas, Dallas, TX (Melinda Imthurn, Director)

Alumni Singers – The Women’s Chorus of Dallas, Dallas, TX (Melinda Imthurn, Director)

Saint Dominic Academy Choir, Jersey City, NJ (Joseph Napoli, Director)

 

Mozart – Mass in C major, K.220 “Sparrow”

Leslie Dala, conductor

Haydn – Te Deum in C major, Hob.XXIIIc:2

Scott Glysson, conductor

*Wilton High School Symphonic Chorus, Wilton, CT (Kevin Cotellese, Director)

*Vancouver Bach Choir, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Leslie Dala, Director)

*Cal Poly Choirs, San Luis Obispo, CA (Scott Glysson, Director)

 

Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna

Eva Floyd, conductor

William Menefield – Prism (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

KellyAnn Nelson, conductor

*Bishop England Chorale, Charleston, SC (Thomas Gerber, Director)

*The Seven Hills School Choir, Cincinnati, OH (Tina Kuhlman, Director)

*Denver Choir League, Wheat Ridge, CO (Katy Lushman, Director)

*Mariemont High School Choir, Cincinnati, OH (Elizabeth McGahey, Director)

*Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati, OH (KellyAnn Nelson, Director)

 

Fauré – Requiem

Lisette Canton, conductor

*Philharmonic Choir of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (Stephen Candow, Director)

York University Singers, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Lisette Canton, Director)

Whippany Park Madrigal Singers, Whippany Park, NJ (Craig Limey, Director)

*Coro Vivo Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada (Antonio Llaca, Director)

*Grand Choeur du Conservatoire de Musique de Gatineau, Ottawa, Canada (Antonio Llaca, Director)

Sparta High School Honors Choir, Sparta, NJ (Laura Lopez, Director)

Lakeland Chorale, Wanaque, NJ (James Weber, Director) 

 

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Monday, May 27 at 8 pm

 

New England Symphonic Ensemble; Preston Hawes, Artistic Director

John Rutter, conductor

 

Monteverdi (Ed. Rutter) – Gloria

John Rutter – Gloria

Brookdale Concordia Chorale, Belford, NJ (Cynthia & John Balme, Co-Directors)

*Sanctuary Choir of Flower Mound United Methodist Church and Friends, Flower Mound, TX

(Jan Call, Director)

Grace Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir, Plano, TX (Michael King, Director)

*Epworth United Methodist Church Choir, Durham, NC (David Lewis, Director)

St. Norbert College Choirs, De Pere, WI (Sarah Sjolie Parks, Director)

*Chancel Choir of St. Matthews By-the-Sea, Fenwick Island, DE (Glenn Pierce, Director)

*University Park UMC Chancel Choirs, Dallas, TX (Mark Pope, Director)

The Southern Union Sound, Wadley, AL (William W. Rayfield III, Director)

Como Park Senior High School Choir, St. Paul, MN (Carole Whitney, Director)

 

J.S. Bach – *Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Cantata No. 147)

& *Praise Our God Who Reigns in Glory (from Ascension Oratorio)

Brahms – *How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (from A German Requiem)

Handel – Let the Bright Seraphim & *Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (from Samson);

The Trumpet Shall Sound & *Hallelujah (from Messiah)

Haydn: In Splendor Bright & *The Heavens Are Telling (from The Creation)

Mendelssohn: *Daughters of Zion (from Christus) & O Rest In the Lord (from Elijah)

Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde & *Magnificat in C

* Ed. John Rutter – Selections from “Sacred Choruses”

Living Word United Methodist Church Worship Choir, Wildwood, MO (Donna Baker, Director)

River City Singers, Scappoose, OR (Alice Boyer, Director)

*All Saints’ Episcopal School A Cappella Choir, Fort Worth, TX (Emily Davis, Director)

*Coker UMC Chancel Choir, San Antonio, TX (Mark A. Humphrey, Director)

*Shawnee High School Choirs, Shawnee, OK (Justin Lee, Director)

*Glenpool High School Warrior Singers, Glenpool, OK (Kristen Womack-Hayes, Director)

 

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Tuesday, May 28 at 8 pm

 

Dan Forrest – Requiem for the Living

*Lisa Billingham, conductor

George Mason University Chorale and Friends, Fairfax, VA (Lisa Billingham, Director)

*Sullivan County Community Chorus, Liberty, NY (Kevin J. Giroux, Director)

Morris Knolls High School Chorale, Rockaway, NJ (Michael Semancik, Director)

 

Brahms – Nänie, Op. 82

Jake Runestad – Into the Light (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

Dominick DiOrio – A World Aglow (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

*Jeremy Mims, conductor

Emmaus High School Choir, Emmaus, PA (Rita Cortez, Director) 2017, 2018*

*Winthrop University Choirs, Rock Hill, SC (Jeremy Mims, Director)

 

Vaughan Williams (arr. Jacobson) – Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Randall Thompson – The Testament of Freedom

*David C. Dahlquist, conductor

Brooklyn Community Choir, Brooklyn, NY (Steven Coburn, James DiBenedetto, Catherine Aks, Directors)

Payson Civic Chorale, Payson, UT (David C. Dahlquist, Director)

Central Regional High School Choir, Bayville, NJ (Elizabeth Moore, Director)

 

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Saturday, June 1 at 7 pm

 

Prelude Concert at 6 pm

Arr. Ro Ogura – Hotaru Koi • Arr. Ken Berg – I’m Going To Sing

Huengsup Song, conductor

*PyeongTaek Women’s Choir, PyeongTaek, Republic of Korea (Hueng-Sup Song, Director)

Miklós Kocsár – Fog • Jay Althouse – Jubilate Deo

Huengsup Song, conductor

*YongIn City Happy Women’s Choir, YongIn, Republic of Korea (Hueng-Sup Song, Director)

Jake Runestad – Alleluia • R. Christopher Teichler – My Savior

Sungeun Jo - ?? ??? – Only By Thy Grace

Tom Keumsup Song, conductor

*Life Road Singers, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Tom Keumsup Song, Director)

 

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New England Symphonic Ensemble; Preston Hawes, Artistic Director

 

Kevin T. Padworski – Wanderlust (WORLD PREMIERE)

*Kevin T. Padworski, conductor

*Sine Nomine, Brighton, CO (Kevin D. Crowe, Director)

*Air Academy High School Choir, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO (Austina Lee, Director)

Central Regional High School Choir, Bayville, NJ (Elizabeth Moore, Director)

*Northfield High School Nighthawk Choir, Denver, CO (Matthew Steele, Director)

 

Vaughan Williams – Dona Nobis Pacem

Jill Schroeder-Dorn, conductor

*Denver Chorale, Denver, CO (Valerie Montaño, Director)

Central Regional High School Choir, Bayville, NJ (Elizabeth Moore, Director)

Colorado Christian University Choir, Lakewood, CO (Jill Schroeder-Dorn, Director)

Summit Choral Society, Breckenridge, CO (Jill Schroeder-Dorn, Director)

 

John Rutter – Mass of the Children

*Bruce Southard, Conductor

*Belvidere High School Chamber Choir, Belvidere, NJ (Ignacio Angulo-Pizarro, Director)

*The Fargo-Moorhead Youth Choir, Fargo, ND (Joshua Dahl, Director)

*Pompton Lakes High School Chorus, Pompton Lakes, NJ (Christopher Nappa, Director)

*Mable Barron Choir, Stockton, CA (Matt Short, Director)

*San Joaquin Delta College Choir, Stockton, CA (Bruce Southard, Director)

*The Stockton Chorale, Stockton, CA (Bruce Southard, Director)

*Lathrop High School Advanced Choir, Lathrop, CA (Elizabeth Van Eerde, Director)

 

John Rutter – Magnificat

David R. Thye, conductor

Freeman High School Mixed Chorus, Freeman, SD (Mindee Birnstiehl, Director)

Central Regional High School Choir, Bayville, NJ (Elizabeth Moore, Director)

*PyeongTaek Women’s Choir, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic Of Korea (Huengsup Song, Director)

*YongIn City Happy Women’s Choir, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic Of Korea (Huengsup Song, Director)

*Life Road Singers, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Tom Keumsup Song, Director)

Continuo Arts Symphonic Chorus, Summit NJ (Candace Wicke, Director)

 

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Monday, June 10 at 8 pm

 

Prelude Concert at 7 pm

“A Special Summer Presentation to New York City”

Angela Suraci, conductor

Louis Prima, arr. Larry Wright – Sing, Sing, Sing

Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies, arr. Larry Wright – Everything

Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner, arr. Clay Hine – If Ever I Would Leave You

Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch, arr. Larry Wright – Deed I Do Medley

Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, arr. Larry Wright – Pure Imagination

Pharrell Williams, arr. Larry Wright – Happy • Stephen Schwartz, arr. Larry Wright – Defying Gravity

Mission Valley Chorus, San Leandro, CA (Angela Suraci, conductor)

 

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New England Symphonic Ensemble; Preston Hawes, Artistic Director

 

Pergolesi – Magnificat

Jim Taylor – Cambridge Songs Suite No. 2 (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

*Jim Taylor, conductor

*Kingsmen Singers of Christian Heritage School, Trumbull, CT (Marjie Brake, Director)

Warwick Valley Chorale, Warwick, NY (Stanley Curtis, Director)

*Henderson High School Choir, Henderson, TX (Jon P. Starling, Director)

*LeTourneau Singers, Longview, TX (Jim Taylor, Director)

*Longview Civic Chorus, Longview, TX (Jim Taylor, Director)

 

John Rutter – Requiem

*David L. Sharlow, conductor (I – IV) • *Thomas Jaber, conductor (V - VII)

*Houston Masterworks Chorus, Houston, TX (Thomas Jaber, Director)

*Purdy Concert Choir, Purdy, MO (Lauren Lee, Director)

*Missouri Southern Concert Chorale, Joplin, MO (David L. Sharlow, Director)

*Southern Symphonic Chorus, Joplin, MO (David L. Sharlow, Director)

 

Vaughan Williams (arr. Rathbone) – Dona Nobis Pacem

*Paul Hondorp, conductor (I – III) • *Britt Cooper, conductor (IV - V)

*Canton Symphony Chorus, Canton, OH (Britt Cooper, Director)

Bangor Area High School Choir, Bangor, PA (Joseph DiMInico, Director)

Southern Kentucky Choral Society, Bowling Green, KY (Paul Hondorp, Director)

 

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Sunday, June 16 at 2 pm

 

New England Symphonic Ensemble; Preston Hawes, Artistic Director

 

Dan Forrest – Requiem for the Living

Shulamit Hoffmann, conductor

Upper Columbia Academy Choraliers, Spangle, WA (Curtis Anderson, Director)

Viva la Musica!, Foster City, CA (Shulamit Hoffmann, Director)

*Ottawa High School Chamber Choir, Ottawa, KS (Lori Underwood, Director)

*Coronado High School Varsity Choir, El Paso, TX (Clay Vandertulip, Director)

 

Poulenc – Gloria

James K. Bass, conductor

West Milford High School Concert Choir, West Milford, NJ (Doug Heyburn, Director)

*Master Chorale of South Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL (Brett Karlin, Director)

*Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, Tampa, FL (Brett Karlin, Director)

South Brunswick High School Concert Choir and Chorale, South Brunswick, NJ (Virginia Kraft, Director)

 

Brahms – Schicksalslied (“Song of Destiny”), Op.54

*Stephen Pu, conductor

Mark Hayes – Te Deum

Brian J. Bacon, Jr., conductor

*Good Shepherd Catholic Community Parish Choir, Colleyville, TX (Brian J. Bacon, Jr. Director)

Brooklyn Community Choir, Brooklyn, NY (Steven Coburn, James DiBenedetto, Catherine Aks, Directors)

Central Regional High School Choir, Bayville, NJ (Elizabeth Moore, Director)

*Hollywood Master Chorale, Arcadia, CA (Stephen Pu, Director)

*St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church Choir, Arcadia, CA (Stephen Pu, Director)

 

 

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