Event Detail

The Chamber Singers, under the direction of Celeste Oram (covering Spring term for Phillip Larson) and accompanied by Loie Flood, present their end of year performance.

Featuring performances by: 
Ryan Arroyo, Leonardo Barba, Jonathan Barnes, Sebastian Clark, Alyson Fruchey, Anna Gruszka, Lauren Jue-Morrison, David Knoll, Donald Liang, Vincenzo Liberatore, Halana MacAmay, Benjamin Mateyka, Miguel Munoz, Eric Ngo, Ariel Ortega, Taylor Ozbun, Tannistha Roychoudhury, Kasey Thach, Katherine Wilkes, Sara Zhang, Danlei Zhao, Samantha Zhou.

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PROGRAM:

Dos Corazones
arr. Blas Galindo (b. 1910, San Gabriel, Mexico; d. 1993, Mexico City)

‘En tanto que declinando el sol / No puede amor hacer mi dicha mayor’
scene from the opera La Púrpura de la Rosa
music by Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco (b. 1644, Villarrobledo, Spain; d. 1728, Lima, Peru)
text by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (b. 1600; d. 1681, Madrid, Spain)
soloists: Julia Yu, Rachel Dovsky, Jonathan Barnes, Jennifer Colin, Ryan Arroyo, Lauren Jue-Morrison, Sara Zhang, Benjamin Mateyka
with Vincenzo Liberatore, guitar; Leonardo Barba & Ariel Ortega, percussion; Peter Ko, cello

Salve Regina
music by Juan de Lienas (fl. 1617-1654, Mexico City/Havana)
soloists: Joseph Garcia, Danlei Zhao, David Knoll, Taylor Ozbun

Se equivoco la paloma
music by Carlos Guastavino (b. 1912; d. 2000, Santa Fe, Argentina)
text by Rafael Alberti (b. 1902; d. 1999, El Puerto de Santa María, Spain)

Thirteenth Blackbird (world premiere)
music by Adrian Martinez
text by Wallace Stevens (b. 1879, Reading, PA; d. 1955, Hartford, CT)

Timepiece
music by Anthony Ritchie (b. 1960, Christchurch, New Zealand)
text by Cilla McQueen (b. 1949, Birmingham, UK)

Rains on Me
music & text by Gelsey Bell (b. Sebastopol, CA)

sextet: Lauren Jue-Morrison, Julia Yu, Halana Macamay, Katherine Wilkes, Taylor Ozbun, Danlei Zhao

Wanting Memories
music & text by Ysaye M. Barnwell (b. 1946, New York City)

soloists: Halana Macamay, Katherine Wilkes, Taylor Ozbun, Danlei Zhao

Blessed Be Thine (world premiere)
music by Katherine Wilkes
text by M.S.H.

Childhood
music & text by Jenny McLeod (b. 1941, Wellington, New Zealand)

Sir Duke
music & text by Stevie Wonder (b. 1950, Saginaw, MI)
arr. Kirby Shaw

soloists: Donald Liang, Kasey Thach
with Martin Chapman, guitar; Tino Tirado, saxophone; Eduardo Sanchez, bass; Max Rossip, drums