| Concert History Since 1991 |
| Date: | October 20, 1991, 3:00 pm |
| Location: | Cary Community Center |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=73, Sopranos=33, Altos=22, Tenors=9, Basses=9 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony |
| Program: | Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro (Overture) k.492", Barber's "Adagio for Strings Op.11", Thompson's "Frostiana", and Bach's "Dona Nobis Pacem" |
| Date: | December 22, 1991, 8:00 pm |
| Location: | White Plains United Methodist Church of Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=63, Sopranos=27, Altos=17, Tenors=8, Basses=11 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony |
| Program: | "Once in Royal David's City" (arr. Wilcocks), Rutter's "Gloria", "O Come All Ye Faithful" (arr. Wilcocks), "The First Nowell" (arr. Wilcocks), and "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" (arr. Wilcocks) |
| Date: | May 3, 1992, 3:00 pm |
| Location: | Cary Community Center |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=62, Sopranos=23, Altos=19, Tenors=7, Basses=13 |
| Guest Artists: | Arnold Rawls (tenor, National Opera Company), Kent Smith (baritone, National Opera Company), Members of the North Carolina Symphony. Concert Singer Soloists: Barbara Brown (soprano), Kim Lemieux (soprano), Charles Thomas (baritone) |
| Program: | Orff's "Carmina Burana" (1937) |
| Date: | October 18, 1992, 3:00 pm |
| Location: | Cary Community Center |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=90, Sopranos=35, Altos=33, Tenors=7, Basses=15 |
| Guest Artists: | James Longmire (bass-baritone), Members of the North Carolina Symphony. Concert Singers soloists: Lynn Eskridge (soprano), Saundra Grogan (soprano), Mac Harward (tenor), Alan Henricks (tenor), Gene Herr (bass), Kim Lemieux (soprano), Lisa Macy (alto), Brian McFeaters (baritone), Sharyn Stith (soprano), and Donna Zimmer (soprano) |
| Program: | Ellington's "Come Sunday", Schönberg's " Medley from Les Misérables", "A Gershwin Portrait" (arr. Huff), and Udell's and Geld's "Walk Him Up The Stairs" |
| Date: | December 20, 1992, 8:00 pm |
| Location: | White Plains United Methodist Church of Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=85, Sopranos=32, Altos=28, Tenors=12, Basses=13 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony. Concert Singers soloists: Lisa Bullock (soprano), Dione Button (soprano), Katherine Conner (soprano), Mac Harward (tenor), Kim Lemieux (soprano), Donna Parker (soprano) Semichorus Members: Kathie Boling, Lisa Bullock, Katherine Conner, Priscilla DeLuca, Cecile Langford, Pam Kadzielawski, Kim Lemieux, Elizabeth Vanderhoof, and Donna Zimmer. Members of The Cary Singers: (Alto) Liz Cummings, Judy Donders, Lisa Macy, Jan Mott, and Elizabeth Vanderhoof, (Bass), Thomas Bedick, Girard Lew, Ken Litowsky, Brian McFeaters, and Charles Thomas, (Soprano), Barbara Brown, Dione Button, Samira Collins, Joy Cox, Priscilla DeLuca, Donna Parker, JoAnn Sweeney, and Donna Zimmer, (Tenor), Mac Harward, Terry Neely, and Don Neibling. |
| Program: | Oldroyd's "This Endrys Night", Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols" Op. 28, Balbastre's "Noel with Variation", Praetorius' "Lo! How A Rose" (performed by The Cary Singers, Fuller Blunt, director), "O Tannenbaum" (arr.Shaw and Parker), "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (arr. Simeone), Pinkham's "Christmas Cantata", "O Come All Ye Faithful" (arr. Wilcocks), "The First Nowell" (arr. Wilcocks), and "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" (arr. Wilcocks) |
| Date: | April 4, 1993, 3:00 pm |
| Location: | Cary Community Center |
| Conductors: | Lawrence Speakman and Fuller Blunt |
| Chorus: | Total=68, Sopranos=23, Altos=25, Tenors=10, Basses=10 |
| Guest Artists: | Christopher Neely (treble) and members of the North Carolina Symphony. Concert Singers soloists: Carol Carawon (soprano), Mac Harward (tenor), Alan Henricks (tenor), Cecile Langford (soprano), Kim Lemieux (soprano), David Lindquist (tenor), Brian McFeaters (bass), Donna Parker (soprano), Lawrence Speakman (baritone), and JoAnn Sweeney (mezzo soprano) Members of The Cary Singers: (Alto) Liz Cummings *, Judy Donders, Dora Georgeady, Lisa Macy, and Elizabeth Vanderhoof, (Bass), Thomas Bedick *, Girard Lew, Ken Litowsky *, and James Yencha, (Soprano), Barbara Brown *, Dione Button *, Joy Cox *, Priscilla DeLuca *, Donna Parker *, and JoAnn Sweeney *, (Tenor), Mac Harward *, Alan Henricks *, and David Lindquist. (* = solo roles in revue.) |
| Program: | Bernstein's "Warm Up" and "A Simple Song" from Mass", "Chichester Psalms (1965), "Lucky To Be Me" and "Some Other Time" from "On The Town" (1944), "The Best of All Possible Worlds" from "Candide" (1956), "Maria", "Balcony Scene", "One Hand One Heart", "I Feel Pretty", "Tonight", and "Somewhere" from "West Side Story" (1957), performed by the Cary Singers directed by Fuller Blunt, and "Make Our Garden Grow" from "Candide" |
| Date: | June 19, 1993, 7:30 pm |
| Location: | Pavilion at Regency Park |
| Conductor: | Gerhardt Zimmermann |
| Chorus: | Total=112, Sopranos=35, Altos=38, Tenors=23, Basses=16 |
| Guest Artists: | Jacquelyn Culpepper (soprano), Mary Gayle Green (alto), James Croom (tenor), Donald Milholin (bass) |
| Program: | Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5 in C minor" Op. 67, "Leonore Overture No. 3", Op. 72a, and "Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Choral)" Op. 125. |
| Date: | December 18, 1993, 8:00 pm |
| Location: | St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church of Apex |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=102, Sopranos=35, Altos=31, Tenors=20, Basses=16 |
| Guest Artists: | James Longmire (bass-baritone) and members of the North Carolina Symphony. Concert Singers soloists: Stephen Anderson (tenor), Lisa Bullock (soprano), Kim Lemieux (soprano), Lisa Macy (alto) Concertists: Stephen Anderson (tenor), Dorothy Arold (alto), Rosemary Balla (alto), Lisa Bullock (soprano), Joy Cox (soprano), Priscilla DeLuca (soprano), Duane Donders (bass), Judy Donders (alto), Phil Ferski (tenor), Gene Herr (bass), Girard Lew (bass), David Lindquist (tenor), Lisa Macy (alto), Brian McFeaters (bass), Donna Parker (soprano), JoAnn Sweeney (soprano), Elizabeth Vanderhoof (alto), David Ward (tenor), and Dione Wilson (soprano) |
| Program: | "O Come All Ye Faithful" (arr. Willocks), Bach's "Gloria" from "Mass in b Minor" (1733) and "Overture from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (arr. Willcocks), "The First Nowell" (arr. Willcocks), and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (arr. Willcocks). |
| Date: | April 10, 1994, 8:00 pm |
| Location: | Cary Community Center |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=76, Sopranos=27, Altos=20, Tenors=17, Basses=12 |
| Guest Artists: | Children's choruses from Adams Elementary School (Ruth Pardue, Director), Briarcliff Elementary School (Janice Wilson, Director), and Farmington Woods Elementary School (Anne LeGarde, Director), and members of the North Carolina Symphony. Concert Singers soloists: Kim Lemieux (soprano), Waltye Rasulala (soprano), and Sharyn Stith (soprano) |
| Program: | Byrd's "Ave Verum" (1605), Britten's " Te Deum in C", and Rutter's "I Believe in Springtime" (1985) *, "All Things Bright and Beautiful" (1983) *, and "Requiem." (* = performed by the combined children's chorus.) |
| Date: | June 11, 1994, 7:30 pm |
| Location: | Pavilion at Regency Park |
| Conductor: | Gerhardt Zimmermann |
| Chorus: | Total=85, Sopranos=28, Altos=25, Tenors=17, Basses=15 |
| Guest Artists: | Concert Singers of Cary |
| Program: | Glinka's "Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla", Bizet's "Suite from L'Arlesienne", Sibelius' "Finlandia" Op. 26 No 7, Hanson's "Song of Democracy", Bizet's "Suite from Carmen", and Borodin's "Polovetzian Dances from Prince Igor". |
| Date: | November 25-26, 1994, 8:00 pm |
| Location: | Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | Jackson Parkhurst |
| Chorus: | Total=111, Sopranos=43, Altos=29, Tenors=22, Basses=17 |
| Guest Artists: | Concert Singers of Cary |
| Program: | Matthias' "A Babe is Born", "O Come, O Come Emanuel" (arr. Willcocks), "Ding Dong Merrily On High" (arr. Willcocks), Rutter's "Nativity Carol", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (arr. Willcocks), "O Come All Ye Faithful" (arr. Willcocks), "The First Nowell" (arr. Willcocks), "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" (arr. Willcocks), Rutter's " Jesus Child", Pierpont's "Jingle Bells" (arr. Willcocks), "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (arr. Rutter), and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"(arr. Warrell) |
| Date: | December 18, 1994, 8:00 pm |
| Location: | White Plains United Methodist Church, Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=110, Sopranos=43, Altos=28, Tenors=22, Basses=17 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony. Concert Singers Soloists: Theressa McDaniels (soprano) and Anne Marie Douglas (soprano) |
| Program: | "O Come O Come Emanuel", "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly", "I Wonder as I Wander", "Carol of the Bells", Britten's "A New Year's Carol", Rutter's "Angel's Carol", Matthias' "A Babe is Born",Rutter's "Jesus Child", Rutter's " Nativity Carol","God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (arr. Willcocks), "The First Nowell" (arr. Willcocks), "Joy! To The World" (arr. Kuykendall), "O Come All Ye Faithful" (arr. Willcocks), "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "Jingle Bells" (arr. Willcocks), "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (arr. Warrell), "Hallelujah! A Soulful Celebration" (arr. Warren, Jackson, and Kibble). |
| Date: | January 6-7, 1995 |
| Location: | White Memorial Presbyterian Church, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=109, Sopranos=43, Altos=27, Tenors=22, Basses=17 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony. Concert Singers Soloist: Theressa McDaniels (soprano) |
| Program: | Selections drawn from the November and December programs as well as several additional works. |
| Date: | April 2, 1995, 7:30 pm |
| Location: | Resurrection Lutheran Church of Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=91, Sopranos=30, Altos=30, Tenors=17, Basses=14 |
| Guest Artists: | Children's choruses from Henry Adams Elementary School (Ruth Pardue, Director), Briarcliff Elementary School (Janice Wilson, Director), Farmington Woods Elementary School (Ann LeGarde, Director), and Northwoods Elementary School (Melba White, Director) |
| Program: | Thompson's "The Road Not Taken" and " Choose Something Like a Star" from "Frostiana" (1959), "My Master Hath a Garden" *, "Velvet Shoes" (1960) *, and "The Peaceable Kingdom" (1936). (* = performed by combined children's chorus.) |
| Date: | November 24-25, 8:00 pm, 3:00 and 8:00 pm |
| Location: | Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | Michael Jinbo |
| Chorus: | Total=102, Sopranos=35, Altos=20, Tenors=21, Basses=26 |
| Guest Artists: | Concert Singers of Cary |
| Program: | "Angels We Have Heard on High" (arr. Harris), "Adeste Fidelis" (arr. Morton and Gould), Berlioz' "Shepherd's Farewell" from "L'enfance du Christ", "Good King Wenceslas" (arr. Harris), "The First Noel" (arr. Morton and Gould), "Away in a Manger" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (arr. Harris), Rutter's "Angel's Carol", "O Holy Night" (arr. Harris), and "Christmas Medley" (arr. Mizesko) |
| Date: | December 17, 1995, 8:00 pm |
| Location: | White Plains United Methodist Church, Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=102, Sopranos=35, Altos=20, Tenors=21, Basses=26 |
| Guest Artists: | Concert Singers soloists: Rocky Alexander (soprano), Leslie Fleming (soprano), Kim Lemieux (soprano), Donna Parker (soprano), and Teresa Teachey (soprano) |
| Program: | Rutter's "Joy to the World", Vivaldi's "Gloria", "Away in a Manger" (arr. Harris), "Silent Night (arr. Gould and Smith), Rutter's "Nativity Carol", "O Come All Ye Faithful" (arr. Wilcocks), "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" (arr. Wilcocks), and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (arr. Warrell) |
| Date: | February 25, 1996, 7:30 pm (Rescheduled from February 2, 1996 due to inclement weather) |
| Location: | White Plains United Methodist Church, Cary |
| Conductor: | James Litton and Craig Denison |
| Chorus: | Total=89, Sopranos=26, Altos=24, Tenors=16, Basses=23 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the American Boychoir (Southern Tour Choir), American Boychoir School, Princeton, New Jersey |
| Program: | Poston's "The Apple Tree", de Victoria's " Veni sponsa Christe", Bruckner's "Locus iste", Dykes' "Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty", Luther's "A mighty fortress is our God", Brahms' "A thought like music", Scott's "Annie Laurie", Mozart's "Trio", "Wade in the Water" (arr. Luboff), "Lord, I don't feel noways tired" (arr. Hairston), Ain'a That Good News!" (arr. Dawson", and Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever!". The American Boychoir and Concert Singers jointly performed Farrant's "Call to remembrance, O Lord", Howells' "Like as the Hart", Hovhaness' "From the End of the Earth", and Vaughan Williams' "O Clap Your Hands." |
| Date: | May 18, 1996, 7:30 pm |
| Location: | Cary Community Center |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=91, Sopranos=30, Altos=25, Tenors=17, Basses=19 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony. Concert Singers Soloists: Mac Harward (tenor), Greg Horesovsky (tenor), David Lindquist (tenor), June Logan (soprano), Nancy Macdonald (soprano), Lisa Macy (alto), Jennifer Mishoe (alto), Donna Parker (soprano), Sharyn Stith (soprano), Teresa Teachey (soprano), David Ward (tenor), and Dick Wilson (bass) |
| Program: | Mozart's "Te Deum", " Rondo from Quartet No.1 in G Minor, k.478", and "Requiem" (1791) |
| Date: | December 21, 1996, 8:00 pm |
| Location: | St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=102, Sopranos=37, Altos=26, Tenors=19, Basses=20 |
| Guest Artists: | Clark Sorrells (tenor) and members of the North Carolina Symphony. Concert Singers Soloists: Priscilla DeLuca (soprano), Mary Kay Flick (soprano), Elizabeth LaBelle (soprano), Carolyn Lane (alto), Kim Lemieux (soprano), David Lindquist (tenor), Lisa Macy (alto), Chris Mazzara (baritone), Donna Parker (soprano), Bj Price (soprano), Lawrence Speakman (bass-baritone), Teresa Teachey (soprano), and David Ward (tenor) |
| Program: | Handel's "Messiah" (1743) |
| Date: | December 27-28, 1996 |
| Location: | Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | Lorenzo Muti, Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle |
| Chorus: | Total=25, Sopranos=9, Altos=5, Tenors=4, Basses=7 |
| Guest Artists: | Anthony Costanza, Angelina Reaux, Douglas Perry, Kevin Deas, Herbert Eckhoff, Anthony Quiller, and members of St.Stephen's Chamber Orchestra. Members of the Concert Singers of Cary performed the various shepherds' choruses. They included (Soprano), Stacy Cartrette, Tracy Cobb, Audrey McCall, Ginny Trautman, Carol Newman, Bj Price, and Carol Springfield, (Alto), Carolyn Hassett, Kasey Knight, Holly Sweet, Joyce Bettini, Julie Fitzgerald, Liz Cummings, and Katherine O'Neal, (Tenor), Greg Horesovsky, David Lindquist, David Lutz, and David Ward, (Bass), Thomas Bedick, John Highfill, Girard Lew, Ted Lutz, Chris Mazzara, Tim Gee, and Dick Wilson. |
| Program: | Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (1951) |
| Date: | March 2, 1997, 7:30 pm |
| Location: | First United Methodist Church, Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=101, Sopranos=36, Altos=27, Tenors=18, Basses=20 |
| Guest Artists: | Robert Galbraith (baritone), Anthony Costanza (treble), and members of the North Carolina Symphony |
| Program: | Fauré's "Cantique de Jean Racine" Op. 11 (1865) and "Requiem" Op.48 (1888). |
| Date: | April 12, 1997, 8:00 pm |
| Location: | Cary Community Center |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman and Gregg Gelb |
| Chorus: | Total=91, Sopranos=33, Altos=23, Tenors=17, Basses=18 |
| Guest Artists: | The Gregg Gelb Swing Band vocalist Kathy Gelb, players Gregg Gelb, Rodney Marsh, Jim Ketch, Tommy Smith, John Hanks, Ed Paolantonio, and Don Gladstone. Also Members of "A Song For All Seasons": (soprano) Joy Cox, Priscilla DeLuca, Marilyn Jackson, June Logan, and Donna Parker, (alto), Pat Chequer, Lori Cook, Stacy Lehrer, Barbara Martin, and Beth Ware, (tenor), Scott Hansen, David Lindquist, Paul Stapleton, and David Ward, (bass), Thomas Bedick, Patrick Berry, and Ted Lutz. |
| Program: | (by the band alone) Gelb's "Blues Opener", Shavers' "Undecided", Mandel's "A Time For Love", Clayton's "Avenue C", Ellington's and Tizol's "Caravan", Basie's "Everyday I Have the Blues", Prima's and Goodman's "Sing Sing Sing", Gelb's "Hopscotch" and "Once in a Blue Moon", Shavers' and Kirby's "From Ab To C", Kirby's "The Raggle Taggle Gypsies", Washington's and Bassman's "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You", Koehler's and Bloom's "Don't Worry About Me", and Porter's "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To", (with the band), Goodman's, Webb's and Sampson's "Stompin' at the Savoy" (1939), Ellington's "Mood Indigo" (1931) and "Come Sunday" (1946), and Hawkins', Johnson's and Dash's "Tuxedo Junction" (1936). The program also included a performance by the "A Song For All Seasons" troupe with Warren's "I've Got A Girl in Kalamazoo" (1942) and McHugh's "On The Sunny Side of the Street" (1930) |
| Date: | May 17, 1997, 3:00 pm |
| Location: | Cary Community Center |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=70, Sopranos=23, Altos=18, Tenors=17, Basses=18 |
| Guest Artists: | Children's choruses from Henry Adams Elementary School (Ruth Pardue, Director), Briarcliff Elementary School (Janice Wilson, Director), Farmington Woods Elementary School (Ann LeGarde, Director), and Northwoods Elementary School (Melba White, Director |
| Program: | "Simple Gifts" (directed by Melba White) *, "Crawdad Hole" (arr. Goetze, directed by Janice Wilson) *, "All the Pretty Little Horses" (arr. Grier and Everson, directed by Ruth Pardue) *, "I'm Goin' Up A Yonder" (arr. Hawkins and Sirvatka, directed by Ann LeGarde) *, "The Water is Wide" (arr. Clausen), "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" (arr. Wilberg), "Shenandoah" (arr. Erb), "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (arr. Churchill), "Wade in the Water" (arr. Hayes) **, "Amazing Grace" (arr. Furnivall) **, and "Simple Gifts" (arr. Clausen). (*=sung by combined children's chorus. ** = sung by all choruses.) |
| Date: | November 28-29, 1997, 8:00 pm, 3:00 and 8:00 pm |
| Location: | Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | Stuart Malina, Music Director of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra |
| Chorus: | Total=116, Sopranos=39, Altos=31, Tenors=21, Basses=25 |
| Guest Artists: | Concert Singers of Cary and The Raleigh Ringers (Director, David Harris) |
| Program: | Dufay's "Gloria in Modem Tubem", Bach's "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring", Gabrielli's "Jubilate Deo", "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "Go Tell it on the Mountain" (arr. Rutter), Williams' "Selections from 'Home Alone'", Berlin's "White Christmas" (arr. Ringwald), "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (arr. Rutter), two sing-along medlies arranged by Luck and Cerulli, "O Tannenbaum" (arr. Bartsch) *, "I Saw Three Ships" (arr. Wilberg) *, and "Joy to the World" (arr. Bartsch) *. (*=performed with The Raleigh Ringers.) |
| Date: | December 6, 1997, 7:30 pm |
| Location: | First Baptist Church, Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=112, Sopranos=37, Altos=29, Tenors=21, Basses=25 |
| Guest Artists: | Timothy Sparks (tenor), Jared Allen (treble), Patrick O'Connor (treble), and Robbie Wynne (treble) |
| Program: | Britten's "Saint Nicolas" Op. 42 (1948), "Go, Tell it on the Mountain" (arr. Rutter), "I Saw Three Ships" (arr. Wilberg, and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (arr. Rutter) |
| Date: | December 28-29, 1997, 2:00 and 8:00 pm |
| Location: | Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | Lorenzo Muti, Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle |
| Chorus: | Total=19, Sopranos=7, Altos=5, Tenors=4, Basses=3 |
| Guest Artists: | Zachary Petkanas, Angelina Reaux, Peter Kazaras, Kevin Deas, Herbert Eckhoff, and Anthony Quiller, and members of the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. Members of the Concert Singers of Cary performed the various shepherds'choruses. They included (Soprano) Karen Bender, Stacey Cartrette,Sharon Farrell, Ching Lee, Audrey McCall, Olive McKrell, Tracy Jacobs,and JoAnne Sweeney, (Alto), Liz Cummings, Janet Davis, Kasey Knight,Stacy Lehrer, Katherine O'Neal, and Sally Plautz, (Tenor), MichaelBridgers, Greg Horesovsky, David Lindquist, David Lutz, and Matthew McKrell, (Bass), Girard Lew, Ted Lutz, Chris Mazzara, Larry Speakman, and Dick Wilson. |
| Program: | Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (1951) |
| Date: | March 14, 1998, 8:00 pm |
| Location: | St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=115, Sopranos=42, Altos=35, Tenors=19, Basses=19 |
| Guest Artists: | Ken Davis (bass) and Timothy Sparks (tenor), and members of the North Carolina Symphony. Concert Singers Soloists: Leslie Fowler (soprano), Elizabeth LaBelle (soprano), and Kathy Hopkins (mezzo-soprano) |
| Program: | Beethoven's "Mass in C Major" Op.86 (1807), Schubert's "Mass #2 in G Major" D167 (1815) |
A gala to benefit the musical programs of the Opera Company of North Carolina
replaced the originally-scheduled "Songs of Brahms" at request of the Opera Company of North Carolina
| Date: | May 1, 1998, 7:30 pm |
| Location: | Memorial Hall, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Conductor: | Lorenzo Muti |
| Chorus: | Total=115, Sopranos=44, Altos=33, Tenors=16, Basses=22 |
| Guest Artists: | Gregory Peck, Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Greer Grimsley (bass-baritone), Maria Zouves (soprano), Herbert Eckhoff (bass), Luretta Bybee (mezzo-soprano), Gran Wilson (tenor), and members of the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. |
| Program: | Selections from Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro", Verdi's"La Traviata" *, Verdi's "Otello", Rossini's "Bianca e Falliero", Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra", Verdi's "Rigoletto", Bizet's "Carmen" *, Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi", Donizetti's "La Fille du Regiment", Puccini's "Tosca" *, Strauss' "Die Fledermaus" *, Rodgers' and Hammerstein's "South Pacific", Bernstein's and Sondheim's "West Side Story", Arlen's and Harburg's "The Wizard of Oz", and Kern's "Showboat". (*=selections in which the chorus participated) |
| Date: | November 8, 1998, 7:30 pm |
| Location: | Cary Community Center |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=110, Sopranos=42, Altos=30, Tenors=17, Basses=21 |
| Chamber choir: | Total=16, Sopranos=7, Altos=3, Tenors=4, Basses=2 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony; Semichorus: (performed Liebeslieder Waltzes) Dottie Arold, Amy Athavale, Fuller Blunt, Grace Finkle, Mary Kay Flick, Jennifer Green, Kathy Hopkins, Kevin Kerstetter, Elizabeth LaBelle, David Lindquist*, Chris Mazzara, David Mellnik, Steve Mulder, Chris Neely, Carol Springfield, and Roberta Thomasson* (*=soloists) |
| Program: | Johannes Brahms' "Gesang der Parzen" (Song of the Fates) Op. 89, 1883, "Nanie" (Song of Lamentation) Op. 82, 1881, "Schicksalslied" (Song of Destiny) Op. 54, 1871, and "Liebeslieder-Waltzen" (Love Song Waltzes) Op. 52, 1870. |
| Date: | December 20, 1998, 7:30 pm |
| Location: | Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Church, Cary |
| Conductors: | Lawrence Speakman and Stephen Mulder |
| Chorus: | Total=73, Sopranos=33, Altos=22, Tenors=9, Basses=9 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony. |
| Program: | Selections 1,2,3,5 from "A Ceremony of Carols" (Benjamin Britten, 1942), "Ave Maria" (Franz Biebl, 1964)*, "Gloria ad modem tubae" (Guillaume Dufay, c. 1445), "Christmas Song" (Heinrich von Hergozenberg, 1897), "Hodie Christus Natus Est" (Giovanni Gabrielli, c. 1575), "O Come All Ye Faithful" (John Francis Wade, 1782, arr. John Rutter), "Go, Tell it on the Mountain" (arr. John Rutter), "I Saw Three Ships" (arr. Mack Wilberg), "Joy! To The World" (G.F. Handel, c. 1740, arr. Frank Kuykendall), "A Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas" (arr. Craig Courtney, 1990), "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin, 1941, arr, Roy Ringwald), "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, 1950, arr, Michael Edwards), "Hallelujah, from a Soulful Celebration" (arr. Jackson et al).** (* = trio Lawrence Speakman, David Lindquist and David Ward, ** = soloist Dale Humphrey.) |
| Dates: | April 17-19, 1999, 7:30 pm, 3:00 pm, 7:00 pm |
| Location: | Cary Community Center (17th), Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill (18th), and Ravenscroft School, Raleigh (19th) |
| Conductor: | Lorenzo Muti, Director of the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle |
| Chorus: | Total=73, Sopranos=26, Altos=20, Tenors=14, Basses=13 |
| Guest Artists: | Marilee Vana (soprano), Mary Gayle Green (mezzo-soprano), Timothy Sparks (tenor), Robert Swan (bass), and the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. |
| Program: | "Cantata on the Death of Joseph II" (Ludwig van Beethoven, WoO87, 1790), "Mass #10 in C Major / or the Mass in Time of War" (Franz Josef Haydn, HXXII:9, 1796) |
| Date: | May 7 and 9, 1999, 7:30 pm and 2:30 pm |
| Location: | Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | Lorenzo Muti |
| Chorus: | Total=22, Sopranos=10, Altos=5, Tenors=3, Basses=4 |
| Guest Artists: | Polly Butler-Cornelius (soprano), Elizabeth Carter (soprano) Christine Donahue (soprano), Gregory Cross (tenor), Mikhail Svetlov Krutikov (bass) Jan Opalach (bass-baritone), Cesar Ulloa (tenor), members of the Concert Singers of Cary included Stephen Anderson, Dottie Arold, Amy Athavale, Karen Bender, Leann Carroll, Jennifer Fahey, Sharon Farrell, Grace Finkle, Scott Hansen, David Johnson,Pam Kadzielawski, Kasey Knight, Kim Lemieux, Girard Lew, Chris Mazzara, Donna Parker, Sally Plautz, John Rowe, Dori Shand, Olivia Silber, and Carol Springfield. Other members of the chorus included Phillip Hanna, Jason Karn, Lewis Moore, Clark Nelson, Ray Ubinger, Mike Warren, and Chris Yount. The orchestra included all members of the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. |
| Program: | W. A. Mozart’s "The Magic Flute" (1792), sung in English translation |
| Date: | June 6, 1999, 3:30 pm |
| Location: | Cary Academy Fine Arts Center |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=99, Sopranos=37, Altos=24, Tenors=18, Basses=20 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. |
| Program: | "America the Beautiful" (Katherine Lee Bates, 1893, arr. Robert Page), "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (William Steffe and Julia Ward Howe, 1861, arr. John Rutter), "Black is the Color of my True Love’s Hair" (arr. Stuart Churchill), "Danny Boy" (Frederick E. Wetherby, arr. Joseph Flummerfelt), "Down by the Riverside" (arr. Moses Hogan), "Home on the Range" (Dan Kelly, 1873, arr. Mark Hayes), "I Can Tell the World" (arr. Moses Hogan), "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" (Stephen Foster, 1854, arr. Doug McConnell), "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" (William Bradbury and Isaac Watts, 1835, arr. Mack Wilberg), "Nelly Bly" (Stephen Foster, 1850, arr. Jack Halloran), "Shenandoah" (arr. James Erb), "Simple Gifts" (arr. Rene Clausen), "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" (arr. Peter Knight), "The Water is Wide" (arr. Rene Clausen), "When the Saints Go Marching In" (James Black, 1896, arr. John Rutter) |
| Date: | August 1, 1999, 7:30 pm |
| Location: | Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Churchof Cary |
| Conductor: | Stephen Mulder |
| Chorus: | Total=26, Sopranos=8, Altos=4, Tenors=8, Basses=6 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the chamber choir included Dottie Arold, Amy Athavale, Clay Bean, Fuller Blunt, Joy Cox, Jennifer Fahey, Grace Finkle, Mary Kay Flick, Tim Gee, Jennifer Green, Kasey Knight, Liz LaBelle, David Lindquist, David Lutz, Robert Macdonald, Lisa Macy, Chris Mazzara, Thad Pullano, Jerry Rhodes, John Rowe, Dori Shand, David Talbot, Roberta Thomason, David Ward, and Brian Wong. |
| Program: | ""En Ego Campena" (Jacob Handl, 1590), "The Glory of the Father" (Egil Hovland), "O Lord, Increase My Faith" (Orlando Gibbons), "Rorate Caeli" (Giovanni Palestrina, 1572), "Come Again! Sweet Love Doth Now Invite" (John Dowland), "Weep, O Mine Eyes" (John Bennet, 1599), "April is in My Mistress’ Face" (Thomas Morley, 1594) "The Silver Swan" (Orlando Gibbons), "Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting" (John Farmer, 1599), "Revecy Venir du Printans" (Claude LeJeune), "La, la, la, je ne l’ose dire", (Pierre Certon), "Si ch’io Vorrei Morire" (Claudio Monteverdi), selections (1,5,6,7) from "From an Unknown Past" (Ned Rorem, 1953). |
| Date: | September 9, 23, and 25, 1999 |
| Location: | Cary Academy Fine Arts Center |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=77, Sopranos=26, Altos=19, Tenors=14, Basses=18 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony. |
| Program: | "America the Beautiful" (Katherine Lee Bates, 1893, arr. Robert Page), "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (William Steffe and Julia Ward Howe, 1861, arr. John Rutter), "Black is the Color of my True Love’s Hair" (arr. Stuart Churchill), "Danny Boy" (Frederick E. Wetherby, arr. Joseph Flummerfelt), "Down by the Riverside" (arr. Moses Hogan), "Home on the Range" (Dan Kelly, 1873, arr. Mark Hayes), "I Can Tell the World" (arr. Moses Hogan), "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" (Stephen Foster, 1854, arr. Doug McConnell), "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" (William Bradbury and Isaac Watts, 1835, arr. Mack Wilberg), "Nelly Bly" (Stephen Foster, 1850, arr. Jack Halloran), "Shenandoah" (arr. James Erb), "Simple Gifts" (arr. Rene Clausen), "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" (arr. Peter Knight), "The Water is Wide" (arr. Rene Clausen), "When the Saints Go Marching In" (James Black, 1896, arr. John Rutter) |
| Date: | November 26-27, 1999, 8:00 PM each night and 3:00 PM Matinee |
| Location: | Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | William Henry Curry |
| Chorus: | Total=98, Sopranos=34, Altos=26, Tenors=16, Basses=22 |
| Guest Artists: | Concert Singers of Cary and Soprano Jacquelyn Culpepper |
| Program: | Tchaikovsky's "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" from "The Nutcracker", "Once in Royal David's City" (arr.Willcocks)*, Mizesko's "Yuletide Dances", "Three English Carols; (arr.Gibson)* **, Herbert's "March of the Toys" from "Babes in Toyland" (arr.Langey), Herbert's "Hail to Christmas" from "Babes in Toyland" (arr. Dragon)*, "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" (arr.Brohn)* **, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (arr. Rutter)*, Curry's "Snow Isn't Falling Here"**, Courtney's "A Musicological Journey through the Twelve Days of Christmas"*, "Christmas Memories Singalong" (arr.Chase)*, Bennett's "The Many Moods of Christmas, No.1"* (*=with the Concert Singers of Cary, **=with Jacquelyn Culpepper) |
| Date: | December 19, 1999, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Churchof Cary |
| Conductor: | Stephen Mulder |
| Chorus: | Total=106, Sopranos=38, Altos=31, Tenors=16, Basses=21 |
| Chamber choir: | Total=28, Sopranos=7, Altos=8, Tenors=4, Basses=9 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony. Chamber Choir members Amy Athavale, Karen Bender, Joy Cox, Mary Kay Flick, Barb Klimala, Debra Morris, Olivia Silber, Roberta Thomason, Dottie Arold, Leann Carroll, Jennifer Green, Dale Humphrey, Lisa Macy, Myra Michot, Debbie Pitts, Dori Shand, Fuller Blunt, David Lindquist, David Talbot, David Ward, Clayton Bean, Bob Dey, Timothy Gee, Ken Litowsky, Robert Macdonald, Jerry Rhodes, John Rowe, and Dick Wilson. Soloists Amy Athavale, Bob Dey, Dick Wilson, David Lindquist, Lawrence Speakman, Joy Cox, Mary Kay Flick, and Lisa Macy. |
| Program: | "O Come All Ye Faithful" (arr. Willcocks), "Quelle est Cette Odeur Agréble" (arr. Willcocks), Susa's "Carols and Lullabies" (Movements 1-4)*, "Gabriel's Message" (arr. Willcocks), "The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy" (arr. DeCormier), "Away in a Manger" (arr. Willcocks), Rutter's "Shepherd's Pipe Carol"*, Britten's "This Little Babe " from "A Ceremony of Carols", Howells' "A Spotless Rose"*, Gardner's "Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day", Rutter's "Gloria", and Powell's "Peace, Peace" (* with Chamber Choir) |
| Date: | April 1, 2000, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Cary Academy Fine Arts Center |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=86, Sopranos=27, Altos=25, Tenors=14, Basses=20 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony and the Cary Academy Concert Choir |
| Program: | Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man", "Old American Songs"*, and "Canticle of Freedom"**; Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy"; and Igor Stravinsky's "Symphony of Psalms". (* Cary Academy Concert Choir, ** with Cary Academy Concert Choir) |
| Dates: | April 30, 2000, 3:00 PM |
| Location: | Carolina Theater, Durham |
| Conductor: | Lorenzo Muti, Director of the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle |
| Chorus: | Total=18, Sopranos=0, Altos=0, Tenors=8, Basses=8 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of Concert Singers of Cary, mezzo Terry Rhodes, buy alto Sean Lucier, The Meredith College Chorale, and members of the Triangle Jewish Chorale. |
| Program: | Ben Johnston's "Septet" (1957), Samuel Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" op.24 (1948), Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" (1942), and Leonard Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" (1965) |
| Dates: | May 21, 2000, 7:30 PM | |
| Location: | Jones Chapel, Meredith College, Raleigh | |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman | |
| Chorus: | Total=44, Sopranos=16, Altos=11, Tenors=6, Basses=11 | |
| Guest Artists: | William Henry Curry (narrator) and Sharyn Stith, contralto | |
| Program: | William Grant Still's "And They Lynched Him on a Tree" (1941), Dett's "Ave Maria" (1930), Hogan's (arr.) "I Can Tell the World" and "Down By the Riverside", Dawson's (arr.) "Ain-a That Good News", Thomas' (arr.) "I'm-a Rollin'" and "Ride the Chariot", Hairston's (arr.) "Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho", Johnson's (arr.) "Elijah Rock", Hampton's "Praise His Holy Name!", and Exner's "I Have a Dream" |
| Dates: | June 11, 2000, 7:30 PM | |
| Location: | Cary Academy Fine Arts Center | |
| Conductor: | Fuller S. Blunt | |
| Chorus: | Total=62, Sopranos=21, Altos=18, Tenors=10, Basses=13 | |
| Guest Artists: | The Moonlighters Big Band (Charlie Chiklis, percussion and Robert Goodwin, bassist), and Ira David Wood III (narrator) | |
| Program: | Hart and Rodgers' "With a Song in My Heart" (1930) (Priscilla DeLuca and Joy Cox, soloists), Harburg and Arlen's "Over the Rainbow" (1939) (Joy Cox, soloist), Huff (arr.) "Classic Cole Porter" (medley) (1932-48) (Susie Catchings, Claudia Kaplan, Pat Chequer, Liz Cummings, Jim Talbot, Lisa Macy, soloists), Rodgers and Hammerstein's "You'll Never Walk Alone" (1945), Ellington and Mills' "Mood Indigo" (Jan Mott, soloist), Huff (arr.) "Gershwin at the Opera" (medley from Porgie and Bess, 1935) (Olivia Silber, Dick Wilson, Bob Dey, soloists), Raye's "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (Karen Boergert, Jan Mott, Lee Rollison, trio), Eilers (arr.) "Armed Forces Salute", Gannon and Kent's "I'll Be Home for Christmas", Hammerstein and Kern's "All the Things You Are" (Lisa Macy and Tom Bedick, duet), Huff (arr.) "A Gershwin Portrait" (1930-38) (Carolynne Briggs, Rich Cray, JoAnn Sweeney, Ken Litowsky, Lisa Macy, soloists), Leavitt (arr.) ":Medley from Oklahoma" (1943) (Charles Guyton, David Lutz, Donna Parker, JoAnn Sweeney, Olivia Silber, Ken Duncan, soloists), Berlin's "Give Me Your Tired Your Poor" (1949). |
| Date: | November 24-25, 2000, 8:00 PM each night and 2:00 PM Matinee |
| Location: | Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | William Henry Curry |
| Chorus: | Total=101, Sopranos=36, Altos=26, Tenors=18, Basses=21 |
| Guest Artists: | Concert Singers of Cary and Soprano Priscilla Baskerville |
| Program: | O Come All Ye Faithful (arr. Rutter)*, Wendel's "Overture to a Merry Christmas", Strauss' "Wiegenlied"**, Mizesko's "Celebration Dance from Chanukah Suite", Joubert's "Christmas Spiritual Medley"**, Rimsky-Korsakov's Polonaise from "Christmas Eve"*, Handel's Hallelujah from "Messiah", Anderson's "Sleigh Ride", Curry's "Snow is Falling Here"**, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Harris)*, We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Harris)**, Shaw and Bennett's "The Many Moods of Christmas" Suite 4, Chase's "Christmas Favorites Singalong"* (*=with the Concert Singers of Cary, **=with Priscilla Baskerville) |
| Date: | December 10, 2000, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Church of Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=103, Sopranos=36, Altos=26, Tenors=18, Basses=23 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony and the members of Cary Children's Concert Choir. Soloists Rocky Alexander, Leann Carroll, Susan Catchings, Joy Cox, David Lindquist, Barbara Martin, Donna Parker, Jennifer Rush, Kevin Smith, David Ward, and Dick Wilson. |
| Program: | "O Come All Ye Faithful" (arr. Rutter), Biebl's "Ave Maria", "In dulci jubilo", Schuetz's "Magnificat", Bach's "Komm, jesu, komm", Vivaldi's "Gloria in D", "The First Nowell", "Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing". C4 Children's Choir sang "Carolare", "Merry Christmas Waltz", "I Wonder as I Wander", "Winter Fantasy", "Hodie Canon", and (with Concert Singers of Cary) "Christ the Lord is Born Today", "What Good News", and "Morningstar". |
| Date: | March 3, 2001, 7:30 pm |
| Location: | First United Methodist Church, Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=34, Sopranos=9, Altos=8, Tenors=8, Basses=9 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the chamber choir included Dottie Arold, Amy Athavale, Clay Bean, Fuller Blunt, Leann Carroll, Susan Catchings, Joy Cox, Ken Duncan, Jim Fields, Tim Gee, Scott Hansen, Claudia Kaplan, Barb Klimala, Elizabeth LaBelle, David Lindquist, Ken Litowsky, David Lutz, Robert Macdonald, Lisa Macy, Barbara Martin, Chris Mazzara, Debra Morris, Scott Paluska, Thad Pullano, Jerry Rhodes, Lee Rollison, John Rowe, Jennifer Rush, Olivia Silber-Ashley, Susan Siplon, Kevin Smith, Jennifer Talbot, Roberta Thomason, and David Ward. |
| Program: | Bruckner's "Ave Maria" and "Os Justi", Fauré's "Cantique de Jean Racine", Lotti's "Crucifixus", Mozart's "Ave Verum", Palestrina's "Sicut Cervus", Stravinsky's "Ave Maria", Verdi's "Ave Maria", Houkom's "The Rune of Hospitality", Nystedt's "Kyrie", Mendelssohn's "Heilig", Horvit's "Even When God is Silent", and Pfatauch's "Musicks Empire" |
| Dates: | May 20, 2001, 7:30 PM | |
| Location: | Herb Young Community Center, Cary | |
| Conductor: | Fuller S. Blunt | |
| Chorus: | Total=105, Sopranos=37, Altos=29, Tenors=16, Basses=21 | |
| Guest Artists: | The Moonlighters Big Band (Charlie Chiklis, percussion and Robert Goodwin, bassist) | |
| Program: | 100 Years of Broadway (medley, arr. Huff) (narrators Cynthia Gwynn and Malcolm Maccubbin), The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha (arr. Leavitt), Selections from The Music Man, (arr. Warnick), Climb Ev'ry Mountain from The Sound of Music (arr.Lojeski), I'm a Woman from Smokey Joe's Café (arr. Huff), Broadway Legends: Lerner and Loewe (medley, arr. Huff), Medley from Les Misérables, (arr.). Soloists and small ensemble members included Amy Athavale, Thomas Bedick, Karen Boergert, Leann Carroll, Susie Catchings, Pat Chequer, Joy Cox, Liz Cummings, Priscilla DeLuca, Ken Duncan, Jennifer Fahey, Grace Finkle, Holly Greene, Cynthia Gwynn, Scott Hansen, Mary Hemperly, Dale Humphrey, Megan Kirkpatrick, Barb Klimala, David Lindquist, Ken Litowsky, David Lutz, Emily Mangone, Myra Michot, Mike Miller, Debra Morris, Jan Mott, Jane Muldoon-Smith, Katy O'Brien, Katherine O'Neal, Carolyn Padgett, Donna Parker, Arlene Pike, Debbie Pitts, Lee Rollison, Jennifer Rush, Pete Sanderson, Dori Shand, Olivia Silber-Ashley, Susan Siplon, Marilyn Tchudi, Teresa Teachey, and David Ward. |
| Date: | July 14, 2001, 7:30 pm |
| Location: | Regency Park Amphitheater |
| Conductor: | William Henry Curry |
| Chorus: | Total=73, Sopranos=24, Altos=21, Tenors=9, Basses=19 |
| Guest Artists: | Krista Wozniak (soprano), Mary Gayle Greene (mezzo soprano), John Daniecki (tenor), and Herbert Eckhoff (bass). |
| Program: | Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Choral)" Op. 125. Excerpts from Watner's Lohengrin (Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral and the Bridal Chorus). The orchestra also performed Beethoven's Turkish March from The Ruin of Athens, Weber's, Overture to Euryanthe, Wagner's Prelude to Act III of Lohegrin and Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure, and Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber |
| Date: | November 23-24, 2001, 8:00 PM each night and 2:00 PM Matinee |
| Location: | Meymandi Hall, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | William Henry Curry |
| Chorus: | Total=90, Sopranos=34, Altos=24, Tenors=14, Basses=18 |
| Guest Artists: | Concert Singers of Cary, Soprano Amy Hansen, and The Raleigh Ringers |
| Program: | Bizet's "Farandole" from L'Arlesienne, Handel's "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from Messiah *C, Respighi's "St.Michael the Archangel" from Church Windows", Rutter's "Shepherds Pipe Carol", "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" (arr. Brohn) *C *H, Shaw and Bennett's "The Many Moods of Christmas" Suite 2 *C, Tchaikovsky's "March of the Toys" from The Nutcracker, Ellington and Strayhorn's "Peanut Brittle Brigade" (arr.Tyzik), Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies" and "Trepak" from The Nutcracker *R, "Go Tell it Medley" (arr.McKechnie, Marsh) *R, Christmas Pops Sing-a-long (arr.Norris) *C, "Three English Carols" (arr. Gibson) *C *H, "O Christmas Tree" (arr. Bartsch) *C *H *R (*C=with the Concert Singers of Cary, *H=with Amy Hansen, *R=with The Raleigh Ringers) |
| Date: | December 15, 2001, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Church of Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=89, Sopranos=33, Altos=24, Tenors=13, Basses=19 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony and the members of Cary Children's Concert Choir. Soloists Amy Athavale, Leann Carroll, Joy Cox, Bob Dey, Tom Hawkins, David Lindquist, Lee Rollison, Kevin Smith, Kelly Stephenson, Sally Ann Timothy, and Dick Wilson. |
| Program: | "God's Son is Born This Night" (Ukrainian Carol, arr. Clemens), "Shepherds of Bethlehem" (Russian Carol, arr. Kastalsky), "Fantasia on Christmas Carols" (Vaughan Williams), Schubert's "Magnificat", Rutter's "Angels' Carol", "What Child is This?" (arr. Warland), "Lullaby to the Christ Child" (Brazilian folk song, arr. Mabry), "Ocho Kandelikas" (arr. Jagoda/Jacobon), "Child of Peace" (Van), "Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella" (arr. Paulus), Saint-Saens' "Christmas Oratorio", and "Peace, Peace" C4 Children's Choir sang "Bells are Ringing", "Hodie", "Behold, a Tiny Baby", "Candle in the Night", "Christmas Around the World", "A Bit of Holiday Cheer", and "Christmas Peace Canon" |
| Dates: | January 13, 2002, 3:00 PM |
| Location: | Carolina Theater, Durham |
| Conductor: | Lorenzo Muti, Director of the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle |
| Chorus: | Total=42, Sopranos=12, Altos=9, Tenors=7, Basses=14 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of Concert Singers of Cary, soprano Catherine Charlton, tenor Timothy Sparks, mezzo Stephanie Dillard, pianist Laura Magnani |
| Program: | Haydn's "Symphony No 49", Respighi's "Laud to the Nativity", and Mozart's "Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major" |
| Dates: | February 23, 2002, 7:30 PM | |
| Location: | Cary Academy Fine Arts Center, Cary | |
| Conductor: | Kevin Kerstetter | |
| Chorus: | Total=82, Sopranos=19, Altos=19, Tenors=15, Basses=19 | |
| Guest Artists: | Triangle Wind Ensemble | |
| Program: | Persichetti's "Celebrations", Barber's "Commando March" *, "Shenandoah" (arr. Ticheli) *, Sousa's "Fugue on Yankee Doodle" (arr. Brion/Schissel) *, Williams' "The Cowboys" (arr. Curnow) *, Fillmore's "Rolling Thunder" *, "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (arr. Neilson) *=performed by Triangle Wind Ensemble alone |
| Date: | May 18, 2002, 8:00 PM |
| Location: | Meymandi Hall, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=73, Sopranos=29, Altos=14, Tenors=12, Basses=18 |
| Guest Artists: | Concert Singers of Cary, winners of the 2002 Benjamin Kilgore Gibbs Awards |
| Program: | Key's "Star-Spangled Banner", Grondahl's "Koncert for Trombone Og Orkester", Saint-Saens' "Concerto pour Violoncelle, Op.33", Hanson's "Concerto in G Major", Weber's "Konzertstuck Op.79", Vaughan Williams' "Serenade to Music" *, Mendelssohn's "Psalm 98, Op. 91" * (*=with the Concert Singers of Cary) |
| Dates: | September 29, 2002, 4:00 PM |
| Location: | Carswell Concert Hall, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=36, Sopranos=7, Altos=9, Tenors=10, Basses=8 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of Cary Choral Artists, soprano Teresa Fernandez, narrator Harrison Fisher, Patty Angevine (alto flute), Joan Beck (violin), Michael Castello (viola), Lanette Lind (piano), Tasi Matthews (violin), Jack Roller (tam tams), Jane Salemson (cello), and Jim Williams (clarinet) |
| Program: | Albinoni "Adagio", *Farrant "Call to Remembrance", *Liszt "O Salutaris Hostia", *Stanford "Justorum animae Op.38 No.1", *Allegri "Miserere", *Gawthrop "Sing Me to Heaven", Gorecki "Good Night", *Barber "Agnus Dei", Raum "Searching for Sophia", **Lind "Song of the Earth Spirits" (*=performed by Cary Choral Artists, a cappella, **=performed by CCA and RSO chamber ensemble) |
| Date: | December 7, 2002, 8:00 PM and December 8, 2002, 3:00 PM |
| Locations: | Saturday: originally scheduled for White Plains United Methodist Church of Cary, but due to conditions following the December 4-5 ice storm, was relocated to Jones Auditorium, Meredith College, Raleigh. Sunday: Cary Senior Center |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=87, Sopranos=31, Altos=20, Tenors=13, Basses=23 |
| Soloists: | Katherine Booker, Julia Cobley, Bob Dey, Phil Ferski, Joseph Ittoop, David Lindquist, JoAnn Sweeney, and Dick Wilson |
| Program: | Cancao de Ninar (arr. G.Mabry), de Victoria's "O Magnum Mysterium", Carrillo's "O Magnum Mysterium", Ya Viene la Vieja (arr. Parker and Shaw), Ramirez' "Navidad Nuestra", Susa's "Carols and Lullabies", The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy (arr. R. DeCormier) |
| Date: | March 2, 2003, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Jones Auditorium, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | Alan Nielson |
| Chorus: | Total=97, Sopranos=33, Altos=25, Tenors=14, Basses=27 |
| Guest Artists: | Concert Singers of Cary, winners of the 2003 Benjamin Kilgore Gibbs Awards |
| Program: | Albinoni's Concerto in Bb for Trumpet, Von Weber's Concertino for Clarinet op.26, Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto #2, Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto No.2, Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" * (*=with the Concert Singers of Cary) |
| Date: | April 13, 2003, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Cary Academy Fine Arts Center, Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=89, Sopranos=31, Altos=23, Tenors=13, Basses=21 |
| Guest Artists: | Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, soloists Amy Athavale, David Mellnik |
| Program: | Brahms' German Requiem |
| Date: | June 7, 2003, 7:30 PM | |
| Location: | Cary Academy Fine Arts Center, Cary | |
| Conductor: | Fuller S. Blunt | |
| Chorus: | Total=34, Sopranos=10, Altos=9, Tenors=6, Basses=6 | |
| Guest Artists: | The Moonlighters Big Band (Charlie Chiklis, percussion and Robert Goodwin, bassist), Peter Smith (acoustic guitar), cameo/incidental soloists: Tom Bedick, Rich Cray, Karen Davis, Chris D'Costa, Priscilla DeLuca, Cynthia Gwynn, David Lindquist, Nancy Macdonald, Myra Michot, Jane Muldoon-Smith, Katy O'Brien, Donna Parker, Lee Rollison, Pete Sanderson, Judy Smith, "Come Sunday" ensemble: Katherine Booker, Hal Bowman, Chris D'Costa, Vicki Knowles, Bob Macdonald, Nancy Macdonald, Earlean McCoy, Jan Mott, and Paul Stapleton; members of the Cary Academy Chamber Choir, Lawrence Speakman director. | |
| Program: | Strike Up the Band (arr. Leavitt), Someone to Watch Over Me (arr. Schmutte), Try to Remember (arr. Zegree), All the Things You Are (arr. Shaw), Medley from "100 Years of Broadway" (arr. Huff), Mood Indigo (arr. Lojeski), This Joint is Jumpin' (arr. Brymer), Without a Song (arr. Huff), Body and Soul (arr. Chinn), Come Sunday (arr. Parker), Now You Has Jazz (Cole Porter Medley) (arr. Huff), Every Time We Say Goodbye (arr. Huff), Irish Blessing (arr. Langager) |
| Date: | December 14, 2003, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Highland United Methodist Church of Raleigh |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=115, Sopranos=45, Altos=33, Tenors=17, Basses=19 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony and the members of Cary Children's Concert Choir. Soloists and concertists: Katherine Booker, Kelly Stephenson, David Lindquist, Harold Elixson, Chris Mazzara, Bob Dey, Joe Ferguson, Joseph Ittoop, Lisa Macy, Connie Margolin, Jan Mott, Lee Rollison, David Ward (T), Brian Wong, Paul Stapleton, and Terry Neely. |
| Program: | "Ave Maria" (Franz Biebl), "Gloria in Excelsis Deo" SV258 (Claudio Monteverdi), "Hodie, Christus Natus Est" (Healy Willan), "Jubilate Deo" (Giovanni Gabrieli), "Magnificat" (Andrea Gabrieli), "I Wonder as I Wander" (arr. John Rutter), "Angel's Carol" (John Rutter), "Nativity Carol" (arr. John Rutter), "O Come All Ye Faithful" (arr. David Wilcocks), "The First Nowell" (arr. David Wilcocks), "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" (arr. David Wilcocks), "Joy! to the World" (arr. Frank Kuykendall), "Carol of the Bells" (arr. Leontovich), "Jingle Bells" (arr. David Wilcocks), "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (arr. John Rutter), "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (arr. Arthur Warrell) . C4 Children's Choir sang "Candle in the Window" (Sally Albrecht, Jay Althouse), "Fum Fum Fum" (arr. J.Harrington, S.Glick),"Let There Be Peace on Earth" (arr. Hawley Ades), "The First Noel / Pachelbel’s Canon" (arr. Michael Clawson), "Winter Fantasy" (Jill Gallina) |
| Date: | January 11, 2004, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Cary Senior Center |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=23, Sopranos=6, Altos=6, Tenors=5, Basses=6 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of Cary Choral Artists, Susan Brown (flute), Jack Roller (percussion) |
| Program: | Daemon Irrepit Callidus- Gyorgy Orban, If Music Be the Food of Love - David Dickau, Il est bel et bon - Pierre Passereau, Loch Lomond - arr Ralph Vaughan Williams, This is the Month of Maying - Thomas Morely, Native American Suite #2 - Apache Song, No, di voi non vo’ fidarmi - G.F. Handel, Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be - Gail Kubik, Personals - Stephen Paulus, A Place of Hope - Stephen Paulus, Set Me as a Seal - Renee Clausen, Sweet Honey-Sucking Bees - John Wilbye |
| Date: | February 22, 2004, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Jones Auditorium, Raleigh |
| Conductor: | Alan Nielson |
| Chorus: | Total=60, Sopranos=21, Altos=16, Tenors=10, Basses=13 |
| Guest Artists: | Concert Singers of Cary, Pianist Segeyi Komirenko |
| Program: | Schumann's "Overture zu Manfred Op 115", Bruckner's "Symphony No.7 in E Major / Scherzo", * Faure's "Pavane", * Borodin's "Polvtsian Dances from Prince Igor No. 17", Prokofieff's "Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major Op 26" (*=with the Concert Singers of Cary) |
| Date: | May 1, 2004, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Highland United Methodist Church of Raleigh |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=84, Sopranos=29, Altos=24, Tenors=12, Basses=19 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the North Carolina Symphony . Soloists: Amy Athavale and Nancy Macdonald. Guest director Kevin Kerstetter (of the Chamber Choir) whose members were Dottie Arold, Lauren Bond, Karen Davis, Jennifer Fahey, Claudia Kaplan, Lydia Kaus, Barb Klimala, Nancy Macdonald, Connie Margolin, Donna Parker, Geiselle Thompson, Angela Bourke, Liz Cummings, Bettina Fasolt, Lisa Macy, Barb Martin, Jan Mott, Susan Royalty, Jennifer Talbot, Neal Braswell, Phil Ferski, Scott Hansen, David Lindquist, David Lutz, Terry Neely, Ken Scott, David Talbot, David Ward, Bob Dey, Joe Ferguson, David Lee, Bob Macdonald, Chris Mazzara, Rick Wiles. |
| Program: | "Ave Verum Corpus" (William Byrd), "The Lamb" (John Tavener), "Beati Quorum Via" (Charles Stanford), "When in our Music God is Glorified" (Charles Stanford arr Ferguson), "Zadok the Priest" (G.F. Handel), "And I Saw a New Heaven" (Edgar Bainton), "Te Deum" (John Rutter), "Like as the Hart Desireth the Waterbrooks" (Herbert Howells), "Festival Te Deum" (Benjamin Britten), "Evening Hymn" (Henry Gardiner), "I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me" (Hubert Parry), "Let the People Praise Thee O God" (William Mathias), "O Clap Your Hands" (Ralph Vaughan Williams) |
| Date: | November 20, 2004, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Westwood Baptist Church of Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=118, Sopranos=42, Altos=41, Tenors=14, Basses=21 (Chamber choir: Total 32, Sopranos=8, Altos=8, Tenors=8, Basses=8) |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra Members of the chamber choir were Dottie Arold, Amy Athavale, Katy Bowman, Claudia Kaplan, Barb Klimala, Nancy Macdonald, Myra Michot, Geiselle Thompson, Jennifer Alkove, Elaine Brown, Leann Carroll, Bettina Fasolt, Barb Martin, Jan Mott, Susan Royalty, Jennifer Talbot, Phil Ferski, Scott Hansen, David Lindquist, David Lutz, Paul Stapleton, David Talbot, David Ward, Don Ward, Clay Bean, Mark Brown, Bob Dey, Kevin Kerstetter, David Lee, Bob Macdonald, Ken Scott, Rick Wiles |
| Program: | Robert Young - Sudden Light *, Daniel Gawthrop - Sing Me to Heaven *, Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque *, Stephen Paulus - A Place of Hope *, Rene Clausen - Set Me as a Seal, James Mulholland - A Red Red Rose, Morten Lauridsen - Lux Aeterna. *=sung by the chamber choir. |
| Date: | December 4, 2004, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Herbert Young Community Center of Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=97, Sopranos=37, Altos=27, Tenors=14, Basses=19 |
| Guest Artists: | The Triangle Wind Ensemble under director Robert S. Hunter. Soloists Amy Athavale, Bob Dey and Lisa Fredenburgh. Narrator Melaine Sanders. |
| Program: | Mahr's "Fantasia in G" *, Bass' "A Symphony of Carols", Berlin's "White Christmas", Reed's "Russian Christmas Music" *, Bass' "Twas the Night Before Christmas" *, Bass' "Christmas Flourish", Courtney's "A Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas", Reisteter's "Eighth Candle" *, Sing-along, Anderson's "Sleigh Ride". *=orchestra only. |
| Date: | April 16, 2005, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=98, Sopranos=37, Altos=29, Tenors=14, Basses=18; Chamber Choir Total=39, Sopranos-14, Altos-8, Tenors-9, Basses-8 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the Baroque Arts Project and soloists Amy Athavale, Bob Dey, Liz LaBelle, David Lindquist, Marjorie Smith, Tim Sparks, Kelly Stephenson, and Roberta Thomason. The Chamber Choir members were Dottie Arold, Amy Athavale, Kathryn Booker, Katy Bowman, Eileen Brody, Karen Davis, Jennifer Fahey, Connie Margolin, Myra Michot, Donna Parker, Kelly Stephenson, Roberta Thomason, Geiselle Thompson, Leann Carroll, Liz Cummings, Kelly Ellis, Bettina Fasolt, Jan Mott, Susan Royalty, Marjorie Smith, Jennifer Talbot, Scott Hansen, David Lindquist, David Lutz, Terry Neely, Paul Stapleton, Ken Scott, David Ward, Don Ward, Brian Wong, Simon Bate, Clay Bean, David Britt, Bob Dey, Eric Ellis, Joe Ferguson, Ken Litowsky, and Rick Wiles. |
| Program: | Bach's Magnificat in D and Handel's "Dettingen" Te Deum. |
| Date: | October 8, 2005, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Cary |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the Chatham Baroque Trio and East Carolina Early Music Ensemble and soloists Elizabeth LaBelle, Kathy Hopkins, John Cashwell and Lawrence Speakman |
| Program: | Selection from various works: J.S.Bach's "Kantate BWV 59 Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten" (1. Duetto 2. Recitativo 3. Chorale 4. Aria), "Sonata VII from Sonata tam aris quam aulis servientis" by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Bach's "Kantate BWV 78 Duetto Wir Eilen mit schwachen", "Kantate BWV 140 Chorale Zion hört die wächter singen" by Johann Sebastian Bach, "Kantate BWV 147 Chorale Wohl mir, dass ich Jesum habe" by Johann Sebastian Bach, various selections by Chatham Baroque, "Kantate BWV 29 Wir danken dir, Gott wir danken dir" by Johann Sebastian Bach (1. Sinfonia 2. Chorus 3. Aria 8. Chorale) |
| Date: | November 12, 2005, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Westwood Baptist Church of Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=119, Sopranos=48, Altos=40, Tenors=13, Basses=20 (Chamber choir: Total 52, Sopranos=18, Altos=11, Tenors=13, Basses=8) |
| Guest Artists: | Instrumentalists Linda Metz, Stephen Burke, John Fedderson, Linda Velto and Linda Metz. Members of the chamber choir were Dottie Arold, Amy Athavale, Karen Boergert, Katherine Booker, Katy Bowman, Karen Davis, Jennifer Fahey, Jamie Fussell, Claudia Kaplan, Nancy Macdonald, Connie Margolin*, Konstantina Marinakos, Ruth McCoy, Myra Michot, Debra Morris, Donna Parker, Geiselle Thompson, Lori Volpe*, Angela Bourke, Mary Jean Bretton, Leann Carroll, Bettina Fasolt, Lisa Macy, Barb Martin, Jan Mott, Jane Muldoon-Smith*, Susan Royalty, PJ Zhu, Simon Bate, Neal Braswell, Samuel Byers, Phil Ferski, Scott Hansen, David Lindquist, David Lutz, Terry Neely, Ken Scott, Paul Stapleton, David Ward, Don Ward, Brian Wong, Clay Bean, David Britt, Bob Dey*, Joe Ferguson, David Lee*, Doug Richmond, Greg Tarsa, Rick Wiles. *=soloist |
| Program: | Balia di Dehu* (Toppen berg arr. Odor), Salmo 150* (Aguiar), Aki no ko-e* (Hill), Silent O Moyle* (arr. Mooney), El Guayaboso* (arr. Lopez-Gavilan), Praise the Lord (arr. Johnson), It Takes a Village (arr. Szymko), Kyrie from St. Francis in the Americas (McClure), Native American Suite (Davids), Chanflin (Guzman), Gladsome Light No.2 (Nikolsky), Mi Yitneni Of (arr. Snyder), Flower Drum Song (Tam), The Battle of Jericho (arr. Hogan), My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord (arr. Hogan), Evry Time I Feel the Spirit (arr. Dawson) *=sung by the chamber choir. |
| Date: | December 3, 2005, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Herbert Young Community Center of Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=102, Sopranos=40, Altos=33, Tenors=10, Basses=19 |
| Guest Artists: | The Triangle Wind Ensemble under director Robert S. Hunter. Soloists Amy Athavale, Bob Dey and Marjorie Smith. Narrator Ernie McAllister. |
| Program: | Bass' "Gloria", Bass' "A Symphony of Carols", Berlin's "White Christmas", Reed's "Russian Christmas Music" *, Bass' "Twas the Night Before Christmas" *, Bass' "Christmas Flourish", Reisteter's "Eighth Candle" *, Sing-along, Anderson's "Sleigh Ride".*=orchestra only. |
| Date: | December 17, 2005, 7:30 PM |
| Location: | St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Cary |
| Conductor: | Lawrence Speakman |
| Chorus: | Total=50, Sopranos=16, Altos=14, Tenors=11, Basses=9 |
| Guest Artists: | Members of the chamber choir were Dottie Arold*, Amy Athavale*, Karen Boergert, Katherine Booker*, Katy Bowman*, Karen Davis*, Jennifer Fahey*, Jamie Fussell*, Claudia Kaplan, Nancy Macdonald, Ruth McCoy, Myra Michot, Debra Morris, Donna Parker, Geiselle Thompson, Lori Volpe, Angela Bourke, Mary Jean Bretton, Leann Carroll, Bettina Fasolt, Lisa Macy, Barb Martin, Jan Mott, Jane Muldoon-Smith, Susan Royalty, Jennifer Talbot, Linda Velto, PJ Zhu, Simon Bate*, Neal Braswell, Phil Ferski, David Lindquist, David Lutz, Terry Neely, Ken Scott, Paul Stapleton, David Talbot, Don Ward, Brian Wong, Clay Bean, David Britt, Bob Dey, Joe Ferguson, David Lee, Bill Moran, Doug Richmond, |
