OUR CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS 2016
33RD SEASON
Saturday, February 13, 8PM
David Thye of Southwestern Master Chorale of Fort Worth, Texas conducts Rutter's Magnificat (DT)
Cory Mendenhall conducts Maple Mountain High School and Mapleton Chorale (Utah) in Karl Jenkins "The
Armed Man" (PT)
Palm Sunday, March 20, 8:30PM
Composer and conductor Mark Hayes of Kansas City, Missouri conducts his Te Deum and Magnificat (DT)
Sonja Sepulveda of Salem College (Sumter, South Carolina) conducts Ola Gjeilo's Sunrise Mass (SS)
Easter Sunday, March 27, 2PM
Greg Zielke of Omaha (Nebraska) Symphonic Chorus conducts Beethoven’s Mass in C (DT)
Composer and conductor Dan Forrest of South Carolina and David Thye of Southwestern Master Chorale of Fort
Worth, Texas co-conduct the premiere of Forrest’s new octavo choral cycle: “Folk Songs of America” (DT)
Sunday, April 24, 8:30PM
Zanaida Robles of San Gabriel Valley Choral Company (Monrovia, California) conducts Schubert's Mass in G (SB)
Julian Ackerley of Tucson Boys Chorus of Arizona conducts music for young voices (PT)
Repertoire:
Dixit Dominus -- Baldassare Galuppi, edited by David Larson
I Dixit Dominus Domino Meo
II Juravit Dominus
III Judicabit In Nationibus
How Can I Keep From Singing -- Robert Lowry, Arranged by Bradley Ellingboe
Libertango -- Astor Piazzolla, Arranged by Oscar Escalada
Homeland -- Gustav Holst, Arranged by Z. Randall Stroope
Sing, Sing, Sing -- Louis Prima, Arranged by Philip Kern
Monday, April 25, 8PM
Thomas Council of Toccoa Falls College (Montana) conducts an All-ACSI Concert (PT):
Repertoire:
Handel/Leavitt: Rejoice, Sing and Praise
Haydn/Banner: Exultabunt Sancti in Gloria
Courtney: Festival Gloria
Powell: Ogo Ni Fun Oluwa!
Gjeilo: Sacred Heart
Hayes: Alleluia
Monk/Hogan: Abide With Me
Boberg/Hine: How Great Thou Art
Saturday, May 28, 2PM
Composer and conductor Dan Forrest of South Carolina conducts his REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING (DT)
Sean Boulware of Aria Women’s Choir of Carmel, California conducts Ola Gjeilo's "Octavo Favorites" (SB)
Russell Robinson of the University of Florida conducts Schubert's Mass in G (PT)
Saturday, May 28, 8PM
“Prayer for Mother Earth”: Newly composed world premiere by composer Ivo Antognini. It is his first extended,
major work of 35-40 minutes in length for large SATB chorus, soloists and full orchestra. Conductor to be
announced.
Sonja Sepulveda of Salem College (Sumter, South Carolina) conducts Faure's Requiem (SS)
Z. Randall Stroope of Oklahoma State University conducts Mozart's Coronation Mass (JS)
Composer and conductor Mark Hayes of Kansas City, Missouri conducts specially selected Anthems by Hayes
(DT):
Simple Gifts
Prayer of Being
Rejoice and Sing out your Praises
This Moment
One World
New York premiere of a special new work
Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2PM
Andrew Larson of Stetson University Women's Chorale and the Choral Union of Florida conducts Schubert’s
Mass in G (JS)
Jeremy D. Jones of Miami of Ohio University conducts all-men’s chorus (TTBB) (PT)
Repertoire:
Gaudete by Michael Engelhardt
Spaseniye sodelal by Pavel Chesnokov
Rough Beast (Commissioned) by Timothy C. Takash OR Eriks Esenvalds
Dies Irae by Z. Randall Stroope
Prayer of the Children by Kurt Bestor
Demon in My View by Jeffrey Horvath
The Steady Light by Reginald Unterseher
Wedding Quawwali by AR Rahman (arranged by Sperry)
Paul Caldwell of Youth Choral Theater of Chicago and Sean Ivory of Forest Hills Central High School of Grand
Rapids, Missouri co-present music for children (JS)
Repertoire:
Read’Em, John
If Wishes Had Wings
Beneath the African Sky
Witness
Rorate Cesil Desuper
Carrickfergus
Bengi Lete
Go where I send Thee
Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 8PM
Janet Harms conducts her Windsong Southland Chorale of Pomona, California in Clausen's Gloria (PT)
Rebecca Prater of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church of Overland Park, Kansas conducts Lauridsen's Lux
Aeterna (PT)
Richard Williamson of Anderson University, South Carolina conducts Rutter's REQUIEM (PT)
Sunday, June 5, 2PM
Danya Tiller of Phoenix Girls (Arizona) Chorus conducts Vivaldi’s Gloria (SSAA original edition) (PT)
Dennis Malfatti of University of Evansville (Indiana) conducts:
Regina Coeli, K. 276 by W.A. Mozart
Kyrie K. 341 by W.A. Mozart
Te Deum for Empress Marie Therese by Joseph Haydn (JS)
Paul Caldwell of Youth Choral Theater of Chicago and Sean Ivory of Forest Hills Central High School of Grand
Rapids, Missouri present their SATB choral works (JS),
Repertoire:
Lay Earth’s Burden Down – piano
Caritas et Amor – piano and cello
Rorate Caeli Desuper
Carrickfergus (an Irish folksong) – piano and oboe
Ibo Landing – piano, flute and percussion
Hope for Resolution – piano, flute, soprano sax, and percussion
John the Revelator - piano
Sunday, June 19, 2PM
Terry Russell of Southwestern College of Chula Vista, California conducts Hayes’ Requiem (PT)
Composer and conductor Kevin Memley of Fresno, California conducts his favorite octavo works:
She Walks In Beauty
O Vos Omnes
Count On It
Moonlight and Rain
If I Were the Velvet Rose
Shenandoah TTBB
Behold the River (JS)
Kris Mason of Seattle Children’s Chorus (Washington) conducts MAP’s National Children's Chorus concert (JS)
Repertoire:
Laudamus te, from the Vivaldi’s Gloria
Laudate Pueri Dominum by Mendelssohn
Jesu by Andrea Ramsey
Weep No More by David Childs
Will There Really Be a Morning by Craig Hella Johnson
I Want Jesus to Walk With Me, Arranged by Richard Nance
Blessing by Katie Moran Bart
Bruce Chamberlain from University of Arizona conducts Bach's Magnificat (PT)
Please note that the above dates in Carnegie Hall are on "hold" with the booking office and the dates have not been
contracted as of yet.
Artists and repertoire are subject to change without notice.
As of 5/18/2015, 4pm
CHINA (中国)
China at Easter
Saturday, March 19—Tuesday, March 29, 2016, Hongkong, Macau and Shanghai
Tuesday, March 29-- Saturday, April 2, 2016, Special Beijing Extension
Macau Symphony Orchestra
Location: St. Dominic Church, Macau, China
Beethoven's Mass in C
And solo performances by the touring choirs in Shanghai and Beijing
CHINA (中国)
China in May
Saturday, May 21—Tuesday, May 31, 2016, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing
Hangzhou Symphony Orchestra
Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna (China Premiere)
conducted by Time Sharp, Executive Director of American Choral Directors Association
And solo performances by the touring choirs in Shanghai
FLORENCE (Firenze), ITALY
Second Annual Great American Choral Series
Friday, June 3—Sunday, June 12, 2016
Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina
Location: Auditorium di Santo Stefano al Ponte, Florence, Italy
Robert Cohen's “Alzheimer’s Stories”
Conducted by William Payn, Susquehanna Valley Chorale, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (Italian Premiere)
Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living
Conducted by the composer, Dan Forrest (Italian Premiere)
Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna (Italian Premiere)
Conducted by Peter Hendrickson, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Beethoven’s Mass in C Op. 86
Conducted by Earl Rivers, Knox Presbyterian Church&University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music,
Ohio
And solo performances by the touring choirs
VIENNA (Wien), Austria
Friday, June 17-- Sunday, June 26, 2016
Orchester der St. Peterskirche Wien
Location: St. Peter’s Church, Vienna
Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor, K. 626
Conducted by Peter Tiboris
Beethoven’s Mass in C
Conducted by David Thye, Southwestern Master Chorale, Fort Worth, Texas
Mozart’s Coronation Mass, K. 317
Conducted by Eduardo Garcia-Novelli, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Mozart’s Solemn Vespers
Conducted by Paul Nesheim, The Augustana Choir, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Mozart’s Missa Brevis in C Major, K. 220 & Haydn’s Te Deum
Conducted by Martha Shaw, Conductor, Reinhardt University, Waleska, Georgia
Mozart’s Missa Brevis in F Major, K. 192
Conducted by Justin Smith, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon
Schubert’s Mass No.2, in G Major
Conducted by Mark Deakins, Broadway Christian Church, Lexington, Kentucky
And solo performances by the touring choirs.
12th
SYROS (Σύρος), GREECE
Annual International Festival of the Aegean
Wednesday, July 6-- Wednesday, July 20, 2016
The Pan-European Philharmonia
Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Rutter, Bernstein, and Gershwin
Location: Apollo Theater “La Piccolo Scala”, Syros, Greece