Small, Medium and Large: An Afternoon of Singing Ensembles

Singers from three university ensembles will present a variety of sacred and secular choral works on Sunday afternoon, April 29th at 3:00 pm. The ensembles range in size from ten singers, to 44, to a chorale of 77.

The smallest is a chamber group of singers called simply “The Ten.” Selected from the University Madrigal Singers ensemble, they will present a program of six a cappella renaissance motets in the style of the well-known professional singing group, Chanticleer. Cody Libolt and Conor Jamison, both vocal music majors, are co-directors of this group.

The 44-member University Singers, conducted by Dr. Harley Muilenburg, begins its part of the program with selected movements from Poulenc’s “Gloria”. Senior music major Sara Young is the featured soloist. The University Singer’s featured work is Robert Schumann’s Ziguenerleben, (translated as “Gypsy Life”.) The text tells of the trials and tribulations in the day of the life of a 19th century Gypsy clan, as the singers take on the roles of gypsies telling of their adventures. John Chernoff provides piano accompaniment.

The University Singers close with two 20th century choral works, The Road Not Taken, by Randall Thompson, and I Bought Me a Cat, by Aaron Copland.

Then the 75-member Humboldt Chorale, directed by Carol Ryder, sing Bradley Ellingboe's Requiem, with Tandy Floyd singing alto. The choir will be accompanied by Cassie Moulton on cello and Virgina Ryder on obo, as well as the Chorale’s keyboardist, Larry Pitts.

Written in 2002, the Ellingboe piece consists of nine movements. It includes poems by John Donne and George Herbert as well as the traditional elements of the Requiem Mass. Ellingboe, a professor of music at the University of New Mexico, is well known as a composer of choral music, with over 90 published pieces.

The Ten:

Laura Greenfield, Cody Libolt, Conor Jamison, Mindy Willens, Sam Hyde, Emily Skold, Jonathan Walton, Mira Bareis, Garrett Phillips and Korrie Williams.

University Singers Spring 2007:

Jamie Banister, Erica Baze, Katherine Kinley, Rosa Corona, Cindy Uhrhammer, Libby Roeder, Anjoli Taratusky, Maxine Sherry, Kelly Whitaker, Lindsey Tewksbury, Sara Young, Stefanie Vasseghi, Samantha Williams, Alison Buckley, Caitlin Corker, Sholanda Franklin, Jeanette Kyle, Jessica Malone, Margaret Noe, Elle (Lindsey) Meran,Lizzy Poock, Crystal Miller, Serena Porter, Danielle Van de Wetering, Gabriel Holman, Trask Bailard, Samuel Hyde, Daniel Ballou, Cody Libolt, Cliff Bruhn, Jamie Obeso, Ahmad Cox, Jonathan Walton, Conor Jamison, Aaron Lopez, Garrett Phillips, Steve Dytewski, Jordan Pierce, Trevor Fortier, Nick Tringale, Sky Miller, Joseph Morf.