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Compiled Spring, 2004

Updated August, 2007

Spring, 2005 Rochester Symphony Orchestra

 

Symphony No. 9, “Ode to Joy”

Beethoven

 

 

 

December, 2005 with the Rochester Symphony Orchestra

 

All on a Starry Night (a cappella)

Joseph Graham

 

African Noel (a cappella)

Andre Thomas, arranged

 

Gloria in Excelsis Deo (with RSO)

Mark Hayes, arranged

 

O Magnum Mysterium ( a cappella, with choirs of St. Paul's United Methodist Church)

Morton Lauridsen

 

Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah

Handel

 

   (with choirs of St. Paul's UMC and the RSO)

 

 

 

 

Spring, 2006 - Happy Anniversary

 

A Celebration of the Collaboration of Two Choruses & Their Conductor

  Rochester Community Chorus & The Rochester College A Cappella Chorus

 

Part I RCC Women

 

 

You Are the New Day

arr. Peter Knoght

 

Simple Gifts

arr. Bob Chilcott

 

Mouse Madrigal

arr. Steven Porter

 

Adiemus

Karl Jenkins

 

Set Me as a Seal

Richard Nance

 

Hello Girls

Lloyd Pfautsch

 

Part II RCC Men

 

 

Stouthearted Men (New Moon)

Sigmund Romberg

 

She Walks in Beauty

Earlene Rentz

 

Star of the County Down

arr. Douglas Wagner

 

April is in My Mistress' Face

Thomas Morley/
arr. Russell Robinson

 

O Lord, It's Hard to Be Humble

arr. Ed Lojeski

 

Part III Rochester Collage A Cappella Chorus

 

 

Almighty God of Our Fathers

Will James

 

Sicut Cervus

G. P. da Palestrina

 

Easter Anthem

William Billings

 

Alelouya

Emile Desamours

 

Steal Away

arr. Shaw-Parker

 

John Saw duh Numbuh

arr. Shaw-Parker

 

Wade in the Water

Moses Hogan

 

Elijah Rock

Moses Hogan

 

Part IV Combined Choruses

 

 

Battle Hymn of the Republic

arr. Peter Wilhousky

 

How Can I Keep From Singing?

arr. Stahell

 
December, 2006
 

An Evening of Mozart:  Celebrating the Composer’s 250th Birthday
Paula D’Ambrosio & Dr. Jean Randall, accompanists
Rochester College Opera Workshop, Frank Pitts, director,
with guest instrumental soloists: Christina Anger, Stephen Burian, John Hipol, Donald Platter, Michala Welch

  Alleluia (Exsultate Jubilate), K. 165 - Andrea Thibodeau, soprano; Becky Davies, alto; Matthew Duncan, tenor;
Milo Fabian, bass
 

Kyrie (Missa solemnis in C), K. 337

 

Laudate Dominum (Vesperae solennes de confessore), K. 339 - Stephanie Booker, soprano, RCC

 

Duo for Two Clarinets, K. 379, Adagio, Theme and Variations (2,3, and 5) - Michala Welch & Christina Anger, clarinets

(students of Donald Platter)

 

Finale from Act I of Cosí fan Tutte, K. 588, RC Opera Workshop

RC Opera Workshop

Frank Pitts, director

Karina Brazle (Despina)

Jennifer Read (Fiordiligi)

Toni Washington (Dorabella)

Curtis Storm (Ferrando)

Jeremy Davis (Guglielmo)

Edwin Smith (Don Alfonso)

  Allegro (Eine kleine Nachtmusik), K. 535 (arr. Ward Swingle) - RCC
 

Regina Coeli, K. 276 - Andrea Thibodeau, soprano; Kelly Scharf, alto, Jeremy Davis, tenor; Robert Branch, bass - RCC

 

Three Pieces for Two Horns, K. 487 - John Hipol & Stephen Burian, horns

 

Mozart Clarinet Concerto, K. 622, Adagio and Rondo, Donald Platter, clarinet, Jean Randall, piano

 

Ave Verum Corpus K. 618 - RCC

 

Introit and Kyrie (Requiem), K. 626 - Nina Blake, soprano - RCC

Spring 2007 - An Evening of American Music
  The Rochester Community Chorus  & The Rochester College A Cappella Chorus, Dr. Joe Bentley, director
Paula D’Ambrosio & Julayne Hughes, accompanists
The Rochester Heart of the Hills Barbershop Chorus, Andrew Brenz, director, Mike Hartrick, assistant director

I.

Early American Music
   

Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
Modern Music—Billings
Kittery—Billings
Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs—Antes

RCC

II.

The African-American Spiritual
   

Where the sun will never go down—arr. Joseph Jennings

RC A Cappella Chorus

III.

The Music of Stephen Foster
   

Stephen Foster Medley—arr. Jon Washburn

RCC

IV.

The Barbershop Sound
    Heart of the Hills Barbershop Chorus
   

V.

Modern Classics
   

I thank You God for most this amazing day—Eric Whitacre

David’s Lamentation—William Billings & Joshua Shank

All That Hath Life & Breath Praise Ye the Lord—René Clausen

RC A Cappella Chorus

VI.

The Musical Stage
   

Make Our Garden Grow—Bernstein

Porgy and Bess Choral Selections—arr. Warnick

RCC

VII.

Twentieth-Century Favorites
   

Stomp Your Foot—Copland

How Can I Keep from Singing—arr. Ron Staheli

RCC & RC A Cappella Chorus

 

December, 2007 
A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten
with The Rochester College A Cappella Chorus & Maurice Draughn, harpist
Hallelujah Chorus by G. F. Handel/arr. Clair Johnson
Combined Choruses & Rochester College Concert Band