A Holiday Choral Concert

The Caroline L. Guarini Department of Music, Dance and Theatre Presents

A Holiday Choral Concert

NJCU Concert Chorale
NJCU Chamber Singers

Dr. Robert Prowse, director
John DiPinto, pianist

Sunday, December 11, 2022
3:00 pm
Margaret Williams Theatre

Program

Concert Chorale
Exsultate Justi  -  Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627)
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise is fitting for the upright.
Give praise to God upon the harp, play upon the ten-stringed psaltery.
Sing to him a new song; sing skillfully with a strong voice. Psalm 33
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Arista Music Company

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The Three Kings  -  Healey Willan (1880-1968)
‘Who knocks tonight so late?’ the weary porter said.
Three Kings stood at the gate, each with a crown on head.
The serving man bowed down; the inn was full, he knew.
Said he, ‘In all this town is no fit place for you.’
A light the manger lit: there lay the Mother meek.
Said they, ‘This place is fit: here is the rest we seek!’
Come in, ye Kings! And kiss the feet of God. Laurence Housman
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Oxford University Press

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Ríu, Ríu, Chíu  -  Anonymous Spanish (1556)
Arranged by Francis J. Guentner, S.J.
Refrain: Ríu, Ríu, Chíu, the riverbank is protected, God has kept the wolf from our ewe lamb.
Verse: The rabid wolf wanted to bite her, but almighty God knew how to defend her.
  He willed to make her unable to sin; even original sin this virgin did not have.
Verse: The one who is born is the Great Monarch, Christ the Patriarch, clothed in flesh.
  He has redeemed us by making himself small; though he was infinite, he became finite.

Logan Mirthes, soloist
Erik Proaño and Jaime Chirinos, guitars
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Lawson Gould, Inc.

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Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow  -  Spiritual / Arranged by André J. Thomas
Solo Group: Ivana Estime, October Gomes, Miguel Newman, Mathew Segovia, Tatyana Serrato
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Heritage Music Press

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Chamber Singers
Exultate Deo  -  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1526-1594)
Rejoice in God, our helper, shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
Take up a psalm and bring the timbrel, and the sweet psaltery with the harp.
Blow the trumpet in the new moon, on the notable day of your solemnity. Psalm 81
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ECS Publishing

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This is the Record of John  -  Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
This is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem
To ask him: Who art thou? And he confessed and denied not; and said plainly:
I am not the Christ.

And they asked him: What art thou then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not.
Art thou the prophet? And he answered: No.

Then said they unto him: What art thou? That we may give an answer unto them that sent us.
What sayest thou of thyself? And he said: I am the voice of him that crieth in the wilderness:
Make straight the way of the Lord!

Isabel Gallur, soloist
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Oxford University Press

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The Ground  -  Ola Gjeilo (2011)
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of your glory. Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest!
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Grant us peace.
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Walton Music

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Believe (from The Polar Express)  -  Ballard & Silvestri / Arr. By Teena Chinn
Byron Flores, Jr., soloist
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Alfred Publishing Co.

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Concert Chorale
Still, Still, Still  -  Austrian Carol /Arranged by Kirby Shaw
Gabrielle Sammarone, soloist
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Hal Leonard Corporation

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Carol of the Bells  -  M. Leontovich / Arr. by Peter J. Wilhousky
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Carl Fischer, Inc.

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Dance the Horah!  -  Traditional / Arranged by Joshua Jacobson
Hey Harmonika (Alkony)
Mayim, Mayim (Emanuel Amiran)
Yo, accordion, play for me – so every note will vibrate –
The horah that we danced together in the Galilee.
We shall always remember
The horah that we danced together in the Galilee.
Therefore, with joy shall you draw water from the wells of salvation.

Will Schrantz, Clarinet
Dr. Carol Shansky, Flute
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earthsongs

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Hallelujah  -  Leonard Cohen / Arranged by Ethan Sperry
Soloists:
Khadija Diop and Byron Flores, Jr.
Katie Harrigan and Kaileen Santiago
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Hal Leonard Corporation

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Let It Go (from Frozen)  -  Lopez / Arranged by Mac Huff
Gabrielle Stanowski, soloist
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Hal Leonard Corporation

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Hallelujah! (from Messiah)  -  George Friderick Handel (1685-1759)
Hallelujah! For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ;
And He shall reign forever and ever. Hallelujah
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G. Schirmer, Inc.

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Concert Chorale
Dr. Robert Prowse, director
John DiPinto, pianist

Soprano 1
Maximilian del Rosario, Ivana Estime, October Gomes, Gabrielle Sammarone, Kaileen Santiago, Nebula Vidal

Soprano 2
Mariane Frances Capio, Katie Harrigan, Isabella Rincon, Tatyana Serrato, Aaliyah Silva, Gabrielle Stanowski, Kaury Urena

Alto 1
Hailun Chen, Isabel Gallur, Danielly Garcia, Qawiyya Haqq, Melanie Mora, Janine Salinas

Alto 2
Ja’Mirah Davis, Khadija Diop, Angie Flores, Janayah Jones, Katrina Rada

Tenor 1
Jeison Campoverde-Yunganaula, Jalen Garraway, William Guerrero, Jackie Logan, Logan Mirthes, Miguel Newman, Aaron Rivera, Joshua Rosenthal, Robin Rygh

Tenor 2
Marlon Dominguez, Sebastian Mendes, Erik Proaño, Mathew Segovia, Julio Vazquez

Bass 1
Glenzell Baker, Donaldo Cardoso, Jaime Chirinos, Moses Garcia, Peter Grater, Sage Hudak, Sean Klores, Dev Patel, Cruz Roger Romero

Bass 2
Byron Flores, Jr., Alexander Joseph, Marc Kostenbader, Eddie Velez

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Chamber Singers
Dr. Robert Prowse, director
John DiPinto, pianist
Mateo Acosta, Simone Briscoe, Maximilian del Rosario, Marlon Dominguez, Manuel Encarnacion, Brianna Esteves, Byron Flores, Jr., Isabel Gallur, Jalen Garraway, William Guerrero, Sebastian Mendes, Jordan Owens, Damon Porter, Gabrielle Sammarone, Kaileen Santiago

Robert Prowse, D.M.A. has taught at New Jersey City University for 23 years. He coordinates the Choral Studies and Classical Voice areas of the Music, Dance and Theatre Department. Prowse conducts the Concert Chorale and the Chamber Singers. He also directs Opera Workshop and teaches courses in conducting, music theory and music history. Before coming to NJCU, Prowse held positions at the University of North Alabama and Piedmont College (Georgia). He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree in conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the Master of Music (MM) in choral conducting from Westminster Choir College (now part of Rider University), and the Bachelor of Arts (BA) in music education from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). He has conducted many operas and musicals, including Carmen, Die Fledermaus, Trial by Jury, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Secret Garden, Company, Grease and others. As a baritone soloist, Prowse has over 40 opera roles, including leading roles in works by Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Rossini and many others. In the New York metropolitan area, he has sung with Opera at Florham, The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey, Palisades Opera, Amato Opera, Regina Opera, and more. He has also performed as a church soloist, with oratorio roles that include Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Brahms’ Requiem, Handel’s Messiah and many others. He has appeared in many musicals and operettas, including Chess, Carousel, Les Miserables, HMS Pinafore, and Godspell. Dr. Prowse invites everyone to visit his music site on the web at www.robertprowse.net.

John DiPinto is a pianist, accordionist, singer, actor, music director, composer and arranger. He has worked extensively in the NY theatre and cabaret scenes and is currently music supervisor and orchestrator for Trav’lin’, a new musical featuring the songs of 1930’s Harlem composer and lyricist J.C. Johnson. He has conducted on Broadway (Footloose) and Off-Broadway (Langston in Harlem, Altar Boyz). Other Broadway credits include Footloose, Laughing Room Only, Victor/Victoria. Off-Broadway: Shoes and Baggage, Water From The Moon, A Christmas Memory, Disaster! The Musical, Summer Of '42, I’m Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, Streakin'!, Nor’mal, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, A Man Of No Importance, London Cries. Regional: Make Me A Song, Songs for A New World, The Honky-Tonk Angels. As an actor John has appeared in the New York revivals of Oil City Symphony and The Good Doctor, and regionally in Pump Boys and Dinettes, Smoke On The Mountain, King Mackerel And The Blues Are Running, Billy Bishop Goes To War, and A Day In Hollywood/A Night In The Ukraine. John is currently an Adjunct Professor at NJCU, where he has music directed productions of Ain’t Misbehavin’, Next to Normal, In The Heights, Little Shop Of Horrors and Smokey Joe’s Cafe. He is also a student in NJCU’s graduate M.M. in Jazz Performance program. He is delighted to working with Dr. Robert Prowse and the NJCU Chorale for this holiday concert.