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row 1: Juliet hounsell, Amanda riley, Sara Davidson, gabrielle Sorbo, Aline Miller, Abigail Borin, lindsay Wang, Kylee Blaney, Victoria rose, erin Bender, taylor Marsden, emily o’Sullivan, emma Digiovanni, Ali Digiovanni, Caitlin lesko

row 2: Kahini Mutsuddi, Alaina rose, Caroline Scarola, emma giustozzi, Sierra Moench, Alaina rose, eva lane, Julia orlofski, Chris Stitt, Will dutertre, harrison Scott, Alex laurenzi, ryan hatton, Nina Caldarone, Amanda lopez, Julie fekete, emily lin, Anastasia Zorlas, Sofia foli

row 3: Abigail Miller, Aisha Ullah, isabella fiacco, grace Chuan, Jaqui Sabino, ishani Mehta, Sandiya Venkatesh, David Kleiner, Dylan lynch, Noah Krupnick, Stephen holt, robby Beiermeister, Danny Menack, genevieve o’Donnell, Morgan headden, Alexa Czartorysky, Amanda Mehring, Jessica Menack, Jenna ludlam

row 4: emily Maute, Nicole giordano, Jessica Novak, Mackenzie Wittig, Karis Vecchione, raquelle Dicksen, Peter Droggitis, Mike riccardi, Jared goldfischer, greg Michaels, Brad Deamer, ron Mucci, Chris Bossert, James frank, Sarah Chapman, tori Kotsen, emily holmberg, Jacqueline Smith, Charlotte ronan

Dr. Charles sunDquist, DireCtor

lois Buesser, piano

Barcelonasanta Maria Del Mar

Dilluns, 15 febrer 2016, 20.00

GironaauDitori De la MerCÈ

Dimecres, 17 febrer 2016, 20.00

el Vendrellsant salVaDor

Divendres, 19 febrer 2016, 20.00

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Mountain laKes hiGh sChool ChoirDr. Charles A. Sundquist, Directorlois Buesser, emily lin, PianoAlexander laurenzi, Saxophone

ClauDeFaula sinGersJoaquim “Quim” Bonal Sarro, Director

ClAUDefAUlA SiNgerS(Selections to be Announced)

santa Maria Del Mar, BarCelona

Dilluns, 15 FeBrer 2016, 20.00

Mountain laKes hiGh sChool ChoirDr. Charles A. Sundquist, Director

lois Buesser, emily lin, PianoAlexander laurenzi, Saxophone

teensoullucia Beserova, Director

the Municipal School of Music eixample “Joan Manel Serrat”

MoUNtAiN lAKeS high SChool Choirheilig............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) long time Ago……………………………………..…..Aaron Copland (1900-1990)hymn to the New Age……………………………….....…..lee hoiby (1926-2011)

ChAMBer Choirgaudete omnes……………………………..…………..J. P. Sweelinck (1562-1621)Northern lights……………………………………..........………ola gjeilo (b. 1978)Ave Maria…………………………………………………..…..…Javier Busto (b. 1949)esto les Digo…………………………………………………..….……...….…Kinley lang Sara Davidson, soprano

i’ve Been in the Storm So long………………..…arr. Jeffery Ames (b. 1998) Morgan Headden, alto

everytime We Say goodbye……………….............…Alex laurenzi (b. 1969) Alouette........................…………….............…..........robert Sund (b. 1942)

MoUNtAiN lAKeS high SChool ChoirA Jubilant Song……………………………………Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008) Erin Bender, soprano

i Don’ feel No Ways tired……………….....trad. spiritual, arr. Stacey gibbs

CoMBiNeD ChoirSel rossinyol…………………….…………...……..Antoni Pérez Moya (1884-1964)

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Mountain laKes hiGh sChool ChoirDr. Charles A. Sundquist, Directorlois buesser, emily lin, PianoAlexander laurenzi, Saxophone

el petit estel & JoVes VeusXavier Solé gonzález, Director

el Petit eStel & JoVeS VeUS (Selections to be Announced)

All Praise to Music……....................................………ron Nelson (b. 1929)Prelude in g Major, BWV 541....................................JS Bach (1685-1750)

MoUNtAiN lAKeS high SChool Choirheilig............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) long time Ago…………………………………….…..Aaron Copland (1900-1990)hymn to the New Age……………..……………….....…..lee hoiby (1926-2011)

ChAMBer Choirgaudete omnes……………………………..…………..J. P. Sweelinck (1562-1621)Northern lights……………………………………..........………ola gjeilo (b. 1978)Ave Maria…………………………………………………..…..…Javier Busto (b. 1949)esto les Digo…………………………………………………..….……..….…Kinley lang Sara Davidson, soprano i’ve Been in the Storm So long………………..…arr. Jeffery Ames (b. 1969) Morgan Headden, alto

everytime We Say goodbye………………….…Alexander laurenzi (b. 1998)Alouette........................…………….............…..........robert Sund (b. 1942)

MoUNtAiN lAKeS high SChool ChoirA Jubilant Song……………………………………Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008)i Don’ feel No Ways tired……………….....trad. spiritual, arr. Stacey gibbs Erin Bender, soprano

CoMBiNeD ChoirSel rossinyol…………………….…………...……..Antoni Pérez Moya (1884-1964)

JoaquiM “quiM” Bonal sarro was born in Barcelona on April the 7th of 1967. At age six, he began his musical training at the ArC school of Barcelona. in 1978, he began to study piano with Mª teresa Albiol and lately, since 1981 with Albert romaní. he continued in the superior conservatory of Badalona, studied with elisabeth Segarra, and later, with eulàlia Solé. Joaquim also studied the piano music of impressionistic and romàntic composers with Josep Mª Colomin.

in 1992, he won a grant of la generalitat de Catalunya for studies abroad in Paris. With advice from the teacher, Marian ribizcky, he studied with ramzi Yassa, en-

titled teacher of l’ École Normale de Musique. Since 1994, with the knowledge of ethéry Djakeli, pupil of eduardo del Pueyo, he studied the method and work of the pianist Marie Jaëll. this learning is based in the knowledge of the human body and, especially, the education of the hand in developing a new closeness to music. Joaquim has studied choral conducting with Josep Prats, lluís Vila, Pierre Cao, erwin liszt, Johann Duhick, and lászlo heltáy.

ClAUDefAUlA SiNgerS was formed in 1996 and it is comprised of boys and girls from the age of 10 to 17. from the music school where the choir belongs, we believe that the education of the voice is essential for the approach of the child towards the music. the choir obtained the 1st Prize Cum laude with the special congratulations from the jury in the 54th edition of the Music festival in Neerpelt, Belgium in May of 2006. recently, the choir won the 2nd Prize in the 62nd edition of international Music in Cantonigròs, singing in the Children’s category.

in august of 2010, the choir performed in Nyierghyáza, (hungary), for the 11th festival choral edition and won a silver diplom in the competition.

XaVier solé González - 23 years old, is the conductor of the ensemble, El Petit Estel. he will complete his degree in industrial engineering at the University this year. Also, he is a student at the Music School Pau Casals in el Vendrell, where he has studied conducting and specializing in piano performance.

aGnÈs CruanyesPrincipal in institut Baix Penedès Catedràtica de llengua grega

Dr. Charles sunDquist, a native of Duluth, Minnesota, is the choral director at Mountain lakes high School in Mountain lakes, New Jersey. Previously he was Director of Choirs at Princeton high School for 15 years. his choirs have sung for ACDA Conventions, NYC, the White house, and his choirs have toured to london, Paris, Moscow, St. Petersburg, leipzig, eisenach, Berlin, Budapest, Vienna, Dresden, Prague and Stockholm. he received his Doctorate in organ Performance and literature from the eastman School of Music while studying with David Craighead. he won a Prix d’excellence from the Conservatoire de région de ruiel-Malmaison in france, in the class of

Marie-Claire Alain. While in Paris, he was Associate Choirmaster at the American episcopal Cathedral, accom-panist for a Paris ballet school, and coach/accompanist for members of the Paris opera Chorus. Dr. Sundquist was finalist in the Clarence Mader Competition, numerous Ago regional competitions and recitalist for the Ago regional Convention in Pasadena, CA. he has held posts as Associate organist Pasadena Presbyterian Church, organ Scholar at trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City, and associate organist at St. Clement’s, Philadel-phia. he is also currently Musical Director for McCarter theater in Princeton, and was Associate Musical Direc-tor and pianist for their production of My fair lady, in conjunction with the Shakespeare theater of Chicago.

Dr. Charles Sundquist, nascut a Duluth, Minnesota, és el director dels Cor Mountain lakes high School de Mountain lakes, New Jersey. els cors que ha dirigit han participat a ACDA Conventions, a New York i a la Casa Blanca. Amb els seus cors ha fet gires i concerts a londres, Paris, Moscú, St. Petersburg, leipzig, eisenach, Berlin, Budapest, Viena, Dresden, Praga i Stockholm. Dr. Sundquist es va doctorar en orgue i literatura en l’eastman School of Music on va estudiar amb David Craighead. Va guanyar el Premi d’excel·lència del Conservatori région de ruiel-Malmaison a París, on va estudiar amb Marie-Claire Alain. ha estat organista associat i mestre de capella de la Catedral episcopal Americana, pianista de l’escola de Ballet de París i director i pianista del Cor de l’opera de París. Dr. Sundquist va ser finalista en el concurs Clarence Mader Competition i ha fet concerts en el go regional Convention a Pasadena, a Califòrnia. Va ser també director musical associat i pianista en la producció My fair lady, al Shakespeare theatre de Chicago. ha estat també organista associat en l’església Prespiteriana de Pasadena, a l’església trinity, a Wall Street, New York City, i a l’església de St. Clement’s, a Philadelphia. en l’actualitat és director musical en el teatre McCarter, a Princeton.

luCia BeresoVa , born in Slovakia, currently living in Barcelona, is a graduate of Presov University (Slovakia), of postgraduate studies at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz and of doctoral PhD studies at the Music Academy in Krakow (Poland), all in the conducting field. She also graduated from courses of orchestral conducting in Barcelona and legnica. During her stay in Poland she conducted the MtM choir in Warsaw, with which she performed in Poland and abroad. She cooperated on works such as the haunted Manor by Moniuszki, gloria by Vivaldi and Mozart´s requiem, recorded for radio and television. She currently operates in Barcelona, where she conducts several choirs such as tremolo Vocal ensemble Cor Polifonic Sagrada fa-

milia, Cor Alleluia de tarragona, orfeo Joventut terrassenca, Unio Coral Centre i energia, vocal-instrumental group Pandamia from Universitat de Barcelona and orchestre tremolo. She actively performs in Spain and abroad. in 2012 she won the musical creativity award from Ateneus 2012. She lectures at the Music Academy in Krakow. She cooperates as a soprano and conductor of reVoiCe international Vocal ensemble since 2014.

JorDi Guitart, phDCatedràtic de llengua Anglesa i Alemanya head of Department in institut Baix Penedès President de l’Associació Musical Pau Casals

Mountain lakes high School pro-vides grades 9th through 12th for the communities of Mountain lakes Bor-ough and nearby Boonton township. located in Mountain lakes, the high school’s excellent academic reputa-tion, coupled with strong co-curric-ular and sports offerings, has led to its distinguished reputation among New Jersey high schools. over 70% of the 723 member student body--which includes about 40 hearing impaired students from across the state--maintains an average of 3.0 and above and approximately 95% will go

on to college. Students can choose from over 50 clubs and 23 athletic programs. School goals stress the preparation of students for success in a global society and include the development of skills in technol-ogy, communication, collaboration and critical thinking as well as a community service component.

Developer and entrepreneur herbert J. hapgood established Mountain lakes as a planned suburban residential park in Morris County, New Jersey. the impetus for development was the completion of railroad tunnels connecting New York and New Jersey in 1908-09 through which the hudson and Manhat-tan railway heralded a new era in the development of suburban New Jersey. With these transportation innovations, daily commuting from New York City to more rural New Jersey locales became feasible. families could depend on income generated in New York City, yet enjoy the benefits of year-round wholesome country living. hapgood and his landscape engineer Arthur t. holton sought to attract New York families to their vision of a healthy middle-and upper-middle class lifestyle in a community of large, comfortable homes situated in a natural, park-like setting that featured man-made lakes. today these recreational benefits continue as Mountain lakes continues to offer lake-side beaches in summer and ice skating on frozen lakes in winter within a setting of mature plantings featuring oak trees.

recently having completed a planned residential park in Shoreham on long island, hapgood also rec-ognized the potential in New Jersey for a new commuter town with man-made lakes nestled among the contours of the hills and lowlands of forest and wetlands. Within these New Jersey woodlands, first inhabited by lenape indians and later settled by europeans in the first half of the eighteenth century, some english and Dutch homes remained from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including the grimes homestead that once served as a station on the Underground railroad. By damming wetlands, the fox lakes ice Company created Birchwood, Crystal and Sunset lakes in the late nineteenth cen-tury. in 1910 hapgood also began using dams to create six more lakes: olive, Shadow, Cove, reservoir, Mountain and Wildwood. these lakes provided scenic beauty, recreation central to community life, and

a design center around which houses were built and served to distinguish Mountain lakes as the first year-round lake and park community in northwestern New Jersey. from its founding in 1911, through its incorporation in 1924 and into the present, Mountain lakes has successfully integrated family living with lakes, natural streams and springs, woodlands and wetlands. thus, from its earliest years and throughout its history, Mountain lakes has been identified and maintained as a residential park, joining other park suburbs established during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in england and the United States. Dedicated parkland and undeveloped borough-owned lots contribute to spacious-ness in both the Mountain lakes historic District and the larger Borough for forty percent of land is Borough-owned open space. in fact, at critical junctures in its history, the Borough purchased additional undeveloped land to protect Mountain lakes from intrusive development and to preserve its original design and character as a residential park. Mountain lakes’ ability to regulate its growth and maintain continuity in both landscape design and architecture has been characterized as unique in assessments of recent American city planning. these achievements in community planning and development and landscape design have led to the listing of the Mountain lakes historic District on both the National register of historic Places and the New Jersey State register of historic Places.

Within the historic district, its original housing stock--much of which exists today--was strongly influ-enced by the Arts and Crafts Movement in the United States. this movement first emerged in england as a reaction to industrialization’s cheaply produced machine-made goods and the mechanization of pro-duction that treated workers poorly. from a design standpoint, the Arts and Crafts style also countered the perceived excesses of the Victorian era. the Arts and Crafts Movement sought to revive the crafts tradition and stressed simplicity of design, quality workmanship, the uplifting effects of hand labor, the use of natural materials, and the integration of architecture with nature and the rustic environment. Arts and Crafts architecture known as Craftsman influenced hapgood’s building designs. hapgood’s choices for architecture and landscape design were made when the Arts and Crafts Movement was at its peak of influence in America under the leadership of Craftsman furniture and home designer and builder gustav Stickley. At least several homes were based on gustav Stickley’s house designs published in “the Craftsman” magazine, and establish a direct linkage between Stickley, the leading American figure in Craftsman home design and furnishings, and historic Mountain lakes architecture. hapgood’s houses ranged from small bungalows to large estates and exhibited Craftsman features through their boxy shape and functional design, extensive use of local, natural materials such as wood, stucco and boulderstone and placement to fit the contours of the landscape. Public structures were constructed similarly. By their location on natural rather than graded terrain, and, the use of local building materi-als, the Craftsman-influenced homes closely connect to nature and significantly contribute to Mountain lakes’ identity as a planned residential park and lake suburb. the current Mountain lakes website at www.mtnlakes.org features many original photographs of houses and early settlement, as well as contemporary life in the Borough of Mountain lakes.

Maria t. iacullo-Bird, Ph.D.

ML MOUNtAIN LAKEs hIstORy

Donors Michael & Joan CabassaWilliam & Susan fiaccoJohn & laura fitzgeraldron & Nataly frank Dave & Whitney fryerMichael & Patricia grahamMatthew Krupnick & Polly MirskyMark & Margarethe laurenziMichael &tina Mehringron & Anne Muccilane NeimanKurt & Kristen orlofskigregory & Jamie Pizzanotom & Niki rennaelizabeth russMarc Shapiro & Ann rappleyeJames SontagDeborah SorboAleene Stittlucie Zvaleuskas & eddie Mager

Current list at time of printing

the Mountain lakes Choir would like to dedicate this tour to our parents with heartfelt thanks for their many contributions to make this experience a reality. Most importantly, we dedicate it to them in gratitude for encouraging us in our love of music and our pursuit in sharing our music with others around the world.

ML IN AppRECIAtION

MLaCKnoWleDGeMents

Dr. Anne Mucci, Superintendent Members of the Board of education

Mr. Jeremy Davies, PrincipalMr. robert Downes, Dean of Students Mr. Paul henry, Supervisor of english and fine Artthe staff and administration of Mountain lakes high School

BarCelonalucia Beresova, Choir Director and organizer, international Musical events

GironaSilvia Posa, Cultural Advisor, City Council of girona

el VenDrellAgnès Cruanyes Principal in institut Baix Penedès Catedràtica de llengua grega

Jordi guitart, PhD Catedràtic de llengua Anglesa i Alemanya head of Department in institut Baix Penedès President de l’Associació Musical Pau Casals

FireBirD Fine artsKathie Schmoll, Director, firebird fine Arts, europeMat Schmoll, Special Consultantwww.firebird-tours.com