Memoria University of Newfoundla~d

Gala Concert The first in a series of concerts

celebrating the 25th anniversary of tbe founding of the

School of Music

D.P. Cook Recital Hall:J School of Music

Wednesday:J November 3:1 1999

PROGRAM Dr. Andrea Rose, host

Memorial un·versity Trumpet Choir Dr. Donald Buell, conductor

lntrada

Memorial University Jazz Ensemble Paul Bendzsa, director

Rio La·rgo Satin Doll

Molly Meander

Memorial University Chamber Orchestra Nancy Dahn, conductor Heather Kao, soloist

Concerto for violin op. 8, no. 2 (Summer) 1. Allegro non molto 2. Adagio

Vocal Duet Caroline Schiller and Jane Leibel Maureen olk, piano

Laudarnus Te from Gloria

Duo Concertante

Ronald Lo Presti

Jeff Jarvis Mercer, Strayhorn, Ellington, arr. ferry Nowak Frank Mantooth

A~t:onio Vivaldi 3. ·Tempo irnpetuoso d'Estate

Antonio Vivaldi

Nancy Dahn, violin, and Timothy Steeves, ptano

Danse russe Igor Stravinsky

emorial University Faculty Jane Leibel, Caroline Schiller, Catherine Fitch, Brian Roberts, Douglas Dunsmore Kristina Szutor, Maureen Volk

Liebeslieder Waltzes: Johannes Brahms Wie des A bends schone Rote Wenn so lind dein Auge m.ir Vogelein durchrauscht die Luft Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe Es bebet das Gestrauche

INTERMISSION

emorial University Concert Band r. Donald Buell, conductor

ly Sombra ewfoundland Rhapsody

emorial University Festival Choir . Doug as Dunsmore, conductor

ut de Do eographical Fugue (Newfoundland Style) y Spirit Sang All Day

emorial University Cham6er Choir . Douglas Dunsmore, conductor

Clap Your Hands Magnu1n Mysteriutn u Are The New Day key's Boat

ew-foundland

George Gates Howard Cable

Randy Stonehill; Arr. Mark Hayes Based on work by Ernst Toch Gerald Finzi

Orlando Gibbons Morten Lauridsen A r_r. Peter Knighi Arr. D.P. Cook

THE PERFORMERS TRUMPET CHOIR

Kim Bonia, Patrick Boyle, .Nancy Da-we, Paul Lawlor, Stephen Musgrave Erin Sharpe, Robert Thompson, Amy Walsh, Vera Lynn Walsh

JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Sax Chris Harnett- Alto, Jennifer Hanley- Alto, Craig Pike- Baritone

Trumpet Amy Walsh, Ray Critch, Kim Goodyear

Trombone Steve White

_ Rhythm Section hn l\.1ews - Piano, Sherry Andrews - Keyboards, Johnny Haw kin - Violin, Bass Adam

Foran - Guitar, Angela Dawe- Bass, Andrew Dunsmore- Drums .

Vocalists Laura Dinn, Erin Simms

CHAMBE ORCHESTRA -

Violin Heather Kao, Chris Anstey, Amanda Tulk, Tristan Jeffrey, Colin Jeffrey,

Dannete Eddy, Andrea Lane, Andrea Stowe, ·Angela Garwood, Sarah Lundy

Viola Michelle Lee, Anna Niemisto, Chris Ryan

Cellos Heather Tuach, Adam Press,

Matthew arch

CQ-CERTB

t-rh Concert Ban v.tas formed shorty after Memoria 1S usic Departmen w-as

es-rablished in the rnid-1970s. !_·he band comprises stude ts from the School of M and ot..her divis"ons the uni rersit)7 , an community pla r rs. I recent years its membership as represented n1.ore than 50 ewfoundland and Labrador comn1u · as well as other pro ~iuces, "territories,. and states. The band has toured the island se tin1es,. presenting concerts in chools churches an Arts and Culture _Centres. I h per ormed at regional and national conft:;ren<:es, and recorded arrangement· of The

- to Ne~fot~ndland and 0 Canada for CBC-TV.

Conductors have includ.ed Kjellrun Hestekin, Do1. aid Buell and Ger d _Olso _ Universit)7 of Wisconsi -Madison, a visiting Henrtctt Harvey Professor-.

Picco o ·Iaria Rose, St. John's

F te Sarah Smith, St. ]ol1n"'s Layla Roberts St. John>s An1.y Warren, Clarenville Leanne Kearsey S .... John's Amanda Crocke;:, _ Mount Pearl Kelly Stokes,-St. J ohn"'s Gil ian 1v artin, St. John,s Shannon Jone , t. J oh~'s lv1elinda vlercer, Bay Roberts Ro ene Dryer_ S . John's Jennifer S-canley, St. John's Susan English St. John's '-"ara Br derick, St. John s An1.y Webster, Hebden Bridge, Eng and

0 oe Adele Petten, St Jo1~n s Kathy Conv;ray, St. John~s

Iichelle y ifflin> St. John'

Clarittet Brend Gathera l~ St. John's ~!eli sa Si1nmons

S . John's Dameian Walsh, ~1ount. Pearl

ynette Wi 1sor, Bor:wood

J enn ·fer MacLean,. Nort:h Sydney '\Xlilliam Conkey, St. John"'s Son_ya MacParland, St. ohri's -M4ry O'Driscoll, Grand Falls-Windsor Roh}rn Hutchings, s.-. John's Sandra Thoms, Lower Sackville ayne Oates, Stephenville

J lia Rideout, Mount Pearl

Bass Clarinet J aq_e ~1oran~ Pouch Cove

Bassoon Dei\. nne Sl~t:er, S . John ~s

Contra assoon Chr"stopher D. -..Williant~ St. John"s

Alt Sax phone Jer:.-~ifer I-Ianie}·, T rbay­Chris Harne t, St. J r· , n" AI ison NeatJ , Mou 11: Pearl Katie ·Iurphy, St. Johns Jim --r·racey-, _ 1ount Pearl

Te or Saxo hone Alyson B-yrne, G~ul(

egan oodro'v, St. John's

Ba itone Saxophone Craig tke, St. John's

Cornet Nancy Dav.re, St. Joh Patrick Boyle,

-ount Pearl Step~1en 1usgrave,

Torth Sydn-ey ark Wal~er~, St. Joh

Er"n Sharpe, St. John' Vera Lyn ~alsh~ Go Kirn Goodyear, Goul Charity Dodd, St:. J oh ~ egan Williams St. J

Tr mpet Cherry 1amn1.en, St. Jo 1n's A _aron Avery, St. John

Hor Andrea Lane, St:_ J ohtr' Robert hompson, Sr. John's ~aul Law-lor~ St. John":> Mark Hatcher,

orth Sy-dney

rombone in Butler! Kelligrews

in1 Marrie, St. John's ntily Inrig, Ottawa eith Pike, St. John's

Trombone on Green, St. John's

phoniun1 hrist< Porter, Corner Brook endy J o Parsons, Labrador City. my Clarke, Manuels

· Tuba Jennifer Stephen, Yell ow knife C therine Tansley, Mount Pearl

, Craig Robinson, Corner Brook

Percussion Jamie Wilkinson; Flatrock Brant Parsons, Carbop.ear tviatthew Janes, St. John's Michael Murphy, Topsail, Parami~a Nath, Shillong, India, Guida Hogan, Gander

CHAMBER CHOIR

e Chamber Choir is cotnprised of students) faculty and the community at large. armed in 1975, the choir has played a key role in the development of choral music in

he community through frequent concerts and clinics at the School of Mu ic and at arious other venues throughout the province. The choir has represented . e"\vfoundland and Memoria University in tours throughout Canada and served as

adian ambassadors in two British tours and their highly successful appearance in e international choral event, Festival 500, in 1997.

nder the direction of its urrent co~ductor, Dr. Douglas Dunsmore, the choir has n the National Music Festival's City of Lincoln Award for mixed choirs, placed

rst it the Adult Chamber Choir category of the prestigious CBC Amateur Choir _ ompetition {1980), and was a finalist in the Mixed Choir category in 1990, 1994,

996, and 1998. The choir has two recordings under founding conductor, Dr. D. F. ook: Winter>s Gone.-and Past and MUN Chamber Choir at Exeter Cathed1·al on the aterloo label. In December 1996 the choir released a new CD, TOUR ,95, in

onjunction with an Eastern Canadian tourwi h two other MUN performing groups, Chamber Orchestra and the Brass Quintet.

prtce Amy Warren

Alto Erin Butler Louise collins Katie Jamiesqn Sarah Lundy Paula Parsons

ichelle Simmons · J en..nifer Stephen Andrea Stowe

Tenor Andrew Dale

- Jon Green . Tom Hall Kjellrun I-Ieste tn Titn Marrie Andrev;.r Reid

Bass Tony Chadwick David Chafe David Humphrey Jason Noble Calvin Powell Bryan Po,ver Jeremy Rose David Williams

ACCOI\-IP ANIST Ian Sutherland

FESTIVA~ CHOIR

As part of the university-'s Golden Jubi ee celebrations in 1975, the Memorial . University Siudent Glee Club a,nd the St. J<?h11's Extension. Choir combined to festival choir, under the direction of D. F. ~ook, for a performance -of Haydn-'s Nelson Mass.-'-' This new- choir was so successful that it: w-as decided to keep this combination of student and community singers as a universit:j choral society, u the rtame of the Festival Choir. __ The choir is dedicated to the performance of works for choir and orchestra. Members are selected by, audition from Me.tnorial University and the surrounding community. ...

The choir has aiso been ~nvolved in performance of major works in collaborati the ewfoundland Symphony Orchestra and other university and community instrumental and choral groups.

Under current conductor Dr. Douglas Dunsmore, the 100-voice choir was awa City of Lincoln Trophy as the outstanding adult choir in the 1984 Canadian ...._, ... '-&.:l·~ Festival Competition. The choir gave the best performance in ~the large choir cat in the prestigious 1988 CBC Amateur Choir competition.

Soprano t Jennifer Batten Doreen Bro-wne Alana Dean Christina De~erling Susan English Lisa Golds'Worthy V enessa Goodyear Ann Newhook Ki_mberly Power Julia Read Tammy Short Michelle Simon

Soprano 2 Sherry Andrews Amanda Bishop Kimberly Bonia · Sherri Breen Kate George Elizabeth Glover Krista Greene Heather Hiscock Margaret Hiscock Lihda How-ard

ancy Howse Aimee Kelly Jeannine Maloney MaryM·cKim Jennifer Miller

Helene O,Leary Jertnifer .O'Reilly "\Y/endy Jo Parsons Melissa Rideout Erin Simms Catherine Tansley Mary Warren Tsitsi Wight -

Alto 1 . Robynn Arno d

Marion Cornish Annie Chen . Leah Chisholm

· Amy C arke Kristen Daniels Char· ty Dodd Andrea Ennis Stephanie Garland

. Angela Garw:ood Christine Hiller Elizabeth Hi lman Danielle Kielley Kim King Sarah Learmoilth Sarah Lundy Gillian Martin Paramita Nath Debbie Severs Moira Smith

Jennifer Sranley Kelly Stokes Katrina Thompson Nora Trask Karen Wells

Alto 2 Arin-lvtarie Barrett Alyson Byrne Amanda Crocker Joy Fraser Kim Goodyear F ranees Hanley Heather Hillier . Anne Hughes Emily Inrig Nancy Mugford Melinda Mercer Anne Qufuton Susan Richter Julia Scv.r harz . Alex Singleton Dar ene Small Joy Tillotson ·Amanda Tulk Janice Ttilk Carmel Wyse

nor 1 ll Browne is O'Reilly ay Puddester' raid Stamp -

nor 2 drew Dale omas Duggan

hn Hanley ul Loder ad Oldfield

udct1nus Te:

Bass 1 Mark Belbin Aiden Brazi Steve-Meadus Jason Noble Craig Pike Keith Pike Craig Robinson Steven Rogers C4ris Ryan Ian Sutherland Jim Tracey Brett Vey

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TRANSLATIONS

Bass 2 Chris Anstey Nick Dawson Adani ·Foran-Calvin Powell Bryan Power ­Peter Ralph Jeremy Rose

Rehearsal Accompanis-ts~ Katrina Thompson Ian Sutherland

-Chr~s Ryan

e praise Thee:J We bless Thee, We worship Thee, We glorify Thee, e give praise toThee for Thy gteat Glory! - -

besleider Waltzer:

ie des A bends schone Rote e the evening:Js ovely red, uld I, a poor maiden, like to glow, please one, one boy -d to then to radiate bliss forever.

enn. so lind dein Auge mir hen your eyes look at me gently and lovingly, ~u chase away every last anxiety at troubles my life.

?gelein durchrauscht die Luft -1e little bird rushes through the air, trching for a branch; d my heart desir~ a heart, a heart l which it can blessedly rest. -

n dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe •ve is a dark shaft , rery dangerous well; d I, poor man, fell in. :an neither hear -nor see, :an only think about my bliss, :an on y moan in my woe.

Es bebet das Gestrauche The bushes are trembling; they were brushed by a little bird in flight, _In the same way, my soul trembles, _

·overcome by love, pleasure and sorrow, as it thinks of -you.

0 Magnum Mysterium 0 great mystery, and wondrous sacrament, that animals should see the new-born Lord, lying in their manger! Blessed is the Virgin "rhose womb was

· worthy to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia!

e o · a ers · 's es va f A e sa will celebrate several key~ events during 1998-

• 75th ann· ersary of U i ers·ty Co lege

e fo n ·no- of b

925 ~

e

• 50 a i rer ary of the estab ishment o f emo ·a U · ersity of ew£ou d a d

degree-grant·ng ·ns i ution ( 949 ,

• 35t a ·versary of the creation of the an

• 25th a iversary of the opening of s·r · Co er B ook ( 975).

a e s ute

The central image in the Ce ebr.ate _ ernorial ·ogo is the e

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o er ~ being built on the St. John's campus through the genera support of the Johnson Family Foundation. e c oc symboliz exciting time spent at the university by Memoria's st dents, pas present and future. e ame, in conju ct· on with the tower, represents a birthday candle in celebration of our anniversaries. flame a so commemorates those brave souls who, in war, gave t lives for freedom and for whom the university wil a -ways be a 1 memorial. The centra image is a so as ·zeds , ·. , representin university's marine orientation and a critical part of her academi mission. In the o o spec r behind the tower, the orange an ye ow represent the sun setting on Memorial's illustrious past a the sun rising on her emerging future. The green and blue repres

ewfoundland's natural environment- the and~ the sky and th ocean- that serves to shape :M:emoria University forever.

For a listing of Festival of Anniversaries events and more ·nformation about the anniversaries~ consult the "\Veb page http://ww .rnun.ca/celebrate or phone 737-2510.

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