ASU CHORAL PROGRAM
Presents

COMING EVENTS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 7:00 P.M.
CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

APPEAR! INSPIRE! A CELEBRATION OF MUSIC
Chamber Singers, Chamber Orchestra, and OME
Featuring Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia and
Handel’s Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day and much, much more!
Featuring a Rosie’s House Showcase at 7:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 7:30 P.M.
ASU GAMMAGE AUDITORIUM

HOLIDAY GALA
Choral Union, Barrett Choir, Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chorus, Concert Choir,
Chamber Singers, Gospel Choir, and Symphony Orchestra
Featuring ASU Faculty Member Gordon Hawkins, baritone

For more information about our ensembles and upcoming concerts:
music.asu.edu/choirs

Screeches and Screams
for Halloween
Choral Union, Women’s Chorus,
Men’s Chorus, and Barrett Choir
Stephanie Weiss, mezzo-soprano
Bartlett R. Evans, Julie Neish,
and David Schildkret, conductors
Monday, October 31, 2016
7:30 p.m
Tempe Center of the Arts

PROGRAM
Revelation

CHORAL UNION
Excerpts from Orfeo ed Euridice
Act I:

Act II:

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1750 – 1787)

Introduction: Chorus of Nymphs and Shepherds (“Ah! se intorno”)
Recitative: Orpheus (“Basta! Basta!”)
Pantomime Chorus of Nymphs and Shepherds (“Ah! se intorno”)
Chorus of Nymphs and Shepherds (“Ah! se intorno”)
Dance and Chorus of Furies and Specters (“Chi mai del Erebo”)
Dance of the Furies
Chorus of Furies and Specters (“Chi mai del Erebo”)
Scene: Orpheus and Chorus of Furies and Specters (“Deh! placatevi con me”)
Chorus of Furies and Specters (“Misero giovine!”)
Aria: Orpheus (“Mille pene”)
Chorus of Furies and Specters (“Ah! quale incognito”)
Aria: Orpheus (“Che puro ciel”)
Chorus of Heroes and Heroines (“Torna, o bella”)

MEN’S CHORUS
A Patriotic Salute

WOMEN’S CHORUS
hist whist (e.e. cummings)

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Act I: Che faceste?
Act III: Tre volte miagola la gatta
Witch 1: Amanda Tunning, Witch 2: Emily Evans, Witch 3: Kelsey McAlarney
Witch 4: Lauren Engel, Witch 5: Micaela Rebb, Witch 6: Ashley Grampp
Grim Grinning Ghosts

Buddy Baker (1918 – 2002)
arr. Geoff Castellucci, adapted by Julie Neish
Lexi Faust, beatboxer

David C. Dickau (b. 1953)

Down by the Riverside

arr. Brant Adams

Beauty Is Her Name (Wanetta Hill)
Baba Yetu
(from the video game Civilization IV)

Earlene Rentz (b. 1956)
Christopher Tin (b. 1976)
adapted by Derek Machan

Emma Song, piano
Bartlett R. Evans, conductor

BARRETT CHOIR
Double Trouble
(from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
The Ghost Ship

Jere Hutcheson (b. 1938)
arr. John Richard

Witches’ Choruses from Macbeth

arr. Linda Spevacek

The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost)

Act III: Recitative and Aria: Orpheus (“Ahi mè…Che faro senza Euridice”)
Finale: Orpheus and Chorus (“Trionfi Amore”)

Orpheus: Stephanie Weiss, mezzo-soprano
Norman Jenson, piano
David Schildkret, conductor

Z. Randall Stroope (b. 1953)
Emily Welsh, soprano
Hyewon Rina Kim, piano
Julie Neish, conductor

John Williams (b. 1932)
arr. Teena Chinn
Dave and Jean Perry

Bach (Again) (“Come, Sweet Death”)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Conceived by Edwin London, arr. Rhonda Sandberg
Barbara Allen

English Folk Song
arr. David Schildkret

Nightmare Before Christmas (Medley)
This is Halloween
What’s This?
Kidnap the Sandy Claws
Oogie Boogie’s Song
Nathan Arch, piano
David Schildkret, conductor

Danny Elfman (b. 1953)