Festival of Christmas - Sunday

Dr. Bruce Kotowich conducting the UWindsor Chamber ChoirDr. Bruce Kotowich conducting the UWindsor Chamber Choir
Sunday, December 2, 2018 - 14:30

 

Sunday, December 2, 2:30 pm

Festival of Christmas

UWindsor Chamber Choir
University Singers
  Dr. Bruce Kotowich, director
 
SoCA High School Honour Choir, Elspeth Maynard, director
Collaborative artists: Alde Calongcagong, Eric Swiatoshik
Trevor Pittman, clarinet
Peter Wiebe, cello

New location: 
Banwell Community Church, 2400 Banwell Rd, Windsor

Tickets $20;  Students with ID $5

Please purchase your tickets at the church up to one hour prior to the concert.

PROGRAM
 
Audience Carol:      O Come, All Ye Faithful
 
Al Hanissim      J.A. Kawarsky
Trevor Pittman, clarinet
 
O Magnum Mysterium      I. Antognini
 
Himig Pasko      arr. G. Hernandez
 
A Ceremony of Carols      B. Britten
  1.  Hodie
  2.  Wolcum Yole!
  3.  There is no Rose
  4.  That Yongë Child
    Madeline Doornaert, mezzo-soprano
    4b. Balulalow
    Jael Hernandez and Gabrielle Johnston, sopranos
  5. As Dew in Aprille
  6. This Little Babe
    11. Hodie
UWindsor Chamber Choir
Dr. Bruce J.G. Kotowich, director
Alde Calongcagong, collaborative artist
 
 
Audience Carol:      Joy to the World
 
Three Spanish Carols      A. Snyder
    Riu Riu Chiu
      Carmen del Castro Olivera, alto
      Alberto Perez Rodriguez, baritone
    A la Puerta del Cielo
      Lev Tokol, baritone
    Ya Viene la Vieja
      Phoenicia Cassidy-Boulos, percussionist
 
SoCA High School Honour Choir
Elspeth Maynard, director
Eric Swiatoshik, collaborative artist
 
Audience Carol:      White Christmas
 
A Winter Day      S. Quartel
  1. Timid Star
  2. A Winter Dawn
    Vivian Alcantara Romero, soprano
  3. Into Morning
  4. A Winter Day
  5. Snow Toward Evening
University of Windsor USingers
Dr. Bruce J.G. Kotowich, director
Alde Calongcagong, collaborative artist
Peter Wiebe, ‘cello
 
All of Us, Considering Matthew Shepard     C. Hella Johnson
 
The Twelve Days of Christmas      arr. Bob Chilcott
Combined University Choirs
Madeline Doornaert, mezzo-soprano
Vivian Alcantara Romero and Savannah Muscat, soprano
Mackenzie Hoekstra, tenor
Ken Wood, lead
Jacob Flynn, baritone
Max Arvidsson, bass
Lilly Korkontzelos, soprano
Pia Lampitoc, alto
David Katich- McNamara, bass-baritone
Nick Baddeley, percussionist
 
INTERMISSION
 
Season of Peace      S. Albrecht/J. Althouse
Julia Cote, soprano
Zeb Fulcher, baritone
Phoenicia Cassidy-Boulos, alto
 
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town     arr. Ed Lojeski
SoCA High School Honour Choir
 
Audience Carol:                Deck the Hall
 
A Dylan Thomas Christmas             arr. Jon Washburn
            1.   Still, Still Still
            2.   Fum, Fum, Fum
            3.   The Huron Carol
            4.    See amid the winter’s snow
            5.   Ding dong merrily on high
            6.   O Christmas tree
            7.   God rest ye merry gentlemen
            8.   O little town of Bethlehem
            9.   Here we come a-caroling
            10. Good King Wenceslas
            11. Patapan
            12. Silent Night arr. H. Hopson
            Verse 1 – Audience and Choirs
            Verse 2 – SoCA High School Honour Choir
            Verse 3 – UWindsor Choirs
            Verse 4 – Audience and Choirs
           
Combined UWindsor, SoCA Choirs  
Dr. Douglas Kneale – Interim President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Windsor, narrator
 
Audience Carol:    We Wish You a Merry Christmas
 
 
CHORISTERS
 
SoCA HIGH SCHOOL HONOUR CHOIR
Elspeth Maynard, conductor
Eric Swiatoshik, piano
 
Sopranos
Karly-Anne Abalajon
Julia Archer
Julia Cote
Meredith Garswood
Parker Jones
 
Altos
Kendall Ackland
Mikayla Basque
Mackenzie Beltran
Phoenicia Cassidy-Boulos
Carmen De Castro Olivera
                                                                       
Baritones
Joshua Dunkley
Zeb Fulcher
Spencer Ridpath
Alberto Perez Rodriguez
Lev Tokol
 
 

UWindsor Chamber Choir

Soprano       
Vivian Alcantrara
Jael Hernandez
Emily Houchen
Gabrielle Johnstone
Savanna Muscat
Nicole Wall
Miranda Wilson
           
Alto    
Madeline Doornaert
Lillian Korkontzelos
Alanah Shields
Bonnie Trealout
           
Tenor
Pia Lampitoc
Quinn McCarthy
Long Hoang Tran Nguyen
           
Bass/Baritone
Max Arvidsson
Aaron Beaudette
Steven Boere
Jacob Flynn
Zhining Hu   
Konrad Jarecki
David Katich-McNamara
Parker Manson
 
 

UWindsor University Singers   

Soprano                   
Vivian Alcantrara     
Meaghan Carpentier          
Jade Chang 
Elora Durocher       
Hope Forman          
Bernarda Doctor     
Jael Hernandez      
Anson Ho                 
Emily Houchen       
Gabrielle Johnstone          
Yunwei Lu                
Kaitlin Montgomery
Savanna Muscat     
Lisha Ottley  
Nicole Wall  
Miranda Wilson       
Lucy Kavanagh       
                       
Alto                
Brooklyn Beaulne   
Karen Chung           
Bethany D'Alimonte
Caterina Augimeri  
Maxine Hendy          
Lillian Korkontzelos           
Cheyenne Mclaughlin        
Elexus Robertson  
Jilian Sheeler          
Alanah Shields       
Emily Thompson    
Alexa Wade  
Marijana Zec
                       
Tenor            
Mackenzie Hoekstra          
Pia Lampitoc           
Julian Macoice        
Quinn McCarthy      
Jlong Hoang Tran Nguyen
Allesandro Rotondi
Kurt Stenger
                       
Bass/Baritone         
Max Arvidsson         
Nick Baddeley         
Aaron Beaudette     
Steven Boere           
Radoslaw Budzik   
Colin Cooper           
Mitchell Corrent       
Robert Dreyer          
Gregory Duff
Jacob Flynn 
Zhining Hu               
Dylan Iannicello      
Konrad Jarecki        
Aleksander Jezdic  
David Katich-McNamara
Yu Liang                   
Michael Molnar        
Michael Zalewski    
Ian Scott                   
Sam Poole               
Francios Lepage    
Jonathan Mastrogiacomo
 

 

 

 

Updates: Nov. 19, 2018

 

 

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