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Fall Choral Showcase Friday, October 28th

Treble Choir

Jennifer Sengin, conductor

Kyung-Mi Kim, pianist

Chorus Members

Sigue

Ivette Herryman (b. 1982)

Bailey Dean, conductor

- Nicolás Guillén

TāReKiṬa

Reena Esmail (b. 1983)

Rosie Smith, conductor

All Shall be Well

Sarah Quartel (b. 1982)

Tania Maxwell Clements, violin

Sarah Quartel, inspired by reflections from members of the commissioning choir submitted in July 2020

- Julian of Norwich (1343-after 1416)

Still I Rise

Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962)

Kyle Edmonston, drum set

- Rosephanye Powell

University Singers

Deanna Joseph, conductor

Miaomiao Wang, pianist

Chorus Members

Idumea

Sacred Harp

arr. Rick Bjella

- Charles Wesley

Selig sind die toten

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1782)

- Revelation 14:13

A Silence Haunts Me

Jake Runestad (b. 1986)

The Passing of the Year

Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)

I. Invocation

II. The Narrow Bud Opens Her Beauties to the Sun

III. Answer July

I. Invocation

O Earth, O Earth, return!

- William Blake

II.The Narrow Bud Opens Her Beauties to the Sun

- William Blake

III. Answer July

- Emily Dickinson

Hard Times Come Again No More

Stephen Foster (1826-64) arr. Shawn Kirchner (b. 1973)

- Stephen Foster

Unclouded Day

JK Alwood arr. Shawn Kirchner (b. 1973)

- Rev. J.K. Alwood

Tenor-Bass Choir

Thomas Dixon, conductor

Victoria Shorokhova, pianist

Chorus Members

The Music of Living

Dan Forrest (b. 1978)

Ernesto Lima Parets, conductor

- Anonymous

Wild Mountain Thyme

arr. Karen Marrolli

Tania Maxwell Clements, violin

- Robert Tannahil (1774 - 1812)

Come and Go To That Land

Tradition Spiritual, arr. Brandon Waddles

Kyle Edmonston, drum set

Rontray Miller II, conductor

- Traditional Spiritual

True Colors

Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg, arr. James Deignan

Caleb Cole and Rontray Miller II, soloists

- Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg

Choral Union

Jennifer Sengin, conductor

Victoria Shorokhova, pianist

Chorus Members

Nda wana

Traditional Venda, arr. Michael Barrett

Anneliese Depenthal, conductor

- Traditional Venda

Cantate Domino

Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

- Text from Psalm 95:1-3

Lord, Send Your Spirit

Raymond Wise

Austen Smith, conductor

- Raymond Wise, based on Acts 1:8

Wide Open Spaces

Sarah Quartel

- Sarah Quartel

I Sing Because I'm Happy

Charles H. Gabriel, arr. Kenneth Paden, and adapted by Rollo Dilworth

Kyle Edmonston, drum set

- Civilla D. Martin

Dr. Jennifer Sengin

Jennifer Sengin is the Associate Director of Choral Activities at Georgia State University where she conducts the Women’s Chorus and Choral Union and teaches graduate choral literature, graduate and undergraduate conducting, undergraduate choral methods, and supervises student teachers. Under her direction, the Women’s Chorus recently performed at the Georgia Music Educators Association Conference in January, 2020. Dr. Sengin is very passionate about recruiting. In collaboration with the Director of Choral Activities, she has worked to increase enrollment in the choral program at GSU. In 2021, Dr. Sengin was named a semi-finalist for The American Prize in Conducting–college/university division and the Women’s Chorus was named a semi-finalist in Performance–college/university division.

Dr. Deanna Joseph

Dr. Deanna Joseph is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the Georgia State University School of Music where she conducts the University Singers and leads the master’s program in choral conducting. In her time at GSU, Dr. Joseph has received numerous University awards, including the College of the Arts’ Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award (2021), the Alumni Distinguished Professor Award, a University-wide award given to “a model of the teacher-scholar ideal” (2018) and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Outstanding Teacher Award (2015). A recent review of her work states, “[t]he choir sings with great musicality, excellent intonation, clear diction, and a healthy and beautiful pallet of tone colors…” (The Choral Scholar).

Graduate Choral Conductors

Credits:

Created with images by Jenifoto - "Fall border of colorful pumpkins and silver leaves against a rustic wood background. Side view with copy space." • Kavita - "Landscape of misty mountain hills at fall" • Biletskiy Evgeniy - "Foggy forest in the mountains. Landscape with trees and mist. Landscape after rain. A view for the background. Nature image" • Paloma Ayala - "fog in the mountains" • Pellinni - "fog in the spruce forest" • ImagesMy - "Autumn halloween pumpkins" • Pavel Klimenko - "abstract autumn background with leafage" • S.T.A.R.S - "Foggy Autumn Forest at Suns rise" • Gorilla - "Scenic view of misty autumn landscape with beautiful old bridge in the garden with red maple foliage." • Jess_Ivanova - "Amazing autumn view with horses on a meadow in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria" • dbvirago - "Orange leaves turing in the fall against a blue sky" • scottevers7 - ""Indian Corn"" • ImagESine - "Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) plant, close-up macro, panoramic view on blurred background. Aromatic seasoning cooking ingredient. Thyme herb growing in garden. Organic herbs green thyme plant. " • alexanderuhrin - "Aerial top view of misty forest with road in the mountains. Drone photography. Rainforest ecosystem and healthy environment concept." • Кирилл Рыжов - "Closeup photo of fresh red and yellow apples" • Zbigniew - "Armillaria mellea, commonly known as honey fungus - a basidiomycete fungus in the genus Armillaria (close-up). " • Jo Panuwat D - "red maple leaves in the garden with copy space for text, natural colorful background for Autumn season and vibrant falling foliage concept" • wip-studio - "Falling leaves, Wind Blows Away the Autumn Leaves " • Piotr Krzeslak - "Drone aerial view - windy road in autumn" • orestligetka - "A sparrow (Passer) sits on a tree branch" • Alfonso Soler - "Orchestra woman conductor music conducting. Hands of conductor with baton on black background"