PERSONNEL UNIVERSITY SINGERS

soprano alto tenor

Mia Bledsoe Arielle Amansec Seth Berdahl
Amie Brecheisen Madeleine Brunkan Robbie Carr
Leah Burian Sierra Burke Connor Eyler
Yuanduo Chen Naomi Castro Houston Eymann

SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DANCE

Kasey Eck Charlotte Coons Seth Greenberg
Courtney Kaltenbach Xie Jing Ransom Hovekamp
Hannah Lake Alysia Knapp Skyler LaMotte
Meghan Loftus Abigail Kellems Connor Oppedal
Sheena Moore Jane Lim Taylor Russell
Milaan Moses Ann Mangan Ethan Shafer
Heather Ralph
Neeka Safdari
Julissa Martinez
Casey McGuire
Joshua Simon
Noah Tretter Chamber Choir
Jessica Searl Rose Nason Daniel Yim Sharon J. Paul, conductor
Eva Shen Natalie North
Olivia Smith Eva Osirus bass
Carly Wyatt
Emily Zeimentz
Malia Scharer
Becca Seifert
Cameron Barnett
Max Brewer University Singers
Hilary Smith Noah Camuso Melissa C. Brunkan, conductor
Josie Thomas Andrew Donahue Hung-Yun Chu, piano
Please join us on
Marshall Verney Jared Fischer
Monday, July Kaydee Willis Sean Gley
29th, at 7:30 p.m. Ryan Hoang
in Beall Hall when Lincoln Hopkins
Chamber Choir will perform a Farewell Thomas Janssen
Concert before leaving for our summer Jeremy King
tour of Sweden. We fly to Stockholm the Sonny Kusaka
very next day to begin a four-city concert Jacob Lee
tour before arriving to compete at the Nickolas Perini
Grand Prix of Nations Choral Competition Anthony Spreitler
in Gothenburg, Sweden. Payton Swartout
Preston Wysopal

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Season 118, Program 64
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soprano
Darkness and Light
Cera Babb | MMus | Choral Conducting | Calgary, Canada
All Creatures Now are Merry Minded (1601) John Bennet (1575-1614) Kasey Eck | MMus | Choral Conducting | Gig Harbor, WA
Bailey Halleen | BMME | Music Education | Salem, OR
O vos omnes (1603) Carlo Gesualdo (1561-1613) Morgan Paige | BMus | Vocal Performance | Westlake Village, CA
Tracy Reasoner | BA | General Music | Corvallis, OR
Stetit Angelus (2009) Rihards Dubra Elizabeth Reynaud| BA | General Music | Portland, OR
Alice Somerville | BMME | Music Education | Salem, OR
Hallelujah (2012) arr. Shawn Kirchner Alycia Thatcher | BMus | Vocal Performance | Eugene, OR

His Banner of Love alto

Claire Buchanan | BMus | Vocal Performance | Fresno, CA
I sat down under His shadow (1925) Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) Lydia Burkett | BMME | Music Education | Medford, OR
Naomi Castro | MMus | Choral Conducting | Mililani, HI
O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf (1860) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Kelly Hefty | BMME | Music Education | Aloha, OR
Marjorie Sheiman | BMus | Vocal Performance | Portland, OR
Celestial Sky Jamie Smith | BMME | Music Education | Medford, OR
Isabel Valle | BA | General Social Sciences | Portland, OR
Day of Fire and Sun (2018) Dominick DiOrio
Elena Zilar | BA | History and Political Science | Eugene, OR
The Bluebird (1910) Charles Stanford (1852-1924)
tenor
Lawrence Barasa | BMus | Vocal Performance | Nairobi, Kenya
Iuppiter (2007) Michael Ostrzyga
Jared Fischer | MMus | Choral & Orchestral Conducting | Asheville, NC
Ransom Hovekamp | BMME| Music Education | La Grande, OR
Unbroken Circles
Carson Lott | MMus | Vocal Performance | Seattle, WA
Will the Circle Be Unbroken (2016) arr. J. David Moore Easton Marks | BMME | Music Education | Salem, OR
Elizabeth Reynaud, soprano Everett Nash | BA | General Music | Eugene, OR
Daniel Yim | BMus | Bassoon Performance | Albany, OR
I denna ljuva sommartid (2017) arr. Bengt Ollén
bass
Ronda Catonga (2001) arr. Pablo Trindade-Roballo Blake Balmaseda | BMME| Music Education | Newberg, OR
Robert Bohall IV | BMus | Jazz Studies | Newberg, OR
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1994) Traditional Spiritual Ely Cleland | BMME | Music Education | Eugene, OR
arr. David Brunner Zari Crier | BS | General Music | Salem, OR
Javier Jimenez | BA | General Music | Fairview, OR
Thixo Onothando (2018) arr. Michael Barrett Dane Johnsen | BA | Journalism | Beaverton, OR
Lawrence Barasa, Dane Johnsen, Payton Lommers, soloists Mark King | BMus | Music Composition |Saipan, N. Mariana Islands
Payton Lommers | BMus | Music Composition | Corvallis, OR
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Öhtul — intermission —
The little bird grows silent as the wind blows.
Laudate Jehovam, omnes gentes (1758) Georg Philip Telemann
The small flower falls asleep caressed by the dew.
(1681–1767)
Twilight blushes as she kisses the night.
Hung-Yun Chu, harpsichord
The forest trees sleep in memory and silence.
Cilka Daniels and Andy Strietelmeier, violin
They are wistful for my song, now a silent memory,
as it paddles far away.
Öhtul (2012) Pärt Uusberg
~ Ernst Enno (1875-1934)
Naomi Castro, conductor
Wangol
Wangol (2001) Traditional Haitian
Wangol, you are leaving. arr. Sten Källman
When will I see you again? Kasey Eck, conductor
The country is changing. Leah Burian and Meghan Loftus, soloists
~Traditional Haitian Robby Carr, Natalie North, and Chandler Larsen, percussion

‘O Kou Aloha No ‘O Kou Aloha No (2000)(1895) HRM Queen Lili‘uokalani (1838-1917)

arr. Carol Crosier
O Lord, thy loving mercy Kasey Eck, solo
is high as the heavens;
It tells us of thy truth, All Too Soon (2003) Traditional Celtic Tune
it is filled with holiness. arr. Stephen Hatfield
Hung-Yun Chu, piano
While humbly meditating
imprisoned within these walls Ain’t No Grave Can Hold My Body Down (2005) Traditional Spiritual
Thou art my light and haven; arr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory
Thy glory, my support. Hung-Yun Chu, piano
Look not on their failings
nor on the sins of humanity.
Forgive with loving kindness
that we might be made pure.

For thy grace, I beseech thee

to bring us under thy protection.
So peace will be our portion
now and forever more. Amen.
~ HRM Queen Lili ‘Uokalani
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All Creatures Now Are Merry Minded The little Africans also make the ring with the night in their hands.
We have to throw an arrow and dance the candombe
All creatures now are merry minded. So that the little devil “mandinga’’ will run away.
The shepherd’s daughters playing, I sing the “tiringu tingo” when I see a beautiful girl passing by.
The nymphs are fa-la-la-ing, The stars make a ring when they play with the sun,
Yon bugle was well winded. And in the candombe of the sky, the moon is the biggest drum.
At Oriana’s presence each thing smileth. Dance to the circle.
The flow’rs themselves discover, ~Traditional Uruguay dance text
Birds over her do hover,
Music the time beguileth. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
See where she comes with flow’ry garlands crowned,
Queen of all queens reknowned. Swing low, sweet chariot,
Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana: Comin’ for to carry me home.
“Long live fair Oriana!” I looked over Jordan and what did I see,
Comin’ for to carry me home,
O Vos Omnes A band of angels comin’ after me,
Comin’ for to carry me home.
All you who pass along this way, ~Traditional Spiritual
Behold and see if there is any sorrow
Like unto my sorrow. Thixo Onothando
~ Lamentations 1:12
God of love,
Stetit Angelus I stand before thee
God of love,
An Angel stood near the altar of the temple Give me love so I may testify about you.
Holding a golden censer in his hand. Hosanna above,
And the incense smoke ascended before the presence Hosanna in the highest.
of the Lord from the Angel’s hand. God I am here today,
~ Revelations 8: 3-4 Hosanna.
Hallelujah Laudate Jehovam, omnes gentes
And let this feeble body fail, O praise the Lord, all nations,
And let it faint or die; Praise him, all people
My soul shall quit this mournful vale, For his compassion is great toward us,
And soar to worlds on high; And the truth of the Lord endures forever.
Alleluia.
And I’ll sing hallelujah, ~Psalm 117
And you’ll sing hallelujah,
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And we all can sing together, And we’ll all sing hallelujah
‘Cause the circle never ends. When we arrive at home.
I was born down in the valley
Where the sun refuse’ to shine O what are all my sufferings here,
But I’m climbing up to the highland, If, Lord, Thou count me meet
Gonna make that mountain mine! With that enraptured host to appear,
And worship at Thy feet!
Oh, will the circle be unbroken
By and by, Lord, by and by, Give joy or grief, give ease or pain,
There’s a better home awaitin’ Take life or friends away,
In the sky, Lord, in the sky. But let me find them all again
~Cathy Winter, Betsy Rose, & Marcia Taylor In that eternal day.
~Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
I denna ljuva sommartid
I sat down under His shadow
Into the summertime we go
With joyful hearts we see life grow I sat down under His shadow with great delight,
In all its variation. And His fruit was sweet to my taste.
How beautiful the earth now is He brought me to the banqueting house,
In all its splendour full of bliss And His banner over me was love.
A gift of God’s creation. ~Song of Solomon ii. 3, 4

Looking how the nature now is blessed: O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf
The trees have leaves, the soil is dressed
With clothes of greening pastures. O Savior, tear open the heavens,
Our hearts are filled with gratitude Flow down to us from heaven above;
When seeing flowers multitude, Tear off heaven’s gate and door,
Beyond what we may measure. Tear off every lock and bar.
~ Translation by Per Harling
O God, a dew from heaven pour;
Thank you to Swedish exchange student Filip Lange In the dew, O Savior, downward flow.
for assistance with the Swedish pronunciation. Break, you clouds, and rain down
The king of Jacob’s house.
Ronda Catonga
O earth, burst forth; burst forth, O earth,
The children in all corners dance the Ronda Catonga. So that mountain and valley all become green;
With their hands they make the circle of the big ring. O earth, bring forth this little flower;
Makumba, makumbebé, O Savior, spring forth out of the earth.
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Here we suffer the greatest distress; A moment, ere the bird had passed,
Before our eyes stand bitter death. It caught his image as he flew.
Ah, come lead us with your powerful hand ~Mary E. Coleridge (1861-1907)
From this misery to our Father’s land.
Iuppiter
Therefore we all want to thank you,
Our redeemer, for ever and ever. Jupiter Best and Greatest,
Therefore we also want to praise you Majesty, Father Sky God,
At all times, always, and forever. Amen. God the Father Almighty,
~ Friedrich Spee (1591-1635), translation by Ron Jeffers Celestial God.

Day of Fire and Sun Jupiter, Lightning, Messenger, Sun God

Send out your heavenly rays of light.
Oh day of fire and sun,
Pure as a naked flame, Heavenly Jupiter, Predictor of Future,
Blue sea, blue sky and dun Winner, Light-Bringer, Giver of Rain,
Sands where he spoke my name; God of Latium, Protector, Conqueror,
Defender of Boundaries, Thunderer,
Laughter and hearts so high God of Thunder, God of Storms,
That the spirit flew off free, King of Tremendous Majesty, God of Heroic Glory,
Lifting into the sky God of Nocturnal Thunder.
Diving into the sea;
Jupiter, Best and Greatest, Jupiter
Oh day of fire and sun
Like a crystal burning, Jupiter, Best and Greatest,
Slow days go one by one, Majesty, Sky Father,
But you have no returning. Jupiter Majesty of the Father,
~Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) Omnipotent Celestial God.

The Blue Bird Will the Circle Be Unbroken

The lake lay blue below the hill. Will the circle be unbroken
O’er it, as I looked, there flew By and by, Lord, by and by,
Across the waters, cold and still, There’s a better home awaitin’
A bird whose wings were palest blue. If we try, Lord, if we try

The sky above was blue at last, I was singing with my sisters,
The sky beneath me blue in blue. I was singing with my friends.,