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Concert Programs

NC State Choirs Holiday Concert

December 1, 2023 │ 7:30 p.m. │ Stewart Theatre

three choir singers perform. The singer on the far right is wearing a Santa hat.

NC State Department of
Performing Arts and Technology

presents

NC State Choirs

with
The Brickyard Brass Quintet

Nathan Leaf, conductor
Ariadna Nacienceno, piano


Program

Combined Choirs and Brass

Personent Hodie
arr. Hoggard

University Singers

Sleigh Ride
Anderson, arr. Ades

Winter Dreams
PinkZebra

Audience Carol

Frosty the Snowman

Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul
With a corn cob pipe and a button nose
And two eyes made out of coal.
Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale, they say
He was made of snow, but the children know
how he came to life one day
There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found
For when they placed it on his head, he began to dance around
Frosty the snowman was as live as he could be
And the children say he could laugh and play
Just the same as you and me

Frosty the snowman knew the sun was hot that day
So he said ‘Let’s run and we’ll have some fun,
Now before I melt away.’
Down to the village with a broom stick in his hand
Running here and there all around the square
Saying, ‘Catch me if you can!’
He led them down the streets of town right to the traffic cop
He only paused a moment when they heard him holler, ‘Stop!’
Frosty the snowman had to hurry on his way
But he waved goodbye saying, ‘Don’t you cry
I’ll be back again, someday.’

Thumpety thump thump, thumpety thump thump
Look at Frosty go!
Thumpety thump thump, thumpety thump thump
Over the hills of snow.

Chamber Singers

A Winter Breviary
Reena Esmail

  1. We Look For You (Evensong); Raag Hamsadhwani
  2. The Year’s Midnight (Matins); Raag Malkauns
  3. The Unexpected Early Hour (Lauds); Raag Ahir Bhairav

Home for the Holidays
Stillman and Allen, arr. Hayes

Little Jack Frost (Get Lost)
Stillman and Ellis, arr. Narverud

State Chorale

Selections from Messiah
G. F. Handel
And the Glory of the Lord
Recitative:

  • There were shepherds
  • And lo! The angel of the Lord came upon them
  • And the angel said unto them
  • And suddenly there was with the angel
    Sopranos: Sofia Leander, Jade Vogelsong, Maddie Martin

Glory to God
Hallelujah

Audience Carol

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

You know Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen
Comet and Cupid, Donner and Blitzen
But do you recall
The most famous reindeer of all?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it
You would even say it glowed
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say (hey Rudolph)
Rudolph, with your nose so bright,
Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight
Then how the reindeer loved him,
As they shouted out with glee:
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
You’ll go down in history

Combined Choirs and Brass

The Many Moods of Christmas
arr. Bennett/Shaw


Performers

Chamber Singers

Soprano

Abby Dayton
Maddie Martin
Anna Muchukot
Jade Vogelsong

mezzo-soprano

Kathryn Adams
Sammie Graff
Charmaine Pereira

Tenor

Dylan Magistrado
Devon Olds
Samuel Tucker

baritone

Yi Chen
Graham Otten
Landon Perry

University Singers

Soprano

Reilly Adams
Jen Daniels
Kaylee Eckhoff
Harper Good
Kayla Gickling
Cecilia Harrison
Ariel Modeen
Molly McCleary
Lottie Parker
Mya Parker
Maansi Pasupala
Anna Rushing
Olivia Smith
Abigail Trantham
Kate Van Farowe
Emily Vera
Ash Whiteside

Alto

Sophia Ayers
Novietta De Britto
Marcy Bullock
Laura Carter
Jada Clarke
Alex Fountain
Esty Henteleff
Gracie Hudson
Maya Lennon
Kenna Matheny
Ronnie Morson
Emmy Owen
Ava Schmidt
Anisha Shashidhar
Cecilia Shaw
Sarah Shoupe
Mesha Strickland
Li Tang
Ruthie Wainwright
Carynne White

Tenor

Jonathan Crocker
Carlos Dominguez Diaz
Howard Jacobs
Adam Malik
Kyle Setzer
Amar Woodrow

Bass

Dylan Barrett
Cayden Cieutat
Matthew Clark
John Fox
Jade Jernigan
Ian O’Connor
Xander Siegel
Malachi Vazquez-Carr
Isaac Welborn

State Chorale

*denotes section leader

Soprano

Lucy Grindstaff
Sam Hayes
Sloane Hovey
Izzy Humphreys
Nina Kudlak
Sofia Leander
Ellie Link
Margaret Lucas
Maddie Martin*
Emily Morris
Anna Muchukot*
Kyra Rizk
Katherine Swindell
Chloe Tackett
Jade Vogelsong

Alto

Kathryn Adams
Jenani Bhave
Kara Cushman
Elizabeth Davis
Kayden Foyles
Sammie Graff
Kira Hageness
Katherine Hunt
Niasha Kodzai
Charmaine Pereira
Anna Powell
Maggie Quinn
Anna Russell
Ophelia Sin
Zoë Smith*
Day Steed*
Julia Thompson
Sara Trimesh

Tenor

Jonny Grigg
Jimmy Kinsella
Sooyoung Kim
Ian Livengood
Spencer Long
Dylan Magistrado*
Evan McCaskill
Landon Perry
Thomas Radford
Mason Sluder*
Ty Smoak
Amar Woodrow

Bass

Niko Ayers
Elijah Ball
Ian Borgiel
Yi Chen*
Elisha Daugird
Michael Izzo
Trevor Libner
James Marlowe
Thomas Morgan
Bennett Perry*
Benjamin Radspinner
Ben Rutledge
Sullivan Schwartz
Henry Williams

Brass Performers

Brickyard Brass Quintet

Josh Fesmire, trumpet
Matt Farmer, trumpet
Sarah Merkel, horn
Maxwell Abelson, trombone
Bennett Petzold, tuba

Additional players

Avery Vega, trumpet
Adah Morton, trumpet
Zach Powers, trombone
Niko Ayers, percussion
Kara Cushman, percussion


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