ABERDEEN, S.D. – The Northern State University Concert Choir and Chamber Singers will come together to present their spring choral concert, titled “Farewells and Thanks,” at 3 p.m. March 31 in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theater.
The Chamber Singers will open the concert with Thomas Marley’s “Fire, Fire” and Tomas Luis de Victoria’s “O vos omnes,” which will be followed by all seven movements of Gabriel Fauré’s “The Fauré Requiem,” with soloists Salvatore Scavo, Taylor Brekke and John Cassens. The Chamber Singers will then perform the second movement of “All-Night Vigil” by Rachmaninoff; “Blagosloví, dushé moya’, Ghóspoda (Bless the Lord, O My Soul)” and “Marianne” from Philip Wilby’s “North Country Folk Songs.”
The Concert Choir will end the concert with “In Remembrance” by Jeffrey Ames, featuring McKinley Hoselton of Richardton, N.D., on French horn; “Requiem” by Eliza Gilkyson; and will close the concert with Jeff Haskell’s arrangement of “O Holy Night” featuring the graduating seniors in the choir.
The concert will feature special recognition to the seniors and for those who serve as accompanists: freshman Tyra Steinwand of Ellendale, N.D., sophomore Sara Krebsbach of Rockford, Minn., junior Tierra Decker of Huron, and seniors Grace Gasperich of Aberdeen, and Elsa Swanson of Chaska, Minn.
Thirty members of the Concert Choir will perform “The Fauré Requiem” in its entirety at Carnegie Hall in New York City on May 26 under the direction of “The King’s Singers” founder and first conductor, Simon Carrington.
The NSU Concert Choir and Chamber Singers are directed by Dr. Timothy Woods.
Admission is $5 for adults, $2.50 for NSU faculty/staff, and free for school-aged children or NSU students with ID.
For more information, please contact Woods at Timothy.Woods@northern.edu.
Performers are listed by vocal part below:
Sopranos
An Qi, Gansu, China
Abby Arhart, Fort Pierre
Mallory Beckler, Aberdeen
Christina Beusch, Aberdeen
Taylor Brekke, Mobridge*
Kylee Carlson, Aberdeen
Tierra Decker, Huron* @
Darby Duncan, Mellette
Kayla Duncan, Aberdeen
Annabelle Eastman, Aberdeen
Johana Valentina Escudero, Bogata, Colombia
Kailey Fliehs, Aberdeen
Shelby Glover, Sioux Falls*
McKinley Hoselton, Richardton, N.D.*
Heesun Jang, Seoul, South Korea
Kori Kerwin, Chamberlain*
Sara Krebsbach, Rockford, Minn.@
Rebecca Loehrer, Milbank
Laurelyn Joy Marmorstein, Aberdeen*
Amanda McIlravy, Philip*
Morgan Mewes, Jamestown, N.D.
Jaci Mollman, Spearfish
Christine Powers, Hot Springs*
Brittany Quinn, Timber Lake*
Gillian Roda, Buffalo Gap
Loretta Simon, Seneca
Tyra Steinwand, Ellendale, N.D.* @
Elsa Swanson, Chaska, Minn.*
Rosemary Vega, Chaska, Minn.*
Morgan Wilson, Rapid City*
Wang Wei Yi, Cheng Du, Sichuan, China
Mingqin Zhou, Quzhou, China
Altos
Gayun Baek, Seoul, South Korea
Taylor Bogue, Aberdeen
Ah Hyoung Cho, Seoul, South Korea
Tayzia Claymore-Knight, Eagle Butte
Naomi Davis, Watertown*
Anika Fredrick, Buffalo, Minn.
Grace Gasperich, Aberdeen* @
Jiyeong Gu, Busan, South Korea
Justice Haggin, Sioux Falls
Marissa Hanley, Chester
Stephanie Hight, Rapid City
Jiaxing Hou, Xi’an, China
Jiwoo Jang, Seoul, South Korea
Kyndra Kranz, Watertown*
Hanseul Lee, Busan, South Korea
Heesu Lee, Ulsan, South Korea
Abbigayle Quinn, Cresbard*
Sierra Reed, Rock Rapids, Iowa
Joanna Schleich, Mitchell*
Tabitha Schmidt, Huron*
Brooke Thielbar, Hardwick, Minn.*
Melissa Ulber, Riverside, Calif.
Sara Van Regenmorter, Dell Rapids
Hattie Weismantel, Groton
Grace Woodstead, Cooperstown*
Jennem Woolever, Grand Forks
Soyeon Yoon, Busan, South Korea
Tenors
Kevin Boring, Pierre*
Louis Burley, Pierre
Patrick Calvillo, Walhalla, N.D.*
Jose Chen, Milbank
Andrew Cristofano, Hot Springs
Grant Duvall, Huron*
Adam Henning, Watertown*
Trey Litwiller, Huron*
Kaeden Metz, Sisseton
Johnny Nguyen, Gregory*
Hyunjun Park, Busan, South Korea
Dylan Rausch, Yankton*
Tyler Smith, Tea*
Basses
Christopher Allen, Rapid City
Seungjun Baek, Busan, South Korea
Eric Bishop, Rapid City
Cody Brower, Dimock
MacKinley Bruemmer, LaCrosse, Wis.*
John Cassens, Faulkton*
Matej Cip, Hodslavice, Czech Republic*
Bowen Feng, Zhengzhou, China
Lucas Fredrick, Aberdeen
Brady Hamer, Kennebec
Cody He Crow, Oglala
Miles Jungclaus, Rapid City
Donggyu Kim, Busan, South Korea
Gyeontaek Kim, Busan, South Korea
Zach Martinmaas, Aberdeen*
Judah McKinley, Pierre*
Austin Metzen, Wahpeton, N.D.
Minseok Oh, Busan, South Korea
Hyungjun Park, Busan, South Korea
Cordell Ring, Onida*
Jordan Risager
Salvatore Scavo*
Tanner Shabot-Shultis, Aberdeen*
Connor Stubbe, Aberdeen
Jacob Swanson, South St. Paul, Minn.
Garytt Tostenson, Mina
Justin Waldner, Hutterville
Jacob Wild, Aberdeen
* Member of the Chamber Singers
@ accompanist
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