Department of Music to present Concert Choir, University Singers in performance April 16

April 14, 2009 -- The Department of Music at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro will present the ASU Concert Choir and University Singers in concert on Thursday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Riceland Hall, Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro. Donations will be accepted for the choir’s performance tour to Rome and Florence. The ASU Concert Choir and University/Community Choir will present four concerts in Rome and Florence in March 2010, including a mass in the Vatican.  The concert is free of charge and open to the public.  For more details, please call the Department of Music at (870) 972-2094.

The ASU Concert Choir and University Singers are under the direction of Dr. Dale Miller, director of choral activities. Musical selections for the Concert Choir include “Laudate Pueri” from Solemn Vespers by W.A. Mozart and “River in Judea” by John Leavitt, conducted by graduate conducting assistant Janet Tullos, “O Schone Nacht,” a quartet by Johannes Brahms, conducted by graduate conducting assistant Patrick Manes, “Agnus Dei,” a vocal arrangement of the Samuel Barber “Adagio for Strings,” and “Music Down in My Soul” by Moses Hogan, both conducted by Dr. Miller.  The ASU Concert Choir is accompanied by Luca Strazzullo, ASU adjunct piano instructor.

Musical selections for the University Singers Men’s Choir include “Die Nacht” by Franz Schubert and “Silhouettes” arranged by Tom Gentry, both conducted by Patrick Manes, “Lost in the Stars” by M. Anderson and K. Weill, arranged by W. Haeger, conducted and edited by Men’s Choir president Nick Robbins, senior vocal music education major, “Let All Men Sing” by Keith Christopher, “Ave verum Corpus” by W. A. Mozart, arranged by Brazilian composer Adrian Cuello Piraquibis, and “Under the Boardwalk” arranged by the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, all conducted by Dr. Dale Miller.  The University Singers Men’s Choir is accompanied by Bryan Henkelmann, Organist, First United Methodist Church, Jonesboro.

Musical selections for the University Singers Women’s Choir include “Schlof Main Kind,” a Yiddish Lullaby by Allan E. Naplan, which will feature soloist Mollie Black, and “Yo le Canto todo el Dia” by David Brunner,” both conducted by Janet Tullos, graduate conducting assistant, “Across the Bridge of Hope,” a setting by Jan Sandstrom of an Irish poem for peace, featuring soloist Rebeckah Morrison, “Spring” by John T. Edel, featuring oboist Katie Fischer, “A Joyful Gloria” by Earlene Rentz, “All My Lovin’,” a Beatles tune arranged for women’s barbershop by June Berg, and Elvis Presley’s “Love Me Tender,” also arranged for women’s barbershop by Norma Anderson, all conducted by Dr. Miller.  The University Singers Women’s Choir is accompanied by Willie Sullivan, Junior Vocal Performance Major at ASU.

Personnel for the ASU Concert Choir include First Sopranos: Crystal Haralson of Paragould, Angela Jackson of Naylor, Mo., Rebecka Morrison of Jonesboro, Kari Rickman of Bono, Janet Tullos of Cabot, and Roberta Tupper of Bartlesville, Okla.; Second Sopranos: Sara Bedingfield of Nashville, Tenn., Mollie Black of Benton, Morgan Cox of Paragould, Katie Fischer of Jacksonville, Melissa Jackson of Pine Bluff, Hannah McQuay of Jonesboro, Renee Porter Smith of Houston, Texas, and Katie Willeford of El Dorado; First Altos: Lauren Bridges of Marmaduke, Rebecca Craft of Jonesboro, Madison Kuebler of Searcy, Katherine Richards of Osceola, and Michelle Shotwell of Manila; Second Altos: Susan Hulett of Mountain Home, Elizabeth Rountree of Hot Springs, Lorie Shavers of Pine Bluff, and Sloane Simmons of Jonesboro; First Tenors: Kyle Berry of Austin, Josh Dennis of Springfield, Mo., Wesley Hooper of Harrisburg, Craig McAlister of Jonesboro, and Justin Stewart of Nashville, Tenn.; Second Tenors: Jeremy Carter of Paragould, Sam Lee of Jonesboro, Chris Orr of Jonesboro, Nick Robbins of Manila, Willie Sullivan of Jonesboro, and Matt Vardell of Jonesboro;  Baritones: Romero Harper of Wynne, Mark Parsley of Malvern, John Sherwood of Searcy, and Matt Morgan, Patrick Manes, and Taylor Woodruff of Jonesboro; Basses:  Jarvis Brodie and Brandon Stroud of Jonesboro, Gabrien Brown of Newport, Drew McCann of West Memphis, Blake Markum and Jonathan Trail of Paragould, and Drew Warren of Manila. 

Personnel for the ASU Women’s Choir include First Sopranos: Crystal Haralson of Paragould, Angela Jackson of Naylor, Mo., Rebecka Morrison of Jonesboro, Arielle Moss of Batesville Southside, Kari Rickman of Bono, and Janet Tullos of Cabot; Second Sopranos:  Mollie Black of Benton, Morgan Cox and Elizabeth Davis of Paragould, Katie Fischer of Jacksonville, Melissa Jackson of Pine Bluff, Hannah McQuay of Jonesboro, Tiffany Schmidt of Lakewood, Colo., and Katie Willeford of El Dorado;  First Altos: Ashlea Armstrong and Madison Kuebler of Searcy, Lauren Bridges of Marmaduke, Rebecca Craft of Jonesboro, Katherine Richards of Osceola, and Michelle Shotwell of Manila;  Second Altos: Susan Hulett of Mountain Home, Elizabeth Rountree of Hot Springs, Lorie Shavers of Pine Bluff, and Sloane Simmons of Jonesboro.

Personnel for the ASU Men’s Choir include First Tenors: Kyle Berry of Austin, Wesley Hooper of Harrisburg, and Craig McAlister and John Yerger of Jonesboro; Second Tenors: Jeremy Carter of Paragould, Sam Lee, Chris Orr, and Matt Vardell of Jonesboro, and Nick Robbins of Manila.  Baritones:  Derrick Brockman of Jacksonville, Romero Harper of Wynne, Patrick Manes of Bryant, Matt Morgan and Taylor Woodruff of Jonesboro, Mark Parsley of Malvern, John Sherwood of Searcy, and Toan X. Tran of Vietnam; Basses:  Jarvis Brodie and Brandon Stroud of Jonesboro, Gabrien Brown of Newport, Jonathan Little of Ash Flat, Blake Markum and Jonathan Trail of Paragould, Drew McCann of West Memphis, and Drew Warren of Manila.

 

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