Knox College Choir Fall Concert

The Knox College Choir presents its free, public Fall Concert at 3 p.m., Sunday, November 2, in Kresge Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, on the Knox campus in Galesburg.

The 47-voice choir is conducted by Laura Lane, professor of music and director of choral activities. The wide-ranging program includes works spanning more than 500 years and several cultural traditions. The selections are:

-- Angelus ad pastores ait, a late Renaissance motet by the Dutch composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck.

-- Alma Redemptoris Mater, a motet by the 16th century master Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina,

-- Lacrymosa and Domine Jesu Christe, two movements from Requiem, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; featuring pianist Casey Dierlam playing a reduction of the orchestral parts, and a quartet of choir members, Martina Pezzino, Caitlyn Morgan, Clint Davis, and Jmaw Moses.

-- The Stars Stand up in the Air, by Eric Barnum, based on an Irish poem about love and loss.

-- little man in a hurry, by Eric Whitacre; a fast and funny contemporary work based on a witty poem by e. e. cummings and featuring the choir's pianist Casey Dierlam.

The Knox College Chamber Singers, an elite vocal ensemble chosen from among members of the choir, will perform three works:

-- Bogoroditse Djevo, a short, surprising contemporary piece by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.

-- Ubi caritas; based on Gregorian chant, a contemporary piece by Ola Gjeilo, a California-based Norwegian composer and recording artist.

-- Tell My Ma, a traditional Irish Folk Song, arranged byJon Washburn, featuring Mary Houlihan, soprano soloist, McLeod Sumner on fiddle, and Knox College vice-president Tom Axtell on spoons.

Knox College Choir, Fall 2014
(listed with hometown and major, if declared; * indicates member of Chamber Singers)

Soprano
*Paula Castaños, Gurnee, IL Music/Theatre
Miranda Curtis, Raleigh, NC
Emma Frey, Park Ridge, IL Creative Writing
Makenzie Goldstein, Denver, CO Anthrolopology-Sociology
Becky Hixon, Davenport, IA English Literature
*Mary Houlihan, Aurora, IL Psychology
Katarina Ignacek, Evergreen, CO
Hansini Krishna, Roselle, IL Biochemistry & Music
*Martina Pezzino, Topeka, KS Music Education
Ashaunti Roby, Chicago, IL Music Education
*Erin Smith, Bloomington, IL Music/ElementaryEducation
Cassidy Snyder, St. Louis, MO InternationalRelations

Alto
Dy'Anna Augustus, Chicago, IL Music
Lara Braverman, Vernon Hills, IL
*Rosie Castle, Denver, CO Elementary Education & Theatre
Liliana Coelho, Iowa City, IA
*Rose Dolezal, Coumbia, MO Theatre & Art History
Victoria Ezell, Stamford, CT Classics/Literature & Religious Studies
*Ellen Fischer, Chicago, IL Political Science
*Danielle Freeman, Buffalo Grove, IL Creative Writing
Erin Frey, Louisville, KY Elementary Education & Anthrolopology/Sociology
Maureen Herbert, Omaha, NE Political Science
Rachel Horne, Redmond, WA Elementary Education & Creative Writing
Michiko Li, Tokyo, Japan
Rebekah Mahon, Olympia Fields, IL Spanish
*Caitlyn Morgan, Geneva, IL Neuroscience
*Madeline Pape, Portland, OR Music
Haley Richter, Minneapolis, MN Psychology
Kati Stemple, Belvidere, IL InternationalRelations

Tenor
Abenicio Casias, Denver, CO Music
*Clint Davis, Washington, IL Computer Science
Lee Foxall, Portland, OR EnvironmentalStudies & Spanish
*Danni Gilmour, Mount Morris, IL Classics
*Sam Hart, Galesburg, IL Mathematics/ComputerScience
*Ben Lambert, La Grange, IL Music Education
Zak Metalsky, Appleton, WI

Bass
Ryan Burnley, Oak Park, IL Music
*Jacob Clay, Ithaca, NY
Eric Coats, Chicago, IL Economics
Jack Harman, Burbank, CA Criminology
*Alexander Heston, Los Angelos, CA Psychology
Mikko Jimenez, Skokie, IL Biology
*Jmaw Moses, Clinton, MD Theatre/Dance
*Aidan Murphy, Prairie View, IL Creative Writing
Dakota Stipp, Galesburg, IL Computer Science
*McLeod Sumner, Portland, OR Anthropology-Sociology
Max Wallace, Watseka, IL Political Science/Economics