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Laura Lane directs the Knox College Choir.

Knox College Choir Fall Concert 2015

Laura Lane directs the Knox College Choir.

Bach's 'Christ lag in Todesbanden' -- challenging to perform and exciting to hear

The Knox College Choir, directed by Laura Lane, presents its Fall Concert at 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 8, in Kresge Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, on the Knox campus in Galesburg, Illinois. The concert is free and open to the public.

The program showcases the 50-voice choir in a virtuosic choral movement, Bach's "Christ lag in Todesbanden."

"This work is challenging to perform and exciting to hear," said Lane, professor of music and director of choral activities at Knox. "With our accompanist Casey Dierlam playing the part of the orchestra on the piano, the chorus sings a beautiful and expressive elaboration on each phrase, then at the end explodes into a thrilling Hallelujah."

Concert selections will span the musical eras and genres, from the 1500s to traditional folk songs, works by young composers and a vocal jazz arrangement of the Beatles' "Penny Lane." Featured soloists include soprano Emma Frey and cellist Carolyn Suda.

The Knox College Choir tours every year, with a European tour every three years. The choir has performed regularly in Barcelona and the Catalán region of Spain, with other concert tours to England, Austria, Czech Republic, Washington, D.C., Memphis, Nashville, and New Orleans. In 2005 and 2013, the Choir performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Fall 2015 Concert Program

By the Knox College Choir:

  • Verbum caro factum est, Hassler
  • Sicut cervus, Palestrina
  • Christ lag in Todesbanden, J. S. Bach
  • From Heaven Distilled a Clemency, Tarik O'Regan; soprano solo by Emma Frey.
  • Feller from Fortune, arr. Somers
  • Serenity, GjeiloJohn the Revelator, Caldwell and Ivory

By the Knox Chamber Singers:

  • Psallite unigenito, Praetorious
  • Tant que vivray, Claudin de Sermisy
  • My spirit sang all day, Finzi
  • Nada te turbe, Szymko; cello solo by Carolyn Suda
  • Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney, arr. Bob Chilcott
  • Knox College Choir rehearsing with director Laura Lane

The Knox College Choir, Fall 2015
(Name, hometown, major if declared; * indicates member of Knox College Chamber Singers)

Soprano
Jessica Beckman ~ Owatonna, MN, Creative Writing
*Lara Braverman ~ Vernon Hills, IL, Chemistry/ Theatre
Hannah Cloh ~ Northbrook, IL, Anso/Literature
*Miranda Curtis ~ Raleigh, NC, Theatre
Makenzie Goldstein ~ Denver, CO, Anthropology/Sociology
*Becky Hixon ~ Davenport, IA, English Literature
*Mary Houlihan ~ Aurora, IL
Katarina Ignacek ~ Evergreen, CO, Neuroscience
*Stephanie Nikitenko ~ Mundelein, IL, Creative Writing/ Pre-Law
Ashaunti Roby ~ Chicago, IL, Music Education
Cassidy Snyder ~ St. Louis, MO, International Relations
Catlin Watts ~ Chicago, IL, Spanish/ International Relations

Alto
Stephanie Austin ~ Ganston, IL
*Hanna Buchwak ~ Palatine, IL
Liliana Coelho ~ Iowa City, IA, Sustainable Social Change
Jenn Erl ~ Glen Ellyn, IL, Human Rights
*Danielle Freeman ~ Buffalo Grove, IL, Creative Writing
*Emma Frey ~ Park Ridge, IL, English Literature
Rachel Horne ~ Redmond, WA, Elementary Education/Creative Writing
Hansini Krishna ~ Roselle, IL Biochemistry/Music
*Mara Lane ~ Eau Claire, WI, Music/ Art History
Michiko Li ~ Tokyo, Japan, Integrated International Studies/Environmental Studies
*Caitlyn Morgan ~ Geneva, IL, Neuroscience/Psychology
*Madeline Pape ~ Portland, OR, Music
Kati Stemple ~ Rockford, IL, International Relations

Tenor
Abenicio Casias ~ Denver, CO, Music
Lee Foxall ~ Portland, OR, Environmental Studies/Spanish
*Samuel Fredericksen ~ Highland, IL
*Danni Gilmour ~ Mount Morris, IL, Classics
*Tommy Hintz ~ Geneva, IL, Environmental Studies
Alex Kellogg ~ Yellow Springs, OH, Music
*Ben Lambert ~ La Grange, IL, Biology
David Petrak ~ Darien, IL

Bass
*Eric Coats ~ Chicago, IL, Economics
Edward Freeman ~ Chicago, IL
Alex Gallo ~ Glen Ellyn, IL, Music
*Alexander Heston ~ Los Angelos, CA, Psychology
Zak Metalsky ~ Appleton, WI, Theatre
Shubham Moitra ~ Mumbai, India, Economics/ International Relations
*Aidan Murphy ~ Prairie View, IL, Creative Writing
*Gabriel Ochoa ~ Phoenix, AZ
Benjamin Rezko ~ Chicago, IL, Theatre
Dakota Stipp ~ Galesburg, IL, Computer Science
Tom Trudeau ~ Raleigh, NC, Integrated International Studies
*Max Wallace ~ Watseka, IL, Political Science/Economics

Published on November 02, 2015