Nova Singers 2009-2010 Season

Nova Singers, a professional vocal ensemble directed by Laura Lane, professor of music at Knox College, presents four concerts in its 2009-2010 season. The 20-member choir performs in Galesburg and the Quad Cities.

Information about Nova Singers performances and tickets is available from the Nova Singers, 309 341 7038 or the Nova Singers Web Site. Tickets are free to all students. Nova Singers performances are sponsored, in part, by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Cathedral Classics
Saturday, October 24, 7:30 p.m., First Lutheran Church, Galesburg
Sunday, October 25, 4:00 p.m., St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport
Concert sponsored, in part, by OSF St. Mary Medical Center

A Nova Christmas
Friday, December 18, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport
Saturday, December 19, 7:30 p.m., First Lutheran Church, Galesburg
Concert sponsored, in part, by G&M Distributors, Inc., Iowa American Water Co., and
Miller Dredge Insurance, a Partner of Envision Group

Morning Light and Evening Rest
Saturday, February 20, 7:30 p.m., First Lutheran Church, Galesburg
Sunday, February 21, 4:00 p.m., First Congregational Church, Moline
Concert sponsored, in part, by Blick Art Materials

The Road Home
Saturday, April 24, 7:30 p.m., Kresge Recital Hall, Knox College, Galesburg
Sunday, April 25, 4:00 p.m., First Congregational Church, Moline

2009-2010 Nova Singers Programming:

Cathedral Classics
Missa Pange Lingua, Josquin des Prez
Requiem, Herbert Howells
I heard a voice from heaven
Gaudete, Steven Sametz
A Child's Prayer, James MacMillan; Emily Shenk-DeMay and Erika Thomas, sopranos
I Cannot Dance, O Lord, Aaron Jay Kernis
i thank you God for most this amazing day, Eric Whitacre
Alleluia, Randall Thompson
The Old Church, Stephen Paulus
Let Me Fly, arr. Robert DeCormier; Greg Etzel, baritone

A Nova Christmas
Prelude Ola Gjeilo
A la nanita nana, from Two Spanish Carols arr. Andrew Carter; Erika Thomas, soprano
The Three Kings, Healey Willan
Down in Yon Forest arr. Andrew Carter
Ave Maria, Robert Parsons
Hodie Christus natus est, Jan P. Sweelinck
The First Noel, arr. Darmon Meader
The Twelve Days of Christmas, arr. Geoffrey Keating
Gabriel's Message, Stephen Paulus
Il est né, le divin enfant, arr. J. David Moore
Choral Meditation on Lo, How a Rose, Dan Godsill; World Premiere commissioned by Nova Singers
We Three Kings, arr. Darmon Meader
Ave Maria, Franz Biebl
In the Bleak Midwinter Holst, arr. Abbie Betinis
Rejoice and Be Merry, John Rutter
A Haitian Noël, Emile Desamours
This Little Light of Mine, arr. Moses Hogan
Good Christian Men Rejoice, arr. Darmon Meader
The Shepherd's Carol, Bob Chilcott
Deck the Hall, arr. James McKelvy
New Year, John Rutter
Jingle Bells, arr. Gordon Langford

Guest Choirs for A Nova Christmas:
In Galesburg - The Carl Sandburg College Children's Choir; Jessica Stiller, director
In Davenport: Sudbury Intermediate School Choir; Diane Carius, director

Morning Light and Evening Rest

Haec dies quam fecit, Dominus William Byrd
Justorum animae, William Byrd
Warum ist das Licht gegeben, Op. 74, No. 1, Johannes Brahms
Cantique de Jean Racine, Gabriel Fauré
Desh, an Indian Raga, arr. Ethan Sperry
Éjszaka (Night) and Reggel (Morning), Gyorgy Ligeti
Of the Sun Born, Dobrinka Tabakova
Soneto de la Noche, from Nocturnes Morten Lauridsen
Sure on this Shining Night, from Nocturnes, Morten Lauridsen
The Campers at Kitty Hawk, from USA Stories, Michael Dellaira
Deep River, arr. Anders Paulsson; Kevin Malley, soprano saxophone
Loch Lomond arr. Jonathan Quick
Be Music, Night, Bradley Ellingboe
Double Double, Toil and Trouble, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi

Guest Choir for Morning Light and Evening Rest in Moline:
Rock Ridge High School; Curtis Fischer-Oelschlaeger, director

The Road Home
The Road Home, Stephen Paulus
All the Pretty Little Horses, arr. Steve Barnett
Nelly Bly, Stephen Foster, arr. John Halloran
I'm Goin' Away, arr. Mack Wilberg
Gentle Annie, Stephen Foster, arr. Edwin Fissinger
Oh! Susanna, Foster, arr. Fissinger,
How Can I Keep from Singing, arr. Ronald Staheli
Hard Times, Stephen Foster, arr. Craig Hella Johnson; Emily Shenk-DeMay, soprano
Amazing Grace/The Promised Land, arr. Lawrence Bennett
So I'll Sing With My Voice, Dominick Argento
Jesus, Lover of My Soul, arr. Chester Alwes
McKay S. M. Denton, arr. Carol Barnett
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, arr. Rosephanye Powell
I Can Tell the World, arr. Moses Hogan
Stand by Me, Charles Albert Tindley, arr. Moses Hogan
Way Over in Beulah Lan', arr. Stacey Gibbs
There is a Balm in Gilead, arr. Joseph Jennings
The Battle of Jericho, arr. Moses Hogan