Program

Messiah, HWV 56 G.F. Handel

Part the First

Symphony

Recitative Comfort ye, comfort ye my people

Air Ev’ry valley shall be exalted

Chorus And the glory of the Lord

Recitative Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts

Air But who may abide the day of His coming

Chorus And He shall purify the sons of Levi

Recitative Behold, a virgin shall conceive

Air and Chorus O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

Recitative For behold, darkness shall cover the earth

Air The people that walked in darkness

Chorus For unto us a Child is born

Pifa

Recitatives There were shepherds abiding in the field

And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them

And the angel said unto them

And suddenly there was with the angel

Chorus Glory to God in the highest

Air Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion

Recitative Then shall the eyes of the blind open’d

Duet He shall feed His flock like a shepherd

Chorus His yoke is easy, His burthen is light

State SingersJonathan Reed, conductor

Zachary Coles and Holly Lewis, assistant conductorsJudy Kabodian, pianist

SopranoRobyn BankstonAnna BoltonCharlotte DarrCarter GoldsteinJulia JanowskiMyKenzie MillerColleen MorenceAnnalise PocoSarah ReedSydney RostarQuinn RulisonAlexis SargentMakayla SchuelerBailey ShepherdAmanda Zloto�

AltoMary GarnerMaggie GraceMelissa HoughtonLogan JonesHolly LewisEmma ParravanoAnnika PellErika Senecal

TenorAustin BorstZachary ColesEdward CzarneckiQuentin FettigMichael GarnettNathan HartgesIsaiah HawkinsJohn HenriksonRyan JonesEric LockerSte�en Mammen

BassMitchell Collins Cody DavisTom ElliottAnthony GarvertBryan GilbeyColin McCarthyCollin OosseMatt RiuttaSawyer Schlarf

Symphony OrchestraKevin Noe, director

Violin I Catalina Barraza Austin Burket Young Dokko Ashley Heska Hadiya Knight Diana MoisejenkaiteYing-Li Pan

Violin IIAndrew HatfieldSeakyung Hur Saikat Karmakar Piaras KentAnna KhalikovaI-Pei LinMonika StoskuteMegan Wixom

ViolaHoward Jones Kyle Krause Alyssa MoskowitzNicholas MowryIsaac SarverBesnik Yzeiri

CelloNathan Cottrell Mark Dupere Jennifer Pitman

BassMatt BootheMatt GibsonMaddie MollNick Taylor

OboeJason KennedyWoojing Kim

Bassoon Adam Farmer

TrumpetsJonathan ChaifEduardo Farias

HarpsichordMichael Callahan*

TimpaniKathryn Irwin

*College of MusicFaculty

Intermission

Part the Second

Chorus Behold the Lamb of God

Air He was despised

Chorus Surely, He hath borne our griefs

Chorus And with His stripes we are healed

Chorus All we like sheep, have gone astray

Recitative All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn

Chorus He trusted in God

Recitative Thy rebuke hath broken His heart

Arioso Behold, and see if there be any sorrow

Chorus Lift up your heads

Chorus The Lord gave the word

Air How beautiful are the feet

Chorus Hallelujah

Part the Third

Air I know that my Redeemer liveth

Chorus Since by man came death

Recitative Behold, I tell you a mystery

Air The trumpet shall sound

Chorus Worthy is the Lamb that was slain . . . Amen

Schyler Sheltrown, sopranoChristine Roberts, mezzo-soprano

Isaac Frishman, tenorKyle White, baritone

University ChoraleDavid Rayl, conductor

Alyssa Cossey, assistant conductorJudy Kabodian, pianist

Soprano ILeah Brzyski Anna Doering Catherine GoodeAngela LeeCaite LenahanJennifer SenginSkyler Sheltrown Alina TamboriniAndrea VanDeusen

Soprano IIKalli Allen Megan Boyd Sarah Brzyski Alyssa Cossey Amy Hall Bakara Nkenge-Hinds Elizabeth Pasichnyk Lindsay Snyder

AltoKatie Bethel Katherine DeYoung Suzanna Feldkamp Jessica Glaser Elizabeth Hermanson Holly Lewis Becky Marsh Lena Miles Katharine Nunn Christine Roberts Karen Schaefer

TenorMark Adams David Anderson Zachary Coles Keane Garcelon Carl Hengen Marcus McGuireJon Oakley Kristopher Schave Jonathan Walker-VanKurenBrandon Williams Kyle Zeuch

BassTyler Frisbie Stuart Hill Nick Kreider Tyler Martin Andrew Minear Joshua Palkki Aaron Petrovich Logan Raney Zaikuan Song Kyle White

Biographies

David Rayl is professor of music, director of choral programs, and associate dean for graduate studies and research at the Michigan State University College of Music. Under his baton the University Chorale has appeared at the national convention of the American Choral Directors Association, the Central Division convention of ACDA, and the national meeting of the College Music Society. He has also prepared the Chorale for five sets of performances with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Rayl has appeared as guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the U.S. He has led all-state choirs in Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Mississippi. His international engagements include the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria; the V Festival di Musica Antica in Urbino, Italy; the VII Festival Internaçional de Música de Camera do Pará, in Belem, Brazil; the II Festival de Corais in Brasilia, Brazil; the Painel Unicanto de Regencia Coral in Londrina, Brazil; and the Classical Music Festival in Montreal and Quebec City, Canada. In 2009 he was one of the first recipients of the MSU College of Music’s Dortha J. and John D. Withrow Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Tenor Isaac Frishman is a second-year doctoral student at Michigan State studying under Richard Fracker. Featured roles include Ferrando in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Tamino in Die Zauber�öte, and Henrik in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. Frishman has participated in summer programs at Chautauqua Opera and Oberlin in Italy. In the upcoming year, he will be a featured soloist with the Jackson Symphony after winning a contract through the Harold Haugh Vocal Competition. He accepted a position with Des Moines Metro Opera where he will be appear in January as Don Ramiro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola.

Mezzo-soprano Christine Roberts has performed the title roles in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride and in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe, Jenny in Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, Hermia in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Third Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. As a concert soloist, she performed in Corigliano’s Fern Hill with the DePaul University Concert Choir and Mozart’s Missa Brevis in C Major with the MSU Chorale. Roberts is pursuing a Master of Music degree in vocal performance at MSU, studying with Jane Bunnell. Next semester, Roberts will sing as Jiao Mu in Jin Xiang’s The Savage Land with MSU Opera Theatre in both Beijing and East Lansing.

Schyler Sheltrown, an operatic soprano, earned her bachelor’s degree from MSU in 2014 and will earn her master’s degree in 2016, under the tutelage of Melanie Helton. In her five years as a Spartan vocalist, Sheltrown has performed seven lead roles with MSU’s Opera Theatre. Next spring, she will return to China for a third time to collaborate with the MSU-China project, performing the role of Jin Zi in Jin Xiang’s The Savage Land at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. This is her first performance as a soloist for Messiah.

Baritone Kyle White has had a full and exciting first year of voice after switching from tuba performance to vocal performance in 2014. Roles performed include Schaunard in La Bohème, Mr. Beebe in A Room With a View, and Bamatabois and Brujon in Les Misérables. White spent the past summer as a young artist with the Seagle Music Colony where he made his operatic debut as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance at MSU where he studies with Melanie Helton.

Choral UnionDavid Rayl, conductor

Amy Hall, assistant conductorHae Won Jang, pianist

Bruce AllenDavid AngusGerardo AponteCamille ArcherRegula ArnostiKarlene BachCharles BallardLorie BarbieriSusan BenceAnne BlankenhornJames BoothMary BossBridget Burns-KingLindsay CasherJackie ChenAnand ChivukulaAshleigh CovertAlison CruiseChris DeRoseFrank DewaldIrene DonneHeather DoverDavia DowneyChristopher EberhartDon EitniearElizabeth EvangelistaMary Frances FarkasMichael FildeyDede Ford BuscherChrista ForresterLynn ForsblomPatricia GeerDan GibsonJoe GilsonBryan GoldbergAshweena GonuguntlaLuis GonzalezGedeane GrahamGeorge GrofRoger L. GroveMichelle HalgrenClaudia HamlinKenneth HansonJane Harrell

Laura HasenDeborah HebdenEthelyn Ho�meyerSherlyn HogensonPatricia HornKim HustonMary Pat JenningsLaurence KellerMelody KindrakaMike KnoxSusan Kostaro�Barbara KotzMatthys KronemeijerKara KurzejaJanet LaatschKathy LaRueWilliam LaRueMike LawrencePeter LechlerAnn LeydenCurtis LiechtyIris LinderRalph LongCynthia LunanMary ManhartDoug McCauslandJeanne McKowenHeidi McNaughtonAnne MeermansErnamarie MessengerDana MooreDana O’Hara CowdreyBonnie OlsonCheryl OrrCharlotte OrzelRetta ParsonsJudith PetersonJeanne PowersRebecca PrattJon PumplinSusan Ramin-HutchisonKatherine Ramos

Jessica RandallEdith ReedRosanne RenauerGabriel RiveraSusan RosserDavid RovnerToby SalzmanElizabeth SavageMargaret Schi�erDaria SchlegaDianne SchwartzBecky SchwarzJacquie SewellRachel ShaughnessyElizabeth SimmonsDietrich SinkevitchMargo SinkevitchMartha StanburyJoan StapletonBarbara Stau�erMarilyn StephensRobert StevensSylvia StevensRichard StrifeMengying SunSue ThelenKay TobenEwen ToddZora ToddLinn Van DyneWendy WahnRobert WalterXiaoge WangJenna WashburnAnne WatsonKathleen WilliamsKim WolfgangRuth WorthingtonHuiyun WuMika YamaguchiJane Zehnder-MerrellMarsha Ziegler

Intermission

Part the Second

Chorus Behold the Lamb of God

Air He was despised

Chorus Surely, He hath borne our griefs

Chorus And with His stripes we are healed

Chorus All we like sheep, have gone astray

Recitative All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn

Chorus He trusted in God

Recitative Thy rebuke hath broken His heart

Arioso Behold, and see if there be any sorrow

Chorus Lift up your heads

Chorus The Lord gave the word

Air How beautiful are the feet

Chorus Hallelujah

Part the Third

Air I know that my Redeemer liveth

Chorus Since by man came death

Recitative Behold, I tell you a mystery

Air The trumpet shall sound

Chorus Worthy is the Lamb that was slain . . . Amen

Schyler Sheltrown, sopranoChristine Roberts, mezzo-soprano

Isaac Frishman, tenorKyle White, baritone

University ChoraleDavid Rayl, conductor

Alyssa Cossey, assistant conductorJudy Kabodian, pianist

Soprano ILeah Brzyski Anna Doering Catherine GoodeAngela LeeCaite LenahanJennifer SenginSkyler Sheltrown Alina TamboriniAndrea VanDeusen

Soprano IIKalli Allen Megan Boyd Sarah Brzyski Alyssa Cossey Amy Hall Bakara Nkenge-Hinds Elizabeth Pasichnyk Lindsay Snyder

AltoKatie Bethel Katherine DeYoung Suzanna Feldkamp Jessica Glaser Elizabeth Hermanson Holly Lewis Becky Marsh Lena Miles Katharine Nunn Christine Roberts Karen Schaefer

TenorMark Adams David Anderson Zachary Coles Keane Garcelon Carl Hengen Marcus McGuireJon Oakley Kristopher Schave Jonathan Walker-VanKurenBrandon Williams Kyle Zeuch

BassTyler Frisbie Stuart Hill Nick Kreider Tyler Martin Andrew Minear Joshua Palkki Aaron Petrovich Logan Raney Zaikuan Song Kyle White

Program

Messiah, HWV 56 G.F. Handel

Part the First

Symphony

Recitative Comfort ye, comfort ye my people

Air Ev’ry valley shall be exalted

Chorus And the glory of the Lord

Recitative Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts

Air But who may abide the day of His coming

Chorus And He shall purify the sons of Levi

Recitative Behold, a virgin shall conceive

Air and Chorus O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

Recitative For behold, darkness shall cover the earth

Air The people that walked in darkness

Chorus For unto us a Child is born

Pifa

Recitatives There were shepherds abiding in the field

And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them

And the angel said unto them

And suddenly there was with the angel

Chorus Glory to God in the highest

Air Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion

Recitative Then shall the eyes of the blind open’d

Duet He shall feed His flock like a shepherd

Chorus His yoke is easy, His burthen is light

State SingersJonathan Reed, conductor

Zachary Coles and Holly Lewis, assistant conductorsJudy Kabodian, pianist

SopranoRobyn BankstonAnna BoltonCharlotte DarrCarter GoldsteinJulia JanowskiMyKenzie MillerColleen MorenceAnnalise PocoSarah ReedSydney RostarQuinn RulisonAlexis SargentMakayla SchuelerBailey ShepherdAmanda Zloto�

AltoMary GarnerMaggie GraceMelissa HoughtonLogan JonesHolly LewisEmma ParravanoAnnika PellErika Senecal

TenorAustin BorstZachary ColesEdward CzarneckiQuentin FettigMichael GarnettNathan HartgesIsaiah HawkinsJohn HenriksonRyan JonesEric LockerSte�en Mammen

BassMitchell Collins Cody DavisTom ElliottAnthony GarvertBryan GilbeyColin McCarthyCollin OosseMatt RiuttaSawyer Schlarf

Symphony OrchestraKevin Noe, director

Violin I Catalina Barraza Austin Burket Young Dokko Ashley Heska Hadiya Knight Diana MoisejenkaiteYing-Li Pan

Violin IIAndrew HatfieldSeakyung Hur Saikat Karmakar Piaras KentAnna KhalikovaI-Pei LinMonika StoskuteMegan Wixom

ViolaHoward Jones Kyle Krause Alyssa MoskowitzNicholas MowryIsaac SarverBesnik Yzeiri

CelloNathan Cottrell Mark Dupere Jennifer Pitman

BassMatt BootheMatt GibsonMaddie MollNick Taylor

OboeJason KennedyWoojing Kim

Bassoon Adam Farmer

TrumpetsJonathan ChaifEduardo Farias

HarpsichordMichael Callahan*

TimpaniKathryn Irwin

*College of MusicFaculty

Biographies

David Rayl is professor of music, director of choral programs, and associate dean for graduate studies and research at the Michigan State University College of Music. Under his baton the University Chorale has appeared at the national convention of the American Choral Directors Association, the Central Division convention of ACDA, and the national meeting of the College Music Society. He has also prepared the Chorale for five sets of performances with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Rayl has appeared as guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the U.S. He has led all-state choirs in Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Mississippi. His international engagements include the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria; the V Festival di Musica Antica in Urbino, Italy; the VII Festival Internaçional de Música de Camera do Pará, in Belem, Brazil; the II Festival de Corais in Brasilia, Brazil; the Painel Unicanto de Regencia Coral in Londrina, Brazil; and the Classical Music Festival in Montreal and Quebec City, Canada. In 2009 he was one of the first recipients of the MSU College of Music’s Dortha J. and John D. Withrow Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Tenor Isaac Frishman is a second-year doctoral student at Michigan State studying under Richard Fracker. Featured roles include Ferrando in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Tamino in Die Zauber�öte, and Henrik in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. Frishman has participated in summer programs at Chautauqua Opera and Oberlin in Italy. In the upcoming year, he will be a featured soloist with the Jackson Symphony after winning a contract through the Harold Haugh Vocal Competition. He accepted a position with Des Moines Metro Opera where he will be appear in January as Don Ramiro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola.

Mezzo-soprano Christine Roberts has performed the title roles in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride and in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe, Jenny in Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, Hermia in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Third Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. As a concert soloist, she performed in Corigliano’s Fern Hill with the DePaul University Concert Choir and Mozart’s Missa Brevis in C Major with the MSU Chorale. Roberts is pursuing a Master of Music degree in vocal performance at MSU, studying with Jane Bunnell. Next semester, Roberts will sing as Jiao Mu in Jin Xiang’s The Savage Land with MSU Opera Theatre in both Beijing and East Lansing.

Schyler Sheltrown, an operatic soprano, earned her bachelor’s degree from MSU in 2014 and will earn her master’s degree in 2016, under the tutelage of Melanie Helton. In her five years as a Spartan vocalist, Sheltrown has performed seven lead roles with MSU’s Opera Theatre. Next spring, she will return to China for a third time to collaborate with the MSU-China project, performing the role of Jin Zi in Jin Xiang’s The Savage Land at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. This is her first performance as a soloist for Messiah.

Baritone Kyle White has had a full and exciting first year of voice after switching from tuba performance to vocal performance in 2014. Roles performed include Schaunard in La Bohème, Mr. Beebe in A Room With a View, and Bamatabois and Brujon in Les Misérables. White spent the past summer as a young artist with the Seagle Music Colony where he made his operatic debut as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance at MSU where he studies with Melanie Helton.

Choral UnionDavid Rayl, conductor

Amy Hall, assistant conductorHae Won Jang, pianist

Bruce AllenDavid AngusGerardo AponteCamille ArcherRegula ArnostiKarlene BachCharles BallardLorie BarbieriSusan BenceAnne BlankenhornJames BoothMary BossBridget Burns-KingLindsay CasherJackie ChenAnand ChivukulaAshleigh CovertAlison CruiseChris DeRoseFrank DewaldIrene DonneHeather DoverDavia DowneyChristopher EberhartDon EitniearElizabeth EvangelistaMary Frances FarkasMichael FildeyDede Ford BuscherChrista ForresterLynn ForsblomPatricia GeerDan GibsonJoe GilsonBryan GoldbergAshweena GonuguntlaLuis GonzalezGedeane GrahamGeorge GrofRoger L. GroveMichelle HalgrenClaudia HamlinKenneth HansonJane Harrell

Laura HasenDeborah HebdenEthelyn Ho�meyerSherlyn HogensonPatricia HornKim HustonMary Pat JenningsLaurence KellerMelody KindrakaMike KnoxSusan Kostaro�Barbara KotzMatthys KronemeijerKara KurzejaJanet LaatschKathy LaRueWilliam LaRueMike LawrencePeter LechlerAnn LeydenCurtis LiechtyIris LinderRalph LongCynthia LunanMary ManhartDoug McCauslandJeanne McKowenHeidi McNaughtonAnne MeermansErnamarie MessengerDana MooreDana O’Hara CowdreyBonnie OlsonCheryl OrrCharlotte OrzelRetta ParsonsJudith PetersonJeanne PowersRebecca PrattJon PumplinSusan Ramin-HutchisonKatherine Ramos

Jessica RandallEdith ReedRosanne RenauerGabriel RiveraSusan RosserDavid RovnerToby SalzmanElizabeth SavageMargaret Schi�erDaria SchlegaDianne SchwartzBecky SchwarzJacquie SewellRachel ShaughnessyElizabeth SimmonsDietrich SinkevitchMargo SinkevitchMartha StanburyJoan StapletonBarbara Stau�erMarilyn StephensRobert StevensSylvia StevensRichard StrifeMengying SunSue ThelenKay TobenEwen ToddZora ToddLinn Van DyneWendy WahnRobert WalterXiaoge WangJenna WashburnAnne WatsonKathleen WilliamsKim WolfgangRuth WorthingtonHuiyun WuMika YamaguchiJane Zehnder-MerrellMarsha Ziegler

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PRIVATE GIFTS play a vital role in our ability to maintain and enhance the quality of the programs we offer. Donations support student scholarships, fellowships, student travel and performance opportunities, instrument acquisitions, guest artists, outreach activities, operations, and other crucial areas that make the College of Music an exemplary place of learning. To learn more about concert sponsorships and giving to the college, please contact the Advancement Office at (517) 353-9872. THANK YOU TO OUR 2020-2021 SPONSORS

Anonymous Donor Family (Handel’s Messiah) Ken and Sandy Beall (Cello Plus Chamber Music Festival Series) Joanne and Bill Church (West Circle Series) April Clobes and Glen Brough (Lift Every Voice) Byron and Dee Cook (Lift Every Voice) John and Gretchen Forsyth (Marion Hayden, bass, with MSU Jazz Octets,

November 6, 2020) Myrene “Beki” Hardenbergh for her love of music (A Celebration of

Women Composers) Belle S. and Julius N. Harris Distinguished Visiting Artist Fund

established by Lauren Julius Harris (Dorothy DeLay Master Class Series)

Stanley and Selma Hollander Endowment for Chamber Music (Celebrating Ludwig van Beethoven - 250 Years)

Jeanne M. Kapenga, M.D. (Clarinet Quintet, Beethoven Piano Solos, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, Ragtime Art-songs and more… October 18, 2020)

Hari Kern and the late Ralph R. Edminster, M.D. (Mozart Piano Concertos, Bach Cello Suite, Saxophone Sonatas, Gershwin, Gorney Arias and more… November 15, 2020)

Karissa Longo '17 (Clarinet Quintet, Beethoven Piano Solos, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, Ragtime Art-songs and more… October 18, 2020)

Merritt Lutz (MSU Wind Symphony Concert, October 29, 2020) Wolverine Development Corporation, Joseph Maguire (A Jazzy Little

Christmas) Mike and Midge Morrow (Celebrating Ludwig van Beethoven - 250 Years) MSU Federal Credit Union (Showcase Series, Spartan Spectacular, and

Music for Social Justice Video Series) Brenda Sternquist (A Jazzy Little Christmas) Leonard and Sharon Tabaka (Annual Jazz Spectacular Finale Concert) Dr. Robert W. Uphaus and Dr. Lois M. Rosen (Clarinet Quintet,

Beethoven Piano Solos, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, Ragtime Art-songs and more… October 18, 2020, and Mozart Piano Concertos, Bach Cello Suite, Saxophone Sonatas, Gershwin, and Gorney Arias, and more… November 15, 2020)

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Provost Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D. and Thomas V. O’Halloran, Ph.D. (Handel’s Messiah and Lift Every Voice)

Andrea L. Wulf (Lift Every Voice)

SPONSORSHIPS AND RECOGNITION Sponsorships are available at $1,000, $2,500, and $5,000. Sponsors will receive recognition in the form of event publicity, promotions, programs, and through online recognition. For information about event sponsorships and giving to the college, please call (517) 353-9872 or e-mail music.giving@msu.edu.