H-B Woodlawn Chamber Singers
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The H-B Woodlawn Chamber Singers is an American choir.
area, and the state of Virginia. In 2002, the Chamber Singers performed at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.. The following year, they performed at the Kennedy Center,White House
, and in Orlando, Florida
. In the Fall of 2004, the Chamber Singers were invited to sing at the Virginia Music Educator's Association Convention in Norfolk, Virginia. In the Winter of 2005, the Chamber Singers joined forces with the Grammy-Award winning Washington Chorus for their Christmas concert at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Strathmore Music Hall
. In 2006, they performed at the Dana Center (of the Dana Foundation
) in Washington, D.C.ref> That winter, the singers performed with Choralis, under the direction of Gretchen Kuhrmann, and performed in a production of Amahl and the Night Visitors
as the chorus in early 2007. In December 2007, the Chamber Singers once again were selected to perform with the Washington Chorus for their Christmas concert. Bill Podolski took over as conductor in September, 2008. That winter, The Chamber Singers made an appearance at the award-winning Alexandria Harmonizers' holiday concert. Since then, they have performed once more with The Choralis Foundation and have made various appearances in the DC area and beyond.
Background information and history
Started in 2001 by Jeffery S. Benson, choral director of the H-B Woodlawn Music Department (2000–2008), the H-B Woodlawn Chamber Singers are based at H-B Woodlawn Program in Arlington, Virginia and have become well known throughout the Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
area, and the state of Virginia. In 2002, the Chamber Singers performed at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.. The following year, they performed at the Kennedy Center,White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
, and in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
. In the Fall of 2004, the Chamber Singers were invited to sing at the Virginia Music Educator's Association Convention in Norfolk, Virginia. In the Winter of 2005, the Chamber Singers joined forces with the Grammy-Award winning Washington Chorus for their Christmas concert at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Strathmore Music Hall
Strathmore (Maryland)
Strathmore is a cultural and artistic venue and institution in North Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Strathmore was founded in 1981 and consists of two venues: the Mansion and the Music Center....
. In 2006, they performed at the Dana Center (of the Dana Foundation
Dana Foundation
The Dana Foundation is a private philanthropic organization based in New York dedicated to the support of grants and outreach in science, health, and education, particularly in the neurosciences...
) in Washington, D.C.ref> That winter, the singers performed with Choralis, under the direction of Gretchen Kuhrmann, and performed in a production of Amahl and the Night Visitors
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Amahl and the Night Visitors is an opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti with an original English libretto by the composer. It was commissioned by NBC and first performed by the NBC Opera Theatre on December 24, 1951, in New York City at NBC studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, where it was broadcast...
as the chorus in early 2007. In December 2007, the Chamber Singers once again were selected to perform with the Washington Chorus for their Christmas concert. Bill Podolski took over as conductor in September, 2008. That winter, The Chamber Singers made an appearance at the award-winning Alexandria Harmonizers' holiday concert. Since then, they have performed once more with The Choralis Foundation and have made various appearances in the DC area and beyond.
Soprano
- Liza Gibbs '12
- Kaylee Schuey '12
- Maria Schneider '13
- Kyra Klontz '13
- Beni Yuzawa '12
Alto
- Catie Mitchell '13
- Grace Evans '13
- Carey Petro '13
- Bridget Condron '13
- Helen Westergren '13
2002-2003
- "Gloria" from Missa Kenya
- Old Horatius Had a Farm, Z. Randall StroopeZ. Randall StroopeZ. Randall Stroope , a renowned American composer, conductor, and lecturer, has written over 95 pieces; among his most-famous works are the Lamentations of Jeremiah, The Pasture, I Am Not Yours, and Inscription of Hope. His compositions sell more than 200,000 copies each year...
- O Magnum Mysterium, Morten LauridsenMorten LauridsenMorten Johannes Lauridsen is an American composer. He was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and has been a professor of composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music for more than 30 years.-Biography:Lauridsen was born February 27, 1943, in...
- O Magnum Mysterium, Tomas Luis de VictoriaTomás Luis de VictoriaTomás Luis de Victoria, sometimes Italianised as da Vittoria , was the most famous composer of the 16th century in Spain, and one of the most important composers of the Counter-Reformation, along with Giovanni da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso. Victoria was not only a composer, but also an...
2003-2004
- Throw the Yule Log on, Uncle John, P.D.Q. Bach
- O Little Town of Hackensack, P.D.Q. Bach
- Good King Kong Looked Out, P.D.Q. Bach
- Dieu! Qu'il la Fait Bon Regarder!, Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
- Rockin' Jerusalem
- Ride on, King Jesus, Arr. Larry Fleming
- Lord of the Dance, Arr. Larry Fleming
- And So it Goes, Billy JoelBilly JoelWilliam Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...
, Arr. Kirby Shaw - You Are the New Day, Arr. King's SingersKing's SingersThe King's Singers is a British a cappella vocal ensemble who celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2008. Their name recalls King's College in Cambridge, England, where the group was formed by six choral scholars in 1968. In the United Kingdom, their popularity peaked in the 1970s and early 1980s...
- Fair Phyllis I Saw, John FarmerJohn Farmer (1835-1901)John Farmer , from Nottingham, composed oratorios, cantatas, and other church music, and chamber music.His father, also John , was a Nottingham lacemaker and a cellist...
- Psallite, Michael PraetoriusMichael PraetoriusMichael Praetorius was a German composer, organist, and music theorist. He was one of the most versatile composers of his age, being particularly significant in the development of musical forms based on Protestant hymns, many of which reflect an effort to make better the relationship between...
- Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming, Michael PraetoriusMichael PraetoriusMichael Praetorius was a German composer, organist, and music theorist. He was one of the most versatile composers of his age, being particularly significant in the development of musical forms based on Protestant hymns, many of which reflect an effort to make better the relationship between...
- Keep Your Lamps
- Ain't a That Good News!
2004-2005
- The Coolin, Samuel BarberSamuel BarberSamuel Osborne Barber II was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is his most popular composition and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music...
- Sing a Song of Sixpence, Arr. John RutterJohn RutterJohn Milford Rutter CBE is a British composer, conductor, editor, arranger and record producer, mainly of choral music.-Biography:Born in London, Rutter was educated at Highgate School, where a fellow pupil was John Tavener. He read music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the...
- Laudate Nomen Domini
- Psalm 96", Sweelinck
- Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy's Sake
- Rejoice in the Lord Alway
- Kliene Orgelmesse, Joseph HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
- Come to me, my Love
- Mata del Anima Sola
- Steal Away
2005-2006
- A Boy and a Girl, Eric WhitacreEric WhitacreEric Whitacre is an American composer, conductor and lecturer. He is one of the most popular and performed composers of his generation. In 2008, the all-Whitacre choral CD Cloudburst became an international best-seller, topping the classical charts and earning a Grammy nomination...
- Locus Iste, Anton BrucknerAnton BrucknerAnton Bruckner was an Austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, complex polyphony, and considerable length...
- When I'm 64, Arr. SwingleSwingleSwingle may refer to:* Swingle, California, an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California* Walter Tennyson Swingle , U.S. agricultural botanist.* Ward Swingle , musician, singer, arranger, founder of the Swingle Singers...
- Non Nobis Domine, Rosephanye PowellRosephanye Powell-Life:Rosephanye Dunn was born in Lanett, Alabama, and studied piano and sang in choirs as a child. She graduated from Alabama State University with a Bachelor of Music degree, from Westminster Choir College with a Master's degree and from The Florida State University with a Doctor of Music...
- Just in Love
- Medley, from Crazy For YouCrazy for YouCrazy for You is a musical with a book by Ken Ludwig, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. Billed as "The New Gershwin Musical Comedy", it is largely based on the songwriting team’s 1930 musical, Girl Crazy, but interpolates songs from several other productions as well...
- Medley, from WickedWicked (musical)Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
, - There is no Rose, Brian Bartholdus
- Verbum Caro Factum Est, Hans Leo Haßler
- Cry Out and Shout, Knut Nysdedt
- Liebeslieder Walzer, Johannes BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
- Coventry Carol
- Deck the Hall in 7/8
- Jesus Christ the Apple Tree, Elizabeth Poston
- Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
2006-2007
- Missa Brevis in d Minor, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
- We Are, Ysaye Maria BarnwellYsaye Maria BarnwellYsaye Maria Barnwell has been a member of the African American a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock since 1979. She is a prolific composer, who composes many of the group's songs, and has been commissioned to create music for dance, choral, film, and stage productions...
- The Vow of the Traveler, Michael DiGiacinto
- Once in Royal David's City
- Jingle Bells, Arr. Anonymous
- Amahl and the Night Visitors, Gian Carlo MenottiGian Carlo MenottiGian Carlo Menotti was an Italian-American composer and librettist. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship. He wrote the classic Christmas opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors, among about two dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular...
- Joy to the World, Arr. Mack WilbergMack WilbergMack Wilberg is a composer, arranger, conductor, and Choral clinician, as well as the music director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir...
- Gloria from Missa Kenya
- Ding Dong Merrily on High
- Ich Lasse Dich Nicht, J.S. Bach
- Dry Bonz
- Exultate Deo, PalestrinaGiovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaGiovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known 16th-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition...
- Sicut Cervus, PalestrinaGiovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaGiovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known 16th-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition...
- Swing Down, André Thomas
- If Ye Love Me, Thomas TallisThomas TallisThomas Tallis was an English composer. Tallis flourished as a church musician in 16th century Tudor England. He occupies a primary place in anthologies of English church music, and is considered among the best of England's early composers. He is honoured for his original voice in English...
- Horizons, King's SingersKing's SingersThe King's Singers is a British a cappella vocal ensemble who celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2008. Their name recalls King's College in Cambridge, England, where the group was formed by six choral scholars in 1968. In the United Kingdom, their popularity peaked in the 1970s and early 1980s...
- Blue Skies, Gershwin
- Chile Con Carne, The Real GroupThe Real GroupThe Real Group is a professional a cappella group from Sweden, consisting of five members: Emma Nilsdotter, Katarina Henryson, Anders Edenroth, Morten Vinther Sørensen, and Anders Jalkéus....
2007-2008
- Java Jive
- Banquet Fugue, John RutterJohn RutterJohn Milford Rutter CBE is a British composer, conductor, editor, arranger and record producer, mainly of choral music.-Biography:Born in London, Rutter was educated at Highgate School, where a fellow pupil was John Tavener. He read music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the...
- Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy
- Chile con Carne, The Real GroupThe Real GroupThe Real Group is a professional a cappella group from Sweden, consisting of five members: Emma Nilsdotter, Katarina Henryson, Anders Edenroth, Morten Vinther Sørensen, and Anders Jalkéus....
- Serenisima una Noche
- What Cheer?, William WaltonWilliam WaltonSir William Turner Walton OM was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera...
- Go Where I Send Thee
- Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen, Michael PraetoriusMichael PraetoriusMichael Praetorius was a German composer, organist, and music theorist. He was one of the most versatile composers of his age, being particularly significant in the development of musical forms based on Protestant hymns, many of which reflect an effort to make better the relationship between...
- Schedrik (Carol of the Bells)
- Amahl and the Night Visitors
- With a Lily in Your Hand, Eric WhitacreEric WhitacreEric Whitacre is an American composer, conductor and lecturer. He is one of the most popular and performed composers of his generation. In 2008, the all-Whitacre choral CD Cloudburst became an international best-seller, topping the classical charts and earning a Grammy nomination...
- Dieu, Qu'il la Fait Bon Regarder, Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
- As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending, Thomas Weelkes
- Rejoice in the Lamb, Benjamin BrittenBenjamin BrittenEdward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...
2008-2009
- Sicut Cervus, PalestrinaPalestrinaPalestrina is an ancient city and comune with a population of about 18,000, in Lazio, c. 35 km east of Rome...
- Son de Camaguey, Stephen Hatfield
- You Are the New Day, King's SingersKing's SingersThe King's Singers is a British a cappella vocal ensemble who celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2008. Their name recalls King's College in Cambridge, England, where the group was formed by six choral scholars in 1968. In the United Kingdom, their popularity peaked in the 1970s and early 1980s...
- O Magnum Mysterium, arr. Morten LauridsenMorten LauridsenMorten Johannes Lauridsen is an American composer. He was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and has been a professor of composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music for more than 30 years.-Biography:Lauridsen was born February 27, 1943, in...
- Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
- Ding Dong Merrily on High
- And I Saw a New Heaven, Bainton
- I Love My Love, Holst
- Te Quiero, Alberto Favero
- My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth, P.D.Q. Bach
- Loch Lomond
- Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Beyond the Sea
2009-2010
- Ubi Caritas
- Cosita Linda
- The Boar's Head Carol, arr. Stephen Hatfield
- Coventry Carol, arr. Patrick Walders
- Jesus Christ the Apple Tree, Elizabeth PostonElizabeth PostonElizabeth Poston was an English composer, pianist, and writer. She studied at Queen Margaret's School, York and then the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she was encouraged by both Peter Warlock and Ralph Vaughan Williams. She won a prize from RAM for her violin sonata, which was...
- Resonet in Laudibus arr. C. L. Alwes
- Lux Aeterna, Brian Schmidt
- O Sing Joyfully
- Revecy Venir du Printemps
- Beati Quorum Via
- And So it Goes, Billy JoelBilly JoelWilliam Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...
, arr. Kirby Shaw - Viva la Vida, ColdplayColdplayColdplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
2010-2011
- El Grillo
- Bogoroditse Devo, by Serge Rachmoninoff
- Aya Ngena
- Waltzing Matilda
- Janger, by Budi Santos Yohanes
- Awake, Arise, and Hail the Morn
- Gloria, arr. Antonio Vivaldi
- Winter's Night
- Proud Mary
- When You're Home
- A Dream Is A Wish
Soprano
- Sarah Anderson
- Emily Tinawi '04
- Caroline Kerr '04
- Caroline Rodriguez '04
- Jordan Kai Burnett '04
- Ashley Bacon '06
- Becky Harnik '06
- Anousheh Shayestepour
- Kathleen Crosby '06
- Molly Patrician '07
- Ashleigh Brown '07
- Hilary Grothman '08
- Caroline Brent '08
- Aurora Martin '08
- Sabrina Zeile '08
- Emily Silverberg '08
- Joe King '69
- Meredith Steen '09
- Miranda Webster '09
- Miranda Fox '10
- Sam Taggart '10
- Paula Defrancis '10
- Lydia Fisher-Lasky '10
- Claudia Dimick '11
- Ana Cackley '11
- Irene Khuu '11
Alto
- Cecilia Cackley
- Katie Burke '04
- Ceanna Van Eaton '05
- Caroline Rodriguez
- Emily Higgs
- Jean Hufford '06
- Annie Ewing
- Annie Schwartz
- Jan Winchell '06
- Emily Boone '06
- Helen Yang
- Abigail Churchman '07
- Anna Kayes '07
- Maggie Nice '08
- Ellis Hooper '08
- Natalie Stearman '08
- Samantha Sheahan '08
- Tori Stempniewicz '08
- Christine Kline '09
- Phoebe Rosen '09
- Caitlin Levine '10
- Iliana Vazuka '10
- Tessa Heydinger '10
- Olivia Myers '10
- Emily Willard '10
- Michele DeRieux '11
- Margaret McCracken '11
Tenor
- Eduardo Caldera '03
- Maireni Melo-Fis '05
- Thomas Schtratweiser '05
- Alex Haase '06
- Joe Baker '05
- Will Griggs
- Brad Smith
- Jonathan Caldera '07
- William Haltiwanger '07
- Peter Causey '08
- David Rodriguez '08
- Jordan LaBella '09
- Johnny Landers '10
- Emerson Sieverts '11
- Jack Crawford-Brown '11
- Tony Risotto '11
- Sebastian Moorefield '11
- Jonathan Bloom '11
Bass
- Eitra Kennedy
- David George '06
- Patrick Hoeper '07
- Julian Morris '07
- Perry Fustero
- Jason Kim
- Andy Fram '07
- Tyson Price '09
- Jacob Saracco '08
- JP Mohler '08
- James Sheats '09
- Steven Sloan '09
- Eric Young '09
- Struan Shields '10
- Addison Janney '11
- Joe Patrician '11
- Mick Sloan '11