Courtney Crappell, Director

CHORAL MUSIC IN THE

TIME OF COVID
Presented by the
UH GOLDENROD, CORAL, AND
TURQUOISE CHOIRS,
Betsy Cook Weber, conductor
Andreea Mut, piano
Recorded Saturday and Sunday, September
27 & 28, 2020
Moores Opera House
 PROGRAM
Betsy Cook Weber, conductor
Andreea Mut, piano
(except where indicated otherwise)
Threads of Joy Tim Brent
(b. 1975)
Amanda Quist
(b. 1976)
Victoria Santana, soprano
Sicut cervus  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
(c. 1525–1594)
Matthew Lyon Hazzard, conductor
Psalm 42: As the deer longs for running waters,
So my soul  longs for you, my God.
 
You Do Not Walk Alone  Elaine Hagenberg
(b. 1979) 

O Sing to the Lord  Dan Davison

(b. 1983)

Sleep  Eric Whitacre

(b. 1970)
Chase Gaines, conductor

Ride Up In the Chariot  Brandon Waddles, arr.

Stephen Steward, Ja’lon Douglas, tenors
Emily Jenkins, conductor

She Walks in Beauty  Z. Randall Stroope

(b. 1953)
Carlin Truong, conductor

Vidi aquam  Kevin P. Padworski

(b. 1987)
with Alisiya Boiko, piano

I saw water flowing from the temple,

 On the right side, alleluia:
And all to whom that water came
Have been saved, and they will say: alleluia!

PERSONNEL
Betsy Cook Weber, director 
Matthew Lyon Hazzard, doctoral teaching assistant 
Andreea Mut, collaborative pianist 
 
Coral Choir 
Kylee Hill, student director 
Kendall Banasiak  Kennan Lukacs 
Sara Cox  Kyle Maninantan* 
Gabriella Gonzalez  Jorge Martinez 
Ethan Ha  Cam Michalak* 
Oliver Hassall  Quinton Parmenter 
Kylee Hill  Kiley Rovegno 
Lea Judan  Stephen Steward 
Meghana Krish*  Katelynn Watson* 

Goldenrod Choir 
Erika Erwin, student director 
Noah Boldt  MiaRose Hanberry 
David Bruce*  Zachary Hoover 
Ja’Lon Douglas*  Tasneem Islam 
Erika Erwin  Ileagh MacIvers 
Travis Falknor  Jordan Martinez 
David Ferguson  Victoria Santana* 
Stephanie Gabino*  Joshua Sarmiento 
Mariam Haider  Abigail Zuniga

Turquoise Choir 
Kolton Krueger, student director
Alisiya Boiko  Emily Jenkins 
Chase Gaines  Kolton Krueger 
Analyn Gonzalez  Eliza Masewicz 
Matthew Hazzard  Gabrielle McCullough 
Peyton Moseley  Carlin Truong 
Aaron Oberlander*  Phillip Velarde* 
Scott Rogers*  Audrey Welsh
Tiffany Sau* 
Joel Trekell  *Section Leaders 

CHORAL MUSIC IN THE TIME OF COVID

 
For the first month of Fall 2020, our top choral ensemble, Concert
Chorale, divided itself into three sixteen-voice ensembles, each of
which met remotely on Zoom once a week.  To prepare for our Zoom
meetings, singers were assigned various repertoire to learn, record, and
upload, and our weekly meetings consisted of listening and giving
feedback to singer’s individual recordings. The dedication demonstrated
by each singer as they completed these assignments was truly remarkable
and heart-warming.  This new regimen has a lot to offer as we contemplate
our non-COVID future!  By way of acknowledging that Concert Chorale
is on hiatus right now, our three ensembles became Coral Choir,
Goldenrod Choir, and Turquoise Choir.  We look forward to the day when
Concert Chorale returns! 
 
So, the first time these singers sang together in the same room was on
Saturday, September 27, and, because of time constraints, we were only
able to devote about fifteen minutes of actual rehearsal to each piece
before recording it.  We think the results are impressive if not perfect; this
is truly music-making at a professional level.  
 
The repertoire performed tonight consists of first-round audition music for
the Texas All-State Choir.  In addition to learning this wonderful music,
we are using it as part of a new initiative, Coogs  Helping Choirs, where
our UH singers remotely coach aspiring high school singers as they
prepare for their All-State auditions.  This project has been an extremely
rewarding and gratifying way to serve our community and the choral art.