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Dr. Brent C. Talbot, Artistic Director

Jamie Buxton, Pianist

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Sunday, April 2, 2017, 4 pm

Chambersburg Church of the Brethren
Chambersburg, PA

Free and open to the public

 PATRONS
David and Pat Crowner
The Michael Forman Family
Robert L. Gough
Jon and Elizabeth Griffiths
Wayne and Sue Hill
The Kammerer Family
Eileen and Norbert Mathias
Bonnie and Russell McCutcheon
Jennifer M. Railing
Ruth E. Ranalli
Jane Parker Scott
Sylvia Weaver
James and Marietta Witt

SUPPORTERS
Anonymous
Duane and Karen Botterbusch
Crouse Electric Co., LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Elsner
Patricia Fetrow
Judy and Bill Foreman
Lois and Rachel Hottle
Gail and Buzz Jones
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Bill and Judy Leslie
Jan and Stephan C. Lewis
Carol and Michael Matsinko
Charles and Lurie Slaybaugh
The Gettysburg Children's Choir Choir and Chamber Chorale is an PROGRAM
auditioned community choir program for children in grades three through
twelve located at Gettysburg College. The CHILDREN’S CHOIR is for students
in grades 3 through 8 and members represent nine elementary schools in the Give Thanks and Praise ................................................. G.F. Handel/ ed. Kihlken
Adams County area and beyond. The CHAMBER CHORALE is for students
in grades 9 through 12 and its members represent five high schools. The Choir Fairest Lady from “The Nursery Rhyme Cantata” ............................... Nick Page
is online at www.gettysburgcc.org and on Facebook.
The Tree of Song ..............................................................................Thomas Juneau
The Choir is supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a
state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National The Road Home ............................................................................... Stephen Paulus
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
The Dream Keeper ......................................................................... Rollo Dillworth
Scholarships are provided by a grant from the Adams County Community
Foundation. Think On Me ........................................................................ arr. James Mulholland
The Choir is also supported in part by the Adams County Arts Council’s STAR
Ticket to the Promised Land ................................................................ John Carter
Grant Program, which is funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the
Adams County Commissioners, the Borough of Gettysburg, and the Robert Echo........................................................................................................Tom Shelton
C. Hoffman Charitable Endowment Trust.
The Choir receives in-kind support from Gettysburg College and gifts from Annabel Lee ....................................................................................... Leeann Ashby
the following donors:
Peze Kafe ....................................................................................... arr. Sten Kallman
SUSTAINERS Ton Thé .................................................Jeanne & Robert Gilmore, arr. Brumfield
Adams County Community Foundation
Adams County Music Educators Association When I Close My Eyes .......................................Jim Papoulis & Fransisco Nunez
Anonymous
Neil Beach and Michael Spillane Son de Camaguey ..........................................................................Stephen Hatfield
Jamie and Dennis Cope
Margaret B. Curtis
Joe and Olive Donolli
Barb and Ron Hoch
S. Kay Hoke
Jane and Ben Jones
Andy and Lucy Jurcak
John and Christine Kellett
Emily and Bill Knowles-Kellett
Sharon Magraw
Carolyn and Norman Nunamaker
Carla Pavlick
PA Council on the Arts
David and Martha Talbot
Sam and Linda Teeter
Paul and Lori Zeshonsky
 Gettysburg Children’s Choir and Chamber Chorale GETTYSBURG CHILDREN’S CHOIR
Dr. Brent C. Talbot, Artistic Director
Jamie Buxton, Pianist Lilly Arnold Aubrey McCloskey
Eddie Holmes ‘18, Gettysburg College Intern Caroline Bannak Grace McDannell
Lily Bannak Kellen Mikesell
Dr. Brent C. Talbot is artistic director of the Gettysburg Children’s Choir Seneca Mikesell
Afia Baryeh
and Chamber Chorale. In addition, he is coordinator of music education
Finn Clarke Carmen Oshunrinade
at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College where he
teaches various courses in music education, directs the gamelan (an Indone- Aubree Deardorff Sofia Oshunrinade
sian instrumental ensemble) and supervises student teaching and research. Faith Dickerson Connor Peterman
Prior to his appointments in Gettysburg, he served on the faculty at the Uni- Brieanna Forman Liam Ruff-miller
versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Talbot has taught middle and Charlotte Forman Savannah Schneider
high school music in Rochester and Brooklyn, New York. He holds degrees in Hannah Green Bella Smith
music education from the Eastman School of Music (Ph.D. & M.A.) and In- Sam Hale Tuff Smith
diana University (B.M.E.). In addition, he earned a diploma in ethnomusicol- Brianna Hieber Paige Stewart
ogy and is certified in all three levels of Orff-Schulwerk. Dr. Talbot was the Sophie Thoma
Gabriel Hollabaugh
founding director of the Eastman Young Children's Chorus and Director of
Lydia Hunt Natalie Trejo Gomez
the Eastman New Horizons Choir. He is an active clinician at many county
and district honor choirs and has directed groups at the Interlochen Center Theo Hunt Nathan Zhao
for the Arts and the Chautauqua Institution. A frequent presenter at re- Gaven Jones Ellen Zimmerman
gional, national, and international conferences, his areas of expertise include:
world and popular music pedagogies, teaching movement, and examining
power and social justice in music learning settings. Dr. Talbot is published
in various state, national, and international journals as well as in books on
music education and music therapy. He is an active member of American CHAMBER CHORALE
Choral Directors Association and serves in leadership roles within the Na- of the Gettysburg Children’s Choir
tional Association for Music Education, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Dr. Brent C. Talbot, Artistic Director
Association and the MayDay Group. For more information go to Dr. Talbot's Jamie Buxton, Pianist
website www.brentctalbot.com.
Emily Curry Helen Reaver
Jamie Buxton is accompanist for the Gettysburg Children’s Choir and Cham-
Erin Dunlap Bailey Roberts
ber Chorale. Penn
Rachel Hill Camden Selby
State Mont Alto Chorale and has served as pianist for Gettysburg College
Choir, Gettysburg College Women’s Choir, Belle Voix, and other groups. Mrs. Alek Hopkins Becky Shank
Buxton enjoys working with local school districts as a choral pianist and Abigail Jemison Taylor Wiles
pit musician for various musicals. She has served as pianist for the Gilbert Will Knowles-Kellett Maxwell Wolfe
and Sullivan Festival and is often called to help with musical performances Becky Negro Elena Yingling
in local churches and other venues. Jamie holds a BS in Education from the Drew Phillippi Owen Yingling
University of Texas at Austin. Alec Pratt Lauren Zepp