SHENANDOAH CHORUS
Hillary Ridgley , director

SHENANDOAH VOICES
Jeffrey Marlatt , director

CONSERVATORY CHOIR
Richard W. Robbins, director

Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory

Shenandoah Chorus

Hillary Ridgley, director
Joseph Goduto, accompanist

Patapan

Traditional French Christmas Carol
arr. Sandra Peter

Sim Shalom

Jennaya Robison

La Bonne Nouvelle

Traditional French-Canadian Christmas Carol
arr. Robert Sieving

Tundra

Ola Gjello (b. 1978)

Mack Sine, soloist
Grace Ritchie, soloist
Riley Taylor, soloist

Shenandoah Voices

Jeffrey Marlatt, director
Ishmeal Parsons, graduate conductor
James Newsome, accompanist

Brightest and Best from Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion

Compiled by William Walker (b. 1835)
Text by Reginald Heber (1783–1826)
arr. Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970)

Mason Wright, violin

O Magnum Mysterium

Evan Ramos (b. 1983)

Poor Wayfaring Stranger

Traditional Spiritual
arr. Victor C. Johnson (b. 1978)

Shalom

Dan Forrest (b. 1978)

Mason Wright, violin

Conservatory Choir

Richard W. Robbins, director
Andrew Wood, collaborative pianist

The Winter’s Night (2009)

Nicholas Myers

Selections from Christus, op. 97

Recit: “Da Jesus geboren ward zu Bethlehem”
     Aislin Given, soloist
Terzett: “Wo ist der neugeborne König der Juden?”
     Ishmeal Parsons, Julian Robbins, Michael Bromley, trio
Chorus: “Es wird ein Stern aus Jacob augehn”

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)

Canciones de Cuna

I. Canción de Cuna
     Shannon Fowler, soloist
II. Duérmete apegado a mí

Music by Alberto Grau (b. 1937)
Poetry by Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957)

O Nata Lux from Lux Aeterna

Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)

Noèl Ayisyen

Emile Desamours (b. 1941)

Combined Choirs

African Noel

Liberian Folksong
arr. André J. Thomas (b. 1952)

Taryn Marks, percussion
Ethan Richardson, percussion

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