2008-2009
Fall 2008 Concert
"A Child's Christmas in Wales"
The Dekalb Festival Chorus and The Prairie Brass Band
featuring a dramatic reading by Dean Ludden of Dylan Thomas's work
December 14, 2009, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall
| A Child's Christmas in Wales | Dylan Thomas read by Dean Ludden |
| Benedictus, from The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace) | Karl Jenkins, arr. Tony Small Paul Eakley, euphonium; PrairieBrass Band |
| This Little Babe | Benjamin Britten DeKalb Festival Chorus |
| God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen | Traditional, arr. Dallas Niermeyer Prairie Brass Band |
| Ding-a-Ding-a-Ding | Greg Gilpin DeKalb Festival Chorus |
| Ding Dong Merrily on High | French carol, 16th century, arr. Roy Newsome Prairie Brass Band |
| Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John | PDQ Bach, "reverently edited by Prof. Peter Schickele" DeKalbFestival Chorus |
| Morceau de Concours | Gabriel Fauré, arr./ed. Anabel Hulme Brieff Ruth Cavanauagh, flute |
| Let it Snow | Jule Styne, arr. William Gordon Prairie Brass Band |
| Good King Wenceslas | Text by John Mason Neale; Tune: Tempus Adest Floridum, 13thcentury spring carol DeKalb Festival Chorus |
| Cherry Ripe | English folk song, text by Robert Herrick Jennifer Weydert, solo |
| Drake's Drum | English folk song, text by Sir Henry Newbolt Robert Davis, solo |
| All through the Night | Traditional Welsh tune, arr. K. Lee Scott DeKalb Festival Chorus |
| Deck the Hall | Traditional Welsh, arr. John Rutter |
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas | English carol, 16th century, arr. Gary Schwartz DeKalb FestivalChorus |
| Sleighride | Leroy Anderson, arr. Ernest Tomlinson Prairie Brass Band |
Spring 2009 Concert
Ensemble Concert with the NIU Concert Choir
directed by Eric A. Johnson, D.M.A.
April 19, 2009, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall
| Theresienmesse (Mass No. 12 in Bb, Hob. XXII:12) | Joseph Haydn |
| I. Kyrie | Claire Woerner, Diane Toomey, David Nolden, John Boehlefeld |
| II. Gloria in Excelsis Deo | |
| III. Gratias Agimus Tibi | Deborah Jedlicka, Brynn Bixby, Stephen Yeseta, Howard Eckdahl |
| Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus | Marie Munier, Mihcal McClelland, Sean DelGrosso, Drayton Eggleson |
| Credo--Et Incarnatus est--Et Resurrexit | |
| Sanctus | Yu-Kuan Wang, Nichole Slaughter, Michael Griffin, John Boehlefeld |
| Agnus Dei | |
| Don Nobis Pacem | Zenia Lee, Dawn Rodriguez, Sean DelGrosso, Howard Eckdahl |