Knox College Choir Home Tour Concert

The Knox College Choir, led by Professor of Music Laura Lane, will perform its Home Tour Concert on Friday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Kresge Recital Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, on the Knox campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

The concert will showcase the program from the choir’s 2019 Midwest Tour, which is taking place during Knox’s spring break and ends on Monday, March 18. The tour includes stops in Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois.

The program features a wide variety of songs, from Vytautas Miškinis’ complex and powerful “Lucis Creator Optime” to Tarik O’Regan’s intense and ethereal “Turn.”

Earlier this year, the Knox College Choir had the opportunity to work with South African composer and choral director Dr. Michael Barrett. Barrett is director of choral activities at the University of Pretoria and conductor of the internationally recognized Tuks Camerata.

Barrett visited Knox College on January 30-31 for a two-day residency, where he held a workshop on South African music and dance. During his residency, he rehearsed four of his pieces with the choir: “Indodana,” “San’bonani,” “Nda Wana,” and “Namhla Kudibene.” The pieces feature choir members Eddy Freeman, Alex Heston, Einar Pieler and David Petrak as soloists.

Knox College Choir Concert Program

“Si Ch’io Vorrei Morire” – Claudio Monteverdi
“Super Flumina Babylonis” – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
“Richte Mich Gott” – Felix Mendelssohn
“Lucis Creator Optime” – Vytautas Miškinis
“Turn” – Tarik O’Regan
“Let My Love Be Heard” – Jake Runestad
“Veniki” – Traditional Russian, arr. F. Rubtsov
“Indodana” – arr. Michael Barrett and Ralf Schmitt
“San’bonani” – Traditional greeting in the Zulu culture, arr. Michael Barrett
“Nda Wana” – Traditional game song from the Venda culture, arr. Michael Barrett
“Namhla Kudibene” – Traditional war song from the Xhosa culture, arr. Michael Barrett

Knox Chamber Singers (to be selected from):

“Marsh Flowers” – Benjamin Britten
“The Evening Primrose” – Benjamin Britten
“Lux Aurumque” – Eric Whitacre
“Se Per Havervi Oime” – Morten Lauridsen
“A Haitian Noël” – Emile Desamours
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The Knox College Choir
Laura Lane, Conductor
Casey Dierlam, Accompanist

Choir members listed by name, hometown, and major if declared

* Denotes members of the Knox College Chamber Singers

Soprano

*Ellie Baird, La Grange, IL – Music
Jessica Beckman, Owatonna, MN – Creative Writing
Sophia Bowley, Jackson, MS – Undecided
*Maggie Decker, St. Louis, MO – Music
*Eliza Dehlin, Viroqua, WI – History
*Cordelia Frese, St. Louis, MO – Creative Writing
*Ellie Jacques, Bolingbrook, IL – Africana Studies
Gwen O’Connell, Chicago, IL – Creative Writing
Anna Rhodes, Avon, IL – Political Science
*Sarah Schierbeek, Skokie, IL – Psychology
Emily Wallace, Marion, IL – Art Education

Alto

*Stephanie Austin, Evanston, IL – Anthropology/Sociology
Monica Cardoza, Chicago, IL – Undecided
Rachel Ditty, Delano, MN – Creative Writing
Emily DiBenedetto, Mount Pleasant, IL – History
Francesca Downs, Chicago, IL – Creative Writing
Amanda Espinosa, South Pasadena, CA – Political Science
Kaitlyn Hrivnak, Kewaunee, WI – Creative Writing/Theatre
Sarah Lohmann, St. Louis, MO – Creative Writing/Asian Studies
*Meghan Mohn, Kansas City, KS – Creative Writing
Teagan Moore, Elgin, IL – Undecided
Eleanor Phan, Hanoi, Vietnam – Economics/Business
*Katerina Sasieta, St. Louis, MO – Music
*Sarah Smith, Maryville, MO – Music
Abby Spengler, Bolingbrook, IL – Creative Writing
*Fay Swift, Houston, TX – Environmental Studies
*Ingrid Wasmer, Chicago, IL – Psychology/Spanish

Tenor

Julian Bowens-Robinson, St. Louis, MO – Business
James Cook, Chicago, IL – Creative Writing/History
*Alex Heston, N. Hollywood, CA – Psychology
*Ben Lambert, La Grange, IL – Psychology
Tanner Nelson, St. Louis, MO – Political Science
*David Petrak, Darien, IL – Studio Art
Einar Pieler, Crystal Lake, IL – Music
*Noah Zand, Kenosha, WI – Elementary Education

Bass

Olive Colangelo, Lombard, IL – Environmental Science
Alex Crawford, Little Rock, AR – International Relations
Benjamin E. Dolezal, Columbia, MO – Biology
Momin Farooq, Lahore, Pakistan – Computer Science
Edward Freeman, Chicago, IL – Music Education
*Alex Gallo, Glen Ellyn, IL – Education
Shubham Moitra, Mumbai, India – Economics/Business
Ajay Gustafson, St. Charles, IL – Chemistry/Engineering
*Jasper Morgan, Champaign, IL – Creative Writing
Emeka Nkuku, Hillside, IL – Computer Science
*Gabriel Ochoa, Phoenix, AZ – Music Composition
Ibrahim Sakrani, Lombard, IL – Biology
*Jared Smith, Seneca, WI – Chemistry
*Tom Trudeau, Raleigh, NC – Astrophysics