Schedule

Nov
5
Sat
Duruflé and Lusitano @ Union Theological Seminary, James Chapel
Nov 5 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The Dessoff Choirs
David Enlow, organist
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Thapelo Masita, violoncello
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

PROGRAM
Vicente Lusitano:
     Beati omnes qui timent Dominum
     Inviolata, integra et casta es Maria
     Regina Caeli
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem

Nov
16
Wed
Autumn Concert @ Claire Tow Theatre, Brooklyn College Center for the Performing Arts
Nov 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Brooklyn College Symphonic Choir
Brooklyn College Jazz Ensemble
Christoper Cooley, piano
Ronnie Burrage, conductor
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

PROGRAM
Matti Caspi: Mishehu
Arr. Josef Hadar: Britt Olam
Arr. Aryeh Epstein: Halleluja

Ronnie Burrage: God’s Only Black Man Unity
Arr. Roger Holland, II:
Always
Alana’s Dance

G.F. Handel: Pocket Messiah (Movements 4, 7, 12, 17, 44)

Nov
19
Sat
NYSSMA Zone 2 Festival @ Gates Chili High School
Nov 19 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Festival Chorus (grades 10-12)
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

PROGRAM
Liu Zuang: Tui Chao Mian
Margaret Bonds: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Arlen/arr. Gregg Smith: Somewhere over the Rainbow
Quadros and Abu-Khader Adinu
Margaret Bonds: I believe in Patience from Credo, Margaret Bonds

Nov
30
Wed
All of Us @ Union Theological Seminary, James Chapel
Nov 30 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Manhattan School of Music Chorale
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Singers
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

PROGRAM
Florence Price: “The Moon Bridge”
George Walker: “Gloria in Memoriam”
Samuel Coleridge Taylor: “Encinctured with Twine Leaves”
Margaret Bonds: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”
Craig Hella Johnson: “Considering Matthew Shepard”
Vicente Lusitano: Regina Caeli
Vicente Lusitano: Quid montes, Musae?

Dec
2
Fri
Messiah Sing @ Union Theological Seminary, James Chapel
Dec 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

The Dessoff Choirs
Steven Ryan, piano
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

Handel: Messiah

Dec
9
Fri
Welcome Yule @ St. Paul the Apostle, Manhattan
Dec 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

The Dessoff Choirs
Steven Ryan, piano and organ
Vianca Alejandra, conductor
Byran Lin, conductor
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

PROGRAM
Arr. David Willcocks: Carol: O come all ye faithful

Hans Leo Hassler: Verbum Caro factus est
Thomas Tallis: Loquebantur
Vicente Lusitano: Regina caeli

arr. Daniel Fortune: Carol: Hark the herald angels sing

Gregg Smith: Coventry Carol
Evelyn Currenton Smith: Go tell it on the Mountain
John Tavener: Mother and Child (2002)

Franz Xaver Gruber: Carol: Silent night
George Friderick Handel: Hallelujah from Messiah

Dec
11
Sun
Welcome Yule @ St. Paul’s Carroll Street, Brooklyn
Dec 11 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The Dessoff Choirs
Steven Ryan, piano and organ
Vianca Alejandra, conductor
Byran Lin, conductor
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

PROGRAM
Arr. David Willcocks: Carol: O come all ye faithful

Hans Leo Hassler: Verbum Caro factus est
Thomas Tallis: Loquebantur
Vicente Lusitano: Regina caeli

arr. Daniel Fortune: Carol: Hark the herald angels sing

Gregg Smith: Coventry Carol
Evelyn Currenton Smith: Go tell it on the Mountain
John Tavener: Mother and Child (2002)

Franz Xaver Gruber: Carol: Silent night
George Friderick Handel: Hallelujah from Messiah

Dec
23
Fri
Handel’s Messiah @ Carnegie Hall
Dec 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

The Masterwork Chorus
Louise Fauteux, Soprano
Alyson Harvey, Mezzo-soprano
Jack Anthony Pott, Tenor
Malcolm Merriweather, Baritone

PROGRAM
G.F. Handel: Messiah

Feb
3
Fri
Sanctuary Road @ Penn Square Music Festival (Time TBA)
Feb 3 all-day

PROGRAM
Paul Moravec: Sanctuary Road

Feb
5
Sun
Sanctuary Road @ Penn Square Music Festival (Time TBA)
Feb 5 all-day

PROGRAM
Paul Moravec: Sanctuary Road