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Author: Jennifer Dowdy

Voice Students’ Spring 2026 Recital

Published: 16 February 2026
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: Tuesday, February 17 at 7:30 p.m.

PROGRAM

“Gia il sole dal Gange” – Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)

Duncan Nobach, bass-baritone

“Just Imagine” from Good News – Ray Henderson (1896-1970), B.G. DeSylva) (1895-1950) , Lew Brown (1893-1958)

Eden Cartwright, soprano

“What I Did for Love” from A Chorus Line – Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012)

Lisa Smith, soprano

“I Cain’t Say No” from Oklahoma! – Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)

Trinity Garvin, soprano

“When I Have Sung My Songs” – Ernest Charles (1895-1984)

Charlene Stork, mezzo-soprano

Langston Dreams – Rosephanye Powell, Poetry by Langston Hughes

1. Hold Fast to Dreams | 2. To Sit and Dream

Marcus Hill, tenor

“Folksong Arrangements Volume 1: British Isles The Salley Gardens” – W. B. Yeats (1865-1939), arr. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Jay Lindsey, mezzo-soprano

“I’m Not Afraid of Anything” from Songs for a New World – Jason Robert Brown (b. 1970)

Savannah Meyers, mezzo-soprano

Black History Month Celebration Concert 2026

Published: 16 February 2026
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: Tuesday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m.

PROGRAM

Earth, Wind & Fire Dance Mix: Let’s Groove, Boogie Wonderland, Sing a Song – arr. Paul Murtha

13 O’clock – Zachary Smith

The W Jazz Ensemble

Melissa Reeves, Director of Bands & Coordinator of Music Education

Jesus Promised – Chicago Mass Choir

Trust In God – Elevation Worship

United Harmony Gospel Choir

Langston Dreams – Rosephanye Powell, Poetry by Langston Hughes

1. Hold Fast to Dreams

2. To Sit and Dream

Marcus Hill, tenor

William Reber, piano

“Home” from The Wiz – Charlie Smalls (1953-1987)

Charlene Stork, mezzo soprano

William Reber, piano

Hard Trials – H.T. Burleigh (1866-1949)

Zachariah Harden, tenor

William Reber, piano

Give me Jesus – Moses Hogan (1957-2003)

Trinity Garvin, soprano

William Reber, piano

I’m a poor l’il orphan – Julia Perry (1924-1979)

Jerry Brown, tenor (MUW Alum)

William Reber, piano

Compensation – Charles Lloyd Jr. (1948-2024)

Ricky Dubuisson II, bass-baritone (MUW Alum)

William Reber, piano

Compensation – Betty Jackson King (1928-1994)

Susan Hurley, soprano

William Reber, piano

In that great gettin’up morning – arr. Eli Villanueva

Jerry Brown, tenor (MUW Alum)

William Reber, piano

The Battle of Jericho – Moses Hogan

The MUW Chamber Singers

Zane Lynn, director

from Credo – Margaret Bonds (1913-1972), Text by W.E.B DuBois (1868-1963)

1. I Believe in God

2. Especially do I Believe in the Negro Race

The MUW Chamber Singers

Marcus Hill, tenor solo

Zane Lynn, collaborative pianist

William Reber, director

Senior Piano Recital – John Luke Lollar

Published: 10 February 2026
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: Saturday, January 31 at 7:30 pm

Program

Piano Sonata in E Minor, Op. 30, No. 27 – Ludwig van Beethoven (1756-1791)

  1. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
  2. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen

Ce qu`a vu le vent d`ouest – Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Sonata in A Major, K. 200, L. 238 – Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Vallee d’Obermann – Franz Lizst (1811-1886)

Faculty Voice Recital – Zane Lynn, tenor

Published: 10 February 2026
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: Friday, January 30 at 7:30 p.m.

Program

An die ferne Geliebte – Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

  1. Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend
  2. Wo die Berge so blau
  3. Leichte Segler in den Höhen
  4. Diese Wolken in den Höhen
  5. Es kehret der Maien, es blühet die Au
  6. Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder

Four Scottish Songs – Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

  1. When the Kye Come Hame
  2. Within a Mile of Edinburgh Town
  3. My Heart’s in the Highlands: Air from the Gaelic
  4. The Piper of Dundee

Who are these children? – Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

  1. A Riddle ‘The Earth’
  2. A Ladie’s Sang
  3. Nightmare
  4. Black Day
  5. Bed-time
  6. Slaughter
  7. A Riddle ‘The child you were’
  8. The Larky Lad
  9. Who are these children?
  10. Supper
  11. The Children
  12. The Auld Aik
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Senior Brass Recital – Zahrya Harrison, trumpet

Published: 10 November 2025
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: November 6 at 7:30 pm

Zahrya Harrison, trumpet

William Reber, pianist

Program

Aria – Eugene Bozza (1905-1991)

Sonata for Trumpet & Piano – Eric Ewazen

I. Lento-Allegro molto

Concerto in Eb – Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

III. Allegro (Rondo)

Bride of the Waves – Herbert L. Clarke (1867-1945)

W Chamber Singers Fall 2025 Concert

Published: 10 November 2025
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: November 4 at 7:30 pm

Program

We Are… – Ysaye M. Barnwell

Drummer: Zachariah Harden

Dido and Aeneas: Final Scene – Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire

When I am Laid In Earth

          With Drooping Wings Ye Cupid’s Come

Dido: Audrey Harper, soprano

Gabrielle Foster, pianist

Truth – Andrea Ramsey

Conducted by Zane Lynn

Act II scene from Rigoletto – Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) & Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave (1810-1876)

Gilda: Susan Hurley, soprano

Giovanna: Moira Cairns, soprano

The Duke of Mantua: Zane Lynn, tenor

Chorus Conducted by Gabrielle Foster

A French Carol Suite – arr. by Andy Beck

He is Born – Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella –

Noël nouvelet – Pat-a-pan – Angels We Have Heard on High – Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Zane Lynn, pianist

Pavane for a Silent Night based on Pavane une infante defunte – by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) , arr. by Patrick M. Liebergen

Layla Temple, flutist

Conducted by Zane Lynn

The Battle of Jericho, traditional spiritual – arr. by Moses Hogan (1957-2003)

Trinity Garvin, soprano soloist