Author: Jennifer Dowdy
Voice Students’ Spring 2026 Recital
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
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
Program
Piano Sonata in E Minor, Op. 30, No. 27 – Ludwig van Beethoven (1756-1791)
- Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
- 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
Program
An die ferne Geliebte – Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
- Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend
- Wo die Berge so blau
- Leichte Segler in den Höhen
- Diese Wolken in den Höhen
- Es kehret der Maien, es blühet die Au
- Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder
Four Scottish Songs – Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
- When the Kye Come Hame
- Within a Mile of Edinburgh Town
- My Heart’s in the Highlands: Air from the Gaelic
- The Piper of Dundee
Who are these children? – Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- A Riddle ‘The Earth’
- A Ladie’s Sang
- Nightmare
- Black Day
- Bed-time
- Slaughter
- A Riddle ‘The child you were’
- The Larky Lad
- Who are these children?
- Supper
- The Children
- The Auld Aik
MUW Threadgill Series Orchestra featuring Musicians From Across the Nation
Songs of the Theatre 2025
The W Jazz Ensemble Fall 2025 Concert
Senior Voice Recital – Ricky Dubuisson II, baritone
Senior Brass Recital – Zahrya Harrison, trumpet
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)