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                                          Department of Music  presents   Spring Concert  Kennesaw State University Chorale Kennesaw State University Chamber Singers    Sherri Barrett, accompanist Dr. Leslie J. Blackwell, conductor     Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:00 pm Dr. Bobbie Bailey and Family Performance Center Performance Hall     Sixty-eighth Concert of the 2007-2008 season                                         Kennesaw Sate University Department of Music  Spring Concert Kennesaw State University Chorale Kennesaw State University Chamber Singers  Jeremy Frasier, percussion Sam Skelton, soprano saxophone Sherri Barrett, accompanist Dr. Leslie J. Blackwell, conductor   April 22, 2008 8:00 pm Dr. Bobbie Bailey and Family Performance Center Performance Hall   PROGRAM   KSU Chorale   Musicks Empire Lloyd Pfautsch from Triptych  Laudate Jehovam, omnes gentes Georg Philipp Telemann Psalm 117 Tyler Mitchell and Rachel Mercer, violin  The Quest Unending Joseph M. Martin  Psalm 100 René Clausen  arr. Drew Collins Scott Walters, student conductor    KSU Combined Choirs  Hallelujah Ludwig van Beethoven from Mount of Olives                                          Kennesaw State University Upcoming Music Events     Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Kennesaw State University Concert Band and Wind Ensemble 8:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Concert Hall   Thursday, April 24, 2008 Kennesaw State University Jazz Ensemble 8:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Concert Hall   Sunday, April 27, 2008 Kennesaw State University Gospel Choir 3:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Concert Hall   Monday, April 28, 2008 Kennesaw State University Percussion Ensemble 8:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Concert Hall   Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Kennesaw State University Ensemble In Residence Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet 3:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Concert Hall       For the most current information, please visit http://www.kennesaw.edu/arts/events/ KSU Chamber Singers   Christus factus est pro nobis Anton Bruckner   Two Love Songs This Marriage Eric Whitacre Sudden Light Robert H. Young   Three South American Folk Songs  Canción de Lejos Cesar Isella  Arr. Hugo C. de la Vega  To the Mothers in Brazil: Salve Regina Lars Jansson arr. Gunnar Eriksson Sam Skelton, soprano saxophone Jeremy Frasier, percussion  Lata D’agua Marcos Leite        ❖❖❖❖                                                       KSU University Chorale    Soprano Alto   Kayla Criswell Amy Braun Lauren  Ditthardt Julie Cross Andrea Ducas Karen Edwards Christen Engels Joy Fernandez Erin Gallagher Hannah Freeman Katie Good Heather Harris Helen Hernandez Greta Henry Christina Infusino Deborah Kellett Judy Jascomb Rachel Mercer Brenda Liedberg Sarah Oulette Rosalie Masoero Laura Shirley Hayley McCloud Jasmine Thompson Maria McDonald Jackie Tudor Miya Mitchell Sarah Winograd Amber Orr  Kristen Pacitti Bass Barbara Reed  Margaret Riney Thomas Atcheson Tsuey Wei Seah Ben Brumfield Kristen Taylor Brett Carson Emily Wysocki Alex Carstens  Stephen Chamblee Tenor John Clark  Constantino Garrido-Licha Conrad Abbott Brett Kelly David Carlisle Paul McCarthy Chris Coronado Chris Mills Chris Ellis Josh Odom Matt Kunkle James Sadler Joseph Moss Otto Stoy Cameron McKenzie Jared Strawn Kyle Miller Brad Wallace       Sam Skelton Soprano Saxophone  Georgia native Sam Skelton became Director of Jazz Studies and lecturer in saxophone at Kennesaw State University in 2004. Active in the Atlanta music scene for over a decade, Mr. Skelton graduated summa cum laude from Georgia State University and the private studio of Tony Carere with a degree in Jazz Studies. A two-time fellowship recipient to the Aspen Music Festival, he continued his saxophone studies with Kenneth Radnofsky at Boston University in 1991. Mr. Skelton's engagements include appearances with The London Symphony Orchestra, The Atlanta Symphony, The Atlanta Pops, The Peachtree Pops, The Atlanta Ballet Orchestra and The Cobb Symphony Orchestra and with Mr. Skelton’s own quartet, Drive Time. An active studio musician, Mr. Skelton can be heard on recordings by such artists as: Matchbox 20, The Gap Band and The Ohio Players. His television and radio jingles include The Weather Channel, The Travel Channel, Ford, The Cartoon Network, CNN, Nature’s Own, Popeye’s, Papa John’s and Turner South. Television appearances include In the Heat of the Night, and Savannah and Sinbad’s Summer Jam II on HBO. Sam Skelton is a Yamaha Performing Artist.   Sherri Barrett Accompanist  Sherri N. Barrett received her bachelor’s degree in piano performance from the University of Michigan and her master’s degree in piano performance from the University of Tennessee. She studied with Eugene Mancini of the Cleveland Institute of Music and Arthur Rivituso from the Juilliard School of Music. Ms. Barrett has recorded two solo piano CD’s entitled From His Hand and At Peace. She has been an active soloist, accompanist and adjudicator in Atlanta for over 20 years. She has performed in both the United States and Europe as a soloist, in various chamber ensembles and accompanist for various choral groups. She maintains a large teaching studio out of which several students have won international piano competitions. She is presently serving as pianist for two local Atlanta churches, the Kennesaw State University Chamber Singers and Chorale and the newly founded Kennesaw State University Community Alumni Choir under the baton of Dr. Leslie J. Blackwell. Ms. Barrett is a member of the National Music Teachers Association and the International Music Fraternity Delta Omicron.                                           KSU Chamber Singers    Soprano Alto Kristin Brent Rachel Alexander Laura Hettinger Stephanie Daniels Dileesa Hunter Rachel Espenshied Lauren Larson Sarah Heagy Jennifer Mack Whitney Mawer Amanda Newton Rachel Mercer Stephanie Slaughter Leigh Sumruld   Tenor Bass Michael Alcorn Jon Brown Cody Nichols Shawn Keswani Joshua L. Reiff Clay Mooney Michael Sperr Greg Poirier John White Scott Walters  Christopher Weaver                    Leslie J. Blackwell Director of Choral Activities  Dr. Blackwell is the director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music and Music Education at Kennesaw State University where she has taught since 1998.  Dr. Blackwell's duties include conducting the choral ensembles; KSU Chorale, KSU Women’s Ensemble, KSU Men’s Ensemble, and KSU Chamber Singers; teaching choral conducting, choral literature, and supervising student teachers.  Under Dr. Blackwell 's baton, her choirs have performed master works including the requiems of Fauré, Duruflé and Mozart, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Rome Symphony Orchestra, Brahm’s Requiem, Rutter’s Gloria, and Handel’s Messiah with the Cobb Symphony Orchestra.  The Kennesaw State University Chamber Singers performed at the 2002, 2006, and 2008 Georgia Music Educators Association State Convention.  Also, Dr. Blackwell lectured at the annual GMEA In-Service in Savannah, Georgia in January 2007 along with the KSU Men’s Ensemble.  The lecture was entitled “Men: Can’t live with them, Can’t sing without them!”    Dr. Blackwell received a Chancellor’s Award in May 2007 to study Latin American Choral music in Salta, Argentina.  Dr. Blackwell studied with Luis Benavidez and Julio Cesar Reynaga, director del Coro Gaudium and renowned arranger of Latin American Choral music in Argentina.  Dr. Blackwell earned her A.D. from Gordon College and her B.M. in music education from West Georgia College.  She also holds a M.M. from Georgia State University and a D.M.A. from the University of Kentucky.  Influential musicians with whom she has worked are Robert Shaw, Ann Howard Jones, Yoel Levi, David Maslanka, Rodney Eichenberger, and Jefferson Johnson.   During her twenty years as a music educator in Georgia, Dr. Blackwell taught seven years at McIntosh High School in Peachtree City, where her Chamber and Women's choirs performed, respectively, at the 1992 and 1994 Georgia Music Educators Association State Conventions. McIntosh Chamber Choir was selected to sing at the American Choral Director's Association Southern Division Convention in 1996.   In 2007 Dr. Blackwell founded the Kennesaw State University Community Alumni Choir, which began its inaugural season with membership reaching nearly 100 voices.  In addition to her commitments at Kennesaw State University, Dr. Blackwell is currently Minister of Music at Haygood Memorial United Methodist Church.  She is also active as a conductor, clinician and adjudicator in the southeast, and holds memberships in MENC, GMEA, and ACDA.                                          Translations  Psalm 117  O praise the Lord, all ye nations; Praise him, all ye peoples. For his loving kindness Has been bestowed upon us, And the truth of the Lord Endures forever.   Christus factus est pro nobis  Christ became obedient for us unto death, Even the death of the cross. Wherefore God Also hath exalted Him, and hath given Him a Name which is above every name.   Canción de Lejos  Me, love. If I am the reason for forgetfulness Say goodbye; To the dove of your handkerchief I say no, I say goodbye. I say no, But your eyes are going with me Where I go you are And that goes back twice River to me from heaven to you. What simple way Had the affection between you and me: Just a handkerchief in the sky I forgot, you forgot. Blue that rises and rises from the wood Burning, like the moon with your absence I get to see. I am absent Like a dove injured in a wing I am punishing. I often see your handkerchief looking for you.  To The Mothers in Brazil: Salve Regina  Hail holy Queen, Mother of mercy To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. And Jesus the blessed fruit of thy womb.   Lata D’Agua  Water on the head There will Maria  There will Maria So be the hill and never tires  By hand  Take the child Here goes Maria Maria  Wash the clothes  There at the top  Striving for bread From each day Dreaming with life Dreaming with life  Do asphalt  What ends  Where the hill begins                 

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