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For Immediate Release
2001-2002
Attention: Media Personnel
Through the years, your station has aired the Nebraska
Wesleyan University Choir Christmas tape during the holiday season.
This year, we have enclosed our performances in compact disk format
for your enjoyment. Please alert Michelle Venter-Schlegel (402)
465-2185 or mventer@nebrwesleyan.edu if you no longer wish to receive
this mailing. Have a wonderful holiday season!
A separate attachment featuring this year’s
selections is included.
About the Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir
The University Choir has a long history of excellence.
Under the direction of Dr. William A. Wyman, professor of music
at Nebraska Wesleyan, the Choir has performed throughout the world,
presenting concerts on four continents. The Choir's May-June 1998
tour of Brazil included a concert in Rio de Janeiro at the Candalaria
Cathedral, the largest cathedral in South America, with the National
Symphony of Rio de Janeiro and two Brazilian choirs.
The group first left the United States to perform
in 1977 with a tour of Romania. Since that time, the Choir has toured
western Europe (1980); Hong Kong, China, Japan and Korea (1986);
England and Scotland, including a performance as the American choral
representative to the 250th Anniversary Celebration of the Wesley
Enlightenment in London (1988); and Russia, Czechoslovakia and Austria,
including a performance as the first-ever American choir to be invited
to the St. Petersburg International Choir Festival in Russia (1992).
In addition to international recognition under Wyman's
direction, in February 1999 the Choir became the first collegiate
choir from Nebraska ever selected to perform at the American Choral
Directors Association (ACDA) National Convention. The Choir has
also been chosen to perform at the North Central American Choral
Directors Convention four times, and appeared as the featured collegiate
ensemble at the Nebraska Music Educators Association and Nebraska
Choral Directors Association conventions. In 1995, the Choir took
part in the “Lincoln at Lincoln Center” concert at the
prestigious Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.
This year’s American tour includes concerts
in North Platte, Neb., a community concert in Scottsbluff, Neb.,
Cheyenne, Wyo., a community concert in Casper, Wyo., Denver and
Fort Collins, Colo., a community concert in Sidney, Neb. and Kearney,
Neb. The concluding concert will be held in O'Donnell Auditorium
Sunday, January 20 at 7:30 p.m. on the Nebraska Wesleyan University
campus.
Additionally, a program of international interest
will be presented by the Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir on the
2002 concert tours to Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Austria, Italy
and Germany. Well regarded classic choral literature including excerpts
from Carl Orff's “Carmina Burana” and works by Brahms,
Durante, Biebl and Lauridsen will be included. Among these classic
works are two poly-choral settings appropriate for European cathedral
acoustics. The second half of the program features ethnic music
from many cultures. African, Jamaican, Canadian and American folk
music and spirituals are represented. These include James Erb's
beautiful setting of “Shenendoah” and Adolphus Hailstork's
powerful “Go Down Moses.” The concert will conclude with
a movement from Conrad Susa's “Mystical Carols” and the
Wesleyan Choir signature piece, Sir Malcolm Sargent's setting of
“Silent Night.”
The 2002 European tour begins with concerts in
Des Moines, Iowa and Chicago, Ill. A town-sponsored concert will
be performed in Vienna, Austria with a concert also presented in
Salzburg, Austria and Venice, Italy. Two choral society sponsored
concerts will take place in Bavaria and Stutgart, Germany. For more
information regarding the tour dates and locations, contact Michelle
Venter-Schlegel at (402) 465-2185.
Members of the 2001-02 Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir are:
Soprano I
Catherine Carlson, Davey, Neb.
Elizabeth Groher, Storm Lake, Iowa
Molly Haight, Johnston, Iowa
Tara Harman, Liberty, Mo.
Jennifer Kolterman, Seward, Neb.
Erin Quandt, Lincoln, Neb
Laci Sievers, Fremont, Neb.
Soprano II
Maria Dedrichs, Geneva, Switzerland
Kristen Dickey, Lincoln, Neb.
Jennifer Feeney, Mead, Neb.
Irene Hill, Lincoln, Neb.
Amber D. McQuiston, Orleans, Neb.
Jennifer Parrish, Bennet, Neb.
Jamie Sprague, Orlando, Fla.
Alto I
Sarie Buhr, Lincoln, Neb.
Jillian Craig, Hastings, Neb.
Elizabeth Eno, Lincoln, Neb.
Anna Lackaff, Bassett, Neb.
Amber Matulka, Agnew, Neb.
Elizabeth Varney, Lincoln, Neb.
Alto II
Katie Bacon, Lincoln, Neb.
Sara Cafferty, Omaha, Neb.
Kara Ficke, Lincoln, Neb.
Jocelyn Fitzgerald, Lincoln, Neb.
Kanoa Green, Orlando, Fla.
Meredith Metcalf, Lincoln, Neb.
Dollie Munter, Coleridge, Neb. |
Tenor I
Nicholas Fuller, Elkhorn Neb.
Benjamin Kirk, Omaha, Neb.
Joe Lee, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Ryan Phillips, Omaha, Neb.
Mitch Raftery, Omaha, Neb.
Andrew Spady, York, Neb.
Tenor II
Bryan Greer, Omaha, Neb.
David Johnson, Grand Island, Neb.
Eric Mittan, Albion, Neb.
Nicholas Pignatore, Jefferson Township, N.J.
Jeff Smith, Orlando, Fla.
Bass I
Erik Bowman, Hooper, Neb.
Bryan Fink, Omaha, Neb.
Georg Getty, Omaha, Neb.
Stephen Glade, Grand Island, Neb.
Luke Jones, Shubert, Neb.
Brent Smoyer, Grand Island, Neb.
Gregory Taylor, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Tyler Richard, Omaha, Neb.
Bass II
Benjamin Bear, Lincoln, Neb.
Wayne Freelove, Orlando, Fla.
Luke Karohl, Grand Island, Neb.
Scott McKain, Omaha, Neb.
Travis Panning, Hooper, Neb.
Matthew Steele, Broken Bow, Neb.
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