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November,
2002 - "Silver Jubilee Celebration" A Choral Masterworks Concert
to celebrate 25
years of glorious vocal music by the Easton Choral Arts Society.included
the chorus in Church, in Opera, on Broadway, on Holiday and our
African-American heritage. The program includes O Magnum Mysterium, Song
of Simeon with Jonathan West, baritone, Mozart's Sanctus, honoring our
founder, Florence Ruley, the Pilgrim's Chorus from Wagner's "Tannhauser",
Habenera from George Bizet's "Carmen", sung by Patti Rubin,
mezzo-soprano, Va Pensiero from "Nabucco", Richard Wagner's
Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin", and Casta Diva from
"Norma" by Bellini, sung by Beth Holder, soprano. The Broadway
selections included 42nd Street, Modern Major General, Masquerade from
"The Phantom of the Opera" and Autumn Leaves. Holiday
selections were Coventry Carol and Advent Songs, with a closing
selection of Joshua Fit the Battle of Jerico.
April,
2002 - "In A Cappella Concert"
This "A Cappella" concert promotes the glory of the human voice, unaccompanied.
G. P da Palestrina's "Missa Papae Marcelli" is followed by contemporary
age selections from Ireland featuring Skip Decker to English, Spanish and
Germanic selections. Early American and African American selections closed
the program. Featured soloists also included Barbara Roach, Patti Rubin,
Ann Robinson and Beth Holder.
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