The New Classic Singers celebrates its 17th season as a professional
choral ensemble in residence at College of DuPage. Members include
conductors, educators, and soloists from throughout the metropolitan
area. The Singers have been lauded for their imaginative programs and
performing excellence. New Classic Singers has performed three times
for conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and
frequently commissions and premieres new works.
Night Songs
I
Este — Zoltan Kodaly
Ejszaka — Gyorgy Ligeti
Water Night — Eric Whitacre
Le Ballet des Ombres — Hector Berlioz
II
Night Speech — Nicolas Roussakis
III
Nights in Armor — Lee R. Kesselman
- Merlin's Riddle
- The Knight and His Queen
- Tristram's Madrigal
- Arthur's Final Words
IV
Five Songs — Johannes Brahms
V
Epitaph for Moonlight — R. Murray Schafer
VI
Round Midnight — Cootie Williams & Thelonius Monk
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square — Manning Sherwin
A Child’s Christmas
Saturday, December 12th
Family Christmas Album 17
A Child is Born — Nick Page
Hodie Christus Natus Est — Niels La Cour
Welcome Chistemas — James Helme Sutcliffe
Scandinavian Carols
Gaudete — Stephen Hatfield
Joulupuu on Rakennettu — Charles Collins
Two Swedish Carols — Lee R. Kesselman
O Nata Lux — Morten Lauridsen
Angelus ad virginem — Eleanor Daley
The Ship Carol — Stephen Paulus
Song of the Birds — Imant Raminsh
Jackson's Carol — Lee R. Kesselman
Christmas Gift — Jester Hairston
Familiar Carols
Cathedral Sounds
March 7th, at St. Daniel the Prophet Catholic Church, 101 West Loop Road, Wheaton, IL
March 14th, at St. James Cathedral, 65 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL
Three Motets — C.V. Stanford
O Nata Lux — Morten Lauridsen
Song for Athene — John Tavener
(from Princess Diana's Funeral)
The Emperor’s New Clothes
April 24th
Music by Lee Kesselman
Lyrics by James Tucker
Story by Hans Christian Anderson
The Emperor — Brent Kern
Counselor #1 — Curtis Crylen
Counselor #2 — Rick Hermanson
Counselor #3 — Alan Wellman
Counselor #4 — Thomas Sommerfeld
Stranger #1 — Anne Poppens
Stranger #2 — Vicki Steevensz
Stranger #3 — Steve Hill
Young Child — Alison Ahlgrim
Lark — Susan Van Zant
Narrator — Emily Ellsworth
