Department of Music at Cal State Fullerton

Women's Choir & Men's Chorus in concert
Vance D. Wolverton, choir director
Robert Istad, chorus director

Little Theatre, California State University, Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd. (Nutwood and State College Blvd.) Fullerton

Women's Choir:
Columbia aspexit .................................................................................... Hildegard Von Bingen
O superbi mundi and Gaude Plaude ......................................................... Maria X. Perucona
Psalm 23 ............................................................................................................... Franz Schubert
Ruth's Plea .......................................................................................................... David Snedegar
La Speranza .................................................................................................. Giachiano Rossini
and Sweet Adelines selections featuring student conductors

Men's Chorus:
Be Thou My Vision ......................................................................................... arr. Robert Hunter
Widerspruch ......................................................................................................... Franz Schubert
Der Gondelfahrer ................................................................................................. Franz Schubert
Ching-a-ring-Chaw ..................................................................... Aaron Copland/arr Irving Fine
Shenandoah ............................................................................... arr. Robert Shaw/Alice Parker
Zion's Walls ........................................................................................................... Aaron Copland

The Women's Choir is a large, 50-plus member, non-select ensemble that serves both music majors and non-majors. Under the direction of Vance D. Wolverton since 1989, the choir has performed twice for the California Music Educators Association annual conference in Ontario in 2000 and Pasadena in 2002. The evening concert offers a wide variety of repertoire, student soloists, student composers and conductors. Student soloists include- Krista Duffy, Rachel Manning, Jessica Caravella, Elizabeth Lowe, Michelle Salapski, Kimiko Wathall.

The Men's Chorus, under the direction of Robert Istad , will present a program of diverse works this spring. They offer a set of American folk songs- including arrangements by Aaron Copland and Robert Shaw/Alice Parker. They will also sing a set of German part-songs for men's chorus by Franz Schubert. The works will be performed in German to illustrate the esoteric experiences of finding inspiration in the beauty of nature. The piece, "Widerspruch" describes a contradiction; the freedom one feels in nature coupled with the insignificance the individual poses to the great expanse of earth's natural beauty. "Der Gondelfahrer" describes a lonely gondolier floating silently through early morning Venice as the chimes of St. Mark's mark the hours.

$15 ($10 with advance Titan discount & $6 with advance CSUF student discount) At the door all tickets $15

Elizabeth Champion, College of the Arts at 657-278-2434
echampion@fullerton.edu