Ripon College choirs will present fall concert Sunday

The Ripon College choirs will present their fall concert Sunday, Nov. 7. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. All are welcome to attend, and masks are required to be worn.

Paul Thompson, assistant professor of music, is the conductor and Deb MacKenzie, visiting instructor of music, is the accompanist.

Choral Union will perform “Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal,” arranged by Alice Parker; “The Ground” from “Sunrise Mass,” by Ola Gjeilo; “Cantique de Jean Racine,” Op. 11, by Gabriel Fauré; and “Magnificat,” by Antonio Vivaldi. Featured soloists will be Erin Mueller of Ripon, Wisconsin, soprano; Ezgi Saribay Perkins of Ripon, Wisconsin, mezzo-soprano; Lucie Hodgkins ’25 of McFarland, Wisconsin, alto; Peter Loewenstein ’24 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, tenor; Caleb Klinzing ’22 of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, bass.

The combined choirs will perform “Ana El Na,” a traditional Hebrew tune adapted by Karen Siegel.

Chamber Singers will perform “Regina Coeli,” by W. A. Mozart, with soloists Abbe Lane ’22 of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, soprano; Lydia Wiley Deal ’22 of Whitewater, Wisconsin, alto; Kylar Kinyon ’23 of Benton Harbor, Michigan, tenor; Yacob Bennett ’22 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, bass.

“Sing unto God” from “Judas Maccabeus,” by G. F. Handel, will feature soloists Valerie Bruce ’25 of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, soprano; and Kylar Kinyon ’23 of Benton Harbor, Michigan, tenor.

Chamber Singers also will perform works by Camille Saint-Saëns, Guillaume Dufay, William Billings, Béla Bartók, Eric Whitacre.

Choral Union

Sopranos: Cait Ehster ’22 of Ripon, Wisconsin; Erin Mueller; Grace Salzer ’24 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Lexus Smith ’25 of Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; J.P. Weber.

Altos: Diane Christenson; Taylor Davidson; Maria Dietrich of Ripon, Wisconsin; Emma Dietzler ’25 of Muskego, Wisconsin; Anjelika Dombrowski ’23 of Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Juli Egebrecht; Gwendolyn Frei ’25 of Antigo, Wisconsin; Lucie Hodgkins ’25 of McFarland, Wisconsin; Emma Jansky ’25 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Olivia Mandel ’23 of Freedom, Wisconsin; Barb Mitchell of Ripon, Wisconsin; Amari Poe ’25 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Ezgi Saribay-Perkins; Lori Schultz;
Lizzie Tallman ’24 of Holcombe, Wisconsin; Emily Willer ’23 of Freedom, Wisconsin.

Tenors: Mark Kasuboski of Berlin, Wisconsin; Peter Loewenstein ’24 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, tenor; R.J. Olson ’23 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Ron Olson of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Kaleb Schroeder ’24 of Iron Ridge, Wisconsin;
Owen Stephens; Billy Stiggers ’22 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Basses: L.J. Ayson of Clovis, California; Allen Bruce ’25 of Kenosha, Wisconsin; Daniel Gomez ’24 of Mayville, Wisconsin; Caleb Klinzing ’22 of Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Owen Mehring ’25 of Ripon, Wisconsin; Ethan Mans ’24 of Ripon, Wisconsin; Aaron O’Halloran ’24 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Chamber Singers

Sopranos: Valerie Bruce ’25 of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin; Samara Kusztyb ’22 of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Abbe Lane ’22 of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; Claire Lefeber ’23 of Waunakee, Wisconsin; Summer Schlieckau ’25 of Reedsburg, Wisconsin.

Altos: Madeline Adler ’25 of Tomah, Wisconsin; Savanah Cousert ’22 of Campbellsport, Wisconsin; Lydia Wiley Deal ’22 of Whitewater, Wisconsin; Abrianna Gommel ’22 of Fennimore, Wisconsin; Allison Slowiak ’22 of Kiel, Wisconsin.

Tenors: Jacob Griggs ’24 of St. Louis, Missouri; Kylar Kinyon ’23 of Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Basses: Yacob Bennett ’22 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Evan Jensen ’24 of Janesville, Wisconsin; Caleb Klinzing ’22 of Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Ethan Mans ’24 of Ripon, Wisconsin; Ian Oakley ’25 of Stoughton, Wisconsin.

(Photo: Paul Thompson)

Posted November 3, 2021 in Fine Arts, Music Performance, Student.