H-B Woodlawn Chamber Singers

Infobox musical artist
Name = H-B Woodlawn Chamber Singers
Background = Choral_group
Genre = Choral Music
Years_active =
2001–present
URL = [http://www.hbmusic.org Official website]

The H-B Woodlawn Chamber Singers are a US-american choir.

Background Information and History

Started in 2001 by Jeffery S. Benson, choral director of the [http://www.hbmusic.org| H-B Woodlawn Music Department] (2000-2008), the H-B Woodlawn Chamber Singers are based at H-B Woodlawn Program in Arlington, Virginia and have become well known throughout the Washington, DC area, and the state of Virginia [Citation
url = http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=WODCHMSING] . In 2002, the Chamber Singers performed at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. The following year, they performed at the Kennedy Center, [Citation
url = http://www.kennedy-center.org/states/state.cfm?state=VA] White House, and in Orlando, Florida. In the Fall of 2004, the Chamber Singers were invited to sing at the Virginia Music Educator's Association Convention in Norfolk, Virginia. In the Winter of 2005, the Chamber Singers joined forces with the Grammy-Award winning [Citation
url = http://www.thewashingtonchorus.org/chorus.cfm] Washington Chorus for their Christmas concert at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts [Citation
url = http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/news/2007/dec/05/music-calendar/] and Strathmore Music Hall [Citation
url = http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/news/2007/dec/05/music-calendar/] . In 2006, they performed at the Dana Center (of the Dana Foundation) in Washington D.C [Citation
url = http://www.dana.org/news/publications/detail.aspx?id=7114] . That winter, the singers performed with Choralis, under the direction of Gretchen Kuhrmann, and performed in a production of Amahl and the Night Visitors [Citation
url = http://www.apsva.us/1564201015154055293/blank/browse.asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=57095] as the chorus in early 2007. In December of 2007, the Chamber Singers once again were selected to perform with the Washington Chorus for their Christmas concert [Citation
url = http://www.kurtknecht.com/articles/washington_post.pdf] . In September 2008, Bill Podolski took over as conductor.

Current members

Soprano

*Miranda Fox
*Olivia Myers
*Meredith Steen
*Sam Taggart
*Avi Verdugo +
*Miranda Webster

Alto

*Lydia Fisher-Lasky
*Christine Kline
*Caitlin Levine +
*Phoebe Rosen
*Emily Willard

Tenor

*Jack Crawford-Brown
*Jordan LaBella
*Struan Shields
*Emerson Sieverts +

Bass

*James Sheats
*Mick Sloan
*Steven Sloan +
*Eric Young

elected Repertoire

2002-2003

*"Gloria" from Missa Kenya
*"Old Horatius Had a Farm", Z. Randall Stroope
*"O Magnum Mysterium", Morten Lauridsen
*"O Magnum Mysterium", Tomas Luis de Victoria

2003-2004

*"Throw the Yule Log on, Uncle John", P.D.Q. Bach
*"O Little Town of Hackensack", P.D.Q. Bach
*"Good King Kong Looked Out", P.D.Q. Bach
*"Dieu! Qu'il la Fait Bon Regarder!", Claude Debussy
*"Rockin' Jerusalem"
*"Ride on, King Jesus", Arr. Larry Fleming
*"Lord of the Dance", Arr. Larry Fleming
*"And So it Goes", Billy Joel, Arr. Kirby Shaw
*"You Are the New Day", Arr. King's Singers
*"Fair Phyllis I Saw", John Farmer
*"Psallite", Michael Praetorius
*"Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming", Michael Praetorius
*"Keep Your Lamps"
*"Ain't a That Good News!"

2004-2005

*"The Coolin", Samuel Barber
*"Sing a Song of Sixpence", Arr. John Rutter
*"Laudate Nomen Domini"
*"Psalm 96", Sweelinck
*"Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy's Sake"
*"Rejoice in the Lord Alway"
*"Kliene Orgelmesse", Franz Josef Haydn
*"Come to me, my Love"
*"Mata del Anima Sola"
*"Steal Away"

2005-2006

*"A Boy and a Girl", Eric Whitacre
*"Locus Iste", Anton Bruckner
*"When I'm 64", Arr. Swingle
*"Non Nobis Domine", Rosephanye Powell
*"Just in Love
*"Medley", from Crazy For You
*"Medley", from Wicked,
*"There is no Rose", Brian Bartholdus
*"Verbum Caro Factum Est", Hans Leo Haßler
*"Cry Out and Shout", Knut Nysdedt
*"Liebeslieder Walzer", Johannes Brahms
*"Coventry Carol"
*"Deck the Hall in 7/8"
*"Jesus Christ the Apple Tree"
*"Hear My Prayer, O Lord", Henry Purcell

2006-2007

*"Missa Brevis in d Minor", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
*"We Are", Ysaye M. Barnwell
*"The Vow of the Traveler", Michael DiGiacinto
*"Once in Royal David's City"
*"Jingle Bells", Arr. Anonymous
*"Amahl and the Night Visitors", Gian Carlo Menotti
*"Joy to the World", Arr. Mack Wilberg
*"Gloria" from "Missa Kenya"
*"Ding Dong Merrily on High"
*"Ich Lasse Dich Nicht", J.S. Bach
*"Dry Bonz"
*"Exultate Deo", Palestrina
*"Sicut Cervus", Palestrina
*"Swing Down", André Thomas
*"If Ye Love Me", Thomas Tallis
*"Horizons", King's Singers
*"Blue Skies", Gershwin
*"Chile Con Carne", The Real Group

2007-2008

*"Java Jive"
*"Banquet Fugue", John Rutter
*"Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy"
*"Chile con Carne", The Real Group
*"Serenisima una Noche"
*"What Cheer?", William Walton
*"Go Where I Send Thee"
*"Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen", Michael Praetorius
*"Schedrik (Carol of the Bells)"
*"Amahl and the Night Visitors"
*"With a Lily in Your Hand", Eric Whitacre
*"Dieu, Qu'il la Fait Bon Regarder", Claude Debussy
*"As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending", Thomas Weelkes
*"Rejoice in the Lamb", Benjamin Britten

2008-2009

*"Sicut Cervus", Palestrina
*"Son de Camaguey", Stephen Hatfield
*"You Are the New Day"

Previous Members

oprano

*Sarah Anderson
*Emily Tinawi
*Caroline Kerr
*Caroline Rodriguez
*Jordan Kai Burnett
*Ashley Bacon
*Becky Harnik
*Anousheh Shayestepour
*Kathleen Crosby
*Molly Patrician
*Ashleigh Brown
*Hilary Grothman
*Caroline Brent
*Aurora Martin
*Sabrina Zeile
*Emily Silverberg

Alto

*Cecilia Cackley
*Ceanna Van Eaton
*Caroline Rodriguez
*Emily Higgs
*Jean Hufford
*Annie Ewing
*Annie Schwartz
*Jan Winchell
*Emily Boone
*Katie Burke
*Helen Yang
*Abigail Churchman
*Anna Kayes
*Maggie Nice
*Ellis Hooper
*Natalie Stearman
*Samantha Sheahan
*Tori Stempniewicz

Tenor

*Eduardo Caldera
*Maireni Melo Fis
*Thomas Schtratweiser
*Alex Haase
*Joe Baker
*Will Griggs
*Brad Smith
*Jonathan Caldera
*William Haltiwanger
*Peter Causey
*David Rodriguez

Bass

*Eitra Kennedy
*David George
*Patrick Hoeper
*Julian Morris
*Perry Fustero
*Jason Kim
*Andy (Amazing) Fram
*Tippy Price
*Jacob Saracco
*JP Mohler

Notes and references