Knox College Choir Tour '99

The Knox College Choir's Spring 1999 Tour to Austria and the Czech Republic, March 11-21, will feature performances in Salzburg, Vienna and Prague. In addition to the tour, the Choir will perform Sunday, March 7, at 3 p.m. in First Christian Church, Broad and North Streets in Galesburg, and Friday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Kresge Recital Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, on the Knox College campus. All the concerts are free and open to the public.

Directed by Laura Lane, associate professor of music, the Choir's European Tour will include performances at:

  • St. Nikolaus Church, Bad Ischl, Austria
  • Melk Abbey, Austria
  • Haydnkirche Mariahilf, Vienna
  • Schoenbrunn Palace, Vienna
  • St. Nikolai Church, Prague
A detailed itinerary is available on the choir's web page http://knox.knox.edu:5718/~choir


Choir Tour Program
  • Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal, (American folk hymn , arr. Alice Parker)
  • Super flumina Babylonis, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (Italian Renaissance)
  • Ave Maria, Anton Bruckner (Austria)

  • Selections by the Knox Chamber Singers (contemporary American madrigals by Morten Lauridsen, Renaissance madrigals, and vocal jazz)

  • Ngana, Stephen Leek (Austrailia)
  • Water Night, Eric Whitacre (American, with words from poem by Octavio Paz)
  • Daemon Irrepit Callidus, Gyrgy Orbn (Hungary)

  • Bullerenge, Jose Rincun, (Colombia); soloist: Julie Musliek, soprano
  • Fix Me, Jesus (American spiritual, arr. Augustus O. Hill); soloist: Amber Tripp, mezzo-soprano
  • Ain'-a That Good News, American spiritual, arr. William Dawson
Choir Members
Sopranos
Name_______________Hometown___________Major (if declared)  
Jessica Brumley    Park Forest, IL   
Heather Courson    Elmwood, IL        Psychology    
Elizabeth Dierolf  Orion, IL          Music  
Erin Hawley        Staunton, IL       Creative Writing, Studio Art 
Helen Hoyt         Crystal Lake, IL  
Julie  Mitchell    Darien, IL         Chemistry, Psychology
Julie  Musilek     Ames, IA           English Literature
Liz Peters         Galesburg, IL      Art History
Evie Peterson      Lyons, IL          Music, Education
Kim Pokin          Downers  Grove, IL Creative Writing
Sonnie Thiel       Paris, IL 
Sarah Wetmore      Glenwood, IL       Economics, International Relations

Altos
Name_______________Hometown___________Major (if declared)  
Rachel Abarbanell  Chicago, IL    
Aileen Ball        Topeka, KS         Classics 
Laetitia Bourgeois Brandon, Manitoba
Meagan Burns       Grayslake, IL      Sociology 
Natalie Bus        Batavia, IL        Elementary Education   
Noon Chunevises    Bangkok, Thailand  Economics, Music
Julia Collins      Whitewater, WI
Alysia Cooley      Griggsville, IL
Evie Decherd       Glen Ellyn, IL     Theater, Music
Sarah Hultine      Princeton, IL      Biology
Jackie Jutting     Eldridge, IA       English Writing
Rubaiyat Khan      Dhaka, Bangladesh  English Literature
Margaret Leaf      Palatine, IL
Karen Malina       Morton Grove, IL   Spanish, Psychology
Mary Jean Marquardt Lee's Summit, MO  Psychology, Music
Mara Mellin        Oregon City, OR
Mara Mindell       Topeka, KS         Music
Kristin Miserocchi St. Louis, MO
Amber Tripp        Lake Villa, IL     Education, Music

Tenors
Name______________Hometown____________Major (if declared)  
Mark Beirn        Bolingbrook, IL     Integrated International Studies
Will Culbertson   Galesburg, IL       Music / Theatre 
Greg Hanson       Washington, IL      Chemistry    
Dan Hegedus       Oshkosh, WI
Matt Lenburg      Madison, WI         Political  Science  
Satyendra Pandrey  New Delhi, India   Music, Computer Science
Nick Stojanovich  Des Plaines, IL     Physics, Mathematics
Rob Wingader      Wilmette, IL        Arts Administration

Basses
Name______________Hometown____________Major (if declared)  
Tim Ballard       Rantoul, IL         History, Music
Brian Durall      Colorado Springs, CO  Physics, Engineering    
Dennis Fricks     Crestwood, MO
Matt Hammel       Owatanna, MN        History   
Russ Johnson      Delavan, WI         Computer Science    
John Peters       Galesburg, IL
Doug Smith        Chadwick, IL