Friends of Wake

A portion of the proceeds from tonight’s concert will go to the Friends of Wake Soil and Water Conservation District, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and all-volunteer organization. Since 2010, the Friends have promoted awareness of the Wake SWCD and its work to conserve our soil, water, air, and wildlife in Wake County.

The Friends of Wake SWCD oversee the Wake County Big Sweep, a citizen volunteer effort to protect our watersheds, water quality, and make our environment litter-free. For over 30 years, Big Sweep has coordinated cleanups in Wake County focused on watersheds, streams, lakes, and wetlands that ultimately lead to the ocean. Members of the Concert Singers of Cary participated in a Big Sweep litter cleanup at Lake Crabtree on October 17, and we encourage you to sign up for the next Big Sweep in your area.

Find out more about the resources the Friends of Wake SWCD provide to the citizens of Cary by visiting their table in the lobby after the performance. You can also visit their website and donate here to support their work. 

 

To Be Sung on the Water

Samuel Barber; text by Louise Bogan

Beautiful, my delight,
Pass, as we pass the wave.
Pass, as the mottled night
Leaves what it cannot save,
Scattering dark and bright.

Beautiful, pass and be
Less than the guiltless shade
To which our vows were said;
Less than the sound of the oar
To which our vows were made, –
Less than the sound of its blade
Dipping the stream once more.

Wie der Hirsch schreit/As the Hart Longs
Felix Mendelssohn; text from Psalm 42

Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser,
As the hart longs after the water,

So schreit meine Seele, Gott, zu dir.
So longeth my soul, O god, for Thee.

 

The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Margaret Bonds; text by Langston Hughes

I’ve known rivers:
I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.

I’ve known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

Let the River Run

Words and music by Carly Simon
arr. Craig Hella Johnson

Coming to the edge, running on the water, come,

Let the river run,
let all the dreamers wake the nations.
Come, the new Jerusalem.
Silver cities rise;
the morning lights the streets that meet them.
And sirens call them on with a song.

It’s asking for the taking, trembling, shaking.
Oh, my heart is aching,
We’re coming to the edge, running on the water,
coming through the fog, your sons and daughters.

Coming to the edge, running on the water, come!

 

As Pants the Hart

GF Handel; text from Psalm 42

As pants the hart for cooling streams,
So longs my soul for thee, O God.

 

Der Abend/Evening

Johannes Brahms; text by J.C. Friedrich von Schiller

Senke, strahlender Gott, die Fluren dürsten
Let is sink, radiant God- the fields thirst

Nach erquickendem Tau, der Mensch verschmachtet,
for refreshing dew, the people languish,

Matter ziehen die Rosse,
the steeds are weary,

Senke den Wagen hinab!
let the chariot sink down!

Siehe, wer aus des Meers krystallner Woge
Behold the one who beckons to your

Lieblich lächelnd dir winkt! Erkennt dein Herz sie?
sweetly smiling, from the seas’s crystalline wave! Does your heart recognize her?

Rascher fliegen die Rosse.
Faster fly the steeds

Thetys, die göttliche, winkt.
Theyts, the divine one, beckons.

Schnell vom Wagen herab in ihre Arme
Quickly from the chariot down into her arms

Springt der Führer, den Zaum ergreift Kupido,
leaps the driver, the bridle seized by Cupid,

Stille halten die Rosse,
Still stand the steeds,

Trinken die kühlende Flut.
drink the cooling stream.

An dem Himmel herauf mit leisen Schritten
In the sky ascending with quiet steps

Kommt die duftende Nacht; ihr folgt die süße Liebe.
comes the fragrant night, it follows the sweet love

Ruhet und liebet!
Rest and love!

Phöbus, der Liebende, ruht.
Phoebus, the loving one rests.

 

Take Me to the Water

arr. Rollo Dilworth; African-American Spirituals

Take me to the water,
take me to the sea.
Take me to the river so that my spirit can be free.

Gonna lay my burdens down,
down by the river side.
Gonna wade in the water, the water that flows both deep and wide.
Oh, take me, take me, take me to the water.

Gonna lay down my burden, down by, down by the riverside.
Gonna lay down my sword and shield, down by, down by the riverside.
Oh, take me, take me, take me to the water.

Wade in the water.
Wade in the water children.
Wade in the water.
God’s gonna trouble the water.

Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks

Herbert Howells; text from Psalm 42:1-3

Like as the hart desireth for waterbrooks,
so longeth my soul after thee, O God.
My soul is athirst for God,
yea, even for the living God.
When shall I come to appear before the presence of God?
My tears have been my meat day and night,
while they daily say unto me,
Where, where is now thy God?

Shenandoah

arr. Jemes Erb; American Folksong

O Shenandoah, I long to see you,
And hear your rolling river,
O Shenandoah, I long to see you,
‘Way, we’re bound away,
Across the wide Missouri.

I long to see your smiling valley,
And hear your rolling river,
I love to see your smiling valley,
‘Way, we’re bound away,
Across the wide Missouri.

‘Tis sev’n long years since last I see you,
And hear your rolling river,
‘Tis sev’n long years sine last I see you,
‘Way, we’re bound away,
Across the wide Missouri.

O Shenandoah, I long to see you,
And hear your rolling river,
O Shenandoah, I long to see you,
‘Way, we’re bound away,
Across the wide Missouri.

Sweet Rivers

Shawn Kirchner; text by John Adam Granade

Sweet rivers of redeeming love life just before mine eyes;
Had I the pinions of a dove, I’d to those rivers fly.
I’d rise superior to my pain, with joy outstrip the wind:
I’d cross o’er Jordan’s stormy waves and leave the world behind.

A few more days, or years at most, my troubles will be o’er:
I hope to join the heav’nly host on Canaan’s happy shore.
My rapt’rous soul shall drink and feast in love’s unbounded sea,
The glorious hope of endless rest is ravishing to me.

O! Come, my Savior, come away, and bear me through the sky,
Nor let thy chariot wheels delay, but quickly draw thou nigh.
Then I shall join the angel throng and circle ‘round thy throne;
I’ll sing through all the ages long, and joy to be thine own.

Mark Woodcock, Conductor

Mark Woodcock serves as the Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church Raleigh and is a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois. With graduate degrees from Truman State University and the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre he has taught at the University of Illinois, Piedmont University, Graceland University and Truman State University and has prepared choirs for performances in Alice Tully Hall, Chicago’s Symphony Center, and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. 

As a singer he has performed throughout Europe and North America with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chorus, UMass Amherst Bach Festival, Illinois Bach Academy, Voices of a New Renaissance, Coro Vocati, and the NC State Choral Artists. He has performed extensively with the Estonian groups Voces Tallinn, Heinavanker, Nuku Koor, Rahvusooperi Eesti Poistekoor, and in the Estonian National Song Festival which is a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

Allen Bailey, Pianist

Allen Bailey received a Master’s Degree in Piano Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1987. As a student of Dr. George Kiorpes, he was awarded the Dean’s Scholarship and won the University’s Concerto Competition in 1985. His professional career as a soloist and accompanist has spanned the state during which he has worked with churches, soloists, large ensembles, professional and amateur, scholarly and civic. Affiliated groups include the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Duke University, NC State University, UNC-Chapel Hill, Meredith College, Peace College, NC public schools, Durham Chorale, NC Master Chorale, Concert Singers of Cary, Wake Forest United Methodist Church, and The NC Symphony. Currently, Mr. Bailey is employed by Fidelity Investments as a Software Engineer, specializing in network security.

 

Soprano

Brooke Adkins
Natalie Alford-Daumen
Kelly Amato
Francesca Balestrieri
Shannon Beall
Kathryn Blew
Christine Bowden
Elizabeth Brown
Joy Burnette
Hannah Calhoun
Nancy Canterbury
Debbie Carroll
Elizabeth Dworkin
Joan Eastwick
Kate Farmer
Heather Fitch
Kathryn Jones
Sofia Leander
Bethany Lenox
Ashley Louden
Lynda Manus
Emily Morris
Lydia Nethercutt
Beverly Olson
Lauren Presley
Melissa Sawyer
Elisa Skidmore
Nikki Stoudt
Dana Thomas
Jennilyn Tillotson
Laura Yurco

Alto

Mana Aoi
Christine Bonin
Julie Bourque
Haydn Boyte
Emily Brossart
Carolyn Bruce
Debi DeAnn
Susan Ebbs
Shayna Feldstein
Giuliana Giddings
Madison Ham
Lenora Harris-Field
Lauren Hauser
Cristina Jannings
Pauline Jillson
Laura King
Brenda Kucin
Emiko Kuroda
Melissa Martin
Deborah Meehan
Madison Muralt
Terri Ring
Olivia Roe
Kristen Ruffato
Ellen Schloemer
Jaime Schnurr
Susan Schnurr
Deborah Stirdivant
Karen Taddie
Jackie Tice
Diana Vazquez
Mary Wall
M.J. Weissenberger
Libby Wendorf
Jessica Wendrock
Valerie Wettlaufer
Carolyn Wilcox

Tenor

Neal Braswell
Jimmy Capella
Stephen Cole
Phil Ferski
Nikhil Gheewala
John Harrington
Jeremy Kelly
Chuck McCullen
Cary Murphrey
Drew Schell
Jaylen Spencer
Paul Stapleton
Taylor Sullivan
David Talbot
John Ting
Jeff White

Bass

Rock Angier
Jackson Burnette
Forrest Burris
Devon Cessna
Ryan Chung
Antonio Davis
Tim Devinney
Contantin Dornburg
Matt Estes
Thom Haynes
Connor Heinen
Teylor Jenkins
Ben Jones
Gary Lew
Al Pasquale
Elijah Powell
Alex Smith
Todd Stevens
David Taddie
Greg Tarsa
Jeff Wright

Thank you to our generous donors!

Visionary (10,000)

Longtime member of Concert Singers of Cary
Presented by Warren Ferguson

Patron (1000)

Laura Pavlot*

Benefactor  (500)

Shayna Feldstein
Paul Stapleton
Jeff White+
Laura Yurco

Sponsor (100)

Christine & Christopher Bonin
Christine Bowden
Nancy Canterbury
Debi DeAnn & Ric Goldstein
Tim Devinney
Michael Fargis
Susan & Lee Hanna
Lenora Harris-Fields
Pamela Hartsfield
Connor Heinen
Pauline Jillson
Anneli Leander
Beverly Olson+
Terri+ & Mark Ring
Sue Schule
Deborah Stirdivant
Jeff+ & Kitty Wright

Friend

Kelly Amato
Allen Bailey+
Francesca Balestrieri*
Carolyn Bruce
Forrest Burris*
Hannah Calhoun
Ryan Chung
Joan Eastwick
Susan Ebbs
Phil Ferski
Heather & Brian* Fisk
Stacy Hanna
Thom Haynes+
Maggie Hemedinger
Emiko Kuroda
Ashley Louden
Melissa Martin
Deborah Meehan
Al Pasquale
Lauren Presley*
Melissa Sawyer
John Schell
Jaime Schnurr
Ellen Schloemer
David Talbot
Greg Tarsa
Jade Vogelsong
Libbey Wendorf
Carolyn Wilcox

 

CSC Board Members *
CSC Staff / Volunteer Staff +

Thank you to the following businesses for their generous donations:

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Staff

Executive Director– Marisa Highsmith
Artistic Directors- Dr. Lindsey Bruner Woodcock and Mark Woodcock
Accompanist– Allen Bailey
Web Master– Jeff Wright
Designer– Rachael Lubbers
Section Leaders– Beverly Olson, Soprano; Terri Ring, Alto; Jeff White, Tenor; Thom Haynes, Bass

Board Members

President– Brian Fitch
Vice President– M.J. Weissenberger
Treasurer– Lauren Presley
Secretary– Laura Pavolt

Brook Adkins
Francesca Balestrieri
Forrest Burris
Clay Michalec