2011-2012 PERFORMANCES

CARMINA BURANA
Saturday, October 8, 2011, 8pm
Fine Arts Building, Recital Hall

Featured Voice and Percussion Solos
John Duke Songs, Colleen McKenna, soprano
I Carry Your Heart
I Can't Be Talkin' of Love
Loveliest of Trees
Bruce Hamilton Percussion piece, Zachary Shanks, percussion
Edge (Corrugated Box) for multi-percussion soloist and tape

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
Camerata performs a lengthy suite of movements from Carl Orff's youthful and exuberant cantata, Carmina Burana. The performance will feature the two-piano/percussion version of the work with the UMBC Percussion Ensemble, Tom Goldstein conductor, supplying the heart pounding, thrilling power to this audience favorite.

FALL CONCERT
Saturday, November 19, 2011, 8pm
Fine Arts Building, Recital Hall

In the Italian Language
Amor Vittorioso - Giovanni Gastoldi
Lasciatemi morire - Claudio Monteverdi
Vita de la mia vita - William Hawley
Va Pensiero - Giuseppe Verdi

Carols of the Season
Wassail Song - Ralph Vaughn Williams
Some Children See Him - Alfred Burt
Carol of the Bells - Mykola Leontovich
Sans Day Carol - Stephen Caracciolo
People Look East - Stephen Caracciolo

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
Camerata performs a lengthy suite of movements from Carl Orff's youthful and exuberant cantata, Carmina Burana. The performance will feature the two-piano/percussion version of the work with the UMBC Percussion Ensemble, Tom Goldstein conductor, supplying the heart pounding, thrilling power to this audience favorite.

CAROLS OF THE SEASON
Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 1:45pm
UMBC Commons Mainstreet
Wassail Song - Ralph Vaughn Williams
Some Children See Him - Alfred Burt
Carol of the Bells - Mykola Leontovich
People Look East - Stephen Caracciolo

How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps Upon This Bank - Stephen Caracciolo
Thursday, February 9, 1:45-2:15pm
Fine Arts Building, Recital Hall
Premiere performance of UMBC Faculty Fellowship research. The text is drawn from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, which begins, "How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank. Here will we sit and let he sound of music creep inn our ears."

Missa "O Magnum Mysterium" - Tomas Luis de Victoria
Thursday, March 1, 1:45 - 2:15pm
Fine Arts Building, Recital Hall
A short mass from the Renaissance Spain based on the composer's own famous motet of the same name.

Lighter Fare
Thursday, March 15, 1:45 - 2:15pm
Fine Arts Building, Recital Hall
A brief program of lighter fare, including "Danny Boy" in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.
Vita de la mia vita - William Hawley
The Gift To Be Simple - arr. Bob Chilcott
Danny Boy - arr. Joseph Flummerfelt
Wade in the Water - arr. Moses Hogan

How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps Upon This Bank - Stephen Caracciolo
Saturday, April 14, 7pm
Hylton High School, Woodbridge, Va.
Complete performance of this new work performed with the choir and string orchestra of Hylton High School, Woodbridge, Va. The text is drawn from Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice, which begins, "How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank. Here will we sit and let the sound of music creep inn our ears."

Spring Concert
Saturday, April 28, 8:00pm
Fine Arts Building, Recital Hall
Missa "O Magnum Mysterium" - Tomas Luis de Victoria
A short mass from the Renaissance Spain based on the composer's own famous motet of the same name.

Music for Evening Prayer
O Come and Worship (from All-Night Vigil) - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Psalm 145 (Anglican chant) - Douglas Major
Let My Prayer Rise Before You as Incense - Stephen Caracciolo
Hail Gladdening Light (for double choir) - Charles Wood

How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps Upon This Bank- Stephen Caracciolo
A performance of UMBC Faculty Fellowship research. The text is drawn from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, which begins, "How Sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank. Here will we sit and let the sound of music creep inn our ears."

Lighter Fare
Vita de la mia vita - William Hawley
The Gift To Be Simple - arr. Bob Chilcott
Danny Boy - arr. Joseph Flummerfelt
Wade in the Water - arr. Moses Hogan

ENSEMBLE INFORMATION

When does Camerata rehearse?
Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00-2:15 in the Fine Arts Building, Recital Hall. Visitors are welcome.

Who should audition for Camerata?
Any UMBC student with significant choral experience, music reading skills, a commitment to expressive singing, and a creative imagination.

What are the additional things for which students are responsible?
Ladies are required to purchase a Music Department black performance dress. The cost is approximately $68. Information on the dress will be supplied the first week of the semester. Men are required to own a black suit, a solid black silk necktie, a black bow tie, a dress white shirt, a black belt, and black dress shoes. In addition, students are required to purchase scores from the UMBC bookstore in time for the first rehearsal. Semester packets are typically no more than $25 or so.

Will singing in Camerata satisfy my Arts and Humanities General Education Program (GEP) requirement?
Yes, if for one semester you register for Music in Performance (MUSC358) instead of Camerata (MUSC303). Music in Performance consists of your ensemble rehearsal times plus a one-hour, once-a-week lecture course that introduces students to important topics in music performance and criticism.

MUSC358, therefore, is a combined class and grade between Camerata and your work in the lecture portion of the course. All First-Year students who are seated in a Department of Music ensemble, including majors in music, are strongly encouraged to register for MUSC358.

CAMERATA AUDITIONS

Camerata is an auditioned ensemble. Individual meeting times with the conductor are brief and informal. For complete information, please visit Camerata Auditions.