Summit Chorale

Holiday
Family
Concert
December 17, 2010
7:30 p.m.
St. John’s Lutheran Church

Concert
Repertoire
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
R. Shaw, A. Parker
“Christmas Eve” by Christina Rossetti
Read by Joan Ludwig
And the Glory of the Lord
The Shepherd’s Farewell
George Frideric Handel
Hector Berlioz
“Shepherd’s Song at Christmas” by Langston Hughes
Read by Mary Helms
Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day
Carol of the Bells
Wassail Song
Betelehemu
Lux Aurumque
Nicole Krone, soprano
John Gardner
Peter J. Wilhousky
Ralph Vaughan Williams
V. Olatunji, W. Whalum
Eric Whitacre
“Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus” by Francis P. Church
Read by Christopher Roemmele
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Christina Lance, soprano
Mary Conway, alto
Alan GaNun, tenor
Christopher Roemmele, bass
Clement Clark Moore
Join us for a sing-along
of your favorite Christmas songs!

Summit Chorale
Membership
Sopranos
Ritsuko Ando
Sue Bovan
Regina Brennan-Furlan*
Jane Erickson
Ellen Fishbein
Mary Helms
Lauren Juneau
Nicole Krone
Christina Lance
Joan Ludwig
Kathleen Parsons
Nell Sanders
Cyrilla Smith
Laura Willett
Nancy Wohlbruck
Tenors
Sho Ando
Michael Baruffi*
Dennis Doran
Alan GaNun
Mike Garyantes
Vikrant Lal
R. Allan Muller
*Members on Leave
Altos
Paula Avioli
Constance Baboukis
Sally Chew
Georgina Comrie
Mary Conway
Martina de Lind
van Wjingaarden
Kathleen Diffley
Carol Evans
Melanie Evans-Lowenberger*
Kathy Kent
Barbara Kimmich
Beth Lohner
Terry Perkins
Robin Taylor Roth
Laurie Ruben
Sandra J. Schilling
Margaret Sherman
Margie Tuttle
Molly Warnke
Eleanor Winslow
Basses
Richard B. Cole
Gil Gould
Howard Helms
David Huemer*
Frank Lampert-Hopkins
Arthur Perkins
Christopher Roemmele
Heinz D. Roth

Dr. Thomas Juneau
Artistic Director
“Ambitious, exhilarating, memorable” (Cincinnati
Enquirer) are words used by critics to describe
performances by conductor, composer and educator
Thomas Juneau. Committed to bringing outstanding choral
music to people of all ages, Dr. Juneau performs with a
variety of ensembles in the Northeast. In addition to his
responsibilities as Artistic Director of Summit Chorale,
now entering its 102nd season, Dr. Juneau is also Director
of Choral Activities at Saint Joseph’s University, where he oversees both choirs and
teaches vocal methods and choral literature.
Dr. Juneau compositions for chorus are published by numerous companies, including
Alliance Music, Southern Music Company, Hal Leonard Corporation and Carl Fisher
Music Company. He is in demand as a choral composer and his works are performed
throughout the world.
Prior to leading Summit Chorale, Dr. Juneau was director of the Rutgers University
Choir, and began such choral traditions as the annual Rutgers Choral Extravaganza.
Before to moving to New Jersey, Dr. Juneau was Artistic Director of the Cincinnati
Baroque Orchestra and Chorus, a professional orchestra and chorus which also
included a symphonic chorus for performances of works such as Haydn’s Creation.
With the CBOC Dr. Juneau led performances of masterworks including Monteverdi’s
Vespro della Beata Virgine (1610), Handel’s Messiah and Dixit Dominus, Mozart’s
Requiem and J.S. Bach’s Magnificat and Mass in B Minor.
Dr. Brian Katona
Principal Accompanist
Brian Katona has performed internationally as both
conductor and pianist including appearances in Berlin,
Venlo, Utrecht, Lucca, Cincinnati, Los Angeles and New
York. His repertoire includes standard symphonic works
with a strong emphasis on new music. His ensembles have
performed at the Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert
Hall and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. He has
also prepared choruses for performances at Lincoln Center
and Carnegie Hall in New York.
As a composer, Dr. Katona’s compositions and arrangements have been performed
throughout the country including prominent venues in Los Angeles, New York and at

the Aspen Music Festival. His music has also appeared on television and in film.
Dr. Katona holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Conducting from Rutgers
University. Conducting mentors include Xian Zhang, Patrick Gardner, Craig Arnold,
Earl Rivers and Mark Gibson. He has also studied composition under Charles
Fussell, Bruce Broughton and Jeff Rona. Dr. Katona has been the winner of various
piano and conducting awards throughout his career and continues performing as an
accompanist to singers and as a chamber music pianist. He is currently conducting a
new musical theater cast recording featuring current stars of Broadway.
Darlene Southard Wyzga
Executive Director
Executive Director Darlene Southard Wyzga has more
than 20 years of experience in IT and management
consulting, working for Prudential and Accenture. She
brings extensive organizational experience in project
management and process improvement while being
deeply committed to the choral arts. This is the third
choral arts Board of Trustees for Ms. Wyzga, previously
fulfilling roles as Secretary, Treasurer and Vice-President,
before her appointment in July 2008 as Summit Chorale’s first Executive Director.
During Summit Chorale’s 99th Season, she served as Interim Artistic Director and
successfully transitioned the group as they began their 100th season with its present
Artistic Director, Dr. Thomas Juneau.
Ms. Wyzga has been singing with Summit Chorale since 2004, and during the mid
1990’s. She has performed with many groups over the last 20 years, including Ridge
Light Opera, Harmonium, Princeton Pro Musica, and Masterwork. Currently, Ms.
Wyzga is a member of the professional ensemble, Pro Voce. She lives in Dover with
her husband, Doug and daughter, Gabby.
Summit Chorale
Nicole Krone, President
Jane Erickson, Vice President
Christina Lance, Secretary
Nancy Wohlbruck, Treasurer
Michael Baruffi
Mary Conway
Board of Trustees
Melanie Evans-Lowenberger
Barbara Kimmich
Christopher Roemmele
Nell Sanders
Larry Schwenk
Margie Tuttle

Audience
Sing-Along
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
With th’ angelic host proclaim
“Christ is born in Bethlehem.”
Hark the herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!”
Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings
Ris’n with healing in His wings
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark! The herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!”

Audience
Sing-Along
Angels We Have Heard on High
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Audience
Sing-Along
Jingle Bells
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh.
Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight.
Now the ground is white,
Go it while you’re young.
Take the reins tonight,
Sing this sleighing song.
Get a bobtailed bay,
Two-forty as his speed.
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And CRACK! You’ll take the lead!

Audience
Sing-Along
Joy to the World
Joy to the World, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

Summit Chorale
Patrons
Angels ($2500+)
Mary & Howard Helms • Terry & Arthur Perkins
Guarantors ($1000+)
Ed Berninger • Sue Bovan & Rick Marchisio
Gil Gould • Linda Loretto & Larry Schwenk
Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs
Sustainers ($500+)
Jane Erickson • Ken & Eliza Karlson
James Routhier • Eleanor Winslow • Nancy & Jim Wohlbruck
Donors ($250+)
Patricia & Heman Adams • Michael Baruffi • Richard & Alexandra Cole
Kathleen Diffley • David Dugasz Architect, Inc. • Barbara Kimmich
R. Allan Muller • Dr. Robert Parinello • Kathy & Paul Parsons
Heinz & Robin Roth • Laurie & Harris Ruben • Sandra & Lee Schilling
Margie Tuttle
Benefactors ($100+)
Joseph Belfatto • Robert B. Bourne & Carolann Clynes • Sally & Steve Chew
Georgina Comrie • Alan & Cindy GaNun • Jonathan & Kelley Gazdak
Robert & Sandra Jaskolski • Steve & Kathy Kent • Joan Ludwig
Chris Roemmele • Craig A. Rothenberg
Nell Sanders • Herb & Margaret Sherman
Patrons ($50+)
Karl E. Becker • Rick & Sue Bousquet • Beverly Cohen
Ellen Fishbein & Tom Walters • Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Hayden
Bruce & Paula Long • Mr. & Mrs. Seth Lowenberger
David & Ginger Stearns • Edward Texell
Friends
Jason Asbury • Paula Avioli • Nicole Barbier • Donald & Mary-Lynne Blaesser
Martha Evans • Lester Faulkner Jr. • Danny Lam
Marvin & Laurie Loewenberger • Jack & Grace Paddon • Robert Pusateri Jr.
Joanne Walsh • Laura & Robert Willett

Corporate
Matching Gifts
AEGIS Foundation
Arthur Gallagher Foundation
Exxon Mobil Foundation
Prudential Foundation
Verizon Foundation
Summit Chorale
Boosters
Jim, Nancy, Andrew and Thomas Wohlbruck
Way to go Summit Chorale!
Thank you for another season of beautiful music.
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Anne Matlack, Artistic Director
2010-2011 Concert Season
New Earth
Monteverdi’s Magnificat 1640, Levine, Britten, Warlock, Tischeli,and more!
Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 8 p.m. &
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 3 p.m.
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Morristown
Consider the Heavens
The New Jersey premiere of Andrea Clearfield’s Into the Blue for flute,
vibraphone and piano, and celestial works by Tavener, W. H. Harris,
Caldwell & Ivory, Fenno Heath and Moses Hogan
Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 8 p.m. &
Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 3 p.m.
United Methodist Church on the Green, Morristown
Dreams and Visions
Whitacre’s Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine and works by Blow,
Dawson, Dillworth and more, plus the 14th anniversary of our
High School Composition Contest
Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Grace Episcopal Church, 4 Madison Avenue, Madison
Other Harmonium events
First Night Morris, Friday, December 31, 2010,
Church of the Redeemer, Morristown
Harmonium & Morristown Neighborhood House Children’s Chorus,
Saturday, April 9, 2011
United Methodist Church on the Green, Morristown
Carissimi’s Jepthe & Renaissance Gems,
Saturday, May 14, 2011, St. James Church, Long Branch
Saturday, May 21, 2011, St. John on the Mountain, Bernardsville
Opening Convocation for AGO Convention
Sunday evening, July 3, 2011
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Morristown
Visit www.harmonium.org
or call 973-538-6969.
Funding has been made possible in part by the Arts Council of the Morris Area through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department
of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by a grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

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Funding has been made possible in part by the New
Jersey State Council on the Arts, Department of State,
a partner agency of the National Endowment for the
Arts, through a grant administered by the Union County
Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs.
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Please ask an usher for a copy if
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Dr. Thomas Juneau, Artistic Director
Upcoming Concerts
Spring Into Song!
April 2, 2011
Featuring Rutter’s Mass of the Children
Masters of the Vocal Symphony
May 21, 2011
Featuring Mozart’s Requiem
Sing with us!
For more information, visit
www.summitchorale.org.