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Love Came Down at Christmas

Westminster Concert Bell ChoirKathleen Ebling Shaw, conductor

WESTMINSTER COLLEGE OF THE ARTS OF RIDER UNIVERSITY

Westminster Choir CollegePRESENTS

Sunday, December 15, 2019 • 4 p.m.Bristol Chapel

Westminster Choir CollegePrinceton, N.J.

2 Program

Please note the unauthorized use of any recording device, either audio or video,and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

Out of courtesy to the performers and everyone in the audience,please refrain from using cell phones and electronic devices during the performance.

The program will be selected from the following:

A Holly Jolly Christmas Johnny Marksarr. Joel Raney

Change Ring Prelude on Divinium Mysterium 13th c. Plainsongarr. Fred Gramann

Gaudete! Piae Cantionesarr. Michael J. Glasgow

Good Christian Friends, Rejoice! In Dulci Jubilo with Antiocharr. Dan Goeller/Kimberlee F. Strepka

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Edward Pola & George Wyle arr. Joel Raney

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Donald E. Allured

Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head Appalachian Folksong arr. Bob Chilcott

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn arr. Douglas E. Wagner

Love Came Down at Christmas Gartan with CranhamIrish Melody/Gustav T. Holst

arr. Cathy Moklebust

Love Has Come Un Flambeauarr. Cathy Moklebust

Sleigh Ride Leroy Andersonarr. Martha Lynn Thompson

Stille Nacht Franz Gruberarr. James E. Weber, Jr.

Winter Wonderland Felix Bernardarr. Joel Raney

About the Artists 3

The 14-member WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR is composed of undergraduate students of Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Its conductor is Kathleen Ebling Shaw. This year celebrates the 42nd year of the handbell curriculum at Westminster Choir College, the first institution in the world to develop such a program.

Hailed for its virtuosity, the Westminster Concert Bell Choir uses the largest range of handbells in the world — 8 octaves, from C1 to C9. Many of the bells are made of bronze and range in weight from four ounces to 11 pounds; the Choir also uses the large “Basso Profundo” aluminum-cast bells that are a new phenomenon in handbell ringing. The Choir supplements their handbell set with a six-octave set of Malmark Choirchime® instruments from C2 to C8 — the widest range in existence.

The Westminster Concert Bell Choir has appeared on Public Television’s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and several holiday broadcasts of the Today show, including one in which the ensemble was joined by NBC television personalities Katie Couric and Willard Scott. Its holiday performances have been heard annually on National Public Radio’s Performance Today, and it is included on NPR’s Christmas Around The Country II recording.

The Choir has performed at Carnegie Hall twice during the Christmas season and was featured on New Jersey Network’s State of The Arts program.

In December 2002 the ensemble joined Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a critically acclaimed 15-city tour entitled “A Royal Christmas.” Most recently, the Choir joined singer Josh Groban, appearing at NBC’s nationally televised Lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.

The Choir has made 11 recordings: The Pealing Bells, Westminster Concert Bell Choir, Christmas Bells, Westminster Rings!, Praise and Adoration, Christmas at Westminster: The Westminster Concert Bell Choir, By Request, Westminster Concert Bell Choir: 30th Anniversary Collection, A Time To Dance, An English Christmas and Let Freedom Ring!

Conductor of the Westminster Concert Bell Choir, KATHLEEN EBLING SHAW is a member of the sacred music department at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, where she teaches classes in handbell training and conducts a second handbell choir. She is director of sales and marketing for Malmark, Inc. and serves as the creative director of ChimeWorks® — an online resource community for educators who use handchimes. She is a graduate of Westminster Choir College.

Well-known as a handbell clinician, Mrs. Shaw has conducted sessions for the Handbell Musicians of America (AGEHR) both on the local and national levels. Other engagements have included sessions for the American Guild of Organists; the New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas Music Educators Conferences; Choristers Guild; Presbyterian Association of Musicians Conferences; the St. Olaf Church Music Conference; and International Handbell Symposia in Japan, England, Korea, Australia and the United States. 2019 – 2020 workshop engagements include: Nassau County NY and Low Country SC Chapters of American Guild of Organists as well as appearances in China, Hong Kong, Germany and the UK.

She traveled with the Westminster Concert Bell Choir during their critically-acclaimed 15-city North American “A Royal Christmas” tour, performing with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.

The Westminster Concert Bell Choir under the direction of Mrs. Shaw made its Carnegie Hall debut in December 2001 as the first American handbell ensemble to perform there. They have also been featured on Lifetime Television, QVC, NBC’s Today show, New Jersey Network, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and NBC’s nationally televised Lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. She has also produced eight recordings with the Westminster Concert Bell Choir.

Mrs. Shaw is also the recipient of an Alumni Merit Award from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in recognition of her dedication to the art of handbell ringing and her enthusiasm and accomplishments in the classroom as well as the concert hall.

4 About the Artists

Upcoming Events

Westminster Concert Bell ChoirKathleen Ebling Shaw, conductorHannah Steele, student assistant

David Sherman, Marlboro, N.J. percussion

The Westminster Concert Bell Choir is grateful to have on loan the lower eighth and ninth octave bass handbells, the lower seventh octave Choirchime® Instruments,

and the C6 to C8 CymBells® from Malmark, Inc. – Bellcraftsmen, Plumsteadville, PA.On the web: www.malmark.com

Laura Albrecht, San Jose, CAJordan Allen, Lawrenceville, GA

Michaela Carey, York, PAValerie Dzielski, State College, PADestiny Elazier, Carmichael, CA

Charlie Ibsen, San Jose, CAAnastasia Kantilierakis, Edison, NJ

Nathan Lazarus, Saratoga, NYGregory Robert Nappa, Newton, NJ

Hannah Steele, Schnecksville, PAJason Steiner, Maplewood, NJ

Andrew Sullivan, Swedesboro, NJLauren Tannen, Davie, FL

Qingyang (Kelly) Ye, Hangzhou, China

For more information visit www.rider.edu/concertbellchoir

All You Need Is LoveCelebrating love with an eclectic musical program

Saturday, April 25, 2020 • 3 p.m.

Bristol ChapelWestminster Choir College

Princeton, N.J.

Holidays at Westminster Patrons 5

Bryn Mawr Trust CompanyJames and Janet Christman

Walter R. Darr ’78 ’91Pastor Bruce Davidson

Margaret DeAngelis & Ronald CostanzoMr. and Mrs. Robert C. DollShannon and Paul FioravantiWilliam and Kera ’06 Greene

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald A. HemmelMarkos & Maria Kantilierakis & Family & Yiayia

William D. Kelley, Jr., ’65Ms. Pamela LoweMrs. Carol Miller

Cheryl PothastScot and Carissa Titus

Bob Thomson

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ReadingsCarolsand

Special Holiday Offer

2 $25 Westminster Recordings $15

for

Available at the Box Officeafter the Concert

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ReadingsCarolsand

Special Holiday Offer

2 $25 Westminster Recordings $15

for

Available at the Box Officeafter the Concert

Recordings from WestminsterThe Perfect Holiday Gift!

NoëlWestminster ChoirJoe Miller, conductor

Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-sopranoKen Cowan, organ

Classic French Christmas music

An English ChristmasWestminster Concert Bell ChoirKathleen Ebling Shaw, conductor

Holiday favorites performed on the world’s largest range of handbells

Christmas with the Westminster ChoirWestminster ChoirJoseph Flummerfelt, conductor

Traditional holiday favorites with organ and brass

Available at the box office after tonight’s concert

Christmas Masterpieces and Familiar CarolsWestminster ChoirNew Jersey Symphony OrchestraJoseph Flummerfelt, conductor

Selections from holiday masterpieces and familiar carols

Christmas at WestminsterWestminster Concert Bell ChoirKathleen Ebling Shaw, director

Arrangements of holiday classics from Silent Night to White Christmas

Carolae: Music for Christmas

Westminster Williamson VoicesJames Jordan, conductorEric Rieger, tenorDaryl Robinson, organ

James Whitbourn’s Missa Carolae and much more!

New!

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8 About Us

Rider University’s WESTMINSTER COLLEGE OF THE ARTS inspires and empowers innovative artists and leaders to transform their communities through the arts. With world-class programs in art, dance, music, music theatre and theatre, and based in Princeton and Lawrenceville, New Jersey, the College consists of three divisions: Westminster Choir College, The School of Fine and Performing Arts, and Wesminster Conservatory of Music, a music school

for pre-college students. RIDER UNIVERSITY is a private co-educational, student-centered university that emphasizes purposeful connections between academic study and real world learning experience. Rider prepares graduates to thrive professionally, to be lifelong independent learners, and to be responsible citizens who embrace diversity, support the common good and contribute meaningfully to the changing world in which they live and work.

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