VARSITY MEN’S GLEE CLUB WOMEN’S CHORUS Jae Ahn-Benton and Jason Corpuz, pianists

College of Fine Arts presents
VARSITY MEN’S GLEE CLUB
WOMEN’S CHORUS
David B. Weiller and Jocelyn K. Jensen, conductors
Jae Ahn-Benton and Jason Corpuz, pianists
PROGRAM
Guest Artists
UNLV JAZZ SINGERS
Janet Tyler, director
Ruben Van-Gundy, bass
Joshua Longo, guest beatboxer
Now’s the Time
Charlie Parker
(1920–1955)
Alice in Wonderland
Sammy Fain and Bob Hilliard
(1902–1989)
(1918–1971)
arr. Paris Rutherford
The Speed of Love
Maurice White, Tony Haynes, Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn
arr. Jason A. Smith
Guest Artists
SASSYFRASS
Come to Me, My Love
Kenneth Riggs
(b. 1969)
Cups (When I’m Gone)
A. P. Carter
(1891–1960)
arr. Deke Sharon
VARSITY MEN’S GLEE CLUB
We Meet Again Tonight
Anonymous
Crucifixus
Antonio Lotti
(1667–1740)
Drinking Song: Back and Side Go Bare
Ralph Vaughan Williams
(1872–1958)
The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
Benjamin Britten
(1913–1976)
The Us of Me
David L. Brunner
(b. 1953)
WOMEN’S CHORUS
Regina caeli
William Hawley
(b. 1950)
She Weeps O’er Rahoon
Eric Whitacre
(b. 1970, UNLV Class of 1995)
Composed for the UNLV Women’s Chorus and Dr. Jocelyn Kaye Jensen, 1993
Erika Hill, English horn
The Trees of Peace
Gwyneth Walker
(b. 1947)
Canticum Novum
Diego Vega
(b. 1968, UNLV School of Music faculty)
COMBINED CHOIRS, ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
Honoring Dr. Jocelyn Kaye Jensen on the occasion of
her retirement from the UNLV School of Music
Omnia Sol
Z. Randall Stroope
(b. 1953)
Jeremy Valdez, student conductor
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Recital Hall
Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The UNLV CHORAL ENSEMBLES enjoy a reputation for excellent performances
throughout the southwest and beyond. Under the direction of conductors David B. Weiller and
Jocelyn K. Jensen, the choirs (Concert Singers, Chamber Chorale, Varsity Men’s Glee Club,
Women’s Chorus, and Las Vegas Master Singers) present several concerts annually on the
university campus and in the greater Las Vegas community. Tours have encompassed Nevada,
California, Arizona, Utah and Colorado, as well as itineraries in Hawaii, New York, Mexico and
Canada. Notable highlights include appearances with the world renowned Boston Pops
Esplanade Orchestra and a massed choir performance in New York City’s Carnegie Hall.
The UNLV Chamber Chorale has been honored with invited performances for western
division conferences of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and western region
and state conferences of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). University
choirs have presented major works with the Mexico National Symphony in Mexico City, the Las
Vegas Philharmonic, the University Symphony Orchestra, and the Nevada Symphony
Orchestra. The choirs have appeared in numerous fully staged productions in collaboration with
UNLV Opera Theater, and, on a lighter note, they have presented concerts of classic musical
theatre repertoire. The UNLV Choral Ensembles maintain an active student chapter of the
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) that supports choral music and special student
projects.
JAZZ SINGERS
Leah Blumenstein
Christopher Brooks
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Gary Fowler
Dominic Gruber
Brett Howard
Megan Lake
Angelica Hachiya
Hunter Rose Turner
Tiffaney-Anne Calabro
Beatrice DeBelen
Alex Price
Megan Stewart-Cole
Nathan Turner
Blake Wisner
SASSYFRASS
Melody Totten
Bridget Torres
Hunter Rose Turner
VARSITY MEN’S GLEE CLUB
Tim Buer
Edwin Cerna II
Jesse Chitthaphong
Daniel Cihigoyenetche
Andrew Cogley
C. Edward Cotton
Patrick Gil Cristobal
Dominic Graber
Troy Hart
Robert Holland
Austin Jung
Christophe Kennedy
Jeff Kriske
Jesse Law
Bonson Lee
Artilio LoPresti
Katie Anderson
Sharon Batterham
Alixandra Marie Beauchamp
Crysta Bryan
Lacy Burchfield
Tiffaney-Anne Calabro
Bianca Chavez
Athalie Cho
Catherine Conroy
Joellyn Cotton
Kerri Dahl
Casey Dakus
Nylah Davis
Beatrice DeBelen
Ijeoma Depinto
Heather Rose Elise
Scarlet Falcon
Amanda Geisler
Kelly Hawes
Christine Herbano
Claudia Kistinger
Julia Kitrel
Omar Lozano
Allen Muresan
Julian Olarte
Michael Padilla
Ranon Alexander Pador
Matthew Pedersen
Oscar Jaime Rivera
Shawn Schwerdtfeger
Kurt Ludwig Sedlmeir
Michael Thomas
Jeremy Valdez
Chris Vanegas
Ryan Weir
Andrew Williams
Blake Wisner
WOMEN’S CHORUS
Carmen Lee
Taylor Madrid
Kate Mauceri
Sydney Mayers
Dawn McCollum
Cassidy McGee
Jennifer Menchaca
Alexandria K. Mendonca
Amber Monjaras
Christina Obra
Alexis Panter
Kiloni Ramo
Princess Rosano
Ashlee Ruder
Megan Stewart-Cole
Allison Strande
Maia Julianne Thielen
Bridget Torres
Faith Trujillo
Hunter Rose Turner
Kristina Wells
The UNLV Choral Ensembles express their heartfelt appreciation to the
Las Vegas Master Singers and Dr. Jocelyn K. Jensen
for their vision and commitment in establishing
THE SUSAN L. JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP FOR CHORAL STUDIES,
an endowed fund providing ongoing support of talented choral musicians at UNLV.
Please join us for the final choral performance of the 2015-16 season!
MASTERWORKS CONCERT
Saturday, April 30, 7:30 pm, Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall
University Concert Singers, Chamber Chorale,
Las Vegas Master Singers, University Symphony Orchestra
Anton Bruckner “Te Deum”
Leonard Bernstein “Chichester Psalms”
Tickets on sale at UNLV Performing Arts Center box office.
JOCELYN KAYE JENSEN joined the faculty of the
UNLV School of Music in 1992 when she founded the
Women’s Chorus. She also teaches courses in harmony,
sightsingingandeartraining.Agiftedleaderandeducator,
Dr. Jensen received the School of Music “Outstanding
Adjunct Faculty of the Year” award in 2002, and the
following year she was recognized as one of five
outstanding adjunct faculty members from the entire
university campus. In 2016, she received the “Outstanding
Part-TimeTeacherAward”intheCollegeofFineArts.
Prior to her association with UNLV, Dr. Jensen
taught choral music in the Clark County School District for
33 years. Choirs under her direction received numerous
awards, including honors at many prestigious festivals
throughout the United States. The Eldorado High School Mixed Choir earned national
recognition for their 1988 performance in Lincoln Center and for their debut concert at
Carnegie Hall. Dr. Jensen was the first recipient of the “Outstanding Music Educator of the
Year”awardedbytheNevadaMusicEducatorsAssociationin1989.
Dr. Jensen served as artistic director and conductor of the Las Vegas Master Singers
from 2002-2015. Under her direction, the Master Singers became recognized as one of the
premiere community choral organizations in the Las Vegas valley, performing a full concert
seasonofvariedrepertoireplusannualappearanceswiththeLasVegasPhilharmonic.Duein
largeparttoherpassionandcommitment,theMasterSingersestablishedtheSusanL.Johnson
Scholarship for choral studies, the first endowed fund designated specifically for UNLV choral
singers.
Dr. Jensen has been the guest conductor for numerous honor choirs in Nevada,
California and Utah, and in 2002 she conducted the New Mexico All-State Women's Choir. In
thesameyear,sheconductedthefirstClarkCountySchoolDistrictWomen'sHonorChoir,and
sheservedontheprestigiousteamofadjudicatorsfortheHeritageFestivalofGoldInvitational
ChoralFestivalinNewYorkCity’sRiversideChurch.
JocelynJensenreceivedtheB.A.degreeinSecondaryEducationwithanartsemphasis
andaMaster'sDegreeinMusicEducationfromtheUniversityofNevada,Reno.Sheearneda
Master of Music Degree in Music Education from Utah State University and the Doctorate
inPost-Secondary Education with an emphasis in Fine Arts from UNLV. Her studies in
conductingincludeextensiveworkwithrenownedconductorandcomposerFrankPooler.