Page 9 - Susquehanna Chorale 40th Anniversary Book

“Music making at this level is
a rarity...the Susquehanna Chorale is a real treasure.”
- Robert Page, Former Conductor, Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Director of Choral Activities, Carnegie Mellon University and Temple University
The Susquehanna Chorale at Holy Trinity Church, 1998
(front, from left) Paul Shurtz, Alan Hair, John Miller, Cindy Umberger, Cliff Kaylor, Lois KIckbush, Jane Ebersole, Kathy Lupinacci, and Andy Gutknecht. (row 2, from left) Konrad Fritz, Mark Tedford, Lynlee Copenhaver, Sara Zentmeyer, Linda Bowman, Peter Achor, and Tom Schwalm. (row 3, from left) Sandy Romberger, Bill Guntrum, Mike Wojdylak, Marcy Sharpe, and Kelly Shinn. (back, from left) Eunice Hager, John Grace, Andy Hoke, Devon Hassett, and Charley Miller
1997 – 1998 Season
• September 1997 - SC performs for the ground-breaking ceremony of the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA
• 11/23/97 - SC performs the world premiere of commissioned piece Look to This Day, C. Thomas Schwalm
• 12/6-7/97 - SC performs Handel’s Messiah under the direction of HSO’s conductor, Richard Westerfield
• 12/19/97 - SC performs the world premiere of commissioned piece by Fred Thayer, Mirabile Mysterium
• 1998 - SC releases its second CD, Heritage
1998 – 1999 Season • October 1998 - SC launches website
• 10/18/98 - The SC family of choirs celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Educational
Outreach Program with Alice Parker workshop and “sing”
• 3/20-21/99 - SC performs Haydn’s The Creation, under the direction of HSO’s conductor, Richard Westerfield
1999 – 2000 Season • 1999 - SC is named Resident Chamber Choir, one of ten resident companies at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
• 2/12/00 - SC performs the first Love Is in the Ayre Valentine’s Day Concert at Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, featuring the Eaken Trio
• 2/18/00 - Performance at ACDA Eastern Division Convention, Baltimore, MD
2000 – 2001 Season
• 11/19/00 - SC performs the world premiere of commissioned piece by C. Thomas Schwalm, When in Our Music God Is Glorified
• 3/17-18/01 - SC and SCC perform Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana under the direction of HSO’s new conductor, Stuart Malina
• 5/4/01 - SC celebrates its 20th Anniversary with commission and east coast premiere of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s The Glory and the Dream
2001 – 2002 Season • 10/12/01 - SC sings for Lebanon County Community Concert Association
• 5/3,4 & 6/02 - SC commissions and performs the world premiere of C. Thomas Schwalm’s A Litany of Reconciliation
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