LIGHT AND LOVE Winter Choral Concert Montclair NJ 2025

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: LIGHT AND LOVE Winter Choral Concert  
• Composer: various  
• Libretto: various    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair State University, Cali School of Music  
• Recorded: December 6, 2025
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Vasilisa Pjevovic, Alan Pinzon, Gabrielle Guida, Isaac Rodriguez, Victoria Mango
• Conductor: Heather J. Buchanan,  
• Orchestra: Indigo Quartet, Chorale Chamber Orchestra, Gregory A. Stout, PIANO  
• Chorus: THE UNIVERSITY CHOIRS  
• Chorus Master: Heather J. Buchanan  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Jed Leshowitz Recital Hall at Cali School of Music  
• Date Published: 2025  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• This Recording is NOT AVAILABLE from a proper commercial or public source

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

PROGRAM LEAFLET

PROGRAM

VOCAL ACCORD
The Rose Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)
Poem by Christina Rossetti (1830 – 1894)

Indigo Quartet
Kylie Foxhall, violin I + Jade Hattori-Hamilton, violin II
Armando Atanda, viola + Yubin Choi, cello

There Will Come Soft Rains
Ian Kearney ‘25 (b. 2003)
Poem by Sara Teasdale (1884 – 1933)
World Premiere

Rorate Cæli Desuper (Gregorian Chant)
Arr. Paul Caldwell & Sean Ivory
The Advent Prose – Isaiah 45:8

UNIVERSITY SINGERS
Highlights from Messiah Part I
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Ev’ry valley (Air: Tenor)
Jeffrey Castellano, tenor

And the glory of the Lord (Chorus)
Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Recitative: (Alto)
O thou that tellest (Air: Alto & Chorus)
Arianna Joseph, mezzo-soprano

For behold, darkness (Accompagnato: Bass)
The people that walked in darkness (Air: Bass)
Joey Staltari, baritone

For unto us a child is born (Chorus)

There were shepherds (Recitative: Soprano)
And lo, the angel of the Lord (Accompagnato: Soprano)
And the angel said unto them (Recitative: Soprano)
And suddenly there was with the angel
(Accompagnato: Soprano)
Taryn Spoto, soprano

Glory to God (Chorus)

Rejoice greatly (Air: Soprano)
Brianna Coppolino, soprano

He shall feed his flock (Air: Soprano)
Jenna Ferrera, soprano

Hallelujah (Chorus)

Audience members are invited to stand and sing with the choir

INTERMISSION

CHORALE

NJ Premiere + World Premiere
Montclair State version for
mixed choir, soprano & baritone soli, piano, string orchestra, & poetry readers

LOVE
William A. Payn (b. 1946)

I. How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)
Elizabeth Barr
ett Browning (1806-1861)
Hannah Kemp, poetry reader
Vasilisa Pjevovic, sopranoII. Kindness

II. Kindness
Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952)
Gabrielle Cintrón, poetry reader
Alan Pinzon, bass-baritone

III. The Big Dipper
Virginia Smith (b. 1953)
Hannah Kemp & Jake McCreery, poetry readers

IV. Dreams
Langston Hughes (1901-1967)
Denise DeMaio & Hannah Kemp, poetry readers
Gabrielle Guida, mezzo-soprano

V. I Have Come to See
William A. Payn (b. 1946)
Jake McCreery, poetry reader
Victoria Mango, soprano
Isaac Rodriguez, baritone

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