Oct. 16 – Fall Choral Collage Concert
Concert Program
Large Ensemble Concert Series
Fall Choral Collage Concert
NIU Concert Choir
NIU University Chorus
NIU Chamber Choir
Eric Johnson, director, NIU Chamber Choir and Concert Choir
Mary Lynn Doherty, director, University Chorus
Thursday, October 16, 2025
7 p.m.
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall
Program
Concert Choir and Chamber Orchestra |
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| Te Deum for Empress Marie Therese | Franz Joseph Hadyn (1732-1809) |
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Translation We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. To thee all Angels cry aloud: the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth; The glorious company of the Apostles: praise thee. Thou art the King of Glory: O Christ. thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants: whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. ever world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord: to keep us this day without sin. |
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Chamber ChoirJacob Morgan and John Wolf, Percussion |
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| I Hate and I Love | Dominic Argento (1927-2019) |
| I. I Hate and I Love II. Let us live, my Claudia and let us love III. Greetings, miss, with nose not small IV. My woman says she will be no one’s V. Was it a Lioness from the mountains of Libya VI. You promise me, my dearest life VII. Wretched Catullus, put an end to this madness VIII. I Hate and I Love |
Chamber ChoirRachel Yasutaki, Graduate Conductor |
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| The Dance (from Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27, No. 1) | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) |
University Chorus |
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| Consecrate the Place and Day | Lloyd Pfautsch (1921-2003) |
| Cantate Domino | Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) |
| Sing Unto the Lord (Psalm 96: 1-3) | |
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Translation Sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord all the earth and bless his name. Proclaim his promise of salvation from day to day. Proclaim his glory to all nations and his mighty acts to all peoples. |
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| Heart of Earth | Shruthi Rajeskar (b. 1996) Text by Laura Purdie Salas (b. 1966) |
Concert Choir |
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| Father Thunder (Latvian folk song) | Laura Jēkabsone (b. 1985) |
| Spiritual | Ysaÿe M. Barnwell (b. 1946) |
| Higher Ground | Stevie Wonder (b. 1950) arr. Matt and Adam Podd |
| Sit Down, Servant | arr. Marques L.A. Garrett (b. 1984) |
Personnel
Haydn Chamber Orchestra
Violin
Javier Polania
Sally Waterhouse
Viola
Jacob Seabrook
Cello
Sofia Vrettou
Flute
Violet Whelchel
Oboe
Carly Jackson
Amanda Fuji
Bassoon
Charlie Shilhavy
Cailey Szostak
Trumpets
Matthew Harvey
Julian Hernandez
Willow Connolly
Horn
Madeline Miller
Ashley Esser
Percussion
Connor Butler
Organ
Minjung Kim
NIU University Chorus
Ziming Yan, Accompanist
| Soprano Emily Bauer Vicky Gonzalez Skyla Johnson Giavanna Mayotte Brooke Sleigher Katie Vidmar |
Alto Anne Bishop Rashunda Dorset-Headley Talia Grzelak Isabella Jaimes Lux Moone Gracie Raab Meghan Rault Jayda Thompson |
Tenor Jonathan Arroyo Aidan Boyer Mason Brooks Bryn Callahan Jalen Charles Kye Daranikone Brayden Dulin Alex Hager Sean Hamilton Yari Taylor |
Bass Christian Barraza Colton Dean Quinten Force Brennyn Ford Gabe Greenfield Angel Morales Hunter Otgontseren Everett Wright |
NIU Chamber Choir
Yuxi Qui, Accompanist
| Kayla Lockhart Rachel Yasutaki Emily Kmetz Maia Orlovsky Sarah Calgaro Isabella Froh Kayti Miller Allison Wilson |
Matthew Ellis EmVi Legaspi Joseph Quaynor Matthew Skirmont Daniel Chukwunyem Eli Clark Georgie Dimitrov Lucas Smardo |
NIU Concert Choir
Minjung Kim, Accompanist
| Soprano Mikayla Ahren Kaylie Emmer Maggie Garner Emily Kmetz Maia Orlovsky Chenoa Randolph Kyla Reisenbichler Willow Sabani Thalila Sisou Olivia Yedinak Kaleigh Wicknick |
Tenor Serge Dulang Matthew Ellis Jake Foland Eduardo Garcia Jacob Lawver EmVi Legaspi Joseph Quaynor A.J. Villa |
Alto Rain Anzaldua Amelia Arndt Lexus Bovensiep Sarah Calgaro Sondos Hassan Jessic Holtz Lyric Johnson Jazmine Link Kayti Miller Allison Wilson Chloe Weeks |
Bass Eli Clarke Georgi Dimitrov Bradley Kuhn Gunnar Magnuson Lucas Smardo Emerson Valyou Nolan Valyou Erik Vazquez |
Bios
Assistant Director of the School of Music
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music Education
Mary Lynn Doherty is the assistant director of the School of Music and the coordinator of music education at Northern Illinois University, where she teaches choral and general music methods, supervises student teachers, works with undergraduate and graduate students as well as area music educators at all levels and conducts the University Chorus.
In 2020, Doherty was awarded the Outstanding Mentor Award from the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. She has also been nominated for NIU’s Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award four times, representing the School of Music and the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Doherty has been invited to conduct ILMEA District choirs (elementary, middle and high school) eight times as well as serving as the conductor of the Rockford High School All-City Honor Choir, the Big Northern Conference Honor Choir, the Little Ten High School Choral Festival, the West Suburban Women’s Festival Choir, the North Central Junior Conference Honor Choir, the Women’s Honor Choir at the UW-Madison Summer Youth Music Camp and numerous district festival choirs.
Doherty was the director of NIU’s Community School of the Arts Children’s Choir from 2008-2016, earning grants from the National Endowment for the Arts to fund commissions and residences with internationally renowned composers and conductors. She is on the Illinois Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance Committee and serves as the NIU host of the Summer CMP Workshop. Prior to coming to NIU, she was the director of music education and associate conductor for the Choir Academy of the Chicago Children’s Choir.
Doherty’s research is on vocal health issues experienced by music teachers and she has presented her work both nationally and internationally as well as being published in The Choral Journal and the Journal of Voice. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the American Choral Directors Association, the National Voice Foundation and the American Organization of Kodaly Educators. She received her Master of Music degree and her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction in Music Education degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Luther College. Her mentors include Judy Hanson, Brett Goad, Gerald Olson and Weston Noble.
Professor and Coordinator of Choral Activities
Eric A. Johnson, D.M.A., is the director of choral activities at Northern Illinois University and the founding artistic director of Cor Cantiamo. As a 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Artworks grant recipient, he has been recognized for his artistic leadership, whose ensembles represent “choral artistry at its finest” (Lauridsen). He is a committed champion of contemporary choral music and dedicated to addressing social justice issues through interdisciplinary concert events. Johnson is the 2020 recipient of the Harold Decker Award, given by the Illinois American Choral Directors Association to celebrate his career of quality leadership and service to the art of choral music.
Ensembles under his direction have performed at multiple national and division conventions for the National Collegiate Choral Organization, American Choral Directors Association and the Music Educators National Conference. He has served as a guest conductor at Avery Fisher Hall and the David Geffen Hall; Lincoln Center, toured internationally and prepared choruses for collaborations with professional orchestras.
Internationally, Johnson has served as a guest conductor of the Clare College Chapel Choir (Cambridge, England) and the Asian Pacific Activities Conference Choral Festival (Guangzhou, China); taught at Makumira University (Arusha, Tanzania); the Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (Natal, Brazil); and directed guest choral residencies at Canterbury and Worcester Cathedrals.
As the artistic director of Cor Cantiamo, Johnson has recorded commercial CDs released on the Divine Arts and Centaur Records labels. He has collaborated with many leading composers of our time including Dominick DiOrio, Stacey Gibbs, Libby Larsen, Morten Lauridsen, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Timothy C. Takach, Sir John Tavener and James Whitbourn.
Johnson has published music with Santa Barbara Music Publishing, served as a music editor for Earthsongs Publications and has published articles in the Choral Journal. He is active nationally as a clinician and guest conductor for high school and collegiate honor choirs and regularly conducts choral/orchestral masterworks works with both collegiate and professional ensembles.
