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Walden School

Young Musicians Program

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The Walden School Young Musicians Program is an incredibly special place, and my work there as choral director entails supporting both students and “facul-staff” in choral-related creative endeavors. This takes the form of leading daily rehearsals for singing different ensembles, mentoring faculty conductors, and working with students who are writing choral compositions. At the end of the summer, I lead the final concert: a culmination of five weeks of rehearsing and exploring choral music by recent/living and historically underrepresented composers.

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2026 Choral Program

Soprano-Alto Ensemble

  • Debussy arr. Spevacek: Beau Soir

  • Katerina Gimon: “Fire” from Elements

Tenor-Bass Ensemble

  • Michael McGlynn: Dúlamán

  • Supply Belcher: Funeral Anthem

  • Corey Payette arr. Vaughan: Gimikwenden Ina

Faculty Chamber Singers

  • Morales: Circumdederunt Me

  • Brahms: Nächtens

  • Mari Esabel Valverde: Look Down, Fair Moon

  • Young arr. Lawson: Seven Bridges Road

Student Chorus

  • Sherryl Sewepagaham: nipîy (Water Song)

  • Ruthie Foster/Paul Rardin: Death Came a-Knockin’

  • Fanny Hensel: “Lockung” from Gartenlieder

Combined Choruses

2025 Choral Program

Soprano-Alto Ensemble

  • Hildegard von Bingen: O frondens virga

  • Gabriela Lena Frank: “Envuelto por el Viento” from Two Mountain Songs

Tenor-Bass Ensemble

  • Schubert: La Pastorella al Prato

  • Dessa & Jocelyn Hagen: Look Out Above

Faculty Chamber Singers

  • Angélica Negrón: “Awaken” from Chorus of the Forest

  • Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla: Stabat Mater

  • Rollo Dilworth: The Dream Keeper

  • Jacob Narverud: Ad Astra

Student Chorus

  • Saint-Saëns: “Les fleurs et les arbres” from Deux choeurs

  • Reena Esmail: Dhīre-dhīre

  • Tracy Wong: Singkap Siaga

Combined Choruses

  • Busnois: Verbum caro factus est

  • Brahms: “An die Heimat” from Drei Quartette

  • Burleigh: My Lord, What a Mornin’

  • Trad. arr. Earley: Mo Ghile Mear

2024 Choral Program

Soprano-Alto Ensemble

  • Sarah Kirkland Snider: Here

Tenor-Bass Ensemble

  • Bernstein/Sondheim arr. Jay Gilliambardo: Tonight, Tonight (from West Side Story)

  • Stacey Gibbs: Steal Away

Faculty Chamber Singers

  • Andrew Balfour/Thomas Weelkes: Ambe Anishinaabeg

  • Leoš Janáček: Kačena Divoká

Student Chorus

  • Trad. arr. Michael McGlynn: Siúil a Rúin

  • Anna Thorsvaldsdottir: Heyr þú oss himnum á

  • Stevie Wonder: Isn't She Lovely (arr. Idea of North)

Combined Choruses

  • Andrew Balfour: Ambe

  • Maddalena Casulana: Morir non può il mio cuore

  • Wondrous Love (arr. Robert Scholz)

  • J.S. Bach/arr. Rhonda Sandberg: Bach (Again)

2023 Choral Program

Soprano-Alto Ensemble

  • Veljo Tormis: Lauliku Lapsepõli

  • Rō Ogura: Hotaru Koi

  • Billie Holiday& Arthur Herzog Jr. arr. Steve Zegree: God Bless the Child

Tenor-Bass Ensemble

  • Garfunkel arr. Ben Bram: Bridge Over Troubled Water

Faculty Chamber Singers

  • Kerensa Briggs: Media Vita

  • Guillaume DuFay ed. Kari Francis: Ave Maris Stella

  • Moises Simons arr. Tania León: El Manisero

  • Greg Jasperse: Voice Dance

Student Chorus

  • Saunder Choi: Leron, Leron Sinta

  • Blas Galindo: Me Gustas Cuando Callas

Combined Choruses

  • Marie-Juliette Olga "Lili" Boulanger: Sous bois

  • Laura Mvula arr. Kari Francis: Green Garden

  • Reena Esmail: Tuttarana

  • Amy Beach: Peace I Leave With You

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Conducting Recital: Wildgesang