BYU-H CONCERT CHOIR

The BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir is a versatile, select vocal ensemble of carefully auditioned singers.

In recent years, the ensemble has achieved a high level of performance in classical oratorio literature as well as international folk music, American musical theater selections, and art music of Europe, the Americas, and the South Pacific. Past international performance tours have been to New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Taiwan and Singapore.

Seeking a combination of fine musicianship in a varied visual and dramatic presentation, the group frequently surprises their audiences with colorfully staged numbers and a variety of accompanying instruments.

Members are chosen on an audition basis from a pool of talented musicians. Many students in the group are music majors who are also studying private voice, piano, theory, and music history.

The Concert Choir is under the direction of Michael Belnap, and is sponsored by the Music Department of the Department of Fine Arts at Brigham Young University - Hawaii.

Situated on the North Shore of Oahu, BYU-Hawaii is a small private university that features a truly international student body, with students from over 60 countries. The Fine Arts Division offers Bachelor degrees in Music and Art.

The Concert Choir prepares and presents a choral masterwork each year with a professional orchestra contracted from members of the Honolulu Symphony. Past concerts have included Handel'sMessiah, Rutter's Gloria,Mendelssohn's Elijah,various Bach Cantatas, the Bach St. Matthew Passions,Faure's Requiem,Mozart's Requiem,and Handel's Dixit Dominus.

Soprano I Carissa Oakey* Bayarmaa Dashdavaa Kristi Dudoit Bo Kyoung Seo* Janelle Cramer* Amber Rushton* Jayley Wilbur Latai Fakatava Dannielle Lu Soprano II Shinehah Roxas* Angela Naluai Autumn Keys Jennifer Chidester Erika Dick* Alyssa Herzinger Jessica Leininger Siu Hing Chan Leah Hinckley

Alto I Loralyn Butler* Heather Foutz* Mari Sasaki Lauren Woodbury Miriam Cabrera Liz Carney Kimberly Wright Ligaya Idos Jamie Bunker Kirsten Thomas Kanoho Pulotu Kylee Kim Alto II Irin Chaichana Jessica Creamer* Katie Kammerer Lauren Ellis Elizabeth Moore Ogee Park Ashley Curtis Abigail Clar Nyoka Peniata Katie Zeller Natahli Mills Lindsey Ellers *Hannah Speidel (Broadway Cabaret only)

Tenor I Denzil Kumar* Joseph Moore* Louis Prescott II Joe Savaiianea Phillip Andrus Cameron Rutter* Che Shumacher Tenor II Dustin Geddes Ning (Frank) Sun Art Saowichit* Kurt Moore Kahea Montgomery Jay Iafeta Felix Callejas Shaun Yuen Tevia Uhi Ian Nitta Ammon Cabrinha

Baritone Robert Toelupe Ryan Martz Cooper Johnson* Brett Evans* Wyeth Thomas Mark Serrao Levin Gunter Justin Whitmer Dane Fabricius Erik Fenenbock* Scott Campbell Bass Jon Lang Teren Taniuchi Matthew Brox* Ice Chaichana Taylor Reeves* Stephen Lowe Joshua Wilbur Brett Carrington Ben Hoff* Bremen McKinney Matt Kilpelainen Bryan O'Connor Randel Kim Accompanist: Cecilia Yiu

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