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134th Annual Fall Concert
Saturday, November 20, 1993
Hill Auditorium, 8PM
Jerry Blackstone, Director
Kyle Marrero, Assistant Conductor
Howard Watkins, Pianist
The Ohio State University Men’s Glee Club
James Gallagher, Director
INTERMISSION
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
Feasting I watch (Op. 45 No. 5)Edward Elgar
Mis oli see, mis juba lapsepõlvesKonstantin Türnpu
Three Sacred Pieces:
      -Der Herr segne euch
      Jack Anthony Pott, conductor
      -Resonet in laudibus
      -Ríu, ríu, chíu
      Edward perini, baritone

J. S. Bach

Jacob Handl
Anonymous
A Passerby
World Premiere
Byron Adams
Selections by THE NOVELAIRES and THE FRIARS
The Best of All Possible Worlds from CandideLeonard Bernstein
Halleluarr. Stephen Paulus
HeavenAndré J. Thomas
Betelehemuarr. Wendell Whalum
Michigan Songs including the World Premiere of Memories of Michigan
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
Explosion of Sound
Saturday, April 9, 1994
Hill Auditorium, 8PM
Jerry Blackstone, Director
Howard Watkins, Pianist
The Miami University Men’s Glee Club
Clayton Parr, Director
The Bowling Green State University Men’s Chorus
James Mathey, Director
INTERMISSION
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
Two Sacred Pieces:
      -Cantate Domino
      -Oseh shalom bimromav
      Ryan Waite, tenor
arr. Archibold T. Davison
Hirsch/Gilbert
The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady BarnardBenjamin Britten
A Celtic Triptych
      The Cloths of Heaven
      A Drinking Song
      A Plea for Old Friends
      World Premiere
Ron Jeffers
Two Folksongs:
      -Ahay, Tuburan
      Scott Lefurgy, tenor
      World Premiere
      -Barb’ra Allen
      Edward Perini, baritone
arr. Oscar Alcantara


arr. Randall Gill
Selections by THE FRIARS
Stars of the Summer Night
      Jack Anthony Pott, tenor
      Kevin Michael Camelet, tenor
      Martin Stefan, baritone

arr. Ellwood Derr
The Magic Carpet (with apologies to Mozart!)arr. Jennings & Spiegl
Ave Maria
(Combined Glee Clubs)
Franz Biebl
Michigan Songs together with former officers of the Glee Club
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
141st Annual Fall Concert
Saturday, November 11, 2000
Hill Auditorium 8PM
Jerry Blackstone, Director
Eugene Rogers, Assistant Conductor
Andrew Lenhart, Pianist
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
Duh Tvoy blagìy (Russian)Pavel Chesnokov
Song for AtheneJohn Tavener
Two Pieces for oboe and male chorus
      Greater Love
      A Red, Red Rose
      Aaron Hill, oboe; David Neely, baritone

Robert V. Scholz
Stephen Chatman
Songs of a Young Man
      When I Was One-and-Twenty
      Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now
Richard Nance
Carnival Song (1938, Italian)
      Andrew Lenhart and Matthew Mazzoni, pianists
Walter Piston
INTERMISSION
Selections by THE FRIARS
Michigan Songs 
Two Evening Pieces from Sweden
      Evening Stillness
      Sleep, I’ll be with you

Joh. S. Svedsen
Maurice Karkoff
Not While I’m Around from Sweeney ToddStephen Soundheim
Eugene Rogers, conductor
Ka Hia Manu (Polynesian)
      Jeremy Peters, bass
Stephen Hatfield
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
141st Annual Spring Concert
Saturday, April 7, 2001
Hill Auditorium 8PM
Jerry Blackstone, Director
Eugene Rogers, Assistant Conductor
Andrew Lenhart, Pianist
Stephen Lusmann, Baritone
Melody Racine, Mezzo-Soprano
The Boychoir of Ann Arbor
Dr. Thomas F. Strode, Director
Karen Thatcher, Assistant Director
Song for Athene
      Combined Ensembles
John Tavener
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
Blow ye the trumpetKirke Mechem
Notre PèreDenis Bédard
Eugene Rogers, conductor
Doamne, buzele meleGavril Musicescu
Summer Twilight (1996)Ellwood Derr
A Passerby (1993)Byron Adams
INTERMISSION
Selections by THE FRIARS
Michigan Songs 
Lowlands
      David Wilson, baritone
arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker
My Darlin’ Eileen from Wonderful Town
      Stephen Lusmann, baritone;
      Melody Racine, mezzo-soprano
Leonard Bernstein
Luck Be a Lady from Guys and Dolls
      Stephen Lusmann, baritone
Frank Loesser
I’m a TrainAlbert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood
arr. Peter Knight
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
142nd Annual Fall Concert
Saturday, November 10, 2001
Hill Auditorium, 8PM
Jerry Blackstone, Director
J. Aaron McDermid, Assistant Conductor
Michael Djupstrom, Pianist
The University of Notre Dame Glee Club
Daniel Stowe, Conductor
INTERMISSION
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
Shakespeare Songs (1984)
      -When daisies pied -
          from "Love’s Labour’s Lost"
      -Take, O take those lips away -
           from "Measure for Measure"
      -Full fathom five from - "The Tempest"
      Michael Djupstrom &
      Stephen J. Warner, pianists
      Craig Hayward, percussionist
Theodore Morrison
Bogoroditse DevoNikolai Kedroff, Jr.
Kyrie (1984)Sven-David Sandström
Psalm 40
      Brian Bennett, Bob Stevenson,
      Joshua Breitzer, Brent Hegwood,
      Adrian Leskiw, Nicholas Edwin,
      Sean Panikkar, and David Neely, soloists
Cristine Temple-Evans
ReconciliationStephen Chatman
J. Aaron McDermid, conductor
Selections by THE FRIARS
LullabyeTom Schnauber
I’m gonna sing!Hunter / Salamunovich
Michigan Songs
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
142nd Annual Spring Concert
Saturday, April 13, 2002
Hill Auditorium, 8PM
Jerry Blackstone, Director
J. Aaron McDermid, Assistant Conductor
Stephen Lusmann, Guest Conductor
Randall Reid-Smith, Guest Soloist
Michael Djupstrom, Pianist
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
Dance
      Michael Djupstrom &
      Stephen Warner, pianists
David Conte
Spaseniye sodelalPavel Chesnokov
Quatre Petites Priéres de Saint Francois D’Assise
      -Salut, Dame Sainte
      -Seigneur, je vous en prie
Francis Poulenc
Indianas No. 2
      -Eduardo Belgrano
      -Sino
Carlos Guastavino
the moon has overcomeJ. Aaron McDermid
J. Aaron McDermid, conductor
Sing Me to HeavenDaniel E. Gawthrop
O welche Lust! from Fidelio
      Nicholas Edwin, tenor; David Neely, baritone
      Stephen J. Warner, organist
Ludwig van Beethoven
Stephen Lusmann, conductor
Rigoletto Quartette Travesty
      Joshua Breitzer, tenor; Brian Bennett, tenor
Giuseppe Verdi
INTERMISSION
Selections by THE FRIARS
Michigan Songs
Selections from Broadway w/ guest artist RANDALL REID-SMITH, tenor
Hol’ You Han’arr. Paul Rardin
I Have Had SingingRon Jeffers
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
143rd Annual Fall Concert
Saturday, November 2, 2002
Rackham Auditorium, 6PM & 9PM
Stephen Lusmann, Director
J. Aaron McDermid, Assistant Conductor
Joseph Daniel, Pianist
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
Evviva Beviam from ErnaniGiuseppe Verdi
Dixit Maria ad AngelumHans Leo Hassler
The Last Words of DavidRandall Thompson
El Yivneh Hagalilarr. Peter Sozio
Ave MariaFranz Biebl
Der GondelfahrerFranz Schubert
Down in the Valleyarr. George Mead
J. Aaron McDermid, conductor
Gentle Anniearr. Shaw/Parker
Cindy
      Joseph Daniel & Brennan Szafron, pianists
      Michael Swain, percussionist
arr. Mack Wilberg
INTERMISSION
Selections by THE FRIARS
Hold On!arr. Eugene Thamon Simpson
I Want to Die Easyarr. Vernon Sanders
J. Aaron McDermid, conductor
I’m A-Rollin’
      Joshua Breitzer, tenor
arr. Paul Rardin
(World Premiere)
Michigan Songs
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
143rd Annual Spring Concert
Saturday, April 12, 2003
Rackham Auditorium, 6PM & 9PM
Stephen Lusmann, Director
J. Aaron McDermid, Assistant Conductor
João Vidal, Pianist
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
Hallelujah Amen from Judas MaccabaeusGeorge Ferderic Handel
arr. Philip A. Duey
Dostoyno yestNicolai Golovanov
Cantate DominoHans Leo Hassler
arr. Archibald T. Davison
Dirait-onMorten Lauridsen
I Love My Love
      Donald Milton III, baritone
arr. Jameson Marvin
Her eyes, twin poolsJ. Aaron McDermid
J. Aaron McDermid, condutor
(World Premiere)
Kalinkaarr. Vadim Prokhorov
Bar’bra Allen
      David Neely, baritone
arr. Randall Gill
J. Aaron McDermid, conductor
Western Songs
      Devin Provenzano, bass-baritone
arr. Roger Wagner
INTERMISSION
Selections by THE NOVELAIRES and THE FRIARS
Got a Mind to Do Rightarr. David Morrow
Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
      Jeremy Peters, bass
arr. William L. Dawson
Michigan Songs
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
144th Annual Fall Concert
Saturday, November 2, 2003
Rackham Auditorium, 6PM & 9PM
Stephen Lusmann, Director
William Hammer, Assistant Conductor
Thomas Kean, Pianist
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
Antiphon from Five Mystical SongsRalph Vaughan Williams
Missus est GabrielCristobal de Morales
Lo, How a Rose e’er BloomingMichael Praetorius
Nïñe sílï ñebésnïyaAlexander Sharemetev
Duh Tvoy blagíyPavel Chesnokov
Salmo 150Ernani Aguiar
Gloire Immortelle from FaustCharles Gounod
She is my slender small loveEric H. Thiman
Thou Didst Delight my EyesGerald Finzi
Betelehemu
      Jon Schimpke, Donald Milton III,
      Adrian Leskiw, Jeremy Peters,
      Victor Szabo, Scott Lindroth,
      Thomas Kean, percussionists
Via Oltunji/Arr. Wendell Whalum
INTERMISSION
Selections by THE FRIARS
Soon-ah will be donearr. William L. Dawson
Deep Riverarr. Harry T. Burleigh
William Hammer, conductor
Ain’-A That Good Newarr. Willaim L. Dawson
William Hammer, conductor
Ride the Chariot
      Lee Barcena-Turner, Dan Lara,
      Richard Li, Brent Hegwood, soloists
arr. Wm. Henry Smith
Michigan Songs 
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
144th Annual Spring Concert
Saturday, April 17, 2004
Hill Auditorium, 8PM
Stephen Lusmann, Director
William Hammer, Assistant Conductor
Thomas Kean, Pianist
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
Ring Out, Wild Bells
from Three Pieces After Tennyson
      John Schimpke, glockenspiel
      Chad Stuible, bells and triangle
      Thomas Kean & Michael Fauver, pianists
Ron Nelson
O vos omnesLudovico Tommaso da Vittoria
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37
      -I. Come, Let Us Worship
      -VI. Rejoice, O Virgin
Sergei Rachmaninoff
A Celtic Triptych
      -The Cloths of Heaven
      -A Drinking Song
      -A Plea for Old Friends
Ron Jeffers
Two American Hymns
      -At the River
      -Zion’s Walls
arr. Aaron Copland
William Hammer, conductor
Promised Landarr. Michael Richardson
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
      Brett Thompson, baritone
arr. Fenno Heath
Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulderarr. Robert DeCormier
INTERMISSION
Selections by THE FRIARS
What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor?arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw
Loch Lomond
      Devin Provenzano, bass-baritone
arr. Jonathan Quick
Danny Boy
      Benjamin Moerman, tenor
arr. Jameson Marvin
Michigan Songs 
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
145th Anniversary Concert
Saturday, November 13, 2004
Hill Auditorium, 8PM
Stephen Lusmann, Director
William Hammer, Assistant Conductor
Thomas Kean, Pianist
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
Canticle (From the rising of the sun)
      Thomas Kean & Paul Rossen, pianists
David Conte
O Magnum MysteriumMorten Lauridsen
Panis angelicusG. Periluigi da Palestrina
William Hammer, conductor
Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren
      Thomas Kean, organist
Johannes Brahms
William Hammer, conductor
Daemon Irrepit CallidusGyorgy Orban
AlleluiaRandall Thompson
SomagwazaJoseph Maselwa
Siyahamba
      Jon Schimpke, djembe
arr. Henry Leck
INTERMISSION
Selections by THE FRIARS
Satin Dollarr. Susan Gardner
Blues in the Nightarr. Susam Gardner
Hol' You Han'
      featuring The Friars
arr. Paul Rardin
Michigan Songs 
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
145th Annual Spring Concert
Saturday, April 9, 2005
Hill Auditorium, 8PM
Stephen Lusmann, Director
William Hammer, Assistant Conductor
Thomas Kean, Pianist
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB
Patrick Gardner, Director
INTERMISSION
Selections by THE FRIARS
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
Overture from William TellGioacchino Rossini
arr. Stout/Blackstone
Dirge from Cymbeline
      David Ramos, trumpet
Conrad Susa
El yivneh hagalilarr. Peter Sozio
Beati mortuiFelix Mendelssohn
William Hammer, conductor
El grilloJosquin Des Pres
Ave MariaFranz Biebl
SomagwazaJoseph Maselwa
Witnessarr. Moses Hogan
Go Where I Send Theearr. Caldwell/Ivory
Michigan Songs
COMBINED GLEE CLUBS
Spaseniye sodelalPavel Chesnokov
Patrick Gardner, conductor
Evviva beviam from ErnaniGiuseppe Verdi
Stephen Lusmann, conductor
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
Stephen Lusmann, conductor
146th Annual Fall Concert
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Hill Auditorium, 8PM
Paul Rardin, Director
George Case, Assistant Conductor
David Zobel, Pianist
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
Psalm 117Stanley Hoffman
Contate Domino
      George Case, conductor
Hans leo Hassler
arr. Archibald Davidson
Psalm 96
      Jonathan Bryan Smith, soloist
G. Periluigi da Palestrina
The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady BarnardBenjamin Britten
Dalvi duoddar luohti
      Baylee Miller, soloist
Seppo Paakkunainen
Jing-ga-lye-yaBruce Sled
Freedom Come
      Tony Rinehart & Joshua Sanchez, soloists
      Adam Clarke, djembe
Ben Allaway
INTERMISSION
Selections by THE FRIARS
Got a Mind to Do Rightarr. David Morrow
Deep River
      Andrew Bollinger, soloist
arr. Larry Farrow
Feast of the Lord
      Donald Milton III, soloist
      Christian Carpenter, bass
      Jon Zande, drum set
arr. Richard Smallwood
Michigan Songs 
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
146th Annual Spring Concert
Saturday, April 8, 2006
Hill Auditorium, 8PM
Paul Rardin, Conductor
George Case, Assistant Conductor
David Zobel, Pianist
Laudes atque CarminaAlbert A. Stanley
A Jubliant SongRene Clausen
arr. James Rodde
Gott meine Zuversicht, Op. 132Franz Schubert
Benedicamus DominoKrzysztof Penderecki
TarantellaRandall Thompson
Overture to The Magic FluteW.A. Mozart
INTERMISSION
Selections by THE FRIARS
Harambee: A Call to UnityJoseph Jennings
Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now
(from Songs of a Young man)
Richard Nance
Waitin' for the Dawn of Peace
      -Two Brothers
      -Tentin' Tonight
arr. Ron Jeffers
Heaven Somewherearr. Stephen Hatfield
Sing PraisesAs Sung by the Shekinah Choir
Michigan Songs 
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
146th Annual Fall Concert
Saturday, April 8, 2006
Hill Auditorium, 8PM
Haslett High School Men's Chorale
Erich Wangeman, Conductor

University of Michigan Men's Glee Club
Paul Rardin, Director
John Trotter, Assistant Conductor
David Zobel, Pianist
Haslett High School Men's Chorale
When Good Men SingDavid T. Plank
Fight the good fight with all thy might
from Five hymns in Popular Style
John Gardner
Der Herr Segne euchJ. S. Bach
TahitiJerry Terris
Mbiri Kuna Mwari (Shona Gloria)Lee Kesselman
University of Michigan Men's Glee Club
Laudes atque carmina (1878)Charles m. Gayley
and Albert Stanley
Ascendit DeusJacob Handl
Lux aurumque (2004)Eric Whitacre
Invocation and Dance (1989)David Conte
Brothers, Sing On!Edvard Grieg
arr. Howard McKinney
INTERMISSION
Selections by THE FRIARS
Mouth MusicDolores Keane and John Faulkner
Transcribed by Joseph Byrd
Guitarra
arr. Stephen Smith
Oba se jeNigerian Folk Song
arr. Sweet Honey in the Rock
Michigan Songs 
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
147th Annual Spring Concert
Saturday, April 8, 2006
Hill Auditorium, 8PM
1967 World Tour Men's Glee Club
Bernard Crouse, Conductor
Frank Kuntz, Pianist

University of Michigan Men's Glee Club
Paul Rardin, Conductor
John Trotter, Assistant Conductor
David Zobel, Pianist
1967 World Tour Men's Glee Club
Hallelujah, Amen (1745)George F. Handel
ed. Phillip A. Duey
Ain't Got Time to DieSpiritual
arr. Phillip A. Duey
Draft Dodger RagPete Seeger
arr. Bernard Crouse
Selctions by THE 1967 FRIARS
Go BluePhillip A. Duey
University of Michgan Men's Glee Club
Laudes atque carmina (1878)Charles M. Gayley
and Albert Stanley
Dir, Seeles des Weltalls, K. 429 (1785)Wolfgang A. Mozart
Miserere mei, Deus (c. 1638)Gregorio Allegri
arr. James Rodde
I believe (1995)Lon Beery
Carnival Song (1938)Walter Piston
INTERMISSION
Selections by THE FRIARS
Jenny Kiss'd MePaul Carey
ArirangKorean Folk Song
arr. Mark D. Templeton
Ramkaliarr. Ethan Sperry
Michigan Song
Michigan RememberPaul Rardin
Lyrics by Robert Bartlett
The Yellow and BlueMichael W. Balfe
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