Naperville North Treble Choir in Britten's Ceremony of Carols

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Today we heard the Naperville North Treble Choir in the complete Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten. In the second half, we heard the third and fourth movements of Beethoven's 7th Symphony performed by the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra's Encore Chamber Orchestra (a live recording from Prague during their Central Europe tour in 2005!).

Program:

NNHS Treble Choir led by James Yarbrough
Rose Grizzell, junior harpist

Ceremony of Carols/Benjamin Britten - 1943

Procession

Wolcum Yole!

There IsNo Rose

That Yonge Child

Balulalow

As Dew in April

This Little Babe

Interlude

Spring Carol

Deo Gracias

Recession

CYSO Encore Chamber Orchestra
Allen Tinkham, conductor

Symphony No. 7 by Beethoven, III and IV

(recorded 2005, Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic)

Biography:

The Naperville North Treble Choir is a cornerstone of the music department at NNHS, which includes curricular band, choral and orchestra programs as well as music theory and appreciation opportunities. Extracurricular offerings include Renaissance vocal and instrumental ensembles, marching band, and vocal and instrumental jazz ensembles. Recent workshop presentations at Illinois Music Educators Association state conventions championed new music written for the female voice. During March of 2009, the Treble Choir toured Great Britain singing concerts and presenting Evensong services at cathedrals in Lincoln and Exeter, England. This year, they have commissioned an extended work for choir and orchestra by Illinois composer Jeremy Landig to be presented at Wentz Hall at North Central College/Naperville in March.