Dartmouth College Glee Club

Bring on the vibrant vocals and melodies. The choir kicks off the year with a varied program of choral delights through the ages.

22/23 Hop Ensemble

Generously supported by the Glick Family Student Ensemble Fund, the Leo J. Malavasic 1942 Memorial Fund, the Isaacs Family Fund, the Bruce F. Bundy 1916 Memorial Fund, the Susan J. Marshall 1980 Memorial Fund, the David P. Smith 1935 Fund, the Student Ensembles Fund, the Paul R. Zeller Glee Club Fund and Friends of the Glee Club.

Program

The Project

Hopkins Center for the Arts
presents

Dartmouth College Glee Club

Filippo Ciabatti, conductor

and

Erma Mellinger, assistant conductor and vocal coach

with soloists
Colby Lish ’25
Julia Battle ’23
Breanna Boland ’23

Sunday, October 23, 2 pm

Church of Christ at Dartmouth • Dartmouth College • 2022

Generously supported by the Glick Family Student Ensemble Fund, the Leo J. Malavasic 1942 Memorial Fund, the Isaacs Family Fund, the Bruce F. Bundy 1916 Memorial Fund, the Susan J. Marshall 1980 Memorial Fund, the David P. Smith 1935 Fund, the Student Ensembles Fund, the Paul R. Zeller Glee Club Fund and Friends of the Glee Club.

Program

Program
Approximate duration: 90 minutes

O occhi manza mia Orlando di Lasso

Ave Maria Jacques Arcadelt

Ave Verum Corpus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Six Choral Folksongs (H. 136) (Op. 36b) Gustav Holst

IV. The Song of the Blacksmith

VI. Swansea Town

Danny Boy arr. Joseph Flummerfelt

West Side Story Music Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

America

Tonight

Long Time Ago Aaron Copland

Simple Gifts Aaron Copland

Aftonen (Evening) Hugo Alfvén

And So It Goes Billy Joel, arr. Bob Chilcott

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal arr. Alice Parker

Wayfarin’ Stranger arr. Gilbert M. Martin

The Road Home Stephen Paulus

Ain’-a That Good News! William L. Dawson

Soloists
And So It Goes Colby Lish ’25 and Julia Battle ’23
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal Breanna Boland ’23
The Road Home Breanna Boland ’23

Translations

O Occhi Manza Mia

Oh, my beloved’s eyes,
Set in golden lashes,
Oh face, more luminous than the moon!

Hold me in your mind, my joy,
Look upon me for a little while,
And make me happy.

Oh, my beloved’s heart,
Most faithless heart,
You are my joy, you are my love,

Hold me in your mind………

Ave Maria

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.
Blessed are you among women,
And blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God.
Pray for us sinners,
Now and in the hour of our death,
Amen.

Ave Verum Corpus

Hail, true Body,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Who having truly suffered,
Was sacrificed on the cross for mankind,
Whose pierced side

Flowed with water and blood:
May it be for us a foretaste
In the trial of death.

Aftonen (text by Norman Luboff)

Still, still, the woods; radiant, the heavens.
Dim, distant horns fill the air with their echo.
Glowing sunset soon disappears beneath the sea.
Thru’ the mountains, thru’ the valleys,
Lingering, the echoes resound.

About the Artists

The recipient of the 2020 American Prize in Conducting (college/university division), Filippo Ciabatti, a native of Florence, Italy, is the Director of Orchestral and Choral Programs at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, and the Artistic Director of the Upper Valley Baroque Ensemble. Additionally, in 2022, he will serve as Interim Music Director of Opera Company Middlebury.

As guest conductor, Mr. Ciabatti has appeared with numerous opera companies and orchestras in Europe and North and South America, including Opera North (New Hampshire), Lyric Theatre at Illinois, Aurora Festival Orchestra (Sweden), Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Toscana dei Conservatori (Italy), Park ICM Orchestra (Missouri), Universidad Central Orchestra (Colombia), and the Concord Orchestra (Massachusetts). In 2020, he served as cover conductor for the Music Director of the Portland Symphony Orchestra (Maine). At the Hopkins Center, he conducted members of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra in a collaboration with the Martha Graham Dance Company.

As a conductor, Mr. Ciabatti has collaborated with artists including Philadelphia Orchestra concertmaster David Kim, baritone Nathan Gunn, cellist Gabriel Cabezas, pianist Sally Pinkas, flutist Luciano Tristaino, and mandolinist Carlo Aonzo. An advocate for contemporary music and collaborations between musical genres, he premiered a secular oratorio composed by renowned jazz composer Taylor Ho Bynum and commissioned a cello concerto by composer Noah Luna, aired during the NPR show From the Top. In 2018, he led a Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra tour to Italy, performing Mahler’s Fifth Symphony in prominent venues and festivals, in collaboration with the Orchestra Toscana dei Conservatori.

In 2018, he was invited to be a Conducting Fellow at the Aurora Music Festival (Sweden), under the direction of Jukka-Pekka Saraste. During the festival, he conducted Hannah Kendall’s 2017 composition, The Spark Catchers, in the Konserthuset Stockholm.

As a collaborative pianist and vocal coach, Mr. Ciabatti is on the faculty of Camerata de’ Bardi, the Young Artists Program of Teatro Grattacielo in New York City, and the summer opera programs “Opera Viva!” in Verona (Italy) and “Scuola Italia per Giovani Cantanti Lirici” in Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy). In 2021-2022, he served as Music Director of the Young Artists Program of Opera Middlebury. He has played for masterclasses of Renée Fleming, Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard, William Matteuzzi and Donald George. In Italy, he worked as vocal coach for the Cherubini Conservatory, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Florence Opera Academy.

Mr. Ciabatti holds advanced degrees in piano, choral conducting and orchestral conducting from Italy and the United States.

Mezzo-soprano Erma Mellinger has been a principal artist with many opera companies across the United States including the Cleveland Opera, the Florida Grand Opera, the Dallas Opera, the Pittsburgh Opera Theater, the Fresno International Grand Opera, Opera Maine and the Chautauqua Opera. Her roles, in over 30 operas include Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea, and Preziosilla in La forza del destino. She has performed with Sherrill Milnes, James Morris and Diana Soviero and has sung Master Classes with Frederica Von Stade and Mignon Dunn. Conductors with whom she has worked include: Harry Bicket, Stephen Lord, John DeMain and Willie Waters.

Hailed for her, “rich, vibrant, creamy voice,” Ms. Mellinger is also at home on the concert stage appearing as soloist with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Monterey Symphony and the Florida Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Mellinger appeared as soloist with the Handel Society of Dartmouth College in tours of England, France, Germany and Italy, performing in venues including Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

Ms. Mellinger has been a member of the Dartmouth College faculty since 1996. In addition to her duties as voice instructor (Senior Lecturer), she serves as the Assistant Director and Vocal Coach of the Handel Society and the Glee Club. Ms. Mellinger presents solo recitals and chamber music concerts on campus through the ChamberWorks Series. Ms. Mellinger is a former director of Cantabile, a Women’s Chorus based in Vermont and New Hampshire. In addition, Ms. Mellinger has directed church choirs and has served as both Stage Director and Music Director for numerous community theater productions. She is a sought-after clinician in the field of vocal production, having most recently worked with the University Chorus and Chamber singers of Brandeis University.

Ms. Mellinger earned her Bachelor of Music Degree with Highest Distinction (First in Class) from Northwestern University. She received the Performer’s and the Opera Certificates as well as a Teaching Excellence Award while at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester where she earned her Master of Music Degree and began her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree before embarking on her singing career.

Dartmouth College Glee Club
Filippo Ciabatti, director

Soprano
Jennifer Bates
Julia Battle ’23
Breanna Boland ’23 *+
Mikaela Browning ’26
Ella Grim ’25
Yilin Li ’26
Isabelle Lust ’25
Danielle Tamkin ’23

Alto
Grace Casale ’26
Ora Cullen ’24
Shelby Dufton ’24
Maansey Rishi ’24
Jules Reed ’23 +
Sophie Williams ’23

Tenor
Jairo Cabrera-Najarro ’25
Thaddeus Goratowski ’23
Sam Halfpenny ’26
Nicolás Macri ’24
Devyn Parks ’25
H. Nephi Seo ’23
Sam Xiong ’24 +

Bass
Victor Balbino ’24
Sammy Bonasso ’24
FT Chiu ’26
Matthew Dempsey ’23
Colby Lish ’25 +
Vincent Lohmann GR
Wesley Liao ’24
Christopher Smith ’25

* Student Manager
+ Section Leader

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