Nancy Menk, conductor

On the leading edge of the choral art, The Saint Mary's College Women's Choir, under the leadership of conductor Dr Nancy Menk, have assembled a program featuring fine new music from many of the most talked-about new choral composers. American composers William Hawley, Michael Sitton, Frank Ferko and Gwyneth Walker, and Finnish composer Jaakko Mantyjarvi, are just some of the names we'll be hearing about in fine choral music for this generation and the next. The works of these composers, as well as some classics, are assembled and presented here by one of the finest collegiate women's choirs in the U.S.

Ave Maria · Gustav Holst

Song of Ezekiel · Michael Torke

Missa Brevis for treble voices and organ · Michael Sitton 
     I Kyrie
     II Gloria
     III Sanctus
     IV Benedictus
     V Agnus Dei

Salut Printemps · Claude Debussy

Regina Caeli · William Hawley

Alma Redemptoris Mater · William Hawley

Ständchen, Opus 135 · Franz Schubert

Esto Les Digo · Kinley Lange

Ave Regina Coelorum · Vytautas Miskinis

O salutaris Hostia · Frank Ferko

Bright Morning Stars are Rising · Paul Siskind

Balestard · Jaakko Mäntyjärvi

Alley Cat Love Song · Paul Carey

Music Down in My Soul · arr. Moses Hogan

Crossing the Bar · Gwyneth Walker

The Bells of Saint Mary's · arr. Raymond Sprague