Published: December 2005
On December 2, 2005, the University Chorale and Boston College Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of John Finney, performed their “Annual Christmas Concert” at the Trinity Chapel on the Newton Campus.
John Finney has been the director of the chorale since 1993, and became conductor of the orchestra in 1999. Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe has called him “one of the city’s busiest and most valuable musicians.” He is also the associate conductor and chorusmaster of Boston’s Handel & Haydn Society.
Soloist Laetitia Muriel Blain is a former musician-in-residence at Boston College, and has been a guest artist with the Boston Pops and the National Symphony of Washington, D.C.
Founded in 1913 as the all-male Glee Club, the University Chorale is one of the University’s oldest performing groups on campus and now includes some 170 students, faculty, and staff. The Boston College Symphony Orchestra is made up of undergraduate musicians and offers four public concerts per year.
Audio concert program:
- “Joy to the World,” George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Broadband / Modem - “Tollite Hostias” (from the Oratorio de Noël), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Broadband / Modem - “We Three Kings of Orient Are,” John H. Hopkins (1820–1892); Jonathan Weinberger ’06, David Levy ’06, and Anthony Nunziata ’06, soloists
Broadband / Modem - “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Broadband / Modem - “For Unto Us a Child is Born” (from Messiah), G. F. Handel
Broadband / Modem - “Ding, Dong, Merrily On High,” French carol, arr. Mechem
Broadband / Modem - “Sweet Little Jesus Boy,” Robert MacGimsey (1898–1979); Laetitia Muriel Blain, soprano
Broadband / Modem - “Sleigh Ride,” Leroy Anderson (1908–1975)
Broadband / Modem - “Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine,” German carol, arr. Mechem
Broadband / Modem - “Patapan,” Burgundian carol, arr. Mechem
Broadband / Modem - “O Holy Night” (“Cantique de Noël”), Adolphe Adam (1803–1856); Laetitia Muriel Blain, soprano
Broadband / Modem - “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” John F. Wade (1711–1786)
Broadband / Modem - “Ave Maria,” Franz Biebl (1906–2001); Jonathan Weinberger ’06, Melissa Cox ’06, and Danielle Naugler ’06, soloists
Broadband / Modem - “Trepak” (from the Nutcracker Suite), Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Broadband / Modem - “Fum, Fum, Fum!” Spanish carol, arr. Mechem
Broadband / Modem - “God Bless the Master of this House,” English carol, arr. Mechem
Broadband / Modem - “Carol of the Bells,” Ukrainian carol, Mykola Leontovych (1877–1921)
Broadband / Modem - “Silent Night,” Franz Gruber (1787–1863); Julie Koehler ’06, flute; Carol Baum, harp
Broadband / Modem - “Hallelujah!” (from Messiah), G. F. Handel
Broadband / Modem
2005 Annual Christmas Concert performers
Boston College Symphony Orchestra
John Finney, Director
Violin I
Valerie Deal, concertmaster
Jeongcheol Ha
Sam Dolinger
Esther Park
Marcia Nemczuk
Su Jin Kang
Charles Healy, SJ
Andrew Sung
Min Jeong Kim
Sandra Lee
Cecilia Fierro
Inge Engler*
Heidi Braun-Hill*
Violin II
Paul Liu
Jessica Bedney
Sherri Balal
Nitchel Bastien
Brigitte Henry
Sarah Hadge
Rachel King
Kristen Hewitt
Whitney Matthews
Mary Postel
Mark Woodall
Marie Vitello
Matthew Green*
Laura Papandrea*
Viola
Julia Chipman-Schervish
Sarah Grebowski
Adam Berkland
Molly Aqua
Christianne Sharr
Jennifer Shallenberger*
Brian Clague*
Violoncello
Vanessa Voltolina
Katie Masetti
Cathy Yoo
Young Moon
John Letizi
Irene Jeon
Jennifer Patten
Margaret Walton
Shahan Mamoor
Leslie Moye*
Susanne Friedrich*
Bass
Joseph Harvey
*Pascale Feldman
*Kara Robbins, ’03
Flute/Piccolo
Julie Koehler
Jungmin Lee
Caroline Marcotte
Oboe
Chris Wilson-Byrne
Annie Park
Clarinet
Jessica Rouge
Bassoon
Annina DeLeo
Gabrielle Frawley
Trumpet
Nate Staudinger
Trombone
Alex Clark
Timpani
Gary DiPerna*
Percussion
Carroll Cadden*
Organ
Jeff Wood*
Harp
Carol Baum*
*Guest performer
University Chorale of Boston College
John Finney, Director
Soprano I
K. Bevin Ayers
Kara Cherniga
Krista Coppolino
Ali Davitt
Carly DeFilippo
Anne DiSalvo
Suzanne Dupre
Kyla Fallon
Meredith Gaynor
Yvonne Kelley*
Brittney Lambert
Kristen Lewandowski
Kelly Lynch
Megan Lynch
Alex MacMaster-Ho
Megan Simonson
Alicia Stokes
Thayer Surette
Sarah Titus
Lacey Upton
Eileen Walsh
Mary Wertz
Liz Zembruski
Soprano II
Katie Balch
Natalia Bauer
Caitlin Benya
Meredith Brennan
Leighlin Carnival
Stef Casillas
Dana Clasby
Melissa Cox
Lindsey Day
Carol Crummey
Kim Fass
Michele Greco
Laurie Groth
Katie Hayes
Jackie Hubbell
Amanda Hudome
Alison Keogh
Katie Koster
Maggie Ledbetter
Molly Levitt
Sarah Lucie
Katie Moeller
Danielle Naugler
Crystal Parker
Ashley Reid
Ashley Roraback
Megan Rulison
Monica Santis
Caitlin Schecter
Amanda Sindel-Keswick
Jacquie Smyth
Emily Weiss
Alto
Nadia Aboussir
Emily Arsenault
Jen Barborek
Alexandra Bourque
Katherine Brennan
Maggie Brevig
Mallory Cain
Cara Campanelli
Cara Caponi
Sarah Carter
Nina Clarke
Sarah Clasby
Marie Crousillat
Ruth Cunningham*
Kristen Davitt
Eileen Delaney
Aimee Delaporta
Jessica DeLuca
Nora Doty
Julia Ebel
Alex Faklis
Maggie Ford
Natalie Foy-Claycomb
Amanda Grazioli
Maria Gendron
Megan Goetchius
Sarah Hadge
Katie Higgins
Meghan Hillmeyer
Alexis Jones
Jessica Kelly
Tatiana Lapchuk
Ali Leshik
Sarah Lunnie
Caroline Marcotte
Ashley McLaughlin
Lauren McLaughlin
Amalee Meehan
Louisa Moller
Erin Moeller
Sarah Nowalk
Caitlin O’Hern
Jessia Pelligrino
Cate Prefontaine
Merril Putnam
Eileen Puzo
Nickie Rosich
Katie Quinn
Emily Thompson
Jennifer Unter
Meg Weldon
Qing Yuan Zhou
Tenor
Eamonn Bonner*
Damien Croteau-Chonka
Dan Delaporta
Timothy Galligan
Guillermo Gonzales
Austin Halliburton
Charles Healey, SJ*
Eduardo Henriques, SJ*
Christopher Hopkins
Richard Hughes
Christopher Lemming
Justin Maccaro
Brian McCabe
Vincent Nuccio*
Anthony Nunziata
Will Nunziata
Colin O’Rourke
Robert Regan
Pat Ryan
Nicholas Peruzzi
Matt Shineman
Andrew Schirling
Jon Weinberger
Jason Yu
Peter Zimmermann
Baritone
Shan Agish
Ryan Barker
Ryan Bethke
Paschall Freeman
Chris Inkpen
Jarret Izzo
Dave Levy
John Martin
Nico Martinez
John Michalczyk
Dusty Moore
Kevin O’Neil
Greg O’Kane
Alexander Prounis
James Puzo
Edward Steinhauser
Nick Todisco
Chris Tocco
Ben Torbert
Jeff Vincent
Alex Walker
Tim Westfield
Bass
M. Zach Bubolo
Charlie Engle
Curly Glynn
Chris Huang
Adam Kinson
Zach Korzyk
Paul Liu
John Politis
Brendan Prout
Ryan Ross
Jason Serrano
Gerald Smith*
Matthew Stiles
Nick Twaalfhoven
Mark Woodall
Fernando Zamora
*Boston College staff and faculty
