JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY A CAPPELLA CHOIR
The Jacksonville State University A Cappella Choir was founded in September of 1960 by Malcom J. Griffin, who was a member of the voice faculty. In May 1961 this newly formed ensemble was awarded the Bromberg Bowl in a statewide competition. In 1962 Malcom Griffin left Jacksonville State to take a position at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. Thomas Warren, who directed A Cappella for one year, followed him. In 1963 Bayne Dobbins, a graduate of Louisiana State University, joined the JSU music department to teach French Horn and direct the A Cappella Choir. During his 30 years as director of the A Cappella Choir the choir appeared at several music conventions, and performed regularly throughout Calhoun County. The A Cappella Choir Christmas Concert became a Calhoun County tradition that attracted large crowds year after year until Bayne Dobbins retirement in 1993. In 1993 Dr. Joel Knapp joined the JSU music faculty as Director of Choral Activities. Under his direction A Cappella Choir toured throughout the southeastern United States as a primary recruiting tool for the JSU Choral Department. The choir appeared at several music conventions also toured Europe for two summers. In 1999, Dr. Knapp left the JSU faculty to take a position at the University of Southern Illinois. Dr. Patricia Corbin joined the JSU Music Department as Director of Choral Activities in the fall of 1999.
Dr. Patricia Corbin joined the David L. Walters Department of Music at Jacksonville State University as Director of Choral Activities in the fall of 1999. A native of New York, she received a Bachelor of Music Education from the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam, a Master of Arts in Music Education from Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, and the Doctor of Music in Choral Conducting from Indiana University. She has studied conducting with Brock McElheran, Joseph Flummerfelt, Robert Porco, Thomas Somerville, and Helmuth Rilling. Prior to her joining the JSU music faculty Dr. Corbin worked as a music teacher in the Irvington Public School System, in Irvington, New Jersey for 19 years. In Irvington she began teaching K-4 general music, then was transferred to teach the 5th- 8th grade Musically Gifted and Talented program that she taught for eleven years. Her last six years were spent as a high school choral director. As the Director of Choral Activities at Jacksonville State University, Dr. Corbin directs the A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers, and Calhoun County Civic Chorale and teaches Applied Voice Advanced Choral Conducting, Choral Literature and Class Recorder. Her research interests include the late masses of Czech Baroque composer Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) as well as the choral music of Alabama composers. Dr. Corbin is the Organist/ Choirmaster of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Anniston, Alabama. She is the Alabama College & University R & S Chair and is also a member of MENC, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and the American Guild of Organists.
Concert Program Thursday, Jan. 10, 1:00 P.M.
Laudate
Nomen......................................................Carlyle Sharpe (b. 1965)
..............................................ECS Publishing 5783)
Crucifixus..........................................................Antonio Lotti (ca. 1667-1740)
...............................Choral Public Domain Library Venite
Pastores................................................Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
.......................................Carus-Verlag 40.964/03 Adoramus
te...................................................................................................................................................Eric Barnum (b. 1979) Meg Griffin, Conductor *****
Chamber Singers
Revecy venir du
Printans...................................Claude LeJeune (1528-1600)
...............................Choral Public Domain Library Il Bianco e Dolce Cigno................................Jacques Arcadelt (c. 1507 –1568)
.............................Choral Public Domain Library The
Goslings.....................................................Frederick Bridge (1844-1924)
...............................Choral Public Domain Library
***** A Cappella Choir
So I’ll Sing With My
Voice........................................Dominick Argento (b. 1927)
..........................Boosey & Hawkes 48019899 The
Cuckoo................................................................Robert E. Heninger (b. 1924)
....Santa Barbara Music Publishing SBMP 11 There is No Rose of Such
Virtue.................................Kevin A. Memley (b. 1971)
................................Pavane Publishing P1419 “Stars” from Three Nocturnes.........................................Dan Forrest (b. 1978) ....................................Hinshaw Music HMB258 Bagels and
Biscuits.......................................................Theodore Lucas (b. 1941)
...Santa Barbara Music Publishing – SBMP 11
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