H-B Woodlawn Chamber Singers

Started in 2001 by Jeffery S. Benson and Avi Verdugo, choral directors of the [http://www.hbmusic.org| H-B Woodlawn Music Department], the H-B Woodlawn Chamber Singers are based at H-B Woodlawn Program in Arlington, Virginia and have become well known throughout the Washington, DC area, and the state of Virginia. In 2002, the Chamber Singers performed at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. The following year, they performed in the White House and Orlando, Florida. In the Fall of 2004, the Chamber Singers were invited to sing at the Virginia Music Educator's Association Convention in Norfolk, Virginia. In the Winter of 2005, the Chamber Singers joined forces with The Washington Chorus for their Christmas concert at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Strathmore Music Hall. In the Winter of 2006, the singers performed with Choralis, under the direction of Gretchen Kuhrmann, and performed in a production of Amahl and the Night Visitors as the chorus in early 2007.

Current Members

Soprano

• Caroline Brent
• Hilary Grothman
• Aurora Martin
• Emily Silverberg
• Meredith Steen
• Sabrina Zeile

Alto

• Ellis Hooper
• Caitlin Levine
• Maggie Nice
• Samantha Sheahen
• Natalie Stearman
• Tori Stempniewicz

Tenor

• Peter Causey
• Jordan Labella
• David Rodriguez
• Emerson Sieverts

Bass

• JP Mohler
• Tippy Price
• Jacob Saracco
• James Sheats
• Steven Sloan
• Eric Young

Selected Repertoire

2002-2003

• "Gloria" from Missa Kenya
• Old Horatius Had a Farm, Z. Randall Stroope
• O Magnum Mysterium, M. Lauridsen
• O Magnum Mysterium, Tomas Luis de Victoria

2003-2004

• Throw the Yule Log on, Uncle John, P.D.Q. Bach
• O Little Town of Hackensack, P.D.Q. Bach
• Good King Kong Looked Out, P.D.Q. Bach
• Dieu! Qu'il la Fait Bon Regarder!, Claude Debussy
• Rockin' Jerusalem
• Ride on, King Jesus, Arr. Larry Fleming
• Lord of the Dance, Arr. Larry Fleming
• And So it Goes, Billy Joel, Arr. Kirby Shaw
• You Are The New Day, Arr. King's Singers
• Fair Phyllis I Saw, John Farmer
• Psallite, Michael Praetorius
• Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming, Michael Praetorius
• Keep Your Lamps
• Ain't a That Good News!

2004-2005

• The Coolin, Samuel Barber
• Sing a Song of Sixpence, Arr. John Rutter
• Laudate Nomen Domini
• ''Psalm 96", Sweelinck
• Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy's Sake
• Rejoice in the Lord Alway
• Kliene Orgelmesse, Franz Josef Haydn
• Come to me, my Lesbian
• Mata del Anima Sola, Emilio Estevez
• Steal Away

2005-2006

• A Girl and a Girl, Eric Whitacre
• Locus Iste, Anton Bruckner
• When I'm 64, Arr. Swingle
• Non Nobis Domine, Rosephanye Powell
• You're Just in Love with another Woman
• Medley, from Crazy For You
• Medley, from Wicked,
• There is no Rose, Brian Bartholdus
• Verbum Caro Factum Est, Hans Leo Haßler
• Cry Out and Shout, Knut Nysdedt
• Liebeslieder Walzer, Johannes Brahms
• Coventry Carol
• Deck the Hall in 7/8
• Jesus Christ the Apple tree
• ''Hear My Prayer, O Lord", Henry Purcell

2006-2007

• Missa Brevis in d Minor, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• We Are, Ysaye M. Barnwell
• The Vow of the Traveler, Michael DiGiacinto
• Once in Royal David's City
• Jingle Bells, Arr. Anonymous
• Amahl and the Night Visitors, Gian Carlo Menotti
• Joy to the World, Arr. Mack Wilberg
• "Gloria" from Missa Kenya
• Ding Dong Merrily on High
• Ich Lasse Dich Nicht, J.S. Bach
• Dry Bonz
• Exultate Deo, Palestrina
• Sicut Cervus, Palestrina
• Swing Down, Andre J. Thomas
• If Ye Love Me, Thomas Tallis
• Horizons, King's Singers
• Blue Skies, Gershwin
• Chile Con Carne, The Real Group

2007-2008

• Java Jive
• Banquet Fugue, John Rutter
• Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy

Previous Members

Soprano

• Emily Tinawi
• Caroline Kerr
• Caroline Rodriguez
• Jordan Kai Burnett
• Ashley Bacon
• Becky Harnik
• Anousheh Shayestepour
• Kathleen Crosby
• Molly Patrician
• Ashleigh Brown

Alto

• Cecilia Cackley
• Ceanna Van Eaton
• Caroline Rodriguez
• Emily Higgs
• Jean Hufford
• Annie Ewing
• Annie Schwartz
• Jan Winchell
• Emily Boone
• Katie Burke
• Helen Yang
• Abigail Churchman
• Anna Kayes

Tenor

• Eduardo Caldera
• Maireni Melo Fis
• Thomas Schtratweiser
• Alex Haase
• Joe Baker
• Will Griggs
• Brad Smith
• Jonathan Caldera
• William Haltiwanger