The Department of Music Presents
Juniata Concert Choir
2026 Tour
Homecoming Concert
John Bukowski, conductor
Sunday, March 22, 2026
3:00 p.m.
Rosenberger Auditorium
Halbritter Center for the Performing Arts
Repertoire
Come, Ye Sons of Art (1694)
Henry Purcell
Barechu (c. 1623)
Salomone Rossi
Sicut Cervus (c. 1580)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Psallite, unigenito (c. 1591)
Michael Praetorius
Todos los bienes (c. 1500)
Juan del Encina
Creation (1794)
William Billings
Abendfriede (1871)
Josef Rheinberger
Gartenlieder, Op. 3 (1846)
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
1. Lockung
6. Im Wald
Jumalo (2024)
Laura Jēkabsone
TāReKiTa (2021)
Reena Esmail
A Prayer (2021)
Ken Burton
Listen to the Lambs (1914)
Nathaniel Dett
My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord (1998)
Moses Hogan
What You Dream (2022)
Mark Kilstofte
Unclouded Day (2010)
Shawn Kirchner
Peace I Leave With You (1891)
Amy Beach
Texts and Translations
Come, Ye Sons of Art
Come, come, ye Sons of Art, come, come away, Tune all your voices and instruments play, To celebrate this triumphant day.
Barechu
Bless the Lord who is blessed. Blessed be the Lord who is blessed for ever and ever.
Sicut Cervus
Psalm 42
As the deer longs for springs of water, So longs my soul for you, God.
Psallite, unigenito
Sing your psalms to Christ, the only begotten Son of God, Sing your psalms to the Redeemer. A little Child lies in the manger.
All the blessed angels serve the Child and sing sweetly to Him.
Todos los bienes del mundo
All the possessions of the world pass quickly, and so does their memory, save reputation and glory. Time takes some, fortune and luck others. And in the end comes death, which leaves us with none. All the possessions of the world pass quickly, and so does their memory, save reputation and glory.
The greatest and best fortune passes quickly, and so does its memory, save reputation and glory.
Reputation lives on securely, even should its owner die; The other possessions are but dreams and a certain tomb.
The greatest and best fortune passes quickly, and so does its memory, save reputation and glory.
Creation
Text by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
When I with pleasing wonder stand, And all my frame survey, Lord, ‘tis thy work, I own thy hand, Thus built my humble clay.
Our life contains a thousand springs, And dies if one be gone. Strange that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long.
Abendfriede
Original German text by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866)
The swallow soars for its evening song to the perch under the roof, peace lies over the fields and in the town, peace is in the house and in the chamber. A shimmer from the sunset falls softly into the quiet street, and before dying away the messenger says, it will be a beautiful morning!
Gartenlieder
Translations copyright © by Grant Hicks, reprinted with permission from the LiederNet Archive, https://www.lieder.net/
1. Lockung
Original German text by Joseph von Eichendorff (1788-1857)
Don’t you hear the trees rustling Outside through the surrounding stillness? Aren’t you tempted to listen Down from the balcony to the ground, Where the many streams flow Wondrously in the moonlight, And the quiet castles look Into the river from the high rock? Do you still remember the sweet songs From the beautiful olden days? They all come awake again At night in the solitude of the forest, When the dreaming trees listen And the lilac gives out a sensuous perfume And in the river the water-sprites murmur, “Come down, it’s so cool here.”
6. Im Wald
Original German text by Emanuel Geibel (1815-1884)
In the forest, in the bright sunshine, When all the buds spring forth, There I would gladly in their midst Be singing.
How I feel in sorrow and joy, In waking and in dreaming, I sing forth with a full heart To the trees.
And they understand me full well, The leaves all listen, And join in at the right place With rustling.
And sound and echo travel further In treetops, crag, and bushes, Lady Nightingale also warbles brightly In their midst.
There the heart feels from its own sound That it may venture something — O fresh joy: Singing! Singing In the countryside.
Jumalo
Latvian folk song
The word “Jumalo” is not translatable. It has the function of a refrain used in folk songs that talk about prosperity, wealth, and fertility.
Horse to horse, wheel to wheel jumalo, jumalo
It all rolled to Riga jumalo, jumalo
They brought to Kurzeme jumalo, jumalo
All of Riga’s treasures jumalo jumalo.
Where did you get it, father’s son? jumalo, jumalo
A colt this big jumalo, jumalo
In Riga I bought and gave money jumalo, jumalo
For those golden bridles jumalo, jumalo
At the end of the leash, the morning star rolled.
TāReKiTa
This piece is based on sounds the Indian drum, the tabla, makes, called “bols” – they are onomatopoeic sounds that imitate the sound of the drum.
Dha tārekita, Dhŭm tārekita, Nom tārekita Takadīmītaka Takadīmī Takajanū Takadīmī Nā
A Prayer
Text by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
O Lord, the hard-won miles
Have worn my stumbling feet: Oh, soothe me with thy smiles, And make my life complete.
The thorns were thick and keen
Where’er I trembling trod; The way was long between My wounded feet and God.
Where healing waters flow
Do thou my footsteps lead.
My heart is aching so; Thy gracious balm I need.
Listen to the Lambs
Traditional Black Spiritual; Isaiah 40:11
Listen to the lambs! All a-crying! He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, and carry the young lambs in his bosom. Ah! Listen!
Listen to the lambs! All a-crying! Amen.
My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord
Traditional Black Spiritual
In the Lord, in the Lord. My soul’s been anchored in the Lord. My soul’s been anchored in the Lord. Before I’d stay in hell one day, I’d sing and pray myself away.
Goin’ shout an’ pray an’ never stop, Until I reach the mountain top.
Do you love Him? Oh yes! Hallelujah! God almighty. Are you anchored? Oh yes! Yes, I’m anchored, my soul’s been anchored in the Lord. Will you serve Him? Oh yes! Hallelujah! God almighty. Are you anchored? Oh yes! Yes, I’m anchored, my soul’s been anchored in the Lord. Hallelujah!
Will you praise Him? Oh yes! Hallelujah! God almighty. Are you anchored? Yes, I’m anchored. Lord, I’m anchored. Oh yes! Lord, I love You. Oh yes! Yes, I’ll serve You. Oh yes! Lord, I’ll praise You. Oh yes! Hallelujah!
My soul’s been anchored in the Lord, God almighty, My soul’s been anchored in the Lord.
What You Dream
Original German text by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
Translation by Stephen Mitchell
If you are the dreamer, I am what you dream. But when you want to wake, I am your wish, and I grow strong with all magnificence and turn myself into a star’s vast silence above the strange and distant city, Time.
Unclouded Day
Text by Rev. J.K. Alwood (1828-1909)
O they tell me of a home far beyond the skies, They tell me of a home far away, And they tell me of a home
Where no storm-clouds rise:
O they tell me of an unclouded day.
Refrain:
O the land of cloudless days
O the land of an unclouded sky, O they tell me of a home
Where no storm-clouds rise:
O they tell me of an unclouded day.
O they tell me of a home
Where my friends have gone, They tell me of a land far away, Where the tree of life in eternal bloom Sheds its fragrance through the unclouded day.
They tell me of a King in his beauty there, They tell me that mine eyes shall behold Where He sits on a throne That is bright as the sun
In the city that is made of gold!
Peace I Leave With You
Peace I leave with you, I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. Not as the world giveth give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled.
Personnel
SOPRANO
Lydia Bacher ’28
Environmental Studies Bloomsburg, PA
Madeline Cartwright ’28 Biochemistry Sandy Ridge, PA
Luka Donovan ’29 Studio Arts State College, PA
Breanna Ehrlich ’28 Biochemistry/Geology Mays Landing, NJ
Bailey Gordon ’27 Business Management New Egypt, NJ
Eryn Hopkins ’29
Environmental Studies Doylestown, PA
Hailey Houser ’28 Biochemistry Howard, PA
Beck Mensch ’26
Pre-Physician’s Assistant (Biology) with Secondary in Spanish Hazleton, PA
Ashlyn Neiley ’29
Pre-Chiropractic Care (Biology) Wyalusing, PA
Heather Small ’27
Social Work with Secondary in Communication Lancaster, PA
Claire Smith ’29 Early Childhood Education Harrisburg, PA
ALTO
Lynden Beinhauer ’28 Wildlife Conservation Ellwood City, PA
Eve Fenstermaker ’27 Biology / Pre-Vet Lebanon, PA
Emilia Lopez ’27 Environmental Science Clifton, NJ
Nina Meadows ’28
Social Work with Secondary in PACS Hollidaysburg, PA
Audrey Muth ’26
Campus Ministry Education with Secondary in English Portsmouth, VA
Jess Riley ’29
Environmental Science Westminster, MD
Skylar Rutherford ’29 Psychology Altoona, PA
Mia Thornhill ’28
Exercise Science and Kinesiology Rockville, MD
TENOR
Em Perago ’26 Biology York, PA
Niko Ringkauf ’28 Environmental Science Amherst, MA
Hunter Robertson ’28 Computer Science Canandaigua, NY
Jackson Sharpe ’27 Politics and History Harrisonville, PA
Leah Zielinski ’28
Environmental Engineering Pittsburgh, PA
BASS
Holden David ’29
Public Health and Pre-Medicine with Secondaries in French and Politics Binghamton, NY
Shane Frank ’26
Exercise Science and Kinesiology Taylor, PA
Jude Pagliai ’28
Social Work and Political Science Pittsburgh, PA
Finn Thornhill ’26 History Rockville, MD
Josh Trovinger ’27
Environmental Engineering Lebanon, PA
Dominick Watt ’28 Biology Duncansville, PA
Concert Choir
Currently composed of 30 students from the College, the auditioned members of the Concert Choir come from many academic disciplines available at Juniata. Choir members’ dedication and commitment to sharing the beauty of choral music provides meaningful experiences for both singer and listener. With annual spring tours and occasional summer and winter tours, Juniata choirs have presented concerts in notable cathedrals and other significant performing venues on six continents. Recent Concert Choir tours include Costa Rica (2015), Germany (2015), Hungary/Czech Republic (2016), Ireland (2017), Vietnam (2018), Germany/Switzerland/France (2019 and 2022), Morocco (2019), Scotland (2022), Barbados (2023), Czech Republic (2025), and Germany (2026).
H. Alfred Hockley Concert Choir International Tour Endowment
This endowment (1998) seeks to make international performing experiences uncommonly affordable for Juniata choir members. We are grateful Al Hockley chose to honor his father through this endowment. H. Alfred Hockley was a 1929 graduate of Juniata College and member and manager of the Juniata College Men’s Glee Club. All proceeds from recording sales and concerts are added to the endowment. Additional gifts may be sent to John Bukowski, 1700 Moore Street, Huntingdon, PA 16652, payable to “Hockley International Choir Tour Endowment.”
Upcoming Concerts
Rosenberger Auditorium
Halbritter Center for the Performing Arts
Monday, April 20, 7:00 p.m. Orchestra, Symphonic Band, and Percussion Concert
Monday, April 27, 7:00 p.m. Jazz Ensemble Concert
Save the Date
Sunday, November 1, 2026, 3:00 p.m. Concert Choir Fall Concert
1700 Moore Street Huntingdon, PA 16652
www.juniata.edu/music