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Join us for our exciting fall season!

Look to the Sky- Friday, October 7th at 7:30 pm at Actor’s Chapel NYC & Saturday, October 8th at 8:00 pm in Montclair, NJ

VOICES of the Holocaust by Michael Shapiro- Wednesday, November 9th at 7:30 pm, Bedford NY & Thursday, November 10th at 7:30 pm, Central Synagogue NYC

Ember December- Friday, December 2nd at 7:30 pm in Montclair, NJ & Sunday, December 4th at 5:00 pm at St. John the Divine, NYC

Messiah Open Sing at South Orange Performing Arts Center - Monday, December 19th at 7:30 pm, South Orange NJ

Visit www.EmberArts.org for more information!

World Premier of One Flock by Jake Music by Jake Runestad. Libretto by Todd Boss. Performed by Ember Choral Arts. Deborah Simpkin King, conductor. More info: http://jakerunestad.com/store/one-flock

Opening with an explosion of birds and closing with the choir’s exit into the wider diasporic “flock of humanity,” this dramatic cantata tells the story of a town beseiged by a wildfire, and uses the performance space as a stage through which the choir enacts the community’s displacement. Now chaotic, now tender, imbued with loss and longing, this 11-minute work inspires audiences with its expansive sonic and emotional landscape.

© 2016 JR Music. All rights reserved.

I am a Voice that Sings (2022)

Music: Michael Bussewitz-Quarm

Text: Ronald W. Cadmus

From Our Concert Series Can We Talk...About Our Friends

Artistic Director Deborah Simpkin King

Performance Captured by MUSAE

Video Extraction, Titles and Staging by James Mosser

Show Art by ATUM Kreative

Soloists:

Sei Young Pyo, alto • Christopher Tefft, baritone • Billy Shaw, tenor

Collaborative Pianist: Matthew Oden

TEXT:

In the dark of night / In shades of fear

I’ll reach within / Deep in my soul

To find the promised light / A dream to keep in sight

I am a voice that sings!

When all hope seems gone / On your path unknown

Feeling alone / I’ll keep right on

And blend my voice with yours / To lift and reassure

I am a voice that sings!

I’m resolved to love / Be a force for change

My hand will hold / Your tender wounds

Together we will find / Something of grace and peace

I am a voice that sings!

When the flowers fade / When the stars grow dim

When the smile leaves / And tears appear

From deep within the heart / The song of life draws near

I am a voice that sings!

I am a voice that sings!

Together we will sing!

Call Across (2021)

Music: Kyle Pederson

Text: Brian Newhouse

From Our Concert Series Can We Talk... About Our Friends

Artistic Director: Deborah Simpkin King

Sara Stopek, soprano • Ruston Ropac, alto • Billy Shaw, tenor • Christopher Tefft, baritone

Collaborative Pianist: Matthew Oden

Percussionist: Peter Saleh

Performance Captured by MUSAE

Video Extraction, Titles and Staging by James Mosser

Show Art by ATUM Kreative

TEXT:

I. Alone, for days without number / through forest and fjord I sing,

aching for your voice.

Not the sound of wind scraping rock / not the leaves empty talk

nor the sound of the brook; / but oh, for your voice

hungry and looking as mine.

Let it arc over mountain like a gull over water,

rush through the deep green and land in my heart.

To hear my name again, to be beloved and belong,

to be at home wherever I go...

There is no beauty without your voice.

II. The dry grass here runs forever.

It whispers without end and bends for rain that never comes,

and at the horizon it rises like smoke.

Grandfather walked here before me, his grandfather long before him.

Ancestors from across the centuries—step now from your silence and walk with me.

I will build my fire tonight against the dark and its teeth of all kinds,

yet I would fear nothing if only the light found your face.

You who walked these same fields, whose blood I share,

whose name I carry, step in and say my name as I say yours.

There is no beauty without your voice.

Additional Shona text: Tsvaga urare, gara udare, dare rinokuriga

Translation: Rest, remain in peace, trials/troubles can kill you

III. Brick and mortar / fence and guard/ glass and glare

fact and fake / lock and key

privilege protects me, seals me in safety.

I throw bolts to bar the door,

build walls and ward off the world--

though it seals me as well in silence.

And the soul shrinks down / and the heart grows small.

There is no beauty without your voice.

IV. I call across canyons, I call across plains.

I call across colors, I call across time.

What beauty can we make if our voices join?

Born This Way

(Featured in Glee; 2011 hit sung by LADY GAGA)

Roger Emerson, arr.

Text & Music by Stefani Germanotta, Jeppe Lauridson,

Paul Blair and Fernando Garibay Maglione

From Our Concert Series Can We Talk...About Our Friends

Artistic Director Deborah Simpkin King

Performance Captured by MUSAE

Video Extraction, Titles and Staging by James Mosser

Show Art by ATUM Kreative

Soloists:

Sei Young Pyo, alto • Billy Shaw, tenor • Jennifer Hiemstra, soprano

Collaborative Pianist: Matthew Oden

Percussion: Peter Saleh

TEXT:

My mama told me when I was young, “We are all born superstars.”

She rolled my hair and put my lipstick on in the glass of her boudoir

“There’s nothing wrong with loving who you are”, she said, “’Cause He made you perfect, babe

So hold your head up, girl, and you’ll go far”

Listen to me when I say:

Refrain: I’m beautiful in my way ‘cause God makes no mistakes

I’m on the right track, baby, I was born this way

Don’t hide yourself in regret, just love yourself, and you’re set

I’m on the right track, baby, I was born this way (born this way)

Ooh, there ain’t no other way, baby, I was born this way

Baby, I was born this way (born this way)

Ooh, there ain’t no other way, baby, I was born this way

Right track, baby, I was born this way

Give yourself prudence and love your friends

Subway kid, rejoice your truth

In the religion of the insecure, I must be myself, respect my youth

A different lover is not a sin, believe capital H-I-M

I love my life, I love this record, and

Mi amore vole fe, yah (same DNA) Refrain

No matter gay, straight, or bi’, lesbian, transgender life

I’m on the right track, baby, I was born to survive

No matter Black, white or beige, chola, or Orient’ made

I’m on the right track, baby, I was born to be brave. Refrain

“Can We Talk?” is a series of three concerts aiming to inspire and help smooth a pathway for a mutually respectful conversation on often controversial issues. Series performances will take place in New York at St. John’s in the Village, 218 West 11th Street, New York, NY, and in New Jersey at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 94 Pine Street, Montclair, NJ

. . . about Our Home

May 21, 7PM (NYC), May 22, 5PM (NJ)

They are our personal ‘castles,’ are they not? - and then we discover the truth about lead in paint, about asbestos in insulation, about DDT in pesticides . . .about rising water levels and flooding issues caused by human choices. And we make changes to protect the health of ourselves, our families, and our home. Ember is proud to have commissioned two selections that make very clear the importance of listening expansively to the voice of our planet. One of these, Listen, by NY composer Robert Paterson, scored for singers and chamber orchestra, will be the centerpiece of the concerts we call Our Home. The surrounding repertoire includes works by Kirke Mechem, Alberto Grau, James Grant, Kyle Pederson, Chris Hutchings, and others.

We are ONE WEEK away from our epic concert “Can We Talk…About Our Home” Be sure to get your tickets online today.

New York Performance and Live Stream: Saturday, May 21st at 7:00pm

Montclair New Jersey Performance: Sunday, May 22nd at 5:00pm

For tickets visit www.EmberArts.org

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A New Video Series from Ember and Schola Cantorum on Hudson.

Since we can't be together in person just yet, we wanted to keep you connected to the work of Ember by featuring some of our members. Enjoy the video below and look for more videos soon.

For more information or to donate visit www.ScholaOnHudson.org.

Gilberto Gómez

Nella Fantasia

by

ENNIO MORRICONE

lyrics by: CHIARA FERRAU

Thankful

Words and music by:

DAVID FOSTER, CAROLE BAYER SAGER and RICHARD PAGE

Schola Cantorum on Hudson - Singer Nicole Lake describes the unique and rewarding experience of singing with Schola and Founder and Artistic Director Deborah Simpkin King. She describes a concert that was presented at the Korean Presbyterian Church in Oakland, NJ, during the Fall of 2014. Part of a rehearsal of "I Am in Need of Music," by David L. Brunner, and Biebl's "Ave Maria" from that concert. Pianist Joseph Arndt

Schola Cantorum on Hudson, the critically acclaimed ensemble under the direction of Deborah Simpkin King, presents Handel's Messiah with baroque orchestra. Join us for two evening performances, Friday December 19th at St Paul Lutheran Church, Jersey City, New Jersey and Saturday December 20th in Manhattan at St. Malachy's Church-The Actor's Chapel. Visit us online at scholaonhudson.org to learn more and to reserve tickets. Come and celebrate the joy of the season. Schola Cantorum on Hudson. High Performance, Profound Impact