Cornell choirs perform holiday concert, ‘Gloria in Excelsis!’

MOUNT VERNON — The Cornell College Chamber Singers and Concert Choir will present “Gloria in Excelsis!” for the annual holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, in King Chapel. Admission is free.

The program includes four settings of the “Gloria” text. The Concert Choir will perform Vivaldi’s Gloria in D Major, featuring soloists senior soprano Sarah Brungard and senior mezzo-soprano Kara Stumpff; and Gloria from “Missa Kenya” by Paul Basler, with a solo by sophomore tenor Andrew Showalter. The Chamber Singers will perform Gloria ad modum tubae by Guillaume Dufay, with a solo by sophomore baritone Matt Roberts; and Gloria in Excelsis Deo! by J.S. Bach, with violin accompaniment by junior Sarah Fisher Hovde and first-year Dali Cao.

The Chamber Singers also will perform “Pat-a-pan,” by former Cornell music professor Alf Houkom (1962-1988), whose work has been performed by professional groups and soloists including the Dale Warland Singers, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and the Gregg Smith Singers.

The ensembles are directed by Lisa Hearne, associate professor of music and director of choral music. Accompanist is organist Lynda Hakken.