The Madrigal
Festival is an annual event at Rutgers-Camden,
which brings selected
groups of students from area high schools together
to perform Madrigal music and dance. Madrigals,
complex polyphonic vocal pieces of the 16th and 17th
centuries, have become quite popular in the our region,
explains Dr.
Julianne Baird, who organized the first regional
Madrigal Festival in Fall 1999 to place the resources
of Rutgers University at the disposal of area high
school Madrigal Groups.The young singers, chosen
from among larger choruses at their schools, bring
particular dedication to the music, which usually
is more challenging to learn and sing than conventional
choir pieces. One of the highlights of each year's
Madrigal Festival is a performance by Julianne Baird.
This
year's recital, "Too
Hot to Handel," features
Julianne Baird and Philomel Baroque Ensemble Artistic Directors
Elissa Berardi Bruce Bekker. This noon time concert also
features the debut of "Arco Argento Chamber Players" with
Jessica Peyton, James Keene and Grace Keene, Rutgers Camden
Class of 2007 and the Rutgers Madrigal Singers (Celia Rae,
coordinator) and special Madrigal Alumna Erica Minuti. The
High School Madrigal Performances start immediately
after the noon-time concert at around 12:40pm. |
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High
School Madrigal Performances |
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West
Windsor-Plainsboro High School North
Plainsboro,
New Jersey |
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Mary
Jacobsen
Director, West
Windsor- Plainsboro North Madrigals
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 2003
Program
Rorando
Coelli - (Jan)
Campanus Vodnansky
Greensleeves (traditional) - Arr.
Kings Singers
Round about in a fair ring - John
Bennet
All Creatures Now - John Bennet
 Selections
from the 2003 Program (4:15
min) -------Need RealOne Player?
West
Windsor-Plainsboro North High School
Madrigal Singers:
Mark Fields, Evan
Wisser, Kevin Friis, Steven Farkas, David
Haggerty, Tony Kosar, Wade Allen, Dan Martin,
Anita Ramanathan, Liz Johnston, Eden Casalino,
Asami Kondo, Doreen Ho, Samantha Nicolosi,
Kirsten Orloff, Jessica
Burger |
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Cherry Hill East High School
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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event! |
Laurie
Lausi
Director
Cherry Hill Madrigals |
2003
Program
Of
all the birds that I do know (choreographed)
- John Bartlet
What if I never speede - John
Dowland
La, la, la je ne lose dire - Pierre
Certon
Old Horatius had a Farm - Z. Randall
Stroope
My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth -
PDQ Bach
Now is the Month of Maying - Thomas
Morley
Cherry
Hill East High School Madrigal Singers:
Seth Alamar, Jeremy Bannet, Joe Bucci, Shirley
Fan, Chelsey Hill, Miles Jackson, Rohini Khillan
*, Dan Kober, Ben Kukainis, Beth Martino, Allison
Neff, Dylan Paul, Amanda Ross, Amber Shernoff,
Claire Wesley *, Debra Winter
*student directors
NOTE: The
Cherry Hill East Madrigals received Her
Majesty’s Highest Accolades in an
Oct. 8, 2002 competition at the Pennsylvania
Renaissance Faire. Laurie Lausi, vocal
music director at East, directs the group.
East drama students placed second in an
acting competition at the Faire. |
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Collingswood High
School
Collingswood,
New Jersey |
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Cristin
Charlton
Director
Collingswood Madrigals
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2003
Program
Weep
Oh Mine Eyes - John Bennett
Masters in This Hall - arr.
Shaw
Lute Book Lullaby
What if I Never Speede - Dowland
What child is this - arr. Rutter
Selections
from the 2003 Program (4:31
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Collingswood
High School Madrigal Singers |
Sopranos |
Altos |
Tenors |
Basses |
Francis
Rivera
Sarah Allen
Danielle Graf
Stef Bucholski
Kristin Graf
Jen Entiwistle
Lauren Post
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Christine
Osborn
Bridget Coyle
Lyn Peek
Sara Panccaio
Livia Cavallaro
Sara Williams |
Tom
Matousch
Mike Casey
Michael Grafals
Keith Allen
Jon Casey |
James
Introcaso
John Dunn
Steve Kocher
Tim Urian
Matt Young |
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Haddonfield Memorial High School
Haddonfield, New Jersey |
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2003
Program
What
if I Never Speed - John Dowland
Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting All Alone -
John Farmer
April Is In My Mistress' Face -
Thomas Morley
E la don, don - Anonymous? (dance)
Haddonfield
Memorial High School Madrigal Singers:
Jean
Bentley, Abby Booker, Corinne Brandt, Jenna
Cohn, Maura Connell, Elyse Coyle, Anne Leone,
Margaret MacGibeny, Jessica Peyton, Carolyn
Scott, Stephanie Scott, David Beiler, David
Caulk, Sean Close, Ben Coleman, Joseph Goldberg,
Tom Hagner, Paul King, Cale Krise, Alex Podgor,
Philip Saynisch, Patrick Stedman, Brendan Stuart |
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SUPPORT
for the
2003 Madrigal
Festival
has been provided by
the
Rutgers-Camden
Alumni Association
The Rutgers-Camden Department of Fine Arts
The Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts
We
also are grateful to Drs. Jon'a Meyer and
Robert Wood from the Department of Sociology,
Anthropology and Criminal Justice for video
taping, editing, and streaming the videos.
Links to
previous Madrigal Festivals |
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Last
updated
July 11, 2007
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Julianne
Baird's 2003 Noon-time Concert: "Too
Hot to Handel"
Julianne
Baird's Rutgers Service page
Julianne
Baird's Home Page |
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