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Dr. Brent C. Talbot, Artistic Director

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Sunday, April 3, 2016, 4 pm

Free and open to the public

SUPPORTERS
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Duane and Karen Botterbusch
Joyce and Bertram Elsner
Jon and Betsy Griffiths
Lois and Rachel Hottle
Jane and John Kresky
Bill and Judy Leslie
Jan and Stephan C. Lewis
Carol and Mike Matsinko
Mary B. Walter

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The Gettysburg Children's Choir Choir and Chamber Chorale is an PROGRAM
auditioned community choir program for children in grades three through
twelve located at Gettysburg College. The CHILDREN’S CHOIR is for students This Old Hammer American Folk Song
in grades 3 through 8 and CHAMBER CHORALE is for students in grades Arr. Neil Ginsberg
9 through 12. The Choir is supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on
the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth Clear Water Robert I. Hugh
of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for
the Arts, a federal agency. It is also supported in part Seasons Ola Gjeilo
by the Adams County Arts Council’s STAR Grant
Program, which is funded by the Pennsylvania Council Ain’t No Windin’ in the Road Greg Gilpin
on the Arts, the Adams County Commissioners, and
the Borough of Gettysburg, the Robert C. Hoffman Beati Omnes Ivo Antognini
Charitable Endowment Trust and the Adams County
Community Foundation. The Choir is online at www. Shady Grove Appalachian Folk Song
gettysburgcc.org and on Facebook. The Choir receives Arr. By Robert I. Hugh
in-kind support from Gettysburg College and gifts
from the following donors: Hakuna Mungu Kama We East African Worship Song
Arr. By Kirk Aamot
SUSTAINERS
Adams County Chamber of Commerce This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie
Neil Beach and Michael Spillane Arr. by S. Feigenbaum
The Carlson Natter Family
Margaret Curtis La Mia Stella Ivo Antognini
Pete and Sharon Gratto
Dr. S. Kay Hoke Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day Traditional English
Jane and Ben Jones Arr. by Philip Stopford
Andy and Lucy Jurcak
The Natter Family That Which Remains Andrea Ramsey
Norman and Carolyn Nunamaker
Ruth E. Ranalli Sing to Me Andrea Ramsey
Jane Parker Scott
Wide Open Spaces Sarah Quartel
PATRONS
Jamie and Dennis Cope I Sing Because I’m Happy Charles H. Gabriel
Robert L. Gough Arr. By Kenneth Paden
Ron and Barb Hoch Adapted by Rollo Dilworth
The Kammerer Family
John and Christine Kellett
Emily and Bill Knowles-Kellett
Sharon Magraw
Eileen and Norbert Mathias
The Morse Family in honor of Sophia Thoma
The Neitz Family
Dr. Brent C. Talbot, is artistic director of the Gettysburg Children’s Choir and Gettysburg Children’s Choir
Chamber Chorale. In addition, he is coordinator of music education at the Dr. Brent C. Talbot, Artistic Director
Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College where he teaches Jamie Buxton, Pianist
various courses in music education, directs the gamelan (an Indonesian Miranda Bubenheim ’18, Gettysburg College Intern
instrumental ensemble) and supervises student teaching and research. Prior
to his appointments in Gettysburg, he served on the faculty at the University of Jezebel Abma Kellen Mikesell
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Talbot has taught middle and high school Lily Arnold Seneca Mikesell
music in Rochester and Brooklyn, New York. He holds degrees in music Aurora Contreras Carmen Ray
education from the Eastman School of Music (Ph.D. & M.A.) and Indiana
Wesley Coolbaugh Conor Ruff-Miller
University (B.M.E.). In addition, he earned a diploma in ethnomusicology and
is certified in all three levels of Orff-Schulwerk. Dr. Talbot was the founding Faith Dickerson Liam Ruff-Miller
director of the Eastman Young Children’s Chorus and Director of the Eastman Brieanna Forman Savannah Schneider
New Horizons Choir. He is an active clinician at many county and district Hannah Green Bella Smith
honor choirs and has directed groups at the Interlochen Center for the Arts Sam Hale Tuff Smith
and the Chautauqua Institution. A frequent presenter at regional, national, and Brianna Hieber Theo Hunt
international conferences, his areas of expertise include: world and popular Abigail Jemison Sophia Thoma
music pedagogies, teaching movement, and examining power and social Gaven Jones Rylee Zeak
justice in music learning settings. Dr. Talbot is published in various state, Rhiannon Loudermilk Nathan Zhao
national, and international journals as well as in books on music education
Evalyn Mazur
and music therapy. He is an active member of American Choral Directors
Association and serves in leadership roles within the National Association
for Music Education, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and
the MayDay Group. For more information go to Dr. Talbot’s website www.
brentctalbot.com.

Jamie Buxton is accompanist for the Gettysburg Children’s Choir and Chamber
Chorale. In addition, she is the current pianist for Penn State Mont Alto Chorale CHAMBER CHORALE
and has served as pianist for Gettysburg College Choir, Gettysburg College of the Gettysburg Children’s Choir
Women’s Choir, Belle Voix, and other groups. Mrs. Buxton enjoys working with Dr. Brent C. Talbot, Artistic Director
local school districts as a choral pianist and pit musician for various musicals. Jamie Buxton, Pianist
She has served as pianist for the Gilbert and Sullivan Festival and is often called
to help with musical performances in local churches and other venues. Jamie Keith Askins Helen Reaver
holds a BS in Education from the University of Texas at Austin. Erin Dunlap Bailey Roberts
Sarah Fossett Camden Selby
Eva Gockowski Rebecca Shank
Maddie Grim Fisher Taylor
Rachel Hill Taylor Wiles
Alek Hopkins Maxwell Wolfe
Will Knowles-Kellett Owen Yingling
Alec Pratt