Saturday, Dec. 2, 2000, at 8:00 pm
Silva Concert Hall

Yuletide Feast at 6:00 pm in Studio One
Catered by West Brothers

Mozart: Coronation Mass
Bach: Cantata 191, Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Handel: "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah
Gabrieli: In Ecclesiis
Madrigals, motets and carols
Elizabethan costume and pageantry

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Eugene Concert Choir
Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble
Oregon Mozart Players

Judith Pannill, soprano
Janet Campbell, alto
Stephen Robinson, tenor
Neil Wilson, bass

Concert Sponsors:
The Register-Guard and Symantec

We begin this December with a unique holiday concert, a grand festivity combined with elements that made our English Madrigal Dinner so popular. The audience will be treated to an enchanting evening in a castle setting, with fanfare, pageantry, stunning Elizabethan dress, madrigals, motets and holiday carol singing with the audience. Then the choirs will be joined by the Oregon Mozart Players and four professional soloists for the featured grand works: Mozart's Coronation Mass, Bach's Cantata 191, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, and the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah.

Our annual Madrigal Dinner has been so welcomed and cherished that we could not bring ourselves to let it go completely. This December 2, we will hold a pre-concert "Yuletide Feast" in Studio One at 6:00 pm. Catering will be provided and served by West Bros. Catering and will feature a delectable Renaissance menu:

Wild Mushroom Pie, Wassail, Freshly Baked Bread
Fancy Field Greens with Spiced Walnuts, Red Onion, Blue Cheese Crumbles & Balsamic Vinegar
Roast Prime Rib with Creamy Horseradish
Tuscany Pasta, tossed with Sun-dried Tomatoes, Arugula, Pine Nuts, Garlic, Olive Oil and Pecorino Cheese
Roasted Red Potatoes with Rosemary and Thyme
Caramel Nut Torte

The Lords and Ladies of the Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble will make a private appearance at the evening's Feast.

Ms. Pannill has performed throughout the forty-eight contiguous United States, Canada, Europe, and the former Soviet Union. An accomplished violinist as well, Ms. Pannill graduated "first in her class" with double degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. She later received her Master's Degree in Opera from the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

Ms. Campbell graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and received a Master of Music in Vocal Performance/Pedagogy from Arizona State University. She is currently working toward her Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance degree at Arizona State University.

Mr. Wilson's European performances include oratorio, cantata, and recital appearances in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, and Cologne, as well as Lyon and St. Etienne, France. He also appeared as a bass soloist with the Musical Arts Society on several different occasions.