European Tour: BGSU Volaré & University Men’s Chorus
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Bowling Green State University
Volaré & University Men’s Chorus
with the Collegiate Chorale
Conductors
Dr. Emily Pence Brown, Dr. Richard Schnipke
Pianists
CJ Capen, Heather Goldman
Graduate Assistant Conductors
Grayson Abend, Brock Burkett, Aaron Roos
European Tour, May 5-14, 2026
May 07, 3:30 PM, St. Stephen Walbrook, London, UK
May 08, 1:00 PM, Bath Abbey, Bath, UK
May 10, 7:30 PM, Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, UK
May 12, 4:00 PM, La Madeleine, Paris, FR
May 13, 6:30 PM, Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux, Paris, FR
Program (selected from the following)
COMBINED CHOIRS
O Filii et Filiae | Volckmar Leisring (1588-1637)
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VOLARÉ
Evening Rise | Native American Traditional, arr. Emily Pence Brown (b.1985)
Sleeping Heart | Troy Robertson (b. 1978)
Hexenlied | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
O Salutaris Hostia | Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977)
Karla Kunk & Mackenzie Jones, soloists
No Time | Susan Brumfield (n.d.)
Grayson Abend, conductor
Neither Angels, Nor Demons, Nor Powers | Timothy C. Takach (b. 1978)
By Night | Elaine Hagenberg (b. 1979)
Aaron Roos, conductor
Music Down in My Soul | Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
Abigail Blank, Evelyn Flick, Mackenzie Jones, Karla Kunk and Rue Stammen, soloists
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COLLEGIATE CHORALE
O Radiant Dawn | James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Brock Burkett, conductor
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands | arr. Cedric Dent (b. 1962)
Dominic Carlozzi, soloist
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UNIVERSITY MEN'S CHORUS
Gaudeamus Igitur | arr. Marshall Bartholomew (1885-1978)
Sing Dem Herrn | Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), arr. Wallace Depue (b.1932)
I Come Singing | Eric Barnum (b. 1979)
Charles Ligus, percussion
The Last Words of David | Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
Aaron Roos, conductor
Bell Tower | Katerina Gimon (b. 1993)
Meestelaulud | Veljo Tomis (1930-2017)
7. Teomehe-laul (Serf’s Song)
8. Tantsulaul (Dancing Song)
Micah Roth, Brock Burkett and Aidan Johnston, soloists
We Toast the Days | Linda Kachelmeier (b. 1965)
Grayson Abend and Aaron Roos, soloists
Leron, Leron Sinta | Saunder Choi (b. 1988)
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COMBINED CHOIRS
Homeland | Grace Coberly (b. 1999)
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Updated: 04/23/2026 02:22PM