The Nassau Treble Choir, led by Director Craig B. Knapp, is a vocal ensemble comprised of students in grades 4-6. Rehearsals focus on healthy vocal production and technique, solfège, sight-singing, and musicianship skills while exploring quality choral literature, authentic singing games, and creative activities. The choir performs unison to 3-part treble repertoire. MYO Children’s Treble Choirs are for unchanged children’s voices.

Repertoire performed by the Nassau Treble Choir in the 2016-2017 season includes:

• Medieval Gloria – Vijay Singh
• Laudamus Te from Mass in C minor – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Jill Friedersdorf and Melissa Malvar-Keylock
• Hozhonji Song (Song of the Earth) – Navajo Song, adapted by Lee Kesselman
• We Can Plant a Forest – Jim Papoulis and Michael Greenly
• Quiet Sea – Jill Friedersdorf and Melissa Malvar-Keylock
• I’m Nobody! Who Are You? from Two Nobody Songs – Paul Bouman
• Mr. Nobody from Two Nobody Songs – Paul Bouman
• Risseldy Rosseldy – Traditional Nonsense Song, arr. Jay Broeker
• My Cat Skittle – Stan Spottswood
• Children of Light – Valerie Ann Webdell, ed. Ruth E. Dwyer
• Hisakata (The Gentle Light of Spring) – Victor C. Johnson
• Climbin’ Up the Mountain, Children! – Traditional Spiritual, arr. Rollo Dilworth
• Can You Hear Me? – Bob Chilcott
• Sesere Eeye – Traditional Song and Dance from the Torres Strait Islands, as taught by Matthew Doyle

The Nassau Concert Choir, led by Director Doreen Fryling, was formed in the 2006-2007 season. The ensemble is open to students in grades 7 and 8 with unchanged voices and performs music in two to four part harmony. Repertoire is chosen on its musical merit while exposing students to a variety of genres. Rehearsals emphasize proper vocal production and technique, as well as the development of the musical ear.

Repertoire performed by the Nassau Concert Choir in the 2016-2017 season includes:

• Deo Gracias from Ceremony of Carols – Benjamin Britten
• Bandyrowe – Traditional Irish Folksong, arr. Susan Brumfield
• Laudamus Te from Gloria in D Major – Antonio Vivaldi
• Bring Me Little Water, Silvey – Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter, arr. Moira Smiley
• Go Down Moses – Traditional Spiritual, arr. Mark Hayes
• Sound the Trumpet – Henry Purcell
• Come In from Frostiana – Randall Thompson
• The Snow, Op. 6, No. 1 – Edward Elgar
• Yo Le Canto Todo El Dia – David Brunner
• Simple Gifts – Aaron Copland, trans. Irving Fine
• Salmo 150 – Ernani Aguiar
• Born in a Symphony – Judith Herrington
• Route 66 – Bobby Troup, arr. Roger Emerson

The Nassau Symphonic Choir, led by Director Louise O’Hanlon, is a four-part ensemble for high school vocalists. Members are exposed to classical, contemporary, and multicultural music with the goal of fostering an understanding of world cultures. Singing is an intensely personal experience and it is our hope that by making a deep connection with the music, members will, in turn, learn something about themselves and the world at large. As Symphonic Choir comes together to form a community of singers, we can, in turn, form a community of young people who care about each other and who spread joy through their music-making.

Repertoire performed by the Nassau Symphonic Choir in the 2016-2017 season includes:

• The Ground – Ola Gjeilo
• Sure On This Shining Night – Samuel Barber
• Chindia – Alexandru Pascanu
• I Will Be the Light – Gerald Custer
• Best to be Singing in Difficult Times – Stephen Hatfield
• A Blessing (MYO Commission) – Gerald Custer
• I Need You to Survive – David Frazier
• Siyalobola Gogo – Traditional IsiSwati, arr. Michael Barrett
• Three Hungarian Folk Songs – Béla Bartók
• Mouth Music – Dolores Keane, ed. John Faulkner
• Homeward Bound – Marta Keen, arr. Mack Wilberg
• Festival Sanctus – John Leavitt
• Libertango – Astor Piazzolla, arr. Oscar Escalada
• Erev Shel Shoshanim – Josef Hadar, arr. Jack Klebanow
• Salmo 150 – Ernani Aguiar
• Kasar Mie La Gaji (The Earth is Tired) – Alberto Grau
• Te Deum – John Rutter

The Nassau Chamber Chorale, led by Edward P. Norris III, is an ensemble comprising of Nassau County’s finest high school vocal musicians. Members of the Chorale have also performed with the All-County Choirs, All-State Choirs, All Eastern Choir and the ACDA National Choir. This is a select group of approximately 40 singers that perform some of the world’s finest choral literature; from the classics to contemporary (NYSSMA level 6 and beyond). The musicians in this group are advanced performers and have mastered the vocal skills necessary to be outstanding choral singers. Many of our members go on to study music in college.

Repertoire performed by the Nassau Chamber Chorale in the 2016-2017 season includes:

• Sing A Mighty Song – Daniel E. Gawthrop
• Water Night – Eric Whitacre
• Heilig – Felix Mendelssohn
• Star Sonnet from Three Nocturnes – Daniel Elder
• Ain’t-a That Good News! – Traditional Spiritual, arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
• I’m Into Something Good – Gerry Goffin and Carole King, arr. Deke Sharon
• Psalm 8 (Adonai, Adonenu) – Dan Forrest
• My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord – Traditional Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan
• Danny Boy – Londonderry Air, arr. Joseph Flummerfelt
• Dark Night of the Soul – Ola Gjeilo
• The Last Words of David – Randall Thompson
• Norwegian Lullaby – Folksong credited to Gjendine Slålien, arr. Gunnar Eriksson
• Ezekiel Saw de Wheel – Traditional Folksong, arr. William L. Dawson
• Te Deum – John Rutter

The Suffolk Treble Choir, led by Director Craig B. Knapp, debuted in 2008 as a 4th-8th grade vocal ensemble and it is now comprised of students in grades 4-6. Rehearsals focus on healthy vocal production and technique, solfège, sight-singing, and musicianship skills while exploring quality choral literature, authentic singing games, and creative activities. The choir performs unison to 3-part treble repertoire.  MYO Children’s Treble Choirs are for unchanged children’s voices.

Repertoire performed by the Suffolk Treble Choir in the 2016-2017 season includes:

• Morokeni (Greeting Song) – Traditional Kwangali and Sotho, arr. Bernard Kruger
• Inscription of Hope – Z. Randall Stroope
• The Drinking Gourd – Traditional, arr. André J. Thomas
• Small Voices – Jim Papoulis, ed. Francisco J. Núñez
• Domine Deus, Agnus Dei – Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Janet Galván
• Murasame (The Mists of Evening) – 11th Century Japanese, arr. Victor C. Johnson
• Walk in Jerusalem – African American Spiritual, arr. Rollo Dilworth
• Sahayta – Ben Allaway
• Mango Walk! – Jamaican Folksong, arr. Ken Berg
• Spirits (Adapted from A Midsummer Night’s Dream) – Douglas Beam
• Three Quotes by Mark Twain – Andrea Ramsey
• Give Us Hope – Jim Papoulis, arr. Francisco J. Núñez
• Can You Hear Me? – Bob Chilcott
• Sesere Eeye – Traditional Song and Dance from the Torres Strait Islands, as taught by Matthew Doyle

The Suffolk Concert Choir, led by Director Melanie Dominick, was formed in the 2012-13 season. The ensemble is open to students in grades 7 and 8 with unchanged voices and performs music in two to four part harmony. Repertoire is chosen on its musical merit while exposing students to a variety of genres. Rehearsals emphasize proper vocal production and technique, as well as the development of the musical ear.

Repertoire performed by the Suffolk Concert Choir in the 2016-2017 season includes:

• Juntos – Jim Papoulis
• Clear Water – Robert I. Hugh
• Elijah Rock – Traditional Spiritual, arr. Rollo Dilworth
• Astonishing from Little Women – Jason Howland, arr. Mark Brymer
• Yo Puedo – Jim Papoulis, arr. Barbara W. Baker
• Will There Really Be a “Morning?” – Craig Hella Johnson
• Take Five – Paul Desmond, arr. Kirby Shaw
• Sleep On – Paul Mealor, arr. Roger Emerson
• A New Day – Audrey Snyder
• Ain’t That Good News – Traditional, arr. Moses Hogan
• Come to the Music – Joseph M. Martin
• Bright Morning Stars Are Rising – Appalachian Folksong, arr. Audrey Snyder
• My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord – Traditional Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan
• Sililiza (Hear Me) – Traditional Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan, adapted by Rollo Dilworth

The Suffolk Symphonic Choir (formerly the Suffolk Youth Chorale), led by Director Shoshana Hershkowitz, is a mixed choir that debuted in the 2013-2014 season. The ensemble performs a wide variety of choral literature that spans many cultures, styles, and time periods. Singers in the ensemble should be of high school age and have experience singing in school choirs and at NYSSMA solo festivals.

Repertoire performed by the Suffolk Symphonic Choir in the 2016-2017 season includes:

• Portones Abiertos y Rostros Brillantes – Paul Basler
• Alma Redemptoris Mater – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
• I Dream A World – André J. Thomas
• Jenga Imani Yako – Israel Kagaruki, ed. Eugene Rogers
• At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners – Williametta Spencer
• Five Hebrew Love Songs – Eric Whitacre
• Shine On Me – Rollo Dilworth
• Locus Iste – Anton Bruckner
• Lullaby from Three Nocturnes – Daniel Elder
• Earth Song – Frank Ticheli
• Verdurõn – Channel Island Folksong, arr. Randy Haldeman
• Te Deum – John Rutter