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Eric Conway

Christmas with the
Morgan State University Choir
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Thursday, December 17, 2015 — 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 18, 2015 — 7:30 p.m.
Morgan State University Choir
Eric Conway, Music Director
John Rutter
Traditional (Arr. Thomas, André)

Gloria
Rise Up, Shepherd and Follow
BRITTNEY JOHNSON

Jester Hairston (Arr. Tadd Russo)

Ring De Christmas Bells
JEREMY KING

Traditional (Arr. Burton, Ken)

And His Name Shall Be Called

Mel Tormé (Arr. Shaw, Kirby)

The Christmas Song

Franz Gruber
(Arr. Williamson)
James Thomas

Silent Night
CHRISTIAN SIMMONS, NADIRA FRANCE

Lord of All
DANIEL RICH

George Frideric Handel
(Arr. Warren, Jackson, Kibble, Chinn)

“Hallelujah!” from Handel’s Messiah:
Soulful Celebration

INTERMISSION
Various
(Arr. and Orch. Bradley Knight)

We Believe
Carol Medley
DIMERY MOWERY, JUSTIN HARRISON

Joy to the World/ Joy to the World (Reprise)
ALEXANDRIA CRICHLOW-BRADSHAW

Glorious Impossible
JOSHUA BANBURY, STACY HARLEY,
CALVIN MCNEIL, JOSHUA JONES

O Holy Night
For Unto Us
I Believe
DANIELLE MUSE

Joy
ANITRA MCKINNEY, PRAISE TEAM: KIYA WRIGHT,
KEWANNA TAYLOR, JONATHAN TRAVIS

Children, Go Where I Send Thee
COREY HARVEY, KATIA MOSES

Come and Let Us Worship
Jesus, Messiah
The concert will end at
approximately 9:30 p.m.

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FUNMIKE LAGOKE

He Came All This Way
ANTONIO CHASE

Eric Conway is the
director of the Morgan
State University Choir
and the chairperson
of Morgan’s Fine and Performing Arts
Department. He has travelled all over the
world, directing the choir in the Czech
Republic, Ghana, South Africa and
Colombia, to name a few destinations.
Conway is a doctoral graduate of The
Peabody Conservatory of Music of the
Johns Hopkins University, where he
majored in piano and conducting and
received the prestigious Liberace scholarship. He has appeared in the U.S. and
abroad as a piano soloist and chamber
musician. During a tour of Eastern
Africa sponsored by the United States
Information Agency, he performed a
solo recital for Madagascan television
and radio. He has also toured Asia as
the orchestral pianist of the BSO. Dr.
Conway’s choral work includes working
closely with such famed conductors as
Robert Shaw, Sir Neville Marriner, and
Donald Neuen. In June of 2006, Dr.
Conway was Chorusmaster for performances of Mahler Symphony No. 2,
at the close of the BSO music director,
Yuri Temirkanov’s tenure. Under Dr.
Conway’s direction, the Morgan Choir
appeared in the Grammy-nominated
recording of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass
with the BSO.
In addition to his musical accomplishments, Dr. Conway holds degrees in both
accounting and business management
and is a certified public accountant.
Dr. Conway is also a member of the
Maryland State Arts Council.

Morgan State
University Choir

The Morgan State University Choir
(MSUC) has performed around the
world to critical acclaim. While classical, gospel, and contemporary popular
music comprise the choir’s repertoire,
the choir is noted for its emphasis on
preserving the heritage of the spiritual,
especially in the historic practices
of performance.