The Musicians

PATRICK HENRY COLLEGE YOUTH MUSIC ACADEMY

Established in 2007 on the campus of Patrick Henry College in Purcellville,

Virginia, the Youth Music Academy provides local homeschooling families 

the opportunity to enrich their children’s education with music. Academy

participants, who are high school and middle school students, meet once a

week on the college campus for rehearsal. The project also provides music

majors at the college with on-campus opportunities to mentor and train

younger students.

ROD APPLETON

A graduate of Biola University in La Mirada, California, and California State

University in Fullerton, where he earned a master ofmusic degree in choral

conducting, Rod Appleton has directed numerous junior and senior high

school and college level choral ensembles. After serving three churches in

California and British Columbia as music and worship pastor, he currently 

continues his choral conducting and church music while balancing a career 

in real estate.

TODD MORRISSON

A saxophonist in the United States Navy Band, Todd Morrison has been 

featured as a soloist with that ensemble as well as with the Capital Wind

Symphony, Ithaca Concert Band, Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra, and

Loudoun Concert Band. Twice a winner ofthe Ithaca College Concerto

Competition, he has also won honors at DownBeat magazine’s Classical

Soloists Competition, the National Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, the North American Saxophone Alliance Performance Competition, 

and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. A graduate of Ithaca

College and George Mason University, Morrison has been director ofthe 

Patrick Henry College Youth Music Academy Orchestra since 2008.

The Seventy-second Season of

The William Nelson Cromwell and F. Lammot Belin

Concerts

National Gallery ofArt

2,986th Concert

Patrick Henry College Youth Music Academy

Rod Appleton, choir director

Todd Morrison, orchestra director

March 26, 2014

Wednesday, 12:10 pm

West Building, West Garden Court

Admissionfree
Program

(performed without intermission)

Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Dixit Maria

Henry Baker (1821-1877)

The King ofLove My Shepherd Is (Irish tune)

Arranged by Mack Wilberg

Soloists: Emma Wilson and Joel Tigges

Nick Page

K’Ayal Ta’arog (Psalm 42)

Soloists: Daniel Messinger and Nathan Chamberlain

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

II Re Pastore

Arranged by Deborah Baker Monday

Brian Balmages (b. 1975)

To Tame the Raging Rapids

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Hoe Down

Arranged by Stephen Bulla

Francis Scott Key/John Stafford Smith

The Star Spangled Banner

Arranged by Lloyd Pfautsch

Vijay Singh

A Just and Lasting Peace

Text: Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (March 4,1865)

Karl Jenkins (b. 1944)

Palladio

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Allegro from String Quartet, op. 76, no. 2 (“Quinten”)

Arranged by Brenden McBrien

Camille Saint-Saens (1875-1921)

Danse bacchanale, from Samson and Delila

Arranged by Jamin Hoffman

Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)

Dirait-on

Jester Hairston, arranger (1901-2000)

It’s All Over Me (Spiritual)

The use ofcameras or recording equipment during the

performance is not allowed. Please be sure that cell phones,

pagers, and other electronic devices are turned off.