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INDIANA UNIVERSITY JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC
P.Q. Phan (b. 1962)
"A Vietnamese Requiem" (2015) * World premiere performance

I. NAMASSAKAKARA - Lễ Phật - Daily Prayer

II. BUDDHA-GUNA - Ân Đức Phật - His Holiness Gautama Buddha

III. MARANASSATI - Niệm Sự Chết - Citation on Death

1. Chúng sanh đều phải chết
2. Thân bị quăng, vô tri
3. Sự sống của chúng sanh
4. Tất cả chúng hữu tình

IV. Niết Bàn Vô Sanh – Nirvana, Reborn no More

~~ Dedicated to the nearly 10 million Vietnamese war victims of the 20th century. ~~

* Funded and made possible with the support of a Mellon Foundation Short-Term Faculty Fellowship.

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NOTUS: IU Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Dominick DiOrio, conductor

Angela Yoon, soprano
Megan Wilhelm, soprano
Veronica Jensen, mezzo-soprano
Christopher Sokolowski, tenor
Rafael Porto, bass

Elspeth Hayden, flute
Kathleen Carter, oboe
Joey Miller, clarinet
Christian Purdy, bassoon

Michael Edalgo, trumpet
Collin Findlay, horn
Ryan Krofta, trombone

James Cromer, percussion
Erich Rieppel, percussion
Alexandra Mullins, harp

Eliot Heaton, violin
Clara Vasquez, violin
Lee Anderson, viola
Cole Tutino, violoncello
Andrew Chilcote, bass

Recorded live in Auer Concert Hall on the IU Bloomington campus, as part of the program "Refracted Requiem" Friday, April 24, 2015.

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Read about "A Vietnamese Requiem" here:
http://anvihoang.com/2015/01/28/a-vietnamese-requiem-what-and-why/#more-4758

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About the composer:
www.pqphan.com

About the conductor:
www.dominickdiorio.com

About the Jacobs School of Music Choral Conducting Department:
music.indiana.edu/choral

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NOTUS: IU Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Dominick DiOrio, conductor
Steven Berlanga, associate conductor
Livia Gho, assistant conductor

SOPRANO
Tabitha Burchett
Nai-Chia Chen
Carolyn Craig
Martha Eason
Marianthi Hatzis
Kellie Motter
Martha Sliva
Maya Vansuch

ALTO
Alice Baldwin
Gabrielle Gaudreault
Livia Gho
Courtney Jameson
Michael Linert
Sheh Feng Ng
Patricia Wallinga

TENOR
Nicolas Chuaqui
Michael Day
Michael Gebhart
Paul Mortilla
Mark Phillips
Nicholas Quardokus
Christopher Sokolowski

BARITONE/BASS
Steven Berlanga
David Harrison
Erik Krohg
James Maverick
Peter Pendowski
Matthew Recio
Corey Rubin

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