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First Posted: 9/22/2014 For Christiane Appenheimer-Vaida, the concert that opens Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s new Kirby Center for Creative Arts will be a blending of voices from two schools she loves.
The Madrigal Singers and Wyoming Seminary Chorale represent the school where she teaches music theory, and the young singers from The Liebig School of Giessen, Germany, hail from her alma mater, the school where her late father, Walter Appenheimer, was headmaster for about 20 years.
&#8220;He knew about the about the upcoming visit and was really excited about it, but he passed away this year,&#8221; said Appenheimer-Vaida, who grew up in Germany. &#8220;He would have loved it.&#8221;
Choirs from both sides of the Atlantic will share their cultures, singing together and separately in a concert titled &#8220;From the Old World to the New: Choral Music of Germany&#8221; that begins at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26.
The German students who, Appenheimer-Vaida said, &#8220;love American spirituals and gospel music very much,&#8221; will sing along with the American students on Robert Ray&#8217;s powerful gospel number &#8220;He Never Failed Me Yet.&#8221;
And they&#8217;ll welcome the Wyoming Seminary Chorale to join them in Joseph Rheinberger&#8217;s &#8220;Abendlied,&#8221; or &#8220;Evensong.&#8221;
Accompanied by the Wyoming Seminary String Ensemble, the visitors also will join with the Wyoming Seminary singers to present Vivaldi&#8217;s &#8220;Magnificat&#8221; in Latin &#8212; a language none of the modern students is likely to claim as his or her first.
Adding to the variety, the program includes such pieces at Hans Leo Hassler&#8217;s &#8220;Cantate Domino&#8221; and the traditional Shaker tune, &#8220;The Gift to be Simple,&#8221; sung by Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Madrigal Singers and John Rutter&#8217;s &#8220;For the Beauty of the Earth&#8221; and Martin Shaw&#8217;s &#8220;With a Voice of Singing&#8221; by the Wyoming Seminary Chorale. John Vaida, who is married to Appenheimer-Vaida, is director.
The visiting choir, directed by Peter Schmitt, will present Felice Anerio&#8217;s &#8220;Christus Factus Est,&#8221; Camille Saint-Saens&#8217; &#8220;Ave Verum,&#8221; Rheinberger&#8217;s &#8220;Nordwind,&#8221; Max Reger&#8217;s &#8220;Gruss&#8221; and &#8220;Unser lieben Frauen Traum,&#8221; among other offerings.
On a recent trip to Germany, Appenheimer-Vaida said, young musicians from Wyoming Seminary stayed with host families from The Liebig School. Now it&#8217;s the local school&#8217;s chance to return the favor. &#8220;I&#8217;m hoping for even more foreign exchange,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Building human relationships is one of the main educational goals we all have.&#8221;

Blending voices, building relationships