{"id":214890,"date":"2021-06-09T15:17:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T19:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/?p=214890"},"modified":"2021-06-23T13:55:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T17:55:16","slug":"choir-performs-a-musical-tribute-for-president-cole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2021\/06\/09\/choir-performs-a-musical-tribute-for-president-cole\/","title":{"rendered":"Choir Performs a Musical Tribute for President Cole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Montclair State University Singers recently surprised retiring President Susan A. Cole with a farewell concert in the Red Hawk parking deck. A tribute to her 23 years of leadership, it was also the first choral concert performed for a live audience on campus in more than a year.<\/p>\n<p>But the concert itself wasn\u2019t the only unexpected gift: Cole also enjoyed the world premiere of a composition written in her honor by Associate Professor of Composition Theory\/Aural Skills Aaron Helgeson. \u201cThe Next Day\u201d was performed by the University Singers, conducted by Heather J. Buchanan, director of Choral Activities.<\/p>\n<p>A Cali School Masterful Musings conversation with Cole was the genesis of the piece, Helgeson says. \u201cShe gave us some incredible insight into leadership, legacy, education, our humanity and a little bit about her own life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inspired and moved by Cole\u2019s revelation about the impact that the Irving Berlin musical\u00a0<em>Annie Get Your Gun<\/em>\u00a0had on her as a girl, Helgeson relistened to the score and \u201cwas absolutely floored by its relevance to the moment right now \u2013 getting through hard times, loving something you&#8217;ve put your heart into, the difficulty in leaving and the thrill of what comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The result: \u201cThe Next Day,\u201d which expounds on the can-do spirit of\u00a0<em>Annie Get Your Gun<\/em>\u2019s showstopper song \u201cThere\u2019s No Business Like Show Business,\u201d as well as the lyrical fragment \u201cyou\u2019re broken-hearted, but you go on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was extraordinary,\u201d says John J. Cali School of Music Director Anthony J. Mazzocchi. \u201cAaron gave Dr. Cole a copy of the score to follow along while they sang, and there weren&#8217;t many dry eyes in the room. That was really something special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Next Day\u201d will be performed via live-stream along with all the music featured in the surprise concert for President Cole at the\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>2021 Choral Spring Concert &#8220;Music for Our Time &amp; Place&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>featuring performances by three choirs \u2013 Red Hawk Chorale, Virtual Chorale and University Singers \u2013 June 11, 8 p.m. through\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/calendar\/view-event.php?id=74505\"><em>Cali Live<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Video: Choir Performs a Musical Tribute for President Cole\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VUmJ7aWW1eU?start=47&amp;feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; border: 0px solid #000;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Story by Staff Writer Mary Barr Mann. Video by Christo Apostolou. Photos by Mike Peters<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214901\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_1329_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_1329_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Director of Choral Activities Heather J. Buchanan and John J. Cali School of Music Director Anthony J. Mazzocchi\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director of Choral Activities Heather J. Buchanan and John J. Cali School of Music Director Anthony J. Mazzocchi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214903\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_1667_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_1667_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Mazzocchi and Cole applaud the Singers\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mazzocchi and Cole applaud the Singers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214909\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_2336_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_2336_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"University Singers perform surprise concert for President Susan A. Cole.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">University Singers perform surprise concert for President Susan A. Cole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214902\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_1380_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_1380_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"University Singers perform surprise concert for President Susan A. Cole.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">University Singers perform surprise concert for President Susan A. Cole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214910\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_2411_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_2411_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Montclair State University Singers perform for President Susan A. Cole.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Montclair State University Singers perform for President Susan A. Cole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214908\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_2297_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_2297_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"A student performs for President Cole.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A student performs for President Cole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214906\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_2045_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/052021_2045_Chroal-Performance-scaled.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Associate Professor of Composition Theory\/Aural Skills Aaron Helgeson introduces \u201cThe Next Day,\u201d an original composition inspired by President Cole.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Associate Professor of Composition Theory\/Aural Skills Aaron Helgeson introduces \u201cThe Next Day,\u201d an original composition inspired by President Cole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/ Output tags as a list for Google Analytics custom dimension\nwindow.MSU_TagList = [];\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Cali School surprise previews \u2018Music for Our Time &amp; Place\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":214939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214890"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215004,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214890\/revisions\/215004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}