2025 Winter Concerts

Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 7pm

Jacques D’Amboise Theatre
509 Bramhall Avenue
Jersey City, New Jersey



Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 4pm

Temple Beth-El
2419 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Jersey City, New Jersey

Our Story

North River Sing was founded by Jersey City resident Liz Morrill in 2014 to give area residents the opportunity to experience the warmth of singing in a group, learn the wonderful, often powerful music of the Great American Songbook, and provide enriching and joyous entertainment for friends and neighbors. North River is a Dutch nickname for the part of the Hudson River that lies between New Jersey and Manhattan and as such reflects the chorus’s openness to members from all over the region as well as a metaphoric link to Broadway.

For more information and to learn how to join NRS, feel free to chat with any of our members after the concert or visit our website, NorthRiverSing.org.

North River Sing is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and welcomes any gift large or small. By supporting NRS, you are actively spreading community spirit throughout greater Jersey City.

Program

“Everybody Says Don’t”
(Anyone Can Whistle, 1964)

Stephen Sondheim

“Our House”
(1970)

Graham Nash

“Just One of Those Things”
(Jubilee, 1935)

Cole Porter

“Somewhere”
(West Side Story, 1957)

Leonard Bernstein
Stephen Sondheim

“Gee Officer Krupke”
(West Side Story, 1957)

Ensemble: Bobby Benjamin, Arjun Chattoraj, Elisha Dorsey, Alexander Schuetz, Jake Wasserman (tenors); Davey Fitzpatrick, Bob Garner, Anthony Lee, Fitz Mangubat (basses)

Featuring: Janice Shapiro as Officer Krupke

Leonard Bernstein
Stephen Sondheim

“Old Devil Moon”
(Finian’s Rainbow, 1947)

Burton Lane
E.Y. “Yip” Harburg

“Cinema Italiano”
(Nine, 2009 film, adapted from the 1982 musical)

Solo: Christine Murray (1/18), Elisha Dorsey (1/19)

Maury Yeston

“Being Alive”
(Company, 1970)

Solo: Brianna Gagné (1/18), Dina Kanner (1/19)

Maury Yeston

Audience Sing-Along
“Blowin’ in the Wind”
(1962)

Bob Dylan

“It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Sing Sing Sing”
(Ellington, 1931)
(Prima, 1936)

Solo: Chloe Rousseau (1/18), Olivia Tarplin (1/19)

Duke Ellington
Irving Mills

Louis Prima

“Hallelujah”
(1984)

Opening duet: Ruben Ruiz, Jr., Anthony Lee (1/18), Arjun Chattoraj, Alexander Schuetz (1/19)

Middle solo: Emma MacDonald

Ending duet: Hannah Lee, Christina Rosivack

Leonard Cohen

“River Deep, Mountain High”
(1966)

Jeff Barry
Ellie Greenwich
Phil Spector

“True Colors”
(1986)

Opening solo: Lauren May (1/18), Kim Mecca (1/19)

Ending solo: Carla Squillace (1/18), Erica Lorenzetti (1/19)

Tom Kelly
Billy Steinberg

“Best of My Love”
(1977)

Maurice White
Al McKay

“That Old Black Magic”
(Star Spangled Rhythm, 1942 film)

Harold Arlen
Johnny Mercer

“Make Our Garden Grow”
(Candide, 1956)

Leonard Bernstein
Richard Wilbur

Audience Sing-Along
“Blowin’ in the Wind” (Bob Dylan, 1962):

How many roads must a man walk down

before you call him a man?

Yes, ’n’ how many seas must a white dove sail

before she sleeps in the sand?

Yes, ’n’ how many times must the cannon balls fly

before they’re forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind

The answer is blowin’ in the wind

How many times must a man look up

before he can see the sky?

Yes, ’n’ how many ears must one man have

before he can hear people cry?

Yes, ’n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows

that too many people have died?

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind

The answer is blowin’ in the wind

How many years can a mountain exist

before it’s washed to the sea?

Yes, ’n’ how many years can some people exist

before they’re allowed to be free?

Yes, ’n’ how many times can a man turn his head

pretending he just doesn’t see?

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind

The answer is blowin’ in the wind

The answer is blowin’ in the wind

Members

Rose Arbittier

Bobby Benjamin

Randee Beyhan

Drew Bilcik

Irina Biller

Ashley Campanaro

Arjun Chattoraj

Rachel D’Silva

Elisha Dorsey

Hillary Doyle

Ellen Drennan

Natasha Dzurny

Karla Esleeck

Davey Fitzpatrick

Lorraine Freeney

Brianna Gagné

Bob Garner

Samantha George

Blythe Gillespie

Conrad Hardy

Jamie Hawkins

Dawn Hsieh

Ying Jiang

Diane Kaese

Dina Kanner

Kat Kelly

Matthew Kelly

Chloe Knox

Sara Koste

Lauren Kwei

Jacques Laden

Anthony Lee

Hannah Lee

Eric Linton

Mary Liu

Erica Lorenzetti

Emma MacDonald

Alexa Malishchak

Fitzgerald Mangubat

Lauren May

Kim Mecca

Gladys Mercado

Jasmine Mitchell

Nancy Sue Moore

Christine Murray

Ido Naor

Jessica Nelson

John Nelson

Matt Nelson

Kathleen O’Malley

Matthew Palasz

Melissa Ragsdale

Emily Raque

Christina Rosivack

Ruben Ruiz Jr.

Ayla Schermer

Alexander Schuetz

Janice Shapiro

Beth Spektor

Carla Squillace

Eve Surcobe

Angie Szani

Joy Tao

Olivia Tarplin

Will Tatz

Nicole Vitale

Jake Wasserman

Sara Welch

Lucy Wood

Janet Zhou