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.
“The Gospel Train”
(1872)
Spiritual
arr. Jack Halloran
“Moonlight in Vermont”
(1944)
Solos: Brianna Gagné, Lucy Wood, Alexander LePine
Karl Suessdorf
John Blackburn
arr. Darmon Meader
“Wonderful Town (Choral Highlights)
‘Christopher Street,’ ‘Ohio,’
‘One Hundred Easy Ways,’
‘A Quiet Girl,’ ‘Swing,’
‘It’s Love'”
(Wonderful Town, 1953)
Solos: John Nelson (spoken), Nicole Vitale (spoken),
Diane Kaese (spoken), Davey Fitzpatrick
Leonard Bernstein
Betty Comden
Adolph Green
arr. John Purifoy
“Birdland”
(1977)
Solos: Lucy Wood, Carla Squillace (1/17), Hannah Lee (1/25), Nicole Vitale
Ensemble: Kat Kelly, Beth Manes, Christine Murray, Jessica Nelson, Davey Fitzpatrick, Fitzgerald Mangubat, Aaron Shim
Josef Zawinul
Jon Hendricks
arr. Paris Rutherford
“My Old Kentucky Home”
(1853)
Stephen Foster
arr. Mark Hayes
“Ol’ Man River”
(Show Boat, 1927)
Solos: Gabriel Cleveland, Fitzgerald Mangubat
Jerome Kern
Oscar Hammerstein II
arr. Derric Johnson
“Oklahoma”
(Oklahoma!, 1943)
Solos: Kim Mecca (Aunt Eller), Corey Batchelder (Ike), Hannah Lee (Laurey), Bob Garner (Fred), Kerry
Watterson (Curly)
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein II
Audience Sing-Along
“Take Me Home, Country Roads”
(1971)
Bill Danoff
Taffy Nivert
John Denver
“America“
(1968)
Solos: Elizabeth Schall (1/17), Kat Kelly (1/17), Nancy Reinstein (1/25), Carla Squillace (1/25), Jake Wasserman
Paul Simon
arr. Paul Langford
“Cow Cow Boogie”
(1942)
Solos: Beth Manes (1/17), Brianna Gagné (1/25)
Don Raye
Gene De Paul
Benny Carter
arr. Kirby Shaw
“Shenandoah”
(early 1800’s)
Traditional
arr. Kevin Memley
“Route 66″
(1946)
Bobby Troup
arr. Kirby Shaw
“(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”
(1968)
Solos: Davey Fitzpatrick, Kim Mecca, Corey Batchelder, Bob Garner
Ensemble: Drew Bilcik, Gabriel Cleveland, Kristy Keiser, Kat Kelly, Fitzgerald Mangubat, Kathleen O’Malley, Nancy Reinstein, Elizabeth Schall
Steve Cropper
Otis Redding
arr. Mac Huff
“California Dreamin’”
(1965)
John Phillips
Michelle Phillips
arr. Mac Huff
“Aloha ‘Oe”
(1877)
Queen Lili’uokalani
arr. Alec Schumacker
[Verse 1]
Almost Heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin’ like a breeze
[Chorus]
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
[Verse 2]
All my memories gather ’round her
Miner’s lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye
[Chorus]
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
[Bridge]
I hear her voice in the mornin’ hour, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin’ down the road, I get a feelin’
That I should’ve been home yesterday, yesterday
[Chorus]
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
[Chorus]
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads
Sopranos
Randee Beyhan
Alix Bickson
Rachael d’Silva
Hillary Doyle
Ellen Drennan
Brianna Gagné
Lauren Harman
Diane Kaese
Dina Kanner
Kat Kelly
Erica Lorenzetti
Kathleen O’Malley
Nancy Reinstein
Elizabeth Schall
Carla Squillace
Lucy Wood
Altos
Angela Amabile
Rose Arbittier
Maria Dessana
Karla Esleeck
Lorraine Freeney
Blythe Gillespie
Kristy Keiser
Kayln Kitchen
Hannah Lee
Rei Liao
Emma MacDonald
Beth Manes
Lauren May
Nancy Sue Moore
Christine Murray
Jessica Nelson
Melissa Ragsdale
Radha Rench
Ayla Schermer
Jen Searing
India Warren
Sara Welch
Haohang Xu
Elina Yu
Janet Zhou
Tenors
Corey Batchelder
Bobby Benjamin
Alton Burkholder
Arjun Chattoraj
Kim Mecca
Gladys Mercado
Ido Naor
John Nelson
Chuck Rozakis
Nicole Vitale
Jake Wasserman
Basses
Drew Bilcik
Gabriel Cleveland
Davey Fitzpatrick
Bob Garner
Conrad Hardy
Alexander LePine
Eric Linton
Fitzgerald Mangubat
Matt Nelson
Bill Quinn
Alexander Schuetz
Aaron Shim
Bob Stein
Kerry Watterson
Simon Yang
