Jen Sneeringer, 02 and Mike McGlinn, 01 jam to the St.
Thomas of Villanova Day beat.From the beginning of Fall 2000 Semester:
Jen Sneeringer, 02 and Mike McGlinn, 01 jam to the St.
Thomas of Villanova Day beat.
John Lackner, '01 takes the music
seriously
Katie Szejner, 01 (center) surrounded by (l-r)
Rita Oroho, 03, Blythe Johnston, '03, Michael Loeffler, '01, Michael Riccardo, 04, Melissa
Hensel, '01, Andy Festa, '02, Andrew Levine, '03, and Sarah Rapke, 03.
HOLY, HOLY... Fr. Dobbin, President of
Villanova University (left) mixes it up with Michael Loeffler, '01, vice president of the
Pastoral Musicians (right). The Blessed Mother Statue (center) in the Grotto looks
on.
Phil Matthews, 02 establishing (with Don's expert
guidance) the aforementioned St. Thomas of Villanova Day beat.
Lauren Uzenski, '04 continuing the 'serious' theme in
the string section
Jen Alexander, '02 (foreground) and Emily Cushnie,
'03. The instruments featuring prominently for the St. Thomas of Villanova Day
photographer this year. Perhaps they checked out this website and noticed that there
were few instrumentalist pictures from years past...
The Pastoral Musician side
to Don Giannella (figuratively and literally). The students deserve a medal
(figuratively and literally).
Some Recent shots (1999-2000)
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| 35 of the Pastoral Musicians sing "Restless is the Heart," B. Farrell at the Inauguration of the Chair in Augustinian Studies, September 1999. |
| Pastoral Musicians (left center near the screen) lead the class of 2003 in the singing of the Alma Mater during the Orientation Commissioning Ceremony, August 1999 |
| Dan Puskar '01 and Julie Mattock '01 lead the assembly in the 'Lamb of God' during St. Thomas of Villanova Day Liturgy, September 1999 |
| Julie Walsh '00 and Tadd Schwarz '01 lead the assembly in the Eucharistic Acclamations at St. Thomas of Villanova Day liturgy, September 1999. Pastoral Musicians standing in the traditional music ministry area in the Grotto in the background. |
| Jeremy Davies, '01 (background) raises his arms to invite the assembly to sing the Lamb of God refrain as Fr. Peter Donohue OSA (forground) raises the consecrated Bread and Wine in preparation for the Communion Procession -- Jubilee Liturgy, Jake Nevin Fieldhouse, December 1999 |
| Select Acapella Ensemble ('Sals') perform "Adam Lay ye bounden' at the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, December 1999 at the Oreo. The rest of the Pastoral Musicians are barely visible in the darkness behind them. l-r: Julie Mattock, '01, John Kissko, '00, Jeremy Davies, 01, Andrew Levine, '03, Tadd Schwarz, '01, Julie Walsh (behind Tadd), '00, Elizabeth Jane Pavlick, '02, Don Giannella, director, --not pictured: Colleen Bryant, '00. |
| "...you have given me life..." Julie Walsh, '00 leads the psalm at Baccalaureate 2000 -- liturgy moved to Pavilion because of uncertain/stormy weather. |
| "Hallelujah --" Postlude at Baccalaureate 2000. Jen Gunberg, '00 (center) demonstrating what Don means when he encourages the Pastoral Musicians to open their mouths when they sing. Tadd and Melissa aren't doing bad either, top center/right. |
| For some reason, the instrumentalists rarely get their pictures taken during these liturgies. Here's a rare shot of the string section (front right) with John Lackner '01 showing off his good violin-playing posture on the end of the first row. In the second row far right, are the knees of Clarinetist Emily Cushnie '03 sitting next to Sean Boyle, '03. The singers stretch across the center and left of the picture. This was taken during warm up at Jubilee Mass in Jake Nevin in December 1999. |
| Yes, we do sing in the church, but photographers are rarely present during the regular Sunday liturgies. This is a shot of the 8pm Mass musicians. Jen Pierce, '99 serves as songleader at the cantor stand. |
| On those years when Orientation ends on a Tuesday, a Welcome Mass is celebrated the following Sunday on Mendel Field. This is 1998's edition, with an interesting view of the basses in the Pastoral Musicians. |
| Doug Copeland, '98 and Don Giannella pause at midnight after three Palm Sunday '98 liturgies to model their matching garb -- who dresses these two? |
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| Baccalaureate '98 -- The choir is under the tent -- We need a bigger tent now. |
| Choir under the tent at Baccalaureate '98. Everyone in the picture has graduated now, except the two young guys in the top row, left center -- two real go-getters -- Jeremy Davies, '01 and Chris Demi, 01. |
| We always seem to forget to bring the drums back -- The twilight shadows gather on Baccalaureate, '98 and the Grounds Crew lends Don a vehicle to get them back to the church 'safe and sound...' |