UBC Choirs return for an exciting genre‑blending evening featuring UBC Assistant Professor and guest artist Ryan Davis, viola. Expect radiant choral textures and contemporary soundscapes with works by David Childs, Reena Esmail, Caroline Shaw, and a striking arrangement of Radiohead’s Pyramid Song, featuring Davis. Program UNIVERSITY SINGERS | GRAEME LANGAGER, CONDUCTOR ESHANTHA PEIRIS, COLLABORATIVE PIANIST GUEST ARTIST RYAN DAVIS, VIOLA Salve Regina by David Childs When the Violin by Reena Esmail Ryan Davis viola The Unexpected Early Hour (from A Winter Breviary) by Reena Esmail and the swallow by Caroline Shaw Pyramid Song arranged by Philip Lawson Ryan Davis viola That Ever I Saw by Darmon Meader Wie Schön, Hier Zu Verträumen (from Vier Notturnos, Op. 22) by Heinrich von Herzogenberg Eshantha Peiris piano Ong-Hye-Ya (Korean folk song) by Hye-Young Cho Tyler Baek baritone ~intermission~ CHORAL UNION | HYEJUNG JUN, CONDUCTOR GABE REED, COLLABORATIVE PIANIST O nata Lux from Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen (1943) Little man in a hurry from The City and the Sea by Eric Whitacre (1970) Come to me by Ivo Antognini (1963) Elves’ Bells by Stephen Chatman (1950) COMBINED CHOIRS | GRAEME LANGAGER, CONDUCTOR Shout Glory by Byron J. Smith (1960)