A ChoralCelebration

'T'hetlJafe War(and Sin8ers'DareWar(and, founder and music director

Sunday, November 3,2002,3:30 p.m.West High Auditorium

Iowa City, Iowa

PROGRAM

IOWA CITY CHOIRS

Te Deum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

City High Concert Choirs

Lux Aurumque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Eric Whitacre

City High Chamber ChoirLight, warm and havy as pure goldAnd the angels sing softlyTo the new-born baby.

Text by Edward Easch

Gloria in excelsis Deo Thomas Weelkes

West High Concert Choir

One by One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. arr. John Leavitt

West High Choir

DALE WARLAND SINGERS

I. American Madrigals

The Uncertainty of the Poet (from With a Poet's Eye) Cary John Franklin

Go Lovely Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Halsey Stevens

Lark , Aaron Copland

II. From Sweden

Agnus Dei Sven-David Sandstrom

III. All Night Vigil

Excerpts from All Night Vigil (Vespers, Op. 37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Sergei RachmaninoffCome, Let Us WorshipBlessed is the ManRejoice, 0 VirginPraise the Name of the LordThe Troparion "Thou didst Rise from the Tomb"

INTERMISSION

III. From Venezuela

Confitemini Domino (Give Praise to the Lord) Alberto Grau

IV. New Romantics

Prayer of the Middle Ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Howard Hanson

Two Motets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. William Hawley

1. Mosella2. Te Vigilans Oculis

( ';onnet No. LXIV (In memoriam 9/11/01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Dominick Argento

v. American Folk and Spirituals

She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain Emma Lou Diemer

Deep River _ Carol Barnett

The Road Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Stephen Paulus

Dale Warland Singers, West High Concert Choir, City High Chamber Choir

Hard Times Come Again No More. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Stephen FosterlMark Keller

THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS

Now celebrating its 30th anniversary season-of concerts, tours, radio broadcasts, and critically acclaimed recordings, theDale Warland Singers is recognized as one of the world's foremost a cappella choral ensembles. The 40-voice professionalchoir is based in Minneapolis/St. Paul.

The Dale Warland Singers has earned a reputation for its commitment to commissioning and performing new choral music.The ensemble has kept the choral genre fresh and alive by commissioning works from Dominick Argento, Stephen Paulus,- .ibby Larsen, Carol Barnett, George Shearing, Peter Schickele, Bernard Rands, Emma Lou Diemer, Alice Parker, Janikavandervelde, Augusta Read Thomas, Aaron 1. Kernis, and Frank Ferko among others. The Dale Warland Singers' ChoralVentures™ Program solicits works from emerging composers, and through this program, over $150,000 in commissions hasbeen awarded to forty-eight talented musicians.

In 1992, the Dale Warland Singers became the first-ever recipient of the Margaret Hillis Achievement Award for ChoralExcellence. The organization shares this honor only with Chanticleer and the Vancouver Chamber Choir among professionalchoirs. The group's extraordinary efforts on behalf of composers and new music resulted in ASCAP Awards for AdventurousProgramming in 1992, 1993, 1996, and 1999.

In addition to a subscription season in the Twin Cities, the Dale Warland Singers tours throughout the United States andabroad. In 1990, the ensemble traveled to Stockholm and Helsinki to represent North America at the Second World Sympo-sium on Choral Music. During the 1999-2000 concert season, the group toured the Southeastern United States. It has ap-peared on Garrison Keillor's original A Prairie Home Companion and has been featured on Public Radio International'sSaint Paul Sunday. The annual Echoes of Christmas and Cathedral Classics broadcasts reach listeners nationwide. Thisseason the Dale Warland Singers will make their debut at the Ravinia Festival (Chicago) in July and perform at the SixthWorld Symposium on Choral Music held in the Twin Cities (August 2002). The Dale Warland Singers also performs incollaboration with other Twin Cities arts organizations such as the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra,the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies and the James Sewell Ballet.

The Dale Warland Singers record on the American Choral Catalog label, and the choir released a new recording on this labelduring the 1999-2000 season. Featuring Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb,it joins some 20 other Dale Warland Singers recordings including Blue Wheat, a collection of American folk music. TheSeattle Times calls Blue Wheat, "the loveliest choral disc to emerge in a long time ... sung by what is probably America's bestchorus." Also among the Singers' lauded releases is December Stillness, which BBC Music Magazine gave its highest rating

( )r performance and sound, calling it, " ... splendid, melting stuff." The South Jersey's Courier-Post called the 1994 release~of Cathedral Classics, "an unmatched musical experience," and The Oregonian stated simply, "peerless." Earlier recordingsby the Singers include, Fancie, A Rose in Winter, Christmas Echoes, Vols. 1 and II, Carols for Christmas, Choral Currents,as well as 12 others. A new Christmas recording will be released in the fall of 2002.

SopranoBeth AlthofWendi BuckMarie Spar Dymit *Jodi HermansonPamela MarentetteMelissa MoreyDeborah Loon OsgoodVictoria S. FeldmanDawn SchuffenhauerMonica Stratton

Artistic Staff

THE DALE WARLAND SINGERSDale Warland, founder and music director

Dwight Bigler, assistant conductor

AltoAbbie BetinisGalina EricksonMelissa Holm-JohansenJoanne Havorsen*Lynette JohnsonNatalia KojanovaMary C. Maiden M llerAnna George MeekKrista Palmquist

Dale Warland, founder & music directorDebra Harrer, general managerDwight Bigler, assistant conductorFrank Ferko, composer in residenceCameron Rowe, operations managerMatthew Culloton, librarianJoanne Halvorsen, wardrobe coordinatorBrian Newhouse, program annotator

TenorJoel BeyerJoel C. Fischer *Eric N. HopkinsJustin KarchDavid NordliHal SnyderAnthony SofieGregory Tambornino

BassDuane E. AndersenJeffrey BipesMatthew Culloton*Dave JacobsonBrian KremerPatrick McDonoughMichael MeyerJack NelsonKevin NorbergTim-O BrienBrian L. Steele

* denotes section leader

Administrative Staff

Gayle Ober, executive directorTina Meckel, director of developmentCharlotte Palmiter, executive assistantBeth Pickering, business managerHelen Franczyk, marketing & pr consultantRuth Anderson, office volunteerJackie Steele, concert volunteer coordinator

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact the staff at the Dale Warland Singers office:

Dale Warland Singers2300 Myrtle Avenue, Suite 120St. Paul, MN 55114Tel: 651-632-5870Fax: 651-632-5873www.dalewarlandsingers.org

Recordings are available for purchase in the lobby, or call 651-632-5870 for further information about recordings, or visitour website at www.dalewarlandsingers.org

The Dale Warland Singers is a member of Chorus America.

Activities of the DWS are made possible, in part, by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board and through anappropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature. Additional funding is provided by the Wells Fargo Corporation Founda-tion.

DALE WARLAND

The 2002-2003 season marks founder Dale Warland's thirtieth season as Music Director of the Dale Warland Singers. Warlandhas devoted his professional life to attaining the highest artistic level in choral singing. Through musicianship and attention

( '0 detail, he has built one of the fmest choral ensembles in the United States. Under Warland' s leadership, the Dale WarlandSingers has thrilled choral music enthusiasts not just in its Twin Cities home, but throughout North America and Europe.

Dale Warland was recognized this August (2002) by Chorus America and the American Society of Composers, Authors andPublishers (AS CAP) with a special award honoring 30 years of pioneering vision, leadership and commitment to commis-sioning and performing new choral works at the highest level of artistry. In presenting the award, composer Stephen Paulus,the symphony and concert representative to the ASCAP Board, remarked that, "His insistence on perfection and that per-fectly balanced sound of the Dale Warland Singers has inspired hundreds of composers and amazed audiences the worldover."

In June 2002, Dale Warland received the Louis Botto Award for Innovative Action and Entrepreneurial Zeal from ChorusAmerica at its annual conference in Boulder, CO. The award is given every other year to an individual who through his or herwork with a member ensemble of Chorus America has demonstrated innovative action and entrepreneurial zeal in develop-ing a professional choral ensemble. Dale Warland received the 200 1 McKnight Distinguished Artist Award in recognition ofhis lifetime achievements as a choral conductor, and his continued contribution to the arts in Minnesota.

Warland's outstanding accomplishments in the field of choral music were also recognized in June 1995, when he received theMichael Korn Founder's Award at the annual Chorus America Conference in Seattle. This award, the highest honor for achoral conductor in the United States, has previously been given to outstanding choral conductors such as Robert Shaw,Margaret Hillis and Roger Wagner.

In addition to his active schedule as Music Director of the Dale Warland Singers, Warland is in demand as a guest conductor,lecturer, composer and clinician. He has conducted the Swedish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Choir, Mormon TabernacleChoir, and Israel's Cameran Singers. He has also rehearsed and prepared choirs for performances of major works in collabo-ration with notable conductors including Robert Shaw, Edo de Waart, Leonard Slatkin, and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. AtJyzstofPenderecki's request, Warland has prepared The Passion According to St. Luke for major choruses in Los Angeles,

Caracas, Stuttgart and the Oregon Bach Festival. In 1990, he also prepared Penderecki's Polish Requiem. Watland hasserved on the faculty of the All-Japan Chorus League National Competition in Fukuoka, Japan, and has lectured on Americanmusic at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Most recently, he has been featured as guest conductor at Grant Park MusicFestival, with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Chamber Artists, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Opus 7 VocalEnsemble, and was a panel 'member at the Tolosa Choral Festival in Spain. In the summer of 2002 Warland made his debutat the Ravinia Festival with the Singers, and in August he conducted the Dale Warland Singers in performance at the SixthWorld Symposium on Choral Music held in the Twin Cities.

Warland is an active composer and a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (AS CAP). Hehas served as co-chair of both the choral and recording panels of the National Endowment for the Arts and has received majorgrants from the Ford Foundation, the Bush Foundation, and the Minnesota State Arts Board.

Before devoting himself full-time to the Dale Warland Singers, Warland maintained an academic career which included 19years as Director of Choral Music at Macalester College, St. Paul. He holds degrees from St. Olaf College, the Universityof Minnesota, the University of Southern California, and has received distinguished alumni awards from two institutions.Warland also holds an honorary doctorate from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

PROGRAM NOTESBy Brian Newhouse

I. American Madrigals

The Uncertainty of the Poet (from With A Poet's Eye)"---../

Cary John Franklin

Rule No.1 for A Program Note: The length of time needed to read the program note should never exceed the length of themusic it's about which is a trick given Cary John Franklin's 1987 ''The Uncertainty of the Poet." Come and gone in barely aminute, it shows the impish side of the composer who gained such notice recently with the successful premiere of his tragicopera on Charles Lindbergh, Loss of Eden. Franklin wears a variety of musical hats: in addition to composing, he's chorusmaster for the Opera Theatre in St. Louis, as well as director of the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis.

The Uncertainty of the Poet

I am a poet.I am very fond of bananas.I am bananas.I am very fond of a poet.

I am a poet of bananas.I am very fond.A fond poet of 'I am, I am'-Very bananas.

Go Lovely Rose

Fond of 'Am I bananas?Am I?' -a very poet.Bananas of a poet!Am I fond? Am I very?

Poetbananas!IanLI am fond of a 'very.'I am of very fond bananas.I ama poet?

--Wendy Cope

Halsey Stevens

"...and studied with Halsey Stevens" is a line shared by hundreds of composer bios. Halsey Stevens (1908-89) taught at theUniversity of Southern California and influenced generations of musicians, including Dale Warland who received his doctor- Jate at USc. Dale remembers Stevens as warm-hearted, brilliant, but never intimidating qualities that can also be found inStevens' 1943 setting of Elizabethan Edmund Waller's poem. It was composed for Stevens' wife, Harriet, while Halsey wasVisiting Professor of Composition at the University of Iowa.

Go, Lovely Rose

Go, lovely Rose-Tell her that wastes her time and me,That now she knows,When I resemble her to thee,How sweet and fair she seems to be.

Tell her that's young,And shuns to have her graces spied,That hadst thou sprungIn deserts where no men abide,Thou must have uncommended died.

Lark

Small is the worthOf beauty from the light retired:Bid her come forth,Suffer herself to be desired,And not blush so to be admired.

Then die-that sheThe common fate of all things rareMay read in thee;How small a part of time they shareThat are so wondrous sweet and fair!

--Edmund Waller (1606-87)

Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland composed "Lark" in 1938 while putting the finishing touches on Billy the Kid, the ballet that helped makeCopland a musical household name in Depression-era America. Long hours of orchestration can be drudgework, so Coplandkept his creative juices flowing by setting this 1933 poem of Genevieve Taggard. Howard Pollack, Copland's biographersays the imagery "of a bird arising 'from the great dark' to announce 'the great day-rise' alludes to Taggard's hope thatAmerica might achieve economic democracy and by this means lay a foundation for a great culture." Copland's worldviewcorresponded exactly with Taggard's. The combination of her words and his music created a powerful hymn to hoped-forsocial justice. .

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Lark

o Lark of Light, from great dark arise!o Lark of Light, 0 Lightness like a spark,Shock ears and stun our eyes singing thedayrise, the great dayrise!

Let ear and eye prepare to see and hear,truly to see and hear,

To hear thy threefold welcome in the air,To see all dazzle after long despair,To See what none may see now, Singer fair!

o Believer, Rejoicer, Say,Say, before Evidence of Day,The Sun is risen!Where no Sun is,Come loudly in the air!

o Lark, alert,o lovely, chanting, arrow Lark,Spring like an arrow from the bow of dark,o Lark, arise!Sing the dayrise, the great dayrise!

--Poetry by Genevieve Taggard

II. From Sweden

AgnusDei Sven-David Sandstrom

The Agnus Dei is the traditional last movement of the Catholic mass, offering a quiet and reflective benediction to worship-pers who are about to turn and face an uncertain world. Swedish composer Sven-David Sandstrom's setting fits that mold,but not without a few surprises. It may at first sound like musical hash, a slow-grinding mush of notes without logic orcenter. The rise and surge of the voices as they divide into sixteen parts, and the eventualfffclimax give the work its strengthand drama. But the true goal is the last page: with delicious slowness the choir finds its way through dissonance to a ppppF major chord that feels like arrival at a long-lost home.

Agnus Dei

Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,Have mercy on us. Grant us peace.

III. "All Night Vigil"

All Night Vigil (Vespers, Op, 37) (selected movements) Sergei Rachmaninoff

Viewed in the broad context of twentieth-century European music, Rachmaninoff's All Night Vigil, Opus 37, is quite "con-servative" and, at the same time, quintessentially Russian. It is a setting of the All-Night Vigil service, a curious liturgicalconcatenation of three services - Vespers, Matins, and First Hour - which was introduced in Russia in the fourteenthcentury, but proved to be popular and enduring in Russia alone of all Orthodox nations. For his setting Rachmaninoff chosefifteen major psalms and hymns that form the unchanging framework of the Resurrectional Vigil (the service celebratedevery Saturday evening.)

The music is for chorus a cappella, the traditional vocal complement in the Russian Orthodox Church, which has maintainedthe ancient-Christian patristic prohibition against musical instruments of any kind. Within these seemingly austere limits,Rachmaninoff created a monumental work that elevates the spirit by its lofty expressiveness and captivates the ear by itssheer beauty. Through the fixed texts of the Vigil the composer depicts the epic grandeur of humanity's worshipful encounterwith its Creator.

Come, Let Us Worship

Amen, Come, let us worhip God, our King.Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King and God.Come, let us worship and fall down before the very Christ, our King and our God.Come, let us worship and fall down before him.

Blessed is the Man

Blessed is the man, who walks not in the counsel of the wicked. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Alleluia ...Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice in Him with trembling. Alleluia ...

Blessed are all who take refuse in Him. Arise, 0 Lord! .Save me, 0 my God! Alleluia ...Salvation is of the Lord; and Thy blessing is upon Thy people. Alleluia ...Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever and unto ages of ages. AmenAlleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, 0 God!Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, 0 God!Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, 0 God!

Rejoice 0 Virgin

Rejoice, 0 VIrgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with Thee.Blessed art Thou among women, and blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb,For Thou hast borne the Saviour of our souls.

Praise the Name of the Lord

Praise the name of the Lord. Alleluia.Praise the Lord, 0 you His servants. Alleluia, alleluia.Blessed be the Lord from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem. Alleluia.o give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good. Alleluia, alleluia.For His mercy endures forever. Alleluia.o give thanks unto the God of Heaven. Alleluia, alleluia.For His mercy endures forever. Alleluia.

The Troparion "Thou did'st Rise from the Tomb"

Thou didst arise from the tomb and burst the bonds of Hades!Thou didst destroy the condemnation of death, 0 Lord, releasing all mankind from the snares of the enemy!Thou didst show Thyself to Thine apostles, and didst send them forth to proclaim Thee;And through them Thou dist grant Thy peace to the world, 0 Thou, who art plenteous in mercy!

Program notes by Vladimir Morosan, Madison, ConnecticutCopyright © 1994, by Musica Russica

IV. From Venezuela

Confitemini Domino Alberto Grau

The Venezuelan choral master Alberto Grau composed "Confitemini Domino" for the Sixth World Symposium on ChoralMusic, and it was premiered by the Dale Warland Singers at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis last August. In Grau's words, themost important elements used in this setting are: imitation of Gregorian chant; imitation of fanfares and trumpet sounds;pronunciation of consonants as if they were syllables; use of irregular meters; imitation of Salsa and Tango rhythms; dy-namic contrasts achieved through soloists singing serene sections, and others full of enthusiasm; and the use of whisperingaccompanied by engaging rhythmic movement, a main element of the composer's style.

Confitemini Domino

Give praise to the Lord upon the harp, play upon the ten-stringed psaltery.Sing to Him a new song, sing skillfully with a strong voice.

V. New Romantics

A Prayer of the Middle Ages Howard Hanson

Though his parents were Swedish immigrants, Howard Hanson (1896-1981) was a son of the Midwest. He is unabashedlyromantic, and his Scandanavian heritage is often heard in his vast musical outpouring. Hanson's choral miniature, A Prayerof the Middle Ages, includes many of his compositional fingerprints. The piece opens in a declamatory style, moving fromclose harmony to simple unisons. He utilizes counterpoint and homophonic techniques, never letting the notes get in the wayof the text. As the score winds down, Hanson hands his final themes to each section of the choir before the final chords sound.This score is definitive Hanson, containing lush harmony, an excellent use of his craft, and an outpouring of sentiment.

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A Prayer of the Middle Ages

We declare unto all the agesas the greatest marvel,Ere there were hills and treesor the mighty ocean,Ere the sunlight shone forthor the moon cast its beams,When naught was, from end to end,There wert Thou, 0 God, Thou almighty God,From time unknown to time unknown, Eternal God,Thou who madest Heaven and Earth,Give to us wisdom, prudence and strength,Give through Thy holy blessing Faith unendingThat Thy will we may do.Amen.

--Poem from the 8th Century, English version by James Francis Cooke

Program note by Matthew Culloton

Two Motets William Hawley

New Yorker William Hawley's luxuriant Two Motets were written in 1984 for the Gregg Smith Singers. He writes: ''Theartistic impetus for this work was an abiding interest of mine in bringing the words of ancient authors to a modem sensi-bility by means of capturing the resonances of the original language, and clothing them in new harmonies, thus allowingthe universally human aspects of the poetry to speak anew to our own time." Himself a singer, Hawley's music is asgracious for the voice as it is for the ear. He's also a sensitive linguist, rare among composers in that he translates his ownLatin texts. He writes, ''These poems by the Roman lyric poets Ausonius and Petronius Arbiter were evocative of a<ertain ethos close to my own at the time."

Mosella

What color that shoal, with the late shadows banished byHesperus, and verdure filling the hills of the Moselle!Everything floats, rippling together in motion, the distantvine-leaf trembles, and the grape swells in the glittering water.

--Austonius (310-395 A.D.)

Te vigilans oculis

My eyes watch for you, by night my soul desires you,alone and overcome, my limbs tossing in bed.I have seen myself with you, in the imagination of sleep:in dreams you appear- if only you would truly come to me.

-- Petronious Arbiter (20?-66 A.D.)(translations by William Hawley)

Sonnet No. LXIV (In memoriam 9/11/01) Dominick Argento

Dominick Argento was in Italy when terrorists attacked America in September, 2001. A Minnesota friend emailed a Shakespearesonnet to him. "It seems as if it'd been written for the occasion," Argento says of the poem which struck him with its lines,"When sometime lofty towers I see down rased ... !Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate/That time will come and take mylove away." Argento says, "Shakespeare gets at the universal emotion of fearing to lose what you most love. With words thisheautiful and crucial, my task as a composer was simply to make them as understandable as possible." The Moscow Conser-

.tory Chamber Choir premiered Sonnet No. LXIV (In Memoriam 9/11/01) last August at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis duringthe Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music.

Sonnet No. LXIV (In Memoriam 9/11/01)

When I have seen by Time's fell hand defac'dThe rich-proud cost of outworn buried age;When sometimes lofty towers I see down-ras'd;.And brass eternal, slave to mortal rage:When I have seen the hungry ocean gainAdvantage on the kingdom of the shore,And the finn soil win of the wat'ry main,Increasing store with loss, and loss with store;When I have seen such interchange of state,Or state itself confounded to decay;Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminateThat Time will come and take my love away.This thought is as a death, which cannot chooseBut weep to have that which it fears to lose.

--William Shakespeare

VI. American Folk and Spirituals

She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain Emma Lou Diemer

Here's a quartet of old friends, both personal and musical, to round out the program; The first three were written for the DWS.The tune Emma Lou Diemer chose to set, "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain," is one most American school kids learn,but few know this was originally an African American spiritual. The original was titled "When the Chariot Comes," but wasadapted by railroad work gangs out West in the roaring 1890's.

Deep RiverThe Road Home

Carol BarnettStephen Paulus,_

Carol Barnett and Stephen Paulus are both former composers-in-residence with the DWS and still maintain close ties to thechoir. Barnett's arrangement of the spiritual "Deep River" is a popular number on the landmark DWS "Blue Wheat" CD.Initially uncertain how best to start her arrangement, Barnett was inspired by the serene opening of the second movement inBrahms' Violin Concerto.Stephen Paulus came across a melody last year called The Lone Wild Bird, an adaptation of the early-nineteenth centuryAmerican song Prospect. He also found several texts based on this tune, none of them quite right for the slightly melancholyair of the melody, so he commissioned a new lyric from his longtime collaborator, poet Michael Dennis Browne. With the oldtune married to new words, Paulus then advanced the whole with his innovative harmonies.

Hard Times Come Again No More Stephen FosterlMark Keller

Mark Keller became a friend of the DWS in the late '80s with his production and arrangements on the coveted "Rose inWinter" CD. A former member of the male choir Chanticleer, Keller is a pro at handling voices, as you'll hear in his vigorousarrangement of Stephen Foster's classic "Hard Times Come Again No More."

CITY IDGH SCHOOL CONCERT CHOIR

Soprano Samantha Willett Joy MacVey Jay Keyser Scott GarveyEmily Adamek Bridgette Young Lauren Miller Ian LeMaster Huk Hanrahan

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Ashley Norvelle Jay Leutner Alex HillNhitney Green Rosemary Pontarelli Rusty Licht Scott HoughtonRachel Allen-HolbrookCharissa Hamel Cora Allison-Schuppert

Stephanie Reinhold Jim Maher Arie HovenkampBrianna June Kathryn Ricke Ryan Polsley Jon HumstonMaria Koeppel

Julie Arnold Stephanie Schallau Owen Powell David MaherRebecca BarloonKim Kistler Jessica Bentley

Stephanie Smith Matt Taylor Kyle PhillipsAllie Ludvigson Willa Cmiel

Alecia Tank Drew Williams Garrett PrestegardAudrey Lusala Valerie Cobb

Shannon TriplettBass

Tony SchuttRachel Manuel Genny Countryman

Sarah VanDusseldorpAdam Bentley

Trey SkaugstadTheresa Parsons Lara Voigt Colin SwaneyKate Rethwisch

Megan Duffy Sally Wombacher GabeBurns Cullen YensMegan Riley

Hillary Harper AaronCilekAri Henke Tenor Kelsey Colbert

Whitney Ringen Natalie Lancial Kent Allen Dan D'LimaDanielle Rosenblum Danielle Lipsius Jeremy Brenneman Josh DeMuthLiz SofrankoEmma Stapleton

Katie Lynch Matt Fleming Mike Engelstad

Sara SzlembarskiRachel Lynch David Gelder Nate Forsythe

Abby WaltzKristina Marson Merritt Graves Jared GadsonJessica Maves

CITY IDGH SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIR

Soprano Alto Tenor BassRuth Bergman Megan McNulty Aaron Brummer Patrick BarryChristy Darner Jackie Messier Doug Bossen Jon Fell"lyssa Doolin Kristen Nerad Michael Covington Aaron Groveetsy Ellsmore Katie Peterson Will Hutchcroft Matt Mobily

Rachel Hileman Angie Rideout LeRoy McWallace Jason ReevesMckenzie McDonald Devin Seemuth Terrance Thames Chris SchultzAllyn Rodriguez Heaven Tutson Tom Willoughby Jon StensvaagJennifer Roth Claire Weatherford ErickZehr Curt SteyersLiz Vanderah Katie Wiegert

WEST HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT CHOIR

Soprano I Laila Mohamed Andrea Davis Rachel Jones BassIIshaAbreu Anne Myers Katie Deprenger Cindi Klein Tyler CarringtonKate Bevelacqua Kristin Protheroe Lynn Dobyns Lindsay Norland Brian JonesSkye Carrasco Megan Rohret Cori Doelle Abby Sheffield Nick KanellisAmy Curley Morgan Shank Linda HeIIstein Jenna Smalley Rob KeechJessica Myers Jenna Smith Emily Lewis Niki Vulgamott Ross NusserLisa Ortale Katie Snyder Tara Meade Ashley Yates Colin O'BrienAllison Shostrom Nancy Steinbach Amanda Mosier Barry Vaxter

Rachel Sutcliffe Katie Murphy Tenor I Ian WinklerSoprano II Bonnie Till Eva Schlesinger Shane CallahanKristin Aunan Rachel Shalla Paul Goodrich Bass IIRenee Boggess Alto I Amy Stout Robby Kemp Lucas AllenHeather Brumm Melissa Ammann Jeff Weomstock Jordan CannonKate Chase Kjersten Arthur Alto II Kyle EllisNatasha Haman Sarah Birrer Sara Coon Tenor II Dylan McDonald

bby Mangrich Rebecca Cohen Jane Ebot Adam Culver Jon MeadowsArona Mittal Caitie Collins Caitlyn Gillespie Kevin Kim Jacob SchmidtkeMelinda Moellers Erin Collins Courtney Hall Joffrey Mehr

Jamie Johnson Cody StoermerNate White

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Family. Concert SeriesHonor Roll Contributors

2002-2003$250 - $499A W Welt Ambrisco Insurance, Inc.Dean & Cheryl CarringtonW. Bryan & Virginia ClemonsDrug TownDan McGivernReck Violin ShopRobert & Bonnie SierkUS BankMarlin & Marcia VeatchThomas & Catherine Weingert

$100-$249Mark BrockmeyerBruce & Mary GantzMark & Marsha HamerKevin & Patricia HanickTim & Karen MavesMichael & Michelle MessierJames & Jaqueline SangsterCharles & Marilyn SkaugstadCurt & Nancy SteyersJames & Laura TuckerGary & LaDonna WicklundRobert & Jeannine Wiegert

$0 - $99Eleanor A. AndersonDarlene & Marvin Bergman .Heide & Charles BurschJoe & Trish CampanelliCam & Kathy CampbellChuarren Ke & Ying ChenJill CoffmanPeggy & David DoergeJason & Carol GehrsDon & Gae Ellyn GentzschJohn & Lori HamielDavid & Karen HarperThomas & Alice HaugenBetsy & John HensonRonald & Beverly HermanLu & Roger HilemanBradley & Jo Ann HindmanMichael & Sandra Daack-HirschOscar & Dolores JohnsonMonte & Mollie MartiGreg & Mary MaxwellHarvey & Sherri MillerTodd & Courtney NelsonRandy & Julie NesslerJim & Norma PantherDebby RobinJeri & Greg SmithJohn-Mark & Nancy StensvaagKaitlynn & D. Shawn VoigtCharles T. Williams & Bonnie D. RubinPam & Rick Zehr

Family Concert Series Upcoming EventsBARRAGE

April 17, 2003 7:30PMCurrently SOY OO! Watch for further information

CITY HIGH, OPSTAD AUDITORIUM"... Barrage, which puts a zing into the strings of violins, and Blast, with its twist on marching, continue the stage-spectacle line."

Los Angeles Times

U.S. AIR FORCE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA BANDMarch 1, 2003 7:30PM

WEST HIGH AUDITORIUM... known throughout the United States for its outstanding performances and recordings!

For more information or to order tickets, call 688-1359.Thank you for your support of The Family Concert Series!