grant us peace

Sunday Evening, April 12, 2015, at 8:30Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage

Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General DirectorJonathan Griffith, Co-Founder and Artistic Director

presents

GRANT US PEACEDistinguished Concerts Orchestra

Distinguished Concerts Singers International

WOLFGANG AMADEUS Mass in C major (“Coronation”), K.317MOZART I. Kyrie

II. GloriaIII. CredoIV. SanctusV. Benedictus

VI. Agnus DeiCATHERINE SAILER, DCINY Debut ConductorMEEAE NAM, SopranoCABIRIA JACOBSEN, Mezzo-sopranoNATHAN BIRD, TenorSTEVEN TAYLOR, Baritone

Brief Pause

RALPH VAUGHAN Dona Nobis PacemWILLIAMS I. Agnus Dei

II. Beat! Beat! Drums!III. ReconciliationIV. Dirge for Two VeteransV. The Angel of Death

VI. O Man Greatly BelovedTREY JACOBS, DCINY Debut Conductor MEEAE NAM, SopranoSTEVEN TAYLOR, Baritone

Intermission

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Inglemoor High School OrchestraJAMES RICE, Director

GUSTAV HOLST St. Paul’s Suite for String Orchestra, Op. 29, No. 2

I. Jig IV. Finale (the Dargason)

JACK JARRETT Serenade for StringsIII. Meditation

ERNEST BLOCH Concerto Grosso No. 1, for String Orchestra with Piano Obbligato

I. Prelude

Brief Pause

Inglemoor High School Wind EnsembleTED CHRISTENSEN, Director

WILLIAM CHERRY Dedicatory Fanfare

TIMOTHY MAHR Endurance

JULIUS FUčÍK The Florentiner (“Grande Marcia Italiana”)

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Notes ON THE PROGRAM

Mozart’s choices for how to set the“Coronation Mass” are clear. The Gloriaand Credo are set almost syllabically, withone syllable for every note and very fewtext repetitions. Mozart breaks up theGloria into its customary subdivisions byalternating the ensemble of soloists withthe chorus, without slowing down themomentum. The musical structure of theGloria is neatly rounded out into a largeA-B-A structure. He handles the Credo inthe same manner, except for the “Et incar-nates est,” the incarnation, passion, anddeath of Jesus where masses since theMiddle Ages have typically slowed downwith contrasting emotive music.

For the shorter movements Mozart gener-ally keeps up a pretty good clip. In theClassical period the Kyrie was generallyset as a stately opening number befitting

the dignity and importance of the mass.Mozart’s Kyrie is in keeping with thetradition. In the Sanctus the words“Hosanna in excelsis” surround the sub-division “Bene dictus,” which traditionallywas a place for slowing down with a soloensemble. Again, Mozart follows suit.

Like the Kyrie, the Agnus Dei is a textinvolving a three-part prayer. But whilethe Kyrie is a prayer of praise, the AgnusDei is an appeal for mercy. Mozart setsthe first two invocations of the AgnusDei into a long soprano aria, while thefinal invocation, ending “Dona nobispacem,” (Grant us peace) is an extendedreprise of the music of the Kyrie to unifythe entire mass setting.

—Program note by Joseph and ElizabethKahn

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Mass in C major(“Coronation”), K.317

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona Nobis Pacem

Ralph Vaughan Williams experiencedthe senseless brutality and carnage ofWorld War I first hand. Although nearly42, he enlisted and served as a wagonorderly with the Royal Army MedicalCorps in France and on the Salonika(Greece) front, later returning toFrance as an artillery officer.

In 1936, anguished at the palpablegathering clouds of another war, hecomposed Dona nobis pacem, in whichhe combined Latin liturgical materialwith biblical texts and modern vernac-ular poetry. He set to music three ofWalt Whitman’s antiwar poems, an

excerpt from John Bright’s famousspeech to the House of Commons dur-ing the Crimean war, (“The Angel ofDeath has been throughout the land”),culminating in a prayer for peace andbrotherhood, and interspersing themwith the invocative refrain “Donanobis pacem” by the soprano fourtimes during the course of the cantata.

The work opens with the soprano andchorus intoning the Agnus Dei, the finalsection of the ordinary of the CatholicMass. Vaughan Williams then begins theseries of violent contrasts he will makethroughout the work: gentle pleading,


Holst completed the St. Paul’s Suite in1913 in thanks to the St. Paul’s Girls’School for providing him with a largesoundproof room for his work. Thisnew studio sported double windows,two pianos, and central heating!Tonight’s program features the firstand final movements from this suite.

The first movement begins with arobust Jig. The final movement,Dargason is introduced very softly,then cellos enter playing the beautifulGreen sleeves and the two folksongsare played together.

—James Rice

GUSTAV HOLST St. Paul’s Suite for String Orchestra, Op. 29,No. 2

gut-wrenching anguish, portrayal of thebrutality of war, and despair.

Whitman’s grim and powerful “Beat!Beat! Drums!” follows without pause,sung by the chorus. Like the drums ofwar, this harsh setting cancels out allother aspects of normal life. Descendingchromatic lines like extended sighs com-bine with the percussive pounding ofthe orchestra.

The contrasting second movement,Whitman’s “Reconciliation,” for bari -tone and chorus, is a heart-wrenchingdepiction of the impact of war on theindividual—after the all-consumingdrums have fallen silent—centeringaround the most moving words “Formy enemy is dead, a man divine asmyself is dead!” There follows againthe soprano’s gentle plea “Donanobis pacem.”

The “Dirge for two veterans” is proba-bly Whitman’s most moving and des-perate condemnation of war. Althoughpenned in response to the ravages ofthe American Civil War, his lines all too

aptly fitted World War I as well.Vaughan Williams actually had com-posed this movement as a separatework a quarter century earlier but ithad never been published or performedbefore its incorporation into Donanobis pacem, where it fits all too wellwith the looming inevitability of anotherwar. His emotions are palpable in theslow funereal march, projecting thesense of doom.

Bright’s famous speech opens the finalsection, declaimed by the baritone oversparse orchestra. Following these fewlines the invocation is shrieked out bythe chorus and soprano as if in terror.The compilation of biblical verses begin-ning with Jeremiah progresses fromdespair to a transcendent combinedprayer and statement of faith in thekingdom of God—perhaps the only truepeace. As if to mirror the renewed senseof hope, the soprano’s final invocation,supported by a cappella chorus, is trans-formed into a gentle uplifting melody.

—Program note by Joseph and ElizabethKahn

Meditation is an exceptionally lyricalwork taken from Jarrett’s Serenade forStrings. The engaging harmonies, slow de -velopment, and full breadth of expressive

opportunities allow our orchestra to strivefor the highest levels of musicianship.

—James Rice

JACK JARRETT Serenade for Strings


Concerto Grosso No. 1 was composedduring 1925 and 1926 and is scoredfor string orchestra with piano obbli-gato in four movements. The contrast-ing timbres of the strings and the pianosuggest the Baroque figured bass andthe texture is generally contrapuntaland actually polytonal. In the Prelude

the melodic material is often shortand motivic. This piece wonderfullycontrasts the Baroque compositionaltechniques with the 20th-centurytechniques of polytonal clashes andpolymetric shifts.

—James Rice

ERNEST BLOCH Concerto Grosso No. 1, for StringOrchestra with Piano Obbligato

Dedicatory Fanfare by contemporarycomposer William Cherry follows thetraditional purpose of this type of com-position: to introduce an instrumentalperformance. Fanfares are also wellknown for their use in military bands inthe United States to announce thearrival of the president, a general, or

other high-ranking dignitaries. Thisparticular fanfare is very contemporaryin sound, with rich harmonies, variousstyles, and broad melodic lines, yet itmanages to maintain the pomp and cir-cumstance of the traditional fanfare.

—Ted Christensen

WILLIAM CHERRY Dedicatory Fanfare

Endurance, by composer TimothyMahr (b. 1956 ), is a reflection on theinfinite endurance of the human spirit,the religious spirit and the spirit of theearth. Initial inspiration for this workcame from a book of the same title byAlfred Landsing, documenting theamazing story of the ill-fated expedi-tions of the Antarctic explorer SirEdward Shackelton in 1914. His shipthe Endurance became ice-bound andeventually sank, stranding Shackelton

and his crew of 27. They survived for15 months exposed to the unrelenting,dangerous Antarctic weather and mirac-ulously lived to tell the tale. Thestrength of character by these men inenduring incredible hardships is trulyawe-inspiring. All three spirits—human,religious, and earth—are intertwined inthis amazing story of human survivalagainst all odds.

—Ted Christensen

TIMOTHY MAHR Endurance

Composer Fučík (1872–1917) wasamong the brightest jewels in windband composers. Anyone associatedwith wind band music would haveinstant recognition of Fučík and hisparticular style. In his short, brilliantcareer during which he served as

bandmaster to the 86th HungarianInfantry Regiment at Budapest, Fučíkdeveloped his own wide-ranging styleof writing marches. This was a popu-lar dual profession among bandmas-ters amidst the ongoing nationalismflourishing in Europe. Thus, it is not

JULIUS FUCÍK The Florentiner (“Grande Marcia Italiana”)ˇ


surprising to find a Hungarian writinga grand Italian march and outdoing

many of Italy’s own composers!—Ted Christensen

Texts AND TranslationsMass in C major (“CoronationMass”), K.317WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

I. KyrieKyrie eleison.Christe eleison.Kyrie eleison.

II. GloriaGloria in excelsis Deo,Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.Laudamus te. Benedicimus te.Adoramus te. Glorificamus te.Gratias agimus tibi propter magnamgloriam tuam.

Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, DeusPater omnipotens.Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe.Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris,Qui tollis peccata mundi,miserere nobis.Qui tollis peccata mundi,suscipe deprecationem nostram.Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris,miserere nobis.Quoniam tu solus Sanctus. Tu solusDominus.

Tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe.Cum Sancto Spiritu,in gloria Dei Patris.Amen.

III. CredoCredo in unum Deum,Patrem omnipotentem,factorem coeli et terrae,visibilium omnium et invisibilium.Et in unum Dominum,Jesum Christum,Filium Dei unigenitum,Et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula.

Lord have mercy.Christ have mercy.Lord have mercy.

Glory to God in the highest,And on earth peace to men of good will.We praise you, we bless you.We adore you, we glorify you.We give thanks to you for your great

glory.Lord God, heavenly King, God the

Father Almighty.Lord, the only begotten son, Jesus Christ.Lord God, lamb of God, son of the Father,You who takes away the sins of the world,have mercy on us.You who takes away the sins of the world,hear our prayers.You who sits at the right hand of the Father,have mercy on us.For you alone are holy. You alone are

Lord.You alone, Jesus Christ, are Most High.Together with the Holy Spirit,in the glory of God the Father.Amen.

I believe in one God,the Father almighty,Creator of heaven and earth,and all things seen and unseen.And in one Lord,Jesus Christ,the only begotten son of God,born of the Father before all ages.


Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine,Deum verum de Deo vero.Genitum, non factum,consubstantialem Patri:per quem omnia facta sunt.Qui propter nos homineset propter nostram salutemdescendit de coelis.Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sanctoex Maria Virgine:Et homo factus est.Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub PontioPilato:

passus, et sepultus est.Et resurrexit tertia die,secundum Scripturas.Et ascendit in coelum:sedet ad dexteram Patris.Et iterum venturus estcum gloria judicare vivos et mortuos.Cujus regni non erit finis.Et in Spiritum Sanctum,Dominum et vivificantem:Qui ex Patre Filioque procedit.Qui cum Patre, et Filio simul adoraturet conglorificatur:Qui locutus est per Prophetas.Et unam, sanctam, catholicamet apostolicam ecclesiam.Confiteor unum baptismain remissionem peccatorum.Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorumet vitam venturi saeculi.Amen.

IV. SanctusSanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,Dominus Deus Sabaoth.Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.Osanna in excelsis.

V. BenedictusBenedictus qui venitin nomine Domini.Osanna in excelsis.

VI. Agnus DeiAgnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,miserere nobis.Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,dona nobis pacem.

God of Gods, Light of Lights,true God of true Gods.Begotten not made,of one being with the Father:by whom all things were made.Who for all menand for our salvationcame down from heaven.And was made flesh by the Holy Spiritof the Virgin Mary:And was made man.He was crucified also for us by Pontius

Pilate:died, and was buried.And on the third day He rose againaccording to the Scriptures.And he ascended into heaven,and sits at the right hand of the Father.And he will come againin glory to judge the living and the dead.Of His kingdom there will be no end.And I believe in the Holy Spirit,Lord and giver of life:Who continues with the Father and the Son.Who with the Father and the Sontogether is worshipped and glorified:Who was spoken of by the Prophets.And in one holy, universal, and apostolic church.I acknowledge one baptismfor the remission of sins.And I await the resurrection of the deadand life everlasting.Amen.

Holy, holy, holy,Lord God of hosts.Heaven and earth are filled with your glory.Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comesin the name of the Lord.Hosanna in the highest.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins ofthe world, have mercy on us.Lamb of God, who takes away the sins ofthe world, grant us peace.


Dona nobis pacemRALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

I. Agnus DeiAgnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem(Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world grant us peace)

II. Beat! Beat! Drums!Beat! beat! drums! – blow! bugles! blow!Through the windows – through doors – burst like a ruthless force,Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation,Into the school where the scholar is studying;Leave not the bridegroom quiet – no happiness must he have now with his bride,Nor the peaceful farmer any peace, ploughing his field or gathering his grain,So fierce you whirr and pound you drums – so shrill you bugles blow.

Beat! beat! drums! – blow! bugles! blow!Over the traffic of cities – over the rumble of wheels in the streets;Are beds prepared for sleepers at night in the houses? no sleepers must sleep in those beds,No bargainers bargains by day – no brokers or speculators – would they continue?Would the talkers be talking? would the singer attempt to sing?Would the lawyer rise in the court to state his case before the judge?Then rattle quicker, heavier drums – you bugles wilder blow.

Beat! beat! drums! – blow! bugles! blow!Make no parley – stop for no expostulation,Mind not the timid - mind not the weeper or prayer,Mind not the old man beseeching the young man,Let not the child's voice be heard, nor the mother's entreaties,Make even the trestles to shake the dead where they lie awaiting the hearses,So strong you thump O terrible drums – so loud you bugles blow. (Walt Whitman)

III. ReconciliationWord over all, beautiful as the sky,Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage must in time be utterly lost,That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly softly wash again, and ever

again, this soil'd world:For my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself is dead,I look where he lies white-faced and still in the coffin—I draw near,Bend down and touch lightly with my lips the white face in the coffin. (Walt Whitman)Dona nobis pacem

IV. Dirge for Two VeteransThe last sunbeamLightly falls from the finish'd Sabbath,On the pavement here, and there beyond it is looking,Down a new-made double grave.

Lo, the moon ascending,Up from the east the silvery round moon,Beautiful over the house-tops, ghastly, phantom moon,Immense and silent moon.

I see a sad procession,And I hear the sound of coming full-key’d bugles,


All the channels of the city streets they are flooding,As with voices and with tears.

I hear the great drums pounding,And the small drums steady whirringAnd every blow of the great convulsive drums,Strikes me through and through.

For the son is brought with the father,In the foremost ranks of the fierce assault they fell,Two veterans son and father dropt together,And the double grave awaits them.

And nearer blow the bugles,And the drums strike more convulsive,And the daylight o'er the pavement quite has faded,And the strong dead-march enwraps me.

In the eastern sky up-buoying,The sorrowful vast phantom moves illumin'd,'Tis some mother’s large transparent face,In heaven brighter growing.

O strong dead-march you please me! O moon immense with your silvery face you soothe me! O my soldiers twain! O my veterans passing to burial! What I have I also give you.

The moon gives you light,And the bugles and the drums give you music,And my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans,My heart gives you love. (Walt Whitman)

V. The Angel of DeathThe Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear thebeating of his wings. There is no one as of old…to sprinkle with blood the lintel andthe two side-posts of our doors, that he may spare and pass on. (John Bright)Dona nobis pacemWe looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan; the whole land trembled at thesound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured theland…and those that dwell therein…The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved…Is there no balm in Gilead?; is there no physician there? Why then is not the healthof the daughter of my people recovered? (Jeremiah 8:15–22)

VI. O Man Greatly BelovedO man greatly beloved, fear not, peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. (Daniel 10:19)

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former…and in this placewill I give peace. (Haggai 2:9)

Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.And none shall make them afraid, neither shall the sword go through their land.

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.


Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven. Open to me the gates of righteousness, I will go into them. Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled; and let

them hear and say, it is the truth. And it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues.

And they shall come and see my glory. And I will set a sign among them, and theyshall declare my glory among the nations.

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain beforeme, so shall your seed and your name remain for ever.

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men. (Adaptedfrom Micah 4:3, Leviticus 26:6, Psalms 85:10 and 118:19, Isaiah 43:9 and56:18–22, Luke 2:14)�Dona nobis pacem

Catherine Sailer, director of choralstudies at the University of Denver, con-ducts the Lamont Chorale, LamontWomen’s Chorus, and the Evans Choir.She is also the associate conductor ofthe Colorado Ballet Orchestra. She wasnamed the winner of the Robert ShawFellowship in 2005, chosen by ChorusAmerica and supported by WarnerBrothers and the National Endowmentfor the Arts. Ms. Sailer won first place

at the American Choral Director’sAssociation Conducting Competition.

Ms. Sailer has collaborated as conduc-tor or chorus master with singersWilliam Warfield, Marilyn Horne, andJosh Groben, and conductors BramwellTovey, Ed Spanjaard, Eric Whitacre,Victor Yampolsky, Marius Szmolij,Stephen Alltop, David Amram, TanDun, David Fanshawe, and MarinAlsop and prepared choruses for per-formances with the Dallas SymphonyOrchestra, New York Philharmonic,Colorado Symphony Orchestra, andCheyenne Symphony Orchestra. Otherconducting credits include the AtlantaSymphony Chorus and Orchestra, theNortheastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic,Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, BeijingSymphony Orchestra, the NationalOpera of China, the Cabrillo Festival ofContemporary Music Orchestra, andCentral City Opera. Ms. Sailer has beena conducting fellow with the DaleWarland Singers, the Kansas City Chorale,

THE ArtistsCATHERINE SAILER, DCINY Debut Conductor


the Chicago Symphony Chorus, theCarnegie Hall Workshop Chorus, andthe Orchestra of St. Luke’s.

Ms. Sailer received the doctor of musicwith honors in conducting from North -western University and the bachelor andmaster of music degrees in piano per-formance and conducting from theUniversity of Denver. Further studies werewith Helmuth Rilling at the Oregon BachFestival and Leonard Slatkin at theNational Conducting Institute with theNational Symphony Orchestra. Priorappointments have been as music directorof the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra,and associate conductor of the Cheyenne

Symphony Orchestra and the DenverYoung Artists Orchestra. She is an activeguest and festival conductor for choir andorchestra and her collegiate ensembleshave appeared at Colorado MusicEducator’s Association and Southwestdivisional conferences of the AmericanChoral Director’s Association. Ms. Saileralso gives conducting master classes forthe Sing a Mile High Choir Festival andhas presented sessions for CMEA andACDA. She is currently the state chair forCollegiate Repertoire and Standards forACDA, and was selected by ACDA torepresent the Southwest division on theInternational Choral Exchange Programto Shanghai, China.

MeeAe Nam, soprano, acclaimed byGerman Passauer Presse (“…sings easy,flawless and effortlessly expressive”) hasappeared as guest artist with the ColoradoSymphony, Boulder Philharmonic, NeussChamber Orchestra, Newport Symphony,Colorado Summer Music Festival, DenverPhilharmonic, Baroque Chamber Orches -tra of Colorado, the American LisztSociety, Boulder Bach Festival, ViandenInternational Music Festival, and Franz -iskanerkirche Concert Series during theSalzburg Music Festival, among manyother ensemble groups and festivalsthroughout the world. Known for hermusical versatility, sensitivity, and gen-uine interpretation, she has establisheda reputation in a wide variety of musicincluding early music, chamber music,oratorio, and stage works, and as arecitalist. She has performed and pre-miered music written for her, and par-ticipated in many artistic collaborationswith living composers such as JosephDorfman (one act opera Shulamith forsoprano and percussion), David Mullikin,David Kirtley, Daniel Welcher, andJames Mobberly, among others. Herperformances of Georgy Kurtag’s Kafka

Fragmente for soprano and violin hasreceived remarks by Colorado RockyMountain News: “…challenging music….Nam soared through it brilliantly, butbrought that necessary degree of dramaticinvolvement as well—it was first-rate.”In addition to her worldwide performanceschedule, Dr. Nam has developed a well-deserved reputation as an importantscholar of rare French song literature ofThéodore Gouvy. The first CD Songs ofGouvy, was released in September 2014on Toccata Classics. Dr. Nam holdsdegrees from University of Colorado at

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Boulder and Sookmyung University,Seoul, South Korea, and is professor of

voice at Eastern Michigan University.(More about Dr. Nam: meeaenam.com.)

Mezzo-soprano Cabiria Jacobsen waspraised for her “mezzo of richness andpower” by Opera Magazine (UK).Most recently Ms. Jacobsen sang therole of The Fox in Rachel Portman’sinspiring opera The Little Prince, withOpera Fayetteville. In 2014 Ms. Jacobsenreturned to the Bronx Opera to per-form the role of Julia in the East Coast

premiere of Kirke Mechem’s The Rivals.With the little OPERA theatre of NewYork she appeared as Ernestina inRossini’s Opportunity Makes the Thief,and reprised the role of Cherubino in Lenozze di Figaro with Salt Marsh Opera.

Formerly a resident artist at Tri-CitiesOpera, she performed several rolesthere, including Dorabella in Così fantutte, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, andNicklausse in Les contes d’Hoffman onthe main stage, as well as Hansel inHänsel und Gretel; La Ciesca in GianniSchicchi; and Mom and Grandma inLittle Red Riding Hood in their cham-ber opera and outreach series. Ms.Jacobsen was a young artist at VirginiaOpera, Opera North, and Opera NewJersey. She appeared in concert with theGarden State Philharmonic, the Green -wood Music Festival, and the GrandCanyon Music Festival, and in recital inBoston and New York.

CABIRIA JACOBSEN, Mezzo-soprano

Tenor Nathan Bird is a performer, voiceteacher, and concert producer based inthe Twin Cities. He has sung withCantus, and performed at GuthrieTheater, Minnesota Opera, and withthe Minnesota Orchestra. He earnedhis Vocal Performance degree fromUniversity of Northwestern–St. Pauland completed a master of music degreein voice from Lamont School of Musicat Denver University. Mr. Bird has alsoperformed solo roles internationally inopera and on the concert stage. Careerhighlights include recording a disc ofGerman lieder with the guitarists of theDenver-based Massif Trio, and creating

NATHAN BIRD, Tenor


the role of Lucentio in the world pre-miere of Efrain Amaya’s La Bisbeticain Italy. Equally comfortable singingopera, musical theater, or choralworks, Mr. Bird pursues a schedule fullof variety. His most recent opera andoratorio experience has included twoworld premieres in the past year. First,last December introduced his NorrSoundTenor Trio with Aleks Knezevich (Dr.Jekyl; Jekyl and Hyde national tour)and David Walton, (MN Opera resident

artist) singing his original arrangementsof holiday favorites. Second, last Septem -ber Mr. Bird performed in a chamberdance opera entitled Test Pilot by JocelynHagen and Penny Freeh. Other roles in -clude Ferrando in Così fan tutte (2014),Thomas in Lamb of God (2014), TenorSoloist in Dubois’ Seven Last Words(2013), Obadiah in Elijah (2010), andTamino in Die Zauberflöte (2010). Mr.Bird currently resides in Northeast Min -neapolis with his wife and three children.

Currently serving as the dean of theSchool of Music at Colorado ChristianUniversity, baritone Steven Taylor isknown to audiences throughout theRocky Mountain region both for hisbeautiful, expressive singing and hisdramatic interpretations.

Mr. Taylor is a graduate of the LamontSchool of Music at the University ofDenver. His versatile singing careerranges from opera and oratorio, tomusical theater, gospel, and jazz.Appearing with major symphoniesthroughout the west, he has also beenseen onstage with Central City Opera,Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Boulder’sDinner Theatre, Crested Butte Theatre,Aspen Theatre, and Opera Colorado.

Current and most recent engagementsinclude The Orchestra Games with theArapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra;Carmina Burana with the JeffersonSymphony; several collaborations withthe Denver Brass, including the NationalWestern Stock Show’s presentation of AnEvening with the Dancing Horses; TheLife of Brahms with the resident conduc-tor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra,Scott O’Neil; several selections of CharlesIves for voice and wind band with theUNC Wind Ensemble; Estaban in En Mis

Palabras with the Central City OperaOutreach Program; and Frederick inSondheim’s A Little Night Music withOpera Theatre of the Rockies last June.

As a member of the internationallyacclaimed gospel quartet LEGACY,with seven CDs to their credit, Mr.Taylor has performed concert tours inAustralia, Canada, Cuba, and SouthKorea; and most recently performed asthe barbershop quartet in The MusicMan with Colorado Christian University.

Upcoming performances yet this springinclude Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony,and three separate engagements ofBrahms’ German Requiem.

STEVEN TAYLOR, Baritone


Trey Jacobs is director of choirs atHead Magnet School in Nashville,Tennessee. He most recently served asthe artistic director for the Turtle CreekChorale since August 2011. The TurtleCreek Chorale, a 225-voice men’s cho-rus, have performed extensively in theUnited States and Europe. They haveperformed at three National ACDAConventions and have more than 30recordings. Before arriving in Dallas,Mr. Jacobs was assistant professor anddirector of choral activities for fouryears at Eastern Michigan University.While at Eastern Michigan University,his choirs performed at the MichiganACDA Convention and for the MichiganMusic Educators Conference. Mr. Jacobshas completed his coursework on adoctor of musical arts in choral con-ducting from Michigan State Universityin East Lansing, a master of music degreefrom Southwestern Baptist TheologicalSeminary in Fort Worth, and a bachelorof music education degree from EastCarolina University in Greenville. At

Michigan State University he was theconductor of the Michigan State Uni -versity Women’s Glee Club and was thegraduate teaching assistant with theMichigan State University Chorale andChoral Union. Mr. Jacobs was directorof choral activities at Winter Park HighSchool in Winter Park, Florida, for 11years. While at Winter Park High School,his choirs consistently received “Superior”ratings at district and state MusicPerformance Assessments (MPAs). Hischoirs performed for three differentAmerican Choral Directors AssociationState Conventions and for the NationalACDA Convention in San Diego,California. He conducted his choirsthree times at Carnegie Hall. Mr.Jacobs was a founding director of theOrlando Children’s Chorus and was co-conductor of the Bach Children’s Choirat Rollins College, conductor for theOrlando Concert Chorale, and conductorof the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra’sHoliday Choir. He has conducted theFlorida All-State High School Women’sChorus, 7–8 Mixed Chorus, WashingtonAll-State High School Treble Chorus,honor choirs in Florida, New York, NorthCarolina, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas,and has adjudicated in Colorado, Florida,Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, and Mi -ssouri. Mr. Jacobs has presented interestsessions at the Florida Music EducatorsAssociation Conventions, MichiganMusic Conference, Michigan VocalAssociation Summer Conference, and theNorthwest Division ACDA Conventions.Mr. Jacobs is an active member of ACDA,NAfME, NATS, and MTVA and main-tains a private voice studio.

TREY JACOBS, DCINY Debut Conductor


DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS SINGERS INTERNATIONAL

Calvary Baptist Church of Denver – Calvary Choir (CO), Kevin T. Padworski, DirectorCanticum Novum, Stellenbosch (South Africa), Louis van der Watt, DirectorColorado Christian University Singers (CO), David Kates, DirectorDenver North High School Choir (CO), Katy Lushman, DirectorEast Troy High School Camerata (WI), Rodger Trader, DirectorItasca Community Chorus (MN), Sam Evans, DirectorMt. Carmel High School Festival Choir (CA), Marti Martinez, DirectorNorth East High School Chorus (PA), Melissa M. Heitzenrater-Beichner, DirectorOrono High School Choir (MN), Nichole Brenna & Shannon McCauley, DirectorsPlymouth-Canton Educational Park Festival Singers (MI), Jennifer L. Neumann, DirectorSaline High School Chamber Choir (MI), Sarah Price, DirectorSandy High Symphonic Choir (OR), Bruce Scarth, DirectorSt. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church Choir (CO), Donald Billings, DirectorTempus Choral Society (Canada), Brian Turnbull, DirectorWilliamsville East High School Chorale (NY), Maureen J. Reilly, DirectorAnd Individual Singers from around the globe

PERFORMING ARTS PARTNERS

DCINY would like to thank our Performing Arts Partners, who, with their financial support,have made this performance possible.

Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Afolabi AdelakunEllen AdleJonathan AdsitCheyenne Allen-

RamirezMarcia AndersonMegan AndersonJennifer AndreacolaMichael AndrewAshley AntonenkoLauren Apostol-

LayusAlexia Ayala-RamseurMuanfun BaesakulEthan BakerElizabeth BamfordSarah BarboliniMaryann BartosMatthew BartowAnne BassettJeremy BeichnerMelissa BeichnerMark BendicksonMichael BenedictAdrienne BennettMalia BennettJean BergersonColette BevlaquaRobert BillinDonald J. BillingsEden Birenbaum

Amaya Bisabarros-Hudoc

Lindsey BischelRebeccah BittmanGrace BloomquistMarcelle BoshoffKaylee BosseRihana BoulanouarNichole BrennaDennis BriscoeGeorgia BriscoeMikey BrooksJohanna BrownHannah BuccholzSimran BudhwaniEmily BudlongJallene Lesly BuetaGeorgia BurgeCeciel BurgerSuria BurgerMattie BurnsGeorge Michelle

ButlerChristian CabalozaMark CahowJessica CamarataSean CanavanMary ChadderXenia ChiarabiniGrace ChristiansenLauren ChristiansenOlivia Collins

Erik ComanChristie ConnellyTyler ConnorsCorine CorryGianna CosciaMichael CovelliBrielle Crane-San

AntonioEmily CrileShannon CrosbySandra CroweJean CyronekConnie DaigleKalvin DanielsonMichael DaschSamantha DegenRyan DeMersDonna DerbyCecilia de WetMarli de WetNicola de WetCarlos DiazEmily DiehlCecile DienerLeah DiPasqualeWilliam DittrichAndrea DoaCarolyn DonovanTim DonovanMichael DoucetteElizabeth DrostAlexa Druckmiller

Ed DuncanKristy DurhamEmma EastmanGrace EberleNatalie EdelineEmily EicholdMadaline EngelbergEmily EvansKathy EvansLenora EvansSamuel EvansKimberly FadnerJessica FalkMcKenna FarmerMcKenzie FarwellRachel FayAustin FelskeAndrew FerrandinoMarilyn FethAlice FirstJohanna FlenderKira FosterHallie FoxCarter FrancisTaylor FriedmanAnnie FuelleTheodore FurnivalAbigail GartonLeanne GehrkeBrendan GenawAndrew GodellChristopher Grapis


Adré GreeffLise-Marie Greeff-

VilletEllen GreetLiam GreinerHannah GronbergMackenzie GrosseGrace GrotheKevin GustafsonTesha Gutierrez

MaldonadoGarret HaggardKira Tianna HallEthan HanksScott HarmonShylee HarrisCora HassbergerJoshua HechtDonna HeckelKatie HeiseCarla HendershotPiper HenningsLeeann HerdAlexander HintzErin HortonPaige HowarthAnnika HowlandTyler HoytClaire HrusovksyClark HudecKatlynn HuntSue HutchinsKallie IvesLinda JaggerTom JaggerNoelle JasperDerek JenningsChristian JohnsonFrans-Hendrik

JoubertJennifer KallenbachAnna KauppiAshleigh KaytonJillian KeddieMary KeefeMaddie KeithMareli KellermanGeoff KelmBrooke KentJanet KerlinTarah-Jo KleinAndrew KleinmannAutumn KlickMadeline KlozikAdam KlugeMadeline KnappMalika KodialEthan KosekRebecca KrabillAnna Kresse

Liaan RudolfKritzinger

Carolyn KschischangKrista KuhnKevin KvernChristian KwisangaAnthony LafornaraLauren LandonErin LaniganAriana LapineAllison LapporteKelli LarsenAnthony LazzaroAllison LearmanSoleil LevregansJason LibrockMegan LichtenthalVaren LilleyAnna LitzenbergJoey LoJohn LoehrMeg LoehrMichelle LogueJocelynn LoJaconoDeAnna LongJustine LuceroSara LuebbertAusten LuetmerMaria LunnBrenda LuomaEmily LuptonTeola LutskerKathryn MacKenzieLindsey MaclayMolly MainSarah MaisonneueAmbriel ManchegoEmily ManuellMadeline MareeAlyssa MarineKelsey MartinMarti MartinezAnri MartisGeorge Frederik

Stephanus MarxMorgan MarxerTyler MarxerMichelle MatthiesJack MaxwellBrett McAllisterSamantha McAllisterCarly McCarthyShannon McCauleyAjeng McCunneyLily McKownDevon Mc NamaraAllison MengelNatalie MengelAshley MeyerBrett MeyerMichelle Michali

Stephanie MillanAnna MillerRobert MillerGretchen MillsAlexandra MitchellJacqueline MitchellSteven MooreCarol MorrillSara MortensenJustin MusePamela MusgroveFarris NabulsiJessica NarumLuis Narvaez-RamirezStephan NaudéElsa Petronella NelMaddy NewhouseBrian NewlonIsaac NewmanChris NingSummer NoelDanielle NortjéSamantha NortonAbigail NurseMarvin NygaardShannon O'KaneBrandy OchoaGert Immelman

OosthuizenQuentin OribelloKenny OrrSarah OstrowskiAbrahm Oxley-HaseSydney PaddockKevin PadworskiRachel PadworskiKaren PanasukAbigail ParrisAaron PattersonJeanette PattonKatherine PendletonMadison PetersNatalie PetersBrandon PetersonBrian PetersonSage PetrusaTrisha PickelhauptMadison PierzynskiAlyssa PinkertJohn PipeSara PitcherAlessandra PizzoCathy PlewesDeanna PogrebaMitchell PolkJulie PollockDerik PretoriusSarah PriceHailey PughLinda RafuseJaelyn Raiford

Joshua RaifordJared RedmanLeslie A ReeceNancy ReedDarcy ReichAnna Grace ReillyMaureen ReillyGrace ReinersSamuel RentschlerKathleen ReuterAlish ReyesVictoria ReynosoHannah RhodeCarter RichardsJoshua R. RichardsMaryanne RiedTiffany RihanaRoland RobbinsonElizabeth RodarmerHannah RohlDeborah RohrerLouis RoosMarlene Maria RossOlivia RothLily RyanRachel SalvatiArah SamuelsMary SaundersAnne ScalfaroBruce ScarthAdam SchachnerGrace SchaeferSam SchatmeyerLillian ScheskeJacquelyn SchlatmanPaul SchlatmanAliza SchneiderBill SchnellAmanda SchulerCara SchweitzerAmy SchwinckMatt SeigleKelby SellersErin SheaAnnika SherekJoseph SiagatonuPrerna SinghSovinder SinghBlake SkillenEzra SmithGrace SmithMaria Charlotte

SmithAlan SmitheeDanni SnyderCarver SquiersJonah StephensSophia SterlingJessica StevensonKyle StorandtJane Stringer


Violin IEmma ArnoldJanae ChanKatherine DiekemaMichael EclipseZhanpei FangJasmine HawkinsFrederick HuyanVictor HuyanGrace KimLeah MaroneJoe MatsuzawaCaitlin PankratzBenjamin PorterShreya ShahKane Tiedt-HensonKellee Xing

Violin IIJin Seong AhnAndrey ButenkoCarlos Cabullos

Kate ConditSabrina DoElizabeth GrabowskiMichelle GrowseMarcelina HenthornEthan HoffmanZiyan HuKara Lyons-

HammondRizelle MartinMichael PadernoAnna PietschJessica PrasetyoMegan SchuhCassandra StarrTong SuAditi TeriarHannah TreeceWilliam TresnonSarah VanlandinghamMayaka WimberleyZoe Young

ViolaPatrick BiIsabella CabullosRebecca CrawfordHanna DudsicGokul GowriThea LundMeghna ManojNathan MorganSharada NarayananFedor PolyanskiyJorge ReyesColin RobinsonErika SchoenhalsRiley SmithDanielle TeifkeAntonia Willnow

CelloEmma AtkinsonMax ChiangNa Young Chung

JoHanna FlahiffSerafina FortinerHeather HablewitzMonika HokeClara Hope SimpsonThomas HughesYuqing LiuMartin NeifertIngrid PonténClaire ShinnerChristian SoperAriel StiberStanley Wu

String BassNolan BushSarah GrabowskiForrest LlyrRyan Ritter-JonesStefan SmetkoTerra Strecker

INGLEMOOR HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA

PiccoloOlivia Cole

FluteJiwon SeoKatherine BechtelChristiane FlynnMadison RussellAidan PriceAllison TannerNatasha Van Damme

OboeMolly LieShachaf Zahavy-

MittelmanKirsten Merritt

ClarinetRosalind FarrellBenjamin CongdonGary WangSummer JohnstonHannah Eudy

Alyssa Johnsen-KroghSeong Hong

Bass ClarinetMaredith HeckelAdrienne KindschiBrandon Lane

Contra Alto ClarinetElizabeth Williamson

BassoonEmma ChristensenCameron PaulyRachel PetersonEdward Kesicki

Alto SaxophoneTaylor HayaseShelby ColeGarrison FarleyCierra Cameron

INGLEMOOR HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE

Aimee StuartMitchell SullivanAshley SummersJane SuterRyan SwinsonJohn SzczotkaLorraine TaitAlison TallenHannah TardiffLogan TennisKyleigh TerrisLize-Mari TheronPhilippus Francois

TheronAsia TholanderDelilah TholanderWhitney ThompsonJacob Thoreson

Dejana ThustonGeri TinoCooper TokarSalina TomlinsonRodger TraderBraydon TraskAliza TreberHannah TreberElena TrocheAlyson TufillaroKristina TunheimBrian TurnbullDavid TurnbullDalton TurnerSamuel TurnerAlexander UlatowskiTatiana ValentineEmma Valenza

Gideon van der WattMorgan VanOtterenGloria VargasElaina VeaseyLaura VegarDiana Velaquez-CruzMara VerkouterenCassandra VialpandoMarcel VilletRyan WagnerEthan WainwrightAmanda WalkerBrenna WayneAbigail WebbJoel WeberCatherine WeiPaige WeimerGarrett Weir

Daniel WeissJennifer WelchKaren WennenMadeline WhitmoreDagmar WilhelmElaine WilliamsElizabeth WilliamsClint WilmotCheyenne WilsonBridgid WojciecowskiAudrey WolfeEthan WolfKathryn YockeyJamie-Lea YoungRenisha YoungColby YuAngela Zielinski


Founded by Iris Derke (general direc-tor) and Jonathan Griffith (artisticdirector and principal conductor),Distinguished Concerts InternationalNew York is driven by passion, innova-tive vision, a total belief in its artists,and unwavering commitment to bring-ing forth unforgettable performer andaudience experiences. DCINY is a creative

producing entity with unmatched in -tegrity that is a talent incubator, a star-maker, and a presenter of broadlyaccessible, world-class musical enter-tainment. For more information aboutDistinguished Concerts InternationalNew York and upcoming DCINY musi-cal events around the world, pleasevisit: www.DCINY.org.

DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK

DCINY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General DirectorJonathan Griffith, Co-Founder, Artistic

Director, and Principal ConductorDanuta Gross, Director of Finance and

AdministrationKevin Taylor, Associate Director of Program

DevelopmentJason Mlynek, Program DevelopmentJames Meaders, Program DevelopmentNeil McDonald, Program Development

Andrea Macy, Marketing & PromotionsEdmundo Montoya, Production ManagerDeAnna Choi, Finance & AccountingEmily Nelson, Concert OperationsJoshua Grace, Program Development AssistantMaria Braginsky, Program Development

AssistantKayla Perconti, Marketing AssistantConnor Murphy-White, Intern

For press inquiries please contact Ms. Shira Gilbert at [email protected] or 212.707.8566 extension 316.

Tenor SaxophoneArko BanikAriana HibbardPaige Marler

Baritone SaxophoneHunter NieldAllison Johnson

TrumpetGrant GoheenDaniel NeifertSamina HelsleyRobert ZhouEdward YangMichael Lee

Tobin HansenMadeline VaughtNoelle SorichEvan Ponto

French HornGia-Angelica GoEmilie KlierKallie GreenshieldsLee-Way WangAnthony Kuykendall

TromboneMark OdendahlRebecca ConnerColin Rice

Devin RachelMatthew Hayes

BaritoneAnders SkogPhi NguyenAaron Rowley

TubaTristan WisontArthur Taylor

PercussionSoren StewartTimothy Marchello

Michael van derLinden

Tyler CouchSteven WrightAdam KrpanCharles BohlinHannah SvendsenStephen VaughtKendall HarrisBrandon PottsConner ReddickElizabeth SullivanRyan Treece

The Performing Arts Partners list includes names supplied by ensemble directors as of March 13, 2015.Any questions regarding missing or misspelled names should be addressed to the individual directors.


DCINY Concert SeriesPlease join us for one of our other events:

Monday Evening, April 13, 2015, at 7:00Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln CenterRing of Fire: Pacific SoundsAnthony Giles, DirectorFeaturing Distinguished Concerts Singers International Jim Rice and Ted Christensen, DirectorsInglemoor High School Wind Ensemble and Orchestra

Friday Evening, May 22, 2015, at 7:00Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallA High, Lonesome Bluegrass MassTim Sharp: Come Away to the Skies: A High, Lonesome Mass (New York Premiere)Tim Sharp, Composer/ConductorFeaturing The Chuck Nation Bluegrass Band and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Sunday Evening, May 24, 2015, at 8:30 Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallVerdi RequiemJonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal ConductorFeaturing Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Monday Evening, May 25, 2015, at 7:00 Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln CenterLife and Remembrance Mark Hayes: RequiemMark Hayes, Composer/ConductorPepper Choplin: Our Father: A Journey Through the Lord’s Prayer (New York Premiere)Pepper Choplin, Composer/Conductor Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Sunday Afternoon, June 7, 2015, at 2:00Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallRequiem à DeuxFauré: RequiemCraig Jessop, Conductor LaureateDuruflé: RequiemJonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal ConductorDinos Constantinides: Homage-A Folk Concerto for Flute and OrchestraIris Derke, FluteFeaturing Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Sunday Afternoon, June 14, 2015, at 2:00Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallFuture VibrationsMusic for Treble VoicesFrancisco Núñez, Guest ConductorFeaturing Distinguished Concerts Singers InternationalCentral Oregon Youth Orchestra Amy Goeser-Kolb, DirectorVancouver Pops SymphonyTom Kuo, Director


Friday Evening, November 20, 2015, at 7:00Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie HallDistinguished Concerts Artist SeriesThe Music of Dinos Constantinides

Sunday Afternoon, November 29, 2015, at 2:00Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallMessiah…Refreshed!Jonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal ConductorFeaturing Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Monday Evening, December 7, 2015, at 8:00Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie HallDistinguished Concerts Artist SeriesDeborah Popham, Soprano

For DCINY’s full season listing, visit DCINY.org.

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