Friday April 15, 2016Christ Church Cathedral

Nashville, Tennessee(christcathedral.org)

10th Annual BACHanaliaSacred Space for the City Arts Series

Celebrating Bach in expected and unexpected ways.

Welcome!This event was made possible by the generous donation of time, talent, and energy byThe Musicians.

Our deepest gratitude for the gift of their performances!

For everyone’s enjoyment, please observe these few requests:

• Please silence your cell phone and refrain from conversations in the entry halls.

• When exiting the nave, please use the LEFT FRONT door and BACK doors only, and exit only during performance breaks.

• Out of respect for the musicians, please do not exit between the front row and the performing space.

Also of note:• Bachanalia T-SHIRTS ($10), HATS and MUGS ($12) are available at the rear of the nave throughout the evening while supplies last.• FOOD & DRINK are available at nominal cost in the Parish Hall through the door at the LEFT front of the nave.• RESTROOMS are found through the LEFT front door of the nave, opposite the reception desk.

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NoW LET’S CELEBRATEJ.S. BACH!

Event CoordinatorSusan Dupont

Musical Coordination Carolyn & Joel Treybig

Food Ginny McCoy

Coordinator of Volunteers Sheri Sellmeyer

Stage Manager David Paine

Graphic Design Tal Howell

Virginia BaileyAmy Blackman Rosalind BordainHarry BrownMark BurnettAJ BuseSusan CanonFrances ChristianTeddie ClarkDede ClementsMaggie CoxDon DawsonGeorge Robin FosterSally GentryMary Jo GilmerLyonel GilmerAnn GwinEllen HackneySusan HilderbrandJack HillLinda Holt

We are profoundly grateful to

The Friends of the Cathedralwho have sponsored this event

with financial and in-kind donations.

our Community Partners

Mary Lawrence Breinig in memory of John Boyers Breinig, M.D.Horatio and Willie D. Buntin Foundation

Janet DaviesSusan and Bill Dupont in gratitude for tonight’s Musicians

Carl HaywoodLydia Howarth and Nick Zeppos

Anne KnauffJ. Edgar Lowe in memory of Lillian McKee Lowe

Bill and Sharon RionGeorgianna Russell

Dr. William and Barbara Russell in memory of Mabel KaneGary J. Smith, M.D. and Ann Evers, M.D.

Robert and Elaine SmythCarl Wall

organizers volunteersAnn Hopton Sally KanadayPaul LaddJere LaneCB LoftinDavid LoftinMelanie LutenbacherMary McCarthyStephen NelsonOphelia PaineCarol PercyRobert RichRussell Ries, JrSusan SchipaniJoe Schipani Dawn SeidenschwarzBetsy StubblefieldBeverly SummitCarolyn TreybigBen TurnageTish Womack

5 PMsponsored by

Carl Wall

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 PrestoThe Harp School, Inc. Harpistry EnsembleCarol McClure, Director

Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996 Prelude - Presto

Sarabande BourréeAmy Shafer, harp

Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 Sarabande CorrenteSamantha Schrecker, harp

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565Clara Warford, harp

Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150 Sinfonia Coro: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich Lord, I long for you. My God, I hope in you Let me not be put to shame, so that my

enemies will not rejoice over me. Aria: Doch bin und bleibe ich vergnügt Yet I am and remain content, although at the moment here may rage cross, storm and other trials, Death, H ell, and what is theirs. Though misfortune strike the true servant, Right is and remains eternally right. Coro: Leite mich in deiner Wahrheit Lead me in your Truth and teach me; for you are the God, who helps me, I await you daily. Aria: Zedern müssen von den Winden Cedars must, before the winds, often feel much hardship, often they will be destroyed. Place your words and deeds before God, Heed not what howls against you, Since his Word teaches otherwise. Coro: Meine Augen sehen stets zu dem Herrn My eyes gaze continually at the Lord; For he will draw my foot out of the net.

Coro: Meine Tage in dem Leide My days in suffering God will nevertheless end in joy; Christians upon the thorny pathways are led by Heaven’s power and blessing. If God remains my dearest treasure, I need not heed mankind’s cruelty; Christ, who stands by our side, Helps me daily fight to victory.

Vanderbilt University Symphonic ChoirTucker Biddlecombe, director

Andante from Flute Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030, trans. MeylanSonja Winkler, oboeWalter Bitner, harpsichord

Der Geist Hilft, BWV 226 Coro The Spirit gives aid to our weakness. For we do not know for what we should pray, what is proper; but the Spirit itself intercedes for us in the best way with unutterable sighs. He, however, who examines hearts, He knows what the Spirit’s intention is, since it intercedes for the saints according to that which pleases God. Chorale You holy fire, sweet comfort, now help us joyfully and confidently to remain constantly in Your service, although trouble is not driven away from us! O Lord, through Your strength prepare us and sharpen the dullness of the flesh, so that we might battle here nobly, pressing to you through death and life. Hallelujah, hallelujah!

Vanderbilt University ChoraleTucker Biddlecombe, director

Cellphones. silence you will!

6 PMsponsored by H. Carl Haywood

Komm, Jesu Komm, BWV 229 Chorus Come, Jesus, come, my body is weary, my strength wanes more and more, I long for Your peace; the sour path becomes too difficult for me! Come, come, I will yield myself to You, You are the true path, truth and life. Aria Therefore I enclose myself in Your Hands and say goodnight to you, world! Even though my lifetime rushes to its end, my spirit is nevertheless prepared. It shall soar with its Savior, since Jesus is and remains the true path to life. Nashville Symphony ChorusKelly Corcoran, director

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542Caitlin Dowling, organ

7 PMsponsored byLois Fyfe Music

Allegro from Trio Sonata No. 5 in C major, BWV 243Francis Perry, lutePolly Brecht, harpsichord

Seele deine Spezereien from The Easter Oratorio, BWV 249Claire Boling, sopranoCarolyn Treybig, fluteJoshua Coble, organ

Komm, süsser Tod from the Schemelli Songbook, BWV 478, arr. DouglasBassooneryKate Affainie, Patricia Gunter, Wilson Sharpe, Harold Skelton, Andrew Witherington, bassoons

Praeludium et Fuga in A minor, BWV 543Joshua Coble, organ

Sonata in G minor, BWV 1034 Adagio ma non tanto Allegro Andante AllegroWalter Bitner, recorderColleen Phelps, marimba

Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten from BWV 78 We hasten with weak, yet eager steps, O Jesus, o Master, to You for help. You faithfully seek the ill and erring. Ah, hear, how we lift up our voices to beg for help! Let Your gracious countenance be joyful to us!Lindsay Cunningham, sopranoMary Hewlett, mezzo sopranoGretchen Yeh, piano

Chewey says there’s Food available in Parish Hall

Andante from Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, BWV 1047Karen Clarke, violinJessica Dunnavant, recorderGeorge Riordan, oboeKeith Nicholas, celloPolly Brecht, harpsichord

Ach, bleibe doch, mein liebstes Leben from BWV 11Patrick Dailey, countertenorKaren Clarke, violinKeith Nicholas, celloFrancis Perry, lutePolly Brecht, harpsichord

Largo from Sonata in C Major, BWV 1004Karen Clarke, violinKeith Nicholas, celloPolly Brecht, harpsichord

Sonata in G Major, BWV 1038 Largo Vivace Adagio PrestoJessica Dunnavant, fluteKaren Clarke, violinKeith Nicholas, celloPolly Brecht, harpsichord

8 PMsponsored byThe Harp School Carol McClure, Artistic Director

O Lamm Gottes Unschuldig, BWV 656Matthew Phelps, organ

Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202 Aria: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten Dissipate, you troublesome shadows, frost and winds, go to your rest! Flora’s pleasures the heart will never exchange as joyful delight, since she brings flowers with her. Recitative: Die Welt wird wieder neu The world becomes new again, on the mountains and in the valleys the loveliness clings with doubled beauty, the day is free from any chill. Aria: Phoebus eilt mit schnellen Pferden Phoebus hastes with rapid horses through the newly-born world, indeed, since it pleases him, he himself will become a lover. Recitative: Drum sucht auch Amor sein Vergnügen Therefore Love himself seeks his pleasure, when crimson laughs in the fields, when Flora’s magnificence glories, and when in his kingdom, just like the beautiful blossoms, hearts make a fiery triumph as well. Aria: Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen When the springtime breezes caress and waft through colorful meadows, Love will often slip abroad to seek after his treasure, which, it is believed, is this: that one heart kisses another. Recitative: Und dieses ist das Glücke And this is happiness, that through highly favorable fortune two souls achieve such a treasure, around which much worth and blessing shines. Aria: Sich üben im Lieben To be accustomed, in love, to cuddle in playful tenderness is better than Flora’s fading delights.

Here the waves swell, here on lip and breast the triumphal palms smile and wave. Recitative: So sei das Band der keuschen Liebe So may the bond of chaste love, committed pair, be free from the inconstancy of change! May no sudden fall or thunder crack disturb your amorous desires! Aria: Sehet in Zufriedenheit May you behold in contentment a thousand bright happy days, so that soon in the coming time your love may bear fruit!Lindsay Cunningham, sopranoLindsey Reymore, oboeIsabelle Wong, violinElisabeth Small, violinSarah Cote, violaPhillip Kettler, celloAndrew Risinger, harpsichord

Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51 Aria: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen Exult in God in every land! Whatever creatures are contained by heaven and earth must raise up this praise, and now we shall likewise bring an offering to our God, since He has stood with us at all times during suffering and necessity. Recitative: Wir beten zu dem Tempel an We pray at your temple, where God’s honor dwells, where this faithfulness, daily renewed, is rewarded with pure blessing. We praise what He has done for us. Even though our weak mouth must gape before His wonders, our meager praise is still pleasing to Him. Aria: Höchster, mache deine Güte Highest, renew Your goodness every morning from now on. Thus, before this fatherly love, a thankful conscience shall display, though a virtuous life, that we are called Your children. Chorale: Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren Glory, and praise with honor

be to God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! He will increase in us what He has promised us out of grace, so that we trust fast in Him, abandon ourselves completely to Him, rely on Him within our hearts, so that our heart, will, and mind depend strongly on Him; therefore we sing at this time: Amen, we shall succeed, if we believe from the depths of our hearts. Finale: Alleluia Angela Carr, sopranoJoel Treybig, trumpetJoshua Coble, organ

Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671Andrew Risinger, organ

9 PMsponsored byGary J. Smith. M.D. and Ann Evers, M.D.

Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 Allemanda; Double Corrente: Double Sarabande; Double; Presto Tempo di Bouree; DoubleElisabeth Small, violin

An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653Michael Gebhart, organ

Trio super: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 664Michael Gebhart, organ

Partita in A minor, BWV 1013 Allemande Courante Sarabande Bouree AnglaiseJessica Dunnavant, flute

Toccata in D minor (Dorian), BWV 538Rhonda Swanson, organ

10 PMsponsored byLydia Howarth and Nick Zeppos

Prelude in E-flat major, BWV 552aNicholas Bergin, organ

Chorale: Meine Seele erherbt den Herren, BWV 10Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IX Contrapunctus XIVChorale: Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV 668William Huber, tromboneWesley Ramsay, tromboneGregory Swanson, tromboneJoshua Scalf, bass trombone

Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541Michael Gebhart, organ

Valse (Siciliano) from Flute Sonata in E-flat major, BWV 1031, arr. OgermanBruce Dudley, pianoJim Ferguson, bassJosh Hunt, drums

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring from BWV 147City LightsSam Levine, saxophoneBruce Dudley, pianoJim Ferguson, bassJosh Hunt, drums

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Jedi MastersKATE AFFAINIE is a freelance profes-sional bassoonist and music specialist in the Mid-TN area. She has a BM from Ball State University and a MM from Cincinnati Conservatory. She has been a music spe-cialist at Granbery Elementary for 18 years.

TUCKER BIDDLECOMBE is asso-ciate professor and director of choral activi-ties at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, where he serves as conductor of the Vanderbilt Chorale and Symphonic Choir, and teaches courses in choral con-ducting. In addition, he serves as director of Blair’s five-year bachelor of music/teach-er education degree (Ma5) program offered in conjunction with the Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt.

CLAIRE BOLING received her BM in vocal performance from UT Knoxville and her MM in Voice Performance and Litera-ture at the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded the Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and is a two-time semi-finalist in the Orpheus Vocal Competition. She has performed many operatic roles (Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, the title role in Manon, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, among others) and has been heard on the concert stage in works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Fauré, Vaughn Williams, Britten and Handel.

NICK BERGIN has been the Organist at First Presbyterian Church, Nashville since July of 2012. In addition to his work at FPC, he teaches classes in church music at Lipscomb University and currently serves as Dean of the Nashville Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He also plays a mean bagpipe and has an abiding love for the great outdoors.

Nashville musician and educator WALTER BITNER taught in public and private schools for nearly 25 years before stepping into the role of Director of Education and Community Engagement at the Nashville Symphony in 2014. The Conductor Emeritus of Music City Youth Orchestra which he founded and directed from 2007-2012, Walter is a multi-instru-mentalist, singer, composer, conductor, and master teacher, and a veteran of past years’ Bachanalia celebrations. He writes about music and education on his blog Off the Podium at walterbitner.com.

POLLY BRECHT is the Organist and Music Associate at Westminster Presbyte-rian Church in Nashville and staff accompa-nist at the Blair School of Music. She plays harpsichord with Music City Baroque and, in addition, performs extensively on piano and organ.

ANGELA CARR has appeared as a soloist with the Nashville Symphony, New England Light Opera, and The Nashville Choir. In April 2015, she received an award in the Kentucky Bach Choir’s Audrey Rooney Vocal Competition. In addition to her classical experience, Angela has been involved in Christian music as a singer, keyboardist, and worship leader. She is an active session singer in Nashville and has sung for well-known Christian artists such as Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, and Jars of Clay. She earned a DMA in Voice Perfor-mance from Ball State University receiving the Doctoral Excellence in Teaching award. She holds a MM in Voice Performance from the Longy School of Music and a BM in Music Education and Voice Perfor-

mance from Eastern Nazarene College. She currently teaches at Belmont University and Lipscomb University.

KAREN CLARKE is active as a mod-ern and period instrument violinist. She has been a member of the Baltimore Sym-phony, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Smithsonian Orchestra, Apollo Ensemble, Music City Baroque and academic appointments have included Florida State University, Vanderbilt University, and Lawrence University.

JOSHUA COBLE is a native of Huntsville, Alabama, and earned a DMA in organ performance from The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Coble serves as the Associate Organist at Brentwood United Methodist Church and is an adjunct-in-structor of organ at Belmont University.

The 2015/16 season marks KELLY CORCORAN’S ninth season with the Nashville Symphony where she has conducted in hundreds of performances, including the Symphony’s Classical and Pops Series, in her seven years as Associ-ate Conductor. She has been director of the Nashville Symphony Chorus since 2013. Corcoran is founder and Artistic Director & Conductor of Intersection, a contemporary music ensemble dedicated to challenging the traditional concert experience. She has also appeared as guest conductor with many major orchestras, including The Cleveland Orchestra as well as the Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee and Nation-al Symphonies, the Orquesta Sinfónica UNCuyo (Argentina), and the Bournemouth (UK) Symphony. She received her BM in vocal performance from The Boston Conservatory and her MM in instrumental conducting from Indiana University. She has also studied conducting with Leonard Slatkin and Pierre Boulez.

LINDSAY CUNNINGHAM was most recently seen as Mich in Marble City Opera’s production of Ghosts of Crosstown and will be performing Mahler Lieder with the Vanderbilt Commodore Orchestra this

spring. She was also named the 2015 winner of the Delta Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, Singer’s Division. She holds an MM from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a BM from Vander-bilt University’s Blair School of Music.

Versatile countertenor and Tennessee native, PATRICK DAILEY has been featured in productions with such compa-nies as Opera Saratoga, Opera Memphis, and Pacific Opera Project. He is a former young artist with Opera New Jersey and the American Bach Soloists. Currently, Mr. Dai-ley serves on the voice faculty at Tennessee State University. EMILY CAITLYN DOWLING is Music Intern at West End United Meth-odist Church. She has appeared in recital throughout the Southeast from Nashville to Macon, GA. She received her MM in organ performance from Mercer University as a student of Dr. Jack Mitchener.DR. BRUCE DUDLEY is in demand as a jazz pianist with many Nashville in-strumentalists and vocalists His recordings include “The Solo Sessions”, released in 2012 on the Jazz Music City label, “Mostly Monk”, released in 2010, “Semblance”, a trio project released in 1997, and in collab-oration with singer Sandra Dudley in “Close to You”. He is an Assistant Professor of Commercial Music at Belmont University and is adjunct Artist Teacher of Jazz Piano at Vanderbilt University. Bruce is a highly acclaimed composer and arranger who leads a jazz septet and a “Double Quartet”, the latter of which can be best described as a jazz quartet together with a string quartet. Bruce’s web site is <http://brucedudley.com> JESSICA DUNNAVANT is a free-lance flutist and and teacher. She teaches Baroque flute at MTSU and performs as a regular member of Music City Baroque.

JIM FERGUSON is a nationally rec-ognized jazz bassist and vocalist with two artist recordings, “Not Just Another Pretty

Bass” and “Deep Summer Music”. Jim recently collaborated with Mundell Lowe on a jazz guitar/upright bass duo project. Jim is a first call sideman for jazz musicians when they play live or record. His website is http://www.jimfergusonmusic.com MICHAEL GEBHART is the newly appointed Assistant Organist and Choir-master at Christ Church Cathedral, where he accompanies the Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Choristers in all services and instructs the Junior Choristers. Michael holds a BM in Organ Performance from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he also pursued a minor in Early Music with a concentration in harpsichord performance. Whether at the keyboard or in a library, he is quite content to continue studying the works of J.S. Bach for the rest of his career.

PATRICIA GUNTER currently free-lances in Kentucky, Indiana, and Alabama. She teaches bassoon at Tennessee State University. Ms. Gunter is a member of the Nashville Double Reed Ensemble and the instigator of “Bassoonery”, a local bassoon quintet. She was a member of the Nash-ville Symphony for 22 years. MARY ANN HEWLETT received her MM in Vocal Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College, and her BM from Vanderbilt University. Her ensemble experience includes Music City Baroque, Portara Ensemble, Westminster Choir, and The Thirteen Chamber Choir. Ms. Hewlett was a Choral Fellow at the Spoleto Festival USA. She currently teaches voice at John Paul II High School.

WILLIAM HUBER, BA is one of Nashville’s most sought-after free-lance trombonists, noted for his prowess both as section leader and jazz artist. Mr. Huber attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he studied trombone with Don Hough and jazz with Jerry Coker. His performing and recording career encom-passes all genres, and he regularly appears with both Orchestra Kentucky and the Nashville Jazz Orchestra. He serves on the faculty of Trevecca Nazarene University and Cumberland University. JOSHUA HUNT, drummer and percussionist, moved to Nashville in 2009 after receiving an MM in Percussion Perfor-mance and Literature from the University of Illinois. Since 2009 he has performed with Alison Krauss and Union Station and the Jerry Douglas Band to name a few. He is also a much-sought-after jazz sideman who is known for his finely tuned ensem-ble skills and a chameleon-like ability to change styles.

J. PHILIP KETTLER earned his BM from Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music in 2016. In 2014, he also com-pleted studies in cello and early music at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the

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Netherlands. Philip made his professional recital debut in January 2016 with the Chevy Chase Concert Series in Washington, DC, and will return to the area to give a re-cital with the Bradley Hills Presents Series in 2017. Philip has performed and recorded with the Gateway Chamber Orchestra, Huntsville Symphony, and Nashville Music Scoring Orchestra. He has been a top prize-winner in the MTNA Chamber Music Competition, Washington Performing Arts Society Feder Memorial String Competition, and US Army Orchestra Concerto Compe-tition.

SAM LEVINE, leader and arranger, is a 3-time Dove Award nominee, band leader, studio musician and music contractor in Nashville. His saxophone, flute, penny whistle and clarinet playing can be heard on many recordings with artists as diverse as Garth Brooks, Amy Grant, Aaron Neville, Harry Connick Jr. and Lynyrd Skynyrd. His band, City Lights, plays for numerous so-ciety events, and he has recorded nineteen solo projects for Greenhill Music. Sam’s CD’s can be listened to and purchased on his web site <http://samlevinemusic.com> CAROL MCCLURE, BA, MCM, Artistic Director of The Harp School and National Summer Harp Academy, serves as harp professor at both University of Louis-ville and Union University. After study with both Marcel Grandjany and Mildred Dilling, she performed as symphonic, ballet and opera harpist in Louisville, New Orleans, Atlanta, and Glasgow, Scotland. Active as a performer, composer, and conductor, she is also Children’s Music Editor, St. James Music Press, and Area Representative for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). For nearly half a century, the NASHVILLE SYMPHONY CHORUS has regularly presented significant works from the classical choral repertoire, from Baroque to contemporary. Now numbering more than 200 members, the Chorus performs at least twice each

season as part of the Nashville Symphony’s Aegis Sciences Classical Series, in addition to Handel’s Messiah each December.

Cellist KEITH NICHOLAS is a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, and holds a BA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and an MM from Florida State Univer-sity. He joined the Nashville Symphony in 1999, and has taught cello as adjunct faculty member at Belmont University and Austin Peay State University. An active studio and chamber musician, Keith plays sessions regularly with the Nashville String Machine and performs with the Belmont Camerata Musicale. FRANCIS PERRY plays lute and theorbo with Music City Baroque, along with teaching lute and classical guitar at Belmont University. In September 2015, he served as Artistic Director for the first-ever Nashville Early Music Festival. Award winning percussionist COLLEEN PHELPS is a faculty member at Nashville State Community College and Lipscomb University. In addition to her solo work, Colleen is a co-founder of experimental music ensemble Sound Riot. She is also the resident percussionist of the Wood/Silk Project - a collaboration of Chinese and American musicians. For more information, visit colleenphelps.com.

MATTHEW PHELPS is the Minister of Music at West End United Methodist Church. He is the winner of the 2015 American Prize in Choral Conducting and a prize-winner at the 2013 Rodgers North American Classical Organ Competition. He has performed recitals across the nation and his performances have been broad-cast internationally on the NPR program Pipedreams.

WESLEY RAMSAY, BM, LRSM is a student of Henry Romersa, founder of the International Trombone Festival. He is an alumnus of the University of Louisville and Aspen Music Festival, where he studied

with Per Brevig. He serves on the faculties of MTSU and Welch College, and serves as Representative for Tennessee and Ken-tucky, The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM), the world’s leading music examination authority.

LINDSEY REYMORE is an oboist and educator in Nashville, where she serves as adjunct artist teacher of musi-cianship at Vanderbilt University and ad-junct oboe instructor at Belmont University. She plays with the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, teaches privately, and maintains an independent oboe and English horn reed-making business. Lindsey holds an MM in performance from The University of Texas at Austin, where she studied with Rebecca Henderson, and a BM from Van-derbilt University, where she studied with Jared Hauser.

DR. GEORGE RIORDAN served as Director of the School of Music at MTSU for ten years, prior to his retirement in 2013. He previously held academic and administrative appointments at Florida State University, Lawrence University and the University of Montana, and served as director of the Boston University Tangle-wood Institute. A founding member of Mu-sic City Baroque and the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, he has performed as chamber and orchestral musician across the country.

ANDREW RISINGER holds degrees from Baylor University and The University of Alabama. He currently serves as Organ-ist and Associate Director of Music at West End United Methodist Church in Nashville and teaches organ at Belmont University. Risinger was awarded second prize in the American Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition in Organ Per-formance, and performed at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City as a part of the opening convocation of the American Guild of Organists’ Centennial Convention, and has appeared as organ soloist with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and the Illinois Symphony Orchestra.

Joshua Scalf is a relative newcomer to the Nashville music scene, bringing a wide range of skills as performer, teacher and arranger. Among the most notable items in his resume are numerous seasons as a performer and music director with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and his seasons with the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra. SAMANTHA SCHRECKER was winner of first prize in both the 2014 Wales International Junior Harp Competition and the 2014 Kentucky-Tennessee Classical Harp Competition, second prize-winner of the 2014 Thor Johnson Scholarship Com-petition, Middle School Divisio. She serves as Assistant Principal Harp of the Curb Youth Symphony, has completed all eight preparatory Certificates with Distinction and holds a Diploma in Harp Performance from the Royal Schools of Music, London. AMY SHAFER, Director of Piano Stud-ies and Assistant Director of Harp Studies of The Harp School, Inc., holds the Diploma of the Royal Schools of Music in Harp Per-forming (with Distinction), Harp Teaching and Piano Performing, as well as the LRSM in Harp Teaching (2009), LRSM in Harp Performing (with Distinction) (2009), and FRSM (2014). Her FRSM dissertation, A Case for the German Chromatic Harp as the Intended Solo Instrument in Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Sonata for Harp and Basso Continuo, Wq 139, is in preparation for journal publication. WILSON SHARPE is a freelance bassoonist and retired band director from Murfreesboro, TN. Wilson has a BS degree from the University of Tennessee and did graduate studies at Ohio State University with Chris Weait. Mr. Sharpe is a 12 year veteran of the Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra, a former member of the Chat-tanooga Symphony, and the 129th Army National Guard Band in Nashville.

Violinist ELISABETH SMALL is Assistant Professor of Music at Belmont University where she serves as Coordinator of Strings and Artistic Director of Belmont Camerata and String Crossings Camp. Her varied career includes engagements as so-loist with orchestras including the National, Atlanta and Nashville Symphony Orches-tras, chamber music and recital broad-casts on regional television and on public radio stations in the U.S. and Canada, and service as Associate Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She can be heard on the Premiere Records label, has led master classes and clinics at national and international conferences and is an active member of the Nashville recording industry.

HAROLD SKELTON performs with various professional and volunteer ensem-bles around Nashville including the NDRE, the Trevecca Symphony Orchestra, the Murfreesboro Symphony, and the Nash-ville Wind Ensemble. His day gig is as lead product development engineer for Whirl-pool Corporation in Lavergne, TN. GREG SWANSON, MM, MBA is an alumnus of Indiana University, where he studied with Lewis van Haney. As a Fulbright scholar he studied with Carsten Svanberg in Denmark. Other notable teachers include Henry Charles Smith and Keith Brown. Greg maintains an active performance schedule including twenty years’ service as Principal Trombonist of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. RHONDA SWANSON is Assistant Organist at First Presbyterian Church, Nashville. She holds a Master’s degree in Organ and Church Music from the Indiana University School of Music, where she was a student of Oswald Ragatz, and did post-graduate study in Copenhagen, Denmark under a grant from the American-Scandi-navian Foundation. Active in the Nashville American Guild of Organists Chapter, she

was a member of the Executive Committee for the 2012 National Convention held in Nashville.

CAROLYN TREYBIG is an Adjunct Instructor in flute at Belmont Universi-ty, Free Will Baptist Bible College, and Lipscomb University. She has performed extensively in solo and chamber recitals and subs for the Nashville Symphony. Director of the Nashville Philharmonic Flute Ensemble, she also teaches flute and coaches chamber ensembles at the Tennes-see Valley Music Festival in the summer. Dr. Treybig holds music degrees from the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music and The University of Akron, and a DMA in flute from the University of Texas at Austin.

JOEL TREYBIG is Coordinator of Instrumental Studies and Professor of Trumpet at Belmont University. Treybig has earned degrees from the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music, The University of Akron, and The University of Texas at Aus-tin. He performs regularly as a soloist, as chamber musician, with various orchestras and ensembles, and is a Yamaha Perform-ing Artist. He is featured on the CD Lux et Lapis - Music for Two Trumpets and Organ with Adam Hayes and Andrew Risinger.

THE VANDERBILT SYMPHONIC CHOIR and the VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY CHORALE, conduct-ed by Tucker Biddlecombe, are auditioned choral ensembles open to all Vanderbilt students, both music and non-music majors performing in a variety of styles. The Chorale is a select 36-40 voice choir forming the core of the Vanderbilt Sym-phonic Choir.

CLARA WARFORD was First Prize winner of the 2015 American String Teachers Association National Junior Harp Competition, the 2014 Midwest Harp Fes-tival National Advanced Competition, the 2014 Kentucky-Tennessee Classical Harp Competition, and the Nashville Philharmon-

SUNDAY, MAY 15, 4:00 p.m.

CATHEDRASpecializing in Renaissance and Baroque music, Cathedra is a highly skilled ensemble of professional singers and instrumentalists from Washington National Cathedral.

Michael McCarthy, Director

Cost: $15; $5 students

Childcare provided.

Reception following the concert

ic Orchestra 2015 Concerto Competition, Second Prize winner of the 2016 Nashville Symphony Curb Concerto Competition, as well as a finalist in the 2014 Young Artists National Harp Competition and the 2014 Wales International Harp Competition. A four-time Thor Johnson Scholarship winner, Clara is Principal Harp of Curb Youth Symphony, and was Principal Harp of the 2014 ASTA National Honors Youth Orchestra. Clara holds a Diploma in Harp Performance from the Royal Schools of Music, London.

ANDREW WITHERINGTON has performed with many orchestras includ-ing the Springfield Symphony, Cincinnati Chamber, Cincinnati Ballet, Dayton Phil-harmonic, Cleveland Opera, Kentucky Symphony, Louisville, New World Sym-phony, and West Virginia Symphony, among others. Currently he is a free-lance bassoonist residing in Nashville and, in addition to Bassoonery, also performs with the Nashville Double Reed Ensemble.

ISABELLE WONG is a senior at Van-derbilt University’s Blair School of Music, majoring in violin.

GRETCHEN YEH is a pianist based in Nashville. She has her MM in piano per-formance from Butler University. Gretchen performs as a solo pianist as well as with choirs, orchestras, vocalists, instrumental-ists, and with a rock/soul fusion band.

SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 3:30 P.M.

ORGAN CONCERT/ EASTERTIDE CHORAL EVENSONG

ORGAN CONCERT by Michael Messina, Organist and Choir-master, Trinity Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, Indiana.

CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Cathedral Choir and Senior Choristers under the direction of Canon Dr. Michael Velting.

Michael Gebhart, Assistant Organist and Choirmaster

Free and open to the public.

Childcare provided.

Reception following Evensong.

Sacred Space for the City Arts Series UPCOMING EVENTS

For a complete listing of events, visit our website

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Thanks!

Lois Fyfe Music, Jonathan Setzer & Elizabeth Smith, owners, in memory of Lois Gainer Fyfe

J. Edgar Lowe in memory of Lillian McKee Lowe Rachel & Joe McAllisterJennie & Rob McCabe

Sue McDougallH. E. (Ed) Miller, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Nave, Jr.Michael Pack in honor of Peter Fyfe

Ophelia & George Paine Janey Park

Annette S. PilcherWade Punch

Nancy A. RansomBecky Mann Ray

Bobby & Kay ReynoldsSusie & Russell RiesBill & Sharon Rion

Gene A. RussellGeorgianna W. Russell in honor of Peter Fyfe

Dr. Wm. & Barbara Russell in memory of Mabel KaneSusan Schipani in memory of Ms. Miriam McHaney

Steve & Patricia SealeSeale Keyworks

Gary Smith, M.D. & Ann Evers, M.D.Elaine & Robert Smyth

Joyce D. Sohl Beverly Summitt

Louis TothCarolyn & Joel Treybig

in honor of Paige & Ivy TreybigMonica & Thor Urness in memory of

Yona Urness & David UrnessCarl Wall

Roger WiesmeyerJoyce Wilding in memory of Neil Wilding

Patsey & Buford WinfreyTish Womack in memory of Ed Womack

A Friend in honor of Susan DupontA Friend in memory of James Van Wagoner

Other Friends who wish to remain anonymous

John Albert in memory of the First Friday ServiceHoney Alexander

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, Nashville Centre

Joanne Knight Armstrong in honor of Marlin SandersRachel Barden

Dr. & Mrs. Garry BinegarMary Lawrence Breinig in memory of

John Boyers Breinig, M.D.Jerry & Judy Brookshire

Horatio and Willie D. Buntin FoundationRichard M. Byrd in memory of Gilbert Pearson, Jr. Berdelle T. Campbell in honor of Ernest Campbell

Ginna & Mark CannonDiane C. ClementsFletch & Bill Coke

Mary & Charlie CookPat Casey DaleyJanet K. Davies

Bill & Susan Dupont in memory of Steve Clark and Brad Reed

Frances Durham in memory of Hal DurhamFrank Einstein & Nancy Stetten

T. Aldrich Finegan in honor of Lois FyfeMarshall E. Foster in memory of Gilbert Pearson, Jr.

Peter FyfeSally A. Gentry & Jack F. Hill

Joe W. Giles in memory of Eric GrayTim Gmeiner

Betty & Andy Grimes in honor of Dr. Michael VeltingThe Harp School, Inc., Carol McClure, Artistic Director

Teresa HarrisonKen & Lillian Hartgrove in memory of

Edith Travirca & Emily HartgroveH. Carl Haywood

Lydia Howarth & Nick ZepposBeth & John Interlandi in memory of John Compton

Dr. Wilma JensenJennie May Jones

Tom & Sally KanadayAnne Knauff

Sheri Sellmeyer & Barry Kolar

The Sacred Space for the City Arts Series is made possible in part by generous gifts from FRiENDS oF THE CATHEDRAL