AUGUSTANA CHOIRJON HURTY, CONDUCTOR

CONANT HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIRTIM KOLL, CONDUCTOR

LAKE ZURICH HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT CHOIRNICK JUKNELIS, CONDUCTOR

2018 ILLINOIS MUSIC EDUCATION CONFERENCEJANUARY 26, 2018

SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRALPEORIA, ILLINOIS

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THE CONNECTION BETWEEN COLLEGIATE AND HIGH SCHOOL ENSEMBLES

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PROGRAM

Gloria Fanfare Jeffery L. Ames (b. 1969) Combined choirs

Sung in Latin and English

Glory to God in the highest.Glory to you, O God!We praise you. We bless you for your great glory.

O wondrous light. Shine on this night.And set our spirits free.Live in our hearts.As we impartHis love for all to see.

Rejoice and sing, Our praises ring unto the newborn King!Emmanuel, God is with us.Emmanuel, Christ is born.The angels sing, “Alleluia.”Gloria!

Nocturnes Hildor Lundvik (1885-1951) English text by Gunilla Marcus Lake Zurich High School Concert Choir Flowering Almond Tree Quiet Rain Early Spring

Ask the Watchman arr. Paul Caldwell (b. 1963) and Sean Ivory (b. 1969) Teydy Barber, baritone Mark Wang, percussionist

Mae-e Kentaro Sato (b. 1981) Conant High School Chamber Choir

Sung in Japanese

translation:

ForwardI rememberYour warm hand.

I rememberYour kind voice.

I rememberYour honest eyes and quiet prayer.

When I close my eyesI recall the time we spent together,And the time we sang together.

The end of music is not our farewell.As music lives again, So will you live again and again in my memory.

I rememberA dream you cherished.

I rememberA smile you beamed at tomorrow.

With memories of you in my heart,One step at a time, I walk forward.

Embracing every day’s happiness and sadness,One step at a time, I walk forward.

One step at a time, I walk forward.

Always Keep This Close Zachary J. Moore (b. 1992)

Laudate Dominum Levente Gyöngyösi (b. 1975) Augustana Choir

Psalm 148: 1-3

Sung in Latin

translation:

Praise the Lord!Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights!Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his host!Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars!Alleluia!

The Conversion of Saul Z. Randall Stroope (b. 1953)

Sung in Latin and English

Caedite, vexate, ligate vinculis! Saul!Vinculis, condemnate vexate!

Murder, harass, bind into chains! Saul!Chain, prosecute, harass!

Why do you persecute me, Saul?Why, why, why?Fall down on your knees, turn hatred into love.Turn darkness into light.Bow down, Saul! Bow down, Saul!Saul, Saul, Saul.

Go Lovely Rose Eric Whitacre (b. 1972) Combined choirs

My God Is a Rock Traditional Spiritual, arr. Stacey V. Gibbs (b. 1964)

JON HURTY

Jon Hurty is Director of Choral Activities and Henry Veld Professor in Music at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. He directs the Augustana Choir and the Augustana Chamber Singers, serves as the

conductor of the Handel Oratorio Society and teaches conducting. He also co-directs music for Augustana’s campus ministries and is the conductor and artistic director for Augustana Choral Artsits. Before coming to Rock Island he was Director of Choral Activities at Concordia University in Irvine, California.

His interest in choral music led him to Lindsborg, Kansas, where he completed his undergraduate degree in vocal performance at Bethany College under Elmer Copley. Study at Bethany provided a link to the Augustana tradition, as Copley was an alumnus who had sung under the Augustana Choir’s first conductor, Henry Veld.

He completed his master’s degree in choral conducting at California State University, Northridge, and his doctorate in choral conducting and literature at the University of Illinois. He has studied conducting with John Alexander, Don Moses, Chet Alwes and Ann Howard Jones. Throughout his career, Hurty has developed and refined his skills as a conductor, and has studied conducting in workshops with Paul Christiansen, Robert Shaw and Helmut Rilling.

Active as a guest conductor and clinician, he has served in All-State, State and Regional festivals of the American Choral Directors Association, the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, National Association for Music Education, and many colleges and high schools. He also has guest conducted for the Quad City Symphony Orchestra subscription series.

Dr. Hurty has conducted the Tian Kong Choir and served as a guest professor at Huazhong Normal University in Wuhan, China. He has conducted his choirs in concerts throughout the United States as well as Sweden, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, Austria, Japan and Korea.

TIM KOLL

Tim Koll received a bachelor of arts in music education with an emphasis in vocal music from Augustana College in 2010. Since then he has completed a master of music education from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, and a master

of arts in educational leadership and principal preparation from Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois. Currently Koll is in his eighth year of teaching choir at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates, where he serves as the department chair of music.

NICK JUKNELIS

Nick Juknelis received his bachelor of arts in vocal music education from Augustana College in 2001. While at Augustana, Juknelis served as assistant to Dr. Jon Hurty, conductor of the Augustana Choir, Chamber Singers and Handel

Oratorio Society. Also active as a piano accompanist, Juknelis served as a rehearsal accompanist at Augustana for such pieces as Verdi’s Requiem and Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms.

Juknelis earned the master of arts in choral conducting and pedagogy from the University of Iowa. He is an active member of the Illinois Music Educators Association, where he served as a district VII choral representative for many years. Now in his 16th year as choir director at Lake Zurich High School, Juknelis conducts Concert Choir, Women’s Chorale, Bare Voices, Men’s Choir and Cadet Choir, and he also serves as the assistant musical director.

AUGUSTANA CHOIRJon Hurty, conductor Sheila Doak, accompanist

SOPRANO I

Stephie Benito ’20 (on leave Fall 2017) Spanish Education Vernon Hills, Illinois

Dana Burhorn ’ 18~ Vocal Music Education Kewanee, Illinois

Katie Griswold ’20 Vocal Music Education North Aurora, Illinois

Sophia Heiser ’18 Psychology Johnsburg, Illinois

Haleigh Jacocks ’21 Elementary Education Geneseo, Illinois

Victoria Kleeman ’18~ Music, Psychology Itasca, Illinois

Siena Oliveri ’21 Vocal Performance, Communication Sciences and Disorders Rockford, Illinois

Audrey Rose ’19 Communication Sciences and Disorders Schaumburg, Illinois

Olivia Weismann ’18* Vocal Music Education Lake Zurich, Illinois

SOPRANO II

Nelle Conley ’18+ Vocal Music Education DeKalb, Illinois

Jessica Holzknecht ’18 Theatre Arts, Accounting Barrington, Illinois

Aubrey Lyon ’19 Biology Mount Vernon, Iowa

Haley Madura ’20 Communication Sciences and Disorders Bolingbrook, Illinois

Meghan Noonan ’19 Communication Sciences and Disorders Columbus, Ohio

Abigail Roselieb ’19 Vocal Performance, Anthropology Skokie, Illinois

Abigail Smith ’18 Music Peru, Illinois

Maddie Witt ’19 Communication Studies Frankfort, Illinois

ALTO I

Marlisa Barrett ’19 Business–Finance, Communication Studies, Ethics Lake Zurich, Illinois

Tyler Berger ’21 Vocal Music Education Carol Stream, Illinois

Amy Croft ’19*~ Vocal Music Education Elburn, Illinois

Zöe Haenisch ’21 Vocal Music Education Sugar Grove, Illinois

Sara Lyon ’19 Art Mount Vernon, Iowa

Sabrina Massa ’21 Vocal Music Education Maple Park, Illinois

Cheyenne Morton ’19 Elementary Education Schaumburg, Illinois

Amber Mraz ’20~ Vocal Music Education Lisle, Illinois

ALTO II

Anna Basten ’18+ Communication Sciences and Disorders Grayslake, Illinois

Thea Gonzales ’20 Environmental Studies, Multimedia Journalism and Mass Communication Skokie, Illinois

Claire Herdegen ’18 Accounting, International Business, Spanish for Professional Use Palatine, Illinois

Elisa Klewinski ’19 (on leave Fall 2017) Environmental Studies, Political Science Westmont, Illinois

ALTO II (continued)

Caroline Lantz ’18 Psychology North Aurora, IL

Jordan Miller ’18 Communication Sciences and Disorders Lindenhurst, Illinois

Cami Myers ’20 Psychology, Sociology Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Sophie Nevel ’20 Theatre Arts Schaumburg, Illinois

TENOR I

Johnathan Briggs ’18~ History Elburn, Illinois

Brad Heinrichs ’21 Theatre Arts, Communication Studies Davenport, Iowa

Blake Iscra ’20 Business–Marketing Crystal Lake, Illinois

Trevor Lewandowski ’20 Pre-Veterinary Studies Frankfort, Illinois

Jared Pector ’19 Vocal Music Education Naperville, Illinois

Ty Tanker ’18 Communication Sciences and Disorders Machesney Park, Illinois

Joshua Zrelak ’19 Chemistry Saint Charles, Illinois

TENOR II

Austin Allbert ’19 Scandinavian Studies, Creative Writing Morris, Illinois

Matthew Des Biens ’19 Engineering Physics Crystal Lake, IL

Andrew Gilson ’19 Biochemistry, Pre-Medicine, Ethics Orland Park, Illinois

Zach Hall ’18* Vocal Music Education Oregon, Illinois

Jonathan Meir ’20 Theatre Arts, Computer Science Schaumburg, Illinois

Tom Memmott ’21 Theatre Arts Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Robert Rowe ’21 Vocal Music Education Round Lake Beach, Illinois

Phillip Tunnicliff ’18 Geology Bettendorf, Iowa

BASS I

Tommy Foster ’21~ Vocal Music Education, Music Composition Upland, California

Tom Hagaman ’18*~ Music DeKalb, Illinois

Rami Halabi ’19 Vocal Music Education Crystal Lake, Illinois

Jarod Kovach ’21 Theatre Arts, Business Kaneville, Illinois

Zachary Myatt ’21 Vocal Music Education LeClaire, Iowa

Michael Poletto ’18 Multimedia Journalism and Mass Communication Naperville, Illinois

Brandon Smith ’20 Communication, Marketing, Japanese Lockport, IL

Nathan Zurawski ’20~ Music Composition Shorewood, Illinois

BASS II

Liam Baldwin ’18+ Spanish Davenport, Iowa

Nathaniel Bohrer ’21 Engineering Physics Elgin, Illinois

Robert Burke ’20 Sociology Ringwood, Illinois

Greg Goodman ’18+~ Biology Peru, Illinois

Jack Malone ’18 Geology Chenoa, Illinois

Elliott Peterson ’21 Vocal Music Education, Vocal Performance Rockford, Illinois

Nick Romero ’18 Neuroscience Johnsburg, Illinois

Collin Schopp ’20 Multimedia Journalism and Mass Communication, Business Administration–Management Minier, Illinois

CONANT HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIRTim Koll, conductorMichael Benshish, accompanist

SOPRANO I

Giovanna JohnsonPaulina Urzua

SOPRANO II

Sophie DouvrisAnisha Narain

ALTO I

Molly HolcombAshley RodriguezBrooke Peterson

ALTO II

Haley RobinsonAmy Rodriguez

SOPRANO I

Aubrey Anderson*^Emma Belew*Monika CachroEmmi ConnickMaggie FewkesGrace LoverdeMelody Multra^Anagha Rajagopalan^Taylor Schwab SOPRANO II

Taylor BuergeyDebby ChungElizabeth Crutchfield*+Emma HernandezKatie KramerSarah Sobol*Andrea TysonMacy Vander PasLena Zhang

ALTO I

Calista Brown^Katherine CzarnikOlivia HodgeDelaney KatzAri KleinMegan Lane*+Isa Medina*McKenna Zobel ALTO II

Samantha CreasyAnnie GrossMagda KosciolekHaley LightfootAshleigh MillerTeah Mirabelli*Stephanie OrrNeha PraseedKylie RepsoldLexie Zigic*

TENOR I

Nolan BertrandMatt CrutchfieldNathan Holbrook*+^Hayden Shaw TENOR II

Griffin Brown*+Jacob EmmelotLandon FinnJack Frommelt*+^Connor O’MalleyMatthew OssmannDaniel Udelhoven

BASS I

Spencer BaconConnor BurekAlejandro CamposRyan JonesNicholas Lemperis*Joey MaasEthan Wlodarczyk BASS II

Teydy Barber*^Jacob DavisMax KatzmanGrant KerbsCole OsiadaczCade Ryan*

*section leader+officer~student worker/librarian^All State choir participant

LAKE ZURICH HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT CHOIRNick Juknelis, conductor | Edie Davis, accompanist

AUGUSTANA MUSIC FACULTY GAIL BALDWIN, Instructor Piano, Accompanist B.A., St. Ambrose; M.S., Wisconsin

JACOB BANCKS, Assistant Professor Composition, Musicianship B.M., Wheaton; M.M., Eastman; Ph.D., Chicago

SUSAN BAWDEN, Instructor Bassoon, Woodwind Methods B.M., Iowa

SARAH BURNS, Visiting Assistant Professor Music Education, Music Appreciation B.S., Freed-Hardeman; M.M. Capital; D.M.A., Shenandoah

DANIEL CHETEL, Assistant Professor Director of Orchestral Activities, Conducting, Music Appreciation B. A., Harvard; M.M., Maryland; D.M.A. Kentucky

GARY CICCOTELLI, Instructor Drum Set B.M.E., Augustana

MICHELLE CROUCH, Adjunct Assistant Professor Voice, Opera, Musicianship B.Ch.M., Prairie; B.M., M.M., Alberta; D.M.A., Iowa

JOHN CUMMINS, Instructor Saxophone B.M., Minnesota; M.M., Bowling Green

DEBORAH DAKIN, Adjunct Assistant Professor Viola, Music Appreciation B.M., New School; M.M., SUNY–Binghamton; D.M.A., Iowa

DORTHA DEWIT, Instructor Violin B.M., Oberlin; M.M., Indiana

SHEILA DOAK, Accompanist B.M., Northwestern

JANINA EHRLICH, Professor Cello, Music History, Music Appreciation B.M., Drake; M.M., Indiana; D.M.A., Iowa

ROBERT ELFLINE, Associate Professor Piano, Music Appreciation, Senior Inquiry B.M., Illinois Wesleyan; M.M., Rice; D.M.A., Cincinnati

MARGARET ELLIS, Instructor, Administrative Assistant Musicianship, Trumpet B.M., Augustana; M.M., Northwestern

ERIN FREUND, Part-Time Assistant Professor Harp B.M., Oberlin; M.M., D.M.A., Northwestern

RANDALL HALL, Associate Professor Saxophone, Improvisation, Musicianship, Electronic Music, Music Appreciation B.S., Warner Pacific; M.M., New England; D.M.A., Eastman; Premier Prix-CNR Boulogne-Billancourt

JOHN W. HILDRETH, Gassman Family Professor of Music Ethnomusicology, Musicology, Music Appreciation B.A., Concordia (Fort Wayne); B.Mus., M.M., Roosevelt; Ph.D., Northwestern

KELLY HILL, Instructor Voice B.M., Northern Iowa; M.M., Yale School of Music

MAUREEN HOLMES, Instructor Voice B.M., Drake University; M.M., Westminster Choir

JON HURTY, Henry Veld Professor of Music Director of Choral Activities, Augustana Choir, Chamber Singers , Augustana Academic Chorus, Conducting B.A., Bethany; M.A., California State–Northridge; D.M.A., Illinois

SONJA HURTY, Adjunct Instructor Voice, Augustana Concert Chorale, Musicianship B.A., Bethany; M.A., California State–Northridge

RICK JAESCHKE, Associate Professor Music Education, Concert Band B.M.E., Susquehanna; M.M.E., James Madison; Ed.D., Columbia

SAMANTHA KEEHN, Assistant Professor Trombone, Brass Methods, Music Appreciation B.M., Texas Tech; M.M., Baylor; D.M.A., Colorado

CYNTHIA LAMBRECHT, Instructor Oboe, Woodwind Methods B.M., Illinois State; M.M., Indiana

JAMES LAMBRECHT, Professor, Co-chair Director of Bands, Trumpet, Conducting, Brass Methods B.M., Wisconsin–Whitewater; M.M., D.M., Indiana

GOLDEN LUND, Instructor Tuba B.M. Utah; M.M., Indiana; D.M.A. Nebraska

SAUL NACHE, Instructor Voice B.M., Western Illinois; M.M., Illinois

MARY NEIL, Professor Piano, Musicianship B.A., Western Illinois; M.F.A., D.M.A., Iowa

CHRISTOPHER NELSON, College Organist, Instructor of Organ, Accompanist B.A., Bethany College; M.S.M., Luther Seminary

TONY OLIVER, Assistant Professor Percussion, Percussion Methods, Music Appreciation, Percussion Ensemble, World Drumming B.M., M.A., Iowa; D.M.A., Rutgers

JOSEPH OTT, Adjunct Instructor Jazz, Jazz History, Jazz Improvisa-tion, Jazz Combos, Jazz Methods B.S., Eastern Illinois

ANDY PARROTT, Instructor Jazz Guitar, Electric Bass B.M., Iowa

JOHN PFAUTZ, Professor Voice, Church Music, West African Music B.S., Eastern Nazarene; M.M., Missouri; D.M.A., West Virginia

RANDY POBANZ, Instructor Guitar, Guitar Ensemble B.A., M.M., Southern Illinois

SANGEETHA RAYAPATI, Professor Voice, Vocal Pedagogy, Diction B.M., Valparaiso; M.M., D.M.A., Minnesota

CHARLES SCHMIDT, Assistant Professor Piano, Class Piano, Musicianship B.A., M.M., Missouri-Kansas City; D.M.A., Michigan State

SUSAN SCHWAEGLER, Instructor Clarinet, Clarinet Choir, Woodwind Methods B.M.E., Northwestern; M.P.S., St. Ambrose

PATRICIA SILVA, Instructor Double Bass, String Methods B.M. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil; M.M., Southern Mississippi; D.M.A., Iowa

JANET STODD, Instructor Flute, Flute Choir, Woodwind Methods B.A., Augustana; M.M., Western Illinois

SUSAN E. STONE, Professor Violin, Music Appreciation, Musicianship, String Methods B.M., Valparaiso; M.M., Northwestern; D.M.A., Southern California

RACHEL VICKERS, Instructor Voice B.M., Wartburg; M.M., Minnesota

MICHAEL ZEMEK, Associate Professor, Co-chair Music Education, Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble, Augustana Academic Chorus, Conducting B.A., Gustavus Adolphus; M.M., St. Cloud; Ed.D., Illinois

MARC ZYLA, Instructor Horn B.M., West Virginia; M.M., Carnegie Mellon; D.M.A., Illinois

CONANT HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC FACULTYMichael Benshish, Instructor Piano, Accompanist, B.A., Millikin University

Devin Godzicki, Director of Orches-tras, B.M.E., University of Illinois

Tim Koll, Chair, Director of Choirs, B.A., Augustana College; M.M.E., VanderCook College of Music; M.A., Concordia, River Forest

Kreg Moorhouse, Director of Bands, B.M., Northern Illinois; M.M.E., VanderCook College of Music; M.A., Concordia, River Forest

Leann Roder-Manson, Director of Bands, B.M.E., Elmhurst College; M.M.E, VanderCook College of Music

LAKE ZURICH HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC FACULTYSheri Conover, Band; B.A., Augustana College; M.M.E., Northern Illinois University

Edie Davis, Piano; B.A., Michigan State University

Angela Fortune, Chair, Choir; B.A., Barat College; M.Ed., Aurora University

Nick Juknelis, Director of Choirs; B.A., Augustana College; M.A., University of Iowa

Nathan Sackschewsky, Director of Orchestras; B.A., Augustana College; M.A.M., Columbia College Chicago

Joshua Thompson, Director of Bands, Jazz; B.M.E., Northwestern Univer-sity; M.A., VanderCook College of Music

Melissa Touvannas, Choir; B.A., UCLA