a high lonesome bluegrass mass

Friday Evening, May 22, 2015, at 7:00Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage

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

presents

A High Lonesome Bluegrass MassFrom the Voice Comes Inspiration…

NAVO MIDDLE SCHOOL VARSITY TREBLE CHOIRMARY MARGARET SADLER, Director

DENISE STEPHENS, Accompanist

THOMAS WEELKES The Nightingalearr. Henry Leslie

HENRY PURCELL Sound the Trumpet from Come Ye Sons of Artarr. William Herrmann

GEORGE FRIDERIC Lascia Ch’io PiangaHANDEL

arr. Dave and Jean Perry

GEORGE FRIDERIC Bel PiacereHANDEL

arr. Dave and Jean Perry

WOLFGANG AMADEUS Mozart’s AdagioMOZART

arr. Kirk Aamot PERRY PHILLIPS, Clarinet

AMERICAN FOLK SONG Shenandoaharr. Laura Farnell JULIANNE BOOTH, Violin

STEPHEN COLLINS Oh! SusannaFOSTER

arr. Mark Hayes JULIANNE BOOTH, Violin

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SAMUEL BARBER Sure On This Shining Night arr. Emily Crocker

ALLEN KOEPKE Dance on My Heart

JOHN LEAVITT Ose ShalomPERRY PHILLIPS, Clarinet JULIANNE BOOTH, Violin

GREG GILPIN Nothin’ Gonna Stumble My Feet

Intermission

THE CHUCK NATION BANDCHUCK NATION, Fiddle/Mandolin

SUSAN NATION, Acoustic BassLIBBY NATION-WHITEHEAD, Mandolin/Guitar

JODY HUGHES, Guitar/BanjoSTEVE VINCENT, Drums

SUSAN NATION Cowboy Joe

HANK WILLIAMS I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome Too

JJ CALE If You’re Ever in Oklahoma

SUSAN NATION Beneath the Tennessee Moon

CHUCK NATION If You Leave Me

RUTH FRANKS Roses in the Snow

ERVIN ROUSE Orange Blossom Special


Come Away to the Skies: A High Lonesome Bluegrass Mass (New York Premiere)

TIM SHARP/WES RAMSAY

I. IntroitII. KyrieIII. GloriaIV. CredoV. Sanctus

VI. Agnus Dei

TIM SHARP, Composer/ConductorTHE CHUCK NATION BAND, Special GuestsNOLLIE MOORE, TenorHARRY MUSSELWHITE, GuitarDistinguished Concerts Singers International

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Notes ON THE PROGRAM

“Keep a green tree in your heart andperhaps a singing bird will come.”

—Chinese Proverb

The Nightingale (Thomas Weelkes, c.1576–1623) displays a variety of textualforms in a bipartite structure in whicheach half is repeated. Part of the collec-tion of his three-part Ayeres from 1608,this selection is a beautiful representationof word-painting, rhythmical contrastand animated counterpoint, all prevalent

characteristics in Weelkes’ music.

An English organist and composer,Thomas Weelkes is considered one ofthe most important composers ofmadrigals, with said works often com-pared to the linear elegance of LucaMarenzio, the clean tonality of ThomasMorley and the expressive texts ofWilliam Byrd. In addition to his vocalmusic, his compositions also includedworks for the organ, virginal, and viol.

FROM THE VOICE COMES INSPIRATION…Notes by Mary Margaret Sadler

HENRY PURCELL, arr. William Herrmann Sound theTrumpet from Come Ye Sons of Art

“Celebrate what you’ve accomplished,but raise the bar a little higher eachtime you succeed.” —Mia Hamm(b.1972)

Sound the Trumpet, from Come YeSons of Art (Henry Purcell,c.1659–1695), was originally com-posed in 1687 as a duet (“Let Caesarand Urania Live”). This duet was partof Purcell’s ode Sound the Trumpet,written for the birthday of James II.The duet was quite successful; Purcelllater added it to his ode Come Ye Sons

of Art, which was written for the birth-day of Queen Mary in 1694.

Henry Purcell was the most importantcomposer of the mid-Baroque period,with his compositions including worksfor the Anglican Church, the royalcourt, the public stage and privatemusical entertainments. While his cre-ative and inventive style of musicalwriting demonstrated his appreciationfor the Italian Masters, it was equallyinfluenced by traditional English cham-ber music.

THOMAS WEELKES, arr. Henry Leslie The Nightingale


GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL, arr. Dave and Jean PerryLascia Ch’io Pianga and Bel Piacere

“He who has courage and faith willnever perish in misery!”—Anne Frank(1929–1945)

“A loving heart is the truest wis-dom.”— Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

Lascia ch’io pianga, from the 1711opera Rinaldo (G.F. Handel,1685–1759), is sung by the heroineAlmirena while imprisoned by the evilsorceress, Armida. An impassionedsupplication for freedom, this aria wasborrowed in its entirety from an earlierHandel opera, Agrippina. Interestingly,the melody of Bel piacere, Poppea’s

poignant aria from the overwhelminglysuccessful opera Agrippina (1709), wasalso utilized in Rinaldo.

As probably the most well-reveredcomposer of the late Baroque era,George Frideric Handel’s music, whileprimarily vocal (especially the mostfamous of all oratorios, Messiah), alsoincluded the orchestral masterpieces(Water Music and Fireworks Music).Handel, German by birth, was recog-nized as a master composer in Englandduring his lifetime. Appreciation of hismusic has never diminished since theBaroque era.

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, arr. Kirk AamotMozart’s Adagio

“Peace cannot be kept by force. It canonly be achieved by understanding.”—Albert Einstein (1879–1955)

Mozart’s Adagio, (W.A. Mozart(1756–1791), adapted for treble voicesby Kirk Aamot in 2004, is based directlyon the second movement of Mozart’sClarinet Concerto in A major (K.622),his final instrumental composition. Thevoices carry the original clarinetmelody, while the clarinetist is given

mostly new music with the exception ofthe original closing passage.

Widely recognized as one of the great-est composers in the history of Westernmusic, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wasa consummate master of every musicalgenre during his lifetime. Although hislife-span was short, even by 18th cen-tury standards, Mozart’s music outputwas remarkably prodigious.

AMERICAN FOLK SONG, arr. Laura Farnell Shenandoah

“Absence is to love what wind is to fire;it extinguishes the small, it inflames thegreat.”—Roger de Bussy-Rabutin(1618–1693)

Shenandoah, (American Folk Song,arranged by Laura Farnell), is one ofAmerica’s most well-known folk songs.Although its origins are debatable, theNative American word “Shenandoah”

means “daughter of the stars”; theShenandoah River and river valley inVirginia bear the name. With an origi-nal tune that is generally cited as a seachanty, the text of Shenandoah differsamong its many versions. In one inter-pretation, the text tells the story of aMissouri river trader who falls in lovewith the daughter of Native AmericanChief Shenandoah and courts her for


STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER, arr. Mark Hayes Oh! Susanna

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”—Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

Oh! Susanna, (Stephen Foster,1826–1864), was written by the com-poser when he was 21 years old. Fosterlater wrote, “[Oh! Susanna] had theeffect of starting me on my present voca-tion as a songwriter.” Published in 1848,Oh! Susanna became so popular that itbecame the unofficial theme of the 1849

California Gold Rush.

In his 37 years of life, Stephen CollinsFoster wrote more than 200 songs, pop-ular minstrel songs, and sentimentalballads, most of which he wrote boththe text and music. These works includeOh! Susanna, Camptown Races, NellyBly, My Old Kentucky Home, Jeaniewith the Light Brown Hair, andBeautiful Dreamer.

seven years. Another popular versionrefers to a sailor longing for theShenandoah River and Valley.

Laura Farnell is an active choral com-poser, clinician, accompanist and adju-dicator from Arlington, Texas. Sheespecially enjoys working with middleschool students, as well as composing

and arranging for this age group. TheNavo MS Varsity Treble Choir proudlypremiered My Very Heart at the 2014Texas Music Educator’s Convention, aselection written for the choir by Mrs.Farnell in honor of their invited per-formance at the convention. She is amember of TMEA, TCDA, TMAA and ASCAP.

SAMUEL BARBER, arr. Emily Crocker Sure On This ShiningNight

“Let parents bequeath to their childrennot riches, but the spirit of reverence.”—Plato (c.428 BC–348 BC)

Sure on this Shining Night, (SamuelBarber, 1910–1981; text by JamesAgee, 1909–1955), from Four Songs,Op. 13, is widely considered as one ofthe composer’s most famous contribu-tions to art song. With long, lyricalcanonical lines, initiated by the voiceimmediately followed by the piano, the song’s structure resembles those ofthe 19th-century masters, JohannesBrahms and Robert Schumann. TheBrahmsian canonic principals andrhythmic chordal-style accompaniment

are reminiscent of Schumann’s writ-ings, rendering Sure On This ShiningNight “quintessential Barber” in itsrevered simplicity.

Samuel Barber is considered one of themost expressive composers ofRomantic and lyric trends in 20th-century classical music. Barber’s musicmaintains secure tonality and strongrhythmic lines to keep his music mod-ern and distinctive, never experimental.A prolific song composer (among othergenres), he composed more than 100works for voice and piano, the majorityof which remain unpublished.


ALLEN KOEPKE Dance on My Heart

“My heart is ever at your service.”William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

Dance on My Heart, (Allen Koepke,1939–2012), is a fusion of madrigaland contemporary styles. A delightfulmixed meter composition with a textby the composer, Dance on My Heartwas the winner of the 1991 IowaChoral Directors’ Association Com -position Contest.

A well-known choral conductor, clini-cian, adjudicator and composer beforehis passing in 2012, Allen Koepke wasawarded the 1996 Iowa Professor ofthe Year by the Carnegie Foundationfor the Advancement in Teaching andCouncil for Advancement andSupport of Education. His commis-sions have been written for schools,colleges, and churches throughout theUnited States.

JOHN LEAVITT Ose Shalom

“I do not want the peace which passethunderstanding, I want the understand-ing which bringeth peace.”—HelenKeller (1880–1968)

The text of Ose Shalom (John Leavitt, b.1956; Traditional Hebrew Text) is part ofa passage commonly found as a conclud-ing sentence in much Jewish liturgy, orig-inating from Job 25:2. This selection waswritten for the Kansas Music Educators

Association Middle Level Choir in 2002.

An active composer, conductor, teacher,and church musician, John Leavitt is alifetime member of the AmericanChoral Directors Association (ACDA),as well as a member of the AmericanSociety of Composers, Authors andPublishers (ASCAP). Dr. Leavitt hasnumerous publications for choir, piano,organ, hand bells, and string orchestra.

GREG GILPIN Nothin’ Gonna Stumble My Feet

“Everything that is done in the world isdone by hope.”—Martin Luther(1483–1546)

Nothin’ Gonna Stumble My Feet(music by Greg Gilpin and Text ByJohn Parker) is a wonderfully contem-porary rhythmic work written in thetraditional spiritual style. Originallywritten in 2008 for SATB choir, thisSSA arrangement with divisi and des-cant was published in 2011.

An ASCAP Award–winning choralcomposer and arranger with hundreds

of publications to his credit, GregGilpin is director of educational choralpublications for Shawnee Press, as well as an in-demand choral conductor.He is a member of MENC, ACDA, anda Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Life LoyalMember.

In addition to writing choral works pri-marily for churches and schools, JohnParker is the Minister of Music at FirstBaptist Church in Keller, Texas. Amember of ACDA, ASCAP, TCDA,AAP and IFCM, Mr. Parker is a sought-after conference leader and clinician.


This collection of music is a winsomeset of folk-hymn arrangements origi-nating in the mid-19th century collec-tions of The Sacred Harp and TheSouthern Harmony, and organizedaround a significant liturgy of thechurch. The hymnbooks from whichthis music is found were unique to thesouthern region of the United States.

The service known as a “High Mass”comes from the ordering of theChristian church liturgy into a stan-dardized theological and dramaticliturgical flow. The adjective “high”before the word “mass” partially indi-cates a service that is chanted and sung,as differentiated from a service that ismainly spoken. The working title forthis collection plays on the word “HighMass,” by inserting a term unique tothe history of the bluegrass musicalstyle, which is the word “lonesome.”This description, coined by BillMonroe, the so-called “Father ofBluegrass Music,” conveys the idea ofbluegrass music as a “high, lonesomesound.” The historical texts, usuallyknown by their Latin name, form thevarious sections of the traditional mass:Introit, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus,and Agnus Dei.

The folk-hymns used to carry forwardthe ideas of the service of the mass—“Kyrie”–“Lord, Have Mercy”;“Gloria”–“Glory to God in theHighest”; “Credo”–We Believe”;“Sanctus”–“Holy, Holy, Holy”;“Agnus Dei”–“Lamb of God, whotakes away the sins of the world”—possess the same theological themes asthese historic movements. These folk-hymns come primarily from the Scotch-Irish theological and musical traditions,found uniquely in the American South,and published in the hymn collections

mentioned above. Such hymn collec-tions flourished in the mid-19th century,and are repositories of some of thegreatest hymns of that era.

The ballad and song tradition thatmigrated with early Irish, Scotch-Irish,Welsh, and English settlers into thesouthern Appalachian areas ofVirginia, North Carolina, Kentucky,and Tennessee, was as natural as thetransposition of their verbal languagesand customs. At first, cultural isolationkept music contained in the hills or inwilderness settings. But over time, pop-ulation patterns caused a convergenceof the various pods of population andcultures. Religion took a powerful holdon the settlers of these areas, and in1801, great revivals became popular inrural parts of the South. These gather-ings resulted in a body of wildernessspirituals and folk hymns.

The conservative American South main-tained the folk traditions and customstaught by the old 18th-century singingschools popular throughout the south-ern regions. This tradition was charac-terized by rapid harmonic movement,parallel fourths and fifths, and minorand modal keys. Hymn notation in theSouth was characterized by theCharacter Notation Group, or as it iscommonly called today, shaped-notes.This method of music education wasbased on such pedagogical methods asletter and numerical notation, as well asfour and seven shape-note tune books.

Folk-hymns used for this collection asstatements for the traditional mass textsare Come Away to the Skies (MIDDLE-BURY), Brethren, We Have Met toWorship (HOLY MANNA), Brightestand Best of the Stars of the Morning(STAR IN THE EAST), What Wondrous

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Love Is This (WONDROUS LOVE) andDo Lord, Oh Do Remember Me (ananonymous “wilderness spiritual”).Additional tunes and stylings areinspired by this tradition, and settingsare based upon bluegrass stacked har-mony, rhythm, and other unique stylisticqualities, including “high, lonesome”modal vocals. Instrumentation requiresthe classic bluegrass combination ofacoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo,and double bass.

Texts and tunes forming the basis ofSouthern Appalachian folk-hymns andthe bluegrass music that came from theAppalachian areas of western Virginia,and eastern and middle Kentucky andTennessee, share common features. Theseinclude the elegant simplicity of the poet-ry and theology of the hymns; the modal,folk-song quality of the tunes; and eventhe interval of the rising fourth at the

beginning of many of the tunes, theo-rized to be not so much a compositionalidea, but rather, as a “gathering tone”for the group to find their starting pitch.And, there is the underlying theme andtone of hope and optimism for a betterplace and a happier day.

As Come Away to the Skies: A High,Lonesome Mass invites you into thesinging and performance of these time-less hymns, place yourself musically intoa time when a singing experience paidlittle attention to the length of time of aservice, but rather, invited you to enjoycommunity and extended gatheringtime through the learning of songs insinging schools, through shape-notes,and occasionally through days and evenweeks of religious services. There isnothing nostalgic, however, about thepoignancy and integrity of text and tuneon which this collection is based.


The NightingaleTHOMAS WEELKES, arr. Henry Leslie

The nightingale, the organ of delight;The nimble lark;The blackbird and the thrush,And all the pretty choristers of flight,That chaunt their music notes on ev’ry bush.Let them no more contend who shall excel;The cuckoo is the bird that bears the bell.

Sound the Trumpet from Come Ye Sons of ArtHENRY PURCELL, arr. William Herrmann

Sound the trumpet, till aroundYou make the list’ning shores rebound.On the sprightly hautboy play;All the instruments of joy,That skillful numbers can employ,To celebrate the glories of this day.

Texts and Translations

Lascia ch’io pianga mia cruda sorte E che sospiri la liberta! Il duolo infranga queste ritorte De’ miei martiri, sol per pieta.

Bel piacere e godere, E godere fido amor! Questo fa content il core, Di bellezza non s’apprezza lo splendor; Se non vien d’un fido cor.

Let me weep my cruel destiny,And only breathe liberty!The sorrow shatters the chainsOf my sufferings out of mercy.

What beautiful delight and happinessTo enjoy a faithful love!This gives contentment to the heart,The splendor is not rated by beauty;If it does not come from a faithful heart.

Lascia Ch’io PiangaGEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL, arr. Dave and Jean Perry

Bel PiacereGEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL, arr. Dave and Jean Perry


ShenandoahAMERICAN FOLK SONG, arr. Laura Farnell

Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,Away, you rollin’ river.Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you.Away, we’re bound away, ‘cross the wide Missouri.

‘Tis seven long years since last I saw you,Away, you rollin’ river.‘Tis seven long years since last I saw you.Away, we’re bound away, ‘cross the wide Missouri.

Farewell my love, I’m bound to leave you,Away, you rollin’ river.Farewell my love, I’m bound to leave you.Away, we’re bound away, ‘cross the wide Missouri.

Oh! SusannaSTEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER, arr. Mark Hayes

I came from Alabama with my banjo on my knee;I’m goin’ to Lou’siana, my true love for to see.It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry;The sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna, don’t you cry.Oh! Susanna, Oh! don’t you cry for me.I’ve come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.

I had a dream the other night, when ev’rything was still.I thought I saw Susanna a-comin’ down the hill.A buckwheat cake was in her mouth, a tear was in her eye.I says I’m comin’ from the South, Susanna, don’t you cry. Oh! Susanna, Oh! don’t you cry for me.I’ve come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.

I soon will be in New Orleans and then I’ll look around;And when I find Susanna, I’ll fall upon the ground.But if I do not find her, this man will surely die,And when I’m dead and buried, Susanna, don’t you cry.Oh! Susanna, Oh! don’t you cry for me.I’ve come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.

Kyrie eleison Christe eleison Don nobis pacem.

Lord have mercyChrist have mercyGrant us peace.

Mozart’s AdagioWOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, arr. Kirk Aamot


Sure On This Shining NightSAMUEL BARBER, arr. Emily Crocker

Sure on this shining nightOf starmade shadows round,Kindness must watch for meThis side the ground.

The late year lies down the north.All is healed, all is health.High summer holds the earth.

Hearts all whole.Sure on this shining night I weep forWonder wand’ring far aloneOf shadows on the stars.

Dance on My HeartALLEN KOEPKE

Once two handsome gentlemen asked a fair young maid a question:“What must we do to win your hand and gain your kind affection?”One said he was “stronger by far” than any other man that she’d meet.Also being braver than most, said, “Please marry me, I’m adoringly sweet.”

Then, said the other, “What if I give you diamonds and pearls, would you be mybride?I can offer power and riches. All through your life you’ll be satisfied.”

“Well,” she replied, “I’d make my selection,And you’d receive my love and affectionIf you danced on my heart, if you sang to my soul.But alas, my heart is not poundingand your songs are not sounding.Therefore, I cannot marry you.”

Then a kindly gentleman asked the fair young maid a question:“What must I do to win your hand and gain your kind affection?I can only promise to love you, be at your side through all of my life.I will be your faithful companion. Come take my hand, say you’ll be my wife.”

“Sir,” she replied, “you are my selection,and you’ll receive my love and affectionfor you dance on my heart, and you sing to my soul.I’ll take your hand,Wear your wedding band.Yes, kind sir, I will marry you!”


Nothin’ Gonna Stumble My FeetGREG GILPIN

I been a-walkin’ with the Lord for many a day.(Nothin’ gonna stumble, stumble my feet.)Tryin’ to abide in the straight and narrow way,(Nothin’ gonna stumble, stumble my feet.)But when my time on earth is done and I hear my name,Oh, when my time on earth is done these weary feet are gonna run.Not gonna stammer, not gonna trip, not gonna stumble, no, I’m not gonna slip.No, nothin’ gonna stumble, stumble my feet, when I go to walk that golden street.

Now the devil is a liar and a cheater, too.(Nothin’ gonna stumble, stumble my feet.)And if he gets his way, he’ll make a slider out of you.(Nothin’ gonna stumble, stumble my feet.)But if you listen for the Spirit’s voice in the moment of truth,Oh, if you listen for the Spirit’s voice, He’ll help you make the right choice.Not gonna stammer, not gonna trip, not gonna stumble, no, I’m not gonna slip.No, nothin’ gonna stumble, stumble my feet, when I go to walk that golden street.

Not gonna waver, falter, sway or fall.Not gonna tumble or slide.Not gonna stumble at all!Not gonna stammer, not gonna trip, not gonna stumble, no, I’m not gonna slip.No, nothin’ gonna stumble, stumble my feet, when I go to walk that golden street,Not gonna stumble, stumble my feet!

Ose ShalomJOHN LEAVITT

Ose shalom bimromav

hu ya’ase shalom aleynu veh’al kol Yisrael veh’imru, imru Amen.

The One who makes peace in the heavens,

(may) He make peace for us,and all for Israel,and let us say, let us say Amen.


Come Away to the Skies: A High Lonesome Bluegrass MassTIM SHARP/WES RAMSAY

I. Introit(Text: Charles Wesley; Tune: Middlebury)

Come, come away, come away…Come away to the skies my beloved arise and rejoice in the day thou wast born;On this festival day, come exulting away, and with singing to Zion return, comeaway.We have laid up our love and our treasures above tho’ our bodies continue below. The redeem’d of the Lord shall remember His word, and with singing to Paradisego, come away…

II. Kyrie(Text and Tune: Traditional Mass and Traditional Spiritual)

Kyrie eleison, Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me; Christe eleison, Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me; Kyrie eleison, Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me; Look away beyond the blue.

Lord have mercy, Look away, Lord, Lord.I got a home in Glory land (that) outshines the sun.

III. Gloria(Text: Traditional Latin Mass/George Atkins; Tune: Holy Manna)

Gloria in excelsis Deo.And on Earth peace, to all people of good will.

We praise Thee. We bless thee. We adore Thee. We glorify thee.We give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory.

Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatatis Gloria.Gloria in excelsis Deo, and on earth peace good will.

Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. Adoramus te. Glorificamus te.Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam.

Brethen we have met to worship and adore the Lord our God.Will you pray with all your power while we try to preach the word?All is vain unless the spirit of the Holy One comes down;Brethren pray and holy manna will be shower’d all around.

Domine Deus Rex caelestis.Domine Deus Pater omnipotens.

Gloria in excelsis Deo, and on earth peace good will.Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatatis Gloria.


Domine Fili unigenite,Jesu Christe,Domine Deus, Agnus Dei,Domine Deus, Filius Patris,Miserere nobis.

Gloria in excelsis Deo, And on Earth peace to all people of good will.

Quoniam tu solus sanctus, Tu solus Dominus, altissimus. Jesu Christe.Jesu Christe cum sancto spiritu in cum sancto spiritu. In Gloria Dei Patris, Amen.

IV. Credo(Text: Traditional Mass)

We believe in God the Father;We believe in Christ the Son;We believe, believe in Holy Ghost,The One in Three and Three in One.

We believe.

We believe that God created all that is, Seen and unseen, all is his;We believe that Christ God’s only son, God of God, light of light, from heaven come.

We believe.

Born of blessed Mary, Christ became a man;Suffer’d under Pilate, died and rose again;Sent the Holy Spirit to the Bride of Christ;Spoke by the prophets, gives His church life.

We believe in God the Father;We believe in Christ the Son;We believe, believe in Holy Ghost,The One in Three and Three in One.

We believe one Holy Church and,One Baptism for our Sins,The dead will rise to the life eternal,The redeemed will live with Him.

We believe.


V. Sanctus (Text: Reginald Heber; Tune: Star in the East)

Hail the blest morn! See the great Mediator,Down from the regions of glory descend!Shepherds, go worship the babe in the manger,Lo, for His guard the bright angels attend.

Holy, Holy, Holy,Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory.Hosanna in the highest.

Low at his feet, we in humble prostration, Lose all our sorrow and trouble and strife.There we receive his divine consolation;Following afresh from the fountain of life.

Blessed is he that comes in the Lord’s name.Hosanna in the highest.

VI. Agnus Dei (Text: Southern Harmony and Traditional Mass; Tune: Wondrous Love)

Oh, Lamb of God.What wondrous love is this, oh my soulThat caused the Lord of bliss to bear the dreadful curse for my soul?

Oh, Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world;Have mercy on us.

When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down,When I was sinking down, beneath God’s righteous frown,Christ laid aside his crown.

Oh, Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world,Have mercy on us.

To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing, While millions join the theme I will sing.

Oh, Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world;Have mercy on us.Grant us thy peace.


THE ArtistsNavo Middle School Director MaryMargaret Sadler is currently in her 40thyear of music education, and her fifthyear at Navo Middle School in theDenton Independent School District.Having taught choral students at everylevel from elementary to high school inaddition to college voice, choirs underMrs. Sadler’s direction have received con-sistent UIL Sweepstakes awards, tophonors at state and national festivals, anda featured performance on NationalPublic Radio’s Performance Today byher A Cappella Choir from Mary CarrollHigh School, taped at the Corpus ChristiCathedral. The Navo Middle SchoolVarsity Treble Choir was one of fourMS/JHS choirs in the state invited to per-form at the 2014 TMEA Convention.Mrs. Sadler was the associate director ofThe Woodlands High School Choir whenthe TWHS A Cappella Mixed Choir per-formed at the 1999 TMEA Convention,where she assisted in conducting dutiesand appeared as a soloist with the choir.While teaching college voice in Denver,Colorado, she worked with school dis-tricts in the Greater Denver Area as theartistic director for the Denver AreaChapter of Young Audi ences, Inc. “Mystudents, past and present, know that I have exceptionally high standards foreveryone in the classroom, myselfincluded, but we always have a momentfor levity. We work together, laughtogether, console together, understandtogether and accomplish together, there-by growing not only our music skills, butfriendships and memories that last a life-time.” Mrs. Sadler is a graduate of SamHouston State University (B.M.E.) andOklahoma City University (M.M. invocal performance and pedagogy). Whileat SHSU and OCU, she had affiliations

with Pi Kappa Lambda, Alpha Chi,Alpha Lambda Delta and Kappa Delta Pihonoraries, as well as membership inSigma Alpha Iota and Kappa Delta. Mrs.Sadler was the 2014 Secondary Teacherof the Year for the Denton IndependentSchool District, and has been selected forhonors by Who’s Who in AmericanColleges and Universities as well as mem-bership multiple times in Who’s WhoAmong American High School Teachers.She is an active member of TMEA,TCDA, and NATS.

The Varsity Treble Choir is an auditiononly choir for girls enrolled at NavoMiddle School. Members of the VarsityTreble Choir excel in a variety of aca-demic courses, as well as participating innumerous activities such as NationalJunior Honor Society, athletics, UIL aca-demics, the school yearbook and news-paper, art, theater, cheerleading, andStudent Council. Comprised of 36singers this year, the Varsity Treble Choiris a consistent Texas UIL Sweepstakeschoir, in addition to receiving Best inClass and Outstanding Overall Choirhonors at festivals throughout Texas. The

MARY MARGARET SADLER, Director


Dr. Perry Phillips, an avid clarinetist, hasperformed throughout his life with awide variety of musical ensembles,including the Oklahoma City UniversityWind Ensemble and Orchestra,University of Oklahoma Wind Ensem -ble, Mayo Clinic Symphony Orchestra,Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, Lake -shore Clarinet Quartet, and GenerationsJazz Big Band, in addition to a wide vari-ety of solo performances. He has alsoperformed vocally with the SheboyganSymphony Chorus. He continues to beinspired by his sister, Mary MargaretSadler, who lives the dream of music

education daily with her students.Vocationally he is an otorhinolaryn -gologist/head and neck surgeon whocompleted his training at the MayoClinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and cur-rently practices at the Aurora SheboyganClinic in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Hishobbies outside medicine and musicinclude nature and action photogra-phy/videography, snowboarding, wake-boarding, coaching varsity high schoolboys’ soccer, and training miniature longhaired dachshunds. He is honored andthrilled to be able to perform with hissister’s choir at Carnegie Hall.

2013–14 Choir was honored to be aninvited performer choir at the 2014 TexasMusic Educators Association Conventionin San Antonio, one of the four middleschool/junior high choirs invited to sing.

Varsity Treble Choir members also partic-ipate in TMEA Region 2 All-RegionChoir, Solo & Ensemble Contest and theannual school musical production.

Denise Stephens, a native of Denton,Texas, is in her 18th year of teachingwith Denton ISD. She has been thechoir director at Calhoun MiddleSchool for the past 17 years. She is agraduate of Baylor University, whereshe received her bachelor of music invocal performance, and was awarded

the Thomas Stuart Award in VocalExcellence. Ms. Stephens loves to sing,travel, and perform, but mostly enjoysspending time with her family, friends,and “four-legged” kids, Immitt andLacie. She is honored to serve as accom-panist for the Navo Middle SchoolVarsity Treble Choir.

DENISE STEPHENS, Piano

PERRY PHILLIPS, Clarinet

Julianne Parazo Booth graduated fromthe University of Texas at El Paso andcompleted graduate work at theUniversity of North Texas in violin per-formance and musicology. She has per-formed professionally with theLewisville Lake Symphony, RichardsonSymphony, Fort Worth Symphony,Dallas Opera, and Dallas Summer

Musicals Orchestra for more than 25years. Mrs. Booth has been the conduc-tor and artistic director of the NorthTexas Youth Orchestra since 2009. Shehas been the head orchestra director fororchestra programs in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Highland Park,ISD, Plano ISD, and most recentlystepped into the head director position

JULIANNE BOOTH, Violin


Tim Sharp is executive director of theAmerican Choral Directors Association,the world’s largest association of choralconductors, students, scholars, com-posers, and choral industry representa-tives. He is in his seventh season as artis-tic director of the Tulsa Oratorio Chorusin Tulsa, OK, where critics have charac-terized his performances as having“stunning power,” “great passion andprecision,” and “marvelous force.” Dr.Sharp returned to Carnegie Hall inNovember 2012 for the fifth time, con-ducting Vaughan Williams’ Hodie in achoral concert with John Rutter, andrecently presented a new hearing forHandel’s Messiah at Alice Tully Hall. Asan arts administrator, Dr. Sharp has pur-sued an aggressive agenda of strategicplanning and progressive initiatives tokeep the American Choral DirectorsAssociation energized and relevant in the21st century. He represents choral activ-ity in the United States to theInternational Federation for ChoralMusic, and appears regularly as guestconductor and clinician throughout theworld. Before coming to ACDA, DrSharp was dean of fine arts at RhodesCollege, Memphis, TN, where he con-ducted the Rhodes Singers andMasterSingers Chorale. In 2003 Dr.Sharp’s production of Puccini’s GianniSchicchi won an Ostrander Award,Memphis’ annual award for excellence

in theater. Prior to his position inMemphis, he conducted the BelmontUniversity Chorale and OratorioChorus, Nashville, TN, where hereceived choral credits on the Grammy-nominated and Dove Award–winningrecording A Glen Campbell Christmas.Dr. Sharp’s compositions and arrange-ments exhibit his interest in conceptualprogramming as exemplified by theworks Salvation is Created, an EarlyAmerican Service of Lessons and Carols;the Young Voices series, includingChristmas Messiah and Vivaldi’s Gloriafor Young Voices; his own choral seriesthrough Gentry Publications; and thisevening’s New York City premiere,Come Away to the Skies: A HighLonesome Bluegrass Mass, co-writtenwith Wes Ramsay.

TIM SHARP, Composer/Conductor

at Denton High School in Denton ISDin June 2014.

Mrs. Booth’s desire is to support youngmusicians and help develop the toolsthey will need as adults in the workforce: teamwork, self-discipline, goaldevelopment, social skills, and commu-

nity service. She believes sharing the giftof music is essential to the developmentof the student musicians. She has beenmarried for 28 years to her best friendRodney Booth, professor of jazz studiesat UNT, and they have two beautifuldaughters who are the center of theirlives—as all children should be.


Chuck Nation (fiddle/mandolin), fromGainesville, GA, is a member of theAtlanta Country Music Hall of Fame, aGeorgia State Fiddle Champion,Georgia State Mandolin Champion,Louisiana State Fiddle Champion, andhas performed across the U.S. and in 17countries. He has played with a virtualwho’s who of professional country andbluegrass artists. Chuck has performedat the Grand Old Opry, New OrleansWorld’s Fair, Savannah Music Festival,and theater productions of Smoke OnThe Mountain, Always Patsy Cline,and The High Lonesome Mass.

Susan Nation (acoustic bass) is anacclaimed singer and songwriter whohas performed Americana and bluegrassmusic around the world with variousgroups. Much of the band’s repertoirecomes from her published songwritingskills. She founded her own publish-ing company, Only One Nation Music,and her songs have been recorded byothers. Ms. Nation’s singing and her

solid bass playing provide a firm foun-dation to the band.

Libby Nation-Whitehead (mandolin/guitar) sings and plays many instru-ments equally well, has performed onLate Night with David Letterman, TheTonight Show with Jay Leno, OprahWinfrey’s Oscar party, and at the RoyalAlbert Hall in London. She has touredprofessionally as a pianist in Europe,Asia, and the U.S. Ms. Nation-Whitehead teaches piano and voice to afull schedule of students in Atlanta.

Jody Hughes (guitar/banjo) is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who teachesprivate and online music lessons, andperforms solo and in various ensemblesthroughout the Southeast. He has per-formed at the Grand Old Opry,Merlefest, and the Philadelphia FolkFestival. Mr. Hughes is a MerlefestBanjo Competition winner, and a three-time winner of the Georgia State Cham -pionship on both guitar and banjo.

Steve Vincent (drums) has played withLiberace, Benny Goodman, BootsRandolph, Floyd Cramer, and was amember of the Chattanooga Symphonyfor 15 years. In addition to the ChuckNation Band, Mr. Vincent is the on-calldrummer for many other groups, playsdrums weekly in the PresbyterianChurch, and is a member of theGeorgia Mountain Fair Staff Band.

THE CHUCK NATION BAND, Special Guests


DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS SINGERS INTERNATIONAL

Berry College Choir (GA), Harry Musselwhite, DirectorMurfreesboro Community Men’s Chorus (TN), Jamila McWhirter, DirectorNorth Idaho College Choir (ID), Max Mendez, DirectorOur Lady of Loreto Parish Cantati Loreti (CO), Charles C. Nolen, DirectorRutherford Community Chorus (NC), Tony Spencer, DirectorThe Jane Froman Singers (MO), Nollie Moore Jr., DirectorThe Voices of the Mountains (TN), W. Patrick Flannagan, DirectorTulsa Oratorio Chorus (OK), Tim Sharp, Director

Nollie Moore is the director of the musicprogram and an instructor of voice atColumbia College in Columbia,Missouri, where he directs the highlyselective campus choir The Jane FromanSingers. He is the faculty advisor to thecollege A Cappella Society and the cam-pus drama club, The Elysium Players.His singers can be heard on two profes-sional compact disc recordings: SimplyAmerican, a compilation of performanc-es from the groups many internationaltours, and Peace, a full length disc con-taining several of the works performedby the group annually at the home cam-pus Holiday Lighting Festival. Concerttours have taken members to CarnegieHall; the great cathedrals of Scotland,England, Austria, Italy, and Ireland; andto state-of-the-art concert halls of TheRepublic of China. He is active as a pro-fessional tenor, singing regularly with theMissouri Chamber Orchestra. He mostrecently sang the tenor solos for Han del’sMessiah in Dublin and London to criticalacclaim. Professional regional musicaltheater work includes The Music Man,Forever Plaid, and Fiddler on the Roof.

Mr. Moore has served and/or is currentlyserving on the Board of Directors for theColumbia College Alumni Association,Theater Reaching Young People inSchools, the Columbia Civic Orchestra,and the Missouri Symphony Society. Heserves as director of traditional musicfor Broadway Christian Church. Healso maintains a full teaching studio oflocal high school students who can con-sistently be seen in national honorchoirs and in leading roles on stagesthroughout mid-Missouri.

NOLLIE MOORE, Tenor


PERFORMING ARTS PARTNERS

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

Rachel AndersonShelley AnthonyHannah AufrancCharlene BabbHeather BarberMegan BardwellMorgan BensonLaura BlaisKatie BlakeMiller BobTy ClementAlicia ColeJoan ColemanKiera ConnerClaudia ConradEllen CorbettCharleen CordoChris CouchAubrey CraviottoRebecca CrowleyHarper CurryDavid Schumann Caroline DedmondArwen DelatorreGrace DunklinPatricia DunnConner EalyJohn EdgarJanelle Ehret

Emily EichelbergerKatelynn EppensteinStephen FeyVicki FeyKrista FirkusCarly FischerBeth FlichmanAmy FrauenbergKayla FussTom GarthrightJaime GomezDavid GreerTeresa GrubbsGrant HaagCarol Hand-BartonMerilyn HardyDesiree HarrisCaleb HawkinsMichael HenneberryJacob HinsonLeah HovelnAnastasia HowardStephen HowardElizabeth HughesBen JenkinsRene JenkinsCarolyn JessKrystal JohnsonAlysa Jones

Doris JonesJennifer KennedyAlicia KingRobert KocisAllison KriegBarbara LaiferJennifer LarsenCheryl LassenBelinda LeslieLucy LewisVictoria LissCurt LongSteven LubonieckiLauren LuckadooLoretta LuckadooLeechie McDonaldJohnny McDonaldDavid McReynoldsBob MellnikHannah MeltonMaximiano MendezBrown MichaelJoanna MillerCynthia MitchellJessica MondyCarter MooreCorynn MooreLogan MooreNollie Moore

Siobhan MulliganAllison MurrayDanny MurtonKathleen NeirinckxAmy NelsonJordan NigusCharles NolenBarbara NoyesCheri PattersonJames PattersonFlorence PowellEvelyn Pursley-

KopitzkeAnna RallsRebecca ReedSamantha RothschellLaura RoweMary RussellKathy SaidyTabitha ShanklinMolly ShofnerMaddi SkipworthAlan SmitheeTony SpencerMichael SteelmanMark StephensStephanie SyversonAustin TalbotSienna Templeman

Alyssa AllenMadison AndersonMeagan BiedingerOlivia BielefeldKobie BothellAlyssa BrantzegSherry Ann BuchananAlexandria CarranzaCecelia CarulloClancy CoulterJoesy De PaloSavanah DowningJazmin FarleyChloe FosterSydney FreemanElizabeth GaytanAminah HallAbigail Henri

Cami LawsonSavannah LeideckerEmily LoweSavannah McGuireMary MillerOlivia MorrisRiley PascenteMoriah PeraltaWhitleigh PowellTessa SanchezGracen SchutzeLeah StoverMadison SummersGinamarie VanniRianna WadeKayla WhismanHailey WildeHannah Wilson

Special Thanks:

Navo Middle School Varsity Treble ChoirANGEL DONORSMr. Shaun Perry,

Navo MS PrincipalTrinity Lawn & LandscapeIBMProvident Realty Advisors, Inc.Balfour Beatty ConstructionBloomfield Homes, LPWalsh, Gallegos, Green &

Trevino, PCDr. and Mrs. Perry PhillipsChris and Debra CooperKiwanis Club of Denton, Inc.Navo MS Varsity Treble

Choir FundraisingCommittee

NAVO MIDDLE SCHOOL VARSITY TREBLE CHOIR

DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS SINGERS INTERNATIONAL


Bonnie ThrockmortonMary Elizabeth

Tucker

Jordan UlrichCela Varosy

Paul VarosyNataasjia Williams

Mark WoeppelConnor Wright

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Iris Derke, Co-Founder and GeneralDirector

Jonathan Griffith, Co-Founder, ArtisticDirector and Principal Conductor

Danuta Gross, Director of Finance andAdministration

Kevin Taylor, Associate Director ofProgram Development

Jason Mlynek, Program DevelopmentJames Meaders, Program DevelopmentNeil McDonald, Program DevelopmentDeborah Simunovich, Program Development

Jim Joustra, Program DevelopmentAndrea Macy, Marketing & PromotionsEdmundo Montoya, Production ManagerDeAnna Choi, Finance & AccountingGary Crowley, Graphic Design/WebsiteEmily Nelson, Concert OperationsJoshua Grace, Program Development

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DCINY 2015 Concert SeriesPlease join us for one of our upcoming events:

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/ConductorFeaturing 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 ConductorFeaturing Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers InternationalDinos Constantinides: Homage-A Folk Concerto for Flute and OrchestraIris Derke, Flute

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

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