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Taking a Chance on Love ……………..…………………………Vernon Duke, arr. Kirby Shaw soloists: Kris Bryan, Dave Williams (Sat.)

Marianna Ouellette, Allan Chartrand (Sun.)

Lullaby of Birdland.………………………………………George Shearing, arr. Carl Strommen

My Funny Valentine……………………………..………….....Rodgers/Hart, arr. Dave Barduhn soloists: Shannon Fix (Sat.), Susan Liechty (Sun.)

Take Five……………………………………………………………………….Desmond/Brubeck, arr. Shaw

Estate (Summer)……………….Bruno Martino/Jon Hendricks, arr. Paris Rutherford soloists: James McTernan (Sat.), Mark Liebendorfer (Sun.)

(instrumental number to be announced)…...………………………………………………………………. Eric Verlinde, piano; John Bangs, bass; Sean Burgess, drums

I’m Just a Lucky So and So ……………………..Duke Ellington/Mack David, arr. Shaw

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Fool on the Hill ……………………………..…………………...Lennon/McCartney, arr. Mac Huff Yesterday ………………………………………………………..Lennon/McCartney, arr. Bob Chilcott

soloists: Chris Meierding (Sat.), Jeff Pierce (Sun.)

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A Song in My Heart Kristine Anderson, piano; Eric Verlinde, piano

John Bangs, bass; Sean Burgess, drums

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Save the Date:

A Sing-Along! Tuesdays in July 2015

Bellevue Presbyterian Church 1717 Bellevue Way NE Bellevue, WA 98004

July 7 ~ Vivaldi “Gloria” July 14 ~ Mozart “Mass in C Minor”

July 21 ~ Haydn “Mass in Time of War” July 28 ~ Fauré “Requiem”

Call (425) 881-0445 for more information

Every Time We Say Goodbye……………………………..…………Cole Porter, arr. Rutherford soloists: Kathie Patten (Sat.), Karen Swanson (Sun.)

Libertango………………………………………………………………………………………………..Astor Piazzolla Eric Verlinde, piano

God Bless the Child …………………..Arthur Herzog/Billie Holiday, arr. Steve Zegree soloist: Kris Bryan

When October Goes…………………………………….Manilow/Mercer, arr. Laurie Cappello

(instrumental number to be announced)…...………………………………………………………………. Eric Verlinde, piano; John Bangs, bass; Sean Burgess, drums

Let’s Do It ……………………………………………………………………………Cole Porter, arr. Anita Kerr

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Bellevue Chamber Chorus

Personnel

Tenor * Mike Grube Andy Haslam

Mark Liebendorfer Jeff Pierce

David Williams

** Denotes Board Member *** Denotes Executive Director

Soprano * Maria Bayer

** Kristine Bryan *** Debra Defotis

** Jenn Evora ** Shannon Fix

Marianna Ouellette Kathie Patten

Alto Louise Baldwin

** Barbara Bridge * Melanie Grube ** Susan Liechty

** Karen Swanson

* Denotes Section Leaders

Bass Allan Chartrand

Jan DeWulf Don Jones

** James McTernan ** Chris Meierding

Bellevue Chamber Chorus, founded in 1984, performs three major concerts each season, en-compassing a variety of choral lit-erature from classical standards and contemporary works to “world music”, Broadway hits, and vocal jazz. The Chorus often joins other ensembles in performances of ma-jor choral/orchestral works, such as Mozart’s Vespers, Faure’s Requi-

em, Verdi’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Orff’s Carmina Burana, and, most recently, Brahms’ Requiem with the Kirkland Choral Society. The ensemble has premiered works by regional composers, including commissioned works for the Washington State Centennial Celebra-tion, the grand opening of the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, and a special 20th anniver-sary season commissioned piece, That Music Always Round Me, by Seattle composer, John Muehleisen. The Chorus has released three CDs: “Timeframes”, “Retrospective”, and our 2013 holiday CD, “Christmas Visions, Winter Dreams”.

Bellevue Chamber Chorus tours often and has performed in Carnegie Hall, various loca-tions in Europe, the International Music Festival (2000) in Sydney, Australia, and twice at the invitational Kathaumixw International Choral Festival in Powell River, British Columbia, where they won first place in 2008 in the adult mixed chorus category. Other performances include the Leavenworth International Choral Festival, the international “Rolling Requiem” in memory of September 11th, as one of the regional choruses in the NEA sponsored Ameri-can Masterpieces Choral Festival in Seattle, and in Kelowna, B.C. as part of the Okanogan Choral Society Series.

Bellevue Chamber Chorus is a non-profit organization, which receives its support from the generous donations of people interested in fine musical experiences on the Eastside.

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Director and Accompanist

Conductor of collegiate, community, and church choirs in Minne-sota, California, and the Seattle area for over twenty-five years,

Dr. Fredrick Lokken is in his fourteenth season as music di-rector and conductor of the Bellevue Chamber Chorus. Under his direction the Chorus has gained a growing reputation for exciting performances of diverse and innovative programs from the tradi-tional classics to contemporary music from around the world. He received his doctoral degree in choral conducting from the Uni-versity of Washington, where he studied under Abraham Kaplan and Joan Catoni Conlon. He has done further study with re-nowned choral conductors Joseph Flummerfelt, Helmuth Rilling, and Jon Washburn, and spent several years in the Netherlands doing choral research and writing. Dr. Lokken also holds a degree in vocal performance from the University of Wisconsin and sang with the professional Dale Warland Singers. In addition to his

work with the Bellevue Chamber Chorus, Dr. Lokken is head of the Choral Music program at Shoreline Community College, and is in frequent demand as a choral/vocal adjudicator throughout the region.

Kristine Anderson, piano: Kristine Anderson graduated with a music degree from the University of Montana at Missou-la. She is well-known in the Puget Sound region for her artistic and sensitive work with singers as well as instrumentalists rang-ing from tuba to piccolo. Equally at home with jazz, pop, and classical, she can adjust her style from Sondheim to Gershwin to Strauss. Her clients include winners in local and national compe-titions, including the Seattle Young Artist Music Festival, Metro-politan Opera semifinals, and concerto contests. Kristine also serves as accompanist for the Flute and Piccolo Forum, hosted by

Seattle Symphony flutist Zart Dombourian Eby. In the fall of 2010, Kristine accompanied a former Flute Forum attendee Justin Lee on his Western Washington tour, after he won the Ladies Musical Club contest. In addition to holding two church-pianist positions in Seattle, she was music director for the Seattle Musical Theater, formerly known as Civic Light Opera, during their production of High Society, and the pianist for the Seattle Opera Guild’s Preview shows, currently rehearsing for presentations of the upcoming production of Ros-sini's La Cenerentola. She has been the accompanist for Bellevue Chamber Chorus for the past seven seasons.

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Guest Artists

Pianist Eric Verlinde has excited audiences worldwide with his ener-getic and passionate performances. After attending Berklee College of Music and Mt. Hood CC, he started his professional music career working on a paddlewheel riverboat out of Portland, Oregon off and on for 6 years. He has performed with jazz legends like Arturo Sando-val, Randy Brecker, Cheryl Bentyne, Eric Alexander, Terell Stafford, Mark Murphy, Luis Conte, Thelma Huston, Don Lamphere, Jay Thom-as, Buddy Cattlet, Greta Matassa, Luis Peralta, Bryan Lynch, Hadley Caliman, Francine Reed, and Bobby Medina. And recorded (sic) on over 25 CD's including Hadley Caliman's recording Straight Ahead on Origen Records which reached #2 on the charts for national radio

plays for over 6 weeks. In 2011 he got to travel with Paul Allen and recorded music with him in Africa. He has also worked at Teatro Zinzanni as a music director. He is in high demand and is constantly performing, refining the sound and creating new music. His different groups create music that is pure, creative, spontaneous, superbly structured and melodic.

John Bangs began playing bass guitar professionally in his teen years, and has been playing ever since. Earning a degree in “Music in Performance and Industry” from Shoreline College, he later graduated from the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood California. John has an extensive discography, having spent a season as an active studio bassist at Triad Studios in Redmond and other Seattle recording venues. In addition to early jazz work with College ensembles, John has been privileged to tour in Japan, The Philippines, Russia, Mexi-co, Canada, and the United States with The Robert Case Band, Serviceman, Waterfall, and a variety of other recording and performing groups. He has served in Music Director roles at large conferences and at Northwest Community Church and Westminster Chapel in Belle-vue, and was Music Director and band leader for the nationally-syndicated “BANGO! Radio Show.” John went on to earn a doctorate from George Fox University and now serves as a professor at Northwest University and at Fuller Theological Seminary. He makes his home at Lake Joy east of Redmond, and there are eight people in the world who call him “Dad.”

Sean Burgess began drumming at the age of 8, began taking private lessons at 13, and is now 19. During his time at Sammamish High School, he played percussion and vibra-phone with the jazz band, the concert band, played in the rhythm section for the jazz choir, took guitar and piano classes, and played with a student run band of 15 members called "This is Your Captain Speaking". He has performed at many venues, such as the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, multiple club venues in Seattle, PACs in Bellevue, Kirkland, Is-saquah and Redmond, and recorded in multiple studios such KTUB in Kirkland and the BC studio in Bellevue.

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In Memoriam In honor of Memorial Day,

this week we remember those who have lost their lives serving this great country and also those loved ones listed below:

Kathleen Davis Ridenour requested by the Pomerantz, Ridenour and Defotis families

Doris and Oliver Lokken requested by Fred Lokken and Marsha Thomas

Grace and Ken Thomas requested by Marsha Thomas and Fred Lokken

Terri Rowland and Brian Nygaard requested by Fred Lokken and Marsha Thomas

Evelyn Fairleigh requested by Russell Lundwall

Ted and Vivian Cadeau requested by the Cadeau, Fagan, Tomlinson, Bridge, Dunkman and Kayser families

William Bridge requested by the Bridge, Bailey and Kayser families

Phil Bossert, Jr., requested by John and Barbara Bridge

Phil Bossert, Sr., requested by John and Barbara Bridge

Deedee and Eb Rechtin requested by Chris Meierding

Robert John Swanson requested by Bob and Karen Swanson

Nancy J. (Faris) Sleeper requested by Kathie Patten and family

Jeni Merilatt BCC chorus member (singer and accompanist) requested by Kathie Patten

Dana Louise McTernan requested by James McTernan

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Executive Director ...................................................................................................... Debra Defotis

Rehearsal Accompanist ..................................................................................... Kristine Anderson

Score Management/Music Librarian ....................................................................... Kathie Patten

Sound Engineer & Recording ........................................................................................ Kim Hofer

House Manager/Volunteer Coordinator ..................................................................... Jenn Evora

Stage Manager ....................................................................................................... David Williams

Ticket Coordinator........................................................................................................ Mike Grube

Program Advertising Coordinator ........................................................................ Barbara Bridge

Print and Graphic Design .......................... Meierding Designs (Chris Meierding), Kris Bryan

Website Design and Management ............... Plumtree Communications (Jen and Kim Hofer)

Additional Credits

Ushers and House Attendants: Kristen Bridge, Cathryn Buchanan, Nathaniel Chapman, Bradley Ouellette,

Rachel Oliver, Ken and Maer Robertson, Ellen Soter, Bob Swanson Community Board Member/Box Office: Richard Bulpin

Thank you to our Volunteers!

425.246.9130

www.plumtreecommunications.com

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Thank you to our Generous Donors

Crescendo - $2500 to 5000 Louise Baldwin

Bellevue Arts Commission Rick Bulpin and Kris Bryan

David Cook

Virtuoso - $1000 to 2499 4Culture

Maria and Doug Bayer Michael and Melanie Grube

** Kim and Jen Hofer * Microsoft Corporation Cora and Frank Trujillo

Jim and Vicki Walch

Diva - $500 to 999 * Boeing Corporation

James and Amelia Bryan Fred Lokken and Marsha Thomas

Newport Covenant Church

Aria - $250 to 499 ** John and Barbara Bridge

** Debra and Dennis Defotis Melinda Larrison

** Mark Liebendorfer Sean and Kathie Patten

Bravo - $100 to $249 ** Frederic DeWulf

Mary Griffin Susan Liechty

** Matthews Winery James McTernan

** Chris Meierding Michael’s Toyota of Bellevue and Michael’s Chevrolet of Issaquah

Leslie Moore Marianna Ouellette

Seattle Foundation/GiveBIG Scott and Meredith Selfon Fischer Meats—Issaquah

Gemini Fish Market—Issaquah

Tutti - Up to $99

Linda Andersson Anonymous

Robert and Sue Betts Elizabeth Brockman

Greg Brumley Gordon Buck

Barbara V. Bulpin Allan Chartrand

Kathleen Chartrand Jan DeWulf Jenn Evora

Shannon Fix Shaindell Goldhaber

Caroline Harlow John Hushagen Nancy Kirkland Russell Lindwall

Norma Lowenson George and Linda Tady

Bonnie Zdunich Tutta Bella

Costco Massage Envy

QFC Down Pour Coffee Bar

Big Fish Grill Gilbert’s on Main St.

Trader Joe’s

* indicates corporate matching grants ** indicates in-kind donations

Bellevue Chamber Chorus is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

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