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2013-2014Concert Season

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Oct. 20 • 3 p.m.

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FROM THE PRESIDENT Jim Crislip

T hank you for attending this performance of the Walla Walla Choral Society. We hope that you

enjoy the music and that you will continue to join us in the future.

At these performances, you see before you a com-munity of musicians who give of their time, their talents and their financial resources to share the gift of excellent choral music in our area. Behind these singers, instrumentalists and directors is a legacy passed through the centuries, from teacher to stu-dent, from conductors and directors to all the mem-bers of their performing groups.

Every step along the musical journeys represented on this stage is supported by the willingness of pa-trons to support the arts, and by teachers and direc-tors imparting their wisdom.

We treasure your support, through your presence at our performances and through your giving, so that

our part of this grand musical legacy may continue in the Walla Walla Valley.

Four Directors, Four ConcertsLongtime director Dr. Christine Janis retired at

the end of the 2012-2013 season after more than a decade as Artistic Director of the Choral Society. The Board of Directors chose to offer three candi-dates for Artistic Director the opportunity to each direct a concert for the 2013-2014 season. Thus, the Choral Society is enjoying the talents each candidate brings, and a decision will be made following the third concert as to who will be awarded the position. The season’s fourth concert is being directed by John Neumann, a retired choral director living in College Place.

— Jim CrislipPresident, Walla Walla Choral Society

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CANDIDATE FOR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dr. Jeremy Mims

A diverse musician, Jeremy Mims is a

conductor, pianist, violin-ist and vocalist. Currently, he conducts the choirs and teaches conducting at Whitman College. Mims is also the conductor of the Walla Walla Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Previously, he served as conductor of Canticum

Novum, an undergraduate chamber choir at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. In addition, Mims taught public school choir and orchestra in El Paso, Texas.

An active performer, Mims has served as ac-companist for numerous high school honor choirs and ensembles at UMKC and Hardin-Simmons University. Mims performs regularly with Melissa Loehnig, specializing in four-hand piano literature. He has also served as clinician and frequently guest conducts ensembles in the area.

Mims has sung with several choirs, including the

Simon Carrington Chamber Singers, the Kansas City Collegium Vocale, El Paso Chamber Choir and the Bruce Nehring Consort. As a violinist, he has played with symphonies in Walla Walla, Richland, El Paso, and Abilene. He has also served as musical director of shows and operas for numerous theaters.

Mims received degrees from Hardin-Simmons Uni-versity and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Conducting from UMKC. He is researching the works of Mexican Baroque composer Miguel Mateo Dallo y Lana.

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WALLA WALLA CHORAL SOCIETYpresents

Dr. Jeremy Mims, ConductorKristin Vining, Accompanist

A Celebration of North American Music

I.Dixit Dominus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miguel Mateo Dallo y Lana Mims, ed.II.Three Poems from A Shropshire Lad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Chorbajian

I. Loveliest of TreesII. When I Was One-and-TwentyIII. With Rue My Heart is Laden

Walla Walla Choral Society Chamber Choir

III.Les Chansons des Roses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morten Lauridsen

II. Contre Qui, RoseWalla Walla Choral Society Chamber Choir

V. Dirait-on

IV.Las Agachadas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aaron CoplandThe Conversion of Saul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z. Randall StroopeAlleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randall Thompson

V.Shenandoah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American folksong arr. James ErbBeautiful River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Lowry/William HawleyCome, Thou Fount of Every Blessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arr. Mack Wilberg

VI.The Battle of Jericho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arr. Moses HoganRide On, King Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arr. Moses Hogan

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This superb example of British farce had them rolling in the aisles in London and New York. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of London because of his irregular working schedule. Complication is piled on complication as the cabby tries to keep his double life from exploding.

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“When a woman says she wants a new car, what she really wants is a new life.”

Have you ever been tempted to flee your own life? Becky Foster is caught in middle age, middle management and a middling marriage—with no prospects for change on the horizon. Then one night a socially inept and grief-struck millionaire stumbles into the car dealership where Becky works. Becky is offered nothing short of a new life, and the audience is offered a chance to ride shotgun in a way that most plays wouldn’t dare.

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The place is a communal residence in a New England city, where four mentally handicapped men live under the supervision of an earnest but increasingly “burned out” young social worker. “Little things” sometimes become very funny. We are reminded that the handicapped, like the rest of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the brief time that they, like their more fortunate brothers, are allotted on this earth.

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“Nunsense” is the story of five nuns who must put on a variety show to raise money to bury several of their sisters who were accidentally poisoned by the cooking of Sister Julia, Child of God. Mother Superior is a feisty Sophie Tucker-type who can’t resist the spotlight. Sister Mary Hubert, Mistress of the Novices, is the second in command, always competing with the Mother Superior. Sister Robert Anne, a streetwise tough character from Brooklyn, is a constant source of aggravation for the Mother Superior. Sister Mary Amnesia is a sweet nun who lost her memory after a crucifix fell on her head. Sister Mary Leo, the novice of the group, wants to become the first nun ballerina.

Visit www.ltww.org for more information, or to buy season tickets, or sign up to receive the latest news from the Little Theatre!

2013-2014 • 69TH SEASON

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This superb example of British farce had them rolling in the aisles in London and New York. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of London because of his irregular working schedule. Complication is piled on complication as the cabby tries to keep his double life from exploding.

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“When a woman says she wants a new car, what she really wants is a new life.”

Have you ever been tempted to flee your own life? Becky Foster is caught in middle age, middle management and a middling marriage—with no prospects for change on the horizon. Then one night a socially inept and grief-struck millionaire stumbles into the car dealership where Becky works. Becky is offered nothing short of a new life, and the audience is offered a chance to ride shotgun in a way that most plays wouldn’t dare.

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The place is a communal residence in a New England city, where four mentally handicapped men live under the supervision of an earnest but increasingly “burned out” young social worker. “Little things” sometimes become very funny. We are reminded that the handicapped, like the rest of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the brief time that they, like their more fortunate brothers, are allotted on this earth.

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“Nunsense” is the story of five nuns who must put on a variety show to raise money to bury several of their sisters who were accidentally poisoned by the cooking of Sister Julia, Child of God. Mother Superior is a feisty Sophie Tucker-type who can’t resist the spotlight. Sister Mary Hubert, Mistress of the Novices, is the second in command, always competing with the Mother Superior. Sister Robert Anne, a streetwise tough character from Brooklyn, is a constant source of aggravation for the Mother Superior. Sister Mary Amnesia is a sweet nun who lost her memory after a crucifix fell on her head. Sister Mary Leo, the novice of the group, wants to become the first nun ballerina.

CANDIDATE FOR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dr. Dean Luethi

Dr. Dean Luethi is an assistant professor

of the School of Music at Washington State Uni-versity in Pullman, Wash-ington, where he directs the University Singers and VoJazz. In addition, Dean teaches choral music methods, studio voice and supervises student teach-ers.

Prior to his work at WSU, Dean worked as a vis-iting instructor at the University of South Florida in Tampa and as a public school teacher in the Green Bay public school system in Wisconsin.

Dean received his DMA in Choral Music and Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his MM in Choral Conducting from the University of South Florida in Tampa and his BM in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

He has studied under renowned conductors

including Richard Zielinski, Robert Summer, Dale Warland, Joseph Flummerfelt, Miroslav Popsavov, Donald Schleicher, and Eduardo Diazmunoz.

He has guest conducted or presented research in Cuba, Newfoundland, Hawaii and Austria, and is sought after as a guest conductor, adjudicator, clini-cian and soloist.

Dean is very excited to work with the Walla Walla Choral Society and is honored to be chosen to con-duct this concert.

WALLA WALLA CHORAL SOCIETY *Chamber choir

SopranoChris Aguilar Cheri Berg * Dixie Cramer Michele Crislip Linda DeBolt Angelica Dimock Shelly Franklin Lois Hahn Cheryl Hair Hannah Herbert * Diane Marr Longmire * Su Meredith Linda Pearson * Karen Peddicord Nancy Reiff Cathy Stewart * Claire Valente * Valerie Weaver Lindsay WinsorAltoRoberta Bardsley * Audrey Campbell Emily Canwell Annie Charnley EvelandLiz Conover * Karyl Dennis Lindsey Dennis * Stefanie Crumpacker-FlerchingerGwyn Frasco Maria Garcia * Susan Johnson Ginger JohnstonJeanine Johnston Linnea Keatts Christy Petrie Brenda RamirezAudrey Renaud * Debra Rood * Diane Royce Ann Skogland Terri Stanley Elissa Stites * Linda Tam Wilmalu Tomlinson TenorCraig Allen * Lynda Cheney Jim Crislip Mark Franklin Brenden Koch Terry Koch * Rick Pummel * Vic Walker *BassWarren Berg * Paul Dennis * Michael Ferrians * Roy HoltJim Johnson Leo Lapke Albert Marshall Keith Noel * Norman Skeels Dan Snider Roydan Tomlinson * Rich Young *

Officers President Jim Crislip Vice president Suzanne Meredith Secretary Shelly Franklin Treasurer Deb Ellis Librarian Terry Koch Past president Debbie Rood

Board MembersWarren Berg, Cheryl Hair, Julie Jones,

John Junke, Nancy Reiff, Roydan Tomlinson

OFFICERS AND BOARD

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Dr. Dean Luethi, ConductorKristin Vining, Accompanist

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arr. Parker/Shaw Hodie Christus Natus Est . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Gabriel’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Paulus There Shall a Star From Jacob - from Christus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Felix Mendelssohn

Walla Walla Choral SocietyO Come All Ye Faithful

Sing-along (lyrics on reverse)Candlelight Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Rutter

Walla Walla Choral SocietyRogers Adventist School Treble Choir, Patti Smith, director

Kraig Scott, organVarious Selections

Rogers Adventist School Treble Choir and Jr. High Handbell Ensemble

Hark the Herald Angels SingSing-along

O Magnum Mysterium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas Luis Victoria Splendid Jewel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Paulus The Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Tavener Still, Still, Still . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arr. Norman Luboff Mary Had a Baby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arr. William Dawson


Joy To the WorldSing-along

* Intermission *

What Sweeter Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Rutter Angels We Have Heard on High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arr. Parker/Shaw Fum, Fum, Fum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arr. Parker/Shaw

Walla Walla Choral SocietyKraig Scott, organ

Gloria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John RutterI. Allegro Vivace II. Andante III. Vivace e Ritmo

Matthew Horstman, Don Harral, Keith Noel, Jerry Bobbitt, trumpetDoug Scarborough, Bill Gilbert, Duane Anderson, trombone

Noel Jabagat, tuba - Barbara Lubbes, timpani - Kraig Scott, organ


Gloria

O Come All Ye FaithfulO come all ye faithful joyful and triumphantOh come ye O come ye to Bethlehem;Come and behold him born the King of angels;O come let us adore him Christ the Lord.

Sing choirs of angels sing in exultationSing all ye citizens of heaven above;Glory to God in the highest:O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning;Jesus, to thee be glory given;Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing:O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

Hark the Herald Angels SingHark the herald angels singGlory to the newborn KingPeace on earth and mercy mildGod and sinners reconcile. Joyful all ye nations riseJoin the triumph of the skies;With the angelic host proclaim‘Christ is born in Bethlehem’Hark the herald angels singGlory to the newborn King.

Christ by highest heaven adoredChrist the everlasting LordLate in time behold him come,Offspring of a virgin’s womb.Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;Hail, the incarnate deity,Pleased as Man with to dwell,Jesus, our Emmanuel!Hark he herald angels sing,Glory to the newborn King.

Hail, the heaven-born Prince of peace!Hail the Sun of righteousness!Light and life to all he brings,

Risen with healing in his wings.Mild he lays his glory by,Born that man no more may die,Born to raise the suns of earth,Born to give them second birth.Hark the herald angels sing,Glory to the newborn King.

Joy To the WorldJoy to the world! The Lord is come:Let earth receive her King!Let every heart prepare him roomAnd heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns:Let men their songs employWhile fields and floods rocks hills and plainsRepeat the sounding joy.

He rules the earth with truth and grace,And makes the nations proveThe glories of his righteousnesAnd wonders of his love

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WALLA WALLA CHORAL SOCIETY HISTORY

The Society as we know it today began in 1980 when Lee Friese was conductor of the Walla

Walla Symphony. Friese, who enjoyed conducting choral groups, organized a group called the Walla Walla Symphony Chorale that performed a Christ-mas concert with the full Symphony and two or three concerts with a chamber orchestra or piano accompa-niment each season.

When Friese left the Symphony, the directors de-sired to keep a choral unit associated with the group. Dr. Robert Bode was hired as the Assistant Conduc-tor with primary responsibilities for the choral group. Two concerts were presented with the full orchestra each year.

The high point of these years as the Walla Walla Symphony Chorale with Bode was a trip to New York in May 1990 to perform at Carnegie Hall. The cho-rus sang Brahms’ Requiem in a 300-voice chorus of several combined choirs, and were fortunate to sing the New York premieres of John Verall’s The Legend of Chief Joseph and John David Earnest’s The Wak-ing, accompanied by Yaacov Bergman conducting the Manhattan Philharmonic.

After several years it became evident that this relationship did not allow Bergman, the Sympho-ny’s Artistic Director, enough freedom to craft the season’s concerts when two were committed to the choral group.

Bode resigned and steps were taken to form an independent singing group which would be called the Walla Walla Choral Society. Bode would serve as the founding director, and Dr. Lee Thompson the accompanist. Wilmalu Tomlinson was the Choral Society’s first president. The Choral Society was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1990.

Bode took a sabbatical from Whitman College during the 1993-94 season, and Joe Miller signed on as the interim conductor. Under his direction the chorus staged its first Pops concert in the lobby of the Marcus Whitman Hotel, singing 21 Cole Porter numbers for two packed houses.

The next season, 1994-95, Jon Brotherton was the interim conductor while Bode and Thompson spent a year at Ohio State. That season’s highlight was the Magnificat concert, featuring the John Rutter and J.S. Bach versions of Mary’s Magnificat from the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke. The spring Pops con-cert, held in Cordiner Hall, featured a section staging

Native American dancers, Hispanic folk dancing and other local talents.

Bode resumed conducting duties for two more seasons, resigning because of his increasing workload at Whitman College and the Mid-Columbia Sym-phony.

Dr. James Carlson took up the baton for the 1997-98 season, with Dr. Christine Janis as Associate Con-ductor. Carlson resigned after the Christmas concert with the Walla Walla Symphony, and Janis conducted the subsequent Pops concert. Bode returned to di-rect the final concert of the season.

Janis was selected to be the group’s permanent conductor at the close of the 1997-98 season, and over the ensuing years guided the chorus in a rich variety of choral music. She took a sabbatical dur-ing the 2008-09 season. Three guest conductors — Paul Dennis, Dr. Kraig Scott, and Ronda Gabbard — filled in for one concert each during that season.

After Janis resigned following the 2012-13 season, three candidates for Artistic Director — Dr. Jeremy Mims, Dr. Dean Luethi, and Rob Dennis — con-ducted one concert each during the 2013-14 season. The season’s final concert was guest-conducted by John Neumann.

Mims and Dennis were chosen by the Board to serve as co-Artistic Directors for the 2014-15 season, but Mims accepted a position at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. Dennis was subsequently named Artisic Director beginning this season.

Terry Koch has served for a number of years as the group’s Librarian and Assistant Conductor, and has provided essential services such as rehearsing the male voices, organizing and distributing music, and other methods of support.

WWCS accompanists have included Thompson, Jackie Wood, Laura Curtis, Terri Koch and Kristin Vining.

Presidents who have led the Society include Wilmalu Tomlinson, W.N. McCaw, Elissa Stites, Chuck Templeton, Larry Riggs, John Junke, Heather Schermann, Debbie Rood, Jim Crislip, and the cur-rent President, Su Meredith.

CANDIDATE FOR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Rob Dennis

Rob Dennis is a Walla Walla native, graduat-

ing from Wa-Hi in 1991. He holds Bachelor of Music in Education and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees from the Univer-sity of Puget Sound, and a Master of Arts in choral conducting from Washing-ton State University.

In 2000, he began his teaching career as Director of Choral Activities at Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup, Washing-ton. During his tenure, the choirs at ERHS achieved regional and national recognition for outstanding performance and innovative programming. In 2010 he was hired as vocal music teacher at Pasco High.

He has directed or produced ten different musi-cal theater productions, including “Into the Woods” (2004), “Godspell” (2009), and “Les Miserables” (2010). Most recently, he produced and co-directed “In The Heights” at Pasco High, which was nomi-nated by the 5th Avenue Theatre Awards in nine

different categories, including Best Overall Musical Production.

Dennis has served as president of the Valley Re-gion of the Washington Music Educators Association and treasurer of the Washington state chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. He performs frequently throughout the Northwest as a choir member and soloist, including tenures with Choral Arts (Seattle), Northwest Repertory Singers (Tacoma) and Chor Anno (Vancouver, Washington).

Rob Dennis, conductorKristin Vining, Accompanist

Saints Bound For Heaven . . . . . . . . Melody from “Walker’s Southern Harmony” (1835)Arr. Mack Wilberg

Not One Sparrow is Forgotten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional Shaker hymnArr. William Hawley

An American Thanksgiving: Three Hymns from the Sacred HarpArr. Carol Barnett

II. McKay

Espiritu de Dios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional CubanArr. Brian Tate

Gate Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting of a Buddhist mantraMusic and English text by Brian Tate

Walla Walla Choral Society

Japanese Winters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Forrest PierceI. Winter TeaII. Winter WingsIII. Winter Monkey

Horizons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Louis Van Dijk

Shaker Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arranged by Kevin SiegfriedI. PeaceII. Love Is LittleIII. Heavenly DisplayIV. Lay Me LowV. Benediction


* Intermission *

Waitin’ for the Dawn of Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arr. Ron JeffersMen of the Choral Society

No Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arr. Susan BrumfieldTraditional Camp Meeting Song

Women of the Choral SocietyHard Times Come Again No More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stephen Foster

Arr. Mark Kellercontinued on next page


I Bought Me a Cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional American children’s songAdapted by Aaron Copland

Six Songs of Early Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arr. Donald PatriquinI. Ah! Si mon moine voulait danser

North Country Folk Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arr. Philp WilbyII. MarianneIII. Byker Hill

The Road Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melody from “Southern Harmony”Arr. Stephen Paulus

John the Revelator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Traditional gospel bluesArr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory

Espiritu de DiosEspiritu de Dios Spirit of GodLlena mi vida Fill my life,Llena mi alma Fill my soul,Llena mi ser. Fill my very being.Y llena me, And fill me,Llena me con tu presencia, Fill me with your presence,Llena me con tu poder, Fill me with your power,Llena me con tu amor. Fill me with your love.

Gate GateGate gate Gone, goneparagate Gone all the way to the other shoreparasamgate

Everyone gone over to the other shorebodhi svaha Enlightenment! Halleluia!

TEXT TRANSLATIONS Winter Tea

tea: cheap. porridge: weakleaves: pale at the start of winter.A threadbare robe will dofor the first frost of morning.

Winter WingsIn the branches of the plum, fluttering, the warbler sings. On his wings, falling, white, the snow.

Winter MonkeyThe rains of winter –Even a monkey could use a coat.

Ah! Si mon moine voulait danserEspiritu de Dios Spirit of GodLlena mi vida Fill my life,Llena mi alma Fill my soul,Llena mi ser. Fill my very being.

NOTES Japanese Winters

Forrest Pierce (b. 1972) is a northwestern American composer. Degrees from U. Puget Sound (summa cum laude), U. Minnesota, Indiana Univer-sity (dean’s prize in composition). Student of Don Freund, Dominick Argento. Winner of numerous prizes, performances by distinguished ensembles and soloists in North America and abroad. Angler of little blue streams and frequent shooter of orange basketballs.Horizons

In a cave, somewhere in the Western Cape region of South Africa, is a well-documented San (Bushman) painting of a Dutch (or, perhaps, Eng-

lish) ship, resplendent with flags and sails, rounding the Cape. The painting dates back to the early 1700s and serves as a poignant reminder of the incredible powers of observation of these now virtually exctinct people. Sadly, the very people the San saw as gods, certainly in terms of stature and relative opulence, were to become their executioners (with the help of other black tribes).The eland (a large antelope) represented more than just food and took on an almost supernatural sig-nificance, while the rain was seen, supernaturally, to be either male or female (either rain-cow or bull) depending on its intensity.

– Peter Louis Van Dijk

GUEST CONDUCTOR John Neumann

John W. Neumann is a choral director with

over 40 years of school teaching and church choir experience.

A graduate of Pacific Union College, Angwin California, with a BS in Music Education and the University of Southern California with an MM degree in choral music,

he has taught in California, Pennsylvania, Wash-ington and Singapore. While in Singapore, he was a guest conductor of the National Symphonic Band and was a choral consultant for the National Univer-sity of Singapore.

A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served as a non-combatant medic in the Vietnam conflict. For his dis-tinguished service, he was awarded the Silver Star, the Purple Heart and the Combat Medical Badge.

Neumann is retired, presently living in College Place where he conducts the community choir for Walla Walla University church. He has two sons and enjoys being “Papa” to three grandchildren.

John Neumann, conductorKristin Vining, Accompanist

The National Anthem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Courtney

Kyrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haydn, arr. Hirt

Heilig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mendelssohn

Sanctus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney

The Time For Praying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spiritual, arr. Helvey

Cantique de Jean Racine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fauré

Make Me An Instrument Of Thy Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McDonald

Agnus Dei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Williams

Hark! I Hear The Harps Eternal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spiritual, arr. Shaw/Parker

* Intermission *

Kyrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rossini

Crucifixus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lotti

Amazing Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Berkey

Higher Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. West

O For A Thousand Tongues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. West

My Good Lord’s Done Been Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spiritual, arr. Helvey

I Got Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spiritual, arr. Shaw/Parker

Thou Gracious God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Wilberg


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