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Rachmaninoff Vespers - NEW RELEASE! - 2003Don't miss this stunning new LIVE RECORDING of the piece known as"the crowning achievement of the 'Golden Age' of Russian Orthodoxsacred choral music." Get your copy today!

Walden Pond - 2003Three major works by Pulitzer Prize winning composer, DominickArgento, comprise one of our latest recordings, Walden Pond, releasedby Gothic Records. Gramophone Magazine calls it "...pure 'liquid joy'."

Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers - 2002With this recording, the Dale Warland Singers respond to hundreds ofrequests for a new Christmas album. It includes familiar Christmastunes in new arrangements, brand new carols and old favorites.

Bernstein and Britten - 1999This recording features Bernstein's provocative Chichester Psalms andBritten's Rejoice in the Lamb plus Stephen Paulus' famous Pilgrim'sHymn and other contemporary works by Rautavaara, Wertsch, Harlap,Albright, and Hovland.

Blue Wheat - 1996This delightful collection contains a wonderful collection of Americanfolk songs with an expressive range from joyous whimsy to placidprofundity. Blue Wheat continues to be one of DWS' best sellers.

December Stillness - 1995Lush, twentieth-century settings of Christmas/winter inspired texts.

Cathedral Classics - 1994The ethereal sounds of Martin, Howells, and Allegri, including Barber'sAgnus Dei.

A Rose in Winter - 1989 (Re-released 1997)An intriguing blend of time-honored Christmas/winter works andengaging modern offerings.

Christmas Echoes, Vol. 1 & 2 - 1992 (Re-released 2001)These CDs contain a magical and refreshing collection of well-knownand less-familiar Christmas carols.

Carols for Christmas - 1987A unique collection of arrangements of traditional Christmas carols byMN composer Stephen Paulus.

These recordings are available during intermission and after the concert in the lobby.

You may also contact the Dale Warland Singers offices at 651.632.5870 or complete andmail/fax an online order form from our website: www.dalewarlandsingers.org.

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table of contents

2003-2004 Concert Season .4

The Dale Warland Singers 6

Dale Warland, Founder and Music Director 8

Artistic Staff 9

Special Guests 11

Echoes of Christmas Program 12

Program Notes 14

The Singers 24

Honor Roll 28

Acknowledgements 31

Sponsors 32

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2003-2004 concert season

Cathedral ClassicsThursday, March 18, 2004, 7:30 PMSaturday, March 20, 2004, 8:00 PM

Basilica of Saint Mary, Minneapolis

Sponsored by Ecolab, Inc.

Revel in the mysterious beauty of John Rutter's Hymn to the Creator of Light,a lush work dedicated to famed composer Herbert Howells. Then hearHowells' own impressive Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing. Immerse yourself inthe beauty of Gregorio Allegri's Miserere and an exquisite commission byMark Kilstofte. 0 Magnum Mysterium, by composer Morten Lauridsen, andRussian classics by Golovanov, Chesnokov, and Gretchaninoff conclude thistimeless concert. Don't miss MPR's Tom Crann for a pre-concert discussion 45minutes prior to the performance.

A River JourneySaturday, April 24, 2004, 8:00 PM

Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, St. Paul

Sunday, April 25, 2004, 4:00 PMFirst Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights

Sponsored by Deluxe Corporation Foundation andthe National Endowment for the Arts

Follow America's sunlit back roads and meandering rivers into the past withdelightful folk songs, expressive spirituals, and traditional favorites! Perfectly

timed with St. Paul's Grand Excursion celebration, this concert glorifies ournational waterway with A River Journey, a major commission by American

composers Bill Banfield, Steve Heitzeg, Kirke Mechem, and John Muehleisen.Delight in favorite hymns and folksongs including Shall We Gather at the

River and Cindy. You'll hear works of America's first great songwriter, StephenFoster, and relive the pioneering spirit with Eric Whitacre's Leonardo Dreamsof His Flying Machine. Don't forget to come early for Tom Crann's (MPR's on-

air host) pre-concert discussions 45 minutes prior to each performance.

Tickets for all concerts available through our "no fees" ticketing partner, TicketWorks:PHONE: 612-343-3390 ONLINE: ticketworks.com

Special discounts for group sales avaiable through the Dale Warland Singers' office:651-632-5870.

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I Have Had Singing· A Choral Celebration!Sunday, May 30, 2004, 3:00 PM

Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis

FINAL CONCERTI

Thirty-one years of extraordinary music culminate in one last specialperformance at Orchestra Hall! The program will survey a broad spectrum ofworks including a reprise of Dominck Argento's Walden Pond, selections fromRachmaninoffs Vespers and one of Dale Warland's programming specialties,An Eclectic Mass. Dale Warland himself will offer the only premiere of theconcert: settings of three texts by American poet, Sara Teasdale. Join MPR'sTom Crann one last time for a pre-concert discussion 45 minutes prior to theperformance. It will be an event for all musical tastes ...and the dramatichighlight of our Farewell Season.

Tickets: $40 - $16

COMMEMORATIVE RECEPTION

After the celebratory concert, accompany Dale, current and alumni Singers,composers, and friends to a delightful reception at the Hyatt Regency, juststeps from Orchestra Hall. Share in laughter, memories and a delectable meal,as we bid "adieu" to one of America's most beloved choral ensembles.DON'T MISS IT!

Reception: $50/person

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the dale warland singersNow celebrating its 31st season ofconcerts, tours, radio broadcasts, andcritically acclaimed recordings, theDale Warland Singers is recognized asone of the world's foremost a cappellachoral ensembles. The 40-voiceprofessional choir is based inMinneapolis/St. Paul.

The Dale Warland Singers has earneda reputation for its commitment tocommissioning and performing newchoral music. The ensemble has keptthe choral genre fresh and alive bycommissioning works from DominickArgento, Stephen Paulus, LibbyLarsen, Carol Barnett, GeorgeShearing, Peter Schickele, BernardRands, Emma Lou Diemer, AliceParker, Janika Vandervelde, AugustaRead Thomas, Aaron Jay Kernis, andFrank Ferko among others. The DaleWarland Singers' Choral Ventures'·program solicits works from emergingcomposers, and through this program,over $150,000 in commissions havebeen awarded to over fifty talentedmusicians.

In 1992, the Dale Warland Singersbecame the first-ever recipient of theMargaret Hillis Achievement Awardfor Choral Excellence. Theorganization shares this honor onlywith Chanticleer and the VancouverChamber Choir among professionalchoirs. The group's extraordinaryefforts on behalf of composers andnew music resulted in ASCAP Awardsfor Adventurous Programming in 1992,1993, 1996, and 1999.

In addition to a subscription season inthe Twin Cities, the Dale WarlandSingers tours throughout the UnitedStates and abroad. It has alsoappeared on Garrison Keillor's originalA Prairie Home Companion and hasbeen featured on Public RadioInternational's Saint Paul Sunday. Theannual Echoes of Christmas andCathedral Classics broadcasts reachlisteners nationwide.

In the summer of 2002, the ensemblemade its debut at the Ravinia Festival(Chicago). The choir also performedat the American Society of HarpistsNational Conference and the SixthWorld Symposium on Choral Music,both held in the Twin Cities.

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The Dale Warland Singers regularlyperforms in collaboration with otherTwin Cities arts organizationsincluding the Saint Paul ChamberOrchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra,and the James Sewell Ballet. TheSingers have worked under the batonsof the late Robert Shaw, Hugh Wolff,Edo de Waart, Leonard Slatkin, BobbyMcFerrin, David Zinman, and RogerNorrington to name a few.

This fall, the Dale Warland Singerswill release its first "live" recording,Rachmaninoff Vespers.Last year, thechoir released two new recordings:Walden Pond, containing three majorchoral works written by Pulitzer-Prizewinning composer, Dominick Argento;and Christmas with the Dale WarlandSingers, which The Seattle Timesdescribed as "impeccable, full ofvibrant life and blended like a bottleof Veuve Clicquot Grande Dame."These recordings join some 24 otherDale Warland Singers recordingsincluding Bernstein and Britten, whichcontains Bernstein's Chichester Psalmsand Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb,along with Stephen Paulus' Pilgrims'Hymn and movements from Albright'sChichester Mass. Another favorite,Blue Wheat, is a collection ofAmerican folk music. Also among theSingers' lauded releases is DecemberStillness, which BBC Music Magazinegave its highest rating forperformance and sound, calling it,"...splendid, melting stuff." The SouthJersey's Courier-Post called the 1994release of Cathedral Classics, "anunmatched musical experience," andThe Oregonian stated simply,"peerless." Earlier recordings by theSingers include: A Rose in Winter;Christmas Echoes, Vols. 1 and 2; Carolsfor Christmas; Choral Currents; as wellas 13 others.

Soprano Alto

Beth AlthofWendiBuck

Marie Spar Dyrnit"Carole Hofstad

Deborah Loon OsgoodJennifer Rissman

Jodi RoweDawn Schuffenhauer

Naomi StaruchMonica StrattonTeresa Tierney

Abbie BetinisGalina Erickson

Joanne Halvorsen'Melissa Holm-Johansen

Lynette JohnsonNatalia Kojanova

Anna George MeekMary C. Maiden-Mueller

Krista J. Palmquist

Tenor Bass

Joel C. Fischer'Jon HermansonEric N. Hopkins

Justin KarchNicholas Eugene Lemme

David LowerRobert Pontious

Hal SnyderAnthony Sofie

Duane E. AndersenMatthew Culleton"

Eric HarstadDave Jacobson

Patrick McDonoughMichael Meyer

Jack NelsonThomas ShafferSteve SheppardBrian L. Steele

, section leader

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dale warland, founder and music director

Dale Warlandfounder and music director

Dale Warland, celebrated American musician, has made an indelible impression onthe landscape of contemporary choral music both nationally and internationally.During his time with the Dale Warland Singers, he has shaped a vocal ensembleknown for its exquisite sound, technical finesse, and stylistic range. From thisplatform, Warland not only masters the traditional repertoire, but hascommissioned over 260 new choral works.

The choral world has responded by bestowing its highest honors on Warland,including the prestigious ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors andPublishers) Victor Herbert Award (2003) in recognition of Warland's artisticcontributions and a special award from Chorus America and ASCAP for Warland's"pioneering vision, leadership and commitment to commissioning and performingnew choral works at the highest level of artistry" (2002). Other awards andrecognition include the 2001 Louis Botto Award for Innovative Action andEntrepreneurial Zeal; the 2001 McKnight Distinguished Artist Award inrecognition of his lifetime achievements as a choral conductor and his continuedcontribution to the arts in Minnesota; and the 1995 Michael Kern Founder's Award,the highest honor for a choral conductor in the United States, previously awardedto Robert Shaw, Margaret Hillis, and Roger Wagner, among others.

Warland's appearances as a guest conductor have taken him to the podiums of theSwedish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Choir, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, EstonianPhilharmonic Chamber Choir, Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble, the Utah Chamber Artists,the Grant Park Music Festival and Israel's Cameran Singers, to name a few.Warland has also rehearsed and prepared choirs for performances of major works'in collaboration with notable conductors and composers including Robert Shaw,Edo de Waart, Leonard Slatkin, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, James Conlon andKryzstof Penderecki.

Warland is committed to sharing his knowledge about the choral arts and hasserved on the jury of the Eric Ericson Award (international conducting competitionin Sweden); the All-Japan Chorus League National Competition in Fukuoka,Japan; has lectured on American music at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki;served on the artistic staff of the Tolosa Choral Festival in Spain; acted as co-chairof both the choral and recording panels of the National Endowment for the Arts;and completed a 19 year tenure as Director of Choral Music at Macalester Collegein St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Ruth Palmerassistant conductor

John Muehleisencomposer-in-residence

artistic staff

Ruth Palmer began her association with the Dale Warland Singers in January2003 with the preparation of Messiaen's Trios Petites Liturgies de la PresenceDivine, a collaboration with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and as assistantconductor for the DWS 30th Anniversary concert. She is currently Director of MusicMinistries at Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul MN, and music director and vocalcoach/pianist of The Institute for Art Song Recital Performance

Ruth has spent her concertizing career playing for singers on stages such as AliceTully Hall, Weill Recital Hall, The National Gallery of Art, The Beaux Arts Societyof Brussels, the Ordway McKnight Theatre and Orchestra Hall. She has beenaccompanist for master classes by Elly Ameling, Gerard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin,and David Garvey. She has performed world premieres of works by Gian-CarloMenotti, Libby Larsen, and Richard Hundley. Ruth played national competitionsfor NATS Artist Award, Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition,Metropolitan Opera Auditions, and she was official accompanist for the RosaPonselle Vocal Competition in Tully Hall. As a vocal coach/pianist she has workedextensively with art song and opera, preparing singers for roles in major houses aswell as in universities.

Ruth has taught at Philadelphia College of the Arts, West Chester University,University of Delaware, University of Minnesota, and at the NATS Master TeachersIntern Program at Penn State University.

Northwest composer John Muehleisen specializes in composing works for voiceand for choral ensembles. Since 1996, he served as composer-in-residence forSeattle-based Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble directed by Loren Ponten, during whichtime Opus 7 has commissioned eight works from him. Two of these works, TheGreat '0' Antiphons and De Profundis appear on Opus 7 CDs on the Gothic/LoftRecordings label.

His works have been performed by Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble, the Dale WarlandSingers, Seattle Girls Choir, Seattle Pro Musica, The Esoterics, Dulces Voces, VocalArts Ensemble of Cincinnati, Washington Kantorei (D.C.), Quake, and theLouisville Orchestra and have been featured at venues including the Sixth WorldChoral Symposium; the International Choral Festival in Cantonigros, Spain;Greenwich House's Cutting Edge concert series; the Ernest Bloch Music Festival;Seattle Spring; June in Buffalo; the 22nd Contemporary Music Festival at IndianaState University; and the Modern American Music Festival at California StateUniversity, Sacramento.

John was the 1988 recipient of the Louisville Orchestra's Orchestral CompositionCompetition Award and has received awards and grants from Meet the Composer,ASCAP, the American Music Center, the University of Washington, and IndianaUniversity. John was a finalist in the 2000 Dale Warland Singers Choral Ventures™Program and in August of 2002 his epitaph for SATB choir and trumpet, entitledSnow (The King's Trumpeter), was featured by the Dale Warland Singers on thefinal concert of the Sixth World Choral Symposium in Minneapolis. He holds aMaster of Music degree in Composition from the University of WaShington, wherehe studied with William Bergsma, William O. Smith, and Diane Thome. Duringdoctoral studies at Indiana University, he studied with John Eaton, Donald Erb,Eugene O'Brien, and Harvey Sollberger.

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Tom Crann

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special guests

tom crannpre-concert moderator and narratorEvery weekday from 9 am to 1 pm, Tom Crann is the host on MinnesotaPublic Radio's classical music stations, including 99.5 FM in the TwinCities. Listeners nationwide also hear Tom during those same hours as apart of Classical 24, the live round-the-clock classical music serviceproduced by Minnesota Public Radio.

A 20-year radio veteran, Tom has worked at stations in St. Louis,Evansville, Buffalo, and Los Angeles. He was a founding voice ofClassical 24, when it first went on the air in December 1995, and ofIreland's Lyric frn, when it first started in 1999.

In addition to his work for Classical 24, Tom is the host for a variety ofspecial programs from Minnesota Public Radio, including the USbroadcasts of concerts from England's BBC Proms Festival, as well as the2003 broadcasts by the Dale Warland Singers, Cathedral Classics and theannual Echoes of Christmas concert.

dr. lynn trapppre-concert organ recitalst. olaf catholic church

Dr. Lynn Trapp holds a distinguished career as concert organist,conductor, composer and liturgist. Through his many performances andclinician work for regional and national music conventions, conductingengagements in the U.S. and abroad, and publications of organ andchoral music with six major publishers, he has become well-known as aleader in church music.

A national competition winner at the organ, he is a recording artist andclinician for World Library Publications, Chicago, IL, as a member of theLiturgical Organists Consortium. He serves as Director of Worship &Music, Organist, at St. Olaf Catholic Church in downtown Minneapoliswhere he directed the installation of the 67-rank Lively-Fulcher pipeorgan.

Dr. Trapp is the winner of many academic and service awards includingthe prestigious National Presser Foundation Award and the 2002 Spiritand Truth Award from the University of Notre Dame for his contributionto the field of liturgical music. He has recently been named co-director ofan annual Liturgical Music Workshop at St. John's University,Collegeville, MN, and artistic director of Cracovia Cantat, an internationalchoral festival in Krakow, Poland.

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Echoes of Christmaspresented by Minnesota MonthlySaturday, December 6, 2003, 8:00 pm

SI. Olaf Catholic Church, MinneapolisSunday, December 7,2003,4:00 pm

Wayzata Community Church, WayzataFriday, December 12, 2003, 8:00 pm

Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, SI. Paul

Please hold yourapplause until theend of each section.

Please note: No cameras orrecording devices of anykind may be used duringperformances. Please turnoff any electronic beepingdevices (watches, pagers,etc.) or leave them with anusher prior to theperformance. Please holdyour applause until eachsection is completed.

Saturday, December 13, 2003, 8:00 pmNativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, SI. Paul

Sunday, December 14, 2003, 4:00 pmEstebo Performing Arts Center, Redwood Falls

I. ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT: CAROLS FROM ENGLAND

+Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night) English(David Willcocks)

+Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Elisabeth Poston

+What Child Is This? English(Dale Warland)

+ *The First Noel English(Stephen Paulus)

Quatre motets pour Ie temps de Noel.. Francis Poulenc

II. A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC

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o magnum mysteriumQuem vidistis pastores diciteVidentes stellamHodie Christus natus est

+ *Christmas Lullaby Jeffrey Van

m. CAROLS IN NEW DRESS

*A Festival of Carols (excerpts) Frank Ferko

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II.Do You Know the Song?Christmas Bells

INTERMISSION

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Instrumentalists:

Linda Chatterton, flute

Nikki Christopher, harp

Jeffrey Van, guitar

Minnesota Public Radiowill broadcast thisperformance ofEchoes of Christmas onMonday, December 15,at 7:00 p.m. andMonday, December 22,at 7:00 p.m.

rv THIS NIGHT

*This Night (world premiere) John Muehleisen

Commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers for Echoes of Christmas 2003.

I. InvocationII. The First Miracle of ChristIII. Christmas Hail

Lynette Johnson, sopranoSteve Sheppard, baritone

V. MODERN VOICES

+Corpus Christi Carol Trond Kverno

Jodi Rowe and Naomi Staruch, sopranoKrista Palmquist, mezzo soprano

Matthew Cullton, baritone

Lux Aurumque Eric Whitacre

VI. MINNESOTA CAROLS

*Cedit, Hyems (Be Gone, Winter!) (world premiere) Abbie Betinis

Commissioned for the Dale Warland Singers to celebratethe life of Arthur Benjamin Jacobson.

*God's Mother Be (world premiere) Matthew Culloton

Commissioned for the Dale Warland Singers to honor Brian Steele's10th anniversary as a member of the ensemble and to celebrate

Brian and Jackie Steele's 10th wedding anniversary

VII. A CAROL TRYPTICH

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day English(Dale Grotenhuis)

+Still, Still, Still Austrian(Norman Luboff)

Ding, Dong! Merrily on High French(AU Houkom)

+ Recorded by the Dale Warland Singers.* Commissioned and premiered by the Dale Warland Singers.

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program notesby brian newhouse

Echoes of Christmaspresented by Minnesota Monthly

Winter in Minnesota. Remember how it began this year with three inchesof sloppy snow on the Iron Range-on September 30? And nowDecember is the month of the long night, the thermometer restingperhaps for days at single digits. But December has its rewards: asunrise that turns windows into frosted canvases of a thousand shapes;a fresh dusting of snow looks as if diamonds had been thrown onto ourfields and trees. And the sky-only in this kind of cold do we see thispurity of blue.

Christmas, of course, is the great reward of the month. And the icing onthat cake is Christmas music. This program by the DWS offers familiarcarols in bright new arrangements, and brand new works that may oneday become old favorites. Welcome to Echoes of Christmas 20031

I. ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT: CAROLS FROM ENGLAND

Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night) English(David Willcocks)

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Elisabeth Poston

What Child Is This? English(Dale Warland)

The First Noel English(Stephen Paulus)

n, A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC

Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel Francis Poulenc

One day as a boy, Francis Poulenc dropped a few coins into a player-piano and was smitten by the sound that spun out. Lavished withlessons (his father was the head of Rhone-Poulenc, Europe's largestpharmaceutical conglomerate), he quickly mastered the piano and beganwriting his own music for it. In his twenties he became a Parisian piano-playing dandy, but in 1935, after the death of a dear friend, Poulenc wroteless for the piano and more for his favorite new 'instrument,' the choir.His Four Motets for Christmastime dates from 1951-52. Each motet isbarely three minutes long but is a little masterwork, full of Poulenc'saffection for these ancient texts. In order, they tell of the great mystery ofJesus' birth, the angels' annunciation to the shepherds, the Magi'swonderment, and the angels' song of joy.

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Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel

I.o great mystery, and wondroussacrament, that animals shouldsee the newborn Lord, lying intheir manger!Blessed is the Virgin whose wombwas worthy to bear the LordJesus Christ.

II.Shepherds, whom did you see?Speak, tell us, who has appearedon the earth?We saw a new-born child, andchoirs on angels giving praise toGod.Tell what you have seen, andannounce Christ's nativity.

III.At the sight of the Star, the Magirejoiced greatly.Entering the house, they offeredthe Savior gold, frankincense, andmyrrh.

IV:Born today is Christ, born for us.Comes today, lo! to us the Saviorcomes.Songs today angels sing, sing tomen on earth, and their praiseArchangels bring.Loud today the just men cry out,exulting:Glory be, glory to God on high,alleluia!

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Christmas Lullaby Jeffrey Van

If you're of "a certain age" you'll remember LP records, and if you werebuying Christmas music in the 1980s you probably snapped up at leastone of the DWS' Christmas LPs on the Augsburg label. The turntablenever got better, or more use. For many of us, the vinyl was practicallysee-through and unlistenable when the DWS re-issued the Augsburgrecordings on CD a few years ago. How wonderful to get reacquaintedwith those pieces, none yielding more pleasure than Jeffrey Van'shauntingly beautiful Christmas Lullaby-which like many of his pieceswritten for the DWS show him to be a triply-talented man: guitarist,lyricist, and composer.

Christmas Lullaby

Lullaby, lullaby, sleep wondrous child to my lullaby.

Heaven's light radiantwithin the hay,All gathered here sing thy mystery,How can this babe the answer be?Yet hear the angels so surely say: "Here! Here's the One."

Lullaby, lullaby, sleep wondrous child to my lullaby.

Peaceful and still all around thy bed,Outside in darkness a world of dread,Rest thy head near us, 0 holy child,Stay, stay awhile.

Lullaby, lullaby, sleep wondrous child to my lullaby.

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Selections from A Festival of Carols Frank Ferko

Frank Ferko, former DWS composer-in-residence, wrote his A Festival ofCarols last year for the Dale Warland Singers. The five texts come fromnineteenth-century American poets and hymn writers, and these twocarols conclude Ferko's set. "Do You Know" begins with all voicessinging a melody that will form the basis of a canon. The next time itcomes around the sopranos will start, followed a bar later by the altos;later, the tenors and basses join in and together they'll make the churchring. "Christmas Bells" begins with a Latin text (Glory to God in thehighest, and on earth peace) but then quickly shifts into the old hymntext, "I heard the bells on Christmas Day ... " In its original form, thathymn can be one of the stodgiest in the book-but Ferko sets a fireunderneath the words with a flickering harp accompaniment. By the end,when the Latin words come back, the choir is in big eight-part peals ofglory.

I. Do You Know the Song That the Angels Sang

Do you know the song that the angels sangOn that night in the long ago,When the heavens above with their music rangTill it echoed in the earth below?

Refrain:All glory in the highest,Peace on earth, goodwill to men,Glory in the highest,Peace, goodwill to men;Glory in the highest,Glory in the highest,Peace on earth, goodwill to men.

Do you know the song that the shepherds heardAs they watched o'er their flocks by night,When the skies bent down, and their hearts were stirredBy the voices of the angels bright?

Refrain

Do you know the story that the wisemen learnedAs they journeyed from the east afar,O'er a pathway plain, for there nightly burnedIn their sight a glorious guiding star?

Refrain

--Text by Abner P.Cobb (1854-1923)

II. Christmas Bells

Refrain:Gloria in excelsis DeoEt in terra paz hominibus bonae voluntatis.

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John Muehleisen

I heard the bells on Christmas DayTheir old familiar carols play,And wild and sweetThe words repeato peace on earth, good-will to men!

Refrain

And thought how, as the day had come,The belfries of all ChristiandomHad rolled alongThe unbroken songOf peace on earth, good-will to men!

Till, ringing, singing on its way,The world revolved from night to day,A voice, a chimeA chant sublimeOf peace on earth, good-will to men!

Refrain

--English portion of text byHenry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

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This Night (world premiere) John Muehleisen

DWS Composer-in-Residence John Muehleisen was inspired to write hislatest work, This Night, by poetry from a collection called CarminaGadelica, amply subtitled "Gaelic Songs and Hymns with IllustrativeNotes on Words, Rites and Customs, Dying and Obsolete; OrallyCollected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland by AlexanderCarmichael." Carmichael (1832-1912) was a British civil servant whogathered and documented the oral poetry and song of, as he said, "ourdear lovable people." Many of the songs and poems he collected reflectthe unique forms and styles of Celtic Christianity, which combinesbeautiful images of nature found in early Celtic pagan traditions withChristian themes and songs for festivals throughout the year. Amongthese are a great number of songs for Advent and Christmas. Muehleisenwrites: "I wanted to create a celebratory Christmas work built aroundthe theme of the eve of the Nativity that started with a sort of mysticalopening and progressed to a joyful, dancelike conclusion. I also wantedto portray both the poignant and the festive aspects of the Nativity.

"In 'Invocation,' God is linked primarily to images of nature: the sun, themoon, the earth and stars, waters, land, and sky. These are interspersedwith images of the Nativity.

"'The First Miracle' is a fanciful and clearly apocryphal story about Maryand Joseph on their way to the census. The text underscores the specialrelationship between Mary and her 'Babe' and also emphasizes aconnection between Him and the natural world, which He can bend toHis will with a mere command, even from the womb."

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In explaining the third piece, "Christmas Hail," Muehleisen paraphrasesone of Carmichael's own notes from the original collection: Christmaschants were numerous and their recital common throughout Scotland.Formerly on Christmas Eve, bands of young men went from house tohouse and from townland to townland chanting Christmas songs. Theband was variously called song-men, Christmas lads, or Rejoicers. Theywere dressed loosely as clergy, wearing long shirts for surplices and verytall white hats. When they entered a dwelling, they invited a child to jointhem in the celebration. The child was called "Crist" (Christ) or"Cristean" (Little Christ). The assumed Christ was placed on a skin, andcarried three times round the fire by the head of the band while the song-men sang the "Christmas Hail." Homage and offerings and muchrejoicing were made to the symbolic Christ. The people of the house gavethe visitors bread, butter, and other eatables, on which they afterwardsfeasted.

This Night

I. Invocation

God of the moon, God of the sun,God of the globe, God of the stars,God of the waters, the land,and the skies,Who ordained to usthe King of promise.

It was Mary fair who wentupon her knee,It was the King of life who wentupon her lap,

Darkness and tearswere set behind,And the star of guidancewent up early.

II. The First Miracle

Joseph and Mary wentTo the numbering up,And the birds began chorusingIn the woods of the turtle-doves.

The two were walking the way,Till they reached a thick wood,And in the wood there was fruitWhich was as red as the rasp.

That was the timewhen she was great,

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Illumed the land,illumed the world,Illumed doldrum and current,Grief was laid and joy was raised,Music was set upwith harp and pedal-harp.

God of the moon, God of the sun,Who ordained to usthe Son of mercy.The fair Mary upon her knee,Christ the King of life in her lap.I am the cleric established,Going round the founded stones,I behold mansions, I behold shores,I behold angels floating,I behold the shapelyrounded columnComing landwards in friendshipto us.

That she was carryingthe King of grace,And she took a desire for the fruitThat was growingon the gracious slope.

Then spoke Mary to Joseph,In a voice low and sweet:"Give to me of the fruit, Joseph,That I may quench my desire."And Joseph spoke to Mary,And the hard pain in his breast:

"Iwill give thee of the fruit, Mary,But who is the father of thyburthen?"

Then it was that the Babe spoke,From out of her womb:"Bend ye down everybeautiful bough,That my Mother may quenchher desire."

And from the bough thatwas highest,To the bough that was lowest,

III. Christmas Hail

Hail to the King, hail to the King,Blessed is He, blessed is He,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Blessed is He who has come

betimes,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Blessed be the house and all

therein,Hail to the King, hail to the King,'Twixt stock and stone and stave,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Cosign it to God from corslet to

cover,Be the health of me therein,Hail to the King, hail to the sins,Blessed is He, blessed is He,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Blessed is He, blessed is He,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Lasting round the house be ye,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Healthy round the hearth be ye,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Many be the stakes in the house,And men dwelling on the

foundation,Hail to the King, hail to the sins,Blessed is He, blessed is He,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Blessed is He, blessed is He.Hail to the King, hail to the King,This night is the eve of the Great

Nativity,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Blessed is He, blessed is He,Hail to the King, hail to the King,

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They all bent down to her knee,And Mary partook of the fruitIn her loved land of prophecy.

Then Joseph said to Mary,And he full of heavy contrition:"It is carrying Him thou art,The King of glory and of grace.Blessed art thou, Mary,Among the women of all lands.Blessed art thou, Mary,Among the women of all lands."

Born is the Son of Mary the Virgin,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Blessed is He, blessed is He,Hail to the King, hail to the King,The soles of His feet have reached

the earth,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Blessed is He, blessed is He,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Illumed the sun the mountains

high,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Blessed is He, blessed is He.Shone the earth, shone the land,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Blessed is He, blessed is HeHail to the King, hail to the King,Heard was the wave upon the

strand,Hail to the King, hail to the King,Blessed is He, blessed is He.Blessed is He, blessed is He.Hail to the King, hail to the King,Blessed the King,Without beginning, without end,To everlasting, to eternity,To all·ages, to all time.

Hail King! hail King!blessed is He! blessed is He!Hail King! hail King!blessed is He! blessed is He!Hail King! hail King!blessed is He, the King,

of whom we sing,All hail! let there be joy!

This night is the eve of the Great Nativity,Born is the Son of Mary the Virgin,The soles of His feet have reached the earth,The Son of glory down from on high,Heaven and earth glowed to Him,

All hail! let there be joy!

V. MODERN VOICES

Corpus Christi Carol Trond Kverno

Even though the words to Trond Kverno's Corpus Christi Carol areseveral hundred years old, there may be a glimmer of recognition inthem: Benjamin Britten used the same text in his classic A Ceremony ofCarols. The dark poem is filled with the imagery of God as a falcon, theVirgin Mary as a maid, and Christ as a mortally wounded knight.Particularly touching in Kverno's setting is the repeated refrain, heard thefirst time as a gentle soprano solo, then harmonized with increasingpassion.

Corpus Christi Carol

Lully, lulley, lully, lulley, the falcon hath borne my make away.He bare him up, he bare him down, he bare him into an orchard brown.In that orchard there was a bed, it was hanged with gold so red.And in that bed there lieth a knight, his wounds bleeding both day and night.And by that bedside there kneeleth a may,and she weepeth both night and day.And by that bedside there §tand@th fl stone:CORPUS CHRISTI written thereon.

--English medieval

Lux Aurumque Eric Whitacre

DWS audiences came to know the music of Eric Whitacre several seasonsago when the composer was only in his twenties. His Cloudburst andWater Night showed a young composer with an amazing gift for choralwriting-and now at the ripe old age of 33 he's expanding that promise.The beauty of Lux Arumque is how Whitacre tightens the screws to theinner harmonies, and then releases them. He took a novel approach to histext, choosing an English poem, then having it translated into Latin forthis setting.

Lux Aurumque

Light,warm and heavy as pure goldand the angels sing softlyto the newborn baby.

Lux,calida gravisque pura velut aurumet canunt angeli mollitermodo natum.

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Abbie Betinis

VI. MINNESOTA CAROLS

Cadit, Hyams (Be Gone, Winterl) (world premiere) Abbie Betinis

Abbie Betinis (b. 1980) is a graduate student in music composition at theUniversity of Minnesota. Originally from Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Abbiehas studied with Peter Hamlin and Mary Ellen Childs at St. Olaf College,faculty from Juilliard and the Paris Conservatory at La Schola Cantorumin Paris, France, and Samuel Adler, Stephen Paulus, Libby Larsen, andElizabeth Alexander in various masterclasses. She has received theMention Bien (La Schola Cantorum), Minnesota Music EducatorsAssociation awards, and was a finalist for the Swan Composer Prize(University of Minnesota). Her work has been commissioned by theAmerican Suzuki Talent Education Center, American Suzuki Foundation,Cantus, Hopkins High School, Jennifer Kult (soprano), Sing for Joy(WCAL 89.3), the University of Minnesota Men's Choir, and the DaleWarland Singers. Abbie works for composer Libby Larsen and sings inthe alto section of the Dale Warland Singers. She currently studies withJudith Lang Zaimont.

Betinis writes of her newest piece: "Cedit, Hyems depicts the coming ofChrist into a troubled, confused world. The opening flute is meant tosound lonely and nearly slipping away. The chorus' entrance also shiftsuneasily, as if waiting for something. The flute realizes first the potentialof Christ's coming, encouraging the chorus in faster rhythms, louderdynamics, and soon the voices attempt to drive the world's coldnessaway in preparation for Christ. It is only after the voices accept love thatthe light begins to enter their lives and they shoo out the cold withrenewed energy: "Christ comes! Depart!"

Cedit, Hyems (Be Gone, Winter!)

Cedit, hyems, tua durities, Now, Winter,yieldeth all thy dreariness,The cold is over,all thy frozenness,All frost and fog,and wind's untowardness,All sullenness,uncomely sluggishness,Paleness and anger,grief and haggardness.

frigor abiit; rigor et glacies

brumalis et feritas, rabies,

torpor et improba segnities

pallor et ira, dolor et macies.

Nunc amor aureus advenies, Now Love, all golden,comest thou to me,Bowing the tameless neaththine empory,I stretch my hands ...

indomitos tibi subjicies,

tendo manus ...

--Ms of Benedictbeuerntrans. Helen Waddell (1929)

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Nox, et tenebrae, et nubilaconfusa mundi et turbida,lux intrat, albescit polus,

o Night and clouded Darkness,Confused and troubled world,Light enters in,the sky is whitening,Christ comes! Depart!Christus venit, discedite!

--Prudentius (348 -c.410)"Hymnus Matutinus"

("Morning Hymn")from Cathemerinon II, lines 1-4

trans. Abbie Betinis (2003)

God's Mother Be (world premiere) Matthew Culloton

Since the fall of 2000, Matthew Culloton has been Director of ChoralActivities at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, MN. He conducts threecurricular choirs and two extra-curricular ensembles. Prior to his currentappointment, Culloton spent two years as Associate Director of Choirs atLong Prairie-Grey Eagle High School. Since 1999, he has served theMinnesota ACDA as Male Choirs Repertoire and Standards Chair.

Culloton's affiliation with the Dale Warland Singers began in the fall of1999, when he commuted two hours each way from Long Prairie. Inaddition to singing, Culloton has served as librarian, artistic advisor andas assistant conductor for the ensemble. He has toured throughout theUnited States and recorded numerous projects with the choir.

As a composer, Culloton has works published by Hinshaw Music andMark Foster Music Company, a division of Shawnee Press. His choralworks have been performed by the University of Arizona (Tucson)Symphonic Choir, Chanson, Winona High School Concert Choir, and theWest Fargo High School Concert Choir.

Culloton is a 1998 graduate of Concordia College in Moorhead, MN,where he sang in The Concordia Choir under Rene Clausen. Along withDr. Clausen, Culloton has studied choral conducting with Paul Nesheimand orchestral conducting with Bruce Houglum. He is an active memberof ACDA, MMEA, and MENC.

Culloton wrote a beautiful arrangement of My Shepherd Will Supply MyNeed for last month's An American Thanksgiving concert, and he returnsthis month with his first original composition for the DWS. Just as TrondKverno's piece may have seemed familiar to those acquainted withBritten's A Ceremony of Carols, Culloton's setting might have a similarring. Britten put this text (from an anonymous fifteenth-century poet) to aroaring tempo in his Ceremony. Culloton went the opposite way: at thefirst bar of the piece he simply tells the singers and guitarist that itshould be done "Gently," and the work unfolds as a lullaby.

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God's Mother Be

I sing of a maiden that is makeles;King of all kings to her sonshe chose.He came also stillThere his mother was,As dew in April that fallethon the grass.He came also stillTo his mother's bow'r,As dew in April that fallethon the flower.

He came so stillThere his mother lay,As dew in April that fallethon the spray.Mother and maiden was nevernone but she;Well may such a ladyGod's mother be.

--Anon., 15th CenturyAdopted MRC

VII. A CAROL TRYPTICH

Tomorrow ShaH Be My Dancing Day English(Dale Grotenhuis)

Still, Still, Still Austrian(Norman Luboff)

Ding, Dongl Merrily on High French(AUHoukom)

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the singersSoprano Beth Althof teaches music at Rice Lake Elementary and choir at CentennialMiddle School in Lino Lakes. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a musiceducation degree. Beth was a member of the Elysian Singers, a five-voice early musicgroup based in La Crosse, WI, and the LaCrosse Chamber Chorale before joining theDWS. She lives in White Bear Lake with her husband, Jay, and their two daughters.This is Beth's ninth season with the Singers.

Duane Andersen, bass-baritone, made his solo debut in England in 1994 singingBeethoven's Mass in C at the International Church Music Festival, conducted by SirDavid Willcocks. Previously active in Abendmusik-Lincoln, Duane performed the titlerole in Mendelssohn's Elijah in 1998 and was a soloist in Horatio Parker's HoraNovissima, a release by Albany Records, in 1992. Duane participates in area churchand musical productions, and in 1989 and 1994 received honorable mention in theMetropolitan Opera auditions. He holds a bachelors degree in Businessl ComputerScience from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska and works as a seniorprogranuner/analyst in Bloomington.

Abbie Betinis, an alto in her third year with the Singers, is a freelance music engraverand composer. A recent graduate of St. Olaf College, she has also studied compositionwith faculty at JuiIliard and the Paris Conservatory. Abbie is currently working forcomposer Libby Larsen while pursuing a master's degree in music composition at theUniversity of Minnesota. She is from Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Soprano Wendi Buck sang with the Dale Warland Singers from 1992 to 1996 and feelsprivileged to be able to return for the ensemble's last two seasons. Wendi holds a B.A.in music from the College of William and Mary and an M.A. in occupational therapyfrom the College of St. Catherine. She currently works part time as an occupationaltherapist in the St. Francis, MN school district and full time as mom to Elsa and Henry.

Matthew Culloton is currently in his fifth season with the Singers, where aside from singing duties he serves as MusicalAdvisor, Bass Section Leader, and Choral Librarian. He is in his fourth year as Director of Choral Activities at Hopkins HighSchool. Since 1999 Matthew has served as ACDA of Minnesota's Male Choir Repertoire and Standards Chair, and is thisyear's recipient of the VocalEssence/ACDA Creative Programming Award. His choral compositions and arrangements arepublished with Mark Foster Music and Hinshaw Music.

Marie Spar Dymit has sung with the Dale Warland Singers since 1985, and became soprano section leader in 1991. Marieteaches vocal music at White Bear Lake High School's South Campus, where she is in charge of four performing ensembles.She holds music degrees from St. Olaf College and Arizona State University, and serves as the Women's Choir Repertoireand Standards Chairperson for ACDA of Minnesota. Marie is a frequently heard soloist with the Singers, and has sung oneleven DWS recordings.

A native of Moscow, Russia, Galina Erickson is in her third season with the Dale Warland Singers. She holds a Bachelor ofMusic Performance degree from North Central University, has sung with the Minnesota Opera chorus and now serves as asection leader at the Cathedral of St. Paul. Currently she works as a Russian medical interpreter.

Tenor Joel Fischer is a native of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Iowa StateUniversity in 1998. He has been a soloist at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis and at St. Philip theDeacon Lutheran Church in Plymouth. Joel, in his sixth season with the DWS, has also sung with the Rose Ensemble and isDirector of Liturgy and Music at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in St. Louis Park.

Joanne Halvorsen, alto section leader, is in her twenty-sixth season with the Dale Warland Singers. As a member of theensemble, she has toured to Europe, Canada and around the United States, singing in some of the finest concert halls in theworld. Jo recently retired from teaching after 31 years at Fridley Middle School as choral instructor and Fridley High Schoolas musical and artistic director for the drama program. She is currently Music Director at Faith United Methodist Church,conducting the Sanctuary Choir and her youth group, "Able Cain Raisers."

Eric Harstad, bass, is from West Allis, Wisconsin. He has an A.A. from Bethany Lutheran College, a B.M. from St. OlafCollege in music education, and a M.M. from Minnesota State University, Mankato in choral conducting. Eric teacheschoirs, general music, and music theory at Buffalo Lake-Hector. He also enjoys directing the church choir at Grace LutheranChurch in Hutchinson, and composing and arranging music. This is his first year with the Singers.

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Jon Hermanson, tenor, from New Ulrn, MN, is beginning his first season with the Dale Warland Singers. Currently, he isworking toward a degree in music education from Martin Luther College in New Ulrn, MN. Jon also sings with the MartinLuther College Choir and studies voice privately.

Carole Hofstad, soprano, has been performing in the Twin Cities area for over 20 years. An advocate of contemporarymusic and a lover of early music, she premiered many new works under the auspices of the American Composers Fbrumand was a founding member of Minstrels, an early music ensemble that recorded under the Lyrichord label. As a soloist,she has appeared with numerous local organizations, including the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Minnesota Opera; LyraConsort and the Plymouth Music Series. Carole has also performed with other orchestras around the country including theKansas City Symphony among others. She graduated from Concordia College Moorhead and earned her Master's degree atthe University of MN. Carole is currently on staff at MacPhail Center for Music and sings at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedralin Minneapolis. Carole returns to the Singers after a twenty-year hiatus.

Melissa Holm-Johansen, mezzo-soprano, is currently completing a MM in Voice Performance and MEd from the Universityof Minnesota and teaches voice at the International School of Minnesota. In 1998, she received a BM in Voice and MusicEducation from St. Olaf College. She frequently sings at the Norwegian American Lutheran Memorial Church and hasappeared in the annual Leiv Eriksson Festival, performing music by Grieg, Sommerro and Mozart. In the fall of 2000,Melissa appeared in a benefit recital for Oksana Bryn at the MacPhail Center for the Arts. She spent the summer of 2001traveling through Tuscany, Italy performing music by Mozart and Gluck with a program through the University ofConnecticut.

Eric N. Hopkins, tenor, from Oregon, IL, is beginning his fifth season with the Dale Warland Singers. Eric holds a bachelor'sdegree in vocal music from Luther College where he sang in the Nordic Choir under the direction of Weston Noble. He alsosings with the Hosanna Choir of St. Steven's Lutheran Church in Bloomington.

David Jacobson, baritone, is in his eighth season with the Dale Warland Singers. He has sung with many diverseensembles, such as the Rod Smith Big Band, Voce Magna, and the Minneapolis Vocal Consort. Currently, David serves asthe bass soloist/section leader for Wesley United Methodist Church.

Lynette Johnson, mezzo soprano, joined the Dale Warland Singers in 1987. She is a past member of Voce Magna, a small,local voice ensemble and has appeared as a guest soloist with the Valley Chamber Chorale and at several area churches.Lynette also sings with the worship ensemble and choir at Excelsior Covenant Church. She holds a Bachelor of MusicEducation degree from North Park College in Chicago.

Tenor Justin Karch, in his fourth year with Dale Warland Singers, holds a B.A. in music from North Dakota State University.At NDSU he was a soloist as well as president and secretary of the NDSU Concert Choir. For the last two years, Justin hasbeen a member of a quartet of singers featured during Minnesota Public Radio's holiday broadcasts. He is also a pastsection leader at St. Patrick's Church in Edina. In addition to singing, Justin works in customer service for Ecolab Inc. in St.Paul.

Natalia Kojanova, alto, is in her second year with the Dale Warland Singers. A native of Russia, she is a graduate ofNovosibirsk State Music College, Russia, with degrees in choral conducting and vocal performance. Natalia has sung withsome of the finest ensembles and choirs, including The Chamber Choir of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Society, the vocalensemble "Markell's Voices," a vocal quartet at All-Saints Russian Orthodox Church, Russia, Shadyside Presbyterian ChancelChoir and Bach Cantata Choir, Pittsburgh, PA.

'Ienor Nicholas Eugene Lemme of Rapid City, South Dakota is honored to be in the DWS for their final season. He receivedhis a BA in Music Education with a voice emphasis from the University of Wyoming, Laramie, where he had the opportunityto study under Larry Hensel. Since being in Minneapolis he has taught music at Saint Francis Saint James United School inSt. Paul, and sang as a tenor for the Basilica of St. Mary Cathedral Choir.

David Lower, tenor, is a native of Iowa City, lA and recently moved to the Twin Cities. He graduated from Luther College in2003 where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Performance. At Luther College, David sang in the Nordic Choirunder the direction of Weston Noble. This is the first year David will perform with the Dale Warland Singers.

Patrick McDonough, bass, completed his undergraduate work in music performance at the University of Wisconsin-Superior and subsequently undertook graduate studies in choral conducting at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.Patrick has previously held the position of Director of Music for several Twin Cities churches and is a former member of theRose Ensemble and the Minnesota Chorale. Currently, Patrick works for American Express Financial Advisors as a BusinessSystems Analyst.

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Anna George Meek, alto, is a freelance violinist who plays professionally with the Minnesota Sinfonia and The AuroraString Quartet; she also serves as concertmaster for The Mississippi Valley Chamber Orchestra. She has studied voice andviolin at Yale University and The Peabody Conservatory, and currently has her own studio of violin students. Also a writer,Meek teaches at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. Her book of poems, Acts of Contortion, won the 2002 BrittinghamPrize from the University of Wisconsin Press. She was recently awarded a 2002 Minnesota State Arts Board grant for herpoems.

Bass Michael Meyer attended St. Olaf College and graduated with a degree in economics in May 2000. While at St. Olaf,he sang for three years in the St. Olaf Choir under the direction of Anton Armstrong. Since graduating, he has sung withthe Dale Warland Singers and is currently in his fourth season. On the side, Michael sings in a quartet, plays the piano, andvolunteers at the Animal Humane Society.

Mary C. Maiden-Mueller, alto, is a graduate of Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa where she received a Bachelor ofArts degree in both vocal and flute performance. Mary has sung with the Dale Warland Singers in previous years and morerecently participated in a nwnber of choral projects in the Twin Cities area as well as serving as soloist and section leaderfor various church choirs. Mary is currently employed by the Hazelden Fbundation as Development Data Systems Manager.

Jack Nelson is in his second season with the Singers. He studied music at Bradley University and Northwestern Universityand after receiving his Masters in vocal performance from Northwestern, studied voice with Margaret Harshaw at IndianaUniversity. Throughout, he performed many of the great choral works with choral groups in Illinois as Baritone soloist. Heparticipated as Baritone in the Bradley University Chorale when it took the Grand Prix at the 1976 Recontres desInternationales, in Tours, Fiance, and again in 1981 when the Chorale placed third. He is currently an attorney in Saint Paul.

Deborah Loon Osgood joined the Dale Warland Singers in 1984 and has been heard in DWS concerts and recordingsregularly since then. A soprano, Deb is a graduate of St. Olaf College and holds a degree in Political Science. While at St.Olaf, Deb sang in the St. Olaf Choir, where she was a regular soloist and soprano section leader. Deb has sung withMagnum Chorum and has served many area churches as a soloist and section leader. She is also president of The OsgoodGroup, a consulting firm that helps clients meet their objectives through communications, leadership and managementservices. She specializes in providing interim executive director services for non-profit organizations.

Krista Palmquist holds a BA in voice performance from Bethel College, an MA in voice performance from Eastern MichiganUniversity, and a DMA in voice performance from the University of Minnesota. She is a cantor, soprano section leader andsoloist at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, and she maintains voice studios at North Central University and at St. Joseph's Schoolof Music. Krista is also an active art song recitalist, performing music from a wide range of countries and musical periods.Krista lives in Saint Paul with her husband and three children. This is her third season with Dale Warland Singers.

TImor Robert Pontious is the choir director at Mahtomedi High School and also the adult choir director at the Church of theNativity in St. Paul. He graduated from Truman State University (Kirksville, MO) with a Bachelor of Music Education and aMaster of Arts in Conducting and Vocal Performance. Rob is a returning member of the DWS having sung from 1992-1998and also served as their Director of Operations for five of those years. He lives in White Bear Lake with his wife Jody andtwo children, Megan and Andrew.

Soprano Jennifer Rissman graduated from Drake University in Des Moines with a degree in vocal performance where shestudied with Leanne Freeman-Miller and sang with the Drake University Choir under the direction of Aimee Beckmann-Collier. Before moving to the Twin Cities, Jenny taught voice lessons at Drake University and worked as a grant writer inDes Moines. This is Jenny's first season with the Singers.

Soprano Jodi Rowe is excited to be in her second season with the Dale Warland Singers. Since graduating from DoctorMartin Luther College with majors in Elementary Education and Music Education, Jodi has taught in the elementaryclassroom, taught elementary level music and directed both children's choirs and adult choirs. Jodi has had the privilege ofsinging under Marin Alsop at the Cabrillo Music Festival and LeRoy Kromm in the San Jose Symphonic Choir. She iscurrently serving as a Professor of Music in the areas of voice and choir at Doctor Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN.

Soprano Dawn Schuffenhauer recently attended St. Olaf College and received a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal MusicEducation. While at St. Olaf, Dawn was a member of the St. Olaf Choir. She is currently employed at Donaldson Company,Inc. This is Dawn's fourth season with the Singers.

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Bass Thomas Shaffer is a charter member of the Dale Warland Singers returning this season after an eighteen yearabsence. He is a retired music educator, school administrator, and university instructor. His performance credits include:The Minnesota Bach Society including performances in Canada, The Plymouth Music Series including performances inEngland, The Sateren Choir including performances in Norway, The Norman Luboff Choir touring the United States andCanada, Center Opera, The St. Paul Opera, and The Minnesota Opera. With the Dale Warland Singers, he performed forearly DWS recordings and radio broadcasts as well as concert tours of Sweden, Norway and Germany.

Steve Sheppard, bass, attended Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, to study with Dale Warland. After receiving a Bachelorof Arts degree in Music, he moved to Nevada to teach music K-12. Steve has sung with the Las Vegas Opera Company andspent nine years as a singer, arranger, orchestrator and producer for Back to the Bible, an international radio ministry.During that time he traveled extensively throughout the U.S., Canada and Jamaica. Steve is currently a DatabaseAdministrator and continues to sing and teach music. This is his third season with the Dale Warland Singers. Steve livesin Elk River with his wife, Dawn Joy, and their six boys.

Originally from Houston, TX, tenor Hal Snyder is in his fifth season with the Singers. He holds a Bachelor of Music degreein vocal performance from Texas Tech University where he studied voice under the direction of Karl Dent.

Anthony Sofie, tenor, is beginning his second year with the Singers. A native of East St. Paul, Thny spent six years at theUniversity of Minnesota Duluth achieving a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. Thnyalso has an extensive background in accompanying and music theatre.

Music strikes a special chord that creates a melodious balance in life. As the demands of a Vice President at UBB Securitiesoften need to be equalized, Naomi Christensen Staruch is extremely honored to be a soprano in the Dale Warland Singers.This is her sixth season in the ensemble.

Bass Brian Steele teaches voice at Minneapolis Community and Technical College and is on staff with the WestminsterPresbyterian Church as soloist and choir section leader. His MFA degree in Vocal Performance is from the University ofMinnesota where he studied with Clifton Ware and Roy Schuessler and sang with the U of M Minnesingers, touringGermany and Austria. He has sung with the Montana Chorale, the Grarnmy winning Oregon Bach Festival Choir and as astudio vocalist as singer and voice-over artist on numerous recordings. His wife, Jackie, can usually be found in the back ofthe concert hall selling DWS recordings.

Monica Stratton, soprano, is a graduate of St. Olaf College and New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA, whereshe received her Masters degree in music. Before joining the singers, Monica sang for two seasons with the Vocal ArtsEnsemble in Cincinnati. Locally, Monica sings and plays violin at Guardian Angels Church in Oakdale. She is also aprofessional librarian with the Ramsey County Library System. She and her husband reside in North St. Paul. This isMonica's seventh season with the singers.

Soprano Teresa Tierney is returning for her 10th year with the singers. She received her bachelor's degree from the Collegeof St. Catherine and her masters degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder where she studied music theory andcomposition in addition to voice. Currently, she teaches at Century College, Robbinsdale Armstrong High School, EaganHigh School and maintains a private studio at her St. Paul home.

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honor rollThe Dale Warland Singers gratefully acknowledges the generous annual fund contributions of itsfriends and supporters who made gifts between November 1, 2002 and October 31, 2003.

exultate ($25,000 + )The Bush FoundationMardag FoundationMarshall Field's Project Imagine

with support from the TargetFoundation

McKnight Foundation

laudate ($10,000 - 24,999)General Mills FoundationEcolab FoundationMike and Kay McCarthy

ovation ($5,000 - 9,999)Aaron Copland Fund for MusicAndersen FoundationPete and Margie AnkenyCatherine Rose and Don DaviesThe Thomas Mairs and Marjorie

Mairs Fund of The Saint PaulFoundation

Frederick K. MartinGayle and Tim OberNancy and Everett RotenberryThe Sewell Family FoundationFred and Gloria SewellJack Weatherford and Walker Pearce

bravo ($2,500 - 4,999)Dr. and Mrs. Arden O. AndersonElmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen

FoundationKenneth' and Judy DaytonDeluxe Corporation FoundationSusan S. FauverRobin KeyworthJim and Donna PeterWenger Foundation

encore ($1,000 - 2,499)Beim FoundationBoss Family FoundationArland and Sharon BrusvenDorsey and Whitney, LLPGerald B. and Catherine L. FischerAnn Fleischauer with matchinq

funds from Deluxe CorporationDick GeyermanThe Hoeschler Fund of The Saint

Paul FoundationWilliam Hueg and Hella Mears HuegDavid and Mary Beth KoehlerJohn and Karen LarsenJames and Jane MarentetteDaniel McKeownMedtronic FoundationLawrence M. and Elizabeth Ann

O'Shaughnessy CharitableIncome Trust in honor ofLawrence M. O'Shaughnessy

Peregrine Capital Management, Inc.Fund of Minneapolis Foundation

Jim and Donna PeterSally and George PillsburyMichael and Kathie ReeslundMargaret Rivers Fund

Stanley E. and Shannon L.Romanstein

Dan Schmechel and Mimi WrightGinger Sisco and Larry GriffithSit Investment Associates

FoundationVern SuttonDale and Ruth WarlandTom and Marty Whelan with

matching funds from MinnesotaMonthly Publications

Pat Whitacre

fanfare ($500 - 999)William and Paula BathkeDr. Elisabeth R. Bennett, M.D.Ronald BlackmoreDavid and Jane CooperMary Lee DaytonHelen FranczykDr. Sam and Thelma HunterTruman and Leila JeffersElizabeth A. JensenPaul JeskeGlenn and Madelaine KarwoskiFord and Catherine NicholsonLynn and Thomas PahlTerry and Mary PattonDon and Estelle SellBarbara Spradley and Neil KittlesenCharles UpcraftRobert L. & Karen VeningaWells Fargo Bank Foundation

applause ($250-499)AnonymousDr. and Mrs. Arden O. AndersonDr. Michael J. and Linda AndersonSally and Peter AnsonSusan BarnesDavid BriggsConley and Marney BrooksDrew CollinsJim and Sherry DavisDebbie DornausCarl and Charlotte DrakeCindy and Dennis DupontMarie Spar DymitKeith and Genny EllefsonMrs. Dewey S. EwaldFloyd FarmerDoug and Mary Kay GestonRobert and Katherine GoodaleDavid and Susan HendricksonAnders and Julie HimmelstrupNancy Erickson HoffmanMeredith and Richard HowellS. Jerome and Leticia Johnson in

memory of Dr. LaVonneBergstrom

Louise KingRobert and Joan KnudtsonRobert LeeDiana J. LelandDonald and Diana Lee LuckerSarah Lutman and Rob RudolphLiz and Steven ManganielloTina Meckel and Jeff BensonDavid and Kari MinkJudy and Peter MitchelsonMary Jo and David E. Monson

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Peter B. and Karla MyersJohn L. NuechterleinJohn PearsonDavid and Judy RanheimJackie and Peter ReisProfessor and Mrs. Calvin J. RoetzelKevin and Lynn SmithNaomi and Steven StaruchGlenn and Mary SteinkeBrian and Jackie SteeleJoseph and Cynthia TamborninoMr. and Mrs. E. R. TitcombDwight and Carolyn TownesJeffrey and Brenda VredenburgMaxine and Win WallinStewart WiddessNancy P. Zwickey

donors ($100 - 249)Elary AllenDuane E. AndersenMr. and Mrs. Elmer J. AndersenHenry and Mary AndersenJoyce L. AndersonMarie AndersonMark and Donna AndersonPaul J. and Mary A. AndersonAnton E. Armstrong, D.M.A.Jeffrey Barnett and Jamie EarlAlex and Martha BarronPeter BayJohn BeckerFrederick J. and Joan B. BeebeDuane and Connie BellJudson Bemis Fund of The

Minneapolis FoundationCarrie BensonJack and Bobby BroseBarbara and Tim BrownRonald and Harriet BurleyJerome and Linda CarlsonJosephine B. CarpenterDavid and Susan CherwienWilbur C. ChristensenSteve and Kathy ColemanStefanie R. CristJulie DavisTom E. DavisLeslie Merner DukeE. Duane and Marlene EngstromRoger' and Wendy EvansRonald A. FlugumSam and Kay GerthSteven and Bonnie GoldsmithLauretta and Jere GraetzBill and Pat GurnonDr. James and Dorothy HalversonWendy HalversonWilliam and Helen HartfielRoger and Ricky HerrickGene and Karene HeupelWarren and Marian HoffmanKen and Julie HoymeJeffrey HusetJan and Tim JohnsonLavone JohnsonMargaret and Peter JohnsonThomas C. JohnsonKatherine JonesMichael C. Jordan and Brenda J.

PowellGlenda JungquistSharon Kleckner

William and Rebecca KleinDr. Genell KnatterudBarry and Julia KnightRick and Jan KvamJean and Larry LeJeuneWilliam and Martha MarchandGeorge Martin and Peg HansonDr. and Mrs. Charles H. MayoPamela MinkO.R. MinterDavid and Jennifer MobergRobert and Kay MolineJim and Carol MollerBarb and Loren NelsonBrian and Angela NewhouseCarolyn NorquistMary O'BrienSteven J. OlsonDavid PaddockGunta and Arijs PakalnsPatty and Stephen PaulusCurt PetersonKatie PiehlCathy ReedDr. Paul and Joyce RiedeselCarolyn RobyCarol Mae SandstromDennis SchrockElaine Schuessler'Randall E. SchumacherSue A. ShepardNancy SlaughterRebecca SparRandall SpeerArturo L. SteelyFrank Steen and Lisa HabeckFred Stoutland and Lilli AlanenJim and Judy ThomasDr. Lynn TrappBlair and Linda TremereGene VaderJeffrey and Rica VanJanika VanderveldeRex and Carol War landGretchen WestergardJohn T. WestromEd and Carolyn WhiteBen Whitney and Mary Farnham

WhitneyJ. Kimball and Helen W. WhitneyTimothy J. Wicker and Caroline M.

DetersPaul and Carolynn WigginJerry and Billie WollanMike and Donna WolstedPete Zirbel and Cathy Reed

gala fridayPete and Margie AnkenyNina and John ArchabalWilliam and Paula BathkeLynne and Bruce BeckMary and John BoederAnna and Gregory BoederMichael and Peggy BrandDavid and Jane CooperCatherine Rose & Don DaviesBeryl DeskinGlenna Dibrell and David CummingsCarl and Charlotte DrakeE. Duane and Marlene EngstromSusan S. FauverFrank FerkoJack and Terry ForsytheHelen FranczykDick GeyermanDebra HarrerJohn and Lucy HartwellMeredith and Richard Howell

William Hueg and Hella Mears HuegDr. Sam and Thelma HunterSteve and Anne HunterElizabeth A. JensenJanet and Tim JohnsonS. Jerome and Leticia JohnsonGlenn and Madelaine KarwoskiRobin KeyworthKaren KoeppJohn and Karen LarsenDon and Joann LeavenworthDiana J. LelandRussell and Avis LindquistThe Thomas Mairs and Marjorie

Mairs Fund of The Saint PaulFoundation

Robert G. MairsBonnie MarronPatricia A. McAuliffeMike and Kay McCarthyTina Meckel and Jeff BensonDavid and Kari MinkJohn L. NuechterleinGayle and Tim OberLawrence M. and Elizabeth AnnO'Shaughnessy Charitable Income

Trust in honor of Lawrence M.O'Shaughnessy

Lynn and Thomas PahlRuth PalmerJack Weatherford and Walker PearceJim and Donna PeterKatie PiehlDavid and Judy RanheimJeff and Susie RissmanCarolyn H. RobyStanley E. and Shannon L.

RomansteinNancy and Everett RotenberryDan Schmechel and Mimi WrightThe Sewell Family FoundationGinger Sisco and Larry GriffithBarbara Spradley and Neil KittlesenNaomi and Steven StaruchGlenn and Mary SteinkeVern SuttonJohn J. and Mary M. TaylorJon TheobaldWayne and Lola May ThompsonDwight and Carolyn TownesEmily Anne and Gedney TuttleJeffrey and Rica VanRobert L. & Karen VeningaBill Venne and Doug KlineKatherine B. Andersen Fund of the

Saint Paul FoundationPat WhitacrePaul and Carolynn WigginPaul and Arlene Williams

in-kind donationsSteve Barnett / Barnett Music

ProductionsLinda ChattertonCooper & Hamilton, LLCGaviidae Common, Brookfield

PropertiesGraphic Design Inc.Hal LeonardHex Graphics, Inc.Jan JohnsonMartin MartyMembers of the Dale Warland

SingersRichard and Lois MerrillMargaret Meyer DirectMinnesota Public RadioJulie Pauley / Pauley Design

Partners

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Michael and Kathie ReeslundStems and Vines, Tamara Barlau

recording fundBeth and Jay AlthofDuane AndersenPete and Margie AnkenyDevjani Banerjee-StevensCarrie BensonSara BoosBoss FoundationArland and Sharon BrusvenBruce and Ruth DaytonMary Lee DaytonCarl and Charlotte DrakeTeresa and Jerry ElsberndGalina EricksonGerard and Linda GrzybJoanne HalvorsenEric HopkinsPaul JeskeDeborah Loon OsgoodRoberta Mann and Don BensonNational Endowment for the ArtsDavid and Carol NordliThomas and Gwynn RosenNancy and Everett RotenberryDawn SchuffenhauerThe Sewell Family FoundationSteve and Naomi StaruchBrian and Jackie SteeleRosita TendallBob and Bev WarlandDale and Ruth WarlandJane WilsonPatricia Whitacre

commissioning fundArden and Bertie AndersonDavid and Jane CooperKaren and John LarsenMichael and Kay McCarthyGayle and Tim OberM. Walker Pearce and Jack

WeatherfordJames and Donna PeterBrian and Jackie Steele

'deceased

**The Dale Warland Singersthanks the 117 people who madegifts up to $100, the combinedtotal of which was over $4,475!

In spite of the staff's extensiveefforts to avoid errors and omissionsin this year's honor roll ofcontributors, mistakes can occur. Ifyour name was omitted, listedincorrectly or misspelled, pleasenotify us of the error:

651.632.5870, phone651.632.5873, fax

PLEASE CONSIDER INCLUDING OWS IN YOURCHARITABLE GIVING THIS HOLIDAY SEASONI

Your support of the Dale Warland Singers is more important than ever during this final concert season.Here's how you can help.

D SUPPORT THE FINAL CONCERT SEASON $ _(indicate how much you'd like to allocate to this project)

-- Five Concert Programs performed a total of 12 times in Minnesota-- 15 Commissions from 10 established and emerging American composers-- Flawless performances of choral masterworks and new works

D SPONSOR A DWS RECORDING $. _(indicate how much you'd like to allocate to this project)

CDs will be released and internationally distributed by Gothic Records (www.gothicrecords.com) in thenext two years. All gifts of $500 or more will be recognized in the jewelcase booklet.

American Classics (working title) (Barber, Ross Lee Finney, Irving Fine, Charles Ives)Cathedral Classics II (working title) (Biebl, Howells, Hanson, Lauridsen, Whitacre, Schnittke)The Road Home (American folk and hymn tunes)

D PRESERVE THE MUSIC LIBRARY $ _(indicate how much you'd like to allocate to this project)

The 1,600 title DWS music library is a valuable resource for the entire choral field. We are working tofind a permanent home (or this collection at a major University. Your gift wiLlheLp preserve and makeaccessible an extraordinary collection of American choral music, including the original manuscripts for260 DWS commissions.

D HELP FUND THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS' FINAL CONCERT $------(indicate how much you'd like to allocate to this project)

The Dale Warland Singers final concert and celebratory party are being held to honor the Singers andDale. Your contribution will help defray the expense of these events.

NAME: _

CITY: STATE: ZIP: _D Please contact me

about making a gift.

ADDRESS: _ D My gift is enclosed.

HOME PHONE: WORK: _

E-MAIL: _

Youmay leave this form with an usher or mail your gift in the envelope provided.

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board of directors

OfficersDaniel J. Schmechel, presidentJacqueline Reis, vice president

James W. Peter, treasurerDavid L. Cooper, secretary

Michael E. Reeslund, of councilArlene Williams, emeritus board chair

DirectorsMichael Brand

Donald M. DaviesSusan S. Fauver

Ann FleischauerGlen J. KarwoskiRobin Keyworth

Lynn PahlM. Walker Pearce

Stanley RomansteinThomas J. Rosen

Nancy Reitz RotenberryGinger Sisco

Gloria SewellVern Sutton

Dale Wariand, Founder and Music Director*Gayle Ober, Executive Director*

Deborah Loon Osgood, Singer Representative*

Emeritus BoardMargie Ankeny*

Arland D. Brusven*Jerry Fischer*

Thelma Hunter*Terry Knowles*

Mike McCarthy*Nancy Slaughter*

Mary Steinke*

*denotes ex officio

acknowledgements

administrative staff

Gayle Ober, executive directorTina Meckel, development directorGretchen Westergard, marketing and

communications directorElary Allen, office managerBeth Pickering, business managerHelen Franczyk, marketing and pr consultantRuth Anderson, office volunteerDick Geyerman, office volunteerJackie Steele, concert volunteer coordinator

artistic staffDale Warland, founder and music directorDebra Harrer, general managerRuth Palmer, assistant conductorMatthew Culloton, librarian and music advisorJohn Muehleisen, composer-in-residenceJoanne Halvorsen, wardrobe coordinatorBrian Newhouse, program annotatorCheryl Friedrichs, house managerJared Anderson, stage managerDan Ober, assistant stage manager

Tom Crann, pre-concert moderator

Minnesota Public Radio is the official broadcastpartner of the Dale Warland Singers.

mission statementThe mission of the Dale Warland Singers is to enrich, inspire and entertain its audiences through

the superb, world-class performance of important a cappella choral music, while fosteringawareness, understanding and appreciation of recent choral music repertoire.

Thank you for helping us accomplish this! If you have any questions or commentsabout tonight's program, please let us know:

dale wariand singers2300 myrtle avenue, suite 120

st. paul, mn 55114651.632.5870, phone 651.632.5873, fax

www.dalewarlandsingers.org

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sponsors

special thanksJulie BrovoldTed Cadwell, Dorsey &

Whitney LLPChildren's Home SocietyConcert Volunteers and

UshersMary Ann FeldmanHelen FranczykGala Friday Committee and

VolunteersCheryl FriedrichsGraphic Design, Inc.Anne HunterIgor Kojanov and Natalia

KojanovaLoft/Gothic RecordingsDiane Malfeld, Dorsey &

Whitney, LLPMinnesota Public RadioMorgan Stanley Dean Witter,

Inc., Susan BarnesJulie Pauley, Pauley Design

PartnersJohn Provo, Maslen,

Edelman, Borman &Brand LLP

Naomi StaruchDr. Lynn Trapp, St. Olaf

Catholic ChurchBob and Bev Warland

redwood fallssponsorsACTlVEAID, INC.Affiliated Medical CenterA & W FurnitureCentral Bi-Products /

Northland ChoiceEbbesen, Passe, Whitmore

PAEstebo, Schnobrich, Frank &

Gilk LTDFarm Credit ServiceFuhr Insurance AgencyHometown Bank, Redwood

Falls and OliviaIntegrity Bank, Wabasso &

Walnut GroveKohls-Weeiborg FordLarson's Home FurnishingsW. J. Lehrke Co., MplsMinnwest Bank, Redwood

FallsMorgan's Market Fresh

FoodsNorth Star Insurance

Company, CottonwoodScott-Preusse Inc.Tersteeg's

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To make a contribution via a gift of stock, please contact our Development department at: 651.632.5870.

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