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Milwaukee Youth Music CelebrationSunday, March 10, 2013

3:00 PMHelen Bader Concert Hall, Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, UW-Milwaukee

featuringMilwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra

Senior SymphonyMargery Deutsch, Conductor

Shelby Keith Dixon, Associate Conductor

Milwaukee Youth ChoraleJason Clark, Director

with guest choirMilwaukee Choristers

Dr. James B. Kinchen Jr., Director

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The Master SingersEduardo García-Novelli, Music Director

members of theWest Allis Central and

Nathan Hale High School ChoirsSteven Joyal, Director

singers fromMYSO’s Senior Symphony

This concert, Milwaukee Children’s Choir and Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra are supported in part by generous grants from the United Performing Arts Fund and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. We gratefully acknowledge this important support as well as the critically important donations from so many individuals, foundations and corporations, listed in full detail in the enclosed donor listings.

This concert is dedicated in loving memory of Edith Deutsch (1923-2013)

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Engelbert Humperdinck Prelude to Hänsel und Gretel MYSO Senior Symphony Shelby Keith Dixon, Conductor

Sabrina Raber a Luctum ad Pacem (2012) World Premiere MYSO Senior Symphony Margery Deutsch, Conductor

Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasia MYSO Senior Symphony Margery Deutsch, Conductor

Intermission

George Frideric Handel “But as for His people” from Israel in Egypt Milwaukee Choristers Dr. James B. Kinchen, Jr., Director

African American Ride On, King Jesus arr. Moses George Hogan Milwaukee Choristers Dr. James B. Kinchen, Jr., Director Fumi Nishikiori, Accompanist

Eric Barnum I am In Need of Music MCC’s Milwaukee Youth Chorale Jason Clark, Conductor Amanda McFall, Accompanist

John Lennon Can’t Buy Me Love arr. Carrington MCC’s Milwaukee Youth Chorale Jason Clark, Conductor

Giuseppe Verdi “Va, pensiero” from Nabucco Margery Deutsch, Conductor MYSO Senior Symphony and combined choirs

Giuseppe Verdi “Anvil Chorus” from Il trovatore Margery Deutsch, Conductor MYSO Senior Symphony and combined choirs

Giacomo Puccini “Nessun dorma” from Turandot Margery Deutsch, Conductor MYSO Senior Symphony and combined choirs

Giuseppe Verdi “Triumphal Hymn and March” from Aida Margery Deutsch, Conductor MYSO Senior Symphony and combined choirs

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Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)Prelude to the opera “Hänsel und Gretel”

The simple charm of Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel has won it a lasting place among the young of all ages throughout the world. With a text adapted from Ludwig Grimm’s familiar fairy tale by the composer’s sister, Adelheid Wette, the opera scored a sensational success when it was premiered in Weimar two days before the Christmas of 1893.

A microcosm of the opera’s story line, the Prelude begins with horns and bassoons intoning the music of the Prayer. A trumpet call introduces the music associated with the witch and the spell she casts on the children. The trombones’ recollection of the Prayer and horn calls lead to the joyful music after the witch has been crisped and the children released from her evil power. Growing in intensity, this dance music culminates in a return of the Prayer music and then subsides to a tranquil conclusion.

Program Notes by Roger Ruggeri © 2013

Sabrina Raber (b. 1995)a Luctum ad Pacem (2012)

On December 14, 2012, tragedy struck the small town of Newtown, Connecticut. In what will be remembered as one of the worst school shootings in American history, twenty students, ages between six and seven, and six adults, were brutally shot and killed while in their daily classes. It was an emotionally gripping moment, and it is the event that inspired this piece. Like many others, I heard the news while in school and found my belief in humanity shattered and my emotions a wreck. To deal with the rush of feelings I was feeling, I did what I knew best, compose. Within two hours, a Luctum ad Pacem was created, my emotions flowed into a melody for string orchestra. In the piece, the violins open with a lone note, and then continue with a slow, melancholy melody while the remaining strings build up support in minor chords. As the piece goes on, there is a gradual build, leading to a rousing string chorus of tension and the pain I was feeling. It ends in a gentle, major chord, a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dark piece. The title, a Luctum ad Pacem, means simply in Latin, “from heartache to peace.” It is my wish that in a time as heartbreaking as the Newtown shootings, we are able to find peace and for a better, less dismal future. I wrote this piece to let out upsetting feelings, but I also wrote it with the hope that those twenty-six people will never be forgotten. For this reason, I dedicate this piece to all those who lost their lives in the shootings; I will remember them always.

Program Notes by Sabrina Raber © 2013


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Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasia

During the spring of 1869, the Russian composer, Mily Balakirev (1837-1910), suggested to Tchaikovsky that he employ the Shakespearean tragedy Romeo and Juliet as a basis for a symphonic work. Following a few technical suggestions from Balakirev, Tchaikovsky plunged into the actual composition of the work in October of 1869; further revision in 1880 produced the most familiar version of this romantic masterpiece.

The work was called an “Overture-Fantasia” in order to emphasize the free formal concepts that went into its creation. It is in four basic sections, illustrating the essential episodes of the play. The first, a quiet and solemn prologue, is often associated with Friar Laurence’s cell. An excited Allegro giusto represents the conflict between the Montagues and the Capulets. In this section is the first appearance of the “love theme” widely regarded as one of the most beautiful melodies in the symphonic repertoire. Agitation returns, followed by a section dealing with the meeting of the lovers. When the themes of the work return, a sense of imminent tragedy is evoked by the trumpet quotation of Dies Irae (“Day of Wrath,” an ancient chant from the mass for the dead) against the love theme. The music dies with the lovers as the timpani’s heartbeats ultimately cease. A few sounds from the harp suggest that Romeo and Juliet found happiness in the hereafter.


Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)Chorus: “Va, pensiero” from Nabucco

Generally considered to be the most successful of Verdi’s early operas, Nabucco was first produced at Milan’s La Scala on March 9, 1842. Verdi’s third opera deals with the tribulations of the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, who, having conquered Jerusalem and taken the Hebrews as slaves, promptly goes mad and is locked away. In his absence, one of his daughters ascends the throne and tries to have her sister executed. Praying for help, the king regains his sanity, manages to save his imperiled daughter and watches as his guilt-ridden other daughter commits suicide.

Sung by the enslaved Jews on the banks of the Euphrates, “Va, pensiero” (“Fly, a thought on golden wings”) is a heartfelt paean to their distant homeland. Italians immediately identified with this nationalistic chorus; it became a rallying song for one of Verdi’s lifelong concerns: the unification of Italy. Describing Verdi’s ceremonial second funeral in Milan, Franz Werfel wrote: “…then came one of the great and rare moments when people and music become one. Without any preconcerted plan, by some inexplicable inspiration, there suddenly rose out of the monstrous soul of the multitude the chorus from Nabucco with which Giuseppe Verdi had become the voice of consolation and hope for his people, sixty years before. ‘Va, pensiero sull’ ali dorate!”


Giuseppe Verdi“Anvil Chorus” from Il trovatore

Having retained his penchant for gloomy drama after Rigoletto, Verdi was attracted to a drama by Antonio Garcia Gutierrez, El Trovador (“The Troubadour”) which was quite popular in Spain. While waiting for a translation of the play, Verdi returned to the Villa Sant’ Agata with his mistress, Giuseppina Strepponi (their relationship was formalized in later life). Legend has it that Il trovatore was composed in a creative burst between November 1 and 29, 1852, but it seems more likely that he wrote it during 1851 and then locked it away until public pressure for a new Verdi opera would make it more difficult for the censors to over edit the production.


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No doubt the censors had as much difficulty as the audience in understanding the plot’s complexities. Henry Fothergill Chorley summed it up in one huge sentence: “To this day (1855) many persons have not found out the right and wrong betwixt the false child roasted by the gypsy and mistaken vengeance and the true one, spared, and mistaken, and flung into all manner of miserable dilemmas, and at last beheaded, in order to give the avenging Fury an opportunity of saying to her noble persecutor, ‘He was thy brother!’”

The “Anvil Chorus” takes place in the first scene of Act II as the gypsy men, working in their forge, praise their life with its agreeable balance of work, drinking and lovemaking.


Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)“Nessun dorma” from Turandot

Puccini’s last and most original opera, Turandot is filled with exotic sounds and powerful lyricism. Set in legendary Peking, the story tells of the beautiful Princess Turandot, who will marry any nobleman who can answer her three riddles on the condition that they forfeit their lives if they answer incorrectly. An unknown prince answers correctly, but then offers to release the distressed princess from her vow if she can uncover his true identity before dawn. A royal edict goes out that no one shall sleep until the prince’s identity is discovered. In this aria, he muses upon the cries Nessun dorma! (“None shall sleep”), singing that she will know his name only from his lips…learn it in a kiss that will make her his own.


Giuseppe Verdi“Triumphal Hymn and March” from Aida

When Ferdinand de Lesseps completed the 107-mile Suez Canal after a decade of toil in 1869, all Egypt joined in the celebration. The Khedive built a new theater in Cario and commissioned Verdi to write an opera as part of the ceremonies. Having twice refused the potentate’s earnest offer, Verdi received a brief outline of an Egyptian tale written by the famed French Egyptologist, Marinette. Intrigued with the story, Verdi finally accepted the Khedive’s proposal and set to work on the new opera, Aida, in 1870.

The premiere was scheduled for early 1871, but the Franco-Prussian War delayed preparations until December of the same year. Fearing ocean travel, Verdi preferred to remain in Italy; he sent the bass virtuoso-conductor, Giovanni Bottesini, to prepare the performance and conduct the premiere. Attended by a veritable “Who’s Who” of Europe and Africa, the glamorous opening night of Aida was a splendid triumph.

Central to the opera’s plot is the love of Aida, an enslaved Ethiopian princess, for Radames, captain of the Egyptian guard. At the beginning of the opera, the king of Egypt gives Radames command of an army with the direction that he is to quell the advance of the Ethiopians. Aida is torn between wanting that Radames should be victorious, yet not wanting her people to be defeated.

Among the greatest spectacles in operatic literature, the victorious return of the Egyptian army in the second scene of Act II is enhanced by the Triumphal March. Amid those thrilling strains, the Pharaoh and populace rejoice in the hymn Gloria all’Egitto (“Gloria to Egypt”).



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Margery Deutsch, Music Director, MYSO Senior SymphonyMargery Deutsch has been the conductor and Music Director of MYSO’s Senior Symphony since 1987.

Under her direction, the Senior Symphony toured China in 2007, and in 2012 she led the Senior Symphony on a ten-day tour of Vienna and Prague where they were chosen to perform on the Gala Winners’ Concert as part of the 2012 Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival. Past tours include concerts in Austria, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Canada (Quebec and British Columbia), Scotland, Carnegie Hall, and the National Youth Orchestra Festival in Sarasota, Florida.Professor Emeritus Deutsch served as Director of Orchestras and Professor of Conducting at UW-Milwaukee from

1984 until 2012 and received the UWM Undergraduate Teaching Award in 1990. She is currently the Music Director of UWM’s University Community Orchestra, an ensemble of over 120 musicians ranging in age from 12 to 99, comprised of college, high school, and middle school students and community members.Prior to arriving in Milwaukee she was the Music Director of the Shreveport (LA) Symphony. She has worked with many professional orchestras including the Women’s Philharmonic (CA), Charleston Symphony, South Dakota Symphony, and Dayton Philharmonic and has guest conducted numerous choirs in the Milwaukee area. She has been a frequent guest conductor for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Youth Concert Series and is in demand for all-state and district orchestra festivals throughout the country. She has studied at Aspen, Tanglewood, and the prestigious Academia Chigiana in

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Shelby Keith Dixon, Associate Conductor, MYSO Senior SymphonyMr. Dixon is the retired Director of Orchestras/Chairman of Fine Arts at Homestead

High School in Mequon. Before going to the Mequon-Thiensville School District in 1975, he served as Choral Director at Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Illinois. For six years, he was Assistant Professor of Music at Alverno College in Milwaukee. There he taught the History and Literature of Music and was Musical Director of Theatre Alverno. Mr. Dixon has extensive background in brasses, keyboard and strings. He has served as Music Director of Milwaukee Players at the Pabst Theatre, conductor with the Sullivan Chamber Ensemble Orchestra, Musical Assistant with Milwaukee’s Music Under the Stars, Assistant Conductor of the Northwestern University Chapel Choir, and Interim Music Director of the Elgin (IL) Youth Symphony Orchestras. He holds both the Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music in the History and Literature of Music from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He has taught on the music education faculty of Concordia University-Wisconsin and has served on the boards of directors of the Milwaukee Civic Music Association and Gathering on the Green. Mr Dixon has been a MYSO conductor since 1984.

Jason A. ClarkConductor, Milwaukee Youth ChoraleJason Clark made his Carnegie Hall début in 1990, performing Carmina Burana with the Brooklyn

Philharmonic and has subsequently performed there three other times: twice in 1996 and most recently with the Shorewood High School Chorus, in 2001. From 1996-1999, he served on the performing and administrative staff of the Berkshire Choral Festival-Santa Fe, NM and Sheffield, MA where he won the Charles Dodsley Walker Award, in 1997.Clark presently serves as Director of Choral Activities for the Shorewood Schools, where he has taught for the past fifteen years and built one of the finest choral programs in Wisconsin. Additionally, he has been conductor of the Milwaukee Youth Chorale since 2009, the high school level group for the Milwaukee Children’s Choir, and Artistic Director and Conductor of the Shorewood Choral Arts Society, which he founded in 1998. He taught K-12 vocal music in Glidden, Iowa, where he and his band colleague received the Exemplary Music Program Award in 1995. Clark also works closely with the Wisconsin School Music Association, for which he helped develop the class “A” madrigal list, in 2003, and served a three-year term as tenor coach for the Middle Level Honors Choir from 2002-2004. An Iowa native, he holds a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal and instrumental music education from Coe College and a Master of Music degree in conducting from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.



Marco Antonio Melendez Artistic Director, Milwaukee Children’s ChoirA native of San Angelo, Texas, Marco Antonio Melendez began his

musical career as a member of the world renowned American Boychoir, perform-ing in venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center and with renowned musical figures such as Dr. James Litton, Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, Yo-Yo Ma, Andre Previn, Wynton Marsalis, and Kurt Masur. Prior to joining Milwaukee Children’s Choir, Mr. Melendez was director of music ministries and accompanist at St. Lawrence O’Toole – St. Cyril Catholic Church in Oak-land, California, and music teacher for Saint Anthony Immaculate Conception School in San Francisco. Mr. Melendez has extensive experience in choral music leadership and education, including directing the Pied-mont East Bay Children’s Choirs, founding and directing the Southwest Texas Chil-dren’s Choir, founding and directing the Princeton Academy Choir, and conducting a variety of community adult and children’s choir groups throughout the country. At the age of fifteen, Mr. Melendez was named the music director of the San Ange-lo Singing Boys of San Angelo, Texas. Two years later, he was named music director of a Presbyterian Church and founded the Marco Melendez Vocal Music Institute to provide young, dedicated vocal musicians with advanced musical training. Mr. Melendez’s musical talents have also been recognized through several local and national awards. He was one of 49 indi-viduals nationwide to receive the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts annual merit award. He has been a fea-tured recording artist on API Records and has performed solo recitals throughout the country. Mr. Melendez has a Bachelor of Music in sacred music from Westmin-ster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey, and is a candidate

for a Master of Music in vocal pedagogy from Holy Names University in Oakland, California. In his first season as Artistic Director of the Milwaukee Children’s Choir, Mr. Melendez conducts Jubilate, as well as Cantabile Central, East, and West Choirs and Prelude West.

James B. Kinchen, Jr., Director, Milwaukee Choristers is a native of Jacksonville, Florida, and has directed choral groups at Southern Illinois University, Southeastern Illinois

College, Hampton University, and Winston-Salem State University. His degrees are from Jacksonville University, Southern Illinois University, and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. His conducting teachers include William McNeiland, Robert Kingsbury, Robert Bergt, John Locke, Richard Cox, and Peter Perret. Dr. Kinchen is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, which faculty he joined in 1989. Dr. Kinchen made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut on Easter Sunday of 1998, under the auspices of MidAmerica Productions, conducting a concert of “spirituals.” He returned to that stage in 2004 to lead a 190-voice choir and orchestra in a performance of the Fauré Requiem and again in 2006 to conduct choral/orchestral forces in a performance of the Vivaldi Gloria. In 2010 he conducted the New York City premiere of Glenn Edward Burleigh’s Kwanzaa work, the Nguzo Saba Suite for chorus, tenor solo, and orchestra at Avery Fischer Hall in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in a performance produced by DCINY. His travels as a choral conductor and scholar have taken him to Germany, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Italy, and, on three occasions, Cuba. In 2002, he was one of 18 Fellows selected for participation in the Chorus America-Chicago Symphony Choral/Orchestral


senior symphony

FIRST VIOLINSHolly Spangenberg

Co-ConcertmasterAnna Belle Hoots

Co-Concertmaster Samuel Femal

Co-ConcertmasterMeghan Murphy

Associate ConcertmasterAbigail SchneiderRachel MayFatima GomezRebekah RuetzSean OhKatherine WilldenLinzheng ShiLeah PlachinskiJenna GreeneSamantha Carter Alexanna QuinnAustin BudionoSebastian Chou

Tristan AnicetoJustin ZhuLeah LeeMarie Von RuedenAnna PenkertLiam McCartyKingshuk MazumdarHannah Greene

SECOND VIOLINSJeffrey Teng

Co-PrincipalRishi Sachdev

Co-PrincipalNils HjortnaesAriana Van ParysMara BajicPetra MomcilovicNathan WangSonora BrusubardisMonika GrecoLauren Crandall

Abigail BrooksArchit BaskaranMalina OlsenSarah Plachinski Ivana BajicErica MeierAllen HungVivian JiangSabrina WangCassie AndersonSreedevi NairIna YunJudith Moy

VIOLASTimothy Reinholz

PrincipalNathaniel Sattler

Assistant PrincipalJenna MarkHannah ThompsonCarlos Orozco


Conducting Workshop and Master Class, where he worked with a faculty that included Stephen Cleobury, Fiora Contino, Gustav Meier, Michael Morgan, James Paul, and Duaine Wolf. Dr. Kinchen has been a Wisconsin Teaching Fellow and received the university’s 2002-2003 Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award, an award made to two outstanding teachers at the university each year. He was also given the university’s 2005-2006 Faculty Distinguished Service Award. He was recently selected to receive the UW-Parkside 2012-13 Diversity Award.He is an affiliate of the Center for Black Music Research, and holds membership in the Music Educators National Conference, the International Federation for Choral Music, National Collegiate Choral Organization, and Chorus America. An active member of American Choral Directors Association, he has served ACDA in several leadership capacities at state, regional, and national levels. He has

presented at state, divisional, and national ACDA conventions, and has written for and reviewed new music and new recordings for the Choral Journal at various times. He has been President of Wisconsin Choral Directors Association (2007-2009) and is now President of North Central Division of ACDA, a region that encompasses the Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. In addition to his responsibilities for teaching and directing the university’s three choral groups, the University Chorale, Master Singers, and Voices of Parkside, Dr. Kinchen also teaches courses in basic and choral conducting, vocal materials and methods, and African American Music and helps supervise choral music student teachers. In frequent demand as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician, Dr. Kinchen has been Music Director of the Milwaukee Choristers, a large community chorus, since 1993. He is also on the music staff of Saint Paul Baptist Church, Racine.


senior symphony c o n t.

Carly SchulzMinhi KangSamuel SoikKatie VossFrancesca PessarelliMelanie GalenoDavid FosterEllen SoykaNatalia HernandezRebecca MillerHenry Windau

CELLOSKartik Papatla

Co-PrincipalViktor Brusubardis

Co-PrincipalMatthew FrazierJoshua BaerwaldChristian MorzinskiJoshua LukasBen BoehmBenjamin BauerSeth BanaszakCharles PhilGabriela CardenasJoseph KrmpotichEric RokniChristian AndersonAllie PritzlBen KarbowskiBayla Jane Waite

BASSESIsaiah Simons

Co-PrincipalChristopher Carloni

Co-PrincipalRobert EarleMcKenzie RossKatherine KostichRachel PoliAlisha BowenPeter Crapitto

HARPChloé Tula

FLUTES and PICCOLOSKristen AlbertyDanielle Kulpins Max LinKayla ManteySabrina Raber

OBOESLulu CalliesSarah FriedlandBrigette HallBrittany YergesAbigail Zeman

ENGLISH HORNSBrittany YergesAbigail Zeman

CLARINETSAmy ButlerSarah ClappGina RichterKelly RiordanAnnie Tarmann

BASSOONSRosalie AveryNatalie GallesAustin HolikCourtney KochanskiAnastasia Pjevach

CONTRABASSOONRosalie Avery

HORNSSarah BubikHeather CasterlineJessica CribbsHannah Dion-KirschnerChloe GrothTorrin Hallett

Brianna MeyerMadeleine SeveranceKatherine SeyboldAnnika VanRyzin

TRUMPETSZachary BednarkeThomas HougardJordan SmithRachael SteinAmanda Wahl

TROMBONESThomas BaginRachel BuchananRachel BurczykMitchell RieckhoffMichael SchumacherFrances Way

TUBASKenton Cooksey Zachariah Dietenberger

TIMPANI & PERCUSSIONIrene HougardEvan SneedLucas TreptowMaddie Wilinski

CELESTACharles Phil

In Senior Symphony, section leadership assignments rotate within each concert cycle.


Olivia BurnsMorgan DobersekLorna GrayEvan JohnsonJosh KochBilly KragerEmily Kregloski

Benjamin KuhlmannJordan LlanasHilary MerlineJanay NewmanKatie NguyenZachary OlsonJason Rose

Deanna SchneiderLauren SmrzKatelynn Vande LeestShona VoigtAlana Woodall

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Soprano1Debbie BernhardtKeralyn BolligerRachel ChiarielloJean GraingerStephanie NicholsCathy NolanMary RundleAllison Schweitzer

Soprano 2Janelle DoughertyKaren EnglehardtAna GerlachLinda GritterMarilyn HarrowerTrudy HaasJean JankovichRachel MoseyKatie PitzlDaun PuetzClaudia RoesselBridget Smeaton

Rachel RueckertPeggy WeldenJean Wesley

Alto 1Jennifer BeckerEllen BuggyKerry DewsKathy EstlundPenny HargartenToni KingKristin SmithAileen ThorneJeanne TyszkaSue WingMonica ZamzowJennifer Zastrow

Alto 2Linda ErtelKatie RasmussenDonna TanzerPatricia Witt

TenorsJerry BaldwinJoe BonfiglioDavid BrownDan HeidemannJeff HoslerJim KellyB. J. LilloMark Weller

Baritones/BassChris BruettTom CouillardGreg DavidsonJohn EmanuelFred GerlachJohn SchmittJohn SpartzJosh Walker

milwaukee choristers

Kristen AlbertyIvana BajicMara BajicSeth BanaszakHannah Dion-KirschnerHannah GreeneJenna Greene

Torrin HallettMinhi KangRachel MayJudith MoyJulia Murphy Carlos OrozcoAnna Penkert

Charlie PhilGina RichterChloe TulaAmanda WahlBrittany Yerges

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upcoming mcc perfor m ance

Morning Song to Evening Tide1 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013Hales Corners Lutheran Church12300 W. Janesville Rd., Hales Corners, WI 53130Tickets and information: 414-221-7040 or www.milwaukeechildrenschoir.org.

milwaukee children ’s choir

Milwaukee Children’s Choir is Southeastern Wisconsin’s premier children’s choir. Estab-lished in 1994 by Emily Holt Crocker, the Milwaukee Children’s Choir (MCC) has been pro-viding children with exceptional choral music instruction and performance experiences unmatched by any program in the area throughout the past nineteen years.

As an audition-based, advanced children’s choral music program, MCC maintains five levels of choral education: Songbirds, Prelude, Cantabile, Jubilate, and Milwaukee Youth Chorale. Offering rehearsal locations throughout the Milwaukee area, MCC is able to incorporate children from throughout the whole of Southeastern Wisconsin. Apart from the five choir levels, MCC’s Harmony Program brings grant-funded music instruction and performance experiences to more than 270 children who attend Milwaukee Public Schools. Through MCC, these children receive weekly music classes throughout the school year.

MCC maintains a collaborative relationship with Milwaukee Public Schools while also supporting area music educators through clinics, workshops, and open rehearsals. Other frequent collaborations include those with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Ballet, and the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra. Each year, MCC receives the opportunity to perform in the Milwaukee Ballet’s production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s, “The Nutcracker.” Recently, Milwaukee Children’s Choir was featured with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in the performance of John Adam’s, “On the Trans-migration of Souls,” an avant-garde piece composed in remembrance of tragedies of September 11, 2001.

Milwaukee Children’s Choir represents the best Southeastern Wisconsin has to offer. Choir members represent 56 zip codes, 33 communities and six counties. They represent grades K4-12 and more than 100 schools.

Please look for us next year as we celebrate our 20th season!

MCC’s Mission To give children exceptional choral music instruction and performance experiences that foster creativity, personal expression and social growth.

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Auditionsfor Milwaukee Youth

Symphony Orchestra’s 58th season will be heldApril 24-28, 2013for students at all levels, ages 8-18.

Go to www.myso.orgfor more information.

Scholarships are available.Call 414-267-2912, beginning March 25,

to make an appointment.

Now enrolling children in grades K4 - K5!Songbirds is MCC’s Kodaly-inspired and non-performance based program for little ones!

• 30 minute classes• singing games• age-appropriate songs• fun teaching toys

Locations in Mequon and at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center!

Songbirds develop language, small and large motor skills, and social skills and prepare to enter MCC’s Prelude Choir. Email [email protected] or call 414-221-7040 for more information


mcc staff

MCC Artistic StaffMarco Melendez, Artistic DirectorChristopher Berry, AccompanistJason Clark, Milwaukee Youth Chorale DirectorKristin Dillahunt, Songbirds and Prelude North DirectorElizabeth Green, AccompanistLani Knutson, Cantabile North Director

Julie Maurer, Harmony InstructorAmanda McFall, AccompanistAnnemarie Travia, Prelude & Songbirds East Director and Prelude Coordinator

MCC Administrative StaffPaula Bell, Executive Director Lorinda Liongson, Membership ManagerCecilia Davis, Development Manager

Milwaukee Children’s Choir158 N. Broadway

Milwaukee, WI 53202414-221-7040

membership@milwaukeechildrenschoir.orgwww.milwaukeechildrenschoir.org

Milwaukee Children’s Choir wishes to thank our generous foundation and corporate

sponsors and the multitude of individual donors on the program insert.

mcc Board of d irectors

Patrick Murphy, President Robert Fichtner, Vice President Katie O’Neill, TreasurerBridget DeLoge, SecretaryDavid Dorgan, Past PresidentChristine Burgener, Past President

Beth Berger Sarah FowlesKelley Karakis Deborah PatelJayme Tschanz

Auditions for Milwaukee Children’s Choir’s

2013-2014 season held this springfor singers of all school ages.

Email [email protected] or call 414-221-7040 for more information

or an appointment.


upcoming myso perfor m ances

Sunday, March 24, 2013Davidson Chamber Ensemble Recitals—1 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM, 7 PM, Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 W. Walnut Street, Milwaukee. MYSO presents the fruits of its extensive Chamber Ensemble Program, which exists thanks to the generosity and vision of the late Arthur and Francesca “Peter” Davidson.

Sunday, April 28, 2013Honor Recital—2 PM, Milwaukee Youth Arts Center. Some of the crème de la crème of southeastern Wisconsin’s youth music scene take the stage. This recital will feature solo performances by the runner-up and honorable mentions from MYSO’s 2013 Senior Symphony Concerto Competition plus several advanced ensembles. Sunday, May 5, 2013Spring Concert I—6 PM, Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water St. MYSO presents its first in a series of five spring concerts with performances by the Brass Choir, Junior Symphony Orchestra, Junior Wind Ensemble and the Senior Symphony. The Flute Chorale and Prelude Orchestra will perform a pre-concert performance in the Anello Atrium.

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Celebrating nearly 57 years of excellence, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) has been instrumental in changing the lives of young people since 1956 when it began as a single orchestra of 30 musicians. Since its early beginnings it has grown to become, by several measures, the largest and most extensive youth orchestra program in the country. Serving more than 900 talented young musicians from as many as 14 counties in southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, this award-winning program offers the highest level of training in ensemble musicianship to motivated young people from diverse backgrounds. Students with varied levels of instrumental skills benefit from the broad range of MYSO experiences, all created to foster talent, build character and enhance lives by nurturing an enduring love of music.

In 2005, MYSO moved into the acclaimed Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, a collaborative initiative of MYSO and First Stage. Home, also, to dance and vocal music training programs, this 56,000 sq. ft. state of the art facility in Milwaukee’s historic Schlitz Park is quickly becoming a national model for arts education, with a mission of using the arts to enhance all children’s lives. Several innovative MYSO offerings, prompted and made possible by the move, have received notable awards and recognition—locally, regionally and nationally. Particular recognition has come to MYSO for its ambitious efforts in outreach and community partnerships.

Building on the rich past of its first half-century, MYSO combines many respected, established programs with exciting new ventures. Founded with assistance from the Junior League and Rotary Club of Milwaukee, MYSO has expanded its offerings to include more than a dozen ensembles, including the Senior Symphony, MYSO’s internationally acclaimed flagship ensemble, a chamber orchestra, as well as less advanced full orchestras, plus string orchestras, wind ensemble, steel band, flute ensembles, jazz and Latin jazz combos, urban string and wind training initiatives and more. Students range from 8 to 18, with membership in most groups based on auditions.

MYSO’s extensive schedule of rehearsals, performances, outreach initiatives and enrichment opportunities also includes: a large chamber music program, music theory and composition classes, “side-by-side” rehearsals which match less experienced players with those who are more advanced, free master classes, workshops, competitions, recitals, recording sessions, periodic international touring and much, much more!

MYSO has partnered with numerous other organizations to better serve both students and community. Examples of these collaborations, in addition to the facility initiative with First Stage, include a well-established partnership with the Latino Arts Strings Program, side-by-side reading workshops with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, an annual concert with the Milwaukee Children’s Choir, a “new music”


myso staff

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Linda Edelstein ¯ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, Carter Simmons ¯ PROGRAM DIRECTOR, Justin N. Smith ¯ COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, Michelle Hoffman ¯ DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, Emily Stern ¯ PROGRAM COORDINATOR, Katie Truax ¯ COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER, Sarah Christie ¯ EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, Aaron Apaza ¯ FINANCE DIRECTOR, Kim Jankowiak ¯ MUSIC DIRECTOR, SENIOR SYMPHONY, Margery Deutsch ¯ ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR, SENIOR SYMPHONY, Shelby Keith Dixon ¯ MUSIC DIRECTORS, PHILHARMONIA, Ronald Melby, Carter Simmons ¯ MUSIC DIRECTOR, SINFONIA, Steven Rindt ¯ MUSIC DIRECTOR, JUNIOR WIND ENSEMBLE, Thomas L. Dvorak ¯ ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS, JUNIOR WIND ENSEMBLE, Nicholas Carlson, David Shaw ¯ MUSIC DIRECTOR, FLUTE CHORALE, CHAMBER FLUTE ENSEMBLE, Lenee Stevens ¯ MUSIC DIRECTORS, STRING ORCHESTRAS, Denice Haney, Lynn Trinkl, Lyda Osinga, Anne Marie Peterson ¯ DIRECTOR OF THEORY INSTRUCTION, James Burmeister ¯ MUSIC LIBRARIAN/STAGE AND EQUIPMENT MANAGER, David Rieder ¯ COACH, SINFONIA, Lyda Osinga ¯ COACHES, STRING ORCHESTRAS, Ashley DeYoung, Matthew DeYoung, Isabel Escalante, Melissa Jastrow, Jared Snyder, Kevin Stewart and Brittany Szaj ¯ JAZZ STUDIES PROGRAM DIRECTOR and INSTRUCTOR, Chris Mell ¯ INSTRUCTORS, JAZZ STUDIES, Tony Ayala, Ethan Bender, Scott Currier, Neil Davis, Jason Goldsmith, Russ Johnson, Dean Lea, and John Simons ¯ CALYPSO DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR, Tim Rush ¯ CALYPSO CO-DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR, Charles B. Short ¯ PROGRESSIONS DIRECTOR and INSTRUCTOR, Jenny Kozoroz ¯ PROGRESSIONS ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR, Mary Pat Michels ¯ PROGRESSIONS INSTRUCTORS, John Babbitt, Cathy Bush, Isabel Escalante, Alexis Ganos, Ravenna Helson ¯

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composition initiative with Present Music, a talent development partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs, ongoing programs in cooperation with Milwaukee Public Schools and periodic artistic initiatives with such groups as Danceworks, Master Singers, Milwaukee Choristers, Milwaukee Ballet, and others.

MYSO’s talented music faculty members blend creativity and pedagogical expertise with their great breadth of musical knowledge. They come from all corners of the musical world and include UW-Milwaukee faculty, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra players, seasoned and recognized school educators and other noted area musicians. MYSO’s experienced, capable administrative staff has doubled the organization’s enrollment over the past fifteen years while successfully completing the fundraising for—and building of—MYAC, a major new community facility. The entire MYSO family is united in its dedication not only to training future performers and music educators but especially to instilling in many thousands of young people a much deeper appreciation of the arts—fine music in particular.

While participation in most ensembles is tuition-based, MYSO has a longstanding commitment to making its programs available to all qualified musicians; scholarship assistance is available upon application, and no student shall be denied an opportunity to participate because of financial need. A major community initiative to raise $2 million in scholarship funds (“Fran’s Fund”) is nearing completion. MYSO has been a member of the United Performing Arts Fund since UPAF’s founding in 1969. MYSO exists—and thrives—thanks to UPAF and to the thousands of other generous donors who support its programs!


myso Board of d irectors

PresidentPatrick Rath

Past PresidentSusan Graham Wernecke

Vice-PresidentsPatricia EllisMichael FischerMichael Van Handel

TreasurerCraig Peotter

SecretaryBunny Raasch-Hooten

DirectorsJoyce AltmanChristine BeuchertDavid De BruinMyra EdwardsDavid FrankChris HalbleibLawrence HammondPatty Hanz

Troy HilliardWilliam HughesAmy JensenRenee JohnsonMichael JordanMarlene LauwasserDanielle MachataPaul MathewsJennifer MattesBill MortimoreJamshed PatelJohn PienkosAndy SajdakMatthew SauerGregory SchmidtLaura SnyderKent Tess-MattnerWesley Van Linda

Ex Officio, Advisors of NotePaul KritzerAngela Johnston

Ex Officio, First Stage LiaisonChad Tessmer

April 19 & 20 - 7:30 pm Wisconsin Lutheran High School, Milwaukee

Featuring music that will take you on an aural journey to a wide variety of locations and cultures!

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Excursionsunder the direction of

Dr. James B. Kinchen, Jr.


TheMCA’s LAsT

PerforMAnCe!GRAND FINALE

saturday, April 13, 2013

7:30PMst. Matthew’s Lutheran Church1615 Wauwatosa Avenue, Wauwatosa, WI

Tickets: adult $25 • senior $20 • student $15 • Purchase online or by phone: 414/376-5878www.milwaukeechoralartists.org

Featuring the World Premiere of “Desert Sky” by Ola Gjeilo

S H A R O N A . H A N S E N , F O U N D E R A N D M U S I C D I R E C T O R

P R O F E S S I O N A L W O M E N ’ S V O C A L E N S E M B L E

Discovering a Life in MusicIn the classroom, on the stage, and throughout the city of Chicago, our students uncover a depth and breadth of musical training that make a North Park education so remarkable.

The School of Music offers six degrees in music: bachelor of arts in music; bachelor of music in performance, music education, music in worship, and composition, and master of music in vocal performance. Students have ample opportunity to perform in one or more of the University’s chamber ensembles and the University Orchestra.

Schedule an audition, visit campus, attend a class, experience a performance, talk to faculty, and learn more by contacting Dr. Rebecca (Olthafer) Ryan, music recruiter, at (773) 244-5623 or [email protected].

www.northpark.edu/musicNorth Park University’s School of Music is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).


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