The All State Choir Governing Board Women's Choir Dr. Janet Galván
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CMEA and the Colorado All State Choir Governing Board in cooperation with The Metropolitan State College of Denver present: Women’s Choir Dr. Janet Galván, Conductor Stephanie Brown McGuffin, Accompanist Mixed Choir Dr. Jamie Spillane, Conductor Vicki Duckworth, Accompanist Men’s Choir Dr. Cristian Grases, Conductor Rob Lowe, Accompanist Wells Fargo Theatre, Colorado Convention Center, Denver Tuesday, February 7 th , 2012 at 7:00 PM The All State Choir Governing Board Marie Hayden, Chair—Aurora Hinkley High School Jeff Talley, Chair-Elect & Webmaster—Ralston Valley High School Paula Gilbert, Administrative Assistant —Retired Choir Director Will Taylor, Festival Site Governor—Denver East High School Dave Gleason, Festival Site Governor—Green Mountain High School Alison Roman, Jazz Choir Chair—Northglenn High School Janine Burns, Metro Governor—Wheat Ridge High School Mike Grant, Metro Governor—Smoky Hill High School Garlyn Saddler Bello, Metro Governor—Englewood High School Paula Latchaw, Northern Governor—Berthoud High School John Garner, Northern Governor—Loveland High School Lisa Darland, Southern Governor—Widefield High School Adria Howell, Southern Governor—Highlands Ranch High School Stan Scott, Western Governor—Central High School (Grand Junction) Cheryl Leu, Western Governor—Montrose High School CONCERT PROGRAM I. I Thank You God .................................................................................................................................. Gwyneth Walker Esurientes (from Vivaldi for Treble Voices ) ....................................................................... Antonio Vivaldi/ed. Janet Galván James Fitz, cello Miserere ......................................................................................................................................................... Eva Ugalde Tximeletak ..................................................................................................................................................... Eva Ugalde I Will Be Earth ...................................................................................................................................... Gwyneth Walker Kyrie (from A Caribbean Mass ) .................................................................................................................. Glenn McClure Shilo Stroman & Kevin Matthews , percussion Still I Rise .......................................................................................................................................... Rosephanye Powell Megan Becke; Manitou Springs HS & Raeanna Clarke; Grandview HS – soloists Ilana Bruce; Wasson HS & Renee Davis; Denver School of the Arts – improv soloists Shilo Stroman – electric bass; Kevin Matthews – trap set Women’s Choir – Dr. Janet Galván, Conductor Stephanie Brown McGuffin, Accompanist II. Prelude ............................................................................................................................................................. Ola Gjeilo Ave Maria ........................................................................................................................................... Douglas Helvering Credo (from Mass in C ) .......................................................................................................... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart It Takes A Village ........................................................................................................................................ Joan Szymko Aaron Jenkins; Grand Junction HS, Thomas Swain; Denver School of the Arts, Becca Rothstein; Cheyenne Mountain HS, Griffin Sutherland; Cherry Creek HS, Savanna Sorensen, Mountain View HS – solo group Shilo Stroman & Kevin Matthews – percussion I Am Not Yours .................................................................................................................................. Z. Randall Stroope Wade in the Water ..................................................................................................................................... Allan Koepke Mixed Choir – Dr. Jamie Spillane, Conductor Vicki Duckworth, Accompanist III. Gloria .................................................................................................................................................. Randol Alan Bass Derr Herr Segne Euch ................................................................................................................. Johann Sebastian Bach Everyone Sang ............................................. ............................................................................................. Joel Martinson Hol’ You Han’ ........................................................................................................................................ arr. Paul Rardin Shilo Stroman & Kevin Matthews – percussion Omittamus Studia (from Carmina Juventutis ) .................................................................................................. David Conte Paul Falk – additional accompanist Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel ...................................................................................................................... Aaron Dale Chandler Reed; Gateway HS & Brennan Ryan; Cherry Creek HS – soloists Men’s Choir – Dr. Cristian Grases, Conductor Rob Lowe, Accompanist ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The All State Choir Governing Board wishes to thank and recognize the following people and groups for all of their support and cooperation for this event: Metropolitan State College of Denver Music Department, MB Kreuger, Mike Kornelsen and their students Schmitt Music Denver Hyatt Regency Hotel Management and Staff Colorado Convention Center Management and Staff Ralston Valley, Golden, Standley Lake, Lakewood, Denver East, and Green Mountain for the use of choral risers and shells All State Choir Audition Judges Trent Ellis (Head Judge) Lynn Bradford Kathy VanArsdale Brad Peterson Jan Tuin Amy Hloucal-Sager Steve Meininger Wayne Genova Amy Murphy This event is sanctioned by the Colorado High School Activities Association and held in cooperation with the Colorado Music Educators Association Dr. Janet Galván , Professor of Music at Ithaca College, conducts the Ithaca College Women's Chorale, the Ithaca College Chorus, and is Artistic Director for the Ithaca Children’s Choir. Her New York colleagues recognized Dr. Galván’s contribution to choral music in 1995 when she received the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) New York Outstanding Choral Director Award. In 2010, she founded the chorus UNYC which has performed with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra (Lanfranco Marcelleti, conductor). Galván has conducted national, regional, and all-state choruses throughout the United States in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Washing- ton’s Constitution Hall, Minneapolis’ Symphony Hall, Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall, and Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center. She has conducted her own choral ensembles in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, and Avery Fisher Hall as well as in concert halls in Ireland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Austria, Canada, and Spain. Her choral ensembles have also appeared at national, regional, and state music conferences. She has conducted the chamber orchestra, Virtuosi Pragneses, the State Philharmonic of Bialystok, Poland, the Ca- yuga Chamber Orchestra, the Madrid Chamber Orchestra, and the New England Symphonic Ensemble in choral/orchestral performances. Galván was the sixth national honor choir conductor for ACDA, and was the conductor of the North American Children’s Choir which performed annually in Carnegie Hall from 1995-2007. She was also a guest conductor for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in 2002. Galván has been a guest conductor and clinician in the United Kingdom, Canada, Belgium, Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, and Brazil as well as national and regional choral and music education conferences and the World Symposium on Choral Music. She was on the faculty for the first Tran- sient Glory Symposium in New York and will be on the faculty for the Carnegie Hall Choral Institute, the Transient Glory Symposium in February of 2012. Galván has two choral music series with the Roger Dean Publishing Company and is the author of chapters in two books, Teaching Music through Performance in Choir, Volume 2 and The School Choral Program: Philosophy, Planning, Organizing and Teaching . She is also the series advisor to Latin Accents, a series with Boosey & Hawkes. Her article on the changing voice was published in the International Federation of Choral Music Journal in August of 2007 and was reprinted in La Circulare del Se- cretariat de Corals Infantils de Catalunga. Galván has been recognized as one of the country’s leading conducting teachers, and her students have received first place awards and have been finalists in both the graduate and undergraduate divisions of the American Choral Directors biennial National Choral Conducting Competition. Dr. Galván was a member of the Grammy Award-winning Robert Shaw Festival Singers (Telarc Recordings).Galván is the founder and faculty advisor of the Ithaca College ACDA Student Chapter. This chapter has won Outstanding Student Chapter at the last three national conventions of ACDA. She is past president of NYACDA. Dr. Jamie Spillane is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Roberts Wesleyan College in New York. He directs the Roberts Wesleyan Chorale and teaches conducting. Previously, Dr. Spillane was director of Choral and Vocal Activities