Festival of Catholic High School Choirs

ARCHDIOCESE OF SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

PRESENTS Festival of Catholic High School Choirs

20th Anniversary

February 3, 2020 Program Intermission

Bishop Blanchet High School Combined Choirs Directed by Jaci Cummings Combined Catholic High Schools Women’s Choir O Fortuna, from Camnin Burana ...... Carl Orff Directed by Jim Papoulis Accompanied by Will Gerhardt Seattle Preparatory School Concert Choir We Will Rise Up Together ...... Jim Papoulis Directed by Elliott Weeks La Vida...... Jim Papoulis River Song ...... Andy Beck

Archbishop Murphy High School Combined Catholic High School Men’s Choir Directed by Carrie Wright Directed by Jim Papoulis Have You Not Heard ...... Jocelyn Hagen Accompanied by Will Gerhardt Amani ...... Jim Papoulis Forest Ridge School of the Sacred heart Glee Club We All Have A Right...... Jim Papoulis Directed by Alison Seaton Es Tu Tempo ...... Francisco J. Nunez Combined Catholic High Schools Mixed Choir Eastside Catholic High School Choir Directed by Jim Papoulis Directed by Jacob Malpocker Accompanied by Will Gerhardt Gloria in D Major ...... Antonio Vivaldt Imbakwa ...... Jim Papoulis Lift Up Your Voice And Sing...... Jim Papoulis Holy Names Academy Choir Directed by Jessy Williams Love is a Rain of Diamonds...... Gwenyth Walker Combined Catholic High Schools Festival Choir Directed by Jim Papoulis O’Dea High School Men’s Choir Accompanied by Will Gerhardt Directed by Paul Marenco Give Us Hope...... Jim Papoulis Dies Irae ...... Ryan Main

Bellarmine Prepartory School Combined Choirs Directed by Fr. Alejandro Baez How Can I Keep From Singing ...... Sarah Quartel

Kennedy Catholic High School Combined Choirs Directed by Lindsay L. Brown Dance the Cachuca - Finale from Gondoliers ...... Gilbert and Sullivan

Choir Festival 2004 Jim Papoulis Conductor

Jim Papoulis has made significant contributions to choral music by revitalizing the choral reper- toire with songs whose roots are classical and world, with voicing that incorporates lead vocalists with choirs, vocal percussion, and world rhythms.

His choral work often is sung from the perspective of the singer, and is constantly inspired by the work he does through the foundation for small voices. He firmly believes that music can heal, educate, celebrate, and empower the lives of children. Choir Festival - 2013 Through the Foundation for Small Voices he has conducted songwriting workshops with choirs from the United States, China, Japan, Tanzania, Mexico, Kenya, Newfoundland, Trinidad, Do- minican Republic, Haiti, England, Norway, Canada, Spain, Italy, Kenya, Uganda, Turkey, Brazil, France, Ireland, Bosnia, Jordan, Australia, Holland, Dubai, and Greece. 20th Anniversary He has worked with choirs and ensembles on all continents and from all walks of life, and has Special Thanks to our Founders: also worked with: • Aretha Franklin • Faith Hill • 2008 Presidential • Celine Dion • Natalie Cole Inauguration Dr. Ralph Manzo • Beyonce • Snoop Dogg • Pope visit televised nationally • New York Philharmonic • Imagine Dragons at Yankee Stadium retired director of choral activities at Eastern Washington University • Chicago Symphony • Tokyo String Quartet • World Cup South Africa 2010 • London Boys Choir • Moscow Philharmonic Mr. Frank DeMeiro • London Symphony • Portland Symphony • Beijing Children's Choir • New World Symphony retired choral director at Edmonds Community College His music has been featured at: • 2019 Carifesta Port of Spain, Trinidad who proposed the idea of all-Catholic high school choral festival in November 1998 to • Give Us Hope on permanent exhibit at the 911 Museum in New York • 9-11 10th Anniversary Concerts throughout the world including New York, Moscow, Tokyo, Beijing, London, Oslo, Paris, Shanghai, Rio, Rome, Salzburg, St. Petersburg, Harry Purpur, Ed.D. Dubai, Delhi, Oslo, Paris • Beijing Olympics former Superintendent, Office for Catholic Schools Dorothy Prosser Kate Mahoney Nia Kendall Alexis Morrison Rainey Quinn Ivanna Morales-Mercado Kate Laboda Trish Nguyen Participating Choirs Jennifer Ramirez Riley Neiders Vilija Liffick Phu Nguyen Maya Rappe Kaycee Nguyen Hong-Anh Ly Mai Nguyen John Romano-Olsen Fiona Potter Katie Miller Angeline Nguyen-Phan Archbishop Murphy Greta C. Hodges Anthony S Steele Cade Hampson Alex Ruiz RJ Quiban Ann Mirkin Stephanie Norris High School Loraine Ignao Xavier C. Hayward Sean Harmon Braden Sams Elizabeth Anderson McKenna Logan Alec Lewis Ella Haskins Chloe Schuler Alice Shao Lauren Morrow Alexis Nyland Kayleigh Bader Jemila C. Momoh Mimi Heffernan Michael Schwartz Taneesha Sinha Precious Muriithi Maegan Parfait-Cook Fatima Bartra Isabella R Padua Bishop Blanchet Margarita Hillon Maia Seeley Lenise Tay Bridget O’Hearn Nina Perry Brayden Beathe-Gateley Sarah E Seevers High School Julia Horvath Luisa Sherwood Nora Thompson Athena Ortega Kolbe Ritter Aunna Bolton Grace C Stirbis Matthew Acarregui Lily Sires Amy Wang Camille Ott George Shi Dominique Brooking Ciara E. Swenson Wyatt Adams Eastide Catholic Mae Skokan Karina Weng Alexandra Pettijohn Tinsae Shifreaw Zoey Camarillo Jiaxin You Ellie Allen High School Joe Song Katherine Wijenaike-Bo- Sophie Price Elaine Shioyama Ian Colquitt Delia Cimpeanue Caroline Alton Sam Houck Hattie Stephen gle Hannah Richey Anna Skey Christina Corwin Kelli B. Allen Jay An Emily Hovig Connor Stockamp Jayda Williams Theresa Rivera Aidan Thomas Kristin Denny Maeve L. Hunt Mia Anderson Massimo Hussing Jack Stolle Elaine Xu Marika Roberts Kylee Thueringer Jenna Denny Alexandra S Piccio Nadya Bendeck Bella Jacobson Connor Stutz Kelly Xu Alana Ross Thomas Tran Annie Emans Megan L. Ross Willow Berryessa Bella Jacobson August Suehring Lani Evans Mizuki Sakai Ava Berryessa Danielle Jaculewicz Claire Summers Nora Yang Lu Rothrock Avea Vasa Kainoa Evans Saili F Fomai-Siu Mia Bigley Jack Jarvis Nathan Paul Tafalla Emma Young Tomas Velasco Carolyn Filley Victoria S. Kirshchuk Haley Blair Marc Joynt Anna Todd Stella Zhang Kennedy Catholic Olivia Voss Emily Fitch Paulina H Kormos Katharine Bouwer Kate Judy Will Toni High School Regina Warren Julia Geppert Alena F Lewis Claire Bratrud Patrick Kane Sarah Van Hollebeke Holy Names Academy Daniela Aguirre-Tobar Saniyah Wheeler Alyssa Hall Kayla Jean C. Libago Veronica Brems John Kealy Frances Vonada Sofie Angulo Kahina Ait-Allaoua Amaria Worthy Lucy Hazelquist Lauren F Main Catherine Brewer Frances Kent Cody Welch Erin Austin Xe’Ree Alexander Josh Zielinski Zach Herold Mary E. Meines Lauren Brown Rosalyn Keppler Eliza Wells Bella Banchero Olivia Barbera Adriana Hilerio Haruna Minami Brock Cagnina Claire Koehler Jarek Woodward Lauren Barkley Ashley Blake O’Dea High School Genevieve Kim Izabella R. Moses Reilly Cartwright Tyler Korman Daniel Woolsey Olivia Bennet Maalik Brown Sean Ahearn Steven Locke Candace A Sealey Andrew Cerqui Tatum Langer Betty Yared Charlotte Bergevin Maleah Buchanan Tylen Bell Maddie Mayans Grace A. Turner Nicole Cierpiszewski Jake Langley Rolfe Zeisner Elliott Montoya Mary Anna C Joyce Emma Craig Lauren Lindblad Madison Blackmore Jacob Castonguay John Christofilis Ryan Murray Anna M. Kirshchuk Clara Cunnane Elizabeth Lunde Forest Ridge School of Riley Bulson Gaby Castronover Riley Conn Milen Niftalem Cecilia N. Mwangi Meg Cunningham Mateo Maccarrone the Sacred Heart Jessica Chacko Grace Clark Reeves Davidson Elle O’Brien Danzhen Zhao Chris Danielson Maliko Madden Prisha Bhatia Sydney Cook Rogoff Kayah Corpus Damier del Fierro Alesha Ocana Jack S. Eisnaugle Elise Delen Kea Maider Elena Burnett Sophia Dart Charles Dickeson Ben Hardy Anthony Ocana Brayden G. Galante Cutler Delestine Tim Mansker Lisa Cao Sadie Davis Ave Dimond Joshua Kuiper Justine Owens Matthew O Galvez Kyle Dickinson Connor McCallum Arden Daliegh Kaye DeGuzman Danielle Doell Alejandro Lindholm Camille Poole Luca F. Grecco Anna Dingfield Quinn McCoy Sarah Jane Dayley Kaili Duane Sophia Etzkorn Roderick Percival Makena Schick Justine H. Villamante Ava DiPietro Hana McFarlane Fran Feider Blazer Hannah Embry Violet FitzGerald Juan Pablo Perez Tessa Shevlin Ryan P. Carell Ryan Donahue Sean McMullen Maggie Endres Lisen Frey Andre Ricard Mia Sommer Daniel M Beck Charlotte Donsky Matthew Merriman Christia Fisher Amelie Ferrell Ray Fung Jonathan Unruh Sophie St. Jacques Kevin R. Coleman Helena Dougherty Morgen Messenger Lisa Gao Leah Steege Peter A Connelly Erin Droppelman Anthony Monteleone Julie Gillis Nia Fletcher Emiliano Hernandez Jonias Utu Alexandra Tsikhotska Steven L Dumlao Chris Dyckman Matthew Mounsey Selena Hatler-Sancha Lily Fouke Frida Marie Hernandez Delane Waterbury Kristina Verzosa Kenneth C. Ejiogu Keely Emmens Erika Murphy Lucy He Alicia Fugate Perez Sean Watson Joey Warner John R. Freeborn Jake Flaa Owen Murphy Miles Hikes Maria Gonzales-Bravo Manakoniu Kamoto Rachel Williams Liam J. Loughridge Rachel Flannery Dane Negri Rina Hoshiyama Amy Gretch Steve Kong Seattle Preparatory Mikey Wright William A Muse Kaitlin Flinn Joe O’Connor Tanvi Kamath Nina Harsha Hope Kuchan Marian Abadir Eric Yarnot Matthew Panesko Olivia Freeman Fiona O’Donnell Autumn Kasprowicz Karina Hlastala Tanya Liu Kendin Alexander Nicholas A Evans Luke Gardner Katie O’Kane Angel Li Kathleen Hollinger Brianna Lopez Kate Allen Bellarmine Preparatory Mateo N. Nigretto Ellner Logan Gray Mahalla Page Angela Liu Portia Holt Isa Martinez Ava Ambuske Jingwen Chang Noah R. Evans Lauren Gurry Olive Paulson-Young Anna Huycke Kayla Mojica Emily Amesquita Robyn Gorder Rory T. Peterson Audrey Hamilton Cole Pedersen Xiona Liu Lucy Lu Olivia Johnson Sophia Moore Isabel Becker Greta Bowman Bevin Kelly Ben Porter Grear Boyd Rose Kennedy Brighton Reed Jane Broderson Sophia King Gus Ricard Mason Brown Ave Kitiona Lauren Royce Katie Bruce Carolyn Kounellas Owen Rulyak Gracyn Brunette Coco Kudo Nate Russell Quinn Buckner Lauren Lansing Lewis Schrock Linh Bui Bobby Larson Luke Shields Charles Burton Katherine Lauinger Sunny Simmons Caroline Casey Jake Leischner Maria Smith Delaney Cronk Sophie Lovejoy Jake Sype Javier Davis Elizabeth Lugo Will Thompson McKenna Dorscht Jack Matter Phyllicia Tjandra Will Ederer Cate McNett Claire Todd Hannah Emmerich Isabel Moorhead Jack Velling Margaret Felton Aisha Mounir Sophie Walters Tia Flores Michael Nguyen Cara Weigand Ella Gratzer Lily O’Donoghue-McDonald Natalie Wingo Choir Festival -2008 Jakob Hansch Kate Oest-Larsen Henry Wiseman Austin Harnetiaux Ian Orejana Aidan Wylie Kenji Hoover Caroline Peyton Message from Kristin Dixon, Superintendent of Catholic Schools: Reed Johnson Natty Poppe Welcome to the 20th Anniversary of the High School Festival of Choirs! Each of us shares at least two things in common, we all love to hear our young adults sing from their hearts, and we all have invested in Catholic education where a student’s unique gifts can shine and glorify God. Tonight, while the noisy and chaotic world outside can cause us to wonder, the harmonic sounds we hear inside give us peace and assurance in our collective work encouraging young people to help build and discover the Kingdom of God. So, how can any of us “… keep from singing?”

No storm can shake my inmost calm While to that refuge clinging Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth How can I keep from singing? –Robert Lowry -

Let us all bask in the wonder and glow of our students uncovering their unique God-given gifts, and remind ourselves of St. Julian of Norwich’s wisdom, “All shall be well, and all shall be well.”

I’d like to give a special shout-out to Ms. Alison Seaton who has organized this event for the past 19 of the 20 years! Ali- son is very reluctant to have any accolades, but with her help as the lead, the team of directors has created such a beautiful event. Thank you Alison!

Message from Alison Seaton, Choir Festival Chairperson: Welcome to our wonderful concert tonight! It is hard to believe that this grand little festival has thrived and grown for twenty years, now! When we started we were a brave group of 350 students and their directors who had a dream of joining together to sing in Benaroya Hall – The brand new home of the Seattle Symphony. Over the years we have grown into a well established festival of over 550 singers each year! This happened because of the loving vision and commitment of the high school choir directors in the Archdiocese. Each year, our cohort comes together to plan a night of great music for our students. We have celebrated marriages, and new homes, and seen the birth and growing up of each other’s children, and through it all have developed into a choir family. I am personally grateful for the artistry, friendship and love of our students that I experience with these colleagues each and every year. No one person could ever ‘pull off’ an event like this, Choir Festival -2007 and I am grateful beyond expressing to my fellow choir directors! Happy 20th everyone! We are extremely grateful to: Acknowledgements All of our director’s Emeritus, upon whose shoulders we stand, and with- out whom this festival could not have thrived year after year. Special Thanks to: Jim Papoulis , Guest Conductor and Clinician Clinicians Mr. Dick Foley, Master of Ceremonies Dr. Joy Sherman Seattle University 2001 Mr. Will Gerhardt, Festival Accompanist Dr. Geoffrey Boers University of Washington 2002 Special Thanks to Participating Directors and Choirs: Dr. Leslie Guelker-Cone Western WA University 2003 Mrs. Carrie Wright, Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy High School, Everett Kathryn Lehmann University of Puget Sound 2005 Fr. Alejandro Baez, Bellarmine Preparatory School, Tacoma Steohen Hatfield composer 2006 Ms. Jaci Cummings, Bishop Blanchet High School, Seattle Dr. Geoffrey Boers University of Washington 2007 Mr. Jacob Malpocker, Eastside Catholic High School, Sammamish Dr. Richard Nace Pacific Lutheran University 2008 Ms. Alison Seaton, Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bellevue Rollo Dilworth Composer 2009 Ms. Jessy Williams, Holy Names Academy, Seattle Francisco Nunez Composer 2010 Mrs. Lindsay Brown, John F. Kennedy Catholic High School, Burien Dan Bukvich University of Idaho 2011 Mr. Paul Marenco, O’Dea High School, Seattle Stephen Hatfield Composer 2012 Mr. Elliot Weeks, Seattle Preparatory School, Seattle Giselle Wyers University of Washington 2013 Special Thanks to Festival Volunteers: Steven Zopfi University of Puget Sound 2014 Henry Leck Composer 2015 Alison Seaton - Festival Chairperson Andre Thomas Composer 2016 Lindsay Brown, Kennedy Catholic – Runs Sunday rehearsal at Kennedy, oversees, explains and manages all stage movement at Benaroya Hall Vijay Singh Central WA University 2017 Jaci Cummings, Bishop Blanchet – design and order t-shirts Brian Galante Pacific Lutheran University 2018 Jessy Williams, Holy Names – extra rehearsal accompanist and takes minutes at all meetings Dr. Andrea Ramsey Composer 2019 Carrie Wright, Archbishop Murphy– manages student movement at Benaroya on day of festival/ Generated Jim Papoulis Composer 2020 Festival Schedule Jake Malpocker, Eastside Catholic and Paul Marenco, O’Dea – Organize riser order for 600 students and 3 choirs for the Sunday Rehearsal and Festival Day at Benaroya Past School Choir Directors Paul Marenco – Tech Support for our Festival Google Drive folder/ Ticket order Archbishop Murphy Phil Phillips Fr. Baez, Bellarmine Prep– Manages students at Benaroya Hall, outreach to new schools Bellarmine Prep Frank Lewis Elliot Weeks, Seattle Prep – post concert audio production Bishop Blanchet Brian Koreski, Craig Shell, Twila McDonell, Becca Cantrell Heather Matthews, Pope JPII - new this year and will observe and move into a task next year. Eastside Catholic Sue Shellooe, Leslie Spero, Holland Michael, Soonja Larsen Special Thanks to: Holy Names Cynthia Dario, Rafe Wadleigh, Julia Sarewitz, Blake Adams We are grateful to Mrs. Kristin Dixon, Superintendent of Catholic Schools, for her support Kennedy Catholic Mark Kloepper, Lindsay Milasich of the annual Choir Festival. O’Dea High School Dan Ruiter Pope John Paul II Bob McKenzie-Sullivan Special Thanks to: Seattle Prep Huntley Beyer, J.P. Villanueva We are grateful for the support of our administrators and parent volunteers. We are grateful to Beneroya Hall and all their staff for 20 years of Festival support. Choir Festival -2018

Thank you for joining us for our 20th Anniversary Celebration

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