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APRIL 2018 SPECIAL GUEST RANDY RAINBOW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PAUL CALDWELL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PAUL CALDWELL APRIL 7 & 8 McCAW HALL OCTOBER 13-21 SAINT MARK’S CATHEDRAL SOME SAY OCEANS SEPARATE US. WE BELIEVE THEY CONNECT US. At Holland America Line, we believe in the transformative power of travel. We see it every day as our guests sail the world’s seas to more than 425 ports of call. Each journey opens minds and hearts to new places, people and cultures. We come to understand and respect the things that make us different — while celebrating our shared humanity. Where will your next journey take you? Call your Travel Professional or 1-877-SAIL HAL, or visit hollandamerica.com Ships’ Registry: The Netherlands HAL 13119-4 Guiding Purpose - Seattle Chorus_R1.indd 1 3/14/18 3:56 PM Pub/s: Seattle Chorus Traffic: 3/14/18 Run Date: N/A Color: CMYK Author: KB, TH Trim: 8.375”w x 10.875”h Live: 7.375”w x 9.875”h Bleed: 8.625”w x 11.125”h Round#: 1 FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR that. Each of us has a journey, a story. But here, our stories intersect. We strive to create a world where everyone’s voice is heard. In this Emerald City, we want everyone to feel safe. A couple of weeks ago, I heard Jonathan Greenblatt (Anti-Defamation League) interviewed on NPR. His statistics When I first arrived in Seattle, I was on were astounding. Over the past two a mission. I wanted to fall in love with years, reported incidents of bullying my new hometown. I wanted to learn all and hate crimes have risen 96% in the the things that made it a special place. K-12 education system. In colleges and So I asked the same question of everyone universities, the increase was reported at I met: “What do YOU love most about 87%. Intolerance is on the rise. Online Seattle?” But you know what? Not today. Not in People told me about orcas. I learned our town. Because we are gonna stand up about volcanoes and vistas. I heard about and sing out. That’s what our town is all daily the history of grunge. And I got tours of about. adorable craftsman neighborhoods. But a year and a half in, it’s not the landscapes that I love most about Seattle. news It’s the attitudes. The values. The absolute insistence that hate has no home here… not in our town. Paul Caldwell Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus are here to sing about OUR MISSION Our voices transform society through innovative and entertaining programs that build community, illuminate the experiences of LGBTQ people and their allies, expand inclusion, and inspire justice. OUR VISION A more harmonious world that celebrates the unique identities and talents of all people. for the INFORMATION THEATRE ETIQUETTE TICKET SALES LGBT In consideration of all performers and patrons, we ask Box Office that you observe the following: 206.388.1400 (Mon–Fri, 11:00AM–6:00PM) • Before you turn off all cell phones and electronic Online www.SeattleChoruses.org community devices, please share that you are here on all your favorite social media channels STAY CONNECTED since 2010 Facebook.com/SeattleMensChorus • Use of photographic and recording equipment Facebook.com/SeattleWomensChorus during performances is strictly prohibited. • Late seating is not guaranteed – latecomers will be SMC_Chorus & SWC_Chorus seated at the discretion of the house manager. theseattlelesbian.com youtube.com/FlyingHouseSeattle encoremediagroup.com/programs 3 FROM THE BOARD & STAFF Welcome and foundation of work for equality and thank you for acceptance of our LGBTQ citizens being here and we believe we need to expand that today. “Not in mission to all disenfranchised voices. We Our Town” is are walking this talk internally through a song by Fred a Board-appointed committee charged Small that has with the planning and coordination been performed of diversity and inclusion training and by SMC in the past and describes awareness for staff, board, and chorus the reactions of the residents of members. Billings, Montana to an anti-Semitic ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR hate crime that occurred during the We want to thank our sponsors for Paul Caldwell Steven F. Smith holiday season over 20 years ago. In helping to make these concerts possible. 1995, the Not in Our Town Project Cheers to Producing Sponsors Alaska ARTISTIC/PRODUCTION began with a PBS documentary Airlines, Carter Subaru, Holland PRINCIPAL ACCOMPANIST, SWC America Line, Olympic Hot Tub, and Nancy Otness Bent telling the Billings story. It has since Sound. Thanks also to Concert Sponsors PRINCIPAL ACCOMPANIST, SMC Evan Stults expanded to other documentaries and DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC OPERATIONS Halie Looper community campaigns to bring together Atlas Workbase and Vertumni and to PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Nancy Hautala our beloved Presenting Sponsors, the ASSISTANT PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER stakeholders from different aspects William St. Rose of civic life—school, community, law Pam Foster & Liz Austin Fund and MUSIC LIBRARIAN T.J. Elston enforcement, media, and faith leaders— Debbie Killinger. I hope you might CONDUCTOR EMERITUS Dennis Coleman to address or prevent hate incidents. consider supporting us at our annual In 1996 a middle school teacher from dinner & auction, Come Fly With Me, ADMINISTRATION on May 5th. Check out seattlechoruses. FINANCE DIRECTOR Phi Nguyen Auburn, Maine launched Not in Our MARKETING DIRECTOR Chelsea Sadler School, with resources and tools to assist org for more info. DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Kevin Carson schools in responding to intolerance and PATRON SERVICES MANAGER Jeremy Dashiell I am personally thrilled to be on the MEMBERSHIP & REHEARSAL MANAGER Tina Owen hate. EVENTS MANAGER Scott Walden risers again with both SMC and SWC. FINANCE ASSOCIATE Franklin Reed Fifteen years ago this month I stood with GRAPHIC DESIGNER Lindsay Lush But despite all of this, just this past SWC in our first full concert at Meany PUBLIC RELATIONS Jennifer Rice, LLC January there were incidents of anti-gay GRANT WRITING Julie L. Wilchins, LLC and anti-Semitic graffiti and pamphlets Hall. Let’s celebrate and congratulate Seattle Women’s Chorus on fifteen years BOARD OF DIRECTORS at an open and accepting church in of sharing music, mission, community, PRESIDENT Lora Davis Billings. We read all too often of hate VICE PRESIDENT Michael Hughes crimes against people because of their and joy! TREASURER David Nilsson April Cook religion, race or sexual orientation. SECRETARY In Harmony, This is why we sing. This is why we are Tracy Bowens, Ed Darr, Ann Eidson, Mitch- ell C. Hunter, Ron Jones, Karen J. Lane, singing this concert right now. This Kevin Maifeld, Adrienne McEntee, Clay is why we are taking this concert on Newlin, Wendy Norcross, Mark Schmitt, Ken Van Dyke the road to Eastern Washington this summer. Seattle Men’s Chorus and Lora Davis, Board President Seattle Women’s Chorus have built a We are honored to be working with the following civic partners on this concert: Seattle Choruses wish to thank Plymouth Church for the provision of our rehearsal space. 1217 Sixth Ave, Seattle, WA 98101 www.plymouthchurchseattle.org 4 FLYING HOUSE PRODUCTIONS WHO’S WHO Paul Caldwell its annual audience and grew its budget accompanist since 1986, and has played for fourfold. Earlier positions included produc- Seattle Opera, Vashon Opera, Seattle’s 5th Artistic Director tion for Northeastern University’s Music Avenue Theatre, toured the US and Canada Previously the artistic Department and coordinating the residency for Columbia Artists and Community director for Windy of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Concerts Association, and played for doz- City Performing Arts the Great Woods Center for the Performing ens of musicals in professional and com- in Chicago, Paul pro- Arts. Steve also managed an international munity theatres and off- Broadway. He has vided renewed leader- roster of concert organists and English accompanied artists as diverse as Frederica ship and vision for cathedral choirs for Karen McFarlane von Stade, Renée Fleming, Kristin both the Windy City Artists Management. Steve has consulted Chenoweth, Megan Mullally and Harvey Gay Chorus and with over a dozen small and midsized non- Fierstein, and played for premieres of new Windy City Treble profits and given seminars on strategic works by composers David Diamond, Gian Quire. He was also artistic director for the planning, audience development, and fun- Carlo Menotti, and John Corigliano. Youth Choral Theater of Chicago, a com- draising for ArtsBoston, Greater Boston munity- based after-school program enroll- Choral Consortium, GALA Choruses, and Halie Looper ing 200 young people in Chicago’s northern Chorus America. In recent years he has Director of Artistic Operations suburbs. Paul’s work with youth has gar- served multiple terms as a board member nered national recognition, and he received and officer for ArtsBoston, GALA Halie joined the Choruses as Company the Chorus America/ASCAP Award f o r Choruses, and the Greater Boston Choral Manager in 2011 after ten years as a teach- Adventurous Programming. Paul composes Consortium. He is a magna cum laude ing artist in the Seattle area. In 2014, her and arranges music collaboratively with graduate of the Arts Management program role expanded to include the daily opera- Sean Ivory. Their choral works have been at Baldwin- Wallace University and was tions of the production and artistic team. telecast on PBS and A&E and performed at selected by the Massachusetts Cultural Transitioning into her role on the artistic Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and Council to attend the Achieving Excellence staff has been an exciting challenge. Halie throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa. Executive Leadership Program for cultural holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Choral Legendary guitarist Steve Vai recently col- organizations at Harvard University’s Music and K-12 Education from Seattle laborated with Caldwell and Ivory to create Kennedy School of Government.

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