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SPIRITUALS & THE JOURNEY OF HARRIET TUBMAN WITH SPECIAL GUESTS ANTELOPE HIGH SCHOOL CORDOVA HIGH SCHOOL FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL PIONEER HIGH SCHOOL FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (21ST AND J STREETS) SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2019 AT 7:00 PM | SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2019 AT 3:00 PM DR. RALPH HUGHES EMILY CARBREY HEIDI VAN REGENMORTER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR ACCOMPANIST Spirituals and The Journey of Harriet Tubman FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (21ST AND J STREETS) Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 7:00 PM | Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 3:00 PM Dr. Ralph Hughes Emily Carbrey Heidi Van Regenmorter ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR ACCOMPANIST Sacramento Master Singers MARCH 9TH Cordova High School Chamber Singers Sorida Melanie Huber, Director BY ROSEPHANYE POWELL Renee Harris, Accompanist Trio: Carol McCormick, Rikki Pratt, Ain’t Got Time to Die Michelle Wade BY HALL JOHNSON Let the River Run Stand Upon the Rock! BY CARLY SIMON INCORPORATING SPIRITUAL ARRANGED BY CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON O ROCKS, DON’T FALL ON ME BY ROLLO DILWORTH True Light BY HARRY DIXON Franklin High School Vocal Ensemble ADAPTED BY KEITH HAMPTON Coleen Hogge, Director Soloists: Nancy Balenzano, Michael Villarreal O! What a Beautiful City TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL True Colors ADDITIONAL LYRICS BY SLK WORDS & MUSIC BY BILLY STEINBERG ARRANGED BY SHAWN KIRCHNER AND TOM KELLY Will the Circle Be Unbroken ARRANGED BY MATTHEW BROWN LYRICS BY BETSEY ROSE, CATHY WINTER Soloists: Wendy Day, Michelle Miller, AND MARCIA TAYLOR Lisa Salter TRADITIONAL APPALACHIAN MELODY ARRANGED BY J DAVID MOORE Now Let Me Fly TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL INCORPORATING I’LL FLY AWAY BY ALBERT E BRUMLEY ARRANGED BY STACEY V GIBBS 1 MARCH 10TH Harriet Tubman Pioneer High School Choir POEM BY ELOISE GREENFIELD Tania Lillich-Mannion, Director MUSIC BY ROLLO DILWORTH Hold Me, Rock Me LYRICS FROM TRADITIONAL SPIRITUALS The Journey of Harriet Tubman MUSIC BY BRIAN TATE TRADITIONAL SPIRITUALS ARRANGED BY RON KEAN Keep Your Lamps! FILM BY HANNAH KEAN TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL Harriet Tubman sung by Danielle Marie ARRANGED BY VICTOR JOHNSON Tenor Soloist: Matt Metcalf Small Group: Emily Carbrey, Barbara Celli, Antelope High School Chamber Choir Tina Harris, Haruko Sakakibara Jennifer Fulkerson, Director Steal Away 1. Introduction / Follow the River TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL 2. Steal Away ARRANGED BY HOWARD A. ROBERTS 3. Go Down, Moses 4. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / My Soul’s Been Anchored Follow the River in the Lord 5. Epilogue / Follow the River TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL ARRANGED BY MOSES HOGAN Dan-u-el LYRICS FROM TRADITIONAL SPIRITUALS Sacramento Master Singers LIBRETTO AND MUSIC BY KIRKE MECHEM All of Us Soloist: Ian Tillman FROM CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD WORDS BY MICHAEL DENNIS BROWNE Combined HS ensembles & SMS AND CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON MUSIC BY CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON Ise Oluwa NIGERIAN FOLK SONG (YORUBA) Small Group: Wendy Day, Carol McCormick, ARRANGED BY RON KEAN Laura Shears, Michelle Wade Ride the Chariot INTERMISSION TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL ARRANGED BY MOSES HOGAN “Like” us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Sign up for emails www.facebook.com/ @SingersMaster Text MASTERSINGERS sacmastersingers to 22828 2 The Sacramento Master Singers conductor soprano alto Dr. Ralph Hughes Angela Boardman Nancy Balenzano assistant conductor Emily Carbrey* Celia Buckley Emily Carbrey Wendy Day Lucy Bunch accompanist Michelle Dunnaway Barbara Celli Heidi Van Caroline Firman Lauren De Gruccio Regenmorter Tina Harris Laurie Hanschu lead percussionist Michelle Miller Carol Horner Thomas Voigt Rikki Pratt Laura Lofgren Lisa Salter Carol McCormick* percussion Michelle Dunnaway Jules Spector Gretchen Morgan Tina Harris Michelle Wade Mary Patt Byron Jackson Ivy Williams Haruko Sakakibara Kurtis Kroon Laura Shears (kalimba) Paul Miller tenor bass James Nakayama Marco Flores Keith Atwater (marimba) Byron Jackson-Nash Ryan DeBoer Ian Tillman David Kasperik Angelo McRath Kurtis Kroon Matthew Scott Anthony M. Lien Jon Sorensen Matt Metcalf Ian Tillman Paul Miller Damon Tribble Dave Segura Lowell Valiant Anthony Tavianini Thomas Voigt David Temme* William Zinn* Michael Villarreal Chris Webster * Section Leader 3 Photo by Brendan Day sms board of directors The Sacramento Master Singers ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dr. Ralph Hughes The Sacramento Master Singers (SMS) is a group of more than forty-five singers from the greater Sacramento PRESIDENT area who are dedicated to the advancement of choral Laurie Hanschu music. Established in 1982, the group is known for its VICE-PRESIDENT commitment to delight, challenge, and inspire audiences Caroline Firman with seasons programmed to include premieres, classics, and a wide variety of musical periods and styles. TREASURER Ivy Williams SMS offers profound thanks to the numerous guest SECRETARY directors who have conducted the choir. These include Carol McCormick Joseph Jennings, Perla Warren, Moses Hogan, Maria Guinand, Oscar Escalada, Brian Stratton, Alice Parker, CHORAL LIAISON Angelo McRath and Vance George. We are also grateful to the numerous individuals and ensembles with whom we have had the sms operations manager opportunity to collaborate. These include the Boston Pops, Khimberly Marshall Sacramento Philharmonic, Sacramento Youth Symphony, sms choral librarian Lynn Stevens and the Sacramento Children’s Chorus, Celia Buckley James Wheatley and Celebration Arts, Linda Goodrich and the Sacramento Black Art of Dance, Sacramento Opera, contact information Gershwin expert and pianist Richard Glazier, the Folsom P.O. Box 417997 Symphony, and Celtic music duo Men of Worth. Sacramento, CA 95841 916.788.SING (7464) SMS has performed many area premieres such as the Robert D. Levin completion of the Mozart Requiem and the Alfred mastersingers.org Schnittke Requiem. We have commissioned and performed 4 new works such as Elements by David O, If Music Be the Food of Love by Clifford Shockney, and the Sacramento-centric Where The Rivers Meet by Ken Medema and Finale by Larry Shackley — both of which also featured local poets. We often contract with instrumentalists to provide additional accompaniment, including the Sacramento State University Percussion Group and Grammy Award-winning Native American flutist Mary Youngblood. SMS plays a leadership role in bringing high-quality choral music to area youth through outreach programs, collaboration with college choirs, scholarships for young singers, and children’s holiday concerts. The Sacramento Master Singers was one Dr. Ralph Hughes of three North American choirs selected to perform at the international choral festival America Cantat in Venezuela. We at Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks have toured the Carolinas and participated and, since 1990, he teaches choir, voice, as the headliner choir in the Maui Choral and piano at American River College. Festival. SMS sang as the only community He was awarded his Master’s Degree in choir invited to perform at the American Choral Conducting from California State Choral Directors Association in Reno. We University, Sacramento in December 1992 remain committed to advancing the art and his Doctoral Degree in Conducting in and lifting the soul. 2002 from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Hughes is a member of the California Dr. Ralph Edward Hughes Music Educators Association, the American …has served as conductor of the Choral Director’s Association, and the Sacramento Master Singers since International Federation for Choral Music. 1986. His leadership has generated In 1995, he was recognized as “Outstanding increased recognition for the group’s Music Educator of the Year” by the high performance standards, innovative California Music Educators Association programming, and interest in serving Capitol Section. the community. This is evidenced by the global invitations extended to Dr. Hughes focuses on extending the these singers to perform and by the Master Singers’ impact on the community tremendous increase in audience through an emphasis on multicultural attendance. Dr. Hughes’ direction music and programming designed to helps fulfill the community’s need for a stimulate interest among the area’s young professional-caliber chamber choir. people. Regular participation in the World Symposium on Choral Music introduces Dr. Hughes received his Bachelor’s Degree him to the world’s leading choral directors and teaching credential from California and composers of choral music, and he State University, Sacramento in 1983. He responds by programming many exciting taught music and drama for seven years new works. 5 Antelope High School Jennifer Fulkerson, Director The Antelope High School Chamber Choir is an auditioned advance ensemble that is part of a choral music program consisting of 5 performing ensembles and 2 Barbershop Quartets. These outstanding choirs have participated in festivals all over Northern California as well as community concerts. Mrs. Jennifer Fulkerson is in her 6th year at Antelope High School and enjoys introducing singers to a wide variety of repertoire. In recent years, the Chamber Choir has performed with Chanteuses and the Sacramento Capitolaires, along with scoring top ranks in festivals at Sacramento State University, Disneyland and Music in the Parks. 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