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About Seattle Pro Musica Karen P SeattLE Pro MUSICA About Seattle Pro Musica karen P. thomas, conductor Staff Members Seattle Pro Musica is a critically acclaimed choral organiza- Karen P. Thomas, Artistic Director Karen P. Thomas tion whose mission is to enrich and inspire our audiences, and Conductor of Seattle Pro Musica, Artistic Director & Conductor singers, and community through the experience of choral has conducted at international festivals in Europe and North Katie Skovholt artistry, and to increase access to and appreciation of choral Executive Director music. Though our membership comes from all walks of life America, including the Berkshire and spans generations, we are united by our desire to make Choral Festival and the Bergen Caroline Little sounds and International Festival. She has Administrative Assistant beautiful music together for ourselves and our audiences. lectured for Chorus America, the Dwight Beckmeyer Celebrating its 45th anniversary this season, Seattle Pro American Guild of Organists, the March 11, 17 & 18, 2018 Accompanist Musica is comprised of four performing ensembles: the American Choral Director’s Associa- 80-voice Seattle Pro Musica choir; Vox, the mixed-voices sweet airs Heidi Kim, Kevin Kralman, tion, the Seattle Symphony, and has and Peter Lifland chamber ensemble; Chroma, the select SSAA ensemble; and received awards from the NEA, American Academy and PROGRAM Section Leaders Orpheon, the select TTBB ensemble. Recipient of the Institute of Arts and Letters, and ASCAP, among others. She Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence and the ASCAP/ was awarded the 2015 Dale Warland Singers Commission CHROMA Board of Directors Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming, Award from Chorus America and the American Composers Joy Portella Seattle Pro Musica is ranked by American Record Guide as Forum. Named the Washington State “Outstanding Choral Tell me, where is fancy bred ...................................................................................................................................Matthew Harris (b. 1956, US) “among America’s very best choirs.” President Director” for 2012, she has been lauded for her “charismatic... Come unto these yellow sands .............................................................................................................................. Amy Beach (1867–1944, US) magnetic podium presence.” Wes Kim Under the baton of Artistic Director and Conductor Karen P. Vice President Thomas, Seattle Pro Musica has received international SEATTLE PRO MUSICA A prize-winning composer, her numerous commissions Rick Johnson acclaim for its CD recordings and live performances. Choir include works for the Grand Jubilee in Rome, the American Treasurer Full many a glorious morning (premiere) .............................................................................................................Jessica French (b. 1984, US) and Organ writes: “Seattle Pro Musica presents a cappella Guild of Organists, the Harvard Glee Club, and the Associa- Hannah Won singing at its best.” Fanfare Record says: “This is truly an tion of Anglican Musicians. Her compositions are regularly It was a lover and his lass .......................................................................................................................Thomas Morley (1557–1602, England) Corporate Secretary extraordinary choir.” Seattle Pro Musica has appeared by performed internationally by groups such as The Hilliard Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day ......................................................................................................Nils Lindberg (b. 1933, Sweden) invitation for numerous international and national festivals, Beth Alley Ensemble and have been praised as “superb work of the Farewell ........................................................................................................................................................... Michael Berkeley (b. 1948, England) Jeannine Black and has performed with Jane Eaglen, Andrea Bocelli, Josh utmost sensitivity and beauty.” She currently serves on the Ophelia ............................................................................................................................................................................Jocelyn Hagen (b. 1980, US) Anne Clamoungou Groban, Pacific MusicWorks, and Seattle Symphony. In 2014, Seattle Music Commission and on the boards of Chorus Laura Patton-Ballard members of Seattle Pro Musica appeared on the GRAMMY America, the American Choral Directors Association (NW Three Shakespeare Songs ....................................................................................................Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958, England) Mary Redman Award-winning album Winds of Samsara. Briana Schwartz Region), and was a founding member of the Greater Seattle Full Fathom Five Jacki Sullivan Choral Consortium. The Cloud-Capp’d Towers Over Hill, Over Dale INTERMISSION Advisory Board Seattle Pro Musica ALTO I BASS I Dean Arnold SOPRANO I TENOR I Marissa Burkey Jim Bartscher ^* ORPHEON Keith Axelsen Helen Anderson * Jacob Buys ^* Mona Dworkin Stephanie Gray Lauren Cree Casey Glick ^ John Draxler Will you, nill you ............................................................................................................................................................... Libby Larsen (b. 1950, US) Sam Dworkin Heidi Kim +* Jacque Deerr-Lord +* Anthony Gromko Mike Engh ^* When shall we three meet again? .......................................................................................................Samuel Webbe (1740–1816, England) Mike Evans Teresa Nemeth Deborah Forrest David Horton ^* Ben Flynn Phil Haas Katie Skovholt +* Allison Freel * Jim Howeth ^* Ryan Gao ^* VOX Noreen King Jenny Spence +* Fiona Hatfield Kevin Kralman^* Rick Johnson ^* Oberon ................................................................................................................................................................ Reginald Unterseher (b. 1956, US) Teena Littleton Jennylynn Vidas * Emily Jordan Arvind Narayanan ^ BASS II Four Shakespeare Songs ...........................................................................................................................Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (b. 1963, Finland) Terri Lords Liz Langeland + TENOR II Brian Grant John Schilling SOPRANO II Teena Littleton +* Come Away, Death Emory Anderson Geoff Cunard ^* Peter Hemmen Dale Whitehead Rose Morrison + Lullaby David Dodman ^* Peter Lifland ^* Lillian Balmforth Corina Rahmig Rich Eckert Lee Maneman ^* Full Fathom Five Tess Brandon Sarah Ruuska Acknowledgements Wes Kim ^* Jon Repp ^* Marilyn Colyar +* Marit Trelstad Double, Double, Toil and Trouble Jenn Newland Michael Mendelow ^ Chris Rule ^* Jonna Farley Hannah Won + SEATTLE PRO MUSICA Stage Manager Erin Gabriel * Jonathan Siehl Grant Vandehey ^ ALTO II Danny Szydlo ^* Sonnet 29 (premiere) .....................................................................................................................................................Giselle Wyers (b. 1969, US) Nick Jones, Professor of English Elly Hale + Carole Jones Liz Adams Fred Williams When he shall die ........................................................................................................................................................Steven Sametz (b. 1954, US) Emeritus, Oberlin College *Vox Sophia Jung * Deb Arnold +Chroma Take, oh take those lips away ............................................................................................................................... Karen P. Thomas (b. 1957, US) Elaine Lee Paoliello Shirley Beresford + ^Orpheon Jenn Newland Gail Broder Fear No More (premiere) ............................................................................................................................................Donald Skirvin (b. 1946, US) Ada Ng +* Cathy Federici * Shakespeare Songs, Book 1 ....................................................................................................................................Matthew Harris (b. 1956, US) Joy Portella Mara Forster Smith * Soloists Hark, Hark! the Lark Catherine Roberts Karen Maneman Jan Strand +* Liz Reed Hawk +* Full Fathom Five Who Is Silvia? (Harris) – Elizabeth Sanders Judy Williams Kelly Sanderbeck Who is Silvia? Elizabeth Sanders +* Karen Segar Anna Thelen These performances are supported in part by ArtsFund, 4Culture, Classical KING FM 98.1, and the City of Seattle, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs. Please turn off all cell phones and electronic devices. No photography during performances. Thank you. A message from conductor Karen P. Thomas Program notes and texts Welcome to Sounds and Sweet Airs, a concert of choral settings of the poetry and prose of William A note on language Shakespeare, and our contribution to the 2018 Seattle Celebrates Shakespeare festival. We’re honored to be the only choir selected to join over two dozen of the city’s leading performing arts organizations for this Even as we celebrate the words of Shakespeare, we acknowledge that the world has evolved in ways that citywide celebration of the Bard of Avon. those of his era could never have foreseen. As is true for theatrical productions, artistic decisions must be made that weigh contemporary sensibilities and performance practices against the notion of authenticity, Choral settings of texts by Shakespeare span over four centuries and could fill multiple volumes; it was no an ideal whose very definition can inspire endless
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