The 2015 SOAC FOCUS SERIES: PERSPECTIVE “The ” Friday, March 6, 2015 at 8pm Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center Pacific Lutheran University School of the Arts and Department of Music presents

The 2015 SOAC FOCUS SERIES: PERSPECTIVE: “ Son”

Janeanne Houston, soprano James Brown, tenor Charles Robert Stephens, baritone Sheila Bristow, piano Paul Tegels, organ

With

The Choir of the West Richard Nance, conductor

Friday, March 6, 2015 at 8pm Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center

Welcome to Lagerquist Concert Hall! Please disable the audible signal on all watches, pagers and cellular phones for the duration of the concert. Thank you! Use of cameras and recording equipment is not permitted in the concert hall.

PROGRAM

The Prodigal Son ...... Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)

I. Chorus There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. Like as a father pitieth his own children, even so is the Lord merciful to them that fear him. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

II. Recitative (tenor) A certain man had two sons, and the younger said unto his father: “Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. For I know that there is no good but for a man to rejoice, and that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor.

III. Recitative and Aria (baritone) My son, attend to my words, incline thine ear unto my saying: Honor the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruits of all thine increase. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and in all thy ways acknowledge Him. For the path of the just is a shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

IV. Chorus with tenor soloist Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die! Fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink, and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. Fetch wine!

V. Recitative and duet (tenor and baritone) And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.” “My son is yet alive! Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, and thou art yet alive!”

VI. Recitative and Aria (baritone) Bring forth the best robe and put it on him, and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry! For this, my son, was dead and is alive again; he was lost, but is found. Like as a father pitieth his own children, even so is the Lord merciful to those that fear him. Blessed be God who hath heard my prayer, and not turned His mercy from me!

VII. Recitative and Aria (tenor) No chastening, for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterwards it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness. For whom the Lord loveth, He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth. Come, ye children, and hearken unto me. I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Lo! The poor crieth, and the Lord heareth him, and saveth him out of all his trouble.

VIII. Chorus Thou, o Lord art our Father, our Redeemer, Thy name is from everlasting. Hallelujah!

INTERMISSION

L’Enfant Prodigue (The Prodigal Son) ...... Claude Debussy (1862-1918) (translation on screen) Janeanne Houston, Lia; Charles Robert Stephens, Siméon; James Brown, Azaël

Choir of the West Richard Nance, conductor

Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Anikka Abbott Sarah-lynn Bennett Steven Arends Joshua Bozich Alexandra Atwood Erika Hagen Nathan Brown Tyler Dobies Molly Barnes Annie Herzog David Carson Jesús Gómez Tess Benson Miya Higashiyama Joseph Delgado Greer Jr. Elizabeth Binkley Sascha Julian Alex Gallo Brandon Hell Katie Coddington Carli Kross Christopher Glessman Nicholas Hester Sarah Hubert Sophia Lewis Dylan Harm Michael Plagerman Molly Parce Hannah Webber Maxfield Marcus Aron Roberts Lauren Searls Sadie Wentz Kyle Mitchell Dalton Rouse Tasha Smith Nicholas Stevens Kyle Stocker Katrina Watson Kyle Sturmer Tevita Tupou

The SOAC Focus Series brings together SOAC’s talented students and faculty to examine a chosen theme through a multi-disciplinary approach. Through music, art, dance, theatre, and communication we will come together to explore perspective—the connection of people, disciplines, and the ideas that draw meaning to our worldview.

Upcoming SOAC Focus Series Events

Visibility and Empathy Monday, April 6, at 6pm Studio Theater, Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Free

This panel explores the nature of conflict, communication and the arts. When individuals, groups, and communities clash, there is a sense that one’s perspective is not being heard and seen. The work of conflict practitioners is to create and facilitate processes that allow each group to see the other. The process of making others visible and of helping participants take perspective can involve an array of expression – storytelling, playwriting and production, artistic exploration, bodywork and more. This panel will bring together conflict, community and peace practitioners, who use a variety of expressive forms to connect participants working to manage conflict, build community and even create peace. Into the Woods Friday, May 8, 7:30pm Jeff Clapp, Director • James Lapine, Book • Stephen Sondheim, Music and Lyrics Eastvold Auditorium, Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts $8 GA, $5 Senior Citizens (55+) and Alumni, $3 Students, PLU Community and 18 and under

What happens after you receive everything you wished for? And what does “happy ever after” really mean? Into the Woods looks at Grimm’s Fairy Tales from a new perspective. A wish granted does not necessarily lead to emotional fulfillment; it often leads to a new responsibility that may be harder than for what was wished. Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate Thursday, May 14, at 6pm Studio Theater, Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Free

The capacity to master multiple perspectives is a central tenet of contemporary forensics pedagogy. It also offers a perspective to take on a famous encounter: the 1858 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. One of the foremost scholars on Lincoln, Professor Emeritus at Northwestern, Dr. David Zarefskey, brings his expertise to Pacific Lutheran University this spring. He will discuss Lincoln’s argumentative strategies to convert public sentiment on the complicated issue of slavery.

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