VETERANS DAY *PEACE* Monday, November 11, 7:30 pm Gloria Dei Lutheran Church • 18220 Upper Bay Road, Nassau Bay, TX with

BAY AREA YOUTH SINGERS Brenda V. Renander, Artistic Director SHAW MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR, PISD Melissa Medina, Director KELLER MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR, PISD Dawn Malone, Director

The 49th season of the Bay Area Chorus begins with MUSICAL MOMENTS~PEACE, a tribute to Veterans, in the Worship Center of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. The beauty and fabulous acoustics of Gloria Dei Worship Center provides an enjoyable singing experience for audience and choirs alike.

This inspiring concert will begin with the Bay Area Youth Singers singing the National Anthem and the audience members will participate in sing-alongs honoring each branch of the military forces throughout the concert. A selection of American Hymns, Spirituals and Patriotic songs and more will be presented by the Bay Area Chorus, Bay Area Youth Singers, and Combined Middle School Choirs from Shaw and Keller Middle Schools in Pasadena conducted by BAC Singers that direct the choirs in those schools: Melissa Medina and Dawn Malone.

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The Bay Area Chorus is funded in part by the of through Houston Arts Alliance

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OMENTS M 2013-2014 Bay Area Chorus of Forty Ninth Season • Keith Dixon, Artistic Director

CHRISTMAS *MYSTERY* MADRIGAL FESTIVAL *LoVE* Saturday, December 7, 3:00 pm Saturday, February 22. 1:00 pm Villa de Matel, 6510 Lawndale, Houston, 77023 St. Pius Catholic Church 824 Main St, Pasadena TX 77506 Saturday, December 7, 7:30 pm Webster Presbyterian Church English Renaissance choral literature will be presented 201 W. NASA Pky, Webster, TX 77598 by the Bay Area Chorus under the direction of Keith Dixon, Artistic Director. Guest Madrigal Choirs from Settings of O Magnum Mysterium by de Victoria, de Greater Houston Area High Schools who are preparing Cristo, and Stadlmayr and Season of Carols arr. Shaw- for the American Classic Madrigal Festival in San Parker conducted by Keith Dixon, Artistic Director, in Antonio will present madrigals of their choice. his 19th year with the Bay Area Chorus. Guest Choirs: *St Anne Catholic School Children’s Choir directed by Jennifer Robbins. *Beverly Hills Intermediate School SPRING CoNCERT *SERENITY* directed by Criselda Bocanegra *Clear Springs High Monday, May 12, 7:30 pm School Chamber Choir, CCISD directed by Robert United Methodist Church Phillips Jr. and Kymberly Reeves. 16335 El Camino Real, Houston TX 77062

“THE VoICE” BAC SCHoLARSHIP The Bay Area Chorus featuring Randall Thompson’s Frostiana with Chamber Orchestra and Stephen Foster AUDITIoN CoNCERT *JoY* Songs to celebrate the 150 anniversary of his death Sunday, February 9, 3:00 pm (1864) will be conducted by Artistic Director, Keith Clear Lake Presbyterian Church Dixon, concluding his 19th year with the Bay Area 1511 El Dorado, Houston TX 77062 Chorus. Guests: High School Seniors who have applied for the two BAC Scholarships performing in a concert TICkET INFoRMATIoN: setting and The Bay Area Chorus under the direction www.seatyourself.biz/bayareachorus • 281.326.1286 of Keith Dixon, Artistic Director performs as the judges [email protected] • $10 in advance; deliberate. The awards will be announced at the end of at the door $15 Adults, $12 Students/Sr. +65. the concert. Door sales begin 30 minutes prior to each concert. Call or email for group rates or other ticket inquiries.

The Bay Area Chorus is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance ...... Congratulates the Bay Area Chorus of Greater Houston for 49 years of making music

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713-802-2900 800-833-8432 BAY AREA CHORUS OF GREATER HOUSTON Keith Dixon, Artistic Director Robert Phillips,Jr, Guest Conductor and Rehearsal Director

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Peace VETERANS DAY CONCERT

Welcome and Opening Prayer Rick Tegeler Music Director of Traditional Worship, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church

Star Spangled Banner arr. Emily Crocker The Bay Area Youth Singers Concert & Apprentice Choirs Brenda Varvoutis, Artistic Director

The Voice of Bay Area Chorus Sally Schott

Honoring the Veterans and Active Members of the U.S. Army

Audience Participation: “The Caisson Song” Robert Phillips, leader

Over hill, over dale, we will hit the dusty trail, and the caissons go rolling along. In and out, hear them shout, counter march and right about, and the caissons go rolling along. Then it’s Hi! Hi! Hee! In the field artillery. Shout out your numbers loud and strong! For where e’er you go, you will always know that the caissons are rolling along. GUEST CHOIR

Three Fiddle Tunes ... Sail Away, Cripple Creek, Old Joe Clark arr. by Robert J. Hugh The Bay Area Youth Singers Concert Choir Lauren Chauvin, Fiddle

Grand Old Flag arr. by Don Besig Words and Music by George M. Cohan

God Bless America Irving Berlin; arr. Keith Cristopher The Bay Area Youth Singers Concert & Apprentice Choirs

The Gloria Dei Handbell Choir

Brenda Varvoutis, Artistic Director Mike Tuneberg, Apprentice Choir Director Jennifer Figge, Accompanist

Honoring the Veterans and Active Members of the U.S. Coast Guard

Audience Participation “Semper Paratus” Dave Nickeson, leader

We’re always ready for the call, We place our trust in Thee, Through surf and storm and howling gale high shall our purpose be. Semper Paratus is our guide, our fame and glory, too. To fight, to save, to fight and die! Aye! Coast Guard we are for you!

Honoring the Veterans and Active Members of the U.S. Navy

Audience Participation “Anchors Aweigh” Dave Nickeson, leader

Anchors aweigh, my boys, anchors aweigh, Farewell to college joys, we sail at break of day, day, day, day Through our last night on shore, drink to the foam, Until we meet once more, here’s wishing you a happy voyage home. GUEST CHOIRS

A Child of Song Derryl Herring and Andy Beck Keller MS Sixth Grade Varsity Choir Dawn Malone, Director

The Bull Frog Arr. Lon Beery Shaw MS Sixth Grade Advanced Choir Melissa Medina, Director

We, The People Jay Althouse Keller and Shaw MS Combined Choirs

I Am Your Child Arr. Audrey Snyder Keller and Shaw MS Combined Choirs

BAC Singers and Music Educator Choral Directors Dawn Malone and Melissa Medina Directors Phyllis Harris, accompanist

Honoring the Veterans and Active Members of the U.S. Marine Corp

Audience Participation “The Marine’s Hymn” Michael Kessler, leader

From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, We will fight our country’s battles in the air, on land and sea. First to fight for right and freedom and to keep our honor clean, We are proud to claim the title of Marines.

Interested in joining BAC? Go to [email protected] to schedule an audition. Honoring the Veterans and Active Members of the U.S. Air Force

Audience Participation “The U.S. Air Force” Michael Kessler, leader

Off we go into the wild, blue yonder, climbing high into the sun. Here they come zooming to meet our thunder, “At ‘em boys, give ‘er the gun!” Down we dive, spouting our flames from under, off on one terrible course! We live in fame or go down in flame, Hey, nothing’ll stop the U.S .Air Force.

Bay Area Chorus of Greater Houston

Idumea (from Kentucky Harmony, 1816) Ananias Davisson text by Charles Wesley This haunting melody comes from the early American shape-note tradition of hymn singing, and was heard in the 2003 movie Cold Mountain.

Ain’t That Good News arr. Moses Hogan/ Traditional Spiritual Maren Boudra, soloist

Ev’ry Time I Feel The Spirit arr. Moses Hogan/Traditional Spiritual Amanda Robison, soloist

I Need Thee Every Hour arr. Hojun Lee Tune: NEED by Robert Lowry

Make Me An Instrument of Thy Peace Mary McDonald This Little Light of Mine Arr. Patty Drennan/Traditional Spiritual Carol Colvin, soloist

Audience Participation America, the Beautiful Words,Katherine Lee Bates Tune, Samuel A. Ward

O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.

O beautiful for patriot dream that sees, beyond the years, Thine alabaster gleam, undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea

Bay Area Chorus Robert Phillips, Guest Conductor and Rehearsal Director Mendy Alford, accompanist

GUEST CHOIR BAY AREA YOUTH SINGERS

Bay Area Youth Singers (BAYS) is an independent, years in public and private schools at the elementary, non-profit choral music education organization offering junior high, and secondary level. She currently serves as singers in grades 2-12 an opportunity to develop their choral director for the award winning South Houston singing voices, music listening and reading skills, and High School choirs, music director at Lakeside the poise and self-discipline needed for outstanding Lutheran Church, and is a frequent choral clinician and performance. The 9 month school year choral rehearsal adjudicator for UIL competitions throughout . and performance program offers three levels: Apprentice, Concert, and High School Treble Choir. During the 2012- Mike Tuneberg is the BAYS Apprentice Choir Director, 13 season six BAYS singers were selected for membership a position he has held since the BAYS program began in the American Choral Directors National Honor Choir nine years ago. He holds a bachelor of music education and two were selected for the Texas Choral Directors degree from Edinboro University in Pennsylvania and is Association state junior high school honor choir. Ninth a frequent bass/baritone soloist in area musical theater, grade singer, Emma Bolton, was recently selected for the opera, and oratorio performances. Mr. Tuneberg directs TMEA Region 19 Choir. The BAYS Concert Choir was the children’s choir at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church awarded the “Outstanding Performance” award at the and has a voice studio serving middle and high school 2013 SpringFest Choral Festival. students in the Clear Lake area.

Brenda Varvoutis Renander is the Artistic Director Jennifer Figge is the BAYS accompanist. She also serves of the Bay Area Youth Singers and directs the Concert as pianist for Bay Harbour United Methodist Church, Choir. Her musical training at the the Note-Ables Seniors Choir sponsored by the Bay Area and the International Acadamie in Nice, France Houston Symphony League, many area middle and provided Mrs. Varvoutis with skills as a pianist, flautist high school choirs. and choral director. Her teaching experience spans 27 BAY AREA YOUTH SINGERS Concert Choir Members Apprentice Choir Members

Athena Alexander Angelique Johnston Andreah Cisneros Emma Bolton Elise Johnston Caleb Coney Amber Cardenas Gabrielle LaRochelle Taylor Elliott Morgan Clark Olivia LaRochelle Ella Gard Jonah Cloyd Sophia LaRochelle Kassiani Kostos Kendall Culpepper Sigourney Lee Liam McClain Olivia D’Souza Elaine Leslie Mariana Rodriguez Rachel Dorsey Sarah Roberts Dinidu Samaranayake Hannah Gay Zoie Rumph Emma Skripka Maria Gelves Charity Teng Dilruni Weerasinghe Lauren Hill Brianna Towner Oakley Homburg Marie-Noelle Werner Lizzie Jackson GUEST CHOIR THE LONNIE B. KELLER MIDDLE SCHOOL PISD

Dawn Malone, Choral Director, has been a music UH Moores School of Music. Mrs. Malone is a member educator for the last seventeen years. She is the inaugural of the Texas Music Educators’ Association, the Texas choir director at Keller Middle School, establishing Choral Directors’ Association, the American Choral the school’s choral department in Fall 2008. Like her Directors’ Association, the Organization of American students, Mrs. Malone was a choir student in Pasadena Kodály Educators, and the Kodály Educators of Texas. ISD. She twice earned membership in the Texas All- She is also an honored alumna of Sigma Alpha Iota State Choir while a member of the South Houston music fraternity. She has performed with the Gilbert High School Choir, under the direction of Sally Schott. and Sullivan Society of Houston and the Houston She received her Bachelor of Music degree with honors Grand Opera Chorus. She is proud to be a member of from the University of Houston in 1995. Mrs. Malone the Bay Area Chorus and Bay Area Women’s Chorus. has also studied to become a certified Kodály music Mrs. Malone is married to a fellow teacher, Mr. Darryl education specialist at the Kodály Institute of Houston- Malone, and is a proud mom to 11-year old Matthew. THE LONNIE B. KELLER MIDDLE SCHOOL Sixth Grade Varsity Choir Membership

Emeli Almontes Dezirae Gonzalez Kimberly Perez Janae Araguz Aalyiah Guerra Angie Quintero Hannah Blackstone Jennifer Gurrusquieta Yadira Rendon Simona Castilleja Citlally Juarez Amelia Rios Kimberly Castillo Norma Longoria Ashley Rodriguez Maria Castillo Emily Lozano Katy Rodriguez Imily Cruz Sofia Luna Esmeralda Rojo-Santibanez Brenda DeLara April Macias Jazlyn Salazar Andrew Duncan Leslie Marroquin Lesly Segovia Breana Estrada Ja’Kora McCoy Kimberly Trejo Alexis Flores Myranda Mondragon Nicole Valdez Kaitlin Flores Luis Angel Moran Ashton Viebag Sophia Flores Yasmeen Ortega Gabriella Gonzales Esmeralda Ortiz Happy Hour Monday-Friday, 11AM - 7PM • Gourmet Mexican Cuisine • • We Cater All Events • Banquet Rooms Available! 2951 Marina Bay Dr. 1020 NASA Road One @ Gulf Frwy 12933 Gulf Freeway 12821 Southwest Frwy. League City, Texas 77573 Webster, Texas 77598 Houston, TX 77034 Stafford, Texas 77477 (281) 334-2175 (281) 557-3500 (281) 484-6888 (281) 240-3060 (281) 334-2171 Fax (281) 557-1432 Fax Fax (281) 484-9430 Fax (281) 240-3135 GUEST CHOIR BOBBY SHAW MIDDLE SCHOOL PISD

Melissa Medina, Choral Director, started her choral Shaw Middle School. She has been musically involved journey as a student in Pasadena ISD. Being a product in the Houston community which includes her work of PISD’s Fine Arts program, she was a member of with the Bay Area Chorus for three years, a Spanish the Texas All-State Choir, part of the Houston Grand cantor at St. Pius V in Pasadena and at the Sacred Opera’s High School Voice Studio, and a recipient of Heart Co-Cathedral in downtown Houston. Ms. the Bay Area Chorus scholarship. She is a cum laude Medina also enjoys singing with her recently-formed graduate from Louisiana State University, leaving quartet, the PasaDivas, which include three other with a Bachelor of Music Education degree. Since choir directors in her district – two of them are also graduation, Ms. Medina has returned to PISD as a members of the Bay Area Chorus. choir director, and is currently in her fourth year at

Bobby Shaw Middle School Sixth Grade Advanced Choir Membership

Maria Acosta Rios Lessly Guzman Alexa Perez Arrissa A. Womack Kelli Harris Natalia Perez Navarro Alexis Ayala Paulina Hernandez Christopher Ponce Dewaysha Brisco Na Quaya Houston Natalie Pruneda Emily Bustos Kimberly Leos Cesar Ramirez Esther Canales Daisy Limas Breanna Rankin Tania Cardoso Katie Longoria Adamari Rodriguez Lizeth Carrillo Xittlaly Lopez Jacqueline Salinas Alazay Chavera Joselyn Mairena Laura Sanchez Martiza Cruz Megan Marin Yvette Sanchez Yulitza Cruz Jessicalei Marroquin Jaquelin Sandoval Samantha Delafuente Angelica Martinez Patric Serna Britany Flores Ashley Martinez Italia Serrano Ashley Garcia Katy Martinez Michelle Torres Karina Garcia Rogelio Martinez Vanessa Villamar Yessenia Garcia Samantha Molina Christian Warren Lily Garibay Maria Palacios Raegan White Jeniffer Garza Josue Pedraza Betsai Zavala Eugene Gibbons Madeline Pena Ivan Gonzalez Jennifer Perales

BAY AREA CHORUS BIOS

Bay Area Chorus direction have appeared in honor choir concerts at four Artistic Director Texas Music Educators Association state conventions Keith Dixon and at four American Classic Madrigal Festivals and he has prepared them for performances with such notable Keith Dixon received his conductors as Moses Hogan, Robert Sund, Maria bachelor’s and master’s Guinand and Craig Jessop. degrees from Northwestern State University in Louisiana Mr. Dixon has performed as a member of the Houston and taught public school Symphony Chorus, the Concert Chorale of Houston choral music in Texas and and the acclaimed Robert Shaw Festival Singers, with Louisiana for 36 years. whom he recorded the Telarc releases Amazing Grace, Professional service includes Evocation of the Spirit, and Appear and Inspire. His terms as the American participation in these performing groups influenced his Choral Directors Association teaching methods and conducting techniques. This year Repertoire and Standards Chair for Male Choirs finds Mr. Dixon teaching during the week at LSU in and High School Choirs and serving as the organizer Baton Rouge, LA and coming to the greater Houston for ACDA honor choirs at regional and national area to conduct the BAC concerts. Robert Phillips, Jr is conferences. Mr. Dixon was a contributing editor for rehearsing the Bay Area Chorus weekly and conducting the ACDA Monograph 11, Foundation of Artistry: An the Veterans Day Concert on November 11 for the BAC Annotated Bibliography of Recommended Literature 49th Concert Season. for High School Choirs.

As he begins his 19th year as Artistic Director, Mr. Dixon Bay Area Chorus Rehearsal Director and holds the distinction of having the longest tenure in the Guest Conductor – Robert Phillips, Jr. 49-year history of the Bay Area Chorus. He has conducted Robert Phillip is the first choir director at Clear Springs the BAC in performances of major works by Mozart, High School, serves as the Fine Arts Department Chair Beethoven, Haydn, Durufle, Faure, Vivaldi, Schubert and and teaches AP Music Theory. He is a product of Clear Bach. The chorus has recently performed Conrad Susa’s Creek ISD and is thrilled to be teaching just minutes Carols and Lullabies. Tours with the BAC have included away from his boyhood home. Rob holds degrees from Ireland, Scotland, England and the Yucatan Peninsula. Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, and the Mr. Dixon prepared the chorus for their featured role University of Houston-Clear Lake. Prior to teaching as a demonstration group for guest conductor Weston at Clear Springs he taught at Clear Lake High School Noble in the 2005 filming of Weston Noble: Perpetual and J. Frank Dobie High School in Pasadena. He and Inspiration. This DVD, produced by Quaid/Schott Media his wife Rachel have two children, Lyra and Micah. Productions, is distributed nationally and internationally by the Hal Leonard Corporation. Bay Area Chorus Accompanist Mendy Kesler Alford An active clinician for workshops, festivals and honor Mendy is the organist and Music Associate for Outreach at choirs, Keith Dixon has served on the choral faculty Clear Lake Presbyterian Church. She is a member of the of the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute of Quartz American Guild of Organists, and is on the Hospitality Mountain since 2006. Retiring from Klein High School Board for the 2016 AGO National Convention (to be in 2012, Keith leaves a rich legacy of high school choral held in Houston), and is a member of the Reg Brown excellence. Kingwood High School Choirs under his Houston Choristers Guild Endowment Committee. Mendy taught piano at Annunciation Orthodox Church in Houston, and then taught elementary music (K-5) for seven years at Bay Area Charter Elementary School. She is the accompanist for the Bay Area Chorus, and also accompanied the Bay Area Youth Singers for seven years. Mendy accompanies numerous high school and intermediate choirs and orchestras. She was the invited Transforming Lives rough Singing guest organist on a KUHF radio broadcast of Bach Society of Houston Vespers at Christ the King Lutheran Church. • A vocal music education program for children in grades 2-12 Mendy began her keyboard studies at age five and • Apprentice, Concert, & High School Choirs continued through her graduation from Jefferson High • Weekly Rehearsals and many performances School in Georgia. She studied organ with Dr. Robert • Singers develop healthy singing voices, Jones and composition with Dr. David Ashley White music listening and reading skills, at the Moore’s School of Music at the University of Houston, where she earned her Bachelor of Music degree performance skills, an appreciation for in Organ Performance. She has been married to John high quality choral music, respect for for 27 years, and is the mother of three girls - Claire, 18, others, self discipline and confidence. Margie, 11 and Emma, 11. Information available at: bayareayouthsingers.org 832-425-2329 [email protected] 2013-2014 PERFORMANCES Saturday, December 14, 4 p.m. Moody Methodist Church, Galveston “Noel” Winter Concert Saturday, February 22, 6 p.m. Gala Dessert & A Song “American Bandstand” e Wesley Center of Clear Lake United Methodist Church Sunday, May 11, 3 p.m. "Spring Sing" Concert Clear Lake Presbyterian Church

BAYS REHEARSALS Tuesday Evenings Webster Presbyterian Church 201 West Nasa Road 1, Webster, TX 77598

ABOUT THE CHORUS Bay Area One of Houston’s oldest non-profit composer/arranger Alice Parker, com- choral groups, the Bay Area Chorus poser/song leader Nick Page and Chorus has brought heartfelt performances to Houston gospel recording artist Barbara Directors Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast since Johnson Tucker with pianist Phillip 1965. Long before the population of Hall. The Bay Area Chorus appears 1965-2014 the Houston metroplex expanded to on the DVD Weston Noble: Perpetual the shores of Clear Lake, this thriving Inspiration, distributed internationally Estred Schwantes choral group had already built a by the Hal Leonard Corporation. following among local residents and in 1965 surrounding communities. The BAC Women’s Chorus is on hold while our Artistic Director Keith Dixon Paul Ofield More than 60 singers bring unique is teaching in Louisana at LSU this year. 1965 - 1967 interests, ethnicity and cultural The Bay Area Chorus is rehearsing with experiences to the group and represent Robert Phillips Jr. and will have Keith a variety of professions as diverse Dixon returning to conduct most of Robert Herring as Houston itself. In addition to the concerts. BAC is looking forward to 1965 performing choral masterworks, this celebrating their 50th Anniversary in the all-volunteer chorus also programs Spring of 2015. Robert Bennett traditional holiday music, 1965 historic and contemporary classical choral music, spirituals, folk songs Dr. Wayne Bedford from around the world 1968 - 1969 and Broadway favorites. Continuing growth in Ray Witt enrollment resulted in the formation of the Bay Area 1969 - 1970 Women’s Chorus in the fall of 2009. The Women’s Milton Pullen Chorus performs at all 1970 - 1975 season concerts and had the honor of presenting a concert at the 56th Dr. Ray Moore Annual Convention of the 1975 - 1988 Texas Choral Directors Association Convention Rob Seible in in July, 1988 - 1995 2011. Recent guest artists for BAC concerts have included Dr. John Keith Dixon Lienhard, founder of 1995 - Present KUHF’s The Engines of Our Ingenuity, legendary BAC Membership List for Programs 2013-14 Bay Area Chorus Concert Season 2013-14

Cindy Bjorkman Paul Harris Private Music Teacher, Music Minister Music Instructor SJCC Beth Blanchard Professional Woodwind Player Controller, Doctor’s Hospital Phyllis Harris Cris A. Bocanegra Freelance Musician, organist Assistant Choral Director Robert Harris Beverly Hills Intermediate, Pasadena ISD Computer Engineer, Choral Director, ret. Paula Boderek Johnnie A. Henderson First Grade Teacher, Sheldon Elementary, Sheldon ISD Computer Programmer,United Space Alliance, ret. Paul Boeder Wallace Honeywell Engineer, Boeing Chemical Engineering Professor, ret. Maren Boudra Jillian Hughes Investment Associate UBC Assistant Choral Director, Dobie HS, Gayle Brown Private Voice Teacher Software Manager, retired Johanna Hume Jeanette Chase History Teacher, Alvin Community college Private Voice Teacher; Church,Choir Director Ken Jurgens (Retired Emerita); College Voice & Choir Staff Control Systems Engineer for Valero, Texas City Instructor ret.; RN,ret. Erin Rives Kerr Carrie Cole Chemical EngineerLyondell Basell Industries Psychotherapist LPC Michael Kessler Center for Relationship Wellness Assist. Choral Director,Clear Brook HS, CCISD Carol Colvin Seraphine Kolar Music Teacher Austin Elementary GCCISD Educator, ret; Church Musician, Liz Corley Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Houston Central Region Data Manager, Univar USA Inc. Jade Kuhn Chris Culbert Assistant Choral Director, Channelview HS NASA Engineer /Manager Channelview ISD Roni Derry Andy Lewis Dental Hygienist Ret., Makeup Artist Lawyer, Lewis and Lewis Dan Dickson Mary W. Lins V.P.Sales, Del Papa Distributing Configuration and Data Manager Kerrie Dishon Barrios Technology Pension Administration Project Manager, Aon Hewitt Laura Luett Laresa Evans Channel Coordinator, Direct Energy Certified Medical Assistant (AAMA) Marsha Mains Jaclyn Glasscock Senior Portfolio Admin., Invesco Music Educator/Accounting Dawn Malone Kelli Glenn, Dietitian Choral Director, Keller Middle School PISD Stay at home Mom Pam Mats Retired Exxon Mobil Shin Matsumoto Irene Ross JX Nippon Chemical Texas Inc. RN Case Manager, Methodist Hospital Melissa Medina Alex Schaaf Choral Director, Shaw Middle School, Pasadena ISD Chemical Engineer, Lyondell Basell Industries Jennifer Mendeck David Schoen NASA Engineer Chemical Engineer Ret., Dow Chemical Company David Nickeson Maria D. Schoen Physician, Mainland Pulmonary Associates Quality Manager Ret., GEO Specialty Chemicals Jeff Nill, Safety Engineer Nancy Semerak Jacobs Technology School Bus Driver Janis Parish Steven Semerak Piano Teacher, ret. Chemical Engineer, GEO Specialty Chemicals Aaron B. Patterson Julie Steele Music Specialist, Garfield Elementary, Pasadena ISD Marketing, Lifesize, Logitech Micki Pettit Suneth Waas Stay at home Mom Self employed Courier Robert Phillips Jr. Anne Yell Choral Director, Clear Springs HS, CCISD Registered Nurse, Mainland Center Hospital Alyson Roberts Merin Zachariah Licensed Master Social Worker, Contract Services Engineer, Celanese Amanda Robison Roshu Zachariah High School Choral Director Chemical Engineer, Celanese Mission Statement 2013-2014

The mission of the Bay Area Chorus is to enrich the Officers/Board of Directors Houston and area through the powerfully expressive eloquence of choral music. • Jeanette Chase, President • Paul Boeder, Vice President of Governance Goals • Kelli Glenn, Vice President of Finance • Carrie Cole, Vice President of Communications • To provide educational outreach for audiences, chorus • Steve Semerak, Vice President of Logistics -Venues members and the local student community through the presentation of varied styles of choral music, • Mary Lins, Vice President of Advisory Boards including both contemporary and classical. • Kerrie Dishon, Secretary – Recording • To provide the opportunity for singers in the • Marsha Mains, Secretary – Communications/ community to participate in the preparation and Membership performance of high quality choral music. • To demonstrate the continuity between student and • Liz Corley, Treasurer adult performance opportunities by inviting area • Deborah Kidwell, Advisory Board youth to participate in concerts. Representative(Scholarships) • To provide scholarships for the study of choral music. • Dan Patterson, Advisory Board Representative • To co-sponsor a summer music camp for children in the community. (Tickets) • Cris Bocanegra, Soprano Section Leader • Alyson Roberts, Alto Section Leader • Bob Harris, Tenor/Bass Section Leader Staff

• Keith Dixon, Artistic Director • Robert Phillips, Jr. – Rehearsal Director • Tom Parish, Business Manager / Bookkeeper HOUSTON BOYCHOIR 2013 DECEMBER LINE-UP

• Bend Candlelight Tours December 6, 2013 – 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM • 51st Annual Heritage Society Candlelight Tours Park December 14, 2013 – 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM CELEBRATING 50 YEARS • 50th Houston Boychoir Winter Concert First Presbyterian Church December 15, 2013 – 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM www.houstonboychoir.org • Chase Bank Lunchtime Holiday Concert Series 712 Main Street December 23, 2013 – 12:00 Noon 2013-2014 BAY AREA CHORUS ADVISORY BOARD Education Outreach & Artistic Development

Carol Barwick degree and his Master of Music degree from Texas State Sixteen years of singing with the Bay Area Chorus made University (formerly Southwest Texas State University), Carol Barwick a staunch supporter of this outstanding in San Marcos, Texas. Under his leadership the North community chorus. After retiring from 30 years as a Shore High School Choral program grew from thirtyfive public school choral music teacher, she began working students to more than five hundred and twenty-five to make the dream of establishing a Bay Area children’s students winning multiple Sweepstakes each year at UIL chorus a reality. With the support of the Bay Area Concert and Sight-reading Contest as well as trophies Chorus, the Bay Area Youth Singers began rehearsals at regional and nation music competitions. In 1994 the and performances in the spring of 2008. Carol serves as North Shore Chorale was named “Grand Champion the volunteer executive director of this music education of Texas” in the American Classic Music Festivals and organization. Carol is also the founder and director of the performed as a state honor choir at the 1996 Texas Summer Music Camp for elementary and middle school Music Educator Association State Convention. Mr. students, co-sponsored by the Bay Area Youth Singers, Harris brought this same commitment to excellence to Bay Area Chorus, and University Baptist Church. She his tenure as Director of Fine Arts as he supervises a maintains an independent piano studio and is a frequent 120 member staff in music, art, theater and dance and accompanist in the Clear Lake area. Her second career a budget just shy of one million dollars for the Arts as owner/president of B & B Steel Products (a small education of 22,000 students. Even though every school manufacturing company) began in 2005. Carol hopes in GPISD is a Title I campus with a population that is that her experiences as a musician and businesswoman 70 percent economically disadvantaged and 78 percent help her serve effectively on the advisory board of the Hispanic, GPISD Fine Arts organizations consistently Bay Area Chorus. out perform their more affluent suburban peers at UIL competitions. “The Arts are for everyone, not just Linda Fletcher those with the economic means to achieve according to Linda Fletcher is the Director of Fine Arts for the conventional wisdom.” Pasadena Independent School District. She has devoted 35 years to music education, teaching elementary music Deborah Kidwell and intermediate and high school choral music. Linda Deborah Kidwell served public music education for received her Bachelor of Music Education with vocal 33 years. She holds Bachelor of Music and Master of emphasis from Sam Houston State University. She earned Education degrees from the University of Houston. the Master of Science in Education Administration She taught all levels of orchestra in Goose Creek degree from the University of Houston/Clear Lake. GCISD(Baytown) and Clear Creek ISD, and served as Linda is an advocate for the arts in education and in all the Director of Visual and Performing Arts for Clear aspects of life. Creek prior to her retirement in 2007. Her orchestras won outstanding awards at UIL contest and in festivals Sam Harris in , Galveston, New Orleans, San Antonio and Sam Harris is in his twenty-seventh year of public San Francisco. education as Director of Academic Enrichment and Fine Arts for the Galena Park Independent School The Texas Art Education Association awarded Deborah District. Prior to assuming this position in 2000 he their Educator of the Year for Administration/ spent fifteen years as the choral director at North Shore Supervision for 2007. Deborah is a past president of High School. Sam received his Bachelor of Music the Texas Orchestra Directors Association. She serves as a UIL Orchestra judge throughout the state and ISD having graduated from Clear Lake High School in has served as a Region Orchestra clinician and also a 1975. He received his Bachelor’s in Music Education consultant for school districts. She is an active church from Sam Houston State University, his Master’s in musician as a violinist and handbell player and directs Music Education from University of Houston Central an adult recorder group at her home church. Deborah Campus and his Master’s degree in Mid-Management is married to James Kidwell, also a retired orchestra from University of Houston/Clear Lake. Mr. Muths director, and they have three married children and seven began his teaching career as a band director at Clear grandchildren. Deborah believes that the Bay Area Lake Intermediate in 1980. In 1991, he became assistant Chorus is a vital and important part of the Bay Area principal at Space Center Intermediate before returning community and wishes to support and promote the to Clear Lake Intermediate as principal in 2002. In his chorus in any way she can. present position since 2007, he oversees all choir, band, orchestra, theatre, art and dance programs for CCISD. James Kidwell James Kidwell, a former public school orchestra Gary Vincent Navy director retired in 2004 after a total of 35 years in Gary Vincent Navy is a graduate of the College of public music education at Clear Lake High School and the Mainland and earned a B.M. from Texas A&M other schools in Clear Creek ISD, Lubbock ISD and in Commerce, formerly known as State Carollton-Farmers Branch ISD. James is a graduate of University. He debuted with Houston Grand Opera in Louisiana Tech University (BA, Ed) and Texas Tech Jonathan Wade in 1991. He is a guest cantor/soloist University (MME). In 2000, James was Space Center in churches/synagogues throughout the Galveston- Rotary nominee from CLHS for the CCISD Secondary Houston area and has also appeared in theater Teacher of the year. While at CLHS, his orchestras productions throughout the greater Houston area. received many awards, including being named the Mr. Navy is a former music educator with Galveston, TMEA High School Full Honor Orchestra in 1990-91. Pasadena, and Dickinson Independent School Districts. James was Associate Conductor for several years for the He has performed with Opera in the Heights, Houston Clear Lake Symphony. Mr. Kidwell has been Orchestra Ebony Opera Guild, Bay Area Chorus, Houston Vice-President of Texas Music Educators Association, Masterworks Chorus and the Galveston Symphony. served as President of the Texas Orchestra Directors Gary currently performs with the HGO Chorus, the Association, and received that organization’s Orchestra Galveston Heritage Chorale, Barbara Tucker’s A Chosen Director of the Year Award in 2008. James is an active Few and is Coordinator of Liturgical Music at St. Mary UIL and festival judge across the state and clinics Magdalene Catholic Church in Humble. orchestras throughout the Houston area. Sally Schott Mr. Kidwell is active in the music program at Webster Texas Music Educator’s Association Past President and Presbyterian Church, playing in string ensembles, the State Vocal Chair, Sally Schott also served as President of recorder consort, and small hand bell ensemble. He has the American Choral Directors Association Southwestern been the director of the adult hand bell choir for the last Division. Since retiring in 2004 after 39 years of teaching 21 years. James is married to Deborah Kidwell, and has secondary choral music, she’s supervises UH and SHSU three married children, Chris, Kristina, and Kathryn. student teachers. She is an educational consultant for They also have seven grandchildren. American Classic Music Festivals, the Houston Chamber Choir and several area school districts. She was a staff Dean Muths member for the Bay Area Chorus from 2004-2012. Dean Muths has been the Director of Visual and South Houston High School choirs under her direction Performing Arts for the Clear Creek Independent School performed for conferences presented at the state, regional District for the past 5 years. He has lived in the Clear and national level for TMEA, ACDA and the Music Lake area since 1964 and is a product of Clear Creek Educator’s National Conference. A founding partner of Alliance Music Publications, Ms. ratings at UIL contests. Mr. Vaughn’s choirs were chosen Schott’s other publications include two state-adopted to perform at the Texas Music Educators’ Association music textbooks, music sight reading books and DVD’s convention in 2005 and 2008 along with the Texas featuring conductors Paul Salamunovich, Weston Noble Association of School Administrators convention in and Sandra Snow. Awards include Pasadena ISD High 2006. School Teacher of the Year, the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Alumni Hall of Fame, the An active member of TMEA, Mr. Vaughn has served as South Houston High School Honored Former Faculty region choir organizer, region vocal chairman, auditions Member, the TCDA Choral Excellence Award and the host, all-state section leader, area vocal chairman, and BAC Distinctive Service to the Arts Award. She is a UIL vocal contest chairman and stays busy as a UIL member of Who’s Who in America. Those who study, adjudicator and clinician for choirs preparing for perform and enjoy choral music form a very special concert and sight reading contests. He has also served community! as an All-Region clinician for several regions across the state. Mr. Vaughn’s other honors include Goose Creek Tim Vaughn CISD Teacher of the Year 2005, Deer Park Hall of Tim Vaughn, currently the Fine Arts Director in Goose Honor in 2006 and Class Nobel Educator form the Creek CISD, was a choral director in Texas public University of in 1979 and completed his schools for 30 years. He spent the last 30 years of his master’s degree in Music Education at the University of teaching career at Ross S. Sterling High School where Houston in 1988. his choirs achieved 15 consecutive years of sweepstakes

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Priscilla Ennis biology at Baylor College of Medicine here in Houston, Priscilla Ennis came to the Bay Area when her husband went on to earn his Doctor of Dental Surgery from Bob came to work on the Space Shuttle. Ennis received The University of Texas Health Science Center Dental her BA degree from Rhodes College in Memphis, Branch in San Antonio, where he conducted research on Tennessee. Her career in real estate has spanned more an assortment of biomaterials used in dentistry today. than 35 years. In recent years she has consistently been He is a member of the American Dental Association, the top producing agent with Re/Max Space Center. the Texas Dental Association and the Greater Houston A church choir member for 33 years, Ennis has been Dental Society. He is also a member and past president involved with Clear Lake Pan Hellenic and the Clear of Delta Sigma Delta Dental Fraternity. Lake Symphony League. She loves music and is very happy supporting the BAC, in fact, Ennis has donated Bette Johnson $1000 each year toward a BAC scholarship for a A former Mayor Pro-Tem for the city of Nassau Bay, deserving high school senior planning to study music. Bette Johnson served on Council for eight years. She also ran on the Nassau Bay ambulance for 25 years, serving Elizabeth Dennard Ed.D, LPC as medical chief for seven of those years. She received Beth Dennard, is the director and principal counselor her Master’s degree in Elementary Education from the of Bright Futures Consulting. She founded Bright University of Houston Clear Lake before Bette starting Futures Consulting (BFC) in 1999 and her company teaching at McWhirter Professional Development Lab offers personalized career counseling, expert college School in Webster. She was a Master Reading Teacher planning and coaching for life direction. Beth and her when she retired after 23 years in CCISD. St. Paul the associates help people truly know themselves, make a Apostle Catholic Church in Nassau Bay is where Bette plan and succeed. BFC offers individualized guidance spends most of her time volunteering since retiring. during life transitions, specifically: high school to college, college to graduate school and school to the Bette sang in her High School Choral Group. It is workplace. BFC emphasizes finding the right next step where she met her husband Don when they performed with a focus on funding strategies. At Bright Futures in the musical, Brigadoon, together. That is reason that Consulting we believe that each person is uniquely Bay Area Chorus is so dear to her heart gifted for a life of purpose, which inspired the Bay Area Chorus Music Education Scholarship. Dr. Dennard Ralph Parr sponsored this scholarship for a high school student Ralph Parr is a lifelong resident of the Bay Area and he who plans to major in Music Education. Music makes and his wife Claudia are long time patrons of the arts life enjoyable and the world a better place and we have here. After 40+ years of service to the Clear Creek ISD, music educators to thank for teaching and inspiring serving as a teacher, administrator and board member, students to pursue music. Ralph retired from the District officially in 2009. Now he enjoys reading and traveling and visiting Ralph Parr Dr. David R. Gordon Elementary School in League City where he reads to Dr. Gordon has been practicing dentistry in the Clear the children from his own easy chair in the Library. He Lake area since 1990. While Dr. Gordon performs a was an organizing member and first president of the wide array of dental procedures, his focus is primarily Clear Creek Country Theatre where he often directed on cosmetic and reconstructive dentistry. Dr. Gordon and acted. A strong advocate of choral music, Ralph received dual bachelor degrees from Tulane University was a instrumental in the movement that made CCISD in New Orleans and, after conducting research in cell a leader in the state for dynamic and award winning high school choirs. Claudia Parr and the Parr’s son, of Intermezzo, a professional vocal ensemble. She has Richard, are leading residential realtors in the Clear served as adjudicator and choral clinician for numerous Creek area. The Parrs enjoy frequent visits to New York choral festivals, and as a church choir director and City to attend plays and musicals. This year Ralph accompanist. Mrs. Taylor served as Assistant Conductor Parr was honored to be selected as one of the 50 most of the Houston Symphony Chorus from 2003 until influential citizens of the entire area by the Clear Lake 2006. Chamber of Commerce. Rick Tegeler Dan Patterson Richard G. Tegeler is the director of traditional worship A retired computer professional, Dan Patterson at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church where he directs the now volunteers in the Literacy Lab at Falcon Pass adult choir, youth choirs and celebration orchestra. He Elementary and likes working there very much. He has a master’s degree in vocal performance from the moved to Clear Lake from Philadelphia in 1999 and University of Houston and a bachelor’s degree in music loves living in Houston. He has had a life-long interest education from Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa. Mr. in music, particular in opera and vocal music, and Tegeler has taught choral music for 20 years in Iowa is an ardent supporter of the Arts. His life in recent and Texas. He has taught music at all levels; preschool years has centered around helping to raise his beloved through adults. He was the choir director for the award great-greatnieces Taylor and Vicky, who are both very winning Des Moines Christian High School Choir musical. Currently Dan is serving his second year on from 1998 – 2004. He also taught music at Garfield the BAC Board of Directors Representing the Advisory Elementary School in the Pasadena Independent Board and in charge of Tickets. School District for 9 years. He and his wife Valerie owned and operated The Music and Movement Center, Pat Swartley an early childhood music studio in Des Moines, Iowa. Pat Swartley is a long time supporter of the Clear Lake Rick has sung with The Des Moines Metro Opera as Symphony and the Bay Area Chorus. She has assisted well as OPER A IOWA. Mr. Tegeler is a member of the Clear Lake Symphony with PR and fund raising for the Texas Choral Directors Association and Choristers over 25 years and now brings that experience to BAC Guild. Rick and his wife Valerie have four children. as a member of the Advisory Board. A former band director, Pat has played and taught clarinet most of her adult life and is presently teaching clarinet for CCISD.

A. Jan Taylor A. Jan Taylor, a Houston native, received the Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Houston and the Master of Arts degree from View A&M University. She is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting at the University of Houston. Her 1996 appointment as Director of Choral Activities at Prairie View A & M University followed a successful teaching career as piano instructor and choral director in the Houston Independent School District.

As a conductor, Mrs. Taylor has been associated with the Singing Boys of Houston Preparatory Choir and the Houston Ebony Opera Guild and is founding director Contribution Levels

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Randalls When you use your Randall’s Remarkable Card, you can help the Bay Area Chorus. Visit bayareachorus. org or your Randall’s Courtesy Booth and ask for a Good Neighbor Program application. Complete the form and enter BAC charity #2318. Then, every time you shop at Randall’s, a portion of your purchase will benefit the chorus. Kroger You can support the Bay Area Chorus through Kroger’s Community Rewards® program when shopping at Kroger. Go online to link your Kroger Plus card to the Bay Area Chorus,. First, create an online account by going to www.kroger.com and click the “Create an account” button. Once you have an account, sign in and review the Community Rewards section on your “Account Summary” page. Press the Edit button and enter organization no. 81258 for the Bay Area Chorus, and your Plus card will be linked! After that, each time you shop and present your Kroger Plus card at checkout, Kroger will donate a portion of their earnings to Bay Area Chorus. BAY AREA CHORUS 49th SEASON CONTRIBUTORS

Business Partners Patrons Jeanette Chase Steve and Nancy Semerak Houston Arts Alliance Texas Commission on the Arts Associates Dave and Maria Schoen Underwriters Maren Boudra

Sponsors Friends Liz Corley Co-Sponsors Irene and Larry Ross Beth Dennard Eugenie Sheinberg Priscilla Ennis Rita Schumacher

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“Music makes life enjoyable and the world a bet- ter place and we have music educators to thank for teaching and inspiring students to pursue music.” ­­— Beth Dennard What are the poppies for? And why November?

The First World War finally ended after four long and The color is important too – what does the bright red bloody years of fighting, on November 11 1918. The remind you of? Can you see why some people might guns stopped on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day think that fields of poppies look like fields of blood? The of the eleventh month. Royal British Legion use money raised on Poppy Day and at other events through the year to help thousands Millions of people were killed in the war and millions of ex-soldiers and their families. They also organize more were injured. In the years since 1918, even more festivals, parades and church services of Remembrance. people have died in wars around the world including, of course, World War II. So - now you know! Those bright red paper flowers are full of history and meaning. They’re very special to November 11 was chosen back in 1919 as the special day many, many people. John McCrae’s poem, written in each year when we would all think about and remember 1915, was the inspiration for Poppy Day. those who had died. To this day, almost 100 years later, at 11am on November 11 many people across Britain stay silent for two minutes to think about those who In Flanders’ Fields died. At first, November 11 was known as Armistice Day because armistice is the word used for an agreement In Flanders’ fields the poppies blow between enemies to stop fighting. These days it is more Between the crosses, row on row, usually called Remembrance Day or Poppy Day. That mark our place: and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly So, we know why November 11 is special, but why poppies? The story begins back in 1915, during World War I… Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago An American poet called Moina Michael read the We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, beautiful poem. It gave her the idea of using poppies to Loved and were loved, and now we lie remember the dead but also to help the living at the same In Flanders’ fields. time. Moina bought real poppies and gave them out to friends. She also sold some poppies and gave the money to Take up our quarrel with the foe; surviving, needy ex-soldiers. The first official Poppy Day, To you from failing hands we throw organized by a charity called The Royal British Legion, The torch; be yours to hold it high, was held in 1921. Poppies make a very good symbol for If ye break faith with us who die remembrance for several reasons. They were the only We shall not sleep, though poppies grow flower that grew easily on the battle fields after WWI. In Flanders’ Fields. They’re very delicate flowers too that live for a short time, which is rather like the young men killed battle.