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It Singeth Low in Every Heart It singeth low in every heart, We hear it each and all, A song of those who answer not, However we may call. They throng the silence of the breast; We see them as of yore, The kind, the true, the brave, the sweet, Who walk with us no more. Annelies The Voice of Anne Frank ’Tis hard to take the burden up, When these have laid it down: They brightened all the joy of life, They softened every frown. But, oh! ’tis good to think of them When we are troubled sore; Thanks be to God that such have been, Al-thought they are no more.

More home-like seems the vast unknown, Since they have entered there: To follow them were not so hard Wherever they may fare. They cannot be where God is not, On any sea or shore; Whate’er betides, Thy love abides, Our God for evermore! – John W. Chadwick

Al Shlosha D’varim Al shlosha d’varim haolan kayam. Al haemet v’al hadin v’al hashalom. – Pirkei Avot (Mishnah) The world is sustained by three things : by truth, by justice, and by peace.

Annelies libretto by Melanie Challenger based on Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

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2. The capture foretold Up above you can hear the breathing, eight pounding hearts, footsteps on the stairs, a rattling on the bookcase. Suddenly, a couple of bangs. Doors slammed inside the house. (11th April, 1944)

We are in blue sky, surrounded by black clouds. See it, the perfectly round spot? but the clouds are moving in, and the ring between danger grows smaller. We look at the fighting below, and the peace and beauty above, but the dark mass of clouds looms before us, and tries to crush us. O ring, ring, open wide and let us out! (8th November, 1943) 2 3 PROGRAM TEXTS PROGRAM TEXTS

3. The plan to go into hiding Alone. When would we go into hiding? Then for the first time, Where would we hide? I found a moment to tell you about it, In the city? In the country? In a house? In a shack? to realise what had happened to me (8th July, 1942) and what was about to happen. (10th July, 1942) These questions kept running through my mind. I started packing my important belongings. We’re Jews in chains, The first thing was my diary. chained to one spot, Memories mean more to me than dresses. without any rights, (8th July, 1942) a thousand obligations. We must be brave Ik zal, hoop ik, aan jou alles kunnen toevertrouwen, zoals ik het nog and trust in God. aan niemand gekund heb, en ik hoop dat je een grote steun voor me (11th April, 1944) zult zijn. 5. Life in hiding [I hope I shall be able to confide in you completely, as I have never The days here are very quiet. been able to do in anyone before, and I hope that you will be a great (1st October, 1942) support and comfort to me. (12th June, 1942) Having to sit still all day and not say a word, It seems like years since Sunday morning. you can imagine how So much has happened, hard that is for me. it’s as if the whole world had On ordinary days, we speak in a whisper. suddenly turned upside down. Not being able to talk is worse. (8th July, 1942) (29th September, 1942)

4. The last night at home and arrival at the annexe The silence makes me so nervous, My last night in my own bed. but the chiming of the Westertoren clock A warm rain fell. reassures me at night. The four of us wrapped in layers of clothing, (11th July, 1942) the stripped beds, the breakfast things on the table. We closed the door behind us. You no doubt want to hear (8th July, 1942) what I think of life in hiding? (11th July, 1942) Walking in the pouring rain, walking down the street, The blue sky, the bare chestnut tree, each of us with a satchel filled to the brim. glistening with dew, (9th July, 1942) the seagulls, glinting with silver swooping through the air. We arrived at Prinsengracht, As long as this exists, led through the long passage this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and up the wooden staircase how can I be sad? to the Annexe. (23rd February, 1944) The door was shut behind us, leaving us alone. 4 5 PROGRAM TEXTS PROGRAM TEXTS

1 Prospectus and Guide to the Secret Annexe. Der Winter ist vergangen. A Unique Facility for the Temporary Accommodation of Ich seh’ des Maien Schein; Jews and Other Dispossessed Persons. Ich seh’ die Blümlein prangen; Des ist mein Herz erfreut. Now our Annexe has truly become a secret, Da singt Frau Nachtigalle a bookcase has been built in front of the entrance. Und manch’ Waldvogelein. It swings on its hinges – German traditional and opens like a door. Translation: The winter is over. It is Open All Year Round, I see the light of May; Located in Beautiful, Quiet, Wooded Surroundings, I see blossoms everywhere; In the Heart of Amsterdam. and my heart is pleased. Inside it is Necessary to Speak Softly at all times, There sings the nightingale Singing is Permissible, only Softly and After Six pm! and the small forest birds. (17th November, 1942) Beauty remains, The strangest things happen when you’re in hiding. even in misfortune. Try to picture this. One who is happy will make others happy, We scrub ourselves in a tin tub, one who has courage will never die in misery. since the curtains are drawn, (7 March, 1944) we scrub ourselves in the dark, while one looks out the window Ade, mein’ Allerliebste! and gazes at the endlessly amusing people. Ade, schön’s Blümelein! (29th September, 1942) Ade, schön’ Rosenblume; Es muß geschieden sein! The children run around in thin shirts Das Herz in meinem Leibe and wooden clogs. Gehört ja allzeit dein. They have no coats, no socks, – German traditional no caps and no one to help them. Gnawing on a carrot to still their hunger, Translation: Goodbye, my beloved! they walk from their cold houses through cold streets. Goodbye, beautiful blossoms! (13th January, 1943) Goodbye, beautiful rose flower; I must leave you. One day this terrible war will be over, My love for you and we’ll be people again, will burn in my heart forever. and not just Jews. 1 Annelies Marie Frank was born in the German city of Frankfurt to (11th April, 1944) German parents, and lived in Germany until her family emigrated to 6. Courage Holland when she was four years old. Her mother was always more If you become part of the suffering, comfortable with the German language than with Dutch. Although Anne you’d be entirely lost. learned Dutch, and wrote the diary in her adopted language, she was (7th March, 1944) familiar with German poems and prayers, especially those given to her by her mother. This was originally a Dutch song that became popular in Germany during the seventeenth century.

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7. Fear of capture and the second break-in 8. Kyrie – Sinfoniz In the evenings, Kyrie eleison. when it’s dark, (Greek liturgical) lines of good innocent people and crying children Lord, Have Mercy. walk on and on, ordered by men who bully Help us. Rescue us from this hell. and beat them. (27th November, 1943) No one is spared, all are marched to their death. We must be brave and trust in God. (19th November, 1942) (11th April, 1944)

Westerbork! Westerbork!2 Night after night, 9. The dream green and grey vehicles Last night, just as I was falling asleep, cruise the streets an old friend appeared before me. and knock on every door. I saw her there, (19th November, 1942) dressed in rags, her face thin and worn. Westerbork! Westerbork! She looked at me with such sadness. Sshh. I heard a sound from the bookcase, Anne, why have you deserted me? hammering on the door. Help me, help me, rescue me from this hell! We turned white with fear. (27th November, 1943) Had he heard something, this stranger? Open up! Open up! To me, she is the suffering of all my friends, In my imagination, and all the Jews. the man kept growing and growing, When I pray for her, until he become a giant, I pray for all those in need. the cruellest fascist in the world. (6th January, 1944) (20th October, 1942) Merciful God, 2 The Dutch Jews were required to build and pay for a refugee camp comfort her, when Justice Minister Goseling allowed 8,000 refugees into the remain with her so she won’t be alone. Netherlands in 1938. This refugee camp, which was built at (27th November, 1943) Westerbork, later became the transit camp where Jews were held before being taken to Auschwitz and Sobibor. Dear God, watch over her and bring her back to us. (29th December, 1943)

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10. Devastation of the outside world 12. The hope of liberation and a spring awakening On Sunday, Amsterdam was bombed. This is D-Day, (19th July, 1943) this is the day. Fighting will come, The planes dived and climbed. but after this the victory! The air was abuzz with the drone of engines. Eleven thousand planes, (26th July, 1943) four thousand boats, is this the beginning The streets are in ruins, countless are wounded. of the long-awaited liberation? In the smouldering ruins, children search forlornly (6th June, 1944) for their parents. (19th July, 1943) I walk from one room to another, breathe through the crack in the window frame, It makes me shiver feel my heart beating as if to say, to think of the dull, distant drone ‘Fulfil my longing at last…’ of approaching destruction. I think spring is inside me, (19th July, 1943) I feel spring awakening, I feel it in my entire body and soul. I wander from room to room, (12th February, 1944) climb up and down the stairs 3 and feel like a songbird, Ich danke dir für all das Gute und Liebe und Schöne. whose wings have been ripped off (7th March, 1944) and who keeps hurling itself 3 against the bars of its dark cage. This phrase appears in German in the diary. It translates: ‘Thank you, God, for all that is good and dear and beautiful’. (29th October, 1943) 13. The capture and the concentration camp ‘Let me out, where there’s fresh air and laughter,’ On August the 4th 1944, a voice within me cries. a car pulled up at Prinsengracht. (29th October, 1943) Several figures emerged, armed, and dressed in civilian clothes. 11. Passing of time The eight residents of the Annexe The years went by. were taken to prison, There’s a saying: ‘Time heals all wounds,’ and from there, transported to Westerbork, that’s how it was for me. and onwards to the concentration camps. (7th January, 1944) (information from contemporary reports) The atmosphere is stifling, Until one day, outside you don’t hear a single bird. I saw my face in the mirror. A deathly silence hangs in the air. It looked so different. It clings to me as if it were going to drag me My eyes were clear and deep, into the deepest regions of the underworld. my cheeks were rosy, (29th October, 1943)4 my mouth was softer. I looked happy, and yet, in my expression, there was something so sad. (7th January, 1944)

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I Dream A World There is no speech or language I dream a world where man where their voice is not heard. No other man will scorn, Their sound is gone out Where love will bless the earth through all the earth, And peace its paths adorn and their words to the end of the world. I dream a world where all (Psalm xix, verses 3-4) Will know sweet freedom’s way, Where greed no longer saps the soul Their blood have they shed like water, Nor avarice blights our day. and there was none who could bury them. A world I dream where black or white, (Psalm lxxix, verse 3) Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the earth The young and the old lie on the ground; And every man is free, the maids and young men are fallen. Where wretchedness will hang its head (Lamentations ii, verse 21) And joy, like a pearl, Attends the needs of all mankind- 4 Some aspects of life in hiding were similar to life in the Of such I dream, my world! concentration camps. Anne did not continue her diary – Langston Hughes after she left the Annexe, but this extract, written about the Annexe, echoes the atmosphere described by others of the Nazi concentration camps.

14. Anne’s meditation I see the world being slowly turned into wilderness. I hear the approaching thunder, that one day will destroy us too. And yet, when I look at the sky, I feel that everything will change for the better. (15th July, 1944)

Whenever you feel lonely or sad, try going to the loft on a beautiful day and looking at the sky. Libretto by Melanie Challenger based on “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl” written by Anne Frank. © Copyright 1991 As long as you can look by The Anne Frank-Fonds, Basel, Switzerland. fearlessly at the sky, you’ll know you’re pure within. Libretto © Copyright 2005 by Melanie Challenger and © Copyright 1991 (23rd February, 1944) by The Anne Frank-Fonds, Basel, Switzerland. English Translation © Copyright 2005 by Melanie Challenger and © Copyright 1995 by Doubleday, a division of Bantan Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.

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It Singeth Low in Every Heart this first edition is the version depicted in the play and movie. Recent editions have restored the full original text and some of the John White Chadwick, a 19th Century American writer and ordained actual names, adding about 30% to the length of the book and Unitarian minister, wrote this hymn in 1876 for the 25th anniversary providing a fully realized self-depiction of Anne as a teenage girl. of his church in Brooklyn. Sung to the familiar Scotch melody of “Auld Lang Syne,” it has been included in many American and British The play and movie offer entertaining and gripping portrayals of hymnals. the various characters of the story, including harrowing episodes of suspense and wry comic relief. Whitbourn’s choral setting in Annelies Annelies offers a truer interpretation of the Diary by focusing solely on the central Anne, portrayed by the soprano soloist, expressing in The title of ’s Annelies is the full given name of the a series of vignettes her inner, spiritual life within the context of author Anne Frank. Annelies was a 13-year-old Dutch Jew who kept observations of the world outside. a diary just before and during the two years she and her parents and sister, along with four others, hid from the Nazis during the World With Anne, we hear the comforting chime of the nearby clock War II occupation of Amsterdam. Melanie Challenger compiled the tower and the imagined drone of approaching warplanes. There libretto for Annelies from Anne’s diary, which was published in 1947 are terrifying scenes like the “second break-in” and “Anne’s dream;” in the original Dutch edited by Anne’s father, , and published other scenes are lightened by touches of humor and by Anne’s in English translation in 1952 as Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl. irrepressible optimism and joy. Anne’s open and forgiving spirit is The first performance of Whitbourn’s Annelies was in 2005, in the implied through musical allusions to Christian tradition and in the version for full orchestra. The present version for chamber orchestra quotation of a traditional German-language song. Conversely, the premiered in 2009. arrest scene is set to a chilling “quasi plainchant.” The pervasive flavor of Jewish folk music suffuses all, in the harmonic-minor The Diary rapidly became a bestseller and was published in many melodies and the four-instrument accompaniment typical of a additional translations worldwide. Frances Goodrich and Albert klezmer ensemble. Hackett made it into a Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway play in 1955 and adapted it for the Oscar-winning film in 1959. Al Shlosha D’varim

One day after Anne’s older sister, Margot, had been officially summoned This text taken from the Pirkei Avot, a section of the Mishnah, the to report to a Nazi work camp, the family fled to the “Secret Annexe,” a 1st-2nd Century CE compilation of Jewish oral tradition, is a maxim small area at the top of Otto Frank’s workplace sealed off by a hinged that might well have been repeated inside Annelies Frank’s “Annexe.” bookcase. They were later joined by Otto’s Allan E. Naplan’s works have been performed worldwide, including c oncerts at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the White House. business partner, his wife, and their teenage son, and still later by another man, a dentist. They were forced to maintain absolute silence I Dream a World during workdays, while employees were present below. In 1944, they were betrayed, and all were deported to concentration camps. Of the Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, and a eight fugitives, only Otto Frank survived the war. Anne died of typhus leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This setting of “I Dream a World” in the Bergen-Belsen camp at age 15. The penultimate scene of Annelies, is excerpted and adapted from Dan Welcher’s oratorio JFK: The describing the capture and the concentration camp, necessarily includes Voice of Peace for chorus, orchestra, narrator, and solo violoncello. words other than Anne’s. In addition to Hughes’s poetry, it sets texts from John F. Kennedy’s speeches and from several other authors. Welcher has taught and Anne originally wrote the diary for herself only, but was inspired to composed at UT-Austin’s Butler School of Music since 1978. The rewrite it with publication in mind by a radio broadcast she heard full-length JFK: The Voice of Peace was given its Austin premiere in 1944. In the broadcast, a member of the Dutch government in exile by the Conspirare Choir at The New Texas Festival (now Conspirare) exhorted the Dutch people to keep written records of the wartime in 1999. atrocities being suffered. The original edition of the Diary omitted – Eric Leibrock sections that Otto had deemed too sexually explicit or that depicted Anne’s mother and others in the Annexe in an unfavorable light. Along with the pseudonyms Anne invented for some of the others,

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This year celebrates the 69th anniversary of the first publication of Anne’s legacy challenges each of us to ask ourselves: what can we Anne Frank’s diary, a truly monumental feat brought about by a father do to challenge prejudice and discrimination within ourselves, in our who sought to bring his daughter’s dream of becoming a writer to schools, family, and society? Bringing Anne Frank’s story into our fruition. Originally published in Holland in 1947, The Diary of a Young communities helps teach us all to respect one another in a shared Girl was first published in the US in 1952. Since then the Diary has environment. It teaches us to celebrate diversity rather than view sold over 40 million copies worldwide, and has been published in nearly differences as obstacles. It teaches us to be proactive and to help those 70 different languages. Anne’s diary is one of the most widely read in need. And as idealistic as it may sound, we, like Anne, believe that works of non-fiction in the world, and her legacy continues here tonight in spite of everything, people are truly good at heart. We encourage in Austin. you all to join with us in this noble pursuit, as we bring Anne Frank into our communities, and into our lives. Perhaps Anne would be quite pleased knowing that she has become something of an international celebrity—and honored to have her Beth Slepian, School Programs Manager The Anne Frank Center USA words shared through James Whitbourn’s beautiful score. After nearly New York, NY two years in hiding, she wrote in her diary about the effects of hearing www.annefrank.com a Mozart concert on the radio: “Beautiful music,” she said, “stirs me to the very depths of my soul.” Beth Slepian collaborates with schools The Anne Frank Center USA was founded by Otto Frank in 1959, throughout NYC to provide arts-based to carry out the work of the Amsterdam based Anne Frank House instruction that offers young people a here in the United States. Our mission is to advance the legacy of deeper understanding of Anne Frank while Anne Frank by teaching the lessons of her time to young people inspiring students towards self-discovery and communities. We educate the public on the consequences of and community improvement. In addition, prejudice and intolerance, through a variety of programs that teach she regularly teaches school groups that literacy, history, and personal empowerment. visit the Center, hosts workshops for educators, and manages other educational As you will hear tonight through Anne’s words, as adapted by Melanie programming in partnership with local Challenger, her diary endures through that personal connection—the schools and cultural organizations. way she allows us into her world on such an intimate level. She’s so She has more than a decade of experience real, imperfect like all of us, that you feel as if you could walk up to her teaching in schools, theaters, and on the street and have a conversation. As time passes, Anne’s interests museums throughout the country. Beth extend beyond personal issues, and her writing becomes increasingly holds an M.A. in Educational Theatre aware of both her own self and her place within the larger world. and Social Studies Education from NYU.

Anne’s diary has lasting significance as one of the first written accounts to be published post-WWII to introduce the world to one family’s experience during the tragic years of Nazi tyranny. Like “How fortunate we are to have Anne’s words, so many young people her age, Anne wanted to be independent and her message of hope, and her legacy as respected for who she was, not what others labeled her as. One the core inspiration of our educational programming. cannot help falling in love with Anne through her candid moments The inspiration continues for me of self-discovery and introspection, her adoration of her father and stormy relationship with her mother, her fears, her frustrations, each moment as young people grapple and her wonderful sense of humor. with the difficult lessons of the past to promote a better world based on mutual respect.”

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Laura Stanfield Prichard is the Conspirare Symphonic Choir Susan Ohlrich Principal Pre-Concert Speaker for the Craig Hella Johnson, Artistic Director Linda Blair Ramsey* Chicago Symphony, Berkshire Choral Cina Crisara, Conductor Flo Ann Randle International, and Boston Baroque, Rick Gabrillo, Conductor Heather Rosen and has lectured regularly for the Deborah Rupp San Francisco Symphony and Opera SOPRANO Christy Salinas Alison Acton since 1996. She is a series editor for Agatha Torku Erika Bacon Lauren Vick 18th-20th-century orchestral scores Cina Crisara** Chandi Wagner published by Musikproduktion Höflich Catherine Davis in Munich, Germany. Recent work Virginia Elizondo TENOR includes presentations in Russia, Ireland, Susan Fernandez* Bob Clagett England, Newfoundland, and Hawaii Lori Fisher Daniel Cooper on choral and ballet music and over a Gwen Flory Loel Graber dozen entries for the Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music Caroline Frommhold Robbie LaBanca** (2012), the landmark revision of the multi-volume New Grove Dictionary Margaret Henderson Bill Lasher of American Music (2013), and the forthcoming Music Around the Melissa Huebsch-Stroud Jon-Michael Lees World (2015). Michel Kennell David Lindquist Katie Kuhn Marc Lionetti Laura holds a PhD (Musicology) and MM (Choral Music) from the Virginia Luehrsen Jim Maxwell University of Illinois and BAs in Music and Modern Languages from Kari McDonald Joshua Miller* Yale, where she played oboe in the Yale Bands and directed many Susan Meitz Randy Preston choral and dramatic groups. She sings regularly with the Tanglewood Suzanne Mitchell Jonathan Riemer* Festival Chorus of the Boston Symphony and was a board member Adrienne Pedrotti Eli Salazar of Choral Arts New England (2009-2015). Her twenty years of college Senaida San Miguel Dan Spence teaching includes seminars in music, dance, and art history at Megan Starkey Asher Streets CSU-East Bay (Hayward) and San Francisco State University Kirsten Watson* Chris Tuggey (1995-2003) and at Northeastern University and the University of Janeene Williams* Massachusetts (2004-2015). She was the President of the Pacific BASS Chapter of the College Music Society and Assistant Conductor of the ALTO Chris Baker San Francisco Symphony Chorus under Vance George (1997-2003). Louise Avant** Caleb Bennetch* Brooke Beasley Rick Gabrillo** Fran Collmann Robert Harlan* Mary Anne Connolly Bruce Haufler Katie De La Vega Dionysus Henderson Melissa Eddy Bob Karli Cheryl Fuller Michael Kriese* Wravan Godsoe Andy Polk LouAnn Lasher Gary Pyle Kathy Leighton Steve Reedy Nancy Lesch Sam Rives Kendra Lipman* Miguel Roberts Mim Luetje Thann Scoggin* Morgan Mingle Steven Sifner Lindsay Nelson Courtney Neva ** Section Conductor Barbara O’Brien * Section Leader 18 19 SOLOIST CONSPIRARE SYMPHONIC CHOIR

Stephanie Moore With a warm, clear voice that perfectly suits early and Baroque music as well as choral ensemble work, Stefanie Moore’s vocal spark and flexibility are accompanied by a musicality, intelligence, and sense of humor that make her performances “standout” (San Antonio Express-News), “soothing and lovely” (Austin American-Statesman), and “graceful” (Santa Fe New Mexican).

Stefanie attended Trinity College of Music in London, where she worked with Stephen Jackson of the BBC Chorus. Her London solo debut was a performance of Berlioz’s Nuits d’ete, followed by professional engagements as soloist for Haydn’s St. Nicholas Mass and the Mozart Requiem. On her return to the United States, she began a career as a professional chorister and The Conspirare Symphonic Choir, established in 2000, is an auditioned Baroque soloist, working with Craig Hella Johnson and the Grammy chorus of both professional and volunteer singers. Most reside in the award-winning choral group Conspirare, the Grammy-nominated Austin area, though several commute to rehearsals and performances Seraphic Fire and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. In 2003, Stefanie was from as far away as the Hill Country, San Antonio, and Victoria. All a soloist for the 100th Anniversary Stravinsky Celebration performance are highly skilled singers with significant previous choral experience. of the Mass and Cantata at the St. Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe, and was selected as Victoria Bach Festival “New Young Artist.” Led by Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson, the ensemble carries on the great oratorio tradition of epic choral storytelling. The dedicated Steganie found inspiration in Craig Hella Johnson, who drew her to Symphonic Choir singers are collaborative artists who sing the greatest Austin and compelled her to stay. “He confounded and confused me,” choral masterworks with orchestra as well as new works for voices Moore says, “and then brought me to tears by displaying an utter and instruments. They participate regularly in Conspirare outreach musical and human vulnerability that I had no idea how to access. programs and serve as singing hosts for Conspirare’s popular Big Sings. It looked less like conducting and more like channeling.” Symphonic choral forces range from 50 to over 100 singers depending She has performed in England, France, Hungary, Canada, and the on the work performed. United States, with Austin Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Charm City Baroque, Bach Sinfonia, Washington Bach Chorus, Third Practice, The Symphonic Choir performs large choral-orchestral works Simon Carrington Chamber Singers, San Antonio Bach, Texas Early annually in Austin and other cities as part of the Conspirare season, Music Project, AVE of San Francisco, and California Bach Choir. and collaborates frequently with other major arts organizations such as the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Austin, and Victoria Stefanie has sung various recitals, including “An Uneasy Communion: Bach Festival. The choir has won several Austin Critics Table Awards, Music of Medieval Spain” at the Museum of Biblical Art in NYC; including one for the 2012 performance of Leonard Bernstein’s “Bella e crudele: Songs of Monteverdi and Strozzi” with lutenist Chichester Psalms with the Austin Symphony. John Armato; “Songs of the French and Italian Baroque” with Charm City Baroque; Couperin’s Leçons de ténèbres; and A.Scarlatti’s La Maddalena for the Madeleine Festival in Salt Lake City.

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Vanguel Tangarov, clarinet Barbara George, cello Vanguel Tangarov performs as principal Barbara George became a member clarinet for the Austin Opera, Mid-Texas of the San Antonio Symphony Symphony and Victoria Symphony cello section in 2009. Previously orchestras and is an Assistant Professor she was principal cello of the of Clarinet at Texas State University. Orlando Philharmonic for six Previously, Dr. Tangarov taught at seasons and the Orlando The Bulgarian National Academy of Philharmonic String Quartet. Music “Pantcho Vladiguerov” in Sofia, Barbara served ascello professor The Superior School of Music and Dance at The University of Florida and in Monterrey, Mexico, The University The University of Central Florida. of Texas at Austin, Texas Lutheran She was a member of The Los University and Baylor University. Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Tangarov previously served as principal performed, recorded and toured extensively with The Los Angeles clarinet at the Sofia Philharmonic Philharmonic, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, The LA Opera in Bulgaria, the Academia Chigiana Symphony in Siena, Italy, Orchestra, The Los Angeles Master Chorale and The Lyric Arts Jeunesses Musicales World Symphony in Berlin, Germany and the Chamber Ensemble. She has performed at the San Luis Obispo Monterrey Symphony in Mexico. Vanguel Tangarov is a Buffet Mozart Festival, the Spoleto Italy Festival, The Sarasota Music Crampon & Vandoren Performing Artist. Festival and the Victoria Bach Festival. Since moving to Austin, Barbara has performed in the Austin Chamber Music Center festivals as well as the Austin Lyric Opera Orchestra.

Sarah Silver, violin Violinist Sarah Silver, age 29, is currently in her third season as the Assistant Faith DeBow, piano Concertmaster of the San Antonio Pianist Faith DeBow is sought Symphony. Championing contemporary after for both solo and collaborative music, she is particularly passionate about performances as well as choral sharing the works of living and recent accompaniment and teaching. composers. As part of the 2014 Tanglewood A champion of contemporary Music Center’s Festival of Contemporary music, Faith has worked with Music, she became only the third violinist many composers and performed to perform Steven Mackey’s violin concerto, several world premieres. Since A Beautiful Passing, and was described as 2005, Faith has collaborated with an “eloquent soloist” (Boston Globe) who Conspirare, touring nationally, “played with lucid heat” (New York Times). abroad and recording on their Originally from Pittsburgh, Ms. Silver albums, including the recently Grammy-nominated CD Pablo Neruda : received a Bachelor of Music degree from Carnegie Mellon University, The Poet Sings, as well as with tuba player Tim Buzbee for studying with Andrés Cárdenes, followed by a Master of Music degree Albany Records. Faith has served as Young Artist Coordinator on from the New England Conservatory, studying with Malcolm Lowe. the leadership team of the Victoria Bach Festival since 2010. She Following graduate school, Ms. Silver was a fellow for two years at the teaches class piano and collaborative piano as a Senior Lecturer at New World Symphony in Miami. Texas State University, a position she has held since 2001. She also accompanies instrumental students at Trinity University and is the pianist for the boy choir at the historic San Antonio Academy.

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Cina Crisara Rick Gabrillo Cina Crisara has been a member Spanning a career of over 20 years of Conspirare and Conspirare as a choral director and professional Symphonic Choir and Company singer, Rick Gabrillo is the Associate since 2009. She serves as a Section Conductor of Conspirare and the Leader/Conductor for the Symphonic Manager of the Conspirare Youth Choir, and has sung on 10 Company Choirs. In addition he is the choral of Voices recordings, including director at St. Louis Catholic Church Grammy award-winning The Sacred of Austin, where he directs the Spirit of Russia. Traditional Choir and St. Louis Children’s Choir. He has also held Currently, Dr. Crisara is the several choral directing and teaching Director of Music at Saint John’s positions in Austin throughout United Methodist Church in Austin. his career including St. Stephen’s In addition to regular Sunday services, special musical events and Episcopal School, Clint Small Middle School in Austin ISD, St. Mary services are offered throughout the year. A production of the musical Cathedral School and Central Presbyterian Church. “Godspell” was given in 2015. This summer, members of the Saint John’s Chancel Choir will combine with singers from the Conspirare With training from the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston Symphonic Choir to perform in Italy with Craig Hella Johnson. University and The University of Texas at Austin, Mr. Gabrillo has been an adjudicator, accompanist and clinician for choirs and honor festivals Previous professional activities include 16 seasons as the Chorus throughout the nation. He was a guest conductor of the Crossroads Master for the Omaha (Nebraska) Symphony, culminating in Children’s Choir Festival in Nashville, Tennessee and a guest conductor Cina becoming the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Omaha for the Canto choral ensemble of Fredericksburg, Texas. Mr. Gabrillo Symphonic Chorus. When the chorus was not performing with the also received a conducting fellowship in the Chorus America Conducting symphony, it offered its own season of concerts of major works. Master Class series. He has been an invited lecturer on current topics Concurrently, she served as the Chorus Master for Opera Omaha of music education at regional, state and national music conventions, while also on the faculty at the University of Nebraska – Omaha. including the Texas Music Educators Association convention in San Antonio and the American Choral Directors Association regional convention in Philadelphia. He is also a published composer with Alliance Music.

As a singer, he has performed internationally with Conspirare and Craig Hella Johnson, and he has been a featured singer on each of their Grammy-nominated recordings. He has also been a featured singer in the Victoria Bach Festival, Berkshire Choral Festival and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. In addition, he has studied and performed with notable conductors Craig Hella Johnson, Simon Carrington, Marguerite Brooks, Henry Leck and Robert Sund.

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Composer and collaborator Robert Kyr states “Craig’s attitude toward creating a community of artists…goes beyond technical mastery into that emotional depth and spiritual life of the music.” Johnson was Director of Choral Activities at the University of Texas at Austin (1990-2001) and remains an active educator, teaching and giving clinics statewide, nationally, and internationally at conferences and universities. In fall 2012 he became the first Artist in Residence at the Texas State University School of Music. A composer, arranger, and music editor, Johnson works with G. Schirmer Publishing and Alliance Music Publications; his works have sold thousands of copies.

Johnson’s accomplishments have been recognized with numerous awards and honors. Notably among them, he and Conspirare won a 2015 Grammy® for Best Choral Performance; Chorus America recognized his achievements with the Michael Korn Founders Award for Development of the Professional Choral Art in 2015, and the Texas State Legislature named him the Texas State Musician for Grammy award-winning 2013. Other honors have included 2008 induction into the Austin conductor Craig Hella Johnson Arts Hall of Fame, Chorus America’s 2009 Louis Botto Award brings unparalleled depth of knowledge, artistic sensitivity, for Innovative Action and Entrepreneurial Zeal, and the 2011 and rich imagination to his programs. As Conspirare’s founder Citation of Merit from international professional music fraternity and Artistic Director, Johnson assembles some of the finest Mu Phi Epsilon. Johnson studied at St. Olaf College, the Juilliard singers in the country to form a world-class ensemble. In addition School, and the University of Illinois, and earned his doctorate at to his work with Conspirare, Johnson is music director of the Yale University. He has been a Texas resident since 1990. Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble and conductor emeritus of the Victoria Bach Festival. He has also served as guest conductor with the Austin Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, and many others in Texas, the U.S., and abroad. Through these activities, as well as Conspirare’s recordings on the internationally distributed Harmonia Mundi label, Johnson brings national and international recognition to the Texas musical community.

Beloved by audiences, lauded by critics and composers, and revered by vocal and instrumental musicians, Johnson is known for crafting musical journeys that create deep connections between performers and listeners. A unique aspect of Johnson’s programming is his signature “collage” style: programs that Performing Note marry music of many styles from classical to popular to create Conspirare has the privilege of performing in a variety of beautiful venues that profoundly moving experiences. The Wall Street Journal has best enhance choral performances. While our performing venues and the text of some of our repertoire may be representative of specific traditions, it is in no way praised Johnson’s ability to “find the emotional essence other intended to be exclusive of any individual whose experience or set of beliefs is not performers often miss.” Distinguished composer John Corigliano represented. Conspirare respects and celebrates the great diversity of religious, wrote, “I believe that [Johnson] has understood my music in a artistic and human experiences represented among our singers and audience way that I have never experienced before. He is a great musician.” members. The audience creates the space in which the music is held.

26 27 ABOUT CONSPIRARE ABOUT CONSPIRARE

Harmonia Mundi’s international re-release of Requiem in 2009 won the Netherlands’ prestigious 2010 Edison Award for choral music, the Dutch equivalent of the Grammy. Conspirare’s 2009 PBS television special “A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert,” available on both DVD and CD, received one Grammy nomination. The 2015 release Path of Miracles was awarded the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, a most respected German CD award.

The Conspirare organization and ensembles have received numerous honors and awards. All four ensembles have received local awards from Austin Critics Table. In 2005 Conspirare received the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence from the national service organization Chorus America. In 2007, as one of the select choral organizations to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under its American Masterpieces initiative, Conspirare presented a four-day festival with a distinguished gathering of composers and conductors, three Conspirare is an internationally recognized, world premieres, and a gala closing concert with a 600-voice choir. professional choral organization In July 2008 Conspirare represented the U.S. at the Eighth World Symposium on Choral Music in Copenhagen, joining invited choirs from nearly forty countries. The choir has performed at the now in its twenty-third season. American Choral Directors Association annual convention and for Led by founder and Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson, several regional ACDA conventions. Conspirare received the 2010 Conspirare includes two adult performing ensembles and an Dale Warland Singers Commission Award from Chorus America ® educational program. Our flagship ensemble is a Grammy to support the commission of a new work by Seattle composer Eric award-winning chamber choir of extraordinarily talented singers Banks, premiered in May 2015. In February 2011 Conspirare gave from around the country. They perform an annual concert series three invited performances in New York City under auspices of the in Austin and other Texas communities, and also tour in the U.S. Weill Music Institute of Carnegie Hall, and in fall 2012 traveled to and abroad. Three other ensembles complete the Conspirare France for six invited performances at the Polyfollia Festival and a family. Conspirare Symphonic Choir, a large ensemble that public concert in Paris. Conspirare became a Resident Company of performs works for chorus and instruments, and Conspirare the Long Center for the Performing Arts in 2013. Youth Choirs, an educational program for singers ages 9-18 who learn and perform in two separate ensembles, Kantorei and Allegro. Inspired by Conspirare’s 2014 album The Sacred Spirit of Russia, released on the distinguished Harmonia Mundi label, won the 2015 Grammy the power of music to change lives, for Best Choral Performance. The ensemble’s complete discography Conspirare engages audiences to date includes twelve commercial albums and seventeen self-produced in extraordinary musical experiences live recordings of its popular holiday concerts. Conspirare made their first commercial recording through the green fuse in 2004. through world-class The second album, Requiem, was released in 2006 and received choral performances and recordings. two Grammy nominations. In 2008 Threshold of Night (Conspirare’s first recording for Harmonia Mundi) also received two nominations. 28 29 CONSPIRARE BOARD & STAFF SUPPORTERS

Board of Directors Artistic & Administrative Staff Fran Collmann, Chair Craig Hella Johnson Artistic Director Season Sustaining Underwriter Robert Harlan, Vice Chair Larry Collmann, Treasurer Paul Melroy William C. Bednar, Secretary Managing Director Ken Beck Camille Atkins Mary Anne Connolly Financial Manager Susanna Finnell Hannah Barron Performance Sponsors Nancy Lesch Production Assistant Dan Seriff Tamara Blanken David C. Smith Online Services Manager Marion Lear Swaybill Kelly Brownlee Joni Wallace Annual Fund & Grants Manager Alice Kleberg Reynolds Russell Hill Rogers Fund Patrick Willis Christy Butler Foundation for the Arts Midge Woolsey Marketing Manager Foundation Supporters Advisory Board Rick Gabrillo Associate Conductor Kodosky Foundation Mattsson-McHale Foundation Shield-Ayres Foundation Stephen Aechternacht Manager, Conspirare Youth Choirs Rachael & Ben Vaughan Foundation Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation John Aielli Keating Family Foundation Eva & Marvin Womack Foundation Sue Barnes Wravan Godsoe Office Manager Mark Bierner Restaurant Partners Ray Brimble Mela Sarajane Dailey David Burger Special Gifts Officer David Claflin Robert Harlan Tom Driscoll Production Consultant Virginia Dupuy Public Agency Sponsors Ben R. King Supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division Maydelle Fason Production Assistant of the City of Austin Economic Development Department Jolynn Free Billy Gammon Meri Krueger Vance George Artist Relations Helen Hays Kathy Leighton Dan Herd House Manager William B. Hilgers Ann McNair Media Sponsors Wayne Holtzman Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director Judith Jellison Director of Program Fulfillment Bob Murphy & Artistic Operations Lynn Murphy Nina Revering In-Kind Sponsors Cliff Redd Director, Conspirare Youth Choirs Gayle Glass Roche Nancy Scanlan Christina Tannert Administrator, Conspirare Youth Choirs Angela Smith Bernadette Tasher Meredith Thomas Louann Temple Director of Development Sessi, Chamberlain Eva Womack Laruen Vick & Stewart, LLP Production & Development Assistant 30 31 DONORS DONORS

We thank each individual, foundation, business, government & city Sarah & Ernest C. Butler Sessi & Chamberlain, LLP agency for your investment in Conspirare and in our mission to Alice & Gary Childress Marilyn Sharratt change lives through the power of music. This list represents gifts Janis & David Claflin Gene Alice & Max Sherman made between July 1, 2014 – November 30, 2015. When we make John Cullen Elizabeth & Duff Stewart James C. Stolpa music, we make it together. Rena & Richard D’Souza Jeanne & Rick Farleigh Bernadette Tasher Ann Fields Tescom, Inc. Conspirare Circle The Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Susan & John Fox Jr. Elsa Vorwerk & Bill Wood $20,000 + Helen & Bob Hays Jolynn & Gregory Free Anne & William Wagner Anonymous Carr Hornbuckle & Jack Leifer Frost Bank Kathleen & Jim Wicoff City of Austin Cultural Arts Division Trish & Robert Karli Glenda Goehrs Fran & Larry Collmann Wendi & Brian Kushner Chris Harte Sustainers Danna & Crutch Crutchfield Angie & Steve Larned Mary Ann & Andrew Heller $500-$999 Lynne Dobson & Greg Wooldridge Carolyn & Marc Seriff Marisa I. Hormel Shannon H. Armstrong Estate of Lewis Hoffacker Daniel Seriff IBM Matching Grants Program Margaret & Robert Ayres The Kodosky Foundation, David C. Smith Craig Hella Johnson Toya Cirica Bell & Stephen Bell Gail & Jeff Kodosky Kerry Tate & Dawn Moore & Phil Overbaugh Anne & Robert Bertholf Ellen Justice & Eric Leibrock Sheila & Ryan Youngblood Marge Johnson Klaus Bichteler & Mary Parse The Mattsson-McHale Foundation Mary Kevorkian & Tom Holzbach Patricia & Richard Black National Endowment for the Arts Conductor’s Circle Karen Kibler & Tom Grimes Phyllis Bourque & Madge Taylor The Shield-Ayres Foundation $2,500-$4,999 Claire Korioth Kay & Harold W. Brumley South Texas Money Management Anonymous Lou Ann & Bill Lasher Pat & Robert Brueck Shawna Butler Life in the City, Valerie Sansing Richard Campbell Composer’s Circle Paula D’Arcy Susan & Craig Lubin Carl Caricari $10,000-$19,999 Joanne & John Earls Sheila Lummis Annette Carlozzi & Dan Bullock AKR Foundation Jim Ferguson Marcia Manhart Chris & J. Dennis Cavner Anonymous Jeanne & Donald Grantham Joyce Mayer Bob Clagett Dixie Camp Richard Hartgrove & Gary Cooper Leigh Mcalister Robin & Malcolm Cooper Estate of Jerry Craft Jeanne & Van R. Hoisington Virginia McDermott Christopher Cross Lara & Robert Harlan The Keating Family Foundation & William Schleuse Nancy & Jimmy Davis HEB Tournament of Champions Nancy Lesch Debe & Kevin McKeand Tracy & Michael DiLeo Lee Manford & Casey Blass Emily Little Kathryn & Dave McNeely Melissa Eddy & Tracy Schiemenz Mary Nell Fruceila Stefanie R. Moore & Todd Keister Bonnie Mills Kerry Edwards Susan & Jack Robertson William P. Nemir Milton Miller II Maydelle & Sam Fason Gayle & Mike Roche Cyndee & David Rust Suzanne Mitchell & Gwen & Bruce Flory Texas Commission on the Arts Marion Lear Swaybill Richard Zansitis Betty Sue Flowers & Bill Bradley The Rachael & Ben Vaughan Foundation Susanne Tetzlaff & Eric Tiblier Hope Morgan & Mike Taborn Fork & Vine Julia & Patrick Willis Sandi Aitken & Bob Tomlinson Melissa & Dan Morman Cheryl Fuller The Eva and Marvin Womack Foundation Joni Wallace Chandra Muller Giant Noise Elizabeth & Jerele Neeld Mary Gifford Vox Circle Benefactors Genie & Randy Norris Cynthia Gonzales $5,000-$9,999 $1,000-$2,499 Cynthia & Lip Norvell Tom Hatch Joyce & Ken Beck Austin Community Foundation Panda Productions Megan Helmbrecht William Bednar Nancy & Randy Baden E. Stuart Phillips Susan & John Hinton Ginger & Michael Blair Suzanne & Eric Batchelder Rebecca & Phil Powers Megan Johntz & Heath Schlesser Catherine Clark Margaret & Robert Berdahl Nancy Quinn & Tom Driscoll Bridgette Kershner Mary Anne Connolly Mark Bierner Linda & Robert B. Ramsey Janie Keys & Ivan Milman Mela Sarajane Dailey & Peter Bay Ann & Jeff Bomer Kimberly & Dan Renner Karen & Donald Kirmis Susanna & Richard Finnell James & Greg Bryant Lynn & Dick Rew Dina Kuntz Evelyn & Rick Gabrillo Judy & John Bush Judy & Douglas Rhodes Roberta & Richard Lang 32 33 DONORS DONORS

Kathy & Henry Leighton Ellen Chase Michael Twomey Robert Emery Kati Lewis Kathryn & Michael Coffey Carol C. Walker Jill B. Fatzer Nancy & John Lovgren Margaret & Donald Collis Doreen Wheeler Susan Fernandez Alaire & Thomas Lowry Jim Copeland Catherine & David Wildermuth Melinda & Robert Floyd Robert Martin Lisa & Eric Craven Lynda Young & Harris Kaffie Jill & Terry Frisbie Jennene & K. Ray Mashburn Karel Dahmen Margaret Youngblood Caroline Frommhold Geoff Mattie Suzanne & Louie Danuser Susan Zolla-Pazner Roberto Garcia Vance McMahan Dell Giving Program Nelsa Gidney Ann McNair Nina & Jeffrey Di Leo Patrons Wilhelmina & Gerald Gilligan James Monk John E. Farrar $100-$249 Ellen Gould & Daniel Ray Michele Morrison Marnie & Brian Glaser Karen & Mark Aamot Ray Greenberg Megan Mulva Gary Greenblum & Desi Koome Jonnet & Peter Abeles Mary Louise & James Gwynn Susan Nash Fekety Glenn Haluska Eva King Andries Michelle Harrosh Beverly Beil Newsom Carolyn Harris Hynson Amy Averett Tom Hatch Sally & John Nyfeler Margaret Henderson Stacy & Doug Bain Deborah Hay Emily O’Connell Pam & Rick Huffman Jo & Richard Barnhart Maryellen Heggen Ron & Isabel Ross Ogden Meta Butler Hunt & Trent Miller Sally Beaudette Cathy Holland Stanya & Jim Owen Karen & Peter Jakes Taja Beekley Joan & Wayne H. Holtzman Michael Pederson Judith Jellison & Robert Duke Nancy & Leonard Bejtlich Liz & Kenny Howard Ann Phipps & Michael Cannatti James Kettlewell Mary Jo Bertani Amy Huber Joel Quade Ann & Bill Kleinebecker Pat Black Jeffrey H. Hudson & Robert Blodgett Flo Ann Randle Charles Landgraf Janet Bogue Melissa Huebsch-Stroud Louise N. Reeser Marion Lewin Caroline Boudreaux & Ed Goble David Hunt Karin Richmond Kendra & Sam Lipman Sarah Braham Todd Jermstad Beverly Ross Sue Mahan Jack G. Brannon & Brian Miller Kelli Johnson Duane Roth Marsha McCary Kelly & John Brownlee Beth & Greg Judd Lori Rowe Robert Mckee Neil Bubke Julie Keim Augustin Rubio Phyllis Miller Dashon Burton Frana Keith Karen Saadeh & David Matthis Fran & Steven Moss Betsy Busby Charles Kiley Nancy Scanlan Margaret H. Overbaugh Viera Buzgova Kathleen Kinney Peter Schram & Harry Ullmann Joyce & Jim Parrish Marsha & Tom Caven KLRU-TV Brigid Shea & John Umphress Lynn & Brian Powell Elizabeth & Nathaniel Chapin Richard Knox Michael Sher Stephen Pruitt Ellen Cianciarulo Barbara Krauter Bea Ann Smith Joanne & Jerome O. Ravel Janie Cook Wendy Kuo Holly Smyth Kevin Reynolds Bonnie Coplin Rosera Larkins Anna & Don Sorensen Joanne & Hamilton Richards Jr. Maria Corbett Nancy Levack Flint Sparks Gabriel Rio Lisa Cowan Diana Linder Alyson & Paul Stone Leilani Rose Nancy Crichlow Mary Lockwood Crouch Dale & Roy Truitt Michal Rosenberger Cina Crisara Joseph J. Loukotka Linda & Nick Van Bavel Safeway Inc. Patricia Culver Ann & Tim Lowry Anne & Tony Vance Valerie Sansing Paul D. Cummings Jane-Elizabeth Madison & Judd Rogers Lois Vanlaningham April Schweighart Angela Davis & Scott Dickerson Janet McCullar Carol Williams Jackie & Bob Shapiro Richard Davis Karen McLaughlin Carole & Charles Sikes Gary Delzer Robin & Paul Melroy Sponsors Jare & Jim Smith Robin & Karl Dent Kathy & Eldridge Moak $250-$499 Bess & John D. Sommer Patricia & Paul Durham Jenifer Moberg Cynthia & Robert Abrams Jim Sotiros Johnathan Edwards Nancy Noret Amy & Kyle Bryson J’Lane & John Spence Pamela Elrod Toni & Joseph Murgo Janet & Charles Campbell Tiki2 Christopher Novosad

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Karen Olson Ted Yanecek Conspirare Ambassadors Rocky Powell (Rockhouse Films) One Skye Foundation, Carey Youngblood Pat Black St. Cecilia Music Series The Steeping Room Ray & Karen Brimble Marilyn Zwicker Linda Buehlmann Toni Conway Texas Performing Arts Maryellen & Robert Overbaugh Kathryn Elhert Travis County Correctional Facility Thomas Overbaugh Conspirare also thanks all donors Tim and Vivian Ferchill UT Department of Theater and Dance Anne Palmer of gifts under $100 and regrets that Michelle Fisher University Federal Credit Union DeeAnne & Steven Paulson space does not permit listing of Mary Gifford University Presbyterian Church Jean Permann each name. Your support is equally Kathleen Girard Connie Van Hoesel Joan & Gary Pope appreciated. We strive to publish an Kathryn Govier Karen Pope accurate donor list. If an error or Rod Howard and Virginia Hyde Conspirare is proud to invite Linda Preble omission is noted, please let us know. Henry Leighton youth and their families Cheryl & Gary Pyle Susan Morgan from the following organizations Lisa & Bob Radebaugh Legacy of Sound Donors Jane Parsons to attend this performance: Bev & Milbrey Raney Anonymous (2) Diana Phillips Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders Teresa Recar William Bednar Peach and Cynthia Reynolds Austin Jewish Academy Michael Reeves Stephen & Toya Cirica Bell Tenaya Sunbury Jewish Community Center Sara Schucany & John Reynolds Ginger & Michael Blair Veryan and Greg Thompson Linda Rowald & George Brown Pat & Robert Brueck Carol Walker Deborah Rupp Catherine Clark Conspirare Ambassadors volunteer as ushers, CD sales associates, artist Daniel Rusthoi Fran & Larry Collmann Production Team hosts and for other concert functions. Donna & Arthur Rutherford Mary Anne Connolly Rachel Atkinson We invite new volunteers who enjoy Paul Rutz Danna & Crutch Crutchfield Viera Buzgova meeting the public and contributing Deborah Sarosdy Susanna & Richard Finnell Robert Harlan, Production Designer to Conspirare’s operations. Michelle Schumann Lara & Robert Harlan Jessie Mikolaichick If you are interested in becoming Claudia & Tom Schurr Richard Hartgrove & Gary Cooper Olden Lighting part of the Conspirare team, Joy & Dan Selak Helen & Bob Hays Panda Productions please contact Kathy Leighton at [email protected] to learn more. Barbara Fiorito & Michael Shimkin The Kodosky Foundation, Gail & Tina Priest Silicon Valley Community Jeffrey Kodosky Tenaya Sunbury Foundation Ellen Justice & Eric Leibrock Sandra & Jeffrey Bearden Smith Trish & Robert Karli Friends & Supporters Softerware, Inc. Robert Kyr Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, Virginia Stotts Wendi & Brian Kushner Millicent Garza Jardine Robert Sudela Lou Ann & William Lasher Michael Blair Peg Syverson Craig & Susan Lubin Jason Blair Meredith Thomas & Walter Stroup The Mattsson-McHale Foundation Brazos Hall Teresa Tice-Boggs Louise Morse Brink Creative Patricia Tollison Elizabeth & Jerele Neeld James Bryant Faith & Don Trapp E. Stuart Phillips Chez Zee M. J. VandeWalle Nancy Quinn & Thomas Driscoll Steve Corie Barbara Vervenne Susan & Jack Robertson First Baptist Church Shirley & Fred Viehweg Nancy Scanlan Fork & Vine Hiroko & Max Warshauer Dan Seriff Gusto Italian Kitchen + Wine Bar Valerie L. Wenger Bea Ann Smith Jewish Community Center Cathy White David C. Smith Kiss N’Makeup Virginia & Geoff Willig The Still Water Foundation KLRU KMFA Carol Wilson Marion Lear Swaybill KUT/KUTX Patricia Wilson Anne & William Wagner Life in the City Lucia N. Woodruff Julia & Patrick Willis Lizabeth Jewelry Fred Woody Sheila Jo Wojcik Long Center for the Performing Arts Rebecca & Curtis Wyffels Sheila & Ryan Youngblood Philip Overbaugh

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