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THE MAGAZINE OF THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS November 5 & 6, 1983 December 4, 1983

BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD OF ADVISORS

Margie Ankeny Judson Bemis Duane Bell N. Bud Grossman Arland D. Brusven Bower Hawthorne Jon Kietzer Shirley Harris Terry Knowles Thelma Hunter May G. Munson Betty Musser Mary K. Steinke John H. Myers James R. Treanor Marilyn Nelson Dale Warland George T. Pennock Stephen R. Pflaum William Reber Ella Slade Working With a Winning Together Choral Ensemble the dole worland slnqers FirstBank Grand Member First Bank System

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3 DALE WARLAND

Dale Warland, Music Director of The Dale Warland Singers, is Professor of Music at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Olaf College, Mas- ter of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota, and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California. His academic honors include a Tanglewood scholarship and a Ford Foundation grant which made possible a nine-month study of choral music in England, Sweden, and Norway. Under his leadership, The Dale War- land Singers have received extensive national and international acclaim. In addition to conducting dozens of major member of the American Society of / performances, Dale Warland has pre- Composers, Authors and Publishers pared The Dale Warland Singers for (ASCAP), and has his own choral series appearances with The Saint Paul with Jenson Publications, Inc. He was Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orches- awarded an Individual Artist Grant by tra, Minnesota Opera, and American the Minnesota State Arts Board in 1981 Brass Quintet - led by such interna- to work with Robert Shaw, Music Direc- tionally-known conductors/artists as tor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Antal Dorati, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, He guest-conducted the Swedish Radio Robert Shaw, Fruhbeck de Burgos. Choir (Stockholm) in January 1981, the Dennis Russell Davies, Norman Luboff, Danish Radio Choir (Copenhagen) in Eric Ericson, and Dave Brubeck. January 1982, and co-chairs the Choral Dale Warland has distinguished him- Panel of the National Endowment for self as a composer and arranger, is a the Arts.

THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS CI ======:::J Tenor Paul Anderson is employed as Craig directs the senior choir at Bethle- a school counselor at Irondale High hem Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. School. He has a Bachelor of Science Paul Boyce, bass, is a graduate of degree in Music Education and History, St. Olaf College. He is bass soloist at St. and a Master's degree in Guidance and Mark's Cathedral, and is pursuing a Counseling from Mankato State Universi- Master's degree in Theory and Compo- ty. sition at the University of Minnesota. Paul Andress, tenor, received a A resident of Faribault, bass Steve Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Educa- Burger is a sales representative with tion from St. Olaf College. He is a free- Continental-Minnesota. He received a lance musician in the Cities and also Bachelor of Arts degree in Business delivers singing telegrams for Fantasy Administration from Luther College. Grams. Bass section leader Robert Elmor, Craig Arnold, tenor, is an executive is an analyst with IDS. He has a Bache- recruiter for National Recruiters. A lor of Arts degree in Music Education graduate of St. Olaf College (B.A., Vocal from St. Olaf College and a Bachelor of Music Education) and the University of Science degree in Computer Science Illinois (M.S., Choral Music Education), from Coleman College in San Diego.

4 Tenor Paul Gerike directs the senior The Dale Warland Singers and is the choir at Lake Nokomis Lutheran assistant conductor of the Macalester Church in Minneapolis. He has a B.M. Festival Chorale. A graduate of Luther degree in Applied Voice and Music Edu- College (B.A. in Applied Music), Dan is cation from Hartt College of Music; an presently enrolled at the University of A.A. degree in Education and Music Minnesota where he is pursuing a Mas- from St. Paul's College in Concordia, ter's degree in Composition. Missouri; and he has finished a year of DoneUe Kleman. alto, has a Bache- special studies in the Church and the lor of Arts degree in voice from Bemidji Arts at Luther!Northwestern Seminary. University. She is employed by the Min- Joanne Halvorsen. alto, is a self- neapolis Clinic of Psychiatry. employed musician. She has a Bachelor Alto Lois Laitinen works at Macal- of Arts degree in Music Education from ester College in St. Paul. She is a gradu- Hamline University. ate of the University of Minnesota! Soprano Karen Lonise Hendricks Duluth and the University of Minnesota! is employed at Pronto Ristorante in Minneapolis, where she majored in own town Minneapolis. She is a gradu- music. e of Oberlin College where she Alto section leader Christine Lud- majored in Music and minored in Art wig teaches at Christ the King School. History. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from John Henley is the tenor section lead- the College of St. Catherine. er. He has studied music at St. Olaf Col- Elizabeth Miller. soprano, has a lege and UCLA,and is currently working Music Education degree in voice and at Scotties on 7th in Minneapolis. piano from the University of Wisconsin! Soprano Carol Hofstad has a Bache- River Falls. She is employed by 3M. lor of Arts degree in Music Education Tenor Steve Pearthree is an from Concordia College and is currently accountant at the Sheraton Ritz Hotel working on a Master's in Voice at the in Minneapolis and is a tenor soloist at University of Iowa. Central Lutheran Church. He has a Waynne B. Hornicke. bass, has a Bachelor of Music degree in Composi- Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Educa- tion and was a Fulbright Scholar to tion from Augsburg College in Minneap- Norway. olis. He is employed by World Wide, David Reece. tenor, is a profession- Incorporated. al caterer. He holds a Bachelor of Sigrid Johnson is the assistant con- Music degree in Voice from Illinois ductor of The Dale Warland Singers and State University. also serves as soprano section leader. A Alto Diane Ridder has a Bachelor of resident of Northfield, Sigrid teaches at Arts Degree in Music from Luther Col- St. Olaf College and the University of lege. She is employed in the music sales Minnesota. She attended Concordia Col- department of Augsburg Publishing lege in Moorhead, and is a graduate of St. House and is the alto soloist at St. Cloud State University (a Bachelor of Marks' Cathedral. Music in Vocal Performance) and the Uni- Freelance musician William Rollie. versity of Michigan (Master's of Music in tenor, has studied at St. Olaf College Vocal Performance). and at The Juilliard School of Music. He Tenor Tim Johnson is a graduate of is the choral conductor at St. Peder's Macalester College. He is a self- Lutheran Church and the General Man- ployed woodworker and owns "Plum ager of The Hutchinson Family Singers :eserves," an antique shop. and Cantante di Camera. Joanna Johnston. soprano, is cur- Soprano Lea Anna Sams- rently a voice major at the University of McGowan is finishing a degree in Minnesota. She is employed at the Day- Music Education/Performance at ton's in Burnsville Center. Macalester College. She is employed at Bass Dan KaUman is the librarian of Sears.

5 Kay E. Sandeen, alto, has a Bache- soloist at St. Mark's Cathedral. lor of Arts degree in Music Education Roxanne Stouffer, soprano, has a from Hamline University. She is the Bachelor of Music Education degree in Manager of the mail order department Piano and Vocal Music Education from of Sandeen's Scandinavian Gift Shop. the University of Wisconsin/River Falls. Bass Julian Sellers is a program- She is a production assistant with the mer for Sperry. He has a Bachelor of Minnesota Opera Company. Arts degree in German from Florida Bass Paul A. Theisen is a design Presbyterian College. draftsman with the Whirl-Air-Flow Sue Shepard. soprano, is an Arts Corporation. Manager for the Northfield Arts Guild. Rica Jane Van, also, is beginning She has a Bachelor of Music Education her twelfth season with the Dale War- degree in voice from Indiana University. land Singers. A graduate of Macalester Bass Frank Steen is a dentist in his College, Rica is Director of the Jean own practice. He has a B.A. degree from Lyle Children's Center. She is active in Concordia College, attended William the Girl Scouts and sings in the Senior Mitchell College of Law, and has B.S. Choir at Macalester-Presbyterian and D.D.S. degrees from the University Church. of Minnesota. Denise Wablin, alto, has a Bacheld Linda Steen is a self-employed of Arts degree in English and Art from musician in the Twin Cities. A graduate Concordia College. She is a teacher in of Concordia College and Indiana Uni- Independent School District #877 (Buf- versity, Linda has also studied at the falo, Minnesota). Chautaugua Institute. She is soprano

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I. Monteverdi Madrigals (sung in Italian)

Sfogava con Ie stelle

Raving aloud at heaven Stood a lover Her loveliness illumined By your light distracted, rarely shining • . Tnder nocturnal skies his pain And those same beams do show her depicted. Myself in torment pining. And told the stars his passion. o let your golden likenesses now move her; "0, ye mirrors of beauty! The object of Show mercy. yes, as you have made my worship, me love her." 'Tis you who let me view her, Amor (Lamento della ninfa) Linda Steen, soprano soloist

"Love, " she said. stopping Because I am destroyed by him to gaze at the sky. he is quite proud; "Love. where is the faith if Iflee from him which the traitor swore?" he will implore me again. Miserable one. If she has a brow more serene "Make my love return to me than mine, as he was before certainly she does not harbor love in or kill me so that I her breast am tormented no more. " andfaith as beautiful as mine. Miserable one. ah. no longer You shall never have such sweet can she endure such coldness. kisses from her mouth "No. I don't want him to sigh nor more gentle ones than mine. except far from me, Ah, be silent, you know that full well ." nor do I want him to tell me anymore, infaith. of his torments. 10 mi son giovinetta

"I am a young girl "I too am young and I laugh and sing in the new spring and I laugh and sing at the gentle and season," beautiful springtime of love lng my sweet shepherdess, which blossoms from your lovely In.en, suddenly eyes. " And she said: at that song my heart "Flee if you are wise, flee from sang like a charming, joyous bird: passion; flee, for in these glances there will never be springtime for you."

7 D. Motet V ("Komm, Jesu. komm ") Johann Sebastian Bach

Motet for Double Chorus (sung in German)

Come, Jesus, come, my body is weary, Therefore I fold myself in thy hands, my strength fades more and more, and say to the world, goodnight. I long for thy peace, The course of my life hurries to its end, My bitter road is too d!fficultfor me. my soul is ready. come, come, I wish to surrender myself It hovers near its Creator. to thee, for Jesus is and remains the right way Thou art the right way, the truth and to life. the llfe.

m. Miss. Brevis in C. K.V. 115 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Kyrie He became flesh Was crucified Lord, have mercy And rose again Christ, have mercy I believe in the Holy Spirit Lord, have mercy and confess one baptism

Gloria Sanctus

Glory to God in the highest Hosanna in the highest We praise you We give you thanks Lord God Benedictus Who taketh away the sins of the world Blessed is he who comes Who sitteth at the right hand of in the name of the Lord the Father For you alone are holy With the Holy Spirit Agnus Dei

Lamb of God Credo Grant us peace

I believe in one God Father almighty (abbreviated text) And in one Lord

INTERMISSION

8 IV. Vier GeaADge (fur Frauenchor, zwet H6rner und Harte) (sung in German)

1. The Harp Resounds with Wild A thousand sweet refrains. Refrain My garden now discloses Thefairest flowers I know; The harp resounds with wild refrain A thousand thoughts it encloses, that glows with love and yearning; And with my garlands of roses It fllls my heart with deepestpain. A thousand greetings go. And tearsjlow hot and burning! Alas, the one Icherish oflow. my tears, and soon be shed. She is a thing a part; o shake, my heart, with beating. My wreaths must wither and perish. My love and all my dreams are But boundless love wtllflourish dead, Forever in my heart. And all my JoYisfleeting! I try to bear it gladly and labor bravely forth, t. Song by Shakespeare (from Twelfth And though my heart beats madly Night) I work there, singing sadly. Come away, come away, death. And dig my grave on earth. And in sad cypress let me be laid. Flyaway, flyaway, breath; 4. Songfrom Fingal I am slain by afair cruel maid. Weepon the rocks My shroud of white. stuck all with where the storm winds are raging, yew, Weep,0 thou .maiden o prepare it. My part of death, of Inistore! no one so true did share it. Bend over the waters thy lovely Not aflouier. not aflower sweet. head; On my black coffin let there be Fairer art thou strewn; than the mountain spirit Not afriend, not afriend greet When he at noon My poor corpse, where my bones in the brightness of the sun shall be thrown Touches the silence A thousand sighs to save, Lay me of Morven's height. where true For he isfallen, Love shall neverflnd my grave thy true love lies defeated, to weep there. to weep there. Slain by the might ofCuthullin's sword. 3. The Gardener Never again Wherever I may wander will his valor inspire him Infleld and wood and plains. to sheathe his sword From hill or valley yonder. in the blood of princes. Trenar, ah, Trenar His bow is unstrung thefair is dead! and hangs in his castle; Dead, 0 maiden Hushed, hushed silence of Inistore! Is where deer oncedid wander. Seehis growling hounds. Weepon the rocks

I they howl' in his hall; where the storm winds are raging, Suspicious. his ghost Weep,0 thou maiden walks past the door. of Inlstore.

9 Cantique de Jean Racine Gabriel Faure (sung in French) o Redeemer divine, Whose wonderous might dispersed the our sole hope of salvation, powers of Hell, Eternal Light of the earth and the sky, And rouse our slumbering souls with We kneel in adoration. Thy radiance o Savior, turn on us Thy loving eye! that they may waken Thy mercy to Send down on us the fire of Thy grace tell! all-consuming,

o Christ, bestow Thy blessing on us, we implore Thee, who here are gathered on penitent knee. Accept the hymns we chant to Thine everlasting glory and these Thy gifts we return unto thee! v. Two Choruses of Michelangelo Buonarroti n Giovane Luigi Dallapiccola (sung in English)

Chorus of the Ill-Mated Wives Better for us most surely To rise and go to matins. From our misfortune, young maids With little trembling tapers. learn this lesson, Long ere the cock's a-crowing From our misfortune, this lesson. To hide in a Btgallo, young maidens; Enroll In a Rosano. And you'll not say. with bitter bitter End up In a Majano, weeping; At Portico, Boldrone, Wretched. unhappy women! Give up all, In Mognone Better for us most surely Take on a veil at Lapo's, Shut in a little convent Or else to hide our head In To have lopped off our tresses A Montlcel dl buol Renouncing names and adornments Better for us most surely! Learn then To wear black clothes. grey clothes, this lesson white clothes, And make sure that you, think, think, To castigate our bodies think. think, to be sure! With cords of rope and scourges Or else they'll titter and greet you with: Better for us most surely! Heigh hot Go to!

Chorus of the Unhappy Husbands

Want a wife! Who wants to choose one! Then find what you've lighted on Expert advisers. here we are, here. On a fury. shrill. intrepid. Mark our warning. go and get her. On a pumpkin. soft. insipid.

10 Others' words I took for gospel, For 1landed. drunk and lovesick. One old man's advice was "do!" On a fury. shrill, intrepid. What an outright utter booby! On a pumpkin, soft. insipid. Stumbling blindly (serves me rightl) Great aunts, sisters, mothers, grannies, On a fury, shrill, intrepid. All get round to prod him on. On a pumpkin, soft. insipid. Half a dozen busy-bodies Oh, dear me! drawn on by beauty To make sure they've got him down, All alive with flower and leaf On a fury. shrill, intrepid, Bitter fruit I found I'd gathered On a pumpkin, soft, insipid.

Layton James, continuo Bruce McClellan, horn Kathy Kienzle. harp Dale Newton, cello Eric Kodner, horn

No cameras or recording devices will be allowed during the performance. This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature. and in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Choral risers and acoustical shell manufactured by wenger Corporation, Owatonna. Minnesota. 55060

PROGRAM NOTES •...! __ ----> (Lament of the Nymph) is published in by Cary John Franklin Book VIII (1638) and representative of the new cantata-like setting for chorus srogava COD Ie stelle and solo voice with basso continuo that Amor was to become so important in the 10 mi SOD giorinetta Baroque. Claudio Monteverdi lb. Cremona 1567; d. Vencle 1643) Motet V - uKomm, .Ies., Perhaps the least recognized as a true I&:omm,"BWV229 Johann Sebastian Bach European master by the general listen- (b. Eisenach 1685; d. Leipzig 1750) ing public is the musical giant, Claudio Monteverdi. His life and work spans two The motets of J.S. Bach are true mas- eras in musical history. Trained in the terpieces of the choral repertoire. contrapuntal style of the Renaissance, "Komm. Jesu. komm" is scored for Monteverdi was a musical pioneer in eight voices in double chorus on a Ger- giving a new dramatic expression to the man text and is generally regarded as words and forging a new era in musical the most intimate of the six surviving history. the Baroque. motets of Bach. The expression of long- Much like trasJng the stylistic devel- ing for death in this motet is not that of opment of Beethoven through his sym- sickly sentimentalism, but as trans- phonies and string quartets. it is formed by the sublime beauty of the possible to trace Monteverdi's develop- music. an expression of a sure faith and ment through eight books of madrigals firm conviction. published over a span of 50 years. Two The use of continuo in this perfor- f the madrigals on this program. "Sfo- mance is supported by evidence that the Java con Ie stelle" and "10 mi son gtovt- choir of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig in netta", are from Book IV published in Bach's time presented the motets not a 1603. They are progressive not only in capella but with various orchestral and terms of dramatic expression but also keyboard accompaniments. in the daring treatment of harmony. The motets of Bach and their musical "Arnor" from Lamento deUa NiDI. beauty were acclaimed by Mozart who

11 happened to hear a performance of one Vier GesADge. op.17 of the motets in the St. Thomas Church Johannes Brahms on a journey to Prague. lb. Hamburg 1833; d. Vienna 1897)

In 1859 the young Brahms settled in Miss. Brevis in C. K.V. 115 Hamburg where in the same year he Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lb. Salzburg 1756; d. Vienna 1791) founded a women's chorus. For this chorus he arranged folksongs and wrote The MI.8_. Brerbl hi C. K.115 was original compositions including the one of Mozart's earliest attempts at "Vier Ge_iUJge" (Four Songs) for church music; written when he was 18 female choir, two horns and harp. years old and living in Salzburg. The Brahms not only cherished working in Archbishop at the time was an impa- the form cultivated by Schumann and tient ruler and disliked long masses, Mendelssohn. but it was a source of especially if he had to celebrate them pleasurable companionship for him. In himseif. This preference for brevity was the accompaniment of two horns and satisfied by a shorter mass, the Missa harp. Brahms created a highly romantic Brevis. The MI.8_. Brerbl hi C is Moz- combination of tone colors. Of the four art's only mass scored for four voices choruses of Op. 17, the final lament and organ alone. (Song from Fingal) based on a poem of Unfortunately, the work is incom- the legendary Ossian is perhaps the plete: it exists in the composer's own most striking with its arresting color of hand only to the ninth bar of the Sane- two low horns and harp. This dirge is tus. This performance uses a recon- the antithesis of the traditional concep- struction completed by Bernhard tion of a female chorus and captures Paumgartner who finished the mass by the somber, weeping mood of Ossian's arranging preexisting music of Mozart. poem.

WeopendooIS for Minneapolis. 12 Cantique de Jean Racine, op.ll Two Choruses of Michelangelo Gabriel Faure Buonarroti n Giovane (b. Parniers, Artege 1845; d. Paris 1924) 1. Chorus of the Ill-mated Wives 2. Chorus of the Unhappy Husbands Gabriel Faure is the somewhat mis- Luigi Dallapiccola understood and neglected French mas- (b. Pisino d'Istrta 1904; d. Florance 1975) ter whose compositional style spanned the end of Romanticism to the begin- Dallapiccola received his formal musi- nings of the bold dissonances of atonali- cal training in Italy. but his true teach- ty. Faure's music is characterized by its ers of composition were of the Viennese harmonic richness and its unmistak- School- Schoenberg, Webern and able individuality. Berg - whom he encountered almost Generally regarded as the master of solely through listening to and studying French song. most of his choral work is their works. Dallapiccola became the unknown (except for his lovely Requi- principal pioneer of serial composition em) and often uninspired. One excep- in Italy .. tion is the Cantique de Jean Racme The "Two Choruses of Michelan- cored for four part chorus and organ gelo Buonarroti H Giovane" are .vhich gained Faure first prize for com- from 1933 and pre-date the develop- position in 1865 and graduation from ment of his I2-tone technique. They are Ecole Niedermeyer (music school). Its in a quasi-madrigal style not that far writing is clear and concise and the removed from the great Italian master mood one of restrained fervor. (The whom Dallopiccola studied with rever- pianistic organ part has been tran- ence, Claudio Monteverdi. Monteverdi's scribed for harp for this performance.) preoccupation with vocal line. dramatic intensity and daring treatment of har- mony are all found in the music of Dallapiccola. E-ECfI()ES a H~ The people of Padilla and Speer, Inc., invite you to join UI in listening to a broadcast of ECHOES OF CHlUSTMAS Friday, Oea:mber 23, at 8 p.m., by KSJN-FM (91.1) and affiliated stations of the Minnesota Public Radio NetWork. The glorious mUlic of The Dale Warland Singers and the Elmer Iseler Singers presented in concert at Orchestra Hall December •• will be a featured element of MPR's Christmas weekend celebration. @) PADILLA and SPEER, Inc. M1nneapolitlSt PIluI - New York CIty Providing public relatiOnS coun8f!1 and communications services to leading business. community and cultural organizatiOnS. 224 Franklin Avenue West. Minneapolis. Minnesota 55404 _ 612-871-8900 In New York City at 950 Third Avenue _ 212·752·8338

13 This concert is supported in part by a major grant from 401~E~~t!~~~! First Bank System Foundation for First Bank Minneapolis. First Bank Saint Paul, First Trust Saint Paul. and all the neighborhood First Banks

ECt10ESOF Sunday. December 4. 198~r~h:~~a ~~i

Ct1DIs[~ The Dale ~~::l~:E;:~: ~ and featuring The Elmer Iseler Singers

Elmer Iseler

I. The Dale Warland Singers

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day English (John Rutter) Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Elizabeth Poston Snow Had Fallen; Christ Was Born Stephen Paulus Ding Dong! Merrily on High French (Stephen Paulus) O' Little Town of Bethlehem Lewis H. Redner (Stephen Paulus) Christmas Lullaby Jeffrey Van

D. The Dale Warland Singers and The Elmer Iseler Singers Magnificat Charles Theodore Pachelbel The Rose John Paynter Ein Kindelein So Lobellch Michael Praetorius 14 m. The Elmer Iseler Singers Make We Joy Derek Holman The Cherry Tree Carol Nova Scotian (Louis Applebaum)

Here Are We in Bethlehem Healey Willan Missa Brevis in ,E Major Healey Willan Hodie Healey Willan INTERMISSION

IV. The Dale Warland Singers What Child Is This? English (Dale Warland)

How Still He Rests Brent Pierce he Holly and the Ivy English (John Rutter)

-':radle Song Flemish (John Rutter)

A Savior from on High Stephen Paulus He Is Born French (Roger Wagner)

V. The Elmer Iseler Singers Magnificat Johann Pachelbel o Tell Me Vincent Lubeck In Dulei Jubilo Dietrich Buxtehude Four Motets for Christmas-Tide Francis Poulenc

VI. The Dale Warland Singers and The Elmer Iseler Singers The First Nowell English (Stephen Paulus)

Away In a Manger American (Elmer [seIer)

Catalonian Carol Catalonian (Dale Warland)

The Huron Carol Jean de Brebeuf (Robert Anderson)

Silent Night Franz Gruber (Jeffrey Van)

Kathy Kienzle. harp Jeffrey Van. guitar erilee Klemp. oboe Janis Weller. flute

••0 cameras or recording devices will be allowed during the performance. This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature. and in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Choral risers and acoustical shell manufactured by Wenger Corporation. Owatonna. Minnesota. 55060 15 THE ELMER ISELER SINGERS L...- ----'

SOPRANO BASS The Elmer Iseler Singers, under Linda Beaupre Robert B. Anderson the leadership and direction of the inter- Donna Colley Gordon Burnett nationally renowned Dr. Elmer Iseler, Ram Kim Kaur Timothy Cadan Khalsa David King have already made a formidable impact Kathryn Loree Nelson Lohnes on concert audiences since their found- Alexa Petrenko Alexander ing in 1979. During recent seasons, Dr. Judith Young Rozniowski Iseler and his ensemble have made numerous appearances in Toronto. TENOR COMPANY Peter MacDonald MANAGER including performances at the St. Law- Theodore Ross Jessie Iseler rence Centre, and in most of Canada's Kenneth Webster major music centers and festivals. In Edward Wiens March 1980 they undertook an exten- ALTO sive tour of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Olena Genyk- Berezowsky Carolynne Godin Congratulations to Valerie Nunn Mary Lynne Whyte DALE WARLAND SINGERS

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16 performing in thirteen major centers. In through commissioning and perfor- the fall of 1981 they embarked on their mance. The celebrated Elmer Iseler Sing- first tour of the United States. ers have achieved a popularity that keeps The twenty members of the Elmer them busy with well over ninety perfor- Iseler Singers are highly trained profes- mances a year. sional singers. Many have been associ- ated with other choral ensembles of Dr. Elmer Iseler is undoubtedly one international repute. The Elmer Iseler of Canada's most highly acclaimed per- ' Singers form the professional core of sonalities in the music world, nationally the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and and internationally. He has been show- recently toured with this group exten- ered with awards of distinction includ- sively through Europe. ing honorary degrees from Dalhousie The 82/83 season included another and Brock Universities, the Order of extensive tour of Western Canada and a Canada, in 1973 the Silver Medal of the return visit to the United States, follow- City of Paris for his outstanding contri- ing the choir's successful tour there the bution to music, the City of Toronto previous year. This year the Iseler Sing- Award of Merit for distinguished public ~rs enjoy their third successive visit to service, and the Canadian Music Coun- (he U..S. and also a return to Atlantic cil medal for outstanding contribution Canada. The Choir has been involved in to Canadian Music. Throughout his many CBC radio and television produc- long and successful career he has tions. received the patronage of the world's The choir's repertory spans five centu- foremost artists, notably Zoltan Kodaly, ries. Their contribution and dedication to Aaron Copland, Benjamin Britten, Seiji Canadian music is well recognized Ozawa and Igor Stravinsky.

The Elmer Iseler Singers gratefully acknowledge the generous support of The Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto as well as contributions from the corporate and private sector.

17 The Board of Directors of the Dale War- CWe Sing'lOur land Singers gratefully acknowledges the support of the following corpora- epraises! tions. foundations and individuals:

Funded in part by the following: (January 1, 1983 - October 15. 1983)

BeDeraetoral The Gelco Mrs. Virginia M. Glenn Coleman $1.000 or more Foundation Terry J. Edward Corn Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Henry A. Cousineau De Walt H. and George and Tolzmann Jr. Margaret D. Georgine Holmes Kathleen and Franklin M. Crosby Ankeny Harry L. and Eugene Vader Jr. Robert and Dorothy First Bank System Patricia A. Holtz Gerald C. and Ottilie Dahl Foundation for Charlotte Hovel Mary Darling First Bank Mrs. Rene A. Kidder Wollan Dr. J. Roger Minneapolis Terry S. Knowles Thomas E. Wulling Lyle and LaVerne DeLange Jr. First Bank Saint Mrs. John M. Musser Zastrow Rita J. Dokken Paul Robert D. and Irene Beth A. Dreis First Trust Saint A. Racine FrankW. and Paul Mrs. G. Richard DODora/$1- $49 Slade Shirley J. and all the Ted J. and Mary V. James Rand Durham neighborhood Albrecht Charlotte M. Doug and Linda First Banks Coralie J. Allen Treanor Eckland General Mills Arthur and Adelle Evan and Diane Thordis J. Emile Foundation Anderson Williams Judith A. Ericksen The McKnight Mark M. and Donna Dennis Evans Foundation M. Anderson CODtribatora/$50 Sheila M. Farnan Minnesota State Arts Charles D. -$99 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Board Ballentine B. Finch Jr. May G. Munson Roland and Bette Joseph R and Joan National Allen Barnas John G. Fischer Endowment for Joyce L. Anderson Karen A. Bariz Leonard R and Shirley A. the Arts Ankeny Foundation Arthur and Frances Flachman Northern States Margaret Beltz Bell Power Company Mr. and Mrs. Judson Vickie L. Benson Charles and Dolores Fritz Northwest Area Bemis Dean N. and Shirley Foundation M. Claire Canavan A. Bentley Diane M. Frosig Jean S. Galusha United Arts Fund Max M. and Marilyn James N. Berdahl Frederick R Gamble DeLong Mr. & Mrs. Dave Jr. PalroDa/$250 - George H. Dixon Bergerson Paul V. Grambsch $999 Frist Bank Grand Roy H. and Audrey Jane Lahay W. Berglund Mrs. Francis P. Graphic Systems. Graves Harvey and Carol Fred Berndt Jr. Inc. Vernon and Louise Ann MacKay Ray and LaVerne Investment Gustafson W. Duncan and Bingas Advisers. Inc. Karin Hakanson Sarah MacMillan Ronald E. Mentor Corporation Ralph S. and Karen Blackmore Joanne U. Halsey RM.T. Foundation J. McCrae Dixon and Judith Ron Halversen Dale and Ruth Mrs. Paul N. Myers Bond James R and Renae Warland Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hamstra The Robert Schmitt Glen and Marilyn Bradley C. Mrs. Philip B. Harris Foundation Nelson Bowman William and Helen George and Sally W. Don V. and Edith C. Harifiel SpoDaon/$l00 - Pillsbury Britt Myra Hariman $249 O.A. and Gail Edward Brooks Jr. Susan Healy Susan M. Barnes Sandeen Ray L.. and Julianne Ronald B. and Betty A. Hemstad G. Duane and Donald M. and E. Brovold Marguerite F. Constance Bell Estelle Sell Wayne and Linda Hessian Arland D. and Franklin J. and Burggraaff Dr. Paul W. Hiller Sharon Brusven Linda Steen Russell A. Bursch Craig B. Carnahan Glenn H. and Mary Beverly M. Carlson Anders and Julie Ronald S. Dobies K. Steinke Beryle M. Christesen Himmelstrup

18 Carol Hofstad Anne W. Miller Everett and Nancy In-kind Eugene D. Hogenson R. Jean Miller Rotenberry Contributors Charles W. and Ann Robert J. and Mr. and Mrs. A. H. W. Hommeyer Katherine H. Schaefer Augsburg Emily Hoover Minnihan Robert W. Schultz Publishing House Walter and Myrette Jean Moline _ Gail S. Schumacher BBD&O Hornicke Richard and Paula Berton and Sharon Boosey & Hawkes. Waynne B. Hornicke Monnillo Schwartz Inc. Juliann E. Brovold Kent Howe Lauren Morin AgnesSeim Ronald Hoyt Keith and LeRay Harry Sletten Arland, Sharon. Jon. and Karen Dr. Samuel W.and Mortensen Barbara A. Spradley Brusven Thelma E. Hunter Linda J. Muesing David K. and Karen Theresa Carlson Ben and Patricia D. Nancy Ann Muller L. Steenson Jaffray Gordon W. Nelson Mrs. Ruxton Strong Cheryl Carnahan The Commodore Dr. and Mrs. William Charles D. and Vernon and Joyce R. Jahnke Nancy E. Nolan Strong Crocus Hill Electric Co. Joseph Jennings Patricia A. Olsen Paul and Marilyn Elizabeth Jensen Gary D. and Shirley Sundberg Paul Decelles Thomas H. Jensen L. Olson Dale and Lorraine Michael and Eileen Charles R. Johnson Steve and Sally Swanson Degan Robert A. Johnston Olson Wayne and Jon Eclov Steven Goldman 1arnie Jones Ronald F. and Gretchen on N. Kietzer Shirley E. Swenson John Gostovich Rose Klobuchar Parramore John J. and Mary Joanne Halvorsen Debra Harrer Barbara A. Knowles Elizabeth A. Paulson Taylor Robert A. Knudtson Stephen and Patty Mart L. Thorkelson Timothy Heitman Sherry M. and Paulus Leon Thurman Jeanne Holmquist Sister Victoria Houle Leonard J. Koch George M. Perry Alfred A. Wagner Jr. Herbert and Barbara Karen Walhof Janet Johnson Terry S. Knowles Elmer and Peterson Kathleen E. Walsh Dan Lass Jacqueline Koch Billy D. Pfaffe Peter H. and Nancy Dan Little Deloris Lange Ann Rabie K. Weir Gloria Larson Mr. and Mrs. Carolyn C. White Macalester College. St. Paul Helen E. Law Richard C. Joyce A. White Cindy Mancell Janet L. Lechman Rademacher Orlow A. and Gary R. Leff George and Beverly Alberta Widvey McGladrey Handrickson & Eugene L. Lindgren Roberts Rev. Patricia Co. Henry P. Ludwig David A. and Wolander Dottle Radd William E. Frances L. Diane K. Wold Peter McGowan MacGregor Jr. Robinson Albert A. and Julian and Barbara C.D. Mahoney Jr. Rhonda Robinson Kathleen M. Sellers Jean A. Maxwell Harriet Rogge Woodward Brad Shark Michael W. Robert D. and Donald B. and Mary Virginia Shubert McCarthy Margaret J. Rollie Lou Woodward Mary K. Steinke Dennie McCollom Lee Rosenberg John Wyant Tarn Tuomela Jerry G. McKinney Warner Bros .. Merle J. McMahon Shirley A. Medin Publications. Inc. Kathryne Weinberg

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