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Vancouver Chamber Choir Stephen Smith, piano Jon Washburn, conductor With guest conductors: Thomas Burton (Ann Arbor, Michigan) Anthony C. Graham (Fargo, North Dakota) Elise Naccarato (Burlington, Ontario) Kathryn Rolf (Fargo, North Dakota) Cathrie Yuen (Langley, BC) 8pm Saturday, February 16, 2019 | Shaughnessy Heights United Church Alan and Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR e Vancouver Chamber Choir is one of Canada’s national treasures, an Board of Directors outstanding professional vocal ensemble noted for George Laverock its diverse repertoire and President performing excellence. Dr. Jeanette Gallant (Oxford) Vice President e Choir has been Kassia Grewal, C.P.A., C.A. performing to audiences Treasurer at home in Vancouver and on tour across Canada Brent Hunter Secretary since it was formed in 1971 by conductor Jon Janis Hamilton Past President Washburn. International excursions have taken the Wendy D Photography Matthew Baird JoAnne Barnum Vancouver Chamber Choir to the USA, Mexico, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Anne Bonnycastle Finland, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine. Cameron Haney Honoured with the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence by Chorus America, the Dr. Donna Hogge Vancouver Chamber Choir has to its credit countless performances and broadcasts, over 30 Wendy Kish recordings and numerous awards. Foremost supporters of Canadian music, Jon Washburn and Emily McClendon Colin Miles the Choir have commissioned and premiered more than 250 Canadian choral compositions. Over Laurent Munier the years they have sung nearly 3,000 performances of 350 pieces by 120 Canadian composers in Yuliya Neverova addition to their extensive international repertoire. David Rosborough e Choir’s award-winning educational programs include the National Conductors’ Symposium Dr. Robert Rothwell for advanced choral conductors, Interplay interactive workshops for choral composers, Focus! Cara Ventura Marianne Werner professional development program for student singers, OnSite visitations for school choirs, the Jennifer Wilnechenko biennial Young Composers Competition, and many on-tour workshops and residencies. Honorary Patrons John Bishop JON WASHBURN, Maurice Copithorne, Q.C., LL.D. ARTISTIC & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dr. Stephen Drance, O.C. Sam Feldman Jon Washburn is the longtime Conductor and Artistic Director of Charles Flavelle the Vancouver Chamber Choir. Well known internationally for his Ben Heppner, O.C. mastery of choral technique and interpretation, he travels widely as Don Hudson guest conductor, lecturer, clinician and master teacher. He is also an Dr. John MacDonald, O.C. R. Murray Schafer active composer, arranger and editor and has had many compositions published, performed and recorded around the world. Administrative Staff In 2001 Mr. Washburn was named a Member of the Order of Canada Jon Washburn, C.M. Photo: Yukiko Onley (the nation’s highest civilian honour) and in 2002 received Queen Artistic & Executive Director Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee Medal for his lifetime contribution to Steven Bélanger Canadian choral art. Mr. Washburn received a Distinguished Service Award from the Association General Manager of Canadian Choral Conductors in the spring of 1996 and the Louis Botto Award from Nat Marshik Chorus America in June 2000, in recognition of “innovative and entrepreneurial spirit in the Bookkeeper/Office Coordinator development of a professional choral ensemble of exceptional quality.” He was given the Friends Karen Seaboyer of Canadian Music Award 2000 by the Canadian Music Centre (CMC) and the Canadian League Manager, Communications & Production of Composers in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Canadian composers’ music. In the fall of 2009, he was named a CMC Ambassador and in 2010 received a star on the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame’s Starwalk. In 2012 Mr. Washburn received the Queen Elizabeth II Vancouver Chamber Choir Diamond Jubilee Medal. In June 2014 he received the Michael Korn Founders Award for 1254 West 7th Avenue Development of the Professional Choral Art, presented by Chorus America. Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6H 1B6 Tel: 604.738.6822 • Fax: 604.738.7832 The Vancouver Chamber Choir acknowledges that it operates and performs on the unceded Indigenous land [email protected] belonging to the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful for this privilege. www.vancouverchamberchoir.com 2 VANCOUVER VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR CHAMBER CHOIR JON WASHBURN, CONDUCTOR STEPHEN SMITH, PIANO Beth Buono WITH Emily Cheung FIVE SYMPOSIUM CONDUCTORS Christina Cichos Lorraine Reinhardt e 39th annual Madeline Lucy Smith National Conductors’ Symposium Concert Dinah Ayre Fabiana Katz MASTERPIECE Karen Mang Famous Choruses of Great Composers Dolores Scott Kar yn Way PROGRAMME Tom Ellis ELISE NACCARATO – BURLINGTON, ON Matt Gaskin Carman J. Price Herr, unser Herrscher St. John Passion Johann Sebastian Bach Eric Schwarzhoff (1685-1750) Grant Wutzke THOMAS BURTON - ANN ARBOR, MI Steven Bélanger Credo in unum Deum Mass in C minor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Cameron Haney (1756-1791) Paul Nash Introit Requiem Healey Willan George Roberts (1880-1968) Wim Vermeulen CATHRIE YUEN – LANGLEY, BC with the participation of Symposium singers: Jubilate Deo, omnis terra Symphony of Psalms Imant Raminsh Maria Koebsch (soprano) (b. 1943) Bradley Krueger (tenor) Wach’ auf! Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Richard Wagner David Rosborough (bass) (1813-1883) INTERMISSION Kathleen Allan KATHRYN ROLF – FARGO, ND Fiona Blackburn George Roberts And the children of Israel sigh’d Israel in Egypt George Frideric Handel Carrie Tennant (1685-1759) Carman J. Price, tenor Fabiana Katz, alto Joel Tranquilla Come, lovely Spring e Seasons Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809) Please turn off all phones. Laudamus te Gloria Francis Poulenc Recording devices of any kind (1899-1963) are strictly prohibited. In order to sustain the mood ANTHONY C. GRAHAM – FARGO, ND it is best to hold your applause Lauda, Jerusalem Marian Vespers of 1610 Claudio Monteverdi until the end of each set. (1567-1643) James Ong Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen Ein deutsches Requiem Johannes Brahms Stage Management (1833-1897) Grant Rowledge Archival Recording JON WASHBURN – VANCOUVER, BC Corporate Graphics Graphic Design Agnus Dei Mass in C Major Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Violet Goosen Lorraine Reinhardt, soprano Dolores Scott, alto Development Eric Schwarzhoff, tenor Wim Vermeulen, bass José Verstappen Ave formosissima/O Fortuna Carmina Burana Carl Orff Programme Typography (1895-1982) 3 VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR THE 39th ANNUAL NATIONAL CONDUCTORS’ SYMPOSIUM February 11-16, 2019 e February 16 concert MASTERPIECE Famous Choruses of Great Composers concludes the six-day conducting symposium, hosted and organized by Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir. e advancement of Canadian choral music through workshops, seminars and conductor training has always been an important part of the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s role as a professional choir. For the past 39 years, the National Conductors’ Symposium has given talented conductors from around the world the opportunity to work with a professional choir. Out of the many applications received, ve conductors are chosen to work with Master Conductor Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir. During the workshop, the selected conductors are observed in morning and evening rehearsals with the Choir. ese rehearsals are complemented by sessions on score interpretation and choral techniques. Applicants may also participate in the Symposium as observers and have one opportunity to conduct if they wish, or they may also take part as singers. e National Conductors’ Symposium fullls an important educational function in Western Canada and is an intensive and practical addition to the formal training programs oered in Canadian educational institutions. rough this Symposium, Conductor Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir hope to provide a vitally important stimulus to the growth of choral music in Canada. 2019 CONDUCTORS 2019 OBSERVERS omas Burton (Ann Arbor, Michigan) Elizabeth Gilchrist (Surrey, BC) Anthony C. Graham (Fargo, North Dakota) Michael Goco (Richmond, BC) Elise Naccarato (Burlington, Ontario) 2019 SINGERS Kathryn Rolf (Fargo, North Dakota) Maria Koebsch (Vancouver, BC) Cathrie Yuen (Langley, BC) Bradley Krueger (Brunswick, Maine) David Rosborough (Aldergrove, BC) * PARTICIPATING CONDUCTORS omas Burton in Fayetteville. Currently he is pursuing his DMA in choral Ann Arbor, Michigan conducting at North Dakota State University in Fargo. His research interests include Italian choral music in the early Raised in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, omas Burton is active as 20th century and the music of the Yankee tunesmiths in 18th a conductor, trombonist, and singer in the United States and century New England. In addition to his academic pursuits, Mr. Canada. A graduate of McGill University’s Orchestral Training Graham is the music director at Fargo First United Methodist Program, he has performed as a trombonist with such groups as Church; the founder and artistic director of the River Valley the McGill Symphony Orchestra, and l’Orchestre Symphonique Masterworks Chorus located in Russellville; and a member de l’Agora. He has enjoyed singing as a tenor with some of of Jargon, an ensemble
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