Gerald Neufeld conductor

Alison MacNeill accompanist

Carols for Christmas Carols and Seasonal Readings for Christmas

Sunday December 4, 2016 WINTER TRIO St. George’s Anglican Church | 2:30 pm Sharlene Wallace harp Ben Grossman hurdy-gurdy and percussion

soloist sponsors government & community support Program Puer natus est nobis...... Gregorian chant New Year’s Eve Jig ...... Gordon Stobbe Winter Trio

Gaudete! Christus est natus...... Anonymous from Pie Cantiones (1582) Soloists: Nathan Martin, Lanny Fleming, Gordon Burnett, Neil McLaren Rejoice, rejoice! Christ is born Of the virgin Mary

Let There Be Light ...... Sara Ward Reader: Felicia Urbanski

Lux Aurumque...... Eric Whitacre Soloist: Corey Cotter Linforth Light, warm and heavy as pure gold and the angels sing… softly to the new-born baby Edward Esch

Annunciation...... Kilian McDonnell Reader: Sally Stelter

A Maiden Most Gentle...... French trad., arr. Andrew Carter Soloists: Laura Harp, Gordon Burnett

Expectation...... Kilian McDonnell Reader: Sally Stelter

Snowflakes ...... Rodney Sharman Winter Trio

Nowel Syng we bothe al and som...... 15c. Sheldon Manuscript Soloists: Lanny Fleming, Gordon Burnett Refrain: "Nowell" we sing, each and every one, now that the King of Peace is come. 1. This has come to pass, 2. From the fruit of the womb of Mary 3. A boy-child was sent to us; in love and joy: both God and man do rest in her; he redeemed us unto bliss and Christ has now prepared he rescued us from disease, took our sorrow, his grace for us, each and every one . otherwise we would have come to grief, and with his body has redeemed each and every one . us unto bliss, each and every one .

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Birth ...... Kilian McDonnell Reader: Sally Stelter

The Wexford Carol...... 12c. Irish, arr. Vincent M. Ryan Soloists: Laura Harp, Gordon Burnett

La Valse Laurencienne ...... Steve Jones Winter Trio

Here, mid the ass and oxen mild...... arr. Shaw/Parker Soloist: Carolynne Davy

O Come, All Ye Faithful...... arr. David Willcocks Audience and Choir 1 . O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant! 3 . Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above! Come and behold him Glory to God, in the highest: Born the King of Angels: O come, let us adore Him… O come, let us adore Him, (3x) Christ the Lord . 4 . Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning; 2 . God of God, light of light, Jesu, to thee be glory given! Lo, he abhors not the Virgin’s womb; Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing! Very God, begotten, not created: O come, let us adore Him… O come, let us adore Him…

The Lamb ...... William Blake Reader: Johanna Hatt

Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? ...... Larry Nickel

The Three Kings...... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Reader: Amber Bryer

Niño Lindo...... trad. Venezuelan carol Winter Trio

Joseph Made a Treasure Box...... Larry Nickel

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Three Kings of Orient...... John Henry Hopkins Soloists: Lanny Fleming, Gordon Burnett, Neil McLaren Choir and Audience Refrain: O­­__ Star of Wonder, Star of Night, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light .

Divenire...... Ludovico Einaudi Soloist: Corey Cotter Linforth

— Intermission —

Gloria from Missa Pax...... Timothy Corlis Soloists: Carolynne Davy, Corey Cotter Linforth

The Spheres...... Ola Gjeilo Little Match Girl ...... Hans Christian Anderson Reader: Lanny Fleming

I Wonder as I Wander...... arr. John Jacob Niles & Lewis H. Horton Soloist: Corey Cotter Linforth

In the Bleak Midwinter...... Gustav Holst Winter Trio

In the Bleak Midwinter...... Gustav Holst Audience and Choir 1 . In the bleak midwinter 2 . Enough for Him, whom cherubim 3 . What can I give Him, Frosty wind made moan, Worship night and day, Poor as I am? Earth stood hard as iron, A breastful of milk, If I were a shepherd Water like a stone; And a mangerful of hay; I would bring a lamb; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Enough for Him, whom angels If I were a wise man Snow on snow, Fall down before, I would do my part; In the bleak midwinter The ox and ass and camel Yet what I can, I give Him— Long ago . Which adore . Give my heart .

Patapan...... arr. Kirke Mechem

Christmas in Prague ...... Ron Korb Winter Trio Page 4 Program cont’d

A Beaver Christmas ...... the “Norris Gang” Reader: James A. Walke

All Hayle to the Dayes...... Samuel Pepys’ Collections

Hallelujah from Messiah ...... George Frideric Handel If you would like to sing the Hallelujah Chorus with the choir, please come forward and join us. We have music for you.

New Year’s Day Jig...... Gordon Stobbe Winter Trio

We Wish You a Merry Christmas...... arr. Arthur Warrell Soloist: Amber Bryer

The Guelph Chamber Choir wishes to extend its thanks to The Rev. Ralph T. Blackman, Mike Blythe and the staff of St. George’s Anglican Church.

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BEN GROSSMAN is a busy musician and sound labels. The are on many top favourite lists and artist: improviser, studio musician, , and legendary singers in Asia have made cover versions noisemaker. of his music. He has toured in North America, Europe, He works Central America, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Hong in many Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, and Mainland China (Beijing, fields, having Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Suzhou). played on Ron has given solo performances twice at The over 100 CDs, Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, The soundtracks Glastonbury Festival in England and also The National for film and Theatre in Panama City, The Shanghai International television, Spring Music Festival, The Century Theatre in Beijing,

PHOTO CREDIT ICON PHOTOGRAPHY ICON CREDIT PHOTO sound design World Art Stage in Edinburgh, Arnhem Cathedral in for theatre, installations, work designed for radio trans- Holland, Expo 2005 in Nagoya and Madison Square mission, and live performances spanning early medi- Gardens in New York. eval music to experimental electronica. Ben’s tools of He has also shared stages with , Jane choice are electronics, percussion, and, especially, the Siberry, Tia Carrere, Liona Boyd, The Yardbirds, Olivia hurdy-gurdy (vielle à roue ), a contemporary electro- Newton-John, Cesaria Evora and Dadawa. Ron has acoustic string instrument with roots in the European performed for Queen Elizabeth, the Prime Minister of middle ages. Through extended techniques, live-loop- Canada, Princess Takamado of Japan, Princess Bopha ing and processing, Ben seeks to use it as a physical Devi of Cambodia, and was featured on the World interface into improvised sound creation, spontaneous Youth Day recording for Pope John Paul. composition and the exploration of acoustics, form and Ron was a featured soloist in The Lord of the Rings extended aesthetics. Symphony at Roy Thomson Hall and also played as In 1997 Ben studied Turkish music (oud and a soloist a song he composed accompanied by the percussion) in Istanbul and has done vielle workshops Symphony at the concert for the 2008 Olympic and lessons with Valentin Clastrier, Matthias Loib- Bid. ner, Maxou Heintzen and Simon Wascher as well as Ron has played on dozens of movie soundtracks working on Deep Listening and improvisation with by various . The films include Ang Lee’s Anne Bourne. With an abiding interest in pushing the The Ice Storm and Ride with the Devil, Atom Egoyan’s limits of his instruments and pushing the boundaries Exotica, Sweet Hereafter and Felicia’s Journey, Devil’s of whatever venue or medium in which he works, Ben’s Knot, Mira Nair’s Kama Sutra, John Woo’s Blackjack only solo CD, Macrophone, was released in 2007 and and the 3D IMAX filmSpace Station narrated by Tom features a unique two-disk form for simultaneous, alea- Cruise. Other credits include The Snow Walker, Being toric playback. macrophone.org Julia and Merchant/Ivory’s The White Countess starring Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave . 2016 Grammy-nominated RON KORB has been In October 2014 Ron Korb represented Canada at travelling and collecting indigenous woodwinds from The China Shanghai International Arts Festival’s Cana- Europe, Asia, dian Culture Week along with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and South and the Montreal Symphony. Ron’s sold-out concert at America for Shanghai Concert Hall was voted the audience choice years . His by the fans. compositions Ron’s latest , , received a are steeped nomination at the 58th Grammy Awards and won the in the diverse “Best in Show” at the Global Music Awards and First cultural tradi- Prize for Best at the 12th Annual Interna- tions and tional Acoustic Music Awards. Asia Beauty also won experiences of his travels and his upbringing in Canada. the World Fusion category in the 2016 ZMR Awards in After graduating from , he New Orleans and Best World Album in the One World began composing for Hong Kong pop stars like Alan Radio Awards in the UK. He also won The Brand Laure- Tam, , and Yvonne Lau with songs that ate International Personality Award along with Adele, reached Gold and Double Platinum sales. Keanu Reeves, Andy Serkis, English footballer Sol He has over thirty critically acclaimed releases Campbell and veteran BBC journalist John Simpson. and reissues in twenty countries on various record www.ronkorb.com Page 6 Guest Artists cont’d

SHARLENE WALLACE is both a Classical harpist and con (St. Louis, MO), Stratford Summer Music Festival one of Canada’s most prolific and influential Celtic/ (ON) and Vancouver Island Musicfest (BC). She is also lever harp players. She has won two international lever a regular instructor for the summer harp retreat weeks harp competitions and created seven independent at CAMMAC in Lac MacDonald, Quebec and Island CDs. Sharlene’s most recent album is In Night’s Deep Mountain Arts’ International Harp School in Wells, BC. Silence, a Christmas/Winter album recorded and Sharlene teaches both lever and pedal harps produced with bass player George Koller. Sharlene’s privately in Guelph, Oakville and Toronto as well as albums are journeys in at the University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier University rhythm, spaciousness, and . Her own Classical harp perfor- Celtic, Classical and South mance degree is from the University of Toronto where American genres and in she studied with the eminent Judy Loman. Sharlene expanding the harp reper- is principal harpist with Guelph, Oakville and Kingston toire as a composer and Symphonies. www.sharlenewallace.com include numerous com- THOMPSON JAMIE CREDIT PHOTO missions for the lever harp by Canadian composers such as Rodney Sharman, John Beckwith, Evelyne Datl, Kirk Elliott, and South American harpist Alfredo Rolando Ortiz. Sharlene’s concerts and teaching have taken her across North America and to Europe, including the International Diva Series 3 (Toronto), Ottawa Chamber Festival, 11th World Harp Congress (Vancouver), Celtica and the Work- shop Internazionale di Arpa (Italy), Musicora (Paris, France), Festival of the Sound (Parry Sound, ON), Harp-

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Page 9 Our People Guelph Chamber Choir The Guelph Chamber Choir was founded in 1980 to foster the develop- Fall 2016 ment and appreciation of choral music in Guelph and the surrounding area. Consisting of highly talented mostly amateur singers from a wide Sopranos range of occupations, the choir is proudly presenting its 36th season this Amber Bryer year with four concerts. Its repertoire ranges from Renaissance masters to newly commissioned Corey Cotter Linforth works, from classical styles to Broadway and vocal jazz, and from masterworks for choir and Laura Harp orchestra to choral gems for unaccompanied voices. Ardeth Jarvis In addition to its regular series of concerts, the GCC has performed in numerous festi- Beverly Krzmarcik vals, including the Llangollen International Eisteddfod in Wales (3rd place winner in the Mixed Marg McKenzie-Leighton Choir Category), Luminato Festival, Toronto International Choral Festival, Guelph Spring Sally Stelter Festival, Elora Festival, and festivals in Salzburg, Austria, and the Czech Republic. Exciting Tammy teWinkel collaborations have included working with Dancetheatre David Earle, professional choirs, Felicia Urbanski regional choirs, community choirs, and orchestras such as the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Alison Vicary and Orchestra London. Many of our most engaging concerts for the past 17 years have been accompanied by period instrument specialists from Toronto and southern Ontario. Altos The GCC has performed in England, Wales, Ireland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Holland, Janice Coles Germany, Sweden and Denmark, has been broadcast on CBC Radio, and has won prizes in the Carolynne Davy CBC National Competition for Amateur Choirs. Recordings include Noel; On Christmas Night; Bailey Dugas Songs of the New World; Good Cheare: Christmas Celebrations Old and New, Christmas in the Joanne Gonsalves Royal City, and Remember . Johanna Hatt Gerald Neufeld has been conductor of the Guelph Chamber Choir since its founding. Megan Hodge He holds the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Iowa and is a Professor Nancy Jackson Emeritus in the Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University, where he conducted choirs Naomi Matsui and taught choral conducting. Previously, he taught in the music department of the University Laurie McDonald of Guelph and conducted the University of Guelph Choir with which he toured in Britain and Anne McKenzie Europe on two occasions. Under his direction, the Guelph Chamber Choir, the University of Susanne Schmidt-McQuillan Guelph Choir, the Faculty of Music Singers, and the Thames Scholars from Western University all have won prizes in the CBC National Competition for Amateur Choirs. Tenors Gerald Neufeld is a previous winner of the Leslie Bell competition for choral conductors. Naoki Chiba He has served on juries for the Canadian recording industry’s Juno Awards, the Leslie Bell Lanny Fleming Competition and the Guelph Spring Festival national vocal competition. He has been active as a Ken Frey choral clinician, festival adjudicator, and lecturer on topics of special interest in the choral field. Brad Halls Harold Jackson Alison MacNeill is a graduate of the University of Guelph music program, and of the Nathan Martin Royal Conservatory of Toronto. Born in Guelph, she returned to the area to live and work fol- Lawrence Sugden lowing graduate work at the University of Western Ontario, where she had studied and Peter Thompson theory with Ronald Turini and Richard Parks. Alison is active as an accompanist and chamber musician, and has been, at various Basses times through the years, pianist for the University of Guelph Choir, the Elora Festival Singers, Gordon Burnett the Guelph Youth Singers, and the Rainbow Chorus of Waterloo-Wellington, as well as with Mark Haslett many other ensembles and soloists. Brian Janzen She maintains a large teaching studio and is the Director of Music Ministry at Harcourt Neil McLaren Memorial United Church. She has been the accompanist for the Chamber Choir for much of Ken McRory its existence, performing and touring with the ensemble. Graham Nancekivell Board of Directors Matthias Schmidt President Brad Halls | Secretary Ann Murray | Treasurer Paul Baker James A. Walke Members at Large Mei-fei Elrick, Jean Hilborn, Sally Stelter Administration Patricia Eton-Neufeld | Marketing Ken McRory Concert Promotions Brenda Lewis

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