Nordic Choir Allen Hightower, Conductor
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Nordic Choir Allen Hightower, conductor WINTER TOUR 2013 1 TOUR PROGRAM WINTER 2013 APPEARANCES Selections to made from the following: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 / 7 p.m. Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church I: THE LIFE OF CHRIST Naperville, Illinois Thursday, January 17, 2013 / 7:30 p.m. Hosanna to the Son of David Holy Cross Lutheran Church Thomas Weelkes (d. 1623) Fort Wayne, Indiana Oxford University Press Friday, January 18, 2013 / 7 p.m. Peace Lutheran Church Hosanna to the Son of David. Gahanna, Ohio Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord, Saturday, January 19, 2013 / 7:30 p.m. Hosanna, Thou that sittest in the highest heavens. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Hosanna in excelsis Deo. Ardmore, Pennsylvania Sunday, January 20, 2013 / 4 p.m. Verbum caro factum est Asbury First United Methodist Church Z. Randall Stroope (b. 1953) Rochester, New York manuscript Tuesday, January 22, 2013 / 7:30 p.m. St. Bart’s Episcopal Church And the word became flesh, New York, New York dwelt and walked among us, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 / 7:30 p.m. We beheld His glory, Alleluia! Lutheran Church of the Reformation Full of grace, full of truth, Washington, D.C. Those who walk in darkness and death’s shadow, Thursday, January 24, 2013 / 7:30 p.m. have seen a great light shining, Alleluia! Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Hickory, North Carolina (without applause) Friday, January 25, 2013 / 7:30 p.m. The Conn Center at Lee University II. Christ Is Arisen Cleveland, Tennessee (from Three Pre-Reformation Chorale Motets) Saturday, January 26, 2013 / 7 p.m. Ludwig Lendel (1914–2002) Central Baptist Church of Bearden Concordia Publishing House, 98-1572 Knoxville, Tennessee Sunday, January 27, 2013 / 7:30 p.m. Christ is arisen, Westminster Presbyterian Church Overcome death’s prison, Greenville, South Carolina Rejoice, rejoice we all, for Christ the Lord, Christ the Lord is our Trust and Comfort. Monday, January 28, 2013 / 7:30 p.m. Palms Presbyterian Church Kyrieleis. Jacksonville Beach, Florida Had He not ascended, Wednesday, January 30, 2013 / 7:30 p.m. The world had gone asunder, First Presbyterian Church St. Petersburg, Florida Christ risen now for us, Praise to Thee, Most Glorious. Thursday, January 31, 2013 / 8 p.m. Kyrieleis. University of Georgia Performing Arts Center Athens, Georgia Alleluia, Friday, February 1, 2013 / 7:30 p.m. Rejoice we all, for Christ, Asbury United Methodist Church for Christ the Lord is our Trust and Comfort, Madison, Alabama Kyrieleis. Saturday, February 2, 2013 / 8 p.m. Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri Tuesday, February 5, 2013 / 7:30 p.m. Luther College, Center for Faith and Life Decorah, Iowa 2 II. OF A ROSE, A LOVELY ROSE DR. ALLEN HIGHTOWER Allen Hightower is professor of IV: A Spotless Rose music at Luther College, where (from Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal) he serves as conductor of the Paul Mealor (b. 1975) renowned Nordic Choir and Novello & Co., NOV292754 artistic director of Christmas at Luther. As Luther’s director A Spotless Rose is growing, of choral activities, he gives Sprung from a tender root, leadership to a choral program of ancient seers’ foreshowing, that includes four conductors, of Jesse promised fruit; six choirs, and more than 500 singers. Its fairest bud unfolds to light Amid the cold, cold winter, and the dark midnight. Prior to joining the faculty at Luther, Hightower served The Rose which I am singing, as professor of music and director of choral activities at Where of Isaiah said, Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. During his tenure, the SHSU Chorale performed for the 2007 Is from its sweet root springing National Convention of the American Choral Directors In Mary, purest Maid: Association, the 2010 Southwestern Division of ACDA, The Blessed Babe she bare us and the 2003, 2006, and 2010 conventions of the Texas Through God’s great love and might Music Educators Association. The Blessed Babe she bare us Before joining the faculty at Sam Houston, Allen served Amid the cold, cold winter, and the dark midnight. on the faculty of California State University, Long Beach, A Spotless Rose is growing, conducting the CSULB Chamber Singers. His high school In a cold, cold winter’s night teaching experience includes positions at Klein High Now sleeps the crimson petal. School in Houston, Texas, and at Odessa (Texas) Permian Amen. High School. Under Allen’s direction, the Permian High School Kantorei performed for the 1996 Texas Music (without applause) Educators Association convention. From 2005–10 Allen was music director of the Houston Go, Lovely Rose Masterworks Chorus, Houston’s largest independent Eric Whitacre (b. 1970) symphonic chorus. A lifelong church musician, Hightower has served Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc., SBMP 432 Congregational churches in Texas and California. He served as the Duesenberg Concert Choir Chair for the Go, lovely rose Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival in 2007 Tell her that wastes her time and me, and 2011, and will serve in this role again this year. That now she knows, Allen holds degrees from Sam Houston State University, When I resemble her to thee, Baylor University, the Eastman School of Music, and How sweet and fair she seems to be. UCLA. He was the first-prize winner in the graduate Tell her that’s young, division of the ACDA Conducting Competition in 1997. And shuns to have her graces spied, From 1997–2000 he served as conducting intern with the That hadst thou sprung Los Angeles Master Chorale. Allen has been mentored In deserts where no men abide, by choral conductors Bev Henson, Donald Neuen, Paul Thou must have uncommended died. Salamunovich, Joe Flummerfelt, and Weston Noble. Performing and teaching opportunities during the fall of Small is the worth of beauty from the light retired; 2012 and the spring and summer of 2013 include venues Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, in Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, And not blush so to be admired. New York, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Then die, that she the common fate of all things rare Alabama, Missouri, Colorado, California, Texas, and May read in thee; Washington, D.C. These include residencies at the How small a part of time they share, University of Alabama, Colorado State University, That are so wondrous sweet and fair! Pepperdine University, and VanderCook College. Allen is married to soprano Kristin Hightower. They reside in Decorah, Iowa with their daughters, Caroline and Julianne. 3 TOUR PROGRAM HANNAH III. MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE TO THE LORD MYOTT ‘13 Minneapolis, Minn. Anthropology and Jauchzet dem Hernn alle Welt German major, BMV Anhang 160 music minor J.S. Bach (1685–1750) Carus-Verlag, CV 35.002/05 Postgraduation plans: Teaching Shout now, shout to the Lord. abroad in Asia or All the earth, shout to the Lord, living in Germany Serve ye the Lord with gladness. before attending Come ye, come before his face graduate school With rejoicing, Hallelujah! What do you appreciate most about the liberal INTERMISSION arts experience? “I’m someone who loves to try many different things, and a liberal arts education allows me to do that. It’s also very flexible—last year I switched my major from music to environmental IV: IN PRAISE OF THE SaviOR studies and then to communication studies before finally deciding on anthropology and German. Where All Hail the Power of Jesus Name else could I do that and still graduate on time?” arr. James Mulholland (b. 1935) Colla Voce, 12-50830 The audience is invited to sing on the fourth verse. All hail the power of Jesus’ name! ADAM Let angels prostrate fall; BRADLEY ‘13 Bring forth the royal diadem, Sioux Falls, S.D. and crown Him Lord of all! Music major, management minor Ye chosen seed of Israel’s race, Postgraduation Ye ransomed from the fall; plans: Attending Hail Him who saves you by His grace, graduate school for And crown Him Lord of all! vocal performance Let every kindred, every tribe, What do you love On this terrestrial ball, about the Jenson- To Him all majesty ascribe, Noble Hall of And crown Him Lord of all! Music? “The thing I love the most about O that with yonder sacred throng the Jenson-Noble We at His feet may fall! Hall of Music is the community it provides. It is We’ll join the everlasting song, impossible to walk into the building and not feel like And crown Him Lord of all! Amen. you are at home. With the amount of time students spend there, it really becomes a family. Everyone is always supportive, affirming, and helpful.” 4 The Lord is the Everlasting God SHANE Kenneth Jennings (b. 1925) WILSON ‘13 Mark Foster Music, MF2137 Bolingbrook, Ill. Mathematics major Have you not known? Have you not heard? Postgraduation Has it not been told you from the beginning? plans: Attending Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? graduate school for It is God who sits above the circle of the earth, meteorology science who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to live in. What do you think To whom then will you compare me, is unique about the or who is my equal? says the Holy One. Nordic experience? Lift up your eyes and see: “Being involved God who brings out their host and numbers them, with Nordic and the calling them all by name, not one is missing. music department in general has really The Lord is the everlasting God, allowed me to have a foot in two worlds.