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Please forgive any ommisions or errors that may occur in this listing I. CHarK!CThe CHera[d ~Be[s SinB Verse 1 Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King: Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled: Joyful all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies, With th' angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King. Verse 2 Choir ~one Verse 3 Hail the heav'nbom Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, ris'n with healing in his wings; Mild he lays his glory by; born that we no more may die, Born to raise each child of earth, born to given second birth. Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King .

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III.A.Christmas Garland '- Conrad Susa God ~st ye ~r~ Gent[emen (Verse 3 at conductor's cue) Verse 3 God rest ye merry gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas Day: To save us all from Satan's pow'r When we were gone astray. o tidings of comfort and jo~ comfort and joy; o tidings of comfort and joy! ewe CTftree Cl\!!JBs of Orient ke (Refrain two times at conductor's cue) ~rain o star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light. BOY 610 &JTte CWor[d! Verse 1 Joy to the World! The Lord is come; Let every earth receive her King; Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, And heav'n and nature sing, And heav'n and nature sing, And heav'n and heav'n and nature sing! Verse 2 He rules the world! In truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love, And wonders of His love, And wonders, wonders of His love!

VII. 6Jhe ~lf'st %-we[[ Verse 1 The first Nowell the angel did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay: In fields where they lay keeping their sheep, On a cold winter's night that was so deep:

~rain Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Born is the King of Israel! Verse 2 They look-ed up and saw a star, Shining in the east, beyond them far; And to the earth it gave great light, And so it continued both day and night: ~rain Verse 3 Choir ~one Verse 4 Then let us all with one accord Sing praises to our heavn'ly Lord. That hath made heav'n and earth of naught, And with his blood mankind hath brought: cnistrict 279 Cftirdren·sChorus The Osseo Area School District is located in the northwestern Metropolitan area. Suburbs include Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Maple Grove, Plymouth and Osseo. The District 279 Choldren's Chorus is an organization of one hundred stu- dents, in grades four through six, who represent the twenty-two elemetary schools in the area. The Children's Chorus was founded by the previous director, Duayne Malewicki in 1967,to help meet the needs of the district's musically gifted and tal- ented students. Admission to the choir is determined through auditions. The chorus has performed extensively throughout the Twin City area, including a previous appearance with The Singers last February. Diane Nielson and Ann Wingert-Williams have been co-directing the organization since 1993. 1995-1996 ~ster cnasswood cfJm CreeK OaKview Noelle Otten 4 Per Brothen 5 Aaron Benney" 6 Kristina Brinson 5 Alyssa Specht 4 Michael Cariolano 6 Uchenna Chukwudi 5 Jessica Reschke 5 Rachel Wegner 5 Ben Cattoor 5 [ady Copeland" 5 Tersesa Schollett" 5 Megan Conley" 6 Joseph Netko 5 GWeaver%Ke Kristin Frederick 6 Alissa Ochs 5 Orchard %ne Alex Filler 4 Virst Madia 6 Christa Saeger 4 Gina Cosentino 6 Carissa Groebner 5 Nathan Miatech 6 Amy Pickering 5 Susan Henningsgard*5 Katy Nelson 5 CEdfJewood Jason Wright* 5 Molly Jones 4 Gary Pederson 5 Charles Hainsworth" 5 Kate Koukkari 6 Mark Stonenberg* " 5 Katherine Krambeer" 5 Osseo Kathryn Reiman" 5 Kirstin Rogers 6 Lindsay Schloer 5 Chelsey Albrecht 5 Kathleen Stefens 5 cnircft Grove Russell Larson" 6 Christian Tischer" 6 Stefanie DeSeve" 6 07ern&rooK Hiedi Mendenhall 6 Ann Marie Shanee Faulkner" 5 Marisa Atkinson" 5 Nicole Schuenke 5 Whitehouse 5 Eric Gangl* 6 Alek Babel* 6 Erin Truax" 6 Fazeel Karim" 6 Thomas Carpenter" 5 Nick Peterson 6 GWi[[OW%Ke Amy Commers" 6 WarK cnrooK Jennifer Bergren 6 Jennifer Daniels 5 Joe Johnson 5 Joe Pine" 6 Cedar qs[and Courtney DeaKyne 6 Kou Luogon* 6 Mary Cummings" 6 Latosha Froberg 4 Katie Fine 5 Jennifer Ellefson" 6 Bridget Hilstrom* 6 Tim Lindig 4 Warmer %Ke Alisa Hoang 4 Mathew Krogstad" 6 Ada Ojiaku 6 Jerma Libersky 6 Erica Lien* 6 (§anewood Adriana Reis* 6 Stuart Mack* 6 Jacob Olson 4 Simone Caston 6 Kayla Sundeau" 6 Melissa Olson" 6 Natalie Dahlquist 4 Crestview Danny Hoffman* 5 Cl\!.ce%Ke April Arnold" 6 07air OaKs Kennth Perkins 4 Brett Fikse* 6 Lisa Hustoft 6 Erin Frederickson" 6 Kelly Malone" 6 [ennae Robinson" 6 Darrell Geddes 6 Kari Nelson 4 Jesse Weber 5 Ariel N ereson 4 Anthony Swift 4 Lauren Poulter 6 CEdin&rooK ~ush CreeK Ben Miller 6 Garden City Ashley Allen 4 Greg Ruhland" 6 Chuck Bernu 6 Anna Banti" 6 Iillian Slater" 5 Derric Johnson 5 Cameron Becker 5 Breanna Zeman" 5 Katie Ziegler 6 Meaghan McPherson 4 Please forgive any ommisions or errors that may occur in this listing THE ORDWAY MUSIC THEATRE presents

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The Dale Worland Singers, Symphonic Chorus, and Holiday Brass with special guests The District 279 Children's Chorus and Storyteller and Author, Tom Hegg

December 18 & 19 7:30 p.m. THE GLORIOUS SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS

THE , SYMPHONIC CHORUS with Conductor DALE WARLAND, and HOLIDAY BRASS with special guests the DISTRICT 279 CHILDREN'S CHORUS and storyteller and author, TOM HEGG

I TRADITIONAL CAROLS

o Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) J. F. Wade (Arthur Harris)

o Come Emmanuel Traditional (Arthur Harris)

In Dulci [ubilo Traditional (Audrey Snyder) The Cuckoo Carol. Czech Carol (Edmund Walters) Psallite Michael Praetorius (John Leavitt) District 279 Children's Chorus Ann Williams and Diane Nielsen, Co-conductors

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Felix Mendelssohn (David Willcocks) (Everyone Sing!)

II CAROLS NEW-FASHIONED Sung by the Dale Warland Singers o Magnum Mysterium (0 Great Mystery) '

Hodie Christus Natus Est (Today Christ is Born) Francis Poulenc

God is With Us John Tavener

III A CHRISTMAS GARLAND

By Conrad Susa

INTERMISSION IV CHRISTMAS CANTATA (Sinfonia Sacra)

by Daniel Pinkham

1. Maestoso 2. Adagio • 3. Allegro

Peter Hendrickson conducting

V PEEF, THE CHRISTMAS BEAR

by Tom Hegg

VI CHRISTMAS CHESTNUTS FOR YOUNG VOICES

Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Johnny Marks (Arthur Harris)

A Christmas Celebration John Leavitt

VII TRADITIONAL CAROLS

The First Nowell Traditional (David Willcocks) (Everyone Sing!)

We Wish You a Merry Christmas Traditional (Arthur Harris)

II The Dale Warland Singers Twenty-three years of subscription concerts, tour and festival appearances, radio broadcasts and critically acclaimed recordings have given the Dale Warland Singers recognition as one of the world's foremost a cappella choral ensembles.

Based in /St. Paul, the Dale Warland Singers have earned a reputation for their commitment to commissioning and performing 20th-century choral music. This pioneering effort fosters a greater awareness and appreciation of contemporary choral literature and helps develop emerging and established composers, especially American composers. The Singers have helped keep the choral genre fresh and alive with new musical ideas by commissioning such composers as , , Carol Barnett, Mary Ellen Childs, Anthony Davis, Edwin London, George Shearing, Peter Schickele and Bernard Rands, among others. The Dale Warland Singers' New Choral Music Program commissions works from emerging composers. Through this program, commissions have been awarded to eight talented musicians, with a ninth to be awarded in 1996.Last year's call for scores yielded 146 submissions.

In 1992the Dale Warland Singers became the first-ever recipient of the Margaret Hillis Achievement Award for Choral Excellence. Their extraordinary efforts on behalf of composers and new music also resulted in back-to-back ASCAP Awards for Adventuresome Programming in 1992 and 1993.

Among the Singers' acclaimed recordings is their 1994release, Cathedral Classics, which critics from around the country called "An unmatched musical experience," "peerless," and "...one of the most astonishingly beautiful CDs." Another recording, December Stillness, has just been released. Other recordings include Fancie, A Rose in Winter, Christmas Echoes and Carols for Christmas as well as Americana: A Bit of Folk, Choral Currents, and many others.

Dale Warland Music Director and Conductor, The Dale Warland Singers The 1995-96concert season marks founder Dale Warland's twenty-fourth year as Music Director of the Dale Warland Singers. Warland has devoted his professional life to attaining the highest artistic level in choral singing. Consummate musicianship and attention to detail have been his tools in building one of the finest choral ensembles in the United States. Under Warland's leadership, the ensemble has thrilled choral music lovers, not just in its Twin Cities home, but throughout North America and Europe. Warland's outstanding achievements in the field of choral music were most recently recognized in June 1995,when he received the Michael Korn Founder's Award at the annual Chorus America Conference in Seattle. This award, which ranks as the "Grammy" of choral music in the United States, has previously been given to luminaries such as , Dominick Argento, Margaret Hillis and Roger Wagner.

Beyond his active schedule as Music Director of the Dale Warland Singers, Warland is in demand as guest conductor, lecturer and composer. He has conducted such prestigious choirs as the Swedish Radio Choir, the Danish Radio Choir, the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and Israel's Cameran Singers. He has prepared major choruses around the world for performances, including Penderecki's Polish Requiem in 1990,the culminating event of the Second World Symposium on Choral Music in Finland.

Warland is an active composer and a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). He has served as co-chair of the choral and recording panels of the National Endowment for the Arts and has received major grants from the Ford Foundation, the Bush Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Board. Before devoting himself full time to the Singers, Warland maintained a demanding academic career which included 19 years as Director of Choral Music at , St. Paul. He holds degrees from St. Olaf College, the , and the University of Southern California, and has received two distinguished alumni awards as well as an honorary doctorate from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.