Gerald Neufeld conductor Alison MacNeill accompanist Vices & VirtuesFEATURED SOLOISTS Rebecca Whelan soprano Sheila Dietrich soprano Janice Coles alto Carolynne Davy Godin alto Andrew Pickett countertenor Chris Fischer tenor Lanny Fleming Wednesday May 7, 2014 tenor Harcourt Memorial United Church Neil McLaren 8 pm bass sponsor government & community support Program Vices & Virtues Music for a While shall all your cares beguile . David Barber LOVE & LUST Catulli Carmina (excerpts) . Carl Orff Praelusio Actus I Odi et amo Ille mi par esse deo videtur Actus II Jucundum, mea vita Desine de quoquam quicquam bene! Exodium Soloists Chris Fischer, Rebecca Whelan, Janice Coles PURITY & JUSTICE Magnificat a 6 voci . Claudio Monteverdi Magnificat Anima mea Et exultavit Quia respexit Quia fecit Et misericordia Fecit potentiam Deposuit potentes Esurientes implevit bonis Suscepit Israel Sicut locutus est Gloria patri Rebecca Whelan, Sheila Dietrich Chris Fischer, Lanny Fleming, Neil McLaren —Intermission — Page 2 Program cont’d My Spirit Sang All Day . Gerald Finzi LOVE & BETRAYAL Lamento d’Arianna . Claudio Monteverdi Rebecca Whelan PLEASURES Come, sirrah Jack, ho! Fill some tobacco . Thomas Weelkes Janice Coles, Lanny Fleming, Neil McLaren Five Reasons . Henry Purcell Air from Comus . Thomas Arne Carolynne Davy Godin COURAGE Kind Heaven! If Virtue be Thy Care (from Theodora) . G . F . Handel Andrew Pickett VIRTUES? Seven Deadly Virtues (from Camelot) . Frederick Loewe Neil McLaren Someone is Sending me Flowers . David Baker Janice Coles Make Our Garden Grow (from Candide) . Leonard Bernstein Sheila Dietrich Make Your Garden Grow . Leonard Bernstein Sheila Dietrich, Carolynne Davy Godin Chris Fischer, Neil McLaren Page 3 Guest Soloists “Clearly a singer to ANDREW PICKETT watch” as described by received his Master of Geoff Chapman of the Music in Vocal Literature Toronto Star, REBECCA and Performance from WHELAN’s enchanting, the University of West- crystalline voice has thrilled ern Ontario, and then audiences in concert halls proceeded to the Royal across North America . College of Music, London, Rebecca started her England where he obtained career singing with The his graduate diploma . He Elmer Iseler Singers, The has coached with such Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and The Amadeus Choir notable experts in the vocal Baroque as Dame Emma where her solo voice was featured on numerous CD Kirkby, James Bowman, Michael Chance and Daniel recordings and CBC broadcasts throughout North Taylor . Andrew has performed major roles in operas America . Some of her solo credits include perform- by Monteverdi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Hasse, Handel, ing with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Thunder Purcell and Jonathan Dove, and has been a soloist in Bay Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Esprit Orchestra, works by Purcell, Charpentier, Handel, Orff , Britten, and the Gryphon Trio, the Canadian Brass, Nexus, Opera Bach (Mass in B Minor and St John Passion) in the UK, Barrie, Soundstreams, Tapestry New Opera Works, and Europe, and Canada . most recently The Canadian National Ballet Orchestra Andrew now makes his home in Nova Scotia, in the production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland . where he has given recitals, masterclasses and work- Her opera credits include the role of Serpina in shops on intonation and Baroque style . He is a vocal Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona, Laetitia in Menotti’s The coach for the Chapel Choir of the University of King’s Old Maid and the Thief, the Angel of Death in Facing College, Halifax, served as the resident vocal consul- South, one of the Land of the Dead in Pimooteewin, tant this summer at the New Brunswick Early Music the fi rst ever Cree language Opera, which was toured Festival in St . Andrews, and has recently become the throughout Northern Ontario, and Dark Star Requiem, youngest board member of the Early Music Society of an Opera about the plight of HIV and AIDS in Africa . Nova Scotia . DRAW TONIGHT! Page 4 Tel 519-822-0160 | 800-263-1032 240 Victoria Road N. Guelph, ON www.sutherlandinsurance.com UNIVERSITY SQUARE PHARMACY Our Thanks Our (519) 763-3301 987 GORDON STREET (KORTRIGHT ROAD) Neil Wilson President phone 519-824-9344 [email protected] fax 519-824-1701 www.redcarservice.com Page 5 ProgramOur People GUELPH CHAMBER CHOIR Gerald Neufeld Conductor 2013–2014 Alison MacNeill Accompanist The Guelph Chamber Choir was founded in 1980 to Sopranos foster the development and appreciation of choral music Laura Harp in Guelph and the surrounding area . Consisting of highly Jane Houlding talented but mostly amateur singers from a wide range Beverly Krzmarcik of occupations, the choir is proudly presenting its 34th Marg McKenzie-Leighton season this year with five concerts. Its repertoire ranges from Renaissance masters to newly commissioned works, from classical styles to Broadway and vocal jazz, and from Patricia Ramos Ward masterworks for choir and orchestra to choral gems for unaccompanied voices . Sally Stelter In addition to its regular series of concerts, the GCC has performed in numerous Tammy teWinkel festivals, including the Llangollen International Eisteddfod in Wales (3rd place winner in Felicia Urbanski the Mixed Choir Category), Toronto International Choral Festival, Guelph Spring Festi- Alison Vicary val, Elora Festival, and festivals in Salzburg, Austria, and the Czech Republic . Exciting collaborations include working with Dancetheatre David Earle, professional choirs, Altos regional choirs, community choirs, and orchestras such as the Kitchener-Waterloo Janice Coles Symphony and Orchestra London . Some of our most engaging concerts have been Carolynne Davy Godin accompanied by period instrument specialists from Toronto and southern Ontario . Joanne Gonsalves The GCC has performed in England, Wales, Ireland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Nancy Jackson Holland, Germany, Sweden and Denmark, has been broadcast on CBC Radio, and has Naomi Matsui won prizes in the CBC National Competition for Amateur Choirs . Recordings include Laurie McDonald Noel, On Christmas Night; Songs of the New World; Good Cheare: Christmas Celebra- Anne McKenzie tions Old and New (with the Oliver Whitehead Jazz Ensemble), Christmas in the Royal Susanne Schmidt-McQuillan City, and Remember . Kayla Schnarr Gerald Neufeld has been conductor of the Guelph Chamber Choir since its founding . He holds the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Iowa and Tenors is presently a professor in the Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University, where Naoki Chiba he conducts choirs and teaches choral conducting . Previously, he taught in the music Chris Fischer department of the University of Guelph and conducted the University of Guelph choir Lanny Fleming with which he toured in Britain and Europe on two occasions . Under his direction, the Ken Frey Guelph Chamber Choir, the University of Guelph choir, the Faculty of Music Singers, Brad Halls and the Thames Scholars from Western University all won prizes in the CBC National Harold Jackson Competition for Amateur Choirs . Gerald Neufeld is a previous winner of the Leslie Bell competition for choral con- Lawrence Sugden ductors . He has served on juries for the Canadian recording industry’s Juno Awards, Peter Thompson the Leslie Bell Competition and the Guelph Spring Festival national vocal competition . He is active as a choral clinician, festival adjudicator, and lecturer on topics of special Basses interest in the choral field. Ken Carey Mark Haslett Alison MacNeill has been accompanist for the Guelph Chamber Choir for twenty- Brian Janzen five seasons. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Guelph and Andrew McLaren is the Director of Music Ministry at Harcourt Memorial United Church as well as an Neil McLaren independent music teacher and adjudicator, accompanist and chamber musician . Ken McRory BOARD OF DIRECTORS Graham Nancekivell President Ken Carey Matthias Schmidt Secretary Dorothy Fisher James A . Walke Treasurer Brad Halls Members at Large Lew Abbott, Barbara Friend, Bob Housser, Ann Murray Administration Patricia Eton-Neufeld Marketing Ken McRory Concert Promotions Brenda Lewis We are an active, working Board and we have opportunities to serve. If you are interested, please contact Ken Carey at (519) 822-0755. Page 6 Our Thanks We would like to thank our supporters who made valuable financial contributions to the Guelph Chamber Choir. Conductor’s Circle ($1,000 & up) Ben & Norma Fear Dr . Scott Elliott Urve & Lewis Abbott Barbara & Orland Green Shirley Gale Mary Lou & Doug Brock Joanne Grodzinski Patti Galvin Naoki & Christina Chiba Dr . Michael Gould Marilyn Gifford Nancy & Harold Jackson Laura Harp Lillian Gohn Patricia Eton-Neufeld & Gerald Neufeld Gordon Harris Donna Gorjup In Memory of Connie McLaren Cas & JoAnne Herold Robin Gow Harry & Mary-Jane Oussoren Dr . James Hewak Sarah Hayter Spaenaur Wendy Hickey Dr . Donald Huband Anonymous Megan Hodge Charles Hudson Rhoda Holz Chris Hutter President’s Circle ($500 & up) Dr . David & Rosemary Hood Dr . S . Hutton James Ford & Brenda Coomber Dr . F . Incitti Brian Janzen Eleanor Davidson D .R . Johnson Financial Services Inc . John & Clara Janzen Brad & Heather Halls Ken & Isobel King Draga Jichici Mark Haslett & Jane Houlding Audrey Kitching Sara Kaune Ken McRory Dr . Dan Kottachchi Joy Killen Sandy & Ann Middleton Adrian Levytsky & Karen Slatkovsky Jacqui Kowal Sally & Gil Stelter Akiko Lin George Lange Susan & Peter Thompson Ron & Mel MacDonald Gerard Luyckx Anonymous Dr . Norman Marcon Blair