California Music Education Assoction Central Coast Section Central Coast Section Organized 1947 California Music Educators Association EDUCAT IC2018 OR S S U A M S A S I O CCSN Honor Choirs C R I A O T F I I O L A Concert N C • FEATURING • Middle School Honor Choir High School Honor Choir Cabrillo College 6500 Soquel Drive Aptos, California January 27, 2018, 2:00 p.m. Welcome Message Welcome to the 2018 CCS Honor Concert. On behalf of the CMEA Central Coast Section Board of Directors, congratulations to the top young musicians from four counties - Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz, who perform today and to those who made the extraordinary effort to audition for these high caliber ensembles. Our Honors Concerts are the largest events we produce annu- ally, building cohesion of pedagogy in the art form and establishing a high standard for music education within our section. Students are able to expand their study of music with the support of their communities, families, teachers and school administrators by auditioning or participating in this event. Thank you for valuing arts education by supporting a young person’s journey to this stage. Each note represents the hard work and dedication of the student musicians as well as the people behind them who help see potential and value in this life long skill that preserves culture and tradition. The guest conductors have selected and prepared some challenging and engaging repertoire while winning the respect and hearts of our Central Coast students and educators. Our students have built new connections with peer musicians and have grown as young adults while preparing for this event -- all in less than 48 hours! Thorough preparation by the conductors and teachers, and diligent work done by the students combine to bring an extra sense of refinement to the concert. If you agree, thank an administra- tor for keeping music in our schools, and thank a teacher for supporting the professional membership of CMEA/NAf ME. Today’s concert is being digitally recorded and will be available for purchase. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to obtain a professional recording that preserves and documents this accomplishment for your student musician and family. Ordering information can be found on the back page of this program. Please plan to enjoy the entire concert. Concert etiquette and respect for the musicians asks that you silence all electronics, escort distressed children to the lobby, and use flash photography only between pieces. It is also requested that, if necessary, you enter or exit only between performances. Thank you for supporting a truly balanced curriculum for your student that includes music education. Enjoy the concert! Best Regards, Done Christy Latham, President California Music Education Association • Central Coast Section Central Coast Section is an affiliate member of the California Music Education Association. CMEA is a Federated unit of NAfME: National Association for Music Education. 2017–2018 CCS Board of Directors President ............................Christy Latham Member 1.......................................Samuel Oh President Elect ...................Maria Carney Member 2 .............................Joshua Mack Immediate Past President..... Willow Manspeaker Member 3 ..................... Dan Lingenfelter Secretary ............................ Cathy Findley Member 4 ..........................Diane Gehling Treasurer ..........................Mark Bidelman Member 5 ....................Micah Cabaccang Special Representative ... Katrina Haeger Member 6 ............................Laura Lorber Concert Program Middle School Honor Choir Lou De La Rosa, Conductor Bob King, Accompanist Anne Schoepp, CCS Chair Give Me the Splendid Sun .....................................................................Eugene Butler Al Shlosha D'Varim ................................................................................Allan Naplan I Vow to Thee My Country ............................... Gustav Holst, arr. Paul Hayward Opening Chorus from "The Bartered Bride" ....................................................... ..........................................................................Bedrich Smetana, arr. Emily Ellsworth Oh, my love's like a red, red rose ................................................ R. Scott Coulter Galop ..................................................................................................................Ken Berg High School Honor Choir Dr. Jenny Bent, Conductor Teruyo Petrocelli, Accompanist Willow Manspeaker, CCS Chair Wangol ......................................................Traditional Haitian, Arr. by Sten Kallman Magnificat ............................................................................................ Francesco Durante Liebeslieder, Op. 52 .......................................................................Johannes Brahms No. 2 Am gesteine No. 8 Wenn so lind In the Silence ........................... music by Jacob Narverud, poem by Robert Bode The Storm is Passing Over ..............................................by Charles Albert Tindley Arr. by Barbara W. Baker Combined Middle and High School Honor Choirs Selma 1965: Let My People Go ................................................arr. Rollo Dilworth Middle School Honor Choir Conductor Lou De La Rosa is the Director of Choral and Vocal Studies and Music Depart- ment Chair at the Cilker School of Art & Design at West Valley College. His choirs have performed in the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, as well as historic venues in Europe and throughout the United States. While at West Valley Col- lege, Lou has collaborated with numerous choirs including The Choral Project, Austra- lian Voices, San Jose State University Choirs, Santa Clara University Chamber Singers, San Francisco State University Chamber Singers, CSU East Bay Chamber Singers, Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale, Santa Clara Chorale, and Viva La Musica. He has guest conducted The Winchester Orchestra of San Jose, The SantaClara Done Chorale, and honor choirs throughout the state. In 2013, he guest conducted the San Jose State University in concert with the Rolling Stones, and he prepared Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale to perform The Lord of the Rings Trilogy in 2015. Lou De La Rosa has taught music in San Jose for over 30 years, thirteen of which were at Abraham Lin- coln High School, an Academic, Visual & Performing Arts Magnet, where his choirs regularly received first-place awards at national music festivals and competitions. In 2001, both his Concert Choir and Chamber Choir were named Musicfest Orlando Festival Sweepstakes winners, garnering the top scores of more than 250 choirs performing that season. Lou De La Rosa has actively served his profession on the boards of numerous organizations. As President of the California chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (2015-17), he oversaw the stream- lining of operations and finances, and the founding of the California Choral Directors Association, a 501c3 corporation. Mr. De La Rosa received his BA Music in Voice and MA Music in Choral Conducting from San Jose State University. He was named Teacher of the Year in 1991 and 2002, and received commendation from the West Valley College Academic Senate for Community Involvement in 2010. Key to Schools School ...................................................... Teacher ..................................................... School Code Branciforte Middle School .................................... Nick Bianchini ........................................................................B40 Carmel Middle School ........................................... Tom Lehmkuhl .....................................................................CMS George H. Flamson Middle School..................... Cynthia Lindquist ................................................................ FMS Gavilan View Middle School ................................ Diane Gehling ......................................................................GVM Mission Hill Middle School .................................. Laura Lorber .......................................................................MHM Monte Vista Christian School .............................. Gayleen Myer .......................................................................MVC Pacific Grove Middle School ............................... Jared Masar ........................................................................... PGM San Lorenzo Valley Middle School ..................... Dan Lingenfelter .....................................................................SLV Santa Catalina School ............................................ Katie Gaggini...........................................................................SCS Scotts Valley Middle School ................................. Beth Hollenbeck ...................................................................SVM St. Lawrence Academy ........................................... Anne Schoepp ........................................................................ SLA St. Abraham's Academy .......................................... Rob Patterson .........................................................................SAA Stevenson School, Carmel Campus .................... Willow Manspeaker ............................................................. RLS Washington Middle School .................................. Michelle Boulware ..............................................................WMS