F. Melius Christiansen 151st Anniversary Concert Program

F. Melius Christiansen

Anniversary

F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN 151st Anniversary Concert Featuring

The Augsburg/Mirandola Chamber Collective

Kristina Boerger, conductor

The Concordia Choir Michael Culloton, conductor

The Concordia University Christus Chorus David Mennicke, conductor

The Gustavus Choir Brandon Dean, conductor

The National Lutheran Choir David Cherwien, conductor

The St. Olaf Choir Anton Armstrong, conductor

Sunday, November 20, 2022 • 2:00 & 6:30 p.m.

Orchestra Hall Minneapolis, Minnesota Sponsored by American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN) and its F. Melius Christiansen (FMC) Endowment Fund Committee

WELCOME

THE CONCERT

On behalf of the membership of the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota and the F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Fund Committee, welcome to this festival concert celebrating the 151st birth anniversary of F. Melius Christiansen, founding director of the St. Olaf Choir. On this special day, we bring together six distinguished choirs representing the Lutheran choral tradition in Minnesota to celebrate the life and the enduring musical legacy that has given Dr. Christiansen the designation as father of North American a cappella choral music.

As we gather together, we acknowledge the continuing impact Dr. Christiansen has had upon choral music performances in churches, schools and upon concert stages throughout our region, country, and world. In addition, as our organization lays the foundational groundwork to support diversity programing initiatives within our choral community, we are mindful of his pioneering spirit that advanced innovative ideas in how choirs were organized and how they rehearsed and performed.

It is in that same creative spirit that ACDA-MN wishes to support the emerging energy that will embrace the mission statement of our Diversity Initiatives Committee to foster diversity, equity, and inclusivity in all aspects of our organization through active engagement with underrepresented choral musicians and potential choral participants.

We are proud to present this concert seen through the lenses of legacy and diversity, that will celebrate a vibrant and living choral music tradition in Minnesota that continues to lift and elevate the human spirit among generations of all backgrounds, times, and places.

SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS

American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN)

The mission of the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN) is to support and inspire a community of choral musicians in our state. ACDA-MN is an affiliated organization of national ACDA, which was founded in 1959. Membership is comprised of choral directors representing academic, community, corporate, professional, and faith-based choral ensembles. Approximately 13,000 choral directors representing over two million singers are ACDA members, making it the largest professional organization for choral directors in the world. The purpose of our national ACDA organization is to inspire excellence in choral music through education, performance, composition, and advocacy.

ACDA-MN consists of over 500 members representing professional choral conductors at all singing levels throughout all regions of the state. ACDA-MN is the third largest state chapter in the country and sponsors an annual state conference, Summer Dialogue, collegiate student symposium, numerous choral festivals and clinics, professional development workshops, seven annual state honor choirs in grades 4-10, and publication of the Star of the North.net state newsletter and website, recipients of eleven national awards for excellence.

ACDA of Minnesota Board of Directors

Stephanie Trump, President

Diane Heaney, Vice President

Jerome Upton, President-Elect

Sarah Abelsen, Secretary

Tim Cayler, Central District Chair

Amy Jo Cherner, Metro East District Chair

Bryan Fisher, Metro West District Chair

Adam Giebner, Northeast District Chair

Laura Quaintance, Northwest District Chair

Michael Jeffrey, Southeast District Chair

Kerry Johnson, Southwest District Chair

Isaac Frauendienst, Student Representative

Richard Carrick, Star of the North Editor

Michael Walsh, FMC Committee Chair

Amy B. Johnson, Diversity Initiatives Committee Chair

Dariush Akhavan, Web Editor

Bruce W. Becker, Director of Development Kristin Kivell, Executive Assistant

Jamie Andrews, Executive Director

MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN (FMC) ENDOWMENT FUND

The F. Melius Christiansen (FMC) Endowment Fund of the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN), was established in 1996 to champion and foster the choral art in Minnesota. Members of the FMC Endowment Fund Committee are committed to providing the leadership and resources to guarantee a vibrant future for exemplary choral music in the state of Minnesota.

Since 1997, the FMC Endowment Fund Committee has awarded nearly $321,094 in scholarships and grants to 557 Minnesota choral directors to attend national and divisional ACDA conferences, ACDA-MN Summer Dialogue, the World Symposium on Choral Music, and graduate school. During the 2016-17 school year, a need-based scholarship program was added to support families of selected ACDA-MN honor choir students. During 2021-22, a new program of grants supported travel expenses of choirs performing at the annual ACDA-MN State Conference. Additionally, the FMC Endowment Fund assists ACDA-MN with expenses to administer and manage the fund.

FMC Committee Members

Rolf Anderson Stephen Grundahl Karla Miller

Jamie Andrews Paula Holmberg Mark Nelson

Bruce W. Becker Jon Kietzer Randy Schafer

Daniel Digre Melanie Kjellberg Daryl Timmer Marie Spar Dymit Anne Klus Stephanie Trump

Rikka Estenson Kathryn Larson Michael Walsh

Nancy Grundahl

FMC Emeritus Committee Members

Steven Albaugh Janice Gilbertson Larry McCaghy Linda M. Armstrong Thomas Wm. Hassig Robert D. Mix Steven O. Boehlke Diane Heaney Tim Peterson

Lawrence Burnett Charles Hellie Bruce Phelps Katherine G. Doepke Robin Hughes Linda M. Smith Richard Edstrom Wayne M. Kivell Roger H. Tenney Barbara A. Geier Jennifer Krinke Axel Theimer

Mary Kay Geston Diana J. Leland Michael Wolsted Carl H. Lipke

FMC Advisory Committee Members

Anton E. Armstrong René Clausen Jake Runestad Philip Brunelle Jocelyn Hagen Kathy Saltzman Romey Carol Barnett Brian Newhouse Timothy C. Takach Abbie Betinis Dale Warland

Tax deductible donations may be made online at: acda-mn.com Contributions may be mailed by Dec. 31, 2022, to: FMC Endowment Fund 13288

Trail • Apple Valley, MN 55124

For more information contact: ACDA-MN Director of Development, Bruce W. Becker execdirector@acda-mn.org

ACDA of Minnesota is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization

SPONSORS

foundations, institutions, and businesses that have made this concert celebration possible by lending their financial support as Legacy Concert sponsors. For a complete listing of all Legacy and Patron individual sponsors refer to pages 20-21.

We are extremely grateful for the support of

F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN

A Legacy of 151 years

Frederick Melius Christiansen, the son of a Norwegian factory worker, was born in Eidsvold, Norway, on April 1, 1871, and emigrated to the United States at age 17. He arrived in Washburn, Wisconsin in the winter – cold, hungry, and penniless, but musically – talented. The next several years were critical to establishing his career as a formidable musician. He studied at Augsburg College and conducted and performed in the Twin Cities area. In 1897, he returned to Europe to study three years at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig, Germany. From 1900-03, he taught violin in Minneapolis before accepting an appointment as director of the fledgling music program at St. Olaf College.

In 1911-12, the St. Olaf Choir was founded as an outgrowth of the St. John’s Lutheran Church Choir in Northfield. For the next thirty years, Christiansen led the St. Olaf Choir, striving for perfect intonation, blend, diction, and phrasing. He saw his contribution to music not as one of genius or inspiration, but one of hard work. By the time of his retirement in 1944, he had been knighted by the King of Norway, had been granted four honorary doctorate degrees, and had been lauded in a book about his life, “Music Master of the Midwest.” In addition, he was a much sought-after speaker and conductor, had composed or arranged more than 600 songs, and had directed his beloved St. Olaf Choir before kings, emperors, and United States presidents.

The legacy of F. Melius Christiansen’s musical genius still influences a cappella performances of choirs throughout the country. Generations of concertgoers thrill to performances of his choral arrangements. It is the continuing observance and recognition of that tradition that we celebrate and remember on this special occasion.

Tribute to Robert C. (BJ) Johnson

The F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Fund Committee would like to acknowledge former FMC Committee Member Robert C. (BJ) Johnson, former manager of the St. Olaf Music Organizations, for developing previous concert celebrations honoring the legacy of F. Melius Christiansen. At similar events scheduled in 1996 and 2006, BJ joined me in creating the vision to coordinate successful anniversary concert events, and to designate proceeds to establish and strengthen the F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Fund. BJ was planning to be co-coordinator of the 151st anniversary concert until his health challenges and ultimate passing in 2019. Many of the original ideas for this celebration weekend were of his creation. We gratefully remember his lasting contributions to our organization.

CONCERT PROGRAM

Welcome from the F. Melius Christiansen 151st Anniversary Concert Committee Bruce W. Becker, Concert Coordinator

THE AUGSBURG/MIRANDOLA CHAMBER COLLECTIVE

This Night

Original hymn tune “O dass ich tausend Zungen hätte”

Johann B König (1691-1758)

arr. F. Melius Christiansen

This night a wondrous revelation makes known to me God’s love and grace; the child that merits adoration brings light to our benighted race, and though a thousand suns did shine, still brighter were that light divine.

– Anna B. Hoppe, trans. From Caspar F. Nachtenhöfer

Nunc dimittis

Paul Smith

Nunc dimittis servum tuum Domine in pace Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace secundum verbum tuum according to thy word, quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum which thou hast prepared before the face of all people, lumen ad revelationum gentium a light to the revelation of the Gentiles et gloriam plebis tuae Israel. and the glory of thy people Israel.

– Latin Vulgate (4th century)

Book of Common Prayer (1662)

Shen gigalobt

Trad. from the Republic of Georgia taught by Ketevan Mindorashvili and Zedashe

Shen gigalobt.

To you we chant. Shen gakurtkhebt.

To you we give blessing. Shen gmadlobt, upalo.

To you we give thanks, O Lord. Da gevedrebit shen ghmerto tchweno.

We pray to you for forgiveness.

– from the liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Swilo yini

Traditional Tsonga (South Africa) taught by Matlakala Bopape

Swilo yini, Makhanana?

What is this thing, Makhanana? Xekepe xa maJeremane.

It is a ship from Germany. Hilex’, Makanana!

Ah! Here is it, Makhanana. Xekepe xa maJeremane.

It is a ship from Germany.

Kristina Boerger

Kristina Boerger received her formative training from pianist Annie Sherter and holds the choral doctorate from the University of Illinois. She has directed choral programs in Wisconsin and Illinois public schools and at Carroll University, the University of Illinois, and DePauw University. While a New Yorker she directed Cerddorion, AMUSE, and the Collegiate Chorale, also teaching music history at Barnard and choral conducting at the Manhattan School. Guest directorships include projects with Chanticleer, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and The Rose Ensemble.

Her philosophy of arts for liberation is rooted in study and teaching with Urban Bush Women’s Summer Leadership Institute. Her work in the 1990s as founding director of AMASONG: Champaign-Urbana’s Premiere Lesbian/Feminist Choir earned her the 1999 GLAMA for Best Classical Composition and AMASONG the 1997 and 1999 GLAMAs for Best Choral Performance and is the subject of a PBS documentary aired nationally in 2004. Boerger’s vocal credits include touring/recording with Early Music New York, Pomerium, Bobby McFerrin, and Western Wind. A veteran of The Rose Ensemble, she current performs with the Mirandola Ensemble.

The Augsburg/Mirandola Chamber Collective

Membership in the Augsburg/Mirandola Chamber Collective is reserved to students entering with a working aural/theoretical foundation in the basics of the diatonic scale system and the melodic intervals and triadic harmonies it yields. Our coursework brings us weekly into side-by-side study and rehearsal with artists-in-residence from The Mirandola Ensemble, with whom we partner in performance, both on presentations of the Augsburg Music department and on Mirandola’s professional concert series. The goal of the curriculum is to prepare students for a lifetime of musical independence as learners and performers of vocal harmony. In addition to their work in European classical genres, singers in the Chamber Collective participate with other Augsburg choral students and with community members in the Augsburg/Twin Cities Global Harmony Project. Members of the ATCGH receive direct instruction from guest artists around the globe who teach in the vocal-harmony traditions of their heritage. To date, our growing list of participating artists includes experts in styles from Appalachia, Bosnia, Corsica, Cuba, The Republic of Georgia, Iran, Madagascar, Nigeria, Norway, Quebec, Siberia, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, and Chicago’s gospel South Side. Together, the Chamber Collective and the Global Harmony Project embody Augsburg Music’s re-envisioned commitments to a collegiate choral education of local relevance and contemporary excellence. All is made possible through the generosity of the John N. Schwartz Choral Endowment.

THE CONCORDIA CHOIR

Tonight Eternity Alone René Clausen

Tonight eternity alone is near, the sunset and the darkening blue. There is no space for fear, only the wonder of its truth.

– from ‘Dusk at Sea’ by Thomas S. Jones, Jr.

Because You Sang Arianne Abela

Who will bear this burden? What harbinger of spring Will weather storm and clamor And living future, bring? Fortified, and boundless, With voice unwavering Because you sang I sing, I sing Because you sang, I sing

Praise to the Lord

Armored with each other Though newly had you met Sounding ever outwards, For souls not entered yet Louder yet the uproar Against oppression’s sting Because you sang I sing, I sing Because you sang, I sing

Sung without a break, please hold applause

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! O my soul, praise Him, for he is thy health and salvation!

All ye who hear, now to his temple draw near, Join me in glad adoration.

Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee; Surely his goodness and mercy here daily attend thee: Ponder anew what the Almighty can do If with his love he befriend thee!

Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him! All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before him! Let the “Amen!” sound from his people again; Gladly for aye we adore him. Hallelujah!

– Joachim Neander, 1679 (trans. Catherine Winkworth, 1863)

The Times They Are A-Changin’

Come gather ’round people wherever you roam and admit that the waters around you have grown; And accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone

If your time to you is worth savin’. And you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone, For the times they are a-changin’.

Come mothers and fathers throughout the land and don’t criticize what you can’t understand.

Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command, Your old road is rapidly agin’. Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand, For the times they are a-changin’.

A choir of a thousand

Distinguished woven parts Perfect in its union

Of common beating hearts

I’ll add my voice, my vigor

The song you raised will ring Because you sang I sing, I sing Because you sang, I sing

arr. F. Melius Christiansen

The line it is drawn the curse it is cast;

The slow one now will later be fast.

As the present now will later be past the order is rapidly fadin’.

And the first one now will later be last, For the times they are a-changin’.

Michael Culloton

Michael Culloton is director of Choral Activities, conductor of The Concordia Choir, and the Paul J. and Eleanor Christiansen Chair of Choral Music at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. He teaches vocal music education and church music courses, serves as campus supervisor for student teachers, advises the student chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, and leads the Minnesota AllState Lutheran Choir. He also conducts the Fargo-Moorhead Choral Artists and Trinity Lutheran Church Cathedral Choir. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Concordia College where he studied with René Clausen, and his Master of Music degree from the University of Arizona, where he studied with Maurice Skones. His Doctor of Musical Arts degree is from NDSU, where he studied with Jo Ann Miller and Michael Weber.

Dr. Culloton has taught at Luther College and Winona Senior High School and has served as assistant and interim conductor of the National Lutheran Choir. He is co-editor of the Matthew and Michael Culloton Choral Series with Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc. ACDA-MN has recognized him as the Young Conductor of the Year and he also received the ACDA/VocalEssence Creative Programming Award for his work with Choral Arts Ensemble.

The Concordia Choir

The Concordia Choir of Moorhead, Minnesota, continues to affirm its reputation as one of America’s finest a cappella choirs. Since 1920, the choir has performed in nearly every major hall including Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center as well as numerous international venues. A February 2010 performance and recording session with the Grammy Award-winning King’s Singers and numerous National and Division ACDA Conference performances highlight the choir’s world-class quality. In May of 2022, the choir toured internationally to Italy, where they had the privilege of performing for highly enthusiastic audiences from Venice to Rome, including in St. Peter’s Basilica.

The Concordia Choir is featured in the Emmy Award-winning Concordia Christmas Concerts, which are nationally broadcast on public television. The choir’s recordings are distributed nationally and internationally through Concordia Recordings and digitally through iTunes, making it one of the top-selling choirs in the country. Dr. Michael Culloton is the fourth conductor in The Concordia Choir’s history, assuming the role in 2020 following former conductor Dr. René Clausen’s retirement after 34 years conducting the ensemble. Prior to this, the choir was conducted by Paul J. Christiansen from 1937-1986 and Herman Monson from its founding in 1920 to 1937.

Soprano 1

Kathryn Gubrud

Svea Hagen

Delaney Matejka

Samara McDermid Stella Peterson

Ava Pfeifer Elena Pluim

Zoey Zachek

Soprano 2

Olivia Baldzicki

Teagen Coyer Kaylee Gross

Tahlia Haas

Sarah Kinzle

Rachel Lanning Haley Walsh

Mykaela Zola

Alto 1

Isabel Aylin

Sydney Christenson Sarah DeSmith

Patrice Eakman

Josephine Golla

Madeline Graddy Hannah Hagen

Sara Kampsen

Cassandra Louwagie

Alto 2

Carmen Geiger-Schutz

Margrethe Hawthorne

Greta Johnson

Elizabeth Ortmeier

Tierney Jo Stewart Kailee Vigen

Erin Vruwink

Tenor 1

Robert Alvarado-Perez William Buggert Parker Degerness Luke Eyler

Benjamin Heimark Calvin La Fave

Matthew Mortensen

Tenor 2 Sean Anton Jacob Hanson Noah Jeppesen Samuel Johnson Oliver Knudson Jack Lanners Nolan Radtke-Scherping Lucas Razidlo

Bass 1 Tyler Clark

Conner Fettig Isaac Frauendienst William Jacobson

Levi Kovic

Jacob Meyer

Connor Sturges

Jonathan Worner

Bass 2 Reese Anderson Benjamin Archuleta Ian Brown

Joseph Koroll

Eli Olson

Carlos O’Ryan Josh Powell

Dylan Pringle

Sam Sadlowsky

CHORUS

David Mennicke, conductor

God. . .

The Word Was God Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made that have been made, Nothing was made He has not made. All things were made by Him.

– John 1:1-3

Also hat Gott die welt geliebt (SWV380)

. . .so loved. . .

Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, For God so loved the world, Daß er seinen eingebornen Sohn gab, That He gave his only begotten Son, Auf das alle die an ihn glauben, So that all who believe in Him, Nicht verloren werden, Should not perish, Sondern das ewige Leben haben. But have everlasting life.

– John 3:16

John 3:16

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

sung without pause

Brittney Elizabeth Boykin (b. 1990) Matthew Thomforde, student conductor

sung without pause

Amadou Diallo (No. III from Seven Last Words of the Unarmed)

Joel Thompson (b. 1988) Amadou Diallo was a 23-year-old Guinean immigrant fatally shot by four New York City Police Department officers on February 4, 1999, mistakenly believing he was a criminal suspect. These are the last words he spoke to his mother.

Anna Haselmann, student conductor; Danny Thompson, solo

Mom, I’m going to college.

sung without pause

Lamb of God O LAMM GOTTES, UNSCHULDIG, Nikolaus Decius (1485-ca. 1546) arr. F. Melius Christiansen Lamb of God, most holy, Our sins by Thee were taken, Who on the cross didst suffer. O’er hope had us forsaken, Patient, still, and lowly Have mercy on us, O Jesu! Thyself to scorn didst offer. O Jesu!

– N. Decius, trans. anonymous

sung without pause . . .the World

South African, arr. Brendon Adams & David Mennicke quotes “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 This “mash-up” honors the collaboration of the 29:11 Gospel ensemble from Cape Town with the Minnesota Orchestra/Minnesota Chorale in their 2018 tour of South Africa.

Be Like Him

Donovan Eidem, solo; Amy Gundermann (CSP ’99), violin Ethan Langemo, drum; Nathan Kleppe, shaker

Kwabona kala thina so fananaye See His face, I shall be like Him. When He comes I shall be like Him. Kumnandi wena litu South Africa! No more pain I shall be like Him. (All roads lead to South Africa!)

E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come Paul Manz (1919-2009)

This was written by Paul and Ruth Manz in 1954 for their friends who were praying for their three- year-old son, John, as he suffered a severe illness. John recovered and grew up to become a Lutheran pastor. “E’en So” has been CSP’s alma mater song since the 1950’s.

Peace be to you and grace from Him Rejoice in heaven all ye that dwell therein, Who freed us from our sins, Rejoice on earth ye saints below, Who loved us all and shed His blood

For Christ is coming, is coming soon, That we might saved be. For Christ is coming soon.

Sing holy, holy to our Lord, E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come, The Lord Almighty God, And night shall be no more, Who was and is and is to come, They need no light nor lamp nor sun, Sing holy, holy Lord. For Christ will be their all.

– Ruth Manz (1919-2008), based on Rev. 22

David L. Mennicke

David L. Mennicke is a professor of music in the Concordia University, St. Paul, music department, where he has been director of Choral Studies since 1989. He has been the director of the Chorale and Men’s Choir at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Minneapolis since 1996. He graduated summa cum laude from St. Olaf College, with M.M. and D.M.A. degrees from the University of Arizona. He has studied with Kenneth Jennings, Helmuth Rilling, Robert Shaw, Maurice Skones, and Dale Warland. Mennicke has been a clinician and/or guest conductor for over 300 festivals and guest choirs in the U.S., the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, including the ACDA of MN All-State Children’s Choir, the MMEA All-State Tenor/Bass Choir, Lutheran Summer Music, the National Lutheran Choir, and Singers in Accord. ACDA of Minnesota awards include: “Outstanding Young Director,” “Creative Programming Award,” “Minnesota Choral Director of the Year,” and the World Choral Symposium Grant. He has numerous choral compositions, services, music education materials, and articles published. He is active as a professional singer, having sung in the Grammy Award-winning Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, and was the section leader in the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Beethoven Festival Chorales. He currently is a tenor section leader in the Minnesota Chorale and is the board chair for 29:11 International Exchange.

Christus Chorus

Established in 1952, the Christus Chorus is the auditioned concert choir of Concordia University, St. Paul. Conductors have been Harold W. Otte, Marvin F. Busse, Joel J. Kuznik, Robert Dosien, David W. Krause, Robert Leininger, and David Mennicke. Choir members participate in Concordia’s annual Christmas Concerts and sing regularly for CSP’s chapel services. The choir tours and records annually, with international tours every four years. The Christus Chorus has sung for several conventions of the Minnesota Music Educators Association and the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota. They have also performed for the national conferences of the North American Academy of Liturgy, the Great Commission Convocation, the Lutheran Education Association, and the College Music Society. The choir has received seven invitations to perform with the Minnesota Orchestra since 1997, including performances of Schönberg’s “Gurrelieder,” Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9” and the world premiere of “Re-Formation” by Sebastian Currier in November 2017. The choir has worked with internationally renowned guest conductors such as Dale Warland, Eph Ehly, Paul Salamunovich, Edith Copley, André Thomas, Karen Kennedy, Janet Galván, and Francisco Nuñez. They have enjoyed four recent collaborations with 29:11, both virtually and in person.

Soprano I

Charlene Botones

Chris Deterding

Mariah Guenther

Kayla Gundermann

Soprano II

Belle Boudreau

Sara Gifford

Kate Hiller

Clara Hipp

Alto I Annie Schaffer

Katelyn Shipler

Esther Vogt

Sadie Voss

Alto II Anna Haselmann

Nani Krueger

Sabrina Ness Rebecca Pumphrey

Tenor I Donovan Eidem Elijah Richardson Danny Thompson

Tenor II Noah Gundermann Ethan Langemo

Bass I David Beardsley

Joshua Herrmann

Nathan Kleppe

Richard Mahle

Bass II Jonathan Lehms

Scott Ockwig Sam Schuring Matthew Thomforde

THE GUSTAVUS CHOIR

and the swallow Caroline Shaw (b. 1982)

how beloved is your dwelling place, o lord of hosts my soul yearns, faints, my heart and my flesh cry the sparrow found a house and the swallow, her nest, where she may raise her young they pass through the valley of bakka they make it a place of springs the autumn rains also cover it with pools

– Psalm 84

Magnifikat ................ Ily Matthew Maniano (b. 1988)

Sung in Filipino:

Ang puso ko’y nagpupuri sa Panginoon

My soul doth magnify the Lord

Ipinakita nya ang kanyang kapangyarihan

He hath showed his strength

Tinanggal sa luklukan ang mga may kapangyarihan He hath put down the mighty from their thrones Ang puso ko’y nagpupuri sa Panginoon My soul doth magnify the Lord

Sung in Latin:

Magnificat, anima mea, Dominum My soul doth magnify the Lord. et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo, salutari meo. and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. Quia respexit humilitatem ancillæ suæ: Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

Quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est, et sanctum nomen eius, Because he that is mighty hath done great things to me: and holy is his name.

et misericordia eius a progenie in progenies timentibus eum. And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him.

Fecit potentiam in brachio suo, He hath shewed might in his arm: dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. Deposuit potentes de sede et exaltavit humiles; He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble.

esurientes implevit bonis et divites dimisit inanes. He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away.

Suscepit Israel puerum suum recordatus misericordiae suae, He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy.

sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, Abraham et semini eius in sæcula.

As he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

What shall I call this force I know

Who do I come to when I wonder

The space that holds me when I’m low More than a parent, friend, or lover

They are Mover They are Maker

They are Mother

They are the breath I see in cold The ready muscle in the sprinter They are the glitter and the gold The steady heat lamp in the winter

They nod and know They need nothing

They’re god and grow They bleed blessings

They are solitude They are multitude They are gratitude

Laugh lines around the all-seeing eye

And I can lean up into the sky

Laugh lines around the all-seeing eye And I can lean up into the sky

– Jennifer Lucy Cook

Wake, Awake for Night is Flying

Wake, awake, for night is flying, the watchmen on the heights are crying; Awake, Jerusalem, arise! Midnight’s solemn hour is tolling, his chariot wheels are nearer rolling; he comes; prepare, ye virgins wise.

Rise up, with willing feet, go forth, the Bridegroom meet. Hallelujah! Bear through the night your well-trimmed light, speed forth to join the marriage rite. Hear thy praise, O Lord, ascending from tongues of men and angels blending with harps and lute and psaltery.

By thy pearly gates in wonder, we stand, and swell the voice of thunder in bursts of choral melody. Hallelujah! No vision every brought, no ear hath ever caught, such bliss and joy. We raise the song, we swell the throng, to praise thee ages all along

– Philipp Nicolai

They Are Mother Jennifer Lucy Cook (b. 1988)

Brandon Dean

Brandon Dean serves as the Jon and Anita Thomsen Young Distinguished Chair in Music and conductor of the Gustavus Choir. In addition to his ensemble duties, he also teaches beginning and advanced conducting, coordinates the choral music education program, and serves as music director for Christmas in Christ Chapel. Frequently appearing as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator, Dr. Dean recently served on the international panel of adjudicators for the World Choir Games and appeared at the National Conducting Symposium with the Vancouver Chamber Choir. Dr. Dean has received several faculty awards at Gustavus, including the 2022 Faculty Service Award, the highest accolade a Gustavus faculty member can receive for distinguished service activities, and the Swenson-Bunn Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence in 2014. Prior to his appointment at Gustavus in 2011, he completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Dr. Dean also holds the M.M. degree in choral conducting from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the B.A. degree in vocal music education from Luther College.

The Gustavus Choir

The Gustavus Choir is the flagship choir in an active and highly integrated choral program that is composed of over 250 students in eight ensembles. Rooted in its Lutheran choral heritage, the choir performs fine sacred music from all historical periods but also champions new music by contemporary composers. The choir has premiered commissioned works of noted composers including Elaine Hagenberg, Eric Whitacre, Stephen Paulus, Imant Raminsh, and Jaakko Mäntyjärvi. The Gustavus Choir maintains an extensive annual touring schedule throughout the United States and travels abroad every four years. Over the past 40 years, the choir has appeared at cathedrals, conservatories, and cultural centers in Scandinavia, Russia, Asia, South Africa, and dozens of European countries. Recent international tour venues have included St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Notre Dame in Paris, Stephansdom in Vienna, Nikolaikirche in Leipzig, Scholosskirche (Castle Church) in Wittenberg, and Hedvig Eleonora in Stockholm. The choir is frequently invited to perform at professional conferences and performed for the King and Queen of Sweden in 2012. Founded in 1932, the choir has been led by conductors G. Adolph Nelson, Wilbur Swanson, Eugene Casselman, Philip Knautz, Karle Erickson, Gregory Aune, and Brandon Dean.

Soprano I

Elaina Ballard

Emily Giannotta

Madeline Himmer

Lindsay James

Maddy Puhrmann

Aurora Schelmeske

Lauren Trygstad

Ellie Wigham

Brooklyn Williamson

Zoë Zarth

Soprano II

Arie Bergeron

Abigail Doran

Olivia Hedley

Katie Lillemon

Anna Lundeen

Abby McCready

Diana Moir

Zoe Schuck

Amber Simon

Sophia Trenary

Lindsey Westerberg

Jane Williams

Alto I

Emma Anderson

Fawn Anderson

Maggie Anderson

Audrey Atkins

Madison Bailey

Jillian Elton

Caralyn Gardner

Brenna Germscheid

Elise Kalsnes

Abby Joy Neptun

Jenna Norgaard

Iris Youngdahl

Alto II

Emma Bygd Mya Hanson

Emily Haugen Emma Kelsey

Clare Koll Navy Mathes

Sophie Norman Amelia Roth

Mya Santelman

Katey Smith

Abigail Turnquist

Abby Westendorp

Tenor I Luke Dragseth Noah Dyer Jacob Engdahl Benjamin Fahrenz Alex Johnson Eric Johnson Ronald Romero Thomas Sullivan

Tenor II Jack Berlage Alex Blegen Isaac Bui

Charlie Franke

Samuel Haseth Jordan Olds Matthew Shaw

Hunter Thompson Joseph Weckwerth

Bass I Alex Bretoi

Marco Garibay

Ethan Greenfield

Henry Lundeen–Detisch

Mike Martínez

Spencer Quiram

Will Riitters

Robert Swenson

Vincent VanHatten

Bass II Foster Dresen

Jacob Duncan

Calvin Gehring

Liam Gulaid Jacob Korver

Alex MacLean

Joshua Newman

Matthew Olson

Samuel Peters

Solomon Quayle

Elliott Schroeder

Eli Spurgeon

Mellow music mingles in every mood of reawakening spring, lingers like a beautiful balm of benediction, rises on wing, And impels my spirit to sing.

O be joyful, sing to your maker, Lord and master who can adorn hill and valley, lost and forlorn, with splendor, richer, than morn. Soul, arise, you’re heavenly born.

How can gladness ever borrow of the somber hues of sorrow when the springtime is here? No, when myriad hosts are bringing to the hills in happy singing, the assurance of grace, then distrusts within surrender, till the heart is touched and tender, like a heavenly face.

How can spirit bow in silence when the song upon the highlands is announcing the year?

Mellow music rises with ev’ry scent of reawakening spring, fragrantly ascending the heights, its stimulation sweetly to bring angel-ward on spiritual wing.

O be joyful, sing to your maker, let His grace bedeck and adorn heart and hope and spirit forlorn, like incense lit on altars of morn. Soul, arise, you’re heavenly born.

O be joyful, sing to your maker. Soul, arise, you’re heavenly born. Mellow music mingles in ev’ry mood to reawakening spring, lingers like a beautiful balm of benediction – a beautiful balm of spring.

– Oscar R. Overby (1892-1964)

Little Lamb David Cherwien, b. 1957

Little Lamb, who made thee?

Dost thou know who made thee?

Gave thee life, and bid thee feed By the stream and o’er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice?

Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?

CHOIR

Little Lamb I’ll tell thee, Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee: He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb. He is meek and he is mild; He became a little child. I a child, and thou a lamb, We are called by his name.

Little Lamb, God bless thee! Little Lamb, God bless thee!

– from “Songs of Innocence” by William Blake (1757-1827)

I’m Going Home African American Spiritual, arr. Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)

Refrain:

I’m going home, my Lord, I’m going home: I’m going home when I die.

I’ll meet my Savior, Lord, I’m going home: I’ll meet my Savior when I die. Refrain

My troubles done with, Lord, I’m going home: My troubles done with, Hallelujah! Refrain

– African American Spiritual

“Glorification” .......... F. Melius Christiansen (1871-1955) from Celestial Spring, Mvmt IV

Hosanna, a new Hosanna within is ringing, new glory bringing to God on high.

Who has exalted this lowly mortal to heaven’s portal beyond the sky?

Hosanna, a new Hosanna all life embraces, while growing praises to God arise;

And soon my spirit shall sing victorious with Him, the glorious, in paradise.

Hosanna, a new Hosanna now is ringing, and my heart is singing now: Let there be light. And there was light!

– Oscar R. Overby (1892-1964)

David Cherwien, conductor

“Exaltation” F. Melius Christiansen (1871-1955) from Celestial Spring, Mvmt II

David Cherwien

David Cherwien, artistic director of the National Lutheran Choir, is a nationally known conductor, composer, and organist. Recognized for his contributions to the field of church music and liturgy, he is in demand as a clinician and hymn festival leader across the country. Cherwien serves as Cantor at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, a parish known for its passion for traditional liturgy and creative, highquality music. He also serves as editor of the National Lutheran Choir Series of choral music published by Morningstar Music Publishers. Cherwien is a founding member of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians and has served in its leadership in a variety of capacities, including as National President. He is a member of the American Choral Director’s Association, American Guild of Organists, Chorus America, and Choristers Guild. He is a prolific composer with hundreds of publications with several publishers and is the 2007 winner of the Raabe Prize for Excellence in Sacred Composition for his piece “The Souls of the Righteous.”

National Lutheran Choir

Founded in 1986 by the late Dr. Larry Fleming, the National Lutheran Choir sings a spiritual story through diverse repertoire – from early chant and simple folk anthems to complex choral masterworks and new compositions. Currently in its 37th year, the National Lutheran Choir features a roster of 60 committed volunteer singers from all backgrounds and many faiths. Under the direction of Dr. David Cherwien, the choir’s artistry is rooted in its mission to celebrate, invigorate, and expand sacred choral music bringing inspiration and meaning to people of diverse faiths and backgrounds.

In addition to concertizing, the National Lutheran Choir enjoys frequent broadcasts on public radio and thousands of views on its YouTube channel of selected performances and concert streams. A discography of 35 recordings showcases the ensemble’s music making over the years and features hymns, choral classics, contemporary works, spirituals and major new works commissioned by the National Lutheran Choir. Much of this influential new work is featured in “The National Lutheran Choir Series,” published by MorningStar Music. The choir was most recently awarded the Dale Warland Commissioning Award for its most recent commission, Steve Heitzeg’s “Lament of the Earth.”

Soprano 1

Allison Ackmann

Ellie Demitrius

Karla Hanson

Chelsey Kearns

Mycah Lerum Susan Mencel Sarah Bane Olson Anna Streeper

Soprano 2 Katherine Castille Rachel Finnes

Sara Langworthy

Christina Myers Katie Roehm

Meredith Samuelson

Lisa Schlotterback

Gina Stutzman Toso

Kate Tripoli Emily Tryggestad

Alto 1 Linda Armstrong Marta Edman

Caroline Freund Zanny Johnson Hope Kelsey Sarah Koepp

Rochelle Milbrath

Jill Maltrud Reid

Brittany Rooney Kaiya Ruff

Alto 2 Christine Cherwien

Torunn Harty

Amy Hoff Jenny Kelley

Martha Sather

Emily Skoblik-Diallo

Claire Wallace Eldri Wittkamper

Anne Zielske

Tenor 1 Logan Combs Seth Hartwell

Aaron Holmgren Andrew Kreye Brian Lensch Jack Strub Dain Swanson

Tenor 2 Nathan Baker-Trinity Joseph Crippen Shaun Halland Ken Holmen

Travis Karstad JT Torgeson Mark Uecker

Baritone Steven Branstad Michael Fandel Will Heller Jacob Kunkel Matt Olson Rob Reid Danny Roth Dan Streeper

Bass 2 Phil Dahl Kenton Hunt David Johnson Dave Michel Kai Oelschlager Timothy Schmidt Jeff Tunseth Riley Unzicker

Artistic Director

David Cherwien

Executive Director Tina Meckel

Operations Manager

Kristin Rongstad

Marketing & Events Manager

Sarah Anderson

Content & Communications Manager

Paul John Rudoi

THE ST. OLAF CHOIR

Psalm 50 (Mvmt. III) F. Melius Christiansen (1871-1955)

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth God

Who showed to all the salvation of our God. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Praise God all ceatures here below!

Praise God above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth God.

– Psalm 50:23

When Memory Fades Jayne Southwick Cool (b. 1947) arr. Eric Nelson (b. 1959)

Oliver Steissberg ’23, piano

When mem’ry fades and recognition falters, when eyes we love grow dim, and minds confused, speak to our souls of love that never alters; speak to our hearts by pain and fear abused. O God of life and healing peace, empow’r us with patient courage, by your grace infused.

As the frailness grows, and youthful strengths diminish in weary arms which worked their earnest fill, your aging servants labor now to finish their earthly tasks, as fits your mystery’s will. We grieve their waning, yet rejoice, believing your arms, unwearied, shall uphold us still.

Within your spirt, goodness lives unfading. The past and future mingle into one. All joys remain, unshadowed light pervading. No valued deed will ever be undone. Your mind enfolds all finite acts and off’rings. Held in your heart, our deathless life is won!

This Little Light of Mine

arr. Moses G. Hogan Jr. (1957-2003)

Dedicated to The St. Olaf Choir, Anton Armstrong, conductor

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. All through the night, I’m gonna let it shine. My God gave it to me, I’m gonna let it shine, children. My God gave it to me, I’m gonna let it shine, Hallelujah, children.

In my home, all over the world, Let it shine.

– Traditional Spiritual

The Exaltation of Christ ....... Charles Forsberg (b. 1942)

Dedicated to the St. Olaf Choir. Kenneth Jennings, Conductor

Alleluia, Exalted Christ: Deo Gratias!

Being in the form of God, humbled as a servant, Obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Glory to the Lord: Deo Gratias!

Being highly lifted up, name above every name; Every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, And things on earth, and things under the earth; Ev’ry tongue confess: Domine Deus, Jesu Christe. Blessing, honor, power and glory to the Lamb upon the throne.

Alleluia, Exalted Christ: Deo Gratias!

– Philippians 2:7-11

Anton Armstrong

The 2022-23 season is Anton Armstrong’s 33rd year as conductor of the St. Olaf Choir, marking him as the longest tenured conductor in the ensemble’s storied 111 year history. He is the Harry R. and Thora H. Tosdal Professor of Music at St. Olaf College, becoming the fourth conductor of the St. Olaf Choir in 1990, where he also serves as artistic director of the St. Olaf Christmas Festival. He is a graduate of St. Olaf College and earned advanced degrees at the University of Illinois (M.M.) and Michigan State University (D.M.A.). He is editor of a multicultural choral series for Earthsongs Publications and co-editor (with John Ferguson) of the St. Olaf Choral Series for Augsburg Fortress Publishers. In June 1998, he began his tenure as founding conductor of the Oregon Bach Festival Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy. Dr. Armstrong currently serves as Chair of the National Board of Chorus America.

In 2021, Anton Armstrong was named an Honorary Life Member of the National Collegiate Choral Organization. Dr. Armstrong received the Distinguished Legacy Award, from the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in September 2022.

St. Olaf Choir

The St. Olaf Choir was founded in 1912 by F. Melius Christiansen, whose work established the ensemble’s standard of excellence and its tradition of bringing music to audiences outside of campus. The sound that F. Melius crafted — securely in tune, controlled in pitch, smooth in delivery — became the choir’s hallmark. For more than a century, under the leadership of succeeding conductors Olaf C. Christiansen, Kenneth Jennings, and Anton Armstrong, the St. Olaf Choir has set the gold standard for choral singing, performing for millions around the world. When Armstrong took the helm in 1990, his vast knowledge of music and his ability to articulate a vision to singers and audiences alike took the St. Olaf Choir to the next level, adding more flavor to its signature sound and further expanding its repertoire to include music of the Pacific Rim, Africa, and Latin America.

Under Armstrong’s leadership, the choir continues to expand its touring horizons, engaging capacity audiences in major concert halls throughout the United States and worldwide. In the Fall of 2014, The St. Olaf Choir and Dr. Armstrong received a Regional Emmy for the PBS television program “Christmas in Norway with The St. Olaf Choir.”

Soprano I

Emma Auby

Cate Crockett

Rachel Du Four

^Kayli Keim

Abigail Kelley-Lanser

•Ileana Sanchez

Meggie Snyder

-Meredith Wallace Meredith Williams

Soprano II India Bock

Claire Bouma

Abigail Carter

Taylor Dirks

Abby Engbrecht

*Caroline Flaten

Ruth Hailey

Lydia Hill

Alto I

•Olivia Inberg Grace Knowlan

Abigail Lundeen

*Josie Lynn Hannah Paulson Ella Pike Emma Silvestri Sarah Teske

Zoe Vorbach

Alto II Maria Coughlan

Jan-Rose Davis

Alexis Johnston Rachel Milt Natalie Robuck

Alexys Sayegh

Sophia Sawoski

Tove Trelstad-Larsen

Julie Xiong

Tenor I Logan Cyr William Fecko Cullen Hauck Mark Jesmer Thomas Krueger Thomas McCarthy Noah Smith Jacob Vidervol

Tenor II Thomas Garcia Caleb Griffiths Aidan Kocur

^Aaron Looney Rand Matheson Jake Olson Henry Vermeer

*Blake Wieseler

Bass I Paul Freelove Ethan Jones

Aiden Kocian Christopher Kopits

Seng Lor Chris Martin

•William McIntyre Oliver Steissberg

Bass II -Jayden Browne Peter Hoffman

Murali Meyer

Andrew Nelson

Nicholas Rhodes

*•Jack Slavik

Aedan Thornton Nicholas Van Loh

* Section leader

• Officer

^ Manager - Librarian

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

ACDA-MN members Matthew Culloton and Michael Culloton

THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL CHOIR

Combined Choirs

St. Olaf College Chamber Orchestra

Home René Clausen

A world premiere commissioned for the FMC 151st Anniversary Concert conducted by René Clausen

Your Your Then home, God, I will name my home, say whisper, my it slow whisper children, my God so it, and I may feel for my grief for you. the such a terrible beauty sun on your fields, may Come, hear shatter the sky. let all these rise together now the rush Our of Now, need of each other – a new prayer. your rivers. all you have lost: The mourn heat of us, the heart of us all. Your them, mourn each, mourn all. Children, sing me the brilliant silver of their names, your treasure.

– Brian Newhouse

Beautiful Savior

Fair are the meadows. Fairer the woodlands

Beautiful Savior! Lord of the nations! Robed in flowers of blooming spring Son of God and Son of Man! Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, Glory and honor, praise, adoration, He makes our sorrowing spirit sing. Now and forevermore be Thine.

– Martin Schalling

Violin I

Kalli Sobania

Claire Belisle

Owen Cromwell

Grace Alexander

Violin II

Eli Schrubbe

Rebecca Lyford

Nathaniel Johnson

Claire Hughes

Viola

Charles Gray Chung Park

Josefina Scozzari

Cello

Cameron Gray Alice Ryan

Bass

Daniel Meyers

Oboe

Lauren Vilendrer

Clarinet Emma Byrd Bassoon

Justin Windschitl

Horn Katya Jarmulow

Harp

MaKenzie Kuckkan

Bells Jake Olson Piano Oliver Steissberg

René Clausen

Dr. René Clausen, emeritus conductor of The Concordia Choir, is known nationally and internationally as a premier conductor and composer. He was the artistic director of the twice Emmy award-winning Concordia Christmas Concerts which are frequently broadcast nationally by PBS.

In 2012 Dr. Clausen received the Award for Excellence from Washington and Lee University, and in 2016 was awarded the Reuel and Alma Wije Distinguished Professiorship by Concordia College. In 2017 he received an Alumni Achievement Award from his alma mater St. Olaf College. In the spring of 2018 he was given the Weston Noble Lifetime Achievement Award by the ACDA North Central Division. In 2021 he received the F. Melius Christiansen Lifetime Achievement Award from ACDA of Minnesota.

Brian Newhouse

Brian Newhouse was the managing director of Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media’s classical programming, including SymphonyCast, Performance Today, Pipedreams, and other programs that reach more than three million radio and online listeners each week. He holds degrees in voice and English from Luther College, and had an active professional singing career alongside his work in radio, a passion that gave rise to his creating MPR’s 24-hour online Choral Stream. He and his MPR colleagues have innovated a program of outreach and music education for Minnesota schoolchildren that in the past five years has served over 130,000 students across the state. He won a Peabody Award for writing the radio documentary The Mississippi: River of Song, and he’s the author of the memoir, “A Crossing.”

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CELEBRATING OUR FOUNDER

The St. Olaf Choir is honored to celebrate the 151st anniversary of our founder, F. Melius Christiansen, who established the standard of choral excellence and Lutheran tradition we continue to carry forth today.

To learn more about the St. Olaf Choir, visit stolaf.edu/choir

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