2025 Santa Fe Desert Chorale Winter Festival Program

2025 WINTER FESTIVAL

Carols & Lullabies: Luminaria

December 13 – 21

SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE

The mission of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale

excite, engage, and inspire

with the beauty and power

great choral music.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

The Santa Fe Desert Chorale is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding is provided by the County of Santa Fe Lodgers’ Tax, the City of Santa Fe Arts and Culture Department and the 1% Lodgers’ Tax, and by an additional grant from an anonymous donor. Special thanks to our corporate sponsors — Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Santa Fe, the Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe Selection Travel Guide, and Thornburg Investment Management — and other individuals, corporations, and foundations for their generous support. For a full list of donors, please see pages 31 through 34.

”Cancer

threatened my ability to create, but the Cancer Foundation for New Mexico gave me the support and peace of mind to keep going. Their help reminds me that hope is always within reach.” - José, Santa Fe.

Thanks to your generosity, an artist can journey back to his creativity.

For northern New Mexico’s cancer patients, the journey to treatment is filled with challenges beyond the medical battle. For José, an artist from Santa Fe, cancer threatened not just his health but the creative spirit that defined his life. The Cancer Foundation for New Mexico stepped in with emergency assistance to help cover some basic needs and restore his peace of mind.

Your donations help northern New Mexicans navigate cancer with dignity.

Proceeds go directly to cancer patients and the following patient support services:

• Travel to treatment

• Overnight lodging

• Nutritious food assistance

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• Professionally-led support groups

• Clinically trained volunteer support during treatment

• Licensed Social Worker support and navigation

and

PERFORMANCE VENUE & INFORMATION

The Desert Chorale has the privilege of performing in some of the most beautiful and historic venues in New Mexico that provide the acoustic quality needed for excellent choral performances. While many of the venues and the music we sing represent specific religious or cultural traditions, we celebrate the diversity of faith, thought, artistry, and human experiences represented by the music performed in these spaces. We hope that this shared musical experience transcends and binds the audience, as we seek to be inspired by the power of great choral music.

Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

131 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe, NM

Immanuel Presbyterian Church

114 Carlisle Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, NM

Special Needs and Requests

Our facilities are ADA compliant and accommodate those with special needs and physical challenges. Please contact our Box Office at (505) 988-2282 or at boxoffice@desertchorale.org to reserve a wheelchair location or for other special needs. While at the concert, our ushers are available to assist you. A limited number of large-type text and translation inserts are available at each concert.

Lost and Found

Any items found at the concert will be available in our offices for one month following each season, then donated to charity. Please call us about lost items: (505) 988-2282.

FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR

Insights & Sounds Children’s Concert

Sponsored by Katherine and William Landschulz

Sign up to attend at desertchorale.org/childrensconcert

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

11 to 11:45pm at the Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe

Desert Chorale Pop-up Carols

Learn more at desertchorale.org/popupcarols

Saturday, December 20, 2025

1 to 1:45pm at the Center Court of the DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St, Santa Fe

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Emma Marzen Welcome

Although I am unable to be with you today while on maternity leave, I’m delighted to share that our exceptional Operations Director, Amanda Sidebottom, will be serving as Acting Executive Director during this interim period. I look forward to reconnecting with you in person in the new year.

On this enchanting December night—surrounded by twinkling holiday lights and the warm glow of farolitos— it is my joy to welcome you to Luminaria: this year’s presentation of Carols & Lullabies, the Desert Chorale’s cherished winter celebration. Our ensemble unites extraordinary singers from across the country, each bringing their own distinctive artistry, passion, and heart to the music you will hear tonight. Whether you are attending your first Desert Chorale concert or returning as a devoted supporter, we are honored that you’ve chosen to make us part of your holiday season.

The coming year holds tremendous promise for the Desert Chorale. As you await the start of the performance, I’d like to reflect on what we’re grateful for this season and offer a glimpse of what lies ahead for your Santa Fe Desert Chorale—made possible through your generosity.

Our Winter Festival Offerings

Top singers from around the country, joined by longtime collaborator Nathan Salazar, have returned to the Land of Enchantment for one of Northern New Mexico’s most cherished holiday traditions. In addition to our mainstage concerts, we invite you to join our free community events, including Pop-up Carols and our interactive mini-concert for children and families. A full calendar is available on page 5 or at desertchorale.org

Annual Broadcast on New Mexico PBS

We are delighted to return to NM PBS this season. Gather

with your loved ones on Christmas Eve for a special broadcast of our 2024 Winter Festival program, Carols & Lullabies: A Rose in Winter, airing December 24 at 7pm MT (NMPBS 5.1), December 25 at 8pm MT (NMPBS 5.4), and streaming on the PBS app.

2026 Season On Sale Now

Our upcoming Summer Festival features three new programs: Renaissance Splendor, featuring luminous Renaissance polyphony in collaboration with period instrumentalist group Incantare; Homecoming, a celebration of American roots choral music during the nation’s 250th anniversary, featuring the premiere of four new works written for your Desert Chorale alongside Alex Berko’s Sacred Place; and Rachmaninoff’s transcendent All-Night Vigil, a profound masterwork of unaccompanied choral music performed by an expanded 32-voice Chorale in both Santa Fe and Albuquerque.

Tickets are now available at desertchorale.org. And while you’re there, be sure to reserve your seat for next December’s Carols & Lullabies. Due to incredible demand, our Albuquerque concert will move to First Presbyterian Church, doubling our winter capacity.

New Album to Be Released Next Summer

After our summer performances, the Desert Chorale completed its newest recording project, Roots & Rivers Scheduled for release in Summer 2026, the album features works commissioned especially for the Chorale, including pieces by Shawn E. Okpebholo, Kile Smith, Jocelyn Hagen, Reena Esmail, and Shawn Kirchner. Recorded and produced by the acclaimed Soundmirror team, the album will be released on the multi-GRAMMY© Award-winning Navona Records, an imprint of PARMA Recordings. We are excited to share this milestone project with audiences around the world. See page 9 to pre-order!

Our work is possible only through the generosity of our extraordinary community of supporters. As the year draws to a close, we invite you to help sustain the music you cherish by making a gift to our annual fund via the QR code below, by calling (505) 988-2282, or by visiting desertchorale.org/support Fund-a-Need opportunities are listed on page 29.

From the bottom of my heart, I wish you and your loved ones a joyful holiday season filled with peace and glorious music. Thank you for being an essential part of our Desert Chorale family—and enjoy the performance.

With gratitude and warmest wishes,

Emma Marzen Executive Director

YEAR END GIVING

Your year-end Annual Fund gift ensures a vibrant season ahead. Thank you for your generous support!

Donate Here

FESTIVAL JULY 12 - AUGUST 2

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, STAFF, AND CREATIVE SERVICES

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS

Catherine Gronquist, President

Diane Graves, Vice President

Felicia Morrow, Treasurer

Gregory Dove, Secretary

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rick Andrew

Murray Bern, M.D.

Douglas Brooks

Kathryn King Coleman

Mary Delk

Jeffrey C. Fort, J.D.

Chris Frenk

Joshua Habermann*

Chelsea Helm, Singer Representative*

Stephen Hochberg

Christine Lorillard

Barry Lyerly, Immediate Past President

Emma Marzen*

Fraser A. McAlpine

Carmen Paradis

Marianne Reuter

Patricia Stanley

Susie Wilson, D.M.A., Honorary Director

*ex-officio member

DIRECTORS EMERITI

Mary G. Brennan

David A. Bueschel

Mark Edw. Childers

Allegra Derryberry

Jim Derryberry

Margie Edwards

Kirk Ellis

Allison Elston†

John Greenspan†

Kathleen Davison Lebeck, J.D.

Sheryl F. Kelsey, Ph.D.

Lynn F. Lee

William H. Lynn

Dorothy Massey

Ian McKee†

Laurie Meyer

Haydock Miller†

Margaret K. Norton

Jane Clayton Oakes†

Mary Lou Padilla, Ph.D.

Nina Hinson Rasmussen†

Don Roberts†

Brooke Bandfield Taylor

Jane Thomson

Frances White†

Brahna Lauger Wilczynski

Mac Wright† † in memoriam

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Joshua Habermann, Artistic Director

Emma Marzen, Executive Director

Joanna Armstrong, Sales & Marketing Director

George Case, Artist Manager

Heather Eaves, Community Engagement Manager

Rachelle Elbert, Patron Services Associate

Anne Pearson, Development Manager

Amanda Sidebottom, Operations Director

Mark Zero, Grants Manager

CREATIVE SERVICES & SEASONAL STAFF

Michelle Bonito, Arizona Lithographers

Zachary Dukeminier, Artist & Production Assistant

Divara Harper, Artist & Production Assistant

Sean Johnson, Mesa Creative Solutions

Zina Jundi, Adverti-Zing!

Matthew “Kabby” Kabakoff and Collin Ungerleider, Kabby Sound Studios

Max Kuzmyak, W40th Media

Enrico Lagasca, Digital Content Manager

Clarissa Lovato, Elevate Media

Alex Palma, Production & AV Tech

Tira Howard Photography

Taylor Washburn, Digital Content Assistant

ABOUT THE SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE

Founded in 1982 by Lawrence “Larry” Bandfield, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale has flourished as one of the longest-running professional music organizations in New Mexico and is among the most distinguished professional chamber choirs in America. Performing in the historic Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe and other treasured venues throughout New Mexico, the Chorale has woven itself into the heart of the region’s cultural life. The organization’s annual Summer Festival has grown into one of the nation’s largest choral events, and thousands of locals and tourists consider the Chorale’s Winter Festival a beloved holiday tradition.

The Desert Chorale brings together 24 exceptional professional singers from across the United States, carefully selected for their artistry and musicianship. The Dallas Morning News referred to the ensemble as “a top-notch, 24-voice group…comprising the crème de la crème of professional choral singers from coast to coast.”

Under the artistic leadership of Joshua Habermann since 2008, the Chorale performs a rich and expansive repertoire spanning seven centuries, from early polyphony to vibrant contemporary works. This distinctive artistic vision has earned recognition from the Santa Fe New Mexican as “a rara avis in the choral music world.”

The ensemble has toured across the nation, performing in major cities including Dallas, Chicago, and Los Angeles. The Desert Chorale was honored to headline the 2025 National Conference of the American Choral Directors

Association at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, following a previous appearance at the ACDA National Conference in Salt Lake City in 2015.

The organization is deeply committed to championing contemporary composers. The Chorale has commissioned over 30 new works and premiered numerous additional pieces, fostering the vital creation of new choral music. Through the organization’s Commissioning Club, supporters have the opportunity to help select and fund a new commission annually.

The Desert Chorale’s commercial recording, The Road Home, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Classical Chart. The ensemble is excited to release their new album Roots & Rivers in Summer 2026, featuring works by American composers written especially the Chorale.

While nationally recognized, the organization is dedicated to building meaningful connections within its Northern New Mexican community. Since 2016, the beloved annual Santa Fe Sings! workshop has brought together music enthusiasts of all backgrounds to experience the joy of singing together under Habermann’s direction. Through the Insights & Sounds program, the Chorale offers free mini concerts for children, thought-provoking symposiums exploring choral music, and enriching educational workshops and masterclasses for local high school students.

LULLABIES: LUMINARIA

Winter Festival Sponsors

Mary and Phil Delk in memory of Joel Brauer

Conductor

Joshua Habermann

Artistic Director

Sponsored by Susie and Jerry Wilson

CELEBRATE THE LIGHT AND BEAUTY OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON

Get ready to experience the popular holiday tradition of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s annual Winter Festival. This year’s concert combines the warm familiarity of beloved carols with the brilliance of musical gems less-frequently heard. Latin American seasonal folk tunes round out the program, illuminating the longest nights of the year with both festive and peaceful melodies. Pianist Nathan Salazar and our twenty-four professional vocal artists from across the nation are ready to celebrate the light, joy, and hope of the season with you.

Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 7 PM

Sunday, December 14, 2025 | 4 PM

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Albuquerque

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 | 7 PM

Thursday, December 18, 2025 | 7 PM

Sponsored by Catherine and Guy Gronquist

Friday, December 19, 2025 | 7 PM

Sponsored by Katherine and William Landschulz

Saturday, December 20, 2025 | 7 PM

Sponsored by Marian “Mimi” Lloyd

Sunday, December 21, 2025 | 4 PM

Sponsored by Sue Noel

Sunday, December 21, 2025 | 7:30 PM

All concerts will be held at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi unless otherwise noted.

CONCERT PROGRAM

CAROLS & LULLABIES: LUMINARIA

THE MOTHER

The Darkest Midnight in December - Traditional Nesciens Mater - Jean Mouton (1459-1522)

THE SUN

The Crimson Sun - Alexander Campkin (b. 1984)

The Rose that Bare Jesu - Ron Kean (b. 1951)

Ring Out, Wild Bells from The Passing of the Year - Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)

THE GREAT MYSTERY

O Magnum Mysterium II - Ernesto Herrera (b. 1988)

NAVIDAD NUESTRA

Selections from Navidad Nuestra - Ariel Ramírez (1921-2010)

La Peregrinación El Nacimiento

Esta Noche (Alegría) - arr. John Rutter (b. 1945)

BELOVED CAROLS

Lullay Mine Liking - arr. Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)

Angels We Have Heard on High - arr. Saunder Choi (b. 1988)

AMERICAN CHRISTMAS

White Christmas - arr. Clay Warnick (1915-1995)

O What a Beautiful City - arr. Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970)

SANTA FE TRADITIONS

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)

Silent Night - arr. Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970)

Nathan Salazar, piano

Tonight’s program, Luminaria, traces the arc of the Christmas story across centuries and continents, moving from the hushed awe of the Nativity to the radiant joy of celebration. We begin with the traditional Irish carol The Darkest Midnight in December, whose haunting modal melody captures the quiet wonder of the longest night of the year. A solo voice opens in stillness, like a candle in the dark, before the full choir joins in radiant affirmation: “with shepherds we are come.” The gentle drone evokes both the sound of traditional folk music and the timeless hum of creation itself.

Jean Mouton’s Nesciens Mater, a masterpiece of Renaissance polyphony, turns the focus inward. Its resplendent counterpoint, woven from just a few phrases that seem to unfold endlessly, celebrates the Virgin Mary’s miraculous motherhood. Each line, perfectly balanced, reflects the serenity and symmetry of divine mystery.

Alexander Campkin’s The Crimson Sun brings us into a more recent era. Richly harmonic and rhythmically fluid, it sets a contemporary text in praise of light, rising to dispel the world’s shadows. Ron Kean’s The Rose that Bare Jesu, by contrast, juxtaposes English poetry from the 15th century with a modern musical language to invite the listener into serene contemplation.

Jonathan Dove’s Ring Out, Wild Bells, excerpted here from his larger work The Passing of the Year, ushers in a new tone of exultation. Tennyson’s poetry calls for renewal and moral clarity, asking us to “ring out the false, ring in the true.” Dove’s setting bursts with rhythmically brilliant piano writing and luminous choral harmonies, ultimately gathering into a simple unison note that embodies the hope and tender promise of a new year.

Fresh from the world premiere of his new commission Two Psalms for the Soul, written for the Desert Chorale 2025 Summer Festival, Cuban-American composer Ernesto Herrera contributes O Magnum Mysterium II, a modern setting of the ancient Christmas text. Herrera’s music shimmers with mystery and reverence, the harmonies expanding like light through stained glass—an echo of Mouton’s Renaissance serenity, refracted through a modern lens.

For the next set, we journey south to Latin America with Ariel Ramírez’s Navidad Nuestra. These folkinspired scenes: La Peregrinación (The Pilgrimage) and El Nacimiento (The Birth), reimagine the Nativity taking place in the Pampas of Argentina. Dancelike rhythms and tuneful melodies also characterize Esta Noche (Alegría) a beloved villancico (Christmas carol) that traces its origins

to Spain. With its festive energy and playful syncopation, it remains a popular tune in the Americas, where it is sung in Hispanic communities from the Caribbean, to Mexico, to here in the Southwest.

We then return briefly to quiet contemplation with Richard Rodney Bennett’s Lullay Mine Liking, a delicate cradle song that is at once sophisticated and tender. This leads into Saunder Choi’s arrangement of Angels We Have Heard on High, which starts with chant before bursting forth in rhythmic joy.

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas captures the nostalgic warmth of holiday gatherings, leading us into Shawn Kirchner’s O What a Beautiful City. This piece draws inspiration from Orthodox sacred music, marrying it with influences from American gospel music in an inspired vision of heaven. The program closes with a signature Desert Chorale experience as we surround you with the sound of 24 of the nation’s finest vocalists. May the sound of these voices bring you comfort and joy this holiday season.

— Joshua Habermann

A PROGRESSIVE CHURCH FOR ALL SEASONS

The Darkest Midnight in December

The darkest midnight in December, No snow, no hail, no winter storm Shall hinder us for to remember, the Babe that on this night was born. With shepherds we are come to see this lovely infant’s glorious charms. Born of a maid as prophets said, the God of love in Mary’s arms.

— Traditional Irish Carol

Nesciens Mater (sung in Latin)

Jean Mouton (1459-1522)

Nesciens mater virgo virum peperit sine dolore salvatorem sæculorum. Ipsum regem angelorum sola virgo lactabat, ubere de cælo pleno.

— Antiphon for the Octave of Christmas

The Crimson Sun

Alexander Campkin (b. 1984)

When the crimson sun had set Low behind the wintry sea, On the bright And cold midnight Burst a sound of heavenly glee: Gloria in excelsis Deo!

Where the manger crib is laid, In the city fair and free, Hand in hand, This shepherds band Worship Christ on bended knee. Gloria in excelsis Deo!

The Virgin mother, who knew no man, painlessly bore the Saviour of all ages. It was only the Virgin that nursed the King of angels at her breast filled with the milk of heavenly goodness.

Join with us in welcome song, Ye who in Christ’s Home abide, Sing the Love Of God above, Shown at happy Christmas-tide. Gloria in excelsis Deo!

— George P. Grantham (1833-1909)

The

Rose that Bare Jesu

Ron Kean (b. 1951)

There is no rose of such vertu As is the rose that bare Jesu; Alleluia.

For in this rose contained was Heaven and earth in little space; Res miranda (Beautiful).

By that rose we may well see That he is God in persons three. The angels sungen the shepherds to:

Ring Out, Wild Bells from The Passing of the Year

Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)

O Earth, O Earth, return!

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind.

O Magnum Mysterium II (sung in Latin)

Ernesto Herrera (b. 1988)

O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in praesepio!

Beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Christum. Alleluia!

— Matins of Christmas

Gloria in excelsis deo: Gaudeamus (Let us rejoice)

Leave we all this worldly mirth, And follow we this joyful birth; Transeamus (Let us cross over).

— Traditional English Carol

Ring out the want, the care, the sin, The faithless coldness of the time; Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes, But ring the fuller minstrel in.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger!

Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord Christ. Alleluia!

La Peregrinación from Navidad Nuestra (sung in Spanish)

Ariel Ramírez

(1921-2010)

A la huella, a la huella, José y María, Por las pampas heladas, Cardos y ortigas.

A la huella, a la huella, Cortando campo. No hay cobijo, ni fonda. Sigan andando.

Florecita del campo, Clavel del aire, Si ninguno te aloja, ¿A dónde naces?

¿Dónde naces, florcita? Que estás creciendo, Palomita asustada, Grillo sin sueño.

A la huella, a la huella, José y María, Con un dios escondido Nadie sabía.

A la huella, a la huella. Los peregrinos Préstenme una tapera Para mi niño.

A la huella, a la huella, Soles y lunas. Los ojitos de almendra, Piel de aceituna.

Ay, burrito del campo, Ay, buey barcino, Ay, mi niño ya viene. Háganle sitio.

Un ranchito de quincha Solo me ampara, Dos alientos amigos, La luna clara.

A la huella, a la huella, José y María, Con un dios escondido Nadie sabía.

— Felix Luna (1925-2009)

Follow the trail, follow the trail, Joseph and Mary, Across the frozen plains, Thistles and nettles.

Follow the trail, follow the trail, Cutting through the fields. There is no shelter, no inn. Keep on walking.

Little flower in the field, Carnation of the air, If no one shelters you, Where will you be born?

Where will you be born, little flower? Now that you are growing, Frightened dove, Sleepless cricket.

Follow the trail, follow the trail, Joseph and Mary, With a hidden god Nobody knew.

Follow the trail, follow the trail. The pilgrims Lend me a humble shelter For my child.

Follow the trail, follow the trail, Suns and moons. Little almond eyes, Olive skin.

Oh, little donkey in the field, Oh, red-grey ox, Oh, my child is coming. Make a place for him.

A thatched hut Is the only shelter I have, Two friendly breaths (the ox and the donkey), The bright moon.

Follow the trail, follow the trail, Joseph and Mary, With a hidden god Nobody knew.

El Nacimiento from Navidad Nuestra (sung in Spanish)

Ariel Ramírez (1921-2010)

Noche anunciada, noche de amor, Dios ha nacido, pétalo y flor, todo es silencio y serenidad, paz a los hombres, es Navidad.

En el pesebre mi redentor es mensajero de paz y amor, cuando sonríe se hace la luz y en sus bracitos crece una cruz.

Ángeles canten sobre el portal, Dios ha nacido, es navidad.

Esta es la noche, que prometió Dios a los hombres y ya llegó, es Nochebuena, no hay que dormir. Dios ha nacido, Dios está aquí.

— Felix Luna (1925-2009)

Esta Noche (Alegría) (sung in Spanish) arr. John Rutter (b. 1945)

Esta noche nace un niño entre la escarcha y el hielo. Quien pudiera niño mío vestirte de terciopelo.

Refrain: Alegrí, alegrí, alegría, Alegrí, alegrí, qué placer, Esta noche nace un niño en el portal de Belén.

La Virgen está lavando con un poco de jabón. Se le picaron las manos, Manos de mi corazón.

Refrain

— Traditional Spanish Carol

Lullay Mine Liking

arr. Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)

Lullay mine Liking, my dear Son, my Sweeting; Lullay my dear Heart, mine own dear Darling.

I saw a fair maiden sitten and sing: She lulled a little Child, a sweete Lording.

That Eternal Lord is he that made alle thing; Of alle Lordes He is Lord, of ev’ry King He’s King.

Night foretold, night of love, God is born, petal and flower, All is silence and serenity, Peace to all men, Christmas is here.

In the manger my redeemer He is the messenger of peace and love, When he smiles there is light And on his arms, a cross grows.

Let angels sing over the portal, God is born, Christmas is here.

This is the night that was promised By God to mankind, and now it has arrived, It’s Christmas Eve, no sleep tonight. God is born, God is here.

Tonight a child is born amidst frost and ice. If only I could, little child dress you up in velvet!

Refrain: Happiness and joy, Happiness and pleasure, Tonight a child is born in a manger in Bethlehem.

The Virgin is washing with a little bar of soap. Her hands are sore, Hands of my heart.

Refrain

There was mickel (much) melody at that Childes birth: Through the song from Heven came, they made mickel mirth.

Angels bright they sang that night and saiden to that Child: “Blessed be Thou and so be she that is both meek and mild.”

Pray we now to that Child as to his Mother dear; To grant them all his blessing that now maken cheer.

— Traditional Medieval Carol

Angels We Have Heard on High (sung in Latin and English)

arr. Saunder Choi (b. 1988)

Angeli canunt praecones nuper natum Dominum Pacem nobis, veniamque erga genus humanum Gentes surgite gaudentes, cum caelicolis canentes Dei Filium, Regem, natum iam in Bethlehem Ecce, canunt angeli gloriam novo Regi! Amen.

Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing o’er the plains, And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains. Gloria in excelsis Deo!

Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be Which inspire your heavenly songs? Gloria in excelsis Deo!

See Him in a manger laid, Jesus, Lord of heaven and earth; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, With us sing our Savior’s birth. Gloria in excelsis Deo!

Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King. Gloria in excelsis Deo!

— Traditional French Carol

White Christmas arr. Clay Warnick (1915-1995)

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know, Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow.

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write. May your days be merry and bright, And may all your Christmases be white.

— Irving Berlin (1888-1989)

Angels sing news of the newborn Lord

Bringing mercy and peace to all humanity. The nations rejoice, singing with the heavenly host The Son of God, the King, is born in Bethlehem. Behold the angels sing the new glory of the King! Amen.

O What a Beautiful City

arr. Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970)

Refrain:

Halleluia! Oh what a beautiful city!

O what a beautiful city!

O what a beautiful city!

Twelve gates to the city, Halleluia!

Have you heard about the city? The streets are paved with gold! Halleluia!

Refrain

Three gates in the East!

Three gates in the West!

Three gates in the North!

Three gates in the South! Twelve gates to the city, Halleluia!

See those gates of pearl, Open to all the world.

Twelve gates to the city, Halleluia!

Refrain

— Traditional Spiritual

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)

The tree of life my soul hath seen, Laden with fruit and always green: The trees of nature fruitless be Compared with Christ the apple tree.

His beauty doth all things excel: By faith I know, but ne’er can tell The glory which I now can see In Jesus Christ the apple tree.

For happiness I long have sought, And pleasure dearly I have bought: I missed of all; but now I see ‘Tis found in Christ the apple tree.

I’m weary with my former toil, Here I will sit and rest awhile: Under the shadow I will be, Of Jesus Christ the apple tree.

This fruit doth make my soul to thrive, It keeps my dying faith alive; Which makes my soul in haste to be With Jesus Christ the apple tree.

— Traditional English Carol

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Silent Night arr. Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970)

Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child! Holy Infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love’s pure light Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.

Silent night, holy night, Wondrous star, lend the light; With the angels let us sing Alleluia to our King; Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born.

— Traditional German Carol

Watch live on NM PBS Channel 5 or on the PBS app

Tune in this Christmastime for a broadcast of our 2024 Winter Festival concert, Carols & Lullabies: A Rose in Winter

December 24th at 7pm MT on NMPBS 5.1

December 25th at 8pm MT on NMPBS 5.4

Sponsored by Lee and David Takagi in honor of Artistic Director Joshua Habermann

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Joshua Habermann

Joshua Habermann is in his seventeenth season as Artistic Director of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, one of the nation’s premiere professional chamber choirs. Since joining the ensemble, he has broadened its repertoire to include choral-orchestral masterworks and unique concert experiences ranging from early music to new commissions. Under his leadership, the Desert Chorale has been featured at regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, and its summer and winter festivals are among America’s largest choral events.

Habermann’s experience with symphonic choruses spans over three decades, encompassing the full range of the choral-orchestral repertoire. From 2011 to 2022 he was director of the Dallas Symphony Chorus, where highlights included Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, the Requiems of Mozart, Brahms, and Verdi. Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony, and the War Requiem of Benjamin Britten. He is a frequent guest conductor, and has prepared choirs for the San Francisco and Houston Symphonies.

2025 WINTER FESTIVAL GUEST INSTRUMENTALIST

Nathan Salazar Piano (9th Season)

Hometown: Santa Cruz, NM

Current Residence: Santa Fe, NM

A passionate advocate for music education, Joshua Habermann is a regular clinician for state and national events and has led honor choirs and choral festivals in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. In 2024, he conducted Cantatas 72, 73 and 92 for Bach Santiago (Chile), a concert series dedicated to the first full cycle of Bach Cantatas in South America. As an ensemble singer (tenor), Habermann has performed with the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus under Helmuth Rilling and Conspirare under Craig Hella Johnson. Recording credits include Requiem and Threshold of Night, both GRAMMY® nominees for best choral recording. Recordings as a conductor include The Road Home, Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil, and Roots and Rivers, a new album of commissions written especially for the Desert Chorale to be released in 2026.

2025 WINTER FESTIVAL VOCAL ARTISTS

Special thanks to Barry & Margaret Lyerly for underwriting our 2025 Season Artists

SOPRANOS

Julie Bosworth (1st Season)

Hometown: St. Louis, MO

Current Residence: Washington, DC

Chelsea Helm (8th Season)

Hometown: West Bloomfield, MI

Current Residence: Washington, DC

Kori Miller (1st Season)

Hometown: Saluda, SC

Current Residence: Argyle, TX

Jennifer Perez (6th Season)

Hometown: Ventura, CA

Current Residence: Santa Fe, NM

ALTOS

Kerry Ginger (11th Season)

Hometown: Portland, OR

Current Residence: Chattanooga, TN

Savannah Porter (5th Season)

Hometown: Fort Worth, TX

Current Residence: London, UK

Kathlene Ritch (17th Season)

Hometown: Kerrville, TX

Current Residence: Santa Fe, NM

Jenna Hernandez McLean (4th Season)

Hometown: Coppell, TX

Current Residence: Woodway, TX

Kristin Lawler (3rd Season)

Hometown: Pickerington, OH

Current Residence: Randolph, MA

Sarah Nickerson (17th Season)

Hometown: Fargo, ND

Current Residence: Minneapolis, MN

Heather Jones (2nd Season)

Hometown: Charleston, SC

Current Residence: Los Angeles, CA

Erin Roth Thomas (1st Season)

Hometown: Lufkin, TX

Current Residence: Plano, TX

A complete list of biographies for our 2025 Winter Festival Artists may be found on desertchorale.org

TENORS

George Case (14th Season)

Hometown: Atlanta, GA

Current Residence: Santa Fe, NM

Aaron Cates (2nd Season)

Hometown: Charleston, SC

Current Residence: Washington, DC

Elliott JG Encarnación (3rd Season)

Hometown: Livonia, MI

Current Residence: San Francisco, CA

Cameron Falby (1st Season)

Hometown: Columbia, MD

Current Residence: Baltimore, MD

Erik Gustafson (10th Season)

Hometown: Portland, OR

Current Residence: Chattanooga, TN

Bradley Naylor (15th Season)

Hometown: Houston, TX

Current Residence: Fort Worth, TX

BASSES

Steven Berlanga (9th Season)

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Current Residence: Philadelphia, PA

Harris Ipock (13th Season)

Hometown: Chesapeake, VA

Current Residence: Granville, OH

Neil Netherly (1st Season)

Hometown: New York, NY

Current Residence: New York, NY

Matthew D. Nielsen (2nd Season)

Hometown: Livermore, CA

Current Residence: Santa Monica, CA

John E. Orduña (2nd Season)

Hometown: Omaha, NE

Current Residence: Ourense, Spain

Ian R. Prichard (2nd Season)

Hometown: Augusta, GA

Current Residence: Chicago, IL

Classical Music During Santa Fe’s Winter Season

Curated by Artistic Director and Violinist Colin Jacobsen

“Armed with vision, courage, a sense of humor and a devastating bow arm, Jacobsen is emerging as one of the most interesting figures on the classical music scene.”

The Washington Post

GRAMMY-nominated Orchestra

Renowned String Quartets

The Southwest’s Premier Bach Festival

Locals and venturesome travelers rely

2025-26 SEASON Santa Fe, New Mexico

Dr. George Case Music Director

OCT 11 & 12, 2025 Passing of the Year, Jonathan Dove and 20th-century American composers

DEC 6 & 7, 2025 Midwinter Songs, Carols and songs of winter featuring Morten Lauridsen’s Midwinter Songs

MAR 14 & 15, 2026 Petition, Mendelssohn and other sacred music from the 18th and 19th centuries

MAY 23 & 24, 2026 America’s Bard, Settings of Walt Whitman texts by American composers

We wish to give a special thank you to the members of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s 2025 Commissioning Club for making the summer’s world premiere of Ernesto Herrera’s new work, Dos Salmos para el Alma, a reality!

Cris Barnes Stephen Hochberg

Richard Bentley Barry Lyerly

Mary Delk Elaine Wang Meyerhoffer

Gregory Dove Marianne Reuter

Halley Faust

About the Commissioning Club

Each year, members of the Commissioning Club meet under the guidance of Artistic Director Joshua Habermann to choose an emerging composer who will write a work to be premiered by the Desert Chorale during an upcoming summer season. This important work helps to expand the choral canon for choruses around the world and ensure the legacy of the Desert Chorale as one of the country’s leading chamber choirs. The club builds on the Desert Chorale’s rich history of over 30 commissioned choral works, with the most recent forming the heart of our our upcoming Roots & Rivers album.

Join the Santa Fe Desert Chorale Commissioning Club and become part of choral music history! A $1,000 contribution per person toward the composer’s commissioning fee is all that is required to help bring a new piece of music to life. Club members are invited to attend the dress rehearsal of the new work, enjoy a private meal with the composer, and receive an archival recording and signed score of the commissioned work.

For more information and to join the Commissioning Club, please email commissioningclub@desertchorale.org.

SPONSORED BY THE COMMISSIONING CLUB:

Marek Raczyński – 2027

Shavon Lloyd — 2026

Ernesto Herrera — 2025

Daniel Knaggs — 2024

Kile Smith — 2023

Jocelyn Hagen — 2022

Investing in the Desert Chorale means joining a passionate, dedicated network of artists, change-makers, and supporters whose joy for vocal music knows no bounds.

YEAR END GIVING

Any Amount - Your year-end Annual Fund gift ensures a vibrant season ahead.

GENERAL NEEDS

$1,000 helps cover the expenses for an artist’s travel per festival.

$2,000 sponsors an instrumentalist for a festival.

$2,500 covers the costs for an artist’s housing per festival.

$3,500 sponsors a singer for a festival.

$5,000 makes Insights and Sounds Children’s Concert free for families.

$6,750 sponsors a single concert.

$12,500 sponsors Artistic Director Joshua Habermann for a festival.

$18,000 underwrites a full summer concert program.

$30,000 underwrites the Winter Festival.

$50,000 underwrites the Summer Festival.

With gratitude, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale recognizes gifts from individuals, businesses, and government agencies received between November 10, 2024 and November 10, 2025.

VIRTUOSO

Gifts of $50,000+

Anonymous (1)

Sallie Bingham†

Barry and Margaret Lyerly

The Estate of Thomas F. McGuire

FOUNDER

Gifts of $25,000 to $49,999

Mary and Phil Delk

Richard and Chris Frenk

Lynne Horning

Jeffrey Fort and Diane Locandro

Catherine and Guy Gronquist

Katherine and William Landschulz

Carmen Paradis and Brian McGrath

The 2010 Faith Charitable Lead Trust

Suzanne M. Timble†

DIRECTOR

Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999

Murray and Nancy Bern

George Case and Nathan Salazar

Susan Esco Chandler and Alfred D. Chandler

Johanna Cinader

City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department and the 1% Lodgers’ Tax

Anne and Thomas Conner

Mary Costello

Gregory Dove

The Hutson-Wiley & Echevarria Foundation

The Edw. F. Zimmer Community Fund

Judith Ford

Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado

Bill and Diane Graves

Stephen and Jane Hochberg

Sheryl Kelsey and George Duncan

Fraser and Alice McAlpine

Sara J. McKenzie

Andrea Meditch

Laurie Meyer

Felicia and Daniel Morrow

Dr. and Mrs. Leon Podles

Lindsay S. Pope

Kelly Purcell and Kevin Sadler

Sara and Peter Rutenberg

The Santa Fe County Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board

Patricia Stanley

Susie and Jerry Wilson

MAESTRO

Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999

Anonymous (1)

Dr. J. Randle Adair DO, PhD

Douglas and Helen Brooks

Diane Buchanan and Rick Andrew, The Andrew Family Foundation

DONOR HONOR ROLL

Susan and Bill Cammock

Kathryn and Hank Coleman

Allegra and Jim Derryberry

Maggie Edmondson and Dmitri Bovaird

Halley Faust and Eve Cohen

The Frederick H. Leonhardt Foundation

John Gray and Ray Landy

Sandra and Justin Greene, Dashing Delivery

Susan Koehn, Habermann Koehn Foundation

Steven Kerchoff†

Barbara and Gregory L. Kok

The Lawrence P.J. Bonaguidi Foundation

Phyllis Lehmberg

Marian “Mimi” Lloyd

Christine and Pierre Lorillard

Roxanne Howe-Murphy and James Murphy

New Mexico Arts, Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs

Susan Noel

Linda Osborne

Marianne Reuter

Eileen and Ron Ricks

Martha Rochelle

Patricia “Tish” Romer

The Evelyn L. Petshek Arts Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation

Richard Schacht and Judith Rowan

Rodney and Barbara Slaton

Caroline and Sid Swinson

Lee and David Takagi

Thornburg Investment Management

Elaine W. Meyerhoffer

Tobi Watson

Janusz† and Brahna Lauger Wilczynski

ARTIST

Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999

Anonymous (1)

Dr. Douglas P. Clark and Mr. Scott Allocco

Celia Baldwin and Bruce Catania

Brooke Bandfield Taylor

Dr. Camille Cates Barnett

Eleanor Bingham Miller

Patrick Carr

Frances and David Ertel

Jane and Ernest Godlove

Rick Gustafson

Vincent Pigott & Susan Howard

Sylvia and Paul Johnson

Lane and Phyllis Keller

Jane and Joe Bob Kinsel

Joy and Phil LeCuyer

Julia and David Leifeste

David and Miranda Lind

Dana and Jim Manning

Audrey La Fehr and Stephen Marquart

Beverley McArthur

Jon Patrick and Peter Siegel

Jose Piedra de la Portilla and Ernesto Roederer

Pam Piper

Nyla and Larry Rasmussen

Andrew J. Rudnick

Donald Shina and Kevin Waidmann

Silvia and Alexander Speyer III

Sarah and Preston Stone

Patricia and Bradley Thompson

Lore Thorpe

Sue Wetsel and Cary Brown

Patti Wetzel and Sirous Partovi

Joyce Wolff and Richard Henderson

CHOIRMASTER

Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499

Anonymous (4)

Lexey Alcorn and John Vazquez

Catherine Alsip

May R. and Larry C. Ball

Cris and Marilyn Barnes

Sharon and Robert Barton

Sue Baum

Walter Beckham

Bette Betts

Lisa Romanoff Botos and Stephen Botos

Drs. Laura Sulak and Richard Brown

Pamela Culwell and Charles G. Case II

Julie Ann Dakin and Christopher Oechsli

Drs. Seth Vaccaro and Jean Dea

Susan and Conrad De Jong

Del Norte LOV Foundation

Joanne and Andrew Eggen

John and Cookie Emerson

Peter Frank

Gwen and Ralph Fuller

Lark Dale and W. Peyton George

Suzan and Julius Glickman

Kent and Kaki Grubbs

Cynthia and Roger Gullickson

Joshua and Joanna Habermann

James O. Harris, Jr.

Drs. Walter and Karin High

Rae Hoffacker and Peter Pappas

Dora and Van Horn

Bruce Jackson

Lynn and Jacqueline Johnson

The Reverend Canon Ted Karpf

Bill Keller and Robert Holleyman

Dr. Walter L. Kirchner and Mary Meredith-Kirchner

Enrico Lagasca and Jonathan Stewart

Jean and Donald Lamm

Mary Anne and Bruce Larsen

Alan and Kathleen Davison Lebeck

Lynn F. Lee

Karen Linder

Kathryn Lowerre and Robert Shay

Dianne Eret and Richard Macklin

Ginnie Maes

Susan and Philip Marineau

Jennifer Martinez and William McArthur

Emma Marzen and Sean Johnson

Jane and David McGuire

The Mickey Inbody Charitable Foundation Inc.

Steve Moise

UMB Bank

Nusenda Credit Union

Douglas Brew† and Dorothy Peacock

Anne M. Pearson

Lili Pierrepont

Sally Ritch

Carlos Rovelo and Dr. Sherry Dean

Susan and John Shaffer

Maureen and Robert Shearer

Alison Sowden

Susanne Stauffer

Edwin and Melanie Peters Thorne

Jan Watson

John Wilcynski and Jan Chavez-Wilcynski

PATRON

Gifts of $500 to $999

Anonymous (1)

Rev. Talitha Arnold

Anne E. Beckett

Honorable Michael L. Bustamante

Jack Campbell

Catherine and Nicholas Carlozzi

Dr. Colston Chandler

Janet Desforges

Margaret M. Detwiler

Ken Dickson and Terry Melendez

Natalie Dimitruck

Mary Dudley and Greg Wortman

Timothy R. Fox

Karen and Bill Gahr

Mary Alice and Gregory Gillette

Erik Gustafson and Kerry Ginger

Marcia Harris

Patricia Henning

Jeanne and Van Hoisington

Richard W. Hughes

Elizabeth Hurst-Waitz

Charles and Yvonne Keller

Thomas McCaffrey

Laura McWilliams

Frances and Michael Meier

Pamela and Don Michaelis

Jeanette (Boo) Miller

Mary Munger

Patty and Gary Osborne

John Overbey

Matilda Perkins

Ashlyn and Dan Perry

Nancy L. and James A. Pierce

Helena Ribe

Judy and Bob Sherman

Susan Lamberson and Clinton Singley

Barry and Marilyn Smith

Dr. Allen and Andrea Steele

Christine and Paul Vogel

Bill and Kay Whitman

Mary Witherow and Susan Schneider

Linda Wolcott

Mary and Michael Woolever

BENEFACTOR

Gifts of up to $499

Anonymous (21)

Jon Aase

Mark Abe

Kim Abeyta-Martinez

Nancy and Harro Ackermann

Laura Acquaviva

Susan Ahrens

Jonathan Aibel

Page Allen

David Anderson

Hillary Armstrong

Joanna Armstrong

Patricia Assimakis

Leslie and Edward Atler

Joella Autorino

Karen Avila

Bette Myerson, B’nai Shalom Havurah

Celia Baca

Patricia and Alan Baer

Martha Baker

James Ball

Benjamin Bankson

Avelina Bardwell

Ann and Ed Barker

Amy Bauer

Elizabeth S. Bayne

Constance and Douglas Beck

Vicki Bellmyer

Judith Benkendorf and Norman Marks

Joanie Puma Bennet

James Benton

Jean and John Berghoff

Steven Berkshire

David and Jimi Bernard

Alicia Bertram

Rebecca Jensen and Chris Biemesderfer

Audrey Bishop

Katherine Blagden

Mark Bolander

Ted and Jamison Borek

George Dennis

Rebecca Brackett

Suzanne Brannen

Iain Bray

Robert Lynn and Janet Braziel

Kathryn Braziel and Elizabeth Doak

Curtiss T. and Mary G. Brennan

Sakina and Hans Von Briesen

Mark Broecker

Barbara A. Brooks

Gwynne and Joe Brooks

Diane Brunjes

Julianne and Carl Buckland

Dave Bueschel

Constance Burke

Lisa Burkstaller

Jason Burnett and Brandon Baker

Laura Burton

Jeanne Butler

Genevieve Ann Caldwell

Anita and James Caldwell

Julie Ann Canepa

Steven Caplan

Michelle Caputo

Patricia Carlton

Katharine Carrillo and Nery Carrillo-Barrera

Nansy and Steve Carson

Betty Bevans and C. Carvel Jr.

Richard and JoAnn Casten

Harry Cates

Peggy Catron

Jean Charis

Elaine Cheesman

Bruce Chemel

Celeste Chmielewski

Lee Siah Chong and Bill Dodge

Sharon Christensen

Qris Claassen

Kirsten Clary

Soraya Clow

Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Santa Fe

Bradlee Coe

Robert Colegrove

Susan E. Collins

Marcie Connolly

Paul Cook

Jerry Cooke and Catherine Sheppard

Mona and Ken Corcoran Sherrell

Jack Cox and Edwin Light, DMA

Karen Cox

Scott Craig

Kathy Cross

Philip Dale

Abby Dan

Judith Davenport

Julia Davidson

Miles and Susan Davis

Isabel and Raul Delgado

Joel and Janet DeLisa

Bill DeYoung

Chav Doherty

Becky Donohue

Kevin Dowd

John and Lucy Draper

Joseph Dray

Paulette Dubickas

Rachel Dunlap

Stephen Dunn

Dona Durham

Dr. Betty M. Duson

Kathleen and Dan Dustin

Mary Lou Dye

Deborah Dye

Melissa Eason

David Eaton

Susan and Ellis Eberlein

Jane Ann Edwards

Jeana Efroymson

Laura Elliman

Encore Global

Michael Engl

Susan English and Michael Kalkstein

Robert Evans

Frances Ewing

Nancy Fairchild

Cynthia Feiden-warsh

Jim and Beth Felty

Gail and Douglas Fine

Margaret Finley

Carolyn Finster

Michael Fiore

Paul Fish

Jo Fisher

William Fitzgerald and Kyra Kerr

Carol Fitzpatrick

Alan Fleischauer

Marilyn Flood

Jacquelyn Foorman

Jennifer Forest

Rick Fortner

Portia Franklin

Lynn Freedman

Charles R. Freuden

Gary Frisch

Leslie Fry

Jake Gallegos

Charles Gamble

Dorothy and George Gamble

Dana Garcia

Debbie Garrity

Leigh Gathright

Lynda and Louis Gavioli

Sayre Gerhart

Monika Ghattas

Jeffery Gibbs

Peggy Gilbert

James and JoAnn Gillula

Gary Gordon and Terri Giron

Becky Gould

Rosaline and Rob Gould

Laura Grady

Kirsten Graham

Paige Grant

Mark Gray

Peter and Francine Gray

Liz Grobsmith

Gordon Groff

Steven Lustig and Jessie R. Groothuis, MD

Sally Guenther

Rod Guinn

Diane Gulseth

Paul Gutelius

Trammell Gutierrez

Ruben Habito

Charles Haggard

Ursula Hammes

Elizabeth Hansen

Greg Hansen

Judy and Neal Hansen

Roland C. Hansen

Annie Hanson

Mark Hardaway

David Hartley

Richard Harveston

Mimi Hatch

Christopher and Dani Hayes

Leonard Heil

Jacquelyn Helin and Robert Glick

Cynthia Hendrick

Jill Heppenheimer

Kay and Michael Hilliard

Shirley and Frank Hirsch

Jeffrey Hoffman

Julia Hoffman

Kim Hogan

Vicki Holmsten and Don Allen

Dorothy L. Hudson and Harry J. Guffee

Lisa Huggins

Howard Hughes

Jolie and Bart Humphrey

Joyce Ice

Peggy Jenkins

David Jennison

Brenda and Michael Jerome

Janelle Johnson

Kenneth and Jean Johnson

Lizabeth Johnson

Tim Johnson

Amorette Jones

Deborah Jones

Julie Jones

Christina Kalenda

David and Stephanie Kauffman

Nancy Kelley

Susan Kelly

Dr. Patricia Kennedy

Susan and Thomas Kingston

Grayson and Jenifer Kirtland

Sally Kitch

Allene Kleweno

Lorri Knight

Amy Koch

Bert & Sue Koegl

Kokoman Fine Wines & Liquor

Evan Kottle

Patricia Krebs

Katherine Kubarski

The Estate of Evelyn Kupec

John La Farge

Frank and Lucia La Rocca

Linne Lalire

Jean L. and Stephen J. Lauer

Mary E. Lebeck

Nathan Leblang

JD Leslie

Jennifer Levi

Kit Lewis

Maurine Linder

Pamela Livingston

Melanie Lohmann

Bill and Ellen London

Tom and Margaret Lopez

John and Kim Lowe

Timothy Lowery

Ron Lucchino

Mary Ann and Warren Lukas-Laskey

Monica Lund

Barbara Lynn

Deborah Maas

Barbara MacPhee

Timothy Malone

Lena Mann

Cristine Marchand

Martha Marchand

Ms. Nancy Maret

Yorgos Marinakis

Richard Mariner

Audrey Marnoy

Katherine Maroney

Charles and Maryann Marzen

Marilyn Matthews

Janice L. Mayer

William Mayer

Amy McCawley

Kathy McClendon

Elizabeth McClutchey

Diana McEnnerney

Sasha McGhee

Nancy McLean

Dorothy McMath

Karen and J. Richard McMichael

Nan McMillan

Judith McNeill and David Welch

John McPherson

Ernie McWilliams

David and Christina Mead

Kathleen Meyer

Maria Meyer

Marilyn Middleton

Carol and George Miraben

Leslie Mitchell

Timothy and Mary Mitchell

James Moffitt

Adriana Molina

Arianne Monroe

Marie Moore

Thomas M. Morales

Nancy Morgan

Ted Morse and Mary Winters Morse

Dwayne Moseley

Hal Myers

Skip and Molly Naylor

Maryellen Nealon

Carol Nieling

Katherine Nydes and Hans Bakker

Etain O’Malley

Michael and Barbara Ogg

Rebecca Okun

Katie Olivant

Catherine Oppenheimer

Daniel Oshman

Kimberly Page

John Pakula and Marishka Rosinski

David Patterson

Eileen Patterson

Joyce and Thomas Pavlis

Eva Peterson

William Petrick

John Petrila

Kurt and Pauline Philipps-Zabel

Fred and Lois Phillips

Karen Phillips

Robert and HelenAnn Phillips

James and Mary Polk

Catherine Pope

Pamela Porcella

Rebecca Rene Porras

Drs. Michael Privitera and Marcia Kaplan

Jane Punneo

Molly and Ben Sheen

Dr. Sandra L. Ragan

Judy Rainger

James Rauscher

Steven Redd

Marion Reynolds

Kathleen and Dennis Ritschel

Sally Roberts

Elizabeth and James Roghair

Joseph Roig

Terry Root

Judy Ross

Ted and Mary Roswarski

Nancy Rowland

Kristen Rowley

David Rubenstein and Martha Braniff

Charlotte Rundell

Anne Russ

Barbara Russell

Stacy Sacco and Dorothy Stermer

Sara Sacra and Jeffrey Gruber

Carmen Salazar

Anne Salopek

Kent Scarbrough

Lucy L. Scott

Bethany Searcey

Judith Seltzer

Adrienne Shurbet

James and Anne Shute

Jeanne Sison

Pam Skillman

Carolyn Smalls

Dr. Glen and Barbara Smerage

Liza Solomon

Dr. Peter and Jody Spalding

Matthew Spano

Bryan and Cynthia Sperry

Jo Beth and Erik Speyer

Melanie Spriggs

Nadine Stafford

Gretchen Stai

Ann Stanley

Robert Steber

Rebecca Steele

John and Cynthia Stetson

Mary Beth Stevens

Yvette and Dean Stoor

Karen Strickler Vinson

Ryan Sullivan

Douglas Sutherland

Charles and Jan Swaney

Kay Swindell†

Gail Takagi

Marc Talbert

Cheryl Tarter

David Taylor

Mindy Teolis

Sara Teppema

Kristin Thacher

David Thomas

John Thompson

Rebecca Tobey

Eva Toelle

Michael Toledo

Steven Traub

Barb Turiciano

Catherine Ulrich

Anne Urbanski

Monica Van de Water

Josephine Van Der Hoeven

Michael van Eckhardt

Hubert and Deborah van Hecke

Kay van Oort

Joan Vernick

Eric von Starck

Karen and John Waddell

Duke Wagner

Susan and Trenholm Walker

Robin and Jerry Ward

Joseph Warganz

George Warmingham

Adam Wasserman

Douglas and Mary Weaver

Alan Webber and Frances Diemoz

Patricia Weiler

Bill and Janislee Wiese

Elaine Williams

Janis and San Williams

Jason Williams

Lisa Williams

Rachel Williams

Shelagh Wilmott

Julia Wilson Ball

Clara Winter

James and Lori Winter

Rebecca Phillips

Jean C. Withers

Joseph Alcorn and Sylvia Wittels

Belinda Wong-Swanson

Charles Wood

Jane Woods and Anne M. O’Connor

Maggie Wright-Oviedo

Mark Wuest

Angie Wulfow

Kathryn Yarbrough

Marian Yeager

Emily York

Lyle York and Matthew Wilson

Elizabeth Young

Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky

Linda Zwick

HONORARIA

In Honor of Camille Cates Barnett

The Reverend Canon Ted Karpf

In Honor of Nancy and Dr. Murray Bern

Kenneth and Jean Johnson

In Honor of the Cathedral Docents

Nancy Lerner

In Honor of Jeffrey Fort and Diane Locandro

Genevieve Ann Caldwell

In Honor of Diane and Bill Graves

Steven Caplan

In Honor of Joshua Habermann

Mark Abe

Susan Koehn, Habermann Koehn

Foundation

Joyce and Thomas Pavlis

David and Lee Takagi

In Honor of Jenna Hernandez McLean

Nancy McLean

In Honor of Stephen Hochberg

Laura Acquaviva

Janice L. Mayer

Patricia Stanley

In Honor of Barry and Margaret Lyerly

Mark Kriendler-Nelson

Ashlyn and Dan Perry

In Honor of Emma Marzen

The Reverend Canon Ted Karpf

In Honor of Bradley Naylor

Skip and Molly Naylor

Patty and Gary Osborne

In Honor of Carmen Paradis

John Wilcynski and Jan Chavez-Wilcynski

In Honor of Anne Pearson

Carlos Rovelo and Dr. Sherry Dean

In Honor of Pat Stanley

Celia Baldwin

Patrick Carr

Jane and Ernest Godlove

Barbara Russell

Ann Stanley

In Honor of David and Lee Takagi

Peggy Gilbert

In Honor of Jana Thomas

Anonymous

In Honor of Julie Thomas

Anonymous

IN MEMORIAM

In Memory of Hugh Balaam

Martha Baker

In Memory of Dr. Jim Barnett

Dr. Camille Cates Barnett

In Memory of Joan Berner

Patricia “Tish” Romer

In Memory of Sallie Bingham

Nadine Stafford

In Memory of Joseph W. Blagden (Jody)

Katherine Blagden

In Memory of Rick Blatchley

Lynn Bickley and Randy Schiffer

In Memory of Peggy Bonner

Mary Dudley and Greg Wortman

In Memory of Joel Brauer

Mary and Phil Delk

In Memory of Douglas C. Brew

Dorothy Peacock

In Memory of Patricia O. Casey

Michael Toledo

In Memory of Ash Collins Jr.

Susan E. Collins

In Memory of Doris Franson Dakin

Julie Ann Dakin and Christopher Oechsli

In Memory of Kathleen Doherty

Jon Aase

In Memory of Jake Foster

Jason Burnett and Brandon Baker

In Memory of Lana Goblet and John Stinson

Patricia and Bradley Thompson

In Memory of Cheryl Hall

Honorable Michael L. Bustamante

In Memory of Judith M. Harris

James O. Harris, Jr.

In Memory of Frances Contreras Hartley and Mary Graham Hartley

David Hartley

In Memory of Charles T. “Terry” Hendrix

Nadine Stafford

In Memory of Steven Kerchoff

Mark Abe

Roland C. Hansen

Melanie Lohmann

Kathryn Lowerre and Robert Shay

Patricia Stanley

In Memory of Brad McWilliams

Alison Sowden

In Memory of Danielle Moloney

Joanne and Andrew Eggen

In Memory of Jane Clayton Oakes

Allegra and Jim Derryberry

Nadine Stafford

In Memory of Nina Hinson Rasmussen and Dr. Prescott C. Rasmussen

Maggie Edmondson and Dmitri Bovaird

In Memory of Albie Romanoff

Lisa Romanoff Botos and Stephen Botos

In Memory of Craig Smith

Jo Fisher

In Memory of Hope Stearns Anderson

Lindsay S. Pope

In Memory of Jan and Ralph Stone

Bill and Nancy Cella

IN MEMORIAM

We remember and will always have in our hearts our dear friends:

James Babcock, supporter

Sallie Bingham, supporter

Douglas Brew, supporter

Steven Kerchoff, Encore Society Member and supporter

Richard Kipling, supporter

Bradley McWilliams, supporter

Robert Meyer, supporter

Morton H. Meyerson, supporter

Jane Clayton Oakes, Director Emeriti and supporter

Kay Swindell, supporter

Suzanne Timble, Former Board Member and supporter

Carolyn Trela, supporter

In Memory of Suzanne Timble

Susan and Bill Cammock

Catherine and Nicholas Carlozzi

Shirley and Frank Hirsch

Phyllis Lehmberg

Kurt and Pauline Philipps-Zabel

In Memory of Robert Weiler

Patricia Weiler

In Memory of Janusz Wilczynski

Brahna Lauger Wilczynski

ENCORE SOCIETY

We salute the foresight and generosity of the following individuals who have chosen to include the Santa Fe Desert Chorale in their estate plans:

Rev. Talitha Arnold

Brooke Bandfield Taylor

Murray & Nancy Bern

Bette Betts

Mary Costello

Dorothy B. Davis

Gregory Dove

Margaret Edwards & Ellie Edelstein

Halley Faust & Eve Cohen

Diane & Bill Graves

Catherine & Guy Gronquist

Barbara Houser & Sarah Nolan

Richard Hughes

Sheryl Kelsey & George Duncan

Dr. Patricia Kennedy

Steven Kerchoff†

Joy & Phil LeCuyer

Lynn F. Lee

Barry & Margaret Lyerly

Charles MacKay

Janice L. Mayer

Fraser & Alice McAlpine

Cam McCluskey

James Murphy & Roxanne Howe-Murphy

Jerome B. Nelson

Susan Noel

Margaret K. Norton

Carmen Paradis & Brian McGrath

Edwin & Melanie Peters Thorne

Don† & Sally Roberts

Donald Shina & Kevin Waidmann

Nadine Stafford

Patricia Stanley

Bradley & Patricia Thompson

Suzanne Timble†

Janusz† and Brahna Lauger Wilczynski

Margaret Wright

ENDOWMENT GIFTS

Anonymous (1)

Dmitri Bovaird & Maggie Edmondson

Nina Hinson Rasmussen & Dr. Prescott C. Rasmussen†

ESTATE GIFTS

Anonymous (1)

Margaret Arrott

Lawrence Bandfield

John de Beer

Martin Dieter

Dr. James C. & Julie J. Drennan

Allison & James Elston

Robert Fisher

Dorothy Harroun

Evelyn C. Kupec

Thomas F. McGuire

Ian McKee

Paul Resnick

Joseph P. Schwitter

Ann Marie Shaw

Robert C. Smith

Frances & Hywel White

† in memoriam

While we endeavor to appropriately recognize all of our donors, please inform us if we have inadvertently omitted your name or listed it incorrectly.

Acosta Strong Fine Art Gallery, Carlos Acosta

Archdiocese of Santa Fe, The Most Rev. John C. Wester, The Very Rev. John D. Cannon, Carmen Flórez-Mansi, Tom Mansi, Estevan Mansi

Mary Ann Campbell-Horan and Edie Brooks

Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe and Chatter, Allie Norris

The Church of the Holy Faith, The Rev. Canon

Robin D. Dodge, The Rev. Lynn Finnegan, Canon Mark Edw. Childers, Marcos and Rocio Castillo, Eli Herrera and Donna Lukacs

City of Santa Fe (Arts & Culture and Tourism Departments), The Honorable Alan Webber, Mayor; Randy Randall; Jordan Guenther; and Chelsey Johnson

The Club at Las Campanas, Brandon Norwick

DeVargas Mall, Katy Fitzgerald

Dr. J. Randle Adair, DO and Diane Graves

El Castillo, Cecily Martin

Elaine Wang Meyerhoffer

Encore

Evelyne Boren

First Presbyterian Church Albuquerque, Matthew Miller and Leon Lake

Jeffrey Fort and Diane Locandro

Karen and Bill Gahr

Gonzales Community School, John Tiranno

Catherine and Guy Gronquist

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Rev. Drew M. Henry and Evan Aguilar; and The Carlisle Center

Sheryl Kelsey and George Duncan

KHFM, Alexis Corbin, Kathlene Ritch, and Brent Stevens

KNCE, Molly Steinbach

KSFR, Lynn Cline

La Fonda on the Plaza, Lorie Woodmansee

The Life Link Clubhouse, Elizabeth Carovillano and Lyndsey Broxton

Barry and Margaret Lyerly

New Mexico Bank & Trust, Linda Bencomo and Shauna Shannon

Felicia and Daniel Morrow

The Neighborhood at Rio Rancho, Shawn Quinn and Valerie Schalow

Lili Pierrepont

Quail Run Santa Fe, Peter Walsh

Reflective Jewelry, Mark Choyt

Judy Rowan and Dick Schacht

¡Salud Santa Fe!, Samayya Cabre

Santa Fe County Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board, Lisa A. Katonak

Santa Fe New Mexican Pasatiempo, Carolyn Graham and Mark Tiarks

Santa Fe Public Schools, Christina González

Santa Fe Selection Travel Guide, Maria Johnson

Sommer Udall Law Firm, P.A., Kurt Sommer

Soundmirror, Blanton Alspaugh and Mark Donahue

Richard Sparks

The State of New Mexico (New Mexico Arts), Governor Michelle Luhan Grisham, Secretary Debra Garcia y Griego, Senator Peter Wirth, Representative Reena Szczepanski, and Michelle Laflamme-Childs

Thornburg Investment Management, Erin Cave, Michael Corrao, and Michael Nelson

U.S. Representative from the State of New Mexico, Teresa Leger Fernandez

U.S. Senators from the State of New Mexico, Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján

V. Sue Cleveland High School, Jadira Flamm

The Young Voices of Santa Fe Opera, Amy Owens

Our concerts and events would not be possible without the support of many volunteers who give generously of their time and talent. Thank you! If you would like to join the Desert Chorale Ambassadors, contact heather@desertchorale.org

Anna Aguilera

Ann Alexander

Barbara Anderson Acosta

Demetrius Armstrong

Terry Beery

Sue Benedict

Ellen Morris Bond

Jeannie Bowman

Darryl Bowman

Isabella Brewer

Susan Breyer

Gene Brooks

Edie Brooks

John Burke

Martha (Marty) Carroll

Andréa Cassutt

Elaine Cheesman

Donna Clark

Kate Cleal

Bradford Clements

Jane Clements

Christine Cloyd

Kenneth Alan Collins

Doug Conwell

Judy Costlow

Diana Dallas

Colleen Davidson

Rebecca Dempsey

Ellen Dupuy

Lisa El-Kerdi

Doug Escue

Laura Escue

Barbara Forslund

Denise Fort

Gwen Fuller

Ralph Fuller

Mary Garcia Ingram

K.C. Garrett

Michaela Granito-Tibbetts

Jennifer Graves

Divara Harper

Janet Harris

Alice Harris

Arnie Hershman

Shari Hirst

Ruth Hogan

Marie Howson

Christopher (Chris) Howson

Victoria Hudimac

Rose Ann James

Jamie Jarvis

Julia Johnson

Martha Kallejian

Margery Kaplan

Anna Katherine

Roberta (Bo) Keppel

Janet Kerr

Lori Koch

Barbara Kuzminska

Joan Lamarque

Beata Lewis

Rodger Liljestrand

Dolores Lopez

Ann MacVicar

Dirk Mathis

Carole Mathison

Arin McKenna

Karen Meador

Estelle Miller

Jeff Mocho

Kathy Moore-Gregory

Elizabeth Morgan

Karen Nelson

Marie Newsom

Mary O’Brien

Lynn Osborne

Tina Ossorgin

Carole Owens

Hannah Palmer

Shirley Panek

Marcus Parker

Linda Pasternacki

Uma Pattabhiraman

Grace Philips

Cindy Piatt

Rob Pine

Anita Pisa

Ross (Allen) Pope

Rebecca Rene Porras

Madeline S. Pryor

Larry Rasmussen

Nyla Rasmussen

Donna Rigano

Pat Roach

Laurie Romero

Barbara Roush

Ann Roylance

Nickola Rubow

Joyce Ruderman

Karren Sahler

Anne Salzmann

Donald Schmit

Elizabeth Schwitz

John Schwitz

Diana Segara Mahony

Helen Senesac

Sally Shockey

Deborah Smith-Davis

Sandy Sparks

Lynn Spray

Andrea Steele

Allen Steele

Erin Taylor

David Taylor

Mark Tibbetts

Alice Tinkle

Jolanta Tuzel

Carrie Vogel

Jan Watson

Susan Watts

Jefferson (Jeff) Welch

Linda Wieseman

Jean Withers

Carmela Woll

Bob Zimmerman