Virginia Music Educators Association

Virginia Choral Directors Association

District XII Workshop Chorus

Guest Conductor

Dan LeJeune

Accompanist

Carol Feather Martin

District XII Women’s Chorus

Guest Conductor

Dr. Lauren Fowler-Calisto

Accompanist

Jane Kaye

District XII Mixed Chorus

Guest Conductor

Dr. Patrick Walders

Accompanist

Elaine Stanford

Saturday, February 9, 2008

2:00 p.m.

Herndon High School

Herndon, Virginia

The Conductors

District XII Middle School Workshop Chorus

Dan LeJeune is the Middle School Choral Director at The Blake School, in Hopkins, Minnesota,

where he directs six choirs and co-teaches an integrated arts class for eighth grade. Prior to 1999,

he taught vocal music in Maryland public schools for thirteen years, where he was designated the

Howard County Music Educator of the Year in 1995. His school choirs have been chosen to

perform for eight state, regional, or national music conferences. Mr. LeJeune has presented

workshops at state conferences in Maryland, Minnesota, and Wisconsin and has conducted

elementary and junior high school honors choirs at the district, county, or state levels in Maryland,

Oklahoma, Virginia, and Minnesota.

A graduate of Peabody Conservatory and Bowling Green State University, Mr. LeJeune leads

workshops and teaches summer classes that focus on elementary and middle school choral

repertoire and techniques. He has been a visiting instructor at Colorado College, The University of

Colorado at Colorado Springs, George Mason University, and the University of St. Thomas, where

he has taught graduate courses during the summer since 1995.

District XII High School Women’s Chorus

Dr. Lauren Fowler-Calisto, Associate Professor and Director of Choral Studies and Vocal Jazz at

Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. She is originally from the upper

Midwest, where she taught on both public school and collegiate levels for over fifteen years and

served as the Associate Director of Choirs and Specialist in Choral Music Education and Vocal

Jazz at Iowa State University.

Dr. Fowler received her doctor of arts degree in choral conducting and vocal performance and

pedagogy from the University of Northern Colorado. She also holds a bachelor of music education

degree from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, where she worked with Paul J.

Christiansen and sang in the Concordia Choir, and a master of music in performance degree from

the University of Arizona, where she worked with Dr. Maurice Skones and sang with the Arizona

Chamber Choir.

She is quite active as an adjudicator and guest conductor for high school, college, and middle

school honor choirs, festival choirs, and jazz/show choirs. Dr. Fowler has appeared as the guest

conductor for the New Hampshire All-State Jazz Choir, the Kentucky Collegiate Honors Choir at

the 2001 Southern Division MENC convention, the South Dakota All-State Jr. High Honors

Choir, and the Northern Kentucky Women’s High School Honors Choir. She has also directed

the Virginia District IX, IV, and XI Women’s Honors Choirs in addition to the Prince William

All-County SATB chorus and the District VIII SATB Honors Choir twice. Both her traditional

and jazz choirs at the university and public school levels have been selected to perform at state

conventions, including the CNU Chamber Choir (2003) and the CNU Women’s Chorus (2006) at

the Virginia Music Educators State Conference.

District XII High School Mixed Chorus

Dr. Patrick Walders is the Director of Choral Activities at James Madison University in

Harrisonburg, Virginia. He directs the highly select JMU Chorale (70 voices) and Madison Singers

(25 voices); oversees the Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chorus, and Treble Chamber Choir; and

teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting classes and graduate choral literature. For four

seasons, he was the Associate Conductor of the National Philharmonic Chorale, and Artistic

Director of the National Philharmonic Singers, the chamber choir formed from the nucleus of the

Chorale which is based in the state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center at Strathmore. He made his

National Philharmonic debut in December 2006, conducting Handel’s “Messiah,” and his

Kennedy Center debut conducting John Hilliard’s “Piano Concerto No. 2” in January 2007.

As a baritone/countertenor, Dr. Walders has sung professionally throughout the northeastern

United States as a soloist and chorister. He has been a soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic,

Westminster Choir, Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, Manhattan Choral Ensemble, Alexandria

Choral Society, University of Maryland Symphony, University of Georgia Symphony, Dartmouth

College, and Princeton Chamber Players, among others. He has participated in recording projects

with the American Boychoir School, The Choral Scholars, The National Cathedral, and New

Jersey Symphony. In the Washington, D.C., area, he is a founding member of Viri Animarum, a

six-voice male chamber choir focusing on music from the medieval through the present time, and

is a member of the early music ensemble, “Orpheus,” directed by Philip Cave.

A native of Buffalo, New York, Dr. Walders earned his doctorate in conducting from the

University of Maryland-College Park. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from the

State University of New York (SUNY) College at Fredonia, taught public school (grades 7-12) in

western New York, and earned a master’s degree in choral conducting from the Westminster

Choir College. Dr. Walders has conducted many choral events and honor choirs for middle

schools, high schools, and colleges throughout the northeastern United States.

Program

Middle School Workshop Chorus

Swell the Full Chorus ................................................ Handel, arr. Leavitt

A Song to You I Sing ............ Jacques Arcadelt, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen

Estrella ................................................................................. arr. Grundahl

The Minstrel Boy ................................................................... arr. Mauldin

Ubi Caritas ........................................................................ Audrey Snyder

Gabi, Gabi ................................................................................. arr. Powell

High School Women’s Chorus

a No Efe Dusime ............................................... arr. Paschal Yao Younge

Fire, Fire ..................................... Thomas Morley, arr. Russell Robinson

Music, Spread Thy Voice Around ................ Handel, arr. John Cramer

from “Oratorio Solomon”

Out of the Morning .............................................................. Daniel J. Hall

Laudamus Te ...................................................................... Rene Clausen

You Made Me Love You ............................................. arr. Michele Weir

High School Mixed Chorus

Missa Brevis in Bb ......................................................................... Mozart

“Kyrie, Gloria”

Bogoroditse Devo ...................................................................... Arvo Pärt

Lua Lua Lua ................................................................................. E. Scliar

Requiem .................................................................... Craig Hella Johnson

My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord ............................. Moses Hogan

2008 District XII High School Women’s Chorus

CARSON

Hannah Berlin

Adrienne Doebrich

Susanna Jacobson

Lauren Johnson

Ariana Kruszewski

Rachel Kumar

Laura Leatherman

Emma Mankin

Keeley McLaughlin

Katie McVicar

Brandon Mezzullo

Amanda Miesner

Madeline Paul

Julia Ruth

Brittany Sanok

David Sheetz

Katie Turk

COOPER

Lucy Alexander

Stephanie Anderson

Kaden Calderwood

Bre DellaCorna

Mia Engelhardt

Jennifer George

Reza Malik

Craig McKenzie

Mark Paulson

Amy Rosenquist

Abby Schneider

Abby Thompson

Charlee Vasiliadis

Kwon Yoo Jin

Alina Zufall

FRANKLIN

Kevin Ayala

Kristen Brunngraber

Seth Catalano

Jennifer Cho

Alexa Corso

John Cuddehe

Adria Davis

Ashley Doran

Morgan Doss

Mark Fearson

Brian Furr

Trevor Herrinton

Emily James

Erica Jensen

Cici Kim

Joe Kisiday

Ziwei Li

Lauren McCue

Stephanie Miller

Michael Palmer

Nathan Parshall

Nick Ransom

Catherine Reed

Carolina Rodriguez

Natalia Rodriguez

Lauren So

Alex Sommese

Maggie Stevens

Megan Taylor

Jonathan Wille

Munfarid Zaidi

H-B WOODLAWN MS

Liza Gibbs

Kyra Klontz

Lisa Konort

Kamau Mitchell

Caroline Petro

Kaylee Shuey

Ned Sieverts

Helen Westergren

HERNDON MS

Emily Clark

Colin Curtis

Timothy Eisnaugle

Carson Etienne

Robin Falci

Amy Freeman

Olivia Jewell

Brett Johnson

Nina Kappel

Ryan Little

Carlos Moriera

Usama Nadir

Shammah Okai

Nicole Ollerhead

Ella Rutanen

Brandon Timbrook

Jack Wei Mo

Emma Withers

LANGSTON HUGHES

Arwa Ahmed

Jacqueline Angel

Alexandra Ervin

Sydney Gaver

Christopher Hixson-Simeral

Chadia King

Nick Lytle

Danielle Maleski

Eric O'Brien

June Schreiner

Mary Severin

Monika Shayka

LONGFELLOW

Samer Abdelmoty

Dina Ajalli

Marwa Amer

Ben Barton

Allison Chou

Brien Comey

Sarah Etherton

Erin Ginnerty

Natalie Given

John Higgins

Lisl Karony

Sophie Lesher

Ava Mirzadegan

Tani O'Neill

Ben Yang

ROCKY RUN

Ariel Bevan

Margie Blanton

Amy Carrion

Alycia Chau

John Downey

Emily Dwornik

Rachel Ewalt

Brandon Galindo

Amanda Gartrell

Megan Husson

Alexandra Johnson

Daniel Lindgren

Kevin Liu

Grady Locklear

Brian Rothschild

Justin Sanata

Marin Shipe

THOREAU

Matt Ammann

Savannah Bentley

Stephanie Bilidas

Megan Bisson

Allie Brooks

Michael Canavan

Audrey Charlwood

Matthew Chellaraj

Yuri Chung

Caroline Comey

Andrew Crelling

Connor Divine

Jack Dunn

Emma Gettier

Jake Guy

Tiffany Hamilton

Andre Lindenfelser

Jason Mann

Emmanuel Momoh

Kevin Ordonez

Tess Ottinger

Justin Parker

Will Skipper

Annie Tracz

Howie Wang

WILLIAMSBURG

Annie (Anirmaa) Dorjpurev

Kevin Konort

Margaret Stewart

BISHOP O'CONNELL

Nadja Bieniek

Molly Cabbage

Ashley Fidler

Marielle Grenade-Willis

Lauren Young

CHANTILLY

Susan Dixon

Kristen Duffy

Stefanie Feldman

Ashleigh Gartrell

Becca Lipps

Candice Shedd-Thompson

Jaclyn Thomas

FLINT HILL

Kristen Bishof

Ratna Gill

H-B WOODLAWN HS

Paula DeFrancis

Claudia Dimick

Lydia Fisher-Lasky

Miranda Fox

Irene Khuu

Caitlin Levine

Olivia Myers

Clara Nice

Julia Petro

Haley Sanner

Samantha Taggart

Sandy Thong

Iliana Vazuka

Emily Willard

HERNDON HS

Christine Bobby

Mariam Ernesta-Savy

Sarah Freeman

Hannah Glass

Carolyn Hennessey

Rachel Liebenstein

Capri Lofaro

Erin Mancini

Rebecca Norton

Anne Otih

Mary Peterson

Tiffany Schick

Marisa Shannon

Melissa Simkol

Sara Talebian

Katherine Thorsey

Annie Turner

Clair Vogel

Rachel Wallis

Gracie Williams

LANGLEY

Rachael Bumsted

Paulina Drucker

Caroline Dunigan

Ariana Gover-Chamlon

Kelly Hubbell

Nicole Kang

Hayley Mercer

Linsey Park

Stephanie Plunkett

Chelsea Raitor

Katie Scalia

Leah Stein

Arianna Zell

MADISON

Ilana Bell

Melissa Hobson

Charlotte Humphries

Grant Jenkins

Gabriela Lopez

Melissa Murray

Daniela Robinson

Katie Somers

Lauren Stonerock

MARSHALL

Janani Kumar

Suh Ju Ri

MCLEAN

Eve Cox

Angela Ha

Laura Landes

Charlotte Lee

Elizabeth Lee

Monica Manoatl

Raha Mirzadagan

Trina Ross

Eve Spielburg

India Thomson

OAKTON

Meredith Buck

Lauren Doss

Ava Driscoll

Kristin Gavin

Holly Kelly

Stephanie LeBolt

Michelle McHugh

Grace Newman

SOUTH LAKES

Tasha Babiarz

Stefanie Brown

Christine Comer

Shruti Kuppa

WAKEFIELD

Danielle Greenfield

Adriana Lopez-Piper

WASHINGTON-LEE

Zoe Bellars

Elana Crivella

Valerie Dugie

YORKTOWN

Lindsey Hunt

2008 District XII Middle School Workshop Chorus

BISHOP O’CONNELL

Madeline Arthur

Mary Bloch

Kathryn Elliott

Sally Meier

Mary O’Connor

Angelica Yi

CHANTILLY

Erin Byrne

Ashley Carter

Katie deMonsabert

Shannon Dooley

Kelly Gorman

David Harsh

Ashley Holcomb

Erica Hwang

Peter Ikeda

Timothy Kennedy

Bethany Kroese

Sarah Lott

Anicka Pathammavong

Bridget Ryan

Nicole Shackleford

Austin Tenny

Garrett Thatcher

FLINT HILL

Kenneson Chen

Dani Dutta

Christie Fellows

Kurren Gill

Lyndsey Marcus

Morgan O’Grady

Maggie Robertson

Ashley Sprano

H-B WOODLAWN HS

Jamie Barr

Caroline Brent

Peter Causey

Jack Crawford-Brown

Emma Erion-Brewer

Emily George

Hilary Grothman

Christine Kline

Jordan LaBella

Isaac MacDonald

Aurora Martin

John Paul Mohler

Jennie Morgans

Tyson Price

David Rodriguez

Emily Schwartz

Samantha Sheahan

James Sheats

Struan Shields

Emerson Sieverts

Emily Silverberg

Eva Simkin

Mick Sloan

Steven Sloan

Alexandra Staeben

Natalie Stearman

Meredith Steen

Miranda Webster

HERNDON HS

Jared Ambrose

Karleigh Bishop

Alexis Bonilla

Andrew Caballero

Meagan Carrick

Christopher Czerwinski

Derek Etienne

Sabrina Faubert

Matthew Frederickson

Ian Gildea

Sarah Goughnour

Joshua Hagstrom

Caitlin Harman

Griffin Harrington

Lauren Hickman

Civanna Hoffman

Samuel McCracken

Kate Merryman

Kathryn Miller-Cvilikas

Trevor Morgan

Maggie Osburn

Grace Poltrack

Colleen Rice

Michael Schreiber

Emily Skinnell

Liz Smith

Talya Vikram

Stephanie Vito

Andrew Vito

Nathan Williams

LANGLEY

Cameran Alavi

Caroline Anderson

Chris Anderson

Matt Anderson

Lauren Bailey

Christina Bumpus

Adam Check

Kelly Chung

Sean Fischer

Katie Fultz

Paul Goldberg

Zack Gray

Haydn Haring

Robert Higgins

Meg Honigberg

Jackie Hugger

Brittany Johnson

Eunhie Kim

Charlie Kinniburgh

Ben Koppier

Katie Leslie

Mike Levy

Jack Marsh

Erik Matson

Devon Mercer

In Park

Andrew Paulson

Sara Rainey

James Rosenquist

Mia Smith

Melissa Solomon

Hanim Song

Alisa Vogt

Peter Wiese

Maddie Wise

MADISON

Katie Carroll

Seoyoung Choi

Trey Ervine

Greg Forbes

Max Kehs

Min Kim

Tommy Lohrmann

Noah Lubert

Samantha MacReynolds

Taylor Mead

Sophia Montenegro

Ki Ha Nam

Victoria Negron

Saya Novinger

James O’Leary

Tara Safaie

Ben Stonerock

Ann Louise Thaiss

Hillary Wolfe

Jacky Yoo

MARSHALL

Caitlin Claudy

MCLEAN

Juliet Abtahi

Marisa Cavin

Kate Comey

Kelly Flick

Susan Guth

Lara Iglesias

Jeila Irdmusa

Jackson Langevoort

Emma Lord

Jessie Maeshiro

Danielle Murphy

Paul Reuss

Corbin Rugh

Katie Siggins

Leah Towarnicky

Nick Williams

Samantha Winter

Joel Wood

Karen Wright

OAKTON

Nina Beaulieu

Sarah Choi

Matthew DeLorenzo

Richard Jacobson

Charles Kuykendall

Valerie McDonald

Maggie Shumate

Heather Smoot

Tanya Volansky

Andrea Williams

SOUTH LAKES

Naomi McCrea

Rhode N’Komba

Yoan N’Komba

Valerie Saba

Marshall Severin

Sarah Stanley

WAKEFIELD

Karlyn Doyle

Adam Hunter

WASHINGTON-LEE

Stephanie Dinan

Lauren Gradowski

Rachel Heend

McKenna Klontz

Andrew McDaniel

Ethan Scholl

Khand Sukhee

Peter Vernia

Andrew Webster

YORKTOWN

Phillip Baraoidan

Caroline Coogan

Ben Hecker

Dana John

Emily Marsh

Alec Saxe

Hamilton Turner

2008 District XII High School Mixed Chorus

Bishop O’Connell Michael Weinberg

Carson Middle Amy Moir

Chantilly High Glenn Cockrell and Michael Fuchs

Cooper Middle Keri Staley

Flint Hill High Kay Maddox

Franklin Middle Lorraine Neill

H-B Woodlawn High Jeff Benson

H-B Woodlawn Middle Bonny Tynch

Herndon High Dana Van Slyke

Herndon Middle Regina McCann

Langley High Mac Lambert

Langston Hughes Middle Katherine Anderson

Longfellow Middle Jennifer DeChene

Madison High Claire Rowan

Marshall High Jamie Lynch

McLean High Linda Martin

Oakton High Tiffany Powell

Rocky Run Middle Lynn Christman

South Lakes High Rita Gigliotti

Thoreau Middle Kristen Singletary

Wakefield High Nadim Nader

Washington-Lee High Theresa Severin

Yorktown High/Williamsburg Middle Roger Oliver

District XII Chair Claire Rowan

High School Host Chair Dana Van Slyke

Middle School Host Chair Lorraine Neill

High School District Auditions Coordinator Jeff Benson

High School All-State Auditions Coordinator Theresa Severin

Host School Principal Agustin Martinez

District Choir Committee Coordinator Melanie Miller-Cvilikas

Participating Schools and Directors

Acknowledgments