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From the British IslesConspirare
Symphonic Choir with Conspirare Youth Choirs
Glasgow Cathedral, Scotland, consecrated in 1197
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October 8, 2011, 7:30 pmUniversity Presbyterian ChurchAustin, Texas
Howard Burkett, bodhrán
Alicia Denney, tambourine
Maimy Fong, piano
Andrew Parker, oboe
Gil Zilkha, baritone
Rick GabrilloConspirare Associate ConductorConspirare Youth Choirs Co-Director (Kantorei)
Nina ReveringConspirare Youth Choirs Co-Director (Conspirare Children’s Choir)
Chris OelkersOrgan
Season Sustaining Underwriter
From the British Isles
2011-2012 SeaSon SuStaining underwriter of ConSPirare
ConspirareSymphonic Choir with Conspirare Kantorei and Conspirare Children’s Choir
Tenors and Basses of the
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Program
Combined ChoirsRick Gabrillo, Conductor
Jerusalem ...............................................................Charles H. H. Parry (1848-1918) Text by William Blake (1757-1827)
Skye Boat Song ............................................... Celtic folk song, arr. Lee Kesselman
Conspirare Kantorei Love Divine ................................................................ W. P. Rowlands (1860-1937) Text by Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Conspirare Children’s Choir with Symphonic ChoirNina Revering, Conductor
Beati Quorum Via ..................................................... C. V. Stanford (1852-1924) Psalm 119:1
If Ye Love Me ................................................................Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) John 14:15-17
I was glad when they said unto me ...........Charles H. H. Parry (1848-1918) Psalm 122:1-3, 6, 7
Conspirare Symphonic Choir Rick Gabrillo, Conductor
Five Mystical Songs ...................................Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Texts by George Herbert (1593-1633)
Gil Zilkha, baritone1. Easter2. I got me flowers3. Love bade me welcome4. The Call5. Antiphon
Danny Boy .................................................................. Z. Randall Stroope (b. 1953) Text by by Frederic Weatherly (1848-1929)
A Celtic Tryptich ...................................................................Ron Jeffers (b. 1944) Text by W. B. Yeats (1865-1939)
1. The Cloths of Heaven
Two Folk-songs for Male Voices ............................ arr. John Rutter (b. 1945)
1. Down by the Sally Gardens Text by W. B. Yeats
2. The miller of Dee Trad. English folk song
The Drinking Song from Sir John in Love ................................Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Text by John Still (1543-1607)
Combined Choirs
MLK ..........................................................................................U2, arr. Bob Chilcott
Jack Byrom, tenor Mairi’s Wedding ......................Traditional Irish folk song, arr. Dave and Jean Perry
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Jerusalem And did those feet in ancient time / Walk upon England’s mountains green?And was the Holy Lamb of God / On England’s pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine / Shine forth upon our clouded hills?And was Jerusalem builded here / Among these dark satanic mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold! / Bring me my arrows of desire!Bring me my spear! O clouds unfold! / Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight, / Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,Till we have built Jerusalem / In England’s green and pleasant land.
Skye Boat Song (Celtic Folk Song)Chorus: Speed bonnie boat like a bird on a wing,Onward, the sailors cry;Carry the lad that’s born to be king,Over the sea to Skye.
1. Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar, / Thunderclaps rend the air,Baffled our foes stand by the shore, / Follow they will not dare. (Chorus)
2. Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep, / Ocean’s a royal bed.Rock’d in the deep, Flora will keep / Watch o’er your weary head. (Chorus)
3. Many’s the lad fought on that day, / Well the claymore could wield:When the night came, silently lay / Dead on the Culloden field.(Chorus)
4. Burned are our homes, exile and death / Scatter the loyal men;Yet ere the sword cool in the sheath, / Charlie will come again, come again.(Chorus)
Love Divine1. Love divine, all loves excelling, / Joy of heaven, to earth come down; Fix in us thy humble dwelling; / All thy faithful mercies crown! Jesus thou art all compassion, / Pure, unbounded love thou art; Visit us with thy salvation; / Enter every trembling heart.
2. Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit / Into every troubled breast! Let us all in thee inherit; / Let us find that second rest. Take away our bent to sinning; / Alpha and Omega be; End of faith, as its beginning, / Set our hearts at liberty.
3. Come, Almighty to deliver, / Let us all thy life receive; Suddenly return and never, / Nevermore thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, / Serve thee as thy hosts above, Pray and praise thee without ceasing, / Glory in thy perfect love.
4. Finish, then, thy new creation; / Pure and spotless let us be. Let us see thy great salvation / Perfectly restored in thee; Changed from glory into glory, / ’Til in heaven we take our place, ’Til we cast our crowns before thee, / Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
Beati quorum viaBeati quorum via integra estBlessed are those who go the way of integrityQui ambulant in lege DominiWho walk the path of God’s law
If Ye Love MeIf ye love me, keep my commandments,And I will pray the Father,And he shall give you another comforter,That he may bide with you forever,E’en the spirit of truth.
I was glad when they said unto meI was glad, glad when they said unto me,We will go, we will go into the house of the Lord.Our feet shall stand in thy gates,O Jerusalem, our feet shall stand in thy gates.
Texts & Translations
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Jerusalem is builded as a city, / That is at unity in itself.O pray for the peace of Jerusalem, / They shall prosper that love thee.Peace be within thy walls, / and plenteousness within thy palaces.
Five Mystical Songs
1. EasterRise heart; thy Lord is risen. / Sing his praise without delays,Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise / With him may’st rise;That, as his death calcined thee to dust,His life may make thee gold, and much more, Just.
Awake, my lute, and struggle for thy part / With all thy art. The cross taught all wood to resound his name / Who bore the same. His stretched sinews taught all strings, what keyIs best to celebrate this most high day.
Consort both heart and lute, and twist a song / Pleasant and long:Or since all music is but three parts vied, / And multiplied;O let thy blessed Spirit bear a part,And make up our defects with his sweet art.
2. I got me flowersI got me flowers to strew thy way; / I got me boughs off many a tree:But thou wast up by break of day, / And brought’st thy sweets along with thee.
The Sun arising in the East, / Though he give light, and the East perfume;If they should offer to contest / With thy arising, they presume.
Can there be any day but this, / Though many suns to shine endeavour? We count three hundred, but we miss: / There is but one, and that one ever.
3. Love bade me welcomeLove bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back, / Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack / From my first entrance in,Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning, / If I lack’d anything.
“A guest,” I answer’d, “worthy to be here:”Love said, “You shall be he.”“I the unkind, ungrateful? Ah, my dear,I cannot look on thee.”Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,“Who made the eyes but I?”
“Truth, Lord, but I have marr’d them: let my shameGo where it doth deserve.” “And know you not,” says Love, “who bore the blame?” “My dear, then I will serve.” “You must sit down,” says Love, “and taste my meat:”So I did sit and eat.
4. The Call (chorus tacet)Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life:Such a Way, as gives us breath:Such a Truth, as ends all strife:Such a Life, as killeth death.
Come, My Light, my Feast, my Strength:Such a Light, as shows a feast:Such a Feast, as mends in length:Such a Strength, as makes his guest.
Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart:Such a Joy, as none can move:Such a Love, as none can part:Such a Heart, as joys in love.
5. AntiphonLet all the world in every corner sing,My God and King!
The heavens are not too high, / His praise may thither fly:The earth is not too low, / His praises there may grow.
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Let all the world in every corner sing,My God and King!
The church with Psalms must shout. / No door can keep them out:But above all, the heart / Must bear the longest part.
Let all the world in every corner sing,My God and King!
Danny BoyAve, Ave martyr.Pace adio fame.Dorme fabio martyr.Dorme martyr.Dorme ritorno.
Danny Boy, Danny Boy / You must go and I must bide.Sleep in peace until you come. / And I shall sleep, And I shall sleep,Until you come to me, Danny Boy.
The pipes, the pipes are callingFrom glen to glen and down the mountainside.The summer’s gone, Danny Boy, / And all the summer’s gone.But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow,O Come when the valley’s hushed with snow, / And I shall sleep,Until you come to me, Danny Boy.
It’s I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow.When you come, O Danny Boy.Kneel you softly on my grave,Danny Boy, and tell me you love me.And I shall sleep, / Until you come to me.
The Cloths of Heaven from A Celtic TryptichHad I the heav’n’s embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark clothsOf night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:But I, being poor, have only my dreams;I have spread my dreams under your feet;Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Two Folk-Songs for Male Voices (from the choral cycle The Sprig of Thyme)
1. Down by the sally gardensDown by the sally gardens / My love and I did meet.She passed the sally gardens / With little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, / As the leaves grow on the tree.But I being young and foolish, / With her did not agree.
In a field by the river / My love and I did stand.And on my leaning shoulder / She placed her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, / As grass grows on the weirs.But I was young and foolish, / And now am full of tears.
2. The Miller of DeeThere was a jolly miller once, / Lived on the River Dee.He danced and sang from morn till night,No lark more blithe than he.
And this the burden of his song / Forever used to be:‘I care for nobody, no, not I, / If nobody cares for me.
I love my mill, she is to me / Both parent, child, and wife.I would not change my station for / Another one in life.
Then push, push, push the bowl, my boys, / And pass it round to me;The longer we sit here and drink, / The merrier we shall be.’
Then like the miller bold and free / Let us rejoice and sing.The days of youth were made for glee, / And time is on the wing.
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This song shall pass / Around this jovial ring:Let heart and voice and all agree / To sing ‘Long live the King!’
The Drinking SongBack and side go bare, go bare, / Both foot and hand go cold;But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, / Whether it be new or old.Holly good ale and old.
I cannot eat but little meat, / My stomach is not good.But sure I think that I can drink / With him that wears a hood.
Though I go bare, take ye no care / I am nothing a cold;I stuff my skin so full within / Of jolly good ale and old.Jolly good ale and old.
I love no roast but a nut-brown toast, / And a crab laid in the fire,A little bread shall do me stead, / Much bread I not desire.
No frost nor snow, no wind, I trow, / Can hurt me if I would,I am so wrapt, and throughly lapt / Of jolly good ale and old.Jolly good ale and old.
Back and side go bare, go bare, / Both foot and hand go cold;But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, / Whether it be new or old.Holly good ale and old.
And Tib my wife, that as her life / Loveth well good ale to seek,Full oft drinks she, till ye may see / The tears run down her cheek.
Then doth she trowl to me the bowl, / Ev’n as a malt-worm should;And saith ‘sweetheart, I’ve take my part / Of this jolly good ale and old.’Jolly good ale and old.
Now let them drink, till they nod and wink, / Even as good fellows should do;They shall not miss to have the bliss / Good ale doth bring men to.
And all poor souls that have scoured black bowls, / Or have them lustily trowled,God save the lives of them and their wives / Whether they be young or old,Jolly good ale and old.
Back and side go bare, go bare, / Both foot and hand go cold;But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, / Whether it be new or old.Holly good ale and old.
MLKSleep, sleep tonight,And may your dreams be realized.If the thundercloud passes rainSo let it rain, rain down on him.
Mm, so let it be.Mm, so let it be.
Mairi’s WeddingChorus: Step we lively, on we go / Heel for heel and toe for toe;Arm in arm and on we go, / All for Mairi’s wedding.
1. Over hill-ways, up and down, / Through the forest, green and brown;Past the fences, through the town, / All for sake of Mairi.(Chorus)
2. Plenty land on which to grow, / Gardens planted in a row;Lambs to raise and seeds to sow. / That’s the toast for Mairi.(Chorus)
3. Eyes as bright as diamonds are, / Brighter far than any star;Fairest of them all, by far, / Is my darling Mairi.(Chorus)
4. Over hill-ways, up and down, / Through the forest, green and brown;Past the fences, through the town, / All for sake of Mairi. Hi!
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Program Notesby Howard Burkett © 2011
In 1916, Robert Bridges, then Poet Laureate of Great Britain, sought a hymn text to “brace the spirit of the nation” during World War I. He lit upon “And did those feet in ancient time” by the poet/prophet William Blake (1757-1827). The text contrasts legends about the child Jesus of Nazareth having visited ancient Britain with the squalor of the early Industrial Revolution, before pivoting to a ringing challenge to social action. Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, a close friend of Bridges, was asked to provide a tune; he was no doubt inspired by the poem’s imagery despite personal misgivings about the jingoistic tone of the patriotic rally where it was to receive its premiere. It was instantly popular and remains so today, serving as an unofficial English national anthem under its alternate title “Jerusalem.”
Based on a Celtic folk song, “Skye Boat Song,” romanticizes the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender) to the Isle of Skye after his crushing defeat at Culloden (1745).
“Love divine, all loves excelling” by the prolific Rev. Charles Wesley was explicitly modeled on John Dryden’s “Fairest isle” from King Arthur (music by Henry Purcell). In Britain, the most popular tune for this text is Blaenwern, by the Welsh schoolteacher and composer William Penfro Rowlands (1860-1937), named after a farm in the composer’s native Pembrokeshire. The last-verse descant is by James O’Donnell, Organist of Westminster Abbey, and was written especially for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford composed his Three Latin Motets, Op 38, of which “Beati quorum via” is the last and best-known, during his tenure as Organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, though they weren’t published until some time later. The motets were not originally meant for liturgical use, but as choral entertainment during events or meals in the Great Hall of the College.
No one knows for certain who compiled the “Wanley Partbooks,” but they are the earliest, and in many cases only, known source for
some 90 anthems, canticles, and ritual music with English text by musicians of Henry VIII’s and Edward VI’s Chapel Royal. Many of these works have never (save for the brief, dark interregnum of the Puritan Commonwealth and Protectorate) been out of the repertoire of English cathedral choirs. “If ye love me” by Thomas Tallis is first found in this collection, and is one of the best loved short English anthems, remaining a virtual template for the form.
“I was glad,” on selected verses from Psalm 122, is one of the fixed texts of the English Coronation Service, with famous settings by Henry Purcell and William Boyce, among others. Sir Hubert Parry composed his setting in 1902 for the coronation of Edward VII and revised it in 1911 for the coronation of George V, bringing it substantially into its present form. In the presence of the sovereign (and therefore not tonight), there is an additional section of acclamations to be half-shouted, half-sung.
In 1911, the 188th meeting of the venerable Three Choirs Festival heard the premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs, set to poems drawn from the legendary The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations by Caroline priest-poet George Herbert (1593-1633). The Musical Times’ review of the premiere said, “[The words] breathe consolation, and at times joyfulness. The music is a combination of old and new idioms, some modal tonality imparting a certain quaintness and naïve simplicity that had a distinct charm.” The composer himself later adapted the work for male-voice choir.
Frederic Edward Weatherly (1848-1929) led an almost double life as a practicing barrister and a parlor-song lyricist. He wrote the sentimental ballad “Danny Boy” in 1910, but had little success with the song until he later adapted its lyrics to the Irish tune “Londonderry Air.” The respected choral clinician and composer Z. Randall Stroope was deeply affected by the original lyric and has here provided his own setting.
Oregon-based composer/publisher Ron Jeffers set “The Cloths of Heaven” to a poem from William Butler Yeats’ The Wind among the Reeds. It opens A Celtic Triptych, which Jeffers composed in 1993 for the University of Michigan Glee Club.
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Conspirare Symphonic ChoirRick Gabrillo, conductor
Tenors
Roland Barrera
Ken Beck
Anne Bertholf
Neil Burgess
Howard Burkett
Jack Byrom
Daniel Cooper
Theodore Dresie
Kyle Fieleke
Marvin Frank
Gary Goethe
Loel Graber
Tim Hissam
Robbie LaBanca
Bill Lasher
Jon-Michael Lees
Jim Maxwell
Bev Raney
Louis Renaud
Dean Revering*
Jonathan Riemer*
Dick Rew
Tyler Speaks
John Spence
Steve White
Jim Volkema
Raymond Votolato
Basses
Daniel Arredondo II*
Klaus Bichteler
Anton Boyd
Kelly Cook
Marshall Crenshaw
Todd Deatherage
Carlos Fernandez
David Hammond
Robert Harlan*
Bruce Haufler
Bob Hayden
Jake Jacobsen*
Robert Karli
Matthew Klimek
Jack Leifer
Joe Loukotka
Tom Morrison
Will Pearson
Andrew Polk*
Gary Pyle
Steve Schwartz
Frank Shirley
Walter Stewart
Tom Morrison
Jerry Young
*Section leader
John Milford Rutter is one of the most fluent composer/arrangers working in any choral idiom today. “Down by the sally gardens” is W. B. Yeats’ distillation of an Irish ballad fragment. (“Sally gardens” means a willow grove.) “The Miller of Dee” first appeared in Irishman Isaac Bickerstaffe’s 1762 play Love in a Village. The melody is a variant of the Welsh harp tune “Llydaw.” These two settings form part of Rutter’s choral cycle The Sprig of Thyme.
The closest Ralph Vaughan Williams came to theatrical success was his 1929 Opera Sir John in Love, to a pastiche libretto by the composer based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, borrowings from other Elizabethan and Jacobean poets and playwrights, and folksong. Vaughan Williams quickly adapted several parts of the opera into a choral cantata, whence comes The Drinking Song. The words are taken from an anonymous 16th century bawdy comedy.
“MLK” was the ambient-flavored final song on Irish band U2’s 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire. It became a hit and has been covered numerous times, first by Joan Baez (on her 1988 album Recently) and then by the King’s Singers (on their 1993 disc Good Vibrations), whence it entered the standard a cappella repertoire.
“Mairi’s Wedding” was written in 1935 by Glasgow traditional musician Johnny Bannerman for one Mary McNiven, who did eventually marry a sea-captain from the Isle of Skye. The tune may or may not be based on a traditional wedding reel from the Isle of Lewis. The song quickly became a standard, often used for a 40-bar reel (hence the popular alternative title “My, He’s Sweating”).
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Performing NoteConspirare has the privilege of performing in a variety of beautiful venues. We seek out acoustical and aesthetic environments that can best enhance choral performances and we are deeply grateful to our hosts. While our performing venues may represent specific traditions and the texts of some of our repertoire may also be representative of specific traditions, it is in no way intended to be exclusive of any individual whose experience or set of beliefs is not represented.
Conspirare respects and celebrates the great diversity of religious, artistic, and human experiences represented among our singers and audience members. Our shared musical experiences are intended to bring us together as we all seek to be inspired by the power of great choral music. The audience creates the space in which the music is held.
2011-2012 Conspirare Youth ChoirsKantoreiRick Gabrillo, conductor
Martha BeatyAndrew BullerColman ButlerAvery DavisSamantha DeVollElizabeth DriggersSam DubinIsabel ElizondoMatthew FlinchbaughAinsley Clarice GambleIsabella GrosslingOlivia Isabella HansenSarah Kennedy HelmbrechtAbigail JohnsonElisabeth A. KleinEva Rose LynchJuliana MarshallAmy McPherson
Hannah Mitchel-GevirtzKate NollAldo OrdonezAmanda PharesLucy PickensAsha RaoVeronica RuthShilpa SaxenaMaxfield SegrestStephen ShearerDaniel Shi
Taylor SimsAnastasia WegerLily WendtNora Abigail Windham-WaiteKevin YangAislinn YeidelCorwynn YeidelAngela Zhang
Conspirare Children’s ChoirNina Revering, conductor
Chiara Alvisi
Maria Alvisi
Alexandra “Lexi” Anderson
Mary Barnett
Emily Beaty
Kali Bramble
Shaye Cantu
Anna Grace Carey
Marielle Catolos
Caitlyn Diehl
Clare Edgar
Valeria Aimee Elizondo
Jonna Hardy
Reilly Havranek
Sarah Hollis
Sophie Levy
Sophie Lillis
Shelby Luikart
Olivia Martens
Gabriel Martin
Kay McAnally
Julia McDonald
Sesha Desai McMinn
Deanna Melder
Sarah Nehring
Carolyn Nuelle
Raina Parsons
Ella Pettichord
Natalya Ponomareva
Galia Popov
Lucas Revering
Bailey Rider
Brittany Paige Roach
Gabrielle Sanchez
Irene Smith
Libby Smith
Anne Marie Stapper
Elizabeth Stapper
Maria Tangarova
Lucy Tiblier
Elena Sophia Villalon
Seren Villwock
Madison Whitesides
Alyssa Wixson
2011-2012 Conspirare Youth Choirs
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About Conspirare
The word “conspirare” derives from the Latin “con” and “spirare” translated as “to breathe together.”
Founded in 1991 to present a summer classical music festival in Austin, Texas, Conspirare has grown to become an internationally recognized, professional choral organization. Led by founder and artistic director Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare is comprised of two performing ensembles and an educational program. A professional chamber choir (“Conspirare” or “Company of Voices”) of extraordinarily talented singers from around the country is presented in an annual concert series in Austin, other Texas communities, and locations in the U.S. and abroad. The Conspirare Symphonic Choir of both professional and volunteer singers performs one or more large choral/orchestral works annually. The Conspirare Youth Choirs is an educational program for singers ages 8-16.
The Conspirare Symphonic Choir, established in 2000, is an auditioned, hundred-voice chorus of both professional and volunteer singers. Most reside in the Austin area, though several commute to rehearsals and performances from as far away as the Hill Country, San Antonio, and Victoria. All are highly skilled singers with significant previous choral experience, and as collaborative artists, they sing the great choral masterworks with orchestra as well as new works for voices and instruments. The Symphonic Choir performs in Austin and other cities as part of the Conspirare season, and
collaborates frequently with other major arts organizations such as the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Austin, and Victoria Bach Festival. Symphonic Choir members participate regularly in Conspirare outreach programs and serve as singing hosts for Conspirare’s popular Big Sings. The choir has won several Austin Critics Table Awards, most recently for performances of Verdi’s Requiem in 2008 and Cary Ratcliff ’s Ode to Common Things with the Austin Symphony in 2009.
The Conspirare Youth Choirs (CYC) were formed in 2005 as the educational outreach program of Conspirare. The Youth Choirs seek and train young musicians who share a love and commitment for creating music at a high level of excellence. The CYC is comprised of two ensembles, Conspirare Kantorei and Conspirare Children’s Choir. Both ensembles utilize a combination of rigorous vocal, music theory, and sight-singing instruction to provide a nurturing environment in which a young singer can explore the depth and beauty of choral music. Public performances are given throughout the year, and both ensembles participate in state and national tours
In 2005 Conspirare received the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, given by national service organization Chorus America. In 2007, as one of the select choral organizations to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under its American Masterpieces initiative, Conspirare presented a four-day festival that featured a distinguished gathering of composers and conductors, performances of three world premieres, and a gala closing concert with a choir of 600 singers. In July 2008 Conspirare/Company of Voices represented the United States at the Eighth World Symposium on Choral Music in Copenhagen, joining invited choirs from nearly forty countries. In February 2010, Company of Voices was an invited, featured choir at the annual convention of the American Choral Directors Association/Eastern Division in Philadelphia. Conspirare received the 2010 Dale Warland Singers Commission Award from Chorus America to support the commission of a new work by Seattle composer Eric Banks. In February 2011, Company of Voices gave three invited performances in New York City under auspices of the Weill Music Institute of Carnegie Hall.
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Rick Gabrillo is currently the Assistant Conductor for Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare, the Co-Director of Conspirare Youth Choirs, and the Choir Director of the Traditional Choir at St. Louis Catholic Church in Austin. Most recently, he has accepted the position of Choral Director at St. Stephen’s Epsicopal School in Austin for 2011-2012.
Active in the choral music education field throughout Texas, he is in frequent demand as an adjudicator and clinician for regions across the state. Mr. Gabrillo was selected to be a co-presenter of a workshop on music literacy at the 2009 Texas Music Educators Association Convention in San Antonio, and he presented a workshop on children’s choirs at the 2010 Eastern Division American Choral Directors Association Convention in Philadelphia. He was selected to be a Conducting Fellow for the Chorus America Conducting Masterclass in January 2010 with the Houston Chamber Choir.
After attending the New England Conservatory of Music and Boston University, Mr. Gabrillo completed his undergraduate and masters degrees in choral music education and choral conducting at the University of Texas at Austin in 1996 and 1999 under Craig Hella Johnson.
He was the choral director at Clint Small Middle School in Austin from 1999-2005. During his time at Clint Small Middle School, Mr. Gabrillo was selected as the 2003 2004 CSMS Teacher of the Year, and he was a finalist for the 2004 Austin ISD Middle School Teacher of the Year. From 2002 to 2005, he served as the Region 18 Middle School Vocal Coordinator and UIL Contest Chair, which served the greater Austin area. In 2005, the Clint Small Middle School Concert Choir was selected to perform for the Texas Music Educators Association Convention in San Antonio. Mr. Gabrillo is a member of TMEA, ACDA, and TCDA.
About the ConductorsNina Revering. Ms. Revering’s choral music experience began at an early age. While growing up in Brazil, she performed in the Coro Infantil do Teatro Municipal under the direction of Elsa Lakschevitz. After moving to Canada, she joined the Toronto Children’s Chorus, directed by Jean Ashworth-Bartle, and performed with noted directors Andrew Davis and Sir David Willcocks. Ms. Revering’s musical training included six years of study in Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of
Music in baroque recorder as well as piano. Ms. Revering’s educational background includes work at the Youth Performing Arts School, and Boston University. She studied baroque recorder with John Tyson of the New England Conservatory and performed with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus under conductors Seiji Ozawa, John Williams, and John Oliver.
Nina Revering has performed widely as a soloist and chorister throughout the region and around the country. Soloist at St. Mary’s Cathedral from 1994-1997, she was also Victoria Bach Festival’s New Young Artist in 1994. Ms. Revering has been a member of Conspirare since 1995 and was a soloist in the Grammy-nominated Requiem CD, as well as the Threshold of Night CD, recently released under the Harmonia Mundi label.
Ms. Revering taught music in Eanes schools from 1996-2003 and recently returned to the elementary music classroom. A frequent clinician, guest conductor, and vocal adjudicator around the state of Texas, Nina Revering was one of eight conductors selected for participation in the International Symposium for Children’s Choir Directors held in Toronto, Canada in May 2005. She co-presented a workshop with Rick Gabrillo on children’s choirs at the 2010 Eastern Division American Choral Directors Association Convention in Philadelphia. Professional affiliations include ACDA and TMEA.
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Board of DirectorsRobert J. Karli, ChairDavid Clark, Vice ChairLarry Collmann, TreasurerMary Stephenson, SecretaryKen BeckWilliam C. BednarFran CollmannMary Anne ConnollyPatrick L. DeLauneTom DriscollToya Cirica HaleyRobert HarlanLou Ann LasherEric LeibrockHope MorganLouise MorseE. Stuart PhillipsRebecca PowersHon. Bea Ann SmithMarion Lear SwaybillCatherine WildermuthSheila WojcikSheila Youngblood
Advisory BoardStephen AechternachtJohn AielliSue BarnesMark BiernerRay BrimbleDavid BurgerDavid ClaflinVirginia DupuyMaydelle FasonJoLynn FreeBilly GammonVance GeorgeHelen HaysDan HerdWilliam B. HilgersWayne HoltzmanCassandra JamesJudith JellisonBob MurphyLynn MurphyGayle Glass RocheNancy ScanlanAngela SmithLouann TempleEva Womack
Artistic & Administrative StaffCraig Hella JohnsonArtistic Director
Ann Hume WilsonExecutive Director
Katie AppleSpecial Projects Coordinator
Tamara BlankenOnline Services Manager
Melissa J. EddyCommunications & Grants Manager
Rick GabrilloAssociate Conductor, Production ManagerDirector, Conspirare Youth Choirs
Wravan GodsoeOffice Manager
David HammondDirector of Patron Relations
Robert HarlanProduction Coordinator
Meri KruegerArtist Relations
Kristie McCuneBusiness Manager
Ann McNairAssistant to the Artistic Director
Nina ReveringDirector, Conspirare Youth Choirs
Nicki TurmanHouse Manager
Robin Kate TurmanCYC Administrative Manager
Watch for the release of Samuel Barber: American
Romantic on CD in Fall 2012!Conspirare’s professional chamber choir recently returned to Sauder Hall in Goshen, Indiana, to record Samuel Barber: American Romantic for release next fall on the Harmonia Mundi label, marking our fifth collaboration with this distinguished international record company. Recordings allow us to share Conspirare’s unforgettable artistry with a worldwide audience, and to create a permanent record for future generations of music lovers. This recording of Samuel Barber: American Romantic is lovingly dedicated to Fran Collmann in recognition of her twelve years of service as Chair of Conspirare’s board of directors. We acknowledge with gratitude the following patrons whose support has helped make this project possible.
FRiENDSKatie AppleTamara BlankenRobert and Pat BrueckJoe and Cynthia CainMary Anne ConnollyWravan Godsoe and Paul BakerGwen FloryToya Cirica HaleyDavid and Karon HammondKristie McCuneCraig Hella Johnson and Phil OverbaughRobert and Trish Karli
Lou Ann and Bill LasherEric Leibrock and Ellen JusticeLouise MorseE. Stuart PhillipsRebecca & Phil PowersMax and Gene Alice ShermanThe Honorable Bea Ann SmithMary Stephenson and David MinterBernadette TasherCatherine and David WildermuthEvan and Ann Hume Wilson
The Still Water Foundation has generously offered a challenge grant of $75,000 to support a Fund for Artistic Innovation. If you would like to help match this challenge to provide for ongoing excellence in our commissions, recordings and other innovative projects, please contact Ann Hume Wilson, executive director, at 512-476-5775 or [email protected].
HONORARY PRODUCERS
Collmann FamilyDavid and Nathasha Collmann • Dean & Gwen Collmann • Larry Collmann • Karen Kibler & Tom
Grimes • Ruth & Bob McGregor • Debe & Kevin McKeand • Dennis & Julie Van Roekel Marie Van Roekel • Joyce Zehr & Marvin Burke
Crutch and Danna Crutchfield The Kodosky Foundation
Sheila and Ryan Youngblood
UNDERWRiTERSJoe and Cynthia Cain
David and Catherine ClarkRobert and Trish Karli
Eric Leibrock and Ellen JusticeMax and Gene Alice Sherman
Catherine and David WildermuthJeanie and Bill Wyatt
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Mail to Conspirare, 1033 La Posada Drive, Suite 130, Austin, TX 78752. Conspirare is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Thank you for your generous support of Conspirare.
Leadership CircleMaestro Circle ....................................$25,000+Impresario Circle ...............$15,000 — $24,999Benefactor Circle ...............$10,000 — $14,999Platinum Baton Circle ...........$5,000 — $9,999Golden Baton Circle ..............$2,500 — $4,999Silver Baton Circle .................$1,000 — $2,499
Circle of FriendsSponsors.......................................$500 — $999Patrons .........................................$250 — $499Sustainers .....................................$100 — $249Donors ...............................................Up to $99
Support ConspirareConspirare invites you to join our family of donors. Your contribution supports our gift of music through performances of the highest artistic quality and through educational and outreach programs, including the Conspirare Youth Choirs.
This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the
Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin through the
Cultural Arts Division, believing an investment in the arts is an
investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.
com. This project is also supported in part by an award from the
National Endowment for the Arts. Art Works.
Supporters
Media Sponsors
Business & Foundation Supporters
Public Funding Agencies
Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts
The Mattsson-McHale
Foundation
The Rachael & Ben Vaughan Foundation
Season Sustaining Underwriter
The Meadows Foundation
The Kodosky Foundation
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Maestro CircleCity of Austin Cultural Arts DivisionFran & Larry CollmannThe Kodosky FoundationThe Mattsson-McHale FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsSouth Texas Money ManagementStill Water FoundationSheila & Ryan Youngblood
Impresario CircleCrutch & Danna CrutchfieldRobert & Lara HarlanJeff & Gail KodoskyWendi & Brian KushnerEric Leibrock & Ellen JusticeGayle Glass Roche & Mike RocheMarc & Carolyn SeriffTexas Commission on the Arts
Benefactor CircleJeri DeAngelisRobert & Trish KarliLouise N. ReeserTescom, Inc.Catherine & David Wildermuth
Platinum Baton CircleAnonymousKen & Joyce BeckWilliam C. Bednar & Flo Ann RandleDavid & Catherine ClarkHelen & Bob HaysLou Ann & Bill LasherJoyce MayerLouise MorseRussell Hill Rogers Fund for the ArtsThe Honorable Bea Ann SmithThe Rachael & Ben F. Vaughan FoundationBill & Jeanie Wyatt
Golden Baton CircleAha CommunicationsRobert & Pat BrueckDavid & Janis ClaflinDean & Gwen Collmann
Mary Anne ConnollyJerry CraftWilliam R. DicksonThomas Driscoll & Nancy QuinnThe Fetzer InstituteMary Nell FrucellaToya Cirica HaleyCynthia KeeverJoan & Tom KobayashiKaren & Paul LeekeHope Morgan & Mike TabornJerele & Elizabeth NeeldRebecca & Phil PowersE. Stuart PhillipsScott & Pam ReichardtWilliam Schleuse & Virginia McDermottJohn & Suzanne ShoreMary Stephenson & David MinterSusanne Tetzlaff & Eric Tiblier
Silver Baton CircleAnonymous (3)Sandi AitkenDoug BainBecky Beaver & John DuncanAnn & Jeff BomerJack Brannon & Brian MillerRay & Karen BrimbleDan Bullock & Annette CarlozziDr. & Mrs. Paul BurnsErnest & Sarah ButlerJoe & Cynthia CainPablo CardenasRobert F. DaileyVirginia & Robert DupuyLot EnseyRev. Dr. Ann FieldsR. John & Susan FoxBilly & Regan GammonGateway Music Festivals & ToursSusan GatlinSteve GilbertGerre & Judith Hancock in honor of Craig Hella JohnsonRobert & Lara HarlanRichard Hartgrove & Gary Cooper
DonorsGifts to Conspirare provide financial support for concerts, recordings, educational programs, and outreach activities. The following roster of donors includes cash and in-kind gifts received from individuals, family and private foundations, businesses, and government agencies between August 1, 2010 and September 9, 2011. We express our gratitude to each and every one of our donors.
Hornaday DesignMichael & Jeanne KleinTimothy KoockAngie & Steve LarnedKati LewisThomas LukensSheila LummisMilton D. Miller IILinda MonkPaul MowryBob & Lynn MurphyWilliam NemirCarlisle PearsonLinda & Robert RamseyDick & Lynn RewAndy & Sally RitchNancy ScanlanPeter Schram & Harry UllmannMax & Gene Alice ShermanAngela & Charles SmithDavid C. Smith in honor of Craig Hella JohnsonDr. Anna Sorensen & Mr. Don SorensenMarion Lear SwaybillTargetBernadette TasherBen & Daphne VaughanAnn Hume Wilson & Evan WilsonMarc WinklemanEva & Marvin Womack
SponsorsLinda AakerMaureen AlexanderEva King AndriesRobert & Patricia AyresAnne BertholfKlaus Bichteler in honor of Mary ParseBill Krumpack & Amelia BullockChris & J. Dennis CavnerJo Anne ChristianJennifer ClarkJames & Debbie DunnMelissa Eddy & Tracy SchiemenzMary Margaret FarabeeSam & Maydelle FasonDaniel FinchSusanna & Richard FinnellCheryl FullerTom & Kathy Cody GallawayBarbara Gibbs & John DriggersBalie & Beverly GriffithMilton Guiberteau in honor of Claire KoriothWalter & Ann HerbstJane HilferMorgan HunterDiane IresonMorris & Marge Johnson
Mary M. KevorkianEva & Chris LaskarisLawrence LawverMary Ann LeesMark & Lauren LevyEmily LittleManuel & Anne MartinezPhil & Sue MaxwellDebe & Kevin McKeandIvan Milman & Janie KeysSuzanne MitchellJanis MongerSusan NegleyDouglas NelsonLeslie Oster & Daniel RodriguezDan PetersonForrest Preece & Linda BallCaren ProthroK.C. PtomeyJoanne & Jerome RavelDaniel Ray & Ellen GouldSmith & Sandra RayLouis RenaudDan & Kimberly RennerHamilton & Joanne RichardsJack & Susan RobertsonMichal RosenbergerCarole & Charles SikesHenley SimsJulie & Shawn SmithMichael & Virginia SmithJames StolpaConnee & Kent SullivanVirgil & LaFern SwiftLois VanLaninghamCynthia L. & Thomas WalshSuzanne M. Mitchell & Richard A. Zansitis
PatronsDr. Jacque AngersteinRobert & Margaret AyresCindy BehlingOla BellLeah BillingsleyPat Fatter BlackGrace Blair in honor of Craig Hella JohnsonNancy BowmanPeggy BrunnerRichard CampbellNathaniel & Elizabeth ChapinDavid & Nathasha CollmannFran & Larry Collmann in memory of Philip J. OverbaughEleanor CraryEric & Lisa CravenCina Crisara in honor of Deborah RuppStuart & Paula DamorePatrick DeLaune & Sadaf Khan
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Dorothy Drummer & Greg EdenRena & Richard D’SouzaSusan Duncan in honor of Sara Ann & Milton DuncanSandy Dunn & Paul HarfordBarbara DurhamCliff & Martha ErnstSusan Nash FeketyPatricia & Fred FlorenceGwen & Bruce FloryMary Anne FlournoyWilliam & Marlene GladeGlenda GoehrsDolly Gray-Bussard in honor of Wendi & Brian KushnerCarolyn Harris-HynsonMelissa HuebschCraig Hella Johnson & Phil OverbaughTom Grimes & Karen KiblerDavid KendrickGreg & Cynthia KozmetskyDina KuntzBonnie & Sidney LanierJon-Michael LeesNora LiebermanThomas & Alaire LowrySheila Lummis in honor of Craig Hella Johnson & Phil OverbaughVance McMahanLynn & Tom MeredithAnn MoodyEvan MorganCynthia NorvellMichael & Candace PartridgeJim & Nicole PizzitolaRandalls RandallsAmy RandolphBev & Milbrey RaneyDaniel RennerLindsay & Joan SharpeKay SheffieldCord & Anne ShifletKirk SmithSandra SmithMichael & Carol StehlingMrs. Louis StumbergCarol Taxis & Mary MatusMartha Faye TerryBruce Todd & Elizabeth ChristianDon TrappSusan TrautmannErich Vollmer in honor of Wendi & Brian KushnerMary Smith & Walter StewartSteffen & Elisabeth Waltz in honor of Wendi & Brian KushnerBen WearDoreen Wheeler
Bill Wood & Elsa VorwerkWR Starkey Mortgage, LLP
SustainersAnonymous (3)Stephen & Claudia AechternachtIrene Eibenstein Alvisi & Lorenzo AlvisiErnest & Jeanette AuerbachPatti AustinBob & Marcia BaileyRoss & Kristin BassingerSteven BeebeDr. & Mrs. Craig & Holly BerentBill & Carolyn BinghamDawn & Dusty BlackKaren BlizzardWendy BloomFloyd BrandtRoslyn & Sean Breen in honor of James PattersonDr. Billye BrownGeorge BrownDavid BurgerJames CampbellJulie CartersonHarvey CaugheyTom & Marsha CavenAnn ClarkRebecca ClarkMichael & Kathryn CoffeyMary Anne Connolly in honor of Col. & Mrs. John M. Connolly, Jr.Ralph CoonradCheryl & Eric CoswayMarie CraneKarel DahmenRichard Davis in honor of Charles HillKay DelcherLory & Fred DensonRobin & Karl DentNina Di LeoCharles DickersonJerry & Shar DiercksSusan Doering & Dieter Wulfhorst in honor of Vivian N. & Joseph J. DoeringSharon DuboisePaul & Patricia DurhamSally EstesJill B. FatzerJuli Fellows in honor of Sylvia GalloJohn & Barbara FibigerLaura FielderRobert & Anneliese GeisKaren & Bill GernsteinEliza GilkysonWravan Godsoe & Paul Baker
Kathryn GovierLoel GraberLawrence & Jane GrahamGary GreenblumNan & Loyd HamptonHarmonium Choral SocietyDavid & Martha HarringtonLeroy & Karen HaverlahZhongli & Wendy HeLewis HoffackerDr. & Mrs. Wayne HoltzmanJeffrey Hudson & Robert BlodgettLauren HughesBobby & Nancy InmanTodd Jermstad in honor of Robert KarliElizabeth & GregoryJulie KeimMarguerite & Hugh KellyElinor KliewerKathryn & Don LougheedCynthia LuxMike & Sue MaineJennifer MartensMary MatusBradley & Elizabeth MaximKaren McLaughlinConnie McMillanJohn & Elizabeth Hansing MoonNancy MooreSean & Beverly MooreLuis MoralesChip & Janice MorrisFran & Steven MossDiana Mullin in honor of Deborah RuppNeil & Maria NehringArthur & Beth Nelkin in honor of Charles & Jeanne GravesTom & Mary Sue Koontz Nelson in honor of Nina DiLeoHilary OlsonRichard OrtonMargaret H. OverbaughThomas OverbaughGraydon ParrishJim & Joyce ParrishCathie ParsleyBrittan Pasloske & Mary Lea McAnallyHomer PayneAnn Phipps & Michael CannattiWilliam Pickens & Lindsey FalconerPonomarev FamilyKaren PopeAnne Praderas & Tony VanceGary & Cheryl PyleRobert & Deirdre RaganAimee & Greg RandleFlo Ann Randle
Manohar RaoRose Ann Reeser in honor of Louise ReeserNina & Dean ReveringEllen W. RienstraLeilani RoseCynthia RuffDeborah RuppPaul Rutz in honor of Harold & Viola RutzDonna & Christy SalinasJudy SargentDennis SchafferPete & Frances SchenkkanPaul SchraiderClaudia & Thomas SchurrDavid SchwarzApril SchweighartMarilyn SharrattMary SimonDonald SkirvinJeffrey SmithJohn & Bess SommerJim SotirosJohn & Janice SpenceDon & Nancy SpencerBryan & Cindy SperryBarbara & Bruce StevensonVirginia StottsRobert & Eileen SudelaRose & Joe SullivanGeorge & Nancy SuttonRosera TateosianJohn Taylor & Peter Flagg MaxsonMeredith Thomas & Walter StroupJohn UglumMarie Van RoekelCynthia & Mark VanderbergCharles VannFred & Shirley ViehwegKarla & Augusto VillalonJeannette G. Walker in honor of Carolyn Harris-HynsonSandra Waycott & James PharesRobbie WebbJay & Glaucia Vasconcelos WilkeyRoselyn Witherspoon
Conspirare also thanks all donors of gifts under $100 and regrets that space does not permit the listing of each name. Your support is equally appreciated.
We strive to publish an accurate donor list. if an error or omission is noticed, please let us know.
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Thank youaha! communications – Deborah PflugerAustin American StatesmanAustin ChronicleAustin Woman MagazineBlanton Museum of ArtHoward BurkettJulie CartersonConspirare Production Team - Anton Boyd, Robert Harlan, Ann McNairCYC Parents and VolunteersDale ElmshaeuserFirst Presbyterian Church - James Brown, Jane BassetJames ElrodMichelle FisherHelen HaysJeanne HenryHornaday DesignRod HowardVirginia HydeKMFA-FM KUT-FMLong Center for the Performing ArtsDebbie MeleskiChristopher Novosad, Tiki2.comKaren Sachar PhotographySouth Texas Money Management – Jeanie Wyatt, Josie DorrisLinda TemplinTesCom, Inc.Texas Performing Arts at UT-AustinVeryan and Greg Thompson University Presbyterian ChurchLois VanlaninghamVictoria Bach Festival – Nina Di LeoDana Wixson and all the parent uniform volunteers
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Coming Up!Conspirare Symphonic Choir Women with Austin Symphony OrchestraHolst The Planets, Debussy NocturnesOctober 14-15 austinsymphony.org
Big Sing (where the audience is the choir!)Sing along with Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare Symphonic ChoirThursday, November 17, 6:00 pm FREEFirst Baptist Church, 901 Trinity St.
Conspirare ChristmasDecember 2 in San Antonio, December 3-4 at The Carillon on Exposition, December 5 at the Long Center
Conspirare Youth Choirs Holiday Concert “This Endris Night”December 9-10 at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church
Details and ticket information at conspirare.org
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