1Concert 2007-2008

Friday, December 14, 2007 at 7:30 pm & Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 4:00 pm

St. Boniface catholic church, Uniontown, Washington

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3Program Notes

Welcome to the musical crossroads that was late-Renaissance Italy, where cloak-and-dagger

intrigue intersected with religious turbulence, and where well-traveled composers developed a distinctive choral style that became the supreme expression of both contemplation and exuberance. The High Renaissance music on our program features texts from the Christmas story and the Psalms, set by composers who, regardless of nationality, all had an Italian connection.

Welcome, too, to the musical world of Austria, circa 1800. On this fertile musical soil, we witness the transition from Classical to Romantic style. In the afterglow of Mozart’s brilliant flame, as the beloved Haydn retires from his long, legendary tenure as court composer to the Esterhazy family, Beethoven has begun to make his indelible impression on Viennese concertgoers. And the music plays on at the Esterhazy court in Eisenstadt.

Welcome, above all, to the beautiful venue of St. Boniface Church, where the Chorale has gratefully presented programs since 1992. We warmly welcome you, our audience, to our 2007 holiday celebration.

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To begin the evening’s festivities, the Chorale and audience together will perform polyphony with a round inspired by English composer Thomas Tallis. Despite his distance from Italy, Italian style affected Tallis’ output of sacred music in a career that spanned most of the sixteenth century. Depending on the prevailing religious climate of his turbulent epoch, Tallis composed to English or Latin texts. Remarkably, he was spared persecutions leveled at Catholics and Protestants alike. The “Tallis Round” that we’ll all sing was written in 1565 as a four-part hymn to which numerous versified Psalm texts could be sung. Our vespers text, sung as a round, came into being about a century later. Thank you for joining us in song.

In the polyphonic music of the period, each vocal part carries an independent musical line that, as if by magic, harmonizes with the lines of the other parts (like the Tallis round.) In Renaissance polyphony, many parts entering at different times, often imitating an initial musical motif, weave a dense texture that the composer masterfully organizes using a strict set of rules.

We have programmed a variety of pieces by late Renaissance masters who either set the gold standard for those rules or famously bent them--or who broke them, en route to the baroque. The chamber choir performs its Renaissance

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The Chamber Choir of the Chorale opens the program with two Psalm settings by Salamone Rossi, sometimes called “Ebreo” (“Hebrew”). An unusual Jew in his culture, Rossi was a popular composer of secular music in Mantua, near Venice, and associated with the arts-loving ruling family, the Gonzaga. His great distinction, however, lies in his 1630 publication of the first-known polyphonic music for the synagogue. Strongly influenced by the humanistic spirit and musical expressivity of his time, Rossi presented his Jewish community with a collection of Psalms sung in parts in the style of Christian worship music, which proposed a radical departure from the traditional chants that had constituted the Hebrew service for centuries. The introduction of such music in the synagogue sparked great debate, and heralded eventual reforms in Jewish liturgical practice. Today, we offer Rossi’s settings of Psalms 8 and 100, sung in Hebrew. Their transitional style is characteristic of early seventeenth-century hymnody, where mostly-chordal harmony supports the text, contrapuntal imitation is infrequent but effective, and florid passages illuminate dramatic words like “singing.”

The set continues with another jubilant setting of Psalm 100 by Orlandus Lassus. Jubilate Deo (1585) is a tapestry of clear imitative passages that delineate each new thought. Lassus was one of the most migratory composers of his time, born in the Flemish city of Mons around 1530. Legend has it that he was three times abducted for the beauty of his voice, finally being taken against his will to Italy. In fact, he voluntarily left home at the age of twelve to accompany the visiting Duke Ferrante Gonzaga back to Mantua, where he became a singer in the Gonzaga household. Lassus’ later career took him throughout Italy to a prestigious but briefly-held post in Rome. After further travels through Europe, he settled at the Bavarian court of Duke Albrecht V, who created a musical establishment to rival those of the Italian nobility. Despite international renown and generous job offers in several countries, Lassus remained in Munich, where he taught numerous contemporaries, including the Venetian Andrea Gabrieli. Lassus’ cosmopolitan style, which seamlessly incorporates elements of several European schools, is considered the epitome of the High Renaissance.

Hans Leo Hassler was a German organist who, in 1585, became the first of many northern musicians who traveled to Italy for study. While in Venice, Hassler befriended Giovanni Gabrieli, and together they studied with Andrea Gabrieli,

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Giovanni’s uncle. (Both uncle and nephew are featured later in the program) “Angelus ad Pastores Ait” appeared in Hassler’s first publication, Cantiones Sacrae (1591), in whose dedication the composer confessed that he was “from a tender age more talkative with the fingers than with the tongue.” Characteristic imitation is easily heard as each voice enters, in a gentle telling of the angel’s appearance to the shepherds. Declarative text-painting emphasizes “I bring you tidings of great joy,” followed by more polyphonic passages. The concluding “Alleluia,” sung in a rising pattern, suggests the Angel’s retreating ascent to the heavens.

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In contrast to Renaissance polyphony, our program’s centerpiece showcases the late Classical music of Johann Nepomuk Hummel. Well-known in his time as a virtuoso pianist and composer, Hummel is now recognized as an important link between the Classical and the Romantic periods in Viennese music. He succeeded Haydn in Eisenstadt, near Vienna, serving the Esterhazy family from 1803 to 1811. There, he composed most of his choral works, including the Te Deum that the full Chorale performs this evening.

Following this period, Hummel returned to Vienna as a freelance composer and performer. In 1816, married and with

a family, he became Kappellmeister in Stuttgart. In 1818, he moved to a similar post in Weimar, where he was allowed leave each year for concert tours that took him as far as Russia, Poland, France, and England. In Weimar, he directed the opera and composed for the ducal family, and associated with luminaries of the day such as Goethe and Paganini.

In his Te Deum, Hummel confidently continues the Eisenstadt choral practice so firmly established by Haydn, bringing to it an early Romantic grandeur. The unapologetically joyous work is almost operatic in nature. Originally scored for four-part choir with full orchestra, in this performance, the Te Deum is accompanied by Elena Panchenko, whose ten fingers amazingly account for every instrument.

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For the rousing return to the Renaissance that concludes the program, the Concert Chorale and guest performers now divide into two choirs of voices and brass, positioned at opposite ends of the church, to present music for cori spezzati (“split choirs”).

Michael Praetorius, whose lifetime saw the transition from the Renaissance to the early Baroque, was a virtuoso organist, an organ builder, a composer and a tireless musical scholar

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who spent his life in Protestant Northern Germany. His remarkable three-volume Syntagma Musicum, affords a near-comprehensive view of the musical practices of his time. He published at least forty books of music, often documenting the period’s popular tunes in his original treatments. Most of Prætorius’ sacred music is based on Protestant chorales, yet his style was strongly influenced by Heinrich Schütz, who had studied polychoral music in Venice.

“In Dulci Jubilo” is one of many popular songs of the period to be developed in Praetorius’ characteristic style. (The song is still found in hymnals as “Good Christian Men, Rejoice”). In his rendition for double choir, Praetorius creatively adapts the familiar melody, transforming the traditional tune into a lush antiphonal, polyphonic composition.

Venice of the sixteenth and early seventeenth century was a sovereign city-state made rich by war and trade. Its public rituals and ceremonies substantiated its image of wealth and power, and the basilica of St. Mark’s was a locus of visual and musical splendor that further established Venice’s distinctive status. An intimate interior made dazzling by the gold and jeweled mosaics that covered every surface, San Marco also featured musicians’ galleries throughout the upper level, first used in the early sixteenth century for cori spezzati. As

maestro di cappella at St. Mark’s, Lassus’ pupil Andrea Gabrieli established a pan-European style that synthesized northern and southern styles. He exploited the galleries of St. Mark’s for multiple choirs of voices and instruments, as did his nephew, Giovanni, in the next generation. Andrea’s largely antiphonal “Quem Vidistis, Pastores” and Giovanni’s “O Magnum Mysterium” exemplify the rich sonorities made possible by the unique space for which they were written.

It can be said that Fortune favored Giovanni da Palestrina from childhood to his wealthy grave. After humble beginnings in his provincial town, Palestrina studied in Rome with the Franco-Flemish composers who reigned in the first half of the sixteenth century. He then returned home to a church position, little suspecting that his local bishop would soon become Pope Julius III. Palestrina’s return to Rome as a papal musician linked his life and his legend with Roman Catholic music at a confluence of circumstances that established his reputation. The Protestant Reformation in Northern Europe had challenged Catholicism to reintroduce meaning into its music, which had become so complex that the polyphony obscured the sacred texts. The Palestrina legend tells us that he “rescued” Catholic polyphony from oblivion by clarifying the counterpoint of his period, making the text intelligible.

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Indeed, his spare, precise writing assured his lasting fame as the exemplar of Renaissance counterpoint. But among current scholars, some now regard Palestrina as a proto-Baroque composer who anticipated melody with harmony as a superior vehicle for words.

“Videntes Stellam Magi” (published posthumously) and “Hodie Christus Natus Est” (1575) are two motets from Palestrina’s oeuvre for double choir. Probably in Palestrina’s Rome these works would have been performed a cappella, but it is known that the Pope retained a brass choir for certain occasions. For this occasion, IWCC conductor John Weiss has chosen to enhance the beauty of these Roman pieces with brass. The model purity of Palestrina’s writing can be heard in both of these compositions, in which text is expertly elucidated by musical phrase.

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The Hebrew word for “Shalom” (peace)

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Sounds of the Season

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Canon Thomas Tallis (ca. 1505-1585)

Audience Sing-a-long

1. All praise to thee, my God, this night 3. Praise God from whom all blessing flow;For all the blessings of the light Praise Him, all creatures here below;Keep me, oh, keep me, king of kings Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;Beneath thy own almighty wings. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

2. Teach me to live that I may dreadThe grave as little as my bed.Teach me to die that so I mayRise glorious at the judgment day.

Four Works performed by The Chamber Choir

Psalm 8 Lamnatstseah ‘Al Hagitit Mizmor Le David Salamone RossiFor the Leader; Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David (1570-1630)

Lamnatstséah al hagitit For the leader upon the Gittith.mizmór ‘leDavid. A Psalm of David.Adónai adóneinu O Lord, our Lordma adir shimkha bekhol haarets. How glorious is Thy name in all the earth!asher tena hódekha ‘ahashshamayim. Whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.Mipi ‘ólelim veyóneqim yissadta ‘óz Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings

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Sounds of the Season Sounds of the Seasonlema’an tsórerekha hast Thou founded strength, because of Thine adversaries;lehashbit óyév umitnaqqém. That Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.Ki ere shamekha ma’asé etsbe’ótekha When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers,yaréah vekhókhavim asher kónanta. The moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;Ma enósh ki tizkerennu What is man, that Thou art mindful of him?uven adam ki tifqedennu. And the son of man, that Thou art mindful of him?Vatehasserehu me’at méelóhim Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels,vekhavód vehadar te’atteréhu And hast crowned him with glory and honour.Tamshiléhu bema’asei yadekha Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; kól shata tahat raglav Thou hast put all things under His feet:tsóne vaalafim kullam Sheep and oxen, all of them,vegam bahamót sadai Yea, and the beasts of the field;Tsipór shamayim ud’gei hayyam The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea;óvér orhót yammim Whatsoever passeth through the path of the seas.Adónai adóneinu O Lord, our Lord,Ma adir shimkha bekhol haarets. How glorious is Thy name in all the earth!

Psalm 10 Mizmor Le Toda Rossi A Psalm of Thanksgiving

Mizmór letóda A psalm of thanksgiving.hari’u ladónai kol haarets. Shout unto the Lord, all the earth.‘Ivdu et adónai besimha Serve the Lord with gladness;bóu lefanav birnana Come before His presence with singing.De’u ki adónai hu elóhim Know ye that the Lord He is God;hu ‘asanu veló anahnu It is He that hath made us, and we are His,‘ammó vetsón mar’itó His people, and the flock of His pasture.Bóu she’arav betóda Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,hatsérótav bithilla And into His courts with praise;hódu ló barekhu shémó. Give thanks unto Him, and bless His name.Ki tóv adónai le’ólam hasdó For the Lord is good; His mercy endureth forever;ve’ad dór vadór emunató. And His faithfulness unto all generations.

Jubilate Deo Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594)

Jubilate Deo omnis terra. Make a joyful sound to God, all the earth.servite Domino laetitia Serve the Lord with gladness.intrate inconspectu ejus exsultatione Enter his presence with rejoicing.quia Dominus, ipse est Deus. Know that the Lord himself is God.

10 Sounds of the SeasonAngelus ad pastores ait Hans Leo Hassler

(1564-1612)Angelus ad pastores ait: The angel said to the shepherds:Annuncio vobis gaudium magnum, I announce to you a great joy,quia natus est vobis hodie, that today is born for youSalvator mundi. a savior of the world.Alleluia. Alleluia.

Carol Sing-A-Long

I. O Come All Ye Faithful (verse 1)

11Sounds of the Season II. The First Noel (verse 1)

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12 Sounds of the SeasonTe Deum Johann Nepomuk Hummel

(1778-1837)Elena Panchenko, piano

Te Deum laudamus: te Dominum confitemur We praise you, O God; we acknowledge you as Lord.Te aeternum Patrem omnis terra veneratur. The whole earth worships you, Father everlasting.Tibi omnes Angeli; tibi caeli et universae potestates; To you all Angels, the Heavens, and all the Powers

therein,Tibi Cherubim et Seraphim incessabili voce proclamant: with Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry;Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth; Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth;Pleni sunt caeli et terra majestatis gloriae tuae. Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of your glory.Te gloriosus Apostolorum chorus, The glorious company of the apostles praise you.Te Prophetarum laudabilis numerus, The goodly company of the prophets praise you.Te Martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus. The noble army of martyrs praise you.Te per orbem terrarum sancta confitetur Ecclesia, The holy Church throughout all the world acknowledges you,Patrem immensae majestatis: The Father, of an inifinite majesty;Venerandum tuum verum et unicum Filium; They praise your admirable, true, and only Son,Sanctum quoque Paraclitum Spiritum. And also the Holy Spirit the Comforter.Tu Rex gloriae, Christe. You are the King of glory, O Christ.Tu Patris sempiternus es Filius. You are the everlasting Son of the Father.Tu ad liberandum suscepturus hominem, In order to deliver us, you took on human flesh,Non horruisti Virginis uterum. And humbled yourself to be born of a virgin.Tu, devicto mortis aculeo, aperuisti When you had overcome the sting of death,Credentibus regna caelorum. You opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes, in gloria Patris. You sit at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.Judex crederis esse venturus. We believe that you will come to be our judge.Te ergo quaesumus, tuis famulis subveni: Therefore, we beseech you, help your servants,Quos pretioso sanguine redemisti. Whom you have redeemed with your precious blood.Aeterna fac cum sanctis tuis Make them to be numbered in gloria numerari. with your saints in everlasting glory.Salvum fac populum tuum, Domine, Save your people, Lord, et benedic hereditati and bless your inheritance.Et rege eos, et extolle illos usque in aeternum. Govern them and extol them forever.Per singulos dies benedicimus te. Every day we bless you;Et laudamus nomen tuum in saeculum, And we praise your name forever, et in saeculum saeculi for all ages to come.Dignare, Domine, die isto sine peccato nos custodire. Vouchsafe, Lord, to keep us today without sin.Miserere nostri, Domine, miserere nostri. Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us.Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos, Let your mercy be on us, Lord,quemadmodum speravimus in te just as we have trusted in you.In te, Domine, speravi: non confundar in aeternum. In you, Lord, have I trusted: let me never be

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Carol Sing-A-Long

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14 Sounds of the Season II. Joy To the World (verses 1 & 2)

15Sounds of the SeasonFive works for double choir & brassAndrew Landowski, assistant conductor John Weiss, conductorDavid Turnbull, trumpet Vern Sielert, trumpetJim Kerr, trumpet Jan Ivar Simonsen, trumpetAndrea Charette-Bluff, horn Jacob Forster, hornDenise Snider, trombone Chet Herbst, trombone

In dulci jubilo Michael Praetorius (1549-1611)

In dulci jubilo, nun singet und seid froh, With sweet rejoicing now sing and be glad!Unsers Herzens Wonne leit in praesepio Our hearts’ delight is lying in a mangerund leuchtet als die Sonne, matris in gremio and shines forth like the sun on His mother’s lap.Alpha es et O! You are the Alpha and Omega!

Quem vidistis, pastores? Andrea Gabrieli (ca. 1510-1586)

Quem vidistis, pastores dicite? Tell us, shepherds, whom have you seen? Annuntiate nobis, in terris quis apparuit. Make known who has appeared on earth.Natum vidimus, We have seen a newborn babe et choros Angelorum collaudantes Dominum. and the chorus of angels praising the Lord.

Videntes stellam magi Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)

Videntes stellam Magi, When they saw the star,gavisi sunt, gaudio magno. the wise men were filled with great joy.et intrantes domum, And entering into the house,invenerunt puerum cum Maria matre eius. they found the child with Mary, his mother,et procidentes adoraverunt eum, and falling down, they adored him, et apertis thesauris suis, obtulerunt ei munera, and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts,aurum, thus, et myrrham. gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

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O magnum mysterium Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)

O magnum mysterium, O great mysteryet admirabile sacramentum, and wondrous sacrament,ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, that animals should see the newborn Lord jacentem in præsepio. lying in their manger.Beata Virgo cujus viscera meruerunt Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthyportare Dominum Christum. Alleluia! to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia!

Hodie Christus natus est PalestrinaHodie Christus natus est. This day, Christ is born.Hodie Salvator apparuit. This day the Saviour appears.Hodie in terra canunt Angeli, This day on earth the angels sing,lætantur Archangeli the archangels rejoice,hodie exsultant justi, dicentes:: and the just exult saying:Gloria in excelsis Deo. Glory to God in the highest. Alleluia Alleluia.

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Currently assistant professor of music at Washington State University, John Weiss earned a Bachelor of Music degree in music

education at Boston University’s School for the Arts, a Master of Fine Arts degree in choral conducting at the University of California, Irvine, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting from the University of Arizona. Past choral groups under his direction have won numerous first prizes at state, regional and national competitions. He has been a guest clinician and conductor at MENC regional and state conferences in Massachusetts, Vermont, and Oregon, and choral director for North American Music Ensembles’ 1991 European tour. As a bass, Dr. Weiss was a Metropolitan Opera Regional Finalist and won First Prize in the Associazione Lirica Italo-Americana Mario Del Monaco Voice Competition. He has performed leading and supporting roles with Boston Lyric Opera, Indianapolis Opera, Ash Lawn-Highland Summer Festival, Raylynmor Opera, Commonwealth Opera, Longwood Opera, Vermont Opera, Oakland Opera, and Sacramento Opera, and also soloed for such organizations as the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus, College of the Holy Cross Choirs, and the Oakland Chamber Orchestra and Oratorio Society. Some of his favorite roles include Leporello in Don Giovanni, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Mustafa in L’italiana in Algeri, Alfie Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Colline in La Bohéme, Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Sir Joseph Porter in H.M.S. Pinafore. In May 2005, he sang the role of

Sparafucile in Rigoletto with Granite State Opera in New Hampshire. Dr. Weiss presented a recital at WSU on January 16, 2007, and performed the same program in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Mobile, Alabama.The University of Arizona nominated Dr. Weiss’ doctoral research, Operatically Trained Singers in the Collegiate Choral Rehearsal, for the Julius Herford Award sponsored by the American Choral Directors Association. An article based on this research appeared in The Choral Journal, August 2002 and he presented his findings at the Second International Physiology and Acoustics of Singing Conference in Denver in October 2004. Last spring he presented the same research at the Washington Music Educators Assoc. State Conference in Yakima, and at the American Choral Directors Association NW Division Convention in Portland.

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Elena Panchenko, Accompanist

Elena Panchenko, originally from Ukraine, studied at the Moscow Conservatory,

where she earned her degree in piano performance, music history and music theory. She served as the Musical Director of the Penn State Opera for four years and performed the debut of two new operas, including Mrs. Satan, an opera about the life of the first woman presidential candidate, Victoria Woodhall. Working extensively as an accompanist and church musician, Elena has performed with groups as varied as a children’s dance group to such well-know musicians as Francis Orval and David Shifrin, clarinetist and Music Director of Chamber Music at Lincoln Center. In addition to Elena’s duties with the chorale, she is also the Music Director at St. James’ Episcopal Church in Pullman. Elena’s family includes her husband, Alex, WSU Math Professor and former Ukrainian rock star (as is Elena); her son Ivan, a student at UW; and their dog, Tasha.

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SopranosKathy AndersonLaurie CaraherAndrea Chavez eHeather DixonPaula Elliot e Jill Freuden eMeredyth Goodwin eNancy GrunewaldMonique C. LillardHelen LombardJanet MountAnn NortonJanice O’TooleRebecca Ricks eMelissa Smith e Janice Willard

AltosCheryl Blackburn eSusan BohmJohna BoulafentisJudy CampbellMarcia CookeKami Cornwall Mimi Dimitrovska eSandy FieldJudie Hanley eTressa HochstatterJan Keller eHolly KelleyEllen KittellHolly McCollister

The Idaho-Washington Concert ChoraleLaura McMichaelMaureen Miller Miho NamHeather Nelson eJan PatrickLinda PurdySusan StokesKaren WeathermonCharmaine WellingtonCarole Wells

TenorsKevin BrackneyTom Brandt eBill Dugger eWill Grubaugh eJohn Haugen Chris McIntosh e Don Willows e

BassesAllen Alstad Walt AsbeMichael Bezruchka e John BrewerJack Keller eKirk McMichaelDaniel Morrison eMatthew PetersenJim Reece eSteve Swannack eGordon Thomas

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IWCC is an auditioned choir of community members from the Palouse and surrounding communities. We perform a 3 concert series each season and rehearse Monday nights at Moscow High School in Moscow, Idaho from the end of August

through the first week of May.

Auditions for the rest of the 2007-8 season will be held on January 8, 2008. If you are interested in joining us, please contact: Carole Wells, cwells@uidaho.edu, 208.885.6159.

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Chorale LeadershipAlice BarbutMarketing/Fundraising

Cheryl BlackburnDatabase Manager

Tom BrandtTenor Section Leader

Judy CampbellAlto Section Leader

Laurie CaraherBox Office Manager

Kami CornwallAdvertising Manager

Heather DixonDress Coordinator

Jill Price FreudenMarketing DirectorSoprano Section Leader

Mary MaceyChorale Librarian

Ann NortonChorale Librarian

Laura McMichaelFront Door Manager

David SpencerWreath Craftsman

Kathy SpencerAudition Committee Accompanist

Maureen MillerReceipts Treasurer

Steve SwannackBass Section LeaderRiser Crew Coordinator

Gordon ThomasWeb MasterBox Office AssistantSignboard Wrangler

Board of DirectorsJudy CroskeyOrganist, Pullman

Meredyth GoodwinChorale President

Barbara HayesPatron of the Arts, Lewiston

Jan KellerChorale Treasurer

Janice O’TooleChorale Vice-President

Janet PatrickChorale Member-at-Large

Chris ThompsonUI Faculty, Moscow

Karen WeathermonChorale Member-at-LargePress Releases & NotecardsSignboard Artist

Charmaine WellingtonChorale Secretary

Music Director &Principal ConductorJohn Weiss

Rehearsal AccompanistElena Panchenko

House ManagerSherry Caisley-Wilkinson

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Leonard WestDwaine & Marianne McIntoshCarolynne M. OlsenValeria & David PietzMerton & Joan PubolsMargaret RayBruce & Marilyn Sweeney

Sandy Fiel d (Alto II)—While Sandy is a fairly new member of the Idaho-Washington Concert

Chorale, her musical presence in Pullman has a long history. After growing up in Mendocino, California, and graduating with a degree in education and music from San Francisco State, Sandy moved to Pullman in 1960 and began teaching third grade at Franklin Elementary. At WSU she completed an MA in education and later a music education degree. Following a break from teaching when her two children were young, Sandy returned to teaching in Pullman in 1979 as an elementary music specialist. Music education continued as her passion, taking her to teaching positions in Anchorage (AK) and Kent (WA). Upon her retirement from education in 2004, Sandy returned to Pullman to be near her daughter and son-in-law, Chrisi and Keith Kincaid, and her four grandchildren. Her son, Paul, lives in Bellevue. Sandy now works half-time at WSU’s Center for Distance and Professional Education, and she volunteers as the board secretary for the Gladish Community Center. In addition to her interests in music, Sandy loves theatre, movies, good books, and travel—most recently traveling to Italy with her daughter and two grandsons, all of whom took part in an Italian cooking class while there!

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Learning Services/Young Children & Families of the Palouse

Other Chorale Supporters

Our FamiliesOur Season Ticket HoldersAmerican West Bank, UniontownEleanor AsbeAthena DesignChurchyard Inn Bed & Breakfast &

Cheryl WallerCity of ColtonCity of Uniontown

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We would like to thank the following individuals and businesses for their support, contributions, and assistance.

22 Wine Barrel Table Auction

Wine Barrel Table Silent Auction ends April 6, 2008

at our annual wine tasting fundraiser

HARMONYA Chorus of Wine, Cheese, and SongApril 6, 2008 at 5:00 pmSt. James’ Episcopal Church, Pullman

This beautiful handmade table was crafted by Pullman craftsman, Dick Domey.

The wine barrel was donated by Merry Cellars Winery with custom metalwork donated by

Chuck Gearhiser of Bill’s Welding.

The table is available for viewing and silent auction bids at Merry Cellars Winery in the Old

Post Office Building, Pullman.

Bids may also be submitted via email to: winetable@mac.com.

Go to www.iwchorale.org to see the highest bid. You do not need to be present to win the auction.

Minimum Bid: $300

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23Wreath Art Notecards $5 for 5

Chorale Board Member & alto Karen Weathermon so enjoyed our season

poster artwork that she envisioned high quality notecards in their image as a fundraiser for the choir. Teaming up with Marketing Director & soprano, Jill Freuden, Karen’s idea has been wildly successful and each year a new Poster Art Notecard has been added to the collection.

Karen & Jill joined with David Spencer to create a set of holiday notecards featuring David’s stunning handmade Holiday Wreaths as photographed by Jill in his studio/workshop last December. David has created intricate and lush wreaths from greenery, flowers and berries he grows in his own garden as gifts family and friends for quite some time. In recent years he has donated wreaths for the chorale to sell as a fundraiser and this season his wreaths raised more than $1800 for the choir.

These notecards may be purchased in sets of five cards for $5 or individually for $1.25. There are 6 cards in the series, four featuring the wreaths that are especially nice for the holidays. The two other cards show bunches of hanging dried flowers that David harvested this summer and would be appropriate any time of the year. Notecards are printed in vibrant color on 80 pound smooth cover stock and are bundled with an envelope and an attractive raffia binding.

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24Our Business Supporters

The Shop at the Barn selling creations of more than 90 regional artisans

artisans at work in their studios classes & workshops for all ages

music performances & dances Thurs-Sun 10-6 www.ArtisanBarn.org 509-229-3414

bringing fine & folk art to the public

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25Our Business Supporters

Come over for Friday Nite - Steak Night!P.O.Box 447, Walnut Street, Genesee, ID 83832

26Our Business Supporters

Premier Alpacas of the Palouse

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socks, scarves, gloves, hats, yarn and teddy bears

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27Our Business Supporters

Support our local & regional artists!

28 Our 2007-2008 Season

Concert 2: Vaughan Williams with Chris ThompsonFebruary 29th at 7:30pm a Lewiston

First United Methodist ChurchMarch 1St at 7:30pm a Pullman

Community Congregational United Church of ChristThis program commemorates the 50th anniversary of RVW’s death.

Featuring “Mass in G”, “Five Mystical Songs”, and “Six Choral Songs To Be Sung In Time of War”. The Chamber Choir will perform selections from

“Three Elizabethan Partsongs” & “Five English Folks Songs”.

Harmony A Chorus of Wine, Cheese & SongApril 6th at 5:00pm a St. James’ Episcopal Church a PullmanThe chorale’s annual Wine & Cheese fundraiser hosted with the Palouse Enological Society.

$25 with wine a $15 food only

Concert 3: Merry Month of MayApril 25th at 7:30pm a April 27th at 6:00pm

St. Boniface Catholic Church a UniontownMusic celebrating the month of may. works by Brahms, Janequin, Mendelssohn and Weelkes.

Sam Dial,

255 E Main, Suite #101, Pullman509.334.DIAL (3425)

www.samdialjewelers.com

PO Box 8274, Moscow, ID 83843

January 12 Sake

February 9 Southern Rhones

1998 & 2000

Wine Companyof Moscow

The best selection of importedwines & cheese on the Palouse!

113 E Third, Moscow, Idaho 83843 208.882.6502

Tuesday-Friday 12-8pmSaturday 10-6pm