RHODES...RHODES VOICE STUDENT L’o How a Rose E’er Blooming Arr. by Mark Hayes Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming From tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse's lineage coming As men of …

RHODES WOMEN’S CHORUS

Ding, Dong! Merrily On High Arr. by Rose Dunphey

(Branle De L’Officiel; 16th Century French Dance)

Ding, Dong! Merrily on high,

in Heav’n the bells are ringing,

Ding, dong! Verily the sky

Is filled with angels singing.

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Gloria,

hosanna in excelsis!

Gloria,

hosanna in excelsis!

Even so here below,

Let steeple bells be swinging,

and “io, io, io,”

by priest and people singing.

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Pray you dutifully, prime

your morning chime, ye ringers;

May you beautifully rhyme

Your evening song, ye singers.

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Shelby Seese, Kathleen Whatley

Heidi Frazier, Brittany Hickman

& Khan Ton, soloists

Candlelight Carol John Rutter

How do you capture

The wind on the water?

How do you count all the stars in the sky?

How can you measure

The love of a mother,

Or how can you write down

A baby's first cry?

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Candlelight, angel light,

Firelight and star glow

Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn.

Gloria, Gloria in excelsis Deo!

Angels are singing;

The Christ child is born.

Shepherds and wise men

Will kneel and adore him,

Seraphim round him their vigil will keep;

Nations proclaim him

Their Lord and their Saviour,

But Mary will hold him

And sing him to sleep.

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Find him at Bethlehem laid in a manger:

Christ our Redeemer asleep in the hay.

Godhead incarnate and hope of salvation:

A child with his mother

That first Christmas Day.

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RHODES VOICE STUDENT

L’o How a Rose E’er Blooming Arr. by Mark Hayes

Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming

From tender stem hath sprung!

Of Jesse's lineage coming

As men of old have sung

It came a flow'ret bright

Amid the cold of winter

When half spent was the night

Isaiah 'twas foretold it

The rose I have in mind

With Mary we behold it

The Virgin Mother kind

To show God's love aright

She bore to men a Savior

When half spent was the night

This flow'r, whose fragrance tender

With sweetness fills the air

Dispels with glorious splendor

The darkness ev'ry where

True man yet very God

From sin and death he save's us

And lightens ev'ry load

Kathleen Whatley, soprano

Debbie Smith, collaborative pianist

RHODES CHAMBER SINGERS

My Lord Has Come Will Todd

Shepherds, called by angels,

Called by Love and angels;

No place for them but a stable.

My Lord has come, my Lord has come, my

Lord has come.

Sages, searching for stars.

Searching for Love in Heaven;

No place for them but a stable.


Lord has come.

His Love will hold me.

His Love will cherish me,

Love will cradle me.

Lead me, lead me to see Him.

Sages and Shepherds and angels.

No place for them but a stable,

No place for me but a stable,

No place for me but a stable.


Lord has come.

Rhodes Descant Soloists: Emily Hass & Georgia Winkler

St. Mary’s Quartet: Naomi Kohl, Aoife Shanley,

Drew Massengale, & Paul Murray

Dennis Janzer, collaborative pianist


I Wonder as I Wander John Jacob Niles

I wonder as I wander out under the sky

How Jesus the Saviour did come for to die

For poor on'ry people like you and like I;


When Mary birthed Jesus 'twas in a cow's stall

With wise men and farmers and shepherds and all

But high from God's heaven, a star's light did fall

And the promise of ages it then did recall

If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing

A star in the sky or a bird on the wing

Or all of God's Angels in heaven to sing

He surely could have it, 'cause he was the

King


How Jesus the Saviour did come for to die

For poor on'ry people like you and like I;


Shelby Seese, soprano

Debbie Smith, collaborative pianist

RHODES CHAMBER SINGERS

A La Nanita (Spanish Carol) Arr. by Dennis Janzer

A la nanita nana, nanita ea, nanita ea,

Mi Jesús tiene suenño, bendito sea, bendito

sea.

Fuenticilla que corres clara y sonora,

Ruiseñor que en la selva cantando lloras,

Callad mientras la cuna se balancea.

Manojito de rosas y de alelíes,

Que es lo que estás soñando, que te sonríes?

Cuáles son tus ensueños, dilo alma mia;

Mas que es lo que murmuras? Eucaristía.

Pajaritos y fuentes, auras y brisas,

Respetad ese sueño y esas sonrisas, callad

mientras la cuna se balancea; que el Niño está

soñando, bendito sea!

Come, let’s sing a little lullaby, Come, let’s sing a

little, My Jesus is sleepy. Blessed be, blessed be.

Font of life ever flowing, bright clear and singing,

Nightingale of the forest, glad new is singing. Born in

a manger lowly, Christ child most holy.

Bundle of roses and violets,

what are you dreaming of, that makes you smile?

What are your dreams, tell me, o my soul;

But what are you whispering? Eucharist.

Little birds and fountains, zephyrs and breezes,

Take care of that dream and those smiles.

Hush while the cradle is rocking,

The Child is dreaming! May he be blessed!


Gesù Bambino (Venite adoremus) Pietro Yon

When blossoms flowered 'mid the snows

Upon a winter night

Was born the Child, the Christmas Rose

The King of Love and Light.

The angels sang, the shepherds sang

The grateful earth rejoiced

And at His blessed birth the stars

Their exultation voiced.

Venite adoremus

Venite adoremus

Venite adoremus Dominum

Again the heart with rapture glows

To greet the holy night

That gave the world its Christmas Rose

Its King of Love and Light.

Let ev'ry voice acclaim His name

The grateful chorus swell

From paradise to earth He came

That we with Him might dwell.

Venite adoremus

Venite adoremus

Venite adoremus Dominum

Abbey Alley, soprano

Sarah Jean, collaborative pianist

RHODES SINGERS

Lux Aurumque Eric Whitacre

Lux,

Calida gravisque pura velut aurum

Et canunt angeli molliter

Modo natum.

Light,

Warm and heavy as pure gold

And the angels sing softly

To the new-born baby.

Carley Jo Goggans, soprano


A-Rovin’ on a Winter’s Night Traditional Appalachian Folk Song

A-Rovin’ on a winter’s night,

And drinking that good ol’ wine

Dreaming about that dear little girl

Who stole this heart of mine

She is just like a budded rose

That bloomed in the month of June

She is just like an old instrument

That’s just been lately tuned

Maybe I’ll take a trip to a foreign land

Be it France, or Spain

But if I go ten thousand miles,

I’ll be back ‘round again

I’ll love you ‘til the sea runs dry,

And the rocks all melt in the sun

I’ll love you ‘til the day I die,

Though you’ll never be my own

A-Rovin’ on a winter’s night,

And drinking that good ol’ wine

Dreaming about that dear little girl

Who stole this heart of mine

Jake Thomas, baritone & guitar

RHODES SINGERS

Ave Verum Corpus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ave verum corpus,

Natum de Maria virgine;

Vere passum immolatum

In crucis pro homine.

Cuius latus perforatum

Unda fluxit et sanguine.

Esto nobis praegustatum

In mortis examine.

Hail, true body,

Born of the virgin Mary;

Who has truly suffered, slaughtered

On the Cross for humanity.

Whose side was pierced,

Pouring out water and blood.

Be a foretaste for us

During our ordeal of death.

Carley Jo Goggans, soprano

Joyce Timmons, harp


Domine Deus Antonio Vivaldi

from Gloria

Domine Deus, Rex Caelestis

Deus Pater omnipotens

Lord God, Heavenly King

God the Father Almighty

Georgia Winkler, soprano

Brian Ray, collaborative pianist

ORGAN SOLO

Toccata Noël Arr. by Dennis Janzer

The First Noël

What Child Is This?

Sussex Carol

Dennis Janzer, organ


Le sommeil de l’enfant Jesus Henri Büsser

Dormez, Petit Jésus! Dormez, doux chèrubin! Votre

mère vous garde. Et veille auprès de vous. Dormez!

Nos coeurs pleins d'espèrance. Ont foi dans votre

amour! Reposez doucement, Jésus, bien cher

enfant! Dormez! A Dieu disons notre joie! Noel!

Chantons Noel! Noel! Chantons tou jours Noel!

Noel! Noel! Noel, Fète bénie! O jour de delivrance!

Un Sauveur vient de naitre, Nous voici tous à ses

genoux. Noel! Minuit tout est mystère! Tout dort

autour de nous! Reposez doucement, O Jésus! Bien

cher enfant! Dormez! Dormez, doux chérubin. Que

de leurs blanches ailes. Les anges, croisant leurs

mains frèles, abritent votre front divin! Dormez!

Dormez, doux chérubin! Noel! Noel! Noel!

Sleep little Jesus, sleep sweet cherubim.

Your mother watches over you closely,

sleep! Our hearts are filled with hope, faith,

and love. Sweetly rest, Jesus, dear baby.

Sleep! To God we give praise! Sing Noel,

sing always Noel!

Noel, Noel, Noel. A blessed celebration! A

day of deliverance, our Savior is born! We

bow down. Noel! Midnight, all is a mystery.

All are asleep. Sweetly rest O Jesus, dear

Baby. Sleep! Sleep sweet cherubim. The

angels shelter and watch over you. Sleep!

Sleep! Dear cherubim. Noel, Noel, Noel!

RHODES SINGERS

Gaudete Traditional English Carol

Arr. by J. David Moore

Translation by Dr. Walter L. Moore, Jr.

Gaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus

Ex Maria virgine, gaudete.

Tempus adest gratiae hoc quod optabamus,

Carmina laetitiae, devote redamus.

Deus homo factus est, natura mirante,

Mundus renovatus est, a Christo regnante.

Ezekelis porta, clausa pertransitor,

Unde lux est orta, salus invenitor.

Ergo nostra contio, psallat jam in lustro,

Benedicat Domino. Salus regi nostro.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Christ is born

of the Virgin Mary. Rejoice!

The time of grace that we desired is here.

Let us reverently render songs of joy.

While Nature wondered, God has been made human. The

world has been restored by Christ’s reigning.

The closed gate of Ezekiel is crossed.

Salvation is found in the place from which the light came.

So let our assembly now sing [psalms] in offering.

Let it bless the Lord. Hail to our king!

Milan Mistry & Carley Jo Goggans, soloists

James Oliver, percussion


Snow Song (It’s Coming Down) GrooveLily

from Striking 12

Snowflakes fall like velvet

From iron-colored skies

Somehow I can’t help it

I feel my spirits rise

Streetlamps a glow

Time to take it slow

It’s coming down

Crystal branches glisten

Like diamonds over me

Frozen in position

A silent symphony

Sidewalks white and clean

Perfect and pristine

It’s coming down

It’s coming down and all my blues disappear

And this old town is young again—roll back the years

Because the world looks like new

Or at least that’s the view from here...

It’s cold here by the river

But I don’t feel it much

The moon’s a silver sliver

Close enough to touch

Storm clouds drift away

A star comes out to play

And it’s coming down

Rachel Bates, soprano

Kim Bates, collaborative pianist

RHODES SINGERS

O Lux Beatissima Howard Helvey

O lux beatissima,

reple cordis intima

tuorum fidelium.

Sine tuo numine,

nihil est in homine,

nihil est innoxium.

O Light most blessed,

Fill the inmost heart

Of all thy faithful.

Without your grace,

There is nothing in us,

Nothing that is not harmful.

COMBINED CHOIRS AND RHODES ALUMNI

Ave Maria Franz Biebl

Angelus Domini nontiavit Mariae,

et concepit de Spiritu sancto.

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum;

benedicta tu in mulieribus,et benedictus

fructus ventris tui, Jesus.

Maria dixit: Ecce ancilla Domini,

fiat mihi secomdom verbum tuum.

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum;

benedicta tu in mulieribus,

et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.

Et verbum caro factum est et habitavit in

nobis.

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatoribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.

The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary,

And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with

thee; Blessed art thou among women,

and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord,

Be it done unto me according to thy word.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with

thee; Blessed art thou among women,

and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

And the word was made flesh and dwelt

among us.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners

now, and at the hour of our death.

Wade Wright, Jared Smith,

& Robert Boren, soloists

Rhodes Choral Personnel

Rhodes Singers originated in 1937 under the direction of Professor Louis Nicholas

(‘34), who organized the first choral ensemble at Rhodes College in 1934. Burnet

C. Tuthill, co-founder of the National Association of the Schools of Music

(NSAM), formalized choral music performance with the establishment of

the Rhodes Singers as the concert choir for the college. Rhodes Singers is a select,

auditioned mixed choir of 44 Singers, and serves as a flagship ensemble for

Rhodes College. They perform a variety of mostly small-form choral works.

Rhodes Singers may be heard in many concerts locally, on tours throughout the

United States, and on international tours every few years. In 2010, they performed

in the Rome International Choral Festival, and performed concert tours in Italy and

France. They recently performed, by invitation, at the Kennedy Center in

Washington D.C. for the Presidents’ Day Choral Festival, and in concert, by

adjudicated invitation, at the National Cathedral. In recent years they have toured

Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia, Texas, and Louisiana. In 2017, the choir performed a

concert tour around the New York area that culminated in a standing ovation

presentation at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Rhodes Women’s Chorus was founded by Dr. Diane Clark and is currently under

the direction of Dr. Ellen Koziel. Under her leadership, the Chorus has participated

in the Fall Choral Showcase Concerts and the Homecoming Collage concerts at

Rhodes. The Chorus has also enjoyed collaborations with adult and children’s

choirs as well as local choral and instrumental ensembles. They recently performed

with the Rhodes MasterSingers Chorale and Memphis Symphony Orchestra in the

World Premiere of Robert G. Patterson’s Requiem. They have collaborated with

the choirs of Church of the Holy Communion to perform the Fauré Requiem in

November 2018 and Forrest’s Requiem for the Living in November 2017. The

Women’s Chorus has been privileged to participate in master classes with noted

American composers such as Stephen Paulus and Libby Larsen, and with

internationally acclaimed recording artists Anonymous 4.

Chamber Singers William Skoog, Director

Tingting Yao, Collaborative Pianist

Abbey Alley – Dyersburg, TN

Liana Feronti – Yukon, OK

Carley Jo Goggans – Siloam Springs, AR

Emily Haas – Dallas, TX

Tyler Kirk – Olive Branch, MS

Milan Mistry – Apex, NC

Jared Smith – Oakland, TN

Abigail Sweeney – Lexington, MA

Jacob Thomas – Mount Juliet, TN

Mary Thomas – Memphis, TN

Rachel Ward – Weatherford, TX

Molly Webster – Cleveland, OH

Georgia Winkler – Brentwood, TN

Wade Wright – Rock Hill, SC

Rhodes Women’s Chorus Ellen Koziel, Director

Debbie Smith, Collaborative Pianist & Organist

Soprano I

Chloe Bishop – Meridianville, AL

Shelby Seese – Olive Branch, MS

Eva Marie Spencer – Cleveland, OH

Kathleen Whatley – Potomac, MD

Soprano II

Mary Patton Day – Birmingham, AL

Heidi Frazier – Denver, CO

Chinnu Alli – Memphis, TN

Alto I

Brittany Hickman – Atlanta, GA

Tierra Hobbs – Franklin, TN

Kylee LaGrange – Paris, TN

Samantha Patterson – Memphis, TN

Alto II

Asya Bray – Chicago, IL

Carolina Smith Cavalcante – Recife, Brazil

Keidreanna Garrett – Little Rock, AR

Garrinecia Singleton – Baton Rouge, LA

Khanh Ton – Hue, Vietnam

Rhodes Singers William Skoog, Conductor

Tingting Yao, Collaborative Pianist

Sopranos

Abbey Alley – Dyersburg, TN

Veronica Cain – Knoxville, TN

Carley Jo Goggans – Siloam Springs, AR *

Emily Haas – Dallas, TX

Rose Hutcheson – Chattanooga, TN +

Sofia Karabell – Germantown, TN

Anna Lebrun – Rockville, MD

Brianna Rempe – Omaha, NE

Abigail Sweeney – Lexington, MA

Mary Thomas – Memphis, TN

Rachel Ward – Weatherford, TX

Georgia Winkler – Brentwood, TN

Altos

Rachel Bates – Belton, TX

Julianne Chung – Little Rock, AR*

Ava Crofford – Dallas, TX

Catheryne Cunningham – Pittsburgh, PA

Caroline Farrell – Germantown, TN

Liana Feronti – Yukon, OK

Rachel Fort – Albuquerque, NM

Abigail Lidoski – Wilmington, MA + ^

Camille Montoya – Houston, TX

Caroline Mukerjee – Mc lean, VA

Megan Patterson – Olive Branch, MS

Zoe Scott – Memphis, TN ^

Molly Webster – Cleveland, OH ^

Tenors

Robert Boren – Atkins, AR *

Harrison Dircks – Larchmont, NY

John W. Howell – Metairie, LA +

Tyler Kirk – Olive Branch, MS

Milan Mistry – Apex, NC

Elijah Wilkerson – Cordova, TN

Basses

Jacob Ackerman – Andover, MN

Will Davis – Birmingham, AL

John Harris – Charlotte, NC

Brian Hill – Atlanta, GA

Owen Lubinski – Ogden, UT

Jared Smith – Oakland, TN

Jacob Thomas – Mount Juliet, TN

Wade Wright – Rock Hill, SC *

Adam Wyatt – San Antonio, TX

* denotes section leaders

+ denotes assistant section leader

^ denotes choir officers

Ellen Koziel is the director of the Rhodes Women’s Chorus. She has

conducted treble ensembles as part of the West Tennessee Festival Chorus as

well as the Memphis Orff All-City Concert. Dr. Koziel’s elementary school

choirs were selected to perform for the Tennessee Music Education

Association’s State music conference, “Spotlight on the Arts” for the

Memphis School Board and the “Festival of the Arts” sponsored by Memphis

City Schools. She was the first General Music Chairperson for the Tennessee

Music Education Association where she proposed, developed and chaired the

Tennessee Treble Choir. While president of the West Tennessee General

Music Education Association in 1993, she spearheaded the establishment of

the West Tennessee Festival Chorus. She most recently earned her PhD in

Music Education from the University of Memphis and currently serves as

Associate Minister of Music at the Church of the Holy Communion, Episcopal, in Memphis where she

directs the children’s choirs.

A charter member and former president of the Rhodes MasterSingers Chorale, she has performed with

this ensemble in Carnegie Hall, Rome, Salzburg, Vienna and the Czech Republic. She was awarded the

“Hall of Fame Award” from TnMEA in 2017 and the Rotary Award for Teacher Excellence in 2007. She

teaches the Level II Orff Certification Course at the University of Memphis and Virginia Commonwealth

University. Dr. Koziel is a member of the National Association for Music Education and the American

Orff-Schulwerk Association and has served as president of the West Tennessee General Music

Association and the Memphis Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association.

William Skoog is Professor of Music at Rhodes, where he served as Chair of the

Department of Music from 2009-2018, and continues as Director of Choral Studies.

He conducts the Rhodes Singers, Chamber Singers, and the MasterSingers Chorale,

conducting them with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Works he has conducted

with them include Requiems by Brahms, Faure, Verdi, Mozart, and DeMars,

Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Britten’s War Requiem, and Handel’s Messiah and Israel

in Egypt, to name a few. He also teaches conducting at Rhodes, and serves as

founding Artistic Director for BealeCanto, a professional Men’s Chamber

Ensemble in Memphis. Dr. Skoog previously served as Director of Choral

Activities at Bowling Green State University; Indiana/Purdue University in Fort

Wayne, Indiana; and Southwestern Michigan College in Dowagiac, Michigan. Dr.

Skoog is frequently invited to conduct state, regional, national and international choral festivals, and has

conducted honor choirs in several states. He had his conducting debut in Carnegie Hall in 2017. He has served

as Artistic Director/Conductor for International Choral Festivals in Dublin, Paris, Salzburg (Mozart Festival),

Vienna, Rome, Lucerne, and Prague in the prestigious Dvorak Festival.

Internationally, he has conducted the Dom Orchestra in Salzburg, the Tuscan Chamber Orchestra (Florence,

Italy), the Santa Maria Orchestra (Switzerland), the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Moravian

Symphony Orchestra, and the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra (Ireland). His publishing credits include

several articles in Choral Journal, Music Educators Journal, and the Cambridge Scholars Press. Skoog holds a

Doctor of Arts Degree in Music from the University of Northern Colorado, Master of Arts degrees in

Conducting and Vocal Performance/Pedagogy from the Lamont School of Music, Denver University (CO),

and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and Theatre from Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota.

Tingting Yao, pianist joined the Rhodes College Piano staff in the fall of 2019.

She is also a Staff Pianist at the University of Memphis, Rudi E. Scheidt School

of Music. Before joining the staff of the University of Memphis, she was a

freelance pianist in the Oklahoma City area, as well as at the University of

Oklahoma, and the University of Central Oklahoma.

Ms. Yao is a collaborative pianist and chamber musician with singers and

instrumentalists throughout North America, the United Kingdom and China.

Since moving to the United States in 2016, she has performed in the Mid-South

Flute Festival at the University of Memphis, Mid-South Horn Workshop at the

University of Central Arkansas and the NASA Regional IV at Oklahoma State

University. She has worked as a collaborative pianist at the Interlochen Center of

the Arts, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and various national and international festivals including SongFest,

Oxford International Piano Festival (UK), Cadenza International Summer Music School (UK), and Lake

District Summer Music International Festival (UK). She will be joining the Collaborative Piano Institute

and Pittsburgh Festival Opera in summer 2019 as a collaborative pianist.

Tingting holds an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma (APD) in Collaborative Piano, a Master of Music in

Piano Accompaniment (with Distinction) in Birmingham Conservatoire, United Kingdom, a Master of

Music from The University of Melbourne, Australia, and a Bachelor’s degree from Tongji University,

China.

Debbie Smith is the collaborative pianist for Rhodes Women’s Chorus

and has been an applied instructor of piano at Rhodes College since

2005. Ms. Smith received her B.M. in Organ Performance from

Mississippi College and her M.M. in Organ Performance from the

University of Memphis. Since 1980, she has been active as a teacher,

recitalist, accompanist, singer, and choral director in the Mid-south.

Most recently, Ms. Smith has collaborated with our Musicology

professors to provide early music classes for preschoolers at the

Memphis Hope House.

In addition to teaching at Rhodes College, Ms. Smith is the Music

Associate at Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church. In Debbie’s spare

time, she enjoys attending live music events; particularly at the Levitt Shell, spoiling her

granddaughter, and she is also an avid connoisseur of craft style beers.

Dennis Janzer is the applied instructor of organ at Rhodes College and

is also an award-winning composer with over 200 individual organ and

choral compositions in publication. Dr. Janzer holds several degrees

including a master’s degree in Bio-Medical Engineering from

Marquette University and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Miami

University.

As a composer, Dr. Janzer is one of the House Composers for Wayne

Leupold Editions, where he primarily composes solos for organ. He has

also had compositions published for organ with instruments, choral and other voicings through a

number of publishing houses including Morningstar Music Publications, (Birnamwood

Publications), Vivace Music Press, H.W. Gray Company, and Colla Voce Music.

Dr. Janzer is also an award-winning composer, being a recipient of such honors through the

International Trumpet Guilds Composition Contest, the Milwaukee Master Singers Choral

Composition Contest, and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's Fanfare Composition Contest.

Along with maintaining a very active career as a composer, performer, and educator, Dr. Janzer

is also the Director of Music at St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis, TN.

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RHODES...RHODES VOICE STUDENT L’o How a Rose E’er Blooming Arr. by Mark Hayes Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming From tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse's lineage coming As men of …