Texas Music

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2008 Clinic/Convention

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

San Antonio, Texas

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13–16, 2008

Steve Andre, President

All-State Mixed Choir & Texas Tech UniversitySymphony Orchestra

Craig Jessop, ConductorAllen Hightower, Accompanist

Paula Edwards, Organizer

Denise Eaton, TMEA Vice-President & Vocal Division Chair

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All-State Mixed Choir Personnel (cont)

Tenor ISid ArlikattiZachary BarbaAnik BhattacharyaAndrew BrockTrevor BrownAlex BruceAaron CaseyAdam CombithsJohnathon CrawfordKyle EvelerNicholas GarzaTom HamlettEric HornGavin LaneAlex LathromNicholas LopezCharles MasonDarrell MorrisHector NaranjoColton NecessaryKenneth RiveraSean StultzGrant TaylorDarius ThomasStephen VelasquezTrevor WhitworthWesley YoungAndy Zapata

Tenor IITucker BilodeauColton BlakeScott BryanRyan ColeMichael CusimanoRaul DominguezEthan DunnWilliam EbromNoel FullerCody GohlNathan GoodrichCooper GreenJoseh GutierrezCharles HunterAndre JacksonEverett JonesPaul KroegerKeith LalondeJodran McKinneyJesse MelsonTodd “Bud” MizeLance OrtaReyes Rodriguez IIIWill ScanlinAllen ThompsonJason WhitneyKevin WilkinsonKyle Yarborough

Bass IJoshua ArguellasGlenn AyarsDaniel BouchardBruce BrownJonathan CoryaCarl CulleySamuel DavisPeter DobyAndrew FieldsLogan FowlerStephen GlascoScott Hoying Even KeyColby LemieuxJohnathan LunaEradio MartinezHeath MayoAuston McIntoshPhilip PalmerTrey PrettMax RandaAlex SchaafDavid ShawAaron TurnerJeremy WalderTommy WallWilliam WhitleyJustin Womack

Bass IIEdward BalusekChase BorneAustin BradleyRemi BudgeAndrew BurnsJustin ChumbleyAlex DecaulpAustin del CastilloRobert DouglasJohn Marshall FoxParker HavensLee HenryElliott HinesQuiterius JacksonDezhon JohnsonJon KnottDiamondLaddermoreMatt ParkerBrandon PerryPatrick ReichertPhilip RushCole SeifertDaniel ShniderJordan SmithDominic SpencerJordan Starks John VelascoTheodore Yan

All-State Mixed Choir Personnel

Soprano IJasmyne AlexanderKaitlin BordenCaroline BrownChelsea ColesonJanelle DeJohnKara DunlevyElizabeth EvansKystal HargroveMysti HawkinsRebekah HowellMeghan LimegroverCourtneyMcCutchenJennifer MiiearsMarlen NahhasHaley NettletonShelby NeubauerChelsea OwenHaley PalfreymanKayla PendergraftCara PeytonLaura RodriguezSara ShoultzAlyssa StilwellLauren StringerKaitlin TerryMegan WellsMackenzie WilsonSarah Young

Soprano IIChelsi ArduengoTaylor BarnesVanessa BecerraBrittany BentleyLauren BoydstunRene BrantNatalie CardonaDevon ChandlerAnna ClarksonStephanie FrakesEmily HagensStephanie HamShannon HuckerSamantha JohnsonAnna JonesAnitra LittleBethany LorentzenKatherine MillingMaxwell PorterfieldStephanie RoblesCassandraShanahanJaime SteppMeghan ThomassonColleen TrotterUnderbrink KarinCaroline WatsonKathryn Whitbeck

Alto ISierah AyalaCarolineBadalamentiJasmine BellColleen DawesAlysha DeslorieuxApril DivinCaitlyn DownsJessica FarleyNina GarciaAshley HamnerMargaret HiresRandi HolstAlexandra HumbleCharlotte JonesDevon LangfordConnor LyonMarissa MaddouxSherine MathewJennifer MaulElizabeth McGeeBethany NaberhausAlora OsbournErin PilcherEmily RewRachel SkarkeAlyssa SmithMegan WilhelmAbbey Wilson

Alto IICourtney BlakelyCarrie BolenTanya CainGeneva ColemanElizabeth CongerAmber DeweyKaiti FirkinsTiffany FreemanElise GibsonKortney JohnsonLyndsey JonesMidy KnightAnn KrummHannah LaneAudra MatarCaitlin McClanahanKatherine MeinkeKeris PattersonRachel PitmanJasmine ReedSonia RehmanRachel SalaizKatie ShawKendra ShermanKara SmootKelly Weaver

Section Leaders: Beth Casey, Kristy Hayes, Thomas Rinn, James Hare

About Craig JessopCraig jessop became music director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in October 1999. Notonly had he served as thechoir's associate director from 1995 to 1999, he had also beena member of the choir for four years during college.

Under his leadership, the choir has continued to live up to its tradition of excellence andhas explored new territory in themusical and performance realms. As the music director ofnot only the choir but also the Orchestra at Temple Square and theTemple Square Chorale,jessop draws on the strengths of these three entities and combines them as appropriateto enhancethe level of musical excellence in performance.

He studied at Utah State and BYU and earned his doctorate in musical arts at Stanford.When he completed his doctoralstudies in conducting, he was recruited by the U.S. AirForce music programs to conduct their highly acclaimed professionalvocal ensemble, theU.S, Singing Sergeants. He served as commander and conductor of the Band of the U.S.Air Forces inEurope and the Air Combat Heartland of America Band. Singing with theRobert Shaw Festival Singers, which includedperforming with its composer-conductor inconcerts throughout Europe and at Carnegie Hall, was also an extraordinaryexperienceand a tremendous honor for jessop.

About Allen HightowerAllen Hightower is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at Sam HoustonState University. He conducts theSHSU Chorale and Symphonic Choir and leads thegraduate program in choral conducting. Since joining the faculty in 2000,Hightower has ledthe SHSU Chorale in performances for TMEA in 2003 and 2006, and for the 2007 NationalConventionof ACDA in Miami. Hightower is the interim Minister of Music of Houstor~sTallowood Baptist Church, Music Director of theHouston Masterworks Chorus, and isconductor of the newly formed professional early-music ensemble, the HeinrichSchatzChoir of Texas.

About Zachary WaggonerZachary Waggoner, a sixth-grade honor student at Austin's Clint Small MS, plays cello inthe school orchestra and is amember of the Conspirare Children's Choir. Zacharyparticipated in the Patton Elementary School Select Choir and theAustin IndependentSchool District All-City Elementary School Choir.

Program NotesTHE NATIONAL ANTHEM arr. Pfautsch

Conducted by Jo Scurlock-Dillard, TMEA Immediate Past-President

O Clap Your Hands John Rutter (b. 1943)Psalm 47, vv. 1–7

Rutter’s tuneful, sprightly setting is typical of the joyful, uplifting compositional style that has endearedhim to choristers worldwide. His influences include early 20th-century French and English choraltraditions as well as the craftsmanship of American songwriting. As measured by the performances of hisworks, he is clearly the most successful choral composer of his generation and famed as well for therecordings of his Cambridge Singers, a group of professional singers he formed in 1981. Based in hisnative Great Britain, he appears as a guest conductor and lecturer throughout the world.

Ecco Mormorar L’Onde Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)(Hear the Murmuring Waters)

The greatest Italian musician of the first half of the 17th century, Monteverdi made a great contribution tothe transition from Renaissance to Baroque musical styles. A master of the polyphonic madrigal, whichfeatured independent lines of equal importance interwoven in an intricate vocal texture, he also masteredthe emerging homophonic, dramatic style. Ecco Mormorar L’Onde appeared in a book of madrigalspublished in 1590, one of nine such books Monteverdi composed.

Here are the waves murmuring and the foliage quivering at the morning breeze; the shrubs, and on the tree branches the pretty birds sing softly; and the Orient smiles. Here dawn looms up and is reflected in the sea and brightens up the sky and beads the sweet ice and gilds the tall mountains. beautiful dawn, the breeze is your herald and you are herald of the breeze.

Gloria from Mass in D, op. 86 Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)Slava from All-Night Vigil, Opus 37 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

The pairing of these two pieces, the first written in 1887 by Dvořák, a Czech, and the second publishedn 1915 by Rachmanioff, a Russian, reveals the influences of the musical traditions of their respectivecountries while showcasing their unique musical intellects and craftsmanship. While helping in hisfather’s butcher shop in his early years, Dvořák received musical instruction and became a skilled violaplayer. Performing, private teaching, and, ultimately, composing, eventually brought him financial stabilityand notable commissions and awards. His choral works were particularly popular in England, and whileteaching in America between 1892 and 1895 he composed the Symphony No. 9 “From the New World.”In addition to Czech folk music, his works display influences of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert,Wagner, and his close friend, Brahms. Literally and figuratively a musical giant, Rachmaninoff was aconcert pianist and prolific composer who stood 6 feet 6 inches tall with a hand span the interval of a 13th(about 12 inches) on the keyboard. His compositional style, fundamentally Russian and greatlyinfluenced by Tchaikovsky, speaks of 19th century Romanticism. His familiarity with and affection forRussian Orthodox chants strongly influenced his sacred choral compositions.

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, good will to men.O Lord, open Thou my lips, and my mouth shall proclaim Thy praise.

Chichester Psalms Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)I. Psalm 108, v. 2; Psalm 100II. Psalm 23; Psalm 2, vv. 1–4III. Psalm 131; Psalm 133, v. 1

Zachary Waggoner, as the boy David

Chichester Psalms was commissioned for the 1965 Southern Cathedrals’ Festival at England’sChichester Cathedral. Serene and affirmative, the work makes extensive use of word painting, beginningwith the introduction to the first movement. The dissonant intervals present in each chord sound like theclanging of bells, inviting the listener to awaken as the piece unfolds.

The first movement is in a joyous 7/4 meter that contributes to the festive mood. The second movementbegins with the Psalm of David set in a more conventional metric grouping of 4/4. The tranquil melodysung by the soloist and the women’s voices is abruptly interrupted by the low-pitched rumbling of themen’s voices singing Psalm 2. Gradually, the women’s voices are David (represented by the soloist)predominate, but the last measures refer to the interrupting section, a symbol of mankind’s constantstruggle with conflict and faith.

The third movement returns to materials used in the introduction, then breaks into a tender chorale thatsuggests the undulations of desert palms swaying in the breeze by the use of a 10/4 meter. Withoutpause, the finale again utilizes musical material from the introduction, giving unity by providing a senseof returning to the beginning. The final example of word painting is the unison note on the last syllable ofthe text, the Hebrew word yachad, which means together, or, “as one.”

Bernstein is regarded as one of the most influential figures in classical music in the last half of the 20thcentury. Conductor of the New York Philharmonic, narrator of 14 seasons of televised Young People’sConcerts and composer of West Side Story, his versatility is clearly demonstrated by his success as aconductor, composer, author, and educator.

Homeward Bound Marta Keen, arr. Mack WilbergDedicated “to our military families and their heroes,” Homeward Bound is a poignant depiction of the dailychallenges faced by soldiers deployed overseas and their anticipation of being safely homeward bound.Marta Keen, who wrote the words as well as the music, has broad experience as a music educator,professional pianist and vocalist, accompanist, writer, and composer. She is presently a school librarianand accompanist for church and community choral groups in the Las Vegas area.

Wade in de Water Traditional Spiritual, arr. Allen Koepke (b. 1939)This arrangement effectively utilizes a thick choral texture, wide range of dynamics, and relentlesslydriving rhythmic pulse to create a powerfully expressive statement. It was commissioned by the PrairieHS Choir in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for a 1998 performance at Washington National Cathedral. An Iowamusic educator since 1960, Luther College graduate Allen Koepke is an active clinician, adjudicator, andcomposer.

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Robert Robinson (1735–1790), arr. Mack WilbergMethodist pastor and hymnist Robert Robinson wrote this text in 1757 at the age of 22. The melody,attributed to Asahel Nettleton, is included in John Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, 1813. MackWilberg conducts the Brigham Young University Concert Choir and is Associate Director of the MormonTabernacle Choir. This arrangement, often performed on the choir’s concerts and weekly broadcasts, isalso featured on two Mormon Tabernacle Choir albums.

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1. The Star Spangled Banner Somerset Press/Hope . . . . . . John S. Smith/arr. Lloyd Pfautsch 1:40

Conducted by Jo Scurlock-Dillard, TMEA Immediate Past-President

2. Oh Clap Your Hands Oxford University Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Rutter 3:12

3. Ecco Mormorar L’Onde Franco Colombo/Belwin/Alfred . . . . . . . .Claudio Monteverdi 3:12

4. Gloria from Mass in D, Op. 86 Carl Fischer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Antonín Dvořák 2:13

5. Slava from All-Night Vigil, Opus 37Musica Russica . . . . . . Sergei Rachmaninoff 3:34

Chichester Psalms Leonard Bernstein/UMPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonard Bernstein6. I. Psalm 108, v. 2; Psalm 100 3:227. II. Psalm 23; Psalm 2, vv. 1-4 5:038. III. Psalm 131; Psalm 133, v. 1 7:55

Zachary Waggoner, as the boy David

9. Homeward Bound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marta Keen/arr. Mack Wilberg 5:15

10. Wade in de Water Santa Barbara . . . . . . Traditional Spiritual/arr. Allen Koepke 2:54

11. Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Oxford University Press . . .

. . . Robert Robinson/arr. Mack Wilberg 4:57