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Grand Rapids Symphony The Orchestra

LARRY RACHLEFF, music advisorDAVID LOCKINGTON, music director laureateBOB BERNHARDT, principal pops conductor BEATRICE A. IDEMA CHAIR

JOHN VARINEAU, associate conductor WEGE FOUNDATION CHAIR

PEARL SHANGKUAN, chorus director COVENANT CHAIR

SEAN IVORY, youth chorus director VERDUIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CHAIR

*VIOLIN James Crawford Concertmaster Richard & Helen DeVos Chair Christina Fong Associate Concertmaster Mr. & Mrs. Milo R. DeVries Chair Vacant Assistant Concertmaster Eric Tanner Principal 2nd Richard & Helen DeVos Chair Steven H. Brook Assistant Principal 2nd Kenneth & Frances Ellis Chair

Jenna AndersonHaijin Choi

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Lenore D’Haem James Eppinga Caroline Freihofer Christine Golden Melissa Hamlen Lawrence Herzberg Sterling Jenkins Patricia Kates Adam Liebert Christopher Martin Diane McElfish Helle Susan Mora

Linda NelsonJoshua SchlachterFangye SunCollette VandenBergDavid Wheeler

VIOLA Leslie VanBecker Principal Richard & Helen DeVos Chair Barbara Corbató Assistant Principal Karl & Patricia Betz Chair

Leanne King Mary Jane Miller

Kristen A. Shoup Heather Storeng Paul Swantek Olga Ziabrikova

CELLO Alicia Eppinga Principal Richard & Helen DeVos Chair Jeremy Crosmer Assistant Principal George H. & Barbara A. Gordon Chair

Vladimir Babin Hyun Ji Choi Hannah Thomas-Hollands Will Preece Lorene Turkalo Steven VanRavenswaay Kay J. Shannon Chair

BASS Christopher Hamlen Principal Mary I. Hunting Chair Michael Hovnanian Assistant Principal Benmark Chair

Mark BuchnerMichael Crawford

Kevin Flannery Leo Hazen

Gerald Torres

FLUTE Christopher Kantner Principal Lynn & Stuart White Chair Ruth Bylsma Assistant Principal Laura May Ripley Chair Judith Kemph

PICCOLO Judith Kemph Hilda Pantlind Armstrong Chair

OBOE Ellen Sherman Principal Miner S. & Mary Ann Keeler Chair Alexander Miller Assistant Principal The Marsilje Foundation Chair

Kathleen Gomez

ENGLISH HORN Kathleen Gomez JSJ Corporation Chair

CLARINET Suzanna Dennis Bratton Principal Stuart & Barbara Padnos Chair Michael Kornacki Assistant Principal Joel Schekman

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The Orchestra

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Chairs are titled in recognition of Annual Campaign sponsorship gifts or, where listed in bold, major Endowment Fund contributions.* Strings are listed in alphabetical order after the titled chairs• Supplemental musicians + Leave of Absence

Erich Peterson, Personnel ManagerSteven Brook, TimekeeperSarah Bowman Peterson, LibrarianLenore D’Haem, Assistant LibrarianKyle Viana, Production Stage Manager

E-FLAT/BASS CLARINET Joel Schekman

BASSOON Vincent Karamanov Acting Principal Elizabeth E. Snell Chair

Yeh-Chi Wang Interim Assistant Principal Larry & Anne Kloth Chair

Victoria Olson

CONTRABASSOON Victoria Olson

HORN Richard Britsch Principal Dr. David & Dr. Margaret Thompson

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Erich Peterson Assistant Principal Peter & BJ Whigham Chair

Paul AustinMary Beth Orr

TRUMPET Charley Lea Acting Principal

Neil Mueller Interim Assistant Principal

Michael Bowman

TROMBONE John Meyer Principal Peter & Gay Cummings Chair

Daniel Mattson Assistant Principal

BASS TROMBONE Robert Ward

TUBA Vacant Principal

TIMPANI Daniel Karas Principal Bonnie K. Miller Chair

David Hall Assistant Principal

PERCUSSION William H. Vits Principal The Blodgett Foundation Chair

David Hall Assistant Principal Larry & Sally Robson Chair

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HARP Elizabeth Wooster Colpean Principal David & Marilyn Hunting Chair

KEYBOARD Vacant Principal David & Joyce Hecht Chair• Nick Palmer

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Recognized as one of America’s leading orchestras, the Grand Rapids Symphony celebrates its 86th anniversary in 2015-16, a tribute to an enduring partnership between the orchestra and the community that has embraced it since 1930. The Grand Rapids Symphony presents more than 400 performances each year, touching the lives of some 200,000, nearly half of whom are students, senior citizens and people with disabilities, reached through extensive education and community service programs. Concert series, including the Richard and Helen DeVos Classical, the Crowe Horwath Great Eras, the Porter Hills Coffee Classics, and the Sacred Dimensions series, are presented to enrich and enlighten audiences with great masterworks as well as with the music of our time. Meanwhile, the Fox Motors Pops, Nestlé Gerber SymphonicBoom, PNC Lollipops, DTE Energy Foundation Family, and the D&W Fresh Market Picnic Pops series are offered to entertain children and adults alike. The all-volunteer, 140-voice Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus, now in its 54th season, joins the orchestra for several classical and pops concerts each season. Under the leadership of Music Advisor Larry Rachleff, Principal Pops Conductor Bob Bernhardt, Associate Conductor John Varineau, and Music Director Laureate David Lockington, the GRS continues its search for a new Music Director, bringing eight renowned guest conductors to town in 2015-16. The orchestra’s 12th recording, featuring works by British composer Philip Sawyers, was released internationally on the Nimbus Alliance label in 2011. Other milestones include a critically acclaimed debut in 2005 in New York City’s Carnegie Hall, and a 2007 Grammy nomination for Best Classical Crossover Album for “Invention & Alchemy,” a recording and DVD featuring “Hip Harpist” Deborah Henson-Conant. The Grand Rapids Symphony in 2015-16 holds its 15th annual “Symphony with Soul” concert, featuring the GRS Community Chorus, connecting cultures through the shared language of music. Proceeds support the Mosaic Scholarship Fund, launched in 2005 with a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Awarded to Latino and African-American students, scholarships provide music lessons and mentorship by GRS’ musicians. Since 2013, the GRS has reached audiences through MySymphony360, a membership program for diverse, young professionals who share a love of music and enjoy a night out on the town. The Grand Rapids Symphony has a long history of commitment to education and music participation. This season marks the 55th anniversary of the Grand Rapids Youth Symphony and Classical Orchestra, presented by Meijer, Inc. In 2008, the organization created the Grand Rapids Symphony Youth Choruses, presented by Legacy Trust. For more than 25 years, GRS music ensembles have performed in schools across West Michigan. Its Artist-In-Residence program, which partners with 41 schools in 15 counties, reaches more than 17,000 students in Kindergarten through sixth-grade. Since 1944, four generations of concert goers have grown up attending Fifth-Grade Concerts, which provide a live, concert experience for more than 15,000 youngsters each year. The orchestra sponsors the Grand Rapids Bach Festival, a biennial, community-wide event that brings music into coffee houses and brew pubs as well as into the concert hall. Each year, the GRS serves as the orchestra for live performances by Opera Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids Ballet. At home, tune in and hear your Grand Rapids Symphony throughout West Michigan on NPR affiliate Blue Lake Public Radio.


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GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY CHORUSPearl Shangkuan, chorus director COVENANT CHAIR

GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY YOUTH CHORUSSean Ivory, director VERDUIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CHAIR

GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY JUNIOR YOUTH CHORUSJackie Sonderfan Schoon, directorMANDALASean Ivory, director VERDUIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CHAIR

ED CLIFFORD, flute and saxophone

ANONYMOUSMiracles of Sant’iago Portum in ultimo Venite omnes cristicole Vox nostra resonet Mandala

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZARTCanon Junior Youth Chorus Ed Clifford

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL“He Shall Feed His Flock” from The Messiah Junior Youth Chorus

TRADITIONAL“Hine ma tov“ Junior Youth Chorus

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OLA GJEILOSong of the Universal Youth Chorus

SEAN IVORY AND PAUL CALDWELLHope for Resolution Combined Youth Choruses Ed Clifford

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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDELCoronation Anthem No. 1, “Zadok the Priest” Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus

OLA GJEILOThe Ground Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDELCoronation Anthem No. 3, “The King Shall Rejoice” Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus

MARK THOMASAve Maris Stella Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus Youth Chorus

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GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY CHORUS

PEARL SHANGKUANCOVENANT CHAIR

The Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus was organized and founded in 1962 with the guidance and support of Mary Ann Keeler. Today, it is a volunteer organization of 125 members dedicated to achieving excellence in choral presentations. Under the direction of Dr. Pearl Shangkuan since 2004, the chorus has reached an admirable level of artistic choral performance. The chorus performs major works with the orchestra during the Richard and Helen DeVos Classical Series and Fox Motors Pops Series concerts. The chorus actively seeks new members who are experienced singers and have music reading ability. New singers may join the chorus throughout the season by private audition, which can be arranged by emailing Erika Spykman at [email protected]. If you enjoy singing and want to be part of an excellent musical ensemble, join us. It’s even more thrilling from the stage!

In her twelfth season as the chorus director of the Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus, Dr. Pearl Shangkuan is a sought-after guest conductor and clinician all across the United States and internationally. Recent engagements include making her conducting debut at Carnegie Hall, lecturing at several international conferences, and serving as a judge in an international choral competition. The Director of Choral Activities and professor of Music at Calvin College, her choirs have appeared at the American Choral Directors Association conventions and have toured Asia and Europe. Dr. Shangkuan has a signature choral series with Earthsongs publishing and also is the music editor of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship music series, published by GIA. Studying under pre-eminent American choral conductor and chorus master of the New York Philharmonic, Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, Dr. Shangkuan received her bachelor of music in church music (summa cum laude) and master of music in choral conducting (with distinction) from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey; and her doctorate in choral conducting from Rutgers University. Dr. Shangkuan and her family live in Grand Rapids.

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Grand Rapids Symphony ChorusGRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY CHORUS Pearl Shangkuan, chorus directorSean Ivory, assistant chorus director

Nicholas Palmer, accompanistErika Spykman, assistant to the chorus director

Soprano IJessie Belote • Melissa JanesEmily MacauleySusan MossMary Louise OttEmily SmithSara SowerwineCarolyn Van Der AaKathleen Veenstra PoolSara Veenstra-AshleyPaige Vermaat

Soprano IIKate BaxterMallory BeroAmber BoshovenJeneviene Candler † Janet CarterCarol De JongeJamie GuillaumeLaura HoekstraJennifer HoltLaura HoyerElissa LewPatti McConnell • Beth MearsCindy MolnarLisa NovosadLindsey PerraultCandy PierceTania RentzElizabeth SchmiedingClaire Garrity SinnLinda Snoek

Magda TigchelaarElizabeth Van MeursKathleen VanderVeldeTheresa Weiss

Alto IAmy BarendseMyoung Eun ChoAmy FeinLaura GayDonna HattemBarbara HeislerAimee Hunt • Cindy McAuliffeJacqueline McCarthyColby McNamaraKaren RamboBeth RowseyAndria SavaraPeggy A. SnellValerie ValentineEmily VerdonkMary WierengaKaty York

Alto IIDebra BrowerJoyce DunlapSarah Hall • Laura HarrisLeslie HessSusanne JacobsLiz KingmaEmily KramerShirley Lemon

Jodi MacLeanKimberly MeisteNancy PattersonKaren RowseyCarolyn SchultzMary Lou Smith

Tenor IJeremy KampsRichard KruegerPatrick KurasTim McAreeScott ParmenterLes RowseyPaul SappRick SinnJosh VanderWeide

Tenor IIRichard BandstraJon BarendseJustin BaumanJim Corrado • Doug DatemaRobert KleinhansDavid LangloisShawn MacauleyBrian NederveldMike PierceW. Evan SchanhalsMark ShepardWilliam Van ArkKeith Vander Linden

BaritoneBrett DeVriesAl GriffinTravis HouslerSean JenningsLogan KnoppersMark LoringDouglas LubbersRichard MoserJoseph PasmanDavid PerryRoland PrevostDonald M. Scamehorn Joel VanderWeide

BassAlex BarringerTom DeVries • Spencer FishMatthew FlemingJohn HoyerJim KleinhekselRobert Koroknay-PaliczDale McRae Will NieboerMichael PonsettoPaul RobertsonTymon VanKempenKeith WarrenMichael York

Chorus Board Officers:Jacqueline McCarthy, presidentJim Kleinheksel, president-electRichard Moser, treasurerNancy Patterson, secretary

Patrick Kuras, social chairRichard Krueger, historianDonald M. Scamehorn, librarianDale McRae, assistant librarian

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SACRED DIMENSIONS SERIESGrand Rapids Symphony Youth ChorusesGRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY YOUTH CHORUSES

SEAN IVORYVERDUIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CHAIR

The Grand Rapids Symphony Youth Choruses became an affiliate of the Grand Rapids Symphony in May of 2008. Three choirs form a graded choral program that exists to maintain a tradition of choral excellence for young people in West Michigan. Youth Chorus members receive extensive training as well as opportunities to join the Grand Rapids Symphony in performances of major works from the choral and symphonic traditions. Two training choirs, the Prelude Chorus and Junior Youth Chorus, are directed by Jackie Sonderfan Schoon. The senior ensemble, directed by Sean Ivory, aspires to professional musical standards and is known simply as the Youth Chorus. During the 2014-15 season the Youth Chorus was featured in the Richard and Helen DeVos Classical series concert Love and Life, in the annual Holiday Pops concert, and was part of a world premiere of Ivory’s I Will Rise at LiveArts in April 2015.

Sean Ivory is a choral conductor, pianist and composer living in Grand Rapids. He is the director of the Grand Rapids Symphony Youth Chorus and its select treble ensemble, Mandala. Since 1992, Mr. Ivory has been the vocal music instructor at Forest Hills Central High School. He has held positions at St. Cecilia Music Center, the North American Choral Company, and Calvin College. Mr. Ivory was recently appointed director of the Calvin College Oratorio Society. Mr. Ivory attended Northwestern University, Calvin College and Michigan State University. His choirs have performed at both state and regional conventions for the American Choral Directors Association and have toured Ireland, the Netherlands, Finland, Estonia, Ghana and the Czech Republic. Several of his works (many of which are collaborations with Chicago composer Paul Caldwell) are published by Earthsongs, Alliance Music, Hal Leonard and GIA Music. In 2014, Paul and Sean conducted a concert of their music at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

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Grand Rapids Symphony Youth ChorusGRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY YOUTH CHORUSSean Ivory, directorLeah Ivory, assistant director/accompanistHolly Okonoski, manager

Hailey AndersonAdeline AndreasAidan BaasLilia BakkerRebecca BartSophia BassettCecelia BatterbeeStephanie BlakemoreLaurel BlakieAllison BlovitsChauncey BurghartCiara ByrneLauren CoeBen CookEliana CookJessica CookMegan CookJulia CrawfordAmelia CripeRachel CrouchCaleb DaviesJacob DaviesAndrew DeBoer

Harrison DeChantNicholas DeChantSophie DevarenneRebecca DeWeerdRylee DidrichsonsKellan DunlapMadi EmausSam EmausLeo EppingaMadeline FellowsEmma FolkemaEmma ForceRachel GilletteJanna GirottoMarlene GreeneAnna GriewahnPaige GuikemaAudra HawkinsBrooklynn HebertEmily HockMarta HoogendykErin HubkaEmma Ivory

Sam IvorySophia JamulaAlyssa KaiserKaela KaiserLily KarasinskiKaitlyn KilmerLeah KnoorElaine KochaneyCalvin KooyerEmily KurasTaylor LaBineLydia LantingaGrace LawrenceHannah LeepElla LynasFiona MaiselKatianna MansfieldMadison MartinHelena McKeeFiona MillerMaggie MorantElaina MottMaia Newkirk

James NormanKalli OrangeMaddie OstrowskiElizabeth ParedezAdrian PoolNatalie QuistEmilio RodriguezMaria SchoonAnnie SeeberAbby SteadMegan StockenauerEric-John SzczepaniakCaitlin TayAnna TeigenLeah TeigenAndrew vanBaalCaleb VanWykHannah WeinmanKate WitvlietLuke WitvlietMadeline WitvlietRebecca Zoetewey



SACRED DIMENSIONS SERIESGrand Rapids Symphony Junior Youth ChorusJACKIE SONDERFAN SCHOON Jackie Sonderfan Schoon teaches elementary music for Forest Hills Public Schools in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She directs both Prelude Chorus and the Junior Youth Chorus for the Grand Rapids Symphony Youth Choruses. She has also held positions at St. Cecilia Music Society and the North American Choral Company. She attended Calvin College and Michigan State University. Her choirs have performed at both regional and national conferences and at Carnegie Hall. She served on the state’s board of the American Choral Directors Association as Repertoire and Standards Chair for Children’s and Boy’s Choirs.

GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY JUNIOR YOUTH CHORUSJackie Sonderfan Schoon, directorJanlee Richter, accompanistHolly Okonoski, manager

Caebre BatyColin BeauregardLillian BeauregardAnnalise BorgerKai BowmanChloe BrattonJennessa BylBrigid ByrneAvery CarlsonMegan CarterMavi ChauhanNolan ConnLaura DeBoerChloe Ellis

Paloma EndresIris EppingaK.C. FawcettGrace FellowsLana Gouin-HartZachary GuikemaAna HagenlochMeredith IvoryAnna KaiserSamantha KaiserMeili KingmaLucy KoopsKailey KozminskiKendra Kuiper

Athiei KuotNoah KwiatkowskiKate LaidlawTrace LaskeyTrenton LaskeyGabi LaughhunnReese MackrazAnna MakiMary MarchindaGrace McCarthyMadalynn MitteerGabi MoraShannon MurphyKidist Nelson

Hannah ParedezHimani PatilSophia PetteysLucy PostEmmie PrattHannah RedaAli RileyKiann SchmottlachNadia SchoonRiley SmithMary StrobelSkye VeltingClaira WarnerSimone Zuidema

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Guest ArtistsED CLIFFORD Edward Clifford is one of Grand Rapids’ most active classical and improvisational musicians. On flutes, clarinets and saxophones, he has performed virtually every style of music. He has worked with the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Kalamazoo Symphony, the Cabrillo Music Festival, the Grand Rapids Ballet, the Grand Rapids Symphony Youth Chorale and the Youth Choral Theater of Chicago. As a chamber musician, he has performed on the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck, the Barker Series, and the Classical Series at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. He performs with traveling Broadway Shows in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and East Lansing. Mr. Clifford also is a composer. His compositions have been performed by the West Michigan Symphony, the Grand Rapids Symphony, and the Grand Valley State University Jazz Band. He composed incidental music for the GVSU Theater Department productions of Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night. He wrote four ballets for the Grand Rapids Ballet, Foggy Day Suite, Paris Nights, Caught in a Midsummer Nights’ Dream, and Calder. His ballet Calder was presented as a video installation at the Grand Rapids Art Museum during the Calder jewelry exhibit in 2009. In 2008 his composition Celebration was performed by the Grand Rapids Youth Orchestra to honor John Varineau. He has served as Music Director at the Grand Rapids Art Museum since 2008. In this capacity he curates the two popular series, Sunday Chamber Music Series and GRAM on the Green.

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Sacred Dimension program text


Miracles of Sant’iago – Medieval chant

Portum in ultimoda nobis iudicio.Ita ut cum deocarenti principio,et cum eius nato,qui est sine termino. et cum paraclitoab utroque edito, expulsi a tetro tartareo puteo,

angelorum choro coniuncti sanctissimo, purgati vicio,

potiti gaudiocum vite premio,te duce patrono, intremus cum pio paradisi voto.

Give us refugeat the last judgment. Thus, with the God

without beginning,and his sonwho is without end,and with the holy spirit proceeding from them,

pulled from the foul infernal pit,joined with the most holy chorus of angels,purged of viceable to rejoicewith the prize of life, lead us, patron saint,that we may prayerfully enter paradise.

– Master Ato, Bishop of Troyes

Venite omnes cristicolead adorandum christum regem eternum, qui

apostolum suummirabiliter decoravit iacobum.

Come all Christian peopleto adore Christ the eternal king, who distinguished his apostle James most

wonderfully.

– Pope Calixtus

Vox nostra resonet

Iacobi intonetlaudes creatori.Clerus cum organoet plebs cum timpano cantet redemptio.Carmine debito psallat paraclito id est solatori.Hoc omnes termino, laudes in cantico dicamus

domino.

Let our voice resound; to James let praisesbe sung by all creation.Let the clergy with the organ and people with

the drum sing of redemption.Let a fitting song be sung to the spirit that

comforts us.All to this endlet us give songful praise to the lord.

– Master Johannes Legalis

A Mozart Canon

Alleluia! Jubilate, Exsultate Deo!Alleluia! Praise the Lord!

He Shall Feed His Flock

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd, And He shall gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom,And gently lead those that are with young.

Hine mah tov (Hebrew Folk Song)

Hine mah tov umah nayim shevet achim gam yachad! Psalm 133:1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in peace.

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Song of the Universal – Ola Gjeilo

Come, said the Muse,Sing me a song no poet yet has chanted,Sing me the Universal.In this broad Earth of ours,Amid the measureless grossness and the slag,Enclosed and safe within its central heart,Nestles the seed Perfection.By every life a share, or more or less,None born but it is born—conceal’d or

unconceal’d, the seed is waiting. Give me, O God, to sing that thought!Give me—give him or her I love, this

quenchless faithIn Thy ensemble. Whatever else withheld,

withhold not from us,Belief in plan of Thee enclosed in Time and

Space;Health, peace, salvation universal.All, all for Immortality!Love, like the light, silently wrapping all!Nature’s amelioration blessing all!The blossoms, fruits of ages—orchards divine

and certain;Forms, objects, growths, humanities, to

spiritual Images ripening. – Walt Whitman

Hope for Resolution: A Song for Mandela and deKlerk

Of the Father’s love begottenEre the worlds began to be,He is Alpha and Omega,He the Source, the Ending He,Of the things that are, that have been,And that future years shall seeEvermore and evermore.

O that birth forever blessed,when the virgin, full of grace,By the Holy Ghost conceiving,bare the Savior of our race;And the Babe, the world’s Redeemer,First revealed His sacred face,evermore and evermore!

O ye heights of heaven, adore Him;Angel hosts, His praises sing;Powers, dominions, bow before HimAnd extol our God and King.Let no tongue on earth be silent,Every voice in concert ringEvermore and evermore.

– Marcus Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, AD 348-413. Music: Plainsong mode V, 13th century.

Thula Sizwe, ungabokhala,uJehova wakho uzokunqobela.Inkululeko, sizoyithola,uJehova wakho uzokunqobela.

Nation, do not cry.Jehovah will protect us.We will attain freedom.Jehovah will protect us.

– South African freedom song, sung in Zulu

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Handel – “Zadok the Priest”Zadok the priestand Nathan the prophetanointed Solomon king. And all the people rejoic’d and said: “God save the King!Long live the King! May the King live forever!Amen! Amen! Allelujah!”1 Kings 1:38-40

Gjeilo – The Ground from Sunrise MassPleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Osanna, Osanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest.Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,dona nobis pacem. grant us peace.

Handel – “The King Shall Rejoice”The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord.Exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation.Glory and great worship hast thou laid upon him.Thou hast prevented him with the blessings of goodnessand hast set a crown of pure gold upon his head.Allelujah.Psalm 21:1-3, 5

Thomas – “Ave Maris Stella”Ave, maris stella, Hail, star of the sea,Dei Mater alma, loving mother of God,Atque semper Virgo, and also always a virgin,Felix caeli porta. happy gate of heaven.

Sumens illud Ave Receiving that AveGabrielis ore, from Gabriel’s mouthFunda nos in pace, confirm us in peace,Mutans Evae nomen. reversing Eva’s name.

Solve vincla reis, Break the chains of sinners,Profer lumen caecis, bring light to the blind,Mala nostra pelle, drive away our evils,Bona cuncta posce ask for all good.

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Monstra te esse matrem Show yourself to be a mother,Sumat per te preces, may he accept prayers through you,Qui pro nobis natus he who, born for us,Tulit esse tuus. chose to be yours.

Virgo singularis, O unique virgin,Inter omnes mitis, Meek above all,Nos culpis solutos, make us, absolved from sin,Mites fac et castos. gentle and chaste.

Vitam praesta puram, Keep life pure,Iter para tutum, make the journey safe,Ut videntes Jesum, so that, seeing Jesus,Semper collaetemur. we may always rejoice together.

Sit laus Deo Patri, Let there be praise to God the Father,Summo Christo decus glory to Christ in the highest,Spiritui Sancto, to the Holy Spirit,Tribus honor unus. Amen. one honor to all three. Amen.

Holst/arr. Proulx/arr. Palmer – Concertato on “O God Beyond All Praising”

O God beyond all praising, we worship you todayand sing the love amazing that songs cannot repay;for we can only wonder at ev’ry gift you send,at blessings without number and mercies without end:we lift our hearts before you and wait upon your word,we honor and adore you, our great and mighty Lord.

The flow’r of earthly splendor in time must surely die,its fragile bloom surrender to you the Lord most high;but hidden from all nature the eternal seed is sown—though small in mortal stature, to heaven’s garden grown:for Christ the Man from heaven from death has set us free,and we through him are given the final victory!

(with audience)Then hear, O gracious Savior, accept the love we bring,that we who know your favor may serve you as our king;and whether our tomorrows be filled with good or ill,we’ll triumph through our sorrows and rise to bless you still:to marvel at your beauty and glory in your ways,and make a joyful duty our sacrifice of praise.Michael Perry, 1942-1996

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Board of Directors, Endowment Trustees and Chairperson’s Council


OFFICERS Kate Pew WoltersChairperson

Peter M. PerezImmediate Past ChairpersonCharles FrayerChairperson ElectAnette W. EstradaTreasurerKaren Henry StokesSecretaryMichael EllisVice ChairpersonTim LiangVice ChairpersonTim O’DonovanVice ChairpersonLarry J. Robson, M.D.Vice ChairpersonPeter T. KjomePresident and CEO

BOARD OF DIRECTORSSara E. ArmbrusterGeorge A. Bayard IIIKarl BetzPeg BreonRobert Connors, M.D.Lori Lee CurleyCamille Zoet DeBoerPamella DeVos*Mrs. Richard M. DeVos*Eileen DeVries

Dr. David L. EislerMichael Ellis+Anette W. Estrada+Robert P. FairmanGene FordCharles Frayer+Dr. Larry J. GerbensMarcia HaasJohn HendricksonChristopher E. HufnagelDon HuntMarilyn C. Hunting*John IrwinArthur C. JohnsonDorothy A. Johnson+Amy L. KeaneMrs. Miner S. Keeler*Peter T. Kjome+Douglas M. KleinPeter J. Kok+Herbert LantingaJoseph B. LevanTim Liang+Andola C. Mathis, M.D.Jacqueline McCarthyJack H. Miller*Bonnie MonhartTim O’Donovan+Juan R. OlivarezGina PaulJerry R. PearsonPeter M. Perez+Kathleen Stewart PonitzJohn PorterfieldClifton Rhodes, Jr.

Larry J. Robson, M.D.+Milton W. RohwerBishop Marvin L. SappCarol L. SarosikJohn P. Schneider+Kristen A. ShoupDavid M. StaplesKaren Henry Stokes+Debby SuttnerRenee C. TabbenDavid E. Thompson, M.D.Mary Tuuk+William H. VitsStephen C. Waterbury+David WhitescarverKate Pew Wolters+

* Honorary+ Executive Committee

IN MEMORIAMEdith I. BlodgettPeter M. Wege

ENDOWMENT TRUSTEESJoan GaretyChairpersonBonnie K. MillerVice ChairpersonW. Michael Van HarenSecretaryRobert S. CollierCharles FrayerPaul Potter

Chairperson’s CounCilThe Chairperson’s Council consists of past and present Grand Rapids Symphony Board Chairpersons and Presidents. The Council provides a special forum to guide the orchestra and its programs that serve the West Michigan community.

John D. BouwerDonald R. BuskeJoseph A. DavioDaniel G. DeVosDr. Paul O. FarrCharles Frayer

Thomas R. HillikerRobert L. HookerFred P. KellerWally KnackCyril F. MoorePeter M. Perez

James PrestonLarry J. Robson, M.D.John P. SchneiderStuart S. Vander HeideStephen C. WaterburyKate Pew Wolters

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It is Grand Rapids Symphony policy that all of its employment opportunities, concerts, volunteers activities and services be offered equally without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, handicap, age or sex.

This activity is supported in part by an award from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.

ADMINISTRATION

EXECUTIVEPeter T. KjomePresident and CEOBetsy MatazelExecutive Assistant

DEVELOPMENTDiane F. LobbestaelVice President for DevelopmentShelly StephensSenior Director of Legacy Planning & Special ProjectsAnnette PrenticeDirector of Annual GivingAlison KinsmanManager of Development EventsSara StewartDevelopment Administrative AssistantMarisa DenBoerDonor Services AdministratorNancy HopkinsVolunteer Services ManagerKate BergKatherine GiffordClaire MacDonaldDevelopment Interns

FINANCEJim PikeActing CFORoss M. HinkleDirector of Finance & AdministrationDebra LehmannFinance AssistantBeene Garter LLPAuditors

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONSDenise BortonVice President for Marketing & Communications

Toni WilliamsonDirector of Marketing & Design

Corey HolcombDigital Marketing Manager

Jeffrey KaczmarczykPublic Relations Manager

Nate KnoblochMarketing Graphics CoordinatorCeleste Stefaneck DyehouseDirector of Ticket Services & Operations

Susan MarkoskyTicket Manager

Dan FisherAssistant Manager, Ticketing Services

Keith JaisslePatron Service Representative

Aubry T. Van AntwerpPatron Service Representative

Wilma StraightSales Manager

Charles FrostAdvertising Sales Manager

Elaine CarrKyle ChartierNicole ComanTom DeVriesDoug DowlingSamantha FeenstraSales Specialists

Conor SchwalmMarketing Intern

Ashley GlavachGraphic Design Intern

ARTISTIC OPERATIONSRoger D. NelsonVice President and COO

Julie NystedtOperations Manager

Kyle VianaProduction Stage Manager

Erich PetersonPersonnel Manager

Steven BrookTimekeeper

Sarah Bowman PetersonLibrarian

Lenore D’HaemAssistant Librarian

Larissa FallProduction Assistant

Erika SpykmanAssistant to Chorus Director

EDUCATIONClaire Van BrandeghenDirector of Education Tim & Karen O’Donovan Chair

Dale HovenkampPartnership and Collaboration Specialist


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