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CROSSINGS: MIGRATION MUSIC USD Choral Scholars, Concert Choir, & Youth Choral Academy

with members of the San Dieguito United Methodist Chancel Choir & Orchestra Michael Blinco, baritone and Kelley Hart, soprano

Juan Carlos Acosta, Emilie Amrein, and Keith Sattely, conductors Migratory V from Myths and Hymns

Adam Guettel

(b. 1964) Daniel Myers and Adam Davis, soloists

Lisa Pagan, piano

Wayfarin’ Stranger

Traditional African American Spiritual arr. Michael Larkin

Lisa Pagan, piano Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen Heinrich Isaac

(1450-1517) Haley Pugh, guest conductor

Prayer of the Children Kurt Bestor

(b. 1958)

Luke Leidiger, ASL interpreter

Lacrimosa from Misa Osún

Calixto Álvarez (b. 1938)

Shannon McAvoy, soloist Alexandra Annen, guest conductor

Indodana Traditional isiXhosa song

arr. Michael Barrett and Ralf Schmitt Ryan Nestor, percussion

We Can Mend the Sky Jake Runestad

(b. 1986) featuring Haley Pugh, soloist and Ryan Nestor, percussion

Requiem, Op. 48

I. Introit & Kyrie II. Offertory III. Sanctus IV. Pie Jesu V. Agnus Dei VI. Libera me VII. In paradisum

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

This is My Song

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Andrew Saiz, soloist Adam Davis, guest conductor

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Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen (sung in German) Innsbruck, I must leave you for I am traveling the road to a foreign land. There, deprived of my joy and knowing not how to get it back, I will be in misery. I am burdened with great sorrow that I can shed only through the one dearest to me. O my love! Leave me not bereft of compassion in your heart that I must part from you. My comfort above all others, I remain yours forever, always faithful, in true honor. And now, may God protect you, safe in virtue, till I return. Lacrimosa (sung in Latin and Yoruba) The day will be full of tears will be when the guilty man shall arise from the dead to be judged; Therefore spare him, O God, Merciful Lord Jesus, Grant them eternal rest. Amen. Father Oduduá, the principal, sacred priest, let us enter your dwelling; we greet you. Indodana (sung in isiXhosa) The Lord has taken his son who lived amongst us; the son of the Lord God was crucified. Father Jehovah, we weep. We Can Mend the Sky (sung in English and Somali) In my dream I saw a world free of violence, hunger, suffering; a world filled with love. Now awake in this world—I beg, let my dream come true. To save your life, run with all your might. If we come together, we can mend a crack in the sky. Requiem (sung in Latin) I. Grant eternal rest to them, Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them. A hymn befits you, God in Zion, and a vow to you shall be fulfilled in Jerusalem. Hear my prayer, for unto you all flesh shall come. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. II. O Lord Jesus Christ, King of Glory, free the souls of the dead from infernal punishment, and from the deep abyss. Free them from the mouth of the lion, do not let Hell swallow them up, do not let them fall into the darkness. Sacrifices and prayers of praise we offer to you, O Lord. Receive them for the souls of those whom we commemorate today. Lord, make them pass from death to life, as you promised to Abraham, and to his seed. III. Holy Lord God of Hosts, the heavens and earth are filled with your glory. Hosanna in the highest! IV. Merciful Lord Jesus, grant them rest, eternal rest. V. Lamb of God, who removes the sins of the world, grant them rest. May eternal light shine on them, Lord, with your saints for eternity, for you are merciful. Grant eternal rest to them; let perpetual light shine on them. VI. Free me, Lord, from eternal death, on that day of dread, when the heavens and earth shall move, when you shall come to judge the world by fire. I am made to tremble, and to fear, when destruction shall come, and also your coming wrath. O that day, that day of wrath, of calamity and misery, the great and exceedingly bitter day. Grant eternal rest to them, Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them. VII. May angels lead you into paradise. At your coming may martyrs receive you, and may they lead you into the Holy City, Jerusalem. May the chorus of angels receive you, and with Lazarus, who once was a pauper, may you have eternal rest !!

University of San Diego Choral Scholars

SOPRANO

Lilia Baldauf, San Diego, California Mary Janus, Boston, Massachusetts

Rebecca Lancaster, Denver, Colorado Shannon McAvoy, Gilroy, California Maddison Nelson, Kamuela, Hawaii Haleigh Stewart, Parker, Colorado

TENOR Luke DeGrassi, Laguna Hills, California

Solomon-Dane Hood, Vacaville, California Lwendo Mwansa, Gilbert, Arizona

Daniel Myers, San Diego, California Elliott Parker, Scottsdale, Arizona

Dennis Pudjarminta, Jakarta, Indonesia James Roberts, London, England

ALTO Madeline Ang, Santa Cruz, California

Alexandra Annen, Mountain View, California Andrea Hughes, San Diego, California

Molly Lindsey, Leawood, Kansas Kiera McNeill, Plano, Texas

Haley Pugh, Chandler, Arizona

Emmalyn Spruce, Claremont, California

BASS Jonathan Bidinger, Centreville, Virginia

Taylor Cottle, San Diego, California Adam Davis, San Diego, California

Ethan Lindt, Newport Beach, California Andrew Saiz, Denver, Colorado

Mark Sasaki, Woodland Hills, California Alek Volkir, Livermore, California

University of San Diego Concert Choir

SOPRANO Margaret Driscoll, Portland, Oregon

Sophia Elsheikh, San Diego, California Elizabeth Kresock, Phoenix, Arizona Claire Mulcahy, San Jose, California

Natalie Nynas, Santee, California Danica Silan, Irvine, California

Akila Thumbiran, Denver, Colorado

TENOR Sam Kassman, Conifer, Colorado

Aaron Meyer, Culver City, California Dennis Pudjarminta, Jakarta, Indonesia

Christian Yee-Yanagishita, Redwood City, California Kelson Zheng, Beijing, China

ALTO Cecilia Barnhill, Austin, Texas

Tatiana Elsheikh, San Diego, California Anh Le, Mesa, Arizona

Mylène Macias, Chula Vista, California Kate Rumann, Menlo Park, California

Hannah Swartos, Anacortes, Washington Roniya Yako, Escondido, California

BASS

Korey Bowles, Inglewood, California Adam Davis, San Diego, California

Nicolas Moceri, Solana Beach, California Kenji Tsubakiyama, Los Angeles, California

University of San Diego Youth Choral Academy

SOPRANO Isabelle Campuzano, SDSCPA

Sonia Chrostowski Classical Academy Kaya Collins Hill, SDSCPA

Nidhi Deshiikan, Poway High School Anahita Emami, Westview High School

Shannon McAvoy, University of San Diego

TENOR Anthony Di Meglio, SDSCPA

Solomon Dane Hood, University of San Diego Dennis Pudjarminta, University of San Diego

James Roberts, University of San Diego

ALTO Alexandra Annen, University of San Diego

Jaycee Glover, Canyon Crest Academy Soraya Shams, SDSCPA

Elizabeth Tin-Maung, University of San Diego Alexandra Weis, University of San Diego

BASS Jonathan Bidinger, University of San Diego

Robert Carmichael, Rancho Bernardo Sean Jones, Rancho Bernardo

Luke Leidiger, Cathedral Catholic Vincent Pham, Canyon Crest Academy

Reinhard Siedenburg, Rancho Bernardo Jack Tice, Valhalla High School

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Additional Musicians

Kay Etheridge, Rehearsal Pianist Emily Holzer, Rehearsal Pianist Lisa Pagan, Rehearsal Pianist

Donna Johnson, SDUMC Chancel Choir Ileen Miller, SDUMC Chancel Choir

Julie Reboulet, SDUMC Chancel Choir Carolyn Sechrist, SDUMC Chancel Choir

John Ward, SDUMC Chancel Choir Jonathan Rudin, horn

Cynthia McGregor, horn Ryan Nestor, percussion

Peter Clarke, violin

Nancy Swanberg, viola James Bell, viola Betsy Faust, viola Roark Miller, viola Loie Flood, viola

Malory Faust, viola Max Fenstermacher, cello

Cliff Thrasher, cello Lance Gucwa, bass

Sharon Watson, harp

Each small gleam was a voice, A lantern voice –

In little songs of carmine, violet, green, gold. A chorus of colors came over the water;

The wondrous leaf-shadow no longer wavered, No pines crooned on the hills,

The blue night was elsewhere a silence, When the chorus of colors came over the water,

Little songs of carmine, violet, green, gold. Small glowing pebbles

Thrown on the dark plane of evening Sing good ballads of God

And eternity, with soul's rest. Little priests, little holy fathers,

None can doubt the truth of your hymning, When the marvelous chorus comes over the water,

Songs of carmine, violet, green, gold.

- Stephen Crane

About the Program Cover Solara Shiha is a Syrian architect and artist based in Berlin. She obtained her Bachelor and Diploma in Architecture from Tishreen University in Latakia, where she taught Architectural Theory for two years before receiving a scholarship to join a Masters program at TU Berlin. She started drawing as a child and has developed a sense for details and ornaments ever since. One of the main subjects she works with is the feeling or situation of loss; loss of loved ones, memories and places. She nevertheless often uses bright, strong colors and an excessively ornamental style. Her work was exhibited three times in Berlin, and she is the artist director of RESTART. Her work is reproduced on our concert program and poster with permission.