Spring Pops Concert FEATURING THE GORDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, SYMPHONIC BAND AND WOMEN’S AND MEN’S CHOIRS
255 Grapevine Road, Wenham MA 01984-1899 978 867 4364 music@gordon.edu www.gordon.edu
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Program Selections from Oklahoma
Richard Rodgers (1902–1979)
and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960)
Arranged by Robert Russell Bennett
and adapted by R. Mark Rogers Gordon Symphonic Band
Here Comes the Sun
George Harrison (1943–2001)
Arranged by Mac Huff Women’s Choir
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Harry Gregson-Williams (b. 1961)
and Steve Barton (b. 1982)
Arranged by Stephen Bulla Gordon Symphonic Band and Gordon Symphony Orchestra
That Lonesome Road
James Taylor (b. 1948)
and Don Grolnick (1947–1996)
Arranged by Kirby Shaw Men’s Choir
Spring, from The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
I. Allegro II. Largo III. Danza pastorale: Allegro Dr. Sarita Kwok, violin Gordon Symphony Orchestra Presidential Polonaise
John Philip Sousa (1854–1932) Gordon Symphonic Band
Blue Skies
Irving Berlin (1888–1989)
Arranged by Ron Caviani Women’s Choir
Big Band Signatures
Arranged by John Higgins Gordon Symphonic Band
You’ll Never Walk Alone with Climb Every Mountain
Richard Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein II
Arranged by Mark Hayes Gordon Symphonic Band, Gordon Symphony Orchestra, Women’s Choir and Men’s Choir
EXPLANATORY SONNET ON THE CONCERTO ENTITLED SPRING by Don Antonio Vivaldi English translation by Francesco Degrada
Spring has arrived, and joyfully the birds greet her with glad song, while at Zephyr’s breath the streams flow forth with a sweet murmur.
Her chosen heralds, thunder and lightning, come to envelop the air in a black cloak; once they have fallen silent, the little birds return anew to their melodious incantation:
then on the pleasant, flower-bedecked meadow, to the happy murmur of fronds and plants, the goatherd sleeps next to his trusty dog. To the festive sound of rustic bagpipes nymphs and shepherds dance beneath the beloved sky at the glorious appearance of spring.
About the Conductors Recognized for inspiring musicians and audience members alike through performances with a distinct synthesis of artistic excellence and community engagement, conductor Benjamin Klemme is a member of the Department of Music faculty at Gordon College, where he leads the Gordon Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Band, and teaches courses in conducting and music engagement. Previously Klemme has served the Quad City Symphony Orchestra as Associate Conductor, as well as the Cleveland Pops and National Repertory Orchestras as Assistant Conductor, and has appeared as guest conductor of masterworks, pops, and family concerts with the Minnesota Orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Pops Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, and Burlington Chamber Orchestra. He has also led performances at the Central Vermont, Cedar Valley, and Oskaloosa Chamber Music Festivals. A passionate music educator, Klemme’s work has involved leadership of nationallyrecognized collegiate, youth orchestra, and community music school programs. He directed the university-wide Campus Orchestra program at the University of Minnesota and served as Orchestra Conductor at Augsburg University (Minneapolis). He was the founding Music Department Chair at New Mexico School for the Arts—a statewide, public, boarding high school for the arts—and has been Music Director of the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association, Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association, and Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles. Additionally, he has served on the faculties of the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies and MacPhail Center for Music, and has conducted honor orchestra festivals throughout New England, the Midwest, and the Southwest. Klemme’s commitment to strengthening communities through music has been proven both on and off the podium. As Director of Education and Community Engagement at the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, he connected community members throughout southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois with opportunities to hear, perform, and engage with orchestral music in both traditional and innovative contexts. In New Mexico, he helped bring classical music to life for elementary and middle school students as Artistic Advisor and Outreach Concert Host for the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s “Music in our Schools” program. In Ohio, he co-founded the Scordatura Chamber Orchestra, a Cleveland-based ensemble designed to support classroom learning objectives in language arts, math, science, and social studies through interactive orchestral performances. Klemme earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the University of Minnesota, where he was a James Sample Conducting Fellow and Assistant Conductor of the University Opera Theatre. He holds a Master of Music degree in orchestral conducting from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Northern Iowa. His principal conducting teachers include Mark Russell Smith, Kathy Saltzman Romey, Carl Topilow, Louis Lane, Rebecca Burkhardt, and Ronald Johnson.
Faith Lueth has directed Women’s Choir at Gordon College since 1997. She holds the Artist Teacher Diploma from the Choral Music Experience Institute. She has taught choral music from elementary through college level. Mrs. Lueth has presented choral workshops for state, regional and national conferences of the National Association for Music Educators (NAfME) and state and regional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA).
Her choral groups have performed for numerous state and regional conferences of NAfME and ACDA and have toured in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, England and Scotland. Her choral groups have been awarded the Gold Medal in several festival adjudications. In 2009 the Gordon College Women’s Choir was selected to perform for the Eastern Division conference of NAfME (formerly MENC). Mrs. Lueth has served as a vocal adjudicator, conductor, and clinician in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her awards for distinguished teaching include the TEC Superintendents Award and the Lowell Mason Award presented by the Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA) for excellence and leadership in music education. In 2006 the MMEA honored Mrs. Lueth with its prestigious Distinguished Service Award for outstanding leadership and contributions to music education. She currently serves as MMEA’s president, and previously served as recording secretary, high school representative, and higher education representative, and chaired MMEA conferences several times. She is the choral techniques editor for the Massachusetts Music News. She has published several articles on the selection of repertoire, the adolescent voice, the development of choral tone, choral pedagogy, and critical and creative thinking and assessment in the choral rehearsal. Mrs. Lueth is listed in Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who Among Human Services Professionals, and Who’s Who in American Education. She has served as the ACDA’s Eastern Division Repertoire and Standards Chair for Middle School and is a past president of the organization’s Massachusetts chapter.
Dr. Kevin Dibble is the newest member of the music faculty at Gordon College where he directs the College Choir, the Men’s Choir, and lectures in the graduate music education program. A frequent guest conductor and clinician, Dr. Dibble has worked with singers and instrumentalists of all experience levels and all ages in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Iowa, Connecticut, Michigan, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Illinois, Maryland, and Colorado. His ensembles have been heard at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Previous appointments included serving on the faculties of the Esther Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University, the Greatbatch School of Music, Houghton College, The School of Music at Cairn University, and in the music department at Ursinus College. His primary areas of interest include the exploration of communication through performance, building communities through musical performance, choral literature, the collaboration of chorus and orchestra in the presentation of masterworks, choral performance practice, and indigenous choral music from non-western traditions. An avid participant in music touring, Dr. Dibble has participated in and led tours for ensembles throughout the United States and Europe. As the director for the Greatbatch School of Music Touring Office, Dr. Dibble coordinated as many as five tours a year. As a church musician, Dr. Dibble currently serves as the Director of Music and Worship for Royersford Bible Fellowship Church and, in the past, has served as a church choir and orchestra director, a traditional worship leader, and a contemporary worship leader. Dr. Dibble holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Music Education, and a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting with an elective cognate in Vocal Pedagogy both from the Greatbatch School of Music, Houghton College. He earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting and Pedagogy at the University of Iowa. Dibble’s primary conducting instructors include Timothy Stalter, Brandon Johnson, and Stephen Plate. Kevin and his wife, Anna, welcomed their first child, David James, in September. They enjoy hiking, kayaking, reading, and spending as much time as possible with their dog, Luna.
About the Soloist Sarita Kwok has distinguished herself one of the most captivating and sophisticated performers to emerge from the ranks of Australia’s classical musicians. Described by the New York Times as a “fine young violinist,” she has been enthralling audiences since she was named Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year (Strings) in 1998. Her cosmopolitan musical career has included performances as a solo artist, recitalist, and chamber musician throughout Europe, Asia, and North America, and as a featured soloist with the major orchestras of her native Australia. She has been a prize-winner at the Kloster Schöntal, Gisborne, and Lipinski/Wieniawski international competitions. A committed chamber musician, Sarita has appeared in performances at Zankel and Weill Recital Halls at Carnegie Hall, Sapporo’s Kitara Hall (Japan), Villa Medici (Italy), Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, and Salle Olivier Messaien (France), Melbourne Concert Hall (Australia) and has been featured at the Aldeburgh, Pacific, Aix-en-Provence, Norfolk and Rockport music festivals, amongst others. Sarita received critical acclaim for her recording Ezra Laderman’s last three string quartets for Albany records. Her recent recording of Martin Bresnick’s Josephine the Singer for solo violin was described by Gramophone as “gorgeously executed.” Her 2016 CD, Interchange: Violin and Piano Duos of the 20th Century, was described by Deutschlandfunk as “electrifying”. The Arabella String Quartet’s album with Naxos (May 2017) In the Moment was named Album of the Week by ClassicFM and was praised by The Strad magazine as “an artfully balanced mix of rarities … this is a fine disc, the Arabella digging deep to produce performances of great intensity and poise”. Their second disc of The Six Concertante Quartets of Le Chevalier de SaintGeorges will be released by Naxos in May 2022. The former director of the undergraduate lessons program at Yale, and a Yale faculty member for 8 years, Sarita now holds the Adams Endowed Chair in music, and serves as Professor of Music and chair of the Department of Music at Gordon College, Massachusetts. She received her doctorate from the Yale School of Music.
Gordon Symphonic Band Benjamin Klemme, conductor Flute Ella Simmons
Alto Saxophone Shawna Buettner
Trombone Ella Steen
Jacob Bennett
Lauren Mills
David Rox
Linnea Epp
Jessica Kuznicki
Cheyann Tooman
Sang Jin Lee Jacklyn Kuznicki Anna Rathbun Piccolo Ella Simmons Clarinet Nicholas Markham Nalani Fujiwara Chara Larson Laura Irwin Anna Siebert Brenda Buckley Bass Clarinet Aidan Perez
Tenor Saxophone Hunter Hess Baritone Saxophone Jonathan Bekas Horn Mark Kolnsberg Julia Holt Herbert Schurgin Olivia Dodge Evelyn Murphy Trumpet Jack Greene Matt Lovell Christian Bollacke
Bassoon Joanna Randall
Vincent Rodolosi
Heidi Despotopulos
Carolyn Day
Peter Ross Jess Semeraro
Paula Burns Jacquelyn Ramirez Johanna Chessir Arthur Ross, Jr. Euphonium Liam King Abby Pixley Tuba Isaac Gliklich Timpani and Percussion Anthony Cappuccino Eric Convey Hannah Faust Mason Ketcham Danya Li Matthew McGhee
Gordon Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Klemme, conductor Violin I Madelyn Morrell, concertmaster
Viola Katelyn Lashley, principal
Cecelia Kim
Sarah Morrell
Juliana Larson
Savannah Butka
Josephine Noonan
Josh Peters Jacquelyn Ramirez Eliza Weigelt Esther Im Violin II Isabelle Bezerra, principal Stephanie Silva Miriam Buursma Joshua Faircloth Anne Shoemaker
Cello Leanne O’Connor, principal Nate Brown Ri Smith Emma Carsey Bass Emma Carroll, principal
Monicka Pradieu
Flute Ella Simmons
Thomas Yoon
Madison Butler
Clarinet Nicholas Markham Bassoon Joanna Randall Trumpet Philip Lynch Timpani Bodey Towle Harpsichord Ya Lin Huang
Gordon College Women’s Choir Faith Leuth, conductor Ya Lin Huang, pianist Soprano I Ana Luiza Bueno
Soprano II Abigail Thayer
Alto I Amrita Suna
Ashita Suna
Alaynah Raymond
Chloe Agyare
Blayne Fitzgerald
Alexis Schmid
Ella Postsuma
Cecilia Gilbert
Anna Schoolar
Emily Bekas
Clara Signs
Elena Lazaridou
Emma Carroll
Emily Nielsen
Erin Palmer
Gabriella Bolds
Erilynne Tupper
Halle Marshall
Grace Willett
Faith Ettlich
Jemima Babbage
Isabel White
Jordan Rukstela
Jemimah Ihorere
Jaina Sparling
Juliana Leach
Katherine Daniels
Jennie Sienkiewicz
Karina Bressan
Kristi Marshall
Jocelyn Hoffman
Noelle Ledford
Libby Trudeau
Laura Bergey
Susannah Burch
Lori Yoder
Lorena Lamm
Rebekah Swenson
Yena Kim
Sonyangelie Del Valle Yike Lin (Elaine)
Alto II Casey Terzakis Grace Kpor Maeve Barclay Myrto Emmanouilidou Rebecca Engholm
Men’s Choir Kevin Dibble, conductor Ya Lin Huang, pianist Tenor Samuel Antonelli
Bass Jonathan Bekas
Tomas Hancharenka
Matthew Becker
William Lionetta
Richard Jegorow
John Marineau
Mason Ketcham
Luis Villalta-Santana
John Mejia David Scott Rowan Smith
Upcoming Music Events April 30 Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert 2 p.m. | A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel
May 2 Spring Chamber Music Concert 7 p.m. | Phillips Recital Hall
FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION VISIT WWW.GORDON.EDU/MUSICEVENTS
About Gordon College and the Music Department Gordon College is the preeminent Christian college in the global hub of higher education—widely respected for its commitment to bold intellectual inquiry, personal mentoring and academic rigor. Through a broad spectrum of liberal arts and sciences, students develop the intellectual scope and leadership skills to address the increasingly complex challenges of a global society. Just north of Boston and only a few hours from the financial and political capitals of the Western world (New York and Washington, D.C.), the College is ideally situated to offer students extraordinary access to leading-edge opportunities for professional and leadership development. Gordon stands apart from other outstanding institutions in New England by combining an exceptional education with an informed Christian faith. The Gordon College Department of Music strives to graduate students fully equipped for success in today’s complex and ever-changing world. Each of the department’s degree programs combines a performance-oriented, nationally accredited education with real-world experience, graduating young adults who possess not only exceptional skill and knowledge, but also the experience required to have a crucial impact within their communities. A part of the Division of Fine Arts at Gordon College and one of only 19 schools in New England fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, the Department of Music offers undergraduate degrees (B.M., B.A.) in which students may specialize in performance, music education or liberal arts. Upon successful completion of all program requirements, music education graduates are eligible for licensure in 48 states through the NASDTEC Interstate Contract. An innovative summers-only Master of Music Education degree combines intense research and classroom study with concrete improvement in teaching ability and technique. Over 120 students in these programs benefit from the expertise of 35 full-time and parttime faculty and instructors, many of whom are recognized leaders in their fields. Numerous community music initiatives in the summer season and throughout the academic year bring the joy of music to the local community. The Gordon Symphonic Band and other College performing ensembles incorporate community members in a truly intergenerational approach to music-making. There are also varied programs at Gordon which instill a love of music in local children, whether it’s singing in the Children’s Choir, spending time on campus during popular music camps, making music with a parent in an early childhood music class, or learning how to play an instrument for the first time in private lessons. For further information contact the Music Department by emailing music-office@gordon.edu or visiting the website at www.gordon.edu/music.
Spring Pops Concert FEATURING THE GORDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, SYMPHONIC BAND AND WOMEN’S AND MEN’S CHOIRS
255 Grapevine Road, Wenham MA 01984-1899 978 867 4364 music@gordon.edu www.gordon.edu
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