Dr. Shannon Gravelle, conductor
The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg
Endowed Festival Choir Director Chair
Cheryl Taylor Lemmons, collaborative pianist
Danielle Harrington, concert choir fellow with guests
Bruce Atwell, horn
David P. Eyler, percussion
Sam Deneen, percussion
Friday, July 21 Chapel of the Resurrection
7:00 P.M. Valparaiso University
underwritten by Carly and Dietrich Jessen and Dave Kundert in honor of the Choral Music Tradition of Luther College
Cheryl Taylor Lemmons COLLABORATIVE PIANIST
Danielle Harrington CONCERT CHOIR FELLOW
We kindly ask that all members of the audience refrain from photographing or recording tonight’s performances. Please turn off all electronic and noise-making devices.
Morton • Christian Chiasson TRUMPET
Bruce Atwell HORN
Benjamin Yates TROMBONE Mark Severtson TUBA
welcome Thomas Bandar
Dr. Jenifer K. Ward PRESIDENT, LUTHER COLLEGEIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. By Him, all things were that have been made. Nothing was made He has not made.
John 1:1–3
notes paraphrased from the composer
The text and theme are introduced simply, beginning in unison. The unison represents the oneness of God and Christ (who is the Word). The theme is then developed with three independent lines (basses and sopranos sharing the same
line). The contrasting next section is marked by a bass drone and tenors lyrically echoing the sopranos and altos. In the final section, the phrase “In the beginning was the word” is heard six times to symbolize the six days of creation.
O sing joyfully unto God our strength; make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob. Take the song, bring hither the tabret: the merry harp with the lute. Blow up the trumpet in the new moon: ev’n in the time appointed, and upon our solemn feast day. For this was made a statute for Israel, and the law of the God of Jacob.
Psalm 81:1–4
Batten wrote numerous anthems for the Anglican church in the early 1600s. Although he was a prolific composer, much of his music is lost. Many of his works that still exist only exist in manuscript form. The form of the music follows that of the text, and oscillates between homophony and polyphony.
Sing for the promise in each new morning. Sing for the hope in a new day dawning. All around is beauty bright! Wake in the morning and sing, my child.
Dance in the joy of the day unfolding. Dance as you work and dance as you’re learning. All around is beauty bright! Take in the day and dance, my child. But when troubles come and worry is all that can be found, gather your strength and hear your voice. Sing, my child.
Laugh in the cool and the fresh of the ev’ning. Laugh in your triumph and laugh in succeeding. All around is beauty bright! Rest in the ev’ning and laugh, my child.
The text continues on the following page u
Peace in the stillness and dark of the night. Peace in the dreams of your silent delights. All around is beauty bright! Sleep in the night and peace, my child. But when troubles come and worry is all that can be found, gather your strength and hear your voice. Sing, my child. Dance, my child. Laugh, my child. Peace, my child. Written in 7/8 and 3/4, this piece was commissioned for a choir of 700 to perform. The text takes the listener through the day: in the new morning, day unfolding, fresh of the evening, stillness of the night.
John Paul Fox-Seidel • Tessera Rippentrop CALLERS Bamthatha. Bambeka eIsland.
Wasuka wakhala watha “amandla.”
Kawuthethe
Thetha Winnie, theta Khulul’ isizwe
They took him.
They put him on the island [Robben Island].
He cried out and said “Strength/power to the people.”
Speak out loud.
Speak out, Winnie, speak out. Freedom to the land.
This South African freedom song is looking at the story of Winnie Mandela, who was an anti-apartheid activist. With the government often restricting her movements while her then-husband, Nelson Mandela, was in prison, she was only periodically able to partake in communion. This music is grounded in liberating joy while engaging in the struggle for justice and peace in South Africa.
1746–1800
Isabel Lugo • Shakeira Simmons • Edra Clements • Syd Raley
Addie Nass • Luke Baker-Trinity SOLOISTS
Wake ev’ry breath and ev’ry string, to bless the great Redeemer King; His name through ev’ry clime adored!
Let joy and gratitude and love through all the notes of music move, and “Jesus” sound on ev’ry chord.
The first iteration of the melody will be presented by six soloists before the choir enters. Billings was an early American composer that worked to establish
singing schools in the 1770s. Although prolific, copyright laws were not codified when Billings first began his composition career. Many of his pieces were plagiarized and Billings, who received very little in the ways of royalties from his works, died in poverty.
“Alleluia” from Songs of Faith
Bruce Atwell HORN
Sam Deneen CONGAS
David Eyler TAMBOURINE
Paul Basler
b. 1963
Paul Basler wrote “Alleluia” as part of the Songs of Faith five-movement cycle. Basler’s skill on the French horn is heard in his composition. The primary text consists of one word: Alleluia. The opening section is heard two more times in the work, interspersed between other musical ideas.
… in prayer Our Father Op 14
Our Father, who art in heav’n, hallow’d be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done as it is in heav’n. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Maurice Duruflé
1902–1986
Duruflé a church musician, musicologist, concert organist, music educator and composer had a relatively small compositional output, and most of what he composed was for organ. The first version (1977) of Our Father was written for unison congregation and organ. Tonight we sing the second version (1978), arranged by Duruflé’s wife, Marie-Madeleine, for SATB choir.
uns Frieden Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
1809–1847
Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich, Herr Gott, zu unseen Zeiten! Es ist doch ja kein Andrer nicht, der für uns könnte streiten, denn du, unser Gott alleine.
Martin Luther, 1483–1546
Grant us peace graciously, Lord God, in our time! There is indeed no other who could fight for us than You, our God, alone.
Mendelssohn composed this short work, a setting of a prayer for peace by Martin Luther, in 1831. The text is a paraphrase of the Da pacem Domine, a Latin prayer for peace, which would regularly end liturgies in Luther’s time.
Henry Podoll • Jade Stuart • Romarro Nealy
Nathaniel Scott • Gabi Myers SOLOISTSChorus You gotta put one foot in front of the other and lead with love.
1, 4 Don’t give up hope, you’re not alone. Don’t you give up. Keep movin’ on. Chorus
2 Lift up your eyes, don’t you despair. Look up ahead, the path is there. Chorus
3 I know you’re scared, and I’m scared, too. But here I am, right next to you. Chorus
Melanie DeMore is a singer, songwriter, and activist; bringing people together in healing through music is her mission. She writes that she is inspired by the great movements that were started “out of the love for their people, not out of the hatred of others.” Audience participation is welcome.
1867–1944
Peace I leave with you. I leave with you my peace. I give unto you. Not as the world giveth give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled.
John 14:27
Known for her orchestral and piano music, Amy Beach’s “Peace I Leave with You” was published the same year as her Mass in E-Flat Major. Short and diatonic, this work is a benediction with text taken from the Bible.
I sing because I’m happy. I sing because I’m free. His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
I’m so happy, yes! I’m so happy, yes, I am!
“His Eye is on the Sparrow,” which this piece quotes, is a gospel hymn written in 1905. The inspiration for the text comes from the Psalms and the Gospel of Matthew. The adaptor (the song has been written, arranged, and now adapted) is Dr. Rollo Dilworth, who is a professor and administrator at Temple University, Philadelphia. Audience participation is encouraged.
Following acknowledgement of the performers, we conclude with song and prayer
This liturgy uses the cranberry-colored worship book Evangelical Lutheran Worship, abbreviated as ELW in this bulletin. References to “page” numbers are found in the front of the book (look for the smaller numbers at the bottom of each page) while references to “Hymn” numbers are found in the main section (look for larger numbers at the top of each page next to the hymn title).
abendmusik “Come unto me …” Ana Hernández
Ezechiel Daos LEADER
This song was taught to the LSM community by Paul Vasile during his LSM 2023 residency. Vasile is executive director of Music that Makes Community, an organization whose practitioners including composer Ana Hernández not only teach “paperless” songs by rote but also encourage improvisation in musical and community-building spaces.
introit “Thou that hast given so much” Carl F. Schalk, 1929–2021 Stand at the start of the introduction
dialogue At the sound of the bell, face the procession
Jesus Christ is the light | of the world, the light no darkness can | overcome. Stay with us, Lord, for | it is evening, and the day is | almost over. Let your light scat- | ter the darkness and illu- | mine your church.
hymn of light
Chanted by the leader
We give you thanks, O God, for in the beginning you called light into being, and you set lights in the sky to govern night and day. In a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night you led your people into freedom. Enlighten our darkness by the light of your Christ; may your Word be a lamp to our feet and a light to our path; for you are merciful, and you love your whole creation, and with all your creatures we give you glory, through your Son Jesus Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, now and forever.
psalm 141 “Let my prayer rise before you …”
Group I LSM 2023 Concert Choir
Group II Concert audience
ELW, page 312
After a time of silence for reflection, a psalm prayer is chanted by the leader
psalm prayer Let us pray. Let the incense of our repentant prayer ascend before you, O God, and let your lovingkindness descend upon us, that with purified hearts we may sing your praises with the church on earth and the whole heavenly host, and may glorify you forever and ever.
WORD
reading Romans 8:12–17
The lector concludes by saying “The word of the Lord” or similar words to which all respond Thanks be to God.
Silence for reflection
dialogue
Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways | by the prophets, but in these last days God has spoken to us | by the Son.
gospel canticle “My soul cries out”
(Canticle of the Turning)
litany “In peace, let us pray …”
blessing “Let us bless the Lord …”
hymn “Now rest beneath night’s shadow”
All stanzas may be sung in harmony as printed
ELW, Hymn 723
ELW, page 316
ELW, page 319
A greeting of peace may be shared by all
Following tonight’s program, all are invited to gather at the chapel entrance for refreshments and to greet the performers
Dr. Shannon Gravelle is the Director of Choral Activities University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, where she conducts Chamber Choir, Treble Choir, and the Tenor/Bass Choir. She previously served as the Director of Choral Activities and Music Education Coordinator at Meredith College in North Carolina. Her current research focuses on conducting pedagogy and how the identity points of young conductors affect the way they learn conducting. She is committed to equity work within her field and higher education, and advocacy is a centerpiece of her community building. Other areas of research also include silenced voices in music, conducting pedagogy, the choral works of Russian composer Sergei Taneyev, the early choral works of Johannes Brahms, the life and works of Barbara Strozzi, and music education advocacy.
Cheryl Taylor Lemmons (collaborative piano) serves as the assistant choral director at Northwest High School (Fort Worth, Texas). In addition to her choral work, Lemmons works as a vocal coach and collaborative pianist with soloists, both vocal and instrumental. She is the pianist for The Trinity Chamber Ensemble, with clarinetist Pinkie Simmons, performing an eclectic mix of music ranging from Mozart to Texas swing.
Dr. Bruce Atwell (horn) is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Prior to his work in Wisconsin, Dr. Atwell held positions with the Florida Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Ballet Orchestra, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. Dr. Atwell has also performed with the Milwaukee Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and as acting Fourth Horn with the Philadelphia Orchestra. His recording Baroque Music for Horn and Strings with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic is available on the Centaur Label.
Dr. David P. Eyler (percussion) has been director of percussion studies and Professor of Music at Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) since fall 1987. At LSM, he is the percussion instructor, coaches chamber groups and ensemble sectionals, and is a performing artist and ensemble participant. Dr. Eyler earned his degrees from Louisiana State University, The Ohio State University, and Frostburg State University, and attended the Preparatory School of the Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Sam Deneen (percussion) is a percussionist from Anoka, Minnesota, and is a full-time student at Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota) where he is entering his third year of the Bachelor of Music program with a major in Instrumental Performance and a minor in Church Music. Sam has studied percussion with Dr. David P. Eyler for two years. Sam has performed with the premier Concordia band and orchestra, as well as the Concordia Percussion Ensemble and Marimba Choir. He has also performed in several on- and offcampus venues such as the Concordia Opera, Concordia Campus Ministry services, as well as performing at churches in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Sam enjoys exploring and studying all aspects of the percussion world. He studies orchestral timpani and percussion, percussion ensemble and marimba choir repertoire, as well solo repertoire across a plethora of instruments. Sam enjoys exploring and performing all aspects about percussion any opportunity he gets to expand his musical understandings to their fullest extent and share with music for all audiences.
SOPRANO I Damaris Benzar, Elmwood Park, IL
Phoebe Drinkard, Centerton, AR
Danielle Harrington (fellow), Fort Worth, TX
Anna Hartwell, Chanhassen, MN
Audrey Heath, Bronxville, NY
Valerie Hinkle, Logansport, IN
Eleanor Lee, Hamden, CT
SOPRANO II Edra Clements, Oronoco, MN
Maya Cooper, Westchester, IL
Anna Hedstrom, Lakefield, MN
Eliana Jaffe, Kirkwood, MO
Lydia Lehmann, Wildwood, MO
Savannah Mitchell, Maywood, IL
Gabrielle Myers, Perrysburg, OH
ALTO I Jasmine Collins (student life staff), Pottstown, PA
Karli Fisher, Adelphi, MD
Stella Martin (student life staff), Olympia, WA
Marieli Martinez Zambrano, Aurora, CO
Sylvi Leppa, Plymouth, MN
Briana Mays, Chicago, IL
Charlotte Miller, Portland, OR
Grace Sickert-Bush, Casper, WY
Holly Simpson (student life staff), Oshkosh, WI
Lexi Wartschlager, Coxs Creek, KY
Sydney Raley, Edina, MN
Isabella Ramos, Lacey, WA
Martine Redshaw, Hovland, MN
Ana Rippentrop, Williamsburg, IA
McKayla Kwamboka Sagini, Grand Forks, ND
Jade Stuart, Clinton, IA
Adaline Nass, Watertown, WI
Ella Pike (fellow), Lincoln, NE
Tessera Rippentrop, Williamsburg, IA
Lilia Schmidt, Pittsburgh, PA
Shakeira Simmons, Bellwood, IL
Naomi Tracy-Hegg, Grand Marais, MN
ALTO II
Eloise Benson, Spokane, WA
Jenna Chapman, Sheboygan, WI
Sadie Cinnamon, Chanhassen, MN
Ella Kahnert, Saint Paul, MN
Isabel Lugo, Fort Wayne, IN
Ezra Maras, Algonquin, IL
Aniyah Rose Nealy, Milwaukee, WI
Eden Preston, Valparaiso, IN
Brooke Schlotman, Idaville, IN
TENOR I Logan Albright (student life staff), Valparaiso, IN
Thomas Baker-Trinity, Shoreview, MN
David Eatherton, Sheboygan, WI
TENOR II Luis Acol Jr., Pixley, CA
Tyler Charpentier, Valparaiso, IN
Andrew Clark (student life staff), Chicago, IL
BASS I Luke Baker-Trinity, Shoreview, MN
Luke Hahn (fellow), Waupun, WI
Caleb Panning, Wilber, NE
BASS II Francisco Cruz, East Chicago, IN
Sean Lawrence (student life staff), Kimberly, WI
CHAPLAIN Rev. Nathan Baker-Trinity
John Paul W. Fox-Seidel, Olympia, WA
Romarro Wilbourn Nealy, Milwaukee, WI
Will Walker (fellow), Springfield, MO
Kaleb Dunn, Chicago, IL
Carter Powell, Hillside, IL
James S. Rich III, Steger, IL
Henry Schell Podoll, Tuckahoe, NY
Hugh Reynolds, Ballwin, MO
Benjamin Schueler, Hinsdale, IL
Spencer J. Maas, Milwaukee, WI
Nathaniel Scott, Chicago, IL
The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Chaplain Chair
SACRISTAN Hannah Johnsrud
Sponsored by Craig Mueller and Ernest Vasseur
BELL Daniel Gibson-Even
LIGHT Kaylee Iwama
LECTOR Thomas Baker-Trinity
LITURGICAL COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE Anne Krentz Organ
Sponsored by David Schack and Claire Bushong
ASSOCIATE CANTOR Ezechiel Daos
Sponsored by Linda and Robert Kempke
CANTOR Chad Fothergill
The Regina Holmen Fryxell and Patricia Schad Leege Organ and Church Music Chair
The Linda and Robert Kempke Cantor Chair
The Paul Bouman Endowed Chapel Choir Chair
Liturgies at Lutheran Summer Music are adapted or reprinted from Lutheran Book of Worship (1978), Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), Lutheran Service Book (2006), All Creation Sings (2020), and SundaysandSeasons.com, with copyrights held or administered by Augsburg Fortress and Concordia Publishing House. Texts and music reprinted under
Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License SAS006481; One License A-709357; and Augsburg Fortress Hymns License 14057.
Joyous light of glory. Text: Phos hilaron, Greek hymn, ca. 3rd cent. Translation and music by Roger T. Petrich, 1938–2022, © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymn 229, and Lutheran Service Book, p. 244.
Now rest beneath night’s shadow. Text: Paul Gerhardt, 1607–1676; transl. composite, reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymn 568. Music, O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN: Heinrich Isaac, 1450–1517; arr. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685–1750.
The pillars of music, community, and faith at LSM are sustained by the generosity of friends, alumni, congregations, and communities that support the program through faculty, studio, and staff sponsorships, student scholarships, as well as through gifts.
LSM especially thanks Brian and Kim Becker for underwriting tonight’s livestreaming.
We also thank the following partners and sponsors:
Much like Bach’s enduring influence over classical and sacred music and the church, the J. S. Bach Society honors individuals who have committed to LSM’s long-term impact by including Lutheran Music Program in their will or estate plans. LSM thanks these individuals for their dedication to the sustainability and influence of LSM on students, congregations, and our community:
Anonymous
William Harold Beermann
Glenn and Dorothy Burroughs
William and Christine Drotning
Suzanne Eggold
Emma Paula Flitsch †
Robin High
Wayne and Laurell Huber
David Kenneth Johnston †
Linda and Robert Kempke
James and Sarah Klein
Barbara Lee Klingsick
Samuel and Carolyn Kochel
† deceased
Marion Liska †
John H. Lunde
Susan Messerli
Jean Minsch
Marilyn J. Mohling
William Mowson
Craig Mueller and Ernest Vasseur
Joan Scheele Mueller †
Dieter and Pamela Nickel
Elda and Rod O’Brien
Glenn and Patricia Ohlmann
Norman and Kathleen Porath
Karen Rayapati
Michael and Dawn Rickman
Robert and Lois Rimbo
Mark and Janet Roock
Thomas and Kathleen Schmidt
Eunice Seeber †
Warren Shoberg †
Leathia R. Siewert
Frank Stubbs and Tom Lee
Reuben and Darlene Swanson †
John and Dixie Thompson
David and Joan Totten
Allison and Gary Yee
Marion H. Youngquist †
Dr. Bruce Atwell HORN • sponsored by Philip Hahn
Rev. Nathan Baker-Trinity CHAPLAIN • The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Chaplain Chair
Thomas Bandar VIOLA • sponsored by James and Joanne Albers
Michael Beert LOW STRINGS • sponsored by Karin Swenson-Moore and Nicholas Moore
Monte Belknap VIOLIN • sponsored by George and Andrea Pauli
Elise Blatchford FLUTE • sponsored by Paul and Diane Jacobson
Dr. Cole Burger PIANO • sponsored by Thomas and Kathleen Schmidt
Alexis Cairy VOICE • sponsored by Karen Rayapati
Ezechiel Daos ASSOCIATE CANTOR • sponsored by Linda and Robert Kempke
Dr. Jeffrey Scott Doebler FESTIVAL CONCERT BAND • Ensemble Directorship sponsored by Carol Wessler in memory of Peter Wessler
Dr. David Eyler PERCUSSION • sponsored by Christine and William Drotning in memory of Eric Drotning
Chad Fothergill CANTOR • The Regina Holmen Fryxell and Patricia Schad Leege Endowed Organ and Church Music Chair • The Linda and Robert Kempke Cantor Chair • The Paul Bouman Endowed Chapel Choir Chair
Julian Goods VOICE • sponsored by Paul Georgeson
Dr. Shannon Gravelle FESTIVAL CONCERT CHOIR • The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Festival Choir Director Chair
Elizabeth Gray VOICE • sponsored by John Lunde in memory of Joyce Povlacs Lunde
Daniel Greco VOICE • sponsored by Robert and Susan Ellefson
Dr. Gregory Hamilton LOW STRINGS • sponsored by Nancy Jones and Michael Hovland
Rachel Handlin VIOLIN, VIOLA • sponsored by Pamela Smith in memory of Arden and Yvette Tollefson
Matthew Jahnke BASS • sponsored by Nancy Jones and Michael Hovland
Hannah Johnsrud SACRISTAN • sponsored by Craig Mueller and Ernest Vasseur
Christina Giuca Krause PIANO • sponsored by Beth Nelson Chase and John Chase
Dr. Benjamin Krause COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE • sponsored by Tom and Sylvia Luekens
Anne Krentz Organ LITURGICAL COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE • sponsored by David Schack and Claire Bushong
Nicole Lee PIANO • sponsored by Alan and Carolyn Morrisson
Cheryl Taylor Lemmons COLLABORATIVE PIANO • sponsored by Seth Hartwell and Elizabeth Drotning Hartwell in memory of Eric Drotning
Dr. Stacy Maugans SAXOPHONE • sponsored by John and Connie Schoening
Catherine McCord Larsen VOICE • sponsored by Stephen and Elizabeth Hogberg
Jorge Montilla Moreno CLARINET • sponsored by Sallie Streib in memory of Dr. Erich Streib
Dr. Paul Morton TRUMPET • sponsored by Pamela and Keith Killinger
Austin Smith OBOE • sponsored by Jeanine Krause
Dr. Kevin Sütterlin FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA • The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Orchestra Chair
Adrienne Williams VIOLIN • sponsored by Judith Finnegan in memory of Dr. Gerald Finnegan
Dr. Benjamin Yates LOW BRASS • sponsored by Todd and Sadie Kunau
Dr. Daryn Zubke BASSOON • sponsored by Mark and Jana Boelke
Church Music • sponsored by Janet and Randy Peterson in memory of Paul Bouman • sponsored by Paul Killinger in honor of Pamela and Keith Killinger
Handbells • sponsored by Nancy Jones and Michael Hovland • sponsored by Mary Bricker
Introduction to Pipe Organ • sponsored by Pamela and Keith Killinger
The Young Musicians Partnership (YMP) is a growing network of organizations who financially support young musicians to attend Lutheran Summer Music. Any organization (such as churches, family foundations, rotary clubs, etc.) which contributes to a specific student’s tuition will be automatically recognized as a Young Musicians Partner. To honor this partnership, funds contributed by an organization will be matched at 50% by Lutheran Summer Music, up to a match of $500.
Young Musicians Partners for LSM 2023 include
Bethlehem Lutheran Church: Grand Marais, MN
Bethlehem Lutheran Church: Wahoo, NE
Bethesda Lutheran Church: New Haven, CT
Bowling Green Band Boosters: Bowling Green, OH
Cass County Community Foundation: Logansport, IN
Central Lutheran Church: Portland, OR
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church: Elizabethtown, PA
Christ Lutheran Church: Hammond, IN
Cypress Creek Music Teachers Association: Spring, TX
Edina Community Lutheran Church: Edina, MN
Faith Lutheran Church: Logansport, IN
First Lutheran Church: Norfolk, VA
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church: Olympia, WA
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church: Lakefield, MN
Immanuel Lutheran Church: Boise, ID
Immanuel Lutheran Church: Valparaiso, IN
Lincoln Lutheran Choir: Lincoln, NE
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Minnesota South District
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection: Roseville, MN
New Life Lutheran Church: Pearland, TX
North Baltimore Masonic Lodge: North Baltimore, OH
Northwest Indiana Symphony Society: Munster, IN
Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church: Vero Beach, FL
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church: Casper, WY
Peace Lutheran Church: McMuray, PA
Peace Lutheran Church: Plymouth, MN
Samaritan Hill Church: Albertville, MN
SonFire Ministries: Pemberville, OH
St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church: Columbus, OH
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church: Altamont, NY
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church: Sayville, NY
St. Lorenz Lutheran Church: Frankenmuth, MI
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church:
Bowling Green, OH
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church: Spokane, WA
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church: Des Peres, MO
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church: Lebanon, WI
St. Peter Lutheran Church: Mechanicsburg, PA
Trinity Lutheran Church: Hovland, MN
Trinity Lutheran Church: Valparaiso, IN
Watertown Music Boosters: Watertown, WI
Zoar Lutheran Church: Perrysburg, OH
$100,000 AND ABOVE
$50,000–$99,999
Gifts received between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023
A heartfelt word of thanks to all donors listed below who contributed to LSM during the previous fiscal year. Because of your care, support, and advocacy, LSM is leading a national resurgence in young people aligning their musical gifts with the church.
* alumni # parent of LSM alum † deceased
Mark and Kathy Helge
Christopher Family Foundation
David K. Johnston †
Sukup Family Foundation
$10,000–$49,999
Anonymous
Brian and Kim Becker
Dr. Ronald and Carol Burmeister
Donald and Deborah Christian
Doris Christopher
Jay Christopher
Tracy Elftmann
eLJay Foundation
Becky S. Graef
Linda and Robert Kempke
David and Cynthia Krause #
Marion Liska #†
John Lunde
Kenneth and Cindy Mueller
Mundt Foundation
Dieter and Pamela Nickel
Ben and Reba Williams #
$5,000–$9,999
Martin and Jill Baumgaertner
Cambia Employee Giving Campaign
Nancy Dickerson
William and Christine Drotning #
LCMS Foundation
Jami* and Sarah McLaren
Brad Natzke #*
Donald Prahlow #
Michael and Dawn Rickman
Karin Swenson-Moore and Nicholas Moore #
$2,000–$4,999
James and Joanne Albers
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Mark and Rebecca Duesenberg #
Karleen Escobar
Amy and Scott Feira #
Lloyd and Mary Gran #
Philip Hahn
Dr. Derek A. Helton *
Beverly Heyne
Wayne and Laurell Huber
James and Deborah Hushagen
Dietrich* and Carly Jessen
Nancy Jones and Michael Hovland #
Rev. Keith and Pamela Killinger #
Rev. Richard and Mary Koehneke #
David J. Kundert
William A. Lamm
Patricia Leege #
Thomas and Sylvia Luekens
Lutheran Hymn Festival, Inc.
Craig Mueller and Ernest Vasseur
Ralph R. Wasch
Roger and Barbara Wesby #
Alfred and Barbara Wiemann #
Drs. Jeremy Wirths* and James Botros
Marion Youngquist †
Richard and Kathleen Mueller
Michael and Sharon Mullins #
Rebecca Pallmeyer and Dan McAdams #
George and Andrea Pauli #
Jonathan Penny *
David Schack and Claire Bushong
Pastor Cliff Schmidt
Charles and Mary Sukup
Carol Wessler #
Gary and Allison* Yee #
$1,000–$1,999 Anonymous
Drs. Dorothy Bass and Mark Schwehn #
Matthew* and Krista* Bernthal
Mary Best
Judith and Rich Beumer
Mark* and Janna Boelke
Mary E. Bricker #
Dorothy and Glenn Burroughs
Patrick M. Callahan *
Michael Dorner
Elizabeth* Drotning Hartwell and Seth* Hartwell #
Margie L. Drumm #
Melody Drumm *
Robert and Susan Ellefson
Judith Finnegan #
First Citizens National Bank Charitable Trust
$500–$999 Anonymous
Mary Anna Anderson
Steven and Karen Anderson
Josh and Jaime Bachman #
Thomas Bandar
Berghaus Organ Builders
Soren Bjornstad *
Amy M. Bonecutter-Leonard *
Keith and Betsy Brown #
Cole Burger* and Karen Wu
John and Beth Nelson Chase
Cheryl E. Dieter
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Margaret Garmatz
Paul Georgeson *
Google Org.
Dr. John T. Groerich *
Jean Marie Hartwell #
Daniel* and Emily Hellerich
Martin* and Rev. Susie Hill
Stephen and Elizabeth Hogberg
Paul and Diane Jacobson
Yvonne Johnson
Samuel and Carolyn Kochel #
Jeanine Krause*
Karl Kreft
Todd* and Sadie Kunau
Faith and Mark Lakamp
Lissa Leege* and Frank D’Arcangelo #
Alan and Carolyn Morrisson
Mark* and Ann Oswood
Melba J. Panhorst
Janet and Randy Peterson
Norman and Kathleen Porath #
Robert W. Rowe
Evelyn Schlichting
John and Connie Schoening #
Becky and Kurtis Schultz
Dr. David L. Shaw *
Siebert Lutheran Foundation, Inc.
Pamela Smith
Nancy J. Tagge
David and Joan Totten
Trinity Lutheran Church
$200–$499
Anonymous
Steven and Joan Axdal #
Glen and Linda Bahr #
Eldon and Donna Balko
William Harold Beermann
Michael Beert and Rachel Handlin* #
John and Carol Beilharz #
Samantha Bessey *
Helen Fliege
Susan K. Gobien
Cathy and Paul Gruenwald #
Michael and Jeanne Held #
David and Carolyn Hellerich #
Robin High
Zebulon and Amanda Highben
Donald and Margaret Hinchey
Cheryl Taylor Lemmons #
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
Christine Victoria Mennicke *
Mark and Virginia Meyer
Gretchen Olson-Kopp #
WG and Beverly Osladil #
J. Craig Blomquist #
Carla Blumberg
Barry and Donna Bobb #
Rev. Robert A. and Dr. Jean Boehler
Carla Borchardt
Mark and Rosalind Burger #
Zachary Busch*
Marc and Christine Chason #
David and Polly Piehler
Karen Rayapati #
Hilbert and Joan Riemer
Robert and Lois Rimbo
Mark and Janet Roock
Al Senske #
Leathia Siewert #
Rev. Susanne Smith
Frank Stubbs and Tom Lee
Perry and Erica* Thomas
Hildred and Edward Tornberg
Daniel and Linda Tsui
Ronald and Kendra Vance #
Timothy Wurpts #
Rich Claybaker
Erin Dillane *
Will* and Laura Doebler
Karen J. Doering
Judith M. Duda
Karen Eddinger
Phyllis Eggers
Kirsten Eilertson *
Kari Fisher #
$200–$499 continued Janyce Flanery #
Ronald Fossell #
Michael and Susan Fuchs
Eric and Pauline Gruenler
Dr. Lois Haertel
Natalie Haggett #
Margaret Hartwig
Arlene Hauser #
Jeffrey* and Holly Held
Judith Honig
Ryan Hostler *
Adam and Valerie* Hughes
Scott and Dora Hyslop #
Steven J. Ickes *
Helen and Dale Iverson-Metzger
Rev. Roland and Suzan Jank #
Beverly Jedynak
Merilee Klemp and Randall Davidson #
Philip G. Klintworth #
Emily Kraskinki*
Gregory and Barb Krohn #
Jacob Krueger and Nichole Lyons
Dodd and Myrna Lamberton
Ryan D. Lauer *
Meghan Dewald Althouse *
Nathan* and Jennifer* Baker-Trinity #
Kevin L. Barger
Beverly Baumann
Perry and Sarah Beaver #
Erika* and Oliver Bergh
John and Gretchen Buggeln #
William and Beverly Braun #
Rebecca Burnett *
Devon Carpenter *
Judith and Robert Carpenter
Ron and Betty Chaggaris
Robert M. Chambers *
Natalie J. Clark *
Karla Colahan
L. George and Debra Detweiler #
Marilyn K. Dielmann #
Robert and Deborah Dillane #
Russell and Joyce Doebler
Nicole Lee #
Jeanette Lindholm
Carl and Tanya Locke #
Dan Wilson Logas *
Michael and Mary Alice Long #
Margaret Lukas #
Peter and Nancy McIntyre #
Jay and Cynthia McLaren #
Medtronic Foundation
Nancy Menk
David and Katherine Mennicke #
MaryLynn Elizabeth Mennicke *
Susanna Katherine Mennicke *
Marilyn Mohling #
Fred and Brandee Moore
Ronald and Janet Mueller #
Dorothy L. Mundt
Keith and Ann Nelson #
Paul W. Neukirch #
John L. Nuechterlein
Louis and Gloria Nuechterlein
Steven* and Jennifer Podoll
James and Stephanie Rindelaub
Christopher and Kimberly Rodel
Donald and Doris Rotermund
Michael Schaner *
Charles and Marcia Schaner #
Paul Schueler #
Pamela and Don Seidelmann #
Martin and Joanne Seltz #
Ed and Karen Seykowski
John Slawson
Dolly and Mac Smith #
Stephen and Kristine Sneeringer
Wayne and Barb Sodergren
Alan and Pamela Stewart
The Table Inc.
Luther and Marilee Tollefson #
William and Barbara Urbrock
Rueben and Mary Walter #
Kenneth Warren
Linda Warren
Max and Ardith Wessler
Zachary Westermeyer *
Stanley and Karla Woell
Theodore and Abigail Wuerffel #
Peggy L. Woiwod
Evelyn* and Jeremy* Zimmer
Frank and Dorothy Eirten #
Richard and Sharon Engdahl
Shirley Espeland
David and Irene Eyer
Carol Finanger
Olinda Fink
Richard and Kathy Fischer #
Gene M. Fortune
John and Emily Fothergill #
Reid Froiland
Stephen and Heidi Giles #
Martha Gregory
David and Karen Grote
Michael and Deborah Grupe #
Rev. Paul J. Haberstock
Rev. John Halvorson and Hjordis Dommer Halvorson #
Van Hardison
Lisa Hartwig
Rolf and Lois Hedberg #
Robert and Jennifer Hobby
Lynn Hofstad *
Robert and Linda Hofstad #
Marvin and Shirley Huls
Jane and Jim Hunder
Lois Huseby
David and Lisa Johnson #
Pauline and John Kiltinen
Timothy and Monica Knauss #
Georgianne Kornfuehrer
Lilita Lassen-Ward #
Donald and Leesa Macgowan #
Kenneth and Carolyn Mangels #
Elaine F. Mann
Ann McClain
Cathy McCord Larsen
Harmony Mendez
Sally Messner
Jonathan W. Miller and Barbara Chapman #
Karl E. Moyer
Martha J. Mutch
$100–$199 continued Ted and Kathy Nail #
Matthew Olmstead *
Melissa L. Olson Clarkson
William Parsons Jr. and Kathleen C. Parsons
Margaret Perella
DA and Susan Pershall
Mel and Eileen Piehl
Lynn and Karla Podoll #
Jeanine* and Nathan Ratterman
Nicholas Ross *
Katherine and Robert Russell
Dr. Robert S. Satterlee #
Eric Sayre *
Donald Schedler
Mark Steven Schroeter
Dorothy and Ralph Schultz
TO $99 Mark Ahlman #
Eric and Karin Albright #
Michael Anderson
Trudi Anderson
Marko Bajzer *
Jerald and Kathleen Ball
Michael Andrew Beaver *
Kate Behring
Hope Bogusch
Morgan Brumm *
Jeanne Burger
Kristina Hamilton Butler *
Sophia Butler *
William Carroll
Sarah Case
Sharon L. Casteel *
Randy and Jeanne Castello #
Larry A. Christensen
Concordia Publishing House
Daniel and Carolyn Dauner
Rachel* and Leon De Oliveira
Carolyn Deuel #
Richard and Ruth Doty #
Sarah Melissa Duncan *
Phillip and Sandra Edwardson
Siegfried H. Siefkes
Nancy R. Siverson #
Rolf and Margrete Smeby
Keith and Traude Smith
Norma Sorenson
Kayl* and Carl R. Soukup #
Alan Stahl
William Stewart
Phil and Lorrel Strom-Jensen #
Rebekah Sundsrud
Bob and Eileen Tanis #
Rev. Richard and Sandra Tietjen #
Tim and Julie Trude #
Stephanie Twin
Michael and Cindy VonWaldner #
Sue Eggold
Rebecca Amalia Elfman *
Rev. William J. Fackler
Kristen Flak-Solom *
Edison Fowler *
Christopher Gebauer
Megan Elizabeth Glass *
Herman and Gertrude Gossenberger #
Benjamin* and Chloe Growth
Philip Grupe *
Brittany Haas
Ardath Heard
Maria Hedberg
Laura Hedstrom *
Carrie Knudsen Hendrickson *
Barbara Herbener
Ken Herman
Johanna Hilfiker Dexter *
Irv and Ginny Hischke #
Dale Hoiberg
Chelsea Hook
Wallace and Joan Horton
Laura* and Christopher Hughes
Susan Jacob
Kenneth and Julie Voss #
Dwight Weaver *
Rev. Paul D. Weber #
Joel and Deanna Wehrspann #
Sarah Weissenbuehler
Carla Wesby *
Robert A. Wessler
Paul and Lisa Westermann
Gregory and Willa White #
Drs. Andrew D. Whitfield and Spencer Martin
LeRoy and Jane Wilke
James and Susan Williamson #
Susan and Tim Wolbrecht
Marian and John Wuertz
David Johnson #
James and Kathy Johnson
Johanna Johnson #
Lavonne Johnson
Natalie Johnson *
Paul Jursinic
Susan I. Kreitz #
Dale and Karen Kruse
Dennis Larson
Christopher and Nora Lee #
Austin Lemmons *
Jessica Lemmons *
Marcia Lewis
Matthew and Jane Linder #
Marcia and Cedric Lofdahl
Gail Marie Luley
Tiller Martin *
Phyllis M. Mattill
Sarah McCullough *
Carol F. McDermott #
Monica and Bill McLaughlin
Pamela Meredith
Marian Metson
Brita Meyer *
Kari Mohs
TO $99 continued
Brita* and Adam Moore-Kutz
Karin Moreaux *
Corrine Faith Muske
Rev. James A. Muske
Sarah Nail*
Bill and Lori Nardini #
Faith Ann Noe
Judith and Monte Olson
Michael L. Olson
Rev. Paul and Barbara Otte #
Jeffrey and Linda Pannebaker
Rev. Paul and Carol Prange #
Rolland and Sharon Preuss #
Dave Priebe
Gregg Punswick *
Amy Radil
Joyce Richter
Dorothy E. Richterkessing
John Robinson
Jenny* and Dennis Rohr
Kaia Sand *
Laurel Sanders
Dr. Christopher Scheer
Michael and Diana Scheer #
Charles Schroeder
Micky Schroer
Lois and José Seijo
Rev. Edward and Nancy Sheehan #
James and Shirley Sloan #
Angela Young Smucker *
Lawrence and Ellen Sohn
Michael Solomon *
Peg Spengler
Virginia Stamey-Johnson
James and Sylvia Streufert #
Andrew Strietelmeier *
Melissa Taylor
Luke* and Kathrine Tegtmeier
Dawn Thompson Weber
Jim and Beth Tobin #
Barbara Unger
Fernanda Van Atta
Marilyn Van Roekel
Alan and Mary Wagmeister #
Jeffrey Wall *
Mary Ann Wallace #
Carol Waltz #
Lisa Watson
Leslie and Jeannie Weber
Jonathan* and Joy Wessler
Kirk A. Wessler
Rev. Paul Westermeyer
Ann Winget #
Paul Wolfe #
Charis Wuerffel *
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