Dr. Kevin Sütterlin, conductor
The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg
Endowed Orchestra Chair
Elizabeth Ames, orchestral conducting fellow
Matthew Clarke, orchestral conducting fellow
Fabian Schneider, orchestral conducting fellow
Saturday, July 22 Chapel of the Resurrection
7:00 P.M. Valparaiso University
underwritten by Roger and Barbara Wesby in honor of Carla Wesby reception sponsored by Christine and William Drotning
Dr. Kevin Sütterlin THE PHYLLIS AND RICHARD DUESENBERG ENDOWED ORCHESTRA CHAIR
Elizabeth Ames ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING FELLOW
Matthew Clarke ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING FELLOW
Fabian Schneider ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING 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.
fanfare LSM Fanfare 2023: Endings and Beginnings
WORLD PREMIERE
Paul Morton • Christian Chiasson TRUMPET
Bruce Atwell HORN
Brandon Domingue TENOR TROMBONE
Benjamin Yates BASS TROMBONE
Chad Fothergill ORGAN
welcome Elizabeth Drotning Hartwell
CHAIR, LSM ADVISORY COUNCIL
LSM STUDENT 1992–93, COUNSELOR 2004, DEAN OF STUDENTS 2005
Benjamin Krause b. 1985
Spark! Jacob Shay b. 2000
Fabian Schneider CONDUCTOR
Jacob Shay is a young composer from Minnesota. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music theory and composition from Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota). While Jacob is a huge fan of romantic composers such as Satie and Samuel Barber, he is also an adamant fan of soundtracks: as a result, Jacob’s musical style is often melodic, and epically cinematic. Jacob has written for a wide range of ensembles, media, and purposes, including commercial music for companies, and has also been a finalist in composition contests. In the winter of 2022, Dr. Kevin Sütterlin commissioned Shay to write a piece for the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra. This gave way to the creation of Spark! The piece is fast
and bursting with life across all ends of the orchestra. Despite the swift nature of the piece, Jacob’s sense of harmony and orchestration allows for a thorough and cohesive sound world for melodies to develop. Along with the use of both quartal and quintal harmonies, Jacob’s influence of cinematic music has found its way into the piece.
1865–1957
Elizabeth Ames CONDUCTOR
Originally scored for string quartet in 1922, Andante Festivo was later re-scored for string orchestra and optional timpani in 1938. The piece was premiered on New Year’s Day in 1939 as part of a live worldwide broadcast for the New York World Exhibition. Sibelius, often recognized as Finland’s greatest composer, conducted that premiere performance with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra as a greeting to the world from Finland. The recording now serves as the only existing record of the composer interpreting his own work.
Op. 75
Alison Pollock BASSOON
1786–1826
Carl Maria von Weber’s ever-popular bassoon concerto was composed in 1811 and later revised in 1822. Whilst visiting Munich in 1811, Weber was asked to put on a concert for the Queen. After impressing the court with his Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra, Weber sought to write a new concerto. Weber took interest in German bassoonist Georg Friedrich Brandt and composed this concerto in just four days: it premiered on December 28, 1811.
The 1822 revisions took place four years before Weber’s death after the composer entered into an agreement with Schlesinger (a music publisher) to publish some of his older works including the bassoon concerto. The revised version includes expansion of some orchestral sections and re-scoring of some of the parts. Adagietto
1838–1875
Georges Bizet was a nineteenth-century French composer and is perhaps best known for his opera Carmen. In 1872, prior to writing Carmen, he wrote incidental music to a play called L’Arlésienne (The Girl from Arles). He received many negative reviews with critics saying there were too many overture-like sections, and his music began to overshadow the play itself. He was able to
salvage some of the music, creating two suites. The Adagietto is from the first suite and is played by only strings, which use mutes to create a unique, darker, and more mysterious sound.
1844–1908
A youthful yearning for the sea and an increasing fascination with the “exoticism” of the Near East perhaps led Rimsky-Korsakov to compose his most renowned orchestral work, a tour-de-force of orchestral color, virtuosity, and lush melody and harmony. The young composer grew up with an older brother who was a sailor, and he himself enrolled in the College of Naval Cadets at age 17 while simultaneously continuing his musical studies. It was his encounter with Mussorgsky, Cui, Balakirev and ultimately Alexander Borodin the other members of what would become known in the Russian music world as “The Mighty Handful” that led him to a career as a composer, teacher of students such as Igor Stravinsky, and author of one of the best-known treatises on orchestration in Western music history. Rimsky-Korsakov encountered a book of Arab melodies transcribed by his friend Borodin and incorporated them in his Antar Symphony. In 1874, he and his family visited the town of Bakhchisaryon on the Black Sea, and the profusion of sounds, colors, and atmosphere from the musicians playing in every café, the muezzin’s call to prayer from the minaret, and the lively bustle of street markets made a considerable impression. He would return there seven years later and also visit Constantinople.
While Rimsky-Korsakov would ultimately give descriptive titles to each of the four movements (The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship, The Tale of the Kalendar Prince, The Young Prince and The Young Princess, The Festival at Baghdad), he did not intend a programmatic description of each tale. Rather, the overall structure of the suite is based on the antagonist and protagonist of the Arabian Nights: the murderous Sultan Shariar, who is convinced of the perfidy and faithlessness of all women to such a degree that he slays each of his wives on their wedding night, and the wise, resourceful Sultana Sharzad (or Scheherazade) who spares her life as well as those of her fellow wives by nightly regaling the sultan with stories so irresistible that he agrees to spare her life for 1,001 nights until he finally agrees to abandon his bloodthirsty practice. The sultan is depicted by a stern, baleful theme dominated by the low brass, whereas the sultana is voiced by solo violin and harp. The rhapsodic beauty of her theme is by turns beguiling, pleading, playful, bold, and passionate. Both themes are featured in each movement and intertwine with and even become a part of the other melodic material in the suite. Thus, after introducing both characters, the first movement is an interplay between Shariar’s and Scheherazade’s themes while undulating and swirling arpeggios represent the motion of the sea.
1804–1875
Composer, concert pianist, and entrepreneur Louise Farrenc is belatedly receiving her due as a remarkable figure in the musical world of nineteenthcentury Paris. Born to an artistic family (her father and brother were sculptors), Farrenc studied with such renowned pianists as Ignaz Moscheles and Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and at age 15 was accepted as a student of Anton Reicha, professor of composition at the Paris Conservatory. Farrenc had a brilliant career as a touring artist and composer during the 1830s. She composed for her own instrument as well as for orchestra and chamber ensembles often performing with her husband, flutist Aristide Farrenc. She was appointed as professor of piano at the Paris Conservatory in 1842, and after her husband retired as a performing artist, the couple founded Editions Farrenc, a music publishing house that was one of the most distinguished in Paris for several decades.
The last of her symphonic works, Farrenc’s third symphony in G minor was composed in 1847 and premiered at a performance organized by the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in 1849. Farrenc had the misfortune of not only being a woman in a male-dominated music culture, but also a very serious artist who was interested in symphonic works and chamber music; however, French audiences flocked to opulent opera productions and often favored orchestral music by German composers (Farrenc’s third symphony, in fact, shared a program with Beethoven’s fifth symphony). For all these reasons, Farrenc’s symphonies fell into neglect; the joy of this work is that it both is firmly grounded in musical traditions we already know and yet possesses of a singular and independent voice.
The second movement opens with pastoral drones (static long tones) in the two horns, over which a solo clarinet intones an extraordinarily tender and heartfelt melody. The violins take up this melody and continue to echo the clarinet as the melody unfolds and develops. However, the tranquil atmosphere dissipates as a second theme builds to rhythmically intense heights.
1767–1830
Padre José Maurício Nunes Garcia was an Afro-Brazilian composer, musician, Catholic priest, and music teacher. Most of his compositions are sacred works, but he also wrote secular pieces, including an opera and the Tempest Symphony, as well as the Overture in D performed today. A slow introduction is followed by a lively Allegro. Garcia sang and played the harpsichord, performing his compositions as well as those of other composers; Garcia is also believed to have conducted the first performance of Mozart’s Requiem in Brazil. The departure of the Portuguese court, financial and personal difficulties, and health problems made Nunes Garcia’s life challenging especially at its end. After his death, he was remembered and appreciated for his contributions to classical composition, but most of his work was presumed lost. Over the past decades, more research and discovery about his life and work has been published. He was honored on a Brazilian postage stamp in 1973.
1875–1912
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is best known for his triptych of cantatas based on The Song of Hiawatha which was well received on both sides of the Atlantic. The Ballade in A minor was written less than a year before the first Hiawatha work, and the warm reception it received at its premiere brought new attention to the 23-year-old composer. Born in London in 1875 to a father from Sierra Leone and a white British mother, the young Coleridge-Taylor studied violin and was accepted at the age of 15 into the Royal College of Music. He soon switched to composition. While bearing the brunt of racist attitudes of his time, Coleridge-Taylor did have the good fortune to have a stalwart champion in his composition professor, Charles Villiers Stanford, who both encouraged and challenged his pupil. Coleridge-Taylor’s talent also attracted the attention of Edward Elgar. When Herbert Brewer, organist and director of the Three Choirs Festival, asked Elgar to write a short work for the 1898 festival, he declined and instead wrote to Brewer, “I am sorry I am too busy to do so. I wish, wish, wish you would ask Coleridge-Taylor to do it. He still wants recognition, and he is far and away the cleverest fellow.” Brewer approached Coleridge-Taylor and the Ballade in A Minor for orchestra was premiered at the Three Choirs Festival on September 12
The Ballade shows the young composer’s precocious confidence. The work opens with brilliant trilling and features two themes in 6/8 meter, the first sprightly and mercurial, the second introduced by horns, winds, and cellos. The frequent cross rhythms and folk-like melodies as well as the colorful orchestration evoke a Bohemian spirit. A new theme introduced by muted
strings is songful and warm, and it builds to glowing heights in the full orchestra. The first and second themes return, developed and presented in new keys, and the brief yet tumultuous coda ends on a blazing A-minor chord.
Hailing from Denver, Colorado, composer Mary D. Watkins began piano lessons at the age of four, and then pursued a career in music as she transferred from Pueblo Community College to the prestigious HBCU Howard University. She later moved to Los Angeles and worked for the Olivia Records Collective, a lesbian and feminist record label founded in 1973. She founded a jazz ensemble there and Olivia Records released her album Something Moving in 1978. She has gone on to compose within the genres of orchestral music, jazz, and music for film and theater. Soul of Remembrance is one movement of Five Movements in Color, a suite composed in. The whole work is richly eclectic and encompasses music of West Africa as well as many different musical styles and genres from the African diaspora. Watkins describes the piece as an “epochal painting or poem about our journey as Black people in the United States.” Of the second movement, she writes: “I saw my own people in their long march to fully express themselves as fully human in a society when we were always boxed in.” The movement’s main melody suggests (but doesn’t directly quote) the African American praise song “Remember Me.” Of this movement, Watkins writes: “the second movement is the collective moan of a profound grief felt by the newly arrived Africans, who found themselves in a strange land, dealing with the loss of the only life they had known and leaving behind the comforts of family and friends. Soul of Remembrance is my tribute to the way my ancestors found calm in the eye of the storm and held on to hope by remembering ancestral wisdom and a spiritual knowledge deep within their souls.”
Finlandia is the ultimate expression of the Finnish people’s desire for independence at a time when the country was still under the control of Czarist Russia. In 1899, Sibelius composed incidental music for a pageant based on Finnish history for a benefit event that, on the surface, was a fundraiser for the newspapermen’s pension. In reality, however, the event was a call for freedom of the press and Finnish independence. Originally titled Finland Awakes!, Sibelius reworked it as an orchestral tone poem under its now well-known name, Finlandia.
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).
On July 22 the church commemorates Mary Magdalene. The gospels report that Mary Magdalene was one of the women of Galilee who followed Jesus. She was present at Jesus’ crucifixion and his burial. When she went to the tomb on the first day of the week to anoint Jesus’ body, she was the first person to whom the risen Lord appeared. She returned to the disciples with the news and has been called “the apostle to the apostles” for her proclamation of the resurrection.
abendmusik Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana Pietro Mascagni 1863–1945
Pietro Mascagni was an Italian composer mostly known for his operas, and Intermezzo is from his 1890 opera Cavalleria rusticana Mascagni wrote the opera in two months and it became one of his most beloved works
introit
Stand at the start of the introduction
“Thou that hast given so much”
Carl F. Schalk,
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.
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 students
Group II Faculty, staff, families, guests
After a time of silence for reflection, a psalm prayer is chanted by the leader
ELW, page 312
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.
reading John 20:15–18
The lector concludes by saying “The word of the Lord” or similar words to which all respond Thanks be to God.
hymn “Signs and wonders”
ELW,
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 now magnifies the Lord”
litany “In peace, let us pray …”
collect Luther’s Evening Prayer
LSM Alumni Choir
Shannon Gravelle CONDUCTOR
ELW, page 316
Carl F. Schalk
I thank you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. You kept me safely through the day, now keep me safe this night, I pray. Forgive my sins where I have erred in wrongful deed or thought or word. Be with me through the dark night hours lest I succumb to Satan’s powers. Into your hands, O Father, I offer all I am and have. Your holy angel in the night keep watch o’er me till morning light.
O Christ, my Savior, be my song each morning, evening, all day long, who with the Father we give praise, and Holy Spirit, all our days. Amen.
Martin Luther, 1483–1546, para. Carl F. Schalk
blessing “Let us bless the Lord …”
hymn “What joyous song unfolding”
Stanzas 1, 2, and 4 may be sung in harmony
Stanza 3 is sung in unison
ELW, page 319
Following the hymn, 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. Kevin F. E. Sütterlin is an internationally sought-after conductor and pedagogue. He belongs to Beyond Artists, a coalition of artists that donates a percentage of their concert fees to organizations they care about. Sütterlin is Director of Orchestral Activities and Opera and Associate Professor of Conducting at Concordia College. Under his direction, The Concordia Orchestra has received two EMMY awards, and has won the prestigious American Prize. Sütterlin is Music Director of the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra one of Wisconsin’s finest professional orchestras which is currently a finalist for the American Prize professional orchestra division 2023 (Sütterlin himself is also currently a finalist in the professional conducting division). Together with his best friend, Dr. Mathias O. Elmer, he is Music Co-Director of Sinfonietta Memphis, an ensemble that provides free concerts and educational experiences for the Greater Memphis communities. Celebrating the orchestra’s tenth season, and perhaps the only orchestra in the U.S. with a co-directorship model, Sinfonietta Memphis’s conductors Elmer and Sütterlin proudly represent the orchestra’s credo: friendship through music. They also co-direct The Sinfonietta Academy for Historically Informed Performance Practice which has recently been recognized as one of the country’s leading period performance practice institutes. In 2019, Sütterlin was named Principal Guest Conductor of the Qingdao Concert Hall Symphony in China, and in 2021 Honorary Conductor of K-Classic Orchestras, a Korean organization dedicated to contributing to world peace through musical and cultural exchange. Sütterlin furthermore serves as Principal Guest Conductor of Fargo-Moorhead Opera, where he recently directed productions of Rossini’s La Cenerentola and Humperdinck’s Hänsel and Gretel to great acclaim, and where he will return this upcoming season.
With a great love and passion for teaching, Sütterlin is also Artistic Director of the Northern Valley Youth Orchestras, and holds The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Orchestra Chair of the Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival, directing the organization’s orchestral and conducting programs. He has been recognized as one of the country’s leading conducting pedagogues, being praised for his keen analytical eye and deep understanding of conducting technique and physique, paired with a kind and caring approach that has empowered over 150 conductors and conducting students across the globe so far. He is a much sought-after clinician for regional, state-wide, national, and international music festivals and workshops.
Championing the music of living as well as historically under-represented composers, Sütterlin commits to broad and diverse programming on every single concert with all of his ensembles. Using his own funds, Sütterlin commissions between three to six new works every single year. He has commissioned and recorded works of numerous living composers, including Stella Sung, Theresa Martin, Christopher Ducasse, Evan Williams, René Clausen,
Adam Hochstatter, Dan Perttu, Paul Cravens, Russ Peterson, and Doug Harbin, among others. He has been recognized as one of the world’s leading scholars of the music of late American composer Dominick Argento, sharing a close friendship with Argento until his death in 2019
Considering himself a “citizen of the world,” Sütterlin has been building musical bridges across four different continents and has led his ensembles on many successful national and international tours. He has performed and taught across the globe including Austria, China, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. He has taught at Shanghai Conservatory, Sichuan Conservatory, Ocean University Qingdao, University of Cape Town, Musikhochschule Luzern, University of Memphis, Purdue University, Virginia Tech University, and feels fortunate to have two annual guest artist residencies at the University of Hawaii. Sütterlin received his doctorate and master’s degree in orchestral conducting from The University of Memphis where he studied with Dr. Pu-Qi Jiang and Michael Stern, and a bachelor’s degree in conducting from the Hochschule Luzern Musik, Switzerland. Furthermore, he has earned a certificate in Inclusive Teaching and Diversity Leadership.
Fabian Schneider grew up in Moehlin (Switzerland). Before starting his undergraduate studies in trumpet and conducting, he served for the Swiss Military Band. Afterwards, he studied with Prof. Christoph Rehli at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Switzerland), earning his master’s degree in conducting. In 2022, Fabian moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he is currently working on his doctoral degree in orchestral conducting with Prof. Harvey Felder. During his time in Switzerland, Fabian was music director of several community ensembles. In the U S , he has guest conducted Sinfonietta Memphis.
In addition to being a conductor, Matthew Clarke is also an organist, cellist, and bassist. He studied music education and conducting with Dr. Kevin Sütterlin at Concordia College, earning his degree in 2020. He went on to pursue a Master of Music in Orchestral
Conducting with Dr. Glenn Block at Illinois State University, graduating in 2022. In addition to conducting symphonic literature, Matthew also conducts opera, and has recently recorded a one-act opera production by composer Douglas Moore for radio broadcast while at Illinois State. He has repeatedly been a guest conductor with The Concordia Orchestra over the past five years, including conducting internationally in Greece and Spain. He currently lives in Normal, Illinois, where he serves as organist for St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church.
Elizabeth Ames is a cellist and conductor from Tallassee, Alabama. Elizabeth has taken cello since the age of four, and has studied cello with Katerina Juraskova, Dr. Chen Mei Li, Dr. Gregory Hamilton, now continuing her studies with Dr. Eduard Teregulov. Elizabeth has performed in orchestras and chamber groups at The Masterworks Festival. In masterclasses, she has performed for members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra. Elizabeth is currently studying cello performance and conducting with Dr. Kevin Sütterlin, at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Ensemble
FLUTE Matthew Swan, Houston, TX
Olivia Remak (fellow), Memphis, TN
OBOE Kathryn Twist, Hugo, MN
Rachel Gripp (fellow), Muncie, IN
CLARINET Allison Schobert, Sheboygan, WI
Nicole Schobert, Sheboygan, WI
Arianna Edvenson (fellow), Coralville, IA
BASSOON Alison Pollock, Burke, VA
Jacob Starker (fellow), Cookeville, TN
HORN Kristen Ronning (fellow), Iowa City, IA
Nolan Henckel, Appleton, WI
Sarah Peterson, Fenton, MO
TRUMPET Christian Chiasson (fellow), Houma, LA
Thomas Baker-Trinity, Shoreview, MN
TROMBONE Brandon Domingue (fellow), Youngsville, LA
David Eatherton, Sheboygan, WI
TUBA Mark Severtson (fellow), Ann Arbor, MI
PERCUSSION
Ramona Benson, Spokane, WA
Samuel Deneen (fellow), Anoka, MN
PIANO Avery Karrow-Lewis (fellow), Brooklyn Park, MN
VIOLIN I Noëlle Streuber-Eden, Wynnewood, PA
Gabriel Roethle (fellow), Rockford, IL
Kyra Wagmeister, Fort Wayne, IN
Gabe Sagini, Grand Forks, ND
Sylvi Leppa, Plymouth, MN
Flower Jebo, Lowell, IN
Gabriel Day-O’Connell, Saratoga Springs, NY
Clara Kupferschmid, Normal, IL
Elijah Smith, Tohatchi, NM
Rory Meyers, Aurora, CO
Liam Holmes, Battle Ground, IN
Nikolas Berndt, Creve Coeur, MO
Ella Kahnert, Saint Paul, MN
Hanno Gaworek, Green Bay, WI
Nicholas Shade, Gary, IN
Charles David Miller, Lafayette, LA (Bass Trombone)
Caleb Panning, Wilber, NE
Caroline Julia Turner, Brentwood, MO
Kaylee Iwama, Spring, TX
Hadi Masood (fellow), Billings, MT
Keira Steiner, West Fargo, ND
Ezra Maras, Algonquin, IL
Damaris Benzar, Elmwood Park, IL
Eleanor Lee, Hamden, CT
Martine Redshaw, Hovland, MN
Jillian Sompong, Bloomington, IL
VIOLIN II Phoebe Drinkard, Centerton, AR
Amur Bashirov (fellow), Provo, UT
Anna Schenk, Minneapolis, MN
Lydia Lehmann, Wildwood, MO
Luke Baker-Trinity, Shoreview, MN
McKayla Kwamboka Sagini, Grand Forks, ND
Ella Pike (fellow), Lincoln, NE
VIOLA Isabella Eastwood, Vero Beach, FL
Chloe Kitzmiller (fellow), Oberlin, OH
Payton Kasel, Kaukauna, WI
Alan Larsen, Denver, CO
Aliyah Del Rosario, Williston, ND
CELLO Tessera Rippentrop, Williamsburg, IA
Ina Torres Prada O’Ryan (fellow), Memphis, TN
Sophia Castro, Iowa City, IA
Henry Schueler, Hinsdale, IL
Anika Ellis, Lexington, KY
Daniel Gibson-Even, Valparaiso, IN
Alison White, Cedar Bluffs, NE
BASS Prof. Michael Beert (faculty), Rockford, IL
Prof. Matthew Jahnke (faculty), West Fargo, ND
CHAPLAIN Rev. Nathan Baker-Trinity
Jade Stuart, Clinton, IA
Shelby Sandolfini, Morgantown, WV
Eden Preston, Valparaiso, IN
John Paul Wolfgang Fox-Seidel, Olympia, WA
Maryanne McNutt (student life staff), Hawesville, KY
Jason D. Tolman, II, Hilliard, OH
Tessa McGuire, New Berlin, WI
Karli Fisher, Adelphi, MD
Bri Wurpts, Elmwood Park, IL
Ana Rippentrop, Williamsburg, IA
Carson Nott, Oregon, WI
Marieli Martinez Zambrano, Aurora, CO
LaNiyah Hocker, Merrillville, IN
Anna Hartwell, Chanhassen, MN
Cora Holliday, Boise, ID
Alan Hoffman, Chicago, IL
Cody D. Jones, Anoka, MN
Alicia Wilson, Moorhead, MN
Jonas Andrews, Hudson, WI
Matthew Clarke (fellow), Normal, IL
The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Chaplain Chair
SACRISTAN Hannah Johnsrud
Sponsored by Craig Mueller and Ernest Vasseur
BELL Edra Clements
LIGHT Nicole Lee
CANTOR Henry Schell Podoll
LECTOR Martine Redshaw
TRUMPET Paul Morton
Christian Chiasson
HORN Bruce Atwell
TROMBONE Brandon Domingue
Benjamin Yates
TUBA Mark Severtson
PERCUSSION David P. Eyler
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.
What joyous song unfolding. Text: Susan Palo Cherwien, 1953–2010, © 2011 Susan Palo Cherwien, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Commissioned for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM) and reprinted from Peace, Be Still: Hymns of Susan Palo Cherwien, Vol. 3 (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2017). Music, DEN BLOMSTERTID NU KOMMER: Koralpsalmboken, Stockholm, 1597.
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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:
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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 *
Anonymous
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 *
Please contact Lisa Hartwig (lhartwig@lutheransummermusic.org) regarding corrections or questions.
A heartfelt thank you to the hundreds of friends, alumni, and parents who support LSM through donations each year. Please consider a first-time or additional gift today to support this summer’s program.
https://www.lsmacademy.org/support
In recognition of the deep importance of the work of our faculty and students, the Rupert Dunklau Foundation has awarded a $25,000 matching grant for any new, increased, or renewed gift to LSM!
Valparaiso
I am who I am because of LSM. Almost every day I reference something from LSM or rely on the experience and growth I gained at LSM.
LSM ALUM
Now is the perfect time to start planning for next summer! More students each day are enrolling early for LSM 2024, joining the long legacy of LSM students returning year after year.
To enroll early for LSM 2024 or nominate a new student who would thrive at LSM, contact MaryLynn Mennicke, Dean and Director of Admissions
(admissions@lutheransummermusic.org; 612.879.9555 ext. 2).