Santa Fe Desert Chorale Spring Program 2019

Joshua Habermann | Artistic Director

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A Word About Our Performance Venues The Desert Chorale has the privilege of performing in some of the most beautiful and historic venues in New Mexico that provide the acoustic quality needed for excellent choral performances. While many of the venues and the music we sing represent specific religious or cultural traditions, we celebrate the diversity of faith, thought, artistry, and human experiences represented by the music performed in these spaces. We hope that this shared musical experience transcends and binds the audience, as we seek to be inspired by the power of great choral music.

Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis 131 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe, New Mexico Parking available in the St. Francis Cathedral Parking Lot, or on the street of Cathedral Place. City of Santa Fe parking meters do not run after 6 pm.

Cathedral Church of St. John 318 Silver Avenue SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico Parking available in the private lot behind the Cathedral, on Silver Avenue in the MFA lot south of the Cathedral, the lot adjacent to the Cathedral Annex (NW corner of 3rd & Silver), and the parking garage across Silver Avenue.

Highland Park United Presbyterian Church 3821 University Boulevard, Dallas, Texas Please note the campus is under construction, please allow additional time for parking in the neighborhood.

Complimentary valet parking is being provided at the main entrance on McFarlin Boulevard.

Special Needs and Requests Our facilities are ADA compliant, and accommodate those with special needs and physical challenges. Please contact our Box Office at (505) 988-2282 or at boxoffice@ desertchorale.org to reserve a wheelchair location, or for other special needs. While at the concert, our ushers are available to assist you. A limited number of large-type text and translation inserts are available at each concert.

Lost and Found Any items found at the concert will be collected by our staff and will be available in our offices for one month following each season, then donated to charity. Please call the office about lost items at (505) 988-2282.

Recycle and Reuse To minim­­ize printing costs and save paper, please recycle or reuse your program book by saving it for a future concert, or by returning it to an usher at the end of the concert.

Santa Fe Desert Chorale performing at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi.

Photo: Chelsea Call

Joshua Habermann | Artistic Director

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Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Conductor Joshua Habermann, and Pianist Jeff Lankov pictured in the Renzo Piano Pavilion, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, October 2017. Photo: Sean Johnson

About the Desert Chorale

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Welcome from the Executive Director

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Board of Directors, Staff, and Artistic Services

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2019 Spring Program

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Program Notes

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2019 Summer and Winter Festivals

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Texts & Translations

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Legacy Circle

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Joshua Habermann, Artistic Director

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Vocalists’ Biographies

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Donor Honor Roll

Thank You To Our Sponsors Santa Fe Desert Chorale receives generous support from the CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission and the 1% Lodgers Tax, National Endowment for the Arts, New Mexico Arts (a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs), New Mexico Humanities Council, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Santa Fe New Mexican, and other individuals, corporations, and foundations. For a full list of donors, please see page 28.

Desert Chorale Circle Special Thanks

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Desert Chorale Ambassadors

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Community Engagement

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SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE 311 East Palace Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-2282 desertchorale.org Cover photo: Elen1 2019 SPRING PROGRAM 3

Santa Fe Desert Chorale pictured at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi.

Photo: Cory Klose

ABOUT THE SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE Founded in 1982 by Lawrence “Larry” Bandfield, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale is one of the longest continually performing professional music organizations in New Mexico, as well as one of the most distinguished. In his review of the “American Voices” program, Scott Cantrell of The Dallas Morning News wrote “The variety certainly displayed the ensemble’s impressive versatility.

Habermann consistently got vivid performances, introspective music elegantly colored and shaped, extrovert fare delivered with great pizzazz. Individual singers got lots of solo exposure.”

Now in his eleventh season, Artistic Director Joshua Habermann leads the Chorale in repertoire spanning seven centuries, from early polyphony to contemporary works. The composition of the Chorale is truly national in scope and the ensemble is recognized as one of the finest American chamber choirs. A recent highlight was an invitational appearance at the American Choral Directors Association National Conference, which was later broadcast by Minnesota Public Radio. In the 2017- 2018 season, the Chorale toured to Chicago, Dallas, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, and Oklahoma City, and presented regular winter and summer seasons in New Mexico. Now in its 37th year, the Desert Chorale summer festival season is a centerpiece of the cultural life of Santa Fe, and among the nation’s most significant choral events. The Chorale’s first commercial release, The Road Home, launched at No. 3 on the Billboard Classical Chart following a soldout CD Launch program in Santa Fe. Throughout its history, the Chorale has maintained a commitment to give voice to music from Hispanic and Native American communities. Dedicated to 4 SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE

advancing the composers of our time, the Chorale has commissioned 23 works by 19 composers; three-quarters of the composers commissioned have been American.

In addition, another seven works have been given their world or American premieres by the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. The ensemble performs at historical sites in Santa Fe such as the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi and Loretto Chapel, as well as other venues throughout the Southwest.

The Desert Chorale prides itself on its strong relationships within the community of Northern New Mexico, and enjoys collaborations with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, New Mexico History Museum, Performance Santa Fe, Santa Fe Botanical Garden, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Santa Fe Opera, and Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, among others.

Community Engagement programming partners the Chorale with other musical, artistic, social services, and educational organizations in Santa Fe and on tour. Other important goals include fostering the next generation of singers and arts administrators.

SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, one of the nation’s premier professional vocal ensembles, is to excite, engage, and inspire diverse audiences with the beauty and power of great choral music.

FROM THE

Photo: Steve Sherman

welcome

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dear Friends, The New Mexico True tourism campaign promotes Santa Fe as “the destination that feeds the soul and energizes the spirit.” With the abundant and rich musical offerings available, we couldn’t agree more.

At the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, we are pleased to kick off our 2019 programming, Illumination, with performances of Illuminating the Dome, scheduled in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Dallas, Texas. The program features repertoire from the a cappella Orthodox tradition, with works emanating from Estonia, Finland, and Russia.

We also revisit British Composer Ivan Moody’s Aflame, commissioned by the Chorale and premiered in 2015.

As the year unfolds, we will be presenting four more programs aligned under the Illumination theme: In the Court of the Sun King: Shining a Light on the French Baroque; Luminosity: The Nature of Celestial Light; and “The long-enduring pensive moons”: A Bicentenary Celebration of Walk Whitman and Other Esteemed American Poets. Please don’t miss our new mid-day vocal chamber series, and late-night jazz appearances with the Bert Dalton Trio. Our Winter Festival, Sacred Fire: The Celtic Tradition, takes place in three counties in New Mexico and culminates with sure to be sold-out concerts at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi adjoining the brightly festooned Santa Fe Plaza. For complete information on these concert offerings and schedule, please visit our website desertchorale.org.

Aflame, in our spring concert, is but one of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s commissioned works programmed this year, as the Chorale continues its long-standing tradition of both expanding the choral repertoire and recognizing Hispanic and Native American Voices. Composer Paul John Rudoi has set to music Francisco X. Alarcón’s poem “Canto,” which will be premiered by the Chorale on Sunday, July 28th – our 23rd commission.

The wide-range of repertoire programmed by Joshua Habermann also provides an opportunity for exploration of related topics through our Insights & Sounds series.

We can be found in the community with programming ranging from glass-blowing workshops at Master Artist Elodie Holmes’ Liquid Light Glass to an Earth, Moon, and Sun program at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Sciences’ Planetarium in Albuquerque – and much more in between.

The fourth annual Santa Fe Sings!, sponsored by Stephen and Jane Hochberg, will take place on Saturday, May 18th under the direction of Artistic Director Joshua Habermann.

You are invited to join us for a joyful day of fellowship and choral music-making by avocational singers ranging from eighth graders to octogenarians. Registration is now open at desertchorale.org.

And our commitment to offer arts access to those who do not otherwise have the opportunity to hear and participate in music continues with our weekly “Hearts in Harmony” choral sessions at the Interfaith Community Shelter in Santa Fe. It is an abundant and rich offering. On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff, and artists of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, please accept our gratitude for your contributions – both financially and in volunteer hours – which make this programming possible. If you would like to become more involved, please return the envelope inserted in the program book or call (505)988-2282.

We’re delighted that you’ve chosen to spend this time with us - enjoy the concert!

Janice L. Mayer

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS, STAFF, AND ARTISTIC SERVICES BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS

DIRECTORS EMERITI

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Patricia Stanley, President Patricia Thompson, Vice President Laurie Meyer, Secretary Catherine Gronquist, Treasurer Sherry Kelsey PhD, Past President

Mary G. Brennan Mark Edw. Childers Margie Edwards Kirk Ellis Allison Elston† Christopher Ihlefeld John Greenspan† Kathleen Davison Lebeck JD William H. Lynn Dorothy Massey Ian McKee† Haydock Miller† Margaret K. Norton Jane Clayton Oakes Mary Lou Padilla PhD Nina Hinson Rasmussen† Don Roberts Brooke Bandfield Taylor Jane Thomson Frances White† Brahna Lauger Wilczynski Mac Wright†

Joshua Habermann, Artistic Director Janice L. Mayer, Executive Director

Ed Barker PhD Douglas P. Clark MD v Jeffrey C. Fort JD Erik Gustafson* Joshua Habermann* Stephen Hochberg JD Roxanne Howe-Murphy EdD v Erin Mathews Patricia Salazar Ives JD Lynn F. Lee Barry Lyerly Janice L. Mayer* Elaine Wang Meyerhoffer Judy Sherman Rebecca Tobey Susie Wilson DMA *ex-officio member † in memoriam v leave of absence

The Santa Fe Desert Chorale in a performance at Christ Church in Santa Fe.

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Photo: Chelsea Call

Lynn Cuba, Accounting Manager Tina Gibson, CPA, Accounting Consultant Christopher Mason, Company Manager Yavar Moradi, Box Office Manager & Marketing Assistant Kyle Nielsen, Artistic Administrator Kathryn Schwaar, Administrative Assistant Andrea Steele, Office Assistant

ARTISTIC SERVICES Zina Jundi, Adverti-Zing!

Jesse Fisher, Cut Print Video Production Matthew “Kabby” Kabakoff, Kabakoff Sound Clarissa Lovato, Elevate Media Janine Pearson, J9design

SPRING PROGRAM CONCERT SCHEDULE SANTA FE NEW MEXICO April 27, 2019 at 8 pm

Sponsored by Susan Noel Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO April 28, 2019 at 2 pm Cathedral of St. John

DALLAS TEXAS April 30, 2019 at 7 pm Highland Park Presbyterian Church

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CONCERT REPERTOIRE

Psalms of David Bless the Lord, O My Soul

Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962) Blessed is the Man

Cyrillus Kreek

Sacred traditions Inexpressible Wonder Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998) Gladsome Light Alexander Gretchaninov (1864-1956)

Choral Concerto Come Behold the Works of the Lord Dmitri Bortniansky (1751-1825)

All Night Vigil I

from Vigilia Einojuhani Rautavaara

Sticheron to the Mother of God (1928-2016) Psalm of Invocation First Katisma

All Night Vigil II from All-Night Vigil Sergei Rachmaninov Rejoice O Virgin (1873-1943)

The Great Doxology To Thee Victorious Leader

British Mystics Aflame Ivan Moody Commissioned by the

(b. 1964) Santa Fe Desert Chorale (2015) Hymn to the Mother of God John Tavener (1944-2013)

Folk Traditions The Nightingale Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) The Golden Little Cloud

Tchaikovsky

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program notes

If one were to compile a list of the greatest major a cappella (without accompaniment) traditions there would surely be lively debate, but one point would likely be uncontroversial: music for the Eastern Orthodox Church would rank at or near the top. For sheer sonority there is perhaps no other choral repertoire that can compare to it.

Though largely associated with Russian singing traditions, Orthodox music extends as far and wide as there are communities of believers, with significant populations in the Baltic and Balkan countries, the United Kingdom, and North America. Today’s concert reflects that breadth, with composers from the Russian Orthodox tradition (Gretchaninov, Rachmaninov, and Tchaikovsky) joined by the Estonian Cyrillus Kreek, the Finn Einojuhani Rautavaara, and British composers John Tavener and Ivan Moody.

Cyrillus Kreek, whose two psalm settings open the program, was fascinated with the folk traditions of his homeland, and he traveled throughout Estonia collecting melodies sung in the countryside for private and public devotions. The high quality of Kreek’s reworkings of these melodies is a testament to his ability to create moments of great beauty from simple materials.

Although it is popular within Russia, Georgy Sviridov’s music is not heard often outside his native country.

Sviridov was drawn to sacred themes. In many ways his music hearkens to pre-revolutionary days and the height of Russian sacred choral composition. We can experience this link as we hear his Inexpressible Wonder paired with the famous Svete Tihiy (Gladsome Light) of Gretchaninov. Though the composers come from two very different political realities, their shared sense of mystery and awe bridges the gap between pre- and post-revolutionary Russia.

Throughout its history, Russia has gone through cycles of attraction to, as well as rejection of, Western ideals.

During the reign of Catherine the Great, the Russian elite embraced many Enlightenment ideals and opened the country to Western influences. Under Catherine, the Italian Baldassare Galuppi served as music master of the Imperial Chapel and Dmitri Bortniansky sang as a boy under Galuppi’s tutelage. When Galuppi returned to Italy, he took the young budding composer with him, and Bortniansky 8 SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE

absorbed Italian musical culture, bringing it back with him on his return to Russia. Ultimately Bortniansky landed a job at the Imperial Chapel, where he was the first native composer appointed director of the choir.

Bortniansky’s greatest contributions are his choral concertos, multi-sectional works that combined the Russian practice of a cappella performance with classicalera Italian harmonic language. He wrote 45 choral concertos, 35 for four voices, and ten for double choir that reflect the Venetian multiple choirs practice associated with St. Mark’s. The concerto we hear on today’s program, Come Behold the Works of the Lord, is one of his most ambitious, for eight voices and soloists in two equal choirs.

Finland is home to a small Orthodox population, centered largely around the Uspenski Catehdral in Helsinki. The Cathedral, in partnership with the Helsinki Festival, commissioned Einojuhani Rautavaara, who was then the most recognized Finnish composer since Jean Sibelius, to write a full-length All Night Vigil service. The first, and thus far only setting of the All Night Vigil in Finnish, Vigilia had its premiere in 1971.

Rautavaara consciously divorces himself from a romanticized 19th-century language in favor of a more ascetic and mystical approach based on Byzantine models.

The three movements we excerpt in these performances display Rautavaara at his best: clear, incisive, and breathtaking changes of harmony combined with modern choral techniques, including massive sliding chords in Psalm of Invocation.

Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil Op. 37 owes its existence in part to a happy historical coincidence. Just as Rachmaninov was reaching his full compositional powers, so too was the Moscow Synodal Choir entering its glory days. Leading figures such as Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov wrote significant works for them, so that by the time Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil was completed in 1915, the choir was a seasoned professional ensemble capable of music of great complexity. Sadly, this relationship was to come to an end shortly with the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, when the Synodal Choir and School were disbanded. Rachmaninov wrote no further sacred choral works.

The “Vigil” requires singers capable of sustaining long, arching lines and extreme vocal ranges. The most famous of course are the basses; Rachmaninov requires them to sing, well below the typical bass range. Listen for these “sub-woofers” throughout the three movements excerpted for this concert.

No. 6 - This famous movement, which is often excerpted, is the Orthodox equivalent of the Ave Maria of the Roman church. In the central section, the altos, divided in two, sing a sweetly undulating melody, accompanied by sopranos and tenors in octaves. The end of this movement marks the end of the “Vespers” section of the All Night Vigil.

No. 12 - For length and complexity this is one of the richest movements in the All Night Vigil. Beginning with a chant which he continually varies and transforms over seven intense minutes, Rachmaninov creates a mini-concerto with moments of hushed wonder and religious fervor.

No. 15 - The All Night Vigil ends with a final hymn to the Virgin, set in a brilliant C Major to contrast the prevailing modality of the work. In the final measures, Rachmaninov introduces leaping arpeggios that are atypical of the normal stepwise motion of Russian chant, and bring the All Night Vigil to a vigorous conclusion.

In 2015, the Desert Chorale engaged Father Ivan Moody, a composer and orthodox priest, to write a piece for the closing concert of their summer festival. With the performances taking place at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis, Fr. Moody chose St. Francis as his subject, and produced Aflame, which was warmly received by singers and audiences alike. We are pleased to bring it back for these performances alongside John Tavener’s Hymn to the Mother of God. Tavener and Moody, well-known to each other and both members of the British Orthodox community, shared a similar ethos in which simple lines interwoven with consummate skill, create massive waves of sound.

Though Tchaikovsky offers well-loved sacred music, it is his folk style that is on display in two popular part songs: The Nightingale and A Little Golden Cloud. Despite their secular nature, these songs, with their depth of feeling and sincerity, are consistent with the aesthetic of the sacred music that precedes them. A more decidedly light-hearted arrangement, Oh How Full is My Basket, brings the concert to a joyful conclusion.

— Joshua Habermann

Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed (St. Basil’s Cathedral) on Red Square, Moscow, Russia.

Photo: Reidl

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illumination Santa Fe illumination illumination Desert Chorale presents illumination illumination JOSH BIO

SUMMER FESTIVAL

WINTER FESTIVAL

July 20 – August 9, 2019

December 14 – 22, 2019

Santa Fe, NM

Albuquerque, Los Alamos & Santa Fe, NM

In the Court of the Sun King: Shining a Light on the French Baroque Luminosity: The Nature of Celestial Light

Sacred Fire: The Celtic Tradition

Program Sponsored by George Duncan and Sherry Kelsey

“The long-enduring pensive moons”: A Bicentenary Celebration of Walt Whitman and other Esteemed American Poets.

Featuring a World Premiere by Paul John Rudoi Commissioned by the Santa Fe Desert Chorale Program Sponsored by Suzanne M. Timble

Joshua Habermann | Artistic Director

(505) 988-2282 | desertchorale.org

All Performances Conducted

by Artistic Director, Joshua Habermann

Photo: J. David Levy

& texts

TRANSLATIONS Kiida Mu Hing (sung in Estonian)

Bless the Lord O My Soul

Kiida mu hing Issandat! Kiidetud oled Sina!

Issand, mu jumal, Sa oled suur.

Kui suured on Sinu teod, Issand, Sa oled kõik targasti teinud.

Au olgu Sulle, Issand, kes Sa kõik oled teinud!

Au olgu Isalle, Pojale, Pühale Vaimule au nüüd ja igavest.

Aamen.

Bless the Lord, o my soul, thou art to be praised.

O Lord my God thou art great.

How many are your works, O Lord!

In wisdom hast thou made them all.

Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever.

Amen.

Õnnis on Inimene

Blessed is the Man

(sung in Estonian)

Õnnis on inimene, kes ei käi õelate nõu järele, halleluuja.

Sest issand tunneb õigete teed, aga õelate tee läheb hukka, halleluuja.

Teenige Issandat kartusega ja olge rõõmsad värisemisega, halleluuja.

Väga õndsad on kõik, kes Tema juure kipuvad, halleluuja.

Tõuse üles, Issand, päästa mind, mu Jumal, halleluuja.

Au olgu Isale, Pojale ja Pühale Vaimule, nüüd ja igavest, aamen.

Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, alleluia.

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish, alleluia.

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling, alleluia.

Blessed are all they who put their trust in him, alleluia.

Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God, alleluia.

Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, amen.

Neizrechennoye Chudo

Inexpressible Wonder

(sung in Church Slavonic)

Neizrechennoye chudo: v peshchi izbaviviy prepodobniye otroki iz plamene Vo grobe mertv, bezdihanen polagayetsia, vo spaseniye nas, poyushchih: Izbavitelyu Bozhe, izbavitelyu Bozhe, blagosloven, blagosloven yesi

The inexpressible miracle in a cave, where the reverend children were saved from the flames He is dead, not breathing, He is placed in the coffin to save us, who sing: God the savior, God the savior, blessed, blessed art Thou

Svete Tihiy

Gladsome Light

(sung in church Slavonic)

Svete tihiy sviatiya Bezsmertnago, Ottsa Nebesnago, Sviatago, Blazhennago, Iisuse Hriste.

Prishedshe na zapad solntsa, Videsvshe svet vecherniy, poyem Ottsa, Sina i Sviatago Duha, Boga.

Dostoin yesi vo fsia vremena Pet biti glasi prepodobnimi, Sine Bozhiy, zhivot dayay, Temzhe mir Tia slavit.

Gladsome Light of the holy glory of the Immortal One the Heavenly Father, holy and blessed, O Jesus Christ.

Now that we have come to the setting of the sun, and behold the light of evening, we praise Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, God. Thou art worthy at every moment To be praised in hymns by reverent voices.

O Son of God, Thou are the Giver of Life; Therefore all the world glorifies Thee.

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Priidite i Vidite Dela Bozhiya

Come and See the Works of the Lord

(sung in Church Slavonic) Priidite i vidite dela Bozhiya yazhe polozhi chudesa na zemli otemlya brani do konets zemli yazhe sotvori chudesa na zemli

Come and see the works of the Lord Who brings devastation upon the earth He makes wars to cease And brings peace throughout the earth

Luk sokrushit i slomit o ruzhiye i shchiti sozhet ognem Uprazdnitesya i razumete yako az esm Bog Voznesusya na zemli Ghospod sil snami zastupnik nash Bog Iakovl

He breaks the bow and shatters the spear He burns shields in fire Be still and know that I am God I will be exalted over the earth The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our fortress

Dogmistikiira Jumalansynnyttäjälle

Sticheron to the Mother of God

(sung in Finnish) Oi Jumalansynnyttäjä! Profeeta David, joka on kauttasi Jumalan esiisäksi tullut veisuuäänin Sinusta ennustaen huusi Hänelle, joka on Sinulle suuria tehnyt Kuningatar seisoo Sinun oikealla puolellasi.

Sillä Äidiksi ja meidän elämämme puoltajaksi teki Sinut Kristus Jumala.

Uudistaakseen himojen turmeleman kuvansa, löytääkseen eksyneen ja vuorilla harhailevan lampaansa, kantaakseen olkapäillään sen Isänsä tykö Ja tahtonsa mukaisesti yhdistääkseen taivaallisten voimien kanssa Taivaalisten voimien kanssa sekä niin pelastaakseen maailman.

Hän hyväksi katsoi Sinusta, oi Neitsyt, isättömästi ihmiseksi tulla, Sillä Hän on armosta rikas ja laupias.

Oi Jumalansynnyttäjä!

O Mother of God and Maiden!

The prophet David, who was by thee made Ancestor of God with chanting voice, predicting and prophesying cried to Him, who did all the great and wondrous things to Thee: Lo and behold, the Queen herself is standing on Thy right for Thou wast verily made Mother and defender of our poor life by Christ the God. To restore His own image, destroyed by the carnal lusts, To find His lamb, who wandered off to the mountains straying far and wide; To bear it on His shoulders back home to His Father and then, according to his own will, to unite it with the heavenly powers and so doing to save the world.

And so He chose to be incarnate of thee, O Virgin, without a father and to be man; For He is full of grace and He is merciful!

O Mother of God, O thou Mother of God!

Avuksihuutopsalmi

Psalm of Invocation

(sung in Finnish)

Herra, minä huudan Sinua, kuule minua.

Ota korviisi minun ääneni kun minä Sinua huudan.

Nouskoon minun rukoukseni niinkuin suitsutussavu Sinun kasvojesi eteen minun kätteni ylennys Olkoon Sinulle ehtoouhri kuule minua oi Herra.

Vie minun sieluni ulos vankeudesta kiittämään Sinun nimeäsi.

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Lord, I cry to thee, give ear to my voice when I pray thee.

O Lord, I cry to thee, give ear to my voice, Lord.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Give ear to my voice, Lord.

Bring my soul out of prison that I may praise Thy name.

First Katisma

(sung in Finnish)

First Katisma

Autuas se mies, jokka ei vaella jumalattomien joukossa. Halleluja.

Sillä Herra tuntee vanhurskasten tien, mutta jumalattomain tie hukkuu. Halleluja.

Palvelkaa Herraa pelolla ja iloitkaa hänen edessänsä vavistuksella. Halleluja.

Autuat ovat kaikki jotka häneen turvaavat.

Halleluja. Nouse Herra, pelasta minut, minun Jumalani. Halleluja.

Herrassa on pelastus Sinun siunauksesi tulkoon Sinun kansallesi. Halleluja.

Kunnia olkoon Isälle ja Pojalle ja Pyhälle Hengelle nyt, aina ja iankaikkisesti, amen. Halleluja.

Kunnia olkoon Sinulle Jumala.

Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly. Alleluia.

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Alleluia.

Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice unto Him with trembling. Alleluia.

Verily blessed are all they that put their trust in Him. Alleluia.

Come, arise Lord, and save me my God. Alleluia.

Salvation belongs to the Lord and Thy blessing is upon Thy people. Alleluia.

Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Glory to Thee O Lord!

Bogoroditse Devo

Rejoice o Virgin

(sung in church Slavonic)

Bogoroditse Devo raduysia. Blagodatnaya Mariye Ghospod stoboyu.

Blagoslovenna Ti vzhenah, i blagosloven plod chreva tvoyego Yako spasa rodila yesi dush nashih

Hail Mary, full of grace, rejoice! Holy Mary, the Lord is with you.

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb.

For thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.

Slavosloviye Velikoye (sung in church Slavonic)

The Great Doxology

Slava v vishnih Bogu i na zemli mir, v chelovetseh blagovoleniye Hvalim Tia, blagoslovim Tia, klaniayem Ti sia, slavoslovim Tia, Blagodarim Tia, velikiya radi slavi Tvoyeya.

Ghospodi Tsariu Nebesniy, Bozhe otche Fsederzhiteliu.

Ghospodi Sine Yedinorodniy, Iisuse Hriste i Sviatiy Dushe.

Ghospodi Bozhe, Agnche Bozhiy, Sine Otech, Vzemliay grehi mira pomiluy nas, vzemliay grehi mira priymi molitvu nashu Sediay odesnuyu Ottsa pomiluy nas Yako Ti yesi yedin sviat Ti yesi yedin Ghospod Iisus Hristos, v slavu Boga Ottsa. Amin.

Na fsiak den blagoslovliu Tia i vos’hvaliu imia Tvoye vo veki i v vek veka.

Spodobi Ghospodi v den sey bez greha sohranitisia nam.

Blagosloven yesi Ghospodi Bozhe otets nashih i hvalno i proslavleno imia Tvoye vo veki Amin.

Budi Ghospodi milost tvoya na nas, yakozhe upovahom na Tia. Pomiluy mia. Blagosloven yesi Ghospodi nauchi mia opravdaniyem Tvoim.

Istseli dushu moyu ktebe pribegoh.

Glory to God in the highest and on Earth peace.

Good will towards men.

We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, We give thanks for Thee for Thy great glory.

O Lord, Heavenly King, God the Father almighty, O Lord, only begotten Son, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father who takest away the sin of the world, Have mercy on us. Thou who takest away the sin of the world, receive our prayer.

Thou who sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.

For Thou alone art holy, Thou alone art the Lord Jesus Christ.

To the glory of God the Father, amen.

Every day I will bless Thee and praise Thy name forever and ever.

Vouchsafe, o Lord, to keep us this day without sin.

Blessed are Thou, O Lord God of our fathers; praised and glorified is Thy name forever. Amen.

Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have set our hope in Thee.

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Ghospodi pribezhishche bil yesi nam.

Az reh Ghospodi pomiluy mia, istseli dushu moyu yako sogreshih tebe.

Ghospodi, k Tebe pribegoh.

Nauchi mia tvoriti voliu Tvoyu yako Ti yesi Bog moy, Yako u tebe istochnik zhivota vo svete Tvoyem uzrim svet Probavi milost Tvoyu vedushchim Tia.

Lord, Thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.

I said, Lord have mercy on me. Heal my soul for I have sinned against Thee.

Lord I flee to Thee, teach me to do Thy will, for Thou art my God; For with Thee is the fountain of life and in Thy light we shall see light.

Extend Thy mercy to those who know Thee.

Sviatiy Bozhe Sviatiy Krepkiy, Sviatiy Bersmertniy pomiluy nas.

Slava Ottsu i Sinu i Sviatomu Duhu i nine i prisno i vo veki vekov, Amin.

Sviatiy Bozhe Sviatiy Krepkiy, Sviatiy Bersmertniy pomiluy nas.

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever unto ages of ages, Amen.

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

Vzbrannoy Voyevode

To Thee Victorious Leader

(sung in church Slavonic)

Vzbrannoy voyevode pobeditelnaya, yako izbavlshesia ot zlih Blagodarstvennaya vospisuyem Ti rabi Tvoi, Bogoroditse.

No yako imushchaya derzhavu nepobedimuyu ot fsiakih nas bed svobodi Da zovem Ti: raduysia Nevesto Nenevestnaya!

To Thee, the victorious Leader of triumphant hosts, we Thy servants delivered from evil Offer hymns of thanksgiving, O Theokotos.

Since Thou dost possess invincible might, set us free from all calamities, That we may cry to Thee: Rejoice O unwedded Bride!

Aflame Thou wast enlightened by the rays of the Spirit when love inspired by God set thee aflame.

Alleliua.

Once a demon exceeding high appeared with pomp, and said, “I am the power of God and I am Providence, what dost thou wish that I shall give thee?”

And gave wings to Thy soul to long for the highest point of love.

Then I breathed on him and spoke the name of Christ, and set about to smite him.

Kyrie eleison.

And forthwith he with all his demons disappeared at the name of Christ.”

Alleluia.

Therefore, Anthony, wast thou filled as thou didst seek with good, and like a shining star gave light to our souls.

Alleliua.

Hymn to the Mother of God In You, O Woman full of Grace, The angelic choir and the human race, all creation rejoices.

O sanctified Temple, mystical paradise, and glory of Virgins.

All praise be to you!

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The dome inside the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of Santa Fe. Photo: Courtesy of the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Solovushko

(sung in Russian)

The Nightingale

Uletal solovushko dalioko, Vo chuzhuyu tiopluyu storonku.

“Vi proshchayte, liudi dobriye, nadolgo, Uletet pora moya nastala!

I spasibo vam za vashu liubov, za lasku.

Shto menia, solovushku ne gnali Pesni pet mne, solovyu, ne meshali, Malih detok moih ne zabizhali!

I ostalsia b ya teper s vami, Da liha beda vashi morozi; Ne liubliu zimi vashey beloy, Ne liubliu ya buynovo vetra!

A uzh kak vesna krasna verniotsa, s ney i ya vernus k vam s novoy pesney!

A nightingale was flying away to a warm but distant land.

“Farewell my dear friends, it’s time for me to go.

Thank you for your love and care, for not scaring me away, For letting me sing my songs, and for treating my little ones kindly.

I’d stay with you but the frost of your land is bitter.

I don’t like your white winter, I don’t like your wild wind.

But when the fair spring comes back again I’ll return to you with my new songs.

Nochevala

The Little Cloud

(sung in Russian)

Nochevala tuchka zolotaya na grudi utiosa velikana; Utrom v put ona pustilas rano, po lazuri veselo igraya.

No ostalsia vlazhniy sled v morshchine starovo utiosa.

Odinoko on stoit; zadumalsia gluboko, i tihonko plachet on v pustine.

A little golden cloud slumbered all night upon the breast of a giant crag.

In the early morning it went wandering again through the vault of the azure sky.

But a trace of dew remained in the wrinkle of the old crag.

Lonely he stands, pondering deeply, and silently weeps, forsaken in the wilderness.

Oy Polna Polna

Oh How Full is my Basket

(sung in Russian)

Oy polna, polna korobushka, yest i sitets i parcha.

Pozhaley dusha zaznobushka, molodetskavo plecha!

Oh, how full, how full is my basket with calicoes and brocades.

Have pity, my sweetheart, take the burden off my shoulders.

Viydu, viydu v rozh visokuyu tam do nochki podozhdu.

Kak zavizhu chernookuyu fse tovari razlozhu.

I’ll go into a rye field and there will wait for you till night.

When I see my dark-eyed love all my wares I’ll display.

Vot i pala noch tumannaya, zhidiot udaliy molodets.

Chu! Idiot prishla zhelannaya! Prodayot tovar kupets.

The foggy night has fallen and the brave lad is waiting.

Hark! At last she comes, and the peddler sells his wares.

Tolko znayet noch glubokaya, kak poladili oni.

Raspriamis ti, rozh visokaya, taynu sviato sohrani.

Only the dark night knows the agreement they made.

Stand proud, tall rye, and loyally keep their secret.

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Legacy Circle Watercolor painting: Aija Jundi

The Santa Fe Desert Chorale

honors the rich choral tradition extending over five centuries in its concert performances and expands the choral canon by commissioning new works by leading composers of today. In the same spirit, by including the Santa Fe Desert Chorale in their estate planning, members of the Legacy Circle honor the history and accomplishments of the Chorale over the past four decades by providing a secure mesa from which the Chorale will continue to ascend to new heights in the future.

Ways to Give to the Legacy Circle

Many donors make a Legacy Gift by naming the Santa Fe Desert Chorale as a beneficiary on their life insurance policies, retirement plans, or other forms of gifts.

Legacy Giving may be included in your will or trusts and be specified as revocable or irrevocable.

Many donors have expressed interest in using Charitable Gift Annuities. This type of annuity involves an irrevocable transfer of cash or other assets, and provides an income stream to the designated annuitants during their lifetime. At death, the Chorale receives the remainder of the gift.

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WhyJoin the Legacy Circle?

Legacy Giving supports the mission of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, one of the nation’s premier professional vocal ensembles, which is to excite, engage, and inspire diverse audiences with the beauty and power of great choral music.

Legacy Giving demonstrates your personal interest and commitment to the Chorale. It evidences those values and priorities to your family and to your community.

Legacy Giving can benefit your spouse or partner, children, grandchildren or others for whom you care, as well as the Chorale.

Legacy Giving comes from donors of different interests and income levels. For many, there are income and estate tax benefits which result from these gifts.

Legacy Giving supports the Chorale as do gifts during your lifetime, potentially at an even higher level and well into the future.

Members of The Legacy Circle are recognized in our season program books, on our website, and included in other donor listings.

Members retain control of assets during their lifetime.

Most Legacy Gifts can be modified at any time.

Most important, you will have your own reasons for joining the Legacy Circle and gain satisfaction in doing so.

There are many ways to make your Legacy Gift. We are ready to talk with you about your charitable goals and the planned giving vehicles which might best fulfill those goals. We also recommend you consult with your estate planning and investment advisors.

We are delighted to respond to your letter, email, or phone call.

Please contact Janice L. Mayer, Executive Director.

311 East Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM janice@desertchorale.org • 505-988-2282 • desertchorale.org

Photo: Gittings, Courtesy of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra

artistic director

joshua habermann

Joshua Habermann, Artistic Director, is in his eleventh season with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. Since joining the Chorale he has raised the ensemble’s artistic profile and broadened its programming to include choral-orchestral masterworks as well as cutting-edge a cappella programs.

Having joined the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 2011, Joshua Habermann has held the Jean D. Wilson Chorus Director Chair since 2015. The Dallas Symphony Chorus is the official vocal ensemble of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. As Director, he prepares the 200-voice chorus for classical and pops series concerts. Highlights with the DSO include performances of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion BWV 244, Verdi’s Requiem, Berlioz’ Te Deum H118, and Britten’s War Requiem Op. 66, which was performed for the national meeting of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in 2013.

In demand for honors choirs, choral festivals, choral institutes, and workshops worldwide, recently Joshua Habermann traveled to Thailand for an eight-day residency under the auspices of ACDA Abroad, which is an initiative through which choral leaders lead workshops and training courses in the developing world. Hosted by the Thai Ministry of Education, this was his first return to Thailand where he was an English teacher (1990-1991).

From 2008 to 2011 Joshua Habermann was Director of Choral Studies at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, where he led the graduate program in conducting and directed the Frost Chorale. Notable projects in Miami included an appearance at the Florida Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association convention, and collaborations with the New World Symphony and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas in music of Ives, Schubert, and Beethoven. During this

same period, Joshua Habermann led the Master Chorale of South Florida in performances of masterworks such as Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Haydn’s Creation Hob. XX1: 2, and Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, K-626.

From 1996-2008 he was Assistant Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, and Professor of Music at San Francisco State University, where under his direction the SFSU Chamber Singers undertook international engagements in Havana, Cuba, and concert tours in Germany, the Czech Republic, and China. In 2006 he led a collaboration between the SFSU Chamber Singers and the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée in music of Poulenc and the Requiem of Maurice Duruflé in concerts throughout France. National invitations include the Waging Peace Festival in Eugene (OR), multiple appearances at the California Music Educators Convention, and an appearance at the American Choral Directors Association regional convention in 2008.

As a singer (tenor) he has performed with the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus (Eugene, OR) and Conspirare (Austin, TX). Recording credits include three projects with Conspirare:Through the Green Fuse; Requiem, a GRAMMY® Nominee for best choral recording in 2006; and Threshold of Night, a GRAMMY® Nominee for “Best Choral Recording” and “Best Classical Album” in 2009. Joshua Habermann conducted the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s recording, The Road Home, released in 2018.

A native of California, Joshua Habermann is a graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Texas at Austin, where he completed doctoral studies in conducting with Craig Hella Johnson. He lives in Dallas with his wife Joanna, daughter Kira, and son Kai.

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artists

BIOGRAPHIES SOPRANOS

Megan Chartrand

(3rd Season)

Hometown: Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada Current Residence: Brooklyn, NY Awards & Distinctions: “Co-founder of Inspire: A Choir for Unity (choirforunity.org), a collaborative and socially-conscious Photo: Matthew Fried ensemble that brings me much pride and joy.” GRAMMY® Award-nomination for Passion Week with The Clarion Choir (2017), JUNO Award Nomination for Sacred Reflections of Canada with the Canadian Chamber Choir.

Upcoming Engagements: Staunton Music Festival (VA); U.S. Premiere of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane (The Miracle of Heliane), Bard Summerscape Opera (NY); Inspire: Hope Comes Home with The Bowery Mission (NY).

Past Career Highlights: Role of Dalila in George Frideric Handel’s Samson with the American Classical Orchestra, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (NY); the New York, Moscow, and St. Petersburg premieres of Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week with The Clarion Choir; Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, (two-on-a-part version) in Mexico City, Mexico.

Educational Background: Master of Music, Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Yale University (CT); Bachelor of Music, University of Alberta, Canada.

Passion Outside of Singing: “Spending quality time with my loved ones, the Canadian Rocky Mountains, sewing.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “Lasting friendship with my first-ever host in Santa Fe, Ann MacVicar.”

Meg Dudley (2nd Season) Hometown: Denver, CO Current Residence: New York, NY Upcoming Engagements: Core Member of the Lorelei Ensemble on national tour with performances of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Debussy’s Nocturnes with the Boston Photo: Elizabeth Smith Symphony Orchestra, Far Cry Orchestra (MA), and at the American Choral Directors Association National Conference in Kansas City (MO); World Premiere of Julia Wolfe’s Fire in my mouth with The Crossing and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Jaap van Zweden; Caroline Shaw’s Clockwork 1793 with Impromptu Music (NY).

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Past Career Highlights: Soloist, Francis Poulenc’s Gloria, FP 177 with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (NY); Vivaldi’s Gloria in D Major RV 589 and Hadyn’s Mass in D minor, Hob.XXII:11 with Impromptu Music (NY); Performance with 50 Cent at Radio City Music Hall (NY) for the Premiere of “Power” on Starz.

Educational Background: Master of Music, Mannes School of Music at the New School (NY); Bachelor of Music, Lamont School of Music, University of Denver (CO).

Passion Outside of Singing: “Cooking, skiing, card games, touring historic homes, the mountains, the beach, traveling, great food with friends and family.”

Cait Frizzell (Debut Season) Hometown: Tallahassee, FL Current Residence: Tucson, AZ Awards & Distinctions: 2013 Barbara Bonney Liedersänger Preis, AIMS Music Festival, Graz, Austria. ​ Upcoming Engagements: Tour to Morocco Photo: McKenzie Stewart for the Marrakesh Sacred Music Festival; European recital tour (England, France, Iceland, Ireland, and Slovenia).

Past Career Highlights: Debut recital at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall (NY); 2018 Xenogears soundtrack recording and performance tour in Tokyo, Japan; 2015 tour to the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China.

Educational Background: Master of Performance (with distinction), Royal College of Music (London, UK); Bachelor of Music, Florida State University.

Passion Outside of Singing: “Figure skating.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “I’ll have one soon!”

Chelsea Helm (2nd Season) Hometown: West Bloomfield, MI Current Residence: Houston, TX Awards & Distinctions: “Proud voice teacher of first graduating senior who was accepted into a university musical theater program.”

Photo: Brent Hetherington Upcoming Engagements: Vocal Fellow, Bach Akademie Charlotte (NC); first Summer Festival with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale; Soprano Soloist, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, K. 626 at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse; “my upcoming marriage to baritone Ben Edquist and impending move to NYC.” Past Career Highlights: 2018 debut with Conspirare in a season-opening program of Johann Sebastian Bach motets and selections by Ted Hearne; The “heart-filling” 2018 Winter Festival with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale; Studio recording of a full-length album of original arrangements with the jazz quartet Four Corners.

Educational Background: Master of Music (Vocal Performance), The Shephard School of Music, Rice University (TX); Bachelor of Music (Voice Performance and Music Education), Western Michigan University. (continued on next page)

Passion Outside of Singing: “Yoga and indoor rock climbing.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “Singing Phil Mattson’s arrangement of “I’ll Be Seeing You” in my first rehearsal with the Desert Chorale – a special timeline stamp on a piece with which I have a cherished history.”

Sarah Moyer

(4th Season)

Hometown: Bixby, OK Current Residence: Boston, MA Awards & Distinctions: Recipient of the 2015 St. Botolph Emerging Artist Award.

Upcoming Engagements: Performance of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, Photo: Kate Lemmon Photography HWV 56 with the Handel Society of Dartmouth College (NH); Santa Fe Desert Chorale 2019 Summer Festival; engagements with Seraphic Fire (FL) and Cape Symphony Orchestra (MA).

Past Career Highlights: George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, HWV 56 with Bourbon Baroque (KY); Recital program “Celestial Sprites” with Nathan Salazar, Piano, on the Skylark Spotlight Series (MA); World Premiere of Christopher Theofanidis’ Four Levertov Settings with Seraphic Fire; World Premiere of Jake Runestad’s The Hope of Loving and James Kallembach’s Easter Oratorio with Seraphic Fire; American premieres of Per Nørgård’s Seadrift and Nova Genitura with Lost Dog New Music Ensemble.

Educational Background: Master of Music, New England Conservatory (MA); Bachelor of Music, Oklahoma State University.

Passion Outside of Singing: “Training for my first triathlon, spending time outdoors, and expanding on my refrigerator magnet collection.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “Making music with the Dallas Street Choir in the Fall of 2017.”

Kathlene Ritch (11th Season) Hometown: Kerrville, TX Current Residence: Santa Fe, NM Awards & Distinctions: 2017 New Mexico Broadcaster “Golden Mike” Award.

Upcoming Engagements: Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard Photo: Summer Maulden with Conspirare at Cincinnati Vocal Arts (OH) and at the Ravinia Festival (IL); Santa Fe Desert Chorale 2019 Summer Festival.

Past Career Highlights: Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd with George Hearn and Patti Lupone, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (NY); Hermione in Richard Strauss’ Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75 with Deborah Voigt and the American Symphony Orchestra (NY); Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel with Audra McDonald and Hugh Jackman and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall (NY).

Educational Background: Bachelor of Music Studies, University of Texas at Austin.

Passion Outside of Singing: “My family and cooking.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “Hearing/Seeing/FEELING the swell of the immediate standing ovation at our Chicago ACDA appearance. It was such a proud moment for us all.”

Alissa Ruth Suver (3rd Season) Hometown: Lexington, OH Current Residence: Nashville, TN Upcoming Engagements: Performances with Santa Fe Desert Chorale; Performances with Skylark Ensemble (MA); John Mackey’s Places We Can No Photo: Kent Smith Photography Longer Go with the Capital University Symphonic Winds (OH).

Past Career Highlights: Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s recording The Road Home; Soprano Soloist, Scarlatti’s 7 Arie Con Tromba Sola; Performances with The Crossing (PA), True Concord Voices & Orchestra (AZ); Skylark Ensemble (MA), and Vocal Arts Ensemble (OH).

Educational Background: Bachelor of Music (Education), Capital University (OH).

Passion Outside of Singing: “Running, cooking, yoga, and reading.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “My very first rehearsal with the Desert Chorale is a memory that I will always treasure.

Being in a room with such fabulous musicians never gets old, but experiencing the group for the first time was so much fun!”

ALTOS Sarah Brauer (12th Season) Hometown: Portland, OR Current Residence: Eugene, OR Awards & Distinctions: GRAMMY® Award with Conspirare for “Best Choral Performance” for The Sacred Spirit of Russia.

Photo: Blue Rose Photography Upcoming Engagements: Performances with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale.

Past Career Highlights: Mezzo-soprano Soloist, Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin, University of New Mexico; Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, New Mexico Philharmonic; American premiere of Bononcini’s La Maddalena a’ Piedi di Cristo with University of Oregon Oratorio Orchestra; Creating the role of Zeelah in Daniel Daly’s opera The Banshee (OR); Soloist, Houston Bach Society.

Educational Background: Doctor of Music, University of Oregon (in progress); Master of Music, The Shepherd School of Music, Rice University (TX); Bachelor of Music, University of Southern California.

Passion outside of singing: “My wonderful son, Luke.”

Special Santa Fe Desert Chorale Memory: “Josh’s 2009 Canticum Calamatatis and Justorum Animae pairing in the Cathedral. The cathartic journey throughout and the moment between the pieces was unlike anything I had ever experienced - it was impossibly beautiful.”

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Dianna Grabowski

(7th Season)

Hometown: Humble, TX Current Residence: Selinsgrove, PA Upcoming Engagements: Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s 2019 Summer Festival; Soloist in the Johannes Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op 52 with Stuart Malina and Photo: Jared Rey Ya-Ting, Piano; Featured Soloist “Bach at Bucknell” festival (PA), including music of Johann Sebastian Bach and François Couperin, and David Lang’s little match girl passion; Baroque and Renaissance music of Spain, Portugal, and the New World with Mountainside Baroque (MD).

Past Career Highlights: Concert and recording of Johann Schmelzer’s Le Memorie Dolorose with TENET (NY); Premiere of Jeremy Gill’s Six Pensées de Pascal with Variant 6 on tour to Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia; World Premiere of Julia Wolfe’s Fire in my mouth with The Crossing and the New York Philharmonic; Touring and recording Udite, amanti and The Rebel Queen for the Centaur label with the Baroque ensemble Armonia Celeste.

Educational Background: Master of Music and Bachelor of Music (Vocal Performance), University of North Texas.

Passion Outside of Singing: “Gardening, cooking, and reading.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “Bringing my family (husband Greg, two sons Ben and Sam) to Santa Fe with me for the 2017 and 2018 Summer Festivals!”

Sarah Nickerson (11th Season) Hometown: Fargo, ND Current Residence: Santa Fe, NM Upcoming Engagements: “Gravity & Levity” program with Kinnara Ensemble (NJ); Recording with The Thirteen (Washington, D.C.); Co-Director of SFDC’s Photo: Kate Russell “Hearts in Harmony” choral program at the Interfaith Community Shelter in Santa Fe. Past Career Highlights: Being part of Kinnara Ensemble’s first commercial recording, Provenance; Alto Soloist for Igor Stravinsky’s Mass with the New Mexico Philharmonic.

Educational Background: Master of Business Administration (Arts Administration), University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music (OH); Bachelor of Arts (Theatre Arts Management), Minnesota State University Moorhead (MN).

Passion Outside of Singing: “Nia! I’m a first-degree BlackBelt Nia and teach five classes a week at StudioNia in Santa Fe. Nia is a holistic movement practice that brings joyful, sustainable fitness to everybody.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “I have so many, but a special moment for me was during the summer of 2018 when we performed selections from West Side Story. Watching the Desert Chorale men become the Jets and the Sharks wasn’t something I ever thought I would witness. On top of that, hearing the amazing voices of our men sing selections from one of my favorite musicals was a real high for me. I loved being a listener every night.”

Keely Jean Rhodes

(8th Season)

Hometown: Vienna, VA Current Residence: Austin, TX Awards & Distinctions: Fulbright Scholar to Italy; Participation on True Concord Voices & Orchestra (AZ) recording Prayers & Remembrances, named for Photo: Bonica Ayala Stephen Paulus’ work, which received a GRAMMY® Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition; GRAMMY® Award for Best Choral Performance with Conspirare for Sacred Spirit of Russia; Austin Critics’ Award: “Best Classical Singer.”

Upcoming Engagements: Moving to South Carolina to begin a tenure-track Assistant Professorship at USC - Aiken (SC); Ongoing concertizing with various North American choral, symphonic, and opera organizations.

Past Career Highlights: Conspirare tour of Craig Hella Johnson’s composition Considering Matthew Shepard, and sharing poignant and socially relevant programming with fellow musicians, poets, composers, and audiences.

Educational Background: Doctor of Musical Arts (Opera Performance), University of Texas at Austin; Master of Music (Vocal Pedagogy and Opera Performance), University of Texas at Austin; Bachelor of Music (Vocal Performance), Oberlin Conservatory of Music (OH).

Passion Outside of Singing: “Being part of various crafting communities with fiber arts, cooking, gardening, and traveling.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “The world class music making, camaraderie, and personal growth that the Desert Chorale affords each of us is incredibly special. Connecting with audience members after the concerts and realizing common ground creates unique friendships among those involved with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale organization.”

Angela Young Smucker (2nd Season) Hometown: Ellis Grove, IL Current Residence: Chicago, IL and DeLand, FL Awards & Distinctions: 2015 NATS Intern Program Alumna; Virginia Best Adams Fellow, Carmel Bach Festival (CA); Photo: Wendy Benner Executive Director and Co-founder of Third Coast Baroque (IL).

Upcoming Engagements: Santa Fe Desert Chorale 2019 Summer Festival; Staunton Music Festival (VA); Grant Park Music Festival (IL).

Past Career Highlights: George Frideric Handel’s Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a with Third Coast Baroque (IL); Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 conducted by Hermann Max; Recording of Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti.

Educational Background: Doctor of Musical Arts (in progress), Northwestern University (IL); Master of Music, University of Minnesota; Bachelor of Music Education, Valparaiso University (IN).

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Passion Outside of Singing: “Roller-skating, boxing, and attending baseball games.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “SFDC was one of my first professional engagements as a singer. I’m looking forward to returning to the ensemble to make new friends.”

Mitzi Westra (21st Season) Hometown: Sioux Falls, SD Current Residence: Indianapolis, IN Upcoming Engagements: Recording of Frank Felice’s Preserve Me, O God for mezzo-soprano and string quartet; recording of Frank Felice’s song cycles, Photo: Roberta Wong including his 2018 setting of Wallace Stevens’ Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird; Professor of Music, University of Indianapolis (IN).

Past Career Highlights: Ottorino Respighi’s Il tramonto with the GRAMMY® Award Winning Pacifica Quartet (IN); Recital of songs related to myths, legends, and fairy tales; Recital of Jewish music with renowned guitarist Nemanja Ostojic.

Educational Background: Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music, University of Minnesota; Bachelor of Music (Music and Religion) Augustana University, Sioux Falls (SD).

Passion Outside of Singing: “I don’t know if I can really call it a passion, but I just picked up the viola and I’m enjoying playing it. I also love hiking, reading, and traveling.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “I vividly remember when André Thomas was the Chorale’s Guest Conductor. It was a rough year for me, but his approach and his choice of music touched my heart in a way that I sorely needed at the time.

I think that I wept through the whole concert. (Sorry, fellow altos – I wasn’t much help…)”

TENORS JD Burnett

(7th Season)

Hometown: West Point, NY Current Residence: Athens, GA Upcoming Engagements: Appearances as Artistic Director of the Kinnara Ensemble, Princeton (NJ); Engagements with Santa Fe Desert Chorale; Associate Director Photo: Paul Sirochman of Choral Activities, The University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music.

Past Career Highlights: Engagements with Conspirare (TX); Appearances as Director of the University of Georgia Women’s Glee Club; Assistant Director, Dallas Symphony Chorus.

Educational Background: Doctor of Musical Arts (Choral Conducting), University of North Texas; Master of Music (Choral Conducting), Westminster Choir College (NJ); Bachelor of Music (Music Education), Oklahoma State University.

Passion Outside of Singing: “College football.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “Driving to a concert with my black dress shoes on the roof of my car – they were gone when I got to Loretto Chapel, so I performed in black socks only.”

Andrew Crane

(8th Season)

Hometown: Castro Valley, CA Current Residence: American Fork, UT Awards & Distinctions: Recipient of The American Prize in Choral Performance, College/University Division (2012) for performances as Conductor of the Photo: Hannah Tomlinson East Carolina University Chamber Singers, Greenville (NC).

Upcoming Engagements: Singing with Seraphic Fire at the 2019 Aspen Music Festival (CO); Conducting the Utah High School All-State Choir in 2020; Conducting the New Mexico High School All-State Choir in 2021.

Past Career Highlights: Conductor, Brigham Young University Singers at the 2019 National Conference of the American Choral Directors Association (MO); Tenor Soloist in the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, K. 626 alongside Mezzosoprano Susan Graham; Conductor, 2019 Manhattan Concert Productions festival choir performance of Mack Wilberg’s Requiem, Carnegie Hall (NY).

Educational Background: Doctor of Musical Arts, Michigan State University; Master of Music and Bachelor of Music, Brigham Young University (UT).

Passion Outside of Singing: “Taking naps and watching basketball.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “I love seeing the Plaza lit up for the first time whenever I come in December. It really ushers in the holiday season for me.”

Erik Gustafson

(5th Season)

Hometown: Portland, OR Current Residence: Durango, CO Upcoming Engagements: Voice Instructor, Fort Lewis College (CO); Appearances with Bach Collegium San Diego (CA).

Past Career Highlights: Evangelist, Photo: Jon Simpson Photography Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. John Passion, BWV 245, True Concord Voices and Orchestra (AZ); Evangelist, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Arizona Bach Festival; Evangelist and Tenor Soloist, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio BWV 248, Oregon Bach Festival.

Educational Background: Bachelor of Music (Vocal Performance), Arizona State University.

Passion Outside of Singing: “Whistling in close harmony with my wife purely for the elation of our cat Sweet Pea. Still music, I suppose, but not technically singing.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “The raucous crowd at our ACDA performance in Chicago. Choral musicians don’t often have the opportunity to feel like rock stars, but we were riding high on the energy of a special performance in front of an audience that was incredibly generous and giving with their thanks and good vibrations.”

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David Kurtenbach (Debut Season)

Paul John Rudoi (2nd Season)

Hometown: San Francisco, CA Current Residence: San Francisco, CA Upcoming Engagements: Henry Purcell’s King Arthur with Bach Collegium San Diego (CA); Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 with Bach Akademie Charlotte (NC); Soloist, Oregon Bach Festival.

Past Career Highlights: National tours of Craig Hella Johnson’s composition, Considering Matthew Shepard; Solo debut with American Bach Soloists in a program of “Favorite Cantatas” by Johann Sebastian Bach; Soloist in a program of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Mass in C Major, Op. 86 and Luigi Cherubini’s Chant sur la mort de Joseph Haydn with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale (CA) conducted

by Nicholas McGegan.

Educational Background: Graduate Choral Conducting studies and Undergraduate Vocal Performance, Oberlin Conservatory of Music (OH).

Passion Outside of Singing: “Music ministry, religious studies, and photography.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “Looking forward to making some.”

Hometown: Minneapolis, MN Current Residence: Eugene, OR Awards & Distinctions: As a composer, recipient of Second Place in The American Prize celebrating American excellence in the arts; numerous grants from the Jerome Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, among others.

Upcoming Engagements: Tenor and Composer-in-Residence 2019 Santa Fe Desert Chorale Summer Festival; Composerin-Residence, Boston Conservatory’s 2019 “Living Voices/ Living Songs” program; World Premiere of composition “Our Transcendental Passion,” Boston Cecilia Society (2020) conducted by George Case.

Past Career Highlights: Tenor vocalist with Cantus (MN) from 2008-2016; Composer-in-Residence for Magnum Chorum (MN), culminating in the premiere of the sacred concert drama, Sermon on the Mount; Incorporation of a consortium-building website, Consortio, with the goal of making commissioning easier and more available to all.

Educational Background: Master of Music (Choral Conducting), The University of Oregon; Bachelor of Music, The Hartt School, University of Hartford (CT).

Patrick Muehleise

Passion Outside of Singing: “Finding new perspectives through music, movies, and the Netflix original series Chef’s Table.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “My first contract with the Desert Chorale included excerpts from Morten Lauridsen’s Mid-Winter Songs, one of my favorite choral cycles of all time and one that I had not yet had the opportunity to perform.

To sing and experience those “Songs” with artists of the Desert Chorale’s caliber, with Jeff Lankov at the piano, and in front of several regional American Choral Directors Association audiences, is something I’ll never forget.”

(8th Season)

Hometown: Schoolcraft, MI Current Residence: Chicago, IL Awards & Distinctions: Artist-Faculty at Aspen Music Festival (CO), 2016 GRAMMY® Nomination for Best Choral Performance.

Photo: Todd Rosenberg Upcoming Engagements: Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B minor, BWV 232 with the Back Bay Chorale of Boston conducted by Scott Allen Jarrett; Bach Cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106 with the Aspen Festival Orchestra (CO) conducted by Robert Spano; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, K. 626 with the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse Choral Union.

Past Career Highlights: Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, K. 626 with the Aspen Chamber Orchestra (CO) conducted by Xian Zhang; Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 with Music of the Baroque (IL) conducted by Jane Glover; Bach Highlights with Seraphic Fire and The Cleveland Orchestra (FL).

Educational Background: Bachelor of Music (Vocal Performance), Western Michigan University (MI).

Passion Outside of Singing: “Sports and home renovation.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “Golf, Ultimate Frisbee, and pong gatherings.”

BASSES James Bass

(5th Season)

Hometown: Tampa, FL Current Residence: Los Angeles, CA Awards & Distinctions: Three-time GRAMMY® Award Nominee; Artistic Director of the Long Beach Camerata Singers; Associate Conductor of Seraphic Photo: Kerry Travilla Fire (FL); Full Professor and Director of Choral Studies at UCLA (CA); Co-Program Director of the Professional Choral Institute at the Aspen Music Festival (CO).

Upcoming Engagements: Soloist and choral preparer on the Naxos recording of Passion of Yeshua for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (NY) and Music Director JoAnn Falletta; Conducting Francis Poulenc’s Gloria with the New England Philharmonic Ensemble at Carnegie Hall (NY); Conducting a performance series, Peace, with Seraphic Fire (FL) featuring the Poulenc Mass in G. (continued on next page)

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Past Career Highlights: Soloist on the Conspirare recording Pablo Neruda: The Poet Sings; Soloist in Igor Stravinsky’s Threni: id est Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae with The Cleveland Orchestra (OH) conducted by Music Director Franz Welser-Most; Conductor of the 2018 Florida All-State Men’s Choir; Chorus Master for the 2012 GRAMMY® Award nominated recording of Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem Op. 45 with Seraphic Fire and the Professional Choral Institute at the Aspen Music Festival (CO).

Educational Background: Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Miami (FL); Interlochen Arts Academy (MI).

Passion Outside of Singing: “The Tampa Bay Lightning!, Epcot Food and Wine Festival – well, food and wine, in general!”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “Playing Ultimate Frisbee with my SFDC colleagues at high altitude and almost dying!”

Elijah Blaisdell (2nd Season) Hometown: Seattle, WA Current Residence: Brooklyn, NY Awards & Distinctions: 2018 GRAMMY® Award for “Best Choral Performance” with The Crossing Choir (PA); 2017 Virginia Best Adams Fellow, Carmel Bach Festival (CA).

Upcoming Engagements: Aniara: fragments of time and space, a choral-theater work over three years in the making with the The Crossing Choir (PA), in collaboration with Finland’s Klockriketeatern and composer Robert Maggio; Cantor in Darius Milhaud’s Service Sacré with St. George Choral Society (NY); All Bach cantata program with Gamut Bach Ensemble (PA).

Past Career Highlights: Soloist, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B minor, BWV 232 with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic; Soloist in Bach’s Cantata BWV 70 with REBEL Baroque Ensemble (NY); Bach’s St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 with The Bach Society of St. Louis (MO).

Educational Background: Master of Music (Vocal Performance), New England Conservatory; Bachelor of Music (Vocal Performance), Central Washington University.

Passion Outside of Singing: “Cooking.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “My favorite memory of my first time with the Desert Chorale was hiking Atalaya with a group of singers. We were all out of breath because of the elevation, but the company and the views made it more than worth it.”

John Buffett (6th Season) Hometown: Hudson, OH Current Residence: Los Angeles, CA Upcoming Engagements: Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 with Bach Akademie Charlotte (NC); Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem Photo: Lucia Gill Photography with La Jolla Symphony (CA); Seraphic Fire’s Professional Choral Institute at the Aspen Music Festival (CO).

Past Career Highlights: Recording John Williams’ score Star Wars: The Last Jedi; Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem Op. 45 with Long Beach Camerata (CA); George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, HWV 56 with Winston-Salem Symphony (NC).

Educational Background: Master of Music and Bachelor of Music, Eastman School of Music (NY).

Passion Outside of Singing: “Sports.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “Finally getting Josh out on the golf course!”

David Farwig (22nd Season) Hometown: Denver, CO Current Residence: Denver, CO Awards & Distinctions: Austin Critics Table Award, “Best Singer 2011 & 2012;” 2003 Virginia Best Adams Fellow, Carmel Bach Festival (CA); Performing Photo: Audrey Michelle with Conspirare (TX) and True Concord Voices & Orchestra (AZ), four GRAMMY® Award-nominated and two GRAMMY® Award-winning recordings; Soloist on Conspirare’s 2006 Edison Award-winning Requiem recording (featuring works by Herbert Howells, Eric Whitacre, and Ildebrando Pizzetti).

Upcoming Engagements: Director of the Alpine Chorale (CO); Director of Music, Calvary Baptist Church, Denver (CO) Past Career Highlights: Solo appearances throughout the US and Europe as a member of the U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants; Choral and Solo Concert Artist with various performing ensembles including Conspirare (TX), Seraphic Fire (FL), Santa Fe Symphony, Santa Fe Opera, Choral Arts Northwest (WA), True Concord Voices & Orchestra (AZ); Professional vocalist at Carmel (CA), Oregon, and Victoria (TX) Bach Festivals.

Educational Background: Doctor of Musical Arts (Conducting), University of Missouri-Kansas City; Master of Music (Conducting), University of Denver Lamont School of Music (CO); Bachelor of Arts (Vocal Performance), Adams State University (CO).

Passion Outside of Singing: “Traveling, food, SKIING!” Special Desert Chorale Memory: “Being the first Desert Chorale singer recognized for singing TWENTY seasons. Wow, it’s been, and continues to be, a great ride, and I’m thrilled to sing with all these beautiful, young, talented singers!”

Interior dome of Our Lady of Kazan Orthodox Cathedral, Irkutsk, Russia.

Photo: Demerzel21

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Brian Mextorf (Debut Season) Hometown: Williamsport, PA Current Residence: Astoria, NY Awards & Distinctions: Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions: First Place, North Carolina District and Second Place, Southeast Region; Career Bridges Photo: Michael Kuhn Award (NY).

Upcoming Engagements: World Premiere of Pulitzer Prizewinning composer David Lang’s the prisoner of state with the New York Philharmonic, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (NY); Bass Soloist, Joseph Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli, Hob. XXII/9 (“Paukenmesse”) at Carnegie Hall (NY); Bass Soloist, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, K. 626 at St. Agnes Cathedral (NY).

Past Career Highlights: Bass Soloist, Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, K. 626 at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (NY); Baron Duphol in La traviata with Philharmonia Orchestra of New York at Jazz at Lincoln’s Center’s Rose Theater; Three roles in the North American Premiere of Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland with Opera Theatre of St. Louis (MO).

Educational Background: Master of Music, Westminster Choir College (NJ); Bachelor of Music, Oberlin Conservatory (OH).

Passion Outside of Singing: “Food, beer, golf.”

Craig Peterson (Debut Season) Hometown: Minot, ND Current Residence: Gilbert, AZ Awards & Distinctions: Directed choir appearances at Arizona State ACDA Convention, the Arizona Music Educators Convention, three ACDA Western Division Conventions, and the National Convention of the Orff and Kodaly Music Teachers Association (VA).

Upcoming Engagements: Director of Choral Activities and Music Department Chair at Mesa Community College, Mesa (AZ); Appearances with Conspirare (TX).

Past Career Highlights: Recordings with Conspirare and the Phoenix Chorale; Assistant Director of the Phoenix Chorale and Associate Conductor of the Phoenix Boys Choir (AZ); Three conducting engagements with the Arizona All-State Jazz Clinic Choir; Engagements with True Concord Voices & Orchestra (AZ) and Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble (OH).

Educational Background: Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music (Choral Conducting), Arizona State University; Bachelor of Music, Concordia College (MN).

Passion Outside of Singing: “Landscape photography.”

Ryan W. Sullivan (Debut Season) Hometown: St. Louis, MO Current Residence: Denton, TX Awards & Distinctions: 2018 AdamsNordstrom Early Music Award, University of North Texas; 2014 Kansas City (MO), Metro Director of the Year.

Photo: LWCC Studio Upcoming Engagements: Director of Choral Activities, Arkansas State University; Conducting Associate, Dallas Symphony Chorus serving as Chorus Master for a concert series, Symphony for Our World, in conjunction with the National Geographic.

Past Career Highlights: Conducted North American opera premieres of Lucille Grétry’s Le marriage d’Antonio and Vit Zouhar’s Coronide (2018); Played continuo harpsichord and organ in the University of North Texas Baroque Orchestra; Taught secondary school music at Lee’s Summit High School and Lee’s Summit West High School near Kansas City (MO).

Educational Background: Doctor of Musical Arts (Choral Conducting), University of North Texas; Master of Music (Choral Conducting), Texas Tech; Bachelor of Music Education (Choral Music Education) and Bachelor of Music (Voice), University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory of Music.

Passion Outside of Singing: “When not in rehearsal, I enjoy spending time with my puppy, reading historical fiction, and watching documentaries about natural history and space.”

Special Desert Chorale Memory: “Although this is my first time singing with the Desert Chorale, I was fortunate to work with this group once in a masterclass setting as a conductor. Their responsiveness as singers and artists created a transformative learning experience that challenged me to consider more of what is possible in music. I am thrilled to sing with this group of fine musicians.”

Joshua Habermann, Artistic Director, with David Farwig, Bass, and Kathlene Ritch, Soprano (L-R). Photo: Sean Johnson

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H IGHLANDER C ONCERT SERIES 2018 – 2019

SEASON FINALE

May 19, 2019 • 6 pm Moody Performance Hall

Featuring Mozart’s Mass in C minor

Dr. Greg Hobbs, Artistic Director

Tickets available at ticketdfw.com Church of the Holy Faith

Photo by Marty Buchsbaum

Welcomes all people into an ever-deepening relationship with Jesus Christ At Holy Faith, we honor our Anglican heritage and praise God with solemn liturgy, traditional Prayer Book worship, and music to exalt the spirit. (Home to the Desert Chorale offices, the church also benefits from regular Chorale bolstering of its already fine choir.) We worship together in peace, to praise and thank God, to transcend division, and to celebrate the mystery of faith.

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Services Sunday: 7:30, 8:30 and 11 B Tuesday, 6 p.m. (Taizé Eucharist with prayers for healing) B Wednesdsay and Thursday, 12:10 p.m.

505-982-4447 B holyfaithchurchsf.org

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX CHURCH

This year, Orthodox Holy Week is April 21-28.

Nightly services culminate on Pascha (Orthodox Easter) in a midnight service that begins late at night on April 27.

Your local parishes invite you to attend any of the weeknight services, and most especially the unparalleled event of Pascha.

Holy Trinity

231 E Cordova Rd, Santa Fe (505) 983-5826

St. George

308 High St SE, Albuquerque (505) 247-9411

St. Juliana

3877 W Alameda St #A, Santa Fe (505) 473-7779

All Saints of North America 10440 4th St NW, Albuquerque (505) 792-1997

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THE ROAD

HOME

JOSHUA HABERMANN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

JEFF LANKOV PIANO

RECORDINGS ON SALE NOW

Fund-a-Need

Photo: ©Thomas Fikar, 123RF.com Yellow and golden aspens framing the high road to Taos, NM

RECORDED AT THE MORTON H. MEYERSON SYMPHONY CENTER DALLAS, TEXAS

The Road Home CD Features Three Centuries of American Repertoire

YOUR DONATIONS SUPPORT THE CHORALE AND INVEST IN GREAT MUSIC FOR YEARS TO COME. $50 Subsidize a student ticket $150 Sponsor one night of housing for a singer $250 Sponsor a pre-concert lecture $500 Sponsor a singer’s travel expenses $1,000 Sponsor an instrumentalist $2,500 Sponsor a singer for a season $3,500 Sponsor a concert $5,000 Sponsor a season program book $7,500 Sponsor a composer commission $10,000 Sponsor a full concert program $12,000 Sponsor instrumentalists for a season $25,000 Sponsor the Winter Festival season $50,000 Sponsor the Summer Festival season

“Joshua Habermann’s excellent ensemble are style chamelions... performing them all with full-wattage brilliance and brio.”

—Alexandra Coghlan Gramophone

LAUNCHED AT NO.3 ON THE BILLBOARD CLASSICAL CHART – SPRING 2018 – The Road Home CD released by Avie Records. www.avie-records.com

Thank You for your support!

If you would like your donation to be attributed to a specific need, please contact Janice L. Mayer, Executive Director by calling Sopranos Emily Noël and Sophie Amelkin share a moment on the American Voices Tour.

(505) 988-2282 or by e-mailing janice@desertchorale.org. Photo: Kyle Nielsen 26 SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE

The UniTed ChUrCh SinGS! (And Plays and Does All Things Musical!)

HOLD THE DATES! 2019 SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE SUMMER GALA Tuesday evening, August 20, 2019 Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado, Santa Fe

Sunday Worship at 8:30 and 11:00 Adult Choirs at both Services Children’s and Youth Ministries and Music

J oin U s !

The UniTed ChUrCh of SanTa fe Rev. Talitha Arnold, Senior Minister Jacquelyn Helin, D.M.A., Music Director and Pianist Prof. Bradley Ellingboe, Choral Director Love God. Love Neighbor. Love Creation.

1804 Arroyo Chamiso | 505-988-3295 | UnitedChurchofSantaFe.org

Reservations accepted: June 1, 2019

2019 WINTER EVENT

Friday evening, December 13, 2019 The Club at Las Campanas, Santa Fe Reservations accepted: October 15, 2019

Watch for Us in 2020!

Santa Fe Desert Chorale Returns to Dallas

Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 6 pm

Following a nearly sold-out performance in 2017, Artistic Director Joshua Habermann conducts the 24 professional voices of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale in a return to The David R. Davidson Tower Arts Series at Highland Park United Methodist Church.

The Ecstasies Above program pairs composers from creative periods 300 years apart, but whose virtuosic compositional styles are similar. George Frideric Handel’s Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 was written for 5-part chorus and 2 violins, 2 violas, cello, and basso continuo. Tarik O ’Regan’s (b.1978) Israfel, premiered three centuries after Handel’s Dixit Dominus, is scored for double vocal quartet and strings.

Photo: Sean Johnson

For more information, please visit hpumc.org/towerarts or call (214) 521-3111 2019 SPRING PROGRAM 27

DONOR HONOR ROLL With gratitude, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale recognizes gifts received from individuals, businesses,and government agencies received between April 1, 2018 and April 8, 2019.

FOUNDER Gifts of $25,000 - $49,999 Susie and Jerry Wilson George Duncan and Sherry Kelsey Stephen and Jane Hochberg The Rogers Foundation

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Evelyn L. Petshek Arts Fund Halley Faust Joshua and Joanna Habermann Patricia Salazar Ives, Esq. and Peter N. Ives, District 2 Councilor J. David and Lucy Levy William McArthur and Jennifer Martinez Mission and Outreach Committee, The Church of the Holy Faith Mary Lou and Alex Padilla Richard White

The Mickey Inbody Charitable Foundation Inc. Thornburg Investment Management Thorne Family Fund United Church of Santa Fe Vivac Winery Robert Walker and Ernest Phinney Larry F. Widmer D.C. and Daniel J. Bigelow Janusz and Brahna Lauger Wilczynski Dr. James Botros and Dr. Jeremy Wirths Brenda Yates

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Jeanette (Boo) Miller Phillip and Julia Murray Eva and Lenz Neuhauser James and Sarah Nickerson Lib O’Brien Michael Ogg Shannon O’Grady Ana Ortiz Harris Dr. Glenn C. Conroy and Dr. Jane E. Phillips-Conroy Clare and Jack Ratliff Reflective Jewelry Helena Ribe Kathlene Ritch and Scott Noakes Charles Rodriguez Alex and Mary Ross Charles Rountree and John Jones Daniel Rusthoi Santa Fe Opera Edward and Kathy Schulz Denise and Curt Sharp David Shelton Elizabeth Shillinglaw James Sikora Michael Silhol Robert and Marianna Simpson William Singer and Joanne Cicchelli Andrea Slade Mary Jane Sobel Mary Steenhoek Peter Stelling Paul Strid Trudy Swint The Richard G and Janet J Andre Charitable Foundation Dan Thompson James and Cissy Thompson Sarah Titus and Tilda Morris Pauline Toevs Trailhead Design Source, LLC Thomas Upchurch James and Barbara Vail Lucindy Ward John Whatley Marilyn and Doug Whitehurst Bill and Kay Whitman Paul and Carol Widick Bill and Janislee Wiese Denise Wilder Jonathan Winkle Chris and Nancy Wood Eileen Woodbury Jane Woods and Anne M. O’Connor Mary Beth Yates Marica Zalbowitz

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Carol Fidel Jo Fisher Bill and Nancy Fitzgerald Michael Ford Rick Fortner Michael and Elizabeth Frame Fred Ray Lopez Tin Works Sally and William Gall Peter Garcia Rochanya Generous Georgia O’Keeffe Museum John Gillis Patricia Glarum Linda Glasgow Marian Goad Fr. Jim Gordon and Andi Shapiro Dianna Grabowski Guy Griffin Anne Grunau Steven Grupe Gerald and Diane Gulseth Gusterman Silversmiths Barbro & Stephen Kirschenbaum Hafner Vineyard Marian Haight Handwoven Originals Carl and Kathryn Ann Harris Susan Haynes Elizabeth and Jean Hays Helen Heekin Neil and Sue Heighberger Eleonor Hellman Sarah Henderson Carol and Jerry Hendrix Barbara and James Hennessy Sarah Heppler Ellen Herr Betsy Hills Winston Himsworth Tony and Ginger Hirt Sam and Gloria Hocking Evangeline Hodge Michael Hodge Honda Subaru of Santa Fe John Hotard Jolie and Bart Humphrey Professor Paul Hunter and Kathleen Cook-Hunter Bobby Huskey Mariko Ikehara Carol Ingells Timothy and Phyllis Jachowski Bruce Jackson Ellen Jacobs William Jacquot Brenda and Michael Jerome Maureen Jett Jinja Bar & Bistro Suzanne Johnson Tom Johnson Kathleen Jones Joyce Robins Jewelry Kaune’s Neighborhood Market Claudia and Alan Kennedy Robert Kerchner Daya Khalsa Richard Killen Mary Kinney Mary Kircher Grayson Kirtland Peter and Kathleen Kondor Linda Koran 2019 SPRING PROGRAM 29

Welcome to the On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff, and artists of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, we are pleased to invite you to join the Desert Chorale Circle.

We will be gathering in private clubs, homes, galleries, and museums throughout Northern New Mexico to enjoy vocal chamber music performances and special events in intimate settings. Enjoy exclusive benefits and share your passion for music with friends – longstanding and new – as a Desert Chorale Circle Member.

Contact Janice Mayer at (505) 988-2282 for more information.

(L-R) Kazukuni Sugiyama, David Frank, and Board Member Judy Sherman pictured at The Club at Las Campanas.

Photo: The Photography Studio

Watercolor painting of Irises in Judy Sherman’s garden by Aija Jundi, 2019

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COMMISSIONING CLUB* Brian Johnson, Chair Douglas P. Clark, MD Joshua Habermann, ex officio Stephen Hochberg Steve Kerchoff Kathryn Lowerre Janice L. Mayer, ex officio William McArthur Yavar Moradi, Staff Liaison *as of 4/8/2019

HONORARIA

In Memory of David Russell Mayer Janice L. Mayer Marty Noss Wilder Dorothy and Plato Karayanis Mary Lou and Alex Padilla In Memory of Russell F. Mayer Feder Gordon Family Fund Janice L. Mayer Laurie and Dick Meyer Mary Lou and Alex Padilla Dr. Scott Rasmussen Charlotte Schroeder and Malcolm Addey Bradley and Patricia Thompson Marty Noss Wilder

In Honor of Richard Bentley Pat and Stuart Barton

In Memory of Craig A. Smith Jo Fisher

In Honor of Douglas P. Clark MD Russell Toal and Beth McGown

In Memory of Frances and Hywel White Richard White

In Honor of Alex Colaizzi Wallis Peterson

While we endeavor to appropriately recognize all of our donors in the program book, please inform us if we have inadvertently omitted your name or listed it incorrectly by e-mailing janice@desertchorale.org.

In Honor of Joshua Habermann Robert and Marianna Simpson In Honor of Valerie Hamilton Douglas P. Clark MD and Scott J. Allocco In Honor of Sherry Kelsey PhD Jane Carson and Karen Kleeman In Honor of Margaret and Barry Lyerly Judith and Bill Alger In Honor of Janice L. Mayer Suzanne Worley In Honor of Laurie Meyer James T. and Mary B. Coffman In Honor of Elaine Wang Meyerhoffer Pat and Stuart Barton In Honor of Jerome B. Nelson David and Jane McGuire In Honor of Margaret K. Norton Kim Jordan In Honor of Patricia Stanley Patrick Carr In Honor of Brooke Bandfield Taylor Suzanne Masson In Honor of Suzanne M. Timble Brian and Heidi Hendrick In Honor of Susie Wilson Carolyn Lankford In Honor of Jean Withers Patti Etzkin

IN MEMORIAM In Memory of Charles Edward Cole Mary Dudley and Greg Wortman In Memory of Frances Contreras Hartley and Mary Graham Hartley David and Mary Hartley In Memory of Gloria Hocking Allegra and Jim Derryberry In Memory of Mickey Inbody The Mickey Inbody Charitable Foundation, Inc.

NINA HINSON RASMUSSEN FUND FOR SINGERS Debra Ayers and Greg DePrince Marilyn and Cris Barnes Linda and Jim Beck Nancy and Murray Bern Dr. Julio R. Blanco and Dr. David J. Manno Jennifer Bodenweber Betsy and Dave Bueschel Constance Burke Patricia Carlton Jane Carson and Karen Kleeman Canon Mark Edw. Childers James T. and Mary B. Coffman Richard Cox Allegra and Jim Derryberry Margaret M. Detwiler Winnie Devore Suzanne Dunaway Margie Edwards and Ellie Edelstein Mary and Joe Ferguson Jeffrey Fort and Diane Locandro David Frank and Kazukuni Sugiyama Norman and Suzanne George Jane and Ernest Godlove Fr. Jim Gordon and Andi Shapiro Guy and Catherine Gronquist Joanna and Joshua Habermann Susan and CT Herman Winston Himsworth Stephen and Jane Hochberg Dora and Clinton Horn Lynne and Joseph Horning Samuel and Margaret Hubbard Tom Johnson George Duncan and Sherry Kelsey Terry and Renée Kershner Robert Kyr Lynn F. Lee Barry and Margaret Lyerly Janice L. Mayer William McArthur and Jennifer Martinez Brian McGrath and Carmen Paradis Laurie and Dick Meyer James Murphy and Roxanne Howe-Murphy

James and Sarah Nickerson Margaret K. Norton Sandra and Russell Osterman Mary Lou and Alex Padilla Laura Pancoast Dr. Scott Rasmussen Richard Renaldo Kathlene Ritch and Scott Noakes Don and Sally Roberts Patricia Romer David Rubenstein and Marty Braniff Janet S. Sanders PhD Edward and Kathy Schulz Judy and Bob Sherman Andrea Slade Bradley and Patricia Thompson Suzanne M. Timble Rebecca Tobey James and Barbara Vail Vincent Verga

THE LEGACY CIRCLE We salute the foresight and generosity of the following individuals who have included support for the Santa Fe Desert Chorale in their estate plans. For more information on The Legacy Circle, please contact janice@desertchorale.org or (505)988-2282, ext. 5.

Anonymous Rev. Talitha J. Arnold Dorothy B. Davis Margie Edwards Dorothy Harroun Lynn F. Lee Nancy and Raymond Lutz Janice L. Mayer Thomas F. McGuire Jeanette (Boo) Miller Jerome B. Nelson Susan Noel Margaret K. Norton Dr. Scott Rasmussen Don and Sally Roberts Nadine Stafford Patricia Stanley Brooke Bandfield Taylor Bradley and Patricia Thompson Margaret White Janusz and Brahna Lauger Wilczynski

ESTATE GIFTS The Desert Chorale has been the grateful recipient of the following estate gifts which provide for the future of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale.

Margaret Arrott Lawrence Bandfield John de Beer Martin Dieter Allison and James Elston Robert Fisher Arnold and Evelyn Kupec Alan F. Lee Ian McKee Dorothea Morgan Paul Resnick Joseph P. Schitter Ann Marie Shaw Robert C. Smith

SPECIAL THANKS Freda Anderson, A Touch of Class Travel Reverend Talitha Arnold, United Church of Santa Fe Richard Bentley Fr. John Bethancourt, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church Michelle Bonito, Arizona Lithographers Dave Bueschel Sue-Ellen de Beer Yvette De La O, Santa Fe Opera Leanne D. DeVane, Music Education Coordinator, Santa Fe Public Schools Chris Diestler, Hutton Broadcasting The Reverend Canon Robin D. Dodge, The Reverend Jim Gordon, The Reverend Pamela Graham, Canon Mark Edw. Childers, and Donna Lukacs, The Church of the Holy Faith Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Debra Garcia y Griego, Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, and Jenice Gharib, Acting Executive Director NM Arts, State of New Mexico Jeanne Grealish Guy and Catherine Gronquist Barbara Hawthorne and Jake Moreland, Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas/Love Field The Honorable Martin Heinrich, U.S. Senator Greg Hobbs and Emilee Ogden, Highland Park Presbyterian Church Linda Pierce Hunter Brian Johnson and Marsha Hunter Joseph Jordan-Berenis and Sue Carr, Interfaith Community Shelter Gene and Jerry Jones Zina Jundi, Adverti-Zing!

Matthew “Kabby” Kabakoff, Kabakoff Sound Lynn F. Lee Clarissa Lovato and Mona Medina, Elevate Media Nicolle Maniaci-Witiuk, Bosque School Reverend Timothy A. Martinez, Rector, Carlos Martinez, Thomas Mansi, and Carmen Mansi-Flores, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi Laurie Meyer

Susie and Jerry Wilson Max Myers, Jody Soper, and Joel G. Baca, New Mexico Bank and Trust Danny Pacheco and Mike Simonson, Publication Printers Corp.

Kathlene Ritch, KHFM Classsical Public Radio, Albuquerque/Santa Fe Daniel Rustoi Santa Fe New Mexican Bob and Judy Sherman Patricia Stanley Paul Strid Reschonda Chevalier Taylor and Joseph M. Reardon, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Rebecca Tobey The Honorable Tom Udall, U.S. Senator and Jill Cooper Udall The Honorable Alan Webber, Mayor, Peter Ives, District 2 Councilor, Bryan “Chip” Chippeaux, Chair, City of Santa Fe Arts Commission, Randy Randall, Director Tourism Santa Fe, Rod Lambert, Community Gallery Manager, City of Santa Fe and the 1% Lodgers’ Tax The Reverend Chuck Jones, Canon Precentor Maxine Thévenot, and Cindy Davis, Cathedral Church of St. John Alicia Wilson Susie and Jerry Wilson Suzanne Worley Bedford Shelmire Wynne, Jr., Wynne Transportation

AMBASSADORS Ambassadors are individuals who have an appreciation of the beauty and power of great choral music. They promote and support the mission of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and foster a sense of community by introducing friends and neighbors to the Chorale. They are positive spokespeople in the community. Ambassadors share their excitement and reflect a culture of kindness and respect. Santa Fe Desert Chorale programming would not be possible without the support of many individuals in the community who give generously of their time and talent. Thank you.

Helene Aarons Shirley Anderson Diana Baker Hugh Balaam Kenneth Beier Catherine Bellanca Sue Benedict Richard Bentley* Patricia Boies Sheryl Brewer Dave Bueschel* Nan Burke Mireya Cirici Donna Clark Brad Clements Jane Clements Barbara Cohen Kenneth Alan Collins Judy Costlow Charlene Cox-Clifton Rebecca Dempsey

Betty Lou Dent Kay Dorko Dan Dorr Mary Jo Dorr Molly Dorr Patricia Emerson Doug Escue Laura Escue Mary Ferguson* Cha Foxhall Gwen Fuller Ralph Fuller Pamela Gilchrist Eileen Gorman Jennifer Graves Jeanne Grealish Janet Harris Ann James Rose Ann James Brian K. Johnson* Chris Johnson

Anna Katherine Plato Karayanis* Bo Keppel Barbara Kuzminska Rev. Hampton Mabry Ann MacVicar Arin McKenna Barbara Michael Estelle Miller Linda J. Miller Kathy Moore-Gregory Barbara Nicholson Lib O’Brien Tom O’Brien Tina Ossorgin Carole Owens Mary Partlow Linda Pasternacki Julia Peters JD* Brian Patterson Cindy Piatt

Rob Pine Susan Pippin Ross Pope Madeline Pryor Chantal Quincy Larry Rasmussen Nyla Rasmussen Elizabeth Rickert Donna Rigano Andy Ritch* Pat Roach Laurie Romero Barbara Roush Karren Sahler Carmen Salazar Eric Schwaar Elizabeth Schwitz Diana Segara Helen Senesac Chris Snyder Sandy Sparks

Dr. Allen Steele Paul Strid Erin Taylor Suzanne M. Timble* Alice Tinkle Carolyn Tuzel Jolanta Tuzel Sara Tuzel Szymon Tuzel Tony Vazquez* Isolina Viloria Carrie Vogel Ginny White Paul Widick Gwen Wiens Isaac Wiens Roger Wiens Linda Wieseman Denise Wilder Jean Withers John Withers

*Committee Community Members 2019 SPRING PROGRAM 33

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

4TH ANNUAL

SANTA FE

Sings!

SATURDAY, maY 18, 2019

Choral Workshop 8:30 am – 1:15 pm Free showcase at 12:45 pm for friends and family United Church of Santa Fe

UNDERWRITTEN BY STEPHEN AND JANE HOCHBERG

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The chorus will be open to singers of all backgrounds. The choral workshop, focused on repertoire reflecting the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s upcoming 2019 Summer Festival, will be led by Artistic Director Joshua Habermann. Jacquelyn Helin will be the collaborative pianist.

Registration will close May 1, 2019 and will be on a first-come basis.

Capacity is limited.

Call Kathryn at (505) 988-2282, ext. 3 or visit desertchorale.org.

For more information about Community Engagement, please visit our website at desertchorale.org and click on the “Community” tab.

“Hearts in Harmony” continues as a weekly choral program at the Interfaith Shelter.

Now celebrating its 70th weekly choral sing, guests, staff, and volunteers join together to create a sense of community through song.

We are grateful for the generous support of CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, the Mission and Outreach Committee of The Church of the Holy Faith, the Santa Fe Community Foundation, and The Candyman Strings & Things.

Santa Fe Desert Chorale Board Members, staff, artists and Pete’s Place guests during the joyful culminating showcase (2017).

Please join us in this effort; we welcome your interest and encourage you to volunteer to help us better serve our greater community.

Photos left page from top: Joshua Habermann leads the third annual Santa Fe Sings! with Kyle Nielsen, Artistic Coordinator, on percussion; Members of the soprano section at the multigenerationl sing; Sponsor Stephen Hochberg and participant and patron Ann Aceves pictured during a break in music-making; Kim Fowler and Suzanne M. Timble enjoy singing together.

Photos from top: LaToya Chisolm, an alumna of the Interfaith Community Shelter chorus, and a 2018 graduate of Santa Fe Community College. Photo: Kyle Nielsen; A quartet of Santa Fe Desert Chorale vocalists illustrates a talk about artistic inspiration

by Composer Jake Runestad at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (2016). Photo: Emma Marzen; A quartet of Chorale vocalists performed carols for second graders at the Genoveva Chavez Community Center and then joined the children ice skating (2017).

Photos: Zina Jundi

Photo: Andy Ritch

Photo: Courtesy Santa Fe New Mexican.

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“A Friendly Game of Tag” Unique Ceramic 31”H x 25.5”W x 8.5”D

2019 Museum Purchase Award Winner Santa Fe Desert Chorale Development Chair, Rebecca Tobey, is the recipient of the 2019 Museum Purchase Award at the 14th Annual Cowgirl Up! Show in Wickenburg, AZ. As a result, the sculptor’s ceramic bear (pictured with the artist) will enter the permanent collection of Desert Caballeros Western Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate.