2024 WINTER FESTIVAL
Carols & Lullabies
December 13 - 22
The Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s Winter Festival is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding is provided by the City of Santa Fe Arts and Culture Department and the 1% Lodgers’ Tax. Santa Fe Desert Chorale also receives generous support from New Mexico Bank & Trust, Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce, the Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe Selection Travel Guide, Thornburg Investment Management, and other individuals, corporations, and foundations. For a full list of donors, please see pages 31 through 34.
La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
June
July 2, 5, 11, 18, 28
August 2, 6, 14, 19, 23
PERFORMANCE VENUE & INFORMATION
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 of Assisi
131 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe, NM
Immanuel Presbyterian Church 114 Carlisle Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, NM
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 available in our offices for one month following each season, then donated to charity. Please call us about lost items: (505) 988-2282.
FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR
Desert Chorale Pop-up Carols
Sponsored by Catherine and Guy Gronquist
Learn more at desertchorale.org/popupcarols
Saturday, December 14, 2024
1:30-2pm at the Center Court of the DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St, Santa Fe
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
5:30-6pm at the Santa Fe Public Library Southside Branch featuring Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera 6599 Jaguar Dr, Santa Fe
Insights & Sounds Family Concert
Sponsored by Katherine and William Landschulz
Sign up to attend at desertchorale.org/i&s
Thursday, December 19, 2024
4:30pm at the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe
Photo: Rebecca Tobey
Photo: Rebecca Tobey
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Emma Marzen Welcome!
On this magical December evening with holiday lights and farolitos glistening all around, I’m delighted to welcome you to Carols & Lullabies, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s annual winter festival. Our ensemble brings together remarkable singers from across the nation, each contributing their unique artistry to create the exceptional performances that have become our hallmark. Whether you’re experiencing your first Desert Chorale concert or you’re a longtime friend, we are thrilled that you have chosen to include us in your holiday festivities.
The coming year holds incredible promise for the Desert Chorale. As you await the start of the performance, I want to share with you the many things we are grateful for this year and what’s ahead for your Santa Fe Desert Chorale, thanks to your support!
Our Winter Festival Offerings
Treasured local artists and top singers from around the country have gathered to the Land of Enchantment once again for one of Northern New Mexico’s favorite holiday traditions. In addition to our long-time collaborator, pianist Nathan Salazar, we are honored to welcome violinist Elizabeth Young to the stage this season. In addition to our mainstage concerts this December, we hope you will join us for our free community events, including Pop-up Carols and an interactive mini-concert for children and their families. Check out our calendar of events on page 5 of this book or at our website, desertchorale.org.
Our First Broadcast on New Mexico PBS
Gather with your loved ones this Christmas Eve for a special recorded performance of our 2023 Winter Festival program Candlelight Carols: A Glimpse of Snow and Evergreen. Tune in to New Mexico PBS on December 24, 2024 at 7pm MT, or stream it on the PBS app.
On the National Stage
In March 2025, your Santa Fe Desert Chorale will journey to Dallas to headline the prestigious American Choral Directors Association National Conference. We are pleased to share a shortened version of our acclaimed 2023 program The American Immigrant Experience with not just thousands of choral music leaders, but also with the greater Dallas community in a collaborative concert with Orpheus Chamber Singers. Led by longtime Desert Chorale artist JD Burnett, Orpheus Chamber Singers is a professional choir based in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Get your tickets and join us for this special one-night-only event at orpheuschambersingers.org
New 2025 Season On Sale Now
Our upcoming Summer Festival consists of three brand new programs. If you enjoyed last summer’s Songs of the Americas program, you won’t want to miss Cantos y Cuentos, songs and stories from today’s Latin American choral music scene, including a world premiere by Cuban-American composer Ernesto Herrera. The Chorale will collaborate with a chamber orchestra for Mass for the Endangered, including Sarah Kirkland Snider’s moving piece of the same name paired with Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands; both pieces speak to our deep relationships with nature and each other. The heart of our final summer program, Roots & Rivers, is a brand new, large-scale work by Nigerian-American composer Shawn E. Okpebholo in which he reimagines American folk songs and spirituals. Tickets are already on sale at desertchorale.org. And don’t forget to reserve your seat for next December’s Carols & Lullabies while you’re at it!
New Album to be Recorded Next Summer
Following the summer performances, we are set to create our latest recording to share with an international
audience. This new album will consist almost entirely of works commissioned especially for your Santa Fe Desert Chorale, including Shawn E. Okpebholo and Ernesto Herrera’s new works (2024), Northland by Kile Smith (2023), Caminante by Jocelyn Hagen (2022), and The Tipping Point by Reena Esmail (2021). We can’t wait to share these beautiful and powerful compositions with you and audiences worldwide.
Keep Our Voices Singing
Our work is only possible due to the generosity of an immense circle of supporters. As the year comes to a close, we are seeking your help to ensure the continued advancement of the music you love. To secure the vitality of your Santa Fe Desert Chorale, we kindly ask that you consider a donation to our annual fund today via the
QR code below or (505) 988-2282. You can also visit our website at desertchorale.org/support to make a gift and learn more about how your gift will support our deeply important mission: to excite, engage, and inspire diverse audiences with the beauty and power of great choral music.
From the bottom of my heart, I wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season filled with joy, peace, and glorious music. Thank you for being part of our Desert Chorale community—and enjoy the show!
With gratitude and warmest wishes,
Emma Marzen Executive Director Donate Here
Santa Fe Desert Chorale Staff
Front from left:
Amanda Sidebottom, Operations Director
Emma Marzen, Executive Director
Lydia Milá Garmaier, Artist Manager
Back from left:
O’Shaun Estrada, Box Office & Operations Manager
Adalyn Thorpe, Artistic Coordinator
Mark Zero, Grants Manager
Joanna Armstrong, Marketing & Communications Manager
Anne Marie Borch, Executive Assistant
Not pictured:
Heather Eaves, Cultivation & Engagement Manager
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, STAFF, AND ARTISTIC SERVICES
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS
Catherine Gronquist, President
Diane Graves, Vice President
Felicia Morrow, Treasurer
Gregory Dove, Secretary & Assistant Treasurer
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Murray Bern, M.D.
Kathryn King Coleman
Tom Conner
Jeffrey C. Fort, J.D.
Joshua Habermann*
Chelsea Helm, Singer Representative*
Stephen Hochberg
Christine M. Lorillard
Barry Lyerly, Immediate Past President
Emma Marzen*
Fraser A. McAlpine
Sara J. McKenzie
Carmen Paradis
Marianne Reuter
Patricia Stanley
Susie Wilson, D.M.A., Honorary Director
DIRECTORS EMERITI
Mary G. Brennan
David A. Bueschel
Mark Edw. Childers
Margie Edwards
Kirk Ellis
Allison Elston†
John Greenspan†
Kathleen Davison Lebeck, J.D.
Sheryl Kelsey
Lynn F. Lee
William H. Lynn
Dorothy Massey
Ian McKee†
Laurie Meyer
Haydock Miller†
Margaret K. Norton
Jane Clayton Oakes
Mary Lou Padilla, Ph.D.
Nina Hinson Rasmussen†
Don Roberts†
Brooke Bandfield Taylor
Jane Thomson
Frances White†
Brahna Lauger Wilczynski
Mac Wright†
*ex-officio member † in memoriam
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Joshua Habermann, Artistic Director
Emma Marzen, Executive Director
Joanna Armstrong, Marketing & Communications Manager
Anne Marie Borch, Executive Assistant
Heather Eaves, Cultivation & Engagement Manager
O’Shaun Estrada, Box Office & Operations Manager
Lydia Milá Garmaier, Artist Manager
Holly Mead, Hearts in Harmony Co-Leader
Fredrick Mete, Production Coordinator
Sarah Nickerson, Hearts in Harmony Co-Leader
Amanda Sidebottom, Operations Director
Adalyn Thorpe, Artistic Coordinator
Mark Zero, Grants Manager
CREATIVE SERVICES
Brandon Soder Photography
Cyd Dubois/Artu Arin Photography
Sean Johnson, Mesa Creative Solutions
Zina Jundi, Adverti-Zing!
Matthew “Kabby” Kabakoff, Kabakoff Sound Studios
Jennifer Kuyper, Jentech Marketing
Enrico Lagasca, Digital Content Manager
Clarissa Lovato, Elevate Media
Tira Howard Photography
West 40th Media
DECEMBER 19–23 & 28–29
St. Francis Auditorium | NM Museum of Art
Experience Santa Fe Pro Musica’s Holiday Bach Festival and hear for yourself the spiritual and the earthy, the intellectual and the emotional, the glorious music of Bach!
Johnny Gandelsman
Clara Rottsolk
Colin Jacobsen
ABOUT THE SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE
Founded in 1982 by Lawrence “Larry” Bandfield, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale is one of the longest-running professional music organizations in New Mexico, as well as one of the most distinguished American professional chamber choirs. “The Santa Fe Desert Chorale [is] a top-notch, 24-voice group… comprising the crème de la crème of professional choral singers from coast to coast” (Dallas Morning News). Performing in historical venues such as the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, the Desert Chorale has become a centerpiece of the cultural life of Santa Fe. Their annual Summer Festival is one of the nation’s largest choral events.
Artistic Director Joshua Habermann has led the Chorale since 2008 in repertoire spanning seven centuries, from early polyphony to contemporary works. Habermann’s versatile programming sets the ensemble apart as “a rara avis in the choral music world” (Santa Fe New Mexican).
The Chorale’s first commercial release, The Road Home, launched at No. 3 on the Billboard Classical Chart following a sold-out CD launch program in Santa Fe. The ensemble has traveled across the nation, performing in prominent conferences and cities such as Dallas, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
The Desert Chorale had the honor of performing at the American Choral Directors Association National Conference
in Salt Lake City in 2015, and will return to give the closing performance at the ACDA National Conference in Dallas in 2025.
Dedicated to advancing the composers of our time, the Chorale has commissioned over 30 new works, and several additional pieces have been given their world or American premieres by the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. The organization’s Commissioning Club selects and funds a new commission annually.
While nationally recognized, the Chorale prides itself on its strong relationships within the community of Northern New Mexico. Since 2016, the Chorale has hosted an annual community singing workshop, Santa Fe Sings!, bringing together music-lovers of all backgrounds to express themselves through song under the direction of Joshua Habermann. Through its Insights & Sounds program, the Chorale also presents free mini-concerts for children to introduce them to the beauty and power of great choral music, symposiums that gather experts for engaging dialogues through the lens of choral music, education workshops and masterclasses for local high school students, and more.
A ROSE IN WINTER
Underwritten by Mary and Phil Delk in memory of Joel Brauer
Conductor
Joshua Habermann Artistic Director
Sponsored by Martha Rochelle
CELEBRATE THE HOPE AND MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON
Prepare to experience the warmth, light, and beauty of the holiday season during the Desert Chorale’s 2024 Winter Festival, Carols & Lullabies. This year’s program, A Rose in Winter, reflects on the hope and wonder we experience this time of year, as miraculous as a flower blooming during the cold of December. Joined by Elizabeth Young on violin and Nathan Salazar on piano, our twenty-four professional vocal artists have returned to the Land of Enchantment from all across the nation for these concerts. We look forward to celebrating this festive time of year with you, complete with familiar carols you know and love alongside new musical treasures to add to your collection of favorite seasonal tunes.
Friday, December 13, 2024 | 7 pm
Sponsored by Katherine and William Landschulz
Saturday, December 14, 2024 | 7 pm
Sunday, December 15, 2024 | 4 pm
Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Albuquerque
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 | 7 pm
Sponsored by Gregory Dove
Friday, December 20, 2024 | 7 pm
Saturday, December 21, 2024 | 7 pm
Sponsored by Marian “Mimi” Lloyd
Sunday, December 22, 2024 | 4 pm
Sponsored by Sue Noel
Sunday, December 22, 2024 | 7:30 pm
Sponsored by Catherine and Guy Gronquist All concerts will be held at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi unless otherwise noted.
CONCERT PROGRAM
NORTHERN LIGHT
Snilla Patea
Eit Barn er Født i Bethlehem
Gjendines Bådnlåt
Gropen
A WINTER ROSE
Rose in the Middle of Winter
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
THE GREAT MYSTERY
Bjørn Kåre Odde (b. 1990)
Traditional, arr. Ørjan Matre
Traditional, arr. Gunnar Eriksson
Traditional, arr. Gjermund Larsen
Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)
German Carol, arr. Shawn Kirchner
Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium) Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)
BELOVED CAROLS
Sussex Carol English Carol, arr. David Willcocks
What Child is This?
O Holy Night
One Sweet Little Baby
Rise Up, Shepherd
Brightest and Best
SANTA FE TRADITIONS
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Silent Night
English Carol, arr. Dale Warland
Adolphe Adam (1803-1856), arr. Michael Garrepy
Glenn McClure & Wes Kennison, arr. Kirchner
Traditional, arr. Robert Scandrett
American Hymn, arr. Kirchner
Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)
Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863), arr. Kirchner
The repertoire of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale ranges widely, from early polyphony through contemporary compositions, often reflecting the unique cultural crossroads that we call home. In recent years the Chorale has also explored Nordic music, and this winter’s program features several Norwegian composers whose interest in traditional tunes leads them to straddle the fertile boundary between folk and art music.
The evocative opening of Snilla Patea features a mournful melody in the fiddle, which is taken up by the voices who sing with improvised syllables in a way that is common among Norwegian folk singers. Eit Barn er Født i Bethlehem (A Child is Born in Bethlehem) is a 14th-century hymn text that is sung to a traditional Norwegian tune, as is Gjendines Bådnlåt (Gjendine’s Lullaby), which is undergirded by a gentle Cuban groove. The set ends with Gropen, another folk tune in which the voices imitate instruments by “trailing,” moving just behind the fiddle in a whirlwind of energy.
Bob Chilcott’s Rose in the Middle of Winter, which lends its title to our program, is a contemporary carol celebrating beauty that springs from a barren landscape. Chilcott combines evocative harmonies with a lilting rhythm in a carol that has become a new classic since it was written in 2010 to celebrate the 90th birthday of English conductor Sir David Willcocks. We follow one rose tune with another, as Shawn Kirchner contributes a charming contemporary take on the melody to Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming, mixing the ancient carol with a triple-time gospel accompaniment. Kirchner is a master arranger, gifted with an ability to write in an idiomatic, deeply satisfying American voice.
We return to Norway for our setting of O Magnum Mysterium. Over the course of approximately six minutes, the music unfolds gently with the choir weaving rich harmonies while the violin soars above. As with a Nordic winter landscape, there is a sense of stillness, with details slowly revealing themselves upon contemplation. A note changing here, another there, gives us an aural representation of light reflected through a window, changing moment by moment.
We follow with a set of seasonal carols, beginning with two short English melodies, followed by Michael Garrepy’s new arrangement of O Holy Night, which is symphonic in scope and a worthy challenge for the glorious voices of the Desert Chorale. From Europe, we return to the United States, with carols representing the best of American traditions: gospel (One Sweet Little Baby), the African-American spiritual
(Rise Up, Shepherd), and bluegrass (Brightest and Best) completing the set, again in an arrangement by Shawn Kirchner for choir and fiddle.
Our program closes with Elizabeth Poston’s Jesus Christ the Apple Tree and Silent Night, both well-loved melodies and long-time audience favorites at the Desert Chorale’s Winter Festival. May they bring you comfort and joy this holiday season.
— Joshua Habermann
A Rose in Winter
TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS
Snilla Patea
Wordless text
Eit Barn er Født i Betlehem (sung in Norwegian)
Eit Barn er født i Betlehem No frydar seg Jerusalem. Halleluja.
Her ligg han i eit krubberom, men rår med evig herredom. Halleluja. Men okse der og asen stod og såg den Gud og Herre god. Halleluja.
Tre kongar kom frå Austerland, gull røykjels myrra gav dei han. Halleluja.
Ein gong vi vert vår Herre lik. Han leier oss til himmelrik. Halleluja.
Lov takk og pris i æva all.
Treeinig Gud det vera skal. Halleluja!
— Bernt Støylen (1858-1937)
Gjendines Bådnlåt (sung in Norwegian)
Gjendin, Gjendin, Gjendin, Gjendin Barnet legges i vuggen ned Stundom greder og stundom ler. Sove nu, sove nu i Jesu navn, Jesus bevare barnet.
Min mor hun tok meg på sitt fang, danse med meg frem og tilbake. Danse så, med de små. Danse så, så skal barnet danse.
Gropen
Wordless text
A Child is Born in Bethlehem
A child is born in Bethlehem
And so rejoice, Jerusalem. Hallelujah.
Here he lies in a manger, but rules with eternal dominion. Hallelujah. There the ox and ass stood and saw the good, Lordly God. Hallelujah.
Three kings came from the East, and they gave him gold, frankincense and myrrh. Hallelujah.
One day we will meet our Lord, and he will lead us to heaven. Hallelujah.
Eternal praise, thanks and praise to the three-in-one God. Hallelujah!
Gjendine’s Lullaby
Gjendin, Gjendin, Gjendin, Gjendin
The child is laid in the cradle
Sometimes crying, something smiling. Dreaming child, sleep now in Jesus’ name, Jesus watch over the child.
My mother held me in her arms, dancing with me to and fro. Dancing just so, with the little ones. Dance, so shall the child dance.
Rose in the Middle of Winter
There’s a rose in the middle of winter, a rose which has no thorn, into the garden it comes like a child that is waiting to be born. And while he waits for the rose to bloom, the gardener sings and the clouds all dance to his tune.
There’s a bird in the middle of winter, a bird whose song is a prayer, into our dreams it comes, like a child who is almost here. And while he waits for the bird to sound the gardener sings and the stars all dance in a round.
There’s a child in the middle of winter, a child like a flower in the snow, into our days he comes, like a child who is with us now. And while he listens to the song of a rose, the gardener sings and the child is a dance in his soul.
— Charles Bennett (b. 1954)
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Lo, how a rose e’er blooming, from tender stem has sprung!
Of Jesse’s lineage coming as saints of old have sung. It came, a flow’ret bright, amid the cold of winter, when half spent was the night.
Isaiah ‘twas foretold it, this Rose I have in mind. With Mary we behold it, the virgin mother kind. To show God’s love aright, she bore to us a savior, when half spent was the night.
This flow’r whose fragrance tender with sweetness fills the air, dispels in glorious splendor the darkness everywhere. True man, yet very God, from sin and death he saves us, and lightens every load.
— Traditional German, adapted by Shawn Kirchner
O Magnum Mysterium (sung in Latin)
O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum Ut animalia viderent Dominum natum jacentem in praesepio.
O beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Jesum Christum. Alleluia.
All is calm, all is bright.
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O Great Mystery
O great mystery and wonderful sacrament That animals should see the newborn Lord lying in a manger.
O blessed Virgin, who was worthy to bear Christ the Lord. Alleluia.
Nativity by Sabinita Lopez Ortiz
Sussex Carol
On Christmas Night all Christians sing
To hear the news the angels bring, News of great joy, news of great mirth, News of our merciful King’s birth.
Then why should men on earth be so sad, Since our Redeemer made us glad? When from our sin he set us free, All for to gain our liberty?
When sin departs before his grace, Then life and health come in its place; Angels and men with joy may sing All for to see the newborn King.
All out of darkness we have light, Which made the angels sing this night: Glory to God and peace to men Now and forevermore. Amen.
— Traditional English
What Child is This?
What child is this, who laid to rest
On Mary’s lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherds watch are keeping.
This, this is the Christ the King Whom shepherds guard and angels sing. Haste, haste to bring Him laud, The Babe, the Son of Mary.
Why lies He in such mean estate Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian, fear, for sinners here The silent Word is pleading.
This, this is the Christ the King…
So bring Him incense, gold and myrrh Come peasant, king, to own Him. The King of Kings salvation brings, Let loving arms enthrone Him.
This, this is the Christ the King…
— William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898)
O Holy Night
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining, It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pining ‘Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn. Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices, O night divine, o night when Christ was born.
Led by the light of faith serenely beaming, With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand. So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming, Here come the wise men from Orient land.
The King of Kings lay thus in lowly manger, In all our trials born to be our friend. He knows our need, our weakness is no stranger, Behold your King, before Him lowly bend.
— Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure (1808-1877)
One Sweet Little Baby
O Mary shining glory! The Lord smiles upon you. What a blessing is this little baby that you brought to our world,
All for the love of one sweet little baby. All for the love of one sweet baby child. All for the love of one sweet little baby, we have come so far.
A good old man named Simeon said, “I’m never gonna rest till I see that Messiah child, and hold him to my breast.”
All for the love of one sweet little baby…
Many gonna speak against you child, They’ll crucify all that’s true.
And your mother Mary she will bear a pain That will pierce her heart through.
All for the love of one sweet little baby…
O Jerusalem your children are so tired of war. My Lord, it’s time to walk with your children once more. All for the love of one sweet little baby…
— Glenn McClure and Wes Kinneson
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Rise Up, Shepherd
There’s a star in the east on Christmas morn, Rise up, shepherd, and follow. It will lead to the place where the Savior’s born, Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
Leave your sheep and leave your lambs, Rise up, shepherd, and follow. Leave your ewes and leave your rams, Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
If you take good heed to the angel’s words; Rise up, shepherd, and follow; You’ll forget your flocks, you’ll forget your herds; Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
— Traditional American spiritual
Brightest and Best
Hail the bless’d morn, see the Great Mediator Down from the regions of glory descend. Shepherds go worship the babe in the manger, Lo, for his guard the bright angels attend.
Brightest and best of the stars of the morning, Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. Star in the East, the horizon adorning, Guide us where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Cold on his cradle the dewdrops are shining, Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall. Angels adore him in slumber reclining, Maker and Monarch and Savior of all.
Brightest and best of the stars of the morning…
Shall we not yield him in costly devotion Odors of Edom and offerings divine? Gems of the mountains and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest or gold from the mine?
Brightest and best of the stars of the morning…
— Reginald Heber (1783-1826)
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
The tree of life my soul hath seen, Laden with fruit and always green; The trees of nature fruitless be, Compared with Christ the apple tree.
His beauty doth all things excel, By faith I know but ne’er can tell The glory which I now can see, In Jesus Christ the apple tree.
For happiness I long have sought, And pleasure dearly I have bought; I missed of all but now I see ‘Tis found in Christ the apple tree.
I’m weary with my former toil, Here I will sit and rest awhile, Under the shadow I will be, Of Jesus Christ the apple tree.
This fruit doth make my soul to thrive, It keeps my dying faith alive; Which makes my soul in haste to be With Jesus Christ the apple tree.
— Rev. Richard Hutchins (1698-1781)
Silent Night
Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright ‘Round yon virgin Mother and Child. Holy infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love’s pure light Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.
Silent night, holy night, wond’rous star lend thy light. With the angels let us sing “Alleluia” to our King. Christ the Savior is born.
— Joseph Mohr (1792-1848)
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Joshua Habermann
Joshua Habermann is in his sixteenth season as Artistic Director of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, one of the nation’s premier professional chamber choirs. Since joining the ensemble, he has broadened its repertoire to include choral-orchestral masterworks and unique concert experiences ranging from early music to new commissions. Under his leadership, the Desert Chorale has been featured at regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, and its summer and winter festivals are among America’s largest choral events.
Habermann’s experience with symphonic choruses spans over three decades, encompassing the full range of the choral-orchestral repertoire. From 2011 to 2022 he was director of the Dallas Symphony Chorus, where highlights included Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, the Requiem Masses of Mozart, Brahms, and Verdi, Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony, Rachmaninov’s The Bells, and Vaughan-Williams’ Sea Symphony. He is a frequent guest conductor, and has prepared choruses for major symphonies, including San Francisco (Handel’s Messiah, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloë, Britten’s War Requiem) and Houston (John Adams’ El Niño).
A passionate advocate for music education, Joshua Habermann is a regular clinician for state and national events and has led honor choirs and choral festivals in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. In 2024, he conducted Cantatas 72, 73 and 92 for Bach Santiago (Chile), a concert series dedicated to the first full cycle of Bach Cantatas in South America. He currently teaches choral literature at the University of North Texas.
As a singer (tenor), Habermann has performed with the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus under Helmuth Rilling and Conspirare under Craig Hella Johnson. Recording credits include Requiem and Threshold of Night, both GRAMMY® nominees for best choral recording. Recordings as a conductor include The Road Home and Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil with the Desert Chorale.
A native of California, Joshua Habermann is a graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Honolulu with his wife Joanna, daughter Kira, and son Kai.
2024 WINTER FESTIVAL VOCAL ARTISTS
Special thanks to Barry & Margaret Lyerly for underwriting our 2024 Season Artists
Hayden Eberhart (6th Season)
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Current Residence: Albuquerque, NM
Kerry Holahan (1st Season)
Hometown: New Haven, CT
Current Residence: Washington, DC
Rachel Mikol (1st Season)
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Current Residence: New York, NY
Jennifer Perez (4th Season)
Hometown: Ventura, CA
Current Residence: Santa Fe, NM
Savannah Porter (4th Season)
Hometown: Fort Worth, TX
Current Residence: Brooklyn, NY
Alissa Ruth Suver (7th Season)
Hometown: Lexington, OH
Current Residence: Waco, TX
ALTOS
Sarah Brauer (17th Season)
Hometown: Portland, OR
Current Residence: Eugene, OR
Jenna Hernandez McLean (3rd Season)
Hometown: Coppell, TX
Current Residence: Waco, TX
Kristin Lawler (2nd Season)
Hometown: Pickerington, OH
Current Residence: Boston, MA
Kerry Ginger (9th Season)
Hometown: Portland, OR
Current Residence: Chattanooga, TN
Heather Jones (1st Season)
Hometown: Charleston, SC
Current Residence: Brooklyn, NY
Sarah Nickerson (16th Season)
Hometown: Fargo, ND
Current Residence: Santa Fe, NM
Photo: Jessica Osber Photography
Photo: Michael Justin Studios
Photo: Brooke Bailey
Photo: Kent Smith Photography
Photo: Tira Howard Photography
Photo: Blue Rose Photography
Photo: YLK Photography
Photo: Jack Colver
Photo: GB Photographers
Photo: Zina Jundi
Hayden Eberhart is sponsored by Jane & Ernest Godlove
Alissa Ruth Suver is sponsored by Jon Patrick & Peter Siegel
Jenna Hernandez McLean is sponsored by Eileen & Ron Ricks
Sarah Nickerson is sponsored by Jeffrey Fort & Diane Locandro
Savannah Porter is sponsored by Laurie Meyer
Sarah Brauer is sponsored by Diane & Bill Graves
Photo: Olivia Ockey
Photo: Buck Butler
Kristin Lawler is sponsored by Sara J. McKenzie
Jennifer Perez is sponsored by Richard & Chris Frenk
A complete list of biographies for our 2024 Winter Festival Artists may be found on desertchorale.org
TENORS
George Case (13th Season)
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Current Residence: Santa Fe, NM
Andrew Crane (11th Season)
Hometown: Castro Valley, CA
Current Residence: American Fork, UT
Elliott JG Encarnación (2nd Season)
Hometown: Livonia, MI
Current Residence: San Francisco, CA
Erik Gustafson (9th Season)
Hometown: Portland, OR
Current Residence: Chattanooga, TN
David Kurtenbach Rivera (5th Season)
Hometown: Lincoln, NE
Current Residence: San Francisco, CA
Simon Barrad (3rd Season)
Hometown: Long Beach, CA
Current Residence: San Francisco, CA
Steven Berlanga (8th Season)
Hometown: Salinas, CA
Current Residence: Philadelphia, PA
Bradley Naylor (16th Season)
Hometown: Houston, TX
Current Residence: Fort Worth, TX
BASSES
Matthew D. Nielsen (1st Season)
Hometown: Livermore, CA
Current Residence: Santa Monica, CA
John E. Orduña (1st Season)
Hometown: Omaha, NE
Current Residence: Chicago, IL
Ian R. Prichard (1st Season)
Hometown: Augusta, GA
Current Residence: Chicago, IL
Brent Wells (11th Season)
Hometown: Fountain Valley, CA
Current Residence: Orem, UT
Bradley Naylor is sponsored by Murray & Nancy Bern
Photo: Andrew Morstein
Photo: Pepperfox Photo
Photo: Daniel King
Photo: Jonathan Estabrooks
Photo: Pepperfox Photo
Andrew Crane is sponsored by Sheryl Kelsey & George Duncan
Photo: Clayton Terrill
George Case is sponsored by Richard & Chris Frenk
Photo: Jonathan Cole
Photo: Jon Simpson Photography
Photo: Angel Mannion
Simon Barrad is sponsored by Katherine & William Landschulz
Photo: Jackie Stevens
Photo: Marc Cadiente
David Kurtenbach Rivera is sponsored by Linda Osborne
Photo: Wiley Jung
Steven Berlanga is sponsored by Paul & Sylvia Johnson
Elliott JG Encarnación is sponsored by Richard & Chris Frenk
KRISTIN CHE N OWETH
SATURDAY
Nathan Salazar Piano (9th Season)
Hometown: Santa Cruz, NM
Current Residence: Santa Fe, NM
Elizabeth Young Violin (1st Season)
Hometown: Fayetteville, NC
Current Residence: Santa Fe, NM
ORPHEUS CHAMBER SINGERS AND SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE IN CONCERT
Sunday March 23, 2025 at 5:00 pm
Following the ACDA National Conference
Lovers Lane United Methodist Church Dallas, TX
Tickets on sale now at orpheuschambersingers.org
Photo: Evangeline Hodge
Nathan Salazar is sponsored by Diane & Bill Graves
Elizabeth Young is sponsored by Sheryl Kelsey & George Duncan
Photo: Marisela Angulo-Montano
Encore SOCIETY
Encore is French for “Again;” a request for repetition or reappearance made by an audience; a second achievement that surpasses the first.
The Santa Fe Desert Chorale cordially invites you to join the Encore Society. Formerly known as the Legacy Circle, the Encore Society recognizes and honors all those who support us through planned giving and/or estate gifts.
Planned giving, or legacy giving, refers to the tools and techniques by which you make a charitable gift during or after your lifetime to take full advantage of current tax laws and make a substantial donation to the Desert Chorale.
There are many ways you can make a planned gift to the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. Whether you give during your lifetime or from your estate, you will receive our deep appreciation and this simple word of praise again and again:
MERCHANDISE
We look forward to your joining our Encore Society. To learn more or to inform us of your plans, please call (505) 988-2282 or desertchorale.org/encore
Pick up a keepsake after the performance, or shop online at desertchorale.org/shop
FREE MINI CONCERT FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES!
Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 4:30pm inside the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Pavilion
Sponsored by Katherine and William Landschulz, New Mexico Bank & Trust, and the Del Norte LOV Foundation
Admission is pay what you wish. Scan the QR code to register.
Watercolor painting: Aija Jundi
SANTA FE PLAYHOUSE
Based on the comic strip “PEANUTS” by Charles M. Schulz Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz Book, music, and lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
additional music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa.
Directed by Christine McHugh
December 5 - 29, 2024
Tickets: www.santafeplayhouse.org
Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang explore life’s great questions as they play baseball, struggle with homework, sing songs, swoon over their crushes, and celebrate the joy of friendship.
We wish to give a special thank you to the members of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s 2022 Commissioning Club for making the summer’s world premiere of Daniel Knaggs’ new work, Harmony of the World, a reality!
Cris Barnes Barry Lyerly
Gregory Dove Elaine Wang Meyerhoffer
Jessie Groothuis Stan Yeatts
Stephen Hochberg
About the Commissioning Club
Each year, members of the Commissioning Club meet under the guidance of Artistic Director Joshua Habermann to choose an emerging composer who will write a work to be premiered by the Desert Chorale during an upcoming summer season. This important work helps to expand the choral canon for choruses around the world and ensures the legacy of the Desert Chorale as one of the country’s leading chamber choirs. The Club builds on the Desert Chorale’s rich history of over 30 commissioned choral works!
Join the Santa Fe Desert Chorale Commissioning Club and become part of choral music history! The tax-deductible $1,000 club membership fee goes directly to help bring new music to life. No musical education required! Club members are invited to attend the dress rehearsal of the new work, enjoy a private dinner with the composer and receive an archival recording of the commissioned work.
For more information and to join the Commissioning Club, please email commissioningclub@desertchorale.org
Special Project Opportunities
$1,000+ Support our 2025 album recording (released in 2026)
$1,000+ Support our March 2025 ACDA/Dallas tour
General Needs
$50 Subsidize a student ticket
$500-700 Sponsor a singer’s travel expenses
$2,000 Sponsor an instrumentalist
$2,000 Sponsor a singer’s housing for a season
$3,000 Sponsor a singer for a season
$5,000 Sponsor an Insights & Sounds Family Concert
$6,500 Sponsor a concert
$12,500 Sponsor Artistic Director Joshua Habermann (Seasonal)
$18,000 Sponsor a full summer concert program
$27,500 Sponsor the Winter Festival season
$50,000 Sponsor the Summer Festival season
SPONSORED BY THE COMMISSIONING CLUB:
Shavon Lloyd — 2026
Ernesto Herrera — 2025
Daniel Knaggs — 2024
Kile Smith — 2023
Jocelyn Hagen — 2022
SOPRANO
2024-25 SEASON
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dr. George Case, Music Director
OCT 19, 2024 Annelies by Whitbourn, based on The Diary of Anne Frank
DEC 6 & 7, 2024 Ceremony of Carols by Britten, and a salute to Chilcott and Rutter
MAR 8, 2025 Celebration of American Black Composers Dett, Dawson, Hogan, and more
MAY 17, 2025 Reformation with Bach, Byrd, Palestrina, and Victoria
Photo: Brandon Soder Photography
With gratitude, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale recognizes gifts from individuals, businesses, and government agencies received between November 13, 2023 and November 13, 2024.
VIRTUOSO
Gifts of $50,000+
Sallie Bingham
Barry and Margaret Lyerly
The Estate of Thomas F. McGuire
The 2010 Faith Charitable Lead Trust
FOUNDER
Gifts of $25,000 to $49,999
Mary and Phil Delk
The Hutson-Wiley & Echevarria Foundation
Catherine and Guy Gronquist
Dalit Holzman and Ron Holzman
Suzanne M. Timble
DIRECTOR
Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999
Nancy and Murray Bern
Dmitri Bovaird and Maggie Edmondson
Johanna Cinader
City of Santa Fe Arts and Culture Department and the 1% Lodgers’ Tax
Kathryn and Hank Coleman
Anne and Thomas Conner
Gregory Dove
The Edw. F. Zimmer Community Fund
Jeffrey Fort and Diane Locandro
Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado
Richard and Chris Frenk
Bill and Diane Graves
Stephen and Jane Hochberg
Lynne Horning
Sheryl Kelsey and George Duncan
Susan Koehn, Habermann Koehn
Foundation
Mark Kriendler Nelson,
The Lawrence P. J. Bonaguidi Foundation
Katherine and William Landschulz
Andrea Meditch
Felicia and Daniel Morrow
New Mexico Arts
Carmen Paradis and Brian McGrath
Lindsay S. Pope
Martha Rochelle
The Evelyn L. Petshek Arts Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
The Santa Fe County Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board
Patricia Stanley
Elaine Wang Meyerhoffer
Susie and Jerry Wilson
MAESTRO
Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999
George Case and Nathan Salazar
Allegra and Jim Derryberry
Susan Esco Chandler and Alfred D. Chandler
Halley Faust and Eve Cohen
The Frederick H. Leonhardt Foundation
DONOR HONOR ROLL
Justin and Sandra Greene, Dashing Delivery
Barbara Houser and Sarah Nolan
Steven Kerchoff
Phyllis Lehmberg
Marian “Mimi” Lloyd
Dana and Jim Manning
Fraser and Alice McAlpine
Sara J. McKenzie
Laurie Meyer
James and Sarah Nickerson
Susan Noel
Jon Patrick and Peter Siegel
Dr. and Mrs. Leon Podles
Marianne Reuter
Patricia “Tish” Romer
Peter and Sara Rutenberg
Donald Shina and Kevin Waidmann
Lee and David Takagi
Thornburg Investment Management
Tobi Watson
ARTIST
Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999
Anonymous (1)
Dr. J. Randle Adair DO, PhD
Patrick Carr
Jane and Ernest Godlove
Rick Gustafson
Paul and Sylvia Johnson
Joy and Phil LeCuyer
Christine and Pierre Lorillard
Stephen Marquart and Audrey La Fehr
David and Jane McGuire
Stefanie Moore and Todd Keister
James Murphy and Roxanne Howe-Murphy
Jose Piedra de la Portilla and Ernesto Roederer
Nyla and Larry Rasmussen
Eileen and Ron Ricks
Andrew J. Rudnick
Richard Schacht and Judith Rowan
Leslie Shaw
Cathy and Todd Sickles
Dr. Peter and Jody Spalding
Caroline and Sid Swinson
Bradley and Patricia Thompson
CHOIRMASTER
Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499
Anonymous (2)
Lexey Alcorn and John J. Vazquez
Catherine Alsip
Rick Andrew and Diane Buchanan, The Andrew Family Foundation
Celia Baldwin
May R. and Larry C. Ball
Brooke Bandfield Taylor
Cris and Marilyn Barnes
Robert and Sharon Barton
Bette Betts
Martha Blomstrom
Lisa and Stephen Botos
Lisa and Dave Caldwell
Bill and Susan Cammock
John and Melissa Campbell
Charles G. Case II and Pamela Culwell
Elizabeth Case
George Davis
Susan and Conrad De Jong
Del Norte LOV Foundation
Thomas and Clair Eastwood
Margie Edwards and Ellie Edelstein
Joanne and Andrew Eggen
Judith Ford
Peter Frank and Leslie Shaw
Gwen and Ralph Fuller
Karen and Bill Gahr
W. Peyton George
Julius and Suzan Glickman
John Gray and Ray Landy
Joanna and Joshua Habermann
Robert and Marian Haight
Richard Henderson and Joyce Wolff
Dora and Clinton Horn
Susana Howard and Vincent Charles Pigott
Richard W. Hughes
Bruce Jackson
Lynn and Jacqueline Johnson
Ted Karpf
Bill Keller and Robert Holleyman
Joe Bob Kinsel and Jane Kinsel
Dr. Walter L. Kirchner and Mary Meredith-Kirchner
Enrico Lagasca and Jonathan Stewart
Donald and Jean Lamm
Mary Anne and Bruce Larsen
Alan and Kathleen Davison Lebeck
David and Julia Leifeste
Thomas Lopez
Kathryn Lowerre and Robert Shay
Barbara Lynn
Richard Macklin and Dianne Eret
Ginnie Maes
Emma Marzen and Sean Johnson
William McArthur and Jennifer Martinez
Steve Moise
Mary Lou and Alex Padilla
Dorothy Peacock and Douglas Brew
John and Susan Shaffer
Judith Sjoberg
Silvia and Alexander Speyer III
Charles and Jan Swaney
Edwin and Melanie Peters Thorne
Lore Thorpe
Jennifer Watson
Patti Wetzel and Sirous Partovi
Joyce Wolff
Mary and Michael Woolever
Margaret Lyerly and John Jones
PATRON
Gifts of $500 to $999
Judith Alger
David and Margaret Ater
Anne E. Beckett
Walter Beckham
Dave Bueschel
Michael L. Bustamante
Dr. Colston Chandler
Mark Edw. Childers
Jane Clayton Oakes and Joa Dattilo
Mary Costello
George deGarmo
Isabel and Raul Delgado
Madeleine Gehrig Lister
Patricia Henning
Elizabeth Hurst-Waitz
Deborah Jones
Mary Lattimore
Charles MacKay and Cameron McCluskey
Pamela and Don Michaelis
Lillian Montoya
John Overbey
Performance Santa Fe
Matilda Perkins
Neil Sechan
Mauren and Robert Shearer
Judy and Bob Sherman
Barbara and Louis Sklar
Allen and Andrea Steele
Mindy Teolis
United Church of Santa Fe
John Watson
Linda Wolcott
BENEFACTOR
Gifts of up to $499
Anonymous (8)
Harro and Nancy Ackermann
Polly Ahrendts
Larry Aker
Richard and Joanne Akeroyd
Randall Alle-Corliss
Patricia Assimakis
Karen Avila
B’nai Shalom Havurah
Carlos Baldonado
Sonny and Sue Baldwin
Estrella Baltazar
Benjamin Bankson
Avelina Bardwell
M. Barger
Ann and Ed Barker
Patrick and Melissa Barry
James K. Bass
Sue Baum
Elizabeth S. Bayne
Constance and Douglas Beck
Thomas Beckner
Norma Bekowies
Judith Benkendorf and Norman Marks
Marcia and Ted Berridge
Chris Biemesderfer and Rebecca Jensen
Allan Bird
Katherine Blagden
Lora Blazina
Betty and Phil Block
John Bober
Julianne Bodnar
Ted and Jamison Borek
Rebecca Brackett
Iain Bray
Kathryn Braziel and Elizabeth Doak
Diane Brinkmann
Valerie Brooker
William Brooks
Gwynne and Joe Brooks
Arthur Browning
Isabel Bucher and Graham Bartlett
Constance Burke
Eric Butler
Kristin Calfee Bybee
Julie Ann Canepa
Nansy and Steve Carson
Dianne Chalmers
Letitia Chambers
Linda Churchill and Frank Morbillo
Tracy Clark
Christina Clayton
Janet Clow
Colin Cochran
Susan Collins
Fran and Larry Collmann
Marcia Congdon
Frank Conlon
Edmund Connolly and Maxine Thevenot
Lora Connolly
Paul Cook
Annette Cook
Ellen and Thomas Cook
Jo Cook
Carolyn Cooper
Mona and Ken Corcoran Sherrell
Judith Costlow
Renata Dallas
Carol Dao
Miles Davis
Vera Dawson
Joel and Janet DeLisa
Katherine DeMott
Ann Dilworth and John Lathrop
Natalie Dimitruck
Thomas Doerk
Chav Doherty
Brenda Dominguez
Becky and David Donohue
John and Lucy Draper
Paulette Dubickas
Cameron Duncan
Rachel Dunlap
Linda Duritz
Betty Duson
Mary Dye
Mary Eagan
Susan Eberlein
Gayle Eby
Linda Eccard and Vi Varble
Anne Einerson
Monica Emerich
Pat Emerson
Kay Enfield
Susan English and Michael Kalkstein
Tom Epperson
Suzy Eskridge
O’Shaun Estrada and Fredrick Mete
Annalisa Ewald
George Eychner
Jim and Beth Felty
Caroline Fenlon
Mary and Joe Ferguson
June and George Ferrill
Nancy Field
Paul Fish
Jo Fisher
James Foreman
Tim Fort
Ann Foti
Timothy R. Fox
Charles R. Freuden
George and Dorothy Gamble
David Gardels
William and Anne Gattis
David Gay
Catalina Gentiana Voinescu
Monika Ghattas
Julanna and Bob Gilbert
Gregory and Mary Alice Gillette
Gwen Gilligan
James and JoAnn Gillula
John Gibson and Lori Glassgold-Gibson
Gary Gordon and Terri Giron
Becky Gould
Annetta Grace-Darmitzel
Flora Graham
Trillium Green
Paula Greer
Ann Griffith Ash
Liz Grobsmith
Sally Guenther
Gerald and Diane Gulseth
Deborah Halverson
Virginia Hamilton
Judy Hansen
Steven Harlos
Marcia Harris
David Hartley
Diana Hartley
Ellie and Trevor Hawkins
Chris Haynes
Barbara Hefner
Jacquelyn Helin and Robert Glick
Doug and Bobbi Heller
Eleonor Hellman
Ralph Hembree
Thomas Herriges
Peggy Hill
Kay and Michael Hilliard
Dianne Hillyard
Robert Hirasuna and Martha Formosa
Kim Hogan
David and Mary Louise Hopson
Cynthia Horton
Simon Barrad performing at a Desert Chorale Circle Salon. Photo: Cyd Dubois/Artu Arin Photography
Mary Hostak and Richard Angelos
Lisa Huggins
Anne Jarvis
Brenda and Michael Jerome
Reverdy and Jenny Johnson
Christine H. Johnson
Kenneth and Jean Johnson
Bobbi Kaye Jones
Julie Jones
Georgia Jones-Davis and Howard L. Davis
Thomas and Betsy Jones
Rebecca Jusbasche
Maria Kabakoff
Marianne Kah
David and Stephanie Kauffman
Charles and Yvonne Keller
Susan Kelly
Bo Keppel
Diana King
Susan and Thomas Kingston
Peter Kirkbride
Nerissa Koehn
Nicholas Korn
Shirley Laseter
Mary E. Lebeck
Nathan Leblang
Elizabeth Lee
Lynn F. Lee
Bruce and Anne Legler
Ann LeMay
Allen Lieb
Melanie Lohmann
Linda Loving
Timothy Lowery
Ron Lucchino
Steven Lustig and Jessie R. Groothuis, MD
Suzanne Lutz
Donald and Judith Machen
Ann MacVicar
Robert and Lena Mann
Drs. David J. Manno and Julio R. Blanco
Sharon Manuel
Cristine Marchand
Yorgos Marinakis
Susan and Philip Marineau
Tom Marking
Audrey Marnoy
Katherine Maroney
Philip Martin
Caroline Martinek
James Martinek
Mary Matus
James Maxon
Janice L. Mayer
Judith McGarry
John M. McLean
Karen and J. Richard McMichael
John and Angelika McNeil
Claire Meador
Michael and Frances Meier
Maria Meyer
Jenny Meyer
Marcia Mikulak
Don Miller
Sally and Rob Miller
David and Ann Millican
Brandon Moore
Thomas M. Morales
Michael Morford
Donna D Morgan
Nancy Morgan
Ted Morse and Mary Winters Morse
John Mott
Kirsten Moy
Hal Myers
Diane Nelson
Victor Nelson
Charles Newman
Paul Norman
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Ockelmann
Rebecca Okun
Katie Olivant
Ana Marie Ortiz Harris
Patty and Gary Osborne
Melinne Owen and Paul Giquere
Carlos Padilla
John Pakula and Marishka Rosinski
James Palmer
David Parr
Eric Patchen
Eileen Patterson
Shawn Paulazzo
Barry and Deborah Paull
Joyce and Thomas Pavlis
Amy Pedersen
Sullivan Peraino
Dr. John Petricciani
John Petrila
Marcelle Phené
Karen Phillips
Cynthia Piatt
Nancy Pierce
Robert and Mary Platt
Danny Polhamus
Peggy Poling
James and Mary Polk
Drs. Michael Privitera and Marcia Kaplan
Hattie Proteau
Jane Punneo
Andrew Quintana
Judy Rainger
Darien Raistrick
Jacqueline Rasso
Shirley Reichstadt
Karen Reifel
Margaret Riesen
Lissa Rivero Sanders
Sally Roberts
Mary Robison
Elizabeth and James Roghair
Joseph Roig
Juan Romero
Constance Romero
Terry Root
Lynn Rosa
Jo Ann Rosebrock
Charlotte Rowe
Nancy Rowland
Ann Roylance
Walter Kirchner, Mary Meredith-Kirchner, and George Case
David Rubenstein and Martha Braniff
Charlotte Rundell
Barbara Russell
Daniel Rusthoi†
Buffie Saavedra
Stacy Sacco and Dorothy Stermer
Sara Sacra and Jeffrey Gruber
Karren Sahler
Carmen Salazar
Terese Sanchez
Luisa Sandoval
Santa Fe Opera
Robert and Vicki Schaevitz
Joanne Schulte
Willa Seldon
Judith Seltzer
Michael and Kathy Serk
Lauren Shadid
Susan Shank
Laura Sherwood
Nancy Sherwood
James and Anne Shute
Linda Smith
Robin Smith
Linda and Gary Smith
James Snead
Dean Southern
Judith Sperling
Jo Beth and Erik Speyer
Kathryn E. Squire
Nadine Stafford
Susanne Stauffer
John Stege
Michael Stevens
Sarah and Preston Stone
Lisa Stuckey
Jamienne Studley
Kristin Swim
Trudy Swint
Gail Takagi
Mayeve Tate
Mary Taylor Goforth
Sarah and Jim Taylor
Suzanne Teer
Rhonda Thomas
Cole Thompson
Mary Thornton
Rebecca Tobey
Evy Todd
Steven Traub
Anne Urbanski
John Valdez
Kay van Oort
David Van Winkle
Elizabeth and Mark Varhaug
Philip Vasta
Sheila Vaughn
Joan Vernick
Richard Vickery
Leah and Adam Vincent
David and Marietta Vogel
Paul and Christine Vogel
Eric von Stark
Jo Anne Walter
Robin and Jerry Ward
Joseph Warganz
George Warmingham
Adam Wasserman
Jan Watson
Mayor Alan Webber and Frances Diemoz
Lisa Wermeling
Maiken Westphal
Bill and Janislee Wiese
William Wiley
Shelagh Wilmott
Kelly Wilson
Jill Wilson
Linda Wilson
Clara Winter
James and Lori Winter
Jean C. Withers
Jane Woods and Anne M. O’Connor
Tina Yarrington
Lyle York and Matthew Wilson
Donna Zahara and Larry Sachs
Julia Zarcone
Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky
Linda Zwick
HONORARIA
In Honor of Ms. Nancy and Dr. Murray Bern
Kenneth and Jean Johnson
In Honor of Jeffrey Fort and Diane Locandro
Tim Fort
In Honor of Vance Y. George
Maria Meyer
In Honor of Joshua Habermann
Susan Koehn, Habermann Koehn Foundation
David and Lee Takagi
Gail Takagi
In Honor of Enrico Lagasca and Jonathan Stewart
Katherine Maroney
In Honor of Barry and Margaret Lyerly
Mark Kriendler-Nelson
In Honor of Tom Maguire
Nadine Stafford
In Honor of Emma Marzen
Sullivan Peraino
In Honor of Nola Marzen-Johnson
Nadine Stafford
In Honor of Bradley Naylor
Betty Duson
In Honor of Carmen Paradis and Brian McGrath
Joe Bob Kinsel and Jane Kinsel
In Honor of Gladys Richardson
Tricia Schott
In Honor of Steven Soph
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Ockelmann
In Honor of Patricia Stanley
Patrick Carr
Thomas Herriges
Barbara Russell
IN MEMORIAM
In Memory of Hugh V. Balaam
Constance and Douglas Beck
Martha Blomstrom
In Memory of Larry Bandfield
Brooke Bandfield Taylor
In Memory of Joan Berner
Patricia “Tish” Romer
In Memory of Betsy Bueschel
Allegra and Jim Derryberry
Melanie Lohmann
Mary Lou and Alex Padilla
Dr. Peter and Jody Spalding
In Memory of Bob Burman
Joy and Phil LeCuyer
In Memory of Ash Collins, Jr.
Susan Collins
In Memory of Michael Freeburger
Suzanne M. Timble
In Memory of John Greenspan
Julianne Bodnar
In Memory of Susan Gustafson
Sally and Rob Miller
In Memory of Cheryl Hall
Michael L. Bustamante
In Memory of Dorothy Harroun
Dalit Holzman and Ron Holzman
In Memory of Nina Hinson Rasmussen and Dr. Prescott C. Rasmussen
Dmitri Bovaird and Maggie Edmondson
In Memory of Andrew John Ritch
Cris and Marilyn Barnes
Allegra and Jim Derryberry
George Eychner
Catherine and Guy Gronquist
Stefanie Moore and Todd Keister
Mary Lou and Alex Padilla
In Memory of Don L. Roberts
Sally Roberts
IN MEMORIAM
We remember and will always have in our hearts our dear friends:
John Alsip, Supporter
George Scott Fitzgibbon, Former Desert Chorale artist
Dorothy S. Harroun, Former Board member and Encore Society member
Joseph Horning, Supporter
James Hutson-Wiley, Supporter
Hampton Mabry, Ambassador and supporter
Daniel Rusthoi, Supporter
George Thomson, Supporter and husband of Director Emerita Jane Thomson
Gordon Wilson, Supporter
In Memory of Craig Smith
Jo Fisher
In Memory of John E. Withers III
Jean C. Withers
While we endeavor to appropriately recognize all of our donors, please inform us if we have inadvertently omitted your name or listed it incorrectly.
† in memoriam
ENCORE SOCIETY
We salute the foresight and generosity of the following individuals who have chosen to include the Santa Fe Desert Chorale in their estate plans:
Anonymous (1)
Rev. Talitha Arnold
Brooke Bandfield Taylor
Murray & Nancy Bern
Bette Betts
Mary Costello
Dorothy B. Davis
Gregory Dove
Margaret Edwards & Ellie Edelstein
Halley Faust & Eve Cohen
Diane & Bill Graves
Catherine & Guy Gronquist
Barbara Houser & Sarah Nolan
Richard Hughes
Sheryl Kelsey & George Duncan
Dr. Patricia Kennedy
Steven Kerchoff
Joy & Phil LeCuyer
Lynn F. Lee
Nancy & Raymond Lutz
Barry & Margaret Lyerly
Charles MacKay & Cam McCluskey
Janice L. Mayer
Fraser & Alice McAlpine
James Murphy & Roxanne Howe-Murphy
Jerome B. Nelson
Susan Noel
Margaret K. Norton
Carmen Paradis & Brian McGrath
Edwin & Melanie Peters Thorne
Don† & Sally Roberts
Donald Shina & Kevin Waidmann
Nadine Stafford
Patricia Stanley
Bradley & Patricia Thompson
Brahna & Janusz Wilczynski
Margaret Wright
ENDOWMENT GIFTS
Dmitri Bovaird & Maggie Edmondson
Nina Hinson Rasmussen & Dr. Prescott C. Rasmussen†
ESTATE GIFTS
Anonymous
Margaret Arrott
Lawrence Bandfield
John de Beer
Martin Dieter
Dr. James C. & Julie J. Drennan
Allison & James Elston
Robert Fisher
Dorothy Harroun
Evelyn C. Kupec
Thomas F. McGuire
Ian McKee
Paul Resnick
Joseph P. Schwitter
Ann Marie Shaw
Robert C. Smith
Frances & Hywel White
Murray Bern and Jeffrey Fort
Acequia Madre Elementary School, Katherine Keener and Dr. Dietger De Maeseneer
Acosta Strong Fine Art Gallery, Carlos Acosta
Archdiocese of Santa Fe, The Most Rev. John C. Wester, The Very Rev. John D. Cannon, Carmen Flórez-Mansi, and Tom Mansi
Arizona Lithographers, Michelle Bonito
Marilyn Barnes
Sallie Bingham
Evelyne Boren
Capital High, Sarah Gupta and Jaime Holladay Christ Church of Santa Fe, Reverend Dr. Greg Schneeberger and Sandy Hoffman
The Church of the Holy Faith, The Rev.
Canon Robin D. Dodge, The Reverend Lynn Finnegan, Canon Mark Edw. Childers, Marcos and Rocio Castillo, and Donna Lukacs
City of Santa Fe (Arts & Culture and Tourism Departments), The Honorable Alan Webber, Mayor; Randy Randall; Jordan Guenther; Erminia Tapia; and Chelsey Johnson
Tom and Anne Conner
Jeffery Fort and Diane Locandro
Karen and Bill Gahr
Catherine and Guy Gronquist
Hutton Broadcasting, Richard Eeds, Diana Mejia
Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Rev. Drew M. Henry and Evan Aguilar
Sherry Kelsey and George Duncan
Bo Keppel
Steven Kerchoff
KHFM, Alexis Corbin, Kathlene Ritch, and Brent Stevens
KNCE, Molly Steinbach
KSFR, Lynn Cline
The Life Link, Elizabeth Carovillano and Peter Schmitt
Barry and Margaret Lyerly
Laurie Meyer
Felicia and Daniel Morrow
New Mexico Bank & Trust, Linda Bencomo, Trevor Lewis, and Shauna Shannon
DeVargas Center, Katy Fitzgerald
Queen Bee Music Association, Lindsay Taylor
Sally Ritch
Santa Fam Calendar, Meghan Montelibano
Santa Fe County Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board, Lisa A. Katonak
Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute, Anna Griswold
Santa Fe High, Caleb Heaton and Jaime Chavez
Santa Fe New Mexican Pasatiempo, Carolyn Graham
Santa Fe Public Library Southside Branch, Tiffany Paisley
Santa Fe Selection Travel Guide, Maria Johnson
St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, Reverend Ryan Lee and Jerome “Jerry” Nelson
The State of New Mexico (New Mexico Arts), Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Secretary
Debra Garcia y Griego, Senator Peter Wirth, Representative Brian Egolf, and Michelle Laflamme-Childs
Jody and Peter Spalding
Reflective Jewelry, Mark Choyt
Thornburg, Erin Cave, Michael Corrao, and Michael Nelson
United Church of Santa Fe, Reverend Talitha Arnold and Bradley Ellingboe
U.S. Representative from the State of New Mexico, Teresa Leger Fernandez
U.S. Senators from the State of New Mexico, Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján
The Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera, Amy Owens
Our concerts and events would not be possible without the support of many volunteers in the community who give generously of their time and talent. Thank you! If you would like to join the Ambassadors, please contact O’Shaun Estrada by emailing oshaun@desertchorale.org
Anna Aguilera
Ann Alexander
Barbara Anderson Acosta
Demetrius Armstrong
Terry Beery
Kenneth Beier
Sue Benedict
Ellen Morris Bond
Jeannie Bowman
Darryl Bowman
Susan Breyer
Gene Brooks
Edie Brooks
John Burke
Martha (Marty) Carroll
Andréa Cassutt
Elaine Cheesman
Donna Clark
Brad Clements
Jane Clements
Kenneth Alan Collins
Doug Conwell
Judy Costlow
Diana Dallas
Colleen Davidson
Rebecca Dempsey
Lisa El-Kerdi
Doug Escue
Laura Escue
Gwen Fuller
Ralph Fuller
Mary Garcia Ingram
K.C. Garrett
Pamela Gilchrest
Michaela Granito-Tibbetts
Jennifer Graves
Janet Harris
Alice Harris
Arnie Hershman
Shari Hirst
Marie Howson
Christopher Howson
Viktoria Hudimac
Rose Ann James
Julia Johnson
Martha Kallejian
Margery Kaplan
Anna Katherine
Bo Keppel
Janet Kerr
Barbara Kuzminska
Joan Lamarque
Beata Lewis
Dolores Lopez
Ann MacVicar
Dirk Mathis
Carole Mathison
Arin McKenna
Karen Meador
Estelle Miller
Linda Miller
Jeff Mocho
Kathy Moore-Gregory
Elizabeth Morgan
Karen Nelson
Marie Newsom
Mary O’Brien
Tina Ossorgin
Carole Owens
Hannah Palmer
Shirley Panek
Marcus Parker
Linda Pasternacki
Grace Philips
Cindy Piatt
Rob Pine
Anita Pisa
Ross (Allen) Pope
Madeline S. Pryor
Chantal Quincy
Larry Rasmussen
Nyla Rasmussen
Donna Rigano
Pat Roach
Laurie Romero
Barbara Roush
Ann Roylance
Nickola Rubow
Karren Sahler
Anne Salzmann
Donald Schmit
Elizabeth Schwitz
John Schwitz
Diana Segara Mahony
Helen Senesac
Sally Shockey
Deborah Smith-Davis
Sandy Sparks
Lynn Spray
Andrea Steele
Allen Steele
Erin Taylor
Mark Tibbetts
Alice Tinkle
Jolanta Tuzel
Carrie Vogel
Jan Watson
Jefferson (Jeff) Welch
Linda Wieseman
Jean Withers
Carmela Woll
Bob Zimmerman
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