2018 St. Vrain Valley Honor Choir

The 2018 St. Vrain Valley Honor Choir Mary Louise Burke, Women’s Choir Kyle Fleming , Mixed Choir Tuesday, February 27, 2018 Vance Brand Civic Auditorium 7:00 pm Featuring students from Erie, Frederick, Longmont, Lyons, Mead, Niwot, Silver Creek, Skyline, and Twin Peaks Charter Academy

Women’s Choir Mary Louise Burke, Director Tad Koriath, Collaborative Pianist

My Heart Soars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Sirett Il est bel et bon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Passereau, arr. John Leavitt If You Want to Go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philip E. Silvey Dance With Me to My Heart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Papoulis

Mixed Choir

Kyle Fleming, Director Liz Nelson, Collaborative Pianist

Tshotsholoza. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeffery Ames soloists: Grable Howie, Dallin Lyon djembe - Sarah Wagner Little Organ Mass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franz Joseph Haydn Kyrie & Gloria Sure On This Shining Night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morten Lauridsen Shout Glory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Byron Smith soloists: Zack Briggs, Alia Brand

Participating High Schools Erie High School - Janay Bird, choir director; Matthew Buchler, principal Frederick High School - Kevin Brown, choir director; Brian Young, principal Longmont High School - Stacy Miller, choir director; Rick Olsen, principal Lyons High School - Jimmy Howe, choir director; Greg Winger, principal Mead High School - Eric Stacks, choir director; Linda Rawlings, principal Niwot High School - Laura Marshall, choir director; Eric Rauschkolb, principal Silver Creek High School - Jeremy Skelton, choir director; Erick Finnestead, principal Skyline High School - Jacob Gantz, choir director; Heidi Ringer, principal Twin Peaks Charter Academy - Beth Chaudhri, choir director; David Yu, principal Don Haddad - St. Vrain Valley School District Superintendent Rob Berry - St. Vrain Valley School District Activities Director Melissa Lehman - Activities Director Administrative Assistant

Meet the Directors

MARY LOUISE BURKE is the Associate Director of the Colorado Children’s Chorale. With expertise in vocal production and technique, she serves as the Chorale’s vocal coach and prepares Chorale children for solo and chorus appearances with the Colorado Symphony, Central City Opera, Opera Colorado and opera companies throughout the nation. In addition, she directs the Concert Choir and the Chorale’s “Studio Voices” program, offering classes in solo vocal technique for high school students.

She is also the Associate Director of the Colorado Symphony Chorus, where she helps to prepare the chorus for all of its major projects, and is in charge of chorus preparation for all pop and special chorus projects. She is a frequent vocal and choral clinician in the area, with a special interest in “vocal technique for choral singers”. She is the Artistic Advisor at Montview Presbyterian Church and has a private vocal studio. Ms. Burke has a Doctorate in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Colorado.

KYLE FLEMING Kyle has served throughout the Denver-Boulder area for 20 years as a conductor, music educator and singer. He has led choral ensembles at every level, including high school and middle school, and currently directs choirs at the University of Denver, the Metropolitan State University of Denver and Regis University in addition to serving as Artistic Director for the Colorado Repertory Singers. Kyle is a passionate advocate for the transformative power of choral music and lifelong singing, and is frequently working behind the scenes to build bridges between institutions, ensembles and organizations that work to advance the choral arts and music education within our local communities.

Kyle has also spent over two decades serving as a worship pastor and music director in the local church and is currently the Associate Director of Worship Arts at Broomfield United Methodist Church. Kyle holds degrees in Choral Conducting and Literature from the University of Colorado Boulder (MM and DMA) as well as vocal performance from Hamline University in St. Paul, MN (BA). His teachers include Gregory Gentry, Larry Kaptein, Joan Catoni Conlon, and Gary Lewis.

Kyle is in demand as a clinician and guest conductor and has made festival and workshop appearances in several states including California, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and North Dakota. He recently became President-Elect for the Colorado chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association (CoACDA) where he is finishing his term as the College and University R&R Chair. Kyle and his wife, Amy, live in Golden (CO) with their two kids Caleb and Addie.

Grace Cloud Peyton Bynum Mikaela Schindler Hannah Brink Emilee Prinkki Treya Pember Faith Chatten Sydney Crites Hannah Schmalstich Teagan Brand Ariana Roylance Olivia Stecina Mora Walker Cecilia Zak Sneat Haile Mikayla Dotson Avery Lareau Molly Greff Brynn Shriver Tara Hitchcock

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Alia Brand Ava Bernard Brooklynn Blue Chris Tempel Colby Arlington Danny Trevino Emma Thompson Grace Gorton Grace Wagner Gracie Shafter Jack Laychak Joey Tempel Karis Moore Katelyn Broerman Kelsey McKercher Kenlie Rohrer Logan Jundt Luke Sell Nathan Hughes Zane Winegar Cienna Engdahl Dallin Lyon Emily Parker Erica Kolanowski MacKenzie Neville Morgan Siders Nathan Reynolds Tessa Lyons Zack Briggs Anastasia Damick Ashton Brown Cynthia Barrientos

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Women’s Choir Jordynn Lee Skylar Hatfield Maddie Smoot Shannon Isenhart Maia Corsale Raven Moe Devin Isenhart Nicole Stevenson Daelyn Vaughan Katie Anderson Savannah Bogan Sara Jo Reeder Adah McMillan Hannah Wojahn Mikayla Chamberlin Haley Herrmann Caitlin Kinney Rumi Natanzi Audrey Halbert Jocelyn Gunn

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Mixed Choir

Jacob Lyon LHS Kayla Williams LHS Mila Trank-Greene LHS Molly Bocim LHS Paul McGinnis LHS Ryan Adler LHS Tara Foote LHS Gabby Walker LYONS John Hoffman LYONS Julian Nelson LYONS Ana Manica MHS Axel Manica MHS Colten Dudley MHS Cooper Byrne MHS Josh Booth MHS Kyrsten Baerg MHS Mikaela Hansis MHS Mike James MHS Payton Parker MHS Sam Upham MHS Scott Harton MHS Shyloh Seaver MHS Spencer Sigman MHS Anita Lee NHS Dhruv Patel NHS Elizabeth Mahoney NHS Fiona Benson NHS Grable Howie NHS James Tran NHS Jonathan Carpenter NHS Kenneth Colon NHS Linnea Wolniewicz NHS

Michelle Nguyen Julie Bottke Molly Boseman Alexis Reynolds Rachel Foote Kelly Ireland-Ashley Shelby Bauer Sasha Serdyukov Miranda Pacheco Madison Bryant Aleah diZerega Alexandra White Sam Modesitt Annabelle Butcher Savannah Rivera Andralyn McKell Hannah Schauer Eve-Amabelle Diby

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Maya Beauvineau Michelle Tran Nefeli Hadjiyiannis Sophie Chivers Abby Flynn Alex Latsko Aria Prospero Athena Allen Avery Johnson Ben Bicknell Landon Huey Michael Giles Poornima Ramesh Rubin Hochhauser Ryan Huey Thomas McMahon Anson Wind Brooke Parkinson Corina Goodrich Cristal Murillo Emmanuel Bonilla Gabriel Castanon JJ Jessup Julia Webb Kinsey Anderson Makenna Newton Parker McWilliams Travis Clifford Emma Ogle Erika Mohrmann

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