Journey to Freedom

KANTOREI ELIJAH ROCK ARR. MOSES HOGAN I STOOD ON THE RIVER OF JORDAN ARR. JEFFREY L. AMES I’VE BEEN IN THE STORM SO LONG Shannon Lemmon-Elrod, soprano

BOUND FOR MT. ZION! SONGS FOR THE JOURNEY 1. SWEET JESUS

ARR. ROBERT L. MORRIS ARR. BRANDON WADDLES

Sarah Harrison, mezzo-soprano

2. THEY LED MY LORD AWAY 3. RIDE THE CHARIOT Zachariah Smith, tenor

- INTERMISSION RIDE ON, JESUS STEAL AWAY

ARR. ROLAND M. CARTER

Martina Richardson, soprano

IN BRIGHT MANSIONS ABOVE YOU MUST HAVE THAT TRUE RELIGION Erin Pettitt, soprano

THE SPIRITUALS PROJECT CHOIR HEAR MY PRAYER OLD SHIP OF ZION

ARR. MOSES HOGAN ARR. M. ROGER HOLLAND, II

Selena Gilbert, mezzo-soprano

WAY OVER IN BEULAH LAN’ ARR. STACEY V. GIBBS

COMBINED CHOIRS OH FREEDOM EZEKIEL SAW DE WHEEL Arthur C. Jones, tenor and founder of The Spirituals Project Choir These concerts are sponsored in part

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In 1998, The Spirituals Project was founded by Arthur C. Jones to preserve and revitalize the music and teachings of the sacred folk songs called “spirituals,” created and first sung

by African Americans in slavery. The Spirituals Project is a past recipient of the Denver Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. The Project has presented a wide variety of high-profile musical and educational programs over the years, including a national conference on spirituals in 2013 featuring poet Nikki Giovanni as keynote speaker, and a historic concert in 2009 at Denver’s Ellie Caulkins Opera House in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 80th birthday, featuring the renowned mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves as a guest artist.

Most recently, in September 2018 The Spirituals Project Choir performed with renowned opera soprano Kathleen Battle as she presented her concert, “Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey” at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.

THE SPIRITUALS PROJECT Featured Choir

Photo courtesy of Wayne Armstrong.

With the official transition of The Spirituals Project to the University of Denver, the multi-ethnic Spirituals Project Choir will present concerts in a variety of venues and will continue to present educational programs regionally and nationally.

M. Roger Holland, II is a Teaching Assistant Professor in Music and Religion and Director of The Spirituals Project at the Lamont School of Music, University of Denver. A graduate of Union Theological Seminary in New York City where he received the Master of Divinity degree, Roger also served as Artist-in-Residence and director of the Union Gospel Choir for over 13 years. In 2015 Union awarded him the Trailblazers Distinguished Alumni Award, the first given to a graduate whose ministry is music, for his contributions to the legacy of African American music. He received a Master’s Degree in Piano Performance from the Manhattan School of Music, also in New York, and completed his undergraduate work at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey where he majored in Music Education with a concentration in piano and voice.

M. ROGER HOLLAND, II Featured Conductor & Artist-in-Residence

Photo courtesy of Alvin Jones.

Roger is the newly appointed editor of the In Spirit and Truth series published by GIA Publications, Inc., which reflects the aesthetic of Black Catholic worship. Commissioned works include The Dream and The Dreamer, The Tribulation Suite, and The Call. Original music collections published by GIA include “Building Up the Kingdom,” featuring the single “Worthy God,” and his recent collection, “Honey from the Rock, Vol. 1-4” He has played for the Broadway productions of Oprah Winfrey’s The Color Purple and the Tony award winning show, Memphis. In November 2016 Timothy Cardinal Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York presented Roger with the Pierre Toussaint Medallion for service.

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Joel M. Rinsema joined Kantorei in 2014, becoming the second conductor in its history. During his tenure, Kantorei has experienced tremendous growth of its audiences, nearly tripled its budget size, and launched an ambitious recording strategy. A frequent collaborator and champion of new works for chorus, Joel has commissioned and premiered work of many of today’s leading composers including Kim André Arnesen, Mason Bates, René Clausen, Ola Gjeilo, Jocelyn Hagen, Mark Hayes, Cecilia McDowall, David Montoya, Sarah Quartel, Jake Runestad and Eric Whitacre. In the summer of 2018, Joel conducted the Central American premiere of Ola Gjeilo’s “Dreamweaver” in Guatemala City and Antigua, Guatemala with Capella Cantorum de Guatemala.

Joel is a passionate advocate for the professional choral art form, and he frequently consults with other choral arts organizations around the country. Because of his leadership in his field, he received the Louis Botto Award for “Innovative Action and Entrepreneurial Zeal” from Chorus America, the industry’s advocacy, research, and leadership development organization for choruses, choral leaders, and singers.

JOEL M. RINSEMA Managing Artistic Director

He is an accomplished conductor of major works for choir and orchestra and was one of eighteen conductors chosen nationally through audition to participate in master classes and workshops presented by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and Chorus America. As a tenor soloist, Joel performed across the United States, in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.

Joel is also the Director of Music and Technology in Worship at First Plymouth Congregational Church in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado and served from January 2017 to July 2020 as the North American Choral Promotion Manager for Oxford University Press based in Oxford, England. He holds music degrees from Arizona State and Whitworth Universities and is a member of the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammys), American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA).

Joel came to Kantorei from the Grammy Award-winning Phoenix Chorale.

Throughout his 23-year tenure with the Phoenix Chorale, he served in nearly every capacity with the organization, including his final 15 years as President & CEO and Assistant Conductor. He negotiated an ongoing recording contract with the prestigious U.K.-based Chandos Records, and Phoenix Chorale recordings earned a total of eight Grammy nominations and two Grammy wins during his tenure. Joel appears on all of the Phoenix Chorale recordings and was a soloist on the Grammy Award-winning “Spotless Rose: Hymn to the Virgin Mary.”

In addition to his work with the Phoenix Chorale, Joel served as the Director of Music at Church of the Beatitudes United Church of Christ in Phoenix for 15 years, and was the founding chorus master of the Arizona Musicfest Chorus.

Kantorei is a Denver-based, choral ensemble comprised of volunteer singers under the direction of Artistic Director Joel M. Rinsema.

Formed in 1997 under the leadership of six friends and artistic director Richard Larson, Kantorei has established itself as one of the nation’s premier choral ensembles. Our choral artists have studied at schools with strong music programs across the United States such as Baylor University, Brigham Young University, Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, St. Olaf College, Wartburg College, and Westminster Choir College.

Kantorei’s singers reside throughout the greater Denver area. Some serve as choral music educators, church choir conductors, and vocal instructors. Others are doctors, social workers, optometrists, counselors, clinical psychologists, accountants, realtors –all brought together in weekly rehearsals for shared artistic excellence and community.

Kantorei has performed for major choral conventions across the U.S., toured the world, and has commissioned and premiered new choral works from such renowned composers as Kim André Arnesen, Eric William Barnum, Abbie Betinis, René Clausen, Ola Gjeilo, Jocelyn Hagen, Sarah Quartel, Jake Runestad, Joshua Shank, and Eric Whitacre.

Kantorei has released two recordings on the Naxos label.

“Sing, Wearing the Sky” (2020) choral music of Jake Runestad reached the #3 best-selling classical album on iTunes, #4 on the Traditional Classical Billboard Charts, and the top ten in both the best-selling classical album and new classical release categories on Amazon. “Infinity: Choral Works of Kim André Arnesen” (2018) climbed to the #2 best-selling classical album on iTunes, #6 on the Traditional Classical Billboard Charts and #19 on the overall Classical Billboard charts. Santa Barbara Music Publishing Inc. publishes the Kantorei Choral series.

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THE CHOIR SOPRANO

ALTO

TENOR

BASS

Victoria Bailey Mary Christ Kimberly Dunninger Christina Graham Heather Gunnerson Stacie Hanson Christina Heppermann Becca Hyvonen Shannon Lemmon-Elrod Sara Michael * Erin Pettitt Martina Richardson Alicia Rigsby ◊ Pearl Rutherford Christianna Sullins

Emily Alexander Lindsey Aquilina Lizabeth Barnett Lyn Berry-Helmlinger Sarah Branton Harrison * Melissa Menter Erin Meyerhoff Jennifer Moore Tegan Palmer Allison Pasternak Emma Tebbe Laura Tribby Andrea Ware-Medina Jane Wright

Benjamin Corwyn Joshua Corwyn Kai Berry-Helmlinger * Matthew Eschliman Keith Ferguson Mason France Keith Harrison Bryce Kennedy Samuel Low Alex Menter Jonathan Meyer Zachariah Smith Jonathan Von Stroh John Wright

John Bartley Michael Bizzaro * Jordan Black Michael Boender Adam Cave Garth Criswell Ryan D. Garrison Scott Horowitz Brad Jackson Brad Larson John Ludwig Marc Petersen Kirk Schjodt John Schaak Griffin Sutherland Matt Weissenbuehler

* Section leader ◊ Collaborative Pianist

STAFF MEMBERS Joel M. Rinsema

Sara Michael

M. Roger Holland, II

Alicia Rigsby

Managing Artistic Director Artist-in-Residence

Business Manager Accompanist, Collaborative Pianist

Sarah Harrison

Assistant Conductor

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jennifer Moore

Matthew Gierke

Leslie Britton

Melissa Menter

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

MEMBERS AT LARGE John Bartley

Keith Ferguson

Judy Bloomberg Schenkein

J. Scott Pusey

TEXT & TRANSLATIONS Elijah Rock

Traditional spiritual Come on sister help me to pray, Tell my Lord done pass dis way.

Elijah rock, shout, shout.

Elijah rock, comin’ up Lawdy.

Elijah rock comin’ up Lawd.

Satan ain’t nothin’ but a snake in the grass.

He’s a conjur. He’s a liar.

Hallelujah Lord.

If I could I surely would Stand on the rock where Moses stood.

I Stood on the River of Jordan Traditional spiritual

I stood on da ribber ob Jerdon To see dat ship come sailn’ ober.

I stood on da ribber ob Jerdon To see dat ship sail by.

O moaner don’t you weep When you seed dat ship come sailin’ ober.

Shout! Glory Hallelujah!

When you see dat ship sail by.

O sister you bettuh be ready To see dat ship come sailin’ ober.

O brother you bettuh be ready To see dat ship sail by.

O preacher you bettuh be ready To see dat ship come sailin’ ober.

O deacon you bettuh be ready To see dat ship sail by.

I’ve Been in the Storm So Long Traditional spiritual

I’ve been in the storm so long, I’ve been in the storm so long, children, I’ve been in the storm so long, Oh, give me little time to pray.

Oh, let me tell my mother how I come along, Give me little time to pray; With a hung down head an’ a achin’ heart, Oh, give me little time to pray.

Oh, when I get to heaven I’ll walk all about, Give me little time to pray; Dere’ll be nobody dere to turn me out, Give me little time to pray.

Bound For Mt. Zion!

Traditional spiritual

I’m bound for Mt. Zion way out on a hill.

And if anybody make it, surely I will!

Bound for Mt. Zion!

I’m trav’lin’ day by day Along this rough and rocky way.

I keep on climbin’ upward.

No matter what the worl’ may say!

I’m fixed on that bright city four square Way out on a hill.

And if anybody make it, surely I will!

If the deacon make it, surely I will!

If the elder make it, surely I will!

If the preacher make it, surely I will!

Songs for the Journey Anonymous text

1. Sweet Jesus Sweet Jesus, Sweet Jesus.

He’s the lily of the valley, The bright and morning star.

Sweet Jesus, Sweet Jesus.

He’s the fairest of ten thousand, Praise His Name. Praise His Name.

One day as I was walkin’, Along the heavenly road.

My Saviour spoke unto me, And filled my heart with love.

I took my gospel trumpet, And I began to blow.

“Kantorei is a gem in the American choral scene. I love the passion of the singers and the familial quality of the group. They are continually working together to achieve a high level of musicality as well as deepening their personal relationships. I felt so welcomed into their family and this album was a beautiful collaboration in which every moment was handled with such care and such deep, spacious musicality.” -Jake Runestad, Explore Classical Music, August 2020

And if my Saviour’s with me, I’ll blow wherever I go.

Oh, don’t you be discouraged, For Jesus is your friend!

He’ll fill your heart with gladness, On Him you can depend.

2. They Led My Lord Away They led my Lord away, away, away.

They led my Lord away, Please tell me where to find Him. The Roman soldiers in one band, Tell me where to find Him. They crucified the Son of Man, Tell me where to find Him. When Mary cane at break of day, Tell me where to find Him. She found the stone rolled away.

Tell me where to find Him.

‘Cause I wanna go to heaven in the morning.

Steal Away

Traditional spiritual Steal away! Steal away!

Steal away to Jesus.

Steal away! Steal away home.

I ain’ got long to stay here.

My Lord, He calls me, He calls me by the thunder.

The trumpet sounds with in-a my soul.

I ain’ got long to stay here.

Green trees are beding.

Po’ sinner stands a-list’ning.

The trumpet sounds with in-a my soul.

I ain’ got long to stay here.

In Bright Mansions Above

3. Ride the Chariot

Traditional spiritual

Ride the chariot in the morning, Lord.

I’m getting ready for the judgement day, My Lord, My Lord.

In bright mansions above, In bright mansions above, Lord, I want to live up yonder In bright mansions above.

Are you ready, my sister? (Yes, I’m ready!)

Are you ready, my brother? (Yes, I’m ready!)

My Lord, My Lord.

Ride on, Jesus Traditional spiritual

Ride on, Jesus, Ride on, King Jesus, Ride on, conquering King, I wanna go to heaven in de morning.

If you see my sister (oh, yes), Just tell her for me (oh, yes), I’m gonna ride my horse on the battlefield.

‘Cause I wanna go to heaven in the morning.

If you see my mother (oh, yes), Just tell her for me (oh, yes), I’m gonna ride my horse on the battlefield.

‘Cause I wanna go to heaven in the morning.

If you see my brother (oh, yes), Just tell ‘im for me (oh, yes), I’m gonna ride my horse on the battlefield.

My mother’s gone to glory.

I want to go there, too.

Lord, I want to live up yonder In bright mansions above.

“In my Father’s house, there are many mansions, If it were not so, I would have told you.” ( John 14:2 KJV)

You Must Have That True Religion Traditional spiritual

Oh, you must have that true religion, You must have your soul converted, You must have that true religion or you can’t cross there.

Where have you been, poor sinner?

Where have you been, I say?

I’ve been way down to the river of Jordan.

No, you can’t cross there.

TEXT & TRANSLATIONS Where have you been, poor mourner?

Where have you been, I say?

I’ve been way down to the river of Jordan.

No, you can’t cross there.

Where have you been, good Christian?

Where have you been, so long?

I’ve been way down in the valley for to pray.

And I ain’t done prayin’ yet.

Oh, give me that ol’ time religion, It’s good enough for me.

Hear My Prayer Traditional spiritual

O Lord, please hear my prayer; In the morning when I rise.

It's your servant bound for glory.

O dear Lord, please hear my prayer.

O Lord, please hear my prayer.

Keep me safe within your arms.

It's your servant bound for glory.

O dear Lord, please hear my prayer.

When my work on earth is done, And you come to take me home.

Just to know I'm bound for glory; And to hear You say, "Well done!"

Done with sin and sorrow.

Have mercy, mercy.

Amen

Way Over in Beulah Lan' Traditional spiritual

Oh, when we get way ovuh in Beulah Lan’, Yes, way ovuh in Beulah, Beulah Lan’, Oh, we gonna have a good, good time Way ovuh in Beulah Lan’.

Oh, we gonna walk dem golden streets.

Oh, we gonna drink of de Holy wine.

When we get to heaven, chillun.

Oh Freedom Traditional spiritual

Oh, freedom! Oh, freedom!

Oh, freedom over me!

And before I’d be a slave I’ll be buried in my grave And go home to my Lord and be free.

There’ll be prayin’, there’ll be prayin’ There’ll be prayin’ over me!

And before I’d be a slave I’ll be buried in my grave And go home to my Lord and be free.

No more weepin’, no more weepin’ No more weepin’ over me!

And before I’d be a slave I’ll be buried in my grave And go home to my Lord and be free.

Ezekiel Saw de Wheel Traditional spiritual

Old Ship of Zion Traditional spiritual

‘Tis the old ship of Zion.

Get on board.

It has landed my old mother.

Get on board.

It has landed my old father.

Get on board It will take you home to heaven.

Get on board.

Ezekul saw de wheel, ‘Way up in de mid’l of de air.

Ezekul saw de wheel, ‘Way in the mid’l of de air.

De big wheel run by faith, An’ de lit’l wheel run by de grace of God, A wheel in a wheel, ‘way up in de mid’l of de air.

Better mind my brother how you on de cross, Your foot might slip, an’ yer soul get lost.

Ole Satan wears a club foot shoe, If you don’t mind, he’ll slip it on you.

Some go to church for to sinfg an’ shout, (hallelujah!)

Befo’ six months dey’s all turn’d out.

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Michael & Virginia Jackson Natalie Jacobson Judi Jaeger Paula Jaworski Terry Lee Jeddeloh Marie Jenkinson Karl & Deanna Johnson Graham Johnson Nancy Johnson Sarah Jones Tammy Kakac Christopher Kane Shelley Kauffman Brian Kavanagh Mary Keefe Conrad Kehn Rebecca Kendall Tyler Kendall Krista Keogh Mary Kay Kernan Roger & Sue Kinney David Kirkland Nathan Klein Allison Klettke Christine & William Kneeland Em & Cathy Krall Maureen Krank Jessica Krank Josh Kravette Kevin Kriegel Lyssa Krumholz Tani Kushner Karen & Tom Lafferty Rachel Lahr Colleen Lampron Carol Lanaghen Cheryle A Lemmon Jill Larson Nathan & Tanya Larson Janice Lastrella Cammie Latta Doug & Julia Lazure Basil LeBlanc Karyn Ledbetter Hank Lee

Donors who contributed between May 1, 2021 and April 30, 2022 are recognized in this program * Singers ^ Board & Staff ~ Volunteers Anne Leichthammer Mark Leichthammer Justin Leimbach Aime Lemmons Adam Lessuck Michael Lewis Paige Lewkow & Tori Huynh Richard Lindeborg Albert & Terri Link Curtis Lintvedt Terry Little Lilian Lope Carol Lovseth Tiersa Ludlow Debi & Pete Ludwig Kathy Ludwig Noel Ludwig Mary Luellen Dean & Sally Lund Katie MacClean Judy Macomber Rene Marceau Anthony Martini Laurie Massa Pamela McClune Beth McDowell Baldwin Dean McIntyre Kate Mckinzie Jennifer McMahon Katherine McMurrary Wendy McNevin Allison McQueen Lisa Medina Barbara Medina Mac Merchant Mike Merryman Todd Messenger Elizabeth Meurer Steve Meyer Pam Midboe Edie Mitchell Megan Mitchell Emily Mizuki Moen Incorporated Laura & Mike Moes

Susan Moore Teresa Morgan Lisa Rollins Ricki Moyer Daragh & Katherine Mulready Kayla Munoz Alan Murray Lorrie Myrick Niki Nadlonek Lori Naes Chad Nelsen Ann Nestor Dora Newlin Bob & Mary Beth Noble Dave Noble Matt Novak Brittany Nuttall Lisa Olsen Mary Onstad Valorie Ottenbreit Jennifer Ouellette Lauralyn Padglick Brett Paguirigan Alfredo & Jacqueline Paguirigan D R & Katie Palmer Julian Parish Jeff Parker Jo Parker Karen Parks James & Patricia Paull PayPal Giving Fund Annet Pearson Margo Pedrick Janice Perry Meredith Peters Brent Petersen Dave Petersen Cori & Steve Peterson Ruth Peterson Brent Peterson Karen Petroff Andy & Marybeth Pettitt Courtney Pettitt Elizabeth Pettus

Cody Pfaff Matthew Phanco James & Lillian Phelps Jennifer Pike Laura Campbell Brian Porzel Barbara Poston Kathleen Poston Michele Price Peter Pursino Cindy & George Quinlan Alison Radcliffe Hillary Ramaker Allegra Reiber Melanie Reiff Sue Reynard Cheri Rice Martina Richardson Derek Rinsema Rachel Rinsema Susan Rivedal Katie Robb Davis Travis Roberts Alice & Dan Robinson Jennifer & Scott Robinson Sarah Rudkin Kayla Rudy Jake Runestad Nancy Ruspini James Rutherford Burt Rutherford Hollie Ryckman Maya Sabatier & Family Barbara Sable Denise Saiz Catherine Sakanai Darin Sales Marc Sammartano John Satterfield Mary Scheibe Heather Schenck Sam Schenkein Sarah Schenkein Emily Schmahl Sarah Schmiege

Emily Schottenfels Oliver Scofield Beverly Sheldon Marcia Sikowitz Aline Skogstoe Katie Skovholt Wendy Smith David Smith Deborah Smith Zachariah Smith* Rebekah Smith Shellie Smith Jennie Soden Kelley Southerland Susan Spencer Sue & Kelly Stacy Holly Stanton State Farm Foundation Vicki Steevensz Sharon Stephens Tom Stevens Michael Stewart Sharon Stokes Arthur Kraus & Michelle Stone Kraus Mary Lou Strahm Mark Strahm Diane Strouse Elizabeth Stumbo Carole Tafoya Scott Taliaferro Jason Tangen Billie Tannen Jonathan Tatum Sarah Taylor Elizabeth Tebbe Tim Tharaldson Tenon Thompson Mary Thompson Ted Totorica Karen Town Spencer Traylor Steve & Sherry Treat Thomas Trenney Patricia Tribby

DONORS Lynn Wearden Leanne Weinshenker Sarah Weissenbuehler Paula Wenger Melissa West Patricia Wetmore Alex Wheatland Hannah Wheeler Gail Wheeler Tia Whitaker Sarah Whitnah Marsha Wiggins Mariko Wilcox Bruce Wiley Dana Willett Mike & Janet Williams LeeAnn & Laurence Williams Anne Williams

Heidi Tribby Laura Tribby* Bob Tynecki Frank Valdez Sarah & Travis Valentine Barb & Mark Van Hare Bryan & Marcia VanDriel Carol Vaughan Shannon Vento Lauren Vidak Deborah Viles Richard von Foerster Kristin Von Stroh Lisa Wade Ken & Lois Wadman Sally Waters Anthony Watkins Osmon Way

Nancy Williams Katie Willsey Andrew Wilson Abbey Winter Eric & Susan Winterrowd Stephen Winters Eileen Wise Jennifer Wise Karen Witt Shannon Wood Rothenberg Deborah Woodard Cynthia & William Woodman Heather Wuobio Patti Wyatt Ken & Sue Zimmerman Stacey Zynen

Scholarship Fund Donors

In Kind

Judy Bloomberg Schenkein

Kai Berry-Helmlinger

Jim & Joanie Calhoun

Cherry Creek High School

Kimberly Dunninger

First Plymouth UCC

Carol Lanaghen

Susan Lewkow

Susan Lewkow

John Schaak

Jennifer Moore

Leah Weinberg

KANTOREI WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSORS for your generous and ongoing support!

Donors who contributed between May 1, 2021 and April 30, 2022 are recognized in this program * Singers ^ Board & Staff ~ Volunteers

In Memoriam and Honorarium Penelope Bartko, in honor of Joel Rinsema Bill & Carol Bartley, in honor of John Bartley Julianne B Durst, in honor of Alex Menter Beverly & Bruce Fest , in honor of Chrissie Graham Judy Fredericksen, in honor of Alex & Melissa Menter Nancy & Russ Gregory, in honor of Sara Michael Emily Kenney, in honor of Tegan Palmer & Rosalie Masero

Judy Bowman, Thomas Carlock, Betsy Cole, Pat Conrad, Mark & Sara Davis, Harry A. Ells, Jr., Beverly & Bruce Fest, Toby Fine, Alan & Katie Fox, Cindy Gordon, Helene & Walter Gustafson, Sue and Russ Haskell, Landon Covington & Jason Hindman, Sally Hobson, Stephen Hooper, Roger & Sue Kinney, Steve Meyer, Joseph & Merri Morris, Belinda Nields, Ozzie & Nellie Philpott, Ann & Gary Polumbus, Sean M. Reed, Sandra Rhodes, Ann & Jerry Roemer, Shannel Ryan, Judi Thomas, Wendy & Jack Trigg, Gail Tubbs, Osmon Way, Mike & Janet Williams, Karen Wolfe, Mr. & Mrs. Frederfick Wolfe, James & Marcie Wolff, and Cynthia & William Woodman, in memory of Mike Ludwig

Roberta Larson, in honor of Bryce Kennedy Nancy Mergler, in honor of John Bartley Don and Sharron Neufeld, in honor of Judy Fredericksen Judd & Linda Rinsema, in honor of Joel Rinsema Alice & Dan Robinson, in honor of Heather Gunnerson Jenny & Shannon Shultz-Thomas, in honor of Joel Rinsema & Sarah Harrison Lois Siegel, in honor of Kai & Lyn Berry-Helmlinger Susan Spencer, in honor of Heather Gunnerson Frederick K Trask, in honor of Keith Ferguson Christina Von Stroh, in honor of Jonathan Von Stroh Clara Winter, in honor of Sarah Harrison Michael Bizzaro, in memory of Bill & Gay Eustice Teresa Morgan, in memory of Joy Post

“Kantorei is an outstanding choir…excellent ensemble balance, fine intonation and musical expression…high level of energy.”

– Bruce McCollum, MusicWeb International, January 2021 (Read the full review here) "...Always engaging and colorful...sung with depth and conviction by Kantorei."

- Karl W. Nehring, Classical Candor, December 2020 (Read the full review here) “…This is an impressive ensemble, always precise and always well-blended.”

- Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare Magazine, July 2018 “What finer advocates for his music could a composer have than these excellent singers of Kantorei?”

- David Vernier, Classics Today, April 2018

MARK YOUR CALENDARS KANTOREI'S 2022-2023 SEASON

OCTOBER 8 & 9, 2022

MARCH 4 & 5, 2023

Eric Whitacre's "The Sacred Veil"

Jocelyn Hagen's "Here I Am"

with Lamont Symphony Orchestra Strings Eric Whitacre conducting

A Women's History Month celebration

DECEMBER 8-11, 2022

MAY 20 & 21, 2023

"Miracles: A Kantorei Christmas from Around the World"

with M. Roger Holland, II

"Walk Together, Children"

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