Miracles: A Kantorei Celebration from Around the World

A KANTOREI CELEBRATION FROM AROUND THE WORLD

I2.08.2022 THURSDAY @ 7:30PM Lone Tree Arts Center

I2.09.2022 FRIDAY @ 7:30PM Montview Presbyterian Church

I2.I0.2022 SATURDAY @ 7:30PM First Plymouth UCC

I2.I I.2022 SUNDAY @ 2:00PM D. L. Parsons Theatre

A KANTOREI CELEBRATION FROM AROUND THE WORLD

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CHRISTMAS CAROLS

ARR. OLA GJEILO UNKNOWN (ATTRIB. FRENCH)

O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL Becca Hyvönen, soprano

IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER

GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934)

Beryl Fanslow Wilson, soprano

TRADITIONAL ENGLISH

COVENTRY CAROL Erin Pettit, soprano

WILLIAM J. KIRKPATRICK (1838-1921)

AWAY IN A MANGER

Christina Graham, soprano

MI ZEH Y'MALEIL ‫ ליילמי הז ימ‬

ARR. JOSHUA JACOBSON

Jordan Black, bass; Ethan McGraw, percussion

AL HANISSIM ‫םיסנח לא‬

DOV FRIMER (B. 1950) ARR. J. JACOBSON/H. NETSKY

Meg York, Clarinet; Alicia Rigsby, piano

ALEIH NEIRI ‫ירנ הלע‬

CHAIM PARCHI (B. 1947) ARR. J. JACOBSON

Scott Horowitz, baritone; Allison Pasternak, mezzo-soprano

OCHO KANDELIKAS ‫ סאקילידנאק וﬞגוא‬

Mason France & Sam Low, tenors; Kimberly Dunninger, soprano; Alex Komodore, guitar

DREY DREYDELEH ‫ עלעדיירד יירד‬ Meg York, Clarinet; Alicia Rigsby, piano

FLORY JAGODA (1923-2021) ARR. J. JACOBSON

ABE ELLSTEIN (1907-1963)/MOISHE OYSHER (1906-1958) ARR. J. JACOBSON

- INTERMISSION -

MILAGROS DE NAVIDAD

ARR. ED HENDERSON

Sarah Branton, bass; Alex Komodore, guitar; Ethan McGraw, percussion

I.

A LA MEDIA NOCHE

Emily Alexander, mezzo-soprano; Sam Low, tenor

II. BOLIVIAN CAROL

Adam Cave, bass; Heather Gunnerson, soprano

III. A LA NANITA NANA

Matt Weissenbeulher, baritone

IV. FUM, FUM, FUM

TRADITIONAL PUERTO RICAN TRADITIONAL BOLIVIAN TRADITIONAL SPANISH TRADITIONAL CATALONIAN

V. LOS REYES DE ORIENTE

TRADITIONAL PUERTO RICAN

VI. EN EL PORTAL DE BELEN

TRADITIONAL PUERTO RICAN

Matthew Eschliman, tenor

VII. ALLA EN EL PORTAL

Sara Michael, soprano; Kai Berry-Helmlinger, tenor

VIII. EL CIELO CANTA IX. NOCHE DE PAZ

Christianna Sullins, soprano

THANKSGIVER: A CHILD'S RHYME World premiere

W. J. KIRKPATRICK PABLO SOSA (1933-2020) FRANZ GRUBER (1787-1863) JEAN BELMONT FORD (b. 1939)

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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.

Joel conducted the Central American premieres of Ola Gjeilo’s “Dreamweaver” (2018 with Capella Cantorum de Guatemala) and Jake Runestad’s “El Ultimo Hilo” (2022 with Kantorei and Vocalis) in Guatemala City and Antigua, Guatemala.

JOEL M. RINSEMA Managing Artistic Director

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. 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.

Kantorei’s mission is “to elevate the human experience through choral excellence.”

“...An ideally balanced ensemble... In total a much recommended release.”

-David Denton, David’s Review Corner, August 2020 (Read the full review here)

“That he writes well for singers is enthusiastically proved by the all-volunteer Denver-based Kantorei choral ensemble and eight instrumentalists, and some full-blooded recordings.”

-Laurence Vittes, Gramophone, October 2020 (Read the full review here or here)

“…Always engaging and colorful…sung with depth and conviction by Kantorei.”

– Karl W. Nehring, Classical Candor, December 2020 (Read the full review here)

THE CHOIR SOPRANO

ALTO

TENOR

BASS

Mary Christ Kimberly Dunninger Beryl Fanslow Wilson Christina Graham Heather Gunnerson Stacie Hanson Christina Heppermann Becca Hyvönen 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 * Desiree Deliz-Morales Madeline Gardner Tegan Masoero-Palmer Melissa Menter Erin Meyerhoff Jennifer Moore Allison Pasternak Laura Tribby

Benjamin Corwyn Joshua Corwyn Kai Berry-Helmlinger * Matthew Eschliman Keith Ferguson Mason France Keith Harrison Bryce Kennedy Samuel Low Alex Menter Zachariah Smith Jeremy Yang

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

* Section leader ◊ Collaborative Pianist

STAFF MEMBERS Sarah Branton

Becca Hyvönen

Sara Michael

Alison Roman

Assistant Conductor Business Manager

Marketing & Communications Manager House Manager

Alicia Rigsby

Accompanist, Collaborative Pianist

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jennifer Moore

Leslie Britton

John Bartley

Melissa Menter

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

MEMBERS AT LARGE Judy Bloomberg Schenkein Joshua Corwyn

Scott Horowitz

A soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra soloist, his Spring 2019 European solo concert tour included performances and master classes in Greece, Turkey, France, and Scotland. Previous tours have included the Dominican Republic, Victoria Island BC, Portugal, and all over the US. A versatile musician, he has performed with classical, steel string, Hawaiian slide guitar, theorbo, mandolin, and as tenor banjo soloist with many of the finest orchestras, chamber choirs and Opera companies across the U.S.

ALEX KOMODORE Featured Artist

Photo courtesy of Alex Komodore

Alex Komodore is a Denver-based virtuoso guitarist.

His powerful interpretations, formidable technique, and natural musicianship have won unanimous praise from many prominent international critics, audiences, and the world’s finest guitarists.

A much sought-after master teacher, Komodore has been the guitar coordinator at Metropolitan State University of Denver since 1985, where he is a Full Professor of Music.

He has judged in many of the world’s most prestigious Guitar Festivals and Competitions, including the Portland International Guitar competition, Denver International Guitar Competitions, Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival, and Guitar Foundation of America International Youth Guitar Competitions. He has been invited to teach and perform at many international conservatories throughout the world.

A guitar prodigy at an early age, Komodore performed in New York’s Town Hall at the age of 11, his first solo recital in New York City’s St. Paul’s Chapel at the age of 16, and an appearance at the United Nations at 19. His First Prize in the 1985 MTNA Collegiate Artists Guitar Competition resulted in subsequent appearances on National Public Radio and PBS Television broadcasts. John Dileberto of NPR Echoes gave his 1990 CD Redstone with flutist Rod Garnett a rare “highest rating”, which also earned the coveted “Best of Westword” award for best classical recording of 1990.

His 1994 solo debut recording Passport won praises from several of the world’s most prominent guitarists, including Christopher Parkening, who hailed his cd as “Terrific!”, and Grammy Award Winner David Russell remarked, “This CD is played with beautiful atmosphere and great skill.”

His 16 CD credits include the Etherean, Folk Era, Delos, Salt, and Poco a Poco labels, with heavy global distribution, including worldwide airplay at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

His newest solo recording, “Remembering” was released in 2016 - with the hope of helping all people grieving the loss of their loved ones.

Komodore was honored to host the Guitar Foundation of America 2016 International Convention and Competition held on the MSU Denver campus in 2016. This event is the largest and most prestigious classical guitar festival in the world and brought 600 guitar enthusiasts from 35 countries to Denver. As the founder of the “Guitar Celebrations at MSU Denver”, since 1985 he has hosted many of the finest classical guitarists in the world.

MEG YORK Featured Artist

Meg York is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and ensemble director who specializes in woodwinds, hand percussion and dance accompaniment. She currently lives in Lakewood, Colorado. She plays globally groovy clarinet that moves audiences into Balkan and Belly Dance bliss. Meg has a clarinet and Flamenco performance degree from University of New Mexico. She lives periodically in Turkey and India to soak up dance music traditions. Interaction is the key to her music and heartfelt response is the pulse. Her band, Tarjama, or “Translation” in Arabic and Farsi, has Jazz, Hispanic, Nepali, Palestinian, and Persian artists. Tarjama Ensemble plays for ethnic community events, academic outreach, and is the house band for her Tarab Retreat. Meg York's sound can be found in Paula Vogel’s Play Indecent at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Warner Brothers films, 5 Rhythms Dance, New York, NY, and David Taylor Zikr Dance score Atash with Sharzard Khorsandi. Meg is a Denver Athena Project Artist in Residence. She organized concerts at the Shambala Center Great Stupa and Yo Yo Ma’s R is for Refugee Tour. Meg is an ASCAP Recording Artist represented by 411 Music, Los Angeles, California.

Photo courtesy of Meg York

SARAH BRANTON Featured Artist

Photo courtesy of Sarah Branton

Sarah Branton is in her 22nd year of teaching secondary music and has served the last 17 years at Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, CO. At CCHS, she directs several of the school’s choirs, vocal directs the annual musical production, teaches AP Music Theory and has been assistant orchestra director. Under her direction, ensembles have performed at numerous state and regional ACDA and NAfME conventions, Carnegie Hall, and have toured around the world. Prior to Cherry Creek, Ms. Branton taught choir and orchestra in Longmont, CO and Blaine, MN. She currently serves as Assistant Director, Section Leader, and sings with Kantorei. Additionally, she has been on faculty at the summer Sitka Fine Arts Camp in Sitka, Alaska, she sings with various ad hoc ensembles throughout the community and is an orchestral and jazz string bassist and served as principal bassist of the St. Olaf Orchestra and St. Olaf Jazz Band I. She is currently Chair-Elect on the Colorado All-State Choir board and was previously on the Colorado American Choral Directors Association board. Ms. Branton holds music degrees from St. Olaf College and Colorado State University and is studying continuing education through Berklee College of Music.

Ethan McGraw is a percussionist, composer, and educator dedicated to spreading the joy of percussion to all listeners. A lover of all styles of music that he can drum alongside, he is excited to be joining Kantorei for this performance of "Milagros de Navidad” as the featured Marimbist and Percussionist.

Ethan is a student at the Lamont School of Music (University of Denver). He routinely plays with the Lamont Steel Drum Ensemble, Lamont Percussion Ensemble, Lamont Wind Ensemble, and Lamont Symphony Orchestra. As of October he has signed on with Reel Kids Boulder as a drummer and assistant music director, performing 2 nights of The Rocky Horror Show with their 17+ cast Organic Theatre. He has also begun a partnership with The Spirituals Project Choir headed by Rodger Holland as an on-call Djembe player for performances around the Denver area.

He has also performed locally with the Arapahoe Philharmonic and in his hometown of Las Vegas with The Desert Winds and the Las Vegas Young Artists Orchestra. Ethan also has teaching experience in both Featured Artist the classical percussion and marching percussion worlds, having taught a percussion clinic for the Aurora HS Honor Orchestra & Wind Ensemble percussionists and Photo courtesy of Ethan McGraw coaching the Centennial HS Drumline and Front Ensemble Respectively. As a student Ethan is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (Music) Degree with a secondary major in Languages Literatures & Cultures (Concentration in Japanese). He is a student of Tom Miller(Director of the Lamont Steel Drum Ensemble), John Kinzie (Principal Percussionist of the Colorado Symphony), and Michael Toole (PHD in Japanese, University of Wisconsin Madison).

ETHAN MCGRAW

More information can be found at www.ethanmcgrawpercussion.com

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CHEERS TO 25 YEARS: OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

04.l5.2023

Saturday @ 6:00 pm Knoebel Events Center

Party with your favorite singers as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary in fashion! This birthday celebration features a full dinner, jazz combo, and other special guests!

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Frank Valdez

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Laura Riccardo

Gregory & Marcia Smith

Traci VanHyning

Eric Winterrowd

Steven Riccobono

Wendy Smith

John Vega

Stephen Winters

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J Smith

Janice Vlachos

Karen Witt

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Mitch Sonderfan

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Susan Rivedal

Kelley Southerland

Ken & Lois Wadman

Cynthia & William Woodman

Jera & Mike Robertson

State Farm Foundation

Joel Waggoner

Amy Wrenn

Jennifer Robinson

Michelle Stone Kraus

Amber Waldorf

Erin Yokomichi

Maggie Rogers

Peter Strobel

Matthew Ware

Van Young

Carol Ruckel

Megan Stroup

Cheryl Waskiewicz

Ken & Sue Zimmerman

Jake Runestad

Sarah Sutherland

Osmon Way

Evan Rutherford

Natalie Swisher

Jarod Wenger

Marc Sammartano

Tonia Symensma-Cohen

Melissa West

Gary & Jasmine Sandusky

Johnnie Terry

Mariko Wilcox

Heather Schenck

Mary Thompson

Bruce Wiley

Amy Schmuck

Jordan Tjaden

Kellan Willet

Susan Servin

Steve & Sherry Treat

Dana Willett

Special Thanks

Scholarship Fund Donors

Kai Berry-Helmlinger

Jim & Joanie Calhoun

Cherry Creek High School

Kimberly Dunninger

First Plymouth UCC Susan Lewkow Alex & Melissa Menter John Schaak Leah Weinberg Rabbi Jordy Callman Dr. Seth Ward

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DONORS

Donors who contributed between November 1, 2021 and October 31, 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 Julie Durst, in honor of Alex Menter Beverly & Bruce Fest, in honor of Chrissie Graham Judy Fredericksen, in honor of Alex Menter Nancy & Russ Gregory, in honor of Sara Michael Emily Kenney, in honor of Tegan & Rosalie Masero-Palmer Roberta Larson, in honor of Bryce Kennedy Nancy Mergler, in honor of John Bartley Donald & Sharron Neufeld, in honor of Judy Fredericksen Randy Nicholas, in honor of Marcy Nicholas Judd & Linda Rinsema, in honor of Joel Rinsema 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 Branton Alexandra Barba & Michael Bizzaro, in memory of Bill & Gay Eustice Peter Fogg, in memory of Nancy Nevell Fogg Bryce Kennedy & Joshua Larson, in memory of Laura Jean Jory Judy Bowman, in memory of Mike Ludwig Richard Schirrmacher & Tom Carlock, in memory of Mike Ludwig Betsy Cole, in memory of Mike Ludwig Pat Conrad, in memory of Mike Ludwig Patti Cornelius, in memory of Mike Ludwig Sara Davis, in memory of Mike Ludwig Harry A. Ells, Jr., in memory of Mike Ludwig

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

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Mozart Requiem a la Czerny

Sept. 17-19

British Folksongs & Partsongs

Oct. 14 & 16

Advent Magnificats

Nov. 27

Brightest Star

Dec. 16-18

De Profundis

March 3 & 5

Echoes of Glory

April 22 & 24

Tongues of Fire

June 3 & 4

MARK YOUR CALENDARS KANTOREI'S 2022-2023 SEASON FRIDAY | DECEMBER 23, 2022 "Canadian Brass with Kantorei - A Holiday Spectacular" @7:00 pm | Vilar

Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek

SATURDAY | MARCH 4, 2023 "Here I Am" @ 7:30 pm | Wellshire Presbyterian Church

SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2023 "Here I Am" @ 3:00 pm | McNichols Civic Center Building

SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023 "25th Anniversary Gala" @ 6:00 pm | Knoebel Events Center

SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2023 "Walk Together, Children" @ 7:30 pm | Saint John's Episcopal Cathedral

SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2023 "Walk Together, Children" @ 3:00 pm | First Plymouth Congregational Church

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