Dec. 4, 2018 - Agora Chorale and Prelude Choir-Winter Songs

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Winter Songs TUESDAY UESDAY DECEMBER ECEMBER 4, 2018 7:30 PP.M M. MCCC AGORA GORA CHORALE HORALE, MCCC PRELUDE RELUDE CHOIR HOIR & STT. PAUL AUL’SS PRAISE RAISE RINGERS INGERS WITH OUG STEWART TEWART - OBOE BOE WITH DOUG

M O N R O E C O U N T Y C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E

presents

Winter Songs MCCC Agora Chorale, MCCC Prelude Choir & St. Paul’s Praise Ringers

with Doug Stewart - Oboe IN THE MEYER THEATER AT THE LA-Z-BOY CENTER

TUESDAY DECEMBER 4, 2018 7:30 PM CATHERINE BRODIE CONDUCTOR ALYCE SANGSTER AND INGER OSWALD

ACCOMPANIST

Program Processional Jubilee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Laura Page St. Paul’s Praise Ringers Look At The World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Rutter All Groups

MCCC Prelude Choir Personent Hodie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. John Leavitt 15th Century Piae Cantiones. Finland Sleep Little Baby Sleep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Don Besig Flute – Maribeth Mohn Good King Wenceslaus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Earlene Rentz Soloists – Micah Bourbina & Reese Johnson In Dulci Jubilo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Audrey Snyder 14th Century German Carol The Twelve Days After Christmas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick Silver

St. Paul’s Praise Ringers Shepherds Carol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Catherine Brodie 16th Century Polish Star Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elery Rogers Infant Holy, Infant Lowly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cathy Moklebust Gabrielle’s Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Philip Keveran Oboe – Doug Stewart

INTERMISSION

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MCCC Agora Chorale Fanfare For All Seasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Linda Spevacek The First Noel/ Pachelbel’s Canon . . . . . . . . . arr. Michael Clausen Flute – Doug Stewart Love Came There. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Cynthia A Wright Small group – Juliet Jefts, Maisie Hoppe, Ruth Ann Fraser, Taylor Brandt, Cameron Jones, Laura Tibai, Ephraim Brockman, Cody Kosanovich, Kevin Guy Rise Up Shepherd and Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Roy Ringwald African American Spiritual Solo – Chelsea Whiteoak I’ll Be Home For Christmas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Mark Brymer Soloists - Valinda Jonas & Kevin Guy Hodie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Waggoner Winter Song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr. Mac Huff Solos – Cameron Jones & Madeline Longenbarger Small Group – Maisie Hoppe, Marcy Guy, Juliete Jefts, Taylor St. Andre Violin – Ann Felder Cello – Jacob Foulkrod Here Among Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marty Haugen All Groups

Special Thanks:

Casey Wattersworth and the Light and Sound Booth Crew Tom Ryder Kari Jenkins Monroe Community Players Parents of Prelude Singers Andrea Heinzerling – Prelude Assistant

MCCC Agora Chorale CATHERINE BRODIE - CONDUCTOR ALYCE SANGSTER - ACCOMPANIST

Judith Bonini IHM

June Linton

Taylor Brandt

Madeline Longenbarger

Ephraim Brockman

Madyson McCollum

Elisabeth Brockman

Matthew Michels

John Burkardt

Maribeth Mohn

Brianna Calkins

Kim Mohn

Robert Eadie

Sam Mohn

Karih Fernandez

Sharon Mullin

Ruth Ann Fraser

Mary Mullins

Evan Garlepied

Jo Ann Naida

Sue Grassley

Abby Nisley

Kevin Guy

Andrea Nocella

Marcy Guy

Denise Poet

Maisie Hoppe

Jake Richcreek

Juliet Jefts

Taylor St. Andre

Valinda Jonas

Madison Sekmistrz

Cameron Jones

Doug Stewart

Cody Kosanovitch

Holly Sisung

Abbie Lancaster

Laura Tibai

Brooke Langton

John Tyner

Carrie Langton

Orion Tyner

Ryan Langton

Ellen Wannemacher

Rose Ange Leddy IHM

Chelsea Whiteoak

MCCC Prelude Choir CATHERINE BRODIE - CONDUCTOR INGER OSWALD - ACCOMPANIST

Chloe Bourbina

Alice Kuntz

Micah Bourbina

Abigail Lavigne

Gwen Braun

Phoebe Lietaert

Elijah Breiholz

Liliana Loveland

Isaiah Brockman

Megan Mahoney

Autumn Cooper

Esabella Morina

Mya Cunningham

Kaleigh Nye

Alex Eberline

Saul Peters

Hannah Esford

Heidi Reed

Ellen Gerweck

McKenna Ringle

Devon Hargrove

Elizabeth Rosas

Alivia Heinzerling

Nicole Rykse

Kaylie Hess

Maggie Sandefur

Reese Johnson

Keegan Schmitt

Sephena Jordan

Gabrielle Stewart

Isabella King

Hannah Van Pelt

St. Paul's Praise Ringers CATHERINE BRODIE - CONDUCTOR

Amy Ackerman Mary Bair Audrey Cooley Taya Himebaugh Brad Lewis Debbie Lewis Jo Ann Lynch Robbi Mort Jon Oswald Patti Siekierda Tim Taylor

Catherine Brodie

Catherine Brodie has a B.S. and an M.A in music education from Eastern Michigan University.

She served as a graduate conductor for Emily Lowe and the EMU Madrigal Singers. She taught at Eastern Michigan University for 20 years in music education and recently retired from there in 2016. She retired from Monroe public schools with 25 years of service in music education. She is also currently the choral conductor of Monroe County Community College Agora Chorale and MCCC Prelude, a children’s choir. Mrs. Brodie is an Emeritus member of (MSVMA) Michigan School Vocal Music Association where she served as District Manager, Honors Choir Supervisor, State Solo and Ensemble Supervisor, Sight reading and Repertoire chair, and the Adjudication committee. She is the secretary for (ACDA) the American Choral Director’s Association Michigan. Catherine has directed several State Honor’s Choirs. Her choirs have also been invited to sing on MSVMA and ACDA-MI Conference programs. In 1997, Catherine was chosen by the Michigan Music Teachers Association as teacher of the year for her work in Elementary Music Education. She was also selected as teacher of the year in 2005 by MSVMA. This past October she was awarded the Maynard Klein lifetime achievement award from the American Choral Directors Association of Michigan.

She is a member of the John Tyner Chorale, and St. Paul’s Methodist Chancel Choir. She directs the St. Paul’s United Methodist bell choir. Catherine and her husband Bill have three sons; Matthew, Andrew and Brian and three grandsons: Liam, Aidan and Caleb.

Alyce Sangster Alyce Sangster, accompanist, grew up in the small town of Shafter, California. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in music education.

She subsequently taught music in Arizona, where she met and later married Walter Sangster, a band director from Ypsilanti. They live in Ypsilanti and have four children.

Mrs. Sangster teaches private piano lessons and particularly enjoys accompanying.

She currently accompanies for Lincoln Schools and Carillon Women’s Chorale in addition to MCCC Agora Chorale.

Inger Oswald Inger Oswald, accompanist, feels very blessed to be able to work with Cathy Brodie and the Prelude singers. She and her husband Jon have lived in Monroe for almost eight years. Inger serves as organist and youth choir director at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church as well as full time accompanist for the Monroe High School Vocal Music Department. She graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Music in Education. She has taught K-12 general and vocal music in public and private schools, has taught private voice and piano and previously accompanied the Madrigal Chorale under the former direction of Dr. Robert Martin. Inger is completing a Master of Arts in Church Music at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio.

MCCC Prelude Choir MCCC Prelude was started in 2012 to enable the young singers in the Monroe Area to have a quality music program that was above and beyond the school music programs. Monroe County Community College graciously supported the decision to begin the chorale which is made up of fifth through eighth grade students. Our mission statement is: “to educate and inspire children to understand and value the art of singing and its lifelong impact on teamwork, dedication and the human spirit”. We have also been supported with scholarship money from United Way of Monroe, Kiwanis, we have received a foundation grants from MCCC to cover music and scholarships. Our choir has performed with MCCC Agora Chorale, The John Tyner Chorale, and Carrilon Women’s Chorale, Chariscurro Men’s Chorale, and the St. Paul’s United Methodist Praise Ringers. In May of 2014, the choir won first place and a Superior rating from Festival in the Parks at Cedar Point. In May of 2016, they traveled to Chicago for a Music Festival where they took first place and had a superior rating. Last year they took first place in Festival in the Parks in Cincinnati, Ohio

MCCC Agora Chorale MCCC Agora Chorale has a long tradition in Monroe that goes back over 50 years to the start of the college. Past conductors include Bob Merkle, Sharon Metz, Elaine Rugila, and John Tyner. Under Mrs. Brodie’s baton the choir has been involved in the Bicentennial Concert in honor of the War of 1812. They have also performed in “Late Night Catechism” in the Meyer Theatre. Many of the Women of Agora Chorale also sang as the nun’s in a Monroe Community Players presentation of “The Sound of Music”. The choir is a perfect blend of town and gown singers who range in age from 16 to 80.

St. Paul's Praise Ringers

St. Paul’s Praise Ringers have been in existence for at least 50 years. There have been many ringers and conductor’s through the years but the organization has been playing for church services throughout all of this time. This volunteer group plays four or five times per church year with summers off. In addition to their church service they have also played for citywide bell choir festivals at the IHM and at Monroe County Community College. They have also paired with the Monroe First Presbyterian church bell choir for combined bell choirs and performed at both churches.

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events

upcoming November 11 Veteran’s Day Celebration

March 2 Vaud and the Villains

November 13 Nugget and Fang

March 14 Amber Brown is not a Crayon

December 1 Laith Al-Saadi December 4 Agora Chorale & and the MCCC Prelude Choir December 10 Symphony Band Concert January 19 Classic Albums Live: The Eagles – Hotel California February 2 Drew Hastings - Comedian February 23 The Big Gig! - Blues Concert February 25 Band & Chorale Concert

April 6-7 Antiques in April April 23 THEM: Images of Separation Ethnic Notions - Documentary April 13-14 IODE Dance Ensemble Performance April 29 Prelude Children’s Concert April 30 Agora Chorale Concert May 6 Symphony Band Concert