Half-Session Concert | July 8

Festival Orchestra

Festival Choir

Festival Concert Band

SATURDAY JULY 8

Chapel of the Resurrection

Valparaiso University

7:00 PM

We kindly ask that all members of the audience refrain from photographing or recording tonight’s performances. Please turn off all electronic and noise-making devices.

fanfare Flourish for Brass Quintet Kevin Hilbun

Paul Morton TRUMPET

Christian Chaisson TRUMPET

Bruce Atwell HORN

Benjamin Yates TROMBONE

Mark Severtson TUBA

procession At the sound of the bell, stand and face the procession at the chancel steps

Jesus Christ is the light | of the world, the light no darkness can | overcome.

Stay with us, Lord, for | it is evening, and the day is | almost over. Let your light scat- | ter the darkness and illu- | mine your church.

hymn of light

welcome Thomas Bandar EXECUTIVE AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, LUTHERAN MUSIC PROGRAM

prayer Let us pray … now and forever.

Amen. (spoken) FESTIVAL

ORCHESTRA

Dr. Kevin Sütterlin THE PHYLLIS AND RICHARD DUESENBERG ENDOWED ORCHESTRA CHAIR

Elizabeth Ames ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING FELLOW

Matthew Clarke ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING FELLOW

Fabian Schneider ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING FELLOW

Spark! Jacob Shay b. 2000

Matthew Clarke CONDUCTOR

Jacob Shay is a young American composer from Minnesota. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music theory and composition from Concordia College, Minnesota. While Jacob is a huge fan of romantic composers such as Satie and Samuel Barber, he is also an adamant fan of soundtracks, as a result, Jacob's musical style is often melodic as well as cinematic. Jacob has written for a wide range of ensembles, media, and purposes, including commercial music for companies, and has also been a finalist in composition contests. In the winter of 2022, Dr. Kevin Sütterlin commissioned Jacob Shay to write a piece for his Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra. This gave way to the creation of Spark! The piece is fast and bursting with life across all ends of the orchestra. Despite the swift nature of the piece, Jacob’s sense of harmony and orchestration allows for a

thorough and cohesive sound world for melodies to develop. Along with the use of both quartal and quintal harmonies, Jacob’s influence of cinematic and video game music has found its way into the piece.

Cavalleria rusticana Intermezzo

Elizabeth Ames CONDUCTOR

Pietro Mascagni 1863–1945

Intermezzo is from the 1890 opera Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni. He wrote the opera in two months, and it became one of his most beloved works. The Intermezzo opens the final scene in which people are in church celebrating Easter Sunday, shortly before the opera’s dramatic fatal duel.

Soul of Remembrance Mary D. Watkins

Hailing from Denver, Colorado, composer Mary D. Watkins began piano lessons at age four, then pursued a career in music as she transferred from Pueblo Community College to prestigious HBCU Howard University. She later moved to Los Angeles and worked for the Olivia Records Collective, a lesbian and feminist record label founded in 1973. She founded a jazz ensemble there and Olivia Records released her album “Something Moving” in 1978. She went on to compose within the genres of orchestral music, jazz, and music for film and theater. Her composition Soul of Remembrance is the second movement of a suite composed in 1994, Five Movements in Color. The whole work is richly eclectic and encompasses music of West Africa as well as many different musical styles and genres from the African diaspora. Watkins describes the piece as an “epochal painting or poem about our journey as Black people in the United States.” Of the second movement, she writes: “I saw my own people in their long march to fully express themselves as fully human in a society when we were always boxed in.” The movement’s main melody suggests (but doesn’t directly quote) the African American praise song “Remember Me.” Mary Watkins explains that “the second movement is the collective moan of a profound grief felt by the newly arrived Africans, who found themselves in a strange land, dealing with the loss of the only life they had known and leaving behind the comforts of family and friends. Soul of Remembrance is my tribute to the way my ancestors found

calm in the eye of the storm and held on to hope by remembering ancestral wisdom and a spiritual knowledge deep within their souls.”

1865–1957

Finlandia is the ultimate expression of the Finnish people’s desire for independence at a time when the country was still under the control of Czarist Russia. In 1899, Sibelius created some incidental music for a pageant based on Finnish history for a benefit event that was on the surface a fundraiser for the newspapermen’s pension. In reality, however, the event was actually a call for freedom of the press and Finnish independence. Originally titled Finland Awakes!, Sibelius reworked it as an orchestral tone poem under its now well-known name, Finlandia

FESTIVAL CHOIR

Dr. Shannon Gravelle THE PHYLLIS AND RICHARD DUESENBERG ENDOWED FESTIVAL CHOIR DIRECTOR CHAIR

Cheryl Taylor Lemmons COLLABORATIVE PIANIST

Danielle Harrington CONCERT CHOIR FELLOW

prologue The Word was God

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. By Him, all things were that have been made. Nothing was made He has not made.

John 1:1–3

Rosephanye Powell b. 1962

Finlandia Jean Sibelius

… with singing O Sing Joyfully

Adrian

Batten

ca. 1590–1637

O sing joyfully unto God our strength; make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob. Take the song, bring hither the tabret: the merry harp with the lute. Blow up the trumpet in the new moon: ev’n in the time appointed, and upon our solemn feast day For this was made a statute for Israel, and the law of the God of Jacob.

Psalm 81:1–4

Batten wrote numerous anthems for the Anglican church in the early 1600s. Although he was a prolific composer, much of his music is lost. Many of his works that still exist only exist in manuscript form. The form of the music follows that of the text and oscillates between homophony and polyphony.

… with joy Wake Every Breath William Billings

SOLOISTS Isabel Lugo • Emiliano Niesing • Jenna Chapman Sydney Raley • Adaline Nass • Luke Baker-Trinity

Wake ev’ry breath and ev’ry string, to bless the great Redeemer King; His name through ev’ry clime adored! Let joy and gratitude and love through all the notes of music move, and “Jesus” sound on ev’ry chord.

The first iteration of the melody will be presented by six soloists before the choir enters. Billings was an early American composer that worked to establish singing schools in the 1770s. Billings was a prolific composer but began composing when copyright was not codified. Many of his pieces were plagiarized and Billings, who received very little in the ways of royalties from his works, died in poverty.

… in prayer Our Father Op 14

Our Father, who art in heav’n, hallow’d be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done as it is in heav’n. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Maurice Duruflé

1902–1986

Duruflé a church musician, musicologist, concert organist, music educator and composer had a relatively small compositional output, and most of what he composed was for organ. The first version of Our Father (1977) was written for unison congregation and organ. The Festival Choir will be singing the second version (1978), arranged by Duruflé’s wife, Marie-Madeleine, for SATB choir.

… with love One Foot/Lead with Love

SOLOISTS Henry Podoll • Emi Hahn

Romarro Nealy • Nathaniel Scott • Gabi Myers

Melanie DeMore

Chorus You gotta put one foot in front of the other and lead with love. Put one foot in front of the other and lead with love.

1, 4

Don’t give up hope, you’re not alone. Don’t you give up. Keep movin’ on. Chorus

2 Lift up your eyes, don’t you despair. Look up ahead, the path is there. Chorus

3 I know you’re scared, and I’m scared, too. But here I am, right next to you. Chorus

Melanie DeMore is a singer, songwriter, activist, bringing people together in healing through music is her mission. She writes that she is inspired by the great movements that were started “out of the love for their people, not out of the hatred of others.” Audience participation is welcome.

FESTIVAL CONCERT BAND

Dr. Jeffrey Scott Doebler CONDUCTOR

Jonah Hackbart-Morlock CONCERT

Seminole Snake Dance

Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate

b. 1968

Composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma. He’s one of the most successful Native American classical composers, and has had his music performed by important orchestras in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Detroit, Dallas, and Minneapolis. Mr. Tate is an Emmy Award-winner and holds the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Seminole Snake Dance is dedicated to Seminole Chief Enoch Kelly Haney, who was as sculptor, and a member of both houses of Oklahoma legislature Scholars believe that the snake dance was originally a water ceremony, because snakes were the traditional guardians of springs. You’ll hear the snake dance melody majestically quoted in the opening measures. After that, the work gets significantly faster and focuses on rhythm (mostly in 7/8 time), but you’ll also hear the snake dance melody stated many times by different combinations of instruments.

Tudor Sketches

Hampton Court Good Queen Bess Hunting at Chobham

William Owens

b. 1963

William Owens is an African American composer who grew up in Gary, Indiana, then had a career of more than 30 years as a music educator in Texas. He is one of today’s most successful band composers, having published more than 200 works. Among his many accomplishments was being commissioned by the Indiana Bandmasters Association to compose for one of the all-state bands in Indiana’s bicentennial year. He will conduct the Indiana Junior All-State Band in 2024. Tudor Sketches is based on musical styles from the time of the House of Tudor, which ruled

England and Ireland from 1485–1603. The work is especially successful is showcasing the timbres of each section in the band.

Rhythm Stand Jennifer Higdon

b. 1962

For many years, Jennifer Higdon taught at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, as well as three Grammy Awards. Dr. Higdon’s music has been performed around the world, and she has been commissioned by ensembles that include the National Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, and the Indianapolis Symphony. According to Dr. Higdon, Rhythm Stand “pays tribute to the constant presence of rhythm in our lives, from the pulse of a heart beating to the rhythmic sounds of the world around us.” The composition presents many layers of interlocking rhythms. It also serves as comic relief on the program, resulting from the tempo, the variety of rhythms, and the title. It will be apparent, right from the beginning, why the piece is called Rhythm STAND.

Kingsfold

English traditional arr. Johnnie Vinson, b. 1944

An English traditional melody, Kingsfold gives us the chance to demonstrate the beautiful, blended sounds of the concert band. In case you are interested in checking the text of this hymn, titled “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say,” you can find it as Hymn 699 in Lutheran Service Book (what we at LSM call the “chocolate” hymnal) and as Hymn 611 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (the “cranberry” hymnal). The creator of this band arrangement is Dr. Johnnie Vinson, retired director of bands from Auburn University.

1881–1956

Henry Fillmore played trombone in circus bands and was a conductor and guest conductor for professional bands and school bands. The Klaxon March, also known as March of the Automobiles, was composed by Maestro Fillmore for his band’s performance at the 1930 Cincinnati

The Klaxon March Henry Fillmore

Automobile Show. In the third section of the march (known as the “trio”), you’ll hear a lovely lyrical melody from the horns, supported by the alto saxophones. Imagine this melody being played on an instrument that Mr. Fillmore created the Klaxophone which featured twelve Klaxon horns! Mr. Fillmore was an especially popular composer, who sold even more music because he used seven pseudonyms: Harold Bennett, Ray Hall, Harry Hartley, Al Hayes, Will Huff, Henrietta Moore, and Gus Beans.

Following acknowledgment of the performers, we conclude with song and prayer printed on the following pages

gospel canticle Stand as the canticle is introduced After the introduction, all sing the refrain where indicated

Refrain

The verses are sung by all

litany In peace, …

The leader(s) add other petitions for this community and the world around us

Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord. Silence

Giving thanks for all who have gone before us and are at rest, rejoicing in the communion of (name/s and) all the saints, we commend ourselves, one another, and our whole life to you,

The litany may be followed by other prayers to which we respond

The prayers conclude with the Lord’s Prayer Gathered into one by the Holy Spirit, let us pray as Jesus taught us:

hymn “O God, our help in ages past”

All stanzas may be sung in harmony as printed

arr. Michael Boo

1955–2020

A greeting of peace may be shared by all

Following tonight’s program, all are invited to gather at the chapel entrance for refreshments and to greet the performers

ENSEMBLES AND CONDUCTORS

Festival Orchestra

Dr. Kevin F. E. Sütterlin is an internationally sought-after conductor and pedagogue who is passionate about exploring new, non-traditional forms of musical experience. Sütterlin belongs to Beyond Artists, a coalition of artists that donates a percentage of their concert fees to organizations they care about. Sütterlin is Director of Orchestral Activities and Opera and Associate Professor of Conducting at Concordia College. Under his direction, The Concordia Orchestra has received two EMMY awards, and has won the prestigious American Prize. Sütterlin is Music Director of the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra and Co-Music Director of Sinfonietta Memphis, an ensemble that provides free concerts and educational experiences for the Greater Memphis communities. Sütterlin has performed and taught across the globe including Austria, China, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. He has taught at Shanghai Conservatory, Sichuan Conservatory, Ocean University Qingdao, University of Cape Town, Musikhochschule Luzern, Virginia Tech University, and holds two annual guest artist residencies at the University of Hawaii.

FLUTE Matthew Swan, Houston, TX

Natalie Severs, Atoka, TN

OBOE Kathryn Twist, Hugo, MN

Rachel Gripp (fellow), Muncie, IN

Olivia Remak (fellow), Memphis, TN

Clara Kupferschmid, Normal, IL

Elijah Smith, Tohatchi, NM

Cecilia Doherty, Shaker Heights, OH

CLARINET Allison Schobert, Sheboygan, WI

Nicole Schobert, Sheboygan, WI

Arianna Edvenson (fellow), Coralville, IA

BASSOON Alison Pollock, Burke, VA

Jacob Starker (fellow), Cookeville, TN

HORN Kristen Ronning (fellow), Iowa City, IA

Nolan Henckel, Appleton, WI

Sarah Peterson, Fenton, MO

TRUMPET Christian Chiasson (fellow), Houma, LA

Thomas Baker-Trinity, Shoreview, MN

TROMBONE Brandon Domingue (fellow), Youngsville, LA

David Eatherton, Sheboygan, WI

TUBA Mark Severtson (fellow), Ann Arbor, MI

PERCUSSION Ramona Benson, Spokane, WA

Samuel Deneen (fellow), Anoka, MN

Caroline Julia Turner, Brentwood, MO

PIANO Avery Karrow-Lewis (fellow), Brooklyn Park, MN

VIOLIN I Noëlle Streuber-Eden, Wynnewood, PA

Gabriel Roethle (fellow), Rockford, IL

Kyra Wagmeister, Fort Wayne, IN

Gabe Sagini, Grand Forks, ND

Sylvi Leppa, Plymouth, MN

Flower Jebo, Lowell, IN

Gabriel Day-O’Connell, Saratoga Springs, NY

VIOLIN II Phoebe Drinkard, Centerton, AR

Amur Bashirov (fellow), Provo, UT

Anna Schenk, Minneapolis, MN

Lydia Lehmann, Wildwood, MO

Rachel Hauser, Aurora, IL

Luke Baker-Trinity, Shoreview, MN

McKayla Kwamboka Sagini, Grand Forks, ND

Ella Pike (fellow), Lincoln, NE

Kaitlyn Boston, Atoka, TN

Rory Meyers, Aurora, CO

Liam Holmes, Battle Ground, IN

Nikolas Berndt, Creve Coeur, MO

Ella Kahnert, Saint Paul, MN

Hanno Gaworek, Green Bay, WI

Nicholas Shade, Gary, IN

Charles David Miller, Lafayette, LA (Bass Trombone)

Caleb Panning, Wilber, NE

Kaylee Iwama, Spring, TX

Pascal Carr, Roseville, MN

Iris Keane, Elmwood Park, IL

Elizabeth Kaszycki, Rockford, IL

Hadi Masood (fellow), Billings, MT

Keira Steiner, West Fargo, ND

Ezra Maras, Algonquin, IL

Damaris Benzar, Elmwood Park, IL

Eleanor Lee, Hamden, CT

Martine Redshaw, Hovland, MN

Jillian Sompong, Bloomington, IL

Mary Eylmann, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY

Jade Stuart, Clinton, IA

Shelby Sandolfini, Morgantown, WV

William Kuehner, Berkeley, IL

Eden Preston, Valparaiso, IN

John Paul Wolfgang Fox-Seidel, Olympia, WA

Maryanne McNutt (student life staff), Hawesville, KY

VIOLA Isabella Eastwood, Vero Beach, FL

Chloe Kitzmiller (fellow), Oberlin, OH

Payton Kasel, Kaukauna, WI

Alan Larsen, Denver, CO

Aliyah Del Rosario, Williston, ND

CELLO Tessera Rippentrop, Williamsburg, IA

Ina Torres O’Ryan (fellow), Memphis, TN

Illias Palmer, Russellville, AR

Sophia Castro, Iowa City, IA

Henry Schueler, Hinsdale, IL

Anika Ellis, Lexington, KY

Daniel Gibson-Even, Valparaiso, IN

Alison White, Cedar Bluffs, NE

BASS Jordyn Clesen, Geneva, IL

Prof. Matthew Jahnke (faculty), West Fargo, ND

Alicia Wilson, Moorhead, MN

Festival Choir

Jason D. Tolman, II, Hilliard, OH

Tessa McGuire, New Berlin, WI

Karli Fisher, Adelphi, MD

Bri Wurpts, Elmwood Park, IL

Ana Rippentrop, Williamsburg, IA

Carson Nott, Oregon, WI

Marieli Martinez Zambrano, Aurora, CO

LaNiyah Hocker, Merrillville, IN

Anna Hartwell, Chanhassen, MN

Cora Holliday, Boise, ID

Alan Hoffman, Chicago, IL

Cody D. Jones, Anoka, MN

Paavo Rova, Duluth, MN

Jonas Andrews, Hudson, WI

Matthew Clarke (fellow), Normal, IL

Dr. Shannon Gravelle is the Director of Choral Activities University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, where she conducts Chamber Choir, Treble Choir, and the Tenor/Bass Choir. She previously served as the Director of Choral Activities and Music Education Coordinator at Meredith College in North Carolina. Her current research focuses on conducting pedagogy and how the identity points of young conductors affect the way they learn conducting. She is committed to equity work within her field and higher education, and advocacy is a centerpiece of her community building. Other areas of research also include silenced voices in music, conducting pedagogy, the choral works of Russian composer Sergei Taneyev, the early choral works of Johannes Brahms, the life and works of Barbara Strozzi, and music education advocacy.

SOPRANO I Damaris Benzar, Elmwood Park, IL

Phoebe Drinkard, Centerton, AR

Danielle Harrington (fellow), Fort Worth, TX

Anna Hartwell, Chanhassen, MN

Audrey Heath, Bronxville, NY

Valerie Hinkle, Logansport, IN

Eleanor Lee, Hamden, CT

Sylvi Leppa, Plymouth, MN

Briana Mays, Chicago, IL

Charlotte Miller, Portland, OR

Grace Sickert-Bush, Casper, WY

Holly Simpson (student life staff), Oshkosh, WI

Lexi Wartschlager, Coxs Creek, KY

SOPRANO II Edra Clements, Oronoco, MN

Maya Cooper, Westchester, IL

Rachel Hauser, Aurora, IL

Anna Hedstrom, Lakefield, MN

Eliana Jaffe, Kirkwood, MO

Lydia Lehmann, Wildwood, MO

Laynie Madden, Winterset, IA

Savannah Mitchell, Maywood, IL

ALTO I Jasmine Collins (student life staff), Pottstown, PA

Mary Eylmann, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY

Karli Fisher, Adelphi, MD

Lila Hahn, Columbus, OH

Stella Martin (student life staff), Olympia, WA

Marieli Martinez Zambrano, Aurora, CO

ALTO II Eloise Benson, Spokane, WA

Jenna Chapman, Sheboygan, WI

Sadie Cinnamon, Chanhassen, MN

Ella Kahnert, Saint Paul, MN

TENOR I Logan Albright (student life staff), Valparaiso, IN

Thomas Baker-Trinity, Shoreview, MN

David Eatherton, Sheboygan, WI

John Paul W. Fox-Seidel, Olympia, WA

Anderson Lopez, Miami, FL

TENOR II Luis Acol Jr., Pixley, CA

Pascal Carr, Roseville, MN

Tyler Charpentier, Valparaiso, IN

Andrew Clark (student life staff), Chicago, IL

BASS I Caleb Bachman, Valparaiso, IN

Luke Baker-Trinity, Shoreview, MN

Luke Hahn (fellow), Waupun, WI

Caleb Panning, Wilber, NE

Timothy Sanchez (fellow), Denton, TX

BASS II Francisco Cruz, East Chicago, IN

William Kuehner, Berkeley, IL

Sean Lawrence (student life staff), Kimberly, WI

Gabrielle Myers, Perrysburg, OH

Sydney Raley, Edina, MN

Isabella Ramos, Lacey, WA

Martine Redshaw, Hovland, MN

Ana Rippentrop, Williamsburg, IA

McKayla Kwamboka Sagini, Grand Forks, ND

Jade Stuart, Clinton, IA

Adaline Nass, Watertown, WI

Ella Pike (fellow), Lincoln, NE

Tessera Rippentrop, Williamsburg, IA

Lilia Schmidt, Pittsburgh, PA

Shakeira Simmons, Bellwood, IL

Naomi Tracy-Hegg, Grand Marais, MN

Isabel Lugo, Fort Wayne, IN

Aniyah Rose Nealy, Milwaukee, WI

Eden Preston, Valparaiso, IN

Brooke Schlotman, Idaville, IN

Ezra Maras, Algonquin, IL

Romarro Wilbourn Nealy, Milwaukee, WI

Will Walker (fellow), Springfield, MO

Kaleb Dunn, Chicago, IL

Emiliano Niesing, Sheboygan, WI

Illias Palmer, Russellville, AR

Carter Powell, Hillside, IL

James S. Rich III, Steger, IL

Henry Schell Podoll, Tuckahoe, NY

Hugh Reynolds, Ballwin, MO

Benjamin Schueler, Hinsdale, IL

Spencer J. Maas, Milwaukee, WI

Nathaniel Scott, Chicago, IL

Festival Concert Band

Dr. Jeffrey Scott Doebler serves as professor of music and director of music education and bands at Valparaiso University. He was named a Distinguished Hoosier by Indiana Governor Holcomb in 2018, and received the 2020–21 Valparaiso University Excellence in Teaching Award Mentoring/Advising. Professor Doebler earned music education degrees from Luther College (B.A.), Valparaiso University (M.M.), and the University of Minnesota (Ph.D.). Recognized with numerous awards for teaching, he is equally effective working with younger students, older students, and professional musicians. Dr. Doebler has appeared professionally in 30 states, Canada, Malta, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, and China. In a typical year he works with more than 3000 students.

*principal

FLUTE Caleb Barnes, Peoria, IL

Katie Buttitta (student life staff), Naperville, IL

Kaydence Gordon, Chicago, IL

Jonah Morlock (fellow), Valparaiso, IN

Annelise Hartlage, Vienna, VA

Lillie Hendricks, Parker, CO

OBOE Sarah Chang, Spring, TX

Edra Clements, Oronoco, MN

Cecilia Doherty, Shaker Heights, OH

Avon Hackbart-Morlock*, Emmetsburg, IA

BASSOON Eloise Benson*, Spokane, WA

Jacob Starker (fellow), Cookeville, TN

CLARINET Kaitlyn Boston, Atoka, TN

Arianna Edvenson (fellow), Coralville, IA

Liam Holmes, Battle Ground, IN

Eliana Jaffe, Kirkwood, MO

Rory Meyers, Aurora, CO

BASS CLARINET Orion Leverenz*, Palatine, IL

ALTO SAXOPHONE Ella Crader (student life staff), Sikeston, MO

Manuel Diaz, Houston, TX

TENOR SAXOPHONE Elliot Elias, Milan, MI

BARITONE SAXOPHONE Nikolas Berndt, Creve Coeur, MO

Clara Kupferschmid, Normal, IL

Adaline Nass, Watertown, WI

Molly Pergram, Frankenmuth, MI

Natalie Severs, Atoka, TN

Matthew Swan*, Houston, TX

Victoria Vincent, Lewes, DE

Eddie Ilardi, Chesapeake, VA

Elijah Iwama, Spring, TX

Iris Keane, Elmwood Park, IL

Jocelyn Weber, Pearland, TX

Carter Powell, Hillside, IL

Allison Schobert*, Sheboygan, WI

Nicole Schobert, Sheboygan, WI

Alison White, Cedar Bluffs, NE

Austin Tatuaca, Manvel, TX

Noah Hecht, Frankenmuth, MI

Bri Wurpts, Elmwood Park, IL

Anderson Lopez, Miami, FL

TRUMPET Thomas Baker-Trinity*, Shoreview, MN

Lorelei Heath (student life staff), Bronxville, NY

Matthew Leonard, Chicago, IL

Christian David Newcomm, Miami, FL

Henry Schell Podoll, Tuckahoe, NY

HORN Jonah Dennis (student life staff), Mount Horeb, WI

Hanno Gaworek, Green Bay, WI

TROMBONE Brandon Domingue (fellow), Youngsville, LA

David Eatherton*, Sheboygan, WI

Morwyn Kelso, Palmetto Bay, FL

Abigayle Kubiak, Hammond, IN

EUPHONIUM Caleb Bachman, Valparaiso, IN

Matthew Peffer*, Lewisberry, PA

TUBA Luis Acol Jr., Pixley, CA

Spencer J. Maas, Milwaukee, WI

Nicholas Shade, Gary, IN

Matthew Swan, Westchester, IL

Michael Swan, Westchester, IL

Kaleb Van Vorhis, Luckey, OH

Lexi Wartschlager, Coxs Creek, KY

Nolan Henckel*, Appleton, WI

Sarah Peterson, Fenton, MO

Adam Lindemer (student life staff), Wheatfield, IN

Andrew Taylor Miller, Lafayette, LA

Charles David Miller, Lafayette, LA

Margaret Rice, La Vista, NE

Allika Polowchak (student life staff), Minneapolis, MN

Caleb Panning*, Wilber, NE

Mark Severtson (fellow), Ann Arbor, MI

PERCUSSION

Ramona Benson*, Spokane, WA

Pascal Carr, Roseville, MN

Samuel Deneen (fellow), Anoka, MN

Kaylee Iwama, Spring, TX

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Quentin J. Maas, Milwaukee, WI

Nicolas Reyes-Retana, Palmetto Bay, FL

Cooper Spurling, Miami, FL

Rebecca Tredray, Robbinsdale, MN

The pillars of music, community, and faith at LSM are sustained by the generosity of friends, alumni, congregations, and communities that support the program through faculty, studio, and staff sponsorships, through student scholarships, and well as through gifts. We especially thank the following:

Tonight’s livestreaming is underwritten by Brian and Kim Becker

Special thanks to Valparaiso University for the use of instruments and music.

YOUNG MUSICIANS PARTNERSHIP

The Young Musicians Partnership (YMP) is a growing network of organizations who financially support young musicians to attend Lutheran Summer Music. Any organization

(such as churches, family foundations, rotary clubs, etc.) which contributes to a specific student’s tuition will be automatically recognized as a Young Musicians Partner. To honor this partnership, funds contributed by an organization will be matched at 50% by Lutheran Summer Music, up to a match of $500.

Young Musicians Partners for LSM 2023 include

Bethlehem Lutheran Church: Grand Marais, MN

Bethlehem Lutheran Church: Wahoo, NE

Bethesda Lutheran Church: New Haven, CT

Bowling Green Band Boosters: Bowling Green, OH

Cass County Community Foundation: Logansport, IN

Central Lutheran Church: Portland, OR

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church: Elizabethtown, PA

Christ Lutheran Church: Hammond, IN

Cypress Creek Music Teachers Association: Spring, TX

Edina Community Lutheran Church: Edina, MN

Faith Lutheran Church: Logansport, IN

First Lutheran Church: Norfolk, VA

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church: Olympia, WA

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church: Lakefield, MN

Immanuel Lutheran Church: Boise, ID

Immanuel Lutheran Church: Valparaiso, IN

Lincoln Lutheran Choir: Lincoln, NE

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Minnesota South District

Lutheran Church of the Resurrection: Roseville, MN

New Life Lutheran Church: Pearland, TX

North Baltimore Masonic Lodge: North Baltimore, OH

Northwest Indiana Symphony Society: Munster, IN

Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church: Vero Beach, FL

Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church: Casper, WY

Peace Lutheran Church: McMuray, PA

Peace Lutheran Church: Plymouth, MN

Samaritan Hill Church: Albertville, MN

SonFire Ministries: Pemberville, OH

St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church: Columbus, OH

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church: Altamont, NY

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church: Sayville, NY

St. Lorenz Lutheran Church: Frankenmuth, MI

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church: Bowling Green, OH

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church: Spokane, WA

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church: Des Peres, MO

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church: Lebanon, WI

St. Peter Lutheran Church: Mechanicsburg, PA

Trinity Lutheran Church: Hovland, MN

Trinity Lutheran Church: Valparaiso, IN

Watertown Music Boosters: Watertown, WI

Zoar Lutheran Church: Perrysburg, OH

ANNOUNCING LSM 2024

June 30–July 28

Valparaiso University

I am who I am because of LSM. Almost every day I reference something from LSM or rely on the experience and growth I gained at LSM.

LSM ALUM

Now is the perfect time to start planning for next summer! More students each day are enrolling early for LSM 2024, joining the long legacy of LSM students returning year after year.

To enroll early for LSM 2024 or nominate a new student who would thrive at LSM, contact MaryLynn Mennicke, Dean and Director of Admissions (admissions@lutheransummermusic.org; 612.879.9555 ext. 2).

FACULTY AND STUDIO SPONSORS

Dr. Bruce Atwell HORN • sponsored by Philip Hahn

Rev. Nathan Baker-Trinity CHAPLAIN • The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Chaplain Chair

Thomas Bandar VIOLA • sponsored by James and Joanne Albers

Michael Beert LOW STRINGS • sponsored by Karin Swenson Moore and Nicholas Moore

Monte Belknap VIOLIN • sponsored by George and Andrea Pauli

Elise Blatchford FLUTE • sponsored by Paul and Diane Jacobson

Dr. Cole Burger PIANO • sponsored by Thomas and Kathleen Schmidt

Alexis Cairy VOICE • sponsored by Karen Rayapati

Ezechiel Daos ASSOCIATE CANTOR • sponsored by Linda and Robert Kempke

Dr. Jeffrey Scott Doebler FESTIVAL CONCERT BAND • Ensemble Directorship sponsored by Carol Wessler in memory of Peter Wessler

Dr. David Eyler PERCUSSION • sponsored by Christine and William Drotning in memory of Eric Drotning

Chad Fothergill CANTOR • The Regina Holmen Fryxell and Patricia Schad Leege Endowed Organ and Church Music Chair • The Linda and Robert Kempke Cantor Chair • The Paul Bouman Endowed Chapel Choir Chair

Julian Goods VOICE • sponsored by Paul Georgeson

Dr. Shannon Gravelle FESTIVAL CONCERT CHOIR • The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Festival Choir Director Chair

Elizabeth Gray VOICE • sponsored by John Lunde in memory of Joyce Povlacs Lunde

Daniel Greco VOICE • sponsored by Robert and Susan Ellefson

Dr. Gregory Hamilton LOW STRINGS • sponsored by Nancy Jones and Michael Hovland

Rachel Handlin VIOLIN, VIOLA • sponsored by Pamela Smith in memory of Arden and Yvette Tollefson

Matthew Jahnke BASS • sponsored by Nancy Jones and Michael Hovland

Hannah Johnsrud SACRISTAN • sponsored by Craig Mueller and Ernest Vasseur

Christina Giuca Krause PIANO • sponsored by Beth Nelson Chase and John Chase

Dr. Benjamin Krause COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE • sponsored by Tom and Sylvia Luekens

Anne Krentz Organ LITURGICAL COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE • sponsored by David Schack and Claire Bushong

Nicole Lee PIANO • sponsored by Alan and Carolyn Morrisson

Cheryl Taylor Lemmons COLLABORATIVE PIANO • sponsored by Seth Hartwell and Elizabeth Drotning Hartwell in memory of Eric Drotning

Dr. Stacy Maugans SAXOPHONE • sponsored by John and Connie Schoening

Catherine McCord Larsen VOICE • sponsored by Stephen and Elizabeth Hogberg

Jorge Montilla Moreno CLARINET • sponsored by Sallie Streib in memory of Dr. Erich Streib

Dr. Paul Morton TRUMPET • sponsored by Pamela and Keith Killinger

Austin Smith OBOE • sponsored by Jeanine Krause

Dr. Kevin Sütterlin FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA • The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Orchestra Chair

Adrienne Williams VIOLIN • sponsored by Judith Finnegan in memory of Dr. Gerald Finnegan

Dr. Benjamin Yates LOW BRASS • sponsored by Todd and Sadie Kunau

Dr. Daryn Zubke BASSOON • sponsored by Mark and Jana Boelke

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SOURCES AND PERMISSIONS

Liturgies at Lutheran Summer Music are adapted or reprinted from Lutheran Book of Worship (1978), Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), Lutheran Service Book (2006), All Creation Sings (2020), and SundaysandSeasons.com, with copyrights held or administered by Augsburg Fortress and Concordia Publishing House. Texts and music reprinted under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License SAS006481; One License A-709357; and Augsburg Fortress Hymns License 14057.

Joyous light of glory. Text: Phos hilaron, Greek hymn, ca. 3rd cent. Translation and music by Roger T. Petrich, 1938–2022, © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymn 229, and Lutheran Service Book, p. 244.

My soul proclaims your greatness, Lord. Text: traditional Magnificat, adapt. from Luke 1:46–55. Music: Anne Krentz Organ, b. 1960, © 2020 Augsburg Fortress. Reprinted from All Creation Sings, p. 32.