Dr. Jeffrey Scott Doebler, conductor
Jonah Hackbart-Morlock, concert band fellow
with special guests
Stacy Maugans, alto saxophone
Daniel Greco, voice
Seth Carlson, organ
Thursday, July 20 Chapel of the Resurrection
7:00 P.M.
Ensemble Directorship sponsored by Carol Wessler in memory of Peter Wessler
Valparaiso University
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.
from the conductor
additional program notes by Jeffrey
Scott DoeblerI am truly honored that Carol Wessler has sponsored the 2023 LSM Festival Concert Band directorship in honor of her late husband, Peter Wessler (1957–2020). Peter was my good friend and one of the most sincere, thoughtful, and kind people I have ever known. He was also an outstanding educator and a fine musician. In his role as LSM Academy Director, Peter and I worked together for many years. I had previously served in that position, so the two of us could share experiences and problem-solving strategies. Peter and I shared a passion for music education, which included an intense commitment to Lutheran Summer Music. I’m dedicating our concert tonight to Peter Wessler, one of LSM’s most devoted servants.
Jeffrey Scott DoeblerGuy Foreman spent most of his career as a band teacher in LaPorte, Indiana, and conducted the Michigan City (Indiana) Municipal Band for an astounding 60 years! For the past 40 years, this fanfare has been played to open each concert of the Michigan City Municipal Band. The music is based on the famous song Back Home Again, in Indiana by James Hanley and Ballard MacDonald.
welcome Thomas Bandar EXECUTIVE AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, LUTHERAN MUSIC PROGRAM Rev. Dr. Brian Beckstrom ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FOR MISSION, CHURCH ANDSeminole Snake Dance 2020
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 2013
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 in showcasing the timbres of each section in the band.
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 2015 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. You can find hymns with the Kingsfold tune as hymns 444 and 846 in Lutheran Service Book (what we at LSM call the “chocolate” hymnal) and as hymns 251, 412, 611, and 636 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (the “cranberry” hymnal). The creator of this band arrangement is Dr. Johnnie Vinson, retired director of bands from Auburn University.
20 de Julio 2010 Hernan Olano
b. 1957
On July 20, 1810, Colombia declared its independence. 20 de Julio was composed for Colombia’s bicentennial. Hernan Olano is a composer based in Bogotá, Colombia. The work is in the form of the Colombian dance, the pasillo fiestero, which is described by Mr. Olano as a “joyful Andean rhythm from the early nineteenth century, born in Colombia to celebrate independence and today very popular in the Andean region and Central America.”
March: The Klaxon 1929
Henry Fillmore
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 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.
b. 1968
Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, Dr. Maugans, Windiana, and I had the privilege of commissioning Dr. Kirk O’Riordan to compose Sacred Spaces. The premiere took place on March 2, 2023, here in the Chapel of the Resurrection, with the composer in attendance. Prof. O’Riordan serves as director of bands at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, and holds the D.M.A. degree from Arizona State University. He is a long-time friend of Dr. Maugans. Here are Dr. O’Riordan’s notes on the Sacred Spaces:
The piece is essentially a meditation on several well-known Christian hymns in an empty cathedral, bathed in light from stained glass. The [band] is used primarily to replicate the reflective acoustical properties of such a space, as well as to provide a sense of power and grandeur. While Stacy’s original idea and our subsequent conversations on what the piece might be like had more or less fully developed the concept of the piece (indeed, much of the piece was composed already) before the unrest of 2020, looking back I feel like the person doing the meditating might very well have been motivated to do so by that unrest
With that said, there is not a literal story here one should not understand this piece as [a] direct attempt at creating a narrative. Rather, this is a collection of impressions, abstracted and expressionistic. The hymns are presented as memories, as ruminations; while recognizable, they are different, too…altered by time and by their own timelessness.
b. 1951
Where the Stormy Winds Blow was commissioned by the Michigan City Municipal Band (MCMB), Michigan City, Indiana. The premiere took place on July 14, 2022, with Jeffrey Scott Doebler conducting, Richard AmRhein serving as vocalist and story-teller, and the composer in attendance. The MCMB has the privilege of commissioning a new composition each year, because of a special music projects endowment through the Unity Foundation of LaPorte County, thanks to the estate of Ruth Rohrabaugh (The Ted and Ruth Rohrabaugh Fund). This allows the MCMB to foster the creation of new music that is first enjoyed by audiences at the Guy Foreman Amphitheater in Michigan City, then with bands and audiences around the
world. Where the Stormy Winds Blow features a narrator who recounts the tale through spoken word and singing. The composition is based on a true story that occurred on Lake Michigan in 1873. Daniel Greco’s narration will give you the details.
Following acknowledgement of the performers, we conclude with song and prayer
This liturgy uses the chocolate-colored worship book Lutheran Service Book, abbreviated as LSB in this bulletin. References to “page” numbers are found in the front of the book (look for the smaller numbers at the top of each page) while references to “Hymn” numbers are found in the main section (look for larger numbers at the top of each page next to the hymn title).
abendmusik How Great Thou Art 2023
Seth Carlson ORGAN
arr. Dan Miller b. 1954
tr. Jerry Brubaker
This setting of How Great Thou Art was commissioned by Seth Carlson and the Westminster Christian High School Symphonic Band, Palmetto Bay, Florida, in loving memory of Christopher Bobson (2005–2023). The arrangement was created by church musician, composer, and conductor Dan Miller, then transcribed for band by Jerry Brubaker. Mr. Brubaker is the president of the Association of Concert Bands, which is the national professional association representing adult concert bands. He is an accomplished composer, a professional horn player, and was a member of the US Navy Band for more than 30 years. During part of that time, Mr. Brubaker served the Navy Band as chief arranger. He earned his undergraduate degree from the Eastman School of Music. Here are Mr. Carlson’s notes on the work: Christopher Bobson was in his senior year at Westminster Christian School in Miami, Florida, when he was involved in a fatal motorcycle accident this past January. He was a beloved trombonist in Mr. Carlson’s band. How Great Thou Art was sung at Chris’s memorial service and was chosen as the hymn tune to be arranged for band by the Bobson Family and Mr. Carlson.
introit
Stand at the start of the introduction
dialogue At the sound of the bell, face the procession
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.
“Thou that hast given so much” Carl F. Schalk, 1929–2021
Chanted by the leader
We give you thanks, O God, for in the beginning you called light into being, and you set lights in the sky to govern night and day. In a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night you led your people into freedom. Enlighten our darkness by the light of your Christ; may your Word be a lamp to our feet and a light to our path; for you are merciful, and you love your whole creation, and with all your creatures we give you glory, through your Son Jesus Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, now and forever.
psalm 141 “Let my prayer rise before you …” LSB, page 245
Group I Treble (soprano, alto) voices
Group II Low (tenor, bass) voices
The symbol C in LSB means all
After a time of silence for reflection, a psalm prayer is chanted by the leader
psalm prayer
Let us pray. Let the incense of our repentant prayer ascend before you, O God, and let your lovingkindness descend upon us, that with purified hearts we may sing your praises with the church on earth and the whole heavenly host, and may glorify you forever and ever.
reading Hebrews 2:1–5
The lector concludes by saying “The word of the Lord” or similar words to which all respond Thanks be to God.
Silence for reflection
Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways | by the prophets, but in these last days God has spoken to us | by the Son.
gospel canticle
Stand as the canticle is introduced After the introduction, all sing the refrain where indicated
The verses are sung by all
Verses 5 and 6 are printed on the following page u
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:
Stanza 1 All, in unison
Stanzas 2–4 All, in harmony
Stanza 5 All, in unison
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
Jeffrey Scott Doebler has served as director of music education and bands at Valparaiso University since 1992, after teaching in the public schools of Emmetsburg, Iowa, and Shakopee, Minnesota. He has been involved with Lutheran Summer Music in most years since 1994. Dr. Doebler was the recipient of the 2020–21 Valparaiso University Excellence in Teaching Award Mentoring/Advising, as well as the 2005 Valparaiso University Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award. In 2018, he was named a Distinguished Hoosier by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb. Prof. Doebler earned degrees in music education from Luther College (B.A.), Valparaiso University (M.M.), and the University of Minnesota (Ph.D.). His 41-year career in music education has achieved a unique balance of conducting, teacher preparation, leadership, and working with musicians from the beginning through professional levels, but all aspects of his vocation have had an ultimate focus on teaching. He has been recognized for teaching excellence by peers, colleagues, and students, including awards from the Indiana Music Education Association (IMEA), Valparaiso University, Luther College, Sigma Alpha Iota, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and the Confucius Institute. Dr. Doebler was a quarter-finalist for the Grammy Music Educator Award in 2014. In 2022, he was presented the Sino-US People’s Friendship Award. In a typical year, Dr. Doebler works with over 3000 students. He has appeared professionally in 30 states, Canada, Malta, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, and China. Professor Doebler is a former president and state editor of the IMEA. He designed the IMEA All-State Future Music Educators Colloquium, a program that has been replicated in many other states. Dr. Doebler is a former president of the Indiana Bandmasters Association (IBA). For the IBA, he regularly conducts the AllRegion and All-District Honor Bands, he conducted the All-State Band in 2011, and the Junior All-State Band in 2014. He is the first person to conduct at all four levels of IBA honor bands. Dr. Doebler is founder of a professional-level concert band, Windiana, which has toured China ten times, and has also toured Italy, Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii. Windiana performed for the national convention of the Association of Concert Bands in 2011, the National Chinese Language Conference in 2009, and a headline concert at Carnegie Hall on December 29, 2022. Dr. Doebler serves as concert band conductor for Lutheran Summer Music, the national Lutheran high school music camp. He is conductor of the 155year-old Michigan City Municipal Band. Professor Doebler conducts the handbell choir at Valparaiso University and is the Indiana Chair for the Handbell Musicians of America. In 2018, Dr. Doebler conducted the Indiana All-State Handbell Choir. It is believed that this was the first all-state handbell choir in the nation.
Ensemble
*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
OBOE Sarah Chang, Spring, TX
Edra Clements, Oronoco, MN
Avon Hackbart-Morlock*, Emmetsburg, IA
BASSOON Eloise Benson*, Spokane, WA
Jacob Starker (fellow), Cookeville, TN
CLARINET 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
TRUMPET
Thomas Baker-Trinity*, Shoreview, MN
Lorelei Heath (student life staff), Bronxville, NY
Matthew Leonard, Chicago, IL
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 Matthew Peffer*, Lewisberry, PA
Clara Kupferschmid, Normal, IL
Adaline Nass, Watertown, WI
Molly Pergram, Frankenmuth, MI
Matthew Swan*, Houston, TX
Victoria Vincent, Lewes, DE
Eddie Ilardi, Chesapeake, VA
Elijah Iwama, Spring, TX
Jocelyn Weber, Pearland, TX
Carter Powell, Hillside, IL
Allison Schobert*, Sheboygan, WI
Nicole Schobert, Sheboygan, WI
Alison White, Cedar Bluffs, NE
Noah Hecht, Frankenmuth, MI
Bri Wurpts, Elmwood Park, IL
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
TUBA Luis Acol Jr., Pixley, CA
Spencer J. Maas, Milwaukee, WI
PERCUSSION Ramona Benson*, Spokane, WA
Samuel Deneen (fellow), Anoka, MN
Kaylee Iwama, Spring, TX
Quentin J. Maas, Milwaukee, WI
Caleb Panning*, Wilber, NE
Mark Severtson (fellow), Ann Arbor, MI
Nicolas Reyes-Retana, Palmetto Bay, FL
Rebecca Tredray, Robbinsdale, MN
Caroline Julia Turner, Brentwood, MO
Stacy Maugans teaches saxophone, music theory, and performance pedagogy at Valparaiso University, and has recently completed an outstanding extended term as chair of the music department. She is a recipient of the VU Excellence in Teaching Award. Dr. Maugans is also a member of the faculty for Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival. An active recitalist, adjudicator, and lecturer on the history of saxophone in Russia and the former Soviet Union, Dr. Maugans has received grants from U.S. Department of Education and Social Science Research Council for studies in Russian and has performed internationally in Russia, Tanzania, Malta, and China. She earned the DMus, BMus, and BA (math) at Indiana University under the guidance of Dr. Eugene Rousseau, and the M.M.at Arizona State University with Dr. Joseph Wytko. Dr. Maugans soloed with Windiana at Carnegie Hall on December 29, 2022.
Daniel Greco is a Twin Cities-based performer, songwriter, private voice instructor, master class clinician, adjudicator, and music director specializing in classical voice, musical theater, and contemporary commercial music styles. He teaches voice at the University of St. Thomas and has been on the voice faculty at LSM since 2019, where he also directs Musical Theater and oversees the Vocal Pedagogy Fellowship. Mr. Greco has held faculty positions at NYU Steinhardt, St. Olaf College, and McNally Smith College of Music, and maintains a large private voice studio in South Minneapolis. Mr. Greco holds a B.M. in Vocal Performance from St. Olaf College, M.M. in Musical Theater Performance & Advance Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy from NYU Steinhardt and is a proud alum of the Wesley Balk Opera/MusicTheater Institute. Mr. Greco is active as a baritone soloist, opera chorus singer, music theater performer, and specialist in Nordic art song and folk repertoire (as a native Swedish speaker). He can be heard singing the title role on the award-winning concept album Van Winkle: A Folk Musical. Mr. Greco is currently working on recording his first full album of original songs, most of which live in the messy crosshairs of queer identity and Christian faith.
Seth Carlson is the student life director for Lutheran Summer Music. He serves as director of bands at Westminster Christian School in Palmetto Bay, Florida, and is organist and leader of alternative music at First United Methodist Church in Coral Gables, Florida. Mr. Carlson is founder and conductor of the Miami Sousa Band. He is a graduate of Valparaiso University, where he majored in music and chemistry, studied organ, and served as principal bassoon in the Chamber Concert Band. Mr. Carlson earned a master’s degree in music education from the University of Miami and is a doctoral candidate in music education at Boston University.
CHAPLAIN Rev. Nathan Baker-Trinity
The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Chaplain Chair
SACRISTAN Hannah Johnsrud
Sponsored by Craig Mueller and Ernest Vasseur
BELL Jade Stuart
LIGHT Lauren Hartman
CANTOR Anna Hedstrom
LECTOR Alison Pollock
LITURGICAL COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE Anne Krentz Organ
Sponsored by David Schack and Claire Bushong
ASSOCIATE CANTOR Ezechiel Daos
Sponsored by Linda and Robert Kempke
CANTOR Chad Fothergill
The Regina Holmen Fryxell and Patricia Schad Leege Organ and Church Music Chair
The Linda and Robert Kempke Cantor Chair
The Paul Bouman Endowed Chapel Choir Chair
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. Luke 1:46–55. Music: Anne Krentz Organ, b. 1960, © 2020 Augsburg Fortress. Reprinted from All Creation Sings, p. 32.
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, student scholarships, as well as through gifts.
LSM especially thanks Brian and Kim Becker for underwriting tonight’s livestreaming and Valparaiso University for the use of instruments and music.
We also thank the following partners and sponsors:
Much like Bach’s enduring influence over classical and sacred music and the church, the J. S. Bach Society honors individuals who have committed to LSM’s long-term impact by including Lutheran Music Program in their will or estate plans. LSM thanks these individuals for their dedication to the sustainability and influence of LSM on students, congregations, and our community:
Anonymous
William Harold Beermann
Glenn and Dorothy Burroughs
William and Christine Drotning
Suzanne Eggold
Emma Paula Flitsch †
Robin High
Wayne and Laurell Huber
David Kenneth Johnston †
Linda and Robert Kempke
James and Sarah Klein
Barbara Lee Klingsick
Samuel and Carolyn Kochel
† deceased SUPPORT
Marion Liska †
John H. Lunde
Susan Messerli
Jean Minsch
Marilyn J. Mohling
William Mowson
Craig Mueller and Ernest Vasseur
Joan Scheele Mueller †
Dieter and Pamela Nickel
Elda and Rod O’Brien
Glenn and Patricia Ohlmann
Norman and Kathleen Porath
Karen Rayapati
Michael and Dawn Rickman
Robert and Lois Rimbo
Mark and Janet Roock
Thomas and Kathleen Schmidt
Eunice Seeber †
Warren Shoberg †
Leathia R. Siewert
Frank Stubbs and Tom Lee
Reuben and Darlene Swanson †
John and Dixie Thompson
David and Joan Totten
Allison and Gary Yee
Marion H. Youngquist †
A heartfelt thank you to the hundreds of friends, alumni, and parents who support LSM through donations each year. Please consider a first-time or additional gift today to support this summer’s program.
https://www.lsmacademy.org/support
In recognition of the deep importance of the work of our faculty and students, the Rupert Dunklau Foundation has awarded a $25,000 matching grant for any new, increased, or renewed gift to LSM!
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
Church Music • sponsored by Janet and Randy Peterson in memory of Paul Bouman • sponsored by Paul Killinger in honor of Pamela and Keith Killinger
Handbells • sponsored by Nancy Jones and Michael Hovland • sponsored by Mary Bricker
Introduction to Pipe Organ • sponsored by Pamela and Keith Killinger
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
$100,000 AND ABOVE
$50,000–$99,999
Gifts received between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023
A heartfelt word of thanks to all donors listed below who contributed to LSM during the previous fiscal year. Because of your care, support, and advocacy, LSM is leading a national resurgence in young people aligning their musical gifts with the church.
* alumni # parent of LSM alum † deceased
Mark and Kathy Helge
Christopher Family Foundation
David K. Johnston †
Sukup Family Foundation
$10,000–$49,999
Anonymous
Brian and Kim Becker
Dr. Ronald and Carol Burmeister
Donald and Deborah Christian
Doris Christopher
Jay Christopher
Tracy Elftmann
eLJay Foundation
Becky S. Graef
Linda and Robert Kempke
David and Cynthia Krause #
Marion Liska #†
John Lunde
Kenneth and Cindy Mueller
Mundt Foundation
Dieter and Pamela Nickel
Ben and Reba Williams #
$5,000–$9,999
Martin and Jill Baumgaertner
Cambia Employee Giving Campaign
Nancy Dickerson
William and Christine Drotning #
LCMS Foundation
Jami* and Sarah McLaren
Brad Natzke #*
Donald Prahlow #
Michael and Dawn Rickman
Karin Swenson-Moore and Nicholas Moore #
$2,000–$4,999
James and Joanne Albers
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Mark and Rebecca Duesenberg #
Karleen Escobar
Amy and Scott Feira #
Lloyd and Mary Gran #
Philip Hahn
Dr. Derek A. Helton *
Beverly Heyne
Wayne and Laurell Huber
James and Deborah Hushagen
Dietrich* and Carly Jessen
Nancy Jones and Michael Hovland #
Rev. Keith and Pamela Killinger #
Rev. Richard and Mary Koehneke #
David J. Kundert
William A. Lamm
Patricia Leege #
Thomas and Sylvia Luekens
Lutheran Hymn Festival, Inc.
Craig Mueller and Ernest Vasseur
Ralph R. Wasch
Roger and Barbara Wesby #
Alfred and Barbara Wiemann #
Drs. Jeremy Wirths* and James Botros
Marion Youngquist †
Richard and Kathleen Mueller
Michael and Sharon Mullins #
Rebecca Pallmeyer and Dan McAdams #
George and Andrea Pauli #
Jonathan Penny *
David Schack and Claire Bushong
Pastor Cliff Schmidt
Charles and Mary Sukup
Carol Wessler #
Gary and Allison* Yee #
$1,000–$1,999 Anonymous
Drs. Dorothy Bass and Mark Schwehn #
Matthew* and Krista* Bernthal
Mary Best
Judith and Rich Beumer
Mark* and Janna Boelke
Mary E. Bricker #
Dorothy and Glenn Burroughs
Patrick M. Callahan *
Michael Dorner
Elizabeth* Drotning Hartwell and Seth* Hartwell #
Margie L. Drumm #
Melody Drumm *
Robert and Susan Ellefson
Judith Finnegan #
First Citizens National Bank Charitable Trust
$500–$999 Anonymous
Mary Anna Anderson
Steven and Karen Anderson
Josh and Jaime Bachman #
Thomas Bandar
Berghaus Organ Builders
Soren Bjornstad *
Amy M. Bonecutter-Leonard *
Keith and Betsy Brown #
Cole Burger* and Karen Wu
John and Beth Nelson Chase
Cheryl E. Dieter
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Margaret Garmatz
Paul Georgeson *
Google Org.
Dr. John T. Groerich *
Jean Marie Hartwell #
Daniel* and Emily Hellerich
Martin* and Rev. Susie Hill
Stephen and Elizabeth Hogberg
Paul and Diane Jacobson
Yvonne Johnson
Samuel and Carolyn Kochel #
Jeanine Krause*
Karl Kreft
Todd* and Sadie Kunau
Faith and Mark Lakamp
Lissa Leege* and Frank D’Arcangelo #
Alan and Carolyn Morrisson
Mark* and Ann Oswood
Melba J. Panhorst
Janet and Randy Peterson
Norman and Kathleen Porath #
Robert W. Rowe
Evelyn Schlichting
John and Connie Schoening #
Becky and Kurtis Schultz
Dr. David L. Shaw *
Siebert Lutheran Foundation, Inc.
Pamela Smith
Nancy J. Tagge
David and Joan Totten
Trinity Lutheran Church
$200–$499
Anonymous
Steven and Joan Axdal #
Glen and Linda Bahr #
Eldon and Donna Balko
William Harold Beermann
Michael Beert and Rachel Handlin* #
John and Carol Beilharz #
Samantha Bessey *
Helen Fliege
Susan K. Gobien
Cathy and Paul Gruenwald #
Michael and Jeanne Held #
David and Carolyn Hellerich #
Robin High
Zebulon and Amanda Highben
Donald and Margaret Hinchey
Cheryl Taylor Lemmons #
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
Christine Victoria Mennicke *
Mark and Virginia Meyer
Gretchen Olson-Kopp #
WG and Beverly Osladil #
J. Craig Blomquist #
Carla Blumberg
Barry and Donna Bobb #
Rev. Robert A. and Dr. Jean Boehler
Carla Borchardt
Mark and Rosalind Burger #
Zachary Busch*
Marc and Christine Chason #
David and Polly Piehler
Karen Rayapati #
Hilbert and Joan Riemer
Robert and Lois Rimbo
Mark and Janet Roock
Al Senske #
Leathia Siewert #
Rev. Susanne Smith
Frank Stubbs and Tom Lee
Perry and Erica* Thomas
Hildred and Edward Tornberg
Daniel and Linda Tsui
Ronald and Kendra Vance #
Timothy Wurpts #
Rich Claybaker
Erin Dillane *
Will* and Laura Doebler
Karen J. Doering
Judith M. Duda
Karen Eddinger
Phyllis Eggers
Kirsten Eilertson *
Kari Fisher #
$200–$499 continued Janyce Flanery #
Ronald Fossell #
Michael and Susan Fuchs
Eric and Pauline Gruenler
Dr. Lois Haertel
Natalie Haggett #
Margaret Hartwig
Arlene Hauser #
Jeffrey* and Holly Held
Judith Honig
Ryan Hostler *
Adam and Valerie* Hughes
Scott and Dora Hyslop #
Steven J. Ickes *
Helen and Dale Iverson-Metzger
Rev. Roland and Suzan Jank #
Beverly Jedynak
Merilee Klemp and Randall Davidson #
Philip G. Klintworth #
Emily Kraskinki*
Gregory and Barb Krohn #
Jacob Krueger and Nichole Lyons
Dodd and Myrna Lamberton
Ryan D. Lauer *
Meghan Dewald Althouse *
Nathan* and Jennifer* Baker-Trinity #
Kevin L. Barger
Beverly Baumann
Perry and Sarah Beaver #
Erika* and Oliver Bergh
John and Gretchen Buggeln #
William and Beverly Braun #
Rebecca Burnett *
Devon Carpenter *
Judith and Robert Carpenter
Ron and Betty Chaggaris
Robert M. Chambers *
Natalie J. Clark *
Karla Colahan
L. George and Debra Detweiler #
Marilyn K. Dielmann #
Robert and Deborah Dillane #
Russell and Joyce Doebler
Nicole Lee #
Jeanette Lindholm
Carl and Tanya Locke #
Dan Wilson Logas *
Michael and Mary Alice Long #
Margaret Lukas #
Peter and Nancy McIntyre #
Jay and Cynthia McLaren #
Medtronic Foundation
Nancy Menk
David and Katherine Mennicke #
MaryLynn Elizabeth Mennicke *
Susanna Katherine Mennicke *
Marilyn Mohling #
Fred and Brandee Moore
Ronald and Janet Mueller #
Dorothy L. Mundt
Keith and Ann Nelson #
Paul W. Neukirch #
John L. Nuechterlein
Louis and Gloria Nuechterlein
Steven* and Jennifer Podoll
James and Stephanie Rindelaub
Christopher and Kimberly Rodel
Donald and Doris Rotermund
Michael Schaner *
Charles and Marcia Schaner #
Paul Schueler #
Pamela and Don Seidelmann #
Martin and Joanne Seltz #
Ed and Karen Seykowski
John Slawson
Dolly and Mac Smith #
Stephen and Kristine Sneeringer
Wayne and Barb Sodergren
Alan and Pamela Stewart
The Table Inc.
Luther and Marilee Tollefson #
William and Barbara Urbrock
Rueben and Mary Walter #
Kenneth Warren
Linda Warren
Max and Ardith Wessler
Zachary Westermeyer *
Stanley and Karla Woell
Theodore and Abigail Wuerffel #
Peggy L. Woiwod
Evelyn* and Jeremy* Zimmer
Frank and Dorothy Eirten #
Richard and Sharon Engdahl
Shirley Espeland
David and Irene Eyer
Carol Finanger
Olinda Fink
Richard and Kathy Fischer #
Gene M. Fortune
John and Emily Fothergill #
Reid Froiland
Stephen and Heidi Giles #
Martha Gregory
David and Karen Grote
Michael and Deborah Grupe #
Rev. Paul J. Haberstock
Rev. John Halvorson and Hjordis Dommer Halvorson #
Van Hardison
Lisa Hartwig
Rolf and Lois Hedberg #
Robert and Jennifer Hobby
Lynn Hofstad *
Robert and Linda Hofstad #
Marvin and Shirley Huls
Jane and Jim Hunder
Lois Huseby
David and Lisa Johnson #
Pauline and John Kiltinen
Timothy and Monica Knauss #
Georgianne Kornfuehrer
Lilita Lassen-Ward #
Donald and Leesa Macgowan #
Kenneth and Carolyn Mangels #
Elaine F. Mann
Ann McClain
Cathy McCord Larsen
Harmony Mendez
Sally Messner
Jonathan W. Miller and Barbara Chapman #
Karl E. Moyer
Martha J. Mutch
$100–$199 continued Ted and Kathy Nail #
Matthew Olmstead *
Melissa L. Olson Clarkson
William Parsons Jr. and Kathleen C. Parsons
Margaret Perella
DA and Susan Pershall
Mel and Eileen Piehl
Lynn and Karla Podoll #
Jeanine* and Nathan Ratterman
Nicholas Ross *
Katherine and Robert Russell
Dr. Robert S. Satterlee #
Eric Sayre *
Donald Schedler
Mark Steven Schroeter
Dorothy and Ralph Schultz
TO $99 Mark Ahlman #
Eric and Karin Albright #
Michael Anderson
Trudi Anderson
Marko Bajzer *
Jerald and Kathleen Ball
Michael Andrew Beaver *
Kate Behring
Hope Bogusch
Morgan Brumm *
Jeanne Burger
Kristina Hamilton Butler *
Sophia Butler *
William Carroll
Sarah Case
Sharon L. Casteel *
Randy and Jeanne Castello #
Larry A. Christensen
Concordia Publishing House
Daniel and Carolyn Dauner
Rachel* and Leon De Oliveira
Carolyn Deuel #
Richard and Ruth Doty #
Sarah Melissa Duncan *
Phillip and Sandra Edwardson
Siegfried H. Siefkes
Nancy R. Siverson #
Rolf and Margrete Smeby
Keith and Traude Smith
Norma Sorenson
Kayl* and Carl R. Soukup #
Alan Stahl
William Stewart
Phil and Lorrel Strom-Jensen #
Rebekah Sundsrud
Bob and Eileen Tanis #
Rev. Richard and Sandra Tietjen #
Tim and Julie Trude #
Stephanie Twin
Michael and Cindy VonWaldner #
Sue Eggold
Rebecca Amalia Elfman *
Rev. William J. Fackler
Kristen Flak-Solom *
Edison Fowler *
Christopher Gebauer
Megan Elizabeth Glass *
Herman and Gertrude Gossenberger #
Benjamin* and Chloe Growth
Philip Grupe *
Brittany Haas
Ardath Heard
Maria Hedberg
Laura Hedstrom *
Carrie Knudsen Hendrickson *
Barbara Herbener
Ken Herman
Johanna Hilfiker Dexter *
Irv and Ginny Hischke #
Dale Hoiberg
Chelsea Hook
Wallace and Joan Horton
Laura* and Christopher Hughes
Susan Jacob
Kenneth and Julie Voss #
Dwight Weaver *
Rev. Paul D. Weber #
Joel and Deanna Wehrspann #
Sarah Weissenbuehler
Carla Wesby *
Robert A. Wessler
Paul and Lisa Westermann
Gregory and Willa White #
Drs. Andrew D. Whitfield and Spencer Martin
LeRoy and Jane Wilke
James and Susan Williamson #
Susan and Tim Wolbrecht
Marian and John Wuertz
David Johnson #
James and Kathy Johnson
Johanna Johnson #
Lavonne Johnson
Natalie Johnson *
Paul Jursinic
Susan I. Kreitz #
Dale and Karen Kruse
Dennis Larson
Christopher and Nora Lee #
Austin Lemmons *
Jessica Lemmons *
Marcia Lewis
Matthew and Jane Linder #
Marcia and Cedric Lofdahl
Gail Marie Luley
Tiller Martin *
Phyllis M. Mattill
Sarah McCullough *
Carol F. McDermott #
Monica and Bill McLaughlin
Pamela Meredith
Marian Metson
Brita Meyer *
Kari Mohs
TO $99 continued
Brita* and Adam Moore-Kutz
Karin Moreaux *
Corrine Faith Muske
Rev. James A. Muske
Sarah Nail*
Bill and Lori Nardini #
Faith Ann Noe
Judith and Monte Olson
Michael L. Olson
Rev. Paul and Barbara Otte #
Jeffrey and Linda Pannebaker
Rev. Paul and Carol Prange #
Rolland and Sharon Preuss #
Dave Priebe
Gregg Punswick *
Amy Radil
Joyce Richter
Dorothy E. Richterkessing
John Robinson
Jenny* and Dennis Rohr
Kaia Sand *
Laurel Sanders
Dr. Christopher Scheer
Michael and Diana Scheer #
Charles Schroeder
Micky Schroer
Lois and José Seijo
Rev. Edward and Nancy Sheehan #
James and Shirley Sloan #
Angela Young Smucker *
Lawrence and Ellen Sohn
Michael Solomon *
Peg Spengler
Virginia Stamey-Johnson
James and Sylvia Streufert #
Andrew Strietelmeier *
Melissa Taylor
Luke* and Kathrine Tegtmeier
Dawn Thompson Weber
Jim and Beth Tobin #
Barbara Unger
Fernanda Van Atta
Marilyn Van Roekel
Alan and Mary Wagmeister #
Jeffrey Wall *
Mary Ann Wallace #
Carol Waltz #
Lisa Watson
Leslie and Jeannie Weber
Jonathan* and Joy Wessler
Kirk A. Wessler
Rev. Paul Westermeyer
Ann Winget #
Paul Wolfe #
Charis Wuerffel *
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