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Flourish for Brass Quintet
Paul Morton TRUMPET
Christian Chiasson TRUMPET
Bruce Atwell HORN
Brandon Domingue TROMBONE
Benjamin Yates BASS TROMBONE
welcome Thomas Bandar EXECUTIVE AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, LUTHERAN MUSIC PROGRAM
Kevin Hilbun
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
sus Christ.
and we look to the
We have come to the
We sing to
prayer Let us pray … now and forever. Amen. (spoken)
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Kevin Sütterlin THE PHYLLIS AND RICHARD DUESENBERG ENDOWED ORCHESTRA CHAIR
Elizabeth Ames ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING FELLOW
Fabian Schneider ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING FELLOW
VII. Benediction
Few individuals in music’s history have been more assiduous as lifelong advocates for racial justice and social justice generally than Margaret Allison Bonds. Her mother was a musician who studied at Chicago Musical College and a founding member of the National Association of Negro Musicians, and her father, a doctor originally from Texas, edited one of the first published books for Black children and the 1893 lexicon Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities. These parental profiles exerted a powerful formative influence on Margaret: her mother’s musical gifts and commitment to education played out in her own education; and her father’s activities on behalf of racial equality and social justice together with the threats on his life from the Ku Klux Klan that they engendered heightened her commitment to the ethical and moral imperatives for educational and artistic mentoring of Black folk. Along with her setting of W.E.B. Du Bois’s iconic civilrights Credo, The Montgomery Variations is considered a crowning opus of Margaret Bonds’s extraordinary career. Bonds wrote her own program notes which are printed below. They explain that the work is based on the African American spiritual “I Want Jesus to Walk with Me,” and show that it was based on events and ideas in the civil-rights movement from the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955–56 through the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four young Black American girls in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963.
The composer’s own program notes:
The Montgomery Variations is a group of freestyle variations based on the Negro Spiritual theme, “I Want Jesus to Walk with Me.” The treatment suggests the manner in which Bach constructed his partitas a bold statement of the theme, followed by variations of the theme in the same key major and minor. Because of personal meanings of the Negro spiritual themes, Margaret Bonds always avoids over-development of the melodies. The Montgomery Variations were written after the composer’s visit to Montgomery, Alabama, and the surrounding area in 1963 (on tour with Eugene Brice and the Manhattan Melodaires).
III. March
The Spirit of the Nazarene marching with them, the Negroes of Montgomery walked to their work rather than be segregated on the buses. The entire world, symbolically with them, marches.
VI. Lament
The world was shaken by the cruelty of the Sunday School bombing. Negroes, as usual, leaned on their Jesus to carry them through this crisis of grief and humiliation.
VII. Benediction
A benign God, Father and Mother to all people, pours forth Love to His children the good and the bad alike.
“Nimrod”
from
Variations on
an Original Theme, ‘Enigma’ Op. 36
Elizabeth Ames CONDUCTOR
Edward Elgar 1857–1934
One chilly October night in 1898, Elgar came home after a long day of teaching violin lessons. To unwind, he sat down at his piano and began improvising. Elgar recalled: “Suddenly my wife interrupted by saying, ‘Edward, that’s a good tune.’ I awoke from the dream, ‘Eh! Tune, what tune?’ and she said, ‘Play it again, I like that tune.’” As he repeated it, he began to vary it, asking her, “Whom does that remind you of?” and thus the musical portraits of the “friends pictured within” were born. According to Elgar, the audible enigma (original theme) represents the composer himself; he felt it embodied the loneliness of the creative artist. In a letter to his publisher and friend, Jaeger, Elgar wrote: “I have sketched a set of Variations on an original theme: the Variations have amused me because I’ve labeled ’em with the nicknames of my particular friends you are Nimrod.”
Jaeger was not only Elgar’s publisher, but also his champion, and he made useful and important constructive criticisms of Elgar’s music such as expanding and lengthening the finale of the Enigma Variations, which Elgar greatly appreciated. (Nimrod is the biblical “mighty hunter,” a pun on Jaeger, the German word for hunter.) When Elgar and Alice visited Jaeger in January 1899, Elgar told Jaeger of his failed attempts to interest Novello in the Variations, and that he was going to give up composing and go back to teaching music. Jaeger, disturbed by this news, took it upon himself to ensure Elgar’s Variations would receive the attention they deserved, and promoted Elgar’s music with at the time famous conductors and influencers within the classical music scene of England and beyond.
Elgar described Jaeger’s variation as an evocation of a conversation between the two men about Beethoven’s difficulties with his deafness. Jaeger’s mention of Beethoven was meant to encourage Elgar, who was at the time despondent over his own struggles to gain recognition. Elgar wrote, “it will be noticed that the opening bars are made to suggest the slow movement of [Beethoven’s] Eighth Sonata (‘Pathétique’).”
Rit lavi a (The Rhythm of Life)
Fabian Schneider CONDUCTOR
notes by the composer “Rit lavi a,” is a phrase in Haitian Creole that can be translated as “The rhythm of life.” This composition delves into our multifaceted journey on Earth: the highs and lows, joy and sorrow, swiftness and slowness, and the coexistence of good and bad two facets of the same existence. The harmonious fusion of these opposing elements constitutes the essence of life, a flawlessly imperfect beauty. Our task of navigating this expedition while radiating positivity encapsulates the very heart of life, its rhythm.
This musical creation draws inspiration from two Haitian folk rhythms named Ibo and Yanvalou. They are both styles of drumming and dance in Haitian culture. Ibo is associated with the Ibo people, one of the ethnic groups brought to Haiti during the transatlantic slave trade. Yanvalou is one of the most essential rhythms in Haitian folklore; it is sometimes linked to such virtues as knowledge, patience, strength, and healing. These rhythms are an integral part of Haitian Vodou ceremonies and other cultural and religious events. The Ibo drumming style is often used to invoke spirits and deities in Vodou rituals. They are an essential part of the tradition and involve complex footwork and movements often accompanied by the rhythmic patterns played on the drums. The dance is used as a form of spiritual expression and is closely tied to the religious practices of the Vodou tradition. They have a rich and significant history and reflect the cultural diversity and influences that have shaped Haitian music and dance over the centuries. This piece was commissioned by Kevin and April Ann Sütterlin as a gift to the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra, in honor of their friend and Army veteran Ronald “Ron” Nowacki who passed away on August 2, 2023.
Christopher Ducasse b. 1993
FESTIVAL CHOIR
Shannon Gravelle THE PHYLLIS AND RICHARD DUESENBERG ENDOWED FESTIVAL CHOIR DIRECTOR CHAIR
Cheryl Taylor Lemmons COLLABORATIVE ARTIST
Tyler Buhr CHORAL CONDUCTING FELLOW
Danielle Harrington SOPRANO VOICE FELLOW AND CHORAL ASSISTANT
Johanna Makela ALTO VOICE FELLOW
Will Walker TENOR VOICE FELLOW
Aiden Kocian BASS VOICE FELLOW
Venga nel nostro coro
Venga nel nostro coro chi viver vuol contento chi solo senza stento la pace troverà.
Antonio Salieri 1750–1825
Come to our choir whoever wants to live happily, those who will find peace without difficulty.
the
heavens
are
telling the glory of God …
“The Heavens are Telling” from The Creation
Catherine McCord Larsen SOPRANO
Ezechiel Daos TENOR
Daniel Greco BARITONE
Tyler Buhr CONDUCTOR
The heavens are telling the glory of God, the wonder of His work displays the firmament. Today that is coming speak it the day. The night that is gone to following night. In all the lands resounds the word, never unperceived, ever understood. The heavens are telling the glory of God. The wonder of His work displays the firmament. Psalm 19, adapt.
Joseph Haydn 1732–1809
and in the heavens … Stars I Shall Find Victor
C. Johnson
There will be rest, and sure stars shining over the rooftops crowned with snow, a reign of rest, serene forgetting, the music of stillness, holy and low. I will make this world of my devising, out of a dream in my lonely mind. I shall find the crystal of peace, above me.
Sara Teasdale
Tyler Buhr CONDUCTOR
When spring is here again, and rains are warm, When birds begin to sing and winds are calm, When spring is here again then you will know, When the earth begins to warm, you can grow.
You can grow. Blossom and grow. Like a tree with branches budding, Like a flow’r in spring,
When I think of what we’ve seen and all we know, When I look at where we’ve been and where we’ll go, I know spring will come again and we will know, When the earth begins to warm, you can grow.
You can grow.
Like a bird with wings unfolding, Like a child with dreams beginning, Like a tree with branches budding, Like a flow’r in spring, You can grow.
Sarah Quartel
and as we grow, we give thanks …
O God, Be All My Love
O God, be all my love, my hope, all my striving; let my thoughts and words flow from You, my daily life be in You, and every breath I take be in You. Amen.
St. John Cassian
Now shall my inward joy arise, and burst into a song; Almighty Love inspires my heart, and Pleasure tunes my tongue.
Isaac Watts
William Billings 1746–1800
INTERMISSION
There will be a fifteen-minute intermission. Accessible restrooms are located in the chapel narthex, and additional basement restrooms are available via the spiral staircase at the baptistry.
Remel Derrick
program notes by Jeffrey Scott Doebler
CONCERT BAND
Jeffrey Scott Doebler CONDUCTOR Aria Morgan SAXOPHONE FELLOW AND CONCERT BAND MANAGER
Alleluia Tapestry (2016)
I. All Creatures of our God and King
Celebrating the lives of Laurel Hahn and Michael Boo
Celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Chapel of the Resurrection
Michael Boo 1955–2020
Celebrating the 165th anniversary of the founding of Valparaiso University
I’m honored to have my good friend Phil Hahn as the sponsor of my 2024 LSM studio (band and handbells). Phil is a graduate of Valparaiso University (’72, ’76), a retired music educator and church musician, and an active musician (horn, alphorn, alto horn, conductor) with several local ensembles. Phil, his late wife Laurel (Valparaiso University ’73, ’78), Michael Boo, and I all performed together in the Windiana Concert Band and the Valparaiso Community/University Concert Band (CUCB). Laurel and Michael played percussion, and Michael served as composerin-residence for both bands. I’ve conducted the premieres of nearly 100 of Michael’s compositions, all around the world.
After Laurel was diagnosed with cancer in 2016, Mike asked for her favorite hymn so that he could arrange it for the CUCB. Laurel chose “All Creatures of Our God and King.” She told Mike that she would love to hear some soaring “alleluias” in the Chapel. Mike wove together themes from “All Creatures of Our God and King”; “Hallelujah, Amen” from Judas Maccabeus; and the “Hallelujah” chorus from Messiah to create this magnificent Alleluia Tapestry. (We’ll play all three movements at the Festival Week band concert.) The title is especially appropriate, since Laurel as a long-arm quilter regularly created tapestries. The composition is also quite poignant, as Laurel died from cancer in 2018, and Michael died from cancer in 2020. Laurel said: “Mike and I hope that hearing this joyful music in our beautiful Chapel will raise the spirits of all who are dealing with cancer or other serious illness.” This composition was premiered by the combined Valparaiso Community/University Concert Band and Valparaiso University Luce Concert
Band, joined by several Windiana members, at the 2016 Valparaiso University Julefest Concert. The recording of that premiere was played at Laurel’s funeral. In 2024, we’re also celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Chapel of the Resurrection, and the 165th anniversary of the founding of Valparaiso University. Next summer we’ll be celebrating Valparaiso University’s 100 years as an independent Lutheran University.
Circuit Breaker (2021)
Seth Carlson ORGAN
Randall D. Standridge
According to composer Randall Standridge, Circuit Breaker “is intended to evoke the sounds of a video game soundtrack or digital movie score.” It’s a catchy number that gives us the opportunity to work within the asymmetrical meter of 10/8. Perhaps the most well-known example of the 10/8 meter is the theme from Mission: Impossible by Lalo Schifrin. We hear six eighth notes at the beginning of each measure, with four eighth notes at the end of each measure. The musicians must think about counting the eighth notes in this way: 123, 123, 12, 12. One of my LSM goals each year is to help our students lose any fear of asymmetrical meters.
Composer Randall Standridge earned degrees from Arkansas State University. As owner of Randall Standridge Music and Grand Mesa Marching, he is a leader in music composition and marching band drill design. One of Mr. Standridge’s strengths as a composer is creating music that is exciting to play and hear, while also teaching important musical concepts.
We’re thankful that LSM student life director Seth Carlson is playing organ on the synthesizer part for this composition (as well as the organ part for Gilded Morning). Mr. Carlson is an important music teacher and church musician in Florida. He serves as organist at First United Methodist Church in Coral Gables, is director of bands at Westminster Christian School in Palmetto Bay, and founder and conductor of the Miami Sousa Band. Mr. Carlson is a graduate of Valparaiso University and the University of Miami and is pursuing a doctoral degree in music education at Boston University.
b. 1976
Peace Like a River (arr. 2009) Spiritual arr. Robert. W. Smith 1958–2023
Peace Like a River is Robert W. Smith’s lovely lyrical setting of the famous Spiritual. This arrangement is what I call a “sound piece,” because it gives us the privilege of demonstrating the beautiful, blended sounds of the concert band.
Robert W. Smith was one of the band community’s most important composers. He died unexpectedly this past September 21. (Coincidentally, I was serving as a guest conductor with Mr. Carlson and the Miami Sousa Band when we received the sad news.) Mr. Smith taught at Troy University in Alabama. He founded the music industry program there and served as director of bands for many years. Mr. Smith published over 600 compositions and arrangements at all levels. It is likely that any band musician in the last 30 years has played Mr. Smith’s music.
The Whistler’s Grace (2023) Katheryn Fenske b. 1964
Celebrating the life of Frederick Nyline
The Whistler’s Grace was commissioned by Luther College Alumni and Friends in memory of Frederick A. Nyline (1938–2022), who served as director of bands at Luther College from 1973 until 2011. Mr. Nyline also served as the LSM band conductor for ten summers. In my opinion, Maestro Nyline was LSM’s most important band conductor. He helped nurture the program from the very beginning, guiding the ensemble to a tradition of excellence. In those early years, Mr. Nyline sometimes spent the first two weeks of LSM preparing the LSM band for other guest conductors, including the legendary Frederick Fennell. (I had the privilege of doing the same for Mr. Nyline in 1994.)
During the summer of 2023, Luther College held an alumni band concert to celebrate the life of Mr. Nyline. Alumna Katheryn Anderson Fenske (’86) was commissioned to compose The Whistler’s Grace for performance at the concert. Mrs. Fenske is an accomplished music educator in Missouri, a staff composer for Barnhouse Publishing, and served as principal clarinet in the Luther College Concert Band when she was a student. Mrs. Fenske told me that “with the beginning and end of the music, I tried to capture [Prof. Nyline’s] contagious joy the way he whistled when he was happy, which was almost all the time and the
middle section is, of course, the table grace of the World Famous Luther College Concert Band, and [reminiscent of] the simple and pure grace that embodied the way that Mr. Nyline led his life and treated every person that he encountered.” I am grateful to Mrs. Fenske and to Andy Glover at Barnhouse for helping us secure a preprint of this composition (which has just now been released for publication).
Gilded
Morning (2023)
Seth Carlson ORGAN
John Wasson b. 1956
Gilded Morning is the 36th commission of the Indiana Bandmasters Association (IBA). The commissioning project started in 1988 and is ongoing. Gilded Morning was written for and premiered by the 2023 IBA All-District High School Honor Bands. It is based on the hymn “When Morning Gilds the Skies.” John Wasson is an accomplished composer, arranger, conductor, and trombonist who teaches at Texas A & M University Commerce; he has composed for the Dallas Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, U.S. Air Force Bands, and countless others. His arrangement of Caravan was performed in the final scene of the film Whiplash. He has performed with the Dallas Brass, Woody Hermann, and Stan Kenton. Mr. Wasson studied at the University of North Texas.
In composing this selection, Mr. Wasson explained that one of his goals “was to paint a musical depiction of the unfolding of a day and its various elements joining together to accomplish the task of ‘letting the Lord be praised’ in all things.”
Following the conclusion of the program, all are invited to remain for the conclusion of evening prayer printed on the following pages of this program
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Lord, have mer cy.
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The leader(s) add other petitions for this community and the world around us
Thanks be to God.
Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.
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in Christ Je sus.
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through Christ our Lord.
To you, O Lord.
Almighty God, the Father, + the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
The litany may be followed by other prayers to which we respond
bless and pre serve us.
The prayers conclude with the Lord’s Prayer Gathered into one by the Holy Spirit, let us pray as Jesus taught us:
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hymn “The Day You Gave Us, Lord, Has Ended”
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All are invited to exchange words and gestures of peace Please join us in the narthex for refreshments and fellowship
rest. night. way. rise. sway.
ENSEMBLES AND CONDUCTORS
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Dr. Kevin Sütterlin is an internationally sought-after conductor and pedagogue. He 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, winner of the American Prize in the Professional Orchestra division 2023. Together with his best friend, Dr. Mathias Elmer, he is music co-director of Sinfonietta Memphis and The Sinfonietta Academy for Historically Informed Performance Practice which has recently been recognized as one of the country’s leading period performance practice institutes. Since 2019, Sütterlin has been Principal Guest Conductor of the Qingdao Concert Hall Symphony in China. Considering himself a “citizen of the world,” Sütterlin has been building musical bridges across four different continents and has led his ensembles on many successful national and international tours. He has performed and taught across the globe including Austria, Bulgaria, 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, University of Hawaii, Musikhochschule Luzern, University of Memphis, Purdue University, and Virginia Tech University.
* ^ concertmaster principal
FLUTE Caleb Barnes, Peoria, IL
Nick Meagher (fellow), Woodbury, MN
OBOE, ENGLISH HORN
CLARINET, BASS CLARINET
BASSOON
John Paul Meyer, Ft. Wayne, IN
Elisabeth Young (fellow), Mequon, WI
Faith Wesley, Hot Springs, AR
Carter Powell, Hillside, IL
Dr. Arianna Edvenson (fellow), Iowa City, IA
Eloise Benson, Spokane, WA
Benjamin Wesley (fellow), Walton, KY
HORN Nolan Henckel, Appleton, WI
Matthew Fenton (fellow), Lubbock, TX
Ella Kahnert, St. Paul, MN
Adaline Nass, Watertown, WI
Elijah Smith, Tohatchi, WI
Manuel Diaz, Houston, TX
Nicole Schobert, Sheboygan, WI
Jeffery Berry, Williamsburg, VA
Nikolas Berndt, Creve Coeur, MO
Martin Naumann, Brookfield, IL
Lucy Kraft, De Pere, WI
TRUMPET
TROMBONE
TUBA
PERCUSSION
HARP
VIOLIN I
Raynie Smith, St. Martinville, LA
Christian Chiasson (fellow), Houma, LA
Brandon Domingue (fellow), Youngsville, LA
Elijah Hoven (student life staff), Orlando, FL
Wesley DeCasere (fellow), Fleetwood, PA
Dana LeVan (fellow), Tea, SD
Pascal Carr, Roseville, MN
Hannah Pancoast, Loveland, CO
Arriana Schwab*, Royalton, MN
Isabel Chen* (fellow), Northbrook, IL
Marian Jamora*, Lakeland, TN
Gabe Sagini, Grand Forks, ND
Taj Baang, Minot, ND
Synje Peterson, Grand Forks, ND
Jonathan Fulghum, Miami, FL
VIOLIN II
Magali Pelletey^ (fellow), Oakland, CA
Katelyn Hur^, Grand Forks, ND
Jill Sompong, Bloomington, IL
McKayla Kwamboka Sagini, Grand Forks, ND
Jade Stuart, Clinton, IA
John Paul W. Fox-Seidel, Olympia, WA
Santiago Salazar, Tulsa, OK
William Kuehner, Berkeley, IL
Moses Culpepper, Spring, TX
VIOLA
John Crowley^ (fellow), Ballston Lake, NY
Isabella Eastwood^, Vero Beach, FL
Payton Kasel, Kaukauna, WI
Alexander Kain, Fargo, ND
Jane Wathey, Seattle, WA
CELLO
Gabriel Hennebury (fellow), Ann Arbor, MI
Henry Schueler, Hinsdale, IL
Illias Palmer, Russellville, AR
Tessera Rippentrop, Williamsburg, IA
Isaac Hong, Grand Forks, ND
Lukas Masur, Fox Point, WI
Daniel Gibson-Even, Valparaiso, IN
Anika Ellis, Lexington, KY
Carson Nott, Oregon, WI
BASS
Meghan Weiss (fellow), Wilmar, MN
Alicia Wilson, Moorhead, MN
Jordyn Clesen, Geneva, IL
Thomas Baker-Trinity, Shoreview, MN
Morwyn Kelso, Palmetto Bay, FL
Caleb Panning, Wilbur, NE
Ramona Benson, Spokane, WA
Rebecca Tredray, Robbinsdale, MN
Luke Baker-Trinity, Shoreview, MN
Myla Enclarde, Birmingham, AL
Shelby Sandolfini, Morgantown, WV
Lydia Lehmann, Wildwood, MO
Willa Horst, Evansville, IN
Rachel Hauser, Aurora, IL
Beret Anna Petersen, Holland, MI
Mary Eylmann, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY
Miguel Herrera, Chicago, IL
Aidan Wanta, Tomahawk, WI
Pedro Perrone, Glenview, IL
Eden Preston, Valparaiso, IN
Rylynn Carey, Hutchinson, KS
Linnea Smallfield, Chicago, IL
Ana Lasker (student life staff), Morgantown, WV
Aliyah Del Rosario, Williston, ND
Camila Vargas Reynoso, Brighton, CO
Tessa J. McGuire, New Berlin, WI
Gabriella Palmer, Russellville, AR
Sophia Byler, Oviedo, FL
Magdalena Gibson-Even, Valparaiso, IN
Sophia Castro, Iowa City, IA
Ana Rippentrop, Williamsburg, IA
Marieli Martinez, Aurora, CO
Anna Hartwell, Chanhassen, MN
LaNiyah Hocker, Merrillville, IN
Cody Jones, Anoka, MN
Cora Holliday, Boise, ID
Karen Izquierdo, Miami, FL
Jonas Andrews, Hudson, WI
FESTIVAL CHOIR
Dr. Shannon Gravelle is assistant professor of music in the Conservatory of Music at Lawrence University, serving as the co-director of choral studies and as music education faculty. Prior to her appointment at Lawrence, Dr. Gravelle served as director of choral activities at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Meredith College. 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
Rylynn Carey, Hutchinson, KS
Emily Christman, Ft. Myers, FL
Maya Cooper, Westchester, IL
Aliyah Del Rosario, Williston, ND
Bethany Drawbaugh, York, PA
Karinna Giannotta, Berwyn, IL
Magdalena Gibson-Even, Valparaiso, IN
Jessica Gold, Latrobe, PA
Danielle Harrington (fellow), Denton, TX
Anna Hartwell, Chanhassen, MN
Rachel Hauser, Aurora, IL
Beret Anna Petersen, Holland, MI
Valerie Hinkle, Logansport, IN
Eliana Jaffe, Kirkwood, MO
Lydia Lehmann, Wildwood, MO
Isabel Lugo, Ft. Wayne, IN
Savannah Mitchell, Maywood, IL
Janelle Nedrow (student life staff), Olympia, WA
Sydney Raley, Edina, MN
Bella Ramos, Lacey, WA
Ana Rippentrop, Williamsburg, IA
McKayla Kwamboka Sagini, Grand Forks, ND
Anna Schatte, Jefferson City, MO
Grace Sickert-Bush, Casper, WY
Shakeira Simmons, Bellwood, IL
Holly Simpson (student life staff), Oshkosh, WI
Linnea Smallfield, Chicago, IL
Josie Speckhard, Munster, IN
Ada Stewart, Chapel Hill, NC
Jade Stuart, Clinton, IA
Jane Wathey, Seattle, WA
Briana Wurpts, Elmwood Park, IL
ALTO
Eloise Benson, Spokane, WA
Lydia Betts, Beverly, MA
Sophia Byler, Oviedo, FL
Shayne Clancy, Boca Raton, FL
Lauren Cook, Republic, MO
Ella Crader (student life staff), Sikeston, MO
Audra Davison, Springfield, IL
Anika Ellis, Lexington, KY
Mary Eylmann, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY
Sophie Fretwell, St. Augustine, FL
Adelyn Gibson, Reno, NV
Brianna Green, Haslett, MO
Lauren Hartman (staff), Cutler Bay, FL
Izzy Izquierdo (student life staff), Miami, FL
Asia Johnson, Ft. Wayne, IN
Ella Kahnert, St. Paul, MN
TENOR Logan Albright (student life staff), Valparaiso, IN
Timothy Anderson (fellow), Plano, TX
Thomas Baker-Trinity, Shoreview, MN
Jayveon Baskerville, Chicago, IL
Pascal Carr, Roseville, MN
Tyler Charpentier, Valparaiso, IN
Donte Edwards Jr., Milwaukee, WI
John Paul W. Fox-Seidel, Olympia, WA
BASS Taj Baang, Minot, ND
Luke Baker-Trinity, Shoreview, MN
Tyler Buhr (fellow), Decorah, IA
Austin Cole, Garden Valley, CA
Francisco Cruz, East Chicago, IL
Braedon Hall, Hoover, AL
Alexander Kain, Fargo, ND
Aiden Kocian (fellow), League City, TX
Ryan Koehne, Elmhurst, IL
William Kuehner, Berkeley, IL
Evelyn Kau, Valparaiso, IN
Zoey Kelly, Carol Stream, IL
Josiah Kuehner, Berkeley, IL
Andrew Leininger, Maywood, IL
Eden Ling, Oak Park, IL
Johanna Makela (fellow), Cologne, MO
Marieli Martinez, Aurora, CO
Addie Nass, Watertown, WI
Gabriella Palmer, Russellville, AR
Hannah Pancoast, Loveland, CO
Eden Preston, Valparaiso, IN
Tessera Rippentrop, Williamsburg, IA
Madelyn Santella, Chicago, IL
Naomi Tracy-Hegg, Grand Marais, MN
Rebecca Tredray, Robbinsdale, MN
Karenna Zemek, Moline, IL
Seth Hartwell (staff), Chanhassen, MN
Alexander Montalvo (fellow), San Antonio, TX
Illias Palmer, Russellville, AR
Carter Powell, Hillside, IL
Elijah Seabaugh, Elmhurst, IL
Jayden Thornton, Chicago, IL
Will Walker (fellow), Springfield, MO
Aidan Wanta, Tomahawk, WI
Paul Olson, Casper, WY
Caleb Panning, Wilber, NE
Henry Schell Podoll, Tuckahoe, NY
Vassar Price, Seattle, WA
Hugh Reynolds, Ballwin, MO
Gabe Sagini, Grand Forks, ND
Benjamin Schueler, Hinsdale, IL
Nathaniel Scott, Bolingbrook, IL
Daniel Seabaugh, Elmhurst, IL
Stefan Smallfield, Chicago, IL
FESTIVAL 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 is the recipient of the Valparaiso University Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award and the VU Excellence in Teaching Award. This spring he received VU’s SchaeferMcGuigan Award for his contributions to the internationalization of Valparaiso University. 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. Prof. Doebler has appeared professionally in 30 states, Canada, Malta, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, and China. In a typical year he works with more than 3,000 students. Dr. Doebler is a past president of the Indiana Music Education Association and the Indiana Bandmasters Association. He is the Indiana chair for the Handbell Musicians of America.
* principal
FLUTE
Caleb Barnes*, Peoria, IL (piccolo)
Miguel Herrera, Chicago, IL
Brianna Irvine (student life staff), Whiting, IN
Zoey C. Kelly, Carol Stream, IL
OBOE
BASSOON
CLARINET
BASS CLARINET
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Sarah Chang*, Spring, TX
Avon Hackbart-Morlock, Emmetsburg, IA
Henry Schueler*, Hinsdale, IL
Holden Scott, Kitchener, ON
Dr. Arianna Edvenson (fellow), Iowa City, IA
Jessica Gold, Latrobe, PA
Eliana Jaffe, Kirkwood, MO
Carter Powell, Hillside, IL
Jeffery Berry, Williamsburg, VA
Jack Benner, Ft. Wayne, IN
Manuel Diaz, Houston, TX
Elliot Elias, Milan, MI
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Rafael Brandao Brito, Miami, FL
Naaman Duckworth, Carmel, IN
Adaline Nass, Watertown, WI (piccolo)
Nick Meagher (fellow), Woodbury, MN (piccolo)
Isabella Trevino (student life staff), McKinney, TX
Eddie Ilardi, Chesapeake, VA
John Paul Meyer, Ft. Wayne, IN (English horn)
Jacob Starker (student life staff), Gatlinburg, TN
Benjamin Wesley (fellow), Walton, KY
Allison Schobert, Sheboygan, WI
Nicole Schobert, Sheboygan, WI
Faith Wesley*, Hot Springs, AR
Austin Tatuaca, Manvel, TX
Noah Hecht*, Frankenmuth, MI
Timothy Maloney, West Springfield, VA
Briana Wurpts, Elmwood Park, IL
Aria Morgan (fellow and band manager), Portland, OR
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
TRUMPET
HORN
Nikolas Berndt, Creve Coeur, MO
Caleb Anderson, Affton, MO
Thomas Baker-Trinity*, Shoreview, MO
Karina Giannotta, Berwyn, IL
Lorelei Heath (student life staff), Bronxville, NY
Christian Newcomm, Miami, FL
Franz Bertsch, St. Paul, MN
Jonah Dennis (student life staff), Mt. Horeb, WI
Nolan Henckel*, Appleton, WI
TROMBONE
Brandon Domingue (fellow), Youngsville, LA
Ben Fisher, Everett, WA
Braedon Hall, Hoover, AL
Elijah Hoven (student life staff), Orlando, FL
Henry Schell Podoll, Tuckahoe, NY
Gabrielle Reeves, Bellwood, IL
Raynie Smith, St. Martinville, LA
Judah Stellwagen, Ft. Wayne, IN
Kaleb Van Vorhis, Luckey, OH
Lucy Kraft, De Pere, WI
Martin Naumann, Brookfield, IL
Morwyn Kelso*, Palmetto Bay, FL
Abigayle Kubiak, Hammond, IN
Ada Stewart, Chapel Hill, NC
EUPHONIUM
TUBA
CONTRABASS
PERCUSSION
Jaden Thornton, Chicago, IL
Wesley DeCasere (fellow), Fleetwood, PA
Aubrey Gilbert, St. Louis, MO
Karen Izquierdo, Miami, FL
Ramona Benson*, Spokane, WA
Quentin Maas, Milwaukee, WI
Nicolas Reyes-Retana, Palmetto Bay, FL
Rebecca Tredray, Robbinsdale, MN
Caleb Panning*, Wilber, NE
Dilan Webb, Richmond Heights, VA
Milo CJ Turner, Brentwood, MO
Elijah Seabaugh, Elmhurst, IL
Cooper Spurling, Miami, FL
Karenna Zemek, Moline, IL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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.
Air conditioning of the Chapel of the Resurrection is provided by the generous support of Mark and Kathy Helge.
Special thanks to Valparaiso University for the use of instruments and music.
FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDIO SPONSORS
Dr. Bruce Atwell HORN • Sponsored by Phil Hahn
Rev. Nathan Baker-Trinity CHAPLAIN • The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Chaplain Chair
Thomas Bandar VIOLA • Sponsored by Patricia and Glenn Ohlmann
Michael Beert CELLO • Sponsored by Karin Swenson-Moore and Nicholas Moore
Dr. Cole Burger PIANO • Sponsored by Thomas and Kathleen Schmidt
Dottie Burroughs MUSICIANSHIP • Sponsored by Michael Hovland and Nancy Jones
Alexis Cairy MUSICAL THEATRE, VOICE • Sponsored by Marilyn Mohling
Ezechiel Daos ASSOCIATE CANTOR, ORGAN • The Paul Bouman Endowed Chapel Choir Chair; Sponsored by Linda and Robert Kempke
Dr. Jeffrey Scott Doebler BAND, HANDBELLS • Sponsored by Phil Hahn
Jonathan Dormand CELLO • Sponsored by William and Christa Even
Dr. David P. Eyler PERCUSSION • Sponsored by William and Christine Drotning in memory of Eric Drotning
Chad Fothergill CANTOR, ORGAN • Linda and Robert Kempke Cantor Chair; The Regina Holmen Fryxell and Patricia Schad Leege Endowed Organ and Church Music Chair; Director, The Eugene and Mary Sukup Church Music Program
Julian J. Goods VOICE • Sponsored by Paul Georgeson
Dr. Shannon Gravelle CHOIR • The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Choir Chair
Elizabeth Gray VOICE • Sponsored by David and Joan Totten
Daniel Greco MUSICAL THEATRE, VOICE • Sponsored by Karin Swenson-Moore and Nicholas Moore; Sponsored by Robert and Susan Ellefson
Rachel Handlin VIOLIN • Sponsored by Pamela Smith in memory of Arden and Yvette Tollefson
Matthew Jahnke BASS • Sponsored by Matt and Krista Bernthal
Hannah Johnsrud SACRISTAN • Sponsored by Craig Mueller and Ernest Vasseur
Dr. April Kim PIANO • Sponsored by Robin High in memory of Audun Ravnan
Anne Krentz Organ LITURGICAL COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE • Sponsored by David Schack and Claire Bushong
Nina Laube BASSOON • Sponsored by Erica and Perry Thomas
Nicole Lee PIANO • Sponsored by William and Christa Even
Cheryl Taylor Lemmons COLLABORATIVE PIANO • Sponsored by Elizabeth Drotning Hartwell and Seth Hartwell in memory of Eric Drotning; Sponsored by Carol Wessler in memory of Peter Wessler
Dr. Stacy Maugans SAXOPHONE • Sponsored by John and Connie Schoening
Cathy McCord Larsen VOICE • Sponsored by Karen Rayapati
Stephen Miller GUITAR •
Jorge Montilla CLARINET • Sponsored by Karl and Jill Maurer
Dr. Paul Morton TRUMPET, JAZZ ENSEMBLE • Sponsored by Pam and Keith Killinger
Amy Nam HARP, COMPOSITION • Sponsored by Karen Warren in memory of Peter Wessler
Jonathan Ong VIOLIN • Sponsored by Jean Minsch
Dr. Jill Philips VOICE • Sponsored by Dave Kundert in honor of the Luther College Voice Chair
Dorothy Ro VIOLIN • Sponsored by Ben and Reba Williams
Abigail Rojansky VIOLA • Sponsored by James and Sarah Klein
Austin Smith OBOE • Sponsored by Jeanine Krause
Dr. Philip Snyder FLUTE • Sponsored by Becca and Dan Burnett in memory of William and Eunice Seeber
Joel Stoppenhagen WORSHIP ASSOCIATE • Sponsored by Susan and Jurgen Gobien
Dr. Kevin Sütterlin ORCHESTRA • The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Orchestra Chair
Dr. Benjamin Yates LOW BRASS • Sponsored by Todd and Sadie Kunau; Sponsored by Michael Hovland and Nancy Jones
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.
The day you gave us, Lord, has ended. Text: John Ellerton, 1826–1893, alt. Music, ST. CLEMENT: Clement C. Scholefield, 1839–1904. Reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymn 569, and Lutheran Service Book, Hymn 886.
SUPPORT LSM
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
ANNOUNCING LSM 2025
JUNE 22–JULY 20, 2025
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 2025, joining the long legacy of LSM students returning year after year.
To enroll early for LSM 2025 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).
