Choral Spring Concert

SPRING CHORAL CONCERT Friday I April 12, 2019 I 7:30 pm Fremont Presbyterian Church, Sacramento UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC CHORAL ENSEMBLES Dr. Yejee Choi | director Jason Jeffrey and Monica Swope | accompanists Prof. Burr Cochran Phillips | piano SACRAMENTO CHILDREN’S CHORUS - CRESCENDO & DOLCE Mr. Alex Grambow | director Heather Razo, Ryan Lee | accompanist DAVIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MADRIGAL SINGERS Dr. Karen Gardias | director Eugene Sirotkine | guest conductor Mica Gaard | accompanist Dr. Ryan Enright | organ Mia Watts | pre-concert speaker

CONCERT PROGRAM I APRIL 14, 2019 I 7:30 PM I: IN MEMORIAM DR. ERIC HAMMER (1951-2019) Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Suite No. 4 Aubade

Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)

Varhany sólo (Postludium) Dr. Ryan Enright, organ

Gregorian Chant

Requiem Aeternam

Sacramento Children’s Chorus and Davis Senior High Madrigal Singers Messe solonelle en ut diese mineur, Op. 16 I. Kyrie II. Gloria III. Sanctus IV. Benedictus V. Agnus Dei

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Pacific Choral Ensembles Tanya Harris, soprano; Jorge Torrez, countertenor; Nick Davis, tenor Dr. Ryan Enright, organ Intermission

II: ONWARD

To Dr. Eric Hammer, who loved people and songs of many languages Fanfare for the Common Man

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Thomas Hubel, Jack Chivers, Andrew Marcopulos, trumpets; Braydon Ross, Owen Bacchus, Caitilin Buse, horns; Josh Dunsford, Rebecca Growcott, Felix Contreas-Días, trombones; Robert Huntington, tuba; Tyler Golding, timpani Craig Robinson, Kyle Bossert; percussion Please hold applause A Simple Song (from Mass)

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Jorge Torrez, countertenor; Professor Burr C. Phillips, piano Please hold applause

CONCERT PROGRAM I APRIL 14, 2019 I 7:30 PM II: ONWARD continued Francesco Paolo Tosti (1833-1897)

La serenata

Nick Davis, tenor; Professor Burr C. Phillips; piano Please hold applause O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Tanya Harris, soprano; Professor Burr C. Phillips, piano Sacramento Children’s Chorus - Crescendo and Dolce Traditional German Arr. Betty Bertaux (1939-2014)

To Music

Wailin’ Jennys

The Parting Glass

Ain’t No Grave Can Hold My Body Down

Traditional Spiritual Arr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory Camp Meeting Song Arr. Susan Brumfield

No Time

Davis Senior High School Madrigal Singers Stephen Chatman (b. 1950)

Remember Sicut cervus

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) Eugene Sirotkine, guest conductor

Let My Love Be Heard

Fionnghuala

Jake Runestad (b. 1981) Traditional Scottish Arr. Michael McGlynn (b. 1964)

CONCERT PROGRAM I APRIL 14, 2019 I 7:30 PM Pacific Choral Ensembles Vijay Singh

Dance Today with Joy Craig Robinson and Kyle Bossert, percussion Please hold applause Sure on This Shining Night (from Nocturnes)

Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)

Please hold applause Alleluia (from Songs of Faith)

Paul Basler (b. 1963)

Pacific Singers Braydon Ross, horn; Tyler Golding, congas; Kyle Bossert, tambourine

ALL CHOIRS Jeffery L. Ames (b. 1969)

Tshotsholoza

Tyler Golding, congas; Craig Robinson, djembe Homeland

Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Arr. Z. Randall Stroope (b. 1953)

Kevin Swenson, Thomas Hubel, Jack Chivers, Andrew Marcopulos, trumpets Felix Contreas-Diaz, Rebecca Growcott, Josh Dunsford, trombones Robert Huntington, tuba; Tyler Golding, timpani Kyle Bossert and Craig Robinson, percussion Dr. Ryan Enright, organ

PACIFIC CHORAL ENSEMBLES The Pacific Choral Ensembles have had a long and distinguished tradition with the first a cappella choir in the West established in 1916. The Pacific Choral Ensembles are a rich and vital component of the Conservatory of Music and University of the Pacific’s life. They are a platform for the fundamentals of ensemble collaboration, musicianship and musicality, providing an opportunity to learn a myriad of styles and genres while singing together. Membership into the choral ensembles is open by audition to any University of the Pacific student of any major at the beginning of each semester.

PACIFIC SINGERS The Pacific Singers are a select mixed-voice chamber choir that collaborates with the University Chorus each semester for two choral concerts. Other collaborations include with the University Symphony Orchestra and the Stockton Symphony in performance of major choral and orchestral works. This past October, the Pacific Singers, alongside the University Chorus and the Delta Choirs, collaborated with the University of the Pacific Percussion Ensemble in Gene Koshinski’s Concerto for Marimba and Choir. In November 2018, the ensemble made a successful concert tour to Santa Cruz and Aptos area giving six performances and collaborating with various high school and community college choirs. Together with the University Chorus, the Pacific Singers will give present Louis Vierne’s Messe Solennelle in the exquisite space of Fremont Presbyterian Church, Sacramento, CA. Throughout the academic year, the ensemble perform at major University events such as University of the Pacific’s commencement ceremony and Holiday Roar Luncheon, and Regent’s dinner parties.

UNIVERSITY CHORUS University Chorus is a large mixed chorus open by audition to any student in University f the Pacific. It combines with the other choirs for two performances each semester and performs in both a cappella and choral-orchestral works in a wide variety of genres. This past October, the Pacific Singers, alongside the University Chorus and the Delta Choirs, collaborated with University of the Pacific Percussion Ensemble in Gene Koshinski’s Concerto for Marimba and Choir. Together with the Pacific Singers, the University Chorus will present Louis Vierne’s Messe Solennelle in the exquisite space of Fremont Presbyterian Church, Sacramento, CA. Like us on Facebook @ UOPchoirs Hear us and subscribe to our YouTube Channel under “UOP Choirs - University of the Pacific” For information on joining our choral program, contact Dr. Yejee Choi at ychoi@pacific.edu Find out about our upcoming events at go.Pacific.edu/MusicEvents

PACIFIC SINGERS Abby Anderson Justin Beasley # Jonathan Ceja # Bhakti Chan Cameron Costa Ceara Costa Elyse Coty Nick Davis § Cruz Gonzalez

Rachel Ferreria # Tanya Harris ∆ § Abigail Hernandez Nicole Ikeda Davis Mahoney Jasmine Melendez # Amanda Mikkelssen Regina Mitchell Arianna Morelli #

Dion Nickelson Kadri Bin Mohamad Nizam Emily Osborne # Bradley Parese ^ § Jakob Sandmeier Darby Schmitt Rebekah Thomas Jorge Torrez † * § Lauren Woomer #

UNIVERSITY CHORUS Justine Abuso Holden Adams Ethan Albala Hector Alejandro Nicole Allen Diana Ayala Mara Baldwin Bailey Bertao Brian Bui Diego Bustamante Xinche Caesar Chen Joy Chiang Ω § Jack Chivers Skyler Chu Rebecca Cooper Danny Dao Amanda Davis Andrew Davis Hannah Davis ∆ Jenna Deibert § Jacob Faulk # Arturo Garcia

Efren Gonzalez Kimberly Jackson Stephanie Jones Florence (Po-Yan) Lam Anne Le Briana Lee Hyejun Lee Aaron C. Leonard Mengying Li Benson Lin Daniel Liu Keon Mackay Bryan Mah Andrew Marcopulos Vivian Meng Sean Mitchell Shanley Moran-Mcauly Alexis Munoz Whitney Perry # Randy Ran ^ § Maddy Raneses Starlyn Reyes

Aimee Rivera * Greg Savitt James Scott § Sadai Servin Emilyn Simon Ben SiuMarissa Staffero Ravyn Stanford Cole Torquemada Amy Tran § Paige Tucker Lily Tumbale Livia Umeda Micah Vogel Maggie Walley Anna Wemer Trinitie Wood Christina Yu Sion Yun Cecilia Zaragoza Zachary Zumstein

PACIFIC KEY † Student Assistant Conductor ^ Teaching Assistant * President ∆ Vice President

§ Section Leaders Ω Social Media/Marketing Manager # Choral Leadership Officers

DAVIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MADRIGAL SINGERS Megan Abbant Jeffrey Basso Annika Bastin Allie Bernavage Ben Bobell + Emma Breitbard + Celia Cariou Emily Chapman Jocelyn Chen Quint Dale Simone Gamble *

Cedric Hughes Tim Kayden Katie Killmer @ Andrea Leung * Sarah Levy Lee Libet * Owen Ross-Majeske Amanda Niemela Daniel Ostrom Claudia Peri Gavin Pinnow

Zoe Poppenga Bailey Robinson-Bremester *+ Michael Sorkin + Oliver Steissberg *+ Michael Taylor Dexter White Marcin Wroblewski Xavier Yubeta * Sammy Zatz-Watkins

DAVIS SENIOR HIGH KEY * Section Leader + Student Director @ Social Director

SACRAMENTO CHILDREN’S CHORUS CRESCENDO Isabel Arguelles Kayla Asada Alazé Benson Isabella Brenneman Eva Boyla Maddie Corcoran Alana Cunningham Bella Elazier Norah Finney Elizabeth Forgang Kaia Hitzeman Ambrosia Holland Emma Hightower Abigail Kappes Lily Kilgore Emily Martin Salome Ospina Natalie Park Julia Payne Tallulah Smith Clare Wilson

DOLCE Larkin Barnard-Bahn Sophia Breslau Joseph Dozier Cristian Gordon Emily Hancock Abigail Kappes Kathryn Kiskinen Sophia Lucas Victoria Lucas Mary Moyers Julia Payne Christopher Robinson Molly Robinson Milo Schwartz Olivia Smith Libby Snyder Meg Snyder Kai Sorensen

UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC FACULTY Dr. Yejee Choi joined the faculty at the University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music (Stockton, CA) in Fall 2016 as the Director of Choral Studies.

Dr. Choi completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Music at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. While at USC, she taught Choral Conducting I, USC Oriana Women’s Choir, and served as the Assistant Conductor of USC Concert Choir. Her Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting is from University of Minnesota, where she served as Co-Director & Assistant Conductor of the University Singers, UM Women’s Chorus, and UM Campus Singers.

Originally from South Korea, Dr. Choi studied English Literature at Yonsei University and composition at the Korean National University of Art, one of the most prestigious music conservatories in Seoul, South Korea. Besides voice, conducting, and composition, Dr. Choi received a rigorous training in piano and organ and performed with various instrumental chamber music ensembles.

Dr. Choi has performed and conducted in various venues in South Korea, Japan, China, New Zealand, Australia, and across the United States. She has participated in master classes and workshops led by Simon Halsey, Marin Alsop, and David Hill, as well as enjoying opportunities to perform under the baton of Helmuth Rilling, James Conlon, and Grant Gershon. Her teachers include J.W. Park, Kathy Salzman Romey, Lillian Tan, Jo-Michael Scheibe, Nick Strimple, Cristian Grases, Tram Sparks, Morten Lauridsen, and Adam Knight Gilbert.

Dr. Choi is the Co-Founder, Assistant Conductor, and Composer in Residence of J.W. Summer Festival Chorale, the semi-professional choir of 93 members in Seoul, South Korea.

A compassionate advocate of community engagement through music, Dr. Choi is also the founding board member of the Music Belongs to Everyone! series, a youth outreach program through choral music, affiliated with J.W. Chorale, South Korea. Recently, she held the similar position as the Choral Director of Esperanza Azteca Youth Orchestra & Choir in Los Angeles, where she was responsible for developing the curriculum and personnel of the 90-voice youth choir. A member of American Choral Directors Association and International Federation of Choral Music, Dr. Choi maintains an active career as a guest conductor and clinician.

UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC FACULTY Professor Burr C. Phillips joined the faculty of the Conservatory of Music at University of the Pacific in the fall of 2007. Previously, he was a faculty member at the University of Texas (Arlington), Southern Methodist University, and Northern Arizona University. He holds the MM in Vocal Pedagogy and Performance from Texas Christian University and the BM in Vocal Performance from the University of North Texas.

Mr. Phillips has performed with the Dallas Symphony, Royal Philharmonic (London), Fort Worth Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, and San Antonio Symphony. He has also appeared with Sacramento Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, Dallas Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Chautauqua Opera, and Carmel Bach Festival.

He has taught at the Big Bear Lake Festival of Song (Big Bear Lake, CA) as well as the Taos Opera Institute (Taos, NM) since the summer of 2010. Sought after as an adjudicator for various national competitions in singing, Mr. Phillips has served on juries for the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award (NATSAA) on regional levels in San Jose, CA and Las Vegas, NV. In the Fall of 2012, he served as a jury member to adjudicate the preliminary rounds for the Texoma Singer of the Year competition at the University of North Texas (Denton, TX). This event drew singers from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas and Louisiana.

At the Conservatory, Professor Phillips teaches private voice, vocal coaching, lyric diction and assists in the preparation of opera.

THE SACRAMENTO CHILDREN’S CHORUS The Sacramento Children’s Chorus was co-founded in 1993 by Lynn Stevens and Dr. Donald Kendrick while Ms. Steven was getting her Masters in Choral Conducting at Sacramento State University. During this time, she had the vision of establishing a local children’s choir. Now, twenty-six years later, the Sacramento Children’s Chorus is four choirs strong with approximately 100 singers. It also offers early experiences in the music program for younger children. The Sacramento Children’s Chorus continues to provide music education and performance opportunities to children all over the Sacramento region as well as inspiring audiences with beautiful music, sung in many languages and celebrating different cultures. The Sacramento Children’s Chorus is vitally important today as we watch music education vanish from our schools and our children’s lives.

The Sacramento Children’s Chorus presents three seasonal concerts each year and has performed with the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra, Sacramento Ballet, and Sacramento Opera and at the Sacramento Jazz Festivals. Other noteworthy civic performances include the opening games of the Sacramento River Cats, the memorial services of Congressman Robert Matsui and Mayor Joseph Serna, the inaugurations of Gov. Gray Davis and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Opening of the 2009-2010, 2012-2013 and 2018-2019 Legislative Session, and the grand opening of the new Crocker Art Museum.

Alex Grambow graduated from the University of the Pacific with a Bachelor of Music degree with an emphasis in vocal music. While attending Pacific, Grambow was the recipient of the Presser Scholarship.

He trained with Dr. Lynelle Wiens, Professor of Voice at University of the Pacific.

Grambow’s performing experience includes Music Circus, Woodland Opera House Theatre Company, Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra and Westminster Church Choir. Mr. Grambow is currently the Music Director at the Northminster Presbyterian Church.

Grambow believes that music provides children with a unique way to learn about the world and a safe and nurturing opportunity for self-expression. Before joining SCC as the Artistic Director, he worked with children in three successful music programs. He taught in Twin Rivers Unified School District where he ran two different music programs, one at Foothill High School and the other at Foothill Ranch Middle School. Between the two schools, he taught 5th through the 12th grade and was in charge of four choirs and two bands. Prior to Twin Rivers Unified School District, Grambow taught at Harmony Stockton, Stockton Unified School District, an El Sistema inspired program.

THE DAVIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MADRIGAL SINGERS Founded in 1966, the Davis Senior High School Madrigal Singers is an auditioned chamber choir, which performs a wide variety of music dating from the 15th century to the present. Winner of the Adult Chamber Choir Competition at the world-renowned Llangollen Eisteddfod International Choral Festival, the Madrigals have also won the Prague International Choral Competition. They have performed through Germany, Austria, England, Italy and the United States.

They performed at the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica n Italy. Singing in the Sydney Opera House and through Australia are some of the treasured Madrigal experiences. As invited guests on Josh Groban’s United States tour, the Madrigals were inspired by the kindness and guidance of some of the top Grammy awarded musicians around the world, including Chanticleer, Peter Phillips of the Tallis Scholars, Simon Carrington of the King Singers, and Eric Whitacre. The Madrigals also represented the Western United States at the American Choral Directors’ Convention in Honolulu.

Some of the Madrigals’ most cherished memories, however, have been through community outreach. From the time-honored tradition of The Madrigal Dinner to preparing and serving meals to less fortunate, the Madrigals are committed to their “musical message of joy and hope” through song and service.

Dr. Karen Gardias directs the Jazz Choir, Advanced Treble Choir, Madrigals, and Concert Choir. She also teaches AP Music Theory and chairs the Music Department. Dr. Gardias was honored by Yale University to receive their Distinguished Music Educator Award, Sacramento News 10 Northern California Teacher of the Month, Harmony in our Lives Award, Yolo County Striving for Excellence Award, and Hal Reid Award for Excellence, Caring, and Leadership in teaching. She is recognized as a Grammy Outstanding Music Educator Nominee.

Eugene Sirotkine, a St. Petersburg-born conductor and pianist who debuted with the Latvian Philharmonic in St. Petersburg in 1989 and was an assistant conductor and assistant chorus master with the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1999 through 2008, is the director of the Hudson Valley Singers and the New York Metamorphoses Orchestra. Over the past two decades he has conducted orchestras and choruses and played concerts across the globe, including the Hong Kong Philharmonic; the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Russia, the Symphony Orchestra UN Cuyo in Argentina, the National Symphony Orchestra in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the Cape Philharmonic and the Cape Town Opera in South Africa, Cali Philharmonic in Columbia, Philharmonic Orchestra of Puglia, Italy, and with the New York Metamorphoses Orchestra in collaboration with the Paul Taylor Dance Company at New York City Center and the Kennedy Center Orchestra at Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.

GUEST ARTIST Dr. Ryan Enright is recognized for his talent at improvisation and as accompanist, and he has performed organ recitals in Canada and the United States. A native of Montreal, Quebec, Enright began studying the organ at age twelve with Marc-André Doran and received the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Artist Diploma in organ performance from McGill University.

His teachers were John Grew and William Porter. Enright received his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Organ Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music.

Enright took first prizes in the Canadian Music Competition (1997), Quebec Organ Competition (2004), and National Organ Playing Competition of the Royal Canadian College of Organists (2007). He was a finalist in the Pipeworks Organ Competition, Dublin (2008), the Kotka International Organ Competition (2009), and the Canadian International Organ Competition (2011). In the summer of 2013, Enright accompanied the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra on their tour of Italy (Venice, Lucca, and Rome). At St. Peter’s Basilica he played solos at communion and for postlude. In 2015, he accompanied the SCSO again, this time to Northern France and England, performing a grand improvisation in French Classical style and other period music on the 1741 Parisot organ of the Abbaye Saint-Martin de Mondaye in Normandy.

In November of 2011 Enright relocated to Sacramento to become organist of St. John’s Lutheran Church and accompanist for the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra, the Sacramento State University Chorus and Men’s and Women’s choirs, and the Schola Cantorum of Sacred Heart Church. In the Fall of 2018 he became Accompanist II at Sac State, a position he shares with Renée Harris. Passions away from the organ loft include hiking, yoga, Argentine Tango, and whitewater rafting and kayaking.

PROGRAM NOTES REQUIEM AETERNAM

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

Te decet hymnus Deus in Sion, et tibi redetur votum in Jerusalem:

A hymn befits thee, O God in Zion, and to the vow shall be fulfilled in Jerusalem.

exaudi orationem meam, ad te omnis caro veniet.

Hear my prayer, for thee all flesh shall come.

MESSE SOLENNELLE EN UT DIÈSE MINEUR Kyrie

Kýrie eléison Chríste eléison Kýrie eléison

Lord have mercy Christ have mercy Lord have mercy Gloria

Glória in excélsis Déo Et in térra pax homínibus bónae voluntátis Laudámus te. Benedícimus te.

Adorámus te. Glorificámus te.

Grátias ágimus tíbi propter mágnam glóriam túam.

Dómine Fíli unigénite, Jésu Chríste.

Dómine Déus, Agnus Déi Fílius Pátris.

Qui tóllis peccáta múndi, miserére nóbis.

Qui tóllis peccáta múndi, súscipe deprecatiónem nóstram.

Qui sédes ad déxteram Pátris, miserére nóbis.

Quóniam tu sólus sánctus.

Tu sólus Dóminus.

Tu sólus Altíssimus, Jésu Chríste.

Cum Sáncto Spíritu in glória Déi Pátris. Amen

Glory to God in the highest.

And on earth peace to all those of good will.

We praise thee. We bless thee.

We worship thee. We glorify thee.

We give thanks to thee according to thy great glory.

Lord God, Heavenly King, God the Father almighty.

Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten son.

Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father.

Thou who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

Thou who takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.

Thou who sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy upon us.

For Thou alone art holy.

Thou alone art the Lord.

Thou alone art the Most High, Jesus Christ.

With the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

PROGRAM NOTES Sanctus

Sánctus, Sánctus, Sánctus, Dóminus Déus Sábaoth.

Pléni sunt coéli et térra glória túa.

Hosánna in excélsis.

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts.

Heaven and earth are full of thy glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

Benedictus

Benedíctus qui vénit in nómine Dómini.

Hosánna in excélsis.

Blessed is He who cometh in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest.

Agnus Dei

Agnus Déi, qui tóllis peccáta múndi: miserére nóbis.

Agnus Déi, qui tóllis peccáta múndi: dóna nóbis pácem.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

PROGRAM NOTES Vola, o serenata: La mia diletta è sola, e, con la bella testa abbandonata, posa tra le lenzuola: O serenata, vola.

O serenata, vola.

La serenata

Fly, o serenade: My beloved is alone, with her beautiful head hidden under the sheets: O serenade, fly.

O serenade, fly.

Splende Pura la luna, l’ale il silenzio stende, e dietro i veni dell’alcova bruna la lampada s’accende.

Pure la luna splende.

Pure la luna splende.

The moonlight is pure, wings of silence stretch out, and behind the veils of the dark alcove the lamp burns.

The pure moonbeams shine.

The pure moonbeams shine.

Vola, o serenata, Vola, o serenata, vola.

Ah! là. Ah! là.

Fly, o serenade, Fly, o serenade, fly.

Ah! là. Ah! là.

Fly, o serenade: My beloved is alone, but still smiling [while] half asleep, she has returned beneath the sheets: O serenade, fly.

O serenade, fly.

Vola, o serenata: La mia diletta è sola, ma sorridendo ancor mezzo assonnata, torna fra le lenzuola: O serenata, vola.

O serenata, vola.

L’onda sogna su ‘l lido, e ‘l vento su la fronda; e a’ baci miei ricusa ancore un nido la mia signora bionda.

Sogna su ‘l lido l’onda.

Sogna su ‘l lido l’onda.

The waves dream on the shore, and the wind [blows] through the branches; and my kisses don’t result in a nest [being offered], by my blonde lady.

Dreaming on the shore, [are] the waves.

Dreaming on the shore, [are] the waves.

Vola, o serenata, Vola, o serenata, vola.

Ah! là. Ah! là.

Fly, o serenade.

Fly, o serenade, fly.

Ah! là. Ah! là.

PROGRAM NOTES O mio babbino caro

O mio babbino caro Mi piace, è bello, bello Vo’ andare in Porta Rossa A comperar l’anello!

Sì, sì, ci voglio andare!

E se l’amassi indarno, Andrei sul Ponte Vecchio, Ma per buttarmi in Arno!

Mi struggo e mi tormento!

O Dio, vorrei morir!

Babbo, pietà, pietà!

Babbo, pietà, pietà!

Oh my dear papa I like him, he is so handsome.

I want to go to Porta Rossa To buy the ring!

Yes, yes, I want to go there!

And if my love were in vain, I would go to the Ponte Vecchio And throw myself in the Arno!

I am pining, I am tormented!

Oh God, I would want to die!

Father, have pity, have pity!

Father, have pity, have pity!

Sicut cervus

Sícut cérvus desíderat ad fóntes aquárum, íta desíderat ánima méa ad te, Deus.

Sitívit ánima méa ad Déum fórtem vívum: quándo véniam et apparébo ánte fáciem Déi?

Fuérunt míhi lácrymae méae pánes díe ac nocte, dum dícitur míhi quotídie: Ubi est Déus túus?

As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, “Where is your God?”

PROGRAM NOTES Fionnghuala

Thuirt an gobha fuirighidh mi ‘S thuirt an gobha falbhaidh mi ‘S thuirt an gobha leis an othail A bh’ air an dòrus an t-sàbhail Gu rachadh e a shuirghe

The blacksmith said, “I’ll wait” The blacksmith said, “I’ll go” The blacksmith said, in his confusion Standing at the door of the barn That he was going to go courting

Sèist: ‘Si eilean nam bothan nam bothan Eilean nam bothan nam bothan Eilean nam bothan nam bothan Am bothan a bh’ aig Fionnghuala ‘Si eilean nam bothan nam bothan Eilean nam bothan nam bothan Eilean nam bothan nam bothan Am bothan a bh’ aig Fionnghuala

Chorus (after each verse): Island of bothies, of bothies Island of bothies, of bothies Island of bothies, of bothies Fingal’s bothies Island of bothies, of bothies Island of bothies, of bothies Island of bothies, of bothies Fingal’s bothies

Bheirinn fead air fulmairean Bheirinn fead air fulmairean Liuthannan beaga na mara Bheireamaid greis air an tarrainn Na maireadh na duirgh dhuinn

I’d knock spots off the birds I’d knock spots off the hakes Little lythes of the sea We would take a while hauling them in If our hand lines last

Cha d’thuirt an dadan a’ seo Cha d’thuirt an dadan a’ seo Cha d’thuirt an dadan a’ seo Bheireamaid greis air an tarrainn Na maireadh na duirgh dhuinn

We got nothing here We got nothing here We got nothing here We would take a while hauling them in If our hand lines last

Bheirinn fead air fulmairean Bheirinn fead air falmairean Liuthannan beaga na mara Bheireamaid greis air an tarrainn Na maireadh na duirgh dhuinn

I’d knock spots off the birds I’d knock spots off the hakes Little lythes of the sea We would take a while hauling them in If our hand lines last

Cha d’thuirt an dadan a’ seo Cha d’thuirt an dadan a’ seo Cha d’thuirt an dadan a’ seo Bheireamaid greis air an tarrainn Na maireadh na duirgh dhuinn

We got nothing here We got nothing here We got nothing here We would take a while hauling them in If our hand lines last

Thuirt an gobha fuirighidh mi ‘S thuirt an gobha falbhaidh mi ‘S thuirt an gobha leis an othail A bh’ air an dòrus an t-sàbhail Gu rachadh e a shuirghe

The blacksmith said, “I’ll wait” The blacksmith said, “I’ll go” The blacksmith said, in his confusion Standing at the door of the barn That he was going to go courting

PROGRAM NOTES Tshotsholoza

Tshotsholoza Kulezontaba Stimela siphume South Africa.

Wen’ uyabaleka Kulezontaba Stimela siphume South Africa.

Go forward Go forward on those mountains, The train is coming from South Africa.

You are running away On those mountains, The train is coming from South Africa.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Pacific Choral Ensembles would like to gratefully acknowledge the following people and organizations for their support of tonight’s program: Dr. Denny Anspach Mrs. Janet Ferreria Professor Patricia Grimm Professor Michael Downing Professor Burr C. Phillips Mrs. Vicky Meyers Ms. Mia Watts Dr. Lynelle Wiens Professor Daniel Ebbers Professor James Haffner Tyler Golding and students from Pacific Conservatory’s Percussion Studio Thomas Hubel and students from Pacific Conservatory’s Brass Studios

IN MEMORY OF DR. ERIC HAMMER (1951-2019) Dr. Eric Hammer served 26 years as Director of Bands and Professor of Music Education at University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music, Stockton, CA. Together with his faculty colleagues, Dr. Hammer built and sustained the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and University Concert Band and supervised the student-led Pep Band. He has led the 50-60-member Symphonic Wind Ensemble to national prominence. The group was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in March of 2019 during the New York Wind Band Festival.

Dr. Hammer was highly respected as an educator and conductor and recently was recognized as the Outstanding University Educator by the California Music Educators Association. His influence extended far beyond Pacific through the many hundreds of students and educators he taught in clinics and conferences or conducted in performances across the United States and abroad.

Dr. Hammer inspired young musicians teaching at summer band camps, conducting honor bands, adjudicating band festivals and giving clinics at high schools. It was not uncommon for students to say that he was the reason they enrolled at Pacific. He guided music education student teachers as they launched their careers throughout California and initiated and organized the Pacific Western Concert Band Festival held at Pacific for the past 13 years, which draws top student musicians from schools throughout the Western United States. Dr. Hammer was loved by his students and colleagues and will be deeply missed.

Onward.

IN MEMORY OF DR. ERIC HAMMER (1951-2019) Youth

By Samuel Ullman (1840-1924)

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease.

This often exist in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty.

Nobody grows old merely by a number of years.

We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what’s next, and the joy of the game of living.

In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the Infinite, so long are you young.

When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at twenty. But as long as your aerials are up, to catch the waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at eighty.

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