All-State High School Mixed Choir

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2020

4:00 PM

Conductor: Dr Jonathan Talberg

Co-Managers: Leah Tomlin and Mary Brandenstein

Accompanist: Hung-Yun Chu

Esta Tierra Javier Busto

Come to the Woods Jake Runestad

When We Are Gone Matthew Hazzard

To Agni Gustav Holst

On Jordan’s Stormy J Harold Moyer

Thanks Be To God by Felix Mendelssohn Choral Public Domain Library

Dr Jonathan Talberg, Conductor

Dr Jonathan Talberg is Director of Choral Activities at Cal State Long Beach, where he is conductor of the Bob Cole Chamber Choir, awarded “Choir of the World” at the 2016 Welsh Isteddfod and the “Grand Champion” at the 2017 Spittal Austria International Choral Competition Past-President of the California Choral Conductors Association, he has twice conducted at the Music Educator’s National Conference regional honor choir, at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 American Choral Directors Western Convention and at the 2009 and 2013 NCCO Conferences He has led All-State concerts from Oregon to Maine Of the many hats he wears each day, the one he is most proud of is mentor to the next generation of performers, educators and scholars

Leah Tomlin, Mixed Choir Co-Manager

Leah Tomlin completed her Bachelor of Music Education at the University of Oregon and her Master of Arts in Teaching at Oregon State University where she was a Graduate Teaching Assistant to Dr. Steven Zielke. She is in her third year at Corvallis High School Prior to her return to Oregon, she was the Director of Choirs at Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson, Arizona Her most memorable musical moments include performing for the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) in the Lincoln Center and placing frst in the Fleischmann International Trophy Competition in Cork, Ireland with the Chamber Choir from University of Oregon. These musical moments infuenced her to become a teacher so she can recreate these meaningful experiences of music and human connection for current and future choir students

Mary Brandenstein, Mixed Choir Co-Manager

Mary Brandenstein moved to Portland, Oregon from Chicago, Illinois to pursue her career in music education She currently serves as the choir director at Glencoe High School, in Hillsboro, Oregon Previously, Mary spent four years directing a full-time choral program of over 250 students at Houck Middle School, in the Salem-Keizer school district She is proud to be an alumnus of Millikin University, where she received her BM in Vocal Music Education.