2024 Durango Bach Festival

BEYOND THE CONCERT HALL

DURANGO BACH FESTIVAL

March 2-9, 2024

Durango, Colorado

BACH’S LUNCH CONCERT

Tuesday, March 5 | 12:00pm St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Toccata for Organ in F Major, BWV 540 Johann Sebastian Bach

I. Toccata (Praeludium) (1685-1750)

Kyle Osborne, organ

Flute Sonata in F Major, “Hamburger,” Carl Philipp Emanuel (CPE) H.564 (1786) Bach (1714-1788)

I. Allegretto

II. Rondo: Presto

Dr. Andreas Tischhauser, flute Steve White, cello continuo

Dr. Wesley Dunnagan, harpsichord

Partita for Keyboard No. 3 in J.S. Bach A Minor, BWV 827

I. Fantasia

II. Allemande

III. Corrente

IV. Sarabande

V. Burlesca

VI. Scherzo

VII. Gigue

Dr. Holly Quist, piano

BACH’S LUNCH CONCERT

Wednesday, March 6 | 12:00pm St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Selected Arrangements for Johann Sebastian Bach Handbell Choir (1685-1750)

1. Sheep May Safely Graze

2. O Sacred Head Now Wounded

3. Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring

St. Paul’s Lutheran Handbell Choir, Jo Ann Beegles, director

Sue Giddings, Bev Skyles, June Dunn, Jenny Shine, Lily Shine, Edie Delin, Susanna Oelke, Ken Beegles

Duetto a Due Flauti Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (Duet for Two Flutes in G Major) (1710-1784)

I. Allegro ma non troppo

II. Cantabile

III. Alla breve

IV. Gigue: Allegro

Dr. Rochelle Mann, flute Kathryn Shaffer, flute

Selected Sinfonias for Solo Harpsichord J.S. Bach

1. No. 5 in E-flat Major, BWV 791

2. No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794

3. No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 795

4. No. 12 in A Major, BWV 798

5. No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801

Marilyn Garst, harpsichord

BACH’S LUNCH CONCERT

Thursday, March 7 | 12:00pm

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

“Bach Organ Showcase”

Prelude No. 21 in B-flat Major, Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 866 (1685-1750)

Ken Beegles, accordion

From Eight Little Preludes & Fugues J.S. Bach for Organ:

1. Prelude in G Major, BWV 557

2. Prelude & Fugue in F Major, BWV 556

Dr. Grant Gebhard, organ

Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582 J.S. Bach

Dr. James Gebhard, organ

Cantata, Was mir behagt, ist nur die J.S. Bach muntre Jagd, BWV 208

Aria – Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep may safely graze)

Helen Gebhard, soprano

Dr. James Gebhard, organ

Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 J.S. Bach from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach

Helen Gebhard, soprano

Dr. Grant Gebhard, organ

Prelude in C Major, BWV 531 J.S. Bach

Dr. Grant Gebhard, organ

BACH’S LUNCH CONCERT

Friday, March 8 | 12:00pm St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 Johann Sebastian Bach

I. Praeludium (1685-1750)

II. Allemande

III. Courante

Karl Winkler, viola

Tafelmusik Quartetto in G Major Georg Philipp Telemann TWV 43:G2 (1681-1767)

I. Largo-Allegro-Largo

IV. Grave-Vivace

Rebecca Ray, oboe

Dr. Rochelle Mann, flute

Lauren Avery, violin

Dr. Katherine Jetter, cello continuo

Mika Inouye, harpsichord

From Cantata BWV 79: J.S. Bach

II. Aria (alto): Gott ist unser Sonn und Schild

From Cantata BWV 119:

V. Aria (alto): Die Obrigkeit ist Gottes Gabe

Nan Wagner, mezzo-soprano

Dr. Rochelle Mann, flute

Dr. Katherine Jetter, cello continuo

Mika Inouye, harpsichord

FESTIVAL FINALE CONCERT

Saturday, March 9 | 7:00pm

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

San Juan Symphony Chamber Singers

Christine Richards, soprano soloist

Drea Pressley, mezzo-soprano soloist

Wesley Dunnagan, tenor soloist

Santiago Alfonzo Meza, bass-baritone soloist

Durango Bach Festival Orchestra

Lauren Avery and Tennille Taylor, violins

Karl Winkler, viola

Katherine Jetter, cello continuo

Anastasia Nellos, double bass

Rebecca Ray, oboe soloist

Kevin Darrow, oboe

Kyle Osborne, organ and harpsichord

Thomas Heuser, conductor PROGRAM

Concerto for Oboe d’amore in Johann Sebastian Bach A Major, BWV 1055R (1685-1770)

I. Allegro

II. Larghetto

III. Allegro ma non tanto

Rebecca Ray, Oboe d’amore

INTERMISSION

Missa in G Major (Lutheran Mass), J.S. Bach BWV 236

I. Kyrie

II. Gloria

III. Gratias (Bass aria)

IV. Domine Deus (Soprano & Alto duet)

V. Quoniam (Tenor aria)

VI. Cum Sancto Spiritu

Elizabeth Crawford, Music Director

Kyle Osborne, Rehearsal Associate

Christi Livingston, Rehearsal Accompanist

Soprano

Laura Argotsinger

Karla Brown

Elizabeth Crawford

Gemma Kavanagh

Kathryn Lanute

Laura Rieck

Jill Waterman

Alto

Courtney Ashmore

Jeanie Child

Alison Dance

Gay Grossman

Aurora Rose

Nan Wagner

Sue Weber

Tenor

Steve Blaylock

Tom Burris

Drew Currie

Marilyn Leftwich

Hugh Tracy

Bass

Tom Miller

Kent Norgren

Tom Richards

KJ Troy

John Werner

TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS

1. Chor

1. Chorus

Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy. Christe eleison. Christ, have mercy. Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.

2. Chor

Gloria in excelsis Deo,

2. Chorus

Glory to God in the highest, Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. And peace on earth to men of good will. Laudamus te, benedicimus te, We praise You, we bless You, Adoramus te, glorificamus te.

3. Arie

Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam

We worship You, we glorify You.

3. Aria

We give You thanks for Your great glory. gloriam tuam.

Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Lord God, King of Heaven, Deus Pater omnipotens. God the Father Almighty. Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe. Lord only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ.

4. Duett

4. Duet

Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris. Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. Qui tollis peccata mundi, You who take away the sin of the world, Miserere nobis. Have mercy on us.

Qui tollis peccata mundi, You who take away the sin of the world, Suscipe deprecationem nostram. Hear our prayer

Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, You who sit at the right hand of the Father, miserere nobis. have mercy on us.

5. Arie

5. Aria

Quoniam tu solus sanctus, tu solus Dominus, For You alone are holy, You alone are Lord, Tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe. You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ.

6. Chor

6. Chorus

Cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris, With the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father, Amen. Amen.

GUEST ARTISTS

Santiago Alfonzo Meza is a baritone from Caracas, Venezuela. He obtained an undergraduate degree in Music and Environmental Studies at George Mason University. He enjoyed a career as a choir member and cantor for congregations in the Washington D.C. area and a stage performer with local theater and opera companies, including Creative Cauldron and Loudon Lyric Opera, and also served as a chorus member for the Washington National Opera and Maryland Lyric Opera . Recently, he relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico to pursue a MM Vocal Performance at the University of New Mexico, where he studies under the direction of Dr. Michael Hix. This artist is excited to debut with the Durango Bach festival this season.

Lauren Avery has been concertmaster of the San Juan Symphony since 2019. Prior to moving to Durango, she performed regularly with the Louisville Orchestra, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Berkeley Symphony, Sacramento Philharmonic, and many other ensembles in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Munich, Germany. Highlights of her varied career include touring in Muscat, Oman with the Castleton Festival’s production of La Bohème, summers spent with the Cabrillo Festival, Spoleto USA, and the Opera Theater and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy, and serving as Guest Concertmaster of El Paso Opera. Lauren has music and biology degrees from Vassar College and Rice University. When not performing or teaching, she enjoys gardening, birding, and exploring with her husband, conductor Thomas Heuser, and their son Theo.

Ken Beegles plays competitively at the Rocky Mountain Accordian Society Festival each season. He and his wife Jo Ann Beegles play with the St. Paul’s Lutheran Handbell Choir, where she is director. Ken describes the Piano Accordian as a “reed instrument like a clarinet, single reed but individual reeds for each note. There are switches for various tones, powered by the bellows rather than mouth. The reeds are carefully tuned on each instrument, and offers distinct timbres that differ from what you might hear from instruments tuned for traditional Mexican music and Polka bands.”

Violinist Brandon Christensen’s career, grounded equally in chamber music and education, has given him the opportunity to perform and teach all over the world. Recently retired from the Holland School of Visual and Performing arts in Missouri where he was a tenured professor of violin, Dr. Christensen has also been on the faculties of Dickenson College, The Harrow School in Beijing, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Music. He has given extensive international clinics including master classes throughout China, in Italy, and in Sweden. Brandon has performed as a soloist with many chamber

orchestras and symphonies including the Beijing Sinfonieta, The Southern Illinois Festival orchestra, the Carolina Chamber Symphony, and the Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician he has collaborated with myriad international performers including Valentina Igoshina and Vladimir Mendelssohn of the Paris Conservatory, Jeffrey Zeigler of the Kronos Quartet, and Mark Sparks of the Saint Louis Symphony. A frequent performer in Italy, he was on the faculty of the Festival Suoni d’Abruzzo, and has performed in Bologna, Ascoli Piceno, and in Tuscany. Brandon has given more than a dozen world premieres, most recently “Zephyros” for violin and chamber orchestra by Enrico Blatti, and was active in many regional period music ensembles in the Midwest playing Baroque violin.

Wesley Dunnagan serves as Assistant Professor of Music and Coordinator of Voice Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, and as Lecturer of Lyric Diction at the University of California, Irvine. He leads the Fort Lewis Baroque Ensemble and Durango’s Colla Voce Singers, also serving as Music Director for musical theatre productions and guest conductor of the Fort Lewis Chamber Orchestra. Recent conducting highlights include Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, Handel’s complete Messiah, and choral works by Edward Elgar. A native of Wabash, Indiana, Wesley received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Voice and Opera at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was also a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow in Italian. He holds a Bachelor of the Arts with Distinction in German Studies and Music from Stanford University, and a Master of Sacred Music from the University of Notre Dame.

Grant Gebhard moved to Durango in 2019 and is an ophthalmologist with Southwest Eye Consultants. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Italian from Brigham Young University, where he also studied organ with Brian Mathias. In addition to his love of classical music, he enjoys skiing, mountain biking, and trail running. He and his wife Carrie are the parents of four daughters.

Helen Gebhard earned her Masters Degree at BYU in Early Childhood Education. She studied music as an area of interest during her undergraduate program at BYU. She has been singing in the Western Colorado Chorale for nine years. She and James are the parents of five grown children who live throughout the United States.

James Gebhard is a recently retired Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon. He studied Organ as an undergraduate at Brigham Young University (BYU) with Parley Belnap and John Longhurst. He enjoys playing organ for different churches and events.

American conductor Thomas Heuser currently serves as Music Director of the Idaho Falls Symphony and the San Juan Symphony. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for Orchestral Conducting in Germany and was a Conducting Fellow with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He holds a BA in Music from Vassar College, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and won the Francis Walker Prize in Piano Performance as the last senior to graduate from the studio of esteemed Colombian pianist Blanca Uribe. He earned his Masters in Instrumental Conducting with a minor in Arts Administration from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and completed his DMA in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Cincinnati’s CollegeConservatory of Music (CCM).

A performing artist and educator in the Four Corners region, Mika Inouye performs regularly as a pianist and harpsichordist. She also performs and promotes music of living composers with her two sisters in Inouye Six Hands, a unique six-hands on one piano combination. She has a large independent piano teaching studio and is co-president of the Four Corners Music Teachers Association. Mika teaches K-6 music at Durango 9R Shared School and trains music & movement teachers in the Orff Schulwerk philosophy during the summers in Los Angeles county and Norfolk, Virginia. As founding president of Four Corners Orff Chapter, she brings specialized professional development training to music teachers in the public schools. Mika is also a member of 20Moons Dance Theater in Durango and teaches inclusive creative dance classes in Durango 9R schools for Stillwater Music.

Dr. Katherine Jetter is the Associate Professor of Cello and Music Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. She has undergraduate degrees in Applied Mathematics and Cello Performance from East Carolina University and a MM and DMA in Cello Performance from Florida State University. During her time in Florida, she was a member of the Camelia String Quartet, a group that made the final round of eight at the Carmel Chamber Music Competition. Dr. Jetter actively teaches cello, bass, string methods, chamber music, chamber orchestra, music fundamentals, and musical experience at the college and privately in the community. She regularly performs with the San Juan Symphony, the Red Shoe Trio, the Telluride Chamber Music Festival, and other chamber ensembles. Dr. Jetter is currently the treasurer of the CMS Central Regional Chapter and the 4CMTA local chapter, the University Council Representative for FLC, and a board member for the state ASTA CAP committee.

Marilyn Mangold Garst was a faculty member for 25 years in the Department of Music at The George Washington University as professor of piano, harpsichord and keyboard ensembles. She was the pianist in the G.W.U. Faculty Trio and served as keyboard Studies

Coordinator. After moving to Durango, she served for eleven years as Music Director for the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and continues as a pianist and Artistic Director of the Recital Series. She received her music degrees (B.M. M.M., Ph.D.) from the University of Southern California, Indiana University and Michigan State University. She has studied harpsichord with James Weaver of the Smithsonian Institution and attended harpsichord workshops with Edward Permentier at the University of Michigan.

Rochelle Mann is a former Featured Scholar at Fort Lewis College, where she served as Music Department Chair as well as Acting Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. A graduate of Indiana and Arizona State Universities, she is currently a Professor Emerita at FLC, maintaining an active schedule as a flutist, author, and educator. Dr. Mann has served as Principal Flute of the San Juan Symphony since 1983, and has performed with the Santa Fe Symphony, Arkansas Symphony, Texarkana Symphony, and Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra. Other concerts include Third Avenue Arts, New Deal Salon, and Musica Viva.

Nan Nelson Wagner, mezzo soprano, has been a soloist with Portland Opera, The Columbia Symphony, San Juan Symphony, Choro in Schola,and is currently a proud member of the San Juan Symphony Chamber Singers and Durango Choral Society. Some of her favorite roles performed are Dorabella, Zerlina, Prince Orlofsky and Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors. She received her musical training at the University of Arizona, WTSU, The National Music Camp at Interlochen and The Aspen Music Festival. Nan is a retired respiratory therapist and enjoys knitting, hiking, reading, traveling, volunteering and spending time with her family and their many dogs and cats.

Kyle Osborne is an accomplished organist, accompanist, and choral conductor. Kyle studied organ, piano, harpsichord, sacred music, choral and orchestral conducting at Stetson University, the University of Tennessee, and the University of Texas. In addition to being Associate Director of the SJS Chamber Singers, Kyle is Director of Music Ministries and Organist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and Choir Director at Summit Church in Durango, CO. Over the years Kyle has conducting choirs of many different shapes, sizes, and age groups. A native of Fernandina Beach, FL, Kyle also dabbles in composition and enjoys writing and arranging pieces for his choirs. In his spare time, Kyle enjoys reading, hiking, and exploring the San Juan Mountains.

Drea Pressley, a financial advisor with Edward Jones, has an extensive background as a professional musician. Drea has performed locally with Music in the Mountains and the Durango Choral Society. She has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master

Chorale - including a European tour premiering John Adams’ work The Gospel According to the Other Mary. Drea has performed with the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Santa Fe New Music, and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, She has also performed opera roles with the New Orleans Opera Association and the Operafestival di Roma. Drea has given numerous solo recitals and ensemble performances including her series Cantigas d’Amigo, and has been a studio musician in Los Angeles, recording music for films including Avatar, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: Apocalypse, Transformers: The Last Knight, and Godzilla.

American pianist Holly Quist has performed, collaborated, and taught within communities throughout the United States, Ireland, and Italy. In 2013, she won second place in the Grand Rapids Bach Festival Collegiate Youth Keyboard Competition and was a finalist in the Western Michigan University Concerto Competition. Holly studied piano and chamber music at the Bay View Summer Music Festival, the Interharmony International Music Festival in Arcidosso and Aqui Terme Italy, and the Dublin International Piano Festival in Dublin, Ireland. At Western Michigan University, Holly studied under Lori Sims where she received her Bachelor of Music degree in keyboard performance. Following her Bachelors, she studied under Dr. Peter Miyamoto at the University of Missouri where she received a Master of Music degree in piano performance and held a graduate assistantship. She recently finished completing a Doctor of Musical arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied piano under Christopher Taylor, and piano pedagogy under Dr. Jessica Johnson. Today, Ms. Quist teaches as a professor of music at Fort Lewis College, where she teaches music theory, music history, and piano.

Rebecca Ray has music degrees from Ithaca College and the University of New Mexico. She is currently principal oboist with the San Juan Symphony and the Las Cruces Symphony, associate principal oboe and English horn with the New Mexico Philharmonic, and second oboe and English horn in the Santa Fe Symphony. She also performs with Opera Southwest, Chatter, and the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, among others. Rebecca also has a teaching and woodwind repair studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Christine Richards is thrilled to be part of this year’s Bach Festival. She has been a member of the San Juan Symphony Chamber Singers since 2021. She has performed across the country in choirs, theatrical productions, concert oratorios, and recitals. Christine earned her BFA in musical theater performance from Webster Conservatory in St. Louis, with graduate studies in vocal performance at DePaul University in Chicago. When she’s not making music, Christine works as a physical therapist at Tomsic PT in Durango and enjoys time outdoors with her husband Tom (in the bass section!) and pups Choyu and Brody.

Kathryn Shaffer, flutist with the San Juan Symphony since 2006, holds degrees from San José State University and Longy School of Music. She has performed with Music in The Mountains, West Valley Symphony, and Continental Orchestra throughout the United States and Europe. She frequently collaborates with twin sister/pianist Kristen Folden, performing chamber music in their hometown and locally for the Durango Bach Festival and Durango Chamber Music Festival. She was honored to present an award-winning new composition at the CMS Conference, working with composer Heather Gilligan. Kathryn has been a member of the music faculty at Fort Lewis College since 2007.

Andreas Tischhauser moved to the Southwest in 1997 when he served on the faculty at Fort Lewis College (Durango, CO) as visiting professor of flute, voice, and various academic courses. In 2008 Andreas left the mountains to serve on the faculty of the College of Music at Florida State University, and returned to the Southwest in 2010 to oversee the reconstruction of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. No stranger to Santa Fe or surrounding areas, Dr. Tischhauser previously appeared as principal flutist of the Santa Fe Symphony and San Juan Symphony, and sang with the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe Pro Musica, and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. In 2014, Andreas took a position with three-time Grammy Award winning ensemble, Chanticleer. Dr. Tischhauser received his education from Wichita State University, the University of Colorado-Boulder, the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and Florida State University.

Karl Winkler is a freelance violin and viola player based in Albuquerque, New Mexico and plays with several ensembles around the state including the New Mexico Philharmonic, Chatter, and the Roswell Symphony. Since 2014, Karl has been a member of the viola section in the San Juan Symphony, and now holds the position of principal viola. Karl has a BA degree in viola performance from the University of Arizona.

Daniel Morgenstern’s French Double Manual Harpsichord #5 1977 is a faithful copy of the famous Taskin Harpsichord of 1769. His now 46-year-old son Michael is depicted as the cherub on the lid. Dan’s aunt, the late Esther M. Gilman, authentically painted and decorated 11 of the 12 Morgenstern Harpsichords, four of which are in Durango. The others are in private homes in Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, and Dallas, and one is at the South Shore Conservatory in Hingham, Mass. Number Five has played with many distinguished ensembles, including several performances of Mozart and Rossini operas by the Metropolitan Opera on tour in Cleveland in the days before the HD simulcasts. Dan is currently building his 13th instrument based on an 18th-century single manual instrument from Dresden.

Thanks to Daniel for the use of the instrument and daily maintenance during the Durango Bach Festival.