October 2022 | Atlanta Master Chorale

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The Donna and Marvin Schwartz Center for Performing Arts is a place where teaching, learning, and performance merge to create a vital arts presence for the entire community. The concert hall was funded by and is named after Atlanta scientist Cherry Logan Emerson who earned a BA and MA from Emory in the 1930s. It houses a 14-ton Werner Wortsman Memorial Organ built by top North American builder Daniel Jaeckel, which was installed in 2005.

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IN THE MIDDLE ERIC NELSON, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JONATHAN EASTER, PIANO, ORGAN

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2022 | 8PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2022 | 8PM

Emerson Concert Hall Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Atlanta, Georgia

PROGRAM Dancing on the Edges of Time (2016).......................................................... Craig Carnahan

SCAN ME!

In the Middle (2016)....................................................................................... Dale Trumbore

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Sing We and Chant It (1595).................................................... Thomas Morley (1557–1602)

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O Mistress Mine........................................................................ Herbert Murrill (1909–1952) from Two Songs from Twelfth Night (1939) Go, Lovely Rose................................................................................................. Eric Whitacre from Three Flower Songs (2001) Ryan Koter, tenor Fern Hill (1960).............................................................................................. John Corigliano Samantha Frischling, mezzo-soprano Emily Daggett Smith, violin I; Jessica Stinson, violin I; Jessica Shuang Wu, violin II; Benito Thompson, violin II; Yinzi Kong, viola; Joli Wu, viola; Guang Wang, cello; Martin Guerguiev, cello; Emory Clements, bass; Julie Koenig, harp Dawn (2011).......................................................................................... Eric William Barnum O Love (2016).............................................................................................. Elaine Hagenberg I Open My Mouth (1990)......................................................................... Arr. André Thomas

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America Will Be (2019).................................................................................... Joel Thompson Elizabeth Lamback, soprano We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace (2001)...............Arr. Moses Hogan (1957–2003) Hold On (2002)......................................................................Arr. Moses Hogan (1957–2003) Samantha Frischling, soprano

DANCING ON THE EDGES OF TIME

Music: Craig Carnahan, © 2016 Galaxy Music Corporation, a division of ECS Publishing Text: Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

IN THE MIDDLE

Music: Dale Trumbore © 2016, distributed by Graphite Publishing Text: Barbara Crooker, from Radiance, © 2005 Word Press IN THE MIDDLE of a life that’s as complicated as everyone else’s, struggling for balance, juggling time.

The mantle clock that was my grandfather’s has stopped at 9:20; we haven’t had time to get it repaired. The brass pendulum is still, the chimes don’t ring. One day I look out the window, green summer, the next, the leaves have already fallen, and a grey sky lowers the horizon. Our children almost grown, our parents gone, it happened so fast. Each day, we must learn again how to love, between morning’s quick coffee and evening’s slow return. Steam from a pot of soup rises, mixing with the yeasty smell of baking bread. Our bodies twine, and the big black dog pushes his great head between; his tail, a metronome, 3/4 time. We’ll never get there, Time is always ahead of us, running down the beach, urging us on faster, faster, but sometimes we take off our watches, sometimes we lie in the hammock, caught between the mesh of rope and the net of stars, suspended, tangled up in love, running out of time.

SING WE AND CHANT IT

Music: Thomas Morley (1557–1602), CPDL #40935, Editor: Monique Rio Text: 16th Century Madrigal Sing we and chant it, while love doth grant it.

Not long youth lasteth, and old age hasteth, Now is best leisure to take our pleasure.

All things invite us, Now to delight us.

Hence care be packing, no mirth be lacking, Let spare no treasure to live in pleasure.

O MISTRESS MINE

from TWO SONGS FROM TWELFTH NIGHT

Music: Herbert Murrill (1909–1952), © 1939 Oxford University Press Text: William Shakespeare (1564–1616) O mistress mine, Where are you roaming?

O stay and hear your true love’s coming, That can sing both high and low: Trip no further, pretty sweeting; Journeys end in lovers’ meeting, Every wise man’s son doth know.

What is love? ‘Tis not hereafter; Present mirth hath present laughter; What’s to come is still unsure: In delay there lies no plenty; Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty.

Youth’s a stuff will not endure.

O mistress mine, Where are you roaming?

GO, LOVELY ROSE

from THREE FLOWER SONGS

Music: Eric Whitacre, © 2001 Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc. Text: Edmund Waller (1606–1687) Go, lovely rose Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be.

Tell her that’s young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.

Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired.

Then die! That she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee; How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!

FERN HILL

Music: John Corigliano, © 1960 G. Schirmer, Inc. Text: Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) Fern Hill by John Corigliano presented under license from G. Schirmer, Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, copyright owners.

Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green, The night above the dingle starry, Time let me hail and climb Golden in the heydays of his eyes, And honoured among wagons I was prince of the apple towns And once below a time I lordly had the trees and leaves Trail with daisies and barley Down the rivers of the windfall light.

And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home, In the sun that is young once only, Time let me play and be Golden in the mercy of his means, And green and golden I was huntsman and herdsman, the calves Sang to my horn, the foxes on the hills barked clear and cold, And the sabbath rang slowly In the pebbles of the holy streams.

All the sun long it was running, it was lovely, the hay Fields high as the house, the tunes from the chimneys, it was air And playing, lovely and watery And fire green as grass.

And nightly under the simple stars As I rode to sleep the owls were bearing the farm away, All the moon long I heard, blessed among stables, the nightjars Flying with the ricks, and the horses Flashing into the dark.

And then to awake, and the farm, like a wanderer white With the dew, come back, the cock on his shoulder: it was all Shining, it was Adam and maiden, The sky gathered again And the sun grew round that very day.

So it must have been after the birth of the simple light In the first, spinning place, the spellbound horses walking warm Out of the whinnying green stable On to the fields of praise.

And honoured among foxes and pheasants by the gay house Under the new made clouds and happy as the heart was long, In the sun born over and over, I ran my heedless ways, My wishes raced through the house high hay And nothing I cared, at my sky blue trades, that time allows

In all his tuneful turning so few and such morning songs Before the children green and golden Follow him out of grace.

Nothing I cared, in the lamb white days, that time would take me Up to the swallow thronged loft by the shadow of my hand, In the moon that is always rising, Nor that riding to sleep I should hear him fly with the high fields And wake to the farm forever fled from the childless land.

Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means, Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea.

DAWN

Music: Eric William Barnum, © 2011 G. Schirmer, Inc. Text: Robert Bode From the door’s soft opening And the day’s first sigh, Filling the room, I see before me a life of doors, One opening on another, Doors upon doors, And sighs upon sighs, Rising in a tide of mornings, Rising, until that final sigh, And the last morning, And the last holy breath, Whispering “this…”

O LOVE

Music: Elaine Hagenberg, © 2016 Beckenhorst Press Text: George Matheson (1842–1906) O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, That in thy ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be.

O Joy that seeks me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, And feel the promise is not vain, That morn shall tearless be.

I OPEN MY MOUTH

Music: Arr. André Thomas, © 1990 Hinshaw Music, Inc. Text: Traditional Spiritual Done made my vow, done made my vow to the Lord.

Never turn back, O, Lord I’ll never turn back.

I will go! I shall go, to see what the end will be.

I open my mouth to the Lord, and I won’t turn back.

I will go! I shall go, to see what the end is gonna be.

If you don’t believe that I’ve been redeemed, Just follow me down to Jordan’s stream.

I open my mouth to the Lord, and I won’t turn back.

I will go! I shall go, to see what the end is gonna be.

AMERICA WILL BE

Music: Joel Thompson, © 2019 Highgate Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing Text: Langston Hughes (1902–1967), adapted by J.T. from Let America Be America Again, © 1994 by The Estate of Langston Hughes, used and adapted by permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated; Emma Lazarus (1849–1887), adapted by J.T. from The New Colossus; Students from the Freedom High School Chorus, Orlando, Florida Who are you that mumbles in the dark and who are you that draws your veil across the stars?

I’m the one who dreamt a dream while still a serf of kings A dream so strong, so brave, so true that even yet it sings.

To build a homeland of the free.

WE SHALL WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY IN PEACE

Music: Arr. Moses Hogan (1957–2003), © 2001 Hal Leonard Corporation Text: Traditional Spiritual We shall walk through the valley in peace.

For Jesus Himself will be our leader.

We shall walk through the valley in peace.

We will meet our loved ones there.

For Jesus Himself will be our leader.

We shall walk through the valley in peace.

There will be no more trials there For Jesus Himself will be our leader.

We shall walk through the valley in peace.

HOLD ON

Music: Arr. Moses Hogan (1957–2003), © 2002 Hal Leonard Corporation Text: Traditional Spiritual Nora, let me come in; de door’s all fastened an’ de winders pinned!

Just keep yo’ hand on de plow, an’ you hold on, yes you gotta hold on!

Nora, said “You lost yo’ track, you can’t plow straight an’ keep a lookin’ back.”

Just keep yo’ hand on de plow, an’ you hold on, yes you gotta hold on!

Well my brother, hold on! Yes, you gotta hold on!

Just keep yo’ hand on de plow, an’ you hold on.

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, give me the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these to me!

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

If you wanna get to heaven, let me tell you how: Jus’ a keep yo’ hand on de gospel plow, an’ you gotta hold on!

For all the songs we’ve sung, and all the dreams we’ve dreamed, America was never America to me, And yet I swear: America will be!

Well my sister, hold on!

Mary had a golden chain, an’ every link spelled my Jesus’ name.

Keep on climbin’ an’ don’t you tire, ‘cause ev’ry rung goes higher an’ higher!

If dat plow stay in yo’ hand, land you straight in de promised land.

Just keep yo’ hand on de plow, an’ you gotta hold on!

Just keep yo’ hand on de plow, an’ you gotta hold on!

Just hold on!

2022-2023 CHORISTERS SOPRANOS Amy Arnold Casey Bagby Claire Berger Hayley Conroy Samantha Frischling Meg Granum Gurtcheff Lisa Hayes Perry Houck Audriana Johnson Amy Kuhn Elizabeth Lamback Katie Leverett Caitlin Norton Megan Schuitema Sylvia Ware

ALTOS Natalie Boehnlein Holly Botella Emily Boyle Calissa Dauterman Jesse Gilbert Stephanie Gilbert Jean Goffaux Amelia Gregory Ava Maalouf Ivy Overcash Joy Putney Katie Schumacher Meredith Starks Kathryn Stone June Webb

TENORS Huston Collings Michael Devine Jon Easter Ameya Gangal Mark King Ryan Koter Bronson Lee Paul McClung Andrew McLeod Garrett Pace Sam Potts James Ranson Kirk Rich Denny Shin James Rashaad Turner

BASSES Nick Almand David Bonaker Justin Bowen Stven Carlberg Jeffrey Clanton Jared Duncan Richard Holz James Jones Mark Lamback Joseph Legaspi Joseph Ripley Wade Thomas Stephen Van Dorn Spence Whitehead Ross Wilcox

AMC BOARD OF DIRECTORS Stephanie Watkins, Board Chair Cheryl Bachelder Eric Nelson, Artistic Director Charles Beaudrot, Counsel to the Board Raymond Payne Sydney Cleland Alexander (Sandy) Purdie Jamie Clements Stan Segal Sam Hagan Mary Slaughter Tommy Herrington Kathryn Stone, Secretary Marianna Magee Julie Thompson, Treasurer James Verrecchia, Executive Director

ADVISORY BOARD Rodger Herndon Dr. James T. Laney Toni Myers

H. Hamilton Smith William & Carol Yadlosky Ellen & John Yates

STAFF Eric Nelson, Artistic Director Jonathan Easter, Pianist/Organist James Verrecchia, Executive Director Amy Kuhn, Administrative Manager

ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE has touched people’s hearts and spirits with the transformative power of choral music for more than 35 years. Renowned for our transcendent choral sound, we infuse each performance with emotional depth and a rare expressiveness as part of our mission to “inspire and enrich the lives of our community through choral artistry.” The Chorale’s exquisite blend of pitch, rhythm, text, and voice reaches beyond the stage, drawing listeners into a shared space where music touches spirit.

Our awards include the prestigious 2013 Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence from Chorus America and the 2014 Prudential Leadership Award for Exceptional Nonprofit Boards presented by BoardSource. We are also the recipient of a 2018-2019 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies and 2018 recipient of a Leadership DeKalb Community Outreach Project.

Atlanta Master Chorale has performed at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall, and at conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Music Educators National Conference (MENC), Choristers Guild, and American Guild of Organists (AGO). We were also proud to be one of fewer than 30 choirs selected nationwide to perform at ACDA’s National Conference in Minneapolis, March 2017.

Our exciting repertoire has been called “the musical language of the deeper soul” and includes treasures drawn from a broad spectrum of choral music. The Chorale performs concerts in the Atlanta area and throughout the Southeast featuring music from nearly every period and genre including newly commissioned works. Our choral series, published by MorningStar Music/ECS Publishing Group, captures new repertoire premiered by the ensemble, helping to add vibrant original music to the choral field. With our dedicated board, staff, and a roster of skilled volunteer choristers, Atlanta Master Chorale is proud to be a part of the Atlanta arts community.

ERIC NELSON is artistic director of Atlanta Master Chorale and professor of choral studies at Emory University. Dr. Nelson’s choirs have performed throughout the world, including London, Rome, Berlin, Moscow, Seoul, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Sydney Opera House. He has conducted choirs at eight American Choral Directors Association conferences, including Atlanta Master Chorale’s performance at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis for the National Conference in March 2017 and the Emory Concert Choir’s performance at Chicago’s Orchestra Hall for the National Conference in 2011.

Dr. Nelson’s ensembles are characterized by their variety of repertoire and for their ability to fuse technical precision with warmth of musical expression.

He appears regularly as clinician, lecturer, and guest conductor for honor choirs, conventions, symposiums, workshops, and all-state festivals.

Dr. Nelson’s choral compositions and arrangements are sung regularly by ensembles throughout the United States. He is the editor of the Atlanta Master Chorale Choral Series, published by MorningStar Music/ECS Publishing Group.

His compositions are also published by Colla Voce and Ausburg Fortress. He holds degrees in voice and conducting from Houghton College, Westminster Choir College, and Indiana University.

JONATHAN EASTER, Piano, Organ | Known for his musicality and expressivity across multiple instruments, Easter is increasingly sought after as a collaborative organist and pianist. As a collaborative artist, Easter has performed at ACDA and AGO conventions at the regional and national levels. He also performs regularly with the Atlanta Master Chorale and Emory University’s Concert Choir as their accompanist and assistant conductor. As an organist, Easter has performed solo and collaborative recitals at Peachtree Road UMC; Jacoby Symphony Hall in Jacksonville, Florida; the Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Augustine, Florida; and Spivey Hall. He can be heard on multiple CDs with the Atlanta Master Chorale, University of North Florida Chamber Singers, and an upcoming CD with trumpet players from around the country. In addition to his work with choral ensembles, he has worked on multiple occasions with solo artists including world-famous mezzo-soprano, Jamie Barton.

Easter currently serves as director of fine arts and organist at Saint Mark UMC in Atlanta, a predominantly LGBTQ congregation in the heart of Midtown.

SEASON DONORS

LEGACY CIRCLE ($5,000+) Anonymous A & J Fund of the Ayco Charitable Foundation Caterpillar Foundation Sydney and Craig Cleland Collings Family Giving Fund Barbara and Donald Defoe Patty Dontje Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Mrs. Cleo Mansour Susan and James McCabe Ellen and John Yates ACCOMPANIST CIRCLE ($2,500 – $4,999) Charles Beaudrot Jr. Carol and Michael Bohannon Sandy and Tom Gay Marti and Sam Hagan Susan and Eric Nelson Georgia and Stan Segal Jane and Alan Stevenson Carol and Bill Yadlosky

COMPOSER CIRCLE ($1,000 – $2,499) Anne Marie Alexander Sally Angevine Mark Barilla Emily and T.J. Boyle Ted Campbell Ray and Beth Chenault Jamie Clements Cindy and Gary Frischling Toni and Hardy Gregory Doug Hand James and Berta Laney Marianna and Alan Magee Mary Margaret Oliver Larry Owens and Travis Clark Simmons Toni and Ray Payne Elise T. Phillips Dave and Betsy Polstra Edith and Alexander Purdie

Mary Reilly Sally Rhoden Beth and Mark Roberson Mary Slaughter Hamilton and Mason Smith Kathryn Stone Anne and Don Teddlie Anthony Thomas James L. Waits Stephanie Watkins

SOLOIST CIRCLE ($500 – $999) June Adkinson Karen and Tommy Beman Lua Blankenship and Dennis Kemp Ruth and Jimmy Brown Carolyn Conner Faith and Victor Dupuis Lawrence Easter Philip Garrett Sally and Walter George Sharon and Duncan Harle Carol and Jack Head Tammy and Tommy Herrington Katheryn Klimko Amy and Chris Kuhn Betty Lou Land Ross Potts John Sartain and Michael Nifong Richard Stumm Becky and Sunny Sundquist Belva White Jerry and Tolly Williamson Donna and Bill Woolf CHORISTER CIRCLE ($250 – $499) Neely and Nick Almand Mona and John Armstrong Jon Bauer Jan Buchanan Sharon Cregier Margaret and Thomas Gose Betty and Travis Halford Richard Henneman

Bill Hoffman Joanne and Richard Holz Eric Klem Sally and George Lee Betty Lemmons Donna and Jack McCoy Carol Morgan Anne Olson Helen and John Patton Debra and Scott Pyron Greg and Jan Smith Angela Verrecchia Nancy and Jim Verrecchia Drs. Jana and Brian Williams Candy and Darrel Yoder A CAPPELLA CIRCLE (up to $249) Janet Abraham Karen Adams and Jeff Pickett French Arthur Family Trust Gary Beard Diana Blair Jo Ann Bowdoin-Aynsley Elaine Bradley JD Burnett Kathleen and Bernie Cleveland Delia Coleman Susan and Jose Couvillion Sylvia and Joel Creel Jeanne Cunis-Young and Richard Young Donna and Steven Dauterman Adelia Ann Dozier Peggy Easter Elizabeth and Robert Edge BJ Erb and Bruce I. Crabtree III James Farmer Janet and Donald Filip Claudia Anne Fedarko and Stephen Hadler Gayla Foscue Samantha Frischling Christine and Ben Fuller James Green Janet Gross Meg Gurtcheff John Haberlen Susan and Tom Hagood Barbara Haig

Nancy Hamilton Faye and Tom Hammett Barbara Hammond Betty and Richard Hammonds Leila Hartley and James Costlow Patty and Ken Hepburn Cynthia Hoffner Celia Hughes Margaret Dallas Jackson Benita Johnson Oren Johnson The Kindly Share Fund of Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM Joan Lankford June Lester Marsha and Neil Little Alison Main Kay and David Mainor Linda McPherson Arina Meeuwsen Julene Miller Lew Miller Dorie Moore Susan and Rhus Palumbo Hilda and Pat Patrick Tom Pitman Angelika Pohl and Stven Carlberg Janette Pratt Teresa and Peter Psyhogios Dan and Sharon Rankin Louise Reaves Maria Rispoli Cynthia Runyon Don Saliers Sue Sandell Leslie and Sunny Smith Scott Stewart Caryn and Terry Stofko Gayle and Robert Suggs Cheryl Sullivan Betty Watkins KC Burgess Yakemovic Charles Zapf

DEDICATIONS & MEMORIALS Janet Abraham in honor of Jeffrey Clanton French Arthur Family Trust in honor of Dorie Moore French Arthur Family Trust in honor of Sally Rhoden Ted Campbell in memory of Patricia Campbell Sydney and Craig Cleland in memory of Caleb Hulsey, Heather Hulsey, Mackay Hulsey, and Kirstin Wright Sydney and Craig Cleland in honor of the birth of Felicity Susan Nelson Sydney and Craig Cleland in memory of Julia Smith Sydney and Craig Cleland in memory of Virginia Verrecchia Carolyn Conner in memory of Patricia Craft Sharon Cregier in memory of Reg and Juanita Ellis James Farmer in honor of and with thanks to James Verrecchia Cindy and Gary Frischling in honor of Eric Nelson and all the AMC Singers Christine and Ben Fuller in honor of Eric and Susan Nelson Susan and Tom Hagood in honor of Cheryl Sullivan Keith Hand in honor of Doug Hand Amy and Chris Kuhn in memory of Pat Campbell Joan Lankford in memory of Doug Lankford Kay and David Mainor in memory of Mildred Mainor Anne Olson in memory of Mary Ellen and Ray DuVarney Betsy and Dave Polstra in honor of Bill and Carol Yadlosky Mary Reilly in honor of James and Berta Laney Sally Rhoden in honor of Dorie Moore Maria Rispoli in memory of the deceased members of the Verrecchia family Nancy and Jim Verrecchia in memory of Mary H. Coffey and Virginia M. Verrecchia Ellen and John Yates in memory of Louise and Paul Cobb, and Rosalyn Cobb Ellen and John Yates in honor of Paul Yates We welcome the opportunity to honor individuals. Please consider a gift to honor a family member or friend.

Dedications and memorials will remain in concert programs for one year from the donation date.

MONTHLY SUSTAINING DONORS Carol and Michael Bohannon Jamie Clements Kathleen and Bernie Cleveland Lawrence Easter Philip Garrett

Doug Hand Amy and Chris Kuhn Susan and Eric Nelson Kathryn Stone

We invite you to consider becoming a monthly sustaining donor, spreading your gift over the year.

Visit www.AtlantaMasterChorale.org/donate to set up your recurring donation.

Mark Barilla James Green Sydney and Craig Cleland Marti and Sam Hagan Sharon Cregier Joanne and Richard Holz Donna and Steven Dauterman Celia Hughes Cindy and Gary Frischling Toni and Ray Payne Samantha Frischling Don Saliers Philip Garrett Charles Zapf Sally and Walter George Full details on the Eric Nelson Artistic Fund including how to donate are listed later in this program.

Donor lists reflect gifts from September 15, 2021 – September 15, 2022.

We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of this listing.

If you find an error, please accept our apology and notify us at INFO@ATLANTAMASTERCHORALE.ORG

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In 2020, Atlanta Master Chorale established the Eric Nelson Artistic Fund (ENAF) to honor Eric Nelson’s incredible talents and twenty-year leadership as our artistic director. The ENAF supports the chorale through underwriting commissioned choral works by new or established composers and covering related costs, subsidizing chorale travel to conferences and conventions, and defraying costs to bring high-caliber guest artists to perform or record with the chorale.

ENAF donations may be made online (choose ENAF from the drop-down menu), by mail (indicate ENAF in the memo section of your check), or at the merchandise table in the lobby.

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Atlanta Master Chorale is grateful for our faithful volunteers, patrons, and financial supporters. We rely on the generosity of individual donors in our community, like you, who understand and value the extraordinary quality of our music. Your gifts help us reach thousands of people throughout the year as we inspire and enrich the lives of the people in our community and beyond.

LEGACY CIRCLE: $5,000 & up ACCOMPANIST CIRCLE: $2,500 to $4,999 annually COMPOSER CIRCLE: $1,000 to $2,499 annually SOLOIST CIRCLE: $500 to $999 annually CHORISTER CIRCLE: $250 to $499 annually A CAPPELLA CIRCLE: Up to $249 annually

DOUBLE or TRIPLE the IMPACT of your GIFT THROUGH AN EMPLOYER’S MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM!* ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE is a registered IRS 501(c)(3) organization.

Your donation may be tax deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law. Donations may be made online, by mail, by phone, or at the merchandise table in the lobby.

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Atlanta Master Chorale’s latest CD “Sing On” is available at the merchandise table in the lobby after the concerts. The music on this CD is a reminder of how much we need the beauty that can only come from voices joined together in song.

CDs and digital downloads also may be purchased on our website at www.AtlantaMasterChorale.org/shop “Sing On” and other Atlanta Master Chorale recordings are available on Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify, and other digital and streaming services.

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ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE would like to thank Bridge Catering for their generosity and support this season.

ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE CHORAL SERIES Our Atlanta Master Chorale Choral Series, published by MorningStar/ECS Publishing Group, captures new repertoire premiered by the ensemble, helping to add vibrant original music to the choral field. The series features original works and arrangements composed by Eric Nelson, Atlanta Master Chorale’s artistic director, in addition to pieces commissioned by Atlanta Master Chorale from composers Ivo Antognini, Joel Thompson, and Stacey Gibbs. Pieces included in the series are chosen for their technical and expressive qualities.

We hope all who sing them will find those places “where music touches spirit.”

Contact info@AtlantaMasterChorale.org for more details including ordering information.

If your company would like to sponsor a concert or a season or if you have goods or services to donate, please contact Jim Verrecchia, Executive Director, for more information: ExecutiveDirector@AtlantaMasterChorale.org | 404.853.9309

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2 02 2 – 2023 CONCERT SEASON

C H R I S T M A S with ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE December 9, 10, and 11, 2022 Friday & Saturday at 8 pm | Sunday at 4 pm

M A G N I F I C A T : Ba c h , Byrd, R a ch m a n i n o f f , Stan f o rd, Howe l l s , & Pä r t March 10 and 11, 2023 at 8 pm

HIGH LONESOME BLUEGRASS fe atur i n g t h e Ch u c k Na t i o n Ba n d with App a la chia n hymns a nd f ol k s on g s April 28 and 29, 2023 at 8 pm

Concerts will be held at Emory University’s

SCHWARTZ CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS

1700 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA 30307 Tickets and more information available at AtlantaMasterChorale.org/concerts

W E ’ L L S E E YO U S O O N !