Unseen Voices - March 2022 Program

THE UNLV SCHOOL OF MUSIC, THE DIVISION OF CHORAL STUDIES, AND ORCHESTRAL STUDIES PRESENTS

UNSEEN VOICES UNIVERSITY CHORALE & CHAMBER CONSORT MINJI KIM, CONDUCTOR UNLV CHAMBER ORCHESTRA TARAS KRYSA, CONDUCTOR

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022, 7:30 PM DR. ARTURO RANDO-GRILLOT Hall TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2022, 7:00 PM CLARK COUNTY LIBRARY THEATRE 1

PROGRAM O Dulcis Jesu

Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-c.1677) Claudia Affan and Tyler Urbano, soloists

Domine ad Adiuvandium

Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)

Magnificat

Isabella Leonarda UNLV Chamber Consort Evyn Joseph & Zachary Billot, violins Joshua Goldstone, cello Robert Graziano, harpsichord

Concerto in E major, op. 8, no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

UNLV Chamber Orchestra Taras Krysa, principal violinist

Gloria in D major, RV 589

Antonio Vivaldi

I. Gloria in excelsis Deo II. Et in terra pax hominibus III. Laudamus te IV. Gratias agimus tibi V. Domine Deus, Rex coelestis VI. Domine Fili unigenite VII. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei VIII. Qui tollis peccata mundi IX. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris X. Quoniam tu solus sanctus XI. Cum Sancto Spiritu Claudia Affan & Tyler Urbano, soprano Courtney Schwalbe, alto University Chorale & Chamber Consort UNLV Chamber Orchestra Minji Kim and Taras Krysa, conductors

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NOTES “I have not an idea of anything so voluptuous and affecting as this music; the richness of the art, the exquisite taste of the vocal part, the excellence of the voices, the justness of the execution, everything in these delightful concerts concurs to produce an impression which certainly is not the mode, but from which I am of opinion no heart is secure… What vexed me was the iron grate, which suffered nothing to escape but sounds, and concealed from me the angels of which they were worthy.”

Quoted from Confessions (1770) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau The convents and Ospedali were indispensable musical venues during the Baroque period in Italy. Shielded from the lures of the secular world, nuns and girls at the convents and Ospedali could not be seen during public performances, so they sang from the upper galleries of the sanctuary, hidden behind patterned grills. The intention of Unseen Voices is to share some of the enchanting works sung and performed at these places.

Though it was not feasible to reproduce the original performance setting, we invite you to imagine sitting in a wonderfully reverberant sanctuary and listening to these unseen musicians and their angelic singing and playing.

We open tonight’s performance with the music of Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-c.1677). She entered the Benedictine Santa Radegonda convent in Milan in 1619. She quickly earned the respect of the other nuns for her incredible musicianship and leadership by taking multiple leadership positions, including being a guide for the musical activities at the convent. O Dulcis Jesu, from Cozzolani’s second publication Concerto Sacri (1642), presents an extravagant vocal writing between two closely intertwined voices.

Anna Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704) took a vow at age 16, entering the Collegio di Sant’Orsola, located in the west of Milan. Leaving the largest body of works among all the women composers in the seventeenth century, she published twenty volumes containing approximately two hundred choral compositions, which include Domine ad Adiuvandium and Magnificat. Her musical language reveals gracious and gentle femininity. The string instruments seamlessly weave into the choral texture, but they also play an instrumental trio sonata within a choral setting.

The last two works of tonight’s concert were composed by Vivaldi for the girls at the Ospedali della Pietá (House of Mercy). Ospedali is an orphanage or a charitable institution that looked after and provided education for orphaned or illegitimate children, mainly girls. Vivaldi, for being a teacher of string instruments at the Ospedali and the Maestro di Coro at the Ospedali, left abundant virtuosic string works as well as approachable choral music, including his Gloria RV 589. You can imagine what a mysterious and sensational experience it would be to hear the angelic voices and exuberant playing of the unseen girls. Through Vivaldi’s operatic vocal writings and idiomatic strings, Gloria provides incredibly colorful senses from brilliance and festivity to profoundness and depth.

Additionally, the UNLV Chamber Orchestra will play Vivaldi’s Spring from the Four Seasons - one of the earliest examples of later-called program music that the music expresses an extra-musical narrative.

I hope you will enjoy the program tonight and it will make you curious further about other unknown settings by nun composers as well as music in convents and Ospedali.

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TEXT AND TRANSLATION O DULCIS JESU Latin text O dulcis Jesu, tu es fons bonitatis, fonsque amoris, et apud te est fons vitæ, bibat ergo in te solo, bibat, anima mea ad te solum confugiat, quia in te solo vera est qui es vera, vera dulcedo vera, veraque pax et vita.

Præbe mihi amentissime Jesu tuum dulcissimum lumen, ut sic illustrata, irradiataque valeat te videre, videre te amare, amando te frui, fruendo te possidere, cum sanctis tuis in æternum.

O dulcis Jesu.

DOMINE AD ADIUVANDUM Latin Text Domine, Ad adiuvandum me festina.

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto: Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.

English Translation Oh, sweet Jesus, you are the source of goodness and the source of love and with you is the fountain of life, let him drink therefore in you alone, drink, let my soul take refuge in you alone it is true that you are the only one who is true true sweetness, true peace and life.

Give me the most insane Jesus, your sweetest light to see you so bright and radiant to see you love, enjoy by love, possess yourself by enjoying with your saints forever.

Oh, sweet Jesus.

English Translation Lord, toward helping me, make haste.

Glory to the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, and for ages of ages. Amen

MAGNIFICAT English Translation My soul doth magnify the Lord.

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his handmaiden: For behold, from henceforth: all generations shall call me blessed.

For he that is mighty hath magnified me: and holy is his Name.

And his mercy is on them that fear him: throughout all generations.

He hath shewed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble and meek.

He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away.

He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel: As he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever.

Glory to the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, and for ages of ages. Amen 4

SONNET FOR “LA PRIMAVERA” English Translations Allegro Springtime is upon us.

The birds celebrate her return with festive song, and murmuring streams are softly caressed by the breezes.

Thunderstorms, those heralds of Spring, roar, casting their dark mantle over heaven, Then they die away to silence, and the birds take up their charming songs once more.

Largo On the flower-strewn meadow, with leafy branches rustling overhead, the goat-herd sleeps, his faithful dog beside him.

Allegro Led by the festive sound of rustic bagpipes, nymphs and shepherds lightly dance beneath the brilliant canopy of spring.

GLORIA Latin 1. Gloria in excelsis Deo. 2. Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.

3. Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te.

4. Gratias agimus tibi.

5. Propter magnam gloriam tuam.

6. Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens, 7. Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe.

8. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris, Rex caelestis, Domine Fili unigenite, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.

9. Qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram.

10. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.

11. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus Dominus, tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe.

12. Cum Sancto Spiritu, in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.

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English 1. Glory to God in the highest.

2. And on earth peace to men of good will.)

3. We praise thee, we bless thee, we adore thee, we glorify thee.

4. We give thanks to thee.

5. For thy great glory.

6. O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father almighty.

7. O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ.

8. O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, heavenly King, only-begotten Son, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

9. Who takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.

10. Who sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy upon us.

11. For thou only art holy, thou only art Lord, thou only art most high, Jesus Christ.

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

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PERSONNEL CHAMBER CONSORT SOPRANOS Claudia Affan Tyler Urbano Jade Vandruff

ALTOS Christian Abbo Rya Gallego Courtney Schwalbe

TENOR Collin Salmon

BASSES Chase Gutierrez Adeleine Jung Robert Walsh

UNIVERSITY CHORALE SOPRANOS Temree Adamson Vanessa Berg Gia Calip Tiara Carlock*+ Allyn Catalan Elizabeth Guthrie Jaizelynn Lubian Chantal Lusk-Chandler Holly O'Donnell Phoebe Patterson Katherine Rodriguez Abigail Tamree

Christen Tranate Alyson Trimble* Riley Wargo ALTOS Cameron Battaglia Isabella Cordero Darrow Fletcher* Harper Floyd Emily Lopez Noah Pastor+ Gerilynn Rangel Estefania Rodriquez

Daniela Ruiz Phoenix Sharma Carina Skoglund* Melanie Walsh Ruby Whitlock Julia Zabroske TENORS Thomas Levings Ryan Maldonado Brendon Martin+ Casey Staten Jacob Totten*

BASSES Chase Gutierrez* Chad Henley Russell Mangio Daniel Mullen Mingfeng Qiu Danny Quirarte Enmanuel Rodriguez Angel Scotch Section Leaders* Board Members+

UNLV CHAMBER ORCHESTRA VIOLIN Evyn Joseph Zach Billot Tyler Kostelec Elizabeth Parker Rebecca Jimenez

VIOLA Haeun Kim Tyler Gordon Matthew Nuttall Ruby Whitlock

CELLO Patrick Beaver Ilinca Cristinoiu Joshua Goldstone Scott McGlasson

BASS Damien Gomez Alek Rodriguez

Ukrainian-born American conductor Taras Krysa is earning critical acclaim as a new and exciting musical presence. Taras Krysa was appointed as the Music Director of Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra in 2020 after serving as the Music Director of Henderson Symphony Orchestra for nine seasons. He is an artistic director of Las Vegas Sinfonietta since 2019. He continues to serve as the Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

MINJI KIM, DMA is Visiting Assistant Professor of Choral Music at UNLV, where she conducts the University Chorale and Chamber Consort and teaches undergraduate courses in conducting, choral literature, and choral methods. She holds degrees from the University of Maryland, Ohio State University, and Yeungnam University.

She studied choral music with Edward Maclary, Richard Bjella, and Kristina Caswell-Macmullen.

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JOSEPH SVENDSEN, DMA is Director of Choral Studies at UNLV, where he conducts the UNLV Singers and the Las Vegas Master Singers and teaches graduate courses in choral conducting and choral literature. He holds degrees from Texas Tech University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Luther College. He studied choral music with Richard Bjella, Chester Alwes, Craig Arnold, and Timothy Peter.

UNLV Choral and Orchestral Ensembles UNIVERSITY CHORALE is open to students of all majors and student classifications, undergraduate through doctoral. Students may enroll in the ensemble for academic credit or may join through the UNLV Involvement Center, where the UNLV Choral Ensembles are a registered student organization. The ensemble presents four concerts per year, including hosting the ORIGINS concert in early Spring. Members are eligible to join the Division of Choral Studies on their international tours, which occur every four years (2023).

UNLV SINGERS is an auditioned undergraduate ensemble of experienced singers, both music majors and nonmusic majors. The ensemble performs on campus and throughout the Las Vegas area every year. It hosts the UNLV Madrigal Festival every November and Home Concert every late Spring. The ensemble completed an international performance tour of Portugal and Spain in 2019 and will travel to the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany in 2023.

CHAMBER CONSORT is open to all graduate voice students and select undergraduates. It meets one day per week and prepares challenging repertoire with few singers per part in preparation for professional choral ensemble performance.

UNLV CHAMBER ORCHESTRA focuses on repertoire from the Baroque through the modern contemporary epoch written for small ensembles. Students in the Chamber Orchestra are introduced to a variety of performance practice styles and fundamentals of orchestral, chamber, and solo playing. Faculty frequently perform with the chamber orchestra throughout the six-concert season. Readings of additional repertoire not covered during the concert season occur throughout the year to facilitate sight-reading skills and further exposure to repertoire.

UNLV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA is comprised of undergraduate and graduate music majors, minors, and non-music majors. The orchestra presents as many as eight programs each season including a variety of standard symphonic orchestral repertoire, ranging from early Baroque through modern contemporary, and one complete staged opera. The final concert of each season features the student winner of the annual Solo Concerto Competition. In order to be eligible for participation in the orchestra, auditions are required at the beginning of each semester.

UPCOMING EVENTS UNLV DIVISION OF CHORAL STUDIES & LAS VEGAS MASTER SINGERS April 23, 2022 / 7:30 PM Desert Rose Choral Festival Ham Hall April 29, 2022 / 7:30 PM HOME: UNLV Singers Rando Recital Hall May 5, 2022 / 7:30 PM Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 Ham Hall May 7, 2022 / 7:00 PM LVMS Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Smith Center May 20, 21, 2022 / 7:00 PM LVMS Carmina Burana Smith Center 8

*UNLV and CCSD students and staff who present a valid student ID can obtain a free ticket +This is a reserved seating event. There are no complimentary tickets.

UNLV SCHOOL OF MUSIC SUSAN MUELLER, DIRECTOR / BILL BERNATIS, ASST. DIRECTOR BRASS AND WOODWINDS Bill Bernatis, MM, French Horn John McMurtery, DMA, Flute Stephen Caplan, DMA, Oboe Alex Rosales Garcia, MM, Bassoon Barbara Hull, DMA, Trumpet Greg McCracken, Tuba Janis McKay, DMA, Bassoon Shawna Pennock, DMA, Saxophone Marina Sturm, DMA, Clarinet Nathan Tanouye, MM, Trombone CHORAL STUDIES Minji Kim, DMA Joseph Svendsen, DMA David Weiller, MM, Emeritus COMPOSITION AND THEORY Jennifer Bellor, PhD, Composition/Theory Viet Cuong, Composition Julie Ivy, Theory Jocelyn Jensen, EdD, Theory Kevin Ure, MM, Theory Diego Vega, DMA, Composition/Theory Erin M Wente, Theory JAZZ AND COMMERCIAL MUSIC Larry Aberman Alex Clements, DMA Steve Flora Uli Geissendoerfer 9

Jose Jimenez Gil Kaupp Rick Keller Jake Langley David Loeb, MM Jorge Machain Carlos Mata-Alvarez Adam Schroeder, MM Lara Vivian Smith, MM Michael Spicer, MM Julian Tanaka Nathan Tanouye, MM Shawn Whitmer JoBelle Yonely KEYBOARD Spencer Baker, DMA Timothy Hoft, DMA Maria Kolesnyk, Piano Katie Leung, MM Valeria Ore, MA Mykola Suk, DMA, Piano MUSIC EDUCATION Amy Brown, MM Minji Kim, DMA Susan Mueller, MM Travis Pardee, MM MUSIC TECHNOLOGY Vince Casas Arthur Chivis Chuck Foley Sam Friend Ron George Gil Kaupp Rick Keller

MUSICOLOGY Anthony Barone, PhD Jonathan Lee, PhD Richard Miller, PhD, Ethnomusicology OPERA Linda Lister, DMA, Director Darryl Cooper, MM, Music Director ORCHESTRAL STUDIES Taras Krysa, MM PERCUSSION Luc Brust Gary Cook Timothy Jones, DMA Dean Gronemeier, DMA, JD Kurt Rasmussen, MM STRINGS Ambroise Aubrun, DMA, Violin Kate Hamilton, DMA, Viola Wei-Wei Le, MM, Violin Andrew Smith, DMA, Cello VOICE Alfonse Anderson, DMA Kimberly Gratland James, DMA Linda Lister, DMA Monica Williams-McCullough, DMA WIND BAND STUDIES Zane Douglass, DMA Anthony LaBounty, MS

Tom Leslie, MEd = Division Chair/Coordinator PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Lori Pullen, Executive Director

Shaun Franklin-Sewell Joy Montano Lynn Ware Denise Flores Dave Gruzin Paulo Martins

Keith Widman COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS Nancy Uscher, PhD, Dean Tod Fitzpatrick, DMA, Associate Janis McKay, DMA, Vice Dean

The UNLV School of Music serves over 500 music degree-seeking students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees, artist diplomas, teaching licensure, and continuing education opportunities. To learn more, please go to unlv.edu/music.

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