American Choral Directors Association 2010

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHORAL ACTIVITIES presents

THE SOUTHERN CHOR ALE Gregory Fuller, Conductor

Thursday, March 11, 2010 Memphis, Tenn.

3 p.m.

The world-class Cannon Center

Welcome to the American Choral Directors Association Southern Division Conference performance by the premier choral ensemble at The University of Southern Mississippi, The Southern Chorale. We are honored to have been chosen for the distinct privilege of performing for this gathering of the nation’s finest choral instructors.

The vocal ensembles at Southern Miss are among the finest university vocal ensembles in the nation. Under the guidance of director of choral activities, Dr. Gregory Fuller, and assistant director of choral activities, Mr. John Flanery, the vocal ensembles at Southern Miss consistently present performances of the highest artistic quality. Through these experiences, our voice students are exposed to music of all styles and genres from chamber music to large works with orchestra. From our undergraduate degrees, through our Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees, our students experience vocal music as student conductors and ensemble participants that provide them with quality experiences to serve them well in any career path. As such, our comprehensive choral program continues to attract a diverse student body from across the nation.

We are all very proud of our vocal ensemble directors and students, and know that you will enjoy their performance. Thank you, again, for the honor of performing for you.

Dr. Michael A. Miles Director, The University of Southern Mississippi School of Music

THE PROGRAM Prayer of St. Patrick (2006)

Ross C. Bernhardt (Sapience Music Publishing - SAPC250) Christ be with me. Christ within me.

Christ before me. Christ behind me.

Christ above me. Christ below me.

Christ when I lie down. Christ when I arise.

I arise today through God’s power to pilot me.

God’s might to uphold me. God’s wisdom to guide me.

Christ in the heart of every one who thinks of me.

Christ in the mouth of every one who speaks of me.

Christ in every eye that sees me.

Christ in every ear that hears me.

O Christ be with me. Christ within me.

Hard Times

Stephen Foster (1826-64) arranged by Craig Hella Johnson Tinyke Cooper and Sara Linger, soloists (Alliance Music Publishers, Inc. – AMP0598) Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears While we all sup sorrow with the poor.

There’s a song that will linger forever in our ears; Oh Hard Times come again no more.

‘Tis the song, the sigh of the weary.

Hard Times, Hard Times come again no more.

Many days you have lingered around my cabin door, Oh Hard Times, come again no more.

While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay, There are frail forms fainting at the door; Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say, Oh, Hard Times, come again no more.

There’s a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away, With a worn heart whose better days are o’er.

Though her voice would be merry tis sighing all the day, Oh! Hard Times, come again no more.

‘Tis a sigh that is wafted around the troubled wave, ‘Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore.

‘Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave, Oh Hard Times, come again no more.

Jubilate Deo

Ruggiero Giovannelli (c.1560-1625) Edited by Chester L. Alwes (Mark Foster Music MF0424) Jubilate Deo omnis terra, Cantate et exultate et psallite.

Psallite Domino in cithara Et voce psalmi.

In tubis ductilibus et voce tubae corneae Jubilate in conspectus regis domini, regis domini.

Moveatur mare et plenitudo ejus orbis terrarum, et qui habitant in eo.

Acclaim the Lord all people on earth, Sing, exult and sing psalms.

Sing psalms to God with the harp, and the music of the psaltery.

With trumpet and echoing horn acclaim the presence of the Lord, our King.

Let the sea roar, and all its creatures, The world and those who dwell in it.

Psalm 98: 4-7

A Child’s Voice (2008)

The White Cloud

Snow-Capped Mountain

Water (Sapience Music Publishing, SAPC221, SAPC222, SAPC223) There are many clouds But not like the one I see For mine floats like a swan in featheriness Over the river of the Broken Pine There are many clouds But not like the one that goes sailing Like a ship full of gold that shines Like a ship leaning above blue waters

J.D. Frizzell

Proud thing, you shine like a lily Yet with a different whiteness; I should not dare to venture up your slippery towers For I am thinking you lean to too far over the edge of the World!

The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers

There are many clouds But not like the one I wait for For mine will have a strangeness Whiter than anything your eyes remember Snow-capped mountain, so white, so tall The whole sea must stand behind you!

Snow-capped mountain with the wind on your forehead Do you hold the eagles’ nests?

The water is held in its arms And the sky is held in the water What is water that pours silver And can touch the sky

Poetry by Hilda Conkling

Remote Control (2010)

Benjamin Harlan a DSSTT Edition Ruben Vilchez and Renesha McNeal, soloists (manuscript)

SOPRANO I Hayley Collins, Decatur, AL Freshman, Elementary Education

Éowyn Morrow, Spartanburg, SC Masters Student,Vocal Performance

Tinyke Cooper, Cape Town, South Africa Masters Student,Vocal Performance

Katie Easley, Laurel, MS Junior, Vocal Music Education

Mattie Obregon, Marion, VA Junior, Vocal Performance

Cori Richardelle, Sparks, NV Senior, Bachelor of Arts, Vocal Emphasis

Gracie Cox, Urbana, IL Junior, Vocal Music Education/Languages

Heather James, Moselle, MS Senior, Vocal Music Education

Rachel Upton, Columbus, MS Junior, Vocal Music Education

Courtney Lindahl, Starkville, MS Junior, Vocal Performance

Anna Reiber, Vicksburg, MS Senior, Biological Sciences

Claire Welch, Moselle, MS Freshman,Vocal Music Education

Sara Linger, Ocean Springs, MS Sophomore,Vocal/Piano Performance

Erin Cottle Vilchez, Parkersburg, WV Masters Student, Music Education

ALTO II

Rachel Rogers, Union, MS Senior, Piano Performance

Melissa Wozniak, Carle Place, NY Masters Student, Music History and Literature

Lee Helen Weeks, Mobile, AL Sophomore, Speech Pathology

ALTO I

Nikisha Williams, Mobile, AL Junior, Vocal Performance

SOPRANO II

Katie Barr, Petal, MS Junior, Vocal Music Education Shaina Foster, Jackson, MS Senior, Bachelor of Arts,Vocal Emphasis

Danielle Adams, Fulton, MS Sophomore, Vocal Performance

Renesha McNeal, Monroe, LA Junior, Vocal Music Education

Telia Brewer, Vicksburg, MS Masters Student, Music Education

Mady J. McNemar, Clarksburg, WV Masters Student, Choral Conducting

Haley Agnew, Tupelo, MS Sophomore, Vocal Music Education Tracy Carter, Jackson, MS Masters Student, Choral Conducting Patricia Ramirez Hacker Tegucigalpa, Honduras Doctoral Student, Choral Conducting Karla Pendleton, Mobile, AL Senior, Entertainment Industry Management Megan Simmons, Long Beach, MS Sophomore, Vocal Performance Laura Stephenson, Jackson, TN Doctoral Student, Audiology

THE SOUTHERN CHORALE Marti Stoulig, Hattiesburg, MS Junior, Vocal Music Education

Alan Cahela, Ocean Springs, MS Junior, Vocal Music Education

Patrick Sample, Pickens, MS Junior, Vocal/Instrumental Music Education

Amy Stratton, Pascagoula, MS Junior, Vocal Music Education

TENOR I Brad Gilmore, Tupelo, MS Senior, Vocal Performance

Justin Dalton, Clinton, MS Senior, Vocal Music Education

Paul Williams, Mobile, AL Junior, Vocal Music Education

Joshua Elmore, Mobile, AL Junior, Vocal Music Education

BASS II

Chad Hunt, Lumberton, MS Masters Student, Music Education Byron Johnson, Spanish Town, Jamaica Doctoral Student, Vocal Performance H. Joseph Powell Jr., Mobile, AL Sophomore, Vocal Performance

Whitney Gillespie, Jefferson City, MO Senior, Bachelor of Arts, Vocal Emphasis Tommy Pittman, Florence, MS Sophomore, Vocal Music Education Terry Walker, Tupelo, MS Masters Student, Choral Conducting

BASS I

Truett Beasley, Mobile, AL Sophomore, Vocal/Horn Performance Jonathan Brannan, Petal, MS Sophomore, Vocal Music Education David Dawson, Tupelo, MS Masters Student, Choral Conducting John Howard, San Diego, CA Doctoral Student, Choral Conducting

Frantz Salomon, Chicago, IL Senior, Vocal Music Education

Austin Clark, Jackson, TN Masters Student, Choral Conducting

Edward Kramer, Quitman, MS Junior, Political Science

Ruben Vilchez, Ciudad Alianza, Venezuela Masters Student, Choral Conducting

Tyrone Hayes, New Orleans, LA Doctoral Student, Vocal Performance

Derrik Nelson, Gautier, MS Senior, Choral/Guitar Music Education

Geoffrey White, El Paso, TX Senior, Vocal Music Education

Nathan Jones, Ellisville, MS Senior, Piano Performance

Jonathan Rodgers, Memphis, TN Doctoral Student, Choral Conducting

TENOR II

Aaron LaFrance, Ocean Spring, MS Senior, Bachelor of Arts Vocal Emphasis and Psychology

Andy Smigielski, Daytona Beach, FL Senior, Vocal Music Education

Brett Anthony Barnes, Boston, MA Senior, Vocal Music Education

THE SOUTHERN CHORALE, premier choral ensemble at The University of Southern Mississippi, has a long history of excellence. It is comprised primarily of upper-division voice majors and graduate students studying conducting, vocal performance and music education. The group has appeared numerous times at ACDA conferences, including national conventions in Chicago and Los Angeles.

The ensemble maintains an active tour schedule both nationally and internationally. Most recently The Southern Chorale completed an extensive tour in Mexico with appearances at notable Colonial venues such as Convento de San Bernadino of Siena (1552) and Merida’s Catedral de San Ildefonso (1561). The group also appeared on several university concert series, including El Instituto Technológico Autónomo de México, Auditorio Raúl Bailléres (Mexico City), University de Oriente presented by Fundacio Convento de Sisal A.C. (Valladolid), and Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan, Teatro “Filipe Carrillo Puerto” (Merida).

Other significant endeavors have included a residency in the Loire Valley of France, a featured performance in Carnegie Hall for Katrina relief, and recording projects on Handel’s Dixit Dominus and the Messe Pour Double Choeur by Frank Martin.

The group will be premiering and recording new liturgical music by resident composer Luigi Zaninelli later this spring.

THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC at Southern Miss has 500 majors and prides itself in its outstanding performing ensembles. The College of Arts and Letters is one of a very limited number of institutions nationwide accredited in all four arts areas (music, theatre, dance, visual art). It is the only institution in the state of Mississippi to offer the DMA in performance and the PhD in music education.

In his tenth year as director of choral activities at The University of Southern Mississippi, GREGORY FULLER conducts The Southern Chorale and The Hattiesburg Choral Union, teaches graduate conducting courses, supervises candidates in the master’s and doctoral conducting programs, serves as the chair of the conducting division, and is a member of the School of Music executive committee. In 2004 he launched the first Southern Invitational Choral Conference, an event that now hosts over 50 participating institutions each September. Since arriving in 2000, he has presided over growth that has more than doubled the number of vocal/choral majors at Southern Miss.

Previously, Dr. Fuller held academic appointments at the University of Missouri in Columbia and Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. He has appeared in more than 20 states as a clinician and conductor and has performed at nine conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and Music Educators National Conference (MENC). Dr. Fuller has organized and executed over 60 concert tours, study tours and pilgrimages, including 28 international trips to three continents. As a result, choirs under his leadership have appeared at memorable venues, such as the Basilica of San Marino, Orvieto Cathedral, Cathedral of San Ildefonso (Merida), Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg, Convent of San Bernadino of Siena (Vallodolid), Coventry Cathedral, Melk Abbey, Salisbury Cathedral, University of Orleans, Carnegie Hall, and the Disney Hall in Los Angeles. His choirs have enjoyed short residencies in Japan and the Loire Valley of France.

Dr. Fuller has remained active as a conductor in orchestral and wind settings. To date, he has appeared with professional or university instrumental ensembles on more than 70 occasions. He has also helped prepare orchestral choruses for more than 40 important performances, including presentations with the St. Louis Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Mobile Symphony, Sioux City Symphony, Mississippi Symphony, and the outstanding orchestras and wind ensembles at the University of Missouri and The University of Southern Mississippi. In five seasons with the Sioux City Municipal Band (formerly the Monahan Post Band, a 90-year tradition), he hosted many successful and promising solo artists, including internationally acclaimed horn player, Michael Thompson.

On the podium with community choruses, Dr. Fuller started as a graduate assistant with the Choral Union in Columbia at the University of Missouri.

He eventually became the primary conductor of that organization and premiered “Phroheta Lucis,” by John Cheetham, a choral-orchestral work commissioned for the university’s Sesquicentennial Gala Concert. In Sioux City, he quickly expanded the resources, membership and audience of the Siouxland Master Chorale, culminating in several tours and a short residency in Yamanashi City, Japan, including a performance on Japanese

National Public Television. The Choral Union at Southern Miss is the primary orchestral chorus for the Southern Miss Symphony Orchestra.

Under Dr. Fuller, the group has also performed with other regional orchestras and in various venues. In 2007, they were a partner with the Mississippi Arts Commission and the Mississippi Symphony presenting regional performances honoring important Mississippi composer, William Grant Still. The Choral Union will premiere “An American Requiem”

by Edwin Penhorwood in the spring of 2010. This large-scale choral/orchestral commission coincides with the Centennial of The University of Southern Mississippi. Fuller has recently been appointed to the podium of the Meistersingers of Hattiesburg. Dr. Fuller has organized collaborative community events in mid-Missouri, Northwest Iowa (tri-state region), and now the Gulf Coast region. Some of the most notable presentations have been ecumenical sacred concerts with guest soloists as well as performances of major choral works with professional soloists and orchestra.

Dr. Fuller’s sacred music career spans more than three decades and has been influenced and inspired by his father, James Fuller. Serving as a full-time church musician in Kentucky, Alabama and Missouri for over 40 years, James Fuller was regarded as model administrator of graded choir programs for children. He fostered music education and choral excellence in churches. As a continuing advocate for those values, Gregory Fuller organized the first Southern Hymn Festival in fall 2008.

The event featured four guest composers, a 600-member choir from the Gulf Coast region, over 1,000 congregational participants and full orchestra. While in Iowa, he worked closely with the Catholic Diocese of Sioux City in planning and executing music for important liturgies.

This included the rededication of the Cathedral of the Epiphany and the ordination of Bishop Daniel DiNardo, now Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of the Galveston-Houston Diocese. In recent years he has been the chorus master at the First Methodist Church in Gulfport and is now the conductor of the sanctuary choir at Parkway Heights United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Dr. Fuller grew up and attended public school in historic Jefferson City, state capitol of Missouri. He attended Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee to earn a bachelors degree in cello and voice. He then returned home to mid-Missouri to complete master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Missouri and remains a loyal Tiger fan. Among his significant mentors and teachers are James Fuller, Duncan Couch, James Woodward, Michael Cox, Michael Budds, John Cheetham and Carolyn Hamlin. He has participated in workshops and master classes with Robert Shaw, Sir David Wilcocks, John Rutter, Jere Lantz, John Paynter and Col. John R. Bourgeois. Dr. Fuller resides in Hattiesburg with his wife, Valerie; son, James and daughters, Avery and Maren.

CHORAL ACTIVITIES STAFF Gregory Fuller, Director of Choral Activities | John Flanery, Assistant Director of Choral Activities Chris Bechtler, Choral Music Education | Belinda Runnels, Choral Secretary | Patricia Ramirez, Graduate Assistant Tracy Carter, Graduate Assistant | Austin Clark, Graduate Assistant | David Dawson, Graduate Assistant John Howard, Graduate Assistant | Mady McNemar, Graduate Assistant | Jonathan Rodgers, Graduate Assistant Erin Cottle Vilchez, Graduate Assistant | Ruben Vilchez, Graduate Assistant | Terry Walker, Graduate Assistant

Students in Choral Activities are enrolled in the following programs of study within the School of Music:

Students in Choral Activities are enrolled in the following programs of study within the School of Music

about visiting our campus, scheduling a graduate audition, or attending one of our audiBACHELOR OF ARTS MASTER OF MUSIC tion days

Voice emphasis

Choral Conducting

Piano emphasis

Vocal Performance

Piano Performance Piano Accompanying BACHELOR OF MUSIC EDUCATION

Theory and Composition

Voice emphasis

Music History and Literature

Piano/Choral emphasis Assistantships are available to graduate students in conducting, voice, piano, and music MASTER OF toMUSIC EDUCATION education.

Also,OF undergraduate are available all music majors BACHELOR MUSIC choral service awards

Track 1 for students already and majors at The University of Southern Mississippi all non-music Vocal Performance

certified to teach

Piano Performance

Track 2 - for students who are not

Jazz Studies, vocal emphasis

certified to teach

Music History, vocal emphasis

Composition, vocal emphasis

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Entertainment Industry

Music Education

DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS

Choral Conducting Vocal Performance and Pedagogy Piano Performance and Pedagogy

Assistantships are available to graduate students in conducting, voice, piano, and music education. Also, undergraduate choral service awards are available to all music majors and all non-music majors at The University of Southern Mississippi.

CONTACT US The University of Southern Mississippi Choral Activities 118 College Drive #5081 Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001 601.266.4092 • gregory.fuller@usm.edu WWW.USM.EDU/CHOIRS

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