Ponderosa Tenor Bass Choir
Scott D. Miller, director
Love and Peace
PROGRAM
O My Luve’s Like A Red, Red Rose
O Love
René Clausen (b. 1953)
Elizabeth Stubblefield, violin
Denika Kleinmann, cello
Elaine Hagenberg (b. 1979)
Denika Kleinmann, cello
Laudate Pueri
Sing Me To Heaven
Nathan Heath, tenor
Jacob Smith, tenor
Zeke O’Donnell, baritone
Cantique de Jean Racine
Finnan Haddie
Shalom
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Daniel E. Gawthrop (b. 1949)
James Brandon, baritone
Kyle Gilbert, bass
William Strauch, bass
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Elizabeth Stubblefield, violin
Vijay Singh (b. 1966)
Kyler Cramer, tenor
Nick Baker, baritone
James Brandon, tenor
Nevaeh Gariepy, flute
Elizabeth Stubblefield, violin
Dan Forrest (b. 1978)
Combined Piece
Domine, Ad Adjuvandem Me Festina G.B. Martini (1706-1784)
Forest Treble Choir
Ponderosa Tenor Bass Choir
Kathleen Vertner, soprano
Jacob Smith, tenor
Zeke O’Donnell, baritone
Kyle Gilbert, bass
Text and Translations
O My Luve’s Like A Red, Red Rose Text: Robert Burns (1759-1796)
O my Luve’s like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve’s like a melody That’s sweetly played in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I; I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry.
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi’ the sun; I will love thee still, my dear, While the sands of life shall run.
(And I will come again, my luve,) Though it were ten thousand mile.
O Love 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 the 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.
Laudate Pueri
Laudate pueri Dominum, Laudate nomen Domini.
Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc
Nunc et usque in saeculum.
Sing Me To Heaven
Praise the Lord, all ye children, Praise the name of the Lord.
Blessed be the name of the Lord From henceforth now and forever.
In my heart’s sequestered chambers
Lie truths stripped of poet’s gloss. Words alone are vain and vacant And my heart is mute. In response to aching silence
Memory summons half-heard voices, And my soul finds primal eloquence
And wraps me in song.
If you would comfort me, sing me a lullaby. If you would win my heart, sing me a love song. If you would mourn me and bring me to God, Sing me a requiem, sing me to heaven. All love and passion, pain and pleasure, Touch in me grief and comfort.
Sing me a lullaby, a love song, a requiem. Love me, comfort me, bring me to God: Sing me a love song, sing me to heaven.
Cantique de Jean Racine
Verbe égal au trés haut
Notre unique espérance, Jour éternel de la terre et des cieux, nous rompons le silence.
Divin Sauveur jette sur nous les yeux!
Word of God from on high, Our hope and expectation, The eternal radiance of heav’n and the earth. We call to Thee for mercy. Dear Savior, guard us with thy watchful eye!
Repands sur nous le feu de ta grace puisante, Que tour l’en fer fuie au son de ta voix, Dissipe le sommeil d’une âme languissante, Qui la conduit a l’ou bli de tes lois!
O Christ, sois favorable á ce peuple fidéle pour te bénir maintenant rasemble,
Reçois les chants qu’il offre á ta gloire immortelle Et de tes dons qu’il retourne comble!
Finnan Haddie
Pour down on us the flames of Thy grace strong and mighty. The powers of death fell at thy sounding voice. Our slumb’ring souls awake, in languish long repining, That we may walk in the light of Thy law!
O Christ, grant us Thy favor, Thy flock, true and faithful, Who gather here to adore Thy great name, Attend the praise we offer Thy glory ever lasting. Receive our gifts we return to thy hand!
Young Tom was a red-haired Findon lad, He worked out of the harbor, At night when he lay down in his bed, He dreamt of kippers an’ beer.
At dawn when the mist lay o’er the ground, Young Tom would go out fishin’, He’d dry his catch out in the sun for all the laddies to see.
Finnan Haddie was a fav’rite dish
Made of milk and made of fish Codfish taken from the briny sea
An’ we’ll all eat Finnan Haddie.
Now Tom had his eye on many things And first of these was Maddie. She came from the village wearin’ green attractin’ all the laddies.
So Tom went an’ brought a brand new coat, In hopes of ‘ttractin’ Maddie. But when she saw him, she replied “Can I buy some Finnan Haddie?”
Forest Treble Choir
Xiaosha Lin, director
Rise PROGRAM
I Have A Voice
Psalm 23
Shine on Me
Moira Smiley (b. 1977)
Luke Wagner, percussion
Z. Randall Stroope (b. 1953)
Valerie Hanes, flute
Sam Salcido, oboe
Aaron J. Fischer (Living)
She Rises Catherine Dalton (Living)
A New Jerusalem Will Rise
Erika Foot, narration
Kyle Pederson (b. 1971)
Rise Arianne Abela (b. 1986)
I Have A Voice
Listen, Speak Out, Listen, Sing. Take the space, make a sound I have a voice It trembles and it shakes like thunder. You have a voice. We have a voice… a voice inside, buried inside. A sound!
Wake the sleeping lioness. Thunder catches my heart! Thunder fills my lungs! Thunder takes my breath! Thunder fills my lungs!
I can listen to you now, And I can hear you without fear I can speak clearly now, and I know that love is near. I am not afraid. I am not alone. I have a voice
You have a voice We have many voices We… have a voice
Listen, Speak Out, Listen, Sing To speak out, and sing and sing and sing!
Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Through death’s dark valleys, no fear will I know. My hear is cover’d with the finest oil, My cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow! Green pastures, still waters, the Lord provides! My soul restores, my heart renews. The Lord prepares me a table, No fear have I from my foes.
She Rises She rises up from the heather. Her flame in hand, she crosses the sky. When she’s tired she lays down her head. In the sweet heather she makes her bed.
All night we tend to her flame, Her sacred light, eternal and bright. When she wakes she’ll open her eyes, Then up from the heather she’ll again rise.
She flames the poet’s pen, Fires the forge and hearth, Lights the fire within.
A New Jerusalem Will Rise
No more sickness, no more crying Your mourning will turn to dancing; I will make a pathway in the wilderness And a river in the dry land.
No more hatred, no indiff’rence, Unfairness will yield to justice; I will make a passage to a free land Where all colors there are blessings.
I will wipe all your tears from your eyes. A new Jerusalem arise, A new creation come alive; Into the dawining after dark, arise.
Only kindness, only goodness, All people will live compassion Hand in hand they love and work together, Walking in the spirit.
I am making all things new.
Scott David Miller, tenor, is Director of Voice Studies and Professor of Music at Whitworth University. A versatile singing actor, his national and international performance credits cross multiple genres to include opera, oratorio, musical theatre and recital over a career spanning more than thirty years. A proponent of new works, Miller has premiered commissioned works by Mark Adamo, Brent Edstrom, Christopher Stanichar, and Randall Snyder. Operatic premiers include Carlysle Floyd’s Cold Sassy Tree and Libby Larsen’s Eric Hermannson’s Soul.
A nationally and internationally recognized pedagogue, in 2023 Dr. Miller was awarded an International Scholar Award from Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. Miller served two terms on the National Board of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) as the Intermountain Region Governor from 2011-2015, and has presented and performed at a number of conferences here and abroad. Miller’s students have gone on to successful careers in education, performance, and many further their education at some of the most competitive and prestigious graduate programs in the United States.
He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he was a Regents Scholar and a member of the honorary societies Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Lambda, and the recipient of the Warren F. and Edith R. Day dissertation travel award for his collaboration with Mark Adamo.
The Forest Treble Choir
Xiaosha Lin, director
Collaborative Pianist
Alexis Asato ’25 Piano Performance / Pedagogy Wailuku, HI
Soprano
Carrie Bartlett ’28 English Enumclaw
Katelyn Booth ‘27 Health Science Mukilteo
Adison Carlson ’28 Elementary/Special Ed. Polson, MT
Claire Emmans ‘26 Business Marketing Yakima
Alyssa Hammer ‘27 Strategic Communications Richland
Elisabeth Korb ’26 Biology Issaquah
Teodora Nesheva ’28 Music Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria
Julia Petersen ’28
Psychology Spokane
Elise Schaaij ‘26 Elementary Ed Escondido, CA
Anzhela Tymofiienko ’28 Music Composition Spokane Valley
Kathleen Vertner ‘25 Business Administration Hillsboro, OR
Melaina Rose Wolfe ’27 Secondary Theatre/English Ed. Spokane
Alto
Odelia Dahl ’25
Strategic Communications Blaine
Maddie Davis ‘27 Elementary Education Happy Valley, OR
Erika Foot ’28 Biology Helena, MT
Laney Gray ’28 English/Music Edmonds
Kaitlyn Hawker ’27 Secondary Ed./English Spokane
Vivyetta Hirschfelder ’26
Sociology Scio, OR Harmony Pakootas ’28 Music Ed. Inchelium
Aspen Rose Rademacher ’28 Front End Design Spokane
Kristina Sorochuk ’27 Accounting Moses Lake
Annah Wibel ’27 Theology Spokane
Dara Wiebe ’28
Psychology Santa Barbara, CA
MUSIC AT WHITWORTH
The Whitworth University Music Department, accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, provides superb training in music as well as a thorough introduction to this essential element of the liberal arts. Whitworth music majors have gone on to prestigious graduate schools, fulfilling performance careers and successful teaching positions. Also, many non-music majors participate in the university’s renowned touring ensembles and enroll in private lessons through the music department. Whitworth University offers bachelor of arts degrees in music ministry, composition, instrumental performance, jazz performance, piano performance, piano pedagogy, string pedagogy, voice performance and music education. Music scholarships are available to both music majors and non-majors.
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