WHITWORTH CHOIR
Xiaosha Lin, director
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Philip Baldwin, director
PRE-TAIWAN TOUR CONCERT
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2025
7:30 P.M.
MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX, SPOKANE, WASH.
The Whitworth Choir
Xiaosha Lin, DMA
The Whitworth Symphony Orchestra
Philip Baldwin, DMA
Pre-Taiwan Tour Concert
Monday, March 17, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Martin Woldson Theatre at the Fox
PROGRAM
The Whitworth Choir
Plaudite, Psallite Kᶒstutis Daugirdas (b. 1985)
Jubilate! Chris O’Hara (Living)
Children, Go Where I Send Thee Traditional African-American Spiritual arr. Kevin Phillip Johnson (Living) Rap by Ayana Davis
Zoey Byrd, solo Sam Parker, rap Luke Wagner, djembe
Salmon Run Jacob Malpocker (b. 1992)
The Twelve Zodiacs Song Taiwanese Traditional Folk Tune Chien Shang-Jen (b.1948) arr. Liu Hsin-Cheng (1980-2019)
Someday, I’ll Meet You Again Max Steiner (1888-1971) arr. Molly Ijames (b. 1978)
Zeke O’Donnell, solo
INTERMISSION
The Whitworth Choir & Whitworth Orchestra
Psalm 146 Brent Edstrom (b. 1964)
Insanae et Vanae Curae Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
The Whitworth Symphony Orchestra
Two Pieces from La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Prelude to Act 1 arr. P. Baldwin “Brindisi”
Capriol Suite for chamber orchestra Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
1. Basse-Danse
2. Pavane
3. Tordion
4. Bransles
5. Pieds-en-l’air
6. Mattachins
Down a Country Lane Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Overture to Egmont Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Text and Translations
Plaudite, Psallite!
Plaudite, psallite, Jubilate Deo omnis terra, Alleluia!
Benedicant Dominum omnes gentes
Collaudantes eum, Alleluia!
Quia fecit nobis cum Dominum misericordiam suam, Alleluia!
Et captivam duxit captivitatem; Admirabilis et gloriosus in saecula, Alleluia!
Jubilate!
Jubilate Deo, omnis terra,
Servite Domino in Laetitia.
Intriote in conspectus ejus in exsultatione.
Scitote quoniam Dominus ipse est Deus;
Ipse fecit nos, et non ipsi nos: Populus ejus, et oves pascuae ejus.
Introite portas ejus in confessione;
Atria ejus in hymnis:
Confitemini illi
Laudate nomen ejus.
Clap your hand, sing praises, Rejoice in God, all the earth hallelujah!
Let all nations bless the Lord,
Joining in his praises hallelujah!
For the Lord has had mercy on us—hallelujah!
And He has led captivity captive, Wonderful and glorious for ages hallelujah!
Be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands:
Serve the Lord with gladness, And come before his presence with a song.
Be ye sure that the Lord he is God
It is he that hath made us And not we ourselves; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving
And into his courts with praise; Be thankful unto him And speak good of his name.
Children, Go Where I Send Thee
Children, go where I send thee!
How shall I send thee?
I gonna send thee one by one.
One for the little bitty baby
Wrapped in a swaddlin’ clothin’
Layed down in a manger that’s born in Bethlehem.
Children, go where I send thee!
How shall I send thee?
I gonna send thee two by two, Two for Paul and Silas,
One for the little bitty baby, Wrapped in a swaddlin’ clothin
Layed down in a manger that’s born in Bethlehem.
Children, go where I send thee!
How shall I send thee?
I gonna send thee ten by ten, Ten for the ten commandments,
Nine for the nine that dressed so fine, Eight for the eight that stood at the gate, Seven for the seven that went up to heaven, Six for the six that never got fixed, Five for the gospel preachers,
Four for the four that stood at the door, Three for Hebrew chillen’,
Two for Paul and Silas,
One for the little bitty baby
Wrapped all up in swaddlin’ clothes
Laid down in a manger that’s born in Bethlehem.
[Rap]
Story that I’m writin’ seed to sow is never endin’
Everlastin’ to everlasting and you know it’s on to heaven, You get the God message in the aim is a lesson And quit the instant messin and the messages are festerin’. Softening our hearts and it’s reachin’ all the people. We do this in the streets and underneath the steeple. Rather talk the talk but the young ones walk the walk. They are crawlin in the dark but my voice it is the torch.
Drink the milk eat the meat fallin’ at the Savior’s feet. The sinner take a peek ev’rybody take a peek At the heart of the matter he’s the King of the Kings. Married to the church I got the Lord of the rings. Gold streets where I’m dancin’, Father got mansions, Beauty in God imagine. What do you fathom? You heard this story to grow. Hey!, so it’s time to go! Love and light so it’s time to go!
Salmon Run
Do you remember the way home?
The smell of gravel floating in the stream, silver skin scraping scale to scale in the flood and surge of misty winter days, rain and river mixing together like lovers.
Do you remember the stretch of stream-bank where you were born?
Green and golden grass rising toward crystal peaks, open spaces, and the wind whispering peaceful lullabies to the meadow, sharing secrets in summer evenings.
And now, our bodies beaten and bruised, swimming against the current of water, and sediment, and time, searching for home.
Here at the end, we are searching, like salmon swimming upstream, for the space we see in our dreams, for meaning and purpose – for home. Will we ever arrive?
The Twelve Zodiacs Song
一鼠賊仔名
二牛駛犁兄
三虎趴山崎
四兔遊東京
五龍皇帝命
六蛇予人驚
七馬跑兵營
八羊食草嶺
九猴趴樹頭
十雞啼三聲
十一狗仔顧門埕
十二豬菜刀仔命
First is the Rat, named a thief, Second is the Ox, ridden by the farmer, Third is the Tiger, climbing the hill, Fourth is the rabbit, wandering to Tokyo, Fifth is the Dragon, an Emperor’s fate, Sixth is the Snake, which scares people. Seventh is the Horse, running in the barracks, Eighth is the Goat, which eats the hills’ grass, Ninth is the Monkey, which climbs the treetops, Tenth is the Rooster, which crows thrice, Eleventh is the Dog, who guards the front yard, Twelfth is the Pig, whose fate is ended by the chopper.
Someday, I’ll Meet You Again
Dear one, this is our fate, parting and say goodbye. Dear one, I'll always wait, wait for that blue horizon. Someday, I’ll meet you again, tell me where, tell me when Someday I’ll meet you again, and I’m yours until then. Each night I wish on a star that you’ll stay just as you are. You have my heart, but my heart wonders when we will meet again.
Praise the Lord, O my Soul. I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save. When their spirit departs, they turn to the ground; On that very day their plans come to nothing. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them, who remains faithful forever. He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free, The Lord gives sight to the blind, The Lord lifts up those who are bowed, The Lord loves the righteous. The Lord watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and widow, He frustrates the ways of the wicked. The Lord reigns forever and ever, Your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Insanae et vanae curae invadunt mentes nostras, saepe furore replent corda, privata spe, Quid prodest O mortalis conari pro mundanis, si coelos negligas, Sunt fausta tibi cuncta, si Deus est pro te.
Vain and raging cares invade our minds, Madness often fills the heart, robbed of hope, O mortal man, what does it profit to endeavour at worldly things, if you should neglect the heavens? If God is for you, all things are favorable for you.
Insanae Et Vanae Curae
About the Whitworth Choir
The Whitworth Choir, regarded as one of the premier university choirs in the Pacific Northwest, continues to build upon a 90-year heritage of fine choral singing. The members of the choir represent a variety of academic majors, commit themselves to daily rehearsals, and celebrate the joy of singing and community through the study and performance of a wide variety of music. The Whitworth Choir has performed by invitation at Northwest Division conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and the National Association for Music Educators; repertoire selection ranges from chamber music to orchestral-choral works. The choir recently was named the winner of 2024 The American Prize in Choral Performance.
About the Whitworth Symphony Orchestra
The Whitworth Symphony Orchestra performs the standard orchestral repertoire as well as modern and commissioned works, including a recent premiere of Gwyneth Walker’s Let America Be America Again. The orchestra also performs with guest soloists and winners of its annual concerto competition and has enjoyed side-by-side concerts with the Coeur d’Alene Symphony. The orchestra has previously performed at the WMEA regional and All-Northwest conferences and was the featured collegiate orchestra in 2022. As part of its outreach, recruiting and cultural exchange goals, the orchestra tours biannually, most recently in Italy in 2019. Previous tours have included Hawaii, New York City, San Francisco and Salt Lake City. The orchestra is open to all qualified string musicians, regardless of major. The top wind and brass musicians of the Whitworth Wind Symphony are selected for membership in the Whitworth Orchestra. Our students benefit from outstanding opportunities including performance classes, chamber music, master classes (from such notable teachers and violinists as James Buswell and Charles Castleman), and clinics with principal players of the Spokane Symphony. The string quartets and the string chamber orchestra provide additional opportunities for the most ambitious players.
About the Conductors/Directors
Xiaosha Lin is the assistant professor and director of choral activities at Whitworth University. Prior to her appointment at Whitworth, she served as Director of Choral Activities at the University of Toledo and Assistant Conductor at Hong Kong Baptist University.
Known as a dynamic conductor with her efficient and engaging rehearsal approach, her choirs are often praised as “sang with strength, beauty, creativity, and such musicality.” Under her direction, the Whitworth Choir was named the winner for 2024 The American Prize in Choral Performance. Lin was selected as a conducting fellow in several prestigious programs where she worked with Simon Carrington, Edith Copley, David Hayes, and Lucinda Carver, and made her France debut in 2019. As a singer, she had performed regularly at the Kimmel Center, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center under the batons of Yannick Nézet Séguin, Alan Gilbert, Simon Rattle, and Jane Glover. Lin is a sought-after conductor, adjudicator, and choral clinician in both the U.S. and China, where she was invited to workshops and clinics for all levels of choirs. As a scholar, her research presentation topics focus on rehearsal technique, programming strategies, Asian choral music, and discover unknown choral music by underrepresented composers. Lin’s international background makes her an open-minded, sensitive, and well-rounded educator. She is passionate about building human connection and community through the art of music, and committed to motivating students to achieve the highest standard and best versions of themselves while providing an open and encouraging learning environment. Under her tutelage, her student was selected as one of the two conducting fellows for the NWACDA (American Choral Director Association) Undergraduate Conducting Masterclass (2024). She values collaborations with various ensembles, art forms, and emerging composers to enrich the learning experience and nourish inspiration for students on a pedagogical purpose. Lin is an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community through choral music. She currently serves as a member of the Diversity Initiative Committee at WA-ACDA. Lin received her Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting at Michigan State University (MI, USA), Master of Music in Choral Conducting at Westminster Choir College (NJ, USA), Master of Arts in Music at Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong), and Bachelor of Music Education at Xinghai Conservatory of Music (China).
Philip Baldwin is director of string studies and professor of violin and viola at Whitworth University. His career has spanned the spectrum of string teaching and conducting. He earned a DMA at The Ohio State University, where he received the Distinguished Dissertation Award for his work on the violin sonatas of William Bolcom. His violin teachers include Rafael Druian, Raphael Hillyer, Yuri Mazurkevich, Andrew Jennings, Alan Bodman and Michael Davis. He received a fellowship to attend the Conductor’s Institute of South Carolina and worked with distinguished conducting teachers such as Paul Vermel, Kate Tamarkin and Donald Portnoy.
Baldwin is the concertmaster and associate conductor of the Coeur d’Alene Symphony and serves as the artistic director of the Spokane Youth Symphony. He is a former member and frequent substitute violinist with the Spokane Symphony and previously the principal viola of the LaCrosse Symphony, and section violinist with the Tacoma, Akron, Canton and Columbus symphonies. He has appeared as a recitalist and soloist and has recorded a CD of trios by Khachaturian, Ives and Bolcom with clarinetist Michael Dean and pianist Carol Stivers.
A dedicated artist-teacher, Baldwin’s students have won concerto competitions and earned scholarships to prestigious graduate schools and summer programs such as the Meadowmount School. Several of his former students have performed with the Spokane Symphony, and one is now a contract member. He has also trained many successful teachers who are now influencing the next generation of string players.
Baldwin has twice served as president of the Washington chapter of the American String Teachers Association and has chaired the group’s state solo competition and certificate-program examinations and is now the director of the Birch Bay String Teacher’s workshop. He has presented lectures at nine ASTA conventions and presented at the Texas Music Educators Association convention and the Arkansas Music Educators Association. He has given violin master classes in England and Ireland and throughout Washington, Oregon, Maryland and Utah.
The Whitworth Choir 2024-2025
Charles Reinmuth, collaborative pianist
Soprano
Ella Davis ’26
Environmental Science Happy Valley, OR
Natalie Ellis ’27 Journalism Missoula, MT
Audrey Goins ’26 Health Science Richland
Lizzie Krieg ’28 Piano Pedagogy Sumas
Lydia McNelly ‘26 Elementary Education Pullman
Maizie Mendenall ’25 English Hamilton, MT
Anna Reitz ’26
Alto
3D Art & Design Marysville
Erika Armstrong ’27 Sociology Spokane
Zoey Byrd ’27 Music Education Columbia Falls, MT
Julia Fehr ’25 Chemistry/Pre-Pharmacy Puyallup
Ava Lynn Goins ’28 Health Science Richland
Moriah Irish ’28 Environmental Science Happy Valley, OR
Maria Pollack ’25 Finance Spokane
Mekenna Simpson ’25 Psychology/Theatre Milton-Freewater, OR
Olivia Smith ’28 Communications Lake Tapps
Tenor
Jim Brandon ’28
Nathan Heath ’23
James Fischer ’28
Music Composition Athol, ID
Music Composition Washington D.C.
Music Education Spokane
Zeke O’Donnell ’27 Music Education Ephrata
Bass
Dakota Bair ’28
Music Ministry Lake Stevens
Chris Byrd ’25 Criminology Tacoma
Kyle Gilbert ’27
Liam Jensen ’27
Music Composition Spokane
Music Composition Bellingham
Cooper Siems ’27 Economics Tacoma
The Whitworth Symphony Orchestra 2024-2025
Flute
Rachelle Austin ’28 Psychology Spokane
Kit Lane, guest artist
Oboe
Melody Hough ’28
Music Composition Spokane
Hope Noranbrock ’25 Music Nine Mile Falls
Clarinet
James Fischer ’28
Bassoon
Zoë Johnson ’27
French Horn
Music Education Spokane
Music Education & Performance Spokane
Isaac Crawford-Heim ’26 Health Science Spokane
Hannah Marcoe ’27 Secondary Education Moscow, ID
Isaac Dorcy ’26
Trumpet
Alexis Hochberg ’28
Trombone
Conor Waller ’25
William Strauch ’27
Tuba
Julian Crandell ’27
Percussion
Music Composition Shelton
Music Education Liberty Lake
Music Composition Spokane
Music Performance Spokane
Music Composition Deer Park
Loren Lenhe ’27 Biochemistry Damascus, OR
Violin 1
Samarra Salcido ’26 Music Spokane
Miriam Hamstra ’25 Elementary Education Everett
Jin Yue Trousil ’26 Applied Mathematics Juneau, AK
Jacob Luciano ’26 Politial Science/Theology Spokane
William Farley ’28 Music Performance Spokane
Josh Rivera ’26 Computer Science Liberty Lake
Elizabeth Stubblefield ’26 Music Performance Spokane
Gabrielle Ukrainetz ’25 Music Education Spokane Valley
Samarah Heggestad ’27 Music Spokane
Daniela Symonenko, guest artist
Violin 2
Michaela Smith ’28 Music Spokane
Michaila Caine ’28 Music Performance Enterprise, Or
Karissa Nakamura ‘28 Applied Mathematics Richland
Ava Lynn Goins ’28 Health Science Richland
Garrett Daviscourt ’25 Computer Science Austin, TX
Halley Walter ’27 Biology Spokane
Lori Petroski
Mu Mu Dunn ’25 Biochemestry Kennewick
Joslin Hagen ’28 Computer Science Spokane
Esther Brown, guest artist
Viola
Sam Parker ’28 Engineering Spokane
Bailie Jansons ’25 English and History Richland
Carl Magno ’28 Health Science Renton
Jacob Ojennus ’25 Applied Mathematics Spokane
Shellbe Nelson ’26 Marketing Spokane Valley
Cello
Emma Carsey ’24 Philosophy Spokane
Lance Coppo ’28 International Relations Olympia
Colin Fairborne
Roberta Bottelli, guest artist
Bass
Nate Moody, ’26
Music Composition Medical Lake
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Ben Brody, D.M.A, Music Department Chair
Scott McQuilkin, PhD, Whitworth University President
Melissa Halverson, Program Coordinator and Scholarship Coordinator
Kyle Gilbert, Program Typesetter
Whitworth Graphic Arts Department
Fox Theater Staff and Stage Crew
WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY
Since 1890, Whitworth has held fast to its founding mission to provide “an education of mind and heart” through rigorous intellectual inquiry guided by dedicated Christian scholars. Recognized as one of the top regional colleges and universities in the West, Whitworth University has an enrollment of about 2,500 students and offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
Whitworth University’s 200-acre campus of red-brick buildings and tall pines offers a beautiful, inviting and secure learning environment. More than $115 million in campus improvements have been made in recent years, including an expanded music center, a renovated auditorium stage, an expanded dining hall, a rec center, a science hall, an athletics leadership center and a graduate health sciences building.
In all of its endeavors, Whitworth seeks to advance its founder’s mission of equipping students to “honor God, follow Christ and serve humanity.”
For application information: Office of Admissions
Whitworth University
300 W. Hawthorne Road
Spokane, WA 99251
509.777.3212
admissions@whitworth.edu whitworth.edu/admissions
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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