Artistic Director Robert Istad. TIS THE SEASON! Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 5 p.m. Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 3 p.m.

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1 Season Imagine...Inspire...Create Platinum Season Sponsor Phillip N. and Mary A. Lyons Silver Season Sponsor: Charles and Ling Zhang Rehearsal Sponsors: Great 8: Anonymous Kathleen and Randall Gremillion Peter Hahn Craig Kistler Jan Landstrom Deborah Pasarow Robert Rife Meri Irwin Rogoff Harmonious Melodeons: Judith Bertolino James Brown David Bunker Kathryn A. Cobb-Woll Craig Davis David and Jacline Evered Louis Ferland Mary Galloway Sandy Grim and Faulkner White Ki Park Seth Peelle Carl Porter Ryan Ratcliff Tom Ringland William Shelly Linda Wells Sholik Angel Yu McKay Community Partners: Branding and PacificChorale.org website by Artistic Director Robert Istad TIS THE SEASON! Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 5 p.m. Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 3 p.m. Pacific Chorale Robert Istad, Artistic Director Southern California Children s Concert Chorus Lori Loftus, Founding Artistic Director Carol Aspling, Assistant Director Members of Pacific Symphony Carl St.Clair, Music Director Jung-A Lee, organ David Clemensen, piano Robert Istad, conducting Program Gary Fry (b. 1955) A Christmas Gloria Felix Mendelssohn ( ), arr. David Willcocks Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (sing-along) Please join us in singing verses 1 and Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King; Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled: Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies, With th angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King. 1

2 Program, continued Verse 2 sung by the Southern California Children s Chorus. 3. Hail the heav n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Ris n with healing in his wings; Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth. Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King. Traditional English Carol, arr. Ian Crawford Sussex Carol Traditional French Carol, arr. John Rutter Angels We Have Heard on High* Sponsored by Lori Loftus, in memory of my Daddio, John A. Grasmeyer, 4/12/31 9/25/18, US Marine, Sharp Shooter, Korean War Felix Mendelssohn ( ) Ave Maria, Op. 23, No. 2 Sponsored by David Bunker and Jeff Liu Dedicated to our mothers Nicholas Preston, tenor Octet: Kellee King, Chelsea Chaves, Jane Hyunjung Shim, Denean R. Dyson, Nicholas Preston, Daniel Coy Babcock, Matthew Kellaway, Ryan Thomas Antal B. Wayne Bisbee (b. 1934) Welcome Yule Southern California Children s Chorus Maurita Eberly Hanford, accompanist Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977) Northern Lights Cameron Barrett Johnson, tenor Medieval Carol, arr. Will Todd Personent Hodie Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977) Trinity Te Deum INTERMISSION John Williams (b. 1932), arr. Marc Riley Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas José Feliciano (b. 1945), arr. Paul Langford Feliz Navidad Jule Styne ( ) and Sammy Cahn ( ), arr. Teena Chinn and Marc Riley The Christmas Waltz Johnny Marks ( ), arr. Greg Gilpin A Holly Jolly Christmas James Lord Pierpont ( ), arr. David Willcocks Jingle Bells* Traditional Italian Carol, arr. Valerie S. Crescenz Dormi, Dormi, bel Bamin Southern California Children s Chorus Maurita Eberly Hanford, accompanist Vince Guaraldi ( ), arr. John Alexander Christmas Time Is Here* Sponsored by Janice Johnson, and by David Bunker and Jeff Liu In honor of John Alexander, for all that he has done for Pacific Chorale. Z. Randall Stroope (b. 1953) This Endris Night Franz Biebl ( ) Ave Maria* Franz Xaver Gruber ( ), arr. Roger Wagner Silent Night* Sponsored by Charles Zhang Traditional English Carol, arr. Arthur Harris We Wish You a Merry Christmas Lowell Mason ( ), arr. Mack Wilberg Joy to the World *Heard on the Pacific Chorale recording Christmas Time Is Here 2

3 Texts FRY: A Christmas Gloria Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonæ voluntatis. Hodie Christus natus est: hodie in terra canunt angeli. Alleluia! We praise you. We bless you. We adore you. We give you thanks for your great glory. Lord God, Heavenly King, Almighty Father, Jesus Christ, the Son, the Lamb of God. You shall take away our sin; have mercy upon us. You shall rise to heaven to prepare a place for us; hear our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One. You alone are the Lord. You alone are the Most High. Today Christ is born! Today has the Savior appeared! Today the angels sing, the saints rejoice, and the righteous shall bring praise! MENDELSSOHN/BIEBL: Ave Maria (Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto) Ave Maria, gratia plena: Dominus tecum, benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will. Today Christ is born. Today on earth the angels sing. Alleluia! (The Angel of the Lord spoke to Mary And she conceived according to the Holy Spirit.) Hail, Mary, full of grace: the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. EŠENVALDS: Northern Lights Text: Latvian Folk Song / Charles Francis Hall ( ) / Fridtjof Nansen ( ) Cik naksnīnas pret ziemeli redēj kāvus karojam, Ē, redēj kāvus karojam; Karo kāvi pie debesu, vedīs karus mūs zemē. It was night, and I had gone on deck several times. Iceberg was silent; I too was silent. It was true dark and cold. At nine o clock I was below in my cabin when the captain hailed me with the words: Come above, Hall! Come above at once, Hall! THE WORLD IS ON FIRE! I knew his meaning, and, quick as thought, I rushed to the companion stairs. In a moment I reached the deck, and as the cabin door swung open, a dazzling light, overpowering light burst upon my senses! Oh, the whole sky was one glowing mass of colored flames, so mighty, so brave! Like a pathway of light, the northern lights seemed to draw us into the sky. Yes, it was harp music, wild storming in the darkness; the strings trembled and sparkled in the glow of the flames like a shower of fiery darts. A fiery crown of auroral light cast a warm glow across the arctic ice. Again at times it was like softly playing, gently rocking, silvery waves, on which dreams travel into unknown worlds. Personent Hodie Personent hodie voces puerulae, laudantes iucunde qui nobis est natus, summo Deo datus. In mundo nascitur, pannis involvitur praesepi ponitur stabulo brutorum, rector supernorum. perdidit spolia princeps infernorum. Whenever, at night, far in the north, I saw the souls of the dead soldiers having their battle up in the sky, I was afraid: What if they bring their war to my land, too? Let children s voices resound today, merrily praising him who has been born, sent by Almighty God. He was born into the world, wrapped in swaddling clothes, and placed in the manger in a cattle shed, the Lord of the heavens, the Prince who destroyed the spoils of hell. Omnes clericuli, pariter pueri, cantent ut angeli: advenisti mundo, laudes tibi fundo. ideo gloria in excelsis Deo. Let all the clerics, and likewise the boys, sing like the angels: You have come to the world; therefore I pour out praises to you: Glory to God in the highest! 3

4 Texts, continued EŠENVALDS: Trinity Te Deum Text from the Book of Common Prayer (1662) We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting. To thee all Angels cry aloud: the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory. The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee. The noble army of Martyrs praise thee. The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee; The Father of an infinite Majesty; Thine honourable, true and only Son; Also the Holy Ghost: the Comforter. Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man thou didst not abhor the Virgin s womb. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy Saints in glory everlasting. Pacific Chorale gratefully acknowledges our sponsors for this year s Holiday Gala! HAYDN SPONSOR Phillip N. and Mary A. Lyons BACH SPONSOR Charles and Ling Zhang VIVALDI SPONSOR Lenora Meister, Salt-Away Products, Inc. MOZART SPONSORS David Bunker, My Life Foundation Capital Group Thomas A. and Bonnie Pridonoff Michael Vantrease SYNDICATED TABLE HOSTS John and Lori Loftus Haydee and Carlos Mollura Robert and Christie Narver O Lord, save thy people and bless thine heritage. Govern them and lift them up for ever. Day by day we magnify thee; And we worship thy Name: ever world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us: have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted: let me never be confounded. 4

5 About the Artistic Director Phillip N. and Mary A. Lyons Artistic Director Chair Robert Istad is beginning his inaugural season as Artistic Director of Pacific Chorale. Mr. Istad s season included debuts with the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, and return engagements with Pacific Chorale, Pacific Symphony, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, Sony Classical, Berkshire Choral International, Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra, and Long Beach Camerata Singers. He is also dean of Chorus America s Academy for Conductors. Istad has prepared choruses for a number of America s finest conductors and orchestras, including: Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carl St.Clair and Pacific Symphony, as well as conductors Esa Pekka Salonen, Keith Lockhart, Nicholas McGegan, Vasilly Sinaisky, Sir Andrew Davis, Bramwell Tovey, John Williams, Eugene Kohn, Eric Whitacre, Giancarlo Guerrero, Marin Alsop, George Fenton, and Robert Moody. Istad is former artistic director of Long Beach Camerata Singers and Long Beach Bach Festival. Under his leadership, Long Beach Camerata Singers became recognized as one of the leading arts organizations of the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, created a performing partnership with Long Beach Symphony Orchestra and Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, as well as performed with Pacific Symphony and Long Beach Opera. Istad is also professor of music and director of choral studies at California State University, Fullerton. He was recognized as CSUF s 2016 Outstanding Professor of the Year. At CSU Fullerton, Istad conducts the University Singers and Women s Choir in addition to teaching courses in conducting, performance practice and literature. Recently, he and the University Singers performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Andrea Bocelli, Kathleen Battle, recorded albums with Yarlung Records and with composer John Williams and Sony Classical. This year, he and his students will perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, a featured engagement at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and have been selected to perform at the 2018 ACDA Western Division Conference. Their album with Yarlung Records, Nostos: the Homecoming of Music, will be released in November He and his singers performed a concert of Tarik O Regan s music for Distinguished Concerts International New York at Carnegie Hall in November They performed at the 2013 ACDA National Conference in Dallas, Texas and the 2012 ACDA Western Division Conference in Reno, Nevada. They also performed for the 2013 National Collegiate Choral Organization National Conference in Charleston, SC. Istad and the CSUF University Singers have performed all over the world, including a 2015 residency and performances in Paris, France, engagements at the 2012 Ottobeuren Festival of Music in Germany, the 2012 Eingen Festival of music in Germany, a 2010 performance for UNESCO in Pisa, Italy, and in 2008 at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary. Istad received his bachelor of arts degree in music from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, his master of music degree in choral conducting from California State University, Fullerton and his doctor of musical arts degree in choral music at the University of Southern California. He studied conducting with Dr. William Dehning, John Alexander and Dr. Jon Hurty. Istad is president of the California Choral Director s Association, and is in demand as an adjudicator, guest conductor, speaker and clinician throughout the nation. 5 5

6 About Pacific Chorale Founded in 1968, Pacific Chorale is internationally recognized for exceptional artistic expression, stimulating American-focused programming, and influential education programs. The Chorale presents a substantial performance season of its own at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County, California, and is sought regularly to perform with the nation s leading symphonies. Pacific Chorale has infused an Old World art form with California s hallmark innovation and cultural independence, expanding the traditional concepts of choral repertoire and performance. Pacific Chorale is comprised of 140 professional and volunteer singers. In addition to its long-standing partnership with Pacific Symphony, the Chorale has performed with such renowned American ensembles as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the National Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and Musica Angelica. Other noted collaborations within the Southern California community include the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, and Riverside Symphony. The Chorale has toured extensively in Europe, South America and Asia, performing in London, Paris, Vienna, Budapest, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Russia, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing and Hong Kong, and collaborating with the London Symphony, the Munich Symphony, L Orchestre Lamoureux and L Orchestre de St-Louis-en-l Île of Paris, the National Orchestra of Belgium, the China National Symphony, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Estonian National Symphony, and the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional of Argentina. In 2018, Pacific Chorale traveled to New York City to join Pacific Symphony in making their Carnegie Hall debut, performing The Passion of Ramakrishna as part of composer Philip Glass 80th birthday celebration. Education programs are central to the Chorale s vision of inspiring love of choral music and lifelong learning. Pacific Chorale s innovative educational initiatives have opened the door to the art of choral music and the magic of the creative process for thousands of students and adults annually, including: a Choral Academy for elementary school students modeled on the El Sistema movement; a Choral Camp presented in association with California State University, Fullerton providing high school students with training in music theory and vocal production; a Choral Festival uniting 400 singers each summer in a free community performance; Intro to the Arts and Passage to the Arts, partnerships with local social service organizations and high school choral directors that allow students, at-risk youth, and low-income families to attend Pacific Chorale performances free of charge; competitions and master classes to nurture the talent of young composers; and concert previews that provide deeper insight into the Chorale s performance repertoire. Pacific Chorale has received numerous awards from Chorus America, the service organization for North American choral groups, including the prestigious Margaret Hillis Achievement Award for Choral Excellence, the first national Educational Outreach Award, the 2005 ASCAP Chorus America Alice Parker Award for adventurous programming, and the 2015 Education and Community Engagement Award. Pacific Chorale can be heard on numerous recordings, including American Voices, a collection of American choral works; Songs of Eternity by James F. Hopkins and Voices by Stephen Paulus, featuring Pacific Symphony; a holiday recording, Christmas Time Is Here, on the Gothic Records label; a live concert recording of Sergei Rachmaninov s Vespers; the world premiere recording of Frank Ticheli s The Shore for chorus and orchestra; and the world premiere recording of Jake Heggie s choral opera The Radio Hour. Pacific Chorale also appears on six recordings released by Pacific Symphony: Elliot Goldenthal s Fire, Water, Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio; Richard Danielpour s An American Requiem; Philip Glass s The Passion of Ramakrishna; Michael Daugherty s Mount Rushmore; Richard Danielpour s Toward a Season of Peace; and William Bolcom s Prometheus with pianist Jeffrey Biegel, all conducted by Carl St.Clair. 6

7 Pacific Chorale Roster Robert Istad, Artistic Director & Conductor Nate Widelitz, Assistant Conductor Thomas A. Pridonoff, Board Chair Andrew Brown, President & CEO Dr. David Clemensen, Accompanist SOPRANO Barbara Kingsbury, Rita Major Memorial Chair Cristen Antal Victoria Boler Chelsea Chaves-Tan Emily DeCinces Emilie Doering Lauren Nicole Graham Kendall Harb Rebecca Hasquet Hannah Kim Kellee King Susan Lew Kathryn Lillich Susan Lindley Corinne Linza Katie Martini Anne McClintic Tami Lee McTaggart Shannon Miller Hien Nguyen Kris Oca* Deborah Pasarow Fatima Rizvi Adrien Roberts Meri Irwin Rogoff Joslyn Amber Sarshad Jacqueline Taylor Sarah Thompson A. Hope Thompson Ruthanne Walker Linda Wells Sholik Emily Wood Victoria Wu ALTO Judith Bertolino Rebecca Bishop Janelle Burris Kathryn A. Cobb-Woll* Carrie Dike Denean R. Dyson Jacline Evered Marilyn Forsstrom Mary Galloway Kathryn Gibson Kathleen Gremillion Sandy Grim Anne Henley Genie Hossain Nancy Lanpher Kaii Lee Jeanette Moon Michele M. Mulidor* Pat Newton* Kathleen Preston Bonnie Pridonoff Suzanne Rahn Tiffani N.F. Santiago Jane Hyunjung Shim Angel Yu McKay TENOR Nicholas Preston, Roger W. Johnson Memorial Chair Carl William Porter*, Singers Memorial Chair Daniel Alvarez Mike Andrews Daniel Coy Babcock Sheridan Ball Michael Ben-Yehuda David Bunker Christopher Buttars Saunder Choi Craig Davis James C. Edwards Phil Enns Marius Evangelista David Evered Alan Garcia Johnny G. Gonzales Vincent Hans Steven M. Hoffman* Cameron Barrett Johnson Craig S. Kistler* Drew Lewis Chris Lindley David López Alemán Gerald D. McMillan Michael Morales Jeff Morris Jesse Newby Aaron Palmer Gabriel Ratinoff W. Faulkner White Nate Widelitz BASS Karl Forsstrom, Singers Memorial Chair Ryan Thomas Antal Aram Barsamian Robert David Breton Mac Bright James Brown John F. Carpenter Tom Enders Louis Ferland Randall Gremillion Peter Hahn Mark Hamilton Tom Henley Michael Jacobs Matthew Kellaway Jackson McDonald Jason Pano Ki-Hong Park Seth Peelle Carl Pike Ryan Ratcliff* George Reiss Robert Rife Thomas Ringland William Shelly Eric R. Soholt Josh Stansfield Joshua Stevens David G. Svoboda Brandon Wilks Tanner Wilson * Pacific Chorale Artists Council 7

8 About Pacific Symphony Pacific Symphony, led by Music Director Carl St.Clair for the last 29 years, has been the resident orchestra of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall for over a decade. Currently in its 40th season, the Symphony is the largest-budgeted orchestra formed in the U.S. in the last 50 years and is recognized as an outstanding ensemble making strides on both the national and international scene, as well as in its own community of Orange County. In April 2018, Pacific Symphony made its debut at Carnegie Hall as one of two orchestras invited to perform during a yearlong celebration of composer Philip Glass 80th birthday, and the following month the orchestra toured China. The orchestra made its national PBS debut in June 2018 on Great Performances with Peter Boyer s Ellis Island: The Dream of America, conducted by St.Clair. Presenting more than 100 concerts and events a year and a rich array of education and community engagement programs, the Symphony reaches more than 300,000 residents from school children to senior citizens. The Symphony offers repertoire ranging from the great orchestral masterworks to music from today s most prominent composers. Eight seasons ago, the Symphony launched the highly successful opera initiative, Symphonic Voices, which continues in February 2019 with Puccini s Madame Butterfly. It also offers a popular Pops season, enhanced by state-of-the-art video and sound, led by Principal Pops Conductor Richard Kaufman. Each Symphony season also includes Café Ludwig, a chamber music series; an educational Family Musical Mornings series; and Sunday Matinées, an orchestral matinée series offering rich explorations of selected works led by St.Clair. Founded in 1978 as a collaboration between California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), and North Orange County community leaders led by Marcy Mulville, the Symphony performed its first concerts at Fullerton s Plummer Auditorium as the Pacific Chamber Orchestra, under the baton of then-csuf orchestra conductor Keith Clark. Two seasons later, the Symphony expanded its size and changed its name to Pacific Symphony Orchestra. Then in , the orchestra moved to Knott s Berry Farm for one year. The subsequent four seasons, led by Clark, took place at Santa Ana High School auditorium where the Symphony also made its first six acclaimed recordings. In September 1986, the Symphony moved to the new Orange County Performing Arts Center, and from , the orchestra additionally presented a Summer Festival at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre. In 2006, the Symphony moved into the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, with striking architecture by Cesar Pelli and acoustics by Russell Johnson and in 2008, inaugurated the Hall s critically acclaimed 4,322-pipe William J. Gillespie Concert Organ. The orchestra embarked on its first European tour in 2006, performing in nine cities in three countries. The season continued St.Clair s commitment to new music with commissions by pianist/composer Conrad Tao and former composer-in-residence Narong Prangcharoen. Recordings commissioned and performed by the Symphony include the release of William Bolcom s Songs of Lorca and Prometheus in , Richard Danielpour s Toward a Season of Peace and Philip Glass The Passion of Ramakrishna in ; and Michael Daugherty s Mount Rushmore and The Gospel According to Sister Aimee in In , Elliot Goldenthal released a recording of his Symphony in G-sharp Minor, written for and performed by the Symphony. The Symphony has also commissioned and recorded An American Requiem by Danielpour and Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio by Goldenthal featuring Yo-Yo Ma. Other recordings have included collaborations with such composers as Lukas Foss and Toru Takemitsu. Other leading composers commissioned by the Symphony include Paul Chihara, Daniel Catán, James Newton Howard, William Kraft, Ana Lara, Tobias Picker, Christopher Theofanidis, Frank Ticheli and Chen Yi. In both 2005 and 2010, the Symphony received the prestigious ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. Also in 2010, a study by the League of American Orchestras, Fearless Journeys, included the Symphony as one of the country s five most innovative orchestras. The Symphony s award-winning education and community engagement programs benefit from the vision of St.Clair and are designed to integrate the orchestra and its music into the community in ways that stimulate all ages. The Symphony s Class Act program has been honored as one of nine exemplary orchestra education programs by the National Endowment for the Arts and the League of American Orchestras. The list of instrumental training initiatives includes Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble and Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings. The Symphony also spreads the joy of music through arts X press, Class Act, Heartstrings, OC Can You Play With Us?, Santa Ana Strings, Strings for Generations and Symphony in the Cities. 8

9 Pacific Symphony Roster Carl St.Clair, Music Director. William J. Gillespie Music Director Chair Richard Kaufman, Principal Pops Conductor, Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Foundation Principal Pops Conductor Chair Roger Kalia, Assistant Conductor, Mary E. Moore Family Assistant Conductor Chair FIRST VIOLIN Dennis Kim, Concertmaster; Eleanor and Michael Gordon Chair Paul Manaster, Associate Concertmaster Jeanne Skrocki, Assistant Concertmaster Nancy Coade Eldridge Christine Frank Kimiyo Takeya Ayako Sugaya Ann Shiau Tenney Ai Nihira Robert Schumitzky Agnes Gottschewski Dana Freeman Angel Liu Marisa Sorajja SECOND VIOLIN Bridget Dolkas*, Elizabeth and John Stahr Chair Jennise Hwang** Yen Ping Lai Yu-Tong Sharp Ako Kojian Ovsep Ketendjian Linda Owen Sooah Kim MarlaJoy Weisshaar Alice Miller-Wrate Shelly Shi VIOLA Meredith Crawford, Catherine and James Emmi Chair Joshua Newburger** Carolyn Riley John Acevedo Adam Neeley Julia Staudhammer Joseph Wen-Xiang Zhang Cheryl Gates Margaret Henken CELLO Timothy Landauer*, Catherine and James Emmi Chair Kevin Plunkett** John Acosta Robert Vos László Mezö Ian McKinnell M. Andrew Honea Waldemar de Almeida Jennifer Goss Rudolph Stein BASS Steven Edelman* Douglas Basye** Christian Kollgaard David Parmeter Paul Zibits David Black Andrew Bumatay Constance Deeter FLUTE Benjamin Smolen*, Valerie and Hans Imhof Chair Sharon O Connor Cynthia Ellis PICCOLO Cynthia Ellis OBOE Jessica Pearlman Fields*, Suzanne R. Chonette Chair Ted Sugata ENGLISH HORN Lelie Resnick CLARINET Joseph Morris*, The Hanson Family Foundation Chair David Chang BASS CLARINET Joshua Ranz BASSOON Rose Corrigan* Elliott Moreau Andrew Klein Allen Savedoff CONTRABASSOON Allen Savedoff FRENCH HORN Keith Popejoy* Adedeji Ogunfolu Kaylet Torrez** TRUMPET Barry Perkins*, Susie and Steve Perry Chair Tony Ellis David Wailes TROMBONE Michael Hoffman* David Stetson BASS TROMBONE Kyle Mendiguchia TUBA James Self* TIMPANI Todd Miller* PERCUSSION Robert A. Slack* HARP Mindy Ball* Michelle Temple PIANO/CELESTE Sandra Matthews* PERSONNEL MANAGER Paul Zibits LIBRARIANS Russell Dicey Brent Anderson PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Will Hunter STAGE MANAGER & CONCERT VIDEO TECHNICIAN William Pruett 9

10 About the Artists LORI LOFTUS Lori Loftus, the founding director of the Southern California Children s Chorus (SCCC), is a familiar figure in the music world. She has performed on keyboard instruments with Pacific Symphony and the Pacific Chorale since She has been the featured artist on the great Fisk organ here at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall on many occasions. Her abilities as a children s choral conductor have taken her through the U.S. and around the world conducting performances and leading workshops. She has also served as an accompanist and keyboard performer under the baton of many of the world s most renowned choral and orchestral conductors, including John Alexander. In March 2007, Lori was honored for a lifetime of achievements with the Outstanding Alumni Award for Excellence in Choral Music from her alma mater, California State University, Fullerton. Lori and SCCC have earned three Emmy Awards. One fondly sits in her home. Miss Lori continues to bring intense and quality education to hundreds of young singers. Many graduates of SCCC have remained active in the arts and music as vocalists, conductors, managers and patrons. Passion for people and for music fuels Lori s accomplishments in many other areas of her life. With three children out of the nest, Lori resides with her husband, John, in Newport Beach with an entertaining cat and their tropical fish. They are the busy grandparents of three little girls. Lori s favorite moments are when she is working with children, performing music, enjoying her family, or playing a fine round of golf. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHILDREN S CHORUS Enriching children s lives through distinguished choral music education and world class performance. The Southern California Children s Chorus (SCCC), Orange County s only chorus dedicated exclusively to meeting the educational and performance needs of children, seeks to do more than introduce youth to music and singing. It strives to enrich the lives of its members through programs stressing musical aptitude, teamwork, discipline, self-confidence and personal growth. Currently there are more than 250 young singers affiliated with SCCC, ranging from 5 to 18 years of age, and encompassing six levels of sequential vocal and choral instruction. The children come from a wide geographic area of Southern California, sometimes traveling over an hour to attend weekly rehearsals. The SCCC has an outstanding faculty of five choral directors who are highly skilled in their chosen field of children s choral music. They provide the young singers with a caring, nurturing environment in which a full range of music can be learned. The choristers are immersed in compositions in multiple languages from many cultures, with themes ranging from the classics to folk and contemporary music. Choristers perform locally throughout the year at private and public concerts as well as participating in choral invitationals. SCCC also gives Spring and Holiday Concerts. The SCCC has provided singers for Touchstone films, MGM films, music videos, commercials, symphony concerts, operas, television specials, exclusive Disney performances, the Academy Awards and many musical productions. The SCCC has received many awards including their third Emmy for their work in the television program E:60 with Steven Tyler honoring the Boston Marathon victims. They have also been privileged to present concerts at world-renowned venues, including Carnegie Hall, Westminster Abbey, the White House, the Washington National Cathedral, the Lincoln Center in New York, the Basilica San Marco in Venice, Italy, and Australia s Sydney Opera House. Southern California Children s Chorus Jacob Beddome Eric Beigel Cara Beigel Lily Benjamin Ashmita Bhowmik Anna Boatman Aviela Chang Jaxon Chavez Vivian Chen Isabella Cope Paige Coultrup Sophia Devling Katie Di Peppino Maggie Di Peppino Anja Erickson Gracie Finley Melody Hancock Laura Harney Elizabeth Henderson Jeannette Hunker Ishika Kanakath Kaushik Kasturi Hannah Kim Evelyn Kuei CAROL ASPLING Nishtha Kumar Kaila Kupihea Kevin Lai Ellie Lan Devin Lavacude-Cola Cailey Lockitch Elissa Matthew Emma McDowell Joseph Meinstein Logan Nangin Emma Pinza Annie Qu Bella Salzman Joshua Shen Colin Sprik Ruth Thibault Arianna Torres Erin Tsai Emma Turner Shayna Vinikoor Quintessa Wedell Ysabel Wilhoit Chelsea Witten Carol Aspling has been a director with the Southern California Children s Chorus since its inception in She began by first teaching the apprentice, intermediate and advanced choruses. The advanced chorus has performed with the Long 10

11 Beach Chorale, Long Beach Symphony, Orange Coast College and Orange Community Master Chorale. The chorus has also participated in major works including Handel s Judas Maccabeus and John Rutter s Mass of the Children. Other highlights include singing for occasional Disney events and the Academy Awards broadcast in This is her first year as assistant conductor of the concert chorus. Mrs. Aspling holds a bachelor of music degree from Biola University, receiving the Outstanding Music Education Student Award. Currently, she serves on the faculty of Biola University where she conducts the women s chorus. During her tenure at Biola, the women s chorus has participated in many festivals and venues and has also toured and performed throughout California and Arizona. For over 16 years, she was the director of music education, grades K-12 at the Crystal Cathedral and Academy, conducting the C.C.A. Chorus, numerous choirs and supervising all other music activities. She prepared many soloists and groups for the International broadcast, Hour of Power. Her Cathedral choirs were televised regularly, and also performed in Carnegie Hall, the Grand Ole Opry House, and Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago. Mrs. Aspling is also a vocal coach and she has often served as a clinician and presented workshops throughout California. She maintains an active membership with the American Choral Directors Association. Currently she is pursuing a master of music degree in conducting at California State University, Fullerton. She resides in Orange with her husband David and son, Jacob. DR. JUNG-A LEE Dr. Jung-A Lee has performed in Europe, North America and Asia as an organist, pianist, harpsichordist and conductor. She currently serves as organist at St. Andrew s Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach. Lee is also on the faculty of Biola University and Vanguard University. In addition, she works as the artist-in-eesidence for Pacific Chorale and an organist for Pacific Symphony. In 2009 Lee founded Music Mission International in order to promote classical music focusing on organ. Lee has performed at many venues in France, Germany, Italy, England, Wales, Slovakia, Hungary, Canada and South Korea. In the United States she has given solo organ recitals in many venues including the Cadet Chapel at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York; St. Thomas Episcopal Church in New York; Woolsey Hall at Yale University; The Memorial Church and Rudolph Busch Hall at Harvard University; Washington National Cathedral in District of Columbia; Methuen Music Hall in Massachusetts; Grace Cathedral in San Francisco; Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa; Crystal Cathedral (now Christ Cathedral) in Garden Grove; the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles; and the First Congregational Church in Los Angeles. She completed a doctor of musical arts degree in organ performance from Boston University. Her dissertation was on Petr Eben s ( ) chamber music. In Boston, Lee served as an organ scholar of The Memorial Church, Harvard University from 2001 to 2003, and whose services were broadcast on the radio. She earned her master of music degree in organ performance from Yale University with a full scholarship and worked as a collaborative pianist for the Opera School at Yale. While studying there she received numerous prizes including the Charles Ives Prize. From 1996 to 1997 she studied at Humboldt University and Kirchenmusikschule in Berlin, Germany as an exchange student. Lee finished her bachelor of music degree in organ performance from the University of Toronto, Canada. While studying in Toronto, she served as an organist at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church whose services were broadcast on the radio. In addition, she holds a London Trinity College Licentiate Diploma in piano performance. Her teachers include Thomas Murray, Martin Jean, Gerre Hancock, John Tuttle, Karl Hochreither, Michael Bloss and William Wright. Lee has also participated in master classes with Olivier Latry, Marilyn Keiser and Susan Landale. She has worked with fine conductors including Christopher Hogwood, Doreen Rao, Carl St.Clair, John Alexander, Robert Istad, Bramwell Tovey, Murray Somerville, James Melton, Joseph Huszti, Chai- Hoon Park and Locky Chung. Lee can be heard as organist on Rorem: Works for Choir and Organ/Harvard University Choir CD on Black Box label (catalog number 1102), on the recordings of the Men in Blaque of University of California, Irvine, and the recordings of the Concert Choir of Vanguard University of Southern California. Her first DVD of Music Mission International, Beauty in the Wind, was released in Several pieces from the DVD were broadcast on the radio program Pipedreams, hosted by Michael Barone (pipereams.publicradio.org). In 2012 her CD Precious Lord was released, which includes numerous hymn arrangements and features David Washburn (trumpet), Valerie Geller (violin), and Lori Loftus (piano). In 2013 she was also featured at KUSC, 91.5 FM MHz, South Carolina ETV and Kookdong Korean Christian Radio. In 2014 her 90-minute organ solo recital was broadcast at KVPR, 89.3 FM. Her CD Amazing Grace was recorded at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on the organ built by Rosales/Glatter-Götz. This fall her new CD recorded at Walt Disney Concert Hall was released by Grammy Award-winning Yarlung Records. 11