Hänsel and Gretel presents. Upcoming JCCA Events. Featuring MOstly Opera. Season Schedule. Engelbert Humperdinck. Conductor ~ Patrick Clark

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1 Season Schedule presents April 25, 2017 Piano Competition Winner If you wish to participate in The Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra please contact either Patrick Clark or Bonnie Verdot. Upcoming JCCA Events Bill Forness & One More Round March 14, 2017 PROJECT Trio May 9, 2017 JCSO Chamber Orchestra Looking for live entertainment for a luncheon or wedding? The JCSO has a Chamber Orchestra that can suit any need you may have from a trio to full chamber ensembles. If you have an upcoming event and would like to add some world class entertainment please contact us for rates and availability. Hänsel and Gretel Engelbert Humperdinck Featuring MOstly Opera Conductor ~ Patrick Clark February 7, :00 pm Lincoln University ~ Mitchell Auditorium Bonnie Verdot: bverdot184@aim.com

2 Dear Audience, Thank you so much for being here this evening. Please take a moment to thank the Orchestra Musicians who consistently contribute so many beautiful musical moments for Jefferson City and the mid-missouri Community. Hänsel and Gretel by Darstellung von Alexander Zick

3 Program Prelude Engelebert Humperdinck ( ) Hänsel and Gretel (1892) A fairy-tale opera in three acts Libretto by Adelheid Wette English translation by Constance Bache Conductor: Patrick Clark Act I: In the Broom-Maker s House We meet Hänsel and Gretel (Christine Nichols and Carline Waugh) at home. They live in poverty but still have a love for play that gets them into trouble with their Mother (Kristin Chisham) who soon enters angrily, accidentally breaking a jug of milk badly needed by the hungry family. She sends Hänsel and Gretel into the woods to collect berries for the family to eat. Father (Samuel Wright) soon returns joyfully with food after a successful day of broom sales. He is shocked to discover that the children have been sent into the woods where the Witch lurks. Act II: In the Woods Hansel and Gretel soon find themselves lost in the woods and things become a bit frightening when the Cuckoo bird calls who s there Ghouls and goblins are threatening but as night sets in the Sandman (Samantha Crabill) sprinkles her magic, putting H. & G. to sleep famous Evening Prayer duet ensues. The Pantomime ballet follows (Dancers Alley) and the Second Act comes to a close in peace if somewhat uncertain as to the fate of Hänsel and Gretel. INTERMISSION Act III: The Gingerbread House The Dew Fairy (Sandra Troutt) delightfully awakens H. & G. Suddenly the Candy House, spyed by Gretel, bursts upon the scene a temptation to any hungry child. Soon the Witch (Ruth Robertson) seduces H. & G. into her house with her own, different, plans for dinner. After outwitting the Witch by casting her into the oven prepared for themselves, the Gingerbread Children (Children s Chorus) return to life, Father finds his children and all accelerates to a quite victorious dénouement. Synopsis by Patrick Clark

4 VIOLIN I Cheryl Nield** Johanna Boyer Miguel Calleja Jeannie McGowan Destri Eichman Terrence Farley Tayla Hughes Crystal Remmel VIOLIN II Rebecca Talbert* Ian Barton Marilyn Beissenherz Amy Cook Marty Gardner Jesús Gómez Kateryna Kalugina Kelby Kornrumpf Kristi Langendoerfer Quintera Lewis Emily Schweiss Emily Smith Savannah Thomas Alaina Thompson Shaelen Uthe Madjid Vasseghi Janna Volmert Esuga Yacim VIOLA Susan Wallace* E. F. Braun* John Christianson Laura Eggeman Aleta Gray Elijah Hiltey Hannah Keely Catherine Roehl Kirsten Schwandtner Warren Solomon Personnel CELLO Aimee M. Veile* Nathan Erickson Adrian Gómez Patricia Koonce Terry Jones Siera Richardson Greg Spillman Brahm Treiman Rachel Ulm BASS Bonnie Verdot* Kayleigh Little Alison Riggs Clara Scovill Blaine Smallwood FLUTE/PICCOLO Tisha Celada* Susan Capehart Kelly Copeland OBOE/ENGLISH HORN Andrew Marjamaa* Leigh Ann Torres CLARINET Steven Houser* Earl Kliethermes BASS CLARINET David Heise BASSOON Karel Lowery* Libby Robinson FRENCH HORN Molly White* Laura Griggs Ryan McFall Charles Turner TROMBONE T.J. Higgins* Casey Dillon Jim Merciel TRUMPET Barry Sanders* Liam Reagan TUBA Bruce G. Connor PERCUSSION Matt Musselman Eric Veile Dalton Wright TIMPANI Tom Higgins*** HARP Janna Volmert CONDUCTOR Patrick Clark ***JCSO President **Concertmaster *Principal Violin, Viola, Cello and String Bass performers, except for the principal, are listed in alphabetical order. Would you like to become a Symphony Angel? The Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra is comprised entirely of Volunteers who love to share music with our community. There are many costs associated with our performances, such as rental and purchase of sheet music, instruments and repairs, and even the cost of this program you are reading. We rely on family, friends, and businesses in the Jefferson City area to provide funds to continue bringing you beautiful and exciting music from around the world. If you or your business is interested in supporting the Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra please choose one of the options below: I would like to give a donation of $, the check is enclosed. (Payable to JCSO) I would like to give a donation of $, can you please send me an invoice for payment. I would like to learn more about sponsoring a concert or advertising in concert programs. Please mail to: The Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra (JCSO) PO BOX Jefferson City, MO Progress Lane, Suite G Linn, MO Dave & Karen Christ Owners

5 Dr. Steven & Jan Houser Don Schilling Sharon & James Merciel Bonnie Verdot Nancy Luehrman Charles Turner Laura Eggeman Dianne & Tom Higgins Patrick Clark Mildred Tunnell Barbara &Roger Schmid Symphony Angels Patricia & John Koonce Candace Cheung Cheryl Nield Doug Etter The Richard Powell Family Robert Mansur Karel & James Lowery Mary Wherritt Anonymous Helias Catholic High School Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan Hanson Willie Beatty, Mitchell Auditorium General Manager Jefferson City Public Schools Linn High School Lincoln University Our Savior s Lutheran Church Symphony Board of Directors Tom Higgins, President Karel Lowery, Vice President Jim Merciel, Secretary Patricia Koonce, Treasurer Patrick Clark, Conductor Bonnie Verdot, Past President Amiee Veile, JCPS Liaison Julie McDonald Andrea Cheung Candy Cheung T.J. Higgins Crystal Remmel Greg Spillman Chez Monet Patisserie Specializing in Fine Cakes, Pastries, and more for your special occasion chezmonetjc@yahoo.com Our Conductor Patrick David Clark was born in St. Louis, MO and is a composer and conductor, currently adjunct professor of music theory and composition at the University of Missouri. Patrick is conductor and musical director of the Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra and frequent guest conductor for the Columbia Civic Orchestra and Mizzou New Music Ensemble, and was musical director for The Little Theater s production of Bye Bye Birdie, Rent, The Odd Couple, and Peter Pan. Most recently Patrick has been commissioned to write an orchestral work, FE700 C, for the Illinois Symphony Orchestra in celebration of their 20 th anniversary, and Snow Coming for St. Louis Symphony pianist Peter Henderson, performed as part of the Sheldon Concert Hall s 100 th anniversary, and a chamber work for The Odyssey Chamber Concerts Series in Columbia, MO. Orchestral works by Patrick have been programmed by the Seattle Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Spokane Symphony, and the Nederlands Ballet Orkest. Chamber works by Patrick have been performed and recorded in The Netherlands and Israel. Dr. Clark has worked with American Voices as Composition faculty on several trips to both Kurdistan and Thailand. Patrick holds his Bachelor s degree in composition from MU where he studied with Thomas McKenney and John Cheetham. Patrick earned his Master s degree from the University of Arizona, studying with Dan Asia, and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition from the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, studying with Arthur Gottschalk, Paul Cooper and Ellsworth Milburn. Patrick is a Tanglewood Fellow (1997), participated as a composer at June in Buffalo and studied with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague in Holland on a Netherlands-America Foundation Grant (Fulbright). Patrick was one of eight composers selected to write a work for Alarm Will Sound, performed in July of 2011 as part of the Mizzou International Composers Festival. The resulting composition, Ptolemy s Carousel, and many other works by the composer can be heard at:

6 MOstly Opera Cast in order of appearance Gretel Carline Waugh Hänsel Christine Nichols Mother Kristin Chisham Father Samuel Wright Dew Fairy Sandra Troutt Sandman Samantha Crabill The Witch Ruth Robertson Dancers Dancers Alley Children s Choir Dancers Payton Burcham Audrey Bowman Claire Cassmeyer Allison Echelmeyer Abigail Gierer Marie Gillam Libby Hausman Tayla Hughes Dwyn Jones Victoria Law Emmie Lykowski Sophia Schepers Maggie Stonner Eli Voss

7 Evan N. Lowery Passion + Work Ethic= Success Vice President / Director of Business Development 327 Franklin St Geneva, IL Office Personal Assistance for Rental & Sales enlowery@gmail.com Where the personal touch and a familiar, friendly face, makes your passion for a high quality instrument a reality for a lifetime. MOstly Opera Children's Choir Mia Andrade Olivia Jones Courtney Bach Elsa Kelley-Marcum Shin Beatty Amira McKee Anastasia Bonney Adeline Mwajuma Maggie Brown Hang Nguyen Gillian Busche Thao Nguyen Ellie Carver-Horner Kalinga Nihorimbere Cameron Casady Quin O Laughlin J aisa Conway Elizabeth Sherwin Sunday Crane Cora Siewert Finn Dack Holly Stock Alyssa Donehue Aaron Talbert Kate Faherty AllieTalbert Hayley Fender Lauren Valentine Mari Hagen Daniel Webb Karisa Hayden Kaitlyn Weigand Kiera Hayden Janell Whitfield Leanna Huelsbergen Lily Williams Special Thank You s Our Savior s Lutheran Church, Jefferson City for the gift of rehearsal space. State Fair Community College Eldon, Nursing Program Students for much needed assistance. The Little Theater, Dancers Alley, Presser Performing Arts Center in Mexico, MO for lending costumes and props. Joan Fairfax for providing snacks. Chris Kenneson for being our Videographer. Special thanks to Capitol Plaza Hotel and Baymont Inn for assisting in our fundraising efforts.

8 Executive Director Artistic Directors Music Director Vocal Director Stage Director Personnel Director Stage Conception Production Mangers Rehearsal Pianist Assistant Rehearsal Pianist Choreographer Children s Chorus Director Sound Lights Text Projection Text Transcriptionist Lead Cast Costumes Production Crew Anne Riggs MOstly Opera Patrick Clark & Bethany Kiral-Moebes Patrick Clark Bethany Kiral-Moebes Bethany Kiral-Moebes Patrick Clark Patrick Clark Patrick Clark & Bethany Kiral-Moebes Rebecca Talbert Gary Sanders Katy Howland Christine Nichols & Bethany Kiral-Moebes Joel Henslee Lucas Wolters Gary Sanders Ruth Robertson Maria Bish (The Little Theater) Children s Chorus Costumes Katy Howland Stage Props Set Pieces Stage Management Videographer Stage Crew Brian Harper (The Little Theater), Presser Performing Arts Center Rebecca and Boyd Talbert, Patrick Clark, Katy and Robert Howland Willie Beatty Chris Kennison Caitlyn Chisham, Clarissa Chisham, Boyd Talbert, Allie Talbert, Aaron Talbert, Gabby Bailey, Sean Bailey State Fair Community College-Eldon Nursing Program Greg Spillman Production Manager dandkcollision@outlook.com 9821-B Big Meadow Spur, Jefferson City, MO ph fx dandkcollision.com

9 Music Notes In the morning the Dew Fairy comes to wake the children by sprinkling dew on them. They tell each other of their mutual dream, of angels protecting them as they slept. Suddenly they notice behind them a glorious house made of gingerbread! The roof is slated with cakes, the windows are of licorice, and the walls are decorated with cookies. It has an oven, a cage, and around it all is a fence of gingerbread children. Unable to resist temptation, they take a little bit of the house and nibble on it. As they nibble, they think they hear a voice, who's nibbling on my little house?" But Hansel and Gretel decide that the voice must have been the wind and they ignore it. The witch comes out, catches Hansel and explains that she likes nothing better than to feed children sweets. Suspicious of the witch the children begin to run away, but the witch takes out her magic wand, stops them, leads Hansel to the cage, and forces Gretel to dance and set the table. Hansel pretends to be asleep and hears the witch, overcome with excitement, describing how she plans to put them in the oven and turn them into gingerbread. Gretel manages to steal the wand from the witch and frees Hansel. The witch, wanting to check the fire, opens the oven and leans forward. Hansel springs out of the cage, and he and Gretel shove the witch into the oven. They dance with this success. The oven crackles and then explodes. The gingerbread children turn back into living boys and girls. Father and mother are heard in the distance, calling for Hansel and Gretel, and they are all happy to be reunited. Father gathers Hansel, Gretel and the other children around and tells them that this miracle is heaven's punishment for evil deeds, and he reminds them, "When the need is greatest, God the Lord puts out His hand." Jim Merciel December 2016 Music Notes Engelbert Humperdinck ( ) was born in Siegburg, in the Rhine Province of Germany. As a child, along with taking piano lessons, he produced his first composition at the age of seven. Despite his parents disapproval of his plans for a career in music, he began taking music classes at the Cologne Conservatory in After winning scholarships and prizes, he took opportunities to travel throughout Europe composing for theater productions, working as a music teacher, and ultimately as a professor of composition at several conservatories. He continued composition work for opera and theater for the rest of his life. "Hansel and Gretel" is a well-known fairy tale that may have originated in the German medieval period of the Great Famine ( ), which caused desperate people to abandon young children, forcing them to fend for themselves. The version as told in 1812 by the popular publishers of German folk stories The Brothers Grimm is of a young brother and sister kidnapped by a cannibalistic witch, living deep in a forest, in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children save their own lives by outwitting her. As a fairy tale, the Hansel and Gretel story takes several variations - including whether the children s mother is herself a victim of circumstances or a wicked step-mother; what their father does for a living; how they get lost in the forest and try to find their way with breadcrumbs; and other variations of minor episodes in the story plot. Humperdinck's reputation rests chiefly on his opera Hänsel und Gretel. This work was started in 1890 in Frankfurt, on a VERY SMALL scale - by composing four songs to accompany a Hansel and Gretel puppet show his nieces were giving at home. Then, using a libretto (opera text) written by his sister that was loosely based on The Brothers Grimm version of the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale, Humperdinck composed a Singspiel of 16 songs with piano accompaniment and connecting dialogue. By January 1891, with encouragement and assistance from his sister, he began working on complete opera ochestraion. Humperdinck s Hänsel und Gretel opera premiered at the German National Theatre in Weimar on December 23, 1893, under the baton of Richard Strauss. Incorporating musical techniques of the German opera composer Richard Wagner, and including traditional German folk songs, Hänsel und Gretel was an instant and overwhelming success, and has remained a popular work.

10 Music Notes In 1923 the Royal Opera House in London chose it for their first complete radio opera broadcast. Eight years later, it was the first opera transmitted live from the New York Metropolitan Opera. The story line for tonight s opera performance is as follows: At home, Gretel stitches a stocking while singing to herself, and Hansel is making a broom for his father to sell. Bored with their chores, they stop working and begin to dance, but are surprised when their mother comes home. Mother, furious upon finding that Hansel and Gretel have not been working, accidentally knocks over a jug of milk. Their situation is desperate, as the milk was the only nourishment in the house. So mother sends Hansel and Gretel to the forest to look for strawberries. Alone, she expresses her sorrow that she is unable to feed her children. Father returns to the house singing about how hungry he is, but he has a surprise - beyond the forest, it is time for a festival, everyone is cleaning in preparation, and he went from house to house and sold his brooms at the highest prices. He was thus able to bring home a feast of bacon, butter, flour, sausages, eggs, beans, onions, and coffee! As they celebrate, he suddenly stops and asks where the children are. When mother says they are in the forest, father is scared and tells her that the forest is where the evil Gingerbread Witch dwells. This witch lures children with cakes and sweets, and then pushes them into her oven where they turn into gingerbread. Father and mother rush into the forest to search for their children. In the forest, Gretel weaves a crown of flowers and sings as Hansel collects some strawberries. They hear a cuckoo calling. They begin to eat the strawberries, and finally Hansel dumps the last of them in his mouth. Gretel scolds him and tells him that mother will be upset. She tries to look for more, but the sun has set and it's too dark to see. As the forest darkens, Hansel and Gretel become scared, and think they see something coming closer. It is the Sandman who approaches them, tells them that he loves them dearly, and that he has come to put them to sleep. After saying their night prayers, they fall asleep. Fourteen angels come out and arrange themselves around the children to protect them as they sleep. Congratulations to the Jefferson City Symphony for bringing the Best of Music to the Mid-Missouri community. Jan Houser Piano Studio Traditional and Suzuki Lessons Dr. Steven Houser, Woodwind Lessons Houser Piano Tuning janzstudio@embarqmail.com