Long Days, Short Years

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1 Western Illinois University Dr. Jack Thomas, President College of Fine Arts and Communication William T. Clow, Dean School of Music, Dr. Tammie Walker, Director present Long Days, Short Years The Western Illinois University and featuring our Madrigal Singers Singers Concert Choir Mr. Jason Hawkins, conductor Alumni Choir Saturday, September 30, 2017 COFAC Recital Hall 7:30 PM

2 Program Western Loyalty Harold R. Shory ( ) WIU Choirs and Audience Choral Dances from Gloriana Benjamin Britten ( ) 1. Time 2. Concord 3. Time and Concord 4. Country Girls 5. Rustics and Fishermen 6. Final Dance of Homage I. The Western Illinois Madrigal Singers II. Wondrous Love arr. Alice Parker (b. 1925) and Robert Shaw ( ) I Will Lift Mine Eyes Jake Runestad (b. 1986) I inhale great draughts of space, James Caldwell (b. 1957) Sure On This Shining Night Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943) Hold On! arr. Marques L. A. Garrett (b. 1984) The Western Illinois University Singers Dr. Minjung Seo, piano

3 III. The Boy Who Picked Up His Feet to Fly Joshua Shank (b. 1980) The Pasture Z. Randall Stroope ( ) Praise His Holy Name! Keith Hampton (b. 1957) The Western Illinois University Concert Choir Gwangwon Park, piano Mr. Jason Hawkins, conductor David Williams, percussion Matt Sulla, bass IV. Ave Verum Corpus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( ) Going Home Antonin Dvorak ( ) Hallelujah from Mount of Olives Ludwig van Beethoven ( ) Our Alumni Choir Dr. Minjung Seo, piano Mr. Jason Hawkins, conductor Flight Song Kim André Arnesen (b. 1980) V. The Combined Choirs Dr. Minjung Seo, piano

4 WELCOME ALUMNI The days are long but the years are short. - Gretchen Rubin As we approach my last Fall concert at WIU, this, one of my favorite quotes, has never meant more to me. I am continually fascinated by the way we experience time in life and especially the way we experience it when making music. It moves quickly! On behalf of the University, the School of Music and Western Illinois University Choirs, I enthusiastically welcome our distinguished choir alumni to this evening s homecoming weekend concert. Thanks for sharing the weekend with our choirs and best wishes for a great concert performance. I sincerely hope that you will take a little Western spirit back with you! With warmest regards, James Stegall Jake Baker '01 Julie Baker* William Barnhart '77 Adrianna Bennett '11 Krystal (Hunt) Bottorff '06 Daniel Brakefield '14 Kelsey (McGuire) Brakefield '13 Joe Butcher '99 Melanie (Wright) Butcher '00, '02 Terry Chasteen* Zac Clemens Dan Colbert '91 Matt Colbert '95 Chris Connolly '82 Jordan DePatis '14 Jack Dessent '16 Patrick Downing '09 Jim Ellefson '66 Hilary (Pieper) Erb '13 OUR ALUMNI CHOIR John Erb James Flaherty '16 Brett Goad '74, '76 Jason Hawkins '03 Melanie Huettman '15 Alison Huntley '15 Ethan Ivey '12, '14 Joshua Keck '14 Joel Kimberly '12 Sarah Le'Jeune '14 Lydia Lewis '17 Chelsea (Maroney) Londos '11 Sarah (Walker) Lounsberry '09 Joshua McGuire '00 Jeanette McWhorter '77 Stephanie Mencel '97, '14 Matt Mencel '94 Jessica Moore '14 Denver Murphy '10 Jerry Myers '99 Rett Richards '07 Monica Scholz '85 Julie Smith '95 Jeremy Smith '94 Erin Stegall '98 Evan Stegall Catherine Swanson '06 Amanda Terry '15 Linda (Craig) Tobias '82, '96 Trista Trone '10* Gene Tutwiler '67 Anna Ziegler '08 * Denotes WIU Faculty and Staff We apologize for any omissions Choral Graduate Assistants Törren Friberg, Alison Huntley, Jon Snyder

5 SOPRANO Angela Cabreza Parker Carls* Isabelle Debold Amanda Ensign Erika Gonzalez Victoria Harmon* Alison Huntley* Mara McClintock Abigayle Pedigo Claire Ryterski* Allyson Wiacek* * Denotes Madrigal Singers also UNIVERSITY SINGERS / MADRIGAL SINGERS ALTO Brianna Blake* Elise Cangro* Heather Johnson* Emily Kreiman Emma Kovachevich* Melliza Malabanan Taylor Marshall* Brittney McDaniel Gracelynn Norgaard Megan Riley Morgan Sarber Jodie Tan Qiu Yu* TENOR Tyler Bryant Ignacio Carillo Törren Friberg* Wesley Hunt* Aaron Mendenall* Jordan Mance Nathan Miner* Shea Perry Leonel Villarreal* BASS Tucker Lee* Christian Marigomen Ethan Nueva Zachary Palmer* Gabriel Rackers* Spensor Randolph* Christopher Reyes Benjamin Rogers* Jonathan Snyder John Venneri Collaborative Pianist Dr. Minjung Seo SOPRANO Andrea Anton Morgan Burwell Angela Cabreza Jamie Childe Marrisha Devereueawax-Coates Rita Foster Allison Hawbaker Rebecca Helmeid Corbyn Holman Megan Kleinschmidt Madison Martin Cicely McCain Abigayle Pedigo Alexa Prather Lillian Schierbrock Rebecca Starling Sydney Taylor Tiana Thakur Shelby Tobias Natalie Workman Edie Wester CONCERT CHOIR ALTO Susan Arns Michelle Bingheim Crystal Brooke Emma Dayhoff Allyson Dodd Courtney Farwell Courtney Frazier Margaret Fuchs Lisa Hallen Brianna Haas AJ Lennox Felicia Lonosky Jacinda Martinez Olajumoke Oke Carlie Olson Evie Podolsky Kelsey Pudlas Stephanie Roch Morgan Sarber Vanette West Stephanie Yancey TENOR Marcellus Angel Joey Atadero Erique Johnson Shea Perry Jonathan Snyder BASS Deante Bolden Solomon Hamm Roger Martin Mark Mixon Christopher Reyes Sentual Strong Collaborative Pianist Gwangwon Park

6 CONDUCTORS James Stegall, Professor of Music, was named The Distinguished Faculty Lecturer at Western Illinois University in In addition to his role as Director of Choral Activities, he conducts the Western Illinois University Singers, Madrigal Singers and teaches graduate and undergraduate choral conducting and literature. He also serves on WIU President Jack Thomas Faculty Roundtable. Through juried application, his University Singers have achieved significant recognition through state, regional and national convention performances including the Illinois Music Educators Association, the National Association for Music Education and the American Choral Directors Association. They have appeared on professional venues with the Dallas Brass, Kansas City Symphony, Peoria Symphony, Phoenix Symphony and University of Colorado Symphony. Additionally, Dr. Stegall has presented for national and international conferences including the College Music Society, The International Conference on Arts and Humanities, The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium, the National Association for Music Education, the National American Choral Directors Association and the International Symposium on Singing and Song in St. John s, Newfoundland. On a personal note, James Stegall s wife Erin is an accomplished junior high choral director and his son Evan is a nationally ranked USA swimmer. Jason Hawkins is in his first year as Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education at Western Illinois University where he teaches Concert Choir, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Music Education courses, and Aural Skills. He earned a B.A. in both Choral Music Education and Trumpet Performance from Western Illinois University, a M.A. in Education from Governors State University, and served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Illinois while pursuing a Ph.D. in Music Education. Mr. Hawkins returns to WIU following twelve years as Director of Choirs at Plainfield North High School in the Chicago suburbs where his choirs earned numerous accolades at the community, state, and national levels. He has been honored many times by the Plainfield Schools including selection as the 2016 Teacher of the Year. He has also served as an adjunct faculty member at Lewis University. Mr. Hawkins makes frequent appearances as clinician/conductor for ILMEA, IHSA, IGSMA, and regional choral festivals, including the 2015 ILMEA District 1 Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and has gained a strong reputation throughout the state. His research interests include the use of technology for assessment and instruction in the choral classroom, which led to a presentation at the International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education (2015) and subsequent publication (2016). He has also presented at the Illinois Music Educators Conference (2014) and has been a guest lecturer at numerous regional universities. Mr. Hawkins resides in Macomb with his wife, Laura, and their two beautiful daughters, Hannah and Olivia.

7 Fall 2017 September September 15 September 25 September 29 September 30 October 14 November 4 November 16 December 2 Spring 2018 March 3 March 23 April 11 April 14 April 19 April 24 April 29 WIU CHOIRS CALENDAR WIU Honor Reading Choir Festival COFAC Recital Hall Madrigal and University Singers SOM Scholarship Concert University Singers at Founder s Day Celebration Sherman Hall, 11a-1p University Singers at University Orchestra Concert WIU Choirs Homecoming Weekend Concert, with Alumni Choir University Singers at Boulder Philharmonic: Music of Resistance Macky Auditorium, Boulder, CO, 7:30p ILMEA District IV Band, Orchestra, and Choral Festival University Union, All-Day West Central Conference Band and Choral Festival University Union Grand Ballroom, 7:00p Concert The Holiday Festival of Choirs St. Paul Church, 2p and 7:30p performances University Singers and Concert Choir WIU Junior Honors Chorus Festival COFAC Recital Hall, 9:00a-4:30p Oh! Freedom with Chris Vallillo and University Singers Hainline Theater, 7:30p Masterworks Concert Vocal Jazz Ensemble Concert Törren Friberg Graudate Choral Conducting Recital COFAC Recital Hall, 1:00p Student Choral Conductor s Concert COFAC Recital Hall, 3p

8 Western Loyalty Western students come together, Learning life's new way to pave. Paths before us, ever striving, Purple, gold, our color's brave. We all hold the keys within us. With new knowledge we will grow. Stronger in our bond unyielding, Truer to the world we know. Hail to Western, Alma Mater, May we honor thy fair name. Hail to Western, ever greater, on to conquest and to fame. Recording Policy The use of unauthorized recording devices is strictly prohibited. Concert Etiquette So that others around you may enjoy the performance without distraction, we ask that you refrain from: speaking audibly; taking flash photographs; entering or leaving the hall unnecessarily; or any other aural or visual distractions. Thank you. Visit our website at