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Concert Program: Christmas Pops
Christmas Pops
Dec 2 - 11
TUE, THUR, FRI | 7:30PM SAT | 3:00PM & 7:30PM SUN | 3:00PM
In gratitude, these performances are dedicated to: December 2-4 Linda W. Hart and Milledge A. Hart III Weekend of Concerts December 3, 3:00PM Mary Martin Annual Endowed Pops Concert December 3, 7:30PM Mr. Justin Bailey and Mrs. Sara Crittenden December 4 Liener Temerlin Annual Endowed Concert December 9-11 Enika and Richard Schulze Weekend of Concerts
LAWRENCE LOH Conducts JASMINE HABERSHAM Soprano CRAIG VERM Baritone BRADLEY HUNTER WELCH Organ
Resident Organist Lay Family Chair
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS WILL MCLEAN Assistant Chorus Director DALLAS SYMPHONY CHILDREN’S CHORUS* ELLIE LIN Interim Artistic Director of the Dallas Symphony Children’s Chorus
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONAL Overture – Introduction and Processional It’s A Wonderful Life/A Christmas Carol
JASMINE HABERSHAM SOPRANO CRAIG VERM BARITONE
HANDEL For Unto Us a Child is Born
IRVING BERLIN (ARR. JOHN MOSS) White Christmas
CRAIG VERM BARITONE
GARY FRY “The Sounding Joy” from Symphonic Fantasia on Christmas Themes
BRADLEY HUNTER WELCH ORGAN
QUINN MASON Christmas Eve Festivities
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CHRISTMAS TRADITIONAL Let the Caroling Start
LUCAS RICHMAN Hanukkah Medley
JASMINE HABERSHAM SOPRANO
ARR. GARY FRY My Dancing Day, On Christmas Night
INTERMISSION
CONRAD POPE (ARR. GARY FRY) Spirit of the Season from The Polar Express
BRITTEN “This Little Babe” from A Ceremony of Carols
MERVYN WARREN “Who Would Imagine a King” from The Preacher’s Wife
JASMINE HABERSHAM SOPRANO
JOHN WILLIAMS “Somewhere in my Memory” from Home Alone
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONAL Twelve Days of Christmas
ANDERSON Sleigh Ride
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONAL Love Came Down at Christmas
JASMINE HABERSHAM SOPRANO CRAIG VERM BARITONE
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONAL Silent Night/God Bless Us Everyone
JASMINE HABERSHAM SOPRANO CRAIG VERM BARITONE
Lawrence Loh
Conductor
LAWRENCE LOH is Music Director of Symphoria (Syracuse, NY) the Music Director of the West Virginia Symphony. Loh concluded his tenure as Music Director of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic in 2017. Loh’s had a decade-plus association with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra where he currently leads annual pops and other select programs. Loh’s previous positions include: Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Syracuse Opera; Resident Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Associate Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Having a particular affinity for pops programming, Lawrence Loh has been engaged for repeat performances with Chris Botti, Idina Menzel and Ann Hampton Callaway. He is particularly adept at synchronizing live orchestral music with film and has led Star Wars Ep. IV & V, Jaws, Pixar in Concert, Disney in Concert, Wizard of Oz, Casablanca and Singin’ in the Rain among others. Lawrence Loh is an active guest conductor including engagements this season with Seattle Symphony; San Diego Symphony and the Grant Park Festival. Plus, recent past engagements in Washington D.C. (National), Indianapolis, Malaysia and Daejeon (South Korea) . His summer festival appearances have included Bravo Vail Valley, Aspen, Mann Center in Philadelphia, and Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra. Lawrence Loh received his Artist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting from Yale, his Masters in Choral Conducting from Indiana University and his BA, and Certificate of Management Studies, from the University of Rochester.
Jasmine Habersham
Soprano
AMERICAN SOPRANO Jasmine Habersham is a versatile and dynamic performing artist whose voice has been hailed as “exquisite” by Broadway World and possessing a “well-controlled, silvery tone had an alluring presence” by Opera Today. This season, she returns to Minnesota Opera as Sarah Ruth in Edward Tulane, performs with the Rochester Philharmonic and the Dallas Symphony, debuts as Sophie in Werther with Houston Grand Opera, brings her celebrated Gilda in Rigoletto to Utah Opera, and makes her role debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Madison Opera. She has performed as a featured soloist in numerous concert productions including Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater, Schubert’s Mass in G, Bach’s B Minor Mass, Handel’s Messiah, and Duke Ellington’s Concert of Sacred Music. A finalist in the Lotte Lenya Competition, she is well-versed as a crossover artist in opera and musical theatre. She has performed the roles Edith in The Pirates of Penzance with The Atlanta Opera, Susannah in The Musical: Tintypes with Janiec Opera Company, and Pearl in Morning Star with Cincinnati Opera Fusion. She has won numerous awards including Second Place in the 2018 Southeast Regional Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, The Strauss Award in the National Orpheus Competition, the John Alexander Memorial Award from University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music, and the Young Artist Guild Award from Central City Opera. Ms. Habersham has participated in several esteemed young artists programs including with The Glimmerglass Festival, Central City Opera, Kentucky Opera, and the Brevard Music Center. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance at Shorter College and her Master of Music and Artist Diploma from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Craig Verm
Baritone
PRAISED FOR his “arrestingly vibrant” and “robust” baritone, Craig Verm has brought his riveting dramatic portrayals to stages around the world. Most recently, he received high praise for his performances of the title role in Billy Budd for Des Moines Metro Opera. John van Rhein of the Chicago Tribune said, “The strong baritone voice, strapping physique and winning stage presence of Craig Verm created a sympathetic Billy” and Opera Today said Verm “was every moment the star vocal and theatrical presence that galvanized the performance.” He enjoys a strong relationship with Pittsburgh Opera, where he has sung the lead baritone role of Tom Joad in Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath, Zurga in Les pêcheur de perles, Papageno, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, Ping, Junius in The Rape of Lucretia, the Novice’s Friend in Billy Budd, Angelotti in Tosca as well as Guglielmo in student performances of Così fan tutte. Other recent performances include Marcello, Minskman in Dove’s Flight, and Ping with Austin Lyric Opera; Papageno, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas, and Adonis in Venus and Adonis with Florentine Opera; Ned Keene in Peter Grimes and Mercutio with Des Moines Metro Opera; Marcello and Zurga with Nashville Opera; Schaunard in La bohème with Opera Philadelphia; Sharpless in Madama Butterfly at Lyrique-en-Mer/Festival de Belle-Île; Joseph Pitt in Peter Eötvös’ Angels in America with Fort Worth Opera; Astolfo in the world premiere of Lewis Spratlan’s Life is a Dream and Hermann in Les contes d’Hofmann with Santa Fe Opera; Count Almaviva and Falke in Die Fledermaus with the Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh; and the title role of Eugene Onegin, Guglielmo, and the Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen with Aspen Opera Theater. He has also joined symphony orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Angelotti, Marullo in Rigoletto, and the Mandarin in Turandot, and the San Francisco Symphony for Fidelio with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting. He received his Master of Music from the University of CincinnatiCollege Conservatory of Music where his performances included title role in Carlisle Floyd’s Markheim. He was graduated cum laude from Rice University’s
Shepherd School of Music. He was a 2006 national semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and is a former member of the young artist programs of Santa Fe Opera and Cincinnati Opera.
Bradley Hunter Welch
Resident Organist
Lay Family Chair HAILED AS “A world-class virtuoso” and “an expert at defining darks, lights, shadows and colors,” Bradley Hunter Welch is increasingly in demand as a recitalist, concerto soloist and collaborative artist. A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Bradley holds the Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Musical Arts, Master of Music degrees and the Artist Diploma from Yale University where he studied with Thomas Murray and Martin Jean. He also holds the Bachelor of Music degree magna cum laude from Baylor University where he studied with Joyce Jones. Welch is the 2003 First Place winner of the Dallas International Organ Competition and was also awarded the Audience Prize for the second time, having previously won it in 2000. He was Director of Music & Arts at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas from 2009 to 2014 and currently devotes his full-time attention to a thriving solo concert career. Between his concert and recording engagements, Welch serves as Artist-in-Residence at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas. In addition to these duties, he performs approximately 20 concerts annually under the exclusive artistic management of Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, Hartford, Connecticut. His premier recording is the first solo organ recording of the Cliburn Organ at Broadway Baptist Church. Bradley is married to Kara Kirkendoll Welch, a flutist in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Adjunct Professor of Flute at Southern Methodist University. They have a son, Ethan Hunter Welch, and a daughter, Avery Kristine Welch.
Will McLean
Assistant Chorus Director
A NATIVE of Duluth, Minnesota, William (Will) McLean is a music educator and conductor in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Currently, he is a DMA student in choral conducting at the University of North Texas where he studies with Dr’s Allen Hightower, Kristina MacMullen, and Jessica Nápoles. At UNT McLean has served as the conductor of the UNT Chorale and currently teaches undergraduate conducting. In addition to his responsibilities at UNT, McLean serves as the Associate Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Chorus and serves on the faculty at the University of Texas at Arlington as the conductor of the A Cappella Choir this Fall. Before his graduate studies, McLean most recently was the Director of Choirs at South Salem High School in Oregon. While at South Salem, the Symphonic Choir (SATB) was invited to perform at the 2019 National ACDA Convention in Kansas City, MO. Additionally, choirs at South Salem during his tenure received invitations to perform at the OMEA state music education conference and toured nationally. McLean has presented sessions at national, regional, and state ACDA, NAfME conferences, and the International Symposium for Research in Choral Singing. Topics of these presentations have included state and national choral programming trends, singer agency in choral environments, and pedagogical repertoire selection A fierce advocate for the creation of new music, McLean has collaborated with numerous composers in the commissioning of new choral works, including the likes of Mari Esabel Valverde, Paul John Rudoi, and Joshua Rist. As a proponent for furthering and advocating for choral music, McLean has served on the OMEA Executive Board as the Choral Chair and on the board of Oregon ACDA. He holds a master’s degree in conducting from Baylor University where he graduated with departmental distinction and a bachelor’s degree in music education from St. Olaf College. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, running, hiking, and spending time with his wife Jenna, and their dog Hildy.
Ellie Lin
ELLIE LIN, Interim Artistic Director of the Dallas Symphony Children’s Chorus, is the High School Choir Director at High Point Academy, Artistic Director/ Conductor of Great Land Choral Society, and a faculty member at Texas Music Conservatory. Lin has been working with children and youth choruses for over 25 years. With the world-renowned Texas Boys Choir, she has served as the Interim Artistic Director, Associate Artistic Director, Conductor, Pianist, and algebra teacher at various times since 1991. Other positions held include Director of the Academy Chorale at Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts, Conductor of Pinnacle Choristers, Director of Southwest Christian School High School Choir, Artistic Director/ Conductor of Good Earth Singers, Choir Director at Arlington Chinese Church, and Piano Instructor at University of Charleston in West Virginia. Throughout the years, Lin’s choirs have concertized in Austria, Germany, China, Taiwan, Argentina, and in almost every state in the United States. With Texas Boys Choir, Lin has performed before Presidents, in several CD recordings, on national radio stations, and on TV shows such as CBS This Morning and ABC’s Good Morning America. Furthermore, while Lin was Associate Artistic Director, TBC was invited to perform at national American Choral Directors Association conferences in 2013 and 2017. In October 2017, Lin was nominated on the preliminary ballot for the 60th GRAMMY® Award for Producer of the Year, along with the Texas Boys Choir’s 70th Year CD for the Album of the Year and Best Choral Performance awards. Born in Taiwan, Lin grew up in Westchester County north of New York City. She studied Choral Conducting with Donald Neuen at the Eastman School of Music, where she received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music Education and Choral Conducting, with a concentration in piano. In addition to conducting, Lin is a popular piano teacher and collaborative pianist. She is a member if ACDA, TMEA, FWMTA, and a certified Chinese interpreter and translator.
SOPRANO
Lauren Abee Alma Alvarez Chris Archbold Dyuthi Arella Julie Barnett Diana Benoit Karvi Bhatnagar Ashly Blake Susan Burroughs Tricia Carroll Anna Castro Genny Chang Emma Chumchal Madeline Clothier Stephanie Collao Courtney Crosby Shannon Davidson Lavanda Davis Delilah Delgado Ananya Desai Julie Duncan Amelita Facchiano Gabriella Fresquez Ashley Grether Jacqueline Hernandez Johyné Hill Nicolle Ho Julie Ihrig Fran Johnson Amy Kelley Brionne Kelly Monica Koch Leslie Lenser Pauline Yue Man Leung Olivia Li JoNell Lindh Olivia Mancini Jane McKee Lucy Meyers-Lambert Anita Moore Laura Morgan Caye-An Muldowney Abigail Muñoz Noel Nelms Janet Noonan Hilary O’Hara Terri Olive Arian Orlando Carol Ozlowski Sarah Pelosi Tiffany Reed Michaela Robinson Laura Seale Kristen Shepard Alicia Shewmaker Dana Sosebee Julie Thompson Anne Tracy Katherine Tribble Karina Valdez Elizabeth Varhaug Rhea Yalamanchili Jessica Zeller
ALTO
Rebecca Baker Meredith Ball Paula Banks Judith Becker Christin Brown Maria Brown Christi Burkle Francesca Cacal Martine Chambers Rebecca Cloud Mary Jane Cooper Maggie Crosby Sandi Dillon Susan Ellingburg Anarka Fairchild Emily Fallis Pilar Fisher Sarah Frazier Liz Friend Brittney Fulgham Rebecca Germany Melanie Gilmore Sarah Gothard Campbell Green Stephanie Hardin Taylor Havins Rachael Grubbs Rosemary Hoogerwerf Megan Jackson Abigail Johnson Sierra Johnson Tracy Juarez Lauren Knebel Elizabeth Lashley Susan Lawson Rica Lelina Melania MacDonald Debbie Maxwell Kyra McGuirk Victoria Medrano Margo Moore Siena Morgan Julie Navar Rachel Oney Laura Pendergraft Granberry Frances Ramirez Claire Redlaczyk Kimberly Ritchie Marie Rogers Megan Sarno Jeanne Sevigny Callie Shaia Cynthia Smiley Sara Spock Beverly Storey Mayra Tejada Arriola Megan Tidwell Hannah Trippe Karen Trost Ruth Vera Jennifer Weaver Katy West Emily Williams Cecilia Yip Susanne Zoch
TENOR
Silas Allen Michael Bentley Trey Bourland Nicholas Brooks Piero Centurion Beau Dream Jimmy Dufinetz Bradley Gaulden Anthony Gray Christian Jensen
Rich Kurz Kenneth Lambert Scott Loudder Chris Martin Will McLean Daniel Norwood Kevin Patrick Carsten Pedersen John Rasbury Brad Rountree John Skinner Daniel Skora Richard Snelling Chuck Tackett Mat Thekkil Terry Thompkins Dan Thompson Clint Turner Nathan Whitmire James Worley
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHILDREN’S CHORUS
SYMPHONIC VOICES
Samuel Aleman Miranda Barak Arellano Isabella Armenta Sydney Bonfield Baylee Buen Sydney Carroll Julia Carter Lillian Chepien Dahnbi Cheung Aishwarya Sara Cijo Zarya Clemente Navya Desai Mary Cathryn Duhé Abhigna Gowda DJ Hamill Lillian Harmeyer
BASS
Miguel Amado Nick Badger Clint Bailey Mason Barlow Timothy Brendler Jonathan Cao Ken Carroll Adam Christa Zane Crownover Dennis Decker Joel Duarte Matt Garner Luis Gonzalez Glyne Griffith Maximilian Grim William Herndon Michael Hogan Michael Kramer
Serena Jang Olivia Joseph Tejasvi Kanchanavally Isha Kapoor Barrett Knetsch Katelynn Kowlessar Liliana Kuether Heath Larkin Trinidee Lindsey Violet Lloyd Elaine Lu Samanvitha Mada Alivia Martinez Slone McNutt Courtney Mpita Eva Marie Nelson Iris Nguyen Elijah Lopez Michael Lysinger Jason Mahan Tim Mohel Zachary Myatt Jack Oros Garrett Reinhardt Scott Ruck Dave Senter Alex Stack Jay Stevenson Jay Terpstra Matt Thome Theodore Walker David Ward Paul Westgate Dave Westgate Daniel Wohlberg Addison Yates
Jubilee Nguyen Arianna Parikh Zahra Rutledge Nicole Sanchez Sabrina Sanchez Kian Sayyid Harper Spellicy Emma Steward Valentina Tamez Renee Tse Ourania Tsinakis Ianna Wara Idris Wara Chloe Weaver Elim Wong Madison Youngers Katherine Zhang
Texts
Let the Caroling Start
Caroling, caroling, now we go Caroling, caroling now we go Caroling, caroling, now we go Ding, dong, ding, dong, Caroling, caroling, now we go Christmas bells are ringing Caroling, caroling through the snow Christmas bells are ringing Joyous voices, sweet and clear Sing the sad of heart to cheer Ding, dong, ding, dong Christmas bells are ringing Caroling, caroling, through the town Christmas bells are ringing Caroling, caroling up and down Christmas bells are ringing Mark ye well the song we sing Glad some tidings now we bring Ding, dong, ding, dong Christmas bells are ringing
Hark how the bells Sweet silver bells All seem to say Throw care away Christmas is here Bringing good cheer To young and old Meek and the bold Ding dong ding dong That is their song With joyful ring All caroling One seems to hear Words of good cheer From everywhere Filling in the air Oh how they pound Raising the sound Over the hill and dale Telling their tale Gaily the ring While people sing Songs of good cheer Christmas is here Merry merry merry Mery Christmas On, on they send On without end Their joyful tone To every home
Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh Over the fields we go Laughing all the way Bells on bobtail ring Making spirits bright What fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song tonight Oh jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride in a One horse open sleigh
I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play And mild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth good will to men
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City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, Dressed in holiday style In the air there’s a feeling of Christmas Children laughing, people passing Meeting smile after smile And on every street corner you hear Silver bells, silver bells It’s Christmas time in the city Ringaling, hear them ring Soon it will be Christmas Day Strings of street lights, even stop light Blink a bright red and green As the shoppers rush home with their treasures Hear the snow crunch See the kids bunch This is Santa’s big scene And above all this bustle you hear Silver Bells, Silver Bells It’s Christmas time in the city Ringaling, hear them ring Soon it will be Christmas day
Silent Night
Silent night Holy night All is calm All is bright ‘round yon Virgin Mother and child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night Holy night Song of God Love’s Pure light With the angels Let us sing hallelujah to our King! Christ the Savior is born Christ the Savior is born Hallelujah, Christ is born! Come together one and all In the Christmas spirit Gift abound here great and small Joyously we feel it Blessings sent us from above guide us on our way We raise our voice as we rejoice bow your head and pray A miracle has just begun Godbless us everyone To the voices no one hears We have come to find your With our laughter and our tears Goodness hope and virtue Father, mother, daughter, son Each a treasure be one Candles light dispels the night Now our eyes can see Burning brighter than the sun God bless us every one A miracle has just being God bless us every one Come together one and all In the Christmas sprit Gifts abound great and small Joyously we feel it Father, mother, daughter, son Each a treasure be One candles light dispels the night Now our eyes can see Burning brighter than the sun God Bless us everyone A miracle has just begun God bless us everyone
