FROM THE PRESIDENT As President, as well as a singing member of the Waukesha Choral Union, it is my honor and privilege to welcome you to the Waukesha Choral Union’s final concert of the 2011-2012 season. We hope that our performance of Awakening and Renewal will bring as much enjoyment to you as it already has to us. Our 2011-2012 season, Heaven and Nature Sing, is made possible not only by the hard work and dedication of our singers and players, but also by the support of our donors, advertisers, sponsors, volunteers, and all those who attend our concerts. In order to be successful, our organization needs the efforts of all of these participants. As a member of today’s audience you, too, play an important role in our success. Please invite friends, family members, and neighbors to experience the wonderful performances that will make up our 2012-2013 season (listed on page 12 in this program.) Next season will culminate a two-year collaborative effort to present a world premier artistic presentation. From a contest among middle and high school students throughout Waukesha County we have selected a six-part text written by Waukesha South student, Abby Lewis. Local composer Paula Tillen is in the process of writing a piece of music commissioned by the Waukesha Choral Union. It is our plan to supplement the musical presentation with visual art works, also created by Waukesha County students. It promises to be a truly memorable experience for audience and singers alike. Tom Custis Waukesha Choral Union President
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A B O U T T H E WAU K E S H A C H O R A L U N I O N The Waukesha Choral Union has been musically active in the community for over 60 years. Originally a combination of the Carroll College student chorus and community singers named Waukesha Choral Society in 1949, the group became the Town and Gown in 1961 and the Waukesha Choral Union in 1974, taking its present form as an auditioned choir in 1978. MISSION The Waukesha Choral Union will challenge, enrich, and engage its singing members, audiences, and community through the pursuit of excellence and a variety of programming. The WCU mission includes expansion of the effectiveness of its educational efforts throughout Waukesha County through collaboration. S TA Y C O N N E C T E D TO T H E WAU K E S H A C H O R A L U N I O N Website www.ChoralUnion.org Sign up for our new eNewsletter
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F R O M T H E A R T I S T I C D I R E C TO R Welcome to our final concert of the 2011-2012 season. Tonight’s performance is the culmination of this season’s theme Heaven and Nature Sing through our presentation of Awakening and Renewal. Our selections date from as early as the baroque era to modern times. We will perform songs by the old masters and new-refreshing pieces by living composers. Together we will experience the hope and love that choral singing renews within us as well as the uplifting effect of vocal music. A special musical treat will be provided by a guest string quartet. This evening’s texts are works by such great poets as Emily Dickinson, James Agee, and John Donne among others as well as biblical and liturgical texts. The members of WCU have enjoyed preparing this concert for you. We hope that you enjoy the fruit of our labor and that it inspires you to be creative in bettering your lives, the lives of others, and our greater culture. Thank you, Ernie Brusubardis
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WAU K E S H A C H O R A L U N I O N SOPRANO Karen Bieszk Indra Brusubardis Phyllis Cramer Summer Grande Naomi Guzman Patricia Hummel Barbara Miller Shira Richardson Carol Slaybaugh Mary Stephani Wendy Stippich Kathi Stoiber Tasha Twesme ALTO Jane Dykema Maureen Hair Beth Heflin Sue Laubenheimer Wendy Muller Alison O’Leary JoAnn Portz Susan Rabe Colleen Reske
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AU D I T I O N I N F O R M AT I O N Waukesha Choral Union is always seeking new members. To schedule an audition please call (414) 297-9310 or email membership@choralunion.org The 2011-2012 Waukesha Choral Union season, “Heaven and Nature Sing,” is sponsored in part by grants from the Arts Alliance of Waukesha County, and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Awakening and Renewal Saturday, May 5, 2012 St. William Parish Waukesha Choral Union Ernest Brusubardis III, Director Christopher Ruck, Piano
The Heavens Awake Samson 3a. Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound
George Frideric Handel
Cantata No. 140 4. Zion hört die Wächter singen 7. Gloria sei dir gesungen
Johann Sebastian Bach
At The Round Earth’s Imagined Corners
Williametta Spencer
The Night Sings Abendlied Op. 92, No. 3
Johannes Brahms
The Moon Is Distant From The Sea
Sure On This Shining Night
David N. Childs Morten Lauridsen
Love Renews Dôme épais (duet from the opera Lakmé)
Léo Delibes
Things That Never Die
Lee Dengler
Les Chansons des Roses 5. Dirait-on
Morten Lauridsen Intermission
Intermezzo Eine kleine Nachtmusik K. 525
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arianna Brusubardis, Daniella Brusubardis, Sonora Brusubardis – violin, Viktor Brusubardis – cello Hope Arises From The Dust Vesperae solennes de confessore K. 339 4. Laudate Pueri
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Hatikva (traditional Hebrew melody) Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45 4. Wie lieblich sind seine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth Rejoice! Missa Kenya 2. Gloria – soloist Indra Brusubardis 4. Sanctus 5. Agnus Dei
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Paul Basler
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C O N T R I B U TO R S The Waukesha Choral Union is deeply grateful to these donors for their meaningful financial support. Their commitment to live, local music will help the WCU remain affordable and accessible to the communities we serve. Maestro ($2,500 and above) Anthony and Andrea Bryant Family Fund Jo Ann Portz Conductor ($1,000 to @2,499) A donation in memory of James L. and Dorothy Goff Frisch Wisconsin Arts Board Soloist ($500 to $999) Arts Alliance of Waukesha County Tom and Paula Custis Mary Stephani Waukesha State Bank Chorister ($250 to $499) John Gustafson Tom Smith Richard and Carol Snook Alan Thompson Tom’s Heating Service
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STUDENT WRITING CONTEST
Waukesha Choral Union Commissions Work In late fall of 2011 Waukesha Choral Union solicited student poems, prose, or other original writings to use as a text for a commissioned choral work for its 2012-2013 season. The musical piece will be written by Waukesha-born composer Paula Foley Tillen. All Waukesha county students age 12 to 18 were eligible. At March’s “Messiah” concert WCU Artistic Director Ernest Brusubardis III announced Abby Lewis, a Waukesha South High School student, as the winner and presented her with a stipend of $500. “The mission of the Waukesha Choral Union encourages community outreach and educational efforts, and this contest accomplishes all that and more. The singing members and board are very excited about seeing a Waukesha student’s idea come to life in song.” - Ernest Brusubardis III The yet-untitled piece will be performed on the final concert of the Waukesha Choral Union’s 2012-2013 season on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Shattuck Auditorium on the Carroll University campus. A “sneak preview” of the piece will be presented on the first concert of next season Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Shattuck Auditorium.
Abby Lewis, Ernest Brusubardis III, Paula Foley Tillen
A second phase of the project, involving student-created multi-media interpretation of the commission, will be announced during the 2012-2013 season.
“This undertaking would not be possible without the financial support of our patrons, and a grant from Arts Alliance of Waukesha County, and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Collaboration is a strong tradition within our organization. This project brings together many different local artists in a single celebration of music.” - Waukesha Choral Union Board President Tom Custis About Abby Lewis (in her own words) Abby Lewis is thrilled that her poetry was picked for this amazing opportunity! She has been writing and telling stories for all of her life but only fairly recently discovered her passion for poetry. Her favorite thing about this medium is the challenge of finding the words and format to express what she is trying to depict exactly while keeping the poem as concise as possible, as well as the challenge of coming up with things to say that are really meaningful to her but also relevant to other people. Much of her inspiration comes from her observations of the world around her, things other people say, images in her head, and, of course, her fabulous teachers. She greatly admires everyone in the Choral Union, and also has a strong musical background herself. Abby joined the Singing Tree when she was only one year old. She continued in the Children’s Choir of Waukesha program for 14 years and is now in the Women’s Choir. Abby has also played violin for nine years and is a part of the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra in the group called Philharmonia. This year Abby is 15 years old and a freshman at Waukesha South High School, but her winning entry poems were written when she was in seventh and eighth grade at Central Middle School. In addition to poetry and music, Abby also enjoys theatre and other forms of art, and has recently begun experimenting with writing her own music. She would like to thank all of her friends, family, and teachers that helped her get where she is today. www.ChoralUnion.org · Waukesha Choral Union 17
S T U D E N T W R I T I N G C O N T E S T ( c o n t .) About Paula Foley Tillen Paula Foley Tillen, a graduate of Waukesha’s Carroll University, has been a professional musician in southeastern Wisconsin for the past thirty years, and is much in demand as a composer, music director, pianist, vocal coach, and accompanist. Tillen’s compositions and arrangements have been performed by a wide variety of distinguished local, regional, national, and international groups. Tillen’s work can be found in the catalogues of Hal Leonard Publishing Co., Alliance Publishing Co., Treble Clef Music Press, and Santa Barbara Music Press. “I am thrilled and proud to have been invited to write for the Waukesha Choral Union, my own hometown’s wonderful choral ensemble. It’s been a particular delight for me throughout my professional life to be a part of developing the creativity of young people, and I welcome this opportunity to work collaboratively with a young artist.” – Paula Foley Tillen
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S H OW YO U R S U P P O R T Keeping the Waukesha Choral Union singing takes money as well as time, effort, and audiences. Show your support by coming to our performances, singing with us, “liking” us on Facebook, making a donation, or advertising in our print programs. We are a 501(c)(3) organization and your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. S I N G W I T H WAU K E S H A C H O R A L U N I O N The Waukesha Choral Union derives its strength and quality from its members’ passion for singing and is always seeking new voices interested in: • Growing in your singing ability • Singing Handel’s Messiah with an orchestra • Learning new musical genres • Socializing with others who have similar interests • Being a part of a growing, dynamic Waukesha County non-profit arts organization To schedule an audition please call (414) 297-9310 or email membership@choralunion.org. REHEARSALS Tuesday nights at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 2016 Center Road, Waukesha, WI 53189. VO L U N T E E R O P P O R T U N I T I E S The Waukesha Choral Union is always in need of an extra pair of hands. Let us know the talents you are willing to share. Call (414) 297-9310 or email marketingdirector@choralunion.org. A DV E R T I S E W I T H WAU K E S H A C H O R A L U N I O N Our audience is encouraged to support those businesses that advertise in our concert programs. B&W ad space is available in: • Full-page • Half-page • Quarter-page All ads include a link on our website.
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SUMMER 2012 ARTS EVENTS
MAY 18 Youth Wind Orchestra of Wisconsin 8 p.m. Shattuck Music Center
MAY 24-JUNE 16 Waukesha Public Schools Art Teachers Exhibition Reception May 24 3:30-5:30 p.m. Humphrey Art Center
MAY 31-JUNE 2 Iolanthe by Milwaukee Opera Theatre with Carroll University Otteson Theatre
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T H E L A S T WO R D
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
I Hear America Singing. I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deck hand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The woodcutter›s song, the ploughboy›s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown, The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs. The above version of the poem is as it appeared in the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass. It can be found in: Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass: Comprehensive Reader’s Edition. Harold W.Blodgett & Sculley Bradley, eds. New York: New York University Press, 1965.
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