Sounds of the Season Featuring:
Calgary Youth Orchestra Mount Royal Artio
• 7:3O P.M. Mount NOV. 26,Royal 2O16Kantorei
MUSICChoir TO YOUR EARS Zhi-Yin
® CONCERT SEASON 2016/17 The Heebee-jeebees
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Welcome to our Festive Favourites concert series sponsored by our friends at United Active Living Communities! As we approach the holiday season, music becomes an increasingly festive accompaniment to day-to-day life. For me, the musical highlight of this special time is attendance at Mount Royal University Conservatory’s annual yuletide celebrations, Winter Fantasia and Sounds of the Season. It’s always a thrill to see the Bella Concert Hall stage filled with Mount Royal University choristers and orchestra members and to hear it come alive with an amazing array of music to celebrate the season. The season reminds us to stop, reflect, put life into perspective, to abandon restraint and embrace our own youthful spirit. I can think of no one who embodies a passion for life and who always greets you with a youthful smile and cheerful laugh than 91 year old Conservatory piano student, Mary Fenwick. We celebrate Mary and the example she sets performing “Hark the Herald” on piano with the Calgary Youth Orchestra and our choirs on the Sounds of the Season program. I would like to thank everyone for your support of music and speech arts education; for celebrating creativity and for championing artistic expression. Dr. Charles Webber, Dean Faculty of Continuing Education and Extension
SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
CALGARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA, CHOIRS Doxologie from Magnificat H. 74 Marc-Antoine Charpentier THE HEEBEE-JEEBEES ZHI-YIN CHOIR 鴻雁 Migratory Geese Mongolian Folk Song - Erguna 青春舞曲 Youth Dance Wang Luo Bin CALGARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA, CHOIRS Sing-along: Joy to the World Arr. John Rutter MOUNT ROYAL ARTIO Esti Dal Zoltán Kodály Et Misericordia Kim André Arnesen Solo: Cassandra Walker Winter Song Ingrid Michaelson & Sara Bareilles Arr. by Jennifer McMillan Solo: Edith Yung CALGARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Frühlingsstimmenwalzer - (Voices of Spring) Johann Strauss I Never Go To Macy’s Seymour Barab - arr. by George Fenwick THE HEEBEE-JEEBEES INTERMISSION
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SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
THE HEEBEE-JEEBEES CALGARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA, CHOIRS Sing-along: Hark The Herald Mendelssohn, arr. by David Willcocks Featuring Mary Fenwick MOUNT ROYAL KANTOREI Deck The Hall in 7/8 Arr. by James McKelvy I Wonder as I Wander John Jacob Niles 12 Days of Christmas Arr. by SNC CALGARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Ah! Quel dîner! (The Tipsy Waltz) – from La Perichole Jacques Offenbach Glitter And Be Gay – from Candide Leonard Bernstein THE HEEBEE-JEEBEES CALGARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA, CHOIR Jesus Ahatonyah (Huron Carol) Edward H. Hastings, words by Père Jean de Brebeut Arr. by George Fenwick CALGARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA, CHOIRS Hallelujah Chorus George Frideric Handel
SING-ALONG CAROLS
JOY TO THE WORLD Joy to the world! The Lord is come. Let earth receive her King Let every heart Prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven and heaven and nature sing. Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns Let us their songs employ While fields and floods Rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy Repeat the sounding joy Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy Choir alone for the 3rd verse No more let sins and sorrows grow Nor thorns infest the ground He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found Far as the curse is found Far as, far as, the curse is found. He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love; And wonders of His love; And wonders, wonders of His love.
SING-ALONG CAROLS
HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING
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 angelic host proclaim "Christ is born in Bethlehem" Hark the herald angels sing "Glory to the newborn king" Christ, by highest heaven adored Christ the everlasting Lord Late in time behold him come Offspring of a virgin’s womb Veiled in flesh, the God had seen Hail the incarnate deity Pleased, as man with man to dwell Jesus, our Emmanuel Hark the herald angels sing "Glory to the newborn king" Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Son of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings Ris'n with healing in His wings Mild He lays His glory by Born that we no more may die Born to raise us from the earth Born to give us second birth Hark! The herald angels sing "Glory to the newborn King!"
MARY FENWICK Mary Fenwick doesn't have time to sit around. The energetic 91-year-old is too busy learning the piano, going to concerts and taking art classes. When she first arrived at United's Active Living's Garrison Green community five years ago, Mary rediscovered her love of piano. She hadn't touched a piano in more than 30 years, but the Steinway in the corner intrigued her, and she found she wanted to get back to those familiar keys. "I called the Mount Royal University Conservatory and asked them if they had a piano teacher who can teach someone who hasn't played in 30 or 40 years," said Mary. "Kathy Dornian offered to teach me. She is such a highly respected teacher and musician, I was thrilled. I practice now for two hours a day. She gave me a Chopin nocturne to start with, which is a challenge, but I'm getting there with it!" In tonight's Sounds of the Season concert, Mary will perform Hark the Herald Angels Sing on stage with the Calgary Youth Orchestra, choir and the Heebee-jeebees. "When Kathy suggested I take part in the concert, I thought I would simply be part of the choir, but when she suggested I play the piano, that was something else! I'm a little nervous about it, but I've been practicing every day so I'm confident I will give it my best. After all, it's Christmas!" Since starting lessons with Kathy, Mary has expanded her repertoire to include minuets by Beethoven and Bach, Voices of Spring by Strauss, and the Spanish love song, La Paloma. "I remember when I first started, someone asked me why I was taking up piano again at my age, and I replied that I wasn't doing it to become a concert pianist, I was doing it for my own joy, for my soul! And I'm getting so much fun from it," said Mary. Mary is very appreciative of the approach that United takes to encourage the arts - music, theatre, dance and painting. "That's why Garrison Green is such a great place to live. We have so much going on here. We go to the CPO, the opera, and they come here. And all of these things stimulate you," said Mary. One of the groups on stage will be Calgary's a capella group the Heebee-jeebees. "We're excited about this performance because we will have a very young performer in the Dec. 11 concert and Mary - our most mature performer - performing tonight," said Heebee-jeebee Jonathan Love. "It's all about the sharing of music, especially at Christmastime."
LAURA HYNES – FEATURED SOLOIST A Fulbright scholar in Paris, American coloratura soprano Laura Hynes spent six years abroad in France and Germany, performing repertoire ranging from baroque opera with Les Arts Florissants to "classical cabaret" on French television and radio. She has performed opera roles, solo recitals, and concerts throughout Europe and the U.S., in venues including New York's Alice Tully Hall, the Barbican in London, the Châtelet and the Cité de la Musique in Paris, as well as major venues in Seville, Brussels, Madrid, Lisbon, Frankfurt, Marseille, and Montepellier. In 2015, Hynes joined the performing arts faculty at the University of Calgary. Her research there focuses on innovation in art song recital and opera through social justice issues (Raise Your Voice) and interdisciplinary collaborative performance creation. She holds degrees from the University of Minnesota (DMA) where she was the Dominick Argento Fellow, the Paris Conservatory (Cycle de perfectionnement), the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (M.M.), and Miami University (B.M.). CALGARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA CALGARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA, considered the Conservatory’s flagship instrumental ensemble, is recognized as one of the finest youth orchestras in the country. The ensemble has worked with such illustrious conductors as Mario Bernardi, Bramwell Tovey, Kasuyoshi Akiyama, Simon Streatfeild, Ivars Taurins, Jeanne Lamon, and Hans Graf, among others. The CYO has performed in collaboration with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and with Jeunesse Classique Ballet, at festivals throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and on-stage at the 2008 Juno Awards. The CYO was honoured to perform for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Calgary in May, 2005 as well as for the Council of the Federation in Banff in August, 2005. In September 2009, in recognition of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama’s visit to Calgary, the CYO performed at the Pengrowth Saddledome alongside members of the University of Calgary Orchestra. The orchestra has commissioned works from a number of composers, most recently Canadian composers Michael van der Sloot, George Fenwick, Laurie Radford and Trevor Mansell. The CYO has also presented the world premieres of works by Claude Debussy, completed and orchestrated by the renowned English musicologist Robert Orledge. CYO’s high artistic achievements have generated national and international reviews for its performances and for its recording entitled The Thrill of the Western.
In May 2017 the CYO will perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with internationally renowned violinist Andrés Cárdenas, and in February the orchestra will perform Mahler’s Second Symphony, in collaboration with the University of Calgary Orchestra and choruses. Edmond Agopian began his violin training in Constantza, Romania. After immigrating to Canada, he continued his studies at the University of Toronto (B.Mus.), the Juilliard School (M.Mus.) and the Masterplayers International Music Academy, Switzerland (Honours Diploma). In 1991, Mr. Agopian relinquished his post at Acadia University to take up positions as Professor of Violin at the University of Calgary, Conductor of the U of C Orchestra and Artist-inResidence at Mount Royal Conservatory. He was appointed Music Director of the Calgary Youth Orchestra in 2002. In 2005, Mr. Agopian was awarded the Alberta Centennial Medal “in recognition of outstanding achievement and service to the people and province of Alberta”. At the University of Calgary, he was awarded the John Peter Lee Roberts Distinguished Professorship in Fine Arts. Mr. Agopian’s students have won national and international awards and are members of every major orchestra in Canada, as well as many orchestras in the United States. He has been on the faculty of the Morningside Music Bridge program at Mount Royal University Conservatory since its inception in 1996, and is the founder and artistic director of the University of Calgary summer chamber music festival, Contrasts. For 13 years, he was the Music Director/Concertmaster of Calgary’s professional string orchestra, the Kensington Sinfonia. Conducting work has included performances with the Shanghai Opera Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Canadian Chamber Orchestra, and yearly engagements with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. As a violinist, he has been regularly featured as soloist and chamber musician on regional and national CBC, French and English radio programs. A champion of Canadian music, Mr. Agopian has premiered numerous Canadian compositions in Canada, the U.S. and Taiwan. As founder and first violinist of the U of C Quartet in Residence, he is in the process of presenting and recording Shostakovich’s complete string quartet cycle — a first for Calgary.
MOUNT ROYAL ARTIO The name Artio is derived from the Celtic word for "bear," and was the name of a Gallo-Roman goddess who often took the form of a bear. She represented creative, bold and emergent abundance — all qualities that describe the singers who make up Mount Royal Artio and what they do. Artio specializes in choral music that is distinct, demanding, diverse and innovative. They explore a variety of genres from early music through to innovative creations being crafted by today’s composers. They re-imagine and re-invent music of the past and embrace the avant-garde music of tomorrow while continually seeking to push the boundaries of choral music and performance. Mount Royal Artio presents a final choral music performance each year that fuses music with innovative ideas and other art forms — “choral theatre” performances that highlight the season and give audiences exciting new performance presentations that draw upon the talent and imagination of the members. Mount Royal Artio’s performance art work “Sounds of the Hollow” will take place May 27 and 28, 2017. Jean-Louis Bleau has been very involved in the Calgary and area arts scene for a number of years, organizing numerous concerts and music festivals while maintaining a successful career as a choral conductor. He is the artistic director of Choral Programs at Mount Royal University, where he also directs Mount Royal Artio. In addition to his work at Mount Royal University, Bleau is the artistic director of Cum Vino Cantus and the University of Calgary Chamber Choir. Bleau's passion for music, especially choral music, is evident through his unique and expressive conducting style, and his enthusiastic approach to rehearsals. He is known for asking his choirs to engage difficult music, always seeking to push the members past their perceived limitations in order to produce music which — while challenging — is ultimately very rewarding. Bleau has always sought to push the boundaries of choral music and the concert experience through unique collaborations and concert events. This has resulted in performances around a lake in the heart of Kananaskis and concert events in a planetarium, parking garages, an industrial shop and even a swimming pool. He has worked to collaborate not only with other choirs but also a variety of musicians, choreographers, dancers, synchronized swimmers and aerial gymnasts.
MOUNT ROYAL KANTOREI Mount Royal Kantorei is proud to enter its third decade with a growing choir and newfound public interest. As the adult choir of Mount Royal University Conservatory, Kantorei is delighted to present a varied programme of performance and collaboration. Under the leadership of Artistic Director John Morgan, the choir is adding members and has been pulling in larger audiences than ever. It is an exciting and vibrant time. Kantorei is a mixed voice, auditioned choir that embraces a varied repertoire, ranging from W.A. Mozart to Eric Whitacre. The choir focuses not only on classical music of all periods but also Canadian repertoire and contemporary works. Through its connection with Mount Royal University, the choir aims to strengthen the musical and vocal skills of both individual members and the choir as a whole. Kantorei has a unique offering of individual vocal coaching to all its members. John Morgan is a Calgary musician, conductor, composer, arranger and clinician, who is well versed in the classical, musical, jazz and pop genres. He studied pipe organ, piano and conducting at the University of Calgary under Dr. Terrence Fullerton, Dr. Neil Cockburn, Marilyn Engle and Dr. Glenn Price. John is the Artistic Director of Kantorei, Vocal Director of the Young Canadians of the Calgary Stampede, Music Director and Organist at St. Anthony's R.C. Church, and accompanies and/ or directs various high school and community choirs across the City including Bishop Carroll High School, Lord Beaverbrook High School, Centennial High School and the ConocoPhillips Corporate choir. John is a composer and arranger whose work has been performed by groups across North America including our very own Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.
ZHI-YIN CHOIR Mount Royal's Zhi-Yin Choir, an Alberta registered non-profit organization established in 2004, has been actively involved in the Calgary community, especially in the local Chinese communities. Under the directorship of its founder and conductor Shana Yang, the Choir has grown to consist of over 60 enthusiastic choral music lovers. Zhi-Yin Choir is a mixed-voice adult choir. Its main focus is on popular and classical music with Chinese being the most commonly used language. The name of the Choir 'Zhi-Yin' means friends in music, it is the wish for the Choir to share experience and cooperation in music in order to build friendships and to promote multiculturalism in Canada. Zhi-Yin provides vocal coaching to all of their members through its music conductor and invited guest speakers. The Choir has been active in hosting concerts in Calgary annually and has received invitations to perform in Edmonton, Vancouver and New York with excellent feedback Shana Yang - Mrs. Xue Jia (Shana) Yang was a university graduate in China, majoring in vocal music & choral conducting. She taught university level courses, directed and conducted several well-known choirs after graduation, and has since accumulated over 20 years of experience in vocal training and choral conducting. She has received many provincial and national awards in singing and choral conducting in China. Shana has been teaching private lessons in singing focusing not just on singing techniques but also on stage performances. Many of her students have received awards and recognition in singing competitions in Canada and abroad. She is the founder of the Calgary Zhi-Yin Choir, and has been the conductor and vocal teacher of the Choir since the group’s inception in 2004. Under her leadership, the Choir has become highly respected in the local Chinese Community.
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List of Ensemble Performers CALGARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Edmond Agopian, DIRECTOR VIOLIN I Katrina Johnson, Concertmaster Kiarah Boughen Cindy Chen Luke Chiang Solana Frebold Ciara Hager Chris Kang Kevin Kang Lucy Kim Caitlin Lam Patricia Lee Yan Li Kevin Lin Jenna Liu Melissa MacDonald David Mejia Madeleine Nysetvold Iryna Peleschchyshyn Christopher Poon Angela Ryu Talia Sinclair Edwin Zhang VIOLIN II Jennifer Jeon, Principal Emily Braganza Joel Braganza Catherine Butcher Emma Dunbar Chris Fang Jessica Lee Danielle Lefebvre Hitomi Miyaji Clare Sheedy Kelly Shih Lan Tran May Yu Wendy Zhang Irene Zhao
VIOLA Bo Dewsnap, Principal Alexander Beggs Lydia-Jo Butcher Taryn Leahy Wren Liang Megan Mazil CELLO Rachel MacDonald, Principal Nathan Ang Julia Butcher Matthew Haddad Joan Herget Nicola Johnson Katie Kim Sua Kwoun Audrey Kyun Daniel Lee Haena Lee Georgia Moneo Esther Pond Bronwyn Tieleman Anthony Vandekerkhove Laura Wakeman BASS Gabriela Laconsay, Principal Veronica Beggs Zeling Li Lukas Schmidt Anya Siddons FLUTE Tayla Mapatac, Principal Alison Kim Lina Yang PICCOLO Lina Yang
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OBOE Cameron Wong, Principal Benjamin Brown Sebastian Reuten
TRUMPET Jeremy Kinnear, Principal Keath Mueller, Principal + Leanne Paisley +
ENGLISH HORN Sebastian Reuten
TROMBONE Peter Wang, Principal Mark Harding +
CLARINET Jamie Ching, Principal Andrea Chan Jennifer Zhu BASSOON Dominic Esmail, Principal Adriel Chan Jin Cho Colin Porter Katelyn Shewchuk HORN Boris Bontchev, Principal + Katie Baker + Taylor Krause, Principal Joshua Krushel
BASS TROMBONE Kevin Ponte + TUBA Cole Anderson TIMPANI Nick Sterner PERCUSSION Nia Devetzis + HARP Alexandre Negri + + denotes guest
MOUNT ROYAL ARTIO Jean-Louis Bleau, DIRECTOR • Colin Redekop, ACCOMPANIST Maddie Aldridge Joshua Bedard Lindsey Bellman Jeremy Bizon Jennavieve Bu Justine Cherry-Delisle Ryan Chu Alicia Clark Lucas Fabbro Elizabeth Gieselmann Brianna Jackson Kiera Janzen Caelen Janzen Luke Joevenazzo Isabella Johnson Alexi La Pointe Swan Graeme Lauzon Scott Lawson Sarah Leavitt
Greyson (Gina) Mannella Loris McCormick Emily McFarland Emily Rousell Danielle Sato Brett Schneider Katrina Sheasby Derek Snow Alexia Spiewak Shruti Swami Hunter Symington Livia Szojka Ben Van Dierendonck Megan Vignal Harold Vasques Cassandra Walker Scotia Wills Edith Yung
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Mount Royal Kantorei John Morgan, DIRECTOR • Mary Buckley, ACCOMPANIST Althea Adams Michael Bayrock Susan Bell Sarah Blackman Joan Blakelock Nieva Burns Mary Campbell Susan Chambers Heidi Christophel Alex Chumley Twylla Jayne Conn Angela Craig Melissa Dingey Peter Exner Donna Flotre Connie Friesen Helen Goodchild Michael Goodchild Jocelyn Grover Erijka Haalboom Michelle Hader James Hume Tammy Killeen Deborah Koning Bonnie Kowaliuk Evamarie Lapointe Matthew Lee Sylvie Linteau Eunice Loudon
Peter Lundy Janice Lynch Rey Madrilejo Jessie Mercer Jyoti Mistry Jane Moran Alicia Morrish Laura-Gene Pardoe Claudia Perry Bonnie Portelance-Mayer Sabrina Reed Mark Schimnowsky Mary Lynn Schmidt Richard Seale Ann Seymour Leana Shelley Dianne Smith Dwight Smith Mary-Lu Stenhouse Kayleigh Suggett Hunter Symington Monica van Roijen Megan Vignal Suzanne Vouriot Tyler Walmsley Beth Walmsley Gita Werapitiya Peter Wong
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Zhi-Yin Choir Xue Jia (Shana) Yang, DIRECTOR Zhong Cai Eng Chang Helen Chen Lihua Chen Lianping Cheng Angela Cheong Johnny Cheong Yuling Dai Qing Ding Kaijun Fu Shaobo Guo Jinfeng Jia Qi Huai Jia Wei Jia Frank Ku Doris Kwan Raymond Kwan Vincent Lau Rebecca Lee Feng Li Guohui Li Haichen Li Jun Ling Li Li Li Micheal Lin Fei Liu Jing Si Liu
Huimin Luo Anne Mok Terence Mok Mei Gi Pang Jin Qiu Chunxia Ren Maggie Shen Grace Wang Janet Wang Wei Wang Yan Wang Zhi Wei Wang Bing Wei Michelle Wong Li Xu Ziyan Xuan Jing Yan Fuying Yang Xuezhong Yu Hongqi Yuan Jian-Yang Yuan Jiali Yue Aijun Zhang Xu Zhang Quipeng Zhang Ying Zhang
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"Frühlingsstimmen" (Voices of Spring) The lark rises into the blue skies, the balmy morning wind blowing; his sweet breath revives and kisses the field and the meadow. Spring, in all its sweet glory awakens, All hardship is over, Sadness flies far away! Sorrow is milder, thoughts are cheerful, Belief in happiness returns; Sunshine, you warm us, all is laughing, and awakes!
Ah, voices of spring sound like home, Yes, sweet sound, ah yes!
“Ah! quel dîner!” from La Périchole Ah! what a meal I've just had, And what extraordinary wine! I drank so much of it, so much, so much, That I am fairly certain that now I am a little tipsy. But shh! We must not let anyone know – Shh! If my speech is somewhat vague, If, while walking, I zigzag, If my eye wanders, Do not be astonished, because I am a little tipsy.
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