AMC | Mar 2025 by Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2025 | 8PM

SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2025 | 8PM

SCHWARTZ CENTER for PERFORMING ARTS

ERIC NELSON , ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DANIEL BARA , GUEST CONDUCTOR

JON EASTER , PIANO

PATHWAYS

ERIC NELSON, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DANIEL BARA, GUEST CONDUCTOR

JON EASTER, PIANO

FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2025 | 8 PM

SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2025 | 8 PM

Emerson Concert Hall

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

In consideration, please silence all electronic devices. Audio recording, video recording, and flash photography are prohibited.

The Schwartz Center for Performing Arts is a place where teaching, learning, and performance merge to create a vital arts presence for the entire community. The concert hall was funded by and is named after Atlanta scientist Cherry Logan Emerson who earned a BA and MA from Emory in the 1930s. It houses a 14-ton Werner Wortsman Memorial Organ built by top North American builder Daniel Jaeckel, which was installed in 2005.

ACCESSIBILITY: We welcome all guests with special needs. The Schwartz Center for Performing Arts is committed to providing performances and facilities accessible to all. Please direct all accommodation requests to the Schwartz Center Box Office at least 24 hours in advance of the event at 404.727.5050 or by email at BoxOffice@Emory.edu.

PROGRAM

Jubilate Deo (2017) ........................................................................... Ivo Antognini (b. 1963)

Beati Quorum Via (1905)............................................

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)

Der Gang Zum Liebchen (1863) ............................................ Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Dawn (2011) ..........................................................................

Eric William Barnum (b. 1979)

Down in the River to Pray ............................

Traditional Folk Song, arr. Eric Nelson (b. 1959)

I Ain't Got Long to Be Here (1985) ........................................... Mervyn E. Warren (b. 1964)

Wide Open Spaces (2014) ................................................................ Sarah Quartel (b. 1982)

O Whistle and I'll Come to Ye

Folksong from The Oxford Scottish Song Book arr. Mack Wilberg (b. 1955)

Mark Lamback, Second Piano

When the Earth Stands Still (2016) Don Macdonald (b. 1966)

Entreat Me Not to Leave You (2012)

The Road Home .....................................................

Dan Forrest (b. 1978)

Tune: "Prospect" from Southern Harmony adapted by Stephen Paulus (1949–2014)

Rise, My Soul .......................................... Traditional Folk Hymn, arr. Susan LaBarr (b. 1981)

I'll be on my Way (2011) ............................................................... Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970)

Jared Duncan, Soloist

Elizabeth Lamback, Violin

JUBILATE DEO

Music: Ivo Antognini (b. 1963)

Text: Psalm 65

Jubilate Deo universa terra. Shout to God, all those on earth. Psalmum dicite nomini eius. Sing a psalm to his name. Venite, et audite, et narrabo vobis, Come and listen, and I shall tell omnes qui timetis Deum all those that fear the Lord quanta fecit Dominus animae meae, what great things he hath done for my soul, alleluia. alleluia.

BEATI QUORUM VIA OP. 38 from THREE MOTETS

Music: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)

Text: Psalm 119:1

Beati quorum via integra est Blessed are the undefiled in the way Qui ambulant in lege Domini who walk in the law of the Lord.

DER GANG ZUM LIEBCHEN, OP. 31, NO. 3

Music/Text: Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

English translation by Richard Stokes

Es glänzt der Mond nieder, The moon shines down, ich sollte doch wieder so I should set out zu meinem Liebchen, again to my love, wie mag es ihr gehn? how is she, I wonder?

Ach weh, sie verzaget Alas, she’s despairing und klaget, und klaget, and lamenting, lamenting daß sie mich nimmer she’ll never see im leben wird sehn! me again in her life!

Es ging der Mond unter, The moon went down, ich eilte doch munter, but I hurried off happily, und eilte daß keiner hurried so that no one mein Liebchen entführt. should steal my love.

Ihr Täubchen, o girret, Keep cooing, you doves, ihr Lüftchen, o schwirret, keep whispering, you breezes, daß keiner mein Liebchen, so that no one mein Liebchen entführt! should steal my love!

DAWN

Music: Eric William Barnum (b. 1979)

Text: Robert Bode (b. 1959)

From the door’s soft opening And the day’s first sigh, Filling the room, I see before me

A life of doors, One opening on another, Doors upon doors, And sighs upon sighs, Rising in a tide of mornings, Rising, until that final sigh, And the last morning, And the last holy breath, Whispering “this…”

DOWN IN THE RIVER TO PRAY

Music/Text: Traditional Folk Song, Arr. Eric Nelson (b. 1959)

CHORUS

As I went down in the river to pray, studying about that good old way, and who shall wear the starry crown, good Lord, show me the way.

O sisters let’s go down, let’s go down, come on down. O sisters let’s go down, down in the river to pray.

CHORUS

O brothers let’s go down, let’s go down, come on down. O sisters let’s go down, down in the river to pray.

Deep river, my home is over Jordan, Deep river Lord, cross over to campground.

O don’t you want to go to that gospel feast, that promised land where all is peace?

O deep river Lord, I want to cross over into campground.

CHORUS

I

AIN’T

GOT LONG TO BE HERE

Music/Text: Mervyn E. Warren (b. 1964)

CHORUS

I ain’t got long to be here, I’m bound for the promised land. I ain’t got long to be here, got my ticket in my hand. And when I look around and see the troubles of the day, I don’t take time to pay no mind cause I ain’t got long to stay.

My mama said before she gone, “Child listen what I say. The savior he be coming soon and take us all away. He coming in the sky and I confess I don’t know how. But though I don’t, I know it won’t be too much longer now.”

CHORUS

My papa said before he gone, “I’ll see the Lord someday. The devil done try to stop me, but I’m going anyway.” And he’s bound to go because as he wiped the sweat from off his brow, His other hand I understand was on the gospel plow.

CHORUS

WIDE OPEN SPACES

Music/Text: Sarah Quartel (b. 1982)

There’s part of my story, there’s part of my song. There’s part of my journey, that’s yet to be found.

With life all around us, there’s so much to see. Adventure is calling, it’s calling to me.

Out in the wide open spaces around me.

With big sky above me, I’m on my way. Scanning the horizon of a brand new day.

Feet to the earth now, there’s no turning back. Into the world now, look at me, look at me go!

Out in the wide open spaces around me.

But as I journey out, I look within and see, the spaces inside of me, yet to be filled. Filled with what I have seen and what I will be.

I’m filling the wide open spaces inside of me, with something I love, something I would like to be. Filling the wide open spaces within me.

O WHISTLE AND I'LL COME TO YE from THREE SCOTTISH FOLKSONGS

Folksong from The Oxford Scottish Song Book, arr. Mack Wilberg (b. 1955)

Text: Robert Burns (1759–1796)

O whistle and I’ll come to ye my lad! My father and mother and all should go mad, O whistle and I’ll come to ye my lad!

But take you great care when you come to court me, And come not unless the back gate be ajee. Then up the backstyle and let nobody see, And come as ye were not coming to me.

I’ll whistle and you’ll come to me my lass, Though your father and mother all should go mad, I’ll whistle and you’ll come to me my lass.

At kirk or at market when e’er you meet me, Go by me as though that ye cared not a flee, But steal me a blink of your bonnie black eye, Yet look as ye were not looking at me.

Ay vow and protest that ye care not for me, At times ye may laugh at my beauty a wee, But court not another though joking ye be, For fear that she wile your fancy frae me.

O whistle and I’ll come to ye my lad! My father and mother and all should go mad, O whistle and I’ll come to ye my lad!

WHEN THE EARTH STANDS STILL

Music/Text: Don Macdonald (b. 1966)

Come listen in the silence of the moment before rain comes down. There’s a deep sigh in the quiet of the forest and the tall tree’s crown.

CHORUS: Now hold me. Will you take the time to hold me and embrace the chill? Or miss me, will you take the time to miss me when the earth stands still? Cause there’s no use running cause the storm’s still coming and you’ve been running for too many years.

Come listen in the silence of the moment before shadows fall. Feel the tremor of your heartbeat matching heartbeat as we both dissolve.

CHORUS

So stay with me, held in my arms. Like branches of a tree, they’ll shelter you for many years.

ENTREAT ME NOT TO LEAVE YOU

Music: Dan Forrest (b. 1978)

Text: Adapted from Ruth 1:16-17

Entreat me not to leave you, nor to turn back from following after you.

For where you go, I will go And where you live, I will live Your people shall be my people And your God, my God. Where you die, I will die And there will I be buried.

The Lord do so to me, and more also, If ought but death parts you and me.

Entreat me not to leave you.

THE ROAD HOME

Tune: “Prospect” from Southern Harmony 1835, adapted by Stephen Paulus (1949–2014)

Text: Michael Dennis Browne (b. 1940)

Tell me where is the road I can call my own That I left, that I lost, so long ago? All these years I have wandered, oh, when will I know, There's a way, there's a road that will lead me home.

After wind, after rain when the dark is done, As I wake from a dream in the gold of day. Through the air there's a calling from far away. There's a voice I can hear, that will lead me home.

Rise up, follow me, come away is the call, With love in your heart as the only song; There is no such beauty as where you belong. Rise up, follow me, I will lead you home.

RISE, MY SOUL

Music: Traditional Folk Hymn, arr. Susan LaBarr (b. 1981)

Text: Robert Seagrave (1693-1759)

Rise, my soul, and take thy wings, Thy better portion trace, Rise from transitory things Toward heaven, thy native place. Sun and moon and stars decay,

Time shall soon this earth remove; Rise, my soul and haste away To seats prepared above.

Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course; Fire ascending seeks the sun, Both speed them to their source. So my soul that’s born of God Longs to view his glorious face, Forward tends to his abode To rest in his embrace.

Fly me riches, fly me cares, Whilst I that coast explore; Flattering world, with all thy snares, Solicit me no more. Pilgrims fix not here their home; Strangers tarry but a night; When the last dear morn is come, They’ll rise to joyful light.

Cease, ye pilgrims cease to mourn, Press onward to the prize; Soon our Saviour will return Triumphant in the skies: Yet a season and you know Happy entrance will be given, All our sorrows left below,

I’LL BE ON MY WAY

Music/Text: Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970)

When I am gone, don’t you cry for me, Don’t you pity my sorry soul. What pain there might have been will now be past And my spirit will be whole.

I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way I’ll have left my feet of clay upon the ground I will be glory bound, I’ll be on my way.

When I am gone, please forgive the wrongs that I might have done to you; There’ll be no room for regrets up there, high above, way beyond the blue.

I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way I’ll have laid down my frown and all my burdens down I’ll be putting on my crown, I’ll be on my way.

When I am gone, don’t you look for me in the places I have been. I’ll be alive, but somewhere else I’ll be on my way again!

I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way I will lift my wings and soar into the air, There’ll be glory everywhere, I’ll be on my way!

I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way I’ll have laid down my frown and all my burdens down I’ll be putting on my crown, I’ll be on my way. I’ll have left my feet of clay upon the ground

2024-2025

CHORISTERS

SOPRANOS

Amy Arnold

Michelle Augsten

Casey Bagby

Hayley Conroy

Samantha Frischling

Meg Granum Gurtcheff

Lisa Hayes

Perry Houck

Audriana Johnson

Amy Kuhn

Elizabeth Lamback

Katie Leverett

Caitlin Norton

Claire Pappas

Megan Schuitema

Sylvia Ware

ALTOS

Claire Berger

Holly Botella

Emily Boyle

Calissa Dauterman

Katie Dial

Stephanie Gilbert

Jean Goffaux

Amelia Gregory

Ivy Overcash

Joy Putney

Mary Grace Roark

Kira St. Pierre

Meredith Starks

Kathryn Stone

June Webb

TENORS

Ben Barkley

Ameya Gangal

Mark King

Ryan Koter

Bronson Lee

Paul McClung

Andrew McLeod

Ryan Nation

Garrett Pace

Sam Potts

James Ranson

Denny Shin

James Rashaad Turner

BASSES

Jacob Augsten

Nick Almand

Mark Bost

Ben Burgett

Stven Carlberg

Andre Darvasan-Stanciu

Jared Duncan

Richard Holz

James Jones

Mark Lamback

Joseph Legaspi

Thomas McKean

Joseph Ripley

Wade Thomas

Spence Whitehead

Ross Wilcox

ERIC NELSON is artistic director of Atlanta Master Chorale and professor of music and director of choral studies at Emory University. Dr. Nelson’s choirs have performed throughout the world, including London, Rome, Berlin, Moscow, Seoul, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Sydney Opera House. He has conducted choirs at eight American Choral Directors Association conferences, including Atlanta Master Chorale’s performance at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis for the National Conference in March 2017 and the Emory Concert Choir’s performance at Chicago’s Orchestra Hall for the National Conference in 2011.

Dr. Nelson’s ensembles are characterized by their variety of repertoire and for their ability to fuse technical precision with warmth of musical expression. He appears regularly as clinician, lecturer, and guest conductor for honor choirs, conventions, symposiums, workshops, and all-state festivals.

Dr. Nelson’s choral compositions and arrangements are sung regularly by ensembles throughout the United States. He is the editor of the Atlanta Master Chorale Choral Series, published by MorningStar Music/ECS Publishing Group. His compositions are also published by Colla Voce and Augsburg Fortress. He holds degrees in voice and conducting from Houghton College, Westminster Choir College, and Indiana University.

DANIEL BARA

, Guest Conductor | Daniel Bara is the John D. Boyd UGA Foundation professor of choral music and the director of choral activities and professor of music at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia where he oversees seven university choral ensembles as well as the graduate choral conducting program. His university choirs have performed by juried invitation for state, regional, and national conventions of ACDA, MENC, and IMC. In spring of 2014 The UGA Hodgson Singers won the Grand Prix at the International Choral Competition Ave Verum in Baden, Austria and performed at the ACDA Southern Division Convention in Jacksonville, FL. His former MM and DMA conducting students now hold collegiate conducting appointments at Susquehanna University, New England Conservatory, Miami University of Ohio, University of Idaho, William Jewell College, as well as heads of church and school choral music programs throughout the country.

Prior to his appointment at UGA, Dr. Bara was the director of choral activities at East Carolina University, where he received the UNC Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award and the Robert L. Jones Award for Outstanding Teaching, and released two internationally distributed choral recordings, Greater Love (2007) and Eternal Light (2010) with Gothic Records. In 2001, he was a winner of the Walter Hagen Conducting Prize given at the Eastman School of Music, and the ACDA National Student Conducting Competition (Graduate Division) awarded at the National Convention in San Antonio, TX.

Dr. Bara is a past president of NC-ACDA, has held the artistic directorship

of the New York State Summer School of the Arts – School of Choral Studies (2007-2009), and has served as conductor of the World Youth Honor Choir at Interlochen Arts Camp (2004-2006). He is in regular demand as a guest conductor and clinician, having conducted all-state and honor choirs in 17 states and Carnegie Hall, and has served as clinician for conferences sponsored by ACDA, AGO, and other school and church musical organizations.

Dr. Bara holds the DMA degree in conducting from the Eastman School of Music, organ and conducting degrees from the University of Michigan, and is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy. He is the repertoire and standards chair for Youth and Student Activities for the Southern Division Chapter of ACDA and has served on conference planning committees for the 2012 and 2016 Southern Division conferences. At UGA, Dr. Bara conducts the UGA Hodgson Singers, the University Chorus, and oversees the graduate conducting student recital choir, The Repertory Singers.

JONATHAN EASTER, Piano | Jon Easter is celebrated for his moving expressivity and musical artistry across multiple instruments and as a conductor. He performs regularly with Emory’s Concert Choir and Atlanta Master Chorale, serving as both accompanist and assistant conductor. His expertise has also been showcased in performances with Atlanta Master Chorale at American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and American Guild of Organists conventions at regional and national levels. Throughout his career, Jon has held significant positions as organist and choir director at Saint Paul’s by the Sea Episcopal in Jacksonville, FL, Roswell Presbyterian Church in Roswell, GA, and Saint Mark United Methodist Church in Atlanta, GA. He now enjoys life as a sought-after substitute and interim organist and is in high demand for his versatility and reliability. His commitment to musical excellence extends to solo and collaborative organ recitals across the Southeast, where he consistently demonstrates both technical mastery and artistic expression.

His collaborations with renowned singers, including multiple recitals with Jamie Barton—featuring a recording of Lee Hoiby’s Bon Appétit! and participation in the Metropolitan Opera virtual gala—further highlight his distinguished career. Jon's recordings include several Atlanta Master Chorale CDs, the University of North Florida Chamber Singers, and Crossroads Trumpets: Masterworks for Trumpet Ensemble. These contributions solidify his reputation as a dynamic and versatile musician, making significant impacts across various musical landscapes.

Jon holds an undergraduate degree in organ performance from Shorter College, where he studied with Peter Dewitt. He earned double master’s degrees in choral conducting and organ performance from Emory University under Eric Nelson and Timothy Albrecht. He also pursued additional conducting studies with Donald Nally and Martha Shaw and organ studies with Bill Evans and Alan Morrison.

Atlanta Master Chorale proudly marks our 40th anniversary this season, continuing our legacy of crafting one of America's finest choral sounds and bringing singers and audiences to a place "where music touches spirit."

Over the past four decades, we have been known as the Gwinnett Festival Singers, Atlanta Sacred Chorale, and now Atlanta Master Chorale. While there have been many transformations through the years, our mission to sing at the highest level of choral artistry remains.

We have evolved into an auditioned metro-area choir with a repertoire of over 100 pieces from diverse genres and periods. Our choral music series of 23 pieces is published by MorningStar Music/ECS Publishing Group, and we have commissioned and premiered 8 new choral works and produced 18 recordings (available on CD and digitally). Our inaugural choral composition competition attracted over 400 applications and 250 submissions from across the globe. We continue to be recognized for our superior choral artistry, including invitations to perform live for national audiences of the American Choral Directors Association national convention and the Chorus America convention. And our digital audience continues to grow through our YouTube channel with 8,400 subscribers, 250 music videos, and 3.3 million views.

Our organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a board of directors experienced in finance, engineering, church music, development, business, law, and the performing arts. As a result of our professionalism, artistic excellence, and our strategic pivot during the pandemic, we are a national leader among choral organizations, sought after for workshops and advice.

Whether this is your first, fourth, or fortieth season, Atlanta Master Chorale welcomes you to this year-long celebration of our successful mission:

To inspire and enrich the lives of our community through the performance of inspirational choral music, to sing at the highest level of choral artistry and to be a standard of excellence among performing arts organizations.

Mark this important 40th anniversary with a gift in any amount. May we suggest amounts featuring the number 4: $4, $40, $400, or more? As always, Atlanta Master Chorale thanks you for your past, present, and future support.

To give online, scan the QR code or visit AtlantaMasterChorale.org/Give

You may also mail a donation to:

Atlanta Master Chorale

P.O. Box 133201

Atlanta, GA 30333

Atlanta Master Chorale is a registered IRS 501(c)(3) organization. Your donation may be tax deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law.

SEASON DONORS

Donor lists reflect gifts from January 1, 2024 - February 15, 2025

LEGACY CIRCLE

($5,000+)

Anonymous

A & J Fund of the Ayco Charitable Foundation

Caterpillar Foundation

Sydney and Craig Cleland

Collings Family Giving Fund

Barbara and Donald Defoe

Patty Dontje

Sylvia and Samy Naguib

Mary Margaret Oliver

Ellen and John Yates

ACCOMPANIST CIRCLE

($2,500 – $4,999)

Charles Beaudrot, Jr.

Carol and Michael Bohannon

Ruth C. Brown, MD

Jamie Clements

Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation

Cindy and Gary Frischling

Sandy and L. Tom Gay

Berta and James Laney

Susan and James McCabe

Helen Motamen and Deepak Shenoy

Susan and Eric Nelson

Georgia and Stan Segal

Jane and Alan Stevenson

COMPOSER CIRCLE

($1,000 – $2,499)

Anonymous

Anne Marie Alexander

Lisa and Jack Alexander

Mark Barilla

Lua Blankenship and Dennis Kemp

Emily and T.J. Boyle

Pat and Ron Braun

Ted Campbell

Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault

Marge and Gray Crouse

Elizabeth and Robert Edge

John Eley

Janet and Donald Filip

Susan and Donald Garrett

Toni and Hardy Gregory

Doug Hand

Sharon L. and Duncan M. Harle

Lisa Hayes

Peggy and Rodger Herndon

Eric Klem

Michael Nifong and John Sartain

Larry Owens and Clark Simmons

Betsy and Dave Polstra

Pam and Stephen Pugh

Sally Rhoden

Deanna and Vernon Robbins

Mary Slaughter

Hamilton and Mason Smith

Kathryn Stone

Richard Stumm

Anne and Don Teddlie

Sally and Todd Tucker

Dr. James L. Waits

Stephanie Watkins

Donna and Bill Woolf

Anna Wright

Carol and Bill Yadlosky

SOLOIST CIRCLE

($500 – $999)

Anonymous

Sally Angevine

Shauna and Jason Byars

Laura and Richard Dyer

Lawrence Easter

Dorothy and Todd Evans

Philip Garrett

Sally F. George

Harry Gilbert

Google, LLC

Carol C. Head and Allen Jackson Head

Cameron Ives

Rita and Chris Johnston

Katheryn Klimko

Amy and Chris Kuhn

Betty Lou Land

Joan and Gerald Lord

Jerry Loyd

Donna and Jack McCoy

Lisa and Rich Mistretta

Lori H. Owens and Anthony E. Healy

Antoinette and Raymond Payne

Elise T. Phillips

Debra and Scott Pyron

Susan Raven

Beth and Mark Roberson

Virginia Schenck

Becky and Sunny Sundquist

Donna and Brian Weatherby

Jerry and Tolly Williamson

CHORISTER CIRCLE

($250 – $499)

Anonymous

Casey Bagby

Jonathan Bauer

Myrna Bauman

Katie Bossie

Donna Brogan

Jan Buchanan

The Caldwell Family

Kelli Carroll and David Ross

Teresa and Thomas Coffey

Susan and Jose Couvillion

Sharon E. Cregier

Susan L. Davidson

Adelia Ann Dozier

Peggy Easter

Janet Fath and Richard Henneman

Paul Frysh

Christine and Lawrence Fuller

Richard Fuller

Marti Hagan

Betty J. and Travis E. Halford

Sarah and Harvey Hill

Martha and Mike Holt

Joanne and Richard Holz

Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM

Sally and George Lee

Betty Lemmons

Sharon and William Luck

Barbara and Walter MacGinnitie

Alison Main

Mark and Sherry Massee

Arina Meeuwsen

Sharon and Dan Rankin

Maggie and Charlie Rogers

Stephen Shaver

Liz and Wayne Stewart

Cynthia Taylor

Joanne and Jim Van Duys

Angela M. Verrecchia

Nancy and Jim Verrecchia

Jana and Brian Williams

A CAPPELLA CIRCLE

(up to $249)

Anonymous

Karen Adams and Jeff Pickett

Valerie Almand

Mary S. Archer

Anne Archer Dennington

Mona Reiser Armstrong and John T. Armstrong

Bonnie Baker

Alla Balueva

Bob Bauer and Terry Simerly

Claire Berger and Branislav Marinkovic

Elaine Bradley

Nancy and Randall Burkett

Chuck Burleson

Kathleen and Bernie Cleveland

Coca-Cola Foundation

Delia Coleman

Susan Collins

Rebecca and Wayne Conover

Randal Davison

Linda and William Easterlin

Nancy and John Edison

Merrill Ellis

Sue and Bob Epley

B.J. Erb and Bruce Crabtree

Vicki and Steve Fey

Howard Filston

James Fortier

Samantha Frischling

Mary Galpin

Jane and James Gole

Rob Grabenkort

James Green

Meg and Chris Gurtcheff

Amanda Hall

Nancy Hamilton

Faye and Tom Hammett

Barbara Hammond

Leila L. Hartley and James L. Costlow

Karen Harwell

Shay and Ray Herman Gift Fund

George Hickman

Pamela Ingram

Carol Jean and J. Timothy Johnson

Oren Johnson

Arlene Kim

Ardath and Stephen Krist

Alison Lebreton

Mary Wyche Lesesne

June Lester

Lynn Linck

Marsha and Neal Little

Janet Locke

Kay and David Mainor

Anh Malloy

Janis McBroom

Nancy McCarty

Craig and Becky McClung Giving Fund

Linda Marr McPherson

Laura Meadows

Cynthia S. Mendenhall

M. Lew Miller

Sandra and Simon Miller

Lisa and Joel Morris

Alice and Matthew Nelson

Janice Newsome

John Nixon

Susan and Rhus Palumbo

Anne and Ken Powell

Teresa and Peter Psyhogios

Cheryl Ranson

Louise Reaves

Maria Rispoli

Terri and Gregory Rosenblatt

Frances St. John

Don Saliers

Sue Sandell

Meredith Schweig

Michael Sizemore

Jan and Greg Smith

Maxine and Franklin Smith

Sunny Smith

Sara Solla

Gayle and Robert Suggs

Carol I. Swisher

Laurie Ann Taylor

Curtis C. Thompson, Jr.

Theressa Virgil

Teresa and Doug Waterman

Jeanne Williams

Rudy Wilson

Anne C. Wray

Carolyn and Max Yost

Cynthia A. Young and James B. Farmer

Jeanne and Richard Young

David Yurko

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MONTHLY SUSTAINING DONORS

We invite you to consider becoming a monthly sustaining donor, spreading your gift over the year. Visit AtlantaMasterChorale.org/donate to set up your recurring donation.

Jonathan Bauer

Carol and Michael Bohannon

Katie Bossie

Jamie Clements

Kathleen and Bernie Cleveland

Lawrence Easter

Samantha Frischling

Philip Garrett

Doug Hand

Amy and Chris Kuhn

Alice and Matthew Nelson

Susan and Eric Nelson

Debra and Scott Pyron

Maggie and Charlie Rogers

Kathryn Stone

Stephanie Watkins

Anonymous

Anne Marie Alexander

Bonnie Baker

Carol and Michael Bohannon

Shauna and Jason Byars

Sharon E. Cregier

Barbara and Donald Defoe

Vicki and Steve Fey

Sally F. George

Philip Garrett

Karen Harwell

Barbara and Walter MacGinnitie

Michael Nifong and John Sartain

Mary Margaret Oliver

Sally Rhoden

Hamilton and Mason Smith

Theressa Virgil

Stephanie Watkins

Donna and Brian Weatherby

Full details on the Eric Nelson Artistic Fund including how to donate are listed on the next page. Donors will remain in concert programs for one year from the donation date.

2025 CHORAL COMPOSITION

COMPETITION SPONSORS

To support our 2025 Choral Composition Competition through the Eric Nelson Artistic Fund, please list “competition sponsor” in the memo line of your check or in the notes box for online donations.

Carol and Michael Bohannon

Bonnie Baker

Barbara and Donald Defoe

Mary Margaret Oliver

Sally Rhoden

Stephanie Watkins

We rely on the generosity of individual donors in our community, like you, who understand and value the extraordinary quality of our music.

Your gifts help us reach thousands of people throughout the year as we inspire and enrich the lives of the people in our community and beyond.

To give online, scan the QR code or visit www.AtlantaMasterChorale.org/Give. You may also mail a donation: Atlanta Master Chorale | P.O. Box 133201 | Atlanta, GA 30333 THANK YOU!

DEDICATIONS & MEMORIALS

We welcome the opportunity to honor individuals. Please consider a gift to honor a family member or friend. Dedications and memorials will remain in concert programs for one year from the donation date.

Anonymous donation in memory of Mildred Hopkins Mainor

Sally Angevine in honor of Eric and Susan Nelson

Mary S. Archer in memory of my beloved friend, Sam Hagan

Bob Bauer and Terry Simerly in memory of Sam Hagan

Myrna Bauman in honor of Eric Nelson

Ruth C. Brown, MD in honor of Elizabeth and Mark Lamback

The Caldwell Family in loving memory of our friend and neighbor, Sam Hagan

Ted Campbell in memory of Patricia Campbell

Sharon E. Cregier in honor of Mary Ann Evangelista

Marge and Gray Crouse in honor of Eric Nelson

Elizabeth and Robert Edge in memory of Sam Hagan

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Edge in honor of Eric Nelson for his spectacular leadership of Atlanta Master Chorale

John Eley in honor of Denny Shin and Ameya Gangal

Merrill Ellis in thanks to Stephanie Watkins

Vicki and Steve Fey in honor of Eric and Susan Nelson

Howard Filston in honor of his grandson, Scott Eric Johnson

James Fortier in honor of Eric Klem’s 60th birthday

Christine and Ben Fuller in honor of Eric and Susan Nelson

Richard Fuller in memory of Sam Hagan, magnificent tenor, and with condolences to his wife Marti

Susan and Donald Garrett in honor of James R. Turner

Sally F. George in honor of Eric Nelson

Harry Gilbert in memory of Katie Gilbert

Marti Hagan in memory of her treasured husband and devoted member of AMC's board, Sam Hagan

Barbara Pressley Hammond in honor of Jeffrey Clanton

Keith Hand in honor of Doug Hand

Sharon L. and Duncan M. Harle in honor of Eric and Susan Nelson

Karen Harwell in honor of Eric and Susan Nelson and in memory of Genie Patterson

Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, in memory of Sam Hagan

Ardath and Stephen Krist in memory of Sam Hagan

Amy and Chris Kuhn in memory of Pat Campbell

Alison Lebreton in honor of Sydney Cleland

Janet Locke in honor of Eric and Susan Nelson

Kay and David Mainor in memory of Mildred Mainor and in honor of Eric and Susan Nelson

Craig and Becky McClung in honor of Dr. Paul McClung

Cynthia S. Mendenhall in memory of Sam Hagan

Sylvia and Samy Naguib in memory of Cleo Mansour

Betsy and Dave Polstra in honor of Bill and Carol Yadlosky

Pam and Stephen Pugh in honor of Mary Evelyn King, daughter of Mark and Edna King

Susan Raven in honor of Eric and Susan Nelson

Stephen Shaver in honor of Eric Nelson, with thanksgiving for his artistry and leadership

Gayle and Robert Suggs in honor of Eric and Susan Nelson

Joanne and Jim Van Duys in honor of Randy Dobbs

Teresa and Doug Waterman in honor of Bill and Sally Waterman

Ellen and John Yates in memory of Louise, Paul, and Rosalyn Cobb and Julia Yates

Cynthia A. Young and James B. Farmer in honor of Jim Verrecchia

Atlanta Master Chorale established the Eric Nelson Artistic Fund (ENAF) in 2020 to honor Eric Nelson’s incredible talents and twenty-year leadership as our artistic director. The ENAF underwrites chorale travel to special performances, commissioned choral works by new or established composers, our annual composition competition, and expenses for high-caliber guest artists who perform or record with the chorale.

ENAF donations may be made online (choose ENAF from the drop-down menu), by mail (indicate ENAF in the memo section of your check), or at the merchandise table in the lobby. AtlantaMasterChorale.org/donate Atlanta Master Chorale| P.O. Box 133201 | Atlanta, GA 30333

ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE MERCHANDISE!

Don’t forget to stop by the table in the lobby to check out our Atlanta Master Chorale merchandise! We have 40th anniversary coffee mugs and 30 oz RTIC tumblers available along with our embroidered Land’s End tote bags, notecards, and magnets. And of course, we will have our latest CDs for sale.

ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE would like to thank Bridge Catering for their generosity and support this season.

Bridge Catering, owned and operated by Chef Keith Hand, prepares delicious and affordable dishes for wedding receptions, corporate events, lunches, parties, cocktail receptions, church functions, and more. We will develop a unique menu for your event that will fulfill your culinary desires while staying within your budget.

Learn more at BridgeCatering.com or call 404.233.1582.

If your company would like to sponsor a concert or a season or if you have goods or services to donate, please contact Jim Verrecchia, Executive Director, for more information: ExecutiveDirector@AtlantaMasterChorale.org | 404.853.9309

LISTEN AT HOME

Atlanta Master Chorale’s six latest CDs are available at our merchandise table in the lobby after the concerts.

The full collection of our CDs and digital downloads may also be purchased on our website at AtlantaMasterChorale.org/Shop. And Atlanta Master Chorale recordings are available on Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify, and other digital and streaming services.

BOARD of DIRECTORS

Stephanie Watkins, Board Chair

Sydney Cleland

Jamie Clements

Cindy Evans

Tommy Herrington

Eric Nelson, Artistic Director

Raymond Payne

Sally Rhoden

Charlie Rogers

Stan Segal

Mary Slaughter

Kathryn Stone, Secretary

Julie Thompson, Treasurer

James Verrecchia, Executive Director

ADVISORY BOARD

Cheryl Bachelder

Charles Beaudrot

Ray Chenault

Rodger Herndon

Dr. James T. Laney

Marianna Magee

Toni Myers

H. Hamilton Smith

William & Carol Yadlosky

Ellen & John Yates

STAFF

Eric Nelson, Artistic Director

James Verrecchia, Executive Director

Jonathan Easter, Pianist/Organist

Amy Kuhn, Administrative Manager

Nick Almand, Graphic Design and Video