Atlanta Master Chorale | October 2023

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Atlanta, Georgia

Emerson Concert Hall

WELCOME to CHERRY LOGAN

EMERSON CONCERT HALL

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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.

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MEASURE ME, SKY!

Music: Elaine Hagenberg (b. 1979)

Text: Leonora Speyer (1872–1956)

© 2022 Elaine Hagenberg Music

Measure me, sky!

Tell me I reach by a song Nearer the stars; I have been little so long.

Horizon, reach out! Catch at my hands, stretch me taut, Rim of the world: Widen my eyes by a thought.

Sky, be my depth, Wind, be my width and my height, World, my heart’s span; Loveliness, wings for my flight.

HAIL, GLADDENING LIGHT

Music: Charles Wood (1866–1926)

Text: Early Christian Hymn, translated from the Greek by John Keble (1792-1866)

CPDL #58862, Editor: James Wetzel, © 2020 J.D.W.

Originally published in 1919

Hail, gladdening light, of his pure glory poured, who is the immortal Father, heavenly, blest, Holiest of holies, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Now we are come to the sun’s hour of rest, the lights of evening round us shine, We hymn the Father, Son and Holy Spirit divine.

Worthiest art Thou at all times to be sung with undefiled tongue, Son of our God, giver of life alone; Therefore in all the world thy glories, Lord, they own.

AS ONE SKY, MOVEMENT IV from SONG OF

SKY AND SEA: A SONG OF REALIZATION

Music: Paul John Rudoi (b. 1985)

Text: Kabir (1398–1518), translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941)

© 2019, Paul John Rudoi and PJR Music

Oh my heart! Wake, oh wake!

The moon is within me, and so is the sun. The inward and the outward are become as one sky. The Infinite and the finite are united. The hills and the sea and the earth.

The days and the nights.

The rising and the setting of the sun. The oceans and the unnumbered stars. The limit and the limitless.

The body and the mind.

The beginning, the middle, and the end. The conscious and the unconscious.

Between the poles of the conscious and the unconscious, there has the mind made a swing: Thereon hang all beings and all worlds, and that swing never ceases its sway. Millions of beings are there: The sun and the moon in their courses are there. Millions of ages pass, and the swing goes on. All swing! The sky and the earth and the air and the water.

O brother! He who has seen that radiance of love, he is saved: There the sky is filled with music.

Day and night, the chorus of music fills the heavens:

The light of the sun, the moon, and the stars shines bright. The melody of love swells forth.

SUNRISE from GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN

Music: Michael Hennagin (1936–1993)

Text: Adapted from Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

© 1991 Walton Music

Give me the sunrise when I can walk alone, Give me the nights perfectly silent on high plateaus,

And I, looking up at the stars, Take me away, take me back home. Give me a garden full of flowers, give me an arbor, the trellised grape, Give me an orchard, the bough rich with fruit, give me the field, the meadow, Give me the sunrise, the sunset, give me the harvest moon. Give me to sing my songs, give me to sing spontaneous songs. Take me back home again. Give me the splendid, silent sun.

THE LOVE OF GOD

Music: Eric Nelson (b. 1959)

Text: Frederick Martin Lehman (1868–1953), written in 1917

© 2022 Birnamwood Publications (ASCAP), a division of MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc., St. Louis, MO

The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell. It goes beyond the highest star and reaches to the lowest hell.

O love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong! It shall forevermore endure, the saints’ and angels’ song.

When all of time has passed away and earthly thrones and kingdoms fall; God’s love, so sure, shall still endure, all measureless and strong.

Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies with parchment made; were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade; to write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry; nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky, to write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry.

O love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong! It shall forevermore endure, the saints’ and angels’ song.

STARS

Music: Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977)

Text: Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)

© 2012 Musica Baltica

Alone in the night on a dark hill, with pines around me spicy and still, and heaven, a heaven full of stars over my head, white and topaz and misty red:

Myriads with beating hearts of fire the aeons cannot vex or tire;

The dome of heaven like a great hill, and myriads with beating hearts of fire, heaven full of stars

I know,

I am honored to be witness of so much majesty.

THE SUN NEVER SAYS

Music: Dan Forrest (b. 1978)

Text: Daniel Ladinsky (b. 1948), from “The Gift,” © 1999, used by permission

© 2018 The Music of Dan Forrest

Even after all this time

The sun never says to the earth, “You owe me.”

Look what happens with a love like that, It lights the whole sky.

OVER THE RAINBOW

Music: Harold Arlen (1905–1986), arr. Mark Hayes (b. 1953)

Lyrics: E.Y. Harburg (1896–1981)

© 1938 (renewed 1966) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., © 1939 (renewed 1967) EMI Feist Catalog Inc., this arrangement © 2007 EMI Feist Catalog Inc., published by Alfred Music Publishing

When all the world is a hopeless jumble and the raindrops tumble all around, heaven opens a magic lane.

When all the clouds darken up the skyway, there’s a rainbow highway to be found, leading from your window pane

to a place behind the sun, just a step beyond the rain.

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, there’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

Some day I’ll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me. Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops that’s where you’ll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh why can’t I?

If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why, oh why can’t I?

BLUE SKIES

Music & Lyrics: Irving Berlin (1888–1989), arr. Paris Rutherford (1934–2022)

© 1927 by Irving Berlin (renewed), this arrangement © 2019 by the Estate of Irving Berlin, published by Hal Leonard Corporation

Blue skies smiling at me. Nothin’ but blue skies do I see. Bluebirds singin’ a song; nothin’ but bluebirds all day long.

Never saw the sun shining so bright. Never saw things goin’ so right. Noticing the days hurrying by; when you’re in love, oh how they fly.

Those blue days, all of them gone.

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

Music & Lyrics: George David Weiss (1921–2010) & Bob Theile (1888–1989), arr. René Clausen (b. 1953)

© 1967 Range Road Music, Inc., Quartet Music, Inc., and Abilene Music, Inc. (renewed), this arrangement © 2004 Range Road Music, Inc., Quartet Music, Inc., and Abilene Music, Inc., published by Hal Leonard Corporation

I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom for me and you, and I think to myself what a wonderful world. I see skies of blue and clouds of white, the bright blessed day, the dark sacred night, and I think to myself what a wonderful world The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky, are also on the faces of people going by, I see friends shaking hands Saying, “How do you do?” They’re really saying “I love you.” I hear babies cry, I watch them grow they’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know and I think to myself what a wonderful world.

MY LORD, WHAT A MORNIN’

Music: Traditional Spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh (1866–1949)

© 1924 Franco Columbo, Inc., copyright assigned 1969 to Belwin Mills, c/o CPP/Belwin, Inc., Miami, Florida

My Lord, what a mornin’, when de stars begin to fall.

Done quit all my worldly ways, join dat heavenly band!

My Lord, what a mornin’, when de stars begin to fall.

EZEKIEL SAW DE WHEEL

Music: Traditional Spiritual, arr. William Dawson (1899–1990)

© 1942, renewed 1969 by William L. Dawson, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, Neil A. Kjos Music Company sole distributor

CHORUS

Ezekiel saw de wheel, Way up in de middle of de air. De big wheel run by faith, An’ de little wheel run by the grace of God, A wheel in a wheel, Way in de middle of de air.

Better mind my brother how you walk on de cross, Your foot might slip, An’ yer soul get lost. Ole Satan wears a club foot shoe, If you don’ mind he’ll slip it on you.

CHORUS

Some go to church for to sing an’ shout, Hallelujah!

Befo’ six months dey’s all turn’d out. Way in de mid’l of de air.

2023-2024

CHORISTERS

SOPRANOS

Amy Arnold

Casey Bagby

Claire Berger

Hayley Conroy

Samantha Frischling

Meg Granum Gurtcheff

Lisa Hayes

Perry Houck

Audriana Johnson

Amy Kuhn

Elizabeth Lamback

Katie Leverett

Caitlin Norton

Megan Schuitema

Sylvia Ware

ALTOS

Holly Botella

Emily Boyle

Calissa Dauterman

Katie Dial

Peyton Fleming

Stephanie Gilbert

Jean Goffaux

Amelia Gregory

Ava Maalouf

Ivy Overcash

Joy Putney

Meredith Starks

Kathryn Stone

June Webb

TENORS

Huston Collings

Jon Easter

Ameya Gangal

Scott Johnson

Mark King

Ryan Koter

Bronson Lee

Paul McClung

Andrew McLeod

Ryan Nation

Garrett Pace

Sam Potts

James Ranson

Denny Shin

James Rashaad Turner

BASSES

Nick Almand

Mark Bost

Stven Carlberg

David Champion

Jeffrey Clanton

Jared Duncan

Richard Holz

Mark Lamback

Joseph Legaspi

Thomas McKean

Joseph Ripley

Wade Thomas

Spence Whitehead

Ross Wilcox

ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE has touched people’s hearts and spirits with the transformative power of choral music for more than 35 years. Renowned for our transcendent choral sound, we infuse each performance with emotional depth and a rare expressiveness as part of our mission to “inspire and enrich the lives of our community through choral artistry.” The Chorale’s exquisite blend of pitch, rhythm, text, and voice reaches beyond the stage, drawing listeners into a shared space where music touches spirit.

Our awards include the prestigious 2013 Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence from Chorus America and the 2014 Prudential Leadership Award for Exceptional Nonprofit Boards presented by BoardSource. We are also the recipient of a 2018-2019 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies and 2018 recipient of a Leadership DeKalb Community Outreach Project.

Atlanta Master Chorale has performed at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall, and at conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Music Educators National Conference (MENC), Choristers Guild, and American Guild of Organists (AGO). We were also proud to be one of fewer than 30 choirs selected nationwide to perform at ACDA’s National Conference in Minneapolis, March 2017.

Our exciting repertoire has been called “the musical language of the deeper soul” and includes treasures drawn from a broad spectrum of choral music. The Chorale performs concerts in the Atlanta area and throughout the Southeast featuring music from nearly every period and genre including newly commissioned works. Our choral series, published by MorningStar Music/ECS Publishing Group, captures new repertoire premiered by the ensemble, helping to add vibrant original music to the choral field. With our dedicated board, staff, and a roster of skilled volunteer choristers, Atlanta Master Chorale is proud to be a part of the Atlanta arts community.

BOARD of DIRECTORS

Stephanie Watkins, Board Chair

Sydney Cleland

Jamie Clements

Cindy Evans

Sam Hagan

Tommy Herrington

Leonard Jenkins

Raymond Payne

Stan Segal

Mary Slaughter

Kathryn Stone, Secretary

Julie Thompson, Treasurer

James Verrecchia, Executive Director

Eric Nelson, Artistic Director

ADVISORY BOARD

Cheryl Bachelder

Charles Beaudrot

Ray Chenault

Rodger Herndon

Dr. James T. Laney

Marianna Magee

Toni Myers

Sandy Purdie

H. Hamilton Smith

William & Carol Yadlosky

Ellen & John Yates

STAFF

Eric Nelson, Artistic Director

Jonathan Easter, Pianist/Organist

James Verrecchia, Executive Director

Amy Kuhn, Administrative Manager

ERIC NELSON is artistic director of Atlanta

Master Chorale and professor 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 Ausburg Fortress. He holds degrees in voice and conducting from Houghton College, Westminster Choir College, and Indiana University.

JONATHAN EASTER, Piano, Organ | Known for his musicality and expressivity across multiple instruments, Easter is increasingly sought after as a collaborative organist and pianist. As a collaborative artist, Easter has performed at ACDA and AGO conventions at the regional and national levels. He also performs regularly with the Atlanta Master Chorale and Emory University’s Concert Choir as their accompanist and assistant conductor. As an organist, Easter has performed solo and collaborative recitals at Peachtree Road UMC; Jacoby Symphony Hall in Jacksonville, Florida; the Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Augustine, Florida; and Spivey Hall. He can be heard on multiple CDs with the Atlanta Master Chorale, University of North Florida Chamber Singers, and an upcoming CD with trumpet players from around the country. In addition to his work with choral ensembles, he has worked on multiple occasions with solo artists including world-famous mezzo-soprano, Jamie Barton.

Easter currently serves as director of fine arts and organist at Saint Mark UMC in Atlanta, a predominantly LGBTQ congregation in the heart of Midtown.

SEASON DONORS

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

Susan and James McCabe

Sylvia and Samy Naguib

Ellen and John Yates

ACCOMPANIST CIRCLE

($2,500 – $4,999)

Carol and Michael Bohannon

Jamie Clements

Coca-Cola Foundation

Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation

Sandy and Tom Gay

Marti and Sam Hagan

Berta and James Laney

Susan and Eric Nelson

Mary Margaret Oliver

Jane and Alan Stevenson

Stephanie Watkins

Carol and Bill Yadlosky

COMPOSER CIRCLE

($1,000 – $2,499)

Anne Marie Alexander

Lisa and Jack Alexander

Mark D. Barilla

Charles Beaudrot, Jr.

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

Cindy and Gary Frischling

Toni and Hardy Gregory

Doug Hand

Carol C. and Allen Jackson Head

Peggy and Rodger Herndon

Tammy and Tommy Herrington

Marianna and Alan Magee

Helen Motamen and Deepak Shenoy

William Larry Owens and Travis Clark Simmons

Toni and Ray Payne

Dave and Betsy Polstra

Edith and Alexander Purdie

Sally Rhoden

Jacqueline Sandy

Georgia and Stan Segal

Mary Slaughter

Kathryn Stone

Anne and Don Teddlie

Laura and Jimmy Trimble

James L. Waits

Donna and Bill Woolf

Anna M. Wright, MD

SOLOIST CIRCLE

($500 – $999)

Sally Angevine

Anonymous

Karen and Tommy Beman

Jeanné Brown

Ruth Brown

Sharon Cregier

Faith and Victor Dupuis

Lawrence Easter

Janet and Dr. Donald Filip

Philip Garrett

Susan and Donald Garrett

Harry T. Gilbert

Sharon L. and Duncan M. Harle

Lisa Hayes

Katheryn Klimko

Amy and Chris Kuhn

Edward Laity

Jerry Loyd

MassMutual Advisors Association

Ross Potts

John Sartain and Michael Nifong

Virginia Schenck

Hamilton and Mason Smith

Jan and Greg Smith

Richard Stumm

Becky and Sunny Sundquist

Julie Thompson

Angela Verrecchia

Jerry and Tolly Williamson

CHORISTER CIRCLE

($250 – $499)

Anonymous

Jon Bauer

Jan Buchanan

Suzanne and Randy Clegg

Teresa and Thomas Coffey

Susan and José Couvillion

Janet Fath and Richard Henneman

IBM Corporation

Samantha Frischling

Sally Frost George

Christine and Lawrence Fuller

Betty J. and Travis E. Halford

Sarah and Harvey Hill

Joanne and Richard Holz

Elizabeth Izard

Eric Klem

Betty Lemmons

Lynn Linck

Donna and Jack McCoy

Arina Meeuwsen

Dorie Moore

Anne Morgan and Jim Kelley

Elise T. Phillips

Sharon and Dan Rankin

Beth and Mark Roberson

Kay Schwenk

Gayle and Carl Shaw

Sally and Todd Tucker

Nancy and Jim Verrecchia

Betty Watkins

Ann White Morton

Drs. Jana and Brian Williams

Carolyn and Max Yost

A CAPPELLA CIRCLE

(up to $249)

Anonymous

Janet Abraham

Karen Adams and Jeff Pickett

Melissa Alexander

Pauline and Ben Allison

Barbara and Paul Arne

Ash Arnett

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Tom Boisseau

Elaine Bradley

Sherry Britton

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KC Burgess Yakemovic

Anthony Cammarata

Kathleen and Bernie Cleveland

Carolyn Conner

Katy and Adam Covington

Mary Pat and R Milton Crouch

Donna Dalton

Lindsay Davis

Ellen Diss

Sue and Eric Doane

Adelia Ann Dozier

Laura and Richard Dyer

Peggy Easter

Linda and William Easterlin

Nancy and John Edison

BJ Erb and Bruce Crabtree

Ann and Lewis Freedman

Paul Frysh

Mary E. Galpin

Patricia Godbee

Jane Gole

Margaret and Thomas Gose

James Green

Meg and Chris Gurtcheff

John Haberlen

Susan and Tom Hagood

Amanda Hall

Nancy Hamilton

Faye and Tom Hammett

Barbara Hammond

Leila Hartley and James Costlow

Virginia Hepner

Raymond Herman

Edith Howington

Celia Hughes

Ann and Rod Hunter

Benita Johnson

Beth and Ronald Johnson

Carol and J. Timothy Johnson

Oren Johnson

Margery Kellar

Karol and James Kimmell

The Kindly Share Fund of Thrivent

Charitable Impact & Investing

Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM

Joan Lankford

June Lester

Marsha and Neal Little

Janet Locke

Alexis Lundy

Alison Main

Kay and David Mainor

Dolores M. Malvitz

Craig and Becky McClung Giving Fund

Linda McCord

Linda McPherson

Laura Meadows

Julene K. Miller

Louise Miller

M. Lew Miller

Sandra and Simon Miller

Carol Morgan

Lisa and Joel Morris

Toni and Gary Myers

Katharine Nodine

Alexandra Oglesby

Lynn Freeze Burford Owen

Susan and Rhus Palumbo

Hilda Patrick

Jacob Paul

Sheila Phillips

Angelika Pohl and Stven Carlberg

Cate and Steve Pond

Mary and Stephen Pond

Debra and Scott Pyron

Cheryl Ranson

Maria Rispoli

Marcia Romero

Jeffrey St Amand

Don Saliers

Sue Sandell

Miriam and Aston Sanson

Jessica Schultz

Nancy Shober

Silicon Valley Bank

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Martha Sterne

Elizabeth and Wayne Stewart

Karen Stitt

Gayle and Robert Suggs

Plamen Tasev

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Janice and Claude Turner

U.S. Bank Foundation

Joanne and Jim Van Duys

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Charlie Wilson

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Jeanne Young and Richard Young

David Yurko

Charles Zapf

MONTHLY SUSTAINING DONORS

Jonathan Bauer

Carol and Michael Bohannon

Sherry Britton

Jamie Clements

Kathleen and Bernie Cleveland

Lawrence Easter

Samantha Frischling

Philip Garrett

Doug Hand

Amy and Chris Kuhn

Susan and Eric Nelson

Kathryn Stone

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

DEDICATIONS & MEMORIALS

Janet Abraham in honor of Jeffrey Clanton

Lisa and Jack Alexander in memory of Lauri Sylvia Hunter

Pauline and Ben Allison in memory of Cleo Mansour

Barbara and Paul Arne in honor of Ellen and John Yates

Claire Berger and Branislav Marinkovic in loving memory of our son Yovan

Jeanné Brown in honor of Molly Brown

Ruth Brown in memory of Jimmy Brown, M.D.

Judith Burge in memory of Sylvia Mansour

Ted Campbell in memory of Patricia Campbell

Sharon Cregier in memory of Margaret Campion

Sharon Cregier in memory of Reg and Juanita Ellis

Mary Pat and R Milton Crouch in honor of Tommy Herrington

Christine and Ben Fuller in honor of Eric and Susan Nelson

Susan and Donald Garrett in honor of James R. Turner

Sally Frost George in honor of Eric Nelson and in memory of Johann S. Bach

Patricia Godbee in honor of Laura and Brian Dyer

Susan and Tom Hagood in honor of Cheryl Sullivan

Keith Hand in honor of Doug Hand

Elizabeth Izard in memory of Eleanor Pettit

Benita Johnson in honor of Stephanie Watkins

Amy and Chris Kuhn in memory of Pat Campbell

Joan Lankford in memory of Doug Lankford

Betty Lemmons in memory of Cleo Mansour

Janet Locke in honor of Eric and Susan Nelson

Kay and David Mainor in memory of Mildred Mainor

Craig and Becky McClung Giving Fund in honor of Drs. Nancy and Paul McClung

Louise Miller in memory of Cleo Mansour

Dorie Moore in honor of Sally Rhoden

Anne Morgan and Jim Kelley in honor of Eric Nelson and in memory of Mac and Helen Morgan

Sylvia and Samy Naguib in memory of Cleo Mansour

Katharine Nodine in memory of Sylvia Cleo Mansour

Betsy and Dave Polstra in honor of Bill and Carol Yadlosky

Martha Sterne in appreciation of James Verrecchia

Janice and Claude Turner in honor of Emily Boyle

Betty Watkins in honor of Stephanie Watkins

Ann White Morton in memory of Cleo Mansour

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

Ellen and John Yates in honor of Kate Murray, Scott Morris, and Katie Woolf

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.

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Lisa and Jack Alexander

Barbara and Paul Arne

Frank Berkowitz

Pat and Ron Braun

Sydney and Craig Cleland

Ellen Diss

Sally Frost George

Philip Garrett

James Green

Marti and Sam Hagan

Joanne and Richard Holz

IBM Corporation

Edward Laity

Berta and James Laney

Toni and Ray Payne

Don Saliers

Gayle and Carl Shaw

Full details on the Eric Nelson Artistic Fund including how to donate are listed later in this program.

Donor lists reflect gifts from September 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023. We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of this listing.

If you find an error, please accept our apology and notify us at INFO@ATLANTAMASTERCHORALE.ORG THANK

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from Atlanta Master Chorale

OUR LATEST ALBUM!

Atlanta Master Chorale’s latest CD “Sing On” is available at the merchandise table in the lobby after the concerts. The music on this CD is a reminder of how much we need the beauty that can only come from voices joined together in song.

CDs and digital downloads also may be purchased on our website at www.AtlantaMasterChorale.org/shop

“Sing On” and other Atlanta Master Chorale recordings are available on Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify, and other digital and streaming services.

ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE CHORAL SERIES

Our Atlanta Master Chorale Choral Series, published by MorningStar/ECS Publishing Group, captures new repertoire premiered by the ensemble, helping to add vibrant original music to the choral field. The series features original works and arrangements composed by Eric Nelson, Atlanta Master Chorale’s artistic director, in addition to pieces commissioned by Atlanta Master Chorale from composers Ivo Antognini, Joel Thompson, and Stacey Gibbs. Pieces included in the series are chosen for their technical and expressive qualities. We hope all who sing them will find those places “where music touches spirit.”

Contact info@AtlantaMasterChorale.org for more details including ordering information.

In 2020, Atlanta Master Chorale established the Eric Nelson Artistic Fund (ENAF) to honor Eric Nelson’s incredible talents and twenty-year leadership as our artistic director. The ENAF supports the chorale through underwriting commissioned choral works by new or established composers and covering related costs, subsidizing chorale travel to conferences and conventions, and defraying costs to bring high-caliber guest artists to 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 needs YOU!

We sing for you, and we sing because of you. Without your generous support, we would be unable to continue our musical programming that touches so many. 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

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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

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