STUDENT ORCHESTRAS OF GREATER OLYMPIA
The mission of Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia (SOGO) is to provide challenging, fully integrated music experiences for young musicians, which includes orchestra and ensemble performances, music education and a broad spectrum of music related activities.
1629 22nd Ave SE Olympia, WA 98501 | 360-352-1438
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EXECUTIVE BOARD
Milt Harper, President
John Fleckenstein, Past President
Elizabeth Weisenfeld, Vice President
Amy Rowley, Secretary
Ernesta Ballard, Treasurer
BOARD
Anne Edge
Lindsey Ford
Lindsey Kennelly
Michal Ledesma
Nicholas Quinn
Karen Robbins
Greg Tudor
ShiauYun Wang
Sandy Williams
STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Zoey Bernal, cello
Isabella DiBenedetto-Campos, violin
Allison Walker, trumpet
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Krina Allison, Executive Director
Beth Peden, Operations Manager
Amber Young, Finance Manager
Erika Lari, Marketing & Communications
Lynlea Swanson, Office Assistant
Julie Patterson & Beth Wilson, Rehearsal Managers
SOGO is a registered 501c(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization and accepts both tax-deductible donations and in-kind contributions.
MESSIAH SING-ALONG
Monday, December 23, 7pm | Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia (SOGO)
Cameron May, Music Director & Conductor
Greg Allison, Artistic Director
Featuring SOGO Conservatory Orchestra, Alumni & Community Musicians
1. OVERTURE
2. RECITATIVE (No. 2, p. 7—Schirmer Edition)
Dan Colgan, tenor Comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”
3. AIR (No. 3, p. 10)
Dan Colgan, tenor Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight, and the rough places plain.
4. CHORUS (No. 4, p. 16)
Choir
And the glory, the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
5. CHORUS (No. 7, p. 36)
Choir
And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
6. RECITATIVE (No. 8, p. 47)
Crystal Zimmerman, mezzo soprano Behold! A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Emmanuel: God with us.
7. AIR & CHORUS (No. 9, p. 47)
Crystal Zimmerman, mezzo soprano & Choir
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain! O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength, lift it up, be not afraid. Say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, Arise, shine, for thy light has come; and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
8. RECITATIVE (No. 10, p. 60)
Paul Nakhla, baritone For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
9. AIR (No. 11, p. 62)
Paul Nakhla, baritone
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
10. CHORUS (No. 12, p. 66)
Choir
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
11. PASTORAL SYMPHONY (No. 13 p. 77)
12. RECITATIVE (No. 14, p. 79)
Danielle Tobin, soprano
There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And lo! the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.
13. RECITATIVE (No. 15, p. 80)
Danielle Tobin, soprano
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
14. RECITATIVE (No. 16, p. 81)
Danielle Tobin, soprano
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying:
15. CHORUS (No. 17, p. 82)
Choir Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, good will towards men.
16. AIR (No. 18, p. 87)
Danielle Tobin, soprano
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee. He is the righteous Saviour, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen.
17. CHORUS (No. 21, p. 98)
Choir His yoke is easy and His burthen is light.
18. CHORUS (No. 44, p. 193) AUDIENCE PLEASE STAND
Choir
Hallelujah! For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; And He shall reign for ever and ever. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Hallelujah!
WE WISH YOU ALL A VERY JOYFILLED HOLIDAY SEASON.
Donations are gladly accepted in the lobby.
CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA
Violin
Isabel Arslanian Capital HS (11)
Isabella
Dibenedetto-Campos Pope John Paul II (10)*
Moriah Fuchs Homeschool (12)
Carol Gao Olympia HS (12)
Ellie Hambly Timberline HS (10)
Elena Heider Charles Wright Academy (10)
Arlo Homewood North Thurston HS (10)
Matilda Homewood North Thurston HS (9)
Nayeli Howard Centralia College (12)
Liam Kendall Olympia HS (10)
Joy Kim Olympia HS (9)
Piper Lawler Northwest Christian (10)
Max Liedtke River Ridge HS (10)
Annin Lima Olympia Christian (8)
Jayden Lin Olympia HS (9)
Audrey Liu Olympia HS (9)
Sophia Myers WF West HS (12)
Sophia Quinn Washington MS (8)
Samuel Reymer Northwest Christian (11)
Shane
Rhoads-Weaver River Ridge HS (9)
Koyuki Sakae Olympia HS (10)
Dylan Shaughnessy Olympia HS (9)
Quinn Tomita Avanti HS (10)
Alluzai Villanueva North Thurston HS (12)
Silas Wilson North Thurston HS (10)
Viola
Noah Cornwall Yelm HS (12)
Ash Hegewald Olympia HS (9)
Michelle Hegewald SPSCC (12)
Matthew Shen Olympia HS (11)
Rayna
Sterlin-Stephens Capital HS (11)
Simon Tang Black Hills HS (9)
Cello
Maia Aurelio Olympia HS (10)
Zoey Bernal North Thurston HS (10)*
Emmilia Brooks Timberline HS (11)
Simon DiCrescenzo Timberline HS (11)
Andrew Gorrell Capital HS (10)
Owen Tudor Olympia HS (12)
Bass
Heidi Cornwall Yelm HS (10)
Hunter Downing Black Hills HS (11)+
Nadine Jensen River Ridge HS (9)
Luke Mathes Post-graduate
Campbell Patterson Olympia HS (10)
Gabriel Rosales North Thurston HS (11)
Flute
Cole Hamilton Olympia HS (11)
Gloriana Smith Post-graduate
Serenia Thibodeaux Capital HS (9)
Oboe
Nicholas Chappel Black Hills HS (12)
William Cummings WF West HS (12)~
Adeline Rice Black Hills HS (11)
Fiona Tang Black Hills HS (12)
Clarinet
Diego
Cortes-Monroy Olympia HS (12)
Ayman Ehrlander Olympia HS (10)
Myah Goldsmith Elma HS (11)
Noah Hagelberg Olympia HS (11)
Maegan Shen Olympia HS (11)
Bassoon
Luke Thornton Tumwater HS (12)
French Horn
Spencer Cornwall Yelm HS (11)+
Alex McBride Yelm HS (11)+
Sean Miniken Black Hills HS (10)+
Trumpet
Isiah Bergkamp Olympia HS (12)+
Bo Milam Homeschool (12)+
Auden Taellious Capital HS (9)+
Allison Walker Capital HS (12)*+
Trombone
Josephine Bright River Ridge HS (11)+
David Grady WF West HS (10)+
Kyan Porter WF West HS (11)~+
Tuba
Ezra Birchard WF West HS (12)+
Braxton Martinez River Ridge HS (10)+
Percussion
Dario Morbello Capital HS (12)
+Brass Choir Member
*Student Board Member ~Student Representative
TEACHING ARTISTS
Daniel Boschee, violin
Caddie Derby, violin+
Anne Edge, viola
Joe Bichsel, cello
Dan Meuse, bassoon
GUESTS
Violin
Maria Aurelio+
Henning Gjertsen
Jo Gjertsen
Bethany Hermann
Kylie Huss+
Camille McLean+
Livvy Rowley+
Viola
Iila Kennelly
Will Livingston+
Ryan Nguyen
Cello
Sky Lin+
Maddie Nelsen+
Shriya Prasanna+
Lynlea Swanson+
Bass
Kalee Verd+
Trumpet
Taylor Hopps+
Trombone
Cade McBride+
Max Minjares+ +SOGO Alumnus
CAMERON MAY, SOGO Music Director & Conductor
CAMERON MAY is Music Director of SOGO and the SPSCC Symphony Orchestra at South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia, Washington, and the Portland Festival Symphony in Portland, Oregon. During his tenure at SPSCC, in addition to conducting the orchestra, Mr. May has taught courses in college and career success, ear training, music fundamentals, and music theory, served as interim director of the SPSCC Jazz Band, and helped to build and launch the Associate in Music direct transfer degree.
Mr. May received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Colorado Boulder and a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. He continues to maintain his violin playing through his position as Principal Second Violin with the Lake Chelan Bach Fest Orchestra each July. When not conducting, teaching, or playing violin, Mr. May can be found reading on his back porch, walking in the woods, or going out of his way to chase after Amtrak trains.
GUEST SOLOISTS
DANIELLE TOBIN, soprano, is a recent graduate of the New England Conservatory. She’s sung roles and partial roles such as Miss Jessel in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, Frau Fluth in Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Pamina in an English translation of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. As a previous SOGO student for half a blink, she’s very excited to be able to sing with the orchestra today.
CRYSTAL ZIMMERMAN, mezzo-soprano, has made her home in the Pacific Northwest since the summer of 2004. Currently, she works as Music Faculty at St. Martin’s University, along with being a founding member of Olympia Opera Theatre, Vox Olympia, and Forza la Femme. In 2022 she performed as a soloist with the Vratsa Symphony in Bulgaria under the baton of Nickolas Carlson. Crystal Zimmerman received her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Texas Tech University.
DAN COLGAN, tenor, is a graduate of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ. He has served as the Organist and Director of Music at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Olympia, WA since November of 2010. He is also the voice instructor at Centralia College, a co-Dean of the Olympia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and the Founder and Director of the Capital City Chorus of Olympia.
A resident of Shelton, WA, PAUL NAKHLA, baritone, performs regularly in the South Puget Sound, primarily in concert settings. He is a charter member of Vox Olympia, the premier chamber choir of the region, and has sung professionally with Seattle Pro Musica, the Olympia and Bremerton Symphonies, St. Martin’s University Symphony and Chorale, The Great Bend Chorale, and numerous other music organizations. Nakhla has served on the music faculties of South Puget Sound Community College and Olympic College and directed choirs at Shelton High School for the past two decades.
