SCHOOLMOORESOF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON MOORES SCHOOL OF MUSIC Presents MEMBERS OF THE UH PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE Blake Wilkins, director and CONCERT CHORALE Betsy Cook Weber, director IN A FIRST WEDNESDAY (aka COOKIE) CONCERT Featuring MUSIC BY JEWISH COMPOSERS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2022, 1:00 p.m. Lobby of the Moores Opera House
The University of Houston Concert Chorale
Lauren Suchy, Betsy Cook Weber, Julian Díaz, Franco Basili, Carlin Truong, Chase Gaines, Kaitlin DeSpain, conductors
Soloists in order of appearance Maddie May, Zachary Brabston, Bailey Bower, Jordan Martinez, Mariam Haider, Julia Rose Arduino, Citlalli Reynoso
Aguas de Amazonia Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Blake Wilkins, conductor
VIII. Xingu River
The University of Houston Percussion Ensemble
In the Beginning Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990)
The University of Houston Moores School of Music Members of the UH Percussion Ensemble – Blake Wilkins, Director Concert Chorale – Betsy Cook Weber, director
In a First Wednesday
Arr. Third Coast Percussion
PROGRAM
V. Madeira River
Thank you for coming to our second “Cookie Concert” of the year!
October 5 falls on the Jewish Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), so it seemed appropriate to look at music by Jewish composers, and we are featuring two of America’s most important composers, who also happen to be Jewish — Phillip Glass and Aaron Copland.
This is our Current Events concert and will consist of pieces that were written in response to events currently happening in our world — Ukraine, plague, and war. The centerpiece of the concert is Veljo Tormis’ Curse Upon Iron and will feature Joseph Evans, tenor, and Timothy Jones, baritone.
The next Cookie Concert will take place Wednesday, November 2, at 1:00!
PROGRAM NOTES In a First Wednesday
As always, the University of Houston Concert Chorale will perform today as well. https://uh.edu/kgmca/music/ensembles/choirs/
Welcome!
We are delighted to feature our outstanding UH Percussion Ensemble on today’s concert. https://uh.edu/kgmca/music/ensembles/percussion/
They are led by Dr. Betsy Cook Weber. https://uh.edu/kgmca/music/about-us/faculty-staff/weber-betsy/
The Percussion Ensemble is under the direction of Dr. Blake Wilkins. https://uh.edu/kgmca/music/about-us/faculty-staff/blake-wilkins/
Get your tickets now!RESERVE YOUR SEATS AT: https://kgmcaboxofficemusic.universitytickets.com
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
In the Beginning Text
Minimalistic composer, Phillip Glass, is one of America’s most notable and influential composers. He wrote the nine-movement Águas da Amazonia as a dance score between 1993 and 1999 naming each movement after a different river in South America. For the premiere performance, Brazilian group, Uatki, adapted Glass’ music to fit its own instrumentation, which included an array of traditional and non-traditional percussion and wind instruments. In 2017, an orchestral arrangement of the work was released, and today’s version is by Third Coast Percussion. Copland’s In the Beginning was written in 1947 and is a setting of the Bible’s version of creation as told in the book of Genesis. Robert Shaw’s Collegiate Chorale gave the premiere performance as part of Harvard University’s Symposium on Music Criticism. As the story of the beginning of the world unfolds, Copland employs text-painting. The careful listener will hear pointillism when the stars are created, luxuriant, float ing motifs to describe the fish, and jagged, angry harmonies and rhythms when mankind comes into the picture. Throughout, the piece is unified by sections of psalm-tone singing. Copland wrote In the Beginning for a single mezzo-soprano, one conductor, and one choir. Our version today employs two choirs, seven soloists, and seven conductors.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Madeira River and Xingu River from Aguas da Amazonia
— Phillip Glass (b. 1937)
PROGRAM NOTES In a First Wednesday
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
— Genesis Chap. I: 1 – II:7
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
PROGRAM NOTES In a First Wednesday
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
PROGRAM NOTES In a First Wednesday
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Karen CarlinAngieLaurenStephenKeoraAubreyRohinOliviaJyothsanaCitlalliJonatanQuintonRaymondChloeDavidJustineMaddieJordanEthanKyleKennanRyanAriadneLoLopezLudwigLukacsManinantanMarfilMartinezMayMcCuskerOluwoOwensPappasParmenterReyesReynosoSajanSanchezScariaSeuleanStevensStewardSuchyTovarTruong Section
Carissa Ledesma Phillip Rivera David TimothyRuizTurnley
*
Blake Wilkins, director
NoeliaTasneemZacharySeanMariamEthanDusanAaronAlanaChaseMatthewMadelineTravisDeborahAidanJulianKaitlinTiffanySadieJadonZacharyBaileyHannahBasiliBernoskyBowerBrabstonCamposChamberlainDawkinsDeSpainDiazDruryEdquist*FalknorFlakeGabinoGainesGloverGonzalez*GrubisicHaHaiderHolshouserHoover*Islam*Jimenez
Ashton JacobAnneBrandonCarterFurmanHarrisKline
Betsy Cook Weber, director Andreea Mut, pianist
PERFORMERS In a First Wednesday
Julia Rose Arduino Franco
Leaders
Carlin Truong, doctoral teaching assistant Julian Díaz, student director
The University of Houston Concert Chorale
Members of the University of Houston Percussion Ensemble
Meg Boulware, Opera Production Council Chair
Mary Ann McKeithan
Sheila
ChristopherAronBaconPhilamenaBairdChrisBeckerTomBeckerSusanBinneyAnnBossNancyBowdenZarineBoyceRobertChanonAnnaDeanVickyDominguezAnnFagetKelliFeinDebbieFeuerCathyCoersFrankJoyceFrassanitoMaryFusilloEliaGabbanelli
ADVISORY BOARD
Julie WarrenTimothyCoganDoyleEllsworth
Cathy
Ann Faget, Audience Development Chair
Cheryl Byington
Carla Burns
Gladys Hooker
Frank Geider, MS DDS
Meg Boulware
Sean MaureenGormanHigdon
Nancy Willerson, Corresponding Secretary
The Moores Society is the philanthropic volunteer organization for the Moores School of Music. Moores Society members and donors promote community awareness and provide funding for scholarships and special projects. Moores Society members receive invitations to concerts and special events held throughout the year.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Marita Glodt
Carol Lee Robertson
MichelleLindaKadesKatz&JackMatzerGaryPattersonShirleyRose
Jackie & Malcolm Mazow, Immediate Past Presidents
Rita Aron Ann Ayre
Deb Happ Ellen & Alan Holzberg
Jan Rhodes
Lillie
Diane & Harry Gendel Mariglyn & Stephen Glenn Beatrice & Gregory Graham
Linda Katz, Recording Secretary
Cora Sue & Harry Mach Karinne McCullough
Richard BobRhondaDonnaSchmittShenSweeneyAnnTornyosBettyTutor&MaryAnnWilkinsBethWolff
2022-2023 MOORES SOCIETY As of 9/1/2022
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Donna Shen, Vice President Membership
FranJoJenniferMcNamaraMeyerCeliaMorgan&JosephNogeeKitten&RonPageKusumPatelFawcettPetersonCarrollR.Ray
Janis Landry
Gary Hollingsworth & Ken Hyde Mady
Terry Ann Brown
DonnaHeidiMinetteRobertsonRobinsonRockecharlieKathiRovereScott&MitchGlassmanHelenSchafferSatoko&AnthonyShouNancyStrohmerSusanThompsonVirginia&GageVanHornBarbaraVanPostmanCarol&CarlVartianNancyWillersonPhyllisWilliamsCyviaWolffJoDeeWrightGayYellen
Darlene Clark, President
Olga & Gerardo Balboa
Jackie & Malcolm Mazow Paula & Robert Mendoza Shirley E. Rose Jane Ross Kathi & William Rovere
FRIEND LEVEL ($120)
PARTNER LEVEL ($500)
Helen & James Shaffer Virginia & Gage Van Horn
Sharon & Robert Lietzow Jay Marks
PATRON LEVEL ($250)
Pamela & Stephen Bertone Robert Chanon
Terrylin Neale Robert Nelson Sue & Paul Ofield Susan & Edward Osterberg Kenneth Proctor Kate & Gregory Robertson Heidi Rockecharlie
Elad NicoleJulieJudyFeliciaBen-MenasheBrooks&HarryBristol&JohnCogan,Jr.Kenley-Miller&AndyMillerConnieLewis
Jane & Richard Schmitt Donna & Tim Shen Melanie Sonnenberg Rhonda & Donald Sweeney Vita Taksa Susan BettyAnnAnnThompsonTomatzTornyos&JesseTutor, Jr. David Voll Betsy Cook Weber & Fredric Weber Bob & Mary Ann R. Wilkins Beth Wolff Jo Dee & Cliff Wright
Katherine L. Turner
David & Roz Rowan RhondaJohannaIrenaSweeneyWittWolfeJoDeeWright
Alan Austin & David A. White
Drucilla & Richard Davis Joyce & John Frassanito Rachel & Howard Frazier Diane & Harry Gendel
Robin Angly & Miles Smith
Cheryl & Carl Carlucci Lydia & James Chao Darlene Clark & Edwin TimothyFriedrichsDoyle&RobertRoyall,IIAnnFagetSylviaFarbDebbieFeuer
Mady & Kenneth Kades Evan Leslie Catherine & William McNamara Jenny Meyer Rita & Doug Neagli Janis Parsley & Georges Mirza
Ann & Jonathan Ayre
Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Gay Yellen & Don Reiser
John Goode & Janwin Overstreet Goode Susan & Sean Gorman Maureen Higdon Gary Hollingsworth & Ken Hyde Ellen & Alan Holzberg MonzerLindaHouraniKatz
OPERA PRODUCTION COUNCIL
Roxi Cargill & Peter Weston
Nancy & Hans Strohmer Elissa Taylor
Meg GwynethBoulwareCampbellAnnaDeanTimDoyleWarrenEllsworth Ann JackieEllenGeraldineFagetGill&AlanHolzbergLeeHuberShannonLangmanHelenMann&MalcolmMazow
Carla NancyHelenBurnsDavis&CarterHixon
Debra Witter & Scott Chase Cheryl LawrenceWorleyZomper
As of 9/1/2022
Jennifer & Todd Frazier Mariglyn & Stephen Glenn Marita & David Glodt
Sophia & Keith James Helen Mann Susan & David Morris
DIRECTOR LEVEL ($1,000)
Rita & Jeffrey Aron
Meg Boulware & Hartley Hampton Terry Ann Brown
Stephanie Sawyer Matthew Tomatz
Robin Angly Chris Bacon
Rosamund & David Rowan Fayez Sarofim
2022-2023 MOORES SOCIETY
Giving to the Arts
For more information, please contact Emily Wolfe, Patrons Relations and Communications Coordinator, at mooressociety@uh.edu or 713.743.8036.
• For more information contact Emily Wolfe, Patron Relations and Communications Coordinator, at ewolfe@uh.edu or 713.743.7732
ABOUT THE MOORES SCHOOL
The Moores Society is the philanthropic volunteer organization for the Moores School of Music. Moores Society members and donors promote community awareness and provide funding for scholarships and special projects. Moores Society members receive invitations to concerts and special events held throughout the year. Please visit uh.edu/kgmca/music/moores-society.
The University of Houston’s Moores School of Music (MSM) is one of the leading comprehensive music schools in the nation. Its remarkable faculty — of internationally recognized performers, composers, and scholars — outstanding student body, modern facilities, and broad range of programs make MSM the natural choice for nearly 600 students annually. The school’s commitment to academic excellence and the highest performance standards has ensured its role as a vital resource in the educational and cultural life of Houston and beyond.
Please support emerging artists at the University of Houston's Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts. Your gift enables KGMCA students and educators to create, collaborate, and transform Houston’s cultural landscape. Your gift makes a difference.
Moores School of Music
ABOUT THE COLLEGE
Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts
• Please visit https://giving.uh.edu/gift. To give directly to the Moores School of Music, please visit uh.edu/ kgmca/music/giving
The Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts at the University of Houston is a dynamic home of creativity and collaboration in one of America’s most artistically vibrant and culturally diverse cities. Bringing together the performing and visual arts entities at the University of Houston, the college has the ability to harness the power of the arts to ultimately impact our world. Our award-winning, internationally distinguished faculty provides top-quality instruction to the talented, emerging student artists from more than 30 programs of study. The Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts seeks to positively impact the community and to empower our students to use their talents to change the world.
THE KATHRINE G. MCGOVERN COLLEGE OF THE uh.edu/kgmca/about/newsARTS Box Office at 713.743.3388
Moores Society
MOORES SCHOOL OF MUSIC