Community Chorale Program: Spring 2024

WHITWORTH COMMUNITY CHORALE

Joshua Chism, conductor

FROM THE ALTAR TO THE STAGE

Welcome

From Conductor Joshua Chism

Welcome to the spring 2024 concert of the Whitworth Community Chorale. I am thrilled you are here for the performance of this historic launch season. The Whitworth Community Chorale is a non-auditioned, open-enrollment choral ensemble specifically for community singers of all ages and experience levels as well as Whitworth students, faculty, staff and alumni. The chorale was formed to provide singers with a unique opportunity to participate in an ensemble that provides a rigorous and high-level environment but one that can fit within members’ often complex schedules. The chorale is also an opportunity for the university to strengthen its connections to the surrounding Spokane community as well as to continue to connect with alumni. The Whitworth Community Chorale is a space where people from a wide variety of lifestyles, belief systems and journeys are unified together through their passion of choral singing. The chorale is a microcosm of what the best of humanity can be – people with a full variety of beliefs connected for a common good.

Dedicated to the performance of large-scale choral masterworks in addition to secular and sacred choral works, the chorale rehearses Monday evenings from 6:30-8:30 p.m. during the Whitworth University academic calendar. The ensemble presents two large-scale concerts per academic year (one performance each semester). The chorale is a place where all singers can gloriously unify their voices. The invitation to join the chorale is always open – the registration QR code is below. More information about the process of joining the chorale may be found on the Whitworth University Music Department website at whitworth.edu/community-chorale. Come experience connection, community and excellent choral singing.

“Anvil Chorus” (from Il trovatore) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

“Va Pensiero/Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” (from Nabucco) G. Verdi

“We Sail the Ocean Blue” (from H.M.S. Pinafore) Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)

“Humming Chorus” (from Madama Butterfly) Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

“Brindisi” (from La traviata) G. Verdi Corliss Newmann, soprano; Ted Trigg, tenor

“Adele’s Laughing Song” (from Die Fledermaus) Johann Strauss II (1825-99)

Sydney Glover, soprano

“Habanera” (from Carmen)

Georges Bizet (1838-75)

Cheyenne Helms, mezzo soprano

“Seasons of Love” (from Rent)

“The Impossible Dream” (from The Man of La Mancha)

“Love Never Dies” (from Love Never Dies)

Jonathan Larson (1960-96)/

Arr. Roger Emerson Select Ensemble

Julia Fehr, soprano

Caleb Krantz, tenor

Mitch Leigh/Arr. Mark Hayes (b. 1953)

Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948)/Arr. Lojeski

“You’ll Never Walk Alone/Climb Every Mountain” (from Carousel and The Sound of Music)

Kari Bonagofski, soprano

Richard Rodgers (1902-79)

“SEASONS OF LOVE” – SELECT ENSEMBLE

Anne Bodinger, John Bodinger, Hank Broeckling, Nicole Bouchard, Sydney Burges, Julia Fehr, Katherine Karr-Cornejo, Bill Klein, Caleb Krantz, Paige Meyer, Grace Oster, Catherine Porter, Renee’ Schoening, Ted Trigg

With a Voice of Singing

Martin Shaw

With a voice of singing

Declare ye this, and let it be heard, Alleluia! Utter it even unto the ends of the earth.

The Lord hath delivered His people, Alleluia!

O be joyful in God, all ye lands.

O sing praises to the honor of His name, Make His praise to be glorious.

With a voice of singing,

Declare ye this, and let it be heard, Alleluia!

Deutsche Messe (German Mass) D. 872

Johann Philipp Neumann (tr. Don McLeod)

1. Zum Eingang

Wohin soll ich mich wenden, wenn Gram und Schmerz mich drücken?

Wem künd’ ich mein Entzücken, wenn freudig pocht mein Herz?

Zu dir, zu dir, o Vater, komm ich in Freud’ und Leiden, du sendest ja die Freuden, du heilest jeden Schmerz.

Ach, wenn ich dich nicht hätte, was wär’ mir Erd’ und Himmel?

Ein Bannort jede Stätte ich selbst in Zufalls Hand.

Du bist’s, der meinen Wegen ein sich’res Ziel verleihet, und Erd’ und Himmel weihet zu süßem Heimatland.

1. Introit

Where shall I turn when sorrow and pain oppress me? With whom share my delight when my heart beats in joy?

To thee, to thee, O Father, do I come in joy and sorrow, Thou sendest every joy, thou healest every pain.

Ah, if I had not thee, what would earth and heaven be for me?

A place of exile everywhere, I myself at the mercy of fortune. It is thou that givest my path a sure goal, And makest heaven and earth a sweet homeland.

Doch darf ich dir mich nahen, mit mancher Schuld beladen?

Wer auf der Erde Pfaden ist deinem Auge rein?

Mit kindlichem Vertrauen eil’ich in Vaters Arme, erbarm’, O Herr, dich mein!

Süß is dein Wort erschollen: “Zu mir, ihr Kummervollen!

Zu mir! Ich will euch laben, euch nehmen Angst und Not.”

Heil mir! Ich bin erquicket!

Heil mir! Ich darf entzücket mit Dank und Preis und Jubel mich freun in meinem Gott.

2. Zum Gloria

Ehre, Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe!

Singet der Himmlischen selige Schar. Ehre, Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe! Stammeln auch wir, die die Erde gebar. Staunen nur kann ich und staunend mich freu’n; Vater der Welten! doch stimm’ ich mit ein:

Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe!

Ehre, Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe!

Kündet der Sterne strahlendes Heer.

Ehre, Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe!

Säuseln die Lüfte, brauset das Meer.

Feiernde Wesen unendlicher Chor jubelt im ewigen Danklied empor:

Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe!

Yet do I dare approach thee, burdened with so much guilt?

Who on the paths of earth is pure in your eyes?

With childlike trust I hurry into my father’s arms, full of repentance I beg: Have mercy, O Lord, upon me!

How sweet thy word sounded: “To me, you heavy laden! To me, I will refresh you, take away your anxiety and trouble.”

Blessed am I! I am brought to life again!

Blessed am I! I may in joy with thanks and praise and jubilation rejoice in my God.

2. Gloria

Glory be to God in the highest, sings the blessed heavenly host. Glory be to God in the highest, we, the earth-born, also stammer. I can only marvel and marvelling rejoice; Father of the worlds! Yet I add my voice:

Glory be to God in the highest!

Glory be to God in the highest, the shining army of stars proclaims. Glory be to God in the highest, the breezes murmur, the sea roars out. The eternal choir of beings celebrates in an endless song of thanksgiving:

Glory be to God in the highest!

3. Zum Evangelium und Credo

Noch lag die Schöpfung formlos da, nach heiligem Bericht; da sprach der Herr: Es werde Licht! Er sprtach’s und es ward Licht. Und Leben regt, und reget sich, und Ordnung tritt hervor. Und überall, allüberall tönt Preis und Dank empor.

Der Mensch auch lag in Geistesnacht, erstarrt von dunklem Wahn; der Heiland kam, und es ward Licht! Und heller Tag bricht an. Und seiner Lehre heil’ger Strahl weckt Leben nah und Fern; und alle Herzen pochen Dank, und preisen Gott den Herrn.

Doch warnend spricht der heil’ge Mund:

Nicht frommt der Glaub allein, nur die Erfüllung eurer Pflicht kann Leben ihm verleih’n.

Drum gib ein gläubiges Gemüt! Und gib uns auch, o Gott, ein liebend Herz, das fromm und treu stets folget dem Gebot!

Verleih’ uns Kraft und Mut, daß wir nicht nur die Wege seh’n, die der Erlöser ging, daß wir auch streben nachzugeh’n.

Laß so dein Evangelium uns Himmels Botschaft sein, und führ’ uns, Herr; durch dein Huld in’s reich der Wonnen ein.

3. Gospel and Creed

Creation lay without form, according to holy scripture; then the Lord spoke: Let there be light!

He spoke, and there was light. And life moves and rises and order comes forth.

And everywhere, everywhere sounds out praise and thanks.

Man also lay in night of the soul, grown numb in dark delusion: the Saviour came, and there was light! And holy day dawned.

And his teaching’s holy beam wakes life near and far: and all hearts beat their thanks and praise God, the Lord.

Yet in warning spoke the holy mouth: “Not faith alone brings holiness; only by fulfilling your duty can life be granted.”

Give us then a believing disposition! And give us too, O God, a loving heart, that pious and true always follows thy command!

Grant us strength and courage that we not only see the ways the Saviour went, but that we also strive to follow them.

Let thy gospel show us heaven’s message, and lead us, Lord, through thy grace into the kingdom of joy.

4. Zum Offertorium

Du gabst, o Herr, mir Sein und Leben, und deiner Lehre himmlisch Licht.

Was kann dafür, ich Staub, dir geben?

Nur danken kann ich, mehr doch nicht.

4. Offertory

Thou gavest me, O Lord, being and life, and your teaching’s heavenly light. What can I mere dust, give thee?

Only I can thank thee, nothing more.

Wohl mir ! Du willst für deine Liebe ja nichts, als wieder Lieb’ allein; und Liebe, dankerfüllte Liebe soll meines Lebens Wonn sein.

Mich selbst, o Herr, mein Tun und Denken

und Leid und Freude opfr’ ich dir; Herr, nimm durch deines Sohnes Opfer dies Herzensopfer auch von mir.

5. Zum Sanctus

Heilig, heilig, heilig, heilig ist der Herr!

Heilig, heilig, heilig, heilig ist nur er!

Er, der nie begonnen, er, der immer war, ewig ist und waltet, sein wird immer dar.

Heilig, heilig, heilig, heilig ist der Herr! Heilig, heilig, heilig, heilig ist nur er! Allmacht, Wunder, Liebe, alles rings umher!

Heilig, heilig, heilig, heilig ist der Herr!

6. Nach der Wandlung

Betrachtend deine Huld und Güte, o mein Erlöser, gegen mich, seh ich, beim letzten Abendmahle im Kreise deiner Teuren dich. Du brichst das Brot, du reichst den Becher.

Du sprichst: Dies ist mein Leib, mein Blut, nehm hin und denket meiner Liebe, wenn opfernd ihr ein Gleiches tut.

Wir opfern hier, nach deinem Worte, auf deinem heiligen Altar; und du, mein Heiland, bist zugegen, des Geistes Aug’ wird dich gewahr. Herr, der du Schmerz und Tod getragen, um uns das Leben zu verleih’n, laß dieses Himmelsbrot uns Labung im Leben und im Tode sein!

I am happy, for thou wilt for thy love have nothing other than love in return; and love, love and thanksgiving, shall be my life’s delight.

Myself, O Lord, my deeds and thoughts

and sorrow and joy I offer thee; Lord, through thy son’s sacrifice, accept this heart’s sacrifice also from me.

5. Sanctus

Holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord! Holy, holy, holy, holy is he alone! He who had no beginning, he who ever was, is eternal and rules, and will for ever.

Holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord!

Holy, holy, holy, holy is he alone! Almighty, wonder, love everywhere! Holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord!

6. After the Consecration Beholding thy grace and goodness towards me, O my Saviour, I see thee at thy last supper surround by thy beloved ones. Thou breakest the bread, thou givest the cup.

Thou speakest: This is my body, my blood take it and think of my love, when you make the same sacrifice.

We sacrifice here, according to thy word, on thy holy altar, and thou, my Saviour, art present, seen by the eye of the soul.

Lord, who bore pain and death to give us life, let this bread of heaven be our comfort in life and in death.

7. Zum Agnus Dei

Mein Heiland, Herr und Meister! Dein Mund so segenreich, sprach einst das Wort des Heiles: »Der Friede sei mit Euch!« O Lamm, das opfernd tilgte der Menschheit schwere Schuld, send’ uns auch deinen Frieden durch deine Gnad’ und Huld.

In dieses Friedens Palmen erstirb der Erdenschmerz, sie wehen Heil und Labung in’s sturm bewegte Herz; und auch die Erdenfreude, durch ihn geheiligt, blüht entzückender und reiner dem seligen Gemüt.

Herr, unsre Lieben alle, die nun bereits von hier in’s Land des Friedens gingen, nimm sie, nimm sie zu dir!

Laß einst sie dort uns finden!

O seliger Verein, wenn wir des Himmelsfriedens zusammen uns erfreu’n!

Mein Heiland, Herr und Meister, o sprich erbarmungsreich zu uns das Wort des Heiles: »Der Friede sei mit Euch!« Send’ uns den Himmelsfrieden, den nie die Erde gibt, der nur dem Herzen winket, das rein und treu dich liebt!

8. Schlußgesang

Herr, du hast mein Fleh’n vernommen, selig pocht’s in meiner Brust, in die Welt hinaus, in’s Leben folgt mir

nun des Himmels Lust. Dort auch bist ja du mir nahe, überall und jederzeit. Allerorten ist dein Tempel,

7. Agnus Dei

My Saviour, Lord and Master!

Thy mouth so blessed spake once the word of salvation: “Peace be with you!”

O Lamb of God, sacrificed to redeem the heavy guilt of mankind, send us also thy peace through thy grace and favour.

In the palms of this peace, earth’s pains die, they bring salvation and refreshment into the storm-tossed heart; and earthly joy, sanctified through him, blossoms in delight and the purity of the blessed soul.

Lord, all our loved ones who already hence have gone into the land of peace, take unto thyself!

Let us one day find them there!

O blessed union, if we together may enjoy the peace of heaven

My Saviour, Lord and Master, O speak to us in mercy the word of salvation: “Peace be with you!”

Send us the peace of heaven that the earth never gives, that beckons only to those hearts that love thee purely and truly.

8. Closing Hymn

Lord, thou hast heard my petitions, happily beats my heart in my breast. Out into the world, into life follows me now the joy of heaven. There too thou art near me, everywhere and always.

Thy temple is in every place

wo das Herz sich fromm dir weiht. Segne, Herr, mich und die Meinen, segne unsern Lebensgang! Alles unser Tun und Wirken sei ein frommer Lobgesang.

9. Das Gebet des Herrn

Anbetend deine Macht und Größe, versinkt in Nichts mein bebend ich! Mit welchem Namen, deiner würdig, Du unnennbar, preis’ich dich! Wohlmir! ich darf dich Vater nennen, nach deines Sohnes Unterricht: so sprech’ich denn zu dir, mein Schöpfer!

mit kindlich froher Zuversicht!

O Vater, der du bist im Himmel, und überall zu jeder Zeit, zu preisen deinen Vaternamen sei jedem Herzen Seligkeit!

O laß, durch deine Huld und Liebe, erscheinen uns dein Gnadenreich! Und treues Tun, nach deinem Willen mach’auch die Erde himmelgleich.

Herr, der du nährst die jungen Raben: Du kennst auch deiner Kinder Not: nicht ist vergebens unser Flehen: “Gib uns auch täglich unser Brot!” Vergib uns, was wir irrend fehlten, wenn wir die Schuld von dir bereu’n, wie wir, auf dein Gebot, den Brüdern, wie wir den Feinden auch verzeih’n.

Will die Versuchung uns verlocken, gib Kraft, o Herr, zum Widerstand! So vor der Seele höchstem Übel, vor Sünde schütz’uns deine Hand! Send uns Geduld und Trost in Leiden! Und kann’s zu unserm Heil gescheh’n, so laß, durch deine Vatergüte, den bitter Kelch vorübergeh’n!

where the heart is devoted to thee in piety!

Bless me, O Lord, and my people, bless the course of our lives! Let all our deeds and actions be a pious song of praise.

9. The Lord’s Prayer

Worshipping thy might and greatness, trembling I sink to nothing.

With what name worthy of thee, thou that art unnamable, shall I praise thee?

Blessed am I that may call thee Father, according to thy son’s teaching: so I speak then to thee, my Creator, with childlike joyful confidence.

O Father, thou who art in heaven, and everywhere at all times, to praise thy Father’s name let every heart rejoice!

O let, through thy favour and love, thy kingdom of grace appear to us, and true deeds, according to thy will, make the earth too like heaven.

Lord, who feedest the young raven, thou knowest also thy children’s need: not in vain is our petition:

“Give us also our daily bread!”

Forgive us where we failed in sin when we repent of our sins before thee, as we, according to thy commandment, forgive our brothers as we do our enemies.

And when we are led into temptation, grant strength O Lord, to withstandit!

As our souls from the highest evil so too may thy hand guard us from sin!

Send us patience and comfort in suffering!

And if it can avail for our salvation so let the bitter chalice, through thy fatherly goodness, pass by us!

Anvil Chorus

Salvatore Cammarano (tr. John Rutter)

See how the night mist is lifting its veil, And the great vault of heaven above is shining.

Seems like a widow, whose morning is done,

Casting off all the black of her sorrow and pining.

To work, to work, then! Ready? Your hammers!

Who cheers the worker’s days and raises up his spirits?

Who? Who? Who cheers the worker’s days?

You know the answer? A pretty woman!

Fill up our glasses! Our arms are strong

And hearts are brave again when wine is flowing.

Look how the sunbeams shine in the glass,

Ahere the wine that we drink is so brightly, glowing! To work, to work, then! Ready? Your hammers!

Va Pensiero

T. Solera (tr. P. Liebergen)

Thoughts of beauty, they fly on wings golden.

They descend on the land we love so dearly.

On the hills and the cliffs, we see clearly

All our thoughts, rest, where sweetness now lies!

From the Jordan, which flows with salvation,

From the great desolate towers of Zion.

Oh, my country, so beautiful, lovely!

Oh, remember our dear land, now lost!

Harp of the prophetic poets,

Why are you sad and silently weeping!?

Come, renew in our hearts, all our honor,

So that we may remember our past!

May the sound of your strings, now, lamenting sadly

Ring out to us all your sorrow.

Or play on, give us strength with your music.

May your virtue inspire evermore.

May your virtue inspire evermore.

We Sail the Ocean Blue W.S. Gilbert

We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship’s a beauty; We’re sober men and true, and attentive to our duty.

When the balls whistle free o’er the bright blue sea, We stand to our guns all day;

When at anchor we ride on the Portsmouth tide, We’ve plenty of time for play.

Ahoy! Ahoy!

The balls whistle free Ahoy! Ahoy!

O’er the bright blue sea, We stand to our guns, to our guns all day.

We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship’s a beauty; We’re sober men and true, and attentive to our duty. Our saucy ship’s a beauty, we’re attentive to our duty; We’re sober men and true, we sail the ocean blue.

Humming Chorus Puccini

Hmmm.

Brindisi

F.M. Piave (tr. Rutter)

Let’s drink to the pleasures of youth and happiness, Filled with the light and with rapture.

For life is fleeting, so let us capture the moments of joy and bliss.

Let’s drink to all the trembling hearts that love awakes to passion.

There’s one who rules in her fashion no other heart than this.

Let’s drink, for with wine all the joys of love

More delightful will grow with each kiss.

With you, with you, I could spend my life.

In a whirlwind of joy and laughter.

Live for each moment, and not for hereafter.

Drink of the cup while you may.

Rejoice in love’s, sweet happiness, a flower to keep and cherish.

For soon, it’s blossom will perish, it’s beauty fade away.

Rejoice, hear the voice of love, “come to me” it seems to say.

Ah! Rejoice, for tonight, will make merry with wine; All around they’ll be laughter and singing.

In paradise swiftly, the hours go winging, and thus we shall greet the new day.

Our life was made for pleasure.

If love brings in no confusion, don’t walk of mere illusion. Fate holds me in its sway.

Adele’s Laughing Song

Ruth and Thomas Martin

My dear Marquis, it seems to me, You should display more tact!

Where a lady goes, what a lady shows, Is how she proves the fact!

My taste is too fine and too chic, My waist has a line so unique.

My talk is too dramatic, My walk aristocratic.

What chamber made you know Could have so much to show?

Instead of putting on such airs,

Why don’t you mind your own affairs?

It’s too funny, please excuse me, I can’t help it, you amuse me.

Just look at me and you will see

There’s more than me to the eye.

Where a lady’s been. Where a lady’s seen, Are proofs that never lie.

Could I be at home in this room

If I were at home with a broom?

The way I lift an eyebrow is typically highbrow!

What chamber made you know

Could have so much to show?

You might as well admit, Marquis, You owe me an apology.

Habanera

Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

L’amour est un oiseau rebelle

Que nul ne peut apprivoiser, Et c’est bien en vain qu’on l’appelle, S’il lui convient de refuser;

Rien n’y fait, menace ou prière, L’un parle bien, l’autre se tait; Et c’est l’autre que je préfère, Il n’a rien dit, mais il me plaît.

L’amour!

L’amour est enfant de bohème, Il n’a jamais, jamais connu de loi, Si tu ne m’aimes pas, je t’aime, Si je t’aime, prends garde à toi !

(Prends garde à toi !)

Si tu ne m’aimes pas, Si tu ne m’aimes pas, je t’aime !

(Prends garde à toi !)

Mais si je t’aime, si je t’aime, Prends garde à toi!

Si tu ne m’aimes pas, Si tu ne m’aimes pas, je t’aime !

(Prends garde à toi !)

Mais si je t’aime, si je t’aime, Prends garde à toi ! (à toi !)

L’oiseau que tu croyais surprendre Battit de l’aile et s’envola, L’amour est loin, tu peux l’attendre; Tu ne l’attends plus, il est là !

Tout autour de toi, vite, vite, Il vient, s’en va, puis il revient; Tu crois le tenir, il t’évite; Tu crois l’éviter, il te tient !

L’amour!

L’amour est enfant de bohème, Il n’a jamais, jamais connu de loi, Si tu ne m’aimes pas, je t’aime, Si je t’aime, prends garde à toi !

(Prends garde à toi !)

Habanera

Love is a rebellious bird

That none can tame,

And it is quite in vain that one calls it, If it suits it to refuse;

Nothing to be done, threat or plea.

The one talks well, the other is silent; And it’s the other that I prefer, He said nothing, but he pleases me.

Love!

Love is a gypsy child, It has never, never known a law,

If you don’t love me, I love you, If I love you, be on your guard! (Be on your guard!)

If you don’t love me,

If you don’t love me, then I love you! (Be on your guard!)

But if I love you, if I love you, Be on your guard!

If you don’t love me, If you don’t love me, I love you! (Be on your guard!)

But if I love you, if I love you, Be on your guard! (Your guard!)

The bird you hoped to catch Beat its wings and flew away, Love is far, you can wait for it; You no longer await it, there it is!

All around you, swift, swift, It comes, goes, then it returns;

You think to hold it fast, it dodges you; You think to dodge it, it holds you!

Love!

Love is a gypsy child, It has never, never known a law, If you don’t love me, I love you; If I love you, be on your guard! (Be on your guard!)

Si tu ne m’aimes pas, Si tu ne m’aimes pas, je t’aime !

(Prends garde à toi !)

Mais si je t’aime, si je t’aime, Prends garde à toi !

Si tu ne m’aimes pas, Si tu ne m’aimes pas, je t’aime !

(Prends garde à toi !)

Mais si je t’aime, si je t’aime, Prends garde à toi ! (à toi !)

Seasons of Love

Jonathan Larson

If you don’t love me,

If you don’t love me, then I love you!

(Be on your guard!)

But if I love you, if I love you, Be on your guard!

If you don’t love me,

If you don’t love me, then I love you!

(Be on your guard!)

But if I love you, if I love you, Be on your guard! (Your guard!)

Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes.

How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee

In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife

In five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes

How do you measure a year in the life?

How about love? Seasons of love.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes.

How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?

It’s time now to sing out though the story never ends

Let’s celebrate remember a year in the life of friends

Remember the love.

The Impossible Dream

Joe Darion

To dream the impossible dream

To fight the unbeatable foe

To bear with unbearable sorrow

To run where the brave dare not go.

To right the unrightable wrong

To love pure and chaste from afar

To try when your arms are too weary

To reach the unreachable star.

This is my quest to follow that star

No matter how hopeless, no matter how far

To fight for the right without question or pause

To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause.

And I know if I’ll only be true to this glorious quest

That my heart will lie peaceful and calm

When I’m laid to my rest.

And the world will be better for this

That one man, scorned and covered with scars

Still strove with his last ounce of courage

To fight the unbeatable foe

To reach the unreachable star.

Love Never Dies

Glenn Slater

Who knows when love begins?

Who knows what makes it start?

One day it’s simply there

Alive, inside your heart.

It slips into your thoughts

It infiltrates your soul

It takes you by surprise

Then seizes full control.

Try to deny it and try to protest

But love won’t let you go

Once you’ve been possessed.

Love never dies, love never falters

Once it has spoken, love is yours

Love never fades, love never alters

Hearts may get broken, love endures.

As soon as you submit

Surrender flesh and bone

That love takes on a life

Much bigger than your own.

It uses you at whim

And drives you to despair

And forces you to feel

More joy than you can bear.

Love gives you pleasure

And love brings you pain

And yet, when both are gone

Love will still remain

Once it has spoken

Love is yours

You’ll Never Walk Alone/Climb Every Mountain

Hammerstein II

When you walk through a storm

Hold your head up high

And don’t be afraid of the dark.

At the end of a storm there’s a golden sky

And the sweet silver song of a lark.

Walk on through the wind

Walk on through the rain

For your dreams be tossed and blown

Walk on, walk on

With hope in your heart

And you’ll never walk alone

Climb ev’ry mountain, Search high and low, Follow ev’ry byway, Every path you know.

Climb ev’ry mountain, Ford ev’ry stream, Follow ev’ry rainbow

Till you find your dream.

A dream that will need all the love you can give Ev’ry day of your life for as long as you live.

Whitworth Community Chorale

Joshua Chism, conductor

Toni Helms, collaborative pianist

SOPRANO

Barbara Allen

Lynnette Arendt

Tammie Athena

Anne Bodinger

Nicole Bouchard

Gena Bradford

McKenna Brown

Sydne Burgess

Marie Curtis

Julia Fehr

Dani Gallagher

Nevaeh Gariepy

Kathryn Gibson

Sydney Glover

Claudia Hartanov

Kelly Higginbotham

Mandolyn Hume

Stephanie Ingoldby

Christie Jones

Carolyn Kadyk

Katherine Karr-Cornejo

Jill Krebs

Olivia Larinan

Liz Law

Dana Mannino

Beth Meersman

Paige Meyer

Loravee Morkert

Camilla Mounts

Tracy Mouser

Corliss Newman

Anders Olson

Hannah Olson

Kathy Olson

Kristin Orwig

Brittany Palmerton

Jean Pond

Catherine Porter

Cat Ramirez

Mandi Rickard

Olivia Rickard

Kylee Russell

Alison Russo

Renee’ Schoening

Kaila Shumaker

Stacey Smith

Linda Sorge

Mary Spangenberg

Sally Strauch

Tiah Swanson

Julie Thackston

Hannah Thomascall

Vicky Tsang

Emily Weiler

Jennifer Whitson

Anne Wilcox

Ann Winterer

ALTO

Chamelle Abringe

Judy Avery

Glenda Bakken

JoAnne Baldwin

Kari Bonagofski

Sharon Bouten

Suzanne Capstick

Cynthia Curran

Doralee Dahlke

Rachel DuPont

Tessa DuPont

Inari Duran

Sandy Fink

Sue Frankovich

Kari Gilbert

Melissa Halverson

Cheyenne Helms

Kristiana Holmes

Wendy Holmes

Carol Horlacher

Judy James

Taisiia Kompaniiets

Ayisha Lawrence

Joy Liezen

Jackie Lopez Cuellar

Emma Mangum

Rachel Martin

Karen Meyers

Alane Michels

Erika Miley

Adel Nemes Thompson

Hannah Nemnich

Sandi Nokes

Wendy Olson

Grace Oster

Lizzie Oswalt

Ann Penfield

Jurene Phaneuf

Sheryl Piskel

Jan Priddy

Valynn Putzke

Laura Reber

Julie Shanholtzer

Caitlin Smith (alto/tenor)

Sharon Smith

Mary Spain

Judith Spelman

Linda Storey

AJ Talley

Diane J Thomas

Dana Tolley

Hanna Vermeer

Bethany Vivian

Tanya Wyma

TENOR

Lotanna Akukwe

Rachel Barnett

John Bodinger

Quinn Gamon

Laurie Klein

Elizabeth Kohler

Caleb Krantz

Colette Mestyanek

Richard Mocabee

Julian Nakhla

Robert Olson

Sarah Olson

Kevin Peterson

Elliot Rickard

Caitlin Smith (alto/tenor)

Jason Thackston

Ted Trigg

Thijs van Anrooy

David Whisenand

BASS

Gary Bakken

Anthony Benavidez

Hank Broeckling

Jim Crouch

Gary Dahlke

Leonard Freibott

James Hillbrick

Larry Jones

Bill Klein

Wyatt Nyborg

Markus Ong

Greg Orwig

Bill Oswalt

John Priddy

Mark Sims

Dennis Smith

Grant Sorge

Brian Sullivan

Daniel White

William Wright

THE CONDUCTOR

Joshua Chism

Joshua Chism (b. 1987) is the associate director of choral studies and coordinator of music education at Whitworth University. At Whitworth, Chism advises music education students, teaches choral music education and music history courses, and conducts the Forest Treble Choir and the Whitworth Community Chorale. He is also the faculty advisor for the local C-NAfME chapter.

Chism is the conductor and artistic director for Chorale Coeur d’Alene, a regional choral arts society based in Idaho. Founded in 2001, Chorale CdA’s mission is to promote excellence in choral artistry, engage the local community through creative collaboration initiatives, and support music education through targeted programming.

Chism has a passion for music ministry. He currently serves as the director of traditional worship at Whitworth Church where he conducts the adult choir and handbell choir. He has served as director and minister of music in churches since 2012. During his music ministry career, Chism has directed handbell ensembles, vocal ensembles at all levels and contemporary worship bands in addition to serving as congregational song leader and worship minister.

Chism holds a Ph.D. in music education with an emphasis in conducting and choral pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma in Norman (2022). He earned a master of music degree in choral conducting from the University of Missouri–Columbia, graduating in 2019. Chism also holds a bachelor of music education degree and a bachelor of music composition degree from Missouri State University in Springfield, where he graduated summa cum laude in 2010. Additionally, he holds Kodály Level I, II and III certifications.

Chism is regularly sought after as a guest clinician/conductor for various regional and district honor choirs at both the elementary and secondary levels. His music education philosophy hinges on the centrality of a quality and equitable music-making process, and his choral rehearsals are fast-paced, energetic and full of movement. His research interests include the impact of service-learning internships, music assessment, MUED curriculum content and community music. As an active researcher, his work has recently been presented at the NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education Conference, the Symposium on Research in Choral Singing, the American Choral Directors Association National Conference, the Society for Music Teacher Education Conference, and the College Music Society National Conference.

In his spare time, Chism likes to compose, travel, garden, eat sushi and play board games. Chism, his wife, Natalie, and their children (Jacob and Hannah) reside in Spokane. For more information, visit joshuachism.com

GIFTS TO THE COMMUNITY CHORALE

The community response to the new Whitworth Community Chorale has surpassed even our most optimistic expectations! If you would like to make a gift to the music department to support the equipment and operations needs of the Whitworth Community Chorale, we welcome your support. To make a donation, please visit connect.whitworth.edu/community-chorale or use the QR code.

MUSIC AT WHITWORTH

The Whitworth University Music Department, accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, provides superb training in music as well as a thorough introduction to this essential element of the liberal arts. Whitworth music majors have gone on to prestigious graduate schools, fulfilling performance careers and successful teaching positions. Also, many non-music majors participate in the university’s renowned touring ensembles and enroll in private lessons through the music department. Whitworth University offers bachelor of arts degrees in music ministry, composition, instrumental performance, jazz performance, piano performance, piano pedagogy, vocal performance and music education. Music scholarships are available to both music majors and non-majors. For more information about the music program or scholarship auditions, please contact us:

Music Department

Whitworth University Spokane, WA 99251

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