A Riddle: The American Song MAY 3 AND 4, 2013

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1 A Riddle: The American Song MAY 3 AND 4, 2013

2 A Riddle: The American Song Conspirare Youth Choirs Nina Revering CYC Artistic Director Friday, May 3, 2013, 7:30pm St. Martin s Lutheran Church, Austin, TX Maimy Fong, Piano Austin Haller, Piano & Organ Saturday, May 4, 2013, 7:30pm St. Martin s Lutheran Church, Austin, TX Conspirare Youth Choirs 505 east huntland drive, suite 155 austin, texas new web site conspirare.org/youth-choirs

3 WELCOME Dear CYC families, friends, and supporters, The singers and I welcome you with gratitude to this evening of American Song! A bit of insight into the process of programming music: choir directors have to select the pieces a choir will sing (and a concert title) 8-10 months in advance of a concert, before we even know who our singers are - a daunting and slightly scary task! Last summer when the pieces you will hear tonight were chosen, it occurred to me that the American song is as varied and diverse as the singers cultures we have represented in our Conspirare family. So what is the American song? Where did our songs come from? We explore these questions as we present poetry and music from the Appalachian region, sweet folk music that has endured for generations; deeply moving African-American spirituals, from which came all the music we know to be truly American (Jazz, Gospel, Rock and Roll); songs from our own Texas soil to the rich volcanic soil of the Hawaiian Islands. Our nation s musical legacy is truly special and unique, and has provided our singers with a beautiful sense of connection to our cultural landscape. Our singers are all students, accustomed to answering questions daily in their school life. Answers are demanded of them constantly. To me, the questions that are the most meaningful and enduring are those that don t have immediate answers the questions that will take a lifetime to answer. So, this concert title asks a question whose answer we have only begun to discover. Thank you for your listening presence tonight, for your support of the CYC program, and for another outstanding and beautiful season of song! Nina Revering FOuNDING ARTISTIC DIReCTOR, CONSpIRARe YOuTH CHOIRS

4 KantOrEi Abigail Stewart Aditya Sankaran Ainsley Gamble* Anabelle Mahadeva Angela Zhang Arielle Sher Caleb Melville Calista Marquez Cecilie Larcher Daryl Hale David Stansbury Daniel Shi Elaina Hilliard Ellen Gernert Elizabeth Driggers* Emma Edkins Holly Mathews Jacob Ordaz* Mary Demas Maya Borowicz Maya Lyles Maya Ravi Michael Chapa Nikhil Lyles* Raiya Myren Sarah Helmbrecht Sarah McDonald Sophie Cazares Stephen Shearer Tara Ahuna Tavia Waldo Ty Revering Uvri Alamela* Veronica Ruth* William Wallingford* COnspirarE ChiLdrEn s ChOir Abby Johnson Aldo Ordonez Alyssa Wixson* Anastasia Wegner* Anna Carey Anne Marie Stapper Asha Rao Audrey Larcher Avery Davis* Caitlyn Diehl Carolyn Neuelle** Chiara Alvisi Clare Edgar Colman Butler Elizabeth Stapper Ella Pettichord Gabriel Martin Gabrielle Sanchez Galia Popov Gracen Pizzitola Hannah Mitchel-Gevirtz Isabella Hansen Isabella Grossling Jordan Tenpas Julia McDonald* Juliana Marshall Kate Noll* Katie Stansbury Lexi Anderson Libby Smith Lily Wendt* Liv Martens* Lucy Pickens Lucy Tiblier Lucas Revering** Maria Tangarova*/** Martha Beaty Mary Barnett Natalya Ponomareva* Nolan Bader-Saye Rachel Rowe Raina Parsons Sarah Hollis Shelby Luikart Seren Villwock Sesha McMinn Simone Heim Taylor Sims** Geoff Moskowitz, Visual engineering Michael Smith, Audio Recording *Soloists **Percussionists

5 program What We Need Is Here...Wendell Berry (b. 1953) Reader: Anastasia Wegner Lay Me Low...arr. Malcolm Dalglish (b. 1952) Soloists: Kate Noll & Maria Tangarova Combined Choirs Give us Hope...Jim Papoulis Soloists: Ainsley Gamble, Avery Davis, Nikhil Lyles & Veronica Ruth Percussionists: Carolyn Nuelle, Maria Tangarova & Taylor Sims Conspirare Children s Choir Deep River...Donald Patriquin (b. 1938) Heaven Bound Train...arr. Stephen Hatfield (b. 1956) Amazing Grace... John Newton ( ) arr. Ron Jeffers Queen Jane...arr. Stephen Hatfield (b. 1956) I Got Rhythm...Ira Gershwin ( ) arr. Ward Swingle The Hidden Singer (excerpt)... Wendell Berry (b. 1953) Reader: Urvi Alamela Native Kiowa Lullaby...arr. Lois Brownsey (b. 1950) Soloists: Alyssa Wixson & Natalya Ponomareva Combined Choirs Go Down, Moses... arr. Mark Hayes (b. 1953) Soloists: Elizabeth Driggers, Liv Martens & Julia McDonald Conspirare Children s Choir boys Now Look Away... arr. Normal L. Merrifield Soloists: Aldo Ordonez, Gabriel Martin, Lucas Revering, Nolan Bader-Saye & Taylor Sims Kantorei Stephen Foster Trilogy... Stephen Foster ( ) arr. Greg Gilpin Moon River... Johnny Mercer ( ), Henry Mancini ( ) arr. Ed Lojeski Lullaby...Billy Joel (b. 1949) arr. Roger Emerson Transformation...Mark Hierholzer Circle Round the Moon...Mark Hierholzer arr. Henry Leck Combined Choirs The Riddle...John Ondrasik (b. 1965) Soloist: William Wallingford, Lily Wendt & Jacob Ordaz

6 LYriCs What We Need Is Here...wendell berry (b. 1953) Geese appear high over us, Pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, As in love or sleep, holds Them to their way, clear In the ancient faith: what we need Is here. And we pray, not For a new earth or heaven, but to be Quiet in heart, and in eye, Clear. What we need is here Lay me Low (shaker song)...arr. Malcolm Dalglish (b. 1952) Lay me low, Where mother can find me, Where mother can bless me, Where mother can own me, Lay me low Give Us Hope... Jim Papoulis Listen to the sound of my voice Can you feel the beat of my heart listen to the questions I have Listen to me It s all very simple To see what we need Give us hope My voice is calling Can you see look in my eyes can you feel my hand is reaching Give us hope and we ll Show you the way We are the future Help us believe Take my hands Now look in my eyes Tell me what you see Deep River...Donald Patriquin (b. 1938) Deep river, My home is over Jordan; Deep river, Lord, I want to cross over into camp ground. O don t you want to go To that gospel feast, To that promised land, Where all is peace.

7 Chorus: Lord I want to cross over into camp ground, Deep river, My home is over Jordan; Deep river, Lord, I want to cross over into camp ground. Don t you to go To that gospel feast, To that promised land, Where all is peace? Chorus Heaven Bound Train... arr. Stephen Hatfield (b. 1938) One day we gonna wake up I done tole you Early in a mohnin Don t you hear that Whistle a blowin. Chorus: I m gonna break this chain chain I m gonna break this chain chain I m gonna break this chain chain I m gonna break it down. My mother s on that train I see her face bound for glory Lord my mother s on that train Yes my mother s on that train. I done tole you Great God almighty Early in a mohnin Oh Lord have mercy Chorus My child is on that train I see his face bound for glory I know my child is on that train Have mercy Lord bound for glory Yes my child is on that train bound for glory. I done tole you Early in a mohnin Don t you hear that whistle blowin Oh Lord have mercy Chorus

8 Don t you know how We gon ride that train I see my face bound for glory Now we gon ride that train Have mercy Lord bound for glory Yeah, we gon ride that train. That peaceful train When you re bound for glory Cound for glory children tell me Don t you hear that whistle blowin. Amazing Grace... John newton ( ) /arr. Ron Jeffers Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, But now am found, Was blind, but now I see. Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed! Thru many dangers, toils, ans snares I have already come; tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home. Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, But now am found, Was blind, but now I see. Queen Jane... arr. Stephen Hatfield (b. 1956) Queen Jane was in labour Six days and some more. The women grew weary, And the midwife gave o er. Oh women, kind women I take you to be, Pierce my right side open, And save my baby.

9 Oh no That never shall be, King Henry, he will reach you In the hour of our need. King Henry came riding, He knelt by her bed. What s the matter with my flower, Makes her eyes grow so red? Oh Henry, kind Henry, Pray listen to me. Ierce my right side open And save my baby. Oh no, said King Henry, That never shall be. I should lose my fair flower For to save my baby. Queen Jane she turned over. She fell in a swound. They pierced her right side open, And the baby was found. So black was the morning, So yellow the bed, So costly were the white clothes They wrapped round her head. Six men went before her, Six men bore her along King Henry followed after With his black mourning on. King Henry, he wept Til his hands were wrung sore. The flower of England Shall flourish no more. I Got Rhythm...Ira Gershwin ( )/arr. Ward Swingle I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man, Who could ask for anything more? I got daisies, In green pastures, I got my man, Who could ask for anything more. Old Man Trouble I don t mind him, You won t find him Round my door.

10 I got starlight, I got sweet dreams, I got my man, Who could ask for anything more? Who could ask for anything, Ask for anything, ask for anything, Ask for anything, ask for anything more? The Hidden Singer (excerpt)...wendell berry (b. 1953) The gods are less for their love of praise. Above and below them all is a spirit that needs nothing But its own wholeness, its health and ours. It will be whole again. To its joy we come together In our joining it knows itself. It is with us then, Not as the gods whose names crest in unearthly fire, But as a little bird hidden in the leaves Who sings quietly and waits, and sings. Go Down Moses... arr. Mark Hayes (b. 1953) Go Down, Moses, Go down, go down to Egypt land! Let me tell ya bout a story long time ago Way down in Egypt land. Seems the Pharaoh had taken control of things, Had the people in the palm of his hands. But a certain group of people called the Israelites Didn t want to play his game. So the Pharaoh forced the people into slavery And he caused them grief and shame. Well, the Lord in the heavens looked down and saw His people and their pain, Called out a man from Midian And Moses was his name. Well, Moses was attendin his flock one day When a bush began to burn, And the Lord spoke to Moses from the burning bush, Said, The Pharaoh s got a lesson to learn! Chorus: Go Down, Moses, Way down to Egypt land. Tell ole Pharaoh Let my people go!

11 Well, Moses had some doubts about takin this job. He felt a little bit out of his league. Leading out his people from Pharaoh s hand Was quite a job indeed. What will I say and tell me how will they know That I m the man that s appointed by you? A leader I m not, But I bet for this spot My brother Aaron will do better for you. But the Lord said, Chorus Back by the bush the Lord kept on; He knew He had the right man. You need a sign, Well, that s just fine. Just look what you have in your hand. All it seemed to Moses was a wooden rod Until he threw it down. Imagine his surprise when a snake appeared As soon as it hit the ground. Well, Moses started runnin but the Lord said, Stop, Pick the serpent up by the tail. What the Lord commanded seemed crazy to him And he protested to no avail. When he fin ly picked the serpent up You know what occurred. The snake became a rod in his hand. The miracle that happened Gave old Moses the strength To lead his people to the Promised Land! Chorus Now Look Away...arr. Norman L. Merrifield Chorus: Now look away into heaven, Now look away into heaven, Now look away into heaven, lawd, Because ah didn t want to join the band. One of these mawnin s Brigh an faih, Gonna heist mah wings An cleave the aih Look a heah, brothuh, Don t you think bes Carry God s witness in yo breas

12 Chorus If religion was a thing that money could buy, The rich would live an the po would die, Lawd, God Almighty, has fixed it so, The rich as well as the po must go. Chorus When ah get to heaven gonna sing an shout, There s nobody there to to n me out, When ah get to heaven gonna put on mah shoes, Ah m gonna walk all around and yell the news. Chorus Satan is like a snake in the grass, Now if you don t watch out, He ll get you at las. Satan is a liah an a cunjuh too, If you don t watch out, He ll cunjuh you; They kicked him out of heaven, They kicked him out of heaven, They kicked him out of heaven, Lawd, Because he didn t want to join the band. We re goin home to heaven, We re goin home to heaven, We re goin home to heaven, lawd Because we do want to join the band. A Stephen Foster Trilogy...Stephen Foster ( )/arr. Greg Gilpin Way down upon the Swanee river, Far, far away, There s where my heart is turning over, There s where the old folks stay. All the world is sad and weary, Everywhere I roam, Oh, fellows, how my heart grows weary, far from the old folks at home. The sun shines bright in my old Kentucky home. Tis summer, the people are gay; The con-top s ripe and the meadow s in the bloom, While the birds make music all the day. Weep no more, my lady. Oh weep no more today! We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home, For the old Kentucky home far away.

13 I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee. I m goin to Louisiana, My true love for to see. It rained all night the day I left, The weather, it was dry. The sun so hot, I froze to death, Susanna don t you cry. Oh, Susanna, oh don t you cry for me. I ve come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee. I ve come from Alabama With my banjo on my knee! Moon River...Johnny Mercer ( ), Henry Mancini ( )/arr. Ed Lojeski Chorus: Moon River, Wider than a mile; I m crossin you In style someday. Old dream maker, You heart breaker, Wherever you re goin, I m goin your way. Two drifters, Off to see the world. There s such a lot of world To see. We re after the same Rainbow s end, Waitin round the bend, My huckleberry friend, Moon River and me. Chorus Old dream maker, You heart breaker, Wherever you re goin, I m goin your way. Two drifters, Off to see the world. There s sucha lot of world To see.

14 We re after the same Rainbow s end, Waitin round the bend, My huckleberry friend, Moon River and me. Lullabye... Billy Joel (1949)/arr. Roger Emerson Goodnight, my angel, Time to close your eyes, And save these questions for Another day. I think I know What you ve been asking me. I think you know What I ve been Trying to say. I promised I would Never leave you, And you should always know Wherever you may go, No matter where you are, I never will be far away. Goodnight, my angel, Now it s time to sleep, And still so many things I want to say. Remember all the songs You sang for me When we went sailing On an emerald bay. And like a boat Out on the ocean, I m rocking you to sleep. The water s dark and deep Inside this ancient heart You ll always be A part of me. Goodnight, my angel, Now it s time to dream, And dream how wonderful Your life will be. Someday your child may cry, And if you sing this lullabye, Then in your heart There will always be a part of me.

15 Someday we ll all be gone But lullabyes go on and on. They never die, That s how you and I will be. Transformation...Arr. Mark Hierholzer Sharp as a knife, The autumn evening blue Hints of what is to come, and has, For ages, ages lit By the stellar heart-bursts! Cold as the arctic, The sharpened winter wind Hints of what is to come, and has, For ages, ages lit By the daring wand rers. A voice whispers from inside, Transform, transform to this image, that image within you, so work with all diligence, then cast off. Shoot, like a rocket On the edge of disaster To the skies! Fresh as new birth, The scented springtime air Hints of what is to come, and has, For ages, ages lit By the milky skyway. Baking the earth, The tyrannous summer sun Hints of what is to come, and has For ages, ages lit By the firefly s astonishing signals. A voice whispers from inside, Transform, transform to this image, that image within you, so work with all diligence, then cast off. Shoot, like a rocket On the edge of disaster To the skies!

16 Circle Round the Moon...Mark Hierholzer/arr. Henry Leck Circle round the moon Invites me to stay out In the winter time. Crystals in the air Suggest that I prepare For the cold night air. High above the trees You will make me see That with such a sight, sheer delight Is hidden everywhere For those who care to see. Caverns down below Invite me to come down On the slippery rock. Icicles of stone And horrid mountain gnomes Hidden in the dark. In the ground below You will make me know That with such a sight, sheer delight Is hidden everywhere For those who care to see. What great mind behind it Dreamed it and designed it? Pale moons, cavern tombs, Starry, starry sky. Flurry blizzard snow Watch it as it blows In the blue gray skies. Sandy summer beach Hear the seagulls screech In the hot dry air. What great mind behind it Dreamed it and designed it? Snowy night, summer flight, Painful beauty in my sight Making me long for you.

17 The Riddle...John Ondrasik (b. 1965) There was a man back in 95 Whose heart ran out of summers But before he died, I asked him Wait, what s the sense in life Come over me, Come over me He said, Son why you got to sing that tune Catch a Dylan song or some eclipse of the moon Let an angel swing and make you swoon Then you will see... You will see Then he said, Here s a riddle for you Find the Answer There s a reason for the world You and I... Picked up my kid from school today Did you learn anything cause in the world today You can t live in a castle far away Now talk to me, come talk to me He said, Dad I m big but we re smaller than small In the scheme of things, well we re nothing at all Still every mother s child sings a lonely song So play with me, come play with me And Hey Dad Here s a riddle for you Find the Answer There s a reason for the world You and I... I said, Son for all I ve told you When you get right down to the Reason for the world... Who am I? There are secrets that we still have left to find There have been mysteries from the beginning of time There are answers we re not wise enough to see He said... You re looking for a clue, I Love You free... The batter swings and the summer flies As I look into my angel s eyes A song plays on while the moon is high over me Something comes over me

18 I guess we re big and I guess we re small If you think about it man you know we got it all Cause we re all we got on this bouncing ball And I love you free I love you freely Here s a riddle for you Find the Answer There s a reason for the world You and I... Aloha Oe... Queen Lili oukalani ( )/arr. wanda Gereben Ha aheo ka ua i na pali, Ke nihi a e la i ka nahele, E hahai ana paha i ka liko, Pua ahihi lehua o uka. Aloha oe, aloha oe E ke onaona noho i ka lipo. A fond embrace a ho i a e au Until we meet again. Translation: Proud is the rain upon the cliffs, Gliding silently through the forest, Following the liko leaf buds, Of the ahihi lehua flower in the valley. Farewell to you, farewell to you Fragrant one dwelling in the dark forest. A fond embrace then I must depart Until we meet again.

19 acknowledgments Conspirare Youth Choirs gratefully acknowledges the contributions and generosity of the following individuals and organizations: Craig Hella Johnson Bob Karli & the Conspirare Board of Directors David C. Smith Ann McNair, Tamara Blanken, Melissa Eddy Wraven Godsoe, Meri Krueger and Nicki Turman Robert Harlan and the Conspirare Stage Crew Lois Vanlaningham Hornaday Design Christopher Novosad Rev. Merrill Wade, St. Matthew s Episcopal Church Jean Fuller, St. Matthew s Episcopal Church Thomas Pavlechko, St. Martin s Lutheran Church The Tatzlaff-Tiblier Family The Sankaran Family Michael & Virginia Smith Kathy Hatch Singers, Parents, Volunteer Ushers and other supporters of CYC.

20 COnspirarE YOuth ChOirs staff Nina Revering s choral music experience began at an early age. While growing u in Brazil, she performed in the Coro Infantil do Teatro Municipal under the direction of Elsa Lakschevitz. After moving to Canada, she joined the Toronto Children s Chorus, directed by Jean Ashworth-Bartle, and performed with noted directors Andrew Davis and Sir David Willcocks. Ms. Revering s musical training includes six years of study in Toronto s Royal Conservatory of Music in baroque recorder as well as piano. Her education background also includes work at the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville Kentucky and Boston University. She studied baroque recorder with John Tyson of the New England Conservatory and performed with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus under conductors Seiji Ozawa, John Williams, and John Oliver. Nina Revering has performed widely as a soloist and chorister throughout the region and around the country. Soloist at St. Cathedral from , she was also Victoria Bach Festival s New young Artist in Ms. Revering has been a member of the Conspirare Chamber Choir since 1995 and was a soloist in the Grammy -nominated CDs Requiem and Threshold of Night, both released under the harmonia mundi label. Ms. Revering has taught music in Eanes schools since She was one of eight conductors selected for participation in the International Symposium for Children s Choir Directors held in Toronto, Canada in May Professional affiliations include ACDA and TMEA. Last season Ms. Revering was clinician for the Elementary Honor Choir of the Georgia Music Educators Association and was invited to present workshops at the Dallas Chapter Choristers Guild Festival.

21 accompanists Dr. Maimy Fong earned a Bachelor s degree in piano with a concentration in vocal accompanying from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. She also completed Master s and Doctoral degrees in piano performance at the University of Texas at Austin School of Music. She has worked for the Des Moines Metro Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, and was the first pianist-coach in El Paso Opera s Artist-in-Residence Program. She has been with CYC since its inception in In 2009, she helped co-found and now assists in administering the Feed Your Soul Music Series at Dell Children s Medical Center. For more information or to be added to the list, please send an inquiry to DellFeedYourSoul@yahoo.com. In Austin, she maintains an active schedule of playing chamber music, instrumental and voice recitals, teaching, and vocal coaching Austin Haller is active as an organist, accompanist, vocal coach, and conductor in Texas and beyond. He serves as Organist and Associate Director of Music at St. David s Episcopal Church (in Austin), where he plays for over 125 services and concerts annually and conducts the St. David s Singers, one of the parish s adult choirs. As a recitalist and accompanist, he has performed throughout the United States; and he has played with many local ensembles, including the Austin Symphony, Austin Children s Choir, Texas Choral Consort, Amphion Youth Choir, University of Texas Concert Chorale, and St. Edward s University choruses. Austin also serves as music director of regional theatre productions favorite shows include TexArts Ain t Misbehavin, Golf, the Musical, & [title of show] (Austin Critics Table nomination for Music Direction); Zilker Theatre Productions The Music Man & My Favorite Year; and Zach Theatre s Rockin Christmas Party & Present Laughter (B. Iden Payne nomination for Music Direction). In addition, his jazz performances with singer Kara Bliss and band have been described as a touch of old school with a modern insouciance and are featured at a variety of Central Texas venues.

22 BOard MEMBErs directors Year indicates beginning of board service Robert J. Karli, Chair 1999 Mary Anne Connolly, Secretary 2011 Larry Collmann, Treasurer 2006 Doug Bain 2011 Ken Beck 2011 William C. Bednar 2010 Fran Collmann 1997 Patrick DeLaune 2009 Toya Cirica Haley 2011 Robert Harlan 2001 Richard Hartgrove 2012 Eric Leibrock 2010 Hope Morgan 1993 E. Stuart Phillips 2007 Marion Lear Swaybill 2010 Sheila Wojcik 2011 Sheila Youngblood 2010 advisors Stephen Aechternacht John Aielli Sue Barnes Mark Bierner Ray Brimble David Burger David Claflin Virginia Dupuy Maydelle Fason JoLynn Free Billy Gammon Vance George Helen Hays Dan Herd William B. Hilgers Wayne Holtzman Judith Jellison Bob Murphy Lynn Murphy Gayle Glass Roche Nancy Scanlan Angela Smith Bernadette Tasher Louann Temple Eva Womack staff Craig Hella Johnson Artistic Director David C. Smith Interim Managing Director Tamara Blanken Online Services Manager Melissa J. Eddy Publications & Grants Manager Rick Gabrillo Associate Conductor, Production Manager Wravan Godsoe Office Manager Robert Harlan Production Coordinator Ben King Production Assistant Meri Krueger Artist Relations Ann McNair Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director Director of Artistic Operations Nina Revering Director, Conspirare Youth Choirs Jennifer Tynan Manager, Conspirare Youth Choirs Nicki Turman House Manager

23 supporters Season Sustaining Underwriter Business & Foundation Supporters Bain ConsultingThe Aaron Copland Fund for Music The Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Keating Family Foundation The Kodosky Foundation The Mattsson McHale Foundation Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts The Still Water Foundation The Rachael & Ben F. Vaughan Foundation Public Funding Agencies This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division, believing an investment in the arts is an investment in Austin s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com. This project is also supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Works. Media Sponsors

24 about COnspirarE The word conspirare derives from the Latin con and spirare translated as to breathe together. Founded in 1991 to present a summer classical music festival in Austin, Texas, Conspirare has grown to become an internationally recognized, professional choral organization now celebrating its twentieth season. Led by founder and artistic director Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare is comprised of two performing ensembles and an educational program. A professional chamber choir ( Company of Voices ) of extraordinarily talented singers from around the country is presented in an annual concert series in Austin, other Texas communities, and locations in the U.S. and abroad. The Conspirare Symphonic Choir of both professional and volunteer singers performs large choral/orchestral works, often in collaboration with other organizations such as the Austin Symphony. The Conspirare Youth Choirs is an educational program for singers ages 8-17, who learn and perform in two separate ensembles, Kantorei and the Conspirare Children s Choir. Conspirare made its first commercial recording, through the green fuse, in 2004 on the Clarion Records label. A second CD, Requiem, also on Clarion and since reissued by Harmonia Mundi, was released in 2006 and received two Grammy nominations. Harmonia Mundi released Requiem internationally in 2009, and it received

25 the Netherlands prestigious 2010 Edison Award in the choral music category. The Edison is the Dutch equivalent of the U.S. Grammy. A third recording, Threshold of Night, was released worldwide in September 2008 on the Harmonia Mundi label, Conspirare s first title for the distinguished recording company. Threshold of Night received two Grammy nominations. In October 2008, in cooperation with Austin s public television station KLRU, Conspirare filmed a PBS television special, A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert. The program was broadcast nationally in March 2009, is available on both DVD and CD, and received a Grammy nomination. Conspirare s latest recordings, Sing Freedom! African American Spirituals and Samuel Barber: An American Romantic were released in September 2011 and September 2012 respectively, both on Harmonia Mundi. In 2005 Conspirare received the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence from national service organization Chorus America. In 2007, as one of the select choruses to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under its American Masterpieces initiative, Conspirare presented a four-day festival with a distinguished gathering of composers and conductors, performances of three world premieres, and a gala closing concert with a 600-voice choir. In July 2008 Conspirare represented the U.S. at the Eighth World Symposium on Choral Music in Copenhagen, joining invited choirs from nearly forty countries. The choir has performed at the American Choral Directors Association annual convention and for several regional ACDA conventions. Conspirare received the 2010 Dale Warland Singers Commission Award from Chorus America to support the commission of a new work by Seattle composer Eric Banks. In February 2011 Conspirare gave three invited performances in New York City under auspices of the Weill Music Institute of Carnegie Hall. In March 2012 the ensemble toured several Midwestern states, and in fall 2012 traveled to France for six invited performances at the Polyfollia Festival and a public concert in Paris.

26 We love to hear you Sing, anna! Calista A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. And, you, sweet girl, are quite the marvelous bird! Love you and so proud of you! Mom, Dad, Lily and all your family & friends! love, mom, DaD, miles and maggie

27 Dear Sarah, We are So proud of you and all of your accomplishments. much love, mom and DaD Congratulations to our songbird Hannah Mitchel-Gevirtz! Sinda, Jesse & Hazel

28 it is Such a Delight to live in a home With music. Sarah, You have been dazzling us with that beautiful smile for 12 years! Congratulations on your 3 rd year in Kantorei! We are so proud of you! Love, Your Whole Family thank you Sarah! love, mom BIG SING May 16th at 6pM Northwest hills UNited Methodist ChUrCh 7050 Village CeNter drive, austin 78731

29 MichAel, You Are DYNAMic AND Your TAleNTS continue To AMAze us. We Are So very proud of You. love, DAD, MoM, AND chris- Topher You Are The MuSic While The MuSic lasts. ~T.S. eliot We Are proud of You, lucy, AND love You So Much! Singer, Missionary, Camp Counselor, Assistant Director for Children s Church Music, guitar player... Extraordinary Lady and we couldn t be more proud. Congrats on Season #7 with CCC! Love, Your Whole Family! love, MoM, DAD, AND lina

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