Gregory Wait, Music Director

Choral works by the Great Masters and compelling commissions

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Schola Cantorum’s 53rd Concert Season

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Greetings! It is my great pleasure to share Schola Cantorum’s 53rd season with you. The choosing of repertoire is exciting, daunting, and crucial to the development of both a chorus and an audience. We are thrilled to present some of the greatest works in choral literature this year: Handel’s Dixit Dominus, J.S. Bach’s Christ lag in Todesbanden, and the towering masterpiece by Claudio Monteverdi, Vespers of 1610. In addition, we are fashioning a beautiful holiday concert with our longtime friend and collaborator, harpist Daniel Levitan, featuring Conrad Susa’s evocative carols from the Southwest, along with traditional carol arrangements and our popular community carol-sing. The season concludes with a program culled from works that Schola Cantorum has commissioned or premiered, featuring works by Royal Stanton, Kirke Mechem, and Dawn Reyen’s premiere setting of last season’s poetry contest winner, Sonnet Phelps’ Love Poem in Blue. Please join me and the singers of Schola Cantorum as we present a season of signifi cant and affecting choral works — just for you!

Gregory Wait, Music DirectorGregory Wait has enjoyed a richly varied musical career as a singer, conductor and teacher. Named the Billie Bennett Achilles Director of Vocal Studies on the Stanford University Music Department faculty, he also conducted the Stanford Memorial Church Choir for 30 years. This season marks his 28th anniversary conducting Schola Cantorum. The recipient of the Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching from Stanford University, Mr. Wait was also presented the Arts Leadership Award by Silicon Valley Creates for his tireless work in the support of choral arts.

Dear Schola Family,What makes Schola Cantorum unique? Schola offers a great group of carefully auditioned singers, an amazing conductor, talented chamber ensembles and accompanists, and a wonderfully balanced repertoire. In addition to performances, we have outreach programs at schools, and offer many sing-along opportunities for the community. If you’ve enjoyed our concerts or Sings, we hope you’ll spread the word and invite others. And if you’re a singer and would like to join the choir, please sign up for an audition — we’d love to make more friends! Thank you for your support of Schola Cantorum.

Melanie ErcoliChair, Board of Directors

Gregory WaitMusic Director

Welcome to Schola Cantorum’s 53rd year of choral artistry!Our 2016-17 season takes you on a captivating journey of inspired, live choral performance that we encourage you to share with your friends and family.

This four-concert series, called Rediscovery & Revelation, promises a concert experience that will revive the excitement of past performances and deepen your appreciation of fresh, new choral masterworks.

Schola concerts are everything you’ve always loved about great music and live choral performance. Our 85 auditioned voices echo the passion you have for the human voice raised in beautiful harmony. The celebration of the “Joy of Singing” is our historical mission that drives us to learn, perfect, perform, and celebrate choral music.

Gregory Wait, Schola Cantorum’s Music Director, is one of the Bay Area’s most renowned and respected leaders in choral arts, through both his active choral conducting and his tenure in Stanford’s choral music department. His multi-faceted programs include introductions that provide insight into the concert you’re attending, so you can enjoy a deeper understanding of the composers and works being performed.

This season Maestro Wait has chosen great works from beloved composers that include Bach, Handel and Monteverdi. You’ll also hear intriguing commissioned pieces from Schola Cantorum’s rich archives, and be moved by new choral works based on beautiful poetry written by gifted students.

A new benefi t for our season subscribers! Total ticket fl exibility — use your tickets for entry to any main series concert this season. For example, you may use one ticket per concert, or you can share the experience with friends or family using multiple tickets in a single concert. And as a subscriber you’ll continue to receive 20% savings off at-the-door prices for additional tickets to main-series concerts!

Community Outreach Schola Cantorum’s delightful outreach program connects us to our local community. These events include sing-alongs led by Assistant Director Dawn Reyen. This year’s Schola Sings include a Broadway Sing in November and a Valentine’s Sing in February. In addition, we develop sing-along programs which we take to local schools.

Subscribe today for our 53rd season and enjoy this amazing year with Schola Cantorum — one of the Bay Area’s most revered music organizations — as we celebrate another year of stellar performances!

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Baroque VirtuositySaturday, October 15th; 7:30 pm - First Congregational Church of Palo AltoSunday, October 16th; 3:00 pm - Los Altos United Methodist ChurchJohann Sebastian Bach - Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4George Frideric Handel - Dixit Dominus, HWV 232Concert Sponsor: Edward ActonSoloists: (images left to right) Jennifer Paulino, Christa Pfeiffer, sopranos; Heidi Waterman, alto; Andrew Metzger, tenor; Stan Neff, bass. Accompanied by Sinfonia Schola Cantorum

Bach and Handel, both born in Germany in 1685, pursued their musical lives in vastly different ways. Bach remained at home, writing primarily for the church while advancing the high Baroque style. Handel roamed to Italy, where he absorbed the Italian style and wrote (among much more) the virtuosic Dixit Dominus, then ventured on to England where the foundation of his fame would be the English oratorio.

Christmas Angels Holiday ConcertSunday, December 18th; 3:00 pm – Mountain View Center for the Performing ArtsConcert Sponsor: Ann StevensSoloists: Daniel Levitan, harp; Scott Sorkin, guitar

The holiday season is celebrated with a return visit from audience favorite, virtuoso harpist Daniel Levitan. Evocative carols and harp solos will be followed by a performance of Conrad Susa’s Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest. The composer describes the work as a “collection of traditional Spanish carols…cast in an image of a Southwestern piñata party for the new baby.” Of course, we will have our traditional carol sing-along to culminate the festivities!

Fresh interpretations of great works and rarely-heard commissions: quintessential Schola Cantorum!

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Monteverdi Vespers of 1610Saturday, March 18th; 7:00 pm - Mission Santa Clara de AsísConcert Sponsor: John MurdenSoloists: (Images clockwise from the top) The Whole Noyse; Angelique Zuluaga, soprano; David Kurtenbach, tenor;Andrew Metzger, tenor; Daniel Borup, baritone

Schola Cantorum commemorates the 450th anniversary of the birth of Claudio Monteverdi with its fi rst performance of Vespers of 1610. Rarely performed, this work is profound both in its intimacy and grandeur, as well as sacredness and sensuality. Monteverdi offers up varying textures and sonorities in brilliant instrumental writing, magnifi cent choruses, and emotional solo arias and duets. Maestro Wait has chosen the Mission Santa Clara de Asís for its acoustics, which are perfectly suited for this work.

Fresh interpretations of great works and rarely-heard commissions: quintessential Schola Cantorum!

� emieres, Re-� emieres and Commi� ions Saturday, May 20th; 7:30 pm - First Congregational Church of Palo AltoSunday, May 21st; 3:00 pm - Los Altos United Methodist ChurchConcert Sponsor: Candy Pelissero and Brian Larsen

Schola Cantorum’s rich history of performing commissions is highlighted with a program of works by its founder Royal Stanton, as well as those by Joseph Jennings, Kirke Mechem, and Libby Larsen. Schola Assistant Music Director Dawn Reyen’s talents are showcased by a selection of her witty arrangements and her premiere setting of last season’s poetry contest winner, Sonnet Phelps’ Love Poem in Blue.

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Dawn ReyenAccompanist and Assistant Music Director

Schola Sings: YOU become the choir!Sponsors: Linda Morasch and Fredrick PetriMake joyful music with friends old and new in Schola Cantorum sing-alongs.

Get Happy! Broadway and Pops sing-alongLos Altos United Methodist Church • Sunday, November 20, 2016; 4:00 pm Admission $15Belt out the best of Broadway in this stroll down memory lane. Includes highlights from West Side Story, The Music Man, and other beloved musicals.

You’re Just In Love. Valentine’s sing-along Los Altos United Methodist Church • Sunday, February 12, 2017; 3:00 pm Admission $15 Give a friend or loved one a bouquet of song on Valentine’s Day, or treat yourself. Sing the most

romantic melodies of all time!

SAVE THE DATE! Schola Cantorum’s Annual Gala: Step back in time to the 40s Big Band era!Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos • Saturday, April 1, 2017; 6:00 pmParty among beautiful restored historic aircraft at Schola Cantorum’s 53rd Season Gala. Details to come!

2nd Annual Poetry Contest for High School Students You write — and Schola Cantorum will sing! Here’s an opportunity for young, local poets to collaborate with Schola Cantorum to create an original composition. Top works will win cash prizes! The winning poem will be set to music and performed during the May 2017 concert. Judges will include Schola Cantorum’s Music Directors, as well as area writers, poets and journalists. Details available September 19th at ScholaCantorum.org.

50th Anniversary Messiah Sing: complete workMountain View Center for the Performing ArtsMonday, December 19, 2016 - 7:00 pm Ticket Prices: Advance: $31 adults; $23 students and groups of 10 or moreDay of Performance: $41 (ticket prices include a $3 Facility Use Fee.) Sponsors: Karla and Andre Valente, and Ann Yvonne Walker and David JonesSchola Cantorum’s Messiah Sing was the fi rst, and still the most beloved, in the Bay Area. Maestro Gregory Wait directs a choir of you and your peers along with Sinfonia Schola Cantorum. You’ll fi nally have the opportunity to sing the piece in its entirety!

NEW! Messiah Sing WorkshopShoup Park Garden House, Los Altos Saturday, December 3, 2016 - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Admission: $30 Maestro Wait will be joined by noted musicologist Stephen Hinton, Professor of Music at Stanford University, to provide an in-depth discussion about Handel and the Messiah. Join in and sing the familiar as well as the lesser-known passages in preparation for the December 19th Messiah Sing 50th Anniversary performance. Seating is limited, so order your tickets early!

Don’t mi� these Special Schola EventsSchola Sing tickets go on sale on Monday September 19th at ScholaCantorum.org

Schola Cantorum’s Annual Gala: Step back in time to the 40s Big Band era!

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