Friday Evening, May 27, 2016, at 7:00Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage

Changing Lives through the Power of Performance

Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General DirectorJonathan Griffith, Co-Founder and Artistic Director

presents

The Triumph of HopeJASON ALTIERI, Director

RENO PHILHARMONIC YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

AMANDA HARBERG Solis (New York Premiere)

MAX BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 III. Finale: Allegro Energico (abridged) NATASHA VON BARTHELD, Violin

IGOR STRAVINSKY L’Oiseau de Feu (1919 Version)

Intermission

GREG A. ODEN, DirectorKRISTEN ANDERSON ODEN, Accompanist

WEST MONROE HIGH SCHOOL REBEL CHOIR

WILLIAMETTA SPENCER At The Round Earth’s Imagined Corners

FRANZ SCHUBERT Kyrie from Messe in G BAILEY YOUNG, Soprano

Z. RANDALL STROOPE Lamentations of Jeremiah

MARK HAYES Grace

ALLISTER MACGILLIVRAY Song for the Mira VICKIE FREEMAN, Director PAIGE FREEMAN, Oboe RHETT FINLEY, OLIVIA MYERS, KALYN CLIFTON, CAROLINE COUNTS, KELLY COLE, CARA RAMOS, JACE CASCIO, CALEB NORMAN, SCOTT DAVID, Soloists

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Moses Hogan Elijah Rock

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Paul Mealor, Composer/ConductorRob Young, Director

Kathy Kenny, AccompanistMilitary Wives Choir

arr. Jon Cohen Songs That Won The War IVOR NOVELLO & I. Keep the Home Fires Burning LENA GUILBERT FORD II. The White Cliffs of Dover WALTER KENT & III. We’ll Meet Again NAT BURTON BETH JOY AND ALISON NUTTALL, Soloists ROSS PARKER & HUGHIE CHARLES

JASON ORANGE, Rule The World MARK OWEN, LOUISE FORBES, KIRSTY-ANN JOHNSTONE &

GARY BARLOW & GISELLE FITZSIMMONS, Soloists

HOWARD DONALD arr. Jon Cohen & Geoff Lawson

LAURENCE MULLEN, With Or Without You DAVID EVANS, ADAM CLAYTON & PAUL DAVID HEWSONarr. Jon Cohen & Geoff Lawson

PAUL MEALOR Wherever You Are JOANNA GRANT, Soloist

RICHARD MARX Right Here Waiting arr. Jon Cohen & Geoff Lawson

PAUL MEALOR This Song of Mine (World Premiere)

CLAUDE-MICHEL Bring Him Home SCHÖNBERG, ALAIN BOUBLIL & JEAN-MARC NATEL arr. Mark Brymer

GARETH MALONE & Stronger Together ELIOT KENNEDY LARRAINE SMITH, Soloist

arr. Jon Cohen & Geoff Lawson

Notes ON THE PROGRAM

It was July 1978. I was five years oldand my parents had taken me to hearthe Philadelphia Orchestra’s outdoorperformance of Tchaikovsky’s Pathe-tique. During the performance, aviolent thunderstorm erupted. The fullforce of the orchestra, punctuated bythunder and lightning, made me feellike I was surrounded by golden pillarsof sound. That was the moment I firstsensed that making music would be adefining element in my life.

In composing Solis, I was brought backto this early formative experience. Thecolors of the orchestra in Solis broughtme back to the golden pillars of soundthat so transfixed me in my childhood.The title Solis refers to the golden sun-like brilliance communicated in thework’s climax. The word solace, whichis derived from the Latin word solis,also has a place in this piece’s emotionallandscape.

Structurally, Solis is a tone poem basedon a poignant opening melody, heardfirst in the solo trumpet against a gentlebackdrop of strings. This melody isthen expanded upon by the rest of theorchestra and is full of shifting orches-tral colors and moods, leading up to apercussive climax in the first half that ispunctuated by the timpani. This pointof arrival paves the way and energeticsecond theme played by the strings andthe clarinet. The rest of the orchestrathen carries this new theme in a short,contrapuntal dance section. Uponreturning to the original melodic mate-rial, the piece gradually builds to atriumphant climax in which the open-ing melody returns in full force, playednow by the entire orchestra. Solis wascommissioned by the University ofNevada Symphony Orchestra led by Dr.Jason Altieri, who also gave the piece itsWest Coast premiere in November of2015.

—Amanda Harberg

AMANDA HARBERG Solis (New York Premiere)

MAX BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Max Bruch’s musical skills developedearly: he started composing at age 11,and wrote his first symphony andstring quartet at 12. By the time he was20, he had several students of his own,and for the next two-plus decades heheld a number of posts throughoutGermany as composer, teacher, andconductor. He eventually settled inBerlin where, in 1891, he was appoint-ed professor of composition at theBerlin Hochschule für Musik, a post heretained until his retirement in 1910.Bruch started work on the Violin

Concerto No. 1 in his early twenties.He later wrote, “In my youth I studiedthe violin for four or five years, and,although I did not become an adeptperformer, I learned to know and lovethe instrument. The violin seemed tome even at that time the queen ofinstruments, and it was quite naturalthat I early had the inclination to writefor it.” The concerto was slow to devel-op, and it was only completed in 1866.Even then, however, Bruch wasn’t satis-fied with the results. After the work’spremiere on April 24, 1866, Bruch

One of Stravinsky’s early orchestralworks, Feu d’artifice (Fireworks, 1909)got the attention of Sergei Diaghilev,the great impresario of the BalletRusses, who commissioned the then-lit-tle-known Stravinsky to compose anew ballet on a Russian theme on shortnotice for his company, after othercomposers, including Anatoly Liadovand Nikolai Tcherepnin, had bowedout. The Firebird was premiered inParis on June 25, 1910, conducted byGabriel Pierné and with choreographyby Michel Fokine. It was a major suc-cess, Stravinsky’s breakthrough work,and the first of several legendary col-laborations between Stravinsky andDiaghilev. “Mark him well,” saidDiaghilev at that time, “he is a man onthe eve of celebrity.”Stravinsky’s music for The Firebirdmixes unusual chromatic progressions,to depict the supernatural aspects ofthe story, and simple tunes reminiscentof folk music. Along with the completefifty-minute ballet, Stravinsky createdthree suites for somewhat smallerorchestra in 1911, 1919, and 1945.The 1919 suite has remained the mostpopular.

Drawn from Russian folk tales, thestory of The Firebird centers on PrinceIvan, who, while hunting in the forest –evoked by mysterious low strings at thebeginning of the Suite – wanders intothe realm of the evil magician Kastcheithe Deathless, who has maintainedimmortality by preserving his soul in amagic egg hidden within a casket. Ivancaptures the Firebird, a powerful, posi-tive spirit, depicted by Stravinsky withbright orchestral colors and trills,whose beautiful feathers bring beautyand protection. But he spares theFirebird after she begs for her life. Tothank him, the Firebird gives him afeather with which he can contact herwhen in need.

Suddenly, thirteen princesses who areimprisoned under the spell of Kastcheiappear. As they dance their Khorovod,or Round Dance, Ivan falls in love withone of them. After an argument,Kastchei sends his monster minions afterIvan. Ivan uses his feather to call on theFirebird, who enchants the minions andmakes them and Ivan dance the furious“Infernal Dance” to the point of exhaus-tion. On their falling asleep – accompa-nied by a lovely lullaby, the “Berceuse,”

IGOR STRAVINSKY L’Oiseau de Feu (“The Firebird” 1919 version)

withdrew it, and sent copies of thescore to several people, including therenowned violinist Joseph Joachim, forcomments. Once revised, the Concertowas dedicated to Joachim, who becameone of its great interpreters.

Subtle murmurs introduce theConcerto’s third movement, leadinginto the brilliant gypsy-flavored themeand more expansive second idea thatbecome the material for this combina-tion of sonata and rondo forms. AsJonathan D. Kramer has written, “The

concerto is a mesmerizing display ofviolin virtuosity. Bruch utilizes openstrings, high registers, four-note chords,rapid double and triple stops, etc., withgreat understanding. The resultingwork is a virtuoso’s dream. When wellplayed it shows off the instrument togreat advantage. The piece is also dra-matic, fiery, and melodic, and thus ithas remained popular with soloists andaudiences alike.”

—Chris Morrison

introduced by the bassoon – the Firebirdleads Ivan to a tree stump in which theegg with Kastchei’s soul is hidden. Ivandestroys the egg, and, as the French hornannounces the rising sun, all those that

Kastchei had imprisoned and enchantedare now freed for a final triumphantdance.

—Chris Morrison

This medley of three songs perfectlyreflects the patriotic spirit of thisunique choir. The first song is Keep theHome Fires Burning which was aBritish patriotic First World War songcomposed in 1914 by Ivor Novellowith words by Lena Guilbert Ford. Itbecame very popular in the UK duringthe war, along with It’s a Long Way toTipperary, another favorite in thechoir’s growing repertoire.

Following this opening song, comes thefirst of perhaps the two best knownand loved World War II songs. TheWhite Cliffs of Dover was madefamous by the forces ‘sweetheart’ VeraLynn with her 1942 version, written in1941 by Walter Kent with lyrics by NatBurton. The song was one of Lynn’sbest-known recordings, and soonbecame one of the most popular WorldWar II tunes. It was written beforeAmerica had joined the war to boostthe Allies’ morale at a time when muchof Europe was occupied by the Nazisand Britain was being bombed. Thesong was written about a year after theBattle of Britain where aircraft hadbeen fighting over the cliffs of Dover.The lyrics refer to the RQAF andRCAF fighter pilots in their ‘blue’ uni-

forms as “bluebirds” and expressesconfidence that they shall prevail dur-ing the dark days of the Battle ofBritain.

The final song in this medley is anotherclassic again made famous by Vera Lyn,We’ll Meet Again. It was written in1939 by Ross Parker and HughieCharles. The optimistic message withinthe song resonated with the soldiers,their families and sweethearts alike.The assertion that “we’ll meet again”was the hope everyone needed to feel.The song gave its name to the 1943musical film “We’ll Meet Again” inwhich Dame Vera Lynn played the leadrole (see 1943 in music). More recently,Lynn sang the song in London on the60th Anniversary of VE Day in 2005.

The version performed this evening, isthe one featured on the choir’s secondalbum “Stronger Together” recordedby the Military Wives’ Choir (MWC) –Abingdon and Defence Academy, con-ducted by Gordon Campbell and AnnaVincent-Hill. The album was releasedon November 5, 2012 and reachednumber 5 in the UK charts. Singing thesolo parts in We’ll Meet Again tonightis Beth Joy and Alison Nuttall.

arr. Jon Cohen Songs that Won The War

JASON ORANGE, MARK OWEN, GARY BARLOW & HOWARDDONALD, Rule The Worldarr. Jon Cohen & Geoff Lawson

Rule The World is a song by Englishpop band Take That and was their firstsong to be written specifically for afilm. Matthew Vaughn, the director ofStardust, contacted Take That in thehope of getting them to write a song forhis film. After seeing the film, the bandmembers agreed to write (and perform)the song. The band wrote the chorus ofthe song while they were in Spain andupon playing a demo of this to Vaughn,the director agreed to include it in theend credits of the film. Unfortunatelythe song is not included on the Star-dust soundtrack, nor on the originalrelease of the band’s album BeautifulWorld. Instead it was released interna-tionally exclusively as a single inOctober 2007, and was premiered liveby the band at the inaugural National

Movie Awards on September 28, 2007as the year’s 5th biggest-selling single inthe UK, a feat made remarkable by thefact that it was released just twomonths from the end of the year. Thesong was also the 44th best-selling sin-gle in the UK the following year(2008), and the 16th best-selling singlein Ireland in 2007.

The full-length version appears exclu-sively on the Tour Souvenir Edition ofthe album ‘Beautiful World’ and wasthe finale to the ‘Circus Tour’ in 2009.Sam Abrahams conducted the MWC-Lympstone when they recorded thisversion for the choir’s second albumand the soloists in tonight’s perform-ance will be Louise Forbes, Kirsty-annJohnstone and Giselle Fitzsimmons.

LAURENCE MULLEN, DAVID EVANS, ADAM CLAYTON &PAUL DAVID HEWSON With Or Without Youarr. Jon Cohen & Geoff Lawson

With Or Without You is a song by theIrish rock band U2. It is the third trackfrom their fifth studio album, ‘The JoshuaTree’ (1987), and was released as thealbum’s lead single on March 16, 1987.The song was the group’s most successfulsingle at the time, becoming their firstnumber-one hit in both the United Statesand Canada by topping the Billboard Hot100 for three weeks and the RPM nation-al singles chart for one week.

With Or Without You was a collabora-tive effort by all the band’s four mem-bers: Guitarist ‘The Edge’ (DavidEvans), Bassist Adam Clayton,Drummer Laurence (Larry) Mullen andlead vocalist Bono (Paul David

Hewson). The song originated from ademo recorded in late 1985 that thegroup continued to work on throughout‘The Joshua Tree’ sessions. Ostensibly atroubled love song, the song’s lyricswere inspired by Bono’s conflicting feel-ings experienced by juggling life as amusician and domestic man.

Critics praised the song upon itsrelease, and it is frequently performedon the band’s live tours. It has alsoappeared on many of their compilationalbums and concert films. With OrWithout You is U2’s second most fre-quently covered song and in 2010,Rolling Stone magazine placed the songat number 132 on their list of ‘The 500

PAUL MEALOR Wherever You Are

I wrote Wherever You Are for theMilitary Wives Choir under the direc-tion of Gareth Malone to give thewomen ‘a voice’. The lyrics for thesong are written by the Military Wivesthemselves – they are taken from lettersthe wives wrote to their husbands serv-ing in the armed forces. Their storybecame part of a BBC series on televi-sion, ‘The Choir: Military Wives’. Thesuccess of the premiere of the songprompted a recording to be made. TheCD was released on December 19,2011 and entered the UK pop chart at

number 1, claiming the Christmasnumber 1 – selling more than 556,000copies in one week, more than the restof the Top 12 combined. The song alsoclaimed the status of the biggest firstweek sales since A Moment Like Thisby Leona Lewis, and the most success-ful charity single since Elton John’sCandle in the Wind. The song is aboutlove and loss, about hope and friend-ship. It is for all our loved ones, wher-ever they are…

—Paul Mealor

RICHARD MARX Right Here Waitingarr. Jon Cohen & Geoff Lawson

Right Here Waiting is a song by theAmerican singer-songwriter RichardMarx. It was released in June 1989, asthe second single from his secondalbum, ‘Repeat Offender’. The songwas a global hit, topping chartsthroughout the world, including theU.S. where it reached number one onthe Billboard Hot 100 and laterreached Platinum status. Marx wrotethe song as a love letter to his wife, theactress Cynthia Rhodes, who was inSouth African making a film.

The song was Marx’s first of several togo to number one on the Hot AdultContemporary Chart and is his best-selling single to date. It is also his mostenduring, charting in the top 15 ofBillboard’s Hot Adult ContemporaryRecurrent chart for four years running,

from 2000 to 2003, more than tenyears after its release.

In the UK, the song was released inSeptember 1989 and peaked at number2. It is one of Marx’s most frequentlycovered compositions. The originaltrack was arranged by Marx andJeffery Vanston and deliberately omit-ted the use of the heavy drums and syn-thesizers popular at the time. InsteadMarx’s vocal was accompanied only byclassical guitar (Bruce Gaitsch) andkeyboards (Vanston), which is part ofthe reason why the version you aregoing to hear tonight works so well. Itwas arranged for the Military Wives’Choir by Jon Cohen and Geoff Lawsonfor the choir’s second album. Therecording was made by the MWC-Plymouth, conducted by Rob Young.

Greatest Songs of All Time’. RobYoung conducted the MWC-Plymouthwhen they recorded this version for thechoir’s first album, ‘In My Dreams’

released on March 5, 2012. The albumreached number one in the UK chartsand the song is one of the girl’sfavorites to perform at live events.

PAUL MEALOR This Song of Mine (World Premiere)

This Song of Mine was written for theMilitary Wives tour to New York. It isa love song telling of the power ofmusic and how it can change our lives,how it can help us in times of need and

how, even after death, it can bring com-fort in grief. The words are by the greatBengali writer, Rabindranath Tagore.

—Paul Mealor

CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG, ALAIN BOUBLIL & JEAN-MARC NATEL Bring Him Homearr. Mark Brymer

Les Misérables is a sung-through musi-cal based on the novel Les Misérablesby French poet and novelist VictorHugo, but then…you all knew thatdidn’t you? Who hasn’t seen and fallenin love with this extraordinary musi-cal? Having premiered in Paris in 1980,‘Les Mis’ has gone on to become thelongest-running musical in the WestEnd and the second longest-runningmusical in the world.

With music by Claude-MichelSchönberg, original French lyrics byAlain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, andan English-language libretto by HerbertKretzmer the songs have become house-hold favorites around the globe.

The song the choir is going to performtonight is the hauntingly beautifulBring Him Home in which the charac-ter ‘Valjean’ begs God to save the char-acter ‘Marius’ and return him to‘Cosette’. Taking the lyric “In my needyou have always been there” Valjean isspeaking of how whenever he has been

in need, God has always helped him.An example of this is seen at the startof the musical when Valjean delivershis soliloquy “What Have I Done”.This prayer-like quality of the song isparticularly apparent at the start, butthe mood changes and becomes muchmore passionate and emotionallycharged half way through. The stillnessand calm of the beginning section is re-established towards the end and thesong concludes with a heart wrenchingpleading that leaves the listener almostgasping for breath. It is one of the mostheartfelt and poignant songs of theentire score.

In a Blu-ray documentary of the filmadaptation, Claude-Michel Schönbergrevealed that the song was writtenspecifically for Colm Wilkinson whooriginated the role of Valjean in theWest End. The version the choir per-forms was arranged for SSA voices byMark Brymer and is extremely evoca-tive in its simplicity with solo pianoaccompaniment.

GARETH MALONE & ELIOT KENNEDY Stronger Togetherarr. Jon Cohen & Geoff Lawson

This song was written by Gareth Mal-one and Eliot Kennedy. It was of courseMalone’s TV show ‘The Choir’ that hadbrought the choir to the attention of theBritish public back in 2011. StrongerTogether was written specifically for theladies and the words say it all.

It featured on the choir’s second albumby the same title and was recorded byover 700 ladies from 24 Military WivesChoirs. The original five of Catterick,Chivenor, Plymouth, Portsmouth,Lympstone, were joined by anothernineteen; Abingdon, Ayios Nikolaos(Cyprus), Chicksands, Condor, Cul-drose, Defence Academy, Dishforth,Herford (Germany), JHQ, March-wood, Marham, Middle Wallop,Salisbury Plain, Shawbury, Shorncliffe,Warminster, Wattisham, West of Scot-land and Wimbush. On September 13,over 650 ladies from the 24 choirsrecorded the ‘Stronger Together’ video

in London for release on November 5,2012. Founder member Nicky Clarkewrote on the album cover,

“Stronger Together really does sumup this year (2012) we’ve broughttogether women from all over theMilitary Community, in their ownchoirs, on-line, at the Jubilee andnow on this album and still thechoirs continue to grow. This is atestament to every woman in theMilitary Community – they arestrong, resourceful women whosupport their loved ones whenthey’re away.”

The song begins with a solo, andtonight this part will be sung by theChair of the Plymouth choir, LarraineSmith. Sit back, listen to the words andmusic, and feel the warmth radiatefrom the stage.

TextsSongs That Won The WarIVOR NOVELLO & LENA GUILBERT FORD; WALTER KENT & NAT BURTON;ROSS PARKER & HUGHIE CHARLES

They were summoned from the hill-sideThey were called in from the glenAnd the country found them ready At the stirring call for menLet no tears add to their hard-shipsAs the soldiers pass alongAnd although your heart is breakingMake it sing this cheery song

Keep the home fires burning,While your hearts are yearningThough your lads are far away They dream of homeThere’s a silver liningThrough the dark clouds shiningTurn the dark clouds inside outTill the boys come home

There’ll be blue birds overThe white cliffs of DoverTomorrowJust you wait and seeThere’ll be love and laughter and peaceever after

Tomorrow when the world is free

The shepherd will tend his sheepThe valley will bloom againAnd jimmy will go to sleepIn his own little room a-gain

There’ll be blue birds overThe white cliffs of DoverTomorrowJust you wait and see

Far awayAnd I will just say helloTo the folks that you know Tell them you won’t be long

They’ll be happy to knowThat as I saw you goYou were singing this song

We’ll meet again Don’t know whereDon’t know when

But I know we’ll meet againSome sunny day

Rule The WorldJASON ORANGE, MARK OWEN, GARY BARLOW & HOWARD DONALD

You light the skies up above meA star so bright you blind meDon’t close your eyesDon’t fade away, Don’t fade away

Yeah you and me we can ride on a starIf you stay with me now we can rule theworld

Yeah you and me we can light up the skyIf you stay by my side we can rule theworld

If walls break down I will comfort youIf angels cry, I will be there for youYou’ve saved my soul Don’t leave me now, Don’t leave me now

Yeah you and me we can ride on a starIf you stay with me now we can rule theworld

Yeah you and me we can light up the sky If you stay by my side, we can rule theworld

The stars are coming out tonightThey’re lighting up the sky tonightFor you, For youAll the stars are coming out tonightThey’re lighting up the sky tonightFor you, For you

Yeah you and me we can ride on a starIf you stay with me now, we can rule theworld

Yeah you and me we can light up the skyIf you stay by my side we can rule theworld

The stars are coming out tonight

They’re lighting up the sky tonightFor you, For youAll the stars are coming out tonightThey’re lighting up the sky tonightFor you, For you All the stars are coming out tonightThey’re lighting up the sky tonightFor you, For you

With Or WithoutLAURENCE MULLEN, DAVID EVANS, ADAM CLAYTON & PAUL DAVID HEWSON

See the stone set in your eyes,See the thorn twist in your side,I’ll wait, for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate,On a bed of nails, she makes me wait, And I’m waiting for you,

With or without youWith or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore,You give it all, but I want more,And I’m waiting for you,

With or without you.With or without you,And you give yourself away,And you give yourself away.

My hands are tied my body bruised,She’s got me with nothing to win,And nothing left to lose.

And you give yourself away,And you give yourself away,And you give you give,And you give yourself away.

With or without you, With or without you,Can’t live — With or without you,With or without you, With or withoutyou.

Wherever You ArePAUL MEALOR

Wherever you are,My love will keep you safe;My heart will build a bridge of lightacross both time and space.

Wherever you are,Our hearts still beat as one,I hold you in my dreams each night untilyour task is done.

Light up the darkness, my wondrousstar;

Our hopes and dreams, My heart and yours,Forever shining far.Light up the darkness,My Prince of Peace;May the stars shine all around you,May your courage never cease.

Wherever I am,I will love you day by day,I will keep you safe,Cling on to faith,Along the dark dark way.

Wherever I am, I will hold you through the night;I will pray each day,A safe return,Will look now to the light.

Light up the darkness,My wondrous star;Our hopes and dreams, My heart and yours, Forever shining far.Light up the darkness,My Prince of Peace;May the stars shine all around you, May your courage never cease.Courage never cease.

Right Here WaitingRICHARD MARX

Ocean’s apart day after day,And I slowly go insane,I hear your voice on the line,But it doesn’t stop the pain.

If I see you next to never, How can we say forever

Where ever you go, Whatever you do,I will be right here waiting for you.Whatever it takes, Or how my heartbreaks

I will be right here waiting for you.

I took for granted, all the timesThat I thought would last, somehowI hear the laughter, I taste the tearsBut I can’t get near you now.

Oh, can’t you seeYou’ve got me going crazy, Where ever you go, Whatever you do,I will be right here waiting for you.Whatever it takes, Or how my heartbreaks,

I will be right here waiting for you.

I wonder how we can survive thisromance,

But in the end if I’m with you, I’ll take the chance.

Where ever you go, Whatever you do,I Will be right here waiting for you. Where ever you go, Whatever you do,I will be right here waiting for you,Whatever it takes, Or how my heartbreaks,

I will be right here Waiting for you.I will be right here waiting for you,Waiting for you.

This Song Of Mine (World Premiere)PAUL MEALOR

This song of mine will wind its musicaround you my love,

This song of mine will touch yourforehead like a kiss of blessing,

When you’re alone, it will whisper inyour ear,

Alone when darkness falls.

My song will be like a pair of wings,To your dreams,My song will sit in the pupils of youreyes,

And when my voice is silenced in death,My song always will sing,This song of mine will wind its musicaround you,

My Love, My Love.

Bring Him HomeALAIN BOUBLIL & JEAN-MARC NATEL

God on high, Hear my prayer, In my need, You have always been there,

He is young, He’s afraid,Let him rest, Heaven blessed.Bring him home, Bring him home,Bring him home.

He’s like the son I might have known,If God had granted me a son.The summers die, One by one,How soon they fly,On and on, And I am old,And will be gone.

Bring him peace,Bring him joy,He is young, He is only a boy.

You can take. You can give,Let him be, Let him live,If I die, let me die,Let him live,Bring him home, Bring him home,Bring him home.

Stronger TogetherGARETH MALONE & ELIOT KENNEDY

There are times,I need somewhere that I belong,Something that I can call my own,Like I have always known,Safe secure and feels like home.

Heard a voice,A whisper that became a shout,I heard them call my name out loud,Following the sound,Guiding me leading meHigher and higher.

Can you hear above the noise, the voices?Together we are stronger we canovercome,

We can walk this road together We can stand as one,And now nothing can divide us, We are stronger togetherTogether we belong,Together we are strong.

There’s a flame,Burning through the darkest nightBurning with the brightest light Can you see it through the dark?Shining leading higher and higher.

Can you hear above the noise the voices?Full of life and full of hope.

Together we stronger We can overcome,We can walk this road together we canstand as one,

And now nothing will divide us We are stronger together Together we belong,Together we are strong.

Together we are stronger we canovercome,

We can walk this road together We can stand as one,And now nothing can divide us,We are stronger togetherTogether we belong,Together we are strong.

Together we are stronger we canovercome,

We can walk this road together We can stand as one,And now nothing can divide us,We are stronger togetherTogether we belong,Together we are strong.

THE ArtistsDr. Jason Altieri is the current MusicDirector of the Atlanta Pops Orchestraand Associate Conductor for the RenoPhilharmonic. Dr. Altieri is also a strongadvocate for young musicians throughhis position as Director of Orchestras atthe University of Nevada and with guestconducting engagements with the Hol-lywood Film Orchestra, an ensemblewhich he has led on several toursthroughout the United States, China,and Japan since 2006. His extensivetouring has seen him conducting inmost of the major performance venuesin the United States and Asia includingThe People’s Hall in Beijing, China andSuntory Hall in Tokyo, Japan. In addi-tion to his extensive touring and as aresult of his tireless work with youngmusicians, Dr. Altieri was invited as aguest conductor for the Los AngelesOrchestra Festival held in Walt DisneyHall on June 24th, 2011. He also servedas the orchestra director for the Interna-tional Double Reed Society Conferencein July of 2012 as well as guest conduc-tor for the Santa Fe Symphony inDecember of 2014. In addition to hisorchestral work, Jason is also an accom-plished conductor of opera as well. Hewas engaged by London’s Royal CarlRosa Opera Company to lead them onthree North American tours. He wasalso the Associate Music Director forthe Ohio Light Opera Company in thesummer of 2006 where he conductedsix productions and over 40 perform-ances during their 29th season. As aresult of his work with the OLO, JasonAltieri has released two recordings onAlbany Records. In 2002 Dr. Altieri waschosen to study with Valery Vatchev ofthe National Bulgarian Opera, whichled to guest conducting engagements of

La Traviata, Il Trovatore and Rigolettoin the Czech Republic. He has alsoworked on the faculties of the Inter-lochen Center for the Arts and theSewanee Summer Music Center. Anative of Georgia, Jason Altieri grew upin a musical family with both parentsbeing members of the Atlanta Sym-phony Orchestra. High School wascompleted at the Dekalb Center for thePerforming Arts and his education con-tinued at the University of Georgiawhere he received a Bachelor’s Degree inMusic Education. While pursuingadvanced degrees in conducting fromMichigan State University, Jason notonly served as Assistant Conductor forthe Orchestra Program but was also theconductor of the Opera Theatre Pro-gram and was fortunate to haveadditional studies with Neeme Jarvi ofthe Detroit Symphony Orchestra andGustav Meier of the Peabody Conserva-tory. Dr. Altieri currently resides inReno, Nevada.

The Reno Phil’s three Youth Orchestras(RPYO) provide a high level orchestralexperience for woodwind, brass, per-

JASON ALTIERI, Director

Composer Amanda Harberg has beencommissioned by the PhiladelphiaOrchestra’s Sound All Around series,the Dorian Wind Quintet, the GrandRapids Symphony, the Albany Sym-phony and the New York YouthSymphony, among many other ensem-

bles and individuals. Her works havebeen performed internationally by manyorchestras and performing groups.Awards include a 2014 NJS Council onthe Arts fellowship, a Fulbright/HaysFellowship, the NY Youth Symphony’sFirst Music Award, a NYS Council onthe Arts fellowship, and Juilliard’s PeterMennin Prize for outstanding accom-plishment. A dedicated teacher, Harbergcurrently teaches at the ASTA ChamberMusic Institute, as well as maintainingan active private teaching studio. Har-berg received her BM and MM from theJuilliard School, and her music is pub-lished by Theodore Presser Company.Harberg lives with her family in GlenRidge NJ, where she is the founder anddirector of the Music in Montclairseries. To find out more, please visit:amandaharberg.com

AMANDA HARBERG, Composer

cussion, and string players in grades 4-12. Founded in 1995, the YouthSymphony Orchestra (YSO) is northernNevada’s premier youth orchestra, con-sisting of the area’s most advancedplayers. In 1999, the Youth ConcertOrchestra (YCO) was formed to pro-vide developing musicians with awell-balanced symphonic experience.Both orchestras are conducted by Dr.Jason Altieri. In 2009, a third youthorchestra was established in partnershipwith Washoe County School District.

The Youth Strings Symphonia (YSS),conducted by Reno Phil assistant con-certmaster Carol Laube, is astrings-only ensemble that serves manystring players in grades 4-8. In the2015-2016 Season, the RPYO consist of240 members from Reno, Sparks, Car-son City, Gardnerville, Fallon, Fernley,Incline Village, Carnelian Bay, KingsBeach, South Lake Tahoe, Truckee,Tahoe City, Tahoe Vista, and Tahoma.For more information visitwww.renophil.com/rpyo

Greg A. Oden is the Music Coordinatorof Ouachita Parish Schools and is thedirector of the West Monroe HighSchool Rebel Choir. Mr. Oden receivedhis university training from NortheastLouisiana University in both undergrad-uate and graduate schools. He has 23years of experience in middle school,junior high, and high school teaching. Asought after clinician, adjudicator, andcommissioned composer, Mr. Oden hasbeen the musical director for over 20musical theater productions. He hasbeen commissioned to composer forchorus, solo, and symphonic ensembles.Mr. Oden is a member of MENC,ACDA, NATS, LA-ACDA, LMEA, Dis-trict I Choral Directors Association, andPhi Mui Alpha Sinfonia. He is currentlyserving as the LMEA District Directorfor District 1 and the High SchoolChairman for the District 1 ChoralDirectors Association. Mr. Oden is theMusic Coordinator for the OuachitaParish School System.

The West Monroe High School RebelChoir performs numerous concerts eachyear throughout the south. They havehad several members selected to theAmerican Choral Directors AssociationRegional/National Honor Choruses,LA-ACDA All State Choruses, LMEAAll State Choruses, and other honororganizations. The members of thechoir have performed Britten’s Cere-mony of Carols, Handel’s Messiah,Poulenc’s Stabat Mater, Rutter’s Magni-ficat, Rutter’s Gloria, and othermasterworks of choral music.

A tradition of excellence since 1953, theWest Monroe High School Rebel Choir

has been accorded countless accoladesas a performing choir. The Rebel Choirhas performed in some of the most pres-tigious concert venues in the world: St.Peter’s Basilica (Rome), Carnegie Hall(New York), Salzburg Dom Cathedral(Salzburg, Austria), St. Mary in Monte-santo (Rome), Church of San Firenze(Flornece), Votive Kirche (Vienna, Aus-tria), Jesuitkirche (Lucerne,Switzerland), St. Germain des Prez(Paris, France), Notre Dame Cathedral(Paris, France), St. Paul’s Cathedral(London, England), and the WreathLaying Ceremony (June 6, 2010) at theAmerican Cemetery at NormandyBeach. They returned to Italy in 2014with performances at St. Peter’s Basilica(Rome), St. Mark’s Basilica (Venice),and St. Francis Cathedral (Assisi). Thechorus is comprised of over 114 singers.The choir is equally at home in classicalas well as modern styles. Their membershave been guest performers for the MissLouisiana Pageant, Disney Magic MusicDays, and the Performing Arts Consult-ants Festival at Sea.

GREG A. ODEN, Director

Paul Mealor has been described as, ‘themost important composer to haveemerged in Welsh choral music sinceWilliam Mathias’ (New York Times,2001) and his music is, ‘marked bysomething outside of himself that isbeautifully spatial and evocative oflandscape… it illuminates both our pastand our future’ (The Guardian, 2011).

Topping the Classical Charts for sixweeks with his bestselling album, ATender Light (featuring Tenebrae Choirand the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)in November 2011, he also brokerecords by being the first classical com-poser to hold both the classical and popchart No 1’s at the same time in Decem-ber 2011, securing the UK ChristmasNo 1 with his piece for The MilitaryWives Choir and Gareth Malone, Wher-ever You Are. ‘Wherever You Are’entered the UK Pop Singles Chart atnumber 1 on 19th December, sellingover 556,000 copies in one week, morethan the rest of the Top 12 combined,and was nominated for Best British Sin-gle in the 2012 BRIT Awards. It hasbeen named, by the Official ChartsCompany as, the fastestselling singlesince Elton John’s Candle in the Wind.Also, in April of 2012 Mealor wasvoted the nation’s favorite living com-

poser during the UK Classic FM Hall ofFame.

Born in St Asaph, North Wales in 1975,Paul Mealor studied composition pri-vately as a boy with William Mathiasand later with John Pickard, and at theUniversity of York (BA Hons, 1997,PhD, 2002) and in Copenhagen withHans Abrahamsen and Per Nørgård.His music has been commissioned andperformed at many festivals and bymany orchestras and choruses and hasbeen broadcast on every major TV andRadio station throughout the world.Since January 2003 he has taught in theMusic Department at the University ofAberdeen where he is Professor of Com-position.

Mealor was catapulted to international-stardom in April 2011, when 2.5 billionpeople (the largest audience in broad-casting history) heard his Motet, “Ubicaritas” performed by the choirs ofWestminster Abbey and Her Majesty’sChapel Royal, conducted by JamesO’Donnell at the Royal Wedding Cere-mony of His Royal Highness PrinceWilliam and Catherine Middleton (nowTRH The Duke & Duchess of Cam-bridge) at Westminster Abbey. It sincetopped the Classical singles charts in theUSA, UK, Australia, France and NewZealand.

In July 2011, Mealor signed to DeccaRecords and signed a publishing dealwith Novello & Co. His first album forDecca, A Tender Light- a collection ofsacred anthems recorded by Tenebraeand the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra -spent six weeks at No 1 of the SpecialistClassical Charts. He is currently prepar-ing his second album for Decca and hascontributed new works to a number ofother Decca albums, including his songIn My Dreams for X factor star Jonjo

PAUL MEALOR, Composer/Conductor

Kerr, which entered the pop charts atnumber one, knocking Bruce Spring-steen off the top spot; De Profundis forthe St Petersburg Chamber Choir on thealbum Tranquillity (which also madeNo 1 in the Classical Charts in August2012), and the first ever musical settingof St Francis’ prayer, You Are The HolyLord God for Friar Alessandro’s debutalbum.

Mealor wrote a number of works forHM Queen Elizabeth II’s DiamondJubilee and has recently completed asetting of the Crucifixus—a large orato-rio for baritone, choir andorchestra—which received its premiereat the Edinburgh Festival in August,and is currently working on a numberof pieces for chorus, including ananthem to celebrate the 600th anniver-sary of the founding of St Andrews

University and a new work for BBC’sSongs of Praise. He has just finishedfilming a programme on the music of Benjamin Britten and appeared in theBBC 2 programme, The Choir.

Mealor is the first President Ty Cerdd -Wales’s National Centre for music mak-ing, and of the award-winningCardiff-based choir, CorDydd and willconduct them later this month at an allWelsh concert at New York’s CarnegieHall. He has received many awards andhonors for his music including Hon-orary Fellowships from BangorUniversity (2013) and Glyndwr Univer-sity (2012) in Wrexham, and theGlanville Jones Award, from the WelshMusic Guild, for his outstanding contri-bution to music in Wales (2013). Thisevening marks Mealor’s second resi-dency with DCINY.

PERFORMING ARTS PARTNERS

DCINY would like to thank our Performing Arts Partners, who, with their financial support,have made this performance possible.

FluteJulia KimPaul NovakBrian WangAnne Yan

OboeEmily ArnoldJenna Wang

ClarinetJack ObergEmma RosenPhoebe Yang

BassoonMolly MacDonaldJade Sundstrom

HornTanner AmundsenMatthew BeckSydni BringhurstShasta LongoAbbey Shock

TrumpetNicholas BowlerJoshua CarlsonJordan GuldmanHenry Sturm

TromboneMatthew BoogRinik Kumar

Bass TromboneJohn Humphreys

TubaRylan Kane

PercussionJonathan Hickox-Young

Joe SabiniHenry Stone

HarpRegan Gallagher

ViolinThyra AltuninSydney ApelMelissa BakNisha von BartheldBeyer BradyClio BradySarah BrownGabe CovingtonJenna ElliottAleyna GilsonEleanore Hamilton

Darion HomayoonTanner HoodXena HorneAriana KendallShelby KolesarAmanda KristantiOliver LeitnerMadeline LenzKiarra MarianiMatthew MurphyPranit NandaManuel OrozcoAlex PengAustine PengJulian PicazoMitch PisaneTiffany RodriguezMatthew SteinbergEleanor SturmBenjamin VandevertAddi Wingate

ViolaAlice BenedictWren BradyIsabella BryantRyan ClawsonCoral KremsnerEthan LopesKyle RespecioNick Rosen

Taven ThomasAlex Tonner

CelloKara BainterAmanda BakLilly BaxterThomas ChubbKendall CoxJacob FreedAlex Kilgore-GomezWilliam KimCullen McGinnisDylan NeelWyatt PhillipsEric Vasquez

BassMatthew BonkFrances HamiltonChristian LinMax NeidholdEric Nelson

Reno Philharmonic Youth Symphony Orchestra

Soprano 1 Gabrielle BallewKalyn CliftonKelly ColeKatie EdwardsLauren HenryJulia HoganJessica HowardKirsten LaGrangeMallori MoodyLaura Beth MooreAli OwensSierra ShoemakerAndrea SmithFaith StansburyKelly WallBreanna WhiteBailey WoodsonBailey Young

Soprano 2 Katy ColeKatie CountsCaroline CountsHannah FrostAbby HarrellLaura LovellMacie McCoyKristen McDougaldMadison MoreauChasey MorrisOlivia MyersCara RamosEvelyn ToddKayleigh TurlingtonBlakely UnderwoodKatherine WilsonMicalah WinnHollin Winters

Alto 1 Brooke BedoitAnna BlackAnnmarie CashMikela CatheyHailey DavisMary Grace DupuyBailey EatonErica FullerAlicia GuerreroLauren HarttNatalie LenardAddison LindsayAnnalisa MundwillerLauren WallaceVictoria Wilder

Alto 2Macey ChiltonLexi EplingPaige FreemanJade GonzalesKaleigh GoodwinLauren LawsonJade ParkerSkylon SmithHannah StadiusLindsey ThorntonMeredith Williams

West Monroe High School Rebel Choir

The Performing Arts Partners list includes names supplied by directors as of March 30, 2016. Any questions regarding missing or misspelled names should be addressed to the individual directors.

Tenor 1Gabriel FletcherNathan FrickCaleb NormanWilliam RobertsonKolton SlaughterWilliam Spencer

Tenor 2Scott DavidBeaux LoftonMaverick RobertsEvan Zizzi

Bass 1Garrett AntleyJace CacioRhett FinleyDevon HaleParker McNeelyTaylor WallaceBrennan White

Bass 2Benjamin ArmstrongConnor HanksChad ManyReagan SoignierLuke Whiteman

Military Wives Choir

Soprano 1 Julie Barclay Aimee Benbow Gillian Bowman Sarah Bridge Victoria Carter Val Crean Ruth Davies Bridget Egglesfield Giselle Fitzsimmons Donna Glover Joanna Grant Tracy Haley Julie Hawker Julie Hendry Karen Higgins Jane Horner Sue Houlberg Sheila Lall Sally Leung Tracy Lock Anne Mclachlan Angela McVitie Paula Phillips Bernadette Raynor Raquel Robinson Bulou Seru Natalie Seymour Julie Sharkey Larraine Smith Julie Thain-Smith

Paula Thorpe Claire Turner Abigail Watson Collette Wild

Soprano 2 Beverley Baker Charlotte Bayley Aimee Beattie Kiera Bentley Angelina Bowser Shelley Campbell Tracey Cooper Tracy Daykin Sharon Edwards Theresa Fleming Eilis Gardner Sally Gosling Judith Hargreaves Ruth Hastings Karen Hewitt Jacqueline Hills Krista Hook Stefanie Hughes Beth Joy Michelle Milevsky Imogen Milsom Susan Mulvey Judith Murray Linda Nichols Carol Norman

Kerry Ogden Pat PhippsHannah Simpson Diane Smith Laura Stewart Tracey Walsh Judith Wells Shirley White Amy Willock

AltoMary ActonShona AllfordJennifer BakerWendy BoltonIsobel BowmanSamantha BrierleyJennifer BrooksbanksHelen BurrowsMichelle ChaseSarah Jane ColebyMechelle CooneySharon CumminsKim DaglishAmanda DaveyVictoria DixonCatherine DorringtonLouise ForbesSara FuszardLaura HallKirsty Ann Heath

Jennifer MillerLeah MitchellKatherine O’DonnellDawn OsborneStephanie ParkerPatricia ParsonsDonna PearsonAlison PenfoldCatherine PriestleyNaniseQalobulaiwasaikabara

Susan RaeburnAlison RonaldLucy RussellBelinda SadlerJessica SandsCaroline SawbridgeAmanda SmithHayley SparkesMoriah SteinbergerEugenie TomlinKath ValerioSamantha WestClare WhightonClaire WilkinsonKeryl WilsonSusan WoodyattAllison Woolley

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DCINY 2016 Concert SeriesPlease join us for one of our upcoming events:

Sunday Evening, May 29, 2016 at 8:30 p.m.Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallOn the Winds of SongAn Evening with Mira Costa High School (CA)The Mira Costa High School Philharmonic & Symphony OrchestrasThe Mira Costa BandsPeter Park, Director of OrchestrasJoel Carlson, Director of Bands

Saturday Evening, June 11, 2016 at 8:30 p.m.Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallEchoes of Deserts and MountainsColorado Springs Youth Symphony (CO)Gary Nicholson, DirectorOdem High School Wind Ensemble (TX)Steven Rash, DirectorHighlands Youth Ensemble (TN)Janet DeLoach Morison, Director

Sunday Afternoon, June 12, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallEternal LightGrases: Nocturnos y Adivinanzas (World Premiere)Courtesy of the DCINY Premiere ProjectCristian Grases, Composer/ConductorFeaturing Distinguished Concerts Orchestra & Distinguished Concerts Singers InternationalMorten Lauridsen: Lux AeternaJonathan Griffith, DCINY Co-Founder, Artistic Director and Principal ConductorFeaturing Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Friday Evening, June 17, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln CenterShow Me LOVE: Bringing Beauty & Love To A Hurting WorldAn Evening With Lincoln Gospel ChoirDarcy Reese, DirectorThe Remnant, Special GuestsDarnell Davis, Soloist

Sunday Afternoon, June 26, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallSongs of Inspiration and HopeStuyvesant High School Chorus (NY)Holly Hall, DirectorSpivey Hall Children’s Chorus (GA)Martha Shaw, DirectorMusic for Treble VoicesLori Loftus, DCINY Debut ConductorFeaturing Distinguished Concerts Singers International

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