Jane Ring Frank, Artistic Director Scott Nicholas, Pianist

For a Dream’s Sake: Giving Women Voice Saturday, May 4, 2013, 4:00 p.m.

Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord, MA

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Concord Women’s Chorus presents

For a Dream’s Sake: Giving Women Voice

Jane Ring Frank, Artistic Director Scott Nicholas, Pianist With special guests

Lauren Curnow, Mezzo-soprano and

The Concord-Carlisle High School Women’s Chorus Deborah Smith, Music Director

We wish to thank the following grantors for generously helping to fund today’s concert:

This program is supported in part by an Alfred Nash Patterson Grant from Choral Arts New England; a grant from the PatsyLu Fund for Women's Music Projects under the aegis of Open Meadows Foundation; and by grants from the Carlisle, Concord, and Chelmsford Cultural Councils, local agencies, which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Concert Program

President’s Letter A year ago, when we first started planning our March 2013 tour to Philadelphia, we decided to search for Pennsylvania women’s choruses that might wish to collaborate with us. We were surprised to discover how relatively few community choruses exist that are dedicated to performing classical music written for women’s voices. Fortunately, our search did lead us to some high school and college women’s groups interested in joining us. We began to realize that our mission to keep this repertoire alive may well depend upon inspiring the next generation of singers. During our five-day tour, we collaborated with the Muhlenberg College Women’s Ensemble in Allentown and with the Pennsylvania Girlchoir in Chestnut Hill. Each of these concerts moved us because of the enthusiasm and commitment of the young chorus members and also because we had the chance to show them that music can be a lifelong passion and pursuit. Today’s performance gives us another opportunity to collaborate with some talented young singers, this time from the Concord-Carlisle High School Women’s Chorus, under the direction of Deborah Smith. We are particularly thrilled to share this special repertoire of music written entirely by historical and contemporary women composers. And we are gratified to introduce these students to music written by women at different life stages. Our program includes a lush early twentieth-century work by an eighteen-year-old composer; a canon of hope written in 2009, by a woman turning thirty and struggling to regain her health; lyrical pieces by women in the middle of their lives; and a work by a Boston composer, written in awe and anticipation of her grandchild’s birth. One additional way we hope to inspire you and our high school guests today is by introducing Lauren Curnow, a brilliant mezzo-soprano from Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, to our stage. Making her Boston-area debut, Lauren will sing a number of solos, including three art songs written by African-American women composers that are rarely performed and should be celebrated. We thank you, as always, for listening. And we thank the young women joining us today for carrying the torch. Warm regards,

Be Like the Bird [2009] 

Music by Abbie Betinis (b. 1980) Words by Victor Hugo (1802-85) Combined Choirs

Rose Trilogy [2003]

Eleanor Daley (b. 1955)

1. “A Red, Red Rose” 2. “The White Rose” 3. “The Lost Rose” 

Robert Burns (1759-96) John Boyle O’Reilly (1844-90) from Green Willow (anonymous), adapted by the composer

It’s Me, O Lord Traditional spiritual, arr. Betty Jackson King (1928-94) Facial [2009] 

Music by Beth Denisch (b. 1958) Words by Allison Joseph (b. 1967)

Oh Strange and Lucid Moment [2007] Denisch  Words by Maryanne Hannan

Les Sirènes [1911] 

Music by Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) Words by Charles Grandmougin (1850-1930)

INTERMISSION “Minstrel Man” from Three Dream PortraitsMargaret Bonds (1913-72)  Words by Langston Hughes (1902-67) Canticle of Mary [1994] Libby Larsen (b. 1950)  Luke 1:46-55, Magnificat, Gregorian Hymnal

Program Texts and Translations “Pie Jesu” from Requiem [1887-90] Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)  arr Jill Gallina  Traditional, from Mass for the Dead

Be Like the Bird

Erika Hedden, Hannah Klein, soloists

On the Move

Joanne Hammil The Concord-Carlisle Women’s Chorus Deborah Smith, Conductor

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and sings, knowing she hath wings.

A Red, Red Rose The Path of Light [2004]   

Ruth Watson Henderson (b. 1932) Settings of poems written by children of the Toronto District School Board, published in Urban Voices

1. “Landscape” 2. “Night”

A Hymn for St. Cecilia [2011] Daley  Words by Ursula Vaughan Williams (1911-2007) Come Down, Angels 

Cantate Domino [1984]

Traditional spiritual arr. Undine Smith Moore (1904-89)

Words & Music by Natalie Sleeth (1930-92) Combined Choirs

Please join us in the Parish Hall after the concert for refreshments and conversation.

Victor Hugo

Robert Burns

O my Luve’s like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly play’d in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I: And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry: Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi’ the sun: I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o’ life shall run. And fare thee well, my only Luve And fare thee well, a while! And I will come again, my Luve, Tho’ it were ten thousand mile.

The White Rose The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove. But I send you a cream-white rosebud With a flush on its petal tips; For the love that is purest and sweetest Has a kiss of desire on the lips.

John Boyle O’Reilly

The Lost Rosefrom Green Willow (anonymous)  adapted by composer Come, all forsaken, and mourn you with me; Who speaks of false love, mine’s falser than she. Let love no more possess in bower or close: It comes to bud, but soon it fades and withers, ere it be a rose. Thou fair and false, I die with thy wound; For thou hast lost the truest love that goes upon the ground. She, false, was born to be, and I to die for love. Write on my tomb, this, my farewell, in love I was true.

It’s Me, O Lord

Traditional spiritual

It’s me, it’s me, it’s me, O Lord, standin’ in the need of prayer. Not my mother, not my father, but it’s me, O Lord, standin’ in the need of prayer. Not the deacon, not the elder, but it’s me, O Lord, standin’ in the need of prayer. Not my sister, not my brother, but it’s me, O Lord, standin’ in the need of prayer. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Praise His name, etc. Please, Lord, I said Please, Lord, I’m standin’ in the need of prayer.

Facial

Allison Joseph Remember all the hands that loved your skin, the soft plains of your cheek, your jaw and chin, and think of them, the way they ached to stroke each inch, in need of all your face evokes. Caress each wrinkle with your fingertip, glide down the slope of nose, the curve of lip. Each line that you embrace reveals a life that no one else can know – each joy or strife, each moment that your face can map for years – the brows, the folds, the scars, the fears, the knowledge in your eyes, your regal head, the selves you’ve painted on, then rinsed to shed. Be proud of all the progress you can trace by touching every contour of your face.

Oh Strange and Lucid Moment

Maryanne Hannan

Oh strange and lucid moment When the Holy All pivots Plunges into our midst, Reigniting what smolders, Expectation, endless possibility, With one blazing glance of cosmic goodness. I salute you: The new life coming Is undoubtedly my own.

Les Sirènes (The Sirens)

Charles Grandmougin

Nous sommes la beauté qui charme les plus forts, Les fleurs tremblantes de l’écume Et de la brume. Nos baisers fugitifs sont le rêve des morts! Parmi nos chevelures blondes L’eau miroite en larmes d’argent. Nos regards à le éclat changeant Sont vers et bleus comme les ondes. Avec un bruit pareil Aux délicats frissons Des moissons Nous voltigeons Sans avoir d’ailes. Nous cherchons de tendres vainqueurs Nous sommes les soeurs immortelles Offertes aux désirs de vos terrestres coeurs. We are the loveliness that enchants the strongest ones, The trembling flowers of the sea-foam And the mist. Our fleeting kisses are the dream of the dead! Amidst our blonde tresses Water glistens in silver tears. Our glances at the changing brightness Are green and blue like the waves. With a sound like The delicate shivers Of the harvests, We hover Without wings. We are seeking tender conquerors. We are the immortal sisters Offered to the desires of your earthly hearts.

“Minstrel Man” Langston Hughes from Three Dream Portraits Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think I suffer after I have held my pain So long?

Joanne Hammil

Like my sisters before me and my sisters to come, I’m on the move. Like my sisters before me and my sisters to come, I’m on the move. I know where I come from, know where I’m bound, I’m not afraid to break new ground ‘Cause like my sisters before me and my sisters to come, I’m on the move. Like the singers before me and the singers to come, I’m singing loud. Like the singers before me and the singers to come, I’m singing loud. I know where I come from, know where I’m bound, I’m not afraid to break new ground ‘Cause like the singers before me and the singers to come, I’m singing loud.

Luke 1:46-55, Liturgical Psalter

I acclaim the greatness of the Lord, I delight in God my Savior, who regarded my humble state. Truly from this day on all ages will call me blest. For God, wonderful in power, has used that strength for me. Holy the name of the Lord! whose mercy embraces the faithful, (*Magnificat, anima mea Dominum.) one generation to the next. The mighty arm of God scatters the proud in their conceit, pulls tyrants from their thrones, and raises up the humble. The Lord fills the starving and lets the rich go hungry. God rescues lowly Israel, recalling the promise of mercy, the promise made to our ancestors, to Abraham’s heirs for ever. (*The Lord magnifies my soul.)

Traditional, from Mass for the Dead

Merciful Lord Jesus, Grant them rest, Everlasting rest.

On The Move

Because my mouth Is wide with laughter, You do not hear My inner cry? Because my feet Are gay with dancing, You do not know I die?

Canticle of Mary 

“Pie Jesu”

Gregorian hymnal

Like my Mama before me and my daughter to come, I’ll carry on. Like my Mama before me and my daughter to come, I’ll carry on. I know where I come from, know where I’m bound, I’m not afraid to break new ground ‘Cause like my Mama before me and my daughter to come, I’ll carry on.

The Path of Light

Ruth Watson Henderson

“Landscape” Absolute silence prevails until the sun rises from her beauty sleep and grooms herself in the mirror of the purple lake. The sun brightens, brightens and reveals everything she touches as if a blanket is being removed from the night sky. In a fit of giggles, the yellow marigolds whisper a secret to the trees with rainbow-coloured leaves, then pass on to the snowy mountain tops that are rugged as glass thorns colliding with each other. All day long, the air buzzes with excitement until the blanket falls back down And night descends.

Lucy Jun

“Night”

Thomas Fulton

When the sun fades, Night rolls her Cover of Darkness Out from beneath the Horizon. She casts her magic spell. Everyone goes to sleep. Night grabs her can of glowing paint And starts dotting the sky with Stars, Then she whistles for the Moon. He appears, loyal as always. Suddenly, she sees a faint glow on the Horizon. The Sun! Playtime is over! The Moon disappears. Reluctantly, Night grabs a can of Turpentine And washes the paint away. Then she rolls her Cover of Darkness Back over the Horizon. And disappears, ‘Till the Sun sleeps again.

A Hymn for St. Cecilia

Ursula Vaughan Williams

Sing, for the morning’s joy, Cecilia, sing, in words of youth and phrases of the Spring, walk the bright colonnades by fountains’ spray, and sing as sunlight fills the waking day; till angels, voyaging in upper air pause on a wing and gather the clear sound into celestial joy, wound and unwound, a silver chain, or golden as your hair. Sing for your loves of heaven and of earth, in words of music, and each word a truth; marriage of heart and longings that aspire, a bond of roses and a ring of fire. Your summertime grows short and fades away, terror must gather to a martyr’s death; but never tremble, the last indrawn breath remembers music as an echo may.

Through the cold aftermath of centuries Cecilia’s music dances in the skies, lend us a fragment of the immortal air, that with your choiring angels we may share, a word to light us thro’ time-fettered night, water of life, or rose of paradise so from the earth another song shall rise to meet your own in heaven’s long delight.

Come Down, Angels

Traditional spiritual

Come down, Angels, trouble the water. Let God’s saints come in. I love to shout; I love to sing Let God’s saints come in. I love to praise my heavenly King, Let God’s saints come in. I think I hear the Sinner say Let God’s saints come in. My Savior taught me how to pray Let God’s saints come in. Come down, Angels, trouble the water. Let God’s saints come in. Down, down, down, down trouble the water, Let God’s saints come in.

Cantate Domino *Cantate Domino, Cantate Deo, Cantate Domino in dulci jubilo! O sing to the Lord, every land, every nation, Sing to the Lord and with music adore, O sing to the Lord now in glad adoration, Sing and bring praise forevermore. O sing to the Lord and praises bring! (*Sing to the Lord, Sing to God, Sing to the Lord in sweet joy.)

Natalie Sleeth

Program Notes Music exists in an infinity of sound. I think of all music as existing in the substance of the air itself. It is the composer’s task to order and make sense of sound, in time and space, to communicate something about being alive through music. (Libby Larsen) We welcome you to today’s program, For a Dream’s Sake: Giving Women Voice, a concert dedicated to works written by historical and contemporary women composers. Made up of a beautiful and rich repertoire, this program is a platform for the promotion of women in music, designed to showcase CWC’s commitment to women’s contributions to the field of music, as well as dedication to inspiring the next generation of women singers. And with the Pulitzer Prize in Music being awarded recently to two women composers (Jennifer Higdon, 2010, and Caroline Shaw, 2013), we hope that our program is both timely and significant. In spring 2010 I created a program of works by women composers for our 50th anniversary gala concert. We commissioned Libby Larsen to write a special piece based on texts by Concord women, and the celebration was a grand success. We took the concert to England and toured with pride and joy, and the music was warmly received. Here we are, three years later, and the program theme looks the same, but our outlook and intention are slightly different. As I researched and discovered new repertoire, it became clear that we had a unique opportunity – to educate and to collaborate. CWC met the Concord-Carlisle High School Women’s Chorus, under the direction of Deborah Smith, in September 2011, at Singing for Peace, a community memorial concert on the tenth anniversary of the attacks of 9/11. We knew then that we would love to collaborate with Deborah and her lovely chorus, and a dream became reality. We are so pleased that the group has joined us today. It is a true joy to share this hidden yet compelling repertoire with such talented young women, as well as with our audiences. We toured again, this time regionally, in March, the month that honors Women’s History. We concertized in Philadelphia and collaborated with some of the area’s best young singers. We even met our dazzling soloist, Lauren Curnow, at Muhlenberg College. For a Dream’s Sake is the culmination of these fortuitous meetings and collaborations. The concert highlights some of the finest composers writing for chorus (mixed, men’s or women’s). Lili Boulanger, younger sister of the famed

musical pedagogue, Nadia Boulanger, tragically died just shy of her 25th birthday, leaving 29 compositions that are revered by musicians and scholars alike. Les Sirènes was written when Lili was 18. The opening piano section of the work is a nod to the orchestral work La Sirène by Debussy, who knew and admired Boulanger’s work. The Sirens were mythological aquatic femmes fatales who sang so beautifully that sailors would jump overboard and drown trying to reach them. Boulanger’s setting of this poem by French poet Charles-Jean Grandmougin is an Impressionistic work, strong but seductive. In 1913, one year after writing Les Sirènes, she became the first woman to win the prestigious and coveted Prix de Rome for her cantata Faust et Hélène. As a side note, it is perfect and coincidental that the Concord-Carlisle High School Women’s Chorus is offering the “Pie Jesu” from Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem. The two-year old Lili Boulanger is said to have impressed Fauré (who was her sister’s composition teacher at the time) with her perfect pitch! Libby Larsen is one of America’s most prolific and most-performed living composers. She has created a catalogue of more than 500 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to massive orchestral works and more than 15 operas. Constantly sought after for commissions and premieres by major artists, ensembles, and orchestras around the world, Larsen has established a permanent place for her works in the concert repertory. She has been hailed as “the only English-speaking composer since Benjamin Britten who matches great verse with fine music intelligently and expressively” (USA Today); you will hear this explicitly in her Canticle of Mary. While Larsen creates mystery around the famed meeting between angel and maiden, she also brilliantly captures the joy and acclamation that nudge Mary to accept her role as mother of the Holy One.

Born and raised in Parry Sound, Ontario, Eleanor Daley holds diplomas in piano and organ from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, and Trinity College, England. A prolific composer, Daley has a remarkable gift for melody. Her works are most notable for their sensitive interweaving of text and music. She has published more than 140 choral compositions and is commissioned extensively throughout North America. Rose Trilogy, commissioned by the ORIANA Women’s Choir of Toronto, received the National Choral Award for Outstanding Choral Composition of the Year in 2004. The three-movement work explores the metaphorical connection between roses and love in texts from Robert Burns, John Boyle O’Reilly, and Green Willow. The first movement is typical of Daley’s lush folk-driven style, while the second

movement is marked by an intense, rhythmic urgency. The third movement speaks of loss, anger, and, ultimately, grief.

mantra over the next year, while I underwent a third cancer diagnosis and bone marrow transplant.”

Ruth Watson Henderson is a Canadian composer, pianist, and music educator. She is currently on the faculty of The Royal Conservatory of Music. She has been the recipient of the National Choral Award for Outstanding Choral Composition and the Distinguished Service Award of the Ontario Choral Federation, as well as winner of the Competition for Women Composers in Mannheim, Germany. Path of Light is another standout commission from ORIANA Women’s Choir. The first movement, “Landscape,” contains an atmospheric tonal sonority, describing the sun’s unfolding path from dawn to night. The second movement, “Night,” is marked by lush tonal painting within a complex harmonic structure. Night creates her magic by rolling out darkness and painting the sky with stars – only then can she summon her companion, Moon.

Throughout this program, I have interwoven African-American spirituals from three notable and prolific 20th century composers: Betty Jackson King, Margaret Bonds, and Undine Smith Moore. Composer, choral director, educator, keyboard artist, lecturer, and publisher, Betty Jackson King received numerous awards including the Teaching Recognition Award from the former governor of New Jersey, Governor Thomas Kean. She is listed in: Who’s Who in American Black Women in the Arts and Social Sciences, International Who’s Who in Music, International Dictionary of Black Composers, and the African-American Art Song-Alliance. Her stirring arrangement, It’s Me, O Lord, is a soulful and jazzy adaptation of a familiar tune. Margaret Bonds studied composition with Florence Price and William Dawson and became the first black pianist to perform with the Chicago Symphony (1933). After completing her master’s degree in music at Northwestern University, she continued her composition studies at Juilliard with Roy Harris. Her compositions include orchestral and choral works, musical theater, art songs, popular songs, chamber music, and solo piano pieces. She collaborated frequently with poet Langston Hughes in some of her bestknown works. “Minstrel Man” emotes poignant irony – speaking to the conflict created by maintaining a bright façade, while living in inner turmoil. You will hear the struggle in Bonds’ deft use of modal mixture. Undine Smith Moore became the first graduate of Fisk University to receive a scholarship to Juilliard. She began teaching piano, organ, and music theory at Virginia State College (now Virginia State University) in 1927 and commuted to Columbia University between 1929 and 1931, receiving her Master of Arts in Teaching. She was awarded honorary Doctor of Music degrees by Virginia State College (1972) and Indiana University (1976) and in 1977 was named music laureate of Virginia. Composed in 1978, Come Down, Angels is a jubilant expression of praise: rhythmic, joyful, and triumphant.

Originally from Baltimore, Beth Denisch is currently a professor at Berklee College of Music, and her awards and grants include ASCAP, Meet the Composer, American Composers Forum, Composers Guild, and the American Music Center. Commissions include works for the Handel & Haydn Society, the PianOVo Trio (Weimar, Germany), the Boston Composers String Quartet, and the Cambridge Madrigal Singers. Even though CWC performed Facial and Oh Strange and Lucid Moment in 2010, I have brought both of these pieces back for this concert. They hold a special place in my heart. Facial reminds us that every wrinkle is hard-won, and that a rich life of meaning and emotion can be mapped out on each of our faces. Oh Strange and Lucid Moment allows us to eavesdrop on a grandmother who has just learned that her first grandchild is to be born: “Oh strange and lucid moment, when the Holy All pivots, plunges into our midst.” Only 30 years old, Abbie Betinis, born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, is one of the country’s most impressive emerging composers. A 2009 McKnight Composer Fellow, she has also been awarded a Jerome Composers Commissioning Grant, the Esoterics’ Polyphonos Young Composer Prize, Craig and Janet Swan Composer Prize, American Composers Forum Subito grants, and awards from ASCAP, Donne in Musica, MMEA, New York’s Sorel Organization, and the Young New Yorker’s Chorus. She is the great niece of Alfred Burt, whom many of you will remember from his vast output of Christmas carols. What appears to be a simple canon, Be Like the Bird, with text by Victor Hugo, is a haunting melody, composed just after Betinis completed cancer treatment for the second time. As Betinis tells us, “It would turn into my

I hope you enjoy today’s program. Please know that I am ever grateful for your continued and loyal support. It is a delight to unearth this essential and significant repertoire. Stop by and see me at the conclusion of the program. It is my hope that you will appreciate the power of giving women voice. Jane Ring Frank Artistic Director, Concord Women’s Chorus

Jane Ring Frank, Artistic Director Jane Ring Frank is pleased to be in her 20th year as Conductor of the Concord Women’s Chorus, a 60-voice ensemble based in Concord, Massachusetts. Concord Women’s Chorus prides itself on rehearsing and performing challenging, new music written especially for women.

Frank has conducted and produced two CDs with Boston Secession. Afterlife: German Choral Meditations on Mortality features the works of Distler, Brahms, Bach, and Ruth Lomon. This debut disc received critical acclaim for its outstanding performance quality. Frank and Boston Secession’s second CD, Surprised by Beauty: Minimalism in Choral Music, which features works by Lomon, Arvo Pärt, Gavin Bryars, and William Duckworth, was outstandingly reviewed by the New York Times, Gramophone, and American Record Guide, along with many other journals, magazines, and blogs. photo by susan wilson

For twelve years, Frank was also the Artistic Director and Founder of Boston Secession – one of Boston’s premiere professional choral ensembles. She began her conducting career on meeting her conducting mentor, Frank Pooler (then Director of Choral Activities) at California State University, Long Beach. His specialty was avant-garde music and unique programming. She then went on to graduate with degrees in accompanying and conducting. At CSULB, she became associate conductor of the 70-voice University Choir, staff pianist, lecturer, and musical director/conductor for the Department of Theatre Arts. She also worked as a repetiteur with professional opera companies in Los Angeles, including the Los Angeles Music Center Opera and the Long Beach Opera Company. Other artistic mentors include Randall Behr (former conductor and music director of the Department of Vocal Arts, Juilliard Opera Center, and former resident conductor, Los Angeles Music Center Opera), the late Michael Carson (conductor, Lake George Opera), and Menahem Pressler (Beaux Arts Trio). Frank moved to Boston in 1991 to conduct at Harvard University and five years later founded Boston Secession. In addition to her aggressive conducting responsibilities, Frank is a Resident Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, Director of Music at the First Congregational Church in Winchester, Music Director of Cantemus (a 40-voice chamber chorus located on Boston’s North Shore), and was recently appointed to the faculty of Bard College’s Longy School of Music. For a number of years, she also served as Conductor for E.C.S. Publishing Company’s professional recording choral ensemble, Philovox, and she served on Emerson College’s faculty for ten years.

Scott Nicholas, Pianist Based in Boston, Scott Nicholas is an accomplished pianist known as much for exceptional sensitivity to the performers he accompanies as for his technique. With a repertoire spanning classical and musical theater, Nicholas has appeared throughout the U.S. and internationally in solo and chamber performances. In addition, he has served as the rehearsal and performance pianist for Tanglewood Festival Chorus, the Borromeo String Quartet, the US Airforce Clarinet Ensemble, Longwood Opera, the Minnesota Opera, Boston Secession, the Concord Women’s Chorus, Boston Lyric Opera’s outreach programs, and the Leyontene Price Vocal Arts Competition. Nicholas has recorded several works by Graham Gordon Ramsay, most recently Six Piano Preludes, part of a collection of solo instrumental works from Albany Records (release date: spring 2013). He has also recorded frequently with E.C. Schirmer’s Philovox Ensemble and performed on WGBH-FM and WBUR-FM in Boston. Nicholas has served as music director for the New England Conservatory Opera Workshop, Central Square Theater, Franklin Performing Arts Company, Suffolk University, and Emerson College. He is also on the faculty at Emerson; teaches piano and coaches opera and music theater at Suffolk; and offers instruction in piano, theory, and vocal coaching at Encore Music Academy. Nicholas holds a B.A. in music education from The College of New Jersey and an M.M. in accompanying/coaching from the New England Conservatory.

Lauren Curnow, Soloist Mezzo-soprano Lauren Curnow, who is known for her ability to take on a wide range of dramatic characters and demanding vocal range, is making her Boston-area debut this afternoon.

For twenty-four years Smith has been teaching choral music in the public schools. She is currently in her eighth year at Concord-Carlisle High School, where she directs multiple sections of a large Combined Chorus in addition to Select Choir, Men’s Chorus, and Women’s Chorus. Previous to that, Smith was Director of Choral Music at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, where she directed the Concert Choir, Chorale, Chamber Singers, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Men’s Chorus, and Women’s Chorus.

Her upcoming engagements include performing She Sings, a song cycle by Douglas Ovens, at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, where Curnow currently serves on the voice faculty. In June she will be joining Chicago’s Second City comedy troop to participate in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of The Second City Guide to the Opera.

An active member of the Massachusetts Music Educators Association, the National Association for Music Education, and the American Choral Directors Association, Smith has served as a judge and clinician for numerous district music festivals and conferences.

Recent engagements include singing the role of Kate Pinkerton in the Saito-Kinen festival’s production of Madama Butterfly in Japan and performing as soloist in a world premiere concert of Shakespeare, Sonnets and Song by Luxembourg composer Victor Fenigstein. Curnow has also performed with the Wexford Festival Opera in Ireland; Opera Philadelphia; the Austin Lyric Opera; the Opera Theatre of St. Louis; The Santa Fe Opera; and the Wolftrap Opera.

Concord-Carlisle High School Women’s Chorus

Curnow holds master’s degrees in Music and Opera Performance from The Juillard School and The Curtis Institute of Music and has also earned a B.A. from Muhlenberg College in Theater Arts and Music. She is a graduate of the Patrick G. and Shirley Ryan Opera Center, an apprentice program for opera singers at The Lyric Opera of Chicago. Deborah Smith, Concord-Carlisle High School Director of Choirs Deborah Smith, a native of Puerto Rico, graduated cum laude from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where she received her Bachelor of Music in Education. At UMASS Smith studied conducting with E. Wayne Abercrombie and Ronald Steele. She furthered her conducting training during an exchange year at the University of Surrey in Guildford, England. Smith went on to graduate studies at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, where she studied with renowned Conductor Peter Bagley and received her Master of Music in Choral Conducting. In 1990 she was inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society.

Deborah Smith, Director Barry Singer, Accompanist

Briana Cohen Megan Guarnaccia Erika Hedden Renee Hobson Katrina Judicke Hannah Klein Jessica Kocak

Isabel Macaulay Helena Redgate Michelle St. Francis Catriona Sullivan Sadina Videlock-Prentice Helen Wargelin

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a Dream’s Sake: Giving Women Voice. In March we took this repertoire on the road to Philadelphia, where we had the opportunity to collaborate with young women’s choruses while celebrating Women’s History Month. We are delighted today to join our voices with those of the Concord-Carlisle High

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School Women’s Chorus, under the direction of Deborah Smith, and to share our stage with acclaimed mezzo-soprano Lauren Curnow, who is making her Boston-area debut. We hope you enjoy today’s concert and that you stay for our reception — we would love to meet you and have the opportunity to introduce you to Artistic Director Jane Ring Frank. Your support is so important to us as we increasingly reach out to the community and expand our repertoire. If you have not yet made a donation to our annual patron campaign for the 2012-2013 concert season, we hope that you will consider doing so now. Your donation will help pay for increasing venue and music rentals, soloists and instrumentalists, and salaries of our accomplished conductor and accompanist. If you prefer, you can make a donation on our website at www.concordwomenschorus.org. Any amount will help significantly.

Victor and Cheryl Hamel Kate Henchman Ginny Huettner Joan Laxson Ann Leason Norma Murray Lisa Pohl Dick and Judy Quanrud Rose P. Ruze Ena Sandler Gilbert and Dianne Smith Emily and Tom Teller Peggy and Chris Williamson Mary Ziavras

In the purest sense, the joy of singing is our reason for being. We extend our heartfelt thanks for your ongoing support and for the opportunity to keep music written for women’s voices alive on the concert stage. Our pledge to you, in return, is that we will continue to keep bringing you this exciting repertoire and to seek out collaborations that bring this music to life. Whether you are helping the chorus for the first time or are renewing your support, please accept our deep appreciation. Sincerely,

We greatly appreciate the support of our donors, and apologize for any omissions or misspellings. This list includes donations received as of the time the program went to print.

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The Chorus Soprano I Melissa Apperson, Rebecca Besthoff, Judy Bose, Dolly Curtiss, Bee Fortin, Jane Luckner, Ellen Materne, Ena Sandler, Bozena Smith, Pam Swing, Peggy Williamson

Soprano II Susan Avery, Sara Ballard, Elaine Chertavian, Patsy Eickelberg, Jennifer Kobayashi, Judi Kotanchik, Judy Munn, Lisa Pohl, Mary Rubel, Jeannette Taylor

CWC Board and Volunteers Board of Directors Kathleen Chapman, Chair Lisa Sandeen, Vice Chair Elaine Chertavian, Treasurer Cynthia Sorn, Secretary Ellen Materne, Director at Large Cynthia Nunan, Director at Large Bozena Smith, Director at Large Emily Teller, Director at Large Laura Weiss, Director at Large Advertising Emily Teller Chorus Manager Stephanie Smith Concert Managers Patsy Eickelberg, Rowena Nelson, and Lisa Pohl

Alto I Sue Beck, Kathleen Chapman, Suzanne Frank, Ginny Huettner, Lydia Lauderdale, Susan Leeming, Carolyn McCreary, Rowena Nelson, Cynthia Nunan, Dianne Smith, Stephanie Smith, Cynthia Sorn, Emily Teller, Peggy Wargelin

Alto II Karen Barton, Liz Berk, Carole Bundy, Debbie Clark, Pamela Dritt, Joy Hamel, Anne Hayden, Angela Healy, Joan Laxson, Judy Marriner, Judy Perkins, Lisa Sandeen, Kathy Wangh

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Greater Boston Choral Consortium 2012-13 Season; www.bostonsings.org Arlimgton-Belmont Chorale, Barry Singer dir., 617-547-1733. 12/9/12 Rheinberger/Warren/Hawkins et. al.; 3/10/13 English Choral Tradition et. al.; 4/28/13 Haydn/Dvorak et. al.; 6/14/13 Pops concert, Arlington Town Hall. Other performances at Arlington U-U Church, 3 pm, acc. by the Arlington Phil. Orchestra; www.psarlington.org Belmont Open Sings, presented by Powers Music School, Mary Beekman, Art. Dir., 617484-4696. Oct. 21, 7:30 PM: Schubert’s Mass in E-flat Major; Dec. 23, 7:30 PM: Handel’s Messiah; Feb. 10, 7:30 PM: Durufle’s Requiem. Payson Park Church, 365 Belmont Street, Belmont, MA. www.powersmusic.org Boston Choral Ensemble, Andrew Shenton, Dir., 978-729-1910. Nov. 9, 8 PM & Nov. 11, 3 PM: Chansons Profanes. Dec. 15, 3 PM: A Choral Holiday. Mar. 8, 8 PM & Mar. 10, 3 PM: Déplorations. May 17, 8 PM & May 18, 3 PM: Rose Songs. June: Boston Early Music Festival. Rehearsals Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm in Boston. www.BostonChoral.org Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus, Michael Driscoll, Dir., 617.699.4919. Oct. 21, 3:30pm: Together in Harmony, Newton Presbyterian Church, Newton. Dec 15, 7pm Rejoice! First Baptist Church, Newton. Dec. 16, 4pm. Rejoice! Regis College, Weston. April 7. 3:30pm Boyz to Men. Wellesley Village Church, Wellesley. www.saengerfest.org Broadmoor Chamber Singers, June Ambush, Dir., 339-224-0561. Dec.1, 3 PM: A Season of Memories, Morse Institute Library, Natick, MA. Dec.8 7 PM A Season of Memories, Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA. Rehearsals Monday 7:30-9 PM, Christ Lutheran Church, Natick, MA. www.broadmoorsingers.org Cambridge Chamber Singers, Ray Fahrner, Dir.; 617-527-2191. Dec 8, 8 PM, 1st Church, Cambridge; Dec 9, 7 PM, Clarendon Hill: Ikons of the Nativity: Josquin, Debussy, Tavener. May 4, 8 PM; May 5, 7 PM: A Garden of Musical Delights: Monteverdi, Dinerstein, Tomkins, winner of our Composition Competition. www.cambridgechambersingers.org Cambridge Community Chorus, Jamie Kirsch, Music Dir., 617-517-3169. Dec. 9, 3pm: Dove, Mendelssohn, and Britten with soloist and orchestra; Kresge Auditorium, MIT. Dec. 16, 2pm: Messiah Sing, St. Bartholomew’s, Cambridge. May 19, 3pm: Brahms: A German Requiem with soloists and orchestra; Kresge Auditorium, MIT. www.cambridgechorus.org Cantemus, Jane Ring Frank, Mus. Dir., 888-246-7871. Dec. 1, 7:30 PM: Twilight in New England: A Celebration of New England Composers, Christ Church, S. Hamilton & Dec. 2, 4:00 PM: St. Paul's, Newburyport. Apr. 27, 7:30 PM: Cantemus Turns 30: Celebrating N Shore Artists, w. Ruth Lomon commission & Apr. 28, 4:00 PM; same venues. Cantilena, Allegra Martin, Dir., 781-938-5825. "Music of French Masters: La Belle Epoque & Beyond" Dec. 2, 4 PM: Poulenc, Caplet, Boulanger, Massenet. "Poetic License” May 12, 7 PM: poetry of Shakespeare, Yeats, cummings, Kenyon; music of Persichetti, Bourland, Daley, Holmes. 1st Parish UU, 630 Mass Ave, Arlington Ctr. www.cantilena.org Chorus pro Musica, Betsy Burleigh, Dir., 617-267-7442 Oct. 28, 3:30 PM: Poets & Psalms, w/ Bernstein Chichester Psalms, Old S. Church, Boston. Dec. 21, 8 PM: A Victorian Christmas. March 10, 3 PM: 4 Weddings & A Funeral. May 31, 8 PM: Mozart, Mass in C Minor w. commission by Peter Child, Jordan Hall.. www.choruspromusica.org

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Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline , Lisa Graham, Music Director. Nov. 17, 8PM: Brahms, Britten and Bach. All Saints, Brookline . Dec. 9, 3PM: Home for the Holidays family event. All Saints, Brookline . Mar. 9, 8PM: From the Stage. First Baptist, Newton . May 4: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. Jordan Hall. www.metropolitanchorale.org.

Concord Women's Chorus, Jane Ring Frank, Artistic Director, 978-618-5453. Trinity Episcopal Church in Concord, MA. Dec. 21, 7:30 PM and Dec. 22, 2 PM: Rheinberger, Chatman, Schubert, jazz carols. May 4, 4 PM: Beach, Boulanger, Larsen, Diemer. www.concordwomenschorus.org

Nashoba Valley Chorale, Anne Watson Born, Dir., 978-897-4340. Dec. 16, 3 PM: Messiah Sing, Congregational Church, Littleton, MA. Jan 12, 8 PM: Mendelssohn Elijah with orchestra, St. Anne’s Church, Littleton. April 27, 8pm: Mozart Requiem with orchestra. Rehearsals Mondays 7.30-9.30pm in Littleton. www.nashobachorale.org

Coolidge Corner Community Chorus, Lee Colby Wilson, Director, Sat. June 1, 7 PM, All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon St., Brookline. Chiaroscuro celebrating Flossie Dunn and featuring Duruflé’s Requiem, Fauré, Poulenc, Messiaen. Rehearsals Wednesday evenings at Edward Devotion School in Brookline. www.cccchorus.org or 617-905-2268.

Neponset Choral Society, Inc., Michael V. Turner, Artistic Dir. 781-320-8166. Winter Concerts Dec. 1, 8pm; Dec 2, 2:30pm St. Mark's, Foxboro MA. Palestrina Missa Brevis, Bruckner's Motets. Spring Concerts Apr 27,28 St. Mark's, Foxboro MA.. Works by Britten, Dowland, and Dello Joio. Open rehearsals Jan 7,14. www.ncschorus.org.

Coro-Dante, Chorus of the Dante Alighieri Society, Kevin Galiè, J.D., M.M. Dir., 617-3318171. Dec. 16, 5 PM: Lost Baroque Italian Christmas Oratorios, Dante Alighieri Society, 41 Hamphsire St., Kendall Square,Cambridge. Rehearsals Mondays 7-8:30pm at the Dante. Italian repertoire chorus. tinyurl.com/coro-dante

New England Classical Singers, David Hodgkins, Art. Dir, 978-474-6090. Dec. 1, 7:30 PM, Messiah, Pt. 1, Haydn Te Deum, Rogers Ctr., Merrimack Coll., N. Andover. March 3, 3:00 PM, Bach Cantata 150, Pergolesi Mag., Merrimack Coll., North Andover, MA,. May 5th, 4 PM, Faure Requiem, Corpus Christi, Lawrence, MA, www.newenglandclassical.org

Dedham Choral Society, Jon Barnhart, Mus. Dir, 781 326 1520. Glory of: Gabrieli: choral works with strings, winds & brass, Fri, Dec 7, 8PM, Holy Name Church, W. Roxbury; We Hold These Truths: Gettysburg's 150th Anniv., Holst, Diamond, Williams. Consoli & Wilkinson, soloists. Sun Apr 21, 3PM, Jordan Hall. www.dedhamchoral.org

Newton Choral Society, David Carrier, Mus/ Dir. 617 527-SING Sun. November 17, 2012 8pm Carl Orff: Carmina Burana Holy Name Parish,W. Roxbury Sun., March 24, 2013 2pm Haydn: The Creation, Sanders Theatre, Harvard. Sat., May 11, 2013 8pm Faure: Requiem 2nd Church in Newton 60 Highland St., W. Newton www.newtonchoral.org

Halalisa Singers, Mary Neumann, Dir., 781-862-6353. "To Reach the Golden Door: Songs of Immigration" First Parish Lexington Jan. 26, 8PM ; Sun. First Parish StowActon Jan 27. 3PM; "Celebrating 20 Years Together" First Parish Lexington April 27, 8PM, First Church Littleton, April 28, 3PM. www.halalisa.org

The Oriana Consort, Walter Chapin, Dir., 339-203-5876. Dec. 2, 5PM, UniLu Cambridge; Dec. 7, 8PM, First Lutheran Boston; Dec. 9, 5PM, St. Paul’s Brookline: Bach, Tallis, Lauridsen, Gjelo, Mendelssohn. Apr. 14, 5PM, UniLu; Apr. 19, 8PM, 1st Lutheran; TBA, 1st Parish Concord: Bach Singet dem Herrn; Bernstein Missa Brevis. www.theorianaconsort.org

Harvard Glee Club, Andrew Clark, DCA, 617-495-0692. Nov. 16, 8 PM: Harvard-Yale Football Concert, Sanders Theatre. Nov. 30/Dec. 1, 8 PM/3 PM: Christmas in Cambridge, First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden Street. Apr. 26, 8 PM: Haydn: The Creation, Sanders Theatre. May 21, 8 PM: Glee Club Celebration, with Yale and Michigan. www.harvardgleeclub.com

Radcliffe Choral Society, Andrew Clark, DCA, 617-495-0692. Nov. 3, 8 PM: Immortal Autumn: A Fall Choral Harvest, Sanders Th. Nov. 30/Dec. 1, 8 PM/3 PM: Christmas in Cambridge, 1st Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St. Feb. 14-16: Festival of Women’s Choruses. Apr. 26, 8 PM: Haydn: The Creation, Sanders Th. www.hcs.harvard.edu/~rcs

Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus, Edward Elwyn Jones, Dir., 617-495-0692. Dec. 8, 8 PM: Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem, Op. 45, Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA. May 3, 8 PM: Orff: Carmina Burana, Sanders Theatre. Auditions open to public in fall and winter. Email [email protected] for more info. www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hrc

Reading Community Singers, Beth Mosier, Dir., 781-944-4738. December 1, 7:30 PM, December 2, 3 PM: "Season of Joy", Old South United Methodist Church, 6 Salem St (corner of Rte 28 and Rte 129) Reading, MA. “A LittleTraveling Music" May 4, 2013, 7:30 PM Parker Middle School, Temple St, Reading, MA. www.readingcommunitysingers.

Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, Andrew Clark, DCA, 617-495-0692. Nov. 3, 8 PM: Immortal Autumn: A Fall Choral Harvest, Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA. Apr. 6, 8 PM: Bach: St. Matthew Passion, Sanders Theatre. Apr. 26, 8 PM: Haydn: The Creation, Sanders Theatre. www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hrcm

Seraphim Singers, Jennifer Lester, Music Dir., 617-926-0126. Oct 21, 3 PM: Bach, Mendelssohn, and Beyond, Mission Ch, Boston. Feb. 10, 3 PM: Icons and Music: Windows on the Divine, 1st Church Congregational, Harvard Sq. April 21, 3 PM: Persecution, Transformation, and Triumph, Mission Church, Boston. www.seraphimsingers.org

Mastersingers of Lexington, Adam Grossman, Dir. 781.862.6459. Nov 3, 8pm: Celebrate Lexington's 300th Year, w. Jean Danton. Dec 9, 4pm: Mozart and Pergolesi. Feb 9, 3pm: 16th annual children’s concert. March 3, 4pm: Pops! May 11, 8pm: Rorem and Brahms. All but Feb 9 at 1st Parish Church, 7 Harrington Rd, Lexington. www.themastersingers.org

Sharing A New Song (SANS), Jonathan Singleton, Music Dir., 978-456-3802, Nov. 30, Fall Concert, First Parish, Arlington, May 31, Spring Concert. SATB community chorus. American and world music. Rehearsals Mondays 7:15-9:30, Payson Park Church, 365 Belmont St., Belmont. Annual choral tour. www.sharinganewsong.org

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As Emerson continues to evolve to meet the needs of our friends and neighbors, we truly value the long-standing tradition of community support that has sustained the hospital through the years. We remain dedicated to providing advanced, quality care, with compassion and respect.

Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA 978.369.1400 www.emersonhospital.org

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