Distinguished Concerts International - New York

J. Melton

A. Ramirez

J. Keene

J. Mackey

Friday, May 22, 2009
8:00 pm

Memorial Day Weekend

James Melton, Guest Conductor
Schubert: Mass in G
Joni Y. Fukuda-Prado, Soprano
Tim Proctor, Tenor
James Martin Schaefer, Baritone
Distinguished Concert Singers International

International Honors Wind Symphony

Featuring 70 invited young musicians from around the world

Abel Ramirez, Guest Conductor
James Keene, Guest Conductor

John Mackey, Composer-in-Residence

Repertoire:

Convention of the Cordials / John Philip Sousa
Finale from Symphony No. 4 / Peter Ilyich Tschaikovsky
English Dances, Set II / Malcolm Arnold
Kingfishers Catch Fire / John Mackey (New York Premiere)
Wild Nights! / Frank Ticheli

Vanguard University Concert Choir
James Melton, Director

Repertoire:

Achieved is the Glorious Work (from Creation) / Franz J. Haydn
Ave Jesu Christe / Peter Phillips
Frohlocket, Ihr Volker Auf Erden / Felix Mendelssohn
Beati Quorum Via (from Three Motets, Op. 38) / Charles Stanford
Ubi Caritas / Ola Gjeilo
Arise, Shine! / Dan Forrest
You Are the Music / Dan Forrest
The Conversion of Saul / Z. Randall Stroope
The Lord's Prayer / James L. Melton
The Battle of Jericho / arr. Moses Hogan
My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord / Moses Hogan

Distinguished Concert Singers International: Cole Valley Christian Concert Choir (ID), St. Andrew's Chuch (CA), Tacoma Baptist High School Choir (WA), Vanguard University Concert Choir (CA), Vanguard University Women's Chorus (CA)

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	Ensemble bios

C. Sutherland	Cole Valley Christian School Concert Choir (ID) The Cole Valley Christian School Concert Choir is comprised of students in grades ten through twelve who have a passion for singing literature representing all time periods in music history, including multi-cultural music and spirituals. The Choir performs for school concerts, chapels, and community activities In Meridian and Boise, Idaho. The choir travels to Seattle, Washington every year for the annual Associated Christian Schools International musicale and festival, to take part in a 600-voice massed choir and to compete in choir, large and small ensemble, and solo categories. For the past five years the choir members have been awarded trophies and honors in several categories of competition. Claudia Sutherland, Director, has taught music and choirs at Cole Valley Christian Schools for the past six years. Prior to that she taught public school music and choirs in Worland, Wyoming for 16 years and for two years taught music fundamentals and choir at Williston State College in Williston, North Dakota. Ms. Sutherland attended Northwest Christian College in Eugene, Oregon with a major emphasis in voice and sacred music and earned her Bachelor of Music Education at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. Several universities in the West have provided Ms. Sutherland with graduate level studies in music education, choral music, voice and voice care. At Cole Valley Christian Ms. Sutherland directs the Concert Choir, Mixed Intermediate Choir, and Jazz Choir, and teaches junior high school world drumming, general music classes, and junior high choir. She has directed children's, community, and church choirs and teaches private voice lessons in Boise, Idaho. Top of page
C. Lutterloh	Tacoma Baptist High School Choir (WA) The Tacoma Baptist High School Choir performs regularly at several venues in the Tacoma area and has been selected for top honors at the Northwest Regional ACSI Choral Festival three of the past four years. They are honored to have been invited to sing under the direction of Dr. Melton and are grateful to their parents, choir alumni, and supporters back home. Christine Lutterloh, Director, has taught junior and senior high choral music at Tacoma Baptist Schools since 2002, and she directed the honor choir at the Northwest Regional ACSI Choral Festival in 2008. She has been singing in choirs since elementary school, most recently in the Tacoma Symphony Chorus and Pacific Lutheran University Choral Union. Christine has been an active church musician for most of her life, either as vocalist or accompanist, and has taught private piano lessons since 1993. She sharpens her skills attending American Choral Director's Association conferences. Christine and her husband, John, live in Puyallup, Washington, with their five sons. Top of page
	Vanguard University Concert Choir (CA) The 90-member Vanguard University Concert Choir has presented classical, sacred, secular, and contemporary concerts in major concert halls, schools, churches, conferences and conventions throughout the United States. Past concert tours outside of the U.S. have included China, Mexico, Europe, the South Pacific, South Korea, Japan, and Canada. In 2002, 2005, and 2008, the students were invited to tour the People's Republic of China, where they performed in major concert halls, arenas, universities, and schools. The Vanguard University music ensembles have long been noted for their inspiring and excellent presentation of sacred vocal and instrumental music, including classical, sacred, and secular hits from theatre and film. Under the baton of Dr. James Melton, the Concert Choir was featured in solo performance at Carnegie Hall in May of 2001, 2003, and 2006. The University Concert Choir is yearly featured on the Crystal Cathedral's Hour of Power national and international television broadcasts and also has 10 recording projects to their credit. Top of page
	Vanguard University Women's Chorus (CA) The Women's Chorus of Vanguard University in Southern California is a select ensemble of 53 singers and instrumentalists sponsored by the Department of Music at Vanguard University--25 of whom appear in this performance at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. This group, under the direction of Joni Y. Fukuda, has presented classical, sacred, secular, and contemporary concerts in major concert halls, schools, churches, conferences and conventions throughout California and the Western United States. Top of page

	International Honors Wind Symphony
	Flute Alison Beskin, Westminster Schools of Atlanta, Atlanta GA Genisis Blanco, James Pace High School, Brownsville, TX Ileana Vanessa Blanco, Homer Hanna High School, Brownsville, TX Wanda Cecile Davila-Barreto, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Lindsay Davis, Cedar Ridge High School, Efland, NC Amanda Lyon, University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL Natasha Simmonds, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA Philip Snyder, Cedar Ridge High School, Chapel Hill, NC Christina Tsai, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica CA Taylor Weary, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA Piccolo Hannah Porter, University of Missouri, Bismarck, ND Oboe Herson De La Gaza, Lopez High School, Brownsville, TX Ben Deese, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA Rachel Moore, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA Phillip Smith, University of Kentucky, Irvine, KY Jacob Vidourek, Tennessee Technological University, West Chester, OH Clarinet Angeli Aguilera, Lopez High School, Brownsville, TX Celeste Case-Ruchala, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE Richard Dobeckm, Cedar Ridge High School, Santa Monica, CA Emily Kate Downie, Wollondilly Anglican College, The Oaks, NSW Sam Guerra, James Pace High School, Brownsville, TX David Malek, Devry University, Los Angeles, CA Cindy Martinez, Brownsville School District, Brownsville, TX Mia Nafziger, Olympia High School, Olympia, WA Annick Odom, Morgantown High School, Morgantown, WV Katrina Phillips, Troy University, Troy, AL Tim Phillips, Troy University, Troy, AL Bass Clarinet Matthew Fontana, SUNY Purchase, Brooklyn, NY Matthew Viola, Cedar Ridge High School, Hillsborough, NC Alto Saxophone Jesse Brunner, Brigham Young University, Orem, UT Elvin Chang, St. George's School, Vancouver, BC Elissa Kana, Northwestern University, Katy, TX Joshua Maldonado, Homer Hanna High School, Brownsville, TX Tenor Saxophone Stephen Ekblom, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Matthew Morey, University of North Texas, Arlington, TX Baritone Saxophone Luis Zuniga, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Bassoon Emily Barnett, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Tony Nesta, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY French horn Arturo Cisneros, Brownsville School District, Brownsville, TX Samantha Davis, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Melanie Erena, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Michael Hernandez, University of Houston, Houston, TX Jessica Long, University of Kentucky, Hebron, KY Trumpet Keith Acuncius, University of Colorado at Boulder, Maryville, IL Evan Duke, University of Kentucky, Greenville, SC Kathleen Janert, University of TX at Austin, Los Angeles, CA Julian Kaplan, University of Kentucky, Maiden, NC Don Lafluer, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Dan Morrison, University of Illinois, Arlington Heights, IL Aaron Romm, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Terry Sakow, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA Jeff Spenner, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Trombone Juan Cardenas, Homer Hanna High School, Brownsville, TX James Crixell, James Pace High School, Brownsville, TX Fred Nelson, Tennessee Technological University, Murfreesboro, TN Laura Reardon, University of Toledo, Oregon, OH Bass Trombone Carlos Sauceda Lopez High School, Brownsville, TX Alexander Sears Tennessee Tech. University, Cookeville, TN Daniel Sebastian, Baylor University, Waco, TX Euphonium Matthew Boehm, Stephen F. Austin State University, Round Rock, TX Philip Coleman University of Illinois, New Cumberland, PA Vince Kenny, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Tuba Raul Escobedo, University of North Texas, Houston, TX Allison Maupin, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Raphael Torres, Gladys Porter High School, Brownsville, TX Percussion Kyle Acuncius, Indiana University, Bloomington IN Timothy Berg, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Nicholas Casas, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL Andrew Eldridge, Rockwall-Heath High School, Rockwall, TX Daniel Martinez Jr., Brownsville School District, Brownsville School District, Brownsville, TX Top of page
	What People Said...
	Herson De La Garza, Oboe Lopez High School (TX) This was an event that will shape my life forever! I hope i get a second chance to do so. THANKS DCINY! Top of page
	From The News Gazette: Musical performance was well received Top of page
	From Musical America: NYC Premiere - Mackey's Kingfishers Catch Fire Top of page
	From Idaho Statesman: Cole Valley Christian choir to perform in New York City Top of page
	BISD BAND and Choir Students Perform at Lincoln Center in New York City Top of page

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Distinguished Concerts International - New York

Friday, May 22, 2009 8:00 pm

Memorial Day Weekend

International Honors Wind Symphony

Ensemble bios

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Tenor Saxophone

Baritone Saxophone

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Bass Trombone

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Herson De La Garza, Oboe Lopez High School (TX)

Friday, May 22, 2009
8:00 pm

Herson De La Garza, Oboe
Lopez High School (TX)