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RAINIER YOUTH CHOIRS’ STAFF
Leora Schwitters,
Conductor,, Colla Voce and
Schwitters, Founder, Rainier Youth Choirs Artistic Director and Conductor
Consonare, retired after 25 years of teaching K-12 choral, intrumentals and general music in the public
schools. Most of her choral experience occurred at Cedar Heights Junior High in Kent, WA. She holds a
Bachelor's of Music, Summa Cum Laude, from Yankton College Conservatory of Music in South Dakota
and a Master of Arts for Teachers in Music Education from the University of Washington. She is Vice
President and Treasurer of the Washington American Choral Director's Association (ACDA). Active as
a clinician and adjudicator, Leora has also served on the board of the Tahoma Chapter of the National
Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and has presided over the Green River Music Region
organization.
Sue Lundy Green,
Green, Conductor, Bella Voce and Rainier Kids, has been a K-12 vocal music specialist for over
20 years. She is now the choral director at Kent School District’s Meeker Middle School. Sue previously
directed secondary choirs for the Scappoose School District in Oregon, headed the music program at
Portland Public Schools' performing arts high school magnet program, and directed choirs in Banks and
Roseburg, Oregon. She has a Masters of Music from the University of Arizona and a Bachelors Degree in
Music Education from Willamette University. Sue is currently the Western Liaison for Washington
ACDA, and was the Membership Chair for Oregon ACDA before moving to the Puget Sound area. She
is married to Jonathan and is the stepmother to two boys, Matthew & Joshua.
Berit Ballard,
Ballard, Accompanist and Vocal Coach, Consonare, grew up in Stockholm, Sweden, where she started
taking piano lessons at the age of seven. She holds two master’s degrees in music; one from the Royal
Academy of Music in Stockholm (music education/choral pedagogy), and one from Pacific Lutheran
University (vocal performance and pedagogy). During her four years of singing and studying under Eric
Ericson she also had the opportunity to perform with Riccardo Muti and Sir Georg Solti holding the
baton. Besides directing her church choir and preparing music programs of various kinds in the
community, Berit continues to enjoy a successful career as private voice and piano teacher in the KentCovington area where she has been for the last 20+ years. She and her husband Steve are often seen biking
or hiking on local trails.
Penny Cramer,
Cramer, Accompanist, Bella Voce and Rainier Kids, has taught music at all levels, K-12 and is the
choir and orchestra director at Olympic Middle School in Auburn. She holds a degree in vocal education
from the University of Idaho and is a member of The Esoterics, an a cappella choir based in Seattle.
Penny has accompanied school choirs as well as college and community choirs in Idaho and Florida.She is
currently the accompanist for the choir at Messiah Lutheran Church in Auburn and works with band,
choir and orchestra students in solo and ensemble festivals at the local and state levels. She and her
husband, Tom, are the proud new parents of Kasey Ann, born in August.
Lori McEwen,
McEwen, Accompanist, Colla Voce,
Voce, Lori McEwen studied piano and voice at Central Washington
University and currently accompanies several local school choirs and their students for large group and
solo/ensemble contests and for NATS competitions each year. She and her husband Bill have led music at
the contemporary worship service and have sung in the chancel choir at Fairwood Community United
Methodist Church in Renton for over 25 years. Lori accompanies both children and youth choirs directed
by her husband at the church. Together they provide music for weddings and other special events.
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PROGRAM NOTES
RYC NEWS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
RYC EXECUTIVE BOARD 20092009-2010
Tai Yang Chu Lai La (China)
Bella Voce and Colla Voce will be
attending the Fort Worden Children’s
Festival in Port Townsend May 2828-29.
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Guest conductor, Dr. Juan-Tony
Guzmán, will lead the festival choir of
over 200 singers and groups will also perform
individually. Guest choirs include: Piedmont
Choirs (CA), Northwest Girlchoir (Seattle, WA),
Rainier Youth Choirs (Kent, WA), Campbell River
Children's Choir (British Columbia), Good News
Group (Bellevue, WA), Olympia Youth Chorus
(Olympia, WA), Mountain Way Elementary Choir
(Granite Falls, WA) and Port Townsend Youth
Chorus (Port Townsend, WA). The concert will be
held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, May 29 at McCurdy
Pavilion, Fort Worden State Park. Tickets are $15
for Adults and $12 for Students/Seniors and will be
available at the door or by calling (360) 271-8086.
The sun is rising, the sun sets and the moon is rising.
The stream flows, white clouds float in the sky and
the stars are blinking.
The sun is rising, waking up the roadside grass and
wild flowers.
The sun is rising, the flowers in front of the window
is climbing up the bamboo trellis.
The sun is rising, the moon is rising.
Frog starts to sing and the swallows fly into the sky.
Butterflies flutter in the flower bed, and the lambs
run out.
A group of babies cry, “Yah,” and laugh, “Ha, ha,” on
the farm.
Hotaru Koi (Japan)
Ho, ho, ho, firefly,
Come, there’s some water that’s bitter to taste,
Come, here’s some water that’s sweet to your taste:
up this mountain path.
Firefly’s daddy struck it rich, so he’s got lots of
dough,
No wonder that his rear end sparkles in the dark.
In the daytime hiding
among the dewy blades of grass,
But when it’s night, his lantern burns bright.
Even though we’ve flown all the way from India,
Zoom! And those sparrows swarm to swallow us.
Consonare and Colla Voce have been
hired to entertain as the headline guest
for the International Conference of
Delta Kappa Gamma in Spokane this
summer. They will perform in the INB
Performing Arts Center on Tuesday,
July 20,
20 about 9:00 PM. Singers will depart Monday,
July 19 and return Wednesday, July 21. Most costs
have been covered by DKG, so each singer will only
need to pay $80 (less if more singers participate) for
the three days, including meals and most activities.
The Ramada has a water park attached, and the
Riverfront Park has carnival rides, IMAX, and other
activities available. There will be plenty of time for
fun! Plan on an extended rehearsal for each group on
Saturday, July 10, and possibly another evening
rehearsal the following week, if necessary. We will
need firm commitments from participants
immediately, as we begin preparing the music in
April.
Il est bel et bon
He is good and so, so, handsome, is my love.
Two young women gossiping as women do,
One was saying, “Is your husband good to you?
He is good and so, so, handsome, is my love.
He is never angry, always sweet and kind.
And he does the housework, also feeds the chickens.
And I take life easy!
Oh, I can’t keep from laughing when chickens are
cackling,
For me, just coquetting, do you see?
He is good and so, so, handsome, is my love.
Funding
Rainier Youth Choirs is part of a non profit, 501(c)3, corporation. We rely upon tuition, fund raising projects,
ticket sales, grants and contributions from the general public for our funding. Your generous support is vital to
our program and to our success. Your gift will help Rainier Youth Choirs establish a tradition of providing
quality instruction for students and quality performances for our audiences.
We invite you to make a tax deductible donation at our information table in the lobby, or by visiting our
website, rainieryouthchoirs.org, and clicking on ‘Support Us’. Thank you!
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Executive Director/Business Manager....................
Shannon Hesketh
Consonare Liaison ................................ Kalena Eller
Colla Voce Liaison.............................. Carol Freitag
Bella Voce Liaison ..........................Bonita Migliore
President .....................................................Jim Starr
Vice President ...................................Denise Martin
Secretary/Treasurer.................... Christie Fokkema
RYC Liaison to Rainier Choral Arts Doreen Davis
RCA Liaison to RYC....................Joy Lauderbaugh
Member at Large ...............................Michele Eaton
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Attendance ............... Emily Cueto & Linda Kieffer
Head Chaperone.............................. Ramzy Boutros
KUMC Liaison.................................. Brian Bygland
Newsletter .......................................Donna Wenndt
Programs ...........................................Jenny Bygland
Risers ......................................................Dave Davis
Uniforms.......................................... Debbie Meyers
Rainier Youth Choirs would like to
thank the Kent Arts Commission for
its generous grant.
Rainier Youth Choirs would like
to thank 4Culture for its
generous grant.
To purchase tickets for our
upcoming concerts,
“Sentimental Journey”, June 19,
2010, @ 3pm,go
go to our website,
rainieryouthchoirs.org
AUDITIONS
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Rainier Youth Choirs
Auditions are by
appointment only.
More information
and online
application
available on our website.
www.RainierYouthChoirs.org
A non-profit
community-based
organization offering
affordable, outstanding
instruction in Kent and
affiliated with Rainier
Choral Arts.
Open for enrollment...
Now accepting
new voice students,
all ages and levels.
Mention this ad for a 25% discount on your first lesson.
New location on Kent Easthill
Berit Ballard, M.M., M.A.
Rainier Youth Choirs do not discriminate on the basis
of race, color, gender, national and/or ethnic origin
(253)630-8218
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FEATURED SOLOS
THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS:
Prestissimo
Level: $5,000
and up:
TBA!
Fermata Level:
$1,000 to $4,999
Kent Arts
Commission
4Culture
Boeing Company
Gift Matching
Fund Program
David & Donna
Wenndt
Forte Level:
$ 500 to $999
Crescendo Level:
$200 to $499
Anonymous
Brian & Jenny
Bygland
Davis Piano Service
Jonathan & Barbara
Combs
Greg & Karen
Martin
Philip & Shirley
Reitz
Larry & Leora
Schwitters
Pete & Annette
Bailes
Ramzy Boutros
Bruce Green &
Denise Martin
Shannon & Joseph
Hesketh
Linda Kieffer &
Doug Peterson
Kenji and Charlotte
Také
Allegro Level:
$75 to $199
Mark & Lisa
Anderson
Gerald & Andrea
Berry
Deborah Callahan
Lisa Elliot
Byron Gibb
Rick & Traci
Hollingsworth
Janice & Oscar
Moen
A cappella Level:
Up to $75
Roger & Nancy
Bedell
Roy & Lynne
Bollinger
Rae Colborne
Eldon Dobnick
Linda Ellingson
Suzanne Green
Robert & Barbara
Guyll
C. L. Lee
Debra & Steven
Meyers
Bill & Nancy Mills
Janet Nault
Curt & Jean Newell
Dennis & LaVonne
Roosendall
Jacqui Starr
Colleen Terlicker
GREEN RIVER MUSIC REGION SOLOISTS
Congratulations to our RYC Consonare soloists who placed as the top high school singers in the
Green River Music Region Solo Contest on March 6!! First place winner Katie Wenndt will go on to the
WIAA/WMEA State Solo Contest on April 24th in Ellensburg. Devon Wilson, Ryan Callahan and Daniel
McCafferty were alternates and may also be called upon to represent GRMR in their categories.
The WIAA/WMEA Solo and Ensemble Contest is an annual event providing the opportunity for the
finest of Washington’s high school music students to hear each other in a competitive situation. From the 22
regional contests, the winners in each category move on to the state competition where first, second and third
places are selected. There are 29 solo categories, including seven woodwind categories, five brass, four
percussion, four strings, six vocal, piano, guitar and harp. Student participants must be involved in the
respective music program in their WIAA member school.
Nell....................................................................................................... Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Ryan Callahan, Tenor, Kentwood High School Senior
Vittoria, vittoria!....................................................................... Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674)
Devon Wilson, Alto, Kentwood High School Senior
Non siate ritrosi, from “Cosi Fan Tutte” ...................Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Daniel McCafferty, Baritone, Auburn Mountainview High School Senior
Tornami a vagheggiar, from “Alcina” ...............................George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Katie Wenndt, Soprano, Kentridge High School Senior
Donna Wenndt, piano
Ms. Wenndt and Mr. McCafferty are students of voice teacher, Kerstin O’Shields
Ms. Wilson and Mr. Callahan are students of voice teacher, Berit Ballard
Choir Directors: Karen Frerichs, AMHS; Daisy Li Emans, KWHS; Anthony Giles, KRHS
The AMHS Mens’ Quartet (Daniel McCafferty) won that category
and the KLHS Women’s Ensemble (Carissa Schaff, director Anna McLeod) received a Superior rating.
RAINIER CHORAL ARTS
Rainier Chorale, established 1983
RAINIER YOUTH CHOIRS’ SINGERS
Rainier Youth Choirs, established 2007
BELLA VOCE: Tessa Carroll, Duane Davis, Ty Davis, Katelyn Dunham, Jacob Henderson, Russell
Johnson, Ryan Migliore, Trevor Migliore, Lyndsey Pavletich, Lynda Pham, Peyton Sakamoto
RAINIER CHORAL ARTS MISSION
STATEMENT
BE PART OF RAINIER KIDS!
➤ Rainier Choral Arts’ mission is to promote
choral singing in the community by providing
programs in which people of all ages may
participate in the choral music experience.
Rainier Kids, our honor choir for
treble boys and girls in grades 3-7,
is currently accepting singers for
the session beginning April 15
through the June 19 concert.
Applications are available in the
lobby and on our website.
RAINIER CHORAL ARTS VALUES
STATEMENT
➤ Rainier Choral Arts values excellence in choral
literacy, choral performance, education in music
appreciation, and artistic growth in its
participants. As a non-profit organization,
Rainier Choral Arts strives to keep its programs
affordable and accessible.
COLLA VOCE: Nick Anderson, Lily Jo Ayres, Haylee Ball, Victoria Cameron, Elana Cueto,
Shelbi Eller, Cassie Fokkema, Hannah Freitag, Janée Green, Emily Halversen, Cassidy Newell,
Maddy Payment, Danny Pham, Tyson Powell, Amara Reitz, Cian Schlichte, Nabiila Soehedi,
Benjamin Songras-Rosales, Megan Stein, Makoto Také, Kenzie Visser, Julia Wenndt
COLLA VOCE PRIMA: Lily Jo Ayres, Hannah Freitag, Janée Green, Cassidy Newell, Amara Reitz,
Makoto Také, Kenzie Visser, Julia Wenndt
OPUS I: Dana Bygland, Trevor Bygland, Makena Cayce, Matt Eaton, Cameron Ellis, Janelle Hueslein,
Ian Lobdell, Christina Mahaney, Sarah Martin, Zach Martin, Daniel McCafferty, Heather Messer,
Kristin Roelofs, Carissa Schaff, Jeremy Sigrist, Katie Wenndt, Devon Wilson
CONSONARE: Opus I singers plus Stephanie Boutros, Miranda Eller, Bailey Keiffer-Peterson, K.J. Knies,
Luke Jacobsen, Emily Pierre, Gordon Starr, and Courtnee Williams.
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RAINIER CHORAL ARTS PROUDLY PRESENTS
RAINIER YOUTH CHOIRS
“All Creatures, Great and Small” Concert
Saturday, March 27, 2010— 7:00pm
Kent United Methodist Church
COMBINED BELLA
AND
OPUS 1
Earth Song.............................................................................................................. Frank Ticheli
Animal Crackers................................................................................................... Eric Whitacre
Ogden Nash poems
1 The Panther
2 The Cow
3 The Firefly
COLLA VOCE
CONSONARE
All Things Bright and Beautiful...............................................................................John Rutter
No Time ............................................................................................................ Susan Brumfield
BELLA VOCE
Seize the Day from “Newsies” ....................................................................arr. Roger Emerson
Flight of the Grackles ............................................................................................Janet Gardner
FEATURED SOLOS
(See Page 3)
I Bought Me a Cat ........................................................................................arr. Aaron Copland
Little Fox ........................................................................................................arr. Shirley McRae
CONSONARE
The Tale of Two Toads ...............................................................................Haydn/Foncannon
O Sifuni Mungu............................................................................................arr. Roger Emerson
Solos by our seniors.
Percussion ensemble led by Karen Martin
COLLA VOCE
Looking-Glass River..............................................................................................Janet Gardner
ALL CHOIRS COMBINED
Rattlesnake Skipping Song ................................................................................. Derek Holman
Bonse Aba.....................................................................................................arr. Andrew Fischer
Traditional Zambian song that means
“All that sing have the right to be called the children of God."
Tai Yang Chu Lai La............................................................................................. Yang Xiu-lan
Blessing.............................................................................................................Katie Moran Bart
All the Pretty Little Horses .................................................................................arr. E. Crocker
COLLA VOCE PRIMA
Hotaru Koi ....................................................................................................................Rō Ogura
Thank you for coming to our concert!
GIRLS’ TRIO
Will Ye Go, Laddie, Go?........................................................................... Arr. Michael Neaum
Kenzie Visser, Maddy Payment and Cammy Watson
CONSONARE
UPCOMING RAINIER YOUTH CHOIRS EVENTS:
Friday, May 14
Hard Times Come Again No More ................................................................... Stephen Foster
May 28-29
The Turtle Dove.......................................................................................... arr. Linda Spevacek
Saturday, June 19
Traci Wilson, flute
Il est bel et bon.............................................................................................................. Passereau
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6:00pm
Music Marathon
All Choirs
Fort Worden Children’s Festival
3:00pm
Bella Voce & Colla Voce Port Townsend
“Sentimental Journey”
Tuesday, July 20 International Conference of Delta Kappa Gamma
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Kent UMC
All Choirs
Consonare & Colla Voce
Kent UMC
Spokane