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2016 RAINIER HONOR CHOIR FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS
Emma Anderson
Morgan Anderson
Hailey Joi Andres
Shekinah Angel
Wenona Arvizu
Fenix Avila
Lauren Bailey
Persia Bailey
Quentin Baron
Mia Behnke
Olivia Beringer
Paetyn Bishop
Kaitlyn Brothers
Ryan Brown
Kristi Bui
Sierra Carlsen
Keturah Chaffer
Garrett Chan
Thandi Chirwa
Lucas Cone
Alaina Cornel
Brandon Cortes
Sarah Cox
Abigail Cruz
Anthony de Guzman
Makayla De Jesus
Nicolas De Jesus
Javier Dela Cruz
Rian Delos-Santos
Sara Devaney
Sarminder Dhillon
Leah Dual
Meson Ellington
Ember Fey
Hailey Fey
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Madelyn Fickel
Tom Figueroa
Teigan Fletcher
Andrew Froisland
Nathaniel Garrett
Madison Geddes
Kaydence Gilner
Hannah Gilstad
Aly Go
Micah Gomes
Emmanuel Gonzalez
Yeisly Gonzalez
Hailey Graveline
Kyra Hagen
Scott Hanscom
Christina Harkness
Shannon Hayamoto
Bryanna Hurd
Daeauja Irving
Mayson Jackson
Natalie Jasmine
Axel Jones
Joana Kim
Emma Kimbrell
Alana Kirkpatrick
Simirjyot Kour
Andrew LeDoux
Justine Leleng
Bradley Liggett
Kelsey Liggett
Hailey Littlefield
Paige Littlefield
Declan Long
Toby Lopez
Daniel Lopez
Thy Luong
Parsin Lwai
Veronica Maldonado
Vanessa Mann
Cole Martinez
Madison Martz
Holly Mauery
Adriana May Roman
Giftie Mbala
Matthew McClure
Samara McElroy
Spencer McGraw
Kayla McLaughlin
Majenta McPhail
Nate Medisky
Caden Miller
Alondra Miranda-Garcia
Anna Mitchell
Keith Moody
Justin Morasch
Ellie Nelson
Justin Nguyen
Kaleb Niemi
Ellie O’Brien
Amber Olson
Ashdyn Orton-MacKenzie
Lauren Pantoja
Dylan Parsons
Adrianna Patala
Isabelle Pearson
Kiara Peters
Steven Phan
Kaylee Portillo
Sheylley Portillo
Alisa Rangel
Julian Rangel
Elizabeth Rankin
Bella Richen
Sierra Ridley
Lauren Rivera
Gwyneth Roberts
Michelle Rosales-Garibaldi
Hailee Ross
Elizabeth Ryan
Anjelina Saumani
Addisyn Savereux
Julia Schiechl
Meghan Schuyleman
Caden Seil
Andrea Serna
Corbin Smalley
AJ Song
Gabriel Sotelo
Sophia Sta. Rosa
Vince Stephens
Kennadee Stevens
Taylor Swensen
Ronalind Tarona
Zoe Thompson
Sophie Torri
Aicha Toure
Sam Ulmer
Elle Vergara
Arlette Villalobos
Avery White
Kristy Xian
Michael Yarmoshik
Sara Yohanes
Anastasiia Yurchyk
RAINIER YOUTH CHOIRS • MEMBERS
RYC • THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS
Bella Voce
Prestissimo Level: $5,000 and up
Lena Leenstra
Eleanor Robinett
Savannah Snow
Zariah Zosel
Owen Collins
Charlotte Davids
Macy Hirota
Asher Hohn
Lauren Huserik
Fermata Level: $1,000 to $4,999
City of Kent Arts Commission
Rainier Chorale
Colla Voce
Becky Nelson
Isabel Pacheco
Wynston Park
Hadley Plett
Amelia Richards
Eleanor Rowe
Lauren Rutledge
Katerina Rzhiskiy
Blakely Saldivar
Justice Svenson
Kaylyn Yager
Sophia Brewer
Christina Brighton
Bradyn Buttenhoff
Alastor Collins
Eva Collins
Andrea Dias
Luke Foege
Lauren Gendreau
Jenna Gibson
Emi Heinz
Grace Lindell
Nicole Moriarty
Lindsey Pavletich
Tyson Powell
Grace Recla
Barrett Rendle
Cammryn Rhodaback
Megan Rickey*
Audrey Riley
Amanda Ross*
Natalia Sandoval
Jesse Sigrist*
Joel Sigrist*
Nathan Snell
Jason Snow*
Kevin Sweet*
Chris Swienty*
Makoto Také
Aimee Tibbitts*
Julia Wenndt*
Jonathan Zosel
J.W. Pepper
Kappa Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma
Larry and Leora Schwitters
Washington American Choral Directors’ Association
Crescendo Level: $200 to $499
Davis Piano Service
David and Donna Wenndt
Allegro Level: $75 to $199
Robert Anderson
Friends of the Covington Library
Doreen Davis
Rich and Karen Fulmer
Kip Korper
Bonita Migliore
Janice and Butch Moen
A cappella Level: Up to $75
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Mark and Lisa Anderson
Jennifer Ayre
Pete and Annette Bailes
Kandis Brighton
Brian and Jenny Bygland
Vicki Foege
Anne Forsythe
*Festival Assistants
ERWILIAN • MEMBERS
Jordan Buetow
Matt Garcia
John Hintze
Malcolm Lee
Boeing Matching Funds
Denise Martin
Consonare
Nick Anderson
Hannah Burley
Ruth Crowder*
Elana Cueto
Duane Davis*
Katelyn Dunham
Sam Garcia*
Olivia Gendreau*
Keerthi Godala
Sophia Heinz
Fiona Higgins*
Sydney Lindell
Jenna Malone*
Smiti Mangla
Ryan Migliore
Trevor Migliore
Brenna Nieva*
Natalie Nordell
Allie Orozco*
Josée Pacheco
Forte Level: $500 to $999
Applebee’s Restaurant, Covington
Bethel Melton
Scott Melton
Keely Rendle
Fred Meyer Rewards
Amelia Higgins
Deanna Hirota
Claire Newell
Zen Ning
Amy O’Donnell-Riley
Karen Pavletich
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The Red Door Music Studio, Mary Kaye Owen
Tony and Cindy Ross
Dave and Jill Saldivar
Andy and Lisa Sweet
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A World of Song
Rainier Honor Choir Festival
Saturday, February 6, 2016, 4pm
First Evangelical Presbyterian Church
RYC’s Consonare
Star Spangled Banner ................................................................................................................................................. John Stafford Smith
All Too Soon ......................................................................................................................................................................Stephen Hatfield
Nova Scotia
Three South African Songs .........................................................................................................................................................Traditional
I. Ishe oluwah “God’s work will never be undone.”
II. Akanamandla “Satan has no power, he has been cheated. Satan’s had it!
III. Ga gona ya tshwanang le Jesu! “We are searching everywhere until we find Jesus.”
Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got) ................................................................................................................... arr. Alan Billingsley
And Ain’t I a Woman! ...........................................................................................................................................................Susan Borwick
Based on a speech by Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) to the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention
Boys’ Honor Choir
Brian Hoskins, director; Julie Swienty, accompanist
Codfish Shanty.................................................................................................................................................................... arr. Vijay Singh
Traditional Sea Shanty
Al Tambor ....................................................................................................................................................................... Victor C. Johnson
Girls’ Honor Choir
Karen Fulmer, director; Lori McEwen, accompanist
Clear Water ..........................................................................................................................................................................Robert I. Hugh
Banjo Pickin’ Girl ......................................................................................................................................Tim Sharp and Andrea Ramsey
Appalachian Folk Song
Combined Festival Choir
Leora Schwitters, conductor, Brian Hoskins, accompanist
We Will ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Jim Papoulis
Touch the Sky.......................................................................................................................................................................... arr. Mac Huff
from the Walt Disney/Pixar film Brave
Thanks to Erwilian for providing special accompaniments.
Honor Choir Members’ Music Teachers:
Lynda Alley (Enterprise Elementary), Renee Bagley (Pine Tree Elementary), Carol Brewster (Meeker MS),
Dee Donaldson (Panther Lake Elementary), Mark Edgbert (Victor Falls Elementary), Matt Garcia (Star
Lake Elementary), Lynnea Gibbs (Rainier Christian MS), Karen Harkness (Benson Elementary), Alexandria
Hayes (Lake Dolloff Elementary), Jacklyn Henly (Horizon Elementary), Brian Hoskins (Nelsen MS), Brittney
Klouse (Horizon Elementary), Michael Lewis (Sawyer Woods Elementary), Karen Martin (Kent Elementary),
Raleigh Mostov (Horizon Elementary), Carrie Scott (Mountain View MS), Marybeth Sipe (Rainier Christian
Schools Kent View Elementary), Patty Turnbow (Tahoma JH), Laura Young (Foothills Elementary)
2016 Rainier Honor Choir Festival participants, see page 2.
This festival is sponsored in part by the Washington American Choral Directors’ Association and J.W. Pepper.
Invitation to Honor Choir Singers
Honor Choir singers who wish to become members of Rainier Youth Choirs are invited to attend
an Open Rehearsal on Monday, February 8, in Covington at Cedar Heights MS from 5-6:30PM.
A parent information meeting will be held during the rehearsal. Please sign up in the lobby
after the concert or online at rainieryouthchoirs.org. No fee for this opportunity to try us out.
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A World of Song
Rainier Youth Choirs Concert
Saturday, February 6, 2016, 7pm
First Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Bella Voce
We Live the Dream/Dona Nobis Pacem............................................................................................................................ Emily Crocker
Tue, Tue (Come, Sing a Song) ................................................................................................................................... arr. Sonja Poorman
Ghana Folksong
Bella Voce and Colla Voce
The Corn Song .................................................................................................................................................... Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Text by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
England
Colla Voce
Ani Ma’Amin .................................................................................................................................................. arr. P. Caldwell and S. Ivory
Traditional Jewish Song “I believe the Messiah will come… No matter how long, I will wait for him. I believe.”
Violin: Keely Rendle Narrators: Kaitlyn Yager, Lauren Rutledge, Andrea Dias
Sponsor: Sue Green
Shine on Me .....................................................................................................................................................................arr. Rollo Dilworth
Traditional American spiritual
NATS - Classical Category First Place Soloists
Aurore ................................................................................................................................................................ Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
France
Sophia Heinz, Soprano, Tahoma Junior High, grade 9
Sponsors: Sid and Kartha Heinz
Tornami a vagheggiar from “Alcina” .....................................................................................................George F. Handel (1685-1759)
England
Julia Wenndt, Soprano, Kentridge High School, grade 12
Young Men’s Ensemble
A Red, Red, Rose................................................................................................................................................................... Emily Crocker
Text by Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scotland
Sponsor: Davis Piano Service
Young Women’s Ensemble
The Water of Tyne ......................................................................................................................................................arr. Michael Neaum
English Folk Song
And Ain’t I a Woman! ...........................................................................................................................................................Susan Borwick
Based on a speech by Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) to the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention
Erwilian
Selections to be announced ..................................................................................................................... Sponsor: Davis Piano Service
Consonare
All Too Soon ......................................................................................................................................................................Stephen Hatfield
Nova Scotia
Sponsor: Bonita Migliore
The Seal Lullaby ...................................................................................................................................................................... Eric Whitacre
Text from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Zion’s Walls ..................................................................................................................................................Aaron Copland arr. Koponen
American Revivalist Song
Sponsors: Janice and Butch Moen
Combined Choirs and Erwilian
Touch the Sky.......................................................................................................................................................................... arr. Mac Huff
from the Walt Disney/Pixar film Brave
Sponsor: Vaux’s Happening
Parents, please remember to sign out any singers under age 15 after the concert.
Thanks to our Song Sponsors who have helped cover the costs of putting on today’s concert!!
Sponsor or Dedicate a Song for the next RYC concert! Follow the link on the Support page of our website.
A $50 donation for the opportunity will get your name or business listed in the next concert’s program as a sponsor.
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Rainier Chorale,
established 1983
Rainier Youth Choirs,
established 2007
RAINIER CHORAL ARTS MISSION STATEMENT
To the Parents of these extraordinary Honor Choir members,
Rainier Choral Arts’ mission is to promote choral singing in the
Thank you for the opportunity to work with your
community by providing programs in which people of all ages
talented children today! They were selected by
may participate in the choral music experience.
their school music teachers to participate because
RAINIER CHORAL ARTS VALUES STATEMENT
of their outstanding musicianship and citizenship.
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.
RAINIER YOUTH CHOIRS MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to provide instruction designed to guide singers
to attain the highest level of artistry in choral performance and
music education through an affordable program.
Congratulations to them and to you parents for
raising such fine boys and girls, for your support of
their aspirations, and for offering them special Arts
enrichments such as this. According to a study by
Chorus America, more than one in five households
in the U.S. have at least one singing family member,
making choral singing the most popular form of
participation in the performing arts for both adults and
children. The study found that singing in one of the
almost 300,000 choruses in the U.S. is strongly correlated
RAINIER YOUTH CHOIRS VALUES STATEMENT
with qualities that are associated with success
RYC values character building and excellence in all endeavors
throughout life. Greater civic involvement, discipline,
while delivering fine performances and engaging in other
and teamwork are just a few of the attributes fostered
family-friendly activities.
by singing with a choral ensemble.
With appreciation,
The RYC Staff
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
RYC 2015-2016 EXECUTIVE BOARD
RAINIER YOUTH CHOIRS • FUNDING
Rainier Youth Choirs is part of a non-profit,
501(c)3, corporation. We rely upon tuition, fund raising
Lyndsay Burley .............................................................. President
Karla Sigrist ........................................................... Vice President
Renay Powell ............................................................... Secretary
Heather Rutledge ........................................................ Treasurer
projects, ticket sales, grants and contributions from the
MEMBERS AT LARGE
providing quality instruction for students and quality
Dave Davis ...................................................................... Director
Mark Eaton ...................................................................... Director
Kathy Gendreau ............................................................ Director
Julie Gibson..................................................................... Director
Angie Nelson .................................................................. Director
Donna Wenndt ............................................................... Director
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
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.
THANK YOU!
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Angie Nelson, Concert Operations Coordinator
Karla Sigrist, Concert Chair
Kartha Heinz, Concert Chaperone Coordinator
Dave Davis, Davis Piano Service
Sonya Anderson, Program and Artwork
Terri Richardson, Cedar Heights Middle School Liaison
Jenny Bygland, Kent United Methodist Church Liaison
Parent Volunteers
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SPECIAL THANKS TO
RAINIER YOUTH CHOIRS • PERSONNEL
LEORA SCHWITTERS, Artistic Director/Founder, Director,
LORI McEWEN, Lead Accompanist, Consonare, Colla Voce
Young Women’s Ensemble/Consonare and Colla Voce,
studied piano and voice at Central Washington University and
retired from Kent School District in 2005; B.M., Yankton
is in high demand throughout the region for her fine piano skills,
College Conservatory of Music, SD; M.A.T, UW; Washington
accompanies many school choirs, vocal and instrumental
State American Choral Director’s Association (WA-ACDA)
soloists and at Fairwood UMC.
Past-President; Green River Music Region Past-President;
memberships in NATS, NAfME, NW Kodály Educators (NWKE),
and Chorus America; conducted the 2014 WMEA Junior All
State Treble Choir and regularly conducts regional honor choirs
throughout the state; sings soprano in Chor Anno and Lyric Arts
Ensemble.
MARY KAYE OWEN, Accompanist, Bella Voce, has taught
piano at The Red Door Music Studio, Renton, for 25+ years;
past-president of Washington State Music Teachers Association
(WSMTA), and is currently WSMTA’s Senior High Coordinator for
the MTNA Performance Competitions. A Nationally Certified
Teacher of Music specializing in piano, Mary Kaye earned a
BRIAN HOSKINS, Director, Young Men’s Ensemble/Consonare,
Bachelor of Sacred Music from Multnomah University, Oregon,
choral director at Nelsen MS and Lindbergh HS, Renton School
and holds an M.A. in Music Ed, UW.
District; BA in Music Ed, WSU; Masters, Music Ed, Steinhardt
School at New York University; two-time recipient of the
“Ahead of the Class: Excellence in Teaching Award”; former
conductor with the Young People’s Chorus of New York City.
An accomplished pianist and highly sought-after accompanist;
performs regularly on electric bass in several bands; sings
in Chor Anno; held leadership positions in WA-ACDA and
Soundview Music Region Past-President, and conducts various
regional honor choirs throughout the state.
KAREN FULMER, Executive Director, retired from the Sumner
School District after teaching choral music for 31 years at the
junior high and high school levels and serving as district Music
Coordinator. Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in secondary
music ed, PLU; past-president of WA-ACDA, NW-ACDA, and
most recently of the 18,000 member national ACDA; 1997
Washington State Teacher of the Year for all subject areas;
sings in Choral Union at PLU and Chor Anno; conducted
state honor choirs in Wisconsin and Minnesota, the 2015
BRAD WILLS, Director, Bella Voce, teaches general music
WMEA Junior All State Choir and the 2015 WWU High School
and choir at Fairwood Elementary, Kent School District.
Women’s Festival.
Mr. Wills studied music at Wheaton College’s conservatory
and frequently accompanies Kent students and choirs. KSD’s
Teacher of the Year, 2002; held leadership positions in WAACDA; presented at numerous children’s choir workshops for
WA-ACDA and NW Kodály Educators.
KAREN MARTIN, Director, Vocina and Choral Festival Manager,
is the general music specialist at Kent Elementary; B.S. in
instrumental music, Moorhead State University, Minnesota,
and a M.A. in Music, PLU; conducts the Evergreen Women’s
Chorale, Kent; has held leadership positions in WA-ACDA.
RYC • UPCOMING EVENTS
Feb 8: RYC Open Rehearsal/Auditions (details page 4)
May 21: RYC’s “A World of Colors” Concert, 3PM
Rainier Chorale Concerts | visit www.rainierchorale.org
April 3 | Renaissance Treasures
June 4 & 5 | Broadway Treasures
Aug 15-18: RYC’s Summer Camp ‘Amazing Race’
for more details, visit www.rainieryouthchoirs.org
NATS • CLASSICAL CATEGORY FIRST PLACE SOLOISTS
JULIA WENNDT and SOPHIA HEINZ both took first place in their
categories at the recent National Association of Teachers of
Singing competition. Both girls joined RYC as fourth graders
in Bella Voce, then graduated to Colla Voce, and now sing
in Consonare and our Young Women’s Ensemble. Both study
voice privately with Kerstin O’Shields, a WWU graduate who
was a member of the KMHS choir, directed
by Leora Schwitters in the 90’s. Good luck
to Julia and Sophia in the upcoming
Green River Music Region Contest!
Winners of that contest go on to the
WMEA’s State Solo Contest in Ellensburg
at the end of April.
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