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LOOKING
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Conspir are
Yo u t h Ch o i rs
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L OO K IN G
G L ASS
Co n s p i r a r e Yo u t h C h o i rs
Nina Revering
CYC A rtistic D irector
Maimy Fong, P iano
Brooks Whitmore, P iano
Andrew Furman, V ibraphone
Tom Hale, F rench H orn
Paul Robertson, V iolin
Friday, April 27, 2012, 7:30 pm
St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, Austin, TX
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 7:30 pm
St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, Austin, TX
Conspirare Youth Choirs
1033 La Posada Drive, Suite 130
Austin, Texas 78752
512.476.5775
www.conspirare.org
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Program
An Evening Hymn..................................................................... Henry Purcell
Deanna Melder, soprano
Conspirare Children’s Choir
Les Petite Voix ...................................................................... Francis Poulenc
text by Madeleine Ley
La petite fille sage
Le chien perdu
Le petit garçon malade
Le hérisson
Live has Loveliness to Sell.....................................James Quitman Mulholland,
text by Sara Teasdale
Tom Hale, French horn
Las Amarillas..................................traditional Mexican, arr. Stephen Hatfield
Untraveled Worlds........................................................................ Paul Halley
text by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Paul Robertson, violin
Combined Choirs
Stand Together............................................................................Jim Papoulis
Kantorei
Two Poems of Emily Dickinson.............Neil Ginsberg, text by Emily Dickinson
“There is no frigate like a book”
“I never saw a moor”
Kalinka..............................................traditional Russian, arr. Joan Gregoryk
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Sing to Me................................... Andrea Ramsey, text by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Travessura.............................Eduardo Lakschevitz (written for Nina Revering)
Soloists: Asha Rao, Daryl Hale, Martha Beaty,
Amy McPherson, Sarah Kennedy Helmbrecht, Aislinn Yeidel
Birdsong........................................................................................ Paul Read
Soloists: Juliana Marshall, Lily Wendt
Combined Choirs
The Dream Keeper............................ Andrea Ramsey, text by Langston Hughes.
Andrew Furman, Vibraphone
Can You Hear?............................................................................Jim Papoulis.
Elizabeth Stapper, soprano; Maria Tangarova and Carolyn Nuelle, percussion
This is Home.................................................... Switchfoot, arr. Nina Revering
Irene Smith, cello; Lucas Revering,
Martha Beaty, Colman Butler,
and Aldo Ordonez, percussion
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From the Director
Dear CYC Supporters, Family and Friends,
I am honored by your presence with us tonight! The singers and I have
journeyed afar in the preparation of this repertoire: tonight you will hear
music from Russia, Brazil, the U.S. and France. These cultures are represented in our membership, and we have enjoyed the privilege of native
speakers coaching our diction. What a gift!
Many times in the last few months I have thought about the poetry in the
texts of these songs and what their impact might be on our young artists.
Once learned, music is not forgotten. Our art form is ephemeral in nature,
but the fleeting moment lingers forever in the memory of the singer. I hope
you will accompany us as you listen by reading the texts contained in this
program, and search for your own reactions to the poetry as it elegantly
combines with the music. Our selections are all in one way or another connected to themes of childhood - the innocence, freshness, play and wonder
of childhood, and the reflective looking glass of the changes that growing
up bring.
My heart is filled with gratitude for the enormous generosity and love that
these singers have brought to our work together. I am honored to be a part
of these young lives. My hope is that they will carry this moment with
them as they grow, and that this music and poetry will bring joy to you
tonight and always.
Nina Revering
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Texts & Translations
Les Petites Voix
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Text by Madeleine Ley
1) La Petite Fille Sage
The Good Little Girl
La petite fille sage est rentrée de l’école avec son panier
Elle a mis sur la table les assiettes et les verres lourds
Et puis ell’ s’est lavée a la pompe de la cour sans mouiller son tablier
Et si le petit frère dort dans son petit lit cage ell’ va s’asseoir
Su la pierre use pour voir l’étoile du soir
The good little girl came home from school with her basket.
She put on the table the plates and the heavy glasses,
and then she washed up at the pump in the yard without getting her apron wet!
And if the little brother is sleeping in his cradle,
she‘ll sit on the worn rock to watch the evening star. Ah.
2) Le Chien Perdu
The Lost Dog
Qui estu, inconnu? Qui estu, chien perdu?
Tu rêves, tu sommeilles;
peut-être voudrais tu que je te gratte la,
derrière les oreilles doux chien couche sur le trottoir doux chien ve coumon
che ton regard blanc et noir?
Qui estu inconnu, chien perdu?
Who are you, unknown one? Who are you, lost dog? You dream, you sleep, maybe
you’d like it if I were to scratch you there behind your ears— sweet dog lying on the
sidewalk, looking up at my eyes with your your black and white gaze
Who are you, unknown one Lost dog?
3) Le Petit Graçon Malade
The Little Sick Boy
Le petit garçon malade Ne veut plus regarder les images il ferme ses yeux las ;
Il laisse ses mains chaudes trainer sur le drap.
Sa mère ouvre la fenêtre et le rideau blanc se balance sur la rue un soir de mai
Il entend jouer les autres qui sautent a cloche pied en criant sur le trottoir
Et pleure en silence dans son petit bras plié. Ah ah ah ah
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The sick little boy doesn’t want to look at pictures any more. He closes his eyes; he
lets his hot hands fall on the covers. His mother opens the window and the white
curtain blows in and out above the street on the May evening. He hears the others
playing, Jumping on one foot and shouting on the sidewalk below. Then he turns
his head and cries silently into his small folded arm.
4) Le Herisson
The Hedgehog
Quand papa trouve un herisson il l’apporte a la maison.
On lui donne du lait tiède dans le fond d’une assiette,
Il ne veut pas se dérouler lorsqu’il entend parler mais si nous quittons la cuisine
Il montre sa tète maligne, la la la la la la la la
Et si je me tais un instant je l’entends boire doucement je l’entends boire
doucement la la la la la
Quand papa trouve un hérisson,
Il l’apporte a la maison la maison
When daddy finds a hedgehog he brings it home. We give it some warm milk In
the bottom of a plate, He won’t uncurl when it hears us talking, but if we leave the
kitchen, he shows his mischievous head! And if I hush an instant, I hear him softly
drinking, I hear him softly drinking, When daddy finds a hedgehog he brings it
home. The house!
Life has Loveliness to Sell
Life has loveliness to sell,
All beautiful and splendid things,
Blue waves whitened on a cliff,
Soring fire that sways and sings,
And children’s faces looking up,
Holding wonder like a cup.
Holding wonder like a cup.
Life has loveliness to sell,
Music like a curve of gold,
And for your spirit’s still delight,
Holy thoughts that star the night.
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Text by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
Music by James Quitman Mulholland (b. 1935)
Life has loveliness to sell,
Music like a curve of gold,
Scent of pine trees in the rain,
Eyes that love you,
Arms that hold, arms that hold.
Life has loveliness to sell,
All you have for loveliness.
Buy it, never count the cost;
For one white singing
Hour of peace,
Count many’a year of strife well lost,
And for a breath of ecstasy
Give all you have been
Or could be.
Las Amarillas
Volaron las amarillas calandrias de los nopales
Ya no cantaran alegres los pagaros cardenales
Stephen Hatfield (b. 1956)
A la Tirana na na
A la Tirana na no
Arboles de la ladera porque no han reverdicido
Pore so ccalandrias cantan o las apachurra el nido
Eres Chiquita y bonita y asi como erse te quiero
Paraces una Rosita de las costas de Guerrero
Todas dan su despedida pero como esta ninguna
Cuatro por cinco son veinte, tres por siete son veinte-uno
The yellow calandras fly from the cactus
No longer will the cardinals sing happily
To the song na na
To the song na no.
Because the trees on the hillside have not come back to life
For that the calandras will either sing of crush their nests
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You are small and beautiful and I love you just the way you are.
You are like a little rose from the coast of Guerrero
Everybody has their own farewell, but there’s none like this one
Four times five is twenty, three times seven is twenty one.
Untraveled Worlds
I cannot rest from travel;
I will drink life to the lees.
All times I have enjoyed greatly,
Suffered greatly, both with those that loved me,
And alone.
I am a part of all that I have met;
Yet all experience is an arch where through
Gleams that untraveled world,
That untraveled world whose margin fades
Forever and forever when I move.
How dull it is to pause,
To make an end,
To rust unburnished, not to… to shine in use,
To shine in use!
As though to breathe were life,
Were life!
Life!
Life piled on life were all too little,
And of one to me little remains;
But every hour, every hour is saved
From that eternal silence,
Something more, something more,
A bringer of new things;
And vile it were
For some three suns to store and hoard myself
And this gray spirit yearning in the desire
To follow knowledge like a sinking star,
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Paul Halley (b. 1952)
Text by Lord Alfred Tennyson
Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
Come, come , my friends,
‘Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite the sounding furrows.
For my purpose holds
To sail beyond the
Sunset, and the baths
Stand Together
Lo lay Ai lee lie lee ai lee lie lee ai lee loo.
Stand alone, see the rain that’s falling down below,
Where I’m reaching.
Joining hands slowly takes us to a place we all can believe in.
Jim Papoulis
Side by side we could be growing hopes and dreams.
If we stand together, we will sing forever of the dreams growing in our hearts.
If we stand together, we will see forever, side by side,
Hope will find a way to our hearts.
One by one, we will follow with our hearts a place we can dream of.
Open hearts, slowly led us to a place we all can believe in.
Side by side we could be growing hopes and dreams.
If we stand together, we will sing forever of the dreams growing in our hearts.
If we stand together, we will see forever, side by side,
Hope will find a way to our hearts.
We will stand side by side,
With our dreams we will sing.
We will sing for freedom when we sing,
With our hearts we will stand side by side and believe.
If we stand together, we will sing forever of the dreams growing in our hearts.
If we stand together, we will see forever, side by side, hope will find a way to our hearts,
To our hearts, to our hearts, to our hearts, to our hearts.
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Two Poems of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
There is no frigate like a book/I never saw a moor
Neil Ginsberg
There is no frigate like a book
There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away
Nor any coarsers like a page of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take without oppress of toll:
How frugal is the chariot that bears the human soul!
I never saw a moor
I never saw a more never saw a moor.
Never saw a more never saw a moor.
I never I never saw the sea
I never saw a moor
I never saw the sea
But I know how the heather looks and what a wave must be.
I never saw a moor never saw a moor
Never saw a moor never saw a moor
I never I never saw the sea
I never spoke with God
Nor visited him in heaven
I never spoke with God
Nor visited him in heaven
But certain am I of the spot as I a chart were given
I never saw the sea
KalinkaTraditional Russian
Arranged by Joan Gregoryk
Chorus
Kalinka, kalinka, kalinka moya!
Vsadu yagoda malinka, malinka moya!
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Akh, pod sosnoyu, pod zelenoyu,
Spat’ polozhite vy menya! Ay-lyuli, lyuli, ay-lyuli,
Spat’ polozhite vy menya.
Chorus
Akh, sosyenushka ty zyelyenaya,
Nye shumi zhe nado mnoy!
Ay-lyuli, lyuli, ay-lyuli, Nye shumi zhe nado mnoy!
Chorus
Akh, krasavitsa, dusha-dyevitsa,
Polyubi zhe ty myenya!
Ay-lyuli, lyuli, ay-lyuli, Polyubi zhe ty myenya!
Chorus
Kalinka, kalinka, kalinka of mine
in the garden, raspberry, little raspberry of mine
Ah, Under the pine, the green one,
Lay me down to sleep,
Ah, lully lully, ah lully lully,
Lay me down to sleep
Chorus
Ah, Little pine, little green one,
Don’t rustle above me,
Ah, lully lully, ah lully lully,
Don’t rustle above me
Chorus
Ah, you beauty, pretty maiden,
Fall in love with me,
Ah, lully lully, ah lully lully,
Fall in love with me
Chorus
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Sing to MeAndrea Ramsey
Text by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Sing to me! Something of sunlight and bloom,
I am so compassed with sorrow and gloom,
I am so sick with the world’s noise and strife –
Sing of the beauty and brightness of life –
Sing to me, sing to me!
Sing to me! Something that’s jubilant, glad!
I am so weary, my soul so sad.
All my earth riches are covered with rust,
All my bright dreams are but ashes and dust.
Sing to me, sing to me!
Sing to the blossoms that open in spring,
How the sweet flowers blow, and the long lichens cling,
Say, though the winter is round about me,
There are bright summers and springs yet to be.
Sing to me, sing to me!
Sing me a song full of hope and of truth,
Brimming with all the sweet fancies of youth!
Say, though my sorrow I may not forget,
I have not quite done with happiness yet,
Sing to me, sing to me!
Lay your soft flowers just here, on my cheek;
Turn the light lower – there – do, do not speak,
But sing! My heart thrills at your beautiful voice;
Sing till I turn from my grief and rejoice.
Travessura (Written for Nina Revering)
Pula daqui, cai acola
Entra na roda e vem brincar
Pique bandeira, correida ligeira
E pula daqui, cai acola
Pula daqui, cai acola
Entra na roda e vem brincar
Chega da escola, ja vai jogar bola
E pula daquei, cai acola
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Eduardo Lakschevitz (b. 1970)
Pula daqui, cai acola
Entra na roda e vem brincar
Vento soprando, e pipa voando
E pula daqui, cai acola
Nunca deixe de sonhar (lindo sonho)
Tempo que logo vai passar
Craindo memorias
Lembrando historias
Feliz de quem aproveitar
(Vamos brincar de carrossel, pessoal !)
Jump over here, fall over there
Join the circle, come and play
Pique dandeira*, a fast run
And jump over here, fall over there
Jump over here, fall over there’re
Join the circle, come and play
Back from school, on to play ball
And jump over here, fall over there.
Jump over here, fall over there
Join the circle, come and play
Wind is blowing, the kite is flying
And jump over here, fall over there.
Never stop dreaming (a beautiful dream)
Time will soon pass by
Creating memories
Remembering stories
Happy is the one who enjoys it
(Let’s play the carousel, everybody!)
**Pique bandeira is a kind of child’s play,
where two teams run around and try to ‘steal’ the other team’s flag.
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Birdsong
Paul Read (b. 1948)
Text by an unknown child in the Terazin Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia
He doesn’t know the world at all
Who stays in his nest and doesn’t go out
He doesn’t know what birds know best
Nor what I sing about
Nor what I sing about,
Nor what I sing about:
That the world is full of loveliness
When dew drops sparkle in the grass
And earth is a flood with morning light
A blackbird sings upon a bush
To greet the dawning after night
The dawning after night
The dawning after night.
Then I know how fine it is to live.
Hey, try to open your heart to beauty
Go to the woods someday
And weave a wreath of memory there.
Then if tears obscure your way
You’ll know how wonderful it is.
You’ll know how wonderful it is
Oh how wonderful to be a a live
He doesn’t know the world at all
Who stays in the nest and doesn’t go out.
He doesn’t know what birds know best.
Nor what I sing about,
Nor what I sing about,
Nor what I sing about:
That the world is full of love, and how fine it is to live
Oh how wonderful to be alive.
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Can You HearWords & Music by James Papoulis
Can you hear my cries.
Can you see my eyes.
I am calling out to you.
Arranged with Francisco J. Nunez
Can you hear my cries.
Can you see my eyes.
I am calling out to you
Calling in the distance, softly
Could it be the sound of my heart?
Here I am before you, reaching
Could it be I’m slipping away,
Can you hear my cries,
Can you see my eyes.
I am calling out to you
Suddenly I see I’m falling
Trying to find a way off the ground.
Will I see the future in me.
As I see it slipping away,
Can you hear my cries,
Can you see my eyes.
I am calling out to you
I know you can hear.
I know you can hear.
I know you can see.
I know you can see, I am calling, calling out to
Hear my cries,
Can you see my eyes,
Can you feel my cries,
Can you feel my eyes,
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Tell me can you , Yes you can hear,
Yes you can hear me, Tell me can you see
Can you hear
Can you hear me calling out to you?
The Dream Keeper
Text by Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Music by Andrea Ramsey
Bring me, Bring me, Bring me all of your dreams
Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamer, you dreamer, you dreamer, you dreamer
Bring me all your heart melodies
Bring me all your heart melodies, melodies
That I may wrap them,
That I may wrap them in a blue cloud cloth away,
Away, away, away, away
From the too rough fingers of the world
This is HomeSwitchfoot, arr. Nina Revering
I’ve got my memories always inside of me,
But I can’t go back, back to how it was.
I believe you now,
I’ve come too far.
No, I can’t go back, back to how it was.
Created for a place I’ve never known,
This is home.
Now I’m fin’lly where I belong, where I belong.
Yeah, this is home.
I’ve been searching for a place of my own;
Now I’ve found it.
Maybe this is home.
Yeah, this is home.
Belief over misery,
I’ve seen the enemy, and I won’t go back,
Back to how it was.
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And I got my heart set on what happens next.
I got my eyes wide;
It’s not over yet.
We are miracles and we’re not alone.
Yeah, this is home.
Now I’m fin’lly where I belong,
I’ve seen the enemy, and I won’t go back,
Back to how it was.
And I got my heart set on what happens next.
I got my eyes wide;
It’s not over yet.
We are miracles and we’re not alone.
Yeah, this is home. Now I’m fin’lly where I belong, where I belong.
Yeah, this is home. I’ve been searching for a place of my own;
Now I’ve found it
Maybe this is home. Yeah, this is home.
And now, after all my searching,
After all my questions, I’m gonna call it home.
I’ve got a brand new mind set; I can fin’lly see the sunset.
I’m gonna call it home.
Home, this is home.
Now I’m fin’lly where I belong.
Where I belong
Yeah, this is home.
I’ve been searching for a place of my own;
Now I’ve found it may be this is home.
This is home.
Now I know yeah, this is home.
I’ve come too far,
And I won’t go back.
Yeah, this is home.
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2011-12 Conspirare Youth Choirs
Nina Revering, Conductor
Kantorei
Martha Beaty*
Andrew Buller
Colman Butler*
Avery Davis
Samantha DeVoll
Elizabeth Driggers
Ainsley Gamble
Isabella Grossling
Daryl Hale*
Isabella Hansen
Sarah Kennedy Helmbrecht*
Kalie Jennings
Abigail Johnson
Elisabeth A. Klein
Maya Lyles
Nikhil Lyles
Eva Rose Lynch
Julianna Marshall*
Amy McPherson*
Hannah Mitchel-Gevirtz
Kate Noll
Aldo Ordonez*
Amanda Phares
Lucy Pickens
Asha Rao*
Veronica Ruth
Shilpa Saxena
Maxfield Segrest
Stephen Shearer
Daniel Shi
Taylor Sims
Molly Snodgrass
Abigail Stewart
Anastasia Weger
Lily Wendt*
Nora Abigail Windham-Waite
Kevin Yang
Aislinn Yeidel*
Corwynn Yeidel
Angela Zhan
*Soloists/Instrumentalists
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Conspirare Children’s Choir
Chiara Alvisi
Maria Alvisi
Lexi Anderson
Mary Barnett
Kali Bramble
Shaye Cantu
Anna Grace Carey
Caitlyn Diehl
Care Edgar
Valeria Aimee Elizondo
Jonna Hardy
Reilly Havranek
Sarah Hollis
Sophie Levy
Sophie Lillis
Shelby Luikart
Olivia Martens
Gabriel Martin
Kay McAnally
Julia McDonald
Deanna Melder*
Sarah Nehring
Carolyn Nuelle*
Raina Parsons
Ella Pettichord
Natalya Ponomoreva
Galia Popov
Lucas Revering*
Bailey Rider
Gabrielle Sanchez
Irene Smith*
Libby Smith
Anne Marie Stapper
Elizabeth Stapper*
Maria Tangarova*
Lucy Tiblier
Elena Sophia Villalon
Seren Villwock
Alia Vinson
Madison Whitesides
Alyssa Wixson
Conspirare Youth Choirs Staff
Nina Revering’s choral music experience began at an
early age. While growing up in Brazil, she performed
in the Coro Infantil do Teatro Municipal under
the direction of Elsa Lakschevitz. After moving to
Canada, she joined the Toronto Children’s Chorus,
directed by Jean Ashworth-Bartle, and performed
with noted directors Andrew Davis and Sir David
Willcocks. Ms. Revering’s musical training included
six years of study in Toronto’s Royal Conservatory
of Music in baroque recorder as well as piano. Ms. Revering’s educational
background includes work at the Youth Performing Arts School and Boston
University. She studied baroque recorder with John Tyson of the New
England Conservatory and performed with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
under conductors Seiji Ozawa, John Williams, and John Oliver. Nina
Revering has performed widely as a soloist and chorister throughout the
region and around the country. Soloist at St. Mary’s Cathedral from 19941997, she was also Victoria Bach Festival’s New Young Artist in 1994. Ms.
Revering has been a member of Conspirare since 1995 and was a soloist in
the Grammy-nominated CDs Requiem and Threshold of Night, both released
under the Harmonia Mundi label.
Ms. Revering taught music in Eanes schools from 1996-2003 and recently
returned to the elementary music classroom. A frequent clinician, guest
conductor, and vocal adjudicator around the state of Texas, she was one of
eight conductors selected for participation in the International Symposium
for Children’s Choir Directors held in Toronto, Canada in May 2005.
Nina Revering co-presented a workshop with Rick Gabrillo on children’s
choirs at the 2010 Eastern Division American Choral Directors
Association Convention in Philadelphia. Professional affiliations include
ACDA and TMEA.
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Accompanists
Dr. Maimy Fong earned a Bachelor’s degree in piano
with a concentration in vocal accompanying from
the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
She also completed Master’s and Doctoral degrees
in piano performance at the University of Texas
at Austin School of Music. She has worked for the
Des Moines Metro Opera, Austin Lyric Opera,
and was the first pianist-coach in El Paso Opera’s
Artist-in-Residence Program. She has been with CYC since its inception
in 2005. In 2009, she helped co-found and now assists in administering
the “Feed Your Soul” Music Series at Dell Children’s Medical Center. For
more information or to be added to the e-mail list, please send an inquiry to
DellFeedYourSoul@yahoo.com. In Austin, she maintains an active schedule
of playing chamber music, instrumental and voice recitals, teaching, and
vocal coaching.
Dr. Brooks Whitmore holds degrees in piano performance from the
Universities of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Texas. He has accompanied and
helped prepare collegiate choirs for performances in New York’s Carnegie
Hall and in a European concert tour. An active teacher and church musician,
he holds positions at Austin Montessori School and as organist at historic
St. Mary Cathedral in downtown Austin. He also recently accompanied
operatic productions for VIVA La Musica in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Guest Instrumentalists
Tom Hale is principal horn of the Austin Symphony
and Austin Lyric Opera and performs with
orchestras in Houston, San Antonio, Victoria and
Laredo. Dr. Hale has been a member of the Spoleto
Festival Orchestra in Charleston, South Carolina,
and Spoleto, Italy, since 1987 as both performer and
conductor. He has also served on the faculties of the
University of Texas, Southwest Texas State University and Southwestern
University in Georgetown. He is a founding member of the Pinnacle
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Brass Quintet and the Wild Basin Winds and performs regularly with the
Chamber Soloists of Austin, the Victoria Bach Festival, Bear Valley Music
Festival, and A. Mozart Fest. He was educated at Texas Tech University
(B.ME., M.M.) and the University of Texas (D.M.A.).
Paul Robertson has been performing and teaching
in the Austin area for almost 20 years. He has
performed with the Austin, San Antonio and Corpus
Christi Symphonies as well as many vocal groups
such as Conspirare, Chorus Austin and Austin
Lyric Opera. He has also played with the likes of
Ray Charles, Don McLean, Luciano Pavarotti, Ray
Price and Willie Nelson. Paul taught violin, viola and string ensemble at
Austin Community College for 5 years, was an orchestra director in RRISD
for 6 years and is currently in his 4th year as Head Orchestra Director at
Murchison Middle School.
Andrew Furman A native of Victoria, Texas, Andrew is currently pursuing
a Master’s degree in percussion performance from the University of Texas in
Austin. He also teaches and arranges for the percussion section at Stephen
F. Austin High School. He has appeared as a soloist with the Eastman Wind
Ensemble and Eastman Percussion Ensemble, and has recorded with the
University of Texas and Eastman Wind Ensembles. Recently, he performed
with the Midland-Odessa Symphony and Chorale. Andrew received his
Bachelor’s degree in Music from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester,
NY. His principal teachers have included Phillip Mikula, John H. Beck, Bill
Cahn, Michael Burritt, and Charles Ross.
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Conspirare
Board of Directors
Robert J. Karli, Chair
David Clark, Vice Chair
Larry Collmann, Treasurer
Mary Stephenson, Secretary
Doug Bain
Ken Beck
William C. Bednar
Fran Collmann
Mary Anne Connolly
Patrick L. DeLaune
Tom Driscoll
Toya Cirica Haley
Robert Harlan
Lou Ann Lasher
Eric Leibrock
Hope Morgan
Louise Morse
E. Stuart Phillips
Rebecca Powers
Hon. Bea Ann Smith
Marion Lear Swaybill
Catherine Wildermuth
Sheila Wojcik
Sheila Youngblood
Advisory Board
Stephen Aechternacht
John Aielli
Sue Barnes
Mark Bierner
Ray Brimble
David Burger
David Claflin
Virginia Dupuy
Maydelle Fason
JoLynn Free
Billy Gammon
Vance George
Helen Hays
Dan Herd
William B. Hilgers
Wayne Holtzman
Cassandra James
Judith Jellison
Bob Murphy
Lynn Murphy
Gayle Glass Roche
Nancy Scanlan
Angela Smith
Bernadette Tasher
Louann Temple
Eva Womack
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Artistic &
Administrative
Staff
Craig Hella Johnson
Artistic Director
Ann Hume Wilson
Executive Director
Katie Apple
Special Projects Coordinator
Tamara Blanken
Online Services Manager
Melissa J. Eddy
Communications & Grants Manager
Rick Gabrillo
Associate Conductor, Production Manager
Wravan Godsoe
Office Manager
David Hammond
Director of Patron Relations
Robert Harlan
Stage Manager
Meri Krueger
Artist Relations
Kristie McCune
Business Manager
Ann McNair
Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director
Nina Revering
Director, Conspirare Youth Choirs
Nicki Turman
House Manager
Jennifer Tynan
Manager, Conspirare Youth Choirs
Supporters
Season Sustaining Underwriter
Business & Foundation Supporters
The Keating Family
Foundation
The Kodosky
Foundation
The
Mattsson-McHale
Foundation
The Meadows
Foundation
Russell Hill Rogers
Fund for the Arts
The Rachael & Ben
Vaughan Foundation
Public Funding Agencies
This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from
the Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin
through the Cultural Arts Division, believing an investment
in the arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at
NowPlayingAustin.com. This project is also supported in part by
an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Works.
Media Sponsors
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2010-11 CYC Highlights
In September, the Conspirare Youth Choir’s Kantorei sang with the
Conspirare Symphonic Choir and the Austin Symphony in Ballet
Austin’s presentation of Carmina Burana at the Long Center.
Dazzling performances with La Follia Austin Baroque: “Going for
Baroque with the Conspirare Children’s Choir”
The CYC had six talented singers who auditioned and were selected
for the National American Choral Directors’ Associations convention
Honor Choirs: Kim Newcomb, Juliana Marshall, Gabriel Martin,
Taylor Sims, Alyssa Wixson, and Libby Smith.
Nearly sold-out winter performances at St. Martin’s Lutheran
Church Festival of Children’s Voices with the Choir of St. John’s,
Cambridge – the Conspirare Youth Choirs were honored to participate in the bringing together of voices from all over Austin with
these acclaimed singers from England.
A successful spring concert, Voices of Joy, to close the sixth concert season with a joyous celebration of spring, featuring works by
Schubert, Ramsey, Henderson, and a selection of folk works from
the British Isles.
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Acknowledgements
The Conspirare Youth Choirs gratefully acknowledges the contributions and
generosity of the following individuals and organizations:
Craig Hella Johnson
Bob Karli and Conspirare Board of Directors
Ann Hume Wilson
Ann McNair, David Hammond, Tamara Blanken, Kristie McCune,
Melissa Eddy, Wraven Godsoe, Meri Krueger, and Nicki Turman
Robert Harlan, Anton Boyd, and the Conspirare Stage Crew
Lois Vanlaningham
James Brown and Jane Bassett, First Presbyterian Church
University Presbyterian Church
Howard Burkett
Hornaday Design
Christopher Novosad
Dana Wixson and all the parent uniform volunteers
Any other CYC parent who has helped out throughout the semester
Singers, Parents, Volunteer Ushers, and Family Supporters of the CYC
Conspirare Performing Note
Conspirare has the privilege of performing in a variety of beautiful venues. We
seek out acoustical and aesthetic environments that can best enhance choral
performances and we are deeply grateful to our hosts. While our performing
venues may represent specific traditions and the texts of some of our repertoire
may also be representative of specific traditions, it is in no way intended to be
exclusive of any individual whose experience or set of beliefs is not represented.
Conspirare respects and celebrates the great diversity of religious, artistic, and
human experiences represented among our singers and audience members. Our
shared musical experiences are intended to bring us together as we all seek to be
inspired by the power of great choral music. The audience creates the space in
which the music is held.
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Shining Star Scholarship Program
The Scholarship Program: The Conspirare Youth Choirs is fully committed
to finding and training young musicians with a deep focus and love for choral
singing, regardless of the obstacles that may prevent their participation. In 20062007, the CYC created the Shining Star Scholarship Program to support singers
in the CYC. With generous donations, the CYC is currently supporting full
tuition and uniform costs for three singers.
During the spring, singers who are interested in being considered for this
scholarship will complete an application and participate in an audition with the
Conspirare Youth Choirs. Following the audition, a scholarship committee will
review the applications and audition results and select the singers who best meet
the criteria of the scholarship fund based upon skill, teacher recommendations,
prior musical experience, and financial need.
Support a Shining Star: Currently, we are seeking donations of $750, which
will provide tuition fees, transportation costs, uniform costs, music, and rehearsal
supplies for one singer for the entire 2011-2012 season (August 2011 to May
2012). We hope you will consider “adopting” a singer through the Shining Star
Scholarship Program. Your tax-deductible $750 contribution to Conspirare will
be a life-changing gift for one young singer who would not have this opportunity
without your generosity. If a full donation of $750 is not possible for your family
at the present time, we are always pleased to accept any donation amount you
make to this fund.
Other Ways to Support a Shining Star: It may also be possible that a
scholarship recipient may need transportation assistance. If you are passionately
committed to the goal of this scholarship fund but cannot financially contribute
at the present time, we invite you to become a volunteer driver for this program.
As a volunteer driver, you would be responsible for the transportation of the
singer from their home or school to each Conspirare Youth Choirs rehearsal
and performance. Volunteer drivers are vital to the success of this program. You
will ensure that our scholarship recipients have consistent attendance, thereby
receiving the highest possible musical training and vocal instruction.
We hope you will consider joining these generous families and organizations
who have already contributed to the Shining Star Scholarship Program:
Anne, Manny, and Brennan Martinez
Lois VanLaningham in Memory of Todd VanLaningham
Anonymous (2)
To contribute or volunteer for the Shining Star Scholarship Program
or for more information, please contact Rick Gabrillo at 512.476.5775
or conspirareyouthchoirs@gmail.com.
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About Conspirare
The word “conspirare” derives from the Latin “con” and “spirare”
translated as “to breathe together.”
Founded in 1991 to present a summer classical music festival in Austin,
Texas, Conspirare has rapidly grown to become an internationally
recognized, professional choral organization. Led by founder and
artistic director Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare is comprised
of two performing ensembles and an educational program. A
professional chamber choir (“Conspirare” or “Company of Voices”) of
extraordinarily talented singers from around the country is presented
in an annual concert series in Austin, other Texas communities, and
locations in the U.S. and abroad. The Conspirare Symphonic Choir
of both professional and volunteer singers performs one or more large
choral/orchestral works annually. The Conspirare Youth Choirs is an
educational program for singers ages 8-16, who learn and perform in
two separate ensembles, Kantorei and the Conspirare Children’s Choir.
Conspirare produced its first commercial recording, through the green
fuse, in 2004 on the Clarion Records label. A second CD, Requiem,
also on Clarion and since reissued by Harmonia Mundi, was released
in 2006 and received two Grammy® nominations (Best Choral
Performance and Best Engineered Album, Classical). Harmonia
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Mundi also released Requiem in Europe in 2009, and it received the
Netherlands’ prestigious 2010 Edison Award in the Choral Music
category. The Edison is the Dutch equivalent of the U.S. Grammy.
A third recording, Threshold of Night, was released worldwide in
September 2008 on the Harmonia Mundi label, Conspirare’s first title
for the distinguished recording company. Threshold of Night received
two Grammy nominations, Best Choral Performance and Best Classical
Album. In October 2008, in cooperation with Austin’s public television
station KLRU, Conspirare filmed a PBS television special, “A Company
of Voices: Conspirare in Concert,” that was broadcast nationally in
March 2009 and is available on both CD and DVD. A Company of
Voices received a Grammy nomination as Best Classical Crossover
Album. Conspirare’s latest CD Sing Freedom! African American
Spirituals was recorded last October and released September 13, 2011
by Harmonia Mundi.
In 2005 Conspirare received the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral
Excellence, given by national service organization Chorus America. In
2007, as one of the select choruses to receive a grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts under its American Masterpieces initiative,
Conspirare presented a four-day festival that featured a distinguished
gathering of composers and conductors, performances of three world
premieres, and a gala closing concert with a choir of 600 singers. In
July 2008 Conspirare represented the United States at the Eighth World
Symposium on Choral Music in Copenhagen, joining invited choirs
from nearly forty countries. In February 2010 Conspirare was an
invited, featured choir at the annual convention of the American Choral
Directors Association/Eastern Division in Philadelphia. Conspirare
received the 2010 Dale Warland Singers Commission Award from
Chorus America to support the commission of a new work by Seattle
composer Eric Banks. In February 2011 Conspirare gave three invited
performances in New York City under auspices of the Weill Music
Institute of Carnegie Hall.
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Support Conspirare
Conspirare invites you to join our family of donors. Your contribution supports
our gift of music through performances of the highest artistic quality and through
educational and outreach programs, including the Conspirare Youth Choirs.
Leadership Circle
Maestro Circle..................................... $25,000+
Impresario Circle................$15,000 ­— $24,999
Benefactor Circle................$10,000 — $14,999
Platinum Baton Circle............ $5,000 — $9,999
Golden Baton Circle............... $2,500 — $4,999
Silver Baton Circle.................. $1,000 — $2,499
Circle of Friends
Sponsors....................................... $500 — $999
Patrons.......................................... $250 — $499
Sustainers...................................... $100 — $249
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Donors
Gifts to Conspirare provide financial support for concerts, recordings, educational
programs, and outreach activities. The following roster of donors includes cash and
in-kind gifts received from individuals, family and private foundations, businesses,
and government agencies between December 1, 2010 and January 5, 2012.
We express our gratitude to each and every one of our donors.
Maestro Circle
City of Austin Cultural Arts Division
Fran & Larry Collmann
The Kodosky Foundation
The Mattsson-McHale Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
South Texas Money Management
Still Water Foundation
Sheila & Ryan Youngblood
Impresario Circle
Crutch & Danna Crutchfield
Robert & Lara Harlan
Jeffrey & Gail Kodosky
Gayle Glass Roche & Mike Roche
Marc & Carolyn Seriff
Benefactor Circle
Anonymous
Ken & Joyce Beck
David & Catherine Clark
Jeri DeAngelis
Robert & Trish Karli
Wendi & Brian Kushner
Eric Leibrock & Ellen Justice
Louise N. Reeser
TesCom, Inc.
Catherine & David Wildermuth
Platinum Baton Circle
Anonymous
William C. Bednar & Flo Ann Randle
Thomas Driscoll & Nancy Quinn
Mary Nell Frucella
Helen & Bob Hays
The Keating Family Foundation
Lou Ann & Bill Lasher
Joyce Mayer
Bob & Ruth McGregor
Louise Morse
Jerele & Elizabeth Neeld
Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts
The Honorable Bea Ann Smith
Mary Stephenson & David Minter
Texas Commission on the Arts
The Rachael & Ben F. Vaughan Foundation
Jeanie & Bill Wyatt
Golden Baton Circle
aha! communications
Robert & Pat Brueck
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Dan Bullock & Annette Carlozzi
in honor of Ann Hume Wilson
& Craig Hella Johnson
David & Janis Claflin
Dean & Gwen Collmann
Mary Ann Connolly
William R. Dickson
The Fetzer Institute
Susanna & Richard Finnell
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
Cynthia Keever
Joan & Tom Kobayashi
William Nemir
Stu Phillips
Rebecca & Phil Powers
Scott & Pam Reichardt
Max & Gene Alice Sherman
John & Suzanne Shore
Dian & Harlan Stai
Susanne Tetzlaff & Eric Tiblier
Sheila Wojcik
Silver Baton Circle
Anonymous (2)
Sandi Aitken
Bain Consulting, LLC
Doug & Stacy Bain
Ray & Karen Brimble
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Burns
Ernest & Sarah Butler
Joe & Cynthia Cain
Pablo Cardenas
Mike Chesser
Mr. Jerry Craft
Robert F. Dailey
Virginia & Robert Dupuy
Melissa Eddy & Tracy Schiemenz
Lot Ensey
Maydelle F. Fason
Rev. Dr. Ann Fields
Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods
R. John & Susan Fox
Cheryl Fuller
Billy & Regan Gammon
Gateway Music Festivals & Tours
Susan Gatlin
Kim & Steve Gilbert
Toya Cirica Haley & Stephen Bell
Gerre & Judith Hancock
in honor of Craig Hella Johnson
Richard Hartgrove & Gary Cooper
Walter & Ann Herbst
Morris & Marge Johnson
Michael & Jeanne Klein
Timothy Koock
Angie & Steve Larned
Eva & Chris Laskaris
Kati Lewis
Peter Scott Lewis
Thomas Lukens
Sheila Lummis
in honor of Craig Hella Johnson & Phil Overbaugh
Janet Miller
Milton D. Miller II
Ivan Milman & Janie Keys
Linda Monk
Hope Morgan & Mike Taborn
Paul Mowry
Bob & Lynn Murphy
Linda & Robert Ramsey
Susan & Frosty Rees
Dick & Lynn Rew
Andy & Sally Ritch
Jack & Susan Robertson
Nancy Scanlan
William Schleuse & Virginia McDermott
Peter Schram & Harry Ullmann
Angela & Charles Smith
David C. Smith
in honor of Craig Hella Johnson
James Stolpa
Marion Lear Swaybill
Virgil & LaFern Swift
Bernadette Tasher
Ben & Daphne Vaughan
William & Anne Wagner
Kathleen Wicoff
Ann Hume Wilson & Evan Wilson
Marc Winkleman
Eva & Marvin Womack
Sponsors
Anonymous
Robert Abrams & Cynthia Vance Abrams
Maureen Alexander
Eva King Andries
Robert & Patricia Ayres
Becky Beaver & John Duncan
Anne Bertholf
Klaus Bichteler & Mary Parse
Ann & Jeff Bomer
Jack Brannon & Brian Miller
Kyle Bryson
Chris & J. Dennis Cavner
Jo Anne Christian
Jennifer Clark
David & Nathasha Collmann
Eric & Lisa Craven
Stuart & Paula Damore
Patrick DeLaune & Sadaf Khan
Dorothy Drummer & Greg Eden
Susan Nash Fekety
Daniel Finch
Gwen & Bruce Flory
Tom & Kathy Cody Gallaway
Barbara Gibbs & John Driggers
Susan Gregerson
Balie & Beverly Griffith
Milton Guiberteau
in honor of Claire Korioth
Carolyn Harris-Hynson
Jane Hilfer
Jeanne & Van Hoisington
Diane Ireson
David Kendrick
Mary M. Kevorkian
Lawrence Lawver
Mary Ann Lees
Mark & Lauren Levy
Emily Little
Carolyn & W. Jackson Long
Mary Matus
Phil & Sue Maxwell
Debe & Kevin McKeand
Vance McMahan
Suzanne Mitchell
Janis Monger
Susan Negley
Douglas Nelson
Jack & Karen O’Quin
Leslie Oster & Daniel Rodriguez
Carlisle Pearson
Dan & Kim Peterson
Forrest Preece & Linda Ball
K.C. Ptomey
Daniel Ray & Ellen Gould
Smith & Sandra Ray
Louis Renaud
Dan & Kimberly Renner
Hamilton & Joanne Richards
Michal Rosenberger
Henley Sims
Julie & Shawn Smith
Michael & Virginia Smith
Dr. Anna Sorensen & Mr. Don Sorensen
Lois Vanlaningham
Cynthia L. & Thomas Walsh
Susie Wilson
Patrons
Linda Aaker
Dr. Jacque Angerstein
Cindy & Pat Behling
Ola Bell
Leah Billingsley
Pat Fatter Black
Grace Blair
in honor of Craig Hella Johnson
Nancy Bowman
Peggy Brunner
Richard Campbell
Harvey Caughey
Nathaniel & Elizabeth Chapin
Patricia Cherico
Fran & Larry Collmann
in memory of Philip J. Overbaugh
Janie Cook
in honor of My Healing Place
Eleanor Crary
Cina Crisara
Richard J. Davis
in honor of Charles Hill
Rena & Richard D’Souza
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Susan Duncan
in honor of Sara Ann & Milton Duncan
Barbara Durham
Cliff & Martha Ernst
Juli Fellows
in honor of Sylvia Gallo
Carol Flake
Patricia & Fred Florence
Mary Anne Flournoy
Carolyn Fritz
William & Marlene Glade
Glenda Goehrs
David & Martha Harrington
Carr Hornbuckle & Jack Leifer
Melissa Huebsch
Morgan Hunter
Craig Hella Johnson & Phil Overbaugh
Tom Grimes & Karen Kibler
Greg & Cynthia Kozmetsky
Dina Kuntz
Jon-Michael Lees
Nora Lieberman
L & L Investment Company
Thomas & Alaire Lowry
Ann McNair
in honor of Jacob Permann
Lynn & Tom Meredith
Ann Moody
Evan Morgan
Chip & Jan Morris
Cynthia Norvell
Cathie Parsley
Jim & Nicole Pizzitola
Ramon Ramirez
Bev & Milbrey Raney
Jean G. Rather
Joanne & Jerome Ravel
Leilani Rose
Dennis Schaffer
Jackie & Bob Shapiro
Joan Sharpe
Kay Sheffield
Cord & Anne Shiflet
Carole & Charles Sikes
Jeffrey & Sandra Smith
Kirk Smith
The Honorable Bea Ann Smith
in memory of Betty S. Smith
James T. Sotiros
Michael & Carol Stehling
Mrs. Louis Stumberg
Robert & Eileen Sudela
Carol Taxis
Martha Faye Terry
Bruce Todd & Elizabeth Christian
Don & Faith Trapp
Susan Trautmann
Linda & Nick Van Bavel
Mary Smith & Walter Stewart
Steffen & Elisabeth Waltz
in honor of Wendi & Brian Kushner
Ben Wear
Doreen Wheeler
Jimmy Williams
Bill Wood & Elsa Vorwerk
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Nancy & Brown Word
WR Starkey Mortgage, LLP
Sustainers
Anonymous (3)
Stephen & Claudia Aechternacht
Irene Eibenstein & Lorenzo Alvisi
Hillary Anderson
Joy Anderson
Ernest & Jeanette Auerbach
Patti Austin
Bob & Marcia Bailey
Janette Barlow
Kevin J. & Barbara Barry
Ross & Kristin Bassinger
Susan Beckerman
Steven Beebe
Dr. & Mrs. Craig & Holly Berent
Bill & Carolyn Bingham
Dawn & Dusty Black
Karen Blizzard
Wendy Bloom
Floyd Brandt
Roslyn & Sean Breen
in honor of James Patterson
Karen Brinkmann & Fred Johnsen
Billye Brown
George Brown
Neil Bubke
Anne Busquet
James Campbell
Nancy Campbell Cise Hanchett
Julie Carterson
Tom & Marsha Caven
Sandy Chase
Ann Clark
Rebecca Clark
Michael & Kathryn Coffey
Mary Ann Connolly
in honor of Col. & Mrs. John M. Connolly,
Jr.
Ralph Coonrad
Dwayne & Barbara Cooper
Marie Crane
Karel Dahmen
Peter Bay & Mela Sarajane Dailey
Mary Alice & Michael J. Debow
Kay Delcher
Lory & Fred Denson
Karl & Robin Dent
Nina & Jeffrey Di Leo
Charles Dickerson
Susan Doering & Dieter Wulfhorst
in honor & memory of Joseph J.
& Vivian N. Doering
Sharon Duboise
Bobby & June Dunn
Sandy Dunn & Paul Harford
Paul & Patricia Durham
Sally Estes
Jill B. Fatzer
John & Barbara Fibiger
Kyle Fieleke
Carol Fleming
Betty Sue Flowers
Claire & Chris Flynn
William G. Gamel
Robert & Anneliese Geis
Karen & Bill Gernstein
Elliot Gerson
Mary Gifford
Vivian & Bob Glick
Wravan Godsoe & Paul Baker
Joan Goldfield
Loel Graber
Lawrence & Jane Graham
Jim & Jo Green
Gary Greenblum
James & Mary Louise Gwynn
Harmonium Choral Society
Leroy & Karen Haverlah
Jane Hembree
Lewis Hoffacker
Dr. & Mrs. Wayne Holtzman
Celeste Hubert
in honor of Phil Overbaugh & Craig Hella Johnson
Jeffrey Hudson & Robert Blodgett
Lauren Hughes
Bobby & Nancy Inman
Todd Jermstad
Beth & Greg Judd
Julie Keim
Marguerite & Hugh Kelly
Gary & Carol Lazarus
Kathryn & Don Lougheed
Linton & Donna Luetje
Cynthia Lux
Mike & Sue Maine
Jennifer Martens
Jyoti & Aditya Mathur
Bradley & Elizabeth Maxim
McAllister Piano Studio
Dr. Marsha D. McCary
Karen McLaughlin
Connie McMillan
Ted & Carol Middelberg
Phyllis Miller
Elizabeth Hansing Moon
Nancy Moore
Sean & Beverly Moore
Luis Morales
Robert Morrell
Fran & Steven Moss
Diana Mullin
in honor of Deb Rupp
Arthur & Beth Nelkin
in honor of Charles & Jeanne Graves
Hilary Olson
Richard Orton
Margaret H. Overbaugh
Thomas Overbaugh
Graydon Parrish
Jim & Joyce Parrish
Robert Patterson & Diana Sellers
Thomas Pavlechko
Homer Payne
Ann Phipps & Michael Cannatti
Ponomarev Family
Karen Pope
Diane Post
Mary Pozorski
Anne Praderas & Tony Vance
Gary & Cheryl Pyle
Elaine Salazar & Edwin Ramos
Randalls
Aimee & Greg Randle
Flo Ann Randle
Manohar Rao
Elaine Rathgeber
Ellen W. Rienstra
Cynthia Ruff
Deborah Rupp
Paul Rutz
in honor of Harold & Viola Rutz
Donna & Christy Salinas
Mary Sanger
Judy Sargent
Pete & Frances Schenkkan
Paul Schraider
Claudia & Thomas Schurr
David Schwarz
April Schweighart
Marilyn Sharratt
Mary Simon
Donald Skirvin
Jare & Jim Smith
Jeffrey Smith
John & Bess Sommer
John Spence
Don & Nancy Spencer
Bryan & Cindy Sperry
Barbara & Bruce Stevenson
Paul & Alyson Stone
Rebecca Stucky
Rosera Tateosian
John Taylor & Peter Flagg Maxson
Ben & Barb Truskoski
William Twilley
John Uglum
Cynthia & Mark Vanderberg
Charles Vann
Fred & Shirley Viehweg
Karla & Augusto Villalon
Willis Waldron
Jeannette G. Walker
in honor of Carolyn Harris-Hynson
Hiroko & Max Warshauer
Deborah Wattman
Valerie Wenger
Jay & Glaucia Vasconcelos Wilkey
Geoff & Ginny Willig
Roselyn Witherspoon
Neile & Jan Wolfe
Conspirare also thanks all donors of gifts under
$100 and regrets that space does not permit the
listing of each name. Your support is equally
appreciated.We strive to publish an accurate
donor list. If an error or omission is noticed,
please let us know.
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Conspirare Youth Choirs: Auditioning
The Conspirare Youth Choirs are auditioned treble ensembles for boys
and girls ages 9-17 who love to sing. A musical background is preferred,
but not required. To schedule an audition, please visit our website at
www.conspirare.org/CYC to submit an online audition request form.
Additional information regarding audition materials and expectations
can also be found on our website. If you do not have internet access,
you can also contact the CYC at 512.476.5775 to schedule an audition.
BIG SING!
Join us for Conspirare’s next Big Sing,
where the audience is the choir!
Hosted by the Conspirare Symphonic Choir
and led by Craig Hella Johnson, the inspirational
Big Sing is open to everyone, regardless of
musical background. Fun, informal, and FREE!
Thursday, May 17, 6:00 pm
St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, 606 West 15th Street
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We love to
hear you
sing, Anna!
We are very proud of
you Sarah!
Love, Mom and Dad
Love,
Mom, Dad, Miles
and Maggie
We are very proud of
you Sarah!
Love, Mom and Dad
Dear Sarah,
Thank you for all
the beautiful music
you share with me
every day. I am so
very proud of you!
Sophie Rae, Love,
Mom
You are our star!
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Gabriel,
So Very Proud of
You Sophie!
Congratulations on another wonderful year
with Conspirare Youth Choir. We are all so
proud of you and love to hear your beautiful
voice!
Love Mom, G-ma, and Theresa
Always keep a song
in your heart!
Much Love,
Grandma Charlotte
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Bravo to the Conspirare Youth Choirs!
The Physicians and Staff of the
South Austin Medical Clinic
Mark Levy, MD
Amy Easterling, MD
Todd Canon, MD
Ian Alward, MD
Eric Weidman, MD
Manuel Martin, MD
Joe Malleske, MD
Glenn Graves, MD
DD Smith MD
Welcoming patients of all ages
512-892-6600
www.southaustinmed.com
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To Our Julia,
We are so proud of your grace, beauty &
commitment to your art.
Love, Mamacita, Mom, Sarah, Noni,
Papa, Aunt Loli & Uncle Francis, Shannon,
Josh, Marshall, Gillian & Cliff
“You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one.”
Audio Recording of this CYC Concert
Available on CD
$15 each
Orders accepted in the lobby,
- OR By mail: 9100 West View Rd, Austin TX 78737
concertcds@gmail.com
512-394-9685
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Nada te turbe; nada te espante; Todo se pasa; Dios no se muda,
la pacienza todo lo alcanza.
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