Handel`s Messiah

A N O T E F R O M WC U P R E S I D E N T P H Y L L I S C R A M E R
Many years ago, Fred Portz, along with his wife, JoAnn, sparked the idea of a free
community concert for the residents of Waukesha and its environs. It is in loving memory
of Fred and JoAnn, their long time participation as WCU members and their generous
endowment to our organization that we continue this annual time honored tradition. We
anticipate that Handel’s glorious strains will carry you into the Easter season with lifted
spirits in anticipation of the rebirth of spring.
You, our patrons, are an integral part of the Waukesha Choral Union in your attendance
[and participation] as well as your continuing support of the choral arts in our
community. We are fortune to have the collaboration of a superb orchestra. And we
embrace the fine guest soloists who put the “icing on the cake”! We take great pride in
being able to provide quality performances worthy of your generous patronage.
Our final performance of the season will be on Saturday, May 2, 2015 here on the Carroll
University campus in the Humphrey Memorial Chapel. For his farewell concert as our
esteemed and beloved Artistic Director, “Ernie” has prepared a repertoire of resounding
choruses from Broadway shows and operas that will have you humming along, snapping
your fingers, and swaying in your seats! You won’t want to miss this one!
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President, Waukesha Choral Union
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A B O U T WAU K E S H A C H O R A L U N I O N
Waukesha Choral Union has been musically active in the community for over 60 years.
WCU was featured in WISN-TV’s Season to Celebrate broadcast during Christmas of 2011.
Originally a combination of Carroll College students and community singers, WCU took
its present form as an auditioned choir in 1978. Recent collaborative partners include
the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Bel Canto Chorus, Milwaukee Choristers, Carroll
University Choirs, and the choirs of Waukesha South High School, Muskego High School,
and Hartford Union High School.
MISSION
The Waukesha Choral Union will challenge, enrich, and engage its singing members,
audiences, and community through the pursuit of excellence and a variety of
programming. The WCU mission includes expansion of the effectiveness of its
educational efforts throughout Waukesha County through collaboration.
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Phyllis Cramer......................................................................................................................................................... President
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A B O U T T H E A R T I S T I C D I R E C TO R
Ernest Brusubardis III, Artistic Director of the Waukesha Choral Union,
is a graduate of UW Milwaukee with the Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in
Music and the Master’s Degree in Music Education with an emphasis
on choral conducting. His other choral directorships include
the advanced ensembles of Hartford Union High School and the
Brusubardis-Dzimente Latvian Choir, a podium he shares with his
father. His expertise in this latter pursuit has earned him the chief
conductorship of Latvian Song Festivals in the United States, Canada,
and Latvia.
As a music theater enthusiast, he conducts the orchestra for the annual productions at
Hartford Union High School and boasts a record as music director for community theater
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UW Milwaukee and West Bend extensions.
M E S S AG E F R O M T H E A R T I S T I C D I R E C TO R
Welcome to the Waukesha Choral Union’s presentation of Handel’s Messiah. We have had
the pleasure of offering this free community concert event for over 30 years. I wonder
if Handel ever thought this masterpiece among oratorios would become part of the
standard choral repertoire around the world.
essiah premiered in April of 1742 as a fundraiser for a foundling hospital in Dublin,
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Ireland. It is now performed in many languages throughout the year all across the world.
How appropriate that this performance is free to the public and sponsored by several
generous benefactors in our community. Handel composed this most well-known of his
masterworks, during a time of turmoil in his life. He had experienced several financial
setbacks and was nearly destitute and depressed. Even under these circumstances,
Handel managed to create an enduring masterpiece, which eventually lifted him out of
his misery.
e live in equally trying times. I hope the music inspires us to leave with uplifted spirits
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and a zeal to make our world a better place.
Enjoy this gift of music to you!
Ernest Brusubardis III
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Handel’s Messiah
George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)
Ernest Brusubardis III, Conductor
Solosits:
Tanya Kruse Ruck, Soprano
Jillian Bruss, Alto
Alex Gmeinder, Tenor
Thomas Weis, Bass
Part 1
1. Overture
2. Tenor recitative, Comfort Ye, My People
3. Tenor aria, Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
4. Chorus, And The Glory of The Lord
5. Bass recitative, Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts
6. Alto aria, But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming
7. Alto recitative, Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
8. Alto aria and chorus, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
9. Bass recitative, For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
10. Bass aria, The People That Walked in Darkness
11. Chorus, For Unto Us a Child Is Born
12. Pastoral Symphony
13. Soprano recitative, There Were Shepherds Abiding in The Field
14. Chorus, Glory to God in The Highest
15. Soprano aria, Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
16. Alto recitative, Then Shall The Eyes of The Blind Be Opened
17. Soprano and Alto duet, He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd
18. Chorus, His Yoke is Easy and His Burthen is Light
INTERMISSION
Part 2
19. Chorus, Behold The Lamb of God
20. Alto aria, He Was Despised and Rejected
21. Chorus, Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs
22. Chorus, And With His Stripes We Are Healed
23. Chorus, All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
24. Tenor recitative, Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
25. Tenor aria, Behold, And See if There Be Any Sorrow
26. Tenor recitative, He Was Cut Off Out of The Land of The Living
27. Tenor aria, But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
28. Chorus, Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
29. Soprano aria, How Beautiful Are The Feet of Them
30. Bass aria, Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage
31. Tenor recitative, He That Dwelleth In Heaven
32. Tenor aria, Thou Shalt Break Them With a Rod of Iron
33. Chorus, Hallelujah
Part 3
34. Soprano aria, I know That My Redeemer Liveth
35. Chorus, Since By Man Came Death
36. Bass recitative, Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
37. Bass aria, The Trumpet Shall Sound
38. Chorus, Worthy The Lamb That Was Slain
39. Chorus, Amen
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BIOGR APHIES
Tanya Kruse Ruck,
soprano, holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree
in Music (Cum Laude)
from Luther College, a
Master of Music degree
in Vocal Performance
from the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music, and a Doctor of
Musical Arts degree in Vocal Performance
from the same institution. Currently
active in oratorio, art song, and opera,
Tanya has played La Contessa (Le Nozze di
Figaro) with much critical acclaim, Cio-Cio
San (Madama Butterfly), Rusalka (Rusalka),
Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), and Angelica
(Suor Angelica), among others.
She is a past winner of the Wisconsin
District Metropolitan Opera National
Council Auditions and a regional award
winner. Tanya has appeared as soloist in
Rossini’s Petite Messe Solonnelle, Barber’s
Prayers of Kierkegaard, Verdi’s Requiem,
Strauss’s Vier letzte Lieder, Mozart’s
Coronation Mass and Solemn Vespers,
Vaughan-Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem,
Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5,and
more.
In the 2014/15 season, she will solo
with the Wisconsin Philharmonic, the
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Wisconsin Chamber Choir, and Milwaukee
Opera Theatre. In November of 2014,
Tanya and Elena Abend released a CD on
Albany Records titled, “Over the Fence:
Songs of Elsa Respighi, Lori Laitman, and
Modesta Bor,” which contains two world
premiere recordings.
Tanya Kruse Ruck is assistant professor of
voice and opera, voice area co-chair and
student advisor at UW-Milwaukee. She
also is co-director, Metropolitan National
Council’s Wisconsin District.
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Jillian Hansen Bruss,
mezzo-soprano. Jill has
sung throughout the
greater Milwaukee area,
Midwest and Texas
including solo
performances with Dallas
Opera, Florentine Opera, Milwaukee Choral
Artists, Bel Canto and Milwaukee Opera
Theatre. She has toured both Denmark and
Norway with Paula Foley Tillen performing
their recorded concert, Voyage. Jill
performs with colleagues at both Festa
Italiana and the summer opera nights at
the Italian Community Center. She holds a
Bachelors in Music Education from UWStevens Point and a Masters in Vocal
Performance from the University of Illinois.
Jill has a voice studio in Elm Grove and has
taught at Pius XI High School and UWParkside. Currently, she is the
Development Manager for the Florentine
Opera. Previously, Jill was the General
Manager of the Milwaukee Opera Theatre
from 2005 – 2011. She has conducted the
women’s ensemble, Women of Note.
Giovanni.
Alex Gmeinder, tenor,
Tenor Alex Gmeinder has
been praised by the
Madison Isthmus for his
“…powerful tenor
voice…” in UW-Madison’s
production of Don
In 2014 he joined Sarasota Opera as an
Apprentice Artist performing in numerous
outreach and donor events as well as the
chorus in the main stage operas.
Alex holds a master’s degree in Opera
Performance from the School of Music at
the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While
at Madison, he performed the roles of Don
Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Giasone
in Cherubini’s Medea, and the title role of
Fritz Kobus in Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz.
BIOGR APHIES
c o n t.
In the summer of 2013, Alex spent five
weeks in Novafeltria, Italy at La Musica
Lirica where he studied with Rossini
Festival coaches from Pesaro, Italy. While
in Italy he performed the roles of Arturo
in Donzetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and
Edoardo Milfort in Rossini’s La Cambiale di
Matrimonio.
Other opera roles include King Ouf the
1st in Chabrier’s L’Etoile, the title role in
Bernstein’s Candide, Eisenstein in Strauss’
Die Fledermaus, Vašek in Smetana’s The
Bartered Bride, and Reverend Parris in
Ward’s The Crucible.
He has performed Bach’s Magnificat,
Mendelssohn’s Magnificat, Schubert’s
Mass in E flat Major, Mozart’s Requiem, and
Mozart’s Regina Coeli with the Janesville
Choral Union. With Southern Lakes
Masterpiece Chorale he has performed
Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Mass in Time of
War, and will soon be performing Puccini’s
Messa di Gloria and Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music. Most recently, Alex was
a soloist with the Wisconsin Chamber Choir
where he sang Mozart’s Requiem.
He has the privilege of studying under the
tutelage of Julia Faulkner from the Ryan
Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Thomas J. Weis, Lyric
Bass, Showing his vocal
versatility, Dr. Thomas J.
Weis has appeared as
leading man in Kiss Me
Kate and The Music Man
with The Heartland
Festival in Platteville, Wisconsin, Grandpa
Moss in Skylight Opera Theater’s
production of The Tender Land, which aired
on Wisconsin PBS in January 2003, and as
Bass Soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the
Milwaukee Symphony. Mr. Weis has also
sung as Bass Soloist in Bach’s Magnificat,
Haydn’s The Creation, Verdi’s Requiem,
Mozart’s Requiem, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater,
Brahms’ Requiem, Baritone soloist in Orff’s
Carmina Burana, and more.
Rena Archwemety Beyer from The Capital
Times, in a classical review of Dvorak’s
Stabat Mater wrote, “Weis gave a moving
bass solo in ‘Fac ut ardeat cor meum’. From
his strong entrance with the brass section to
the emotion he conveyed, his interpretation
of the text was outstanding”.
Mr. Weis embodied the title role of Figaro
in the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Opera program’s Le Nozze di Figaro of
W.A. Mozart. In the Opera Review for the
Wisconsin State Journal, Jay Rath stated “As
Figaro, Thomas Weis has a voice that is warm
and mellow but with an edge like good black
coffee”.
Thomas has been an active voice teacher
and performer at Carroll University in
Waukesha, Wisconsin for the past fourteen
years, offering recitals, master classes, and
numerous faculty collaborations. Dr. Weis
is a member of NATS (National Association
of Teachers of Singing), and has served
on the Wisconsin NATS board. Thomas
is currently teaching voice at Carroll
University and at the Waukesha County
Conservatory of Music in Hartland. Spring
2015 engagements include Sarastro with
UW Opera in March, bass soloist in Mozart’s
Requiem with the Wisconsin Philharmonic
in April, and a Carroll University solo recital
on May 3rd at Carroll University.
“Only if freedom can be induced through
the use of a vocalise does that vocalise have
merit”.
~ Richard Miller
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final 2014-15 concert, “The World’s
A Stage”. Visit www.choralunion.org
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Andrea Bryant
Elizabeth S. Bishop Charitable Fund
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S I N G W I T H WAU K E S H A C H O R A L U N I O N
The Waukesha Choral Union derives its strength and quality from its members’ passion
for singing and is always seeking new voices interested in:
• Improving your singing ability
• Performing Handel’s Messiah with an orchestra
• Exploring new musical genres
• Socializing with other singers
• Being a part of a growing, dynamic arts organization
To schedule an audition please call (414) 297-9310 or email membership@choralunion.org.
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