* * * Seventh Grade Mixed Choir Tyler Adams Hailey Arthur Madison Aukes Zachary Barden Emelia Belding Kaitlin Benge Amanda Brause Jordan Brendeland Shannon Brice Jesslyn Coghlan Bridget Concannon Alexis Crutchfield Spencer Dedic Eden Dewald Carter Feickert Christopher Fields Michael Finley Michael Friest Jerald Fritz Brittany Hammes Lauren Himan Bryce Holmgren Brooke Jacobs Kayla Johnston Kaylee Knutson Michole Lewellin Eighth Grade Mixed Choir Nickolas Ahrens Noah Bartmess Austin Beck Sydney Berends Cole Birchmier Jessie Bridwell Chase Conis Jordain Croker Jose Cruz Daniel Dankel Jennifer Demiter Jesus Dominguez-Rivera * * * * * Kyah Drake Amanda Dupre Hanna East Julian Elliott Trenton Elliott Elizabeth Faga Molly Fink Lindsey Fisher Dylan Halder Anna Halstead Rebecca Haywood Shelby Hickman Hannah Lindsey Mason Mabee Alyssa Miller Nicholas Moore Nicholas Morgan Alex Muhlenburg Kristian Munn Andie Newell Vanessa Neyra Taylor Olson Colton Osmundson Rachel Phelan Erin Power Cody Prom Jenna Rasmussen Tyler Rivers Jacob Rodilosso Eli Samo Andrew Schlatter Timothy Schrunk Emily Seydell Alexia Siders Jesse Siders Hope Sievers Taylor Smith Josiah Soderstrum Mia Soderstrum Landon Stalzer Jerod Staton Brittany Theilen Cody Thorson Matthew Valen Kirsten Waline Megan Wellik Parker Witthuhn Hanin Younes * * * * * Anna Himan Collen Hobart Alexander Hobbs Zachary Hovick Nicholas Huffaker Emily Jepsen Alexis Johnson Cole Johnson Tavender Jones Margaret Kretzmann Nicholas Lage Schafer Lumsden * * * * * Sarah Lunn Chelsea Manning Traci Marienau Jordann Middendorf Samuel Miller Blake Morgan Carson Nibe Erin Nuetzman Schyler Polaski Jacob Sargent Tyrrell Scheuermann Jordan Selmer * Cassandra Shadlow Jennifer Shaffer Kristina Spear Brooke Staker Cody Swenson Neil Upadhyay Alexander Urbanek Natalie Vance Hannah Whipple Cody Wierson High School Treble Chorus ∆ ∆ ∆ § ∆§ ∆ ∆§ Elizabeth Agey Danielle Beck Allison Billings Kasandra Blackwell Alysa Brice Carly Bright Emily Brodie Lauryn Canny Hannah Clark Kayli Colbert Kori Crabb Jessica Devitt Kelly Devitt ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆§ ∆ Dalton Anderson Payton Arnold Reikel Biechler Alex Braun Luke Danielson Jacob Dedic Cole Engelhardt Caleb Faas Levi Faas Austin Foster ∆§ ∆§ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆§ ∆§ ∆ Ilsa DeWald Emalee Donaldson Michaella Fevold Margaret Foss Paige Fritz Jordan Gerdes Sarah Grimsley Rachel Hagedorn Jill Hauer Caitlin Hicks Amber Jewell Samantha Johnson Matyll Jones ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆§ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆§ Mariah Keech Kara Keigan Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Emily Krakau Melissa Krakau Alexis Lile Brittney Lykins Namwai M’mbuji Crystal Manning Madeline McMullen Ena Moats Mary Moats Jenna Morris ∆ ∆§ ∆§ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ Carissa Myers Jennifer Olson Alyssa Peirce Krysta Peirce Tabitha Peter Mallory Peterson Paige Petzenhauser Demi Phillips Mia Pierson Renea Rathmacher Danielle Retallick Alyson Riesberg Kirstie Sargent ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆§ ∆ ∆§ ∆§ ∆ ∆ ∆§ ∆ ∆§ ∆ ∆§ Evan Johnson Tyler Johnston Brian Lunn Jonathan Meyer Brandon Morgan Jacob Morris Jakob Nagel Lukas Nagel Cameron Naglak Patrick Nuetzman ∆ ∆§ ∆ § ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ Jacob Olson Brandon Palmer Jordan Peterson Ryan Rivas William Robinson Tim Schlorholtz Ryan Skaar Charlie Steenhagen Zachary Steward Bryttan Thompson ∆§ ∆ ∆ ∆§ ∆ ∆ ∆ Maddison Schmitt Rebecca Shaw Ali Sheahan Havilah Sheldon Charlsea Soderstrum Shelby Soderstrum Grace Steenhagen Rebekah Titus Amanda Wheeler Katherine White Hannah Young Mark Gookin John Grinde Greg Gustafson Kendall Gustafson Brandon Halleland Matt Hauer Tyler Hobbs Russell Hubby Adam Johnson Bret Johnson * Eighth Grade Chamber Choir ∆ High School Mixed Chorus Spring Vocal Concert Roland-Story Middle & High School Choirs Thursday, May 13, 2010 • 7:30 pm Roland-Story High School Gymnasium High School Bass Chorus ∆§ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆§ ∆ ∆§ b § Senior Samuel Titus Jared Twedt John Valen Nate Vance Sean Weaver Justin Wheeler Daniel Whitmore C O N C E R T P R O G R A M • S P R I N G 2 0 1 0 Seventh Grade Choirs Chris Johnson, conductor • Amelia Flickinger, piano Oh Shenandoah Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu High School Treble Chorus Cheryl West, conductor Early American folk song arr. Ruth Elaine Schram Icelandic folk song arr. Victoria Ebel-Sabo Lauren Himan, clarinet Seventh Grade Girls Stars I Shall Find Victor C. Johnson text: Sara Teasdale Confitemini Domino Becky Shaw, piano Heart We Will Forget Him from Three Love Songs Brian Lunn, horn; Amanda Wheeler, piano Sail Away, Ladies American folk song arr. Aaron Copland & Irving Fine Eighth Grade Mixed Choir Georgia on My Mind Keith Lukens, tenor saxophone Eighth Grade Chamber Choir Stuart Gorrell & Hoagy Carmichael arr. Kirby Shaw Ticket to the Kingdom Donald Moore Tupingane Small Ensemble Tanzanian song as performed by The Orions Elizabeth Agey, Kasandra Blackwell, Jordan Gerdes, Crystal Manning, Namwai M’mbuji, Mary Moats, Grace Steenhagen High School Bass Chorus Dance, Boatman, Dance American folk song arr. Robert DeCormier Matt Hauer, Brian Lunn, Sean Weaver, Patrick Nuetzman, Brandon Morgan, Nate Vance, soloists Alyssa Peirce, piano Down in the Valley Kentucky folk tune arr. George Mead Drive the River Down Soldier, Won’t You Marry Me? from Love Songs for Spring Time Becky Shaw, piano Paul Halley Eye of the Tiger from the movie Rocky III Frank Sullivan & Jim Peterik arr. Kirby Shaw High School Mixed Chorus The British Grenadiers from Five Traditional Songs Alleluia A Tribute to Mrs. Sue Twedt Summertime from the opera Porgy and Bess George Gershwin arr. Russell L. Robinson Peter Yarrow & Leonard Lipton arr. Ross Hastings Roll, Jordan, Roll Traditional English arr. John Rutter African-American Spiritual arr. Rollo A. Dilworth On My Way from the movie Brother Bear May You Go in Peace Brad Printz Ralph Manuel Sue Twedt, soprano Puff (The Magic Dragon) James Mulholland text: Emily Dickinson Early American folk song arr. Judith Herrington Seventh Grade Boys I Bought Me a Cat from Old American Songs, Set I Patti Drennan Senior Song Phil Collins Middle & High School Combined Choirs Gene Grier & Lowell Everson P R O G R A M N O T E N S Oh Shenandoah is an early American folk song whose origins are somewhat unclear. Some believe it to be written by early American river-men or Canadian voyagers about an old Indian chief that was named Shenandoah, since some of the lyrics speak of men wishing to be the husband of the chief’s daughter. Others believe that since the Shenandoah river is found in Virginia, the song naturally describes the picturesque antebellum land in the Shenandoah valley. Whatever its background, it is one of the most famous early American songs. Ruth Elaine Schram is a full-time composer with over 1,000 published works. O I Bought Me a Cat is an American children’s song. Aaron Copland (1900–1990) set this along with four other national folk tunes in his 1950 work Old American Songs, Set I. For the better part of four decades Copland was considered the premier American composer. He didn’t take piano lessons until he was thirteen — also the same age that he began writing small pieces. His most important pieces, which include the ballets Rodeo and Appalachian Spring, have become synonymous with the sound of America, especially the American West. Georgia on My Mind is arguably one of the most popular official state songs. Stuart Gorrell (1901–1963) wrote the lyrics in 1930 for Hoagy Carmichael’s (1899–1981) sister, Georgia. Ray Charles’s 1960 recording of it became a major hit, and on April 24, 1979, the state of Georgia officially adopted it as its state song (an especially interesting point, since previous to that year, Charles had been banned from performing in the state of Georgia due to his support of the Civil Rights movement). Although not a traditional spiritual, Ticket to the Kingdom is a newly-composed song in the spiritual style. The composer, Donald Moore, is Organist-Choirmaster at Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and was recently listed by the American Choral Directors Association Choral Journal as one of 400 elite composers of significance throughout the history of American choral music. Mr. Moore also maintains a competitive midget car race team, campaigning throughout the year with championship drivers from around the U.S. It’s an old story: Girl meets soldier, girl provides soldier with all his material needs (anything else is left to the imagination of the audience — remember, this is children’s song), soldier (after leading girl on) finally owns up to why he can’t be with her. This anonymous text has been set many times, but Paul Halley’s (b. 1952) arrangement of Soldier, Won’t You Marry Me? is quite clever with its use of unusual chord structure and meter changes (3/4, 6/8, and even 5/4!) Halley is a principal member of The Paul Winter Consort and has earned four Grammy Awards for his contributions as featured writer and performer on many Consort recordings. Written at the request of Sylvester Stalone, Eye of the Tiger was composed by the band Survivor for the 1982 film Rocky III. The version in the film actually featured tiger growls, although those effects were not included on the album or single versions. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for six weeks in 1982, and was certified platinum by the RIAA. Survivor won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo of Group with Vocal for the song, and the song was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Next to the Beatles’ Yesterday, Gershwin’s Summertime is probably the most copied, covered, and recorded song in history. George Gershwn (1898–1937) composed this aria in the style of an African-American folk song for use in his controversial 1935 opera Porgy and Bess, which dealt with the plight of black Americans in the early 1920s. The song has gone on to become a jazz standard, having been covered by such notable musicians as Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and tonight, Sue Twedt. E S & E T C. At the age of nineteen and inspired by an Ogden Nash poem titled “Custard the Dragon,” Leonard Lipton (b. 1940) created the lyrics for Puff, the Magic Dragon. Lipton was friends with Peter Yarrow’s housemate, and Yarrow (b. 1938) went on to join Paul Stookey and Mary Travers to form one of the biggest American musical acts in the 1960s, Peter, Paul and Mary. In 1962 the group recorded Puff and it reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1963. The authors of the song have repeatedly rejected the urban legend of veiled drug references in their lyrics. Yarrow has explained that Puff is about the hardships of growing older and has never had any meaning other than the loss of innocence. Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu might best be classified as a folk song (being such a familiar song without the composer being known), but in this case the poet is not anonymous. Rósa Guðmundstóttir (1795–1855) is the poet, and fittingly the title translates to “Quatrains by Rose from Vatnsendi.” This song probably received much of its international fame by way of performances by Icelandic singer/songwriter Björk. Vísur is considered to be one of the most beloved love songs in all of Iceland. Sara Teasdale (1884–1933) is among the most talented of American poets. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, the youngest of four children and in frail health, Sara had a gift for friendship. Later in life she divorced, became more and more reclusive, and her health worsened. Greatly affected by her own depression, a friend’s drowning, and another friend’s suicide, she tragically ended her own life. Her poem Stars I Shall Find is a beautiful — if haunting — look into her psyche. She considered the stars as symbols of peace, tranquility, and serenity; she looked to those as she suffered on earth. T The program notes are provided by the Middle School choirs. Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu Augun mín og augun ϸþín, ó, þá fögru steina. Mitt er þitt og þitt er mitt, þú veist hvað ég meina. Langt er síðan sá ég hann, sannlega fríður var hann, allt sem prýða má einn mann, mest af lýðum bar hann. Þig ég trega manna mest, mædd af tára flóði. Ó, að við hefðum aldrei sést elsku vinurinn góði. My eyes and your eyes, oh, those beautiful stones. Mine was yours and yours was mine, you know what I mean. Long is it since I saw him, truly beautiful was he, everything good in a man, the best of the crowd. You I long for most of all, tired of a flood of tears. Oh, that I had never seen you dear beloved friend. Confitemini Domino Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus: quoniam in saeculum misericordia ejus. Deo dicamus gratias. Alleluia. Praise ye the Lord for He is good: because his mercy endures forever. Let us give thanks unto God. Alleluia. Susan L. Twedt is honored tonight by the Roland-Story Music Department for her 33 years of teaching, all of which have been in our school district. Prior to coming to Roland-Story, Sue attended high school at WaverlyShell Rock and received her Bachelor of Music Education degree at Wartburg College. On the first Friday of every June, as the legend is told, Sue has been kicking up her heels in her long black skirt and red vest on Broad Street in downtown Story City! Thanks to her many talents and dedication, many elementary students have learned and performed the traditional Scandinavian folk dances for the annual Scandinavian Days Festival. Not only does she teach her students the steps, she developed a program for the kids to borrow the traditional red vests to wear while they dance to add to the community festival. Much of what you see here tonight is a direct result of the musical foundation Sue has given our students. It is no understatement to say that the quality of musicianship demonstrated here tonight is due in large part to the work Sue has done and the craft and artistry she has shared. Mange tusen takk, Mrs. Twedt! photo credit: Pete Tekippe Photography, Ltd.
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