PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Welcome to a fun-filled afternoon
of song, dance and a multimedia
slide presentation. We are performing folk songs from around the
world with some sung in their original languages, including Spanish,
French, Russian, Zambian and Indonesian. From an anthropological
perspective, we should remember
that folk songs are written and sung
by ordinary “folks” in many different
cultures around the world. These
songs are often hundreds of years
old, sung by farmers, ranchers, and
fishermen. Although not every culture has iPhones or cheeseburgers,
every culture has its own traditional
songs and dances.
There are several common themes
of these folk songs. One theme is
the relationship between ordinary
people and their environment. The
Russian song “Kalinka” is about the
snowball or juniper tree, the national symbol of the Ukraine, while
the song “Sakura” describes the
beautiful cherry blossoms in Japan.
The tune “Ahrirang” celebrates the
beautiful hills around Seoul, South
Korea.
Raising children is another common theme. Included in our songs
today are the Brazilian song “Tutu
Maramba” describing a sleeping
child and the Indonesian song “Suliram,” which, although translated
into English as a lullaby, actually
describes the hopes and dreams of
a mother for her newborn child.
“Bonse Aba” is a Christian song
of celebration exclaiming that all
who sing it are children of God.
The classic Israeli folk song “Hava
Nagila” is a dance celebration of the
joy in life.
Love songs also make an appearance today. While the Mexican
song “De Amor Heridos” warns the
listener of the dangers of being hurt
after falling in love, the classic English song “Greensleeves” describes
the sorrow of unrequited love, and
the Filipino “Leron Leron My Dear”
describes a love affair cut short.
The Norwegian sailing song “Who
Can Sail?” describes the importance of friendship.
In addition to these wonderful
songs, we are also showcasing the
talents of four local dance troupes:
Irish, Mexican, Armenian and
German. We also have a narrated
slide show to give you a visual tour
around the world. We close our
concert with a brand-new song
about our own town of Walla Walla
written by our multi-talented accompanist, Kristin Vining. In these times
of international conflicts in the news,
we hope that our “Bon Voyage” tour
will remind you of the similarities of
people all over the world. Thank
you for supporting the Walla Walla
Choral Society!
Andrew Gallagher, President
Walla Walla Choral Society
We request that you please silence your cell phone or pager
during the concert, and refrain from any photography. Thank you.
TOUR DIRECTOR
Dr. Janis received her Doctorate in voice
performance
and Master’s in
vocal pedagogy
from The Ohio
State University
in Columbus,
Ohio. While
completing
her graduate degrees Dr. Janis sang
professionally with the Columbus Light
Opera, Opera/Columbus and the Cantari Singers. She also performed with
the OSU Opera Theater in such roles as
Adele in “Die Fledermaus”, Giannetta
in “L’Elisir d’Amoré”, and Margot in
“The Desert Song.”
In 1990 Dr. Janis was awarded a
scholarship to attend The American
Institute of Musical Studies in Graz,
Austria. A review of her performance
in a Schumann Liederabend called her
singing “sensitive and warmly conveyed.” At the Spoleto Festival in 1985
she sang in the American premiere of
Handel’s opera “Ariodante” which was
nationally broadcast on NPR. As an
undergraduate at Westminster Choir
College Dr. Janis was a member of the
Westminster Choir and had the privilege to sing under Kurt Mazur, James
Levine, Leonard Bernstein, Robert
Shaw and Riccardo Muti, with the
Philadelphia Orchestra and the New
York Philharmonic. Since coming to the
Walla Walla valley in August of 1994
CHAUFFEUR
Kristin Vining’s mother encouraged her
to sign up for choir in middle school
in Olympia, WA, and she has been
accompanying for choirs and vocalists
ever since. Kristin currently teaches
piano at Whitman College and Walla
Walla University, and works in the music
department at Walla Walla Community
College. She is a graduate of Whitman
Dr. Christine Janis
Dr. Janis has been active as a solo performer. She has been heard in recital
and as soloist with the Walla Walla Symphony, the Walla Walla College Choir,
the Whitman Chorale, the Walla Walla
Mastersingers, and the Mid-Columbia
Symphony. Dr. Janis is a member of Pi
Kappa Lambda and Phi Kappa Phi, and
is past president of the Inland Empire
Chapter of the National Association of
Teachers of Singing.
Dr. Janis studied conducting with
Joseph Flummerfelt, Frauke Haaseman,
Allen Crowell and Maruice Casey, and
has served as church choir director for
both adult and children’s choirs in New
Jersey, New York, Ohio and Washington. From 1994 to 1999 Dr. Janis taught
voice at Whitman College and for
seven years served as choir director at
the First Presbyterian Church in Walla
Walla. In addition to teaching voice
at Walla Walla University, she currently
maintains a private voice studio and
directs the choir at St. Silouan Orthodox Church in Walla Walla. In 2004 Dr.
Janis formed the Walla Walla Chamber
Choir, a select choir of 40, to perform
special projects with the Walla Walla
Symphony. In December 2004 the
Chamber Choir debuted with the Symphony for their performance of “Messiah” by Handel. This is Dr. Janis’ 13th
season as Artistic Director/Conductor of
the Walla Walla Choral Society.
Kristin Vining
College, where she studied French with
Mary Anne O’Neil, Patrick Henry, and
Dale Cosper, and piano with Leonard
Richter. Kristin is an avid composer,
particularly inspired to write for her
students, friends, and for dancers. She
accompanies and composes for Summer Dance Lab, an intensive dance
program held at Whitman College.
TRAVEL ITINERARY
United States of America
This Land is Your Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W Guthrie
Canada
Alouette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. J Alexander
Norway
Who Can Sail? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. J Julseth-Heinrich
Russia
Kalinka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. J Gregoryk
Germany (layover -- no tour)
Topporzer Kreuzpolka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blue Mountain Deutsches Tanzers
Carol Ernst, Vanya and Jarod Droke, Anne and Russ Heaton,
Karel and John Smith
England
My Lady Greensleeves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. R Quilter
Brenden Koch, tenor
Ireland
RiverRince
Elizabeth Fleming, Brianna Gormly, Laura Holford, Erika Horwege,
Emma Kilkelly, Elizabeth Peterson, Kate Runkel
Macedonia
Come Sweetheart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. A Srebotnjak
Small Ensemble I
France
O bal din lou Limouzi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J Canteloube
Christine Janis, soprano
Italy
O Sole Mio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . di Capua
Sam Derting, tenor
Zambia
Bonse Aba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. A Fischer
Audrey Renaud, alto
** Period of R&R to alleviate jet lag **
Israel
Hava Nagila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. R Beckhard
Armenia (layover -- no tour)
Daronee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Armenian Folk Ensemble
Halle Allgood, Kari Arns, Julie Christian, Mary Cleveland, Carla Houchin
Indonesia
Suliram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. R DeCormier
Audrey Renaud, Debbie Rood, Cathy Stewart
Minseon Song, flute
Korea
Ahrirang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. R DeCormier
Cindy Maggard, Emily Petty, Elissa Stites
Minseon Song, flute
Philippines
Leron, Leron My Dear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. J Herrington/S Glick
Small ensemble II
Japan
Sakura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. M Scott
Small ensemble III
Australia
Waltzing Matilda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional
Steve Janis, tenor
Brazil
Tutu Maramba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr. J Erb
Mexico
Las Alazanas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vanessa Alvarado Rivas, Jose Saldaña, Jasmine Llanes, Juan Villegan
De Amor Heridos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. R Noble
United States of America
Walla Walla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K Vining
Karin Thompson, cello; Trudy Ostby, violin;
Kristi VonHandorf and Minseon Song, flute
This concert’s posters, program, script and slide show presentation
were created and produced by Brenden Koch ([email protected]).
Photo credits are posted at wwchoralsociety.org.
TEXT TRANSLATIONS
Kalinka
Juniper, juniper, my juniper, in the garden there’s the berry, my raspberry.
Under the pine, under the green pine,
lay me down to sleep,
ay, Lyuli, Lyuli, ay, Lyuli, Lyuli, lay me
down to sleep!
Juniper, juniper, my juniper, in the garden there’s the berry, my raspberry.
Oh you dear pine, oh you green pine,
don’t you rustle so loud over me,
ay, Lyuli, Lyuli, ay, Lyuli, Lyuli, don’t
you rustle so loud over me!
Juniper, juniper, my juniper, in the garden there’s the berry, my raspberry.
In the garden grows a berry, a raspberry, a raspberry of mine!
Ah, under the pine, under the green,
lay me down to sleep.
Oh Lyuli, Lyuli, Oh Lyuli, Lyuli, lay me
down to sleep.
Ah, little pine tree thou art evergreen,
don’t make noise above me.
Oh Lyuli, Lyuli, Oh Lyuli, Lyuli, don’t
make noise above me.
Oh beautiful woman, maiden of my
soul, fall in love with me.
Oh Lyuli, Lyuli, Oh Lyuli, Lyuli, fall in
love with me.
GUIDE
Brian Senter currently teaches
drama at Walla Walla High School,
direcing two plays there each
year. He received his MFA from the
University of Washington (Professional Actors Training Program). He
moved to Walla Walla 11 years ago
after working in film/television and
stage in Seattle and Los Angeles.
Obal, din lou Limouzi
Down there in Limouzi little one, down
there in Limouzi, there are lots of pretty
girls, ah yes! Young man, no matter how beautiful the girls are in your
country, our men in Limouzi can talk
much better of love! Down there in
Limouzi little one, the young men are
gallant. But here in Auvergne the men
love you and are faithful!
O Sole Mio
What lovely sunshine! What a day of
beauty! How calm the air is when a
storm is ended! The scene so fair is
like a splendid festival. What lovely
sunshine! What a day of beauty!
But I know sunshine more lovely still
from thy dear features. Its bright rays
thrill! That sunshine, radiant sunshine,
my heart doth fill!
Bonse Aba
All who sing have the right to be called
the children of God.
Hava Nagila
Let’s rejoice, let’s rejoice and be happy! Let’s sing, let’s sing and be happy!
Awake, awake, brothers! Awake brothers with a happy heart!
De Amor Heridos
If you want to avoid the tortures of love,
do not attempt to court that brunette.
Many are hurt by love. I, too, was
wounded by this great bliss
I won’t tell you by whom. With this bitter pain, it is best I keep quiet.
Brian Senter
Brian has extensive writing experience as well, and was nominated
for an Ovation Award (Los Angeles)
for his stage adaptation of “Fathers
and Sons,” which was performed by
Circle X Theatre Company in 1998.
While not teaching and directing,
Brian enjoys spending time with his
wife and five children.
Bass
Tenor
Alto
Soprano
WALLA WALLA CHORAL SOCIETY
Cheri Berg#
Susan Fleming
Judy Loposer
Michelle R. Miller
Sonja Pipek#
Melissa Webster°
Audrey Campbell°
Lynda Cheney
Gwyn Frasco
Susan Johnson°
Carolyn McAnlis
Emily C. Petty°
Diane Royce
Jody Schneidmiller*
Sarah Thomas
Dick Bunnell#
Steve Haynal
Brenden Koch*
Vic Walker*
Eric Aeschliman*
Andrew Gallagher
John Junke
Norman Skeels#
Dixie Cramer*°
Lois Hahn#
Cindy Maggard
Linda Pearson*
Cathy Stewart*
Lindsay Winsor°
Emily Canwell
Liz Conover*
Sherry Goff
Ginger Johnston
Katie Melhus
Audrey J. Renaud
Jean Scheibe#
Ann Skoglund
Wilmalu Tomlinson*
Casey Cramer#
Chuck Hindman*
Victor Merth*
Shernie Wilkes
Warren Berg#
Roy Holt
Leo Lapke
Dan Snider*
*Small ensemble I - °Small ensemble II -
Linda DeBolt
Cheryl Hair
Su Meredith
Christy Petrie
Jeanne Stoddard*°
Annie Charnley Eveland
Karyl Dennis
Donna Holman
Melani Mangum
Karen Peddicord
Debra Rood*
Heather Schermann*
Elissa Stites
Gladys Wentland°
Deborah Ellis
Steve Janis*
Richard Thomas*
Paul Dennis*
Jim Johnson
Lyle Rooff
Roydan Tomlinson*
#
Small ensemble III
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OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS
Artistic Director/Conductor Dr. Christine Janis
Accompanist Kristin Vining
Librarian Terry Koch
Officers
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Andrew Gallagher
Debra Rood
Audrey Campbell
Nancy Reiff
Board Members
Annie Charnley Eveland
Susan Fleming • John Junke
Linda Pearson
Jody Schneidmiller • Rich Young
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