“looking glass†spring 2012 - conspirare
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L O O K I N GG L A S SC o n s p i r a r e Y o u t h C h o i r s
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Nina Revering CYC ArtistiC DireCtor
Maimy Fong, PiAno
Brooks Whitmore, PiAno
Andrew Furman, VibrAPhone
Tom Hale, FrenCh horn
Paul Robertson, Violin
Friday, April 27, 2012, 7:30 pmSt. Martin’s Lutheran Church, Austin, TX
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 7:30 pmSt. Martin’s Lutheran Church, Austin, TX
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Conspirare Youth Choirs
Conspirare Youth Choirs1033 La Posada Drive, Suite 130Austin, Texas 78752512.476.5775 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 ChoirsStand Together ...........................................................................Jim Papoulis
KantoreiTwo 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 ReadSoloists: Juliana Marshall, Lily Wendt
Combined ChoirsThe Dream Keeper............................ Andrea Ramsey, text by Langston Hughes
Andrew Furman, Vibraphone
Can You Hear? ...........................................................................Jim PapoulisElizabeth Stapper, soprano; Maria Tangarova and Carolyn Nuelle, percussion
This is Home ................................................... Switchfoot, arr. Nina ReveringIrene 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 rep-
resented 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 con-
nected 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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Les Petites Voix Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Text by Madeleine Ley1) La Petite Fille Sage The Good Little GirlLa petite fille sage est rentrée de l’école avec son panierElle a mis sur la table les assiettes et les verres lourdsEt puis ell’ s’est lavée a la pompe de la cour sans mouiller son tablierEt si le petit frère dort dans son petit lit cage ell’ va s’asseoirSu 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 PerduThe 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 gazeWho 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 maiIl entend jouer les autres qui sautent a cloche pied en criant sur le trottoirEt pleure en silence dans son petit bras plié. Ah ah ah ah
Texts & Translations
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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 HedgehogQuand 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 laEt si je me tais un instant je l’entends boire doucement je l’entends boire doucement la la la la laQuand 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 Text by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) Music by James Quitman Mulholland (b. 1935)
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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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 singingHour 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 Stephen Hatfield (b. 1956)Volaron las amarillas calandrias de los nopalesYa no cantaran alegres los pagaros cardenales
A la Tirana na naA la Tirana na no
Arboles de la ladera porque no han reverdicidoPore so ccalandrias cantan o las apachurra el nido
Eres Chiquita y bonita y asi como erse te quieroParaces una Rosita de las costas de Guerrero
Todas dan su despedida pero como esta ningunaCuatro por cinco son veinte, tres por siete son veinte-uno
The yellow calandras fly from the cactusNo longer will the cardinals sing happily
To the song na naTo 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 oneFour times five is twenty, three times seven is twenty one.
Untraveled Worlds Paul Halley (b. 1952) Text by Lord Alfred TennysonI 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 throughGleams 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 savedFrom 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 desireTo follow knowledge like a sinking star,
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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 Jim Papoulis 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.
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) Neil GinsbergThere is no frigate like a book/I never saw a moor
There is no frigate like a bookThere is no frigate like a book to take us lands awayNor 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 moorI never saw a more never saw a moor.Never saw a more never saw a moor.
I never I never saw the seaI 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 seaI never spoke with GodNor visited him in heaven
I never spoke with GodNor visited him in heavenBut certain am I of the spot as I a chart were given
I never saw the sea
Kalinka Traditional Russian Arranged by Joan Gregoryk
ChorusKalinka, 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.
ChorusAkh, sosyenushka ty zyelyenaya, Nye shumi zhe nado mnoy! Ay-lyuli, lyuli, ay-lyuli, Nye shumi zhe nado mnoy!
ChorusAkh, krasavitsa, dusha-dyevitsa, Polyubi zhe ty myenya! Ay-lyuli, lyuli, ay-lyuli, Polyubi zhe ty myenya!
ChorusKalinka, 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 Me Andrea Ramsey Text by Ella Wheeler WilcoxSing 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) Eduardo Lakschevitz (b. 1970)Pula daqui, cai acolaEntra na roda e vem brincarPique bandeira, correida ligeiraE pula daqui, cai acola
Pula daqui, cai acolaEntra na roda e vem brincarChega da escola, ja vai jogar bolaE pula daquei, cai acola
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Pula daqui, cai acolaEntra na roda e vem brincarVento soprando, e pipa voandoE pula daqui, cai acola
Nunca deixe de sonhar (lindo sonho)Tempo que logo vai passarCraindo memoriasLembrando historiasFeliz de quem aproveitar(Vamos brincar de carrossel, pessoal !)
Jump over here, fall over thereJoin the circle, come and playPique dandeira*, a fast runAnd jump over here, fall over there
Jump over here, fall over there’reJoin the circle, come and playBack from school, on to play ballAnd jump over here, fall over there.
Jump over here, fall over thereJoin the circle, come and playWind is blowing, the kite is flyingAnd jump over here, fall over there.
Never stop dreaming (a beautiful dream)Time will soon pass byCreating memoriesRemembering storiesHappy 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 CzechoslovakiaHe doesn’t know the world at allWho stays in his nest and doesn’t go outHe doesn’t know what birds know bestNor what I sing aboutNor what I sing about, Nor what I sing about: That the world is full of loveliness When dew drops sparkle in the grassAnd earth is a flood with morning lightA blackbird sings upon a bushTo greet the dawning after night The dawning after nightThe 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 wayYou’ll know how wonderful it is.You’ll know how wonderful it isOh how wonderful to be a a live He doesn’t know the world at allWho 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 liveOh how wonderful to be alive.
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Can You Hear Words & Music by James Papoulis Arranged with Francisco J. Nunez
Can you hear my cries.Can you see my eyes. I am calling out to you.
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 hearCan 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 dreamsBring me all of your dreams, You dreamer, you dreamer, you dreamer, you dreamerBring me all your heart melodiesBring me all your heart melodies, melodiesThat I may wrap them,That I may wrap them in a blue cloud cloth away,Away, away, away, awayFrom the too rough fingers of the world
This is Home Switchfoot, arr. Nina ReveringI’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 itMaybe 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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Nina Revering, Conductor
KANTOREIMartha Beaty*Andrew BullerColman Butler*Avery DavisSamantha DeVollElizabeth DriggersAinsley GambleIsabella GrosslingDaryl Hale*Isabella HansenSarah Kennedy Helmbrecht*Kalie JenningsAbigail JohnsonElisabeth A. KleinMaya LylesNikhil LylesEva Rose LynchJulianna Marshall*Amy McPherson*Hannah Mitchel-GevirtzKate NollAldo Ordonez*Amanda PharesLucy PickensAsha Rao*Veronica RuthShilpa SaxenaMaxfield SegrestStephen ShearerDaniel ShiTaylor SimsMolly SnodgrassAbigail StewartAnastasia WegerLily Wendt*Nora Abigail Windham-WaiteKevin YangAislinn Yeidel*Corwynn YeidelAngela Zhan
CONSPIRARE CHILDREN’S CHOIRChiara AlvisiMaria AlvisiLexi AndersonMary BarnettKali BrambleShaye CantuAnna Grace CareyCaitlyn DiehlCare EdgarValeria Aimee ElizondoJonna HardyReilly HavranekSarah HollisSophie LevySophie LillisShelby LuikartOlivia MartensGabriel MartinKay McAnallyJulia McDonaldDeanna Melder*Sarah NehringCarolyn Nuelle*Raina ParsonsElla PettichordNatalya PonomorevaGalia PopovLucas Revering*Bailey RiderGabrielle SanchezIrene Smith*Libby SmithAnne Marie StapperElizabeth Stapper*Maria Tangarova*Lucy TiblierElena Sophia VillalonSeren VillwockAlia VinsonMadison Whitesides Alyssa Wixson
2011-12 Conspirare Youth Choirs
*Soloists/Instrumentalists
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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 1994-
1997, 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.
Conspirare Youth Choirs Staff
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AccompanistsDr. 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
[email protected]. 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 InstrumentalistsTom 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 DirectorsRobert J. Karli, ChairDavid Clark, Vice ChairLarry Collmann, TreasurerMary Stephenson, SecretaryDoug Bain Ken BeckWilliam C. BednarFran CollmannMary Anne ConnollyPatrick L. DeLauneTom DriscollToya Cirica HaleyRobert HarlanLou Ann LasherEric LeibrockHope MorganLouise MorseE. Stuart PhillipsRebecca PowersHon. Bea Ann SmithMarion Lear SwaybillCatherine WildermuthSheila WojcikSheila Youngblood
Advisory BoardStephen AechternachtJohn AielliSue BarnesMark BiernerRay BrimbleDavid BurgerDavid ClaflinVirginia DupuyMaydelle FasonJoLynn FreeBilly GammonVance GeorgeHelen HaysDan HerdWilliam B. HilgersWayne HoltzmanCassandra JamesJudith JellisonBob MurphyLynn MurphyGayle Glass RocheNancy ScanlanAngela SmithBernadette Tasher Louann TempleEva Womack
Artistic & Administrative StaffCraig Hella JohnsonArtistic Director
Ann Hume WilsonExecutive Director
Katie AppleSpecial Projects Coordinator
Tamara BlankenOnline Services Manager
Melissa J. EddyCommunications & Grants Manager
Rick GabrilloAssociate Conductor, Production Manager
Wravan GodsoeOffice Manager
David HammondDirector of Patron Relations
Robert HarlanStage Manager
Meri KruegerArtist Relations
Kristie McCuneBusiness Manager
Ann McNairExecutive Assistant to the Artistic Director
Nina ReveringDirector, Conspirare Youth Choirs
Nicki TurmanHouse Manager
Jennifer TynanManager, Conspirare Youth Choirs
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Artistic & Administrative StaffCraig Hella JohnsonArtistic Director
Ann Hume WilsonExecutive Director
Katie AppleSpecial Projects Coordinator
Tamara BlankenOnline Services Manager
Melissa J. EddyCommunications & Grants Manager
Rick GabrilloAssociate Conductor, Production Manager
Wravan GodsoeOffice Manager
David HammondDirector of Patron Relations
Robert HarlanStage Manager
Meri KruegerArtist Relations
Kristie McCuneBusiness Manager
Ann McNairExecutive Assistant to the Artistic Director
Nina ReveringDirector, Conspirare Youth Choirs
Nicki TurmanHouse Manager
Jennifer TynanManager, Conspirare Youth Choirs
This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from
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through the Cultural Arts Division, believing an investment
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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 par-
ticipate 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 con-
cert 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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AcknowledgementsThe Conspirare Youth Choirs gratefully acknowledges the contributions and generosity of the following individuals and organizations:
Craig Hella JohnsonBob Karli and Conspirare Board of DirectorsAnn Hume WilsonAnn McNair, David Hammond, Tamara Blanken, Kristie McCune, Melissa Eddy, Wraven Godsoe, Meri Krueger, and Nicki Turman Robert Harlan, Anton Boyd, and the Conspirare Stage CrewLois VanlaninghamJames Brown and Jane Bassett, First Presbyterian ChurchUniversity Presbyterian ChurchHoward BurkettHornaday DesignChristopher NovosadDana Wixson and all the parent uniform volunteersAny other CYC parent who has helped out throughout the semesterSingers, Parents, Volunteer Ushers, and Family Supporters of the CYC
Conspirare Performing NoteConspirare 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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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 2006-2007, 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
Shining Star Scholarship Program
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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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Leadership CircleMaestro Circle ....................................$25,000+Impresario Circle ...............$15,000 — $24,999Benefactor Circle ...............$10,000 — $14,999Platinum Baton Circle ...........$5,000 — $9,999Golden Baton Circle ..............$2,500 — $4,999Silver Baton Circle .................$1,000 — $2,499
Circle of FriendsSponsors.......................................$500 — $999Patrons .........................................$250 — $499Sustainers .....................................$100 — $249Donors ...............................................Up to $99
Support ConspirareConspirare 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.
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Maestro CircleCity of Austin Cultural Arts DivisionFran & Larry CollmannThe Kodosky FoundationThe Mattsson-McHale FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsSouth Texas Money ManagementStill Water FoundationSheila & Ryan Youngblood
Impresario CircleCrutch & Danna CrutchfieldRobert & Lara HarlanJeffrey & Gail KodoskyGayle Glass Roche & Mike RocheMarc & Carolyn Seriff
Benefactor CircleAnonymousKen & Joyce BeckDavid & Catherine ClarkJeri DeAngelisRobert & Trish KarliWendi & Brian KushnerEric Leibrock & Ellen JusticeLouise N. ReeserTesCom, Inc.Catherine & David Wildermuth
Platinum Baton CircleAnonymous William C. Bednar & Flo Ann RandleThomas Driscoll & Nancy QuinnMary Nell FrucellaHelen & Bob HaysThe Keating Family FoundationLou Ann & Bill LasherJoyce MayerBob & Ruth McGregorLouise MorseJerele & Elizabeth NeeldRussell Hill Rogers Fund for the ArtsThe Honorable Bea Ann SmithMary Stephenson & David MinterTexas Commission on the ArtsThe Rachael & Ben F. Vaughan FoundationJeanie & Bill Wyatt
Golden Baton Circleaha! communicationsRobert & Pat Brueck
Dan Bullock & Annette Carlozzi in honor of Ann Hume Wilson & Craig Hella JohnsonDavid & Janis ClaflinDean & Gwen CollmannMary Ann ConnollyWilliam R. DicksonThe Fetzer InstituteSusanna & Richard FinnellAnn & Gordon Getty FoundationCynthia KeeverJoan & Tom KobayashiWilliam NemirStu PhillipsRebecca & Phil PowersScott & Pam ReichardtMax & Gene Alice ShermanJohn & Suzanne ShoreDian & Harlan StaiSusanne Tetzlaff & Eric TiblierSheila Wojcik
Silver Baton CircleAnonymous (2)Sandi AitkenBain Consulting, LLCDoug & Stacy BainRay & Karen BrimbleDr. & Mrs. Paul BurnsErnest & Sarah ButlerJoe & Cynthia CainPablo CardenasMike ChesserMr. Jerry CraftRobert F. DaileyVirginia & Robert DupuyMelissa Eddy & Tracy SchiemenzLot EnseyMaydelle F. FasonRev. Dr. Ann FieldsFischer & Wieser Specialty FoodsR. John & Susan FoxCheryl FullerBilly & Regan GammonGateway Music Festivals & ToursSusan GatlinKim & Steve GilbertToya Cirica Haley & Stephen BellGerre & Judith Hancock in honor of Craig Hella JohnsonRichard Hartgrove & Gary Cooper
DonorsGifts 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.
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Walter & Ann HerbstMorris & Marge JohnsonMichael & Jeanne KleinTimothy KoockAngie & Steve LarnedEva & Chris LaskarisKati LewisPeter Scott LewisThomas LukensSheila Lummis in honor of Craig Hella Johnson & Phil OverbaughJanet MillerMilton D. Miller IIIvan Milman & Janie KeysLinda MonkHope Morgan & Mike TabornPaul MowryBob & Lynn MurphyLinda & Robert RamseySusan & Frosty ReesDick & Lynn RewAndy & Sally RitchJack & Susan RobertsonNancy ScanlanWilliam Schleuse & Virginia McDermottPeter Schram & Harry UllmannAngela & Charles SmithDavid C. Smith in honor of Craig Hella JohnsonJames StolpaMarion Lear SwaybillVirgil & LaFern SwiftBernadette TasherBen & Daphne VaughanWilliam & Anne WagnerKathleen WicoffAnn Hume Wilson & Evan WilsonMarc WinklemanEva & Marvin Womack
SponsorsAnonymousRobert Abrams & Cynthia Vance AbramsMaureen AlexanderEva King AndriesRobert & Patricia AyresBecky Beaver & John DuncanAnne BertholfKlaus Bichteler & Mary ParseAnn & Jeff BomerJack Brannon & Brian MillerKyle BrysonChris & J. Dennis CavnerJo Anne ChristianJennifer ClarkDavid & Nathasha CollmannEric & Lisa CravenStuart & Paula DamorePatrick DeLaune & Sadaf KhanDorothy Drummer & Greg EdenSusan Nash FeketyDaniel FinchGwen & Bruce FloryTom & Kathy Cody GallawayBarbara Gibbs & John DriggersSusan Gregerson
Balie & Beverly GriffithMilton Guiberteau in honor of Claire KoriothCarolyn Harris-HynsonJane HilferJeanne & Van HoisingtonDiane IresonDavid KendrickMary M. KevorkianLawrence LawverMary Ann LeesMark & Lauren LevyEmily LittleCarolyn & W. Jackson LongMary MatusPhil & Sue MaxwellDebe & Kevin McKeandVance McMahanSuzanne MitchellJanis MongerSusan NegleyDouglas NelsonJack & Karen O’QuinLeslie Oster & Daniel RodriguezCarlisle PearsonDan & Kim PetersonForrest Preece & Linda BallK.C. PtomeyDaniel Ray & Ellen GouldSmith & Sandra RayLouis RenaudDan & Kimberly RennerHamilton & Joanne RichardsMichal RosenbergerHenley SimsJulie & Shawn SmithMichael & Virginia SmithDr. Anna Sorensen & Mr. Don SorensenLois VanlaninghamCynthia L. & Thomas WalshSusie Wilson
PatronsLinda AakerDr. Jacque AngersteinCindy & Pat BehlingOla BellLeah BillingsleyPat Fatter BlackGrace Blair in honor of Craig Hella JohnsonNancy BowmanPeggy BrunnerRichard CampbellHarvey CaugheyNathaniel & Elizabeth ChapinPatricia ChericoFran & Larry Collmann in memory of Philip J. OverbaughJanie Cook in honor of My Healing PlaceEleanor CraryCina CrisaraRichard J. Davis in honor of Charles HillRena & Richard D’Souza
Dan Bullock & Annette Carlozzi in honor of Ann Hume Wilson & Craig Hella JohnsonDavid & Janis ClaflinDean & Gwen CollmannMary Ann ConnollyWilliam R. DicksonThe Fetzer InstituteSusanna & Richard FinnellAnn & Gordon Getty FoundationCynthia KeeverJoan & Tom KobayashiWilliam NemirStu PhillipsRebecca & Phil PowersScott & Pam ReichardtMax & Gene Alice ShermanJohn & Suzanne ShoreDian & Harlan StaiSusanne Tetzlaff & Eric TiblierSheila Wojcik
Silver Baton CircleAnonymous (2)Sandi AitkenBain Consulting, LLCDoug & Stacy BainRay & Karen BrimbleDr. & Mrs. Paul BurnsErnest & Sarah ButlerJoe & Cynthia CainPablo CardenasMike ChesserMr. Jerry CraftRobert F. DaileyVirginia & Robert DupuyMelissa Eddy & Tracy SchiemenzLot EnseyMaydelle F. FasonRev. Dr. Ann FieldsFischer & Wieser Specialty FoodsR. John & Susan FoxCheryl FullerBilly & Regan GammonGateway Music Festivals & ToursSusan GatlinKim & Steve GilbertToya Cirica Haley & Stephen BellGerre & Judith Hancock in honor of Craig Hella JohnsonRichard Hartgrove & Gary Cooper
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Susan Duncan in honor of Sara Ann & Milton DuncanBarbara DurhamCliff & Martha ErnstJuli Fellows in honor of Sylvia GalloCarol FlakePatricia & Fred FlorenceMary Anne FlournoyCarolyn FritzWilliam & Marlene GladeGlenda GoehrsDavid & Martha HarringtonCarr Hornbuckle & Jack LeiferMelissa HuebschMorgan HunterCraig Hella Johnson & Phil OverbaughTom Grimes & Karen KiblerGreg & Cynthia KozmetskyDina KuntzJon-Michael LeesNora LiebermanL & L Investment CompanyThomas & Alaire LowryAnn McNair in honor of Jacob PermannLynn & Tom MeredithAnn MoodyEvan MorganChip & Jan MorrisCynthia NorvellCathie ParsleyJim & Nicole PizzitolaRamon RamirezBev & Milbrey RaneyJean G. RatherJoanne & Jerome RavelLeilani RoseDennis SchafferJackie & Bob ShapiroJoan SharpeKay SheffieldCord & Anne ShifletCarole & Charles SikesJeffrey & Sandra SmithKirk SmithThe Honorable Bea Ann Smith in memory of Betty S. SmithJames T. SotirosMichael & Carol StehlingMrs. Louis StumbergRobert & Eileen SudelaCarol TaxisMartha Faye TerryBruce Todd & Elizabeth ChristianDon & Faith TrappSusan TrautmannLinda & Nick Van BavelMary Smith & Walter StewartSteffen & Elisabeth Waltz in honor of Wendi & Brian KushnerBen WearDoreen WheelerJimmy WilliamsBill Wood & Elsa Vorwerk
Nancy & Brown WordWR Starkey Mortgage, LLP
SustainersAnonymous (3)Stephen & Claudia AechternachtIrene Eibenstein & Lorenzo AlvisiHillary AndersonJoy AndersonErnest & Jeanette AuerbachPatti AustinBob & Marcia BaileyJanette BarlowKevin J. & Barbara BarryRoss & Kristin BassingerSusan BeckermanSteven BeebeDr. & Mrs. Craig & Holly BerentBill & Carolyn BinghamDawn & Dusty BlackKaren BlizzardWendy BloomFloyd BrandtRoslyn & Sean Breen in honor of James PattersonKaren Brinkmann & Fred JohnsenBillye BrownGeorge BrownNeil BubkeAnne BusquetJames CampbellNancy Campbell Cise HanchettJulie CartersonTom & Marsha CavenSandy ChaseAnn ClarkRebecca ClarkMichael & Kathryn CoffeyMary Ann Connolly in honor of Col. & Mrs. John M. Connolly, Jr.Ralph CoonradDwayne & Barbara CooperMarie CraneKarel DahmenPeter Bay & Mela Sarajane DaileyMary Alice & Michael J. DebowKay DelcherLory & Fred DensonKarl & Robin DentNina & Jeffrey Di LeoCharles DickersonSusan Doering & Dieter Wulfhorst in honor & memory of Joseph J. & Vivian N. DoeringSharon DuboiseBobby & June DunnSandy Dunn & Paul HarfordPaul & Patricia DurhamSally EstesJill B. FatzerJohn & Barbara FibigerKyle FielekeCarol FlemingBetty Sue Flowers
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Claire & Chris FlynnWilliam G. GamelRobert & Anneliese GeisKaren & Bill GernsteinElliot GersonMary GiffordVivian & Bob GlickWravan Godsoe & Paul BakerJoan GoldfieldLoel GraberLawrence & Jane GrahamJim & Jo GreenGary GreenblumJames & Mary Louise GwynnHarmonium Choral SocietyLeroy & Karen HaverlahJane HembreeLewis HoffackerDr. & Mrs. Wayne HoltzmanCeleste Hubert in honor of Phil Overbaugh & Craig Hella JohnsonJeffrey Hudson & Robert BlodgettLauren HughesBobby & Nancy InmanTodd JermstadBeth & Greg JuddJulie KeimMarguerite & Hugh KellyGary & Carol LazarusKathryn & Don LougheedLinton & Donna LuetjeCynthia LuxMike & Sue MaineJennifer MartensJyoti & Aditya MathurBradley & Elizabeth MaximMcAllister Piano StudioDr. Marsha D. McCaryKaren McLaughlinConnie McMillanTed & Carol MiddelbergPhyllis MillerElizabeth Hansing MoonNancy MooreSean & Beverly MooreLuis MoralesRobert MorrellFran & Steven MossDiana Mullin in honor of Deb Rupp Arthur & Beth Nelkin in honor of Charles & Jeanne GravesHilary OlsonRichard OrtonMargaret H. OverbaughThomas OverbaughGraydon ParrishJim & Joyce ParrishRobert Patterson & Diana SellersThomas PavlechkoHomer PayneAnn Phipps & Michael CannattiPonomarev FamilyKaren PopeDiane Post
Mary PozorskiAnne Praderas & Tony VanceGary & Cheryl PyleElaine Salazar & Edwin RamosRandallsAimee & Greg RandleFlo Ann RandleManohar RaoElaine RathgeberEllen W. RienstraCynthia RuffDeborah RuppPaul Rutz in honor of Harold & Viola RutzDonna & Christy SalinasMary SangerJudy SargentPete & Frances SchenkkanPaul SchraiderClaudia & Thomas SchurrDavid SchwarzApril SchweighartMarilyn SharrattMary SimonDonald SkirvinJare & Jim SmithJeffrey SmithJohn & Bess SommerJohn SpenceDon & Nancy SpencerBryan & Cindy SperryBarbara & Bruce StevensonPaul & Alyson StoneRebecca StuckyRosera TateosianJohn Taylor & Peter Flagg MaxsonBen & Barb TruskoskiWilliam TwilleyJohn UglumCynthia & Mark VanderbergCharles VannFred & Shirley ViehwegKarla & Augusto VillalonWillis WaldronJeannette G. Walker in honor of Carolyn Harris-HynsonHiroko & Max WarshauerDeborah WattmanValerie WengerJay & Glaucia Vasconcelos WilkeyGeoff & Ginny WilligRoselyn WitherspoonNeile & 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.
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 pmSt. Martin’s Lutheran Church, 606 West 15th Street
BIG SING!
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We love to hear you
sing, Anna!
Love, Mom, Dad, Miles
and Maggie
We are very proud of you Sarah!
Love, Mom and Dad
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!
Love, Mom
Sophie Rae,
You are our star!
Love,
GJ and Eric
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So Very Proud of You Sophie!
Always keep a song
in your heart!
Much Love, Grandma Charlotte
Gabriel,
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
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Gabriel,
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
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Bravo to the Conspirare Youth Choirs! The Physicians and Staff of the South Austin Medical Clinic
Mark Levy, MD Eric Weidman, MD Amy Easterling, MD Manuel Martin, MD
Todd Canon, MD Joe Malleske, MD Ian Alward, 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
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Nada te turbe; nada te espante; Todo se pasa; Dios no se muda,la pacienza todo lo alcanza.
With Pride and Love.
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