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Friday Evening, May 23, 2014, 8:00

Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY)

Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General Director
Jonathan Griffith, Co-Founder and Artistic Director

presents

A Breath of Fresh Air

ALICE HIGH SCHOOL HONORS BAND
ARNOLD GARZA, Director
HENRY FILLMORE
FRANK TICHELI

The Circus Bee

Angels in the Architecture
ELIZABETH ELIZONDO, Soprano
ZACHARY VILLARREAL, Trumpet
MICHAEL TORRES, Bassoon
RUBEN NAJERA, Flute
LAUREN RODRIGUEZ, Clarinet
ALEXANDRA CHAPA, Clarinet

PAVEL TSCHESNOKOFF

Salvation is Created
JORDAN GONZALEZ, French Horn

PYOTR ILYICH
TCHAIKOVSKY

Finale from Symphony No. 4

COURTNEY SCHMIDT, Oboe

DEL MAR MASTER CHORUS AND CONCERT CHOIR

CORPUS CHRISTI CHORALE
ALICE HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE
DENNIS S. RICHARDSON, Director
BOB CHILCOTT

Canticles of Light
Te lucis ante terminum
Christe, qui, splendoret dies
O nata lux de lumine

Intermission

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DEL MAR MASTER CHORUS AND CONCERT CHOIR

CORPUS CHRISTI CHORALE
ROSS C. BERNHARDT, Director
ROSS C. BERNHARDT

In Memoriam (World Premiere)

In Paradisum
Postuma Ofrenda
The Choir Invisible
HOPE FAIRCHILD THACKER, Mezzo-soprano

KHORIKOS
JESSE MARK PECKHAM, Director
GUILLERMO MARTINEZ

No llores, paloma ma

KILE SMITH

Where Flames a Word

Before your late face
Conversation in the Mountains
I know you, you are the deeply bowed

FRANK LA ROCCA
NICK OMICCIOLI

Miserere
A Song of Joys

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Notes ON THE PROGRAM

HENRY FILLMORE The Circus Bee
The title of this piece comes from the
name of an imaginary circus newspaper. The work reflects Fillmores

lifelong interest in circuses and his

experiences while touring with five different big top shows.

FRANK TICHELI Angels in the Architecture

Angels in the Architecture was commissioned by Kingsway International, and
received its world premiere at the
Sydney Opera House on July 6, 2008,
by a combined band of young musicians
from Australia and the United States,
conducted by Mathew George. The

work unfolds as a dramatic conflict

between the two extremes of human
existenceone divine, the other evil. The
works title is inspired by the Sydney
Opera House itself, with its halo-shaped
acoustical ornaments hanging directly
above the performance stage.

PAVEL TSCHESNOKOFF Salvation is Created

Subtitled A Chorale Prelude, this composition is based on a beautiful Russian
Orthodox chorale. Pavel Tschesnokoff
(18771944) was a Russian choral

conductor, teacher, and composer with

more than 400 choral works to his credit.
This composition retains the clarity of
harmony that characterized his works.

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Finale from Symphony No. 4

The Finale to the Fourth Symphony is a
tumult of vivacious gaietyas Tchaikovsky himself designated: the joy of seeing others happy and jolly. The
Russian folk melody, though introduced

very near the beginning, in the course of

the principal theme itself, is sufficiently
individual to serve as a subordinate
theme. The rhythmic treatment of this
popular tune is ingenious.

BOB CHILCOTT Canticles of Light

Canticles of Light was commissioned
in 2000 by Winchester Music Club in
celebration of the 75th anniversary of
its foundation by Sir George Dyson.
The piece is comprised of three ancient
Latin hymns that were in widespread
use at least as early as the 10th century.
The first two are evening hymns that
ask for Gods protection and comfort
through the night. The third hymn is a

song for the morning, anticipating the

renewed strength and hope that the day
will bring.
The work is written for chorus and
small orchestra, with a significant part
for a choir of trebles or young voices,
who in the two outer movements chant
plainsong-like phrases above the main
chorus. There are further parallels with

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the ancient and timeless art of plainsong in the scale-wise melodic contours
and rhythmic independence of the main
choral writing, whilst, at the other end
of the musical timeline, Chilcotts experience as a member of the Kings
Singers is readily apparent in his skillful
use of close-harmony techniques. His

expert synthesis of these seemingly disparate elements has resulted in a musical language of considerable expressive
power, eloquently conveying in these
three short pieces a reassuring message
of hope and renewal.
Program note by John Bawden

ROSS C. BERNHARDT In Memoriam (World Premiere)

In Memoriam had its origin as a singlemovement choral work. A couple of
years ago, the Corpus Christi Chorale
had a silent auction fundraiser. For my
contribution to the auction, I offered to
write a new choral piece for the
Chorale on a text of the buyers choice.
The winner of my item, Elvia Carranza,
requested that I set a poem written by
her mother entitled Pstuma Ofrenda,
or Final Offering. I was enchanted
by the poems expression of the desire
for remembrance after death, as well as
the musical imagery evoked in the text.
After I began working on the composition, I was approached by Dennis
Richardson about collaborating on a
Carnegie Hall performance with DCINY,
including writing a new extended work to
be performed on the program. Since the
program was near Memorial Day, I realized that the text I was currently setting
would be ideal as one movement of a
multi-movement work. I selected additional texts from the Catholic Requiem
and the poetry of George Eliot.
The first movement, In Paradisum, contains both text and musical material
from the Gregorian chant setting of the
Requiem mass. I wrote harmonies with
ethereal structures to evoke the souls

journey into paradise. The rhythmic

structure captures the unmetered flow of
chant, emphasizing the importance of
natural speech declamation.
The original single movement became the
second movement of this extended work.
I used a traditional Spanish chord progression as the centerpiece of the work,
moving voice parts down stepwise at different times to create dissonances evoking
the word duerma or sleep. The mezzo
soloist is the voice of the poems author,
displaying a reverent wistfulness.
In the final movement, The Choir
Invisible, Eliots text refers to the invisible souls that still sing in our lives collectively after their individual deaths. I used
more traditional harmonies in this movement to create a more American choral
sound in the vein of Aaron Copland or
Randall Thompson. The duerma theme
of the second movement returns, but in
reverse, signifying the souls journey
from sleep to eternal life in our memories. The chant material from the first
movement also reappears and is intertwined with the new themes to unify the
three movements of In Memoriam.
Program note by Ross C. Bernhardt

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GUILLERMO MARTINEZ No llores, paloma ma

No llores, paloma ma or Do not
weep, my dove tells the tale of two
young lovers whose fate is shattered by
betrayal. Martinez weaves together
three popular melodies of Cantabria to

express the emotions of their story. The

musics mood ranges from gentle and
sweet, to chaotic and powerful, beautifully expressing the tumult of the young
lovers relationship.

KILE SMITH Where Flames a Word

Where Flames a Word uses text by the
poet Paul Celan, which he translated into
English from the original German. The
first and third movements are settings of
the poems Before Your Late Face and
I Know You, You Are the Deeply
Bowed. For the second movement,

Smith used an excerpt of a prose piece

by Celan, titled Conversation in the
Mountains. Two cousins meet on a
hiking trail, and their seemingly inconsequential conversations reveal very
deep truths about themselves and
about the world.

FRANK LA ROCCA Miserere

Miserere, Latin for Have Mercy on
Me, is a work that holds deep personal
meaning for La Rocca and is one of the
most challenging pieces he has
written. It recounts a biblical episode
in the life of King David, in which he
is caught in a heinous crime. King

David expresses great remorse and

deep repentance in the first part of the
text, and then as things evolve, he
begins to experience a sense of peace.
King David realizes that admitting his
crime also opens himself to the possibility
of forgiveness.

NICK OMICCIOLI A Song of Joys

A Song of Joys is based on Walt
Whitman poem of the same name from
his collection Leaves of Grass. The
poem is a vast description of all of lifes
joy, and extols the virtues of nature,
love, and nostalgia. Whitman praises
the lives of farmers, soldiers, mothers,
firemen, and people of all backgrounds, uplifting their everyday work
into a celebration of humanity and

possibility. The poem is rich with

imagery, and captures the beauty of
simple acts, such as boiling a lobster or
rowing on a river. In setting the text to
music, Omiccioli chose excerpts that he
felt best summed up Whitmans inspirational message. The music reflects the
joyful mood of the poetry, yet embraces
the pensive side of Whitmans work
as well.

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Texts and Translations

Canticles of Light
BOB CHILCOTT
Texts: Hymn at Compline from Liturgia Horarum and Hymn at Laudes
Te lucis ante terminum

Before the end of day

Te lucis ante terminum,

Rerum Creator poscimus,
ut solita clementia,
sis praesul ad custodiam.

Before the end of day,

creator of all things, we ask you,
with your wonted kindness,
be our protector and guardian.

Te corda nostra somnient,

te per soporem sentiant,
tuamque semper gloriam
vicina luce concinant.

Let our hearts dream of you,

let us feel you near while sleeping,
and let us celebrate always your eternal
glory
in the light of the new dawn.

Vitam salubrem tribue,

nostrum calorem refice,
taetram noctis caliginem
tua collustret claritas.

Grant our bodies health,

restore our strength,
and let the foul gloom of the night
be illuminated by your brightness.

Praesta, pater omnipotens,

per Jesum Christum Dominum,
qui tecum in perpetuum
regnat cum Sancto Spiritu. Amen.

Do all this, omnipotent Father,

through Jesus Christ the Lord,
who with you forever
reigns with the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Christe, qui, splendor et dies

Christ, brightness of the light of day

Christe, qui, splendor et dies,

noctis tenebras detegis,
lucisque lumen crederis,
lumen beatis praedicans.

Christ, brightness of the light of day,

you who roll away the shadows of the
night,
who bestowed the light of light,
telling of the light to come for the blessed.

Precamur, sancte Domine,

hac nocte nos custodias;
sit nobis in te requies,
quietas horas tribue.

We pray, Holy Lord,

that you watch over us this night;
let us find rest in you,
and grant us peaceful hours.

Somno si dantur oculi,

cor semper ad te vigilet;

Though our eyes be given over to sleep,

let our hearts be filled with you through
the night;
and with your right hand protect
the faithful who cherish you.

tuaque dextra protegas

fideles, qui te diligunt.

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Defensor noster, aspice,

insidiantes reprime,
guberna tuos famulos,
quos sanguine mercatus es.

Look upon us, our protector,

check those who beset us,
and guide your servants,
whom you have redeemed with your blood.

Sit, Christe, rex piissime,

tibi Patrique gloria,
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.

Glory be to you Christ,

holiest of kings, and to the Father,
and to the Holy Ghost,
forever and ever. Amen.

O nata lux de lumine

O light born of the light

O nata lux de lumine,

Jesu redemptor saeculi,
dignare clemens supplicum
laudes preces que sumere.

O light born of the light,

Jesus the redeemer of mankind,
kindly deign to accept
the praises and prayers of your supplicants.

Qui carne quondam contegi

You who once deigned to take on human

form
on behalf of those who were lost.
Grant that our weary limbs
find a resting place in you.

dignatus es pro perditis.

Nos membra confer effici
tui beati corporis.

In Memoriam (World Premiere)

ROSS C. BERNHARDT
Texts: Catholic Requiem, Pstuma Ofrenda by Elvia Carranza, and
The Choir Invisible by George Eliot
In Paradisum
In paradisum deducant te Angeli;
in tuo adventu suscipiant te
martyres,
et perducant te in civitatem sanctam
Ierusalem.
Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum
Lazaro
quondam paupere ternam habeas
requiem.

May angels lead you into paradise;

upon your arrival, may the martyrs
receive you,
and lead you to the holy city of
Jerusalem.
May the ranks of angels receive you, and
with Lazarus,
once a poor man, may you have eternal
rest.

Pstuma ofrenda
Cuando duerma por siempre bajo la
tierra obscurra,
Planta un jazmn hermoso junto a mi
sepulture
Para que no me falten cuando ya no te
acuerdes
Mis preferidas flores entre sus hojas
verdes.

When I sleep forever beneath the dark

earth,
Plant a beautiful jasmine beside my
grave
So I wont be left wanting when you no
longer remember
My favorite flowers embraced within
their green foliage.
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Son las flores las fieles, compaeras

piadosas,
Las que dan alma y vida a las ttricas fosas,
Son la pstuma ofrenda de los seres
queridos,
Y las que hablan por todos, los recuerdos
y olvidos.
El jazmn que ah siembres crecer
solitario,
Mas, sus hondas races rasgarn mi
sudario
Para darme visiones de crepsculos regios!
Para darme rumores de mil cantos y
arpegios!
Cuando duerma por siempre bajo la
tierra obscura,
Planta un jazmn hermoso junto a mi
sepultura,
Para que no me falten mis preferidas
flores
Cuando ya no te acuerdes, cuando ya no
me llores.

Flowers are the faithful ones, devout

companions,
Giving sprit and life to the somber tomb,
The final offering of loved
ones,
Expressing remembrance and things
forgotten.
The jasmine that you plant will grow in
solitude,
Moreover, its deep roots will brush
against my garment
Awakening visions of glorious twilights!
Awakening sounds of a thousand
melodies and arpeggios!
When I sleep forever beneath the dark
earth,
Plant a beautiful jasmine beside my
grave,
So I wont be left wanting my favorite
flowers
When you no longer remember, when
you no longer cry.

The Choir Invisible

Oh, may I join the choir invisible
Of those immortal dead who live again
In minds made better by their presence; live
In pulses stirred to generosity,
In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
For miserable aims that end with self,
In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,
And with their mild persistence urge mens search
To vaster issues. So to live is heaven:
To make undying music in the world,
Breathing a beauteous order that controls
With growing sway the growing life of man.
So we inherit that sweet purity
For which we struggled, failed, and agonized
With widening retrospect that bred despair.
Rebellious flesh that would not be subdued,
A vicious parent shaming still its child,
Poor anxious penitence, is quick dissolved;
Its discords, quenched by meeting harmonies,
Die in the large and charitable air,
And all our rarer, better, truer self
That sobbed religiously in yearning song,
That watched to ease the burden of the world,
Laboriously tracing what must be,
And what may yet be bettersaw within
A worthier image for the sanctuary,
And shaped it forth before the multitude,
Divinely human, raising worship so
To higher reverence more mixed with love

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That better self shall live till human Time

Shall fold its eyelids, and the human sky
Be gathered like a scroll within the tomb
Unread forever. This is life to come
Which martyred men have made more glorious
For us who strive to follow. May I reach
That purest heavenbe to other souls
The cup of strength in some great agony,
Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love,
Beget the smiles that have no cruelty,
Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,
And in diffusion ever more intense!
So shall I join the choir invisible
Whose music is the gladness of the world.

No llores, paloma ma
GUILLERMO MARTINEZ
No llores, paloma ma

Do not weep, my dove

No llores, paloma ma
ya ves como yo no lloro.

Do not weep, my dove

As you can see, I do not cry.

No llores, paloma ma
ramito de flores,
campanillas de plata.

Do not weep, my dove

Little sprig of flowers,
Little bells of silver.

Corazn me lo deca,
que vivas engaado.

My heart told me
that I lived deceived.

Molinera, no me la das, no!

Molinera, la de la vega de Pas,
buena molinera eres,
pero a m no me la das.

Miller woman, you cant fool me, no!

Miller woman, the one from the Pas valley,
good miller woman you are,
but you cant fool me.

Corazn me lo deca,
que vivas engaado.

The heart told me

that you lived deceived.

No llores ms,
no llores paloma ma.

Weep no more,
dont cry my dove

(Spoken)
Arrimadito a aquel roble,
di palabra a una morena.
El roble ser testigo,
y ella ser mi cadena.
Y as concluye la historia,
de tantas tenebrosas desventuras.

Close to that oak,

I swore to a gypsy woman.
The oak will bear witness,
and she will be my chain.
And so ends the story
of so many dark misadventures.

Dios guarde sus caminos,

y el de esa joven paloma.

God save his paths,

and the paths of that young dove.

No llores ms.

Weep no more.

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Where Flames a Word

KILE SMITH
Text: Paul Celan
Before your late face
Before your late face,
a loner
wandering between
nights that change me too,
something came to stand,
which was with us once already, untouched
by thoughts.
Conversation in the Mountains
And it was quiet in the mountains where they walked, one and the other.
Youve come a long way, have come all the way here...
I have. Ive come, like you.
I know.
You know. You know and see: The earth folded up here, folded once and twice and
three times, and opened up in the middle, and in the middle there is water, and the
water is green, and the green is white, and the white comes from even farther up, from
the glaciers, and one could say, but one shouldnt, that this is the language that counts
here, the green with the white in it, a language not for you and not for mebecause,
I ask you, for whom is it meant, the earth, not for you, I say, is it meant, and not for
mea language, well, without I and without You nothing but He, nothing but It, you
understand, and She, nothing but that.
I understand, I do. After all, Ive come a long way, Ive come like you.
I know.
I know you, you are the deeply bowed
(I know you, you are the deeply bowed,
I the transpierced, am subject to you.
Where flames a word, would testify for us both?
Youall, all real. Iall delusion.)

Miserere
FRANK LA ROCCA
Miserere mei Deus secundum magnam
isericordiam tuam et secundum
multitudinem miserationum tuarum
dele iniquitatem meam.
Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea et a
peccato meo munda me.
Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco
et peccatum meum contra me est semper.
Cor mundum crea in me Deus et spiritum
rectum innova in visceribus meis.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to

thy great mercy and according to the
multitude of thy tender mercies blot out
my iniquity.
Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and
cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my iniquity, and my sin is
always before me.
Create a clean heart in me, O God: and
renew a right spirit within my bowels.

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A Song of Joys
NICK OMICCIOLI
Jubilant! Jubilant!
O to sing the most jubilant song!
Full of music, full of joy, full of concord and harmony!
For the voices of animals, for the swiftness and balance of fish.
Dropping of raindrops, rays of sunshine!
For the motion of waves in a song!
To go back to the place where I was born,
To hear the birds sing once more,
O to go back, O to come alive!
O to clap your hands! O to sing and dance! O to shout!
O to come alive! To emerge and be of the sky!
Of the sun and moon as one of them.
Rolling of thunder, darts of lightning! Flying of clouds!
O to have life henceforth a poem of new joys!
As we sing the most jubilant song of joy! O to shout!

THE

Artists

ARNOLD GARZA, Director

Arnold Garza is a graduate of Alice
High School and Texas A&M Kingsville.
He began his music study early in high
school while he was a student of Bryce
Taylor. As a student at Texas A&M
Kingsville, he was lead trumpet in the
award-winning jazz ensemble and also
first trumpet in the wind symphony. In
1996 he began his teaching career in the
Alice Independent School District where
his bands and jazz groups have won
numerous competitions, including a
grand championship in Florida. Mr.
Garza has led the AHS marching band
to the state marching contest for the
past eight years along with winning
numerous contests with the Honors
Band. He has been married to Alena

Garza for 22 years and has four amazing childrenEsai, 21; Eden, 17; Evan,
13; and Meela, 12.

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DENNIS S. RICHARDSON, Director

Dennis S. Richardson is director of

choral activities and assistant professor
at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi,
Texas. He is also in his eighth year as the
artistic director of the Del Mar Master
Chorus, a community choir sponsored
by the college. Mr. Richardson studied
choral conducting at West Texas A&M
University, Texas State University and
Texas Tech University. His mentors
include Houston Bright, Hugh Sanders,

George Umberson, Kenneth Fulton,

Donald Bailey, and Kenneth Davis. He
served as music director for the outdoor
musical drama Texas in Palo Duro
Canyon, and since 1984, he has developed and organized Texas All-State
choir camps for colleges and universities
across the state, including Texas State
University, Texas Tech University,
University of Texas San Antonio, Texas
A&M University Kingsville, Baylor
University, and Del Mar College. Mr.
Richardson has prepared choruses for
symphony orchestras in Lubbock, Texas;
Santa Fe, New Mexico; Victoria, Texas
and Corpus Christi. Additionally, he has
managed choir tours and conducted
in Dallas; San Antonio; Galveston;
Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; Wichita,
Kansas; Monterey, Mexico; New Orleans;
Breckenridge, Colorado; and New York
City on three occasions. Choirs under
his direction performed at Lincoln
Center in New York on the DCINY
Concert Series for a special celebration
on Martin Luther King Day in 2010.

ROSS C. BERNHARDT, Director and Composer

Camerata Isla and teaches applied
voice. He is artistic director of the
Corpus Christi Chorale, a 70-voice
community ensemble affiliated with the
university. He received a doctor of
musical arts degree in choral conducting from Michigan State University,
and masters and bachelors degrees
from the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro and the University of
Missouri, respectively.

Dr. Ross C. Bernhardt is director of

choral activities at Texas A&M
University in Corpus Christi, where he
conducts the University Singers and

An internationally recognized composer,

Dr. Bernhardt was first-prize winner of
the Ithaca College Choral Composition Competition, the Longfellow
Choral Composition Competition, and
the Silliman Anthem Award Competition in the United States. He also won

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first prize in the Concurso Internacional

Amadeus de Composicin Coral, in
Spain, and won special commendation
and premiere of his new work in the
Phoenix Choral Composition Competition in the United Kingdom. His compositions are published by Mark Foster
and Hinshaw.
Prior to his 2008 appointment at Texas
A&M, Dr. Bernhardt served for 13
years as chair of the music department
and director of choral activities at
Lambuth University in Jackson,
Tennessee. He also served on the faculties of Columbia College (Missouri)
and Lansing Community College

(Michigan) and was a high school

choral director in southwest Virginia.
For 11 years Dr. Bernhardt served as
assistant conductor for the Santa Fe
Desert Chorale and was also the bass
faculty for the Berkshire Choral Festival
in Santa Fe. An active baritone soloist,
Dr. Bernhardt has performed with musicians and organizations such as the
Santa Fe Opera, Dave Brubeck, San
Juan Symphony, Canterbury Choral
Society, Sparkling City Light Opera, and
the Santa Fe Symphony. He currently
performs each summer with the Oregon
Bach Festival under the direction of
Helmuth Rilling and Matthew Halls.

HOPE FAIRCHILD THACKER, Mezzo-soprano

Equally at home on opera, concert, and
recital stages, Hope Fairchild Thacker
has garnered many vocal awards,
including fourth place in the 2012
National Association of Teachers of
Singing (NATS) Artist Awards competition. Past operatic and musical theatre
roles include Augusta in The Ballad of
Baby Doe, Zita in Gianni Schicci,
Mercedes in Carmen, and the Witch in
Into the Woods. Oratorio and concert
performances include Mozarts Requiem,
Beethovens Choral Fantasy, Durufls
Requiem, Bachs Mass in B minor and
Handels Messiah. Ms. Thacker has
also performed as a member and soloist
with professional choral ensemble Bel
Canto Company.
Ms. Thacker currently serves as visiting
assistant professor of voice at Texas
A&M University in Corpus Christi,
where she teaches studio voice, diction,
and vocal pedagogy, and is an active
member of NATS. Having recently
completed her debut Carnegie Hall
recital, she also premiered works by

composers Daniel Musselman and

Jonathan Green in New York,
Tennessee, and Texas in 2013 and
2014. Ms. Thacker earned a doctor of
musical arts degree in vocal performance from the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro and a master
of music degree in choral conducting
and vocal performance as well as a
bachelor of music education degree
with choral vocal emphasis from the
University of Southern Mississippi.

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JESSE MARK PECKHAM, Director

Jesse Mark Peckham has received critical

acclaim for conducting multiple orchestras in the Czech Republic. He has
emerged as one of the most versatile

and accomplished young conductors of

his generation. At age 18, Mr. Peckham
was invited to conduct the Beethoven
Chamber Orchestra in Hradec Krlov
and went on to conduct many of the
leading orchestras of the Czech Republic,
including the Bohulslav Martinu,

Moravian Philharmonic and the Cesk

Kormoni Philharmonic. From January
2001 to October 2004, he also served as
the artistic director of the Czech World
Orchestra. Mr. Peckham founded
Khorikos in 2005 and formed Dorian
Artists Corporation in 2007. Over the
past five years, he has developed Khorikos
into one of New Yorks premiere choral
ensembles. They have toured the Czech
Republic and Germany, and have also
performed throughout New York City.

DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS INTERNATIONAL (DCINY)

Founded by Iris Derke (general director) and Jonathan Griffith (artistic
director and principal conductor),
Distinguished Concerts International is
driven by passion, innovative vision, a
total belief in its artists, and unwavering
commitment to bringing forth unforgettable performer and audience experiences. DCINY is a creative producing

entity with unmatched integrity that is a

talent incubator, a star-maker, and a
presenter of broadly accessible, worldclass musical entertainment.
For more information about Distinguished
Concerts International in New York and
upcoming DCINY musical events around
the world, please visit DCINY.org.

DCINY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General Director
Jonathan Griffith, Co-Founder, Artistic
Director, and Principal Conductor
Danuta Gross, Director of Finance and
Administration
Jeffery R. Thyer, Director of Program
Development
Kevin Taylor, Program Development
Jason Mlynek, Program Development
Matthew Oltman, Program Development

Andrea Macy, Marketing & Promotions

Edmundo Montoya, Production Manager
Laura Toppi, Concert Operations
Karen Cohn, Website and Graphics
DeAnna Choi, Finance and Accounting
Emily Nelson, Program Development Assistant
Joshua Grace, Program Development
Assistant
Maria Braginsky, Program Development
Assistant

For press inquiries please contact Ms. Shira Gilbert at Press@DCINY.org or 212.707.8566 x 316.
DCINY thanks its kind sponsors and partners in education: VH-1 Save the Music, Education Through Music,
High 5, and Artist Travel Consultants.

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PERFORMING ARTS PARTNERS

DCINY would like to thank our Performing Arts Partners, who, with their
financial support, have made this performance possible.

ALICE HIGH SCHOOL HONORS BAND

Arnold Garza, Director
Flute
Madison Beltran
Guadalupe Ceja
Rebecca Chavaria
Kathryn Colvin
Ruben Najera
Ariana Gomez
Danielle Gonzalez
Mia Lopez
Mikaela Martinez
Jayme Reyna
Natalia Torrez
Oboe
Nyssa Ramos
Kristopher Rodriguez
Courtney Schmidt
Bassoon
Cristian Rosales
Michael Torrez

Clarinet
Mia Arenas
Candy Barrera
Maira Bonilla
Alexadra Chapa
Hatti Christensen
Elena Kamaune
Tiffany Ramon
Sophia Razo
Francesca Rodriguez
Lauren Rodriguez
Savannah Salinas
Tessa Villarreal
Saxophone
Aaron Carranza
Aaron Garcia
Charlie Lozano
Edan Rodriguez
Rudy Rodriguez
Joshua Sanchez
Jorge Zamora

Trumpet
Valerie Chapa
Javier Garcia
Justo Gonzalez
John Guzman
Zachary Martinez
Isaul Ramos
Joseph Reyes
Benjamin Valerio
Zachary Villarreal
Horn
Esbardo Alaniz
Jordan Gonzalez
Larissa Luna
Austin Perez
Issac Ramirez
Kristopher Rodriguez
Trombone
Eden Garza
Hunter Garza
Jimmy Padilla

Ruben Ramirez
Michael Torrez
Euphonium
Sarah Alaniz
Christina Gonzalez
Ruben Riojas
Tuba
Alyssa Albiar
Rosalee Mendoza
Percussion
Cloe Alaniz
David Barrett
Samantha Espinosa
Olivia Garcia
Denysa Gonzalez
Kristine Pena
Joaquin A. Rangel
Vocalist
Elizabeth Elizondo

DEL MAR MASTER CHORUS AND CONCERT CHOIR

Dennis S. Richardson, Director

CORPUS CHRISTI CHORALE

Ross C. Bernhardt, Director
Joshua Adams
Robin Anderson
Samantha Asbury
Gerald Beckman
Eduardo Bernardo
Agustin Bernier
Sebastian Bernier
Kae Berry
Sarah Betancourt
Nancy Beyer
Andrew Cady
Santos Cantu
Jacqueline Carlson
Elvia Carranza
Shirley Carson
Patrick Carson
Pam Charles Ham

Michelle Christner
Lea Colchado
Karen Colchado
Melinda Collins
Morgan DeBord
Debbie Fansler
Brett Fansler
Katarina Fansler
Vallerie Farmer
Jennifer Franks
Christy Friedel
Hector Gamboa
Samantha Gonzalez
Jackie Hattenbach
Gabriella Hernandez
Kathleen Howden
Jean Irving

Craig Jones
Mariah Lauritzen
Peggy Laux
Nicholas Lopez
Velma Luna
Judy Mellenbruch
Catherine Skye
Munoz-Myers
Elise Olexa
Vincent Pena
Eloy Perez
Robert Pluta
Stacy Rendon
Amber Rivera
Yvonne Rodriguez
Dru Rodriguez
Jordyn Rodriguez

Deenie Roper Tillman

Angelica Saenz
Adrian Sanchez
Gayle Schulz
Clinton Schulz
Debbie Setliff
Cynthia Shockome
Sarah Silva
Stephen Stebbins
Alisha Strand-Mueller
Cheryl Tegarden
Hope Fairchild
Thacker
Jessica Turner
Daniel Valverde
Chelsea Van Maren
Ching Wang

The Performing Arts Partners list includes names supplied by the directors as of April 25, 2014. Any questions
regarding missing or misspelled names should be addressed to the individual directors.

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2014 DCINY Concert and Artist Series

Please join us for one of our other events:
Sunday Evening, May 25, 2014 at 7:00
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
CELEBRATION & REFLECTION, PART I
Bradley Ellingboe, Composer and Conductor
Aimee Beckmann-Collier, DCINY Debut Conductor
Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Singers International
Ellingboe: Star Song (World Premiere Orchestral Version)
Mozart: Coronation Mass KV 317
Monday Evening, May 26, 2014 at 7:00
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
CELEBRATION & REFLECTION, PART II
Ren Clausen, Composer and Conductor Laureate
Bob Chilcott, Composer and Conductor
Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Singers International
Clausen: Festival Te Deum (World Premiere; Commissioned by the DCINY Premiere Project)
Chilcott: Requiem
Sunday Afternoon, June 8, 2014 at 2:00
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall
BLUEGRASS & GRAY: SOUNDS OF AMERICANA
Jefferson Johnson, DCINY Debut Conductor
Michael Adelson, Guest Conductor
Carol Barnett, Composer-in-Residence
John Purifoy, Composer-in-Residence
With Special Guest: Dailey & Vincent
Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Singers International
Barnett: The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass
Purifoy: The Chronicles of Blue and Gray (New York Premiere)
Saturday Evening, June 14, 2014 at 7:00
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
DREAM A BETTER WORLD IGNITE THE SPIRIT
Lincoln Gospel Choir with Special Guests Tonia Hughes, Darnell Davis, and the Remnant
Darcy Reese, Director
Sunday Afternoon, June 22, 2014 at 2:00
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall
UNDER THE WESTERN SKY
Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Singers International
Michael Huff, Director
Utah Voices
Cristian Grases, DCINY Debut Conductor
Music for Treble Voices, including the world premiere of a new Latin Americaninspired
setting of the Gloria composed by Grases
Dates, repertoire, and artists subject to change
For a full season listing, visit DCINY.org.
Distinguished Concerts International New York
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